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IRS stops processing pandemic-era tax breaks, citing RAMPANT FRAUD

September 22, 2023 -

According to ZeroHedge, the tax bureau cited "rising concerns about a flood of improper Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims" for the moratorium. No new claims will be reviewed or processed until early 2024. The stoppage seeks "to protect honest small business owners from scams," according to an IRS statement.

The statement said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel "ordered the immediate moratorium …  following growing concerns inside the tax agency and from tax professionals, ...

Bank payment processing outages highlight risks of relying on electronic banking

November 17, 2023 -

The effects of the outages were far-reaching. Many people’s payroll direct deposits failed, leaving them unable to access the money they earned. ACH payments also failed to process, which resulted in late fees. There were also duplicated withdrawals, which left many customers in a bind after their money was taken out twice for a single transaction. Between Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America, there were almost a million failed transactions in total.

A precise cause ...

Cargo processing operations in El Paso temporarily suspended due to flood of illegal immigrants

September 28, 2023 -

According to the announcement of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), this suspension was necessary to redirect CBP personnel toward processing illegal migrants who had arrived in El Paso and Eagle Pass. Trade stakeholders were advised to reroute their cargo to alternative processing facilities during the suspension.

Democratic State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, whose district includes El Paso, reported that wait times for truck crossings at the nearby Ysleta Bridge in southern ...

ATTACK ON OUR FOOD SUPPLY: Illinois corn and soy processing plant EXPLODES, leaving at least eight workers injured

September 13, 2023 -

Reports indicate that at least eight people suffered injuries – five of them are still being hospitalized for critical injuries – after the plant caught fire and exploded just after 7pm CST on September 10.

"ADM immediately contacted the Decatur Fire Department, which remains on the scene. Several employees were injured and transported to the local hospital for treatment," a spokesperson from the company said.

"Our thoughts are with our colleagues. We do not ...

Border Patrol sector in Arizona STOPS POSTING UPDATES amid ongoing surge of illegals

December 04, 2023 -

The CBP's Tucson Sector won't be updating its social media profiles with the latest news about the ongoing migrant crisis, according to the National Pulse. "In light of the ongoing migrant surge, all Tucson Sector Border Patrol social media accounts will be paused until further notice," CBP Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin announced on Nov. 26. "We appreciate your understanding and continued support during this challenging time."

However, not everyone agreed ...

Report finds U.S. military violated rules in handling COVID-19 vaccine mandate exemption requests

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This is according to a report from the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, which found that both the Army and the Air Force went well over time requirements for processing exemption requests.

In a sampling of 12 religious exemption requests submitted to the Army, the average processing time was 192 days. The Army requirement is to complete reviews for exemption applications within 90 days.

In a sampling of 35 religious accommodation requests submitted to ...

They will be RARER soon: Rare earth magnet supply for wind power and EVs will fall 246,000 tons short by 2040

May 11, 2023 -

According to Adamas Intelligence, the global demand for NdFeB magnets is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5 percent. This will be driven largely by double-digit growth in the wind power and electric car sectors. As a result, the demand for the rare earth elements that are associated with these magnets – terbium, didymium and dysprosium – is also expected to rise significantly.

Rare earth elements are those belonging to a group of 17 metallic ...

Study finds MICROPLASTICS in almost 90% of protein sources, including plant-based ones

January 17, 2024 -

A group of researchers from the U.S. and Canada disclosed this alarming finding in a paper published Jan. 8 in Environmental Pollution. According to the study authors from the University of Toronto (UToronto) in Canada and the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, American adults could be consuming up to an estimated 3.8 million microplastics annually from protein sources.

The researchers examined 16 commonly-consumed protein products in the U.S. for microplastic ...

Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel threatens fishermen in hostile attempt to take over the jellyfish industry of Santa Clara Gulf

July 14, 2023 -

The local industry was expecting a good season this 2023, but fishermen are now too terrified to work because the Sinaloa Cartel is eyeing the multimillion business.

Mexican fishing authorities report that the "cannonball jellyfish" is one of a dozen sea products exported from Mexico to Singapore and Vietnam. The jellyfish sells well and leaves more than $10 million in revenue during a three-month season.

Around this time of the year, fishermen should already be ...

China’s ban on rare earth minerals export rattles the world tech industry

January 10, 2024 -

The communist nation, which controls 90 percent of the refined rare earth metal market, completely banned the rare earth extraction and separation technology. According to freelance writer and communications consultant Kurt Cobb, this recent move is part of a broader trade war between the United States and China over the exchange of technology.

President Xi Jinping's commerce ministry sought public opinion last December on the potential move to add the technology to ...

Companies are reviving abandoned oil wells in Arkansas to mine lithium

July 24, 2023 -

Just recently, Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann inspected three of these wells. He noted the squat blue spire of valves, bolts and pressure gauges attached to one of the wells – a telltale sign that someone is trying to revive it.

But companies in the area are no longer looking for oil. They are instead searching for lithium, a metal that is increasingly prized around the world as an essential ingredient in batteries of electric vehicles (EVs).

Exxon, a new player in ...

FOOD SUPPLY ATTACK: U.S. government raided and shutdown Golden Valley Farms, an independent meat producer in Virginia

August 29, 2023 -

Amish farmer who feeds hundreds of people in the community, under attack

“This ain't right. We had all this meat. We worked hard to get it in the freezer, process it, package it,” said Mr. Fisher in an interview with Townhall. “The next day. They came with a search warrant, went through everything, the house, every building, the barn. They just raided through everything. We can't touch it. We can't sell it. We can't feed our family. We can't give it away, can't feed it to the ...

EPA monitoring a new class of toxic PFAS in municipal water supplies – GenX chemicals

January 31, 2024 -

PFAS include chemicals that are used to make firefighting foams, coatings for clothes and furniture, and food contact substances, to name just a few sources. If a product advertises non-stick, waterproof, or stain-resistant, it likely contains some form of PFAS. As the toxicity of PFAS become well known, industries have switched to alternative chemicals in their manufacturing processes, namely GenX chemicals. However, these chemicals are slowly becoming a human health concern ...

Proof America’s critical infrastructure is under all out attack to rush ‘a thinning of the herd’: ‘Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence but three times is an enemy action’

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(Article by Stefan Stanford republished from AllNewsPipeline.com)

With 'El Gato's' comment made in response to one made by Johnny Shaffer who had posted a screenshot of a new story reporting a NY City container ship ALMOST struck the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn after mysteriously losing power before a whole slew of tug boats brought the ship back under control, remember also that only a week after a cargo ship ...

DHS knew mail-in voting was risky but pressured Big Tech to censor users who voiced concerns, lawsuit claims

January 30, 2024 -

The nonprofit group America First Legal obtained documents as part of a lawsuit proving that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, highlighted a series of major voter fraud risks in the run-up to the presidential election of 2020.

For example, they said that some of the risks that are normally avoided by in-person voting would be in the hands of outside entities rather than those manning the ...

Report: Ben Shapiro donated up to $500K to migrant trafficking organization in 2022

January 30, 2024 -

Sam Parker, former U.S. Senate candidate for Utah, disclosed this in a post on X. He referenced the 2022 annual report of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), which indicated Shapiro's donation of between $100,000 and $500,000 to the organization. According to Parker, the Jewish Shapiro remarked that he didn't "give a good damn about the so-called 'browning of America.'"

The conspiracy further deepened with the involvement of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro ...

Record-setting 12,000 illegal aliens entered the U.S. in one day on Dec. 5… and tens of thousands more are on the way

December 12, 2023 -

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents registered more than 12,000 migrant encounters during the influx, which is the highest total in a single day on record. This included more than 10,200 apprehensions of illegal immigrants by Border Patrol agents. Although it is a shocking number no matter how you look at it, it came after several consecutive days in which migrant encounters along the southwestern border exceeded 10,000.

These figures do not represent all of ...

Biden’s Veterans Affairs helped process 161K medical and dental healthcare claims for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS while denying care for veterans

December 06, 2023 -

This revelation comes from Darin Selnick, a senior policy advisor for the advocacy group Concerned Veterans for America, who urged the government to investigate this abuse and to protect and provide more care for the country's veterans. (Related: Texas Rangers, Border Patrol reclaim Rio Grande island previously used as base of operations by Mexican drug cartels.)

When illegal immigrants held by ICE require healthcare, they are typically treated on-site by medical professionals....

MIGRANT INVASION: “Large influx” of Gaza refugees coming Germany as Israel bombs them out of Gaza

November 24, 2023 -

According to Bild, a top German media outlet, the Germany embassy in Cairo has set up a large makeshift processing center on its grounds, as well as recruited crisis support teams to assist with applications, that are expected to be used to funnel the residents of Gaza into Germany.

On Monday, the foreign office in Berlin announced that it is successfully repatriating hundreds of German citizens who have been stuck in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attack that triggered ...

Banking system showing more signs of COLLAPSE as customers report widespread deposit delays

November 10, 2023 -

In yet another display of America's cracking financial system – when will the thing finally die already? – customers who use direct deposit to transfer their earnings from their employers to themselves say the funds are not posting, which the establishment is blaming on "human error."

We are told that the Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments system is experiencing "problems" that are causing major headaches for not just consumers but also their employers.

"The ...