"Instead of adjudicating these cases, denying invalid asylum claims, and ordering aliens removed from the United States, the Biden-Harris Administration has directed its immigration judges to simply not adjudicate them," the report stated.

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday released an interim staff report on how the Biden-Harris administration "uses the nation's immigration courts to advance an open-borders agenda" through a massive backlog in the immigration courts and the dismissal of cases.

The committee wrote that since Biden took office, there have been more than 3.7 million new immigration court cases since the beginning of fiscal year 2021, which began in October of 2020. "The majority of those cases are based on claims that ultimately will prove unsuccessful," the report stated, noting that of the adjudicated cases in fiscal year 2023, just 14 percent of them resulted in an asylum grant. The remaining cases were "cases denied, abandoned, dismissed, terminated, withdrawn, or administratively closed."

Ursula von der Leyen advocates "pre-bunking" in the public forum to "vaccinate" people against "disinformation."

EU President Ursula von der Leyen just joined the ranks of former Senator John Kerry and other globalist ghouls in declaring war on free speech by perversely proclaiming that the EU citizenry needs to be "vaccinated against disinformation."

Like every censor in history, she characterizes her censorship program as a means of expunging erroneous information and ideas from public discourse. By using the word "disinformation," she implies that she and her clique are already the sole possessors of the truth about everything, and that everyone who has and shares heterodox ideas is necessarily in error.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — authors of The Disinformation Dozen — planned to "kill" X (Twitter), shut down popular social media accounts on other platforms, censor non-establishment voices and "bring back" attacks on "antivaxx" voices, according to internal documents leaked by CCDH insiders.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — authors of "The Disinformation Dozen" — planned to "kill" X (Twitter), shut down popular social media accounts on other platforms, censor non-establishment voices and "bring back" attacks on "antivaxx" voices, according to internal documents leaked by CCDH insiders.

Investigative journalists Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi on Tuesday released the documents on The Disinformation Chronicle and X.

Thacker told The Defender he spoke with "several CCDH insiders" who provided minutes from internal CCDH staff meetings that took place between January and early this month.

According to the documents, CCDH planned to organize "black ops" against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chairman on leave from Children's Health Defense (CHD), and pressure Substack to remove COVID-19 vaccine critics Dr. Joseph Mercola and Alex Berenson from its platform.

Brussels canceled the engagement because Milos Vucevic had met with Moscow's economic development minister

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has canceled her planned talks with Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, citing his previous meeting with a Russian official.

Von der Leyen arrived in Belgrade on Friday as part of her Balkans tour. She met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and was supposed to meet Vucevic as well.

"We canceled the meeting with the prime minister after his meeting with the Russian economy minister," the EU ambassador to Serbia Emmanuel Gioffre told AFP, noting that Serbia had signaled that it intends to "strengthen its economic relations with Russia."

The Intercept followed AIPAC's money trail to reveal how its political spending impacts the balance of power in Congress.

For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee had been an influential presence on Capitol Hill, working behind the scenes to lobby politicians and their staffers in support of Israel. But ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, AIPAC made a decision that would fundamentally alter its purpose and the contours of American politics.

After 60 years of issues-based lobbying, AIPAC for the first time opted to spend directly on campaigns. Flush with millions of dollars from loyal donors, among them Republican billionaires and megadonors to former President Donald Trump, AIPAC embraced a new strategy. It would use its vast funds to oust progressive members of Congress who have criticized human rights abuses by Israel and the country's receipt of billions of U.S. dollars in military funding.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed comments by US presidential candidate Donald Trump on his desire to end the Ukraine conflict as "sincere", as he concluded a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies in the city of Kazan, Russia.

Putin also warned the West on Thursday that it was an "illusion" to think Moscow could be defeated on the battlefield and that any peace deal would have to recognise Russia's control of large areas of Ukrainian territory.

Putin faced calls at the summit from some of Russia's most important allies for the fighting in Ukraine to end.

Trump has repeatedly expressed scepticism over Washington's multi-billion dollar aid to Ukraine and claimed that if elected, he could end the fighting in a matter of hours.

Putin said:

"Trump spoke about his desire to do everything to end the conflict in Ukraine. I think he is being sincere. Of course we welcome statements like this, whoever they come from."

Some analysts believe next month's US presidential election could be critical to future ties and the conflict in Ukraine.

"Democracy dies in darkness" is the Washington Post's slogan, but can it handle the light?

The Post has been doggedly portraying the election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as a choice between tyranny (Trump) and democracy (Harris). Yet when it commissioned a poll on threats to democracy shortly before the election, it did not quite work out.

Voters in swing states deem the greater threat to democracy to be Kamala Harris, who is running on a "save democracy" platform.

The poll sampled 5,016 registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Labour Party activists have volunteered for the Democrats in battleground states, the former president's campaign claims.

The UK's ruling Labour Party is interfering in the US presidential election, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign team has alleged in a complaint filed over alleged meddling by a foreign political force.

Labour Party officials have reportedly advised Democrats about strategies party 'activists' have worked on the ground in key swing states. The Labour Party insists such activities are legal because no money has been exchanged and no donations have been made to the Democrats.

The Trump campaign's complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleges:

"'Blatant foreign interference' by Labour in the US election, in the form of 'apparent illegal foreign national contributions' accepted by the Democrats and their candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris."

The complaint, citing US law, said:

"Foreign nationals are prohibited from making a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in support of an American candidate, directly or indirectly."

'...like the worms around a corpse they wriggle in skinny, and they wriggle out fat....'

The expanded BRICS forum and its declaration this week of cooperative commitment to creating a more just and peaceful world order are a historic landmark. One that gives hope and confidence in achieving a better future for humanity.

The 16th annual summit of the BRICS grouping took place in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, in southwest Russia. The three-day event, from October 22 to 24, was much anticipated and lived up to its billing as a breakthrough in international politics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted 25 heads of state. Over 40 nations were represented by 20,000 delegates. The world's new media, including journalists and crews from major Western media outlets, were in attendance. Laughably, however, the Western media tended to play down the momentous, tectonic shifts in geopolitics that the BRICS portend.

The summit's highlight was the Final Declaration entitled "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security." It contained 134 provisions for a wide range of critical goals, from fair and cooperative trade to the democratization of international financing mechanisms, from equitable participation in the United Nations to collective resolution of conflicts, and much, much more.

Many commentators hailed the conference's success as "an inflection point of international politics".

One observer, Professor Alexis Habiyaremye, articulated the views of many by commenting that the summit marked "the official launch of multilateral world order and the twilight of U.S. hegemony."

The BRICS is a relatively recent international movement, and yet in a short span, it has forged a seminal new direction for global relations - and for the better. The forum was founded in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa became a member in 2011. The first annual summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009.

Each year has seen the group grow both in terms of the number of aspiring member nations and in establishing the mechanisms for implementing its vision of a multilateral, more democratic world.

This year saw the accession of five new members, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. At least 40 other nations from every continent are requesting formal membership.

Already, the BRICS+ has surpassed the Western bloc of G7 in terms of combined population and economic strength.