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US NEWS

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Kevin McCarthy Lays Out Evidence
in Decision to Launch Biden Impeachment Inquiry

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the House is launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, citing at least six separate allegations that led to the decision.

First, he cited the House Oversight Committee’s findings that Biden “did lie to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings.”

“Eyewitnesses have testified that the president joined on multiple phone calls and had multiple interactions, dinners, resulting in cars and millions of dollars into (sic) his son’s and his son’s business partners,” he said.
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Second, McCarthy also cited bank records that show “nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”

The House Oversight Committee announced in August that it had found bank records that showed that Biden businesses received millions from business schemes in Romania and China, and that nine Biden family members received payments from the family foreign business ventures, including two of Joe Biden’s grandchildren.

Third, McCarthy also said the Treasury Department has “more than 150 transactions involving the Biden family and other business associates that were flagged as suspicious activity by U.S. banks.”

In April 2022, CBS News reported that U.S. banks had flagged over 150 suspicious financial transactions from Hunter and James Biden, which included wire transfers of “large” amounts of money.
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Fourth, McCarthy cited an FBI informant who alleged that the president and his son both received bribes of $5 million each.

Fifth, McCarthy cited Biden using “his official office to coordinate with Hunter Biden’s business partners about Hunter’s role in Burisma Ukrainian energy company,” referring to recent revelations from Hunter Biden’s laptop that then-Vice President Biden used private or alias accounts to send government information to Hunter.
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Finally, McCarthy said — likely in reference to the Justice Department’s handling of its investigation of Hunter Biden, “Despite the serious allegations, it appears that the president’s family has been offered special treatment by Biden’s own administration — treatment that [they] not otherwise would have received if they were not related to the President.”

NM Sheriff: Gov. Grisham’s Concealed Carry Ban
Is ‘Unconstitutional,’ Will Not Be Enforced

Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen clarified Monday that he will not enforce New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) “unconstitutional” ban on concealed carry.

The Associated Press (AP) quoted Allen saying, “It’s unconstitutional, so there’s no way we can enforce that order.”

He went on to express his opinion that the order “does nothing to curb gun violence.”

Earlier on Monday, Breitbart News reported KOB4 footage, which captured Grisham telling a reporter that the ban on concealed carry would not impact criminals.

In the footage, a reporter can be heard talking to Grisham, asking, “Do you think that criminals are going to hear this message and not carry a gun in Albuquerque, on the streets, for 30 days?”

Grisham responded, “Ah….no.”
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[New Mexico State Rep. John] Block [R] indicated that an article of impeachment against Grisham is being drafted.

NYC Mayor Adams described as 'Black Trump'
for warning migrant crisis to 'destroy' city
'Bigoted thinking'

An MSNBC writer blasted New York City Mayor Eric Adams as "Black Trump" Sunday for his speech raising concerns about the migrant crisis which was spilling over into the Big Apple, calling it "bigoted thinking" inspired by the right.

"But there’s a reason Adams’ rant is being applauded by conservatives… Maybe it’s because [conservatives] feel they’ve made him… come around to their bigoted thinking," said Ja'han Jones, a writer for MSNBC's The ReidOut Blog, the "digital extension" of Joy Reid's primetime show.

In his most recent post, Jones repeatedly blasted Adams – who is a Democrat – for "parroting right-wing talking points and espousing conservative politics" on immigration.

"That has led some of his critics to label him ‘Black Trump’ And he lived up to the moniker Thursday with an anti-immigrant diatribe that sounded as if it had been ripped from the former president’s social media feed," Jones wrote.

Matt Gaetz: Mayorkas Must Answer for DHS Freeing Illegal Alien
Now Accused of Nearly Killing Police Officer

As Breitbart News reported last month, 30-year-old illegal alien Yacarely Diaz-Castro of Nicaragua has been charged with drunk driving, causing serious bodily injuries after allegedly drunk driving and crashing her vehicle into the officer, who had pulled over a different car.

Police said the crash sent the officer over the guardrail, after which he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull and vertebra. The crash may leave him with permanent injuries.

Gaetz, in a letter to Mayorkas, said he wants answers about how Diaz-Castro was released into the United States interior by DHS.

“Diaz-Castro was known to your Department. She is from Nicaragua and entered the United States illegally seven months ago, and she allegedly claims to have received a ‘Notice to Report’ Form I-385,” Gaetz writes.
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Diaz-Castro is just one of nearly two million border crossers and illegal aliens who have been released into American communities specifically through Biden’s parole pipeline.

In February of this year it was revealed that Biden’s DHS had given NTRs (Notice to Report) to about 600,000 border crossers and illegal aliens — the document provided to Diaz-Castro — ensuring their release into the United States interior without any follow-up to appear before an immigration judge.

McDonald’s Poised to End Self-Serve Soda Stations to Reduce Theft

The news was first reported by the State Journal-Register, citing several franchisees in Illinois. Restaurants in Illinois have already started the process, along with stores out West, heralding in the speedy demise of self-service in favor of crew poring drinks.

“McDonald’s will be transitioning away from self-serve beverage stations in dining rooms across the U.S. by 2032,” the company confirmed in a statement to Business Insider.

“This change is intended to create a consistent experience for both customers and crew across all ordering points, whether that’s McDelivery, the app, kiosk, drive-thru or in-restaurant.”

The move means customers will no longer be handed an empty cup by an employee then add ice and their beverage of choice away from the point of sale.

Customers at fast food outlets which no longer offer the service must in future ask for refills at the counter.

Nike Cancels Reopening of Iconic Portland Store
Due to ‘Theft and Safety Issues’

The sports apparel giant reached out to the Soul District Business Association (SBDA) of Portland on Friday and informed them of their decision to cancel the reopening of the store they had closed last fall.

“This news has landed like a lead balloon in our district,” said John Washington, the SDBA’s executive director. “We had all been holding our breath since last November when the store quietly shuttered its doors due to internal and external theft and safety issues. But, like so many of us riding out the fallout of the pandemic and protests, we held out hope that Nike, city officials and community leaders would recalibrate and realign order. But it looks like it’s game over.”
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“Nike’s commitment to supporting and uplifting Portland’s North and Northeast community is unwavering.,” the company said. “We are reimagining Nike’s retail space, permanently closing our current location at 2650 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and considering future locations as part of this community’s long term revitalization plan.

“True to our roots, we will seek the input of local community organizations and leaders to determine the best new location. As we plan ahead, we are keeping the best interest of our employees at heart, providing them options to continue to be part of the Nike family.”

EUROPEAN NEWS

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Putin Claims over 270,000 ‘Voluntary’ Russian Military Recruits
After Wagner Leadership Collapse

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of volunteers are rushing to join the Russian military and fight in Ukraine.

He portrayed the partial mobilization order he signed in September 2022 as one of the most successful recruiting drives in history, bringing a quarter of a million fresh troops into the Russian war machine.

“As you know, we carried out a partial mobilization, we drafted 300,000 people. Now, in the past 6 to 7 months, 270,000 people voluntarily signed contracts for service in the armed forces and volunteer units,” Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, where he may meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un shortly. Kim’s armored train reportedly entered Russia on Tuesday.

“1,000 to 1,500 people come to sign a contract with the Russian armed forces every day,” Putin claimed.

Various other Russian officials have claimed recruiting targets from Putin’s mobilization order were handily met. The Russian Defense Ministry reported in August that over 231,000 recruits have enrolled for voluntary military service since the beginning of 2023.

The far-left New York Times (NYT) newspaper noted in August that Moscow gets young men to enlist by questioning their manhood.

And then a Madrid-based think tank makes an interesting revelation.

Cuba Could Have Sent as Many as 14,000 Fighters to Russia

Cuba’s communist Castro regime may have sent as many as 14,000 Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine between July and August, according to a joint report published Monday by the Madrid-based Cuba Siglo 21 think tank and the Havana Consulting Group.

“All evidence points to a collaborative and concerted effort between the Russian and Cuban governments to organize a recruitment network of Cuban volunteers to join Russian troops in Ukraine,” Cuba Siglo 21 stated on its website.

The organizations reached their conclusion by analyzing data on the 117 flights between Russia and Cuba documented between July and August, at a rate of 13 flights per week.

The flights, according to the report, represented an available seat capacity of 52,497, of which 38,407 were occupied by Russian tourists that traveled to the island nation — 73.16 percent of the available seat capacity.

The analysis concluded that the remaining 26.84 percent of seats may have provided the Castro regime with the operational capacity to transfer up to 14,090 citizens to Russian territory between July and August. Russia is one of the few countries in the world where Cuban citizens do not need to obtain a visitor’s visa to enter.

The Cuba Siglo 21 report concluded, given the totalitarian nature of the Cuban government, that it would be impossible for Cuban nationals to leave or enter the country through any of its airports without being detected — a sign that any Cubans traveling to Russia for alleged military purposes could not do so without the Castro regime’s approval.

Reports of Cuban citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine first surfaced in May, when the Florida-based news organization Martí Noticias reported that at least 14 Cuban nationals had signed contracts to provide military services to Russia’s armed forces in exchange for a fast track to Russian citizenship, among other benefits.

ASIAN NEWS

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Ayatollah Khamenei Marks $6 Billion 9/11
with Speech Celebrating America’s Demise

Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei celebrated the demise of “the arrogant power of America” in a speech in Tehran on Monday, the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. homeland by radical Muslim terrorists.
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The initial reports on the deal suggested that the Iranian terrorist state would release five Americans in exchange for a “handful” of Iranian convicts in America and $6 billion, but the Americans in question have only been released out of the country’s notorious Evin prison into house arrest and are reportedly not free at press time.
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“This is not a ransom,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby insisted in August.

Khamenei’s remarks on Monday did not mention the reported $6 billion agreement, nor did they dwell on the September 11, 2001, attacks. The “supreme leader” instead warned Iranians to fear alleged American “plots” to undermine the Islamic “revolution” but claimed such schemes were the last gasps of a dying power.

“The arrogant power of America and some European countries has weakened and will become weaker,” Khamenei said, according to Iran’s PressTV state propaganda outlet. Khamenei claimed the world was in the process of “transformation” away from the era of America being the world’s dominant superpower.

“The main lines of this transformation are several things: First of all, the weakening of the world’s arrogant powers,” Khamenei claimed. “They themselves say that the indicators of American power in the world like economy are declining. One of the most important indicators of American power was the strong American economy; they say it is declining.”

“America interfered in various governments, but the condition is now declining,” the cleric continued. “Today, America has to create a combined war in order to hit the governments that it wants to hit, which is very costly for it, and will not work out in the end.”

“Day by day, new powers are rising; this is a great global change,” Khamenei celebrated.

Pakistan Accuses Afghan Taliban
of Building ‘Unlawful Structures’
and ‘Indiscriminate Firing’ Across Border

Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Monday:

On the 6th of September, instead of a peaceful resolution, Afghan troops resorted to indiscriminate firing, targeting Pakistan military posts, damaging the infrastructure at the Torkham Border Terminal, and putting the lives of both Pakistani and Afghan civilians at risk, when they were stopped from erecting such unlawful structures.

The dispute Baloch wanted the Taliban to resolve peacefully involved Pakistan’s closing of the Torkham border crossing, the main route of access and trade between the two countries.

Pakistan closed Torkham Wednesday after gunfire was exchanged between Pakistani and Afghan border forces. Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, complained last week that terrorists from Afghanistan had been attacking Pakistani troops with captured American weapons abandoned by President Joe Biden during his bungled August 2021 withdrawal.

Many of these attacks have been claimed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the “Pakistani Taliban,” a militant group with strong ideological ties to the Afghan Taliban. Baloch criticized the regime in Kabul for allowing TTP to operate from Afghan soil.

“These elements are enjoying sanctuaries inside Afghanistan, as confirmed by the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team in its latest report,” she charged.