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Intelligence agencies seek congressional approval for expanded surveillance powers

11 days ago -

According to several reports, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency have been actively engaging with Congress to expand Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Section 702, initially established in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, allows certain agencies warrantless access to the communications of foreigners overseas to counter supposed threats to national ...

South Korea boosts childbirth bonuses and housing subsidies to combat plummeting fertility rate

January 08, 2024 -

The proposed measures, introduced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, seek to encourage more couples to raise children to improve the country's low fertility rate. This low rate has been attributed to a variety of factors, including high housing costs, intense and expensive competition in children's education and increasing gender tensions.

According to the ministry, under the new law, the government will offer cash incentives for childbirth, such as ?2 million ($1,521) ...

Bombshell Congressional report uncovers well-funded network of election interference and censorship

November 15, 2023 -

The report unravels the criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their Free Speech rights, originally protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The report also finds that actors within the federal government are collaborating with “disinformation-fighting” firms to control the information that is shared online and throughout the public square. This criminal conspiracy uses censorship to deceive the public. These censorship operations manipulate public ...

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan launches probe targeting DOJ for spying on Congressional staffers

November 10, 2023 -

This request for transparency comes in response to recent revelations that six-year-old subpoenas allowed the DOJ to access personal phone and email accounts of several lawmakers and their official aides. Jordan's account of the situation suggests that the DOJ's actions were strategically aimed at congressional individuals who were investigating the agency's handling of the Russia collusion investigation.

According to Jordan's theory, these actions violated the clear ...

Emails show Weiss, DOJ colluded to SUBVERT congressional investigation on Hunter Biden case

August 30, 2023 -

The emails were among the first batch of documents provided to the Heritage Foundation (HF) after it filed a lawsuit against the DOJ. Mike Howell, director of HF's Oversight Project, initiated a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The Biden administration attempted to slow-walk the release of documents in relation to the FOIA request, which led to Howell escalating with a lawsuit.

A court ruled in favor of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank and ordered the DOJ ...

Imran Ahmed from CCDH censorship organization facing congressional inquiry over “Disinfo Dozen” report

August 14, 2023 -

Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Oh.), who also chairs the Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, sent Ahmed a notification that the Judiciary Committee will be looking into how third parties like the CCDH are contributing to the "censorship regime," a coercive and collusive arrangement with the executive branch of the government to censor protected speech and violate civil liberties.

Jordan informed Ahmed that owing to the committee's constitutional oversight ...

BILLIONS in taxpayer-funded subsidies are going to foreign corporations thanks to Biden’s signature climate law

July 24, 2023 -

Thanks in part to the passage of President Joe Biden's so-called landmark legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), nearly $110 billion in American clean-energy projects have passed since last year.

But an analysis by the Wall Street Journal notes that more than 60 percent of the IRA subsidies for these projects are going to companies based overseas, largely from South Korea, Japan and China.

Of the 20 largest such investments, nearly all of which are electric ...

Sen. Bill Hagerty accuses Democrats of plotting to use illegals to gain more congressional seats

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In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to determine the population of each state in the U.S. without regard for lawful residence status.

In response, Hagerty and other Republican senators proposed legislation that would exclude illegal immigrants from the census, fearing that their inclusion could impact the future apportioning of House seats and Electoral College votes.

The proposed legislation would mandate the inclusion ...

Congressional Republicans introduce LIABLE ACT to hold COVID vaccine makers accountable for mass injuries, deaths

2 months ago -

Roy said, “The American people deserve justice for the infringement on their personal medical freedom and those medically harmed deserve restitution.”

In 2020, the COVID jab was given emergency use authorization through the Department of Defense and did not go through the standard FDA approval process. To make matters worse, when the COVID vaccine makers contracted with the U.S. government, they were granted a liability shield. The Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) ...

“Guilty” Joe frustrated over Congressional probe of his son Hunter and accusations of bribery, kickbacks

December 20, 2023 -

The scrutiny seems to be weighing on the president, leading to speculation about a guilty conscience.

Axios highlights Biden's suggestion to close associates that if he hadn't run for office in 2020, Hunter wouldn't be facing criminal prosecutions or intense media coverage from conservative outlets.

This admission, according to some observers, may be a rare acknowledgment of responsibility in the president's lengthy political career. (Related: Hunter Biden implicated ...

BURNING CASH, NOT GAS: Federal, state subsidies for EVs cost $50,000 per car over a 10-year period

November 15, 2023 -

But according to a think tank, it might not be worth investing in EVs because they might cost more money in the long run. The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank, conducted a study into electric cars to shed some light on the true cost of EVs for the average American taxpayer.

Based on the study, the authors estimated that the average EV incurs hidden costs of at least $48,698 over a 10-year period. Jason Isaac, one of the authors, explained that ...

IT’S ALL THEATER: Congressional investigation reveals Fauci, other NIH officials may not have been legally appointed to their offices

July 13, 2023 -

Fauci and the others were slated to serve five-year terms beginning no later than Dec. 13, 2021, but repeated requests the committee made to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Xavier Becerra for verifying documents about these appointments were either delayed or ignored.

It would appear as though Becerra and the rest of the establishment does not want to send over the documentation because it would show that Fauci et al. were illegally appointed to their ...

Right Now with Ann Vandersteel: Congressional candidate Caroline Kane wants to repeal UNCONSTITUTIONAL Patriot Act and disband DHS – Brighteon.TV

June 22, 2023 -

The Patriot Act, officially the USA PATRIOT Act, was legislation passed by Congress in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was signed into law by former President George W. Bush in October 2001, and it significantly expanded the search and surveillance powers of federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. (Related: Anti-TikTok legislation a thinly-disguised Patriot Act for the internet.)

"The number one thing I want to do when I get to Congress is to repeal ...

Democrat congressional candidate roars “DIE, MAGA, DIE!” after vote to ban TikTok, send billions more to Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel

3 days ago -

The leading candidate in the 2023 race for County Executive in Erie County, N.Y., McMurray tweeted the words "Slava Ukraine," followed by the words "Die MAGA die. You lose."

What McMurray specifically meant by this bizarre tweet remains a mystery. He seems to be siding with Ukraine over Americans while denigrating supporters of Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) campaign, but what does this all have to do with the foreign aid bill?

Well, embedded within ...

Report: Democrats dominate 2023 Congressional stock returns, earning huge gains from insider trading that would land anybody else in prison

January 07, 2024 -

Members of Congress are required to disclose their finances through financial disclosure forms that are filed annually and every time they or their families make a trade. These forms, which are available through the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, are a key tool for promoting "ethical conduct" in Congress and an important effort to promote "integrity and transparency" in the legislative branch of the government....

Big Tech and Big Government to subsidize salaries of MSM journalists in Canada

December 12, 2023 -

LifeSiteNews expounded on the $100 million agreement involving search engine giant Google and the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The outlet also cited the augmented subsidies from Ottawa as outlined in the Fall Economic Statement. These two, LifeSiteNews said, are poised to significantly subsidize the salaries of MSM journalists.

Rudyard Griffiths, journalist and executive director of Canadian news site The Hub, said journalists earning up to ...

Ford Motor Company scales down EV investments at Michigan plant due to declining demand and inflation pressures

December 08, 2023 -

According to Ford spokesperson Mark Truby, the company initially planned to invest $3.5 billion in the factory, known as Blue Oval Battery Park, to produce 35 gigawatt hours of batteries annually with approximately 2,500 employees. Ford plans to rely on licensed Chinese technology from Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), a Chinese firm and the world's largest manufacturer of EV batteries, to produce EV batteries at Blue Oval.

However, Ford now intends ...

John Kerry admits NUCLEAR ENERGY is necessary but continues to push for wind and solar instead

October 04, 2023 -

He made this admission during a speech delivered at a Sept. 18 meeting of the Atlantic Council. "You will have to have some component of nuclear [energy] – yet to be determined how big or where it'll go," said Kerry.

"That's going to be a market-based reaction. Most scientists will tell you [that net zero by 2050 is impossible] unless we have a pot, a mixture of energy approaches. Clearly, we're going to need nuclear [energy] to be a part of that." (Related: There is ...

Ford pauses construction of $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Michigan amid scrutiny over CCP involvement with the project

September 27, 2023 -

Ford announced plans to construct the 950-acre BlueOval Battery Park in the small town of Marshall, Michigan, around 90 miles west of Detroit, on Feb. 13 and promised that the project would bring 2,500 jobs to the town of under 7,000 residents. But a statement from Ford spokesperson T.R. Reid has put all of this work on hold.

"We are pausing work and limiting spending on construction on the Marshall project until we're confident about our ability to competitively operate ...

TRUE cost of owning an EV equates to $17.33/gal of gas, study reveals

November 07, 2023 -

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) conducted the research, which indicated that EVs do not stand alone in comparison with other vehicles because of the "wide array of direct subsidies, regulatory credits and subsidized infrastructure that contribute to the economic viability of EVs." According to the paper, "adding the costs of the subsidies to the true cost of fueling an EV would equate to an EV owner paying $17.33 per gallon of gasoline. And these estimates do not ...