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More illegal immigrants en route from Texas to Muriel Bowser's D.C.

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© Paul Morigi/Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty ImagesIllegal Immigrant Bus • Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser
More illegal immigrants in Del Rio, Texas, are en route to Mayor Muriel Bowser's Washington, DC, as the Democrat said the situation is reaching a "tipping point" while Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ships illegals to sanctuary cities. A Thursday video shows another busload of migrants preparing to arrive in the nation's capital:

Comment: Chad Wolf nails the frustration and impotence of the the Biden Administration's lack of solutions to the migrant problem and unwillingness to take responsibility to fix it.
Former Acting DHS Director Chad Wolf said Friday that the mayors of New York City and Washington, D.C. should be leaning on the Biden administration to actually do something about the border crisis so that hundreds of thousands of migrants aren't flooding into cities across the country.

Despite being turned down the first time, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, asking him to send in the National Guard to help D.C. deal with the migrants that are being bused to the nation's capital by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

When asked whether Bowser should receive help from the National Guard, Wolf said:
"No, and in fact the National Guard should be down on the border actually trying to solve this crisis.

"Look, what Mayor Bowser, Mayor Adams in New York City should be doing is leaning on the Biden administration to put policies and procedures in place to stop this crisis so that we don't have hundreds of thousands of migrants going into all cities across the country. That's what they need to be focused on. As far as the National Guard is concerned, they need to be advocating again for that at the border to help Border Patrol, to help CBP control that border, but it's gonna take leadership by the administration to do that at the end of the day.

"It is absolutely bizarre and very hypocritical that Adams is complaining about 250 illegal immigrants being bused to his city when Texas deals with 7,000 illegals each day.

"Obviously they only care about this issue when it impacts their cities and their communities. Folks in Texas and Arizona and California and others along the border have been impacted for the past 16 to 17 months so what Governor Abbott's having to do is basically shame big city mayors like Mayor Adams and Mayor Bowser to actually care, to actually get involved in this fight and be part of the solution and to lean on the Biden administration to solve this issue at the end of the day.

"He shouldn't have to do this, but if this is what it's going to take to get others talking about this crisis and talking about solutions then they need to continue to do this. These are cities that have encouraged illegal immigrants to come to their communities. DHS has been flying these individuals into the state of New York, into states all over this country for months and months and months.

"It's only until they see them firsthand getting off buses that they seem to care, that they seem to raise any type of concern at the end of the day. It's bizarre, their view. This administration wants this crisis to go away. When's the last time we heard from the president, the vice president or DHS secretary in a public setting, in a press conference to answer questions about the border, to actually outline their strategy at the border?

"Just several days ago they formally ended Remain in Mexico or MPP. They have taken a vital tool away from the Border Patrol to help solve this crisis and they're offering no solution, no plan, and no strategy in return."

"The vast majority of Americans disagree with this broken and failed border strategy that the administration is undertaking.

"They need to change course. They need to set new policies and new procedures in place. This can be solved, and it can be solved relatively quickly but it takes leadership. It takes hard decisions to actually do that at the end of the day and this administration continues not to do any of that.

"Again, they don't want to talk about this issue. They hope it goes away, and I don't believe it is because the vast majority of Americans see what's going on down there. They're throwing their hands up and they're saying after 15, 16 months, aren't you capable enough, aren't you competent enough to actually put something in place that stops this and, again, Americans want a change."



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Women's rally violently dispersed in Kabul - media

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© AFP/Wakil KohsarTaliban fighters fire into the air to disperse Afghan women protesters in Kabul
August 13, 2022
The Taliban violently dispersed a women's protest rally in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday, several days ahead of the first anniversary of the Islamist group's return to power, the news agency AFP has reported.

Around 40 women were chanting "bread, work and freedom" as they approached the education ministry in Kabul, according to the agency. One video, apparently recorded in Kabul and posted on social media, shows Taliban militants firing their weapons into the air to break up an approaching female crowd.

After the protest was dispersed, some women attempted to take shelter in nearby shops but were reportedly pursued and beaten by Taliban fighters using the butts of their guns.

Snakes in Suits

NYC Mayor Eric Adams blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after second bus of migrants arrives: 'This is horrific'

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© Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams • Texas Governor Greg Abbott
New York City Mayor Eric Adams blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday after a second bus full of illegal migrants arrived at his doorstep.

Adams gave a news conference Sunday morning at the Port Authority where he greeted an incoming bus of around 40 migrants — only 14 of whom disembarked in the Big Apple.

"This is horrific when you think about what the governor is doing," Adams said, noting that many of the arriving families did not realize they were coming to New York City.

His comments follow the first arrival of around 50 migrants at a Port Authority in New York City on Friday. The bus arrived on the orders of Abbott, who has been shipping border-crossers into liberal cities to bring attention to the issue of illegal immigration in his own state.

Adams has accused the governor of using innocent people "as political pawns to manufacture a crisis."


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Police shoot dead armed man who tried to breach Ohio FBI building

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© REUTERS/Jeffrey DeanLt. Nathan Dennis of the Ohio Highway Patrol speaks with reporters about the attempted attack on the FBI building in Cincinnati, at a press staging area near Wilmington, Ohio, U.S., August 11, 2022.
An armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday was shot dead by police following a car chase, a gun battle and a standoff in a cornfield northeast of town, officials said.

Police had yet to identify the dead man and during a pair of news briefings declined to comment on his motive. The New York Times and NBC News, citing unnamed sources, identified him as Ricky Shiffer, 42, who may have had extreme right-wing views.

A man by that name forwarned of the attack on Truth Social, the medium created by former President Donald Trump.

Comment: More from Fox News:
The man accused of attempting to break into the FBI's Cincinnati field office on Thursday reportedly handled classified material for the U.S. Military while posted on submarines years ago, and the suspect was previously known to the FBI.

"The FBI previously received information about Ricky Shiffer, the individual who attempted to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at the FBI Cincinnati Field Office on August 11, 2022," an FBI spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. "The information did not contain a specific and credible threat. However, multiple field offices made attempts to locate and interview Shiffer which were unsuccessful."

Ricky Shiffer, 42, spent five years in the U.S. Navy between June 1998 and June 2003, mostly aboard the USS Columbia, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine.

The suspect also spent three years in the Florida Army National Guard as an infantryman between May 2008 and May 2011, including a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged in May 2011, according to his service record from the Department of Defense.

During those combined eight years, Schiffer handled highly classified information, according to The Washington Post.

Authorities are looking into social media posts made on Shiffer's various accounts on Truth Social, a platform created by former President Donald Trump's media company; Facebook; and Twitter.

Shiffer is suspected of posting extremist views on several social media platforms in which he encouraged his followers to "kill the F.B.I. on sight."

The 42-year-old, who reportedly wore body armor while armed with an AR-15 style rifle and nail gun, was shot and killed after he ended the pursuit by pulling over and engaging in a six hours-long standoff in a rural field in Wilmington, Ohio.

Shiffer is believed to have made a post on his Truth Social account 30 minutes into the standoff, during which he admitted to the attack.

"Well I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn't. If you don't hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I., and it'll mean either I was taken off the internet, the F.B.I. got me, or they sent the regular cops while," a post by an account using Shiffer's name stated Thursday.



Sherlock

Fire destroys Oregon flour mill, huge fire tears through Sydney bread factory on the same day

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A flour mill in Pendleton burst into flames Wednesday morning. Officials say the building is a total loss.
Photo courtesy of Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal A flour mill in Pendleton burst into flames Wednesday morning. Officials say the building is a total loss.
A flour mill in Pendleton burst into flames Wednesday morning. Officials say the building is a total loss.

Tennessee-based Grain Craft, which owns the mill, says it's working with farmers to handle wheat supply

The Grain Craft flour mill in Pendleton was destroyed in a fire that erupted Wednesday morning.

As of 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning, firefighters from Pendleton Fire and Ambulance were still on the scene of the fire and several blocks near the mill were closed to through traffic, according to Facebook updates from the Pendleton Police Department.

A press release issued by the city Thursday says firefighters "are going to have more long days ahead of them before this incident is over" due to "the size of the building, the material inside, and the lack of safe access."

Comment: On the same day a huge fire was reported at a bread factory over in Sydney, Australia:

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Screen shot of the video linked above.
These fires are notable because there has still been a significant and suspicious uptick in fires at food processing plants in the last year, particularly in the US; however, regarding those detailed above, it remains to be seen whether they're related. This also comes amidst an international coordinated attack on farmers:


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Twitter rolls out election misinformation rules ahead of US midterms

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© Twitter
Twitter reintroduced its rules governing election misinformation as the social media site prepares for this year's midterms, the company said Thursday.

The San Francisco-based tech giant said it will apply its "civic integrity policy" to the Nov. 8 midterm elections, in which all 435 seats in the US House of Representatives as well as a third of the Senate will be up for grabs.

The stated goal of the policy, which was first introduced in 2018, is to "elevate credible information" and "help keep you safe on Twitter."

"The mission of our civic integrity work is to protect the conversation on Twitter during elections or other civic processes," according to Twitter.
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© LightRocket/SOPA Images/Getty ImagesProtesters are Twitter targets

Comment: Twit doesn't give a wit about your rights and it isn't about 'keeping you safe'.


Fire

Germany at risk of mass unrest - security official

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© APF/Henrik Josef BoergerGerman riot police during clashes with radicals in Hamburg
Germany could be facing mass unrest this autumn and protests over the energy crisis could be hijacked by extremists, a regional head of the country's domestic security agency has said.

Stephan Kramer, who heads the BfV in the state of Thuringia, said Germany must be prepared for the possibility that "legitimate" protests over energy and economic crises could be "infiltrated by extremists."

He told ZDF broadcaster on Wednesday that demonstrations could be expected over
"gas shortages, energy problems, supply difficulties, possible recession, unemployment, but also the growing poverty right up to the middle class.

"'Extremists' who could hijack the protests include the so-called 'lateral thinkers' who rallied against coronavirus restrictions during the pandemic, and right-wing activists who have already been stirring the mood on social media in recent months."
If such scenarios materialize, "we're likely to be confronted with mass protests and riots," the official warned.


Comment: Hypothetical suggestions precondition the public's mindset. Evolving definitions change the rules.


Comment: Pick your protest - a plethora of choices.


Brick Wall

Arizona governor closes gaps in border wall

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© Howard Fischer/Capitol Media ServicesArizona Governor Doug Ducey • Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey began a construction project designed to close some of the gaps in federal border walls. The move follows similar actions taken by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in response to the changes in immigration and border security policies by the Biden Administration.

In a tweet on Friday, Governor Ducey announced the beginning of construction projects to place physical barriers in gaps of the border wall along the Arizona-Mexico border. Workers began placing welded-shut shipping containers.


Star of David

Israel heads further right: 30-40 percent of young support fascistic Jewish party

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© JERIES BSSIER (C) APA IMAGESIsraeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir takes part in a march in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2022. police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem’s old city.
Israel's unprovoked attack on Gaza last week that resulted in yet more childrens' death and trauma, widely related on social media, is sure to further damage Israel's reputation among Democrats. The last time Israel attacked Gaza, in May 2021, even traditional friends got wobbly, The New York Times put the faces of 60+ dead Palestinian children on the front page, and a subsequent poll revealed that 38 percent of American Jews under 40 believe Israel is an apartheid state.

Today more U.S. politicians are daring not to support Israel's latest attack; and one young American Jewish group damned the attack as a political stunt by Israel's prime minister Yair Lapid to stay in power, facing an election November 1.

But Israeli politics could not be more different. Jewish Israelis saw the attack as a great success. All Israel is "united" in support of the Gaza attack, says Israel advocate Daniel Gordis, who describes "wall-to-wall agreement in Israel (except, as expected and even understandably, from the Arab parties)."

Stock Down

Report says UK faces steepest drop in real wages in a century

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Living standards in Britain are projected to plunge by a staggering 7.75% by the end of this year

Pay rises in Britain could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, which will be the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said in a report published on Thursday.

According to the report, living standards in the country are expected to fall by an unprecedented 7.75%, given the central bank's prediction that inflation would jump to 13% in the fourth quarter of 2022 while wages were to increase by just 5.25%.

The TUC pointed out that workers had not suffered such a severe and prolonged decline in wages relative to inflation since the 1920s. "This isn't a wage-price spiral, it's a real pay disaster," the union congress warned.

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