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Southern Border

Leaked U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Documents Reveal How China Is Secretly Arming American Criminals with Machine Guns

In Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, Schweizer reveals how Chinese companies, which are heavily regulated by the Chinese government, are flooding the U.S. with auto sear switches, a small metal device also known as “Glock switches” that can convert handguns into machine guns. They are illegal for most gun-owners in the U.S., but are being shipped in boxes by the “thousands” from China, Schweizer reveals.

As with fentanyl, the Chinese government is sending the auto sear switches to sow chaos and death inside the U.S. as part of a “Disintegration Warfare” strategy, according to Schweizer.

The “Disintegration Warfare” strategy, Schweizer writes, “focuses on—in the Chinese leaders’ words—going after the United States’ ‘soft underbelly’ in terms of politics, economics, and the spirit and psychology of [its] people.” It is based on the ancient Chinese strategist and general Sun Tzu’s teachings on how to win a war without fighting. The strategy is aimed at undermining a rival country’s “national will, values, and cohesion.”

In Blood Money, Schweizer uses leaked U.S. federal law enforcement documents to reveal how China is trying to arm felons and criminal gangs across the U.S. with these auto sear switches.

The devices, which are about the size of a penny, started arriving in the U.S. in large quantities in 2018. They are illegal in the U.S. except for use by law enforcement personnel and a select group of others who must obtain a federal license requiring an extensive criminal background check. Thus, criminals in the U.S. purchase them illegally from China via Chinese websites that are in English and target Americans, Schweizer writes.

Accordingly, between 2019 and 2021, there was a rise of 4,200 percent in incidents involving machine gun fire in 130 American cities, Schweizer reveals. Although some of the illegal auto switches are made on 3D printers in the U.S., “the vast majority on the street” are from China and are of much higher quality that those made on 3D printers, Schweizer writes.

Immigration

Joe Biden Lobbies to Preserve Border Program Used by Laken Riley’s Accused Illegal Alien Killer

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to pass a Senate bill to preserve a program at the United States-Mexico border that the illegal alien charged with murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley used to get into the United States.

This week, Biden sent out a series of statements aimed at members of Congress — calling on the House and Senate to approve legislation crafted by Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) that fizzled out following backlash.

“Months ago, I instructed my team to begin working with bipartisan lawmakers to fix our immigration system,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “They did a hell of a job, and together, we put forward some of the most fair reforms ever. Speaker Johnson, it’s time to call a vote and send this bill to my desk.”

“Look, our bipartisan border deal is the strongest our country has ever seen,” another post from Biden reads. “It includes the most fair and humane reforms for legal immigration – and a vast majority of Congress supports it. Let’s get it done.”

The bill, among other things, would preserve Biden’s expansive Catch and Release network at the border, including a parole pipeline where thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens are released into American communities every day after securing so-called “humanitarian parole.”

“[The bill authorizes] a clarification of how humanitarian parole is used at the land borders, but NO changes to the President’s ability to bring in vetted, sponsored migrants through the program known as CNHV (Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela parole),” Murphy wrote of the bill.

Biden’s lobbying for the parole pipeline comes just as Laken Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University, was murdered allegedly by an illegal alien who was released into the United States interior thanks to the parole pipeline put in place by the administration.

Persecution

Bishop Joseph Strickland: Catholics Were Targeted by FBI Because They Are Pro-Life

Breitbart News’s Matthew Perdie interviewed Strickland on Thursday at CPAC 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland, about the FBI’s investigation into traditional Catholic churches.

As Breitbart News reported, a leaked memo last year from the FBI’s Richmond office stated that violent extremists’ “interest” in “radical-traditionalist Catholic” ideology was growing and that it therefore presented an opportunity for the FBI to engage with certain churches in an attempt to goad the churches’ leadership into serving as FBI “tripwires,” who would operate like unofficial informants to the FBI. House Republicans have since discovered that multiple field offices appeared to be involved in crafting the memo and that the FBI allegedly interviewed a priest and a church choir director.

Perdie asked Strickland — a fierce Pope Francis critic who has been “relieved” by the Vatican for “undermining the faith” — why he thinks the FBI decided to investigate Catholic Latin mass goers.

“Well, I really don’t claim to have the answer for why they would do this, but I do see it as a sad symptom of a society that sounds too much more like Nazi Germany or communist Russia than the United States,” Strickland said.

Corruption

Former Biden Associate Confirms Speakerphone Calls with VP Joe Biden and Russian Oligarch

Then vice president Joe Biden was on speakerphone calls with Biden associates, including one call with a Russian oligarch and one-time mayor of Moscow, former Biden associate Jason Galanis testified in the Joe Biden House impeachment inquiry on Friday.

Galanis’s opening statements, obtained by Breitbart News, confirm Devon Archer’s testimony of Joe Biden participating on speakerphone calls to sell the “Biden brand.”

Galanis, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to securities fraud based on bonds, worked with Hunter and Archer from 2012 to 2015 on acquiring Burnham & Co, a division of Drexel Burnham Lambert and “other businesses in insurance and wealth management.” Galanis said he, Hunter, and Archer “owned and acquired with total audited assets of over $17 billion.”

“The entire value-add of Hunter Biden to our business was his family name and his access to his father, Vice President Joe Biden,” Galanis told investigators. “Because of this access, I agreed to contribute equity ownership to them – Hunter and Devon – for no out-of-pocket cost from them in exchange for their ‘relationship capital.'”

“As part of the evolving and deepening partnership, Hunter Biden served as Vice Chairman of Burnham and brought strategic relationships to the venture, including from Kazakhstan, Russia and China,” he continued. “Burnham was the focal point for integrating a “Biden Family Office” into a large-scale financial company with international influence.”

“Our objective was to build a diversified private equity platform, which would be anchored by a globally known Wall Street brand together with a globally known political name,” Galanis testified. “Our goal — that is, Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, and me — was to make billions, not millions.”

Terrorism

Explosive Device Detonated Outside Alabama AG’s Office, No Injuries Reported

Marshall said that “no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion.”

“In the early hours of Saturday, February 24, an explosive device was detonated outside of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office building in Montgomery,” Marshall said. “Thankfully, no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will be leading the investigation, and we are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately.”

The announcement did not say if a motive has been identified or if there are any suspects.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency told Breitbart News that special agents discovered the detonated explosive at approximately 8:19 a.m. on Monday after receiving a tip of a “suspicious package” near the intersection of Washington Avenue and South Bainbridge Street in Montgomery.

Agents were then able to determine that the explosive device had been detonated in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the agency, which noted that no damage to nearby buildings had been reported.

The agency said no further information is available “as the investigation is ongoing.”

When asked if the incident could be related to Marshall’s stance on in vitro fertilization (IVF), Amanda Priest, spokesperson for Marshall’s office, told CNN that media should “not jump to conclusions about a specific issue.”

One day before the incident, Marshall announced that his office had no intention of using a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision to prosecute families pursuing IVF or IVF providers.

Donald Trump Jr. Receives Envelope with White Powder, Hazmat Team Dispatched

Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president, reportedly received an envelope with a mysterious white powder inside of it that a hazmat team has been investigating at his Florida home.

News of the incident broke on Monday evening after multiple trucks were spotted outside his home in Jupiter, Florida.

The Daily Beast reported:

Multiple fire trucks and men in hazmat suits were spotted outside Donald Trump Jr.’s home in Jupiter, Florida, on Monday evening after he received a letter containing an unidentified white powder inside of it, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Around the same time the Daily Beast released the initial report, Donald Trump Jr. appeared to be active on social media to promote an interview on Rumble.

The former president’s son has been active alongside his father on the campaign trail in his bid to clinch the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential race.

Aside from the white powder, the envelope reportedly contained a death threat, according to the Daily Caller.

“It’s just become a little bit too commonplace that this sort of stuff happens,” Donald Trump Jr. told the Daily Caller. “Clearly, if this happened to a prominent Democrat, it wouldn’t be tolerated and would drive news coverage for weeks. The media would blame all Republicans and force them to answer for it.”

“But since it’s me, radical haters on the left will largely get a free pass, and the media will barely flinch,” he added.

An Appeal

Trump Appeals $355 Million Ruling in New York Civil Fraud Case

Former President Donald Trump filed a notice of appeal Monday in the matter of the New York civil judgment finding him liable for fraudulently inflating his net worth on years of financial statements.

The judgement curtailed his ability – and that of the Trump Organization – to do business in New York or apply for loans from financial institutions registered with the state.

Trump has now asked an intermediate-level state appellate court to overturn Justice Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 ruling in a civil fraud lawsuit brought in 2022 by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Reuters reports.

Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million in penalties, but with interest the total has grown to nearly $454 million.

That total will increase by nearly $112,000 per day until he pays, according to James’ office, CBS News notes.

James sought to essentially bankrupt Trump by calling for a $370 million fine and a lifetime disbarment from the real estate industry in New York State.

Trump’s announcement follows through with his trial comments when he declared during closing arguments, “This is a case that should have never been brought, and I think we should be entitled to damages, as Breitbart News reported.

Trump added he was being punished for “having built a perfect company, great cash, great buildings, great everything.”

Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley called the ruling “confiscatory, extreme, and abusive.”

LATIN AMERICA

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Doxxing & Illegal Fishing

Doxing Scandal Started by Mexican President Rocks Country’s Politics

A doxing scandal started by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador led to the additional doxing of two presidential candidates. The president also admitted that he didn’t care if he broke the law by starting the controversy.

In the most recent turn of events, Lopez Obrador criticized YouTube for taking down the video of his morning news conference where the doxing took place. The politician claimed YouTube was censoring him and being authoritarian.

As Breitbart Texas initially reported, the issue began last week when Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used one of his morning news conferences to criticize and intimidate the New York Times for asking questions about drug cartel money being pumped into his campaigns.
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During his initial criticism, Lopez Obrador revealed the personal cell phone of Natalie Kitroeff from the Times, who sent an email to the president’s press office with multiple questions.

The issue continued with Mexican government news outlets criticizing Kitroeff and her work in the story about AMLO’s campaign.

The initial doxxing sparked international criticism from press freedom organizations since Mexico is considered one of the deadliest countries for journalists.

When questioned by a reporter from Univision about the doxing, Lopez Obrador said it was done on purpose. When told that doxing was against the law in Mexico, the president doubled down and claimed that he was within his right to defend himself against libelous attacks from critical news outlets.

Soon after, one of Lopez Obrador’s sons posted on social media that his phone number had been leaked and he had been receiving threats.

Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a Lopez Obrador supporter, also posted over the weekend that she, too, had been doxed and had been receiving threats on her personal cell phone.

Illegal Chinese Fleet in South American Waters Is Devastating Fish Stocks

The persistent threat of an invasive fleet of illegal Chinese fishing ships in Latin American waters is depleting fish stocks and impacting the regional economy, according to a report published on Sunday by the Spanish news agency EFE.

The constant presence of illegal Chinese ships and their consequences to the local fauna and economy have generated great concern among regional authorities, who are making efforts to curb the destruction of their respective countries’ natural resources. EFE’s report gathered testimonies from Chilean, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, and Argentine authorities.

The report found that, in Argentina, the Chinese vessels are causing a depredation of local species found in the southwest Atlantic, such as squid and the Patagonian toothfish. The affected area, located some 310 miles east of the San Jorge Gulf, borders the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and is a treasure trove of biodiversity that is key for the spawning and feeding of seabirds and marine mammals, such as the southern right whale.

The report found that, during 2023’s January-July high fishing season, some 400 vessels fished in that area using trawl nets. Chinese vessel activity in the Argentine area increased from 61,727 hours per 500 square kilometers in 2023 to 384,056 hours in 2024, according to data from the Global Fishing Watch platform.

Since 1986, Argentine authorities have seized 80 foreign-flagged fishing vessels, 12 of them Chinese. In 2016, Argentine Coast Guard authorities chased and sank a Chinese vessel identified as Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 after it was found illegally fishing in the exclusive EEZ maritime area.

MIDDLE EAST

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All About Middle Eastern Terrorists

Hamas Rejects Latest Israeli Hostage Deal Framework

Hamas had rejected any deal on hostages unless Israel agreed to end the war and pull all of its forces out of the Gaza Strip — a condition that would allow the terror group to claim victory in the war, and was therefore a non-starter for Israel.

Breitbart News reported on Saturday that there had been progress in talks held in Paris, France, through mediators:

Israeli sources reported progress in talks in Paris, France, this weekend over a release of hostages by Hamas in exchange for a temporary pause in fighting, as the Palestinian terrorist groups appeared to back down from demands for an end to the war.

The rough outline of the deal appears to involve a six-week pause in fighting, accompanied by the release of 35-40 hostages, with Israel releasing some 300 or so Palestinian terror convicts, and redeploying some of its forces within Gaza, though not leaving.

Hamas still holds some 134 Israeli hostages, several dozen of whom are thought to be dead. Over 100 hostages — mostly women and children — were released during a week-long truce in November, which Hamas broke, leading to a resumption of fighting.

However, the Times of Israel noted on Monday:

Senior Israeli officials tell Hebrew media that there is mounting pessimism that Hamas will agree to a hostage deal laid out in a framework proposed by mediators.

Both Channel 12 and the Kan public broadcaster quote a senior official as saying that they were told that the framework worked out in Paris by the US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators “doesn’t correspond with Hamas demands.”

Palestinian Authority Government ‘Resigns’ in Fake Display of Reform for U.S.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) government performed the empty gesture of resignation on Monday — with the notable exception of President Mahmoud Abbas — in an attempt to appease U.S. pressure for “reform” as a condition for governing postwar Gaza.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his government have submitted their resignations, he announced Monday.
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The government, which is dominated by the Fatah political party, held administrative control over Gaza until 2007, after Hamas won the 2006 legislative elections in the occupied territories and expelled it from the strip. Israel has rejected the prospect of the PA returning to Gaza after the war, and has dismissed the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the territories.

The US however favors a reformed PA being in control of both the West Bank and Gaza as part of a future independent state.

In effect, the resignations are merely cosmetic, as Abbas is still in charge of the PA.

President Abbas was elected in 2005 and is now in the 20th year of his first four-year term. The PA is regarded as corrupt by Palestinians and is not trusted by Israelis. Notably, the PA has failed to condemn the Hamas terror attack of October 7. Recently, Shtayyeh said the attacks should be forgotten, and said that the Fatah party that runs the PA was ready for “unity” with Hamas.

Houthis Celebrate: Civilized Nations Have Lost Control of the Seas

Major General Mohammed al-Atifi, speaking at a “graduation” event for Houthi terror operatives, was celebrating the results of a months-long campaign by the terrorists to disrupt global commercial shipping in and around the Red Sea.
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They control most of Yemen, including the capital, Sana’a, while the legitimate government of Yemen languishes in the southern city of Aden.

The Houthi war against Israel has largely consisted of attacks on ships transiting around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait near Yemen. While Houthi leaders claim they are only targeting ships with ties to Israel – and expanded those attacks to American and British ships following strikes on terror targets in Yemen – the documented Houthi attacks in the region have appeared random. The Houthis have not only targeted ships from unrelated nations but also struck against ships carrying Russian cargo, Chinese crews, and heading to Iran, all nations the terrorists maintain friendly ties with.

The attacks have significantly affected shipping costs, particularly in Europe, as ships are forced to avoid the Red Sea altogether and reroute around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. A survey published by the British Chambers of Commerce found that shipping from Asia to Europe has become as much as 300 percent more expensive for some businesses.

“The United States, Britain and Israel must realize that the policies of demarcation and assertion of hegemonic influence on international waters are obsolete and no more favorable,” Atifi, the Houthi “defense chief,” said on Sunday, according to the Iranian state propaganda network PressTV. The outlet claimed that Atifi went on to claim that the Houthis were working to “properly redefine maritime security” – apparently with a definition including the risk of random Houthi bombings against commercial ships existing at all times – and that the Houthis would work to “restore the identity of the two seas,” meaning the Red and Arabian Seas.

Atifi also reaffirmed the Houthis’ promise, which the group has broken repeatedly, not to “target any ships, which are neither affiliated to the Zionist enemy [Israel] nor serving its interests.”

“Marine navigation for vessels through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea is safe,” he concluded.

But that's not all, folks!

Houthis Sever Undersea Communications Cables Linking Europe and Asia

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group knocked out four undersea communications cables linking Saudi Arabia and Djibouti, a report by an Israeli news outlet claimed Monday.

The submarine cables were struck out of commission through sabotage in recent months, alleged Israeli news outlet Globes.

Telecom firms linked to the Yemen government have previously said they fear Houthi rebels are planning to sabotage a network of seafloor cables in the Red Sea critical to the functioning of the western internet and the transmission of financial data.

Attacks by the Houthis are widely considered to have damaged the cables believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, Europe India Gateway (EIG), and TGN systems.

The knock-out marks serious disruption in communications between Europe and Asia and a new step in the battle to stop the group’s efforts to dominate across the vital Red Sea shipping lanes.

The AAE-1 cable connects East Asia to Europe via Egypt, connecting China to the West through countries such as Pakistan and Qatar.

The Europe India Gateway cable system connects southern Europe to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, the UAE, and India.

The Seacom cable connects Europe, Africa, and India, and is connected to South Africa.

Meanwhile, the immediate harm will be felt by the Gulf states and India, Globes noted.

The repair of such a large number of underwater cables may take at least eight weeks according to estimates and involve exposure to risk from the Houthi terror organization.

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Another U.S. Tanker Attacked After Latest Airstrikes, Crippled Cargo Ship Creates Environmental Disaster

The U.S. and UK on Saturday launched a fourth round of “self-defense” airstrikes against 18 targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, destroying missile storage facilities, drones, radars, and one helicopter.

The Houthis still managed to attack a U.S.-flagged tanker in the Red Sea and launch several suicide drones on Monday but the missile shot missed and U.S. forces were able to intercept the drones.

The United States, United Kingdom, and their coalition partners released a joint statement on Monday describing the weekend airstrikes as a “necessary and proportionate” measure to “disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade, naval vessels, and the lives of innocent mariners in one of the world’s most critical waterways.”

The strikes targeted 18 targets in eight locations, including “underground weapons storage facilities, missile storage facilities, one-way attack unmanned aerial systems, air defense systems, radars, and a helicopter.”

The coalition mentioned several specific Houthi attacks it was responding to, including a missile attack that injured a crew member aboard the British-owned MV Islander on February 22, a near-miss missile strike on February 19 against the U.S.-owned MV Sea Champion while it was carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, a kamikaze drone attack the same day against the U.S.-owned MV Navis Fortuna, and the February 18 missile attack that severely damaged the UK-owned MV Rubymar.