Homeland Security warning: easing COVID restrictions could lead to rise in domestic terrorism
As States and businesses begin to ease up on muzzle mandates all across the nation in line with the CDC’s recommendations the Department of Homeland Security has a warning: this could lead to more domestic terrorism. Here is more:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Friday that “violent extremists may seek to exploit the easing of COVID-19-related restrictions.”
The department said in its newest National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin:
Violent extremists may seek to exploit the easing of COVID-19-related restrictions across the United States to conduct attacks against a broader range of targets after previous public capacity limits reduced opportunities for lethal attacks.
Russian, Chinese and Iranian government-linked media outlets have repeatedly amplified conspiracy theories concerning the origins of COVID-19 and effectiveness of vaccines; in some cases, amplifying calls for violence targeting persons of Asian descent. Many of these violent extremists are motivated and inspired by a mix of socio-political goals and personal grievances against their targets.
And just to be safe Homeland Security is beefing up its “domestic terrorism” division:
ABC News reported the “DHS has also established a new domestic terrorism branch within its Office of Intelligence and Analysis and has directed state and local governments to use 7.5% of annual grant money issued by the agency to deal with the threat.
This begs us to ask the question, who exactly does the Biden administration consider a domestic terrorist? As we have seen over the last several years as they try to criminalize political opposition, that would be anybody who disagrees with the administration’s policies…
First Joe Biden flipped, and then he flopped, and then he flipped again when it came to the number of people he was going to allow to claim refugee status and now he is having trouble deciding what to do with the border wall. First Joe Biden cancelled funding for construction of the border wall but now, according to this story, he has caved to pressure and will allow construction to restart. Here is more:
BREAKING: .@FoxNews has confirmed via the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that construction on a 13.4 mile stretch of border wall in the Rio Grande Valley will *RESUME* after pressure from local residents & politicians.
The Biden admin previously halted all wall construction in Jan.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 12, 2021
I think it is pretty clear what is going on here: Joe Biden is a xenophobe, a white supremist, and a racist who does not want anybody who does not look like him coming into “his” country…
Back at the end of April, in anticipation of Joe Biden’s expected gun control Executive Actions, Montana’s Governor signed a bill into law which would protect his residents from said actions. At that time we learned there were 12 other States that were preparing legislation along the same lines and now, according to this story, another State has followed suit. Idaho Governor Brad Little has signed a law to prohibit Joe Biden’s gun control Executive Orders from being enforced. Here is more:
Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed legislation Monday to prohibit enforcement of the executive actions for gun control put forth by President Joe Biden.
One outworking of those executive actions has been the Department of Justice’s attempt to reclassify certain gun parts kits as “firearms.”
The executive actions are also expected to lead to DOJ action against AR-pistols with stabilizer braces.
The new law is retroactive to January 20, 2021. It is designed to prevent “Idaho government entities from enforcing executive orders, federal laws, treaties, agency orders and rules of the U.S. government involving firearms, firearm components, firearm accessories or ammunition that conflict with the Idaho Constitution.”
It is good to see the States starting to fight back against these unconstitutional measures, but it is time for all these other States to step up as well!
Vacation
I just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that we are on vacation and will not be back until late Monday so I probably will not be around much, if at all, over the next few days. I meant to post something yesterday but it got a little crazy in the morning before we left.
During the campaign Joe Biden claimed that Donald Trump’s 15,000 person limit on refugees was a bigoted, racist, xenophobic policy and he vowed that under his administration it would be come one, come all. Even after he became President, Joe Biden promised to raise the refugee cap to a total higher than it was when Barack Obama was President, however he quickly flip-flopped on that promise and decided he would keep the cap at Donald Trump’s 15,000 after all.
You can imagine the ire and the consternation this decision drew from the left, they were not very pleased to say the least. Well, apparently they put enough pressure on good ole Uncle Joe because now he has flipped back to his original position and will increase the refugee cap to 62,500 after all. Here is more:
President Biden on Monday reversed himself and said he would allow as many as 62,500 refugees to enter the United States during the next six months, eliminating the sharp limits that President Donald J. Trump imposed on those seeking refuge from war, violence or natural disasters.
The action comes about two weeks after Mr. Biden announced that he was leaving Mr. Trump’s limit of 15,000 refugees in place, which drew widespread condemnation from Democrats and refugee advocates who accused the president of reneging on a campaign promise to welcome those in need.
Mr. Biden quickly backtracked, promising only hours later that he intended to increase refugee admissions. With Monday’s announcement, the president formally bowed to the pressure.
Even the New York Times is having difficulty trying to keep up and defend Joe Biden’s wind-blown positions on immigration.
The truth is Joe Biden does not really have multiple positions on this issue, or any other issue for that matter, the truth is Joe Biden has NO position on any issue. His handlers fight over which position they will go forth with and Joe Biden delivers the message, he is just a puppet dancing at the end of the strings and on the refugee cap they had him dancing a jig.
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV)
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Here is The Cure performing “Where the Birds Always Sing” live:
“An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love
A sweet mother down below and a just father above
For living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world
Where the birds always sing
Another world
Where the sun always shines
Another world
Where nothing ever dies”
Xenophobic Joe Biden bans travel from India
It is being reported that Joe Biden has banned travel from India in response to an alleged COVID-19 surge in that country, here is more:
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday imposed new travel restrictions on India in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States.
The new restrictions, which take effect on Tuesday, May 4 at 12:01 am ET (0401 GMT), are on the advice of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and were imposed because “the magnitude and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic” in India was “surging,” the White House said.
Biden on Friday signed a proclamation implementing the restrictions, which were first reported by Reuters.
I think you all know where I am going with this so I will keep it short and sweet. I thought it was Xenophobic and racist to ban travel from certain countries, even if you are doing it to protect your constituents? Isn’t that what the left had been saying for the last four years? I no longer can keep tabs on what is racist and what is not any more. America first Joe…
Leaked audio contradicts John Kerry’s excuse for leaking Israeli State secrets to Iran
Earlier this week newly leaked audio dropped the bombshell news that John Kerry, while Secretary of State, gave Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif information about secret Israeli military actions in Syria. Since that time the State Department has been making excuses for John Kerry by basically saying it is no big deal because Iran knew about actions anyway.
However, this same leaked audio contradicts the lame excuse the State Department has been throwing around. Javad Zariff did not know about the Israeli strikes until John Kerry told him. Here is more:
Leaked audiotape of Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif indicates he had no knowledge of covert Israeli military strikes before former secretary of state John Kerry provided him with the information, new details that contradict the State Department’s recent defense of Kerry.
The New York Times reported that Zarif said on the tape that Kerry told him Israel launched 200 airstrikes against Iranian interests in Syria. The Times did not provide further details on that issue.
Stop the presses! The New York Times did not report all the details of the audio, shocking! Why would that be? Let us read on and see:
But an independent translation of the audiotape commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon shows that Zarif went on to clarify that he had no prior knowledge of these Israeli strikes before Kerry told him.
“Kerry told me that Israel had launched 200 airstrikes against you [Iran],” said Zarif. “You didn’t know?” asked his interviewer. “No, no,” he replied.
These new details contradict top State Department officials, who have repeatedly said the information was already in the public domain and not classified.
There are only two possible reasons why the New York Times left out this little detail, either the paper was trying to set him up or it was trying to protect him. Seeing as John Kerry is a liberal Democrat the first option is eliminated, so that means the paper was trying to protect him and is it not ironic that in trying to protect John Kerry they exposed him as a liar? Maybe this was all just a botched joke…
Menthol cigarettes have been coming under fire for years and it looks like Joe Biden is going to ban them. In an age where the Government is forcing people to wear masks for health reasons it was only a matter of time before something like this happened, and it will eventually spill over into regulating what types of food people can eat. So while this move is not surprising you might find the reasoning a bit weird, it turns out menthol cigarettes are racist. Here is more:
The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that it will propose a ban on menthol cigarettes, an action urgently sought by tobacco opponents and civil rights groups that say African Americans have been disproportionately hurt by the industry’s aggressive targeting of Black communities.
The administration also is poised to say it will seek to ban menthol and other flavors in mass-produced cigars, including small cigars popular with young people, according to administration officials familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss it publicly.
I don’t know, banning something because black people like it more than white people do is what seems racist to me…
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