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Biden's Illegal Alien Invasion Sparked 30% Home Price Growth, 20% Rent Growth: Fed Paper

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:01 UTC
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A new Federal Reserve working paper adds hard data to a dire economic realities that tens of millions of hardworking Americans already face: being priced out of homeownership or trapped paying ungodly high rents.

For years, the housing affordability crisis was blamed almost entirely on low interest rates, pandemic-era demand, institutional buyers, and a shortage of new construction. However, one major point was largely and conveniently ignored by mainstream media: the Biden-Harris regime's open border policies, which facilitated a massive illegal alien invasion.

The paper, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, uses new government data to measure the labor and housing market effects of the illegal alien invasion from early 2021 through the first half of 2024.

"From early 2021 to early 2024, the U.S. experienced an unprecedented boom in unauthorized immigration, followed by a rapid slowdown beginning in mid-2024," the authors of the report wrote.
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No AOC, Bernie and Mamdani, the Framers would have hated the billionaire tax

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:54 UTC
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© Frank A. Nankivell/Puck MagazineA 1910 political cartoon titled "The Central Bank" from Puck magazine, illustrated by Frank A. Nankivell.
Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the bizarre claim of Gov. Gavin Newsom and others that the Framers would have supported wealth taxes, including the proposed Billionaire's Tax. It is a claim that seeks to mask the economically unwise with the historically unfounded. The Framers sought to protect property from legislative redistributive impulses. James Madison wrote that the bicameral system, and particularly the Senate, "ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority." That does not sound like an ally of Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna.

Was James Madison the Zohran Mamdani of his time? Gavin Newsom appears to think so. In joining the growing number of Democratic leaders supporting a wealth tax, the California governor claimed that the U.S. Constitution and our Founders were all about wealth distribution: "The system America's founders built," he said, "was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands, but we have allowed that concentration to happen anyway, slowly, in plain sight, over decades."

The only problem with this argument is that it is utterly and demonstrably false. The Madisonian democracy is designed to avoid the concentration of political power, not the concentration of wealth.
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Report says UK police must give up 'woke culture wars' and start fighting crime


RT
Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:07 UTC
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© Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
British officers are increasingly seen as "preferencing certain groups," according to a government-backed study

British police chiefs need to stop taking sides in "woke... culture wars" and focus entirely on the "prevention and detection of crime," according to a government-backed report that recommends a "fundamental overhaul" of policing in the UK.

Co-authored by former Labour Party Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and published on Monday, the report found that Britain's police departments are plagued by corrupt leadership, nepotism, abuse of power, and low morale among officers.

The report also highlighted concerns that police leaders are "preferencing certain groups," with some "woke" chiefs "taking sides in the so-called 'culture wars.'"

Comment: British social media is rife with examples





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Paul Pelosi faces charges in Napa County hit-and-run

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:02 UTC
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© Justin Tallis/ AFP via Getty ImagesNancy and Paul Pelosi
Paul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), faces misdemeanor charges for a hit-and-run after allegedly striking a parked car in Napa, California on Friday.

According to a statement from the Napa County Sheriff's Office, the collision occurred around 2:30 p.m. on July 3, 2026, on the 6700 block of Yount Street in Yountville. A witness reported seeing a brown convertible traveling northbound on Yount Street strike a parked car that was legally positioned on the shoulder of the roadway. The parked vehicle sustained significant rear-end damage. Pelosi briefly stopped before continuing on.

The witness called 911 to report the hit-and-run. Deputies responded and located Paul Pelosi a short time later, roughly a quarter-mile away. His brown convertible was found partially blocking Yountville Cross Road, with a California Highway Patrol vehicle positioned behind it. The front right side of Pelosi's car showed significant damage consistent with the rear damage on the parked vehicle.
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Bad Guys

UK government's overreaching bid to rig YouTube algorithm to force-feed BBC propaganda

Steve Watson
Modernity
Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:54 UTC
bbc headquarters
Latest power grab aims to silence independent voices by artificially boosting state-backed media on the world's biggest video platform

In a brazen move that reeks of authoritarian control, the UK government is pushing plans to seize influence over YouTube's recommendation system. Their goal is to prioritise content from the BBC, and other state backed propaganda machines, while burying independent journalists and creators who dare challenge the official narrative.

This isn't subtle nudging — it's direct engineered suppression, which they're dressing up as "protecting democracy" from so-called disinformation. As public trust in legacy media plummets, the establishment's response is to rig the game rather than earn back credibility.

YouTube itself has warned creators about the proposals. The platform alerted users that new rules could force it to give privileged positioning to approved outlets, limiting growth for everyone else and reshaping what millions see daily. Independent voices who built audiences by speaking truth to power now face algorithmic exile.
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Big Bomb

How Congress manipulates its own rules to make sure Israel still gets its weapons

Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss
Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC
US Capitol
© David Maiolo/WikimediaUnited States Capitol Building • Washington, DC
On Tuesday, Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in Colorado, adding to the list of progressive victories in this year's Democratic primaries. Kiros won a safe Democratic seat, meaning her primary, like many of the other progressive victors', was tantamount to winning the general election. Kiros' victory adds her to a list of progressive victories across the Democratic primaries that will substantially increase the voting power of more left-leaning and anti-genocide Democrats in Congress.

The very same day, events in the House of Representatives showed how badly they are needed when the Republican-led House Rules Committee shut down an effort to challenge foreign aid to Israel. Although the parliamentary moves proved a setback, they also demonstrated that the growing number of Democrats and even a few Republicans, elected officials willing to vote against greater support for Israel, might be able to exert that political influence in the near future.

Comment: US-Israel on shifting sands? The US congressional tide may finally turn.

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The Three SHTF Scenarios That Could Change The World Faster Than Anyone Expects!

Madge Waggy
ZeroHedge
Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:05 UTC
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For decades, the greatest threats to global stability were often imagined as distant possibilities — events reserved for history books, military simulations or the darkest years of the Cold War. Today, that assumption is becoming increasingly difficult to defend. International defense spending has reached levels not seen in decades, armed conflicts continue to reshape regional security architectures, and governments across Europe, North America and Asia are investing heavily in civil defense, cybersecurity and the protection of critical infrastructure. These are not preparations made in anticipation of ordinary times, but responses to a world that has become measurably more volatile than it was only a few years ago.

History offers a sobering reminder that societies are rarely transformed by a single catastrophic event. More often, they are changed by a sequence of crises that appear unrelated until they begin reinforcing one another — geopolitical confrontation, economic instability, infrastructure failures and the gradual erosion of public confidence. Whether viewed through the lens of preparedness, national security or historical precedent, one conclusion remains remarkably consistent: the most consequential moments are often recognized only after they have already begun.
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Best of the Web: The UK's latest "debanking" scandal should give everyone pause

Nick Corbishley
Naked Capitalism
Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:18 UTC
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Lloyd's bank has been accused of debanking a left-wing news outlet, which has left the publication with “barely any funds”.
First they came for Muslim activists. Then they came for Nigel Farage. Now, they're coming for independent media outlets.

UK-based readers may recall the moment almost exactly three years ago when the word "debanking" entered the mainstream British English lexicon. The prestigious London-based private bank Coutts had just decided to close Nigel Farage's bank account due to his unsavoury political views and alleged Russian connections. That decision turned out to be very costly.

Almost immediately, Farage did what Farage does best: he whipped up a massive media frenzy. In next to no time two senior banking scalps had been claimed: those of Dame Alison Rose, the CEO of Coutts' parent bank and "Big Four" lender, Natwest (formerly known as the Royal Bank of Scotland) and Coutts' chief executive Peter Flavel.
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FARA Docs: Israel is spying on millions of Christian Americans in their churches

Alan Macleod
Mint Press News
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
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If you are a Christian living in the Western United States, you have almost certainly been targeted with pro-Israel, anti-Palestine propaganda, paid for directly by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Your searches, location, and internet activity is being monitored by Israel, and your algorithms and search results across multiple platforms are being manipulated by Israeli government in what its American partner calls the "largest geofencing and targeted Christian digital campaign ever."

Amid a massive drop in support from the Christian community, Israel is spending millions of dollars to target individuals entering churches or Christian colleges with ads, and paying pastors across the country to promote propaganda and false "anti-Palestinian" narratives every Sunday, documents filed with the United States' Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show.

The 86-page disclosure reveals that Israel is recruiting Hollywood celebrities and sports stars to promote the country, while also manipulating Christians' social media feeds. And they are doing it by spying on you through your phone.
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American pilot killed by rebels in Papua, says Indonesian military


CNN
Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:34 UTC
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© TPNPB/ReutersA screengrab from a video by TPNPB shows rebels with the "Morning Star" flag, a symbol of independence, while announcing the attack.
Indonesia's military has recovered the ​body of an American pilot who was shot dead by rebels in the restive eastern region of Papua, it said on Friday after a separatist group said the attack was a "message" to the US and Indonesian ⁠governments.

A low-level battle for independence from Indonesia has long raged in the resource-rich western half of Papua, where attacks by independence fighters have grown deadlier and more frequent as they have procured better weaponry.

Sebby Sambom, a spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), an ⁠armed separatist group, said on Thursday that their ​troops ⁠shot dead American pilot Nicholas F. Gosselin and set his plane on fire after it landed in the Yahukimo region of Highland Papua ⁠province.
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