How does AIPAC get away with it?

It gets away with it because AIPAC's founder, I.L. Kenen, came up with a legal trick by which AIPAC is defined not as a lobby for a foreign state but for Americans who support that state. It's a critical distinction, the distinction (actually a legal fiction) that makes AIPAC's dominance over U.S. Middle East policy possible.

Every foreign country except Israel is represented in Washington by foreign agents who must register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Under its terms, the country in question is absolutely banned from participating in American elections. Every contact the agents have with Congress must be reported to the Department of Justice, along with how and where they spend their resources. This law applies to Canada as much as it does to Russia (which is now in hot water for not abiding with it). It does not apply to Israel.

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Over Memorial Day weekend the group began constructing a wall specifically along the southern border in New Mexico. These efforts were funded via GoFundMe donations.

Operations were halted Tuesday after [Sunland Park Mayor Javier] Perea issued a cease-and-desist order claiming that the group had failed to obtain the required permits from the city of Sunland Park before starting construction.

Kolfage doesn't appear too concerned by these bureaucratic threats. On Thursday he held a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the group's board members, including former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and retired Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke.

"Look, never underestimate the determination of the American people," Clarke said.

"The American people have always been able to be counted on in a time of crisis. We've seen the stories with wildfires, with floods, with tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes that cause great devastation. The American people have always dug into their pockets to provide extra resources to help out. And that's kind of what happened here. This is a crisis here at the border."

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Kolfage also excoriated the media for having shared "misinformation" and "fake news" claiming that the GoFundMe he launched last year was just a scam.

"There was a lot of misinformation out there about fake news that we're misappropriating funds and stuff like that," he said. "It's one hundred percent not true."

The evidence was lying just behind him. He added that the reason his team had kept their plans secret for so long was to avoid drawing the attention of evil people.

"As you can see behind me we just built this wall with these funds. So that is why we kept this whole project a secret. We weren't going to risk someone's life down here dealing with the cartels. [Unclear what he said] is one of the most ruthless cartels. And you know I've faced a lot of trauma in my life. I've faced a lot of people like them in Iraq and I wasn't going to risk anyone's life. We kept it quiet."

The full conference may be seen below:

The construction team has used over 600 concrete trucks so far. They are also pouring concrete for a 25 foot speedway behind the all for Border Patrol agents.

Border Patrol officials say the current project when complete will cut off 19 different foot trails on Mount Cristo Rey on the border. The cartels are bringing $100,000 to $200,000 in drugs each day through the open border in this area.

Mike added this on the effectiveness of the current project, "When I got here 17 days ago there were 450 people a night crossing. When equipment started arriving it went to 300. When manpower started working we went down to 200. When we started placing the bollards it went from 70 to 30 to 0. We've had no crossings in the last 8 days."

Then Mike added this on the very security situation, "We have military clad specialists from the cartels probing our line. The only thing stopping them is our specialists in the hills counteracting with them. We expect to be completed late, late, late this evening or early tomorrow with the first segment of the wall. "

When asked about the security needed to deal with the drug cartels, Mike replied, "It's extremely dangerous. They got within 15 feet of the excavators last night. They're coming down and trying to probe against the new wall... We have approximately 15 guards on post, armed security individuals."

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#12 In January, sales of existing homes fell 8.9 percent from a year earlier. That was the third month in a row that we have seen a decline of at least 8 percent. This is an absolutely catastrophic trend for the real estate industry.

#13 U.S. housing starts were down 11.2 percent in December compared to the previous month.

#14 Compared to a year earlier, home sales in southern California were down 17 percent in January.

#15 In December, home sales in Sacramento County fell a whopping 22.5 percent compared to a year earlier.

#16 Pending home sales in the United States have now fallen on a year over year basis for 13 months in a row.