National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Homeland Whistleblower Says 5 Assassination Teams, 2 in U.S., Are Hunting Trump – Congressman –“Five teams that we know are targeting Trump,” he clarified. | 19 Sept 2024 | Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Thursday that a senior Homeland Security Department official approached him as a whistleblower shortly before the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life and alleged U.S. officials are aware that five different “assassination teams” are pursuing the former president. Gaetz told Just the News Editor in Chief John Solomon during an interview on the Human Events Daily television show on Real America’s Voice network that he believes three of the teams are foreign inspired and two are domestic-based. “I had a senior official from the Department of Homeland Security in my office before the second assassination attempt, saying that what he has assessed is that there are five known assassination teams in the United States, three inspired by other governments, two that are here, that are known domestic assassination teams,” Gaetz said on Human Events Daily.

At least 50 people killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza in last 24 hours | 21 Sept 2024 | At least 50 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza in the last 24 hours. A strike on Friday on the Lebanese capital Beirut killed at least 37 people including three children and seven women, the country’s health minister Firas Abiad said. Fifteen of the 68 wounded in the attack remain in hospital. Ali Harake, the head of the rescue team searching through the rubble, told Sky News his team is still looking for between 17 and 18 missing people — though he fears none have survived. On Saturday evening, IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel had launched more “extensive” strikes in southern Lebanon, with “dozens” of aircraft and rocket launchers striking “terrorist targets.”

Police say 1 person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing in Rotterdam | 19 Sept 2024 | One person was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating the stabbing near the landmark Erasmus Bridge… Dutch daily De Telegraaf, citing witnesses at the scene, reported that a man attacked people at random with two knives while shouting Allahu Akbar, the Arabic phrase meaning God is great. Stolle said police at the scene also had heard that the man shouted the phrase, and that “it’s part of the investigation.”

TikTok deletes RT and Sputnik accounts | 21 Sept 2024 | Video-sharing platform TikTok has deleted the accounts of RT International and several branches of the Sputnik media network. The crackdown came days after the U.S. [a bastion of free speech, lol]  announced new sanctions targeting several Russian outlets, including RT. On Saturday morning, the accounts of RT International, Sputnik Serbia, Sputnik Afrique, Sputnik Africa, Sputnik International, Sputnik Brasil, Sputnik Mundo and Sputnik Indonesia became inaccessible. Sputnik Serbia has shared an image showing a query explaining content could not be found, adding that its page has also been blocked on Facebook, but remains operational on X. The U.S. announced full sanctions against several Russian media agencies, including RT and its parent companies Rossiya Segodnya and TV-Novosti, last week. Washington claimed the Russian channels aimed to covertly “undermine democracy” in the country.

ActBlue contributor arrested for allegedly threatening to torture and slaughter 6 Supreme Court justices | 19 Sept 2024 | An ActBlue contributor shot President Donald Trump on July 13. Another ActBlue contributor allegedly attempted to assassinate him on Sunday. It turns out the Alaska man who was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to torture and slaughter six U.S. Supreme Court justices and some of their family members was also an ActBlue donor with over 80 contributions to the Democratic fundraising outfit to his name. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that Panos Anastasiou, 76, has been charged with nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce. The DOJ refrained from indicating which six justices on the high court — which has a 6-3 conservative majority — were targeted.

Anti-Defamation League sues Intel, its first-ever discrimination case against major American company | 19 Sept 2024 | The Anti-Defamation League has joined a lawsuit alleging a hostile workplace, discrimination, and wrongful termination at Intel brought by a former Israeli employee who alleges the company supported two executives who openly posted antisemitic propaganda tied to the Israel-Hamas war. For the first time in its century-plus history, the Anti-Defamation League is suing a Fortune 500 company, Intel, joining a case brought by the law firm of Wigdor on behalf of a former Israeli employee of the technology firm. The lawsuit, originally filed in August, claims Intel failed to respond to public antisemitism posted by executives and flagged by an Israeli employee (who later was moved into a position reporting to one of the executives) and ultimately retaliated against him by terminating his employment. An Intel spokeswoman said the company has a longstanding culture of diversity and inclusion and does not tolerate hate speech of any kind, pointing to its code of conduct. Intel has operated in Israel for 50 years, where it has invested more than 50 billion, and remains one of Israel’s largest private employers with more than 11,700 Israeli employees. [See, it doesn’t matter how much you try to appease these tyrants. Intel went woke before any other company. And they’re still getting sued. —MDR]

Olympics judo star Nemanja Majdov banned for 5 months after making sign of cross at Paris Games | 20 Sept 2024 | Serbian judo world champion Nemanja Majdov vowed not to apologize after he was hit with a five-month ban for making the sign of the cross before he competed at the Paris Olympics. Majdov was accused of violating the International Judo Federation’s religious code for “having shown a clear religious sign when entering the field of play” and was barred from participating in “all tournaments, camps and preparations.” Footage captured Majdov touching his forehead, stomach and then both shoulders as part of the Christian gesture ahead of his bout against Greece’s Theodoros Tselidis on July 31. “15 days ago I received a decision that I was suspended for 5 months by the World Judo Federation (IJF) for violating their religious codes,” Majdov said on Instagram. “More precisely, because of [making a sign of the cross] when entering a match at the Olympic Games. [This is an attack on Western civilization. The Paris Olympic Games were nothing short of an homage to Satan.]

Biden-Harris forced border chief to hide info about migrants and terror connections, he testifies | 19 Sept 2024 | A former Border Patrol sector chief told lawmakers that he was blocked from informing the public about migrants who may be potential terror threats, as he says the Biden administration wanted to downplay the threat. “In San Diego, we had an exponential increase in Significant Interest Aliens [SIAs]. These are aliens with significant ties to terrorism,” former San Diego Sector Chief Patrol official Aaron Heitke told lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee. “Prior to this administration, the San Diego sector averaged 10-15 SIAs per year. Once word was out that the border was far easier to cross, San Diego went to over 100 SIAs in 2022, way over 100 SIAs in 2023 and more than that this year,” he warned. “These are only the ones we caught.” Heitke says he was told he couldn’t release information about that increase. “At the time, I was told I could not release any information on this increase in SIAs or mention any of the arrests. The administration was trying to convince the public that there was no threat at the border,” he said.

158 Democrats vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes | 18 Sept 2024 | More than 150 House Democrats voted against a bill that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of a sexual offense or conspiracy to commit such a crime. The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed the House of Representatives along bipartisan lines on Wednesday. All present Republicans voted for the bill, as did 51 Democratic lawmakers. The measure passed 266 to 158. Two of the Democrats who voted for it are seeking higher office — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is running for Senate, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., is running for governor. In addition to deporting migrants convicted of sex crimes, the legislation would also deem illegal immigrants who admit to domestic violence or sex-related charges — or are convicted of them — to be inadmissible in the U.S.

Full List of 158 Democrats Who Voted Against Sex Crime Ban on Illegal Immigrants | 19 Sept 2024 | More than 150 Democrats voted against Republican Representative Nancy Mace’s bill that would ensure undocumented immigrants convicted of sex offenses are deported or deemed inadmissible to the country. The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed in a 266-158 vote on Wednesday. Every Republican present voted for the bill, as did 51 Democrats, while 158 Democrats voted against it. The bill would also deport or deem inadmissible to the country undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of, or admit to having committed, sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse or violating a protection order. In a statement provided to Newsweek, Mace said: “158 Left-wing members of Congress just voted against deporting rapists, pedophiles and murderers of women and kids.”

Arizona Supreme Court rules 98,000 people whose citizenship is unconfirmed can vote in pivotal election | 20 Sept 2024 | Nearly 98,000 people whose U.S. citizenship has not been confirmed will be allowed to vote in the upcoming state and local elections, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday. The ruling came after a “coding oversight” [LOL.] in state software prompted the swing state’s Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to insist that he would send out ballots to those affected anyway. The database error called into question the citizenship status of 100,000 registered Arizona voters, affecting individuals who obtained their driver’s licenses before October 1996, and subsequently received duplicates before registering to vote after 2004. Fontes and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, disagreed on what status the voters should hold following the “coding oversight.”

Oklahoma Removes 450,000 Ineligible Voters From Rolls, Including More Than 5,000 Felons | 20 Sept 2024 | Oklahoma election officials have removed more than 450,000 ineligible voters from the state’s rolls ahead of November’s election. “Voting is our most sacred duty as Americans — and every Oklahoman wants to know their vote is securely cast and properly counted,” said Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt in a press release. State election officials have removed 453,000 total ineligible voters since 2021, Stitt’s office announced Wednesday. As part of “routine voter list maintenance,” the state has removed 5,607 felons, 14,993 duplicate registrations, 97,065 dead voters, and 143,682 voters who moved out of state, according to the release. During address verification, officials also canceled 194,962 inactive voters.

RFK Jr. to Appeal Decision Letting Michigan’s Secretary of State Keep Him on the Ballot | 20 Sept 2024 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said today he will appeal a federal court’s decision allowing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, to keep him on the ballot despite his withdrawal from the presidential race. Judge Denise Hood, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, denied Kennedy’s attempt Wednesday to keep Benson from adding him to the ballot. According to The Detroit News, Kennedy notified Hood today that he would be appealing the ruling to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kennedy announced last month he would drop out of the race, withdrawing his name from the ballot in swing states like Michigan in hopes of helping former President Donald Trump defeat Vice President Kamala Harris… Meanwhile, Benson and state Democrats pushed to keep third-party candidate Cornel West off the ballot. They cited technicalities with his identity notarization and allegations his ballot petitions were “fraudulent,” according to the Detroit Free Press.

Mayor of Muslim-majority Michigan city endorses Trump: ‘Right choice for this critical time’ | 22 Sept 2024 | The mayor of a Muslim-majority city in Michigan says he is endorsing Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, calling the former commander-in-chief, “the right choice for this critical time.” Amer Ghalib, mayor of the Detroit-area suburb Hamtramck, announced his endorsement of Trump in a Facebook post Sunday. While admitting he and Trump didn’t “agree on everything,” he said he regarded the former commander-in-chief as “a man of principles.” “Though it’s looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time,” Ghalib wrote in Arabic on his Facebook page.

Shock number: Trump has higher approval rating in deep blue state than its governor –‘Kathy Hochul has a lower net favorability rating in New York than Donald Trump,’ pollster says | 22 Sept 2024 | Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability among likely New York voters has cratered, and former President Trump is viewed more favorably by voters in the historically blue state in a new poll. Siena College on Thursday released a poll showing that just 34% of voters in the Empire State view Hochul favorably, with 54% viewing her poorly. When asked about their views on Trump, 39% of likely New York voters told pollsters they view the 45th president favorably, and 57% view him poorly, a figure slightly higher than voters’ assessment of Hochul. ​​”It is also worth noting that Hochul’s favorability rating, 20 points underwater, is worse than Trump’s, 18 points underwater,” Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in the poll’s press release. “To repeat, Kathy Hochul has a lower net favorability rating in New York than Donald Trump.”

House passes bill blocking Biden admin attempt to require two thirds of new cars to be electric within years –8 Democrats voted for the bill | 20 Sept 2024 | The Biden regime’s attempt to set new emissions standards on electric vehicles was blocked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule in March under the Clean Air Act to set new emissions standards that would require up to two-thirds of new cars sold to be electric vehicles by 2032. The new standards would affect “light-duty vehicle manufacturers, independent commercial importers, alternative fuel converters, and manufacturers and converters of medium-duty vehicles,” according to the EPA’s final rule. The House passed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution on Friday, introduced by Rep. John James, R-Mich., to block the “out-of-touch regulation” from being enacted.

Chicago schools reportedly instructed teachers to give migrants passing grades regardless of performance | 19 Sept 2024 | Chicago Public Schools teachers were instructed by school officials to give migrant students passing grades and promote them to the next grade, “even if the students displayed severe academic deficiencies,” a new report claims. WGN News reported that “multiple” teachers from different schools within the district reached out to them to expose the troubling trend. One teacher said she was told to give one of her students a “C” in all her grades and pass her along to the third grade despite testing at “kindergarten level.” Another teacher revealed that school officials directly told him during a training to promote migrant students to the next grade.

New Hampshire parent banned for wearing armband in support of women’s sports to his daughter’s game | 20 Sept 2024 | A New Hampshire parent is speaking out after he says he was banned from school grounds for wearing pink “XX” armbands in support of women’s sports at his daughter’s soccer game this week when a biological male was reportedly playing on the opposing team. Anthony Foote of Bow, New Hampshire, told the New Hampshire Journal he received a notice of trespass from Bow and Dunbarton School Districts Superintendent Marcy Kelley after he wore armbands in support of girls-only sports to his daughter’s high school soccer game Tuesday. “My daughter’s playing in the homecoming game this weekend, and I’m banned until the 23rd,” Foote told the publication. The issue began when several parents complained to Bow High School Athletic Director Mike Desilets after they learned a player from Plymouth Regional High School was a biological male playing for the girls varsity team. According to the report, some parents arrived at Tuesday’s game wearing the armbands, but the game was stopped and school officials demanded the armbands be removed. The report states Foote and at least one other parent were issued “police-enforced ‘no trespassing’ orders.” 

Kamala Harris, AOC, Al Sharpton praised Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2020 town hall dedicated to COVID, honoring black Americans | 21 Sept 2024 | Kamala Harris offered effusive praise for Sean “Diddy” Combs while participating in a town hall dedicated to the coronavirus and black Americans. The two-hour event in April 2020 was co-hosted by CNN political commentator Van Jones and also featured Rev. Al Sharpton and “Squad” members Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) “Hey everyone, it’s good to be with you this evening. Sean I want to thank you because you always have a way of convening and bringing folks together,” Harris said on the call. She later followed up in an effusive tweet that was widely mocked on social media. [Yes, but truth be told, Harris’s tweet aged better than her post praising Jussie Smollett.]