Senior Iranian Regime Officials Warn Of Iran’s Coming Nuclear Breakout

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Iran | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1761

Introduction

Since Iran’s April 14, 2024 drone and missile attack on Israel, named “True Promise,” by the Iranian regime, and against the backdrop of statements by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi that Iran is “weeks rather than months” away from having enough enriched uranium to develop a nuclear bomb, [1] Iranian regime officials, particularly those from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), have stepped up their warnings of coming Iranian nuclear breakout, that is, production of a nuclear bomb.

The open and explicit discussion of this issue seems to herald a change in Iran’s nuclear policy, and is aimed at getting the public, in Iran and in the international community, accustomed to the idea that an Iranian nuclear weapon is no longer taboo.

Hints, and even warnings, that Iran will be changing its declared nuclear doctrine from civilian to military, and will act to develop nuclear weapons, have come from the following officials: IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haq Taleb, who is in charge of security for Iran’s nuclear facilities; Javad Karimi Ghadossi, a member of the National Security Committee in the Majlis; Abdallah Ganji, a member of the government’s informational council; Saeed Lilaz, reformist activist who served as advisor to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005); and Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, president of Beheshti University who is himself a nuclear scientist. Also issuing these hints and warnings were various Iranian media outlets.

On April 15, the moderate conservative website Asr-e Iran acknowledged that Iran has the capability to produce a nuclear warhead and warned that it would do so and would use it in its next missile attack on Israel. Abdallah Ganji, the member of the Iranian government’s informational council, explained on April 16 in an article in the IRGC-affiliated Javan daily that Iran was in a direct war against the Western nuclear powers and that the smallest mistake on their part could prompt Iran to change its nuclear program.

On April 18, IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haq Taleb, who is in charge of securing Iran’s nuclear facilities, had warned that Iran would rethink its nuclear doctrine – that is, it would act to produce a nuclear weapon if there was a threat from Israel.

Then, several hours after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Qan’ani announced, in an effort to reassure the West, that “nuclear weapons have no place in Iran’s defensive doctrine,”[2] Majlis National Security Committee member Javad Karimi Ghadossi tweeted in Farsi on April 22 that “if approval is given [by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei], it will be a week until the first [nuclear] test.”

To date, regime officials have frequently mentioned the nonexistent nuclear fatwa attributed to Supreme Leader Khamenei that they say bans the production of nuclear weapons (see Appendix II: MEMRI Reports On The Nonexistent Nuclear Fatwa). This has been in order to lay to rest the international community’s fears about Iran’s development of its nuclear program. In recent days, several officials, among them Beheshti University president and nuclear scientist Mohammad Reza Aghamiri, have told Iran’s Channel 2 TV that Khamenei can change this fatwa at any time.

All this is in addition to statements by American Iranian Council (AIC) founder and president and Rutgers University professor Hooshang Amirahmadi,[3] who unsuccessfully ran for president of Iran in 2005, 2013, and 2017. He said that Iran must change its declaration that Islam bans nuclear weapons and instead declare that it does not ban them, and that it should produce them as its only deterrence against Israel.

Another notable claim made by several officials who have called for developing nuclear weapons is that Iran has the right to defend itself. The premise is that although Iran attacked Israel, the world considers this a defensive move. That is, Iran views its offensive move as defensive after Israel’s April 1 attack on IRGC officials in Damascus, from there considers that it is entitled to respond by changing its nuclear strategy from civilian to military.

It should be noted that this claim in statements by Iranian officials justifying the Iranian regime’s  development and possession of nuclear weapons as a defensive response was already raised when President Biden took office in January 2021, particularly in the context of the impasse in the nuclear negotiations with the U.S. in August 2022. (see Appendix I: Iranian Officials Call For Obtaining And Producing Nuclear Weapons – MEMRI TV Clips And Reports 2021-22.)

Then too, Iranian spokesmen described a situation in which Iran’s development of nuclear weapons was a defensive response to a possible attack on Iran, or that it would officially serve as compensation for additional future U.S. violations of the JCPOA nuclear agreement. By “violations,” they meant another U.S. withdrawal from the agreement if it reentered it, or in the event that the U.S. reneged on any economic commitments it would make to Iran. (See MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis No. 1648, Shift In Iranian Regime Statements On Nuclear Weapons: Regime Spokesmen Talk Openly About Them, Aiming For Western Acquiescence To Iran As A Nuclear Threshold State, August 2, 2022.

The proliferation of these messages from so many Iranian sources within a short span of time calling for producing nuclear weapons for “self defense” indicate a new line of policy, decided in advance and supported by Iran’s leadership. This report will review the Iranian regime’s warnings of coming nuclear breakout by the Iranian regime:

Javad Karimi Ghadossi, Majlis National Security Council Member And Former Senior IRGC Official: “If Approval Is Given [By Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei], It Will Be A Week Until The First [Nuclear] Test”

On April 22, 2024, Javad Karimi Ghadossi, Majlis National Security Council member and former senior IRGC official, warned that Iran would carry out a nuclear test within a week of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s order to do so. The following is his post on X:

“If approval is given [by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei], it will be a week until the first [nuclear] test. #Iranian_Might”

IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haq Taleb, In Charge Of Securing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: “It Would Be Reasonable To Change Iran’s Nuclear Doctrine And Policy And To Deviate From The Considerations Declared In The Past”

The day before the April 18 attack on Iran’s air defense systems near the nuclear facilities in Isfahan, that is attributed to Israel, IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haq Taleb, who is in charge of securing Iran’s nuclear facilities, discussed a possible Israeli operation in response to Iran’s “True Promise” drone and missile attack on Israel several days previously. He stressed that it was reasonable for Iran to now change its nuclear doctrine from civilian to military – that is, to direct its program towards nuclear weapons and away from peaceful purposes – and warned that Iran would attack Israel’s nuclear facilities if Israel attacked Iran. He said:

“These [Israeli] threats did not originate today, or yesterday. Beginning years ago, the false Zionist regime engaged, in addition to threats, in sabotage and terrorism against the [Iranian] state’s nuclear industry. Despite the international protocols and regulations, and the IAEA’s rules and regulations, all countries refrained from attacking nuclear facilities. At the same time, Iran was always, from the beginning, ready to tackle these [Israeli] threats.

“Recently, the Zionist regime violated all the international laws and regulations, by attacking the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Syria, and it is unacceptable for it to threaten to again attack our country’s nuclear facilities, in another act of desperation,. We are ready to deal with any Zionist regime threat with air defense systems and very advanced facilities and equipment, as well as by having decentralized our country’s nuclear facilities across our vast country.

“Iran’s armed forces are on full alert. The Zionist enemy’s nuclear facilities are known, and we have the required information about all the targets. Our finger is on the trigger to fire powerful missiles to destroy the noted targets, in order to respond to any possible operation on their part.

“If the Zionist regime wishes to act against our nuclear centers and facilities, it will absolutely face our response, and, on the [principle of] an eye for an eye, we will attack its nuclear centers with advanced weapons. If the false Zionist regime wants to threaten to attack our country’s nuclear centers, as a way of pressuring Iran, it would be reasonable to change Iran’s nuclear doctrine and policy and to deviate from the considerations declared in the past [from civilian to military].

“If the Zionist regime carries out an aggressive act against Iran, the Iranian army’s armed forces will be responsible for responding. They should be certain that the blow against them by [Iran’s] armed forces will go down in history just like True Promise did.

“We promise the dear and honorable people of Iran that your revolutionary sons in the IRGC, in the zealous and strong army of Iran, and in the country’s security forces are defending the nuclear facilities, centers, and sites in the country, using air defense systems and the most advanced defense and security equipment, such that our country’s nuclear centers are absolutely secure.”[4]

Abdallah Ganji, Government Informational Council Member, In IRGC-Affiliated Javan Daily: “Any Mistake By Israel And Its Sponsors – France, Britain, And The U.S. – Could Prompt Iran To Rethink Its Nuclear Strategy”

In an April 16, 2024 article in the IRGC-affiliated Javan daily, Abdallah Ganji, a member of the government’s informational council, stated that Iran, whose might against the U.S., Britain, and France was revealed in the April 14 drone and missile attack on Israel, was in a direct war against the Western nuclear powers. Warning that the smallest mistake on the latter’s part “could prompt Iran to rethink its nuclear strategy,” that is, to develop nuclear weapons, he stated that even though it was Iran that attacked Israel, the world considers this a defensive move. That is, Iran views its offensive move as defensive, and from there considers that it is entitled to change its nuclear strategy from civilian to military in self defense.

The following are the main points of Ganji’s article in Javan:

“…An important lesson from the Iranian attack on Israel is that that night, the side (countering) the attack comprised four nuclear powers – that is, the U.S., France, Britain, and Israel. All these deployed in Jordanian airspace, but Iran, which they say belongs to the third world, penetrated [their defense] (and managed to strike Israel)…

“At this stage, the limitations of the U.S.’s deterrent capability have become more obvious, and at the same time, Israel’s growing dependence on the U.S. is the most significant outcome of this attack. Israel’s deterrent capability was in doubt, and there could also have been a change in the strategy of the Arab militaries in the region. Iran’s capability has been verified, and all the experts in the West see [Iran’s] attack as the largest drone attack in history…

“We must know that we are not only fighting Israel, because in Israel’s defensive – not offensive – position, Western forces are in a direct war against us. This issue clarifies Israel’s importance as a red line for the West.

“At the same time, any mistake by Israel and its sponsors – France, Britain, and the U.S. – could prompt Iran to rethink its nuclear strategy. We attack, but in the eyes of the world, this is considered defense. We have accomplished this as a result of the enemy’s mistakes.”[5]

Moderate-Conservative Website Asr-e Iran: “Iran Has The Capability To Produce A Nuclear Warhead, But Hasn’t Yet Done This… But This Doesn’t Mean That It Will Always Be This Way”

On April 15, the day after Iran’s attack on Israel, the moderate-conservative website Asr-e Iran warned, in an article, about Iranian nuclear warhead production, which has not yet happened, adding that this could change. About the missiles Iran fired at Israel, the outlet said that future Iranian missiles fired at Israel could include those with nuclear warheads, leading to “historic destruction.”

The following are the main points of the article:

“… It can be said that Israel has an atom bomb and Iran does not. This statement is correct, but the point here is that Iran has the capability to produce a nuclear warhead but has not done so, for understandable reasons.

“But this doesn’t mean that it will always be this way. Particularly now, when it is clear that even with 300 missiles it is possible to overcome the joint Israeli-American-English-French-Jordanian defensive wall, and certainly if this number of missiles is tenfold or more, the damage in Israel will be greater. The Israeli generals know better than anyone what will happen if even one of them [the Iranian missiles] carries a [nuclear] warhead whose destruction is historic!”[6]

Saeed Lilaz, Reformist And Advisor To Iranian President Khatami: “Iran Will Test Its First Nuclear Weapon [If] Israel And America Respond… In Terms Of A Military Attack On Iranian Soil”

Reformist activist and advisor to Iranian president Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) Saeed Lilaz said in an interview with the Rouydad24 outlet that the West was to blame for Iran’s rush to nuclear weapons. He said that the attack on the Iranian consular building in Damascus, attributed to Israel, was a pretext for Iran to produce a nuclear weapon, and explicitly warned that Iran would do so if the U.S. or Israel attacked it on its soil.

The following are the main points of his statements:

“… After the [1979] victory of the Islamic Revolution, it was the West’s behavior towards Iran, from the beginning of the revolution, that pushed Iran towards nuclearization.

“In my view, the Israeli operation attacking the Iranian consulate and the threats that came [afterwards] destroyed the last justification for Iran to not test its own nuclear weapon and to enter the nuclear club.

“My prediction is that after Iran’s attack on Israel, if Israel and America respond even slightly in terms of a military attack on Iranian soil, Iran will test its first nuclear weapon. The last obstacle to doing so will have been removed by the possibility of an American and Israeli attack on Iran. This warning is clear to the Americans, and the Americans are absolutely aware of it. In this context, Iran’s hands will never be bound.”[7]

Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, Beheshti University President And Nuclear Scientist: Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Can Change His Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons Production At Any Time; Our Nuclear Capabilities Are “High,” Producing A Bomb Is “Not Complicated”

In an April 7, 2024 interview on Iranian Channel 2 TV, Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, president of Beheshti University and himself a nuclear scientist, said that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could change his fatwa banning nuclear weapons production at any time. He added that Iran’s nuclear capabilities are “high” and that as soon as a country has nuclear capability, producing a bomb “is not complicated.” He also said that Iran is in the top five countries in all things connected to nuclear capability.

To view the main points of Aghamiri’s interview on MEMRI TV, click here or below:

Hooshang Amirahmadi, American Iranian Council Founder And President And Rutgers University Professor, And Iranian Presidential Candidate: “Iran Must Produce A Nuclear Bomb”; It Must “Take Advantage Of This Opportunity And Quit The IAEA And JCPOA And Say That Islam Does Not Ban Nuclear Weapons”

American Iranian Council (AIC) founder and president and Rutgers University professor Hooshang Amirahmadi,[8] who resides in the U.S. and who also unsuccessfully ran for president of Iran in 2005, 2013, and 2017, said that Iran should produce a nuclear weapon that will allow it to attain deterrence against Israel. He urged the Iranian regime to do so, stating that nuclear weapons are “a unique deterrent factor” and that “when Iran has a bomb, it won’t even need to fire missiles at Israel.” He went on to call on Iran to quit the IAEA and the JCPOA, which would allow it to create a nuclear weapon.

The following are the main points of his statements:

“Iran  has missiles, drones, and airplanes, and [Israel] does as well. It has an atom bomb, but Iran does not. In such a situation, where the balance of power does not yet favor Iran, there is no deterrence. In today’s world, only nuclear weapons are a deterrent factor. No other  kind of power has this capability…”

“Deterrence in international relations means that the other side does not have the courage to attack. For example, before Pakistan produced a bomb, it faced attack by India several times. Of course, Pakistan defended itself, but it did not have the standing to tell India ‘Enough, don’t attack!’ [This was the situation] until Pakistan made a bomb, and India was forced to sit still and not move.

“Such a situation does not exist in the Middle East between Israel and its enemies. None of Israel’s enemies in the region is capable of telling Israel to ‘die and sit still! Don’t attack so much, don’t kill so many Palestinians.’ Iran, with all its might and the might of its proxies, has not made Israel sit still, stop carrying out these operations in Gaza, or agree to a resolution of the Palestinian issue. Israel says ‘This is my policy’ – and why? Because it has a [nuclear] bomb, and others do not. Otherwise, Israel would have nothing that we do not.

“A nuclear bomb is highly deterrent. Iran has two options: One is not to intervene in the Palestine-Israel conflict, or to treat it like Saudi Arabia does. The other is to confront Israel, and this is the option Iran has chosen. But Israel has nuclear weapons. Against such strength, we must attain a balance of power [and produce a nuclear bomb]…

“This struggle has continued for 70 years, and will continue for another 70 years. There is only one way to end this dispute – like Pakistan and India. Such a transition demands a balance of power. This means that Iran must produce a nuclear bomb. This is because the Arab countries arew not motivated [like Iran is] to stop Israel.

“If Iran goes nuclear, it will not even need to fire missiles at Israel. It would be enough to threaten Israel, because this threat would have enough weight. As a peace-seeking man, who has spent his entire life dealing with peace, I have arrived at the understanding that an atom bomb causes peace. No better option than a [nuclear] bomb has yet managed to provide peace and stability in the last 70 years.

“In my opinion, if Iran wants a better future for itself, for Palestine, and even for the Israelis, it must have nuclear weapons. Even if we have a million rockets, we will not be able to contain Israel until we have [nuclear] bombs… Against a country that has a nuclear bomb, there can be no deterrence without nuclear weapons. I am for a nuclear Iran because I am for peace and for Iranian deterrence…

“I don’t think that Iran will respond to the [April 19] Israeli attack [at Isfahan], but it must take advantage of this opportunity and quit the IAEA and the JCPOA, and say that Islam does not forbid nuclear weapons production. After that, [it must] make a deal with America about the [Iranian] proxy forces, and get a green light from America to produce an atom bomb. In my opinion, under the existing conditions, America is ready to give Iran a bomb in order to obtain a balance of power with Israel. For years, I have been saying that the only way to peace and stability in the Middle East is for Iran to produce a bomb…”[9]

* Ayelet Savyon is Director of the MEMRI Iran Media Project.

Appendix I: Iranian Officials Call For Obtaining And Producing Nuclear Weapons – MEMRI TV Clips And Reports 2021-22

MEMRI TV Clips

To view the MEMRI TV clip “Khamenei’s Foreign Policy Advisor Kamal Kharrazi: Iran Has Become A Nuclear Threshold Country – We Have The Technical Capability To Produce A Nuclear Bomb,” click here or below:

To view the MEMRI TV clip “Former Iranian Deputy FM Mohammad-Javad Larijani: If We Decide To Build A Nuclear Bomb, Nobody Will Be Able To Stop Us; The Non-Proliferation Treaty Is Dead,” click here or below:

To view the MEMRI TV clip “Former Iranian Majles Member Ali Motahari: When Iran Started Its Nuclear Program, Our Goal Was To Build A Bomb; We Failed To Keep It A Secret Before Conducting A Nuclear Test; Having A Nuclear Bomb For Deterrence Is Not A Bad Thing,” click here or below:

To view the MEMRI TV clip ” Iranian Political Analyst Emad Abshenas: Iranian Support Grows For Producing A Nuclear Bomb To Eliminate Possibility Of War Against Iran; Sanctions On North Korea Are Less Severe Because It Poses A Nuclear Threat,” click here or below

To view the MEMRI TV clip “Former Iranian Diplomat Amir Mousavi: A Fatwa Is Not Permanent; Khamenei Might Change Fatwa Forbidding A Military Nuclear Project; Iran Forced Obama To Sign The JCPOA, And It Has The Cards To Force Biden To Return To It,” click here or below:

MEMRI Reports

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1556, Iran Uses ‘Maximum Pressure’ On Biden Administration To Have Sanctions Lifted And Be Recognized As Nuclear Threshold State – And Based On This, To Attain Nuclear Balance Of Terror, February 5, 2021.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1559, Iran Uses ‘Maximum Pressure’ On Biden Administration – Part II: Supreme Leader Khamenei: ‘If The Islamic Republic [Of Iran] Decided To Obtain Nuclear Weapons, Neither You [The Zionist Clown] Nor Those Greater Than You [The U.S.] Would Be Able To Stop It,’ February 23, 2021.

Special Dispatch No. 9170, Iranian Expediency Council Official In Article In ‘Tabnak’ Daily: ‘Why Iran Is Demanding A Nuclear Bomb’, February 4, 2021.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1609, Former Head Of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Abbasi-Davani, Hints That Iranian Nuclear Chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Was Working On Nuclear Weapons And That Is Why He Was Assassinated; IRGC-Affiliated Commentator Confirms That Abbasi-Davani Was Talking About Nuclear Weapons; Abbasi-Davani Says Enemy Sabotage, Assassinations Should Be Stopped By Iran’s ‘Cross[ing] Several Scientific Borders As Soon As Possible To Show Our Capability And Defend Our People’, November 30, 2021.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1631, Against The Backdrop Of The Crisis In The Vienna Nuclear Talks, Iranian IRGC-Affiliated News Agency States That ‘If, At [Upcoming] IAEA Board Of Governors Meeting, The False Dossiers And Accusations [Against Iran] Are Not Closed, [Iran’s] Enrichment [Of Uranium] To 90% Will Be Closer Than Ever’ April 8, 2022.

Special Dispatch No. 9938, Fatwa By Iranian Grand Ayatollah: There Is No Ban On Acquiring Knowledge And Practical Capability To Produce A Nuclear Bomb; Iranian Politician: “When We Began Our Nuclear Activity, Our Goal Was Indeed To Build A Bomb,” April 29, 2022.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1701, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: ‘If It Were Not An Islamic Principle, And If We Had The Will To Build Nuclear Weapons, We Would Do So – Even The Enemies Know That They Cannot Stop Us’; MEMRI: The Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons That Is Attributed To Khamenei Does Not Exist, June 26, 2023.

Appendix II: MEMRI Reports On The Nonexistent Nuclear Fatwa

The following are MEMRI reports on the issue of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s fatwa banning nuclear weapons – which does not exist:

Inquiry and Analysis No. 825, Renewed Iran-West Nuclear Talks – Part II: Tehran Attempts to Deceive U.S. President Obama, Sec’y of State Clinton With Nonexistent Anti-Nuclear Weapons Fatwa By Supreme Leader Khamenei, April 19, 2012

Special Dispatch No. 5406, Release Of Compilation Of Newest Fatwas By Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei – Without Alleged Fatwa About Nuclear Bomb, August 13, 2013

Special Dispatch No. 5461, President Obama Endorses The Lie About Khamenei’s ‘Fatwa’ Against Nuclear Weapons, September 29, 2013

Inquiry and Analysis No.1022, The Official Iranian Version Regarding Khamenei’s Alleged Anti-Nuclear Weapons Fatwa Is A Lie, October 3, 2013.

Special Dispatch No. 5574, Iranian President Hassan Rohani In Article In Saudi Daily: While Avoiding Confrontation And Hostility, We Shall Be Diligent In Pursuing Our Supreme Interests, December 23, 2013

Special Dispatch No. 5681, Prominent Iranian Analyst, Author, And Columnist Amir Taheri: Nobody Has Actually Seen Khamenei’s Anti-Nuclear Fatwa, Which Obama Often Quotes, March 17, 2014.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1080, U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry In New And Unprecedented Statement: ‘President Obama And I Are Both Extremely Welcoming And Grateful For The Fact That [Iranian] Supreme Leader [Khamenei] Has Issued A [Nonexistent] Fatwa’ Banning Nuclear Weapons, March 31, 2014

Special Dispatch No. 5881, Tehran Again Offers Khamenei’s Nonexistent Fatwa In Negotiations As A Guarantee That It Is Not Developing Nuclear Weapon, November 14, 2014.

Inquiry and Analysis No.1151, Iranian Regime Continues Its Lies And Fabrications About Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Nonexistent Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons, April 6, 2015.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1394, Insights Following Exposure Of Iran’s Military Nuclear Program – Part I: The Leadership Of Iran’s Religious Regime Lies About Essential Islamic Matters, Manipulates Religion To Justify Its Grip On Power, Regional Expansion, May 6, 2018

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1458, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Reiterates Iran’s Lie, Promoted By Obama Administration, That Supreme Leader Khamenei Issued Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons; No Such Fatwa Ever Existed, May 31, 2019.

Daily Brief No. 433, Khamenei’s ‘Nuclear Fatwa,’ Once Again, November 29, 2022.

Inquiry and Analysis No. 1701, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: ‘If It Were Not An Islamic Principle, And If We Had The Will To Build Nuclear Weapons, We Would Do So – Even The Enemies Know That They Cannot Stop Us’; MEMRI: The Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons That Is Attributed To Khamenei Does Not Exist, June 26, 2023.

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[1] Dw.com/en/irans-nuclear-activity-raises-eyebrows-at-iaea/a-68893952, April 23, 2024.

[2] Tasnimnews.com, April 22, 2024.

[3] Amirahmadi.com/en/biographical/biography, accessed April 25, 2024.

[4] Tasnimnews.com, April 18, 2024.

[5] Javanonline.ir, April 16, 2024.

[6] Asriran.com, April 15, 2024.

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Nationalism, National-Socialism, and Soviet Fascism in America

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within… The traitor is the carrier of the plague. You have unbarred the gates of Rome to him.” — Cicero

A similar idea was expressed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; and human nature has not changed since Cicero. It is true—the traitor is the carrier of the plague…My beloved America the Beautiful is experiencing that exact plague today that was brought to us by Soviet Fascism…

For over thirty years, I have exposed this plague and warned Americans about it constantly by refraining the phrase: “Knowledge of Russia and its Intelligence is a MUST.” The former AG Jeff Sessions was a victim of the plague, because he did not know Russia, its Intelligence apparatus and recused himself from Russia Probe. Now, as a result, we have a political chaos in America every day for three years. Jeff Sessions Has Big Plans For 2020 running for Senate. I will forgive him on the condition that he will start learning the ideology of Soviet fascism today.

Nationalism and National-Socialism

During last three years President Trump has undergone relentless attacks and several incredible accusations: mentally ill, ignorant, incapable of thinking, Stalin, racist-Hitler, and nationalist. All of those has nothing to do with reality, but… he is a Nationalist. And I want to talk about Nationalism, because I am also a Nationalist.

Nationalism, an ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpasses other individual or group interests. Encyclopedia Britannica

I am a nationalist and I know that a family is an initial-origin cell and foundation of any society. Family always seeks peace and tranquility for all its members, a society and nation as a whole have the same desire… Nationalism is a very peaceful, loyal and devoted concept of people who want to have a country with one culture, one language, one nation whose territory has secure borders. Nationalism is an ancient idea in history. Jews have been striving for a nation state since Antiquity, and achieved their goal of establishing the state of Israel only in 1948. Every nation wants to have a national identity, one culture and language on their territory plus strong and secure borders. Nationalism is a very patriotic and peaceful idea, unlike national-socialism, which was born in the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

For your information national-socialism has an abbreviation—Nazi, Nazism. It has the same definition as Fascism. Europe is well familiar with national-socialism; every country in Europe had its own Quisling and Mosley. Europe has given the world three different types of Fascism: Italian fascism with mild application of force, German fascism with Holocaust, gas-chambers, excessive abuse of power by the Gestapo, and the third one Stalinist Soviet Fascism. All three are known to the world as militant, aggressive, and expansionist political forces with a common agenda–to conquer the world. Do you see the differences between nationalism and national-socialism? Yet, there is more…

The most well-known fascist leaders, Mussolini and Hitler, were proud to publicize their fascist ideology, in their speeches and books. You can read Hitler’s “Mein Kam” today. Japan joined Italy and Germany by 1940 and the three had established the “Axis.” Very soon their real agenda to fight Western civilization was revealed. Germany attacked Poland September 1, 1939 and WW II began. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. The entire world was involved in killing, destroying, harming, sabotaging and terminating instead of creating, building, generating and producing. I saw all of that in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe…

The tragedy of the WW II is staggering: Deaths directly caused by the war (including military and civilians killed) are estimated at 50–56 million people, while there were an additional estimated 19 to 28 million deaths from war-related disease and famine. Total price to defeat the fascist “Axis” cost the world population 70-80 million. The Marshall Plan cost about $13.3 billion at the time, but dollars during the 1950s could purchase much more than today’s dollars. Adjusting for inflation and stated in today’s dollars, the Marshall Plan investment would be equal to $103.4 billion, invested by the United States of America. But … Fascism is alive and well…

Fascism Never Sleeps: Soviet Fascism

As a matter of fact, the Soviet fascism developed under the Iron Curtain is unknown to the world. That is the reason I have been writing about the ideology of Stalinism for the last thirty years. Unlike Hitler and Mussolini, being proud of their ideology, Stalin had masked and covered up the real identity of the Soviet regime—Soviet Fascism. He created a system of Political Correctness to deceive the opposition and the world. Under the term Socialism, Soviet fascism had been disseminated across the world with the application of Political Correctness deceiving and defrauding the people. Do you see now the main difference between Nationalism and national-socialism? We must pay attention to the ideology of Socialism, as an integral part of Fascism!!! Read here Political Correctness and the Socialist Revolution in America, October 31, 2019

There is only one Socialist system in the world practiced in real life—Stalin’s Soviet Socialism. It was an inextricably, intertwined blend of Socialist ideology with the force of punitive agencies—I use the term KGB talking about them. That force, coordinated by the KGB, helped HIS Socialist system to survive for many years, yet Socialism ended in the country where it was born. The collapse of the USSR in 1991 meant the collapse of the Socialist economy, which wasn’t able to produce, but the Police State under the KGB has re-emerged, bringing the KGB operative Vladimir Putin to the presidency of the Russian Federation. Nothing substantial has changed and under Putin’s leadership, the current crop of apparatchiks are flourishing in Russia today. The KGB is still running the country with a crony capitalism instead of failed socialism. Yet, the absence of Socialism opens the door to the Truth—the real name of the ideology is Soviet Fascism…

From the first day of Obama’s presidency the war against the American Republic began to transform our country to a Socialist Administrative State. Obama, the socialist, did not hide his real agenda, openly calling for the transformation, and began fighting the unique political system left to us by our Founding Father. Following Stalin’s model of weaponizing the Intel, Obama appointed as CIA Director a man who voted in the previous election for a Communist candidate—John Brennon. Socialist/Communist’s brain-washing war on America’s mind and soul had started by Socialist-Obama, lying constantly, using Stalinist Political Correctness and his holdovers. The train-engine of the coup against Trump has been moving ahead, combating Western civilization and you, the American people.

I have writing about the Dems’ American Socialist mafia, the carrier of the plague that has come from the KGB. I found plenty of Socialist methods and tricks being implemented in America, especially by America’s Socialist mafia. Schiff’s fabrication is reminiscent of the former head of the KGB in the Soviet Union, Lavrenty Beria’s, famous boast, “You bring me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” You see it in America today. Knowing well the Soviet abusive power of the KGB, I was stunned seeing the same here being exercised by the current Anti-Trump cabal, America’s Socialist mafia. I am using a term KGB meaning the entirety of Russian Intelligence Services.

The Dems were committing crimes and putting the finger of blame on the opposition for the last 3-4 decades. Nothing is left of Truman’s Party, only the title—the Democrat Party, an old shell, used by the America’s Socialist mafia to cover up its actual adherence to the ideology of Soviet fascism a plague brought by the KGB to our land. I have support from a professor of Law. LISTEN: Liberal Democrat Dershowitz Compares Democrats To Russian Secret Police Under Stalin, Blisters CNN, by Hank Berrien, November 11, 2019, DailyWire.com Dershowitz also ripped Democrats, comparing them to the Russian secret police under the murderous Russian dictator Josef Stalin, asserting, “The Democrats are now making up crimes.” He is right, I know Stalinism. Alas, it is here.

What does Rep. Sean Maloney and other Dems members of the Impeachment procedure know about Stalinism and Soviet fascism? They have been deceived and mislead by DNC for decades and now they are led by a Communist, Tom Perez, the Deep State, and “the Squad” –the plague Cicero was talking about…There are some decent Dems, but they are deceived and tricked—they don’t know Russia and its Intelligence apparatus and don’t understand how it is operating here, just like Jeff Sessions did not. Moreover, they don’t know Ukraine and the unthinkable corruption there—Soviet scale corruption…

They had no idea of how wide Stalinism and Soviet Fascism are spread across the globe. If you know Soviet fascism, you know what is going on in Hong Kong. It took Stalin two decades to build a Chinese Communist State with all the attributes of Soviet fascism, schooled by the Russian KGB. Things going on in Stalinist Russia years ago, is being repeated in all countries of “the Axis of Evil” under the Russian umbrella. Listen to this story:

A Christian house church leader told Bitter Winter the Communist Party is “replacing the words of God with human moral standards, secretly distorting the doctrine and eroding the foundations of the Christian faith.”

“This is a truly sinister approach. Only the devil would do such a thing,” the leader said. In China, the government controls churches by requiring them to belong to its Three-Self Patriotic Movement. ‘Truly sinister’: Jesus’ words twisted to promote communism.” ‘Only the devil would do such a thing’ By WND Staff Published November 10, 2019.

I have bad news for Robert Levinson’s family. Iran is a member country of “the Axis of Evil”. I am afraid that it was Russia who dealt with Robert Levinson. That means that experiment with Otto Warmbier in North Korea can be repeated in Levinson’s case, the way it initially was performed on Raoul Wallenberg in Russia. Read my book What is Happening to America? Xlibris, 2012. Soviet fascism is alive and well and never sleeps…

My fellow Americans!

President Donald J Trump presents an existential threat to Soviet Fascism.

Do you realize now what the radical Left armed with the ideology of Soviet Fascism means?

It was the ultimate goal and agenda of Stalin, Andropov and Putin to destroy America from within…

And the Democrat Party of the 21st century is doing just that before the eyes of the world…

Our Founding Fathers are rolling over their graves.

The human nature definitely has not changed since Cicero!

To be continued www.simonapipko1.com and on www.drrichswier.com/author/spipko/.

©2023. Simona Pipko. All rights reserved.

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America First Policy Institute Demands Key Battleground States Enforce Ban On Non-Citizen Voting

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The American First Policy Institute (AFPI) is demanding that key battleground states enforce their constitutional duty to ensure that non-American citizens do not vote in the upcoming 2024 election, the Daily Caller learned first.

AFPI addressed nine letters to the chief elections officers of Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Nevada, Michigan, Illinois, California and Arizona, where the organization says there are the most amount of illegal aliens, the Daily Caller learned. The letters, obtained by the Daily Caller, demand that each state, under the National Voter Registration Act, ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote.

“This issue should be straightforward – the federal government should be doing everything in its power to ensure that only US citizens vote in federal elections. This is their constitutional duty. Yet, the actions of the Biden Administration paint a different story,” Chad Wolf, former Acting Homeland Security Secretary and Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute, said in a press release obtained by the Daily Caller. “The American people deserve to know that states will take all necessary steps to ensure only American citizens exercise our sacred right to vote.”

The letters call on each state’s leader of elections, whether the secretary of state or executive director, to oversee how the state complies with the National Voter Registration Act.

“Due to the failure of the Biden Administration to secure the border, it is now incumbent on officials like you to ensure that the 2024 election is not compromised by illegal aliens casting votes. Since 2021 no less than 11 million illegal aliens have entered the country. This is a population greater than that of eleven states and the District of Columbia combined, which together account for 41 electoral votes in a presidential election,” the letter to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reads.

Fontes responded to the letter in a statement to the Daily Caller, pledging to commit the “ensuring the integrity” of the 2024 election.

“The Office of the Secretary of State is committed to ensuring the integrity of our electoral system by upholding all applicable federal and state laws regarding voter registration and eligibility,” the Arizona Secretary of State office told the Daily Caller in a statement.

“Under the National Voter Registration Act, we maintain accurate and updated voter rolls, ensuring that only eligible citizens are registered to vote. Suggestions and concerns from any orgs are reviewed in accordance to these legal standards,” the statement continued.

Ahead of the 2024 election, Republicans are focusing their efforts on election integrity initiatives. House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump on April 12 to discuss the topic. Following his meeting with Trump, Johnson announced election integrity legislation to make individuals prove that they are American citizens before voting in a federal election.

Election integrity has been a hot-button issue for Republican voters and has been a topic of conversation since the 2020 election. A previous Daily Caller analysis, with about eight months until the 2024 election, showed that several key battleground states, including those that helped Biden in the 2020 election, are still expected to use many of the election procedures in 2024 that caused controversy in the last presidential election.

“There are already a number of municipalities and a dozen states which could allow non-citizens to vote in state/local elections,” Hogan Gidley, Vice-Chair of AFPI’s Center for Election Integrity, said in a press release obtained by the Daily Caller. “Our mission is simple, make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. Illegal voting by non-citizens would be cheating. So, what are these states’ plans to stop it?”

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Biden White House, Small Business Admin Officials Violated Political Ethics Law, Watchdog Alleges

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Officials in President Joe Biden’s White House and Small Business Administration (SBA) violated a law preventing government employees from engaging in certain forms of political activity, watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) alleged in a Thursday complaint.

PPT accused officials of political activity to benefit Biden while attacking Republicans in violation of the Hatch Act, according to the complaint to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Biden administration officials from the White House and SBA repeatedly violated the act by using the term “MAGA,” which is former President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan and an acronym for “Make America Great Again,” PPT alleged

“The intent of the Hatch Act is pretty straightforward: If you’re part of the current government, you can’t engage in political speech in the course of your official duties,” PPT Director Michael Chamberlain told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “And OSC’s directives against using campaign slogans are pretty clear. But, as Karine Jean-Pierre’s multiple violations show — and these incidents from the White House and SBA appear to provide more evidence of — it seems that these requirements escape some members of the Biden administration.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively obtained the complaint as well as over 2,300 pages of emails PPT received from a public records request to the SBA.

Federal employees are prohibited from using their “e-mail account or social media to distribute, send, or forward content that advocates for or against a partisan political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group,” according to a guide posted by the office in 2014. They are also barred from sending or forwarding “partisan political emails to others while on duty or in the workplace,” according to the OSC.

However, White House Senior Communications Assistant Brianna Stonick in January 2023 sent an email titled “Talking Points: House Republican MAGA Economic Plan” to four other White House employees. The email contained talking points and a fact sheet, both of which have been completely redacted.

A group of SBA employees appears to have received the emails, as the agency’s communications director Terrence Clark forwarded it to the address “talkers@sba.gov,” according to the documents.

Stonick also in March sent an email titled “Talking Points: President Biden’s Veto of Extreme MAGA Republican Bill,” in which the talking points have also been redacted. An SBA official named Christina Hale appears to have forwarded this email to an address labeled “ICG.” PPT alleged this address belongs to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman as the letters represent her full initials, with her middle name being “Casillas.”

The SBA has not responded to PPT’s inquiry about the redactions as of Wednesday, according to the complaint.

Associate SBA Administrator Mark Madrid forwarded an email in March 2023 to two colleagues to request that they print out three copies of an email from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs titled “What They Are Reading in the States: Biden-Harris Administration is Investing in America; Local Communities Reap Benefits.”

The email contains a passage detailing “what’s at stake if MAGA Republicans in Congress get their way and repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and slash funding for manufacturing, research, and innovation.”

PPT alleged that this is a clear use of a political campaign slogan to advocate for one candidate while criticizing the party opposing him.

“The American public expects their tax dollars will not be used for politicking and that the officials who serve them in government won’t be using their positions to engage in partisan electioneering,” Chamberlain told the DCNF. “Unfortunately, those seem to be hard lessons for too many executive branch inhabitants to learn.”

Officials sent these emails months before the OSC issued a June advisory opinion directing federal employees not to use campaign slogans in their official capacity, including “MAGA.”

“Employees may not, for example, wear or display items, or post or tweet messages with campaign slogans, including ‘Build Back Better,’ ‘Finish the Job,’ ‘Make America Great Again,’ or ‘MAGA’ while they are on duty or in the workplace,” the opinion states.

However, a December 2022 advisory opinion after Trump announced his candidacy in November of that year also appears to suggest that federal employees should not use “MAGA” in emails for or against the former president.

“This prohibition is broad and encompasses more than displays or communications (including in-person and via email or social media) that expressly advocate for or against former President Trump’s election,” it states. “For example, while on duty or in the workplace, employees may not wear, display, or distribute items with the slogan ‘Make America Great Again,’ ‘MAGA,’ or any other materials from former President Trump’s 2016, 2020, or 2024 campaigns or use hashtags such as #MAGA or #Trump2024 in social media posts or other forums.”

The documents and PPT’s complaint contain numerous additional examples of officials using the term “MAGA.”

Penalties for violating the Hatch Act can consist of “removal from federal service” and a fine of up to $1,000, according to the OSC. PPT’s complaint requests an immediate investigation as well as penalties for the aforementioned officials.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre previously violated the Hatch Act by making derogatory comments about Republicans during official press briefings by using the phrase “MAGA Republicans” ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, the OSC found in June.

The White House, SBA and OSC did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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JASON COHEN

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Minimum Wage

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Let’s have a conversation based on reason about the concept of the Minimum Wage.

I’m totally against the concept of having a minimum wage, based on moral principles. I do not see a role for the government in a deal between an employer and an employee.

Then, I can also argue, based on my many travels abroad, that a minimum wage is not good for work morale.

I have traveled half the globe, and have been a guest in many countries without a minimum wage. I have witnessed poverty in these countries, but also the opportunity for all citizens to get a low-paying job, to start a career.

Many Leftist politicians want to raise the minimum wage. If the government raises the minimum wage, then employers will employ less personnel for easy tasks.

As always, the solutions that the Left offers for economic problems, are worse than the problems themselves.

©2024. Matthys van Raalten. All rights reserved.

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The BRAIN Drain of Communist Controlled California is Underway

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The Communist state of California is about to have a massive brain drain of doctors and nurses and health care professionals once the Marxists in the California Assembly Health Committee advance a bill that will create a mandatory universal healthcare board that will ban pretty much all private healthcare in the once free state of California. Doctors work in private clinics not in government controlled Marxist price controlled dictatorships. They will leave California.

The Communist government of Venezuela, where my family is from, did the same thing as is happening in California and nearly all the doctors and nurses left and relocated to Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Uruguay and Brazil. Some even relocated to the United States. My dentist relocated from Venezuela to Bogota Colombia. My family relocated from Venezuela to Bogota Colombia, Brazil and Uruguay. They are engineers, doctors and entrepreneurs.

This Marxist ideology is fiscally dead in the water in Sacramento considering ALL of California’s $405 billion spent on healthcare annually in the private sector will relocate to the bankrupt state budget which has an estimated $73 trillion budget deficit. So to cover this exuberant cost taxes will definitely have to be raised to pay for it which will drive even more inflation. American citizens living in California will also have to pay for the healthcare of all the criminal illegal immigrants who have zero respect for our borders and sovereignty living in this collapsing economic mess.

The Communist dictator of California Gavin Newsom falsely stated a $39.9 billion deficit for 2024-2025 budget to keep the sheep following happy but of course like all Marxists their propaganda is always uncovered as a lie when in fact the data shows a growing $73 billion budget shortage.

Now moving north from the Communist Party headquarters in Sacramento let’s look at the corrupt Nancy Pelosi district of San Francisco, the human fecal capital of the world. This city, once a thriving financial hub and capitalist entrepreneur’s dream, is now fixing to adopt a law that bans grocery stores from going out of business unless they give the Communists in government six months notice.

So if your business is failing imminently because of massive government interference from the San Francisco controlled government Marxists, soon you will not be able to cash out and relocate or close your store unless you give half a year of notice. If you don’t, the Communists will let the customers sue the store owners. All totally unconstitutional violating the commerce clause.

So what happens when a store lays off its workers in California because they cannot afford the insane $20 an hour minimum wage to pay its once happy staff of high school kids and college students working a menial job. The kids who used to make extra cash on the weekends for cleaning a greasy grill or flipping a hamburger?

Well California has the HIGHEST unemployment rate in our Republic due to Newsom Economics which means the California unemployment insurance program is also in a downward spiral much like the rest of its economy.

The Marxist Gavin Newson is doing a great job destroying this once vibrant capitalist former Reagan Red state so don’t be surprised if the entire economy implodes like it did in Communist Venezuela.

Venezuela is the richest oil nation in the world yet the Communist injection into the free markets forced entrepreneurs to leave this once free country including my tax accountant highly educated wife.

Newsom in California has the same Marxist ideology as the installed president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro so it’s not a surprise to see Oil Companies like Chevron planning on leaving California as did Tesla and gas prices lurching to over $7.50 a gallon.

So what is the result of the Marxist Newsom Nomics in California ? An exodus is in the works as thousands of homeowners are trying to sell their overtaxed property to get the heck out of this Marxist septic tank of downward poverty and despair.

Folks in the middle class can either stay in California and be downgraded to poverty status or leave California and reclaim their once prosperous standard of living in pro business pro entrepreneurial states like Nevada, Texas or Florida. Don’t forget the legislation being proposed to tax former California residents after they leave this septic tank. All unconstitutional of course.

The sniveling cockroach Gavin Newson also wants a constitutional ban on gun ownership which is a protected God given right under the 2nd Amendment. Luckily our Founding Fathers prepared us for Marxists like Newson, a bottom feeding Communist that kisses the backside of the Communist Chinese any chance he gets.

Perhaps Newsom wants to disarm ALL law-abiding Americans as do the Communist Chinese because he knows, as does Biden and other Marxist bottom feeders like Bernie Sanders, one day the American people will not take this crap anymore and BAM – a new civil war commences.

Buy more ammo ladies and gentleman and learn how to shoot your legally acquired constitutionally protected firearm. The enemy we face is within. Stay peaceful and stay vigilant, follow the Constitution and trust in God as your protector.

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Half Of Americans Would Support Mass Deportation Of Illegal Migrants: POLL

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Just over half of Americans now say they would support the mass deportation of illegal migrants, a poll released Thursday found.

The 51% who approve of the action includes 42% of Democrats, as well as 68% of Republicans and 46% of independents, according to the Axios Vibes/The Harris Poll survey. Approximately two-thirds of respondents believe illegal immigration is a legitimate crisis as President Joe Biden’s administration has seen record numbers of border crossings.

Mark Penn, chairman of The Harris Poll, told Axios that Biden’s “efforts to shift responsibility for the issue to [former President Donald] Trump are not going to work.”

“I was surprised at the public support for large-scale deportations,” Penn said.  “I think they’re just sending a message to politicians: ‘Get this under control.’”

Border Patrol had 137,480 encounters at the southern border in March, and has already seen 1 million in fiscal year 2024, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Fiscal year 2022 included nearly 2.2 million encounters and fiscal year 2023 had 2 million.

A majority of White Americans would support mass deportations, while 45% of Latinos and 40% of black respondents said the same, according to the poll.

Increased crime rates, drugs and violence; added costs to taxpayers; and potential terrorism and national security risks are Americans’ top concerns related to illegal immigration, according to the poll.

The survey also found that Americans largely support immigration as long as it’s legal, with 65% saying the U.S. should make it easier for those wanting a better life to legally enter the country so they don’t try to illegally.

“The tradeoff here in the poll is, people would take expanded legal immigration if they saw there’s a crackdown on the border,” Penn said.

Click here, here, here, here and hear to view pictures of the lack of border security.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House in February over his handling of the border crisis, but the Democratic-controlled Senate dismissed the two articles without a trial on April 17.

The issue has become a main point on the campaign trail as illegal immigration continues to rank among the top concerns Americans have ahead of November. Polling suggests voters trust Trump by double digits more than Biden on the issue.

The poll surveyed 6,251 U.S. adults between March 29-31, April 5-7 and April 12-14, and it has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5%.

Neither Biden’s campaign nor the White House immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

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Top Automaker Takes $1.3 Billion Dollar Bath On Key EV Line

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Top American automaker Ford hemorrhaged over a billion dollars on electric vehicles (EV) in the first quarter, leading to massive losses per vehicle.

Ford sold 10,000 vehicles in its EV Model e unit in the first three months of the year, losing $1.3 billion on the line altogether, equating to a loss of $130,000 per vehicle sold, according to data from the company’s first quarter earnings report. Despite the loss on EVs, Ford’s net income was $1.3 billion, selling over a million vehicles with $42.8 billion in revenue in the quarter.

The Biden administration has sought to boost demand and production of EVs as part of the president’s sweeping environmental agenda, offering a $7,500 tax credit for some EVs in an attempt to ease high costs using funds from the $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act. Federal regulators have also put in place tailpipe emission standards for consumers that will effectively require 67% of all light-duty vehicles sold after 2032 to be electric or hybrids.

“Ford Model e revenue was down, as wholesales declined and significant industrywide pricing pressure continued to affect electric vehicles currently on the market,” the company’s first quarter report reads. “The segment had an EBIT loss of $1.3 billion, with costs that were flat year-over-year. The company expects EV costs to improve going forward, but be offset by top-line pressure.”

Sales for Ford’s EV line were down 20% compared to last year, and revenue was down 84%. Ford’s combustion engine line, Ford Blue, sold 626,000 vehicles, which is a decline of 11% from last year, with revenue down 13% in that same time frame.

Not all EVs sold by Ford fall under its Model e unit, with commercial fleets being sold under the Ford Pro unit, including an unspecified number of EVs, according to the earnings report. The Ford Pro unit sold 409,000 vehicles, up 21% since last year, with revenue up 36%.

Ford lost $4.7 billion on EVs in 2023, higher than the $4.5 billion loss the company predicted mid-year. Other automakers have seen similar losses on EVs, such as General Motors, which reported a $1.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2023.

EV demand across the whole U.S. economy slowed in the first quarter of 2023, with growth in EV sales decelerating to 2.7% compared to 5% for all vehicles. As a result, EVs’ market share dropped from 7.6% to 7.1%.

Ford did not immediately respond to a request to comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Police Arrest Over 100 Protesters At Emerson College As Pro-Palestinian Protests Flare Across Country

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Boston Police Department (BPD) arrested over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday evening at Emerson College, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed.

Students have been protesting since Sunday and created an encampment in an alleyway partially owned by the college despite being warned that they were in violation of city ordinances, according to CBS News Boston. Police made a total of 108 arrests and broke up the encampment after warning protesters again to leave the area, a BPD spokesperson told the DCNF.

“108 arrests, 4 injured officers, 3 minor, 1 more serious. All non-life threatening,” the spokesperson said. “No protestors in custody have reported injuries at this time. Protestors will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.”

The department did not elaborate on whether the protesters had been released or what they were being charged with. The school has not made a statement on the arrests but classes were canceled Thursday, according to CBS News Boston.

The administration urged protesters in a statement Wednesday to abide by city laws and clear out the encampment, according to an announcement to the school.

“Most notably, the Commissioners expressed that the tents occupying Boylston Place Alley violate city ordinances prohibiting tents in a public right-of-way,” the announcement reads. “They also noted alleged violations involving blocking pedestrian access to the alley, public noise violations, and ongoing reports of fire hazards posed by blocking doors and hydrants. These are not Emerson College rules but laws and ordinances enforced by the city and the commonwealth.”

The college also noted that it had received reports that there had been “targeted harassment and intimidation of Jewish supporters of Israel and students, staff, faculty, and neighbors seeking to pass through the alley” from protesters and that this behavior was “unacceptable,” according to the school’s announcement.

Pro-Palestinian protests have been erupting across the country following the arrest of nearly 100 students at Columbia University who were protesting the school’s ties to Israel. Multiple groups at Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, among others, have started encampments, calling for the universities to meet their demands to boycott, divest and sanction Israel over its war with Hamas.

Hamas launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7 killing over 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages, including Americans.

Emerson did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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KATE ANDERSON

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NEW REPORT: ‘Over 98 percent’ of world’s central banks gearing up for new system of programmable, trackable ‘digital cash’ and 24 nations will have ‘live CBDCs’ by 2030

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All this despite almost zero coverage in the mainstream corporate media to date, most of which still refers to a fully digitized monetary system as ‘conspiracy theory’.

The era of cash money is nearing its end, and with it will come the end of privacy.

The World Economic Forum claims, in a new report, that 98 percent of the world’s central banks have agreed to implement the globalists’ long-awaited dream of a cashless society.

Most central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, are quasi-government institutions owned privately by billionaire bankers.

And the WEF is not the first to reveal the plans of the globalist elite, which have been preparing for years to eliminate paper fiat currencies. But this latest report indicates the grand plan is now very close to being realized, perhaps just awaiting a triggering event – a Black Swan event of some type – before making the switch to “digital cash.”

As first reported by Slay News, the latest revelation was made in a 83-page white paper from the WEF which declares that nations around the world will soon be ready to adopt a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, in place of traditional money.

In the report, titled Modernizing Financial Markets With Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency, the WEF asserts that a CBCD will replace all other forms of money to serve as a single global digital currency system.

The report states that, “Over 98% of the global economy’s central banks are researching, experimenting, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC) to determine how to modernize the capabilities of and improve access to central bank money (CeBM)… With this backdrop and a recent survey finding that there could be 24 live CBDCs by 2030, the importance of clarifying the role of CeBM and wholesale CBDC in the next generation of wholesale financial markets is underscored.”

It makes sense that when the petro dollar collapses, all paper currencies pegged to it will fall like dominoes. This collapse has already been pre-designed. The only question is whether it will continue to unfold gradually or if it will take place suddenly in the wake of a catastrophic cyber attack or some other “Black Swan” event. WEF founder and director Klaus Schwab is on record predicting a devastating cyber attack that will shut down all or nearly all communications, transportation and financial transactions for an extended period.

There was also this warning five years ago from the CEO of Charles Schwab (no relation to Klaus).

The end of fiat paper currency has been hinted at for many years, with perhaps the most clear indication coming from economist Dr. Pippa Malmgren in March 2022, when she addressed the World Governments Summit and said:

“And I’ll say this boldly, we’re about to abandon the traditional system of money and accounting and introduce a new one. And the new, the new accounting is what we call blockchain. It means digital. It means having an almost perfect record of every single transaction that happens in the economy, which will give us far greater clarity over what’s going on.”

Digital cash is not cash at all. It is not only digital but programmable, meaning someone outside of your control will have the ability to turn it on and off, or program it in such a way that makes it applicable only at certain stores or for certain goods and services, not others.

The WEF report states:

“CeBM is ideal for systemically important transactions despite the emergence of alternative payment instruments. Wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) is a form of CeBM that could unlock new economic models and integration points that are not possible today.”

The report focuses on the claimed goal of streamlining cross-border transactions, but it’s much more than that.

According to the WEF, central banks are preparing to deploy different forms of CBDCs specifically designed to be used by different institutions for different reasons.

Wholesale CBDCs will be used by banks, governments, and transnational corporations. Retail CBDCs will be reserved for the general public.

The WEF report also confirms what we already knew, that converting to this new digital system means all physical assets will eventually be “tokenized,” in a scheme meant to bring more billions in profits to elites on Wall Street.

“The tokenization of assets involves creating digital tokens representing underlying assets like real estate, equities, digital art, intellectual property, and even cash.

“Tokenization is a key use case for blockchain, with some estimates pointing towards $4-5 trillion in tokenized securities on DLTa by 2030.”

Doesn’t that sound like fun?

And I’m sure our beloved politicians will protect us from these monsters, right?

Hold on tight to your loved ones. Pray and be in the word. It’s the only thing that is going to get us through. Physical preparations are advisable, but what’s coming will take mental and spiritual strength, because no one is coming to save us. Only the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Republicans Sound Alarm On Efforts To Shield Ukraine Funding From American Voters

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As President Joe Biden signed legislation Wednesday to send billions of dollars more in aid to Ukraine, officials from Brussels to Washington are working to hamstring former President Donald Trump from taking a different route should he win back the White House.

With Congress granting Biden additional “drawdown” authority to send weapons to Kyiv, and NATO allies in Europe seeking to take the power to send aid away from the White House, multiple Senate Republicans, strategists and former Trump officials told the Daily Caller efforts to “Trump-proof” foreign aid are misguided and futile.

“There are things that they’re setting in motion here that are going to make it very difficult for Trump to, if he’s elected president, to undo this, to extricate us, from these arrangements,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee said. “I mean, look there are a thousand things you can do with government contracting that can make it either easier or harder for a subsequent administration to take a different approach.”

Lee is among the lawmakers and officials who opposed the aid package that will send $26.4 billion of funding to Israel, $8.1 billion of funding to Taiwan and $61 billion of more aid to Ukraine. Several of the opponents noted that, in their view, Ukraine is unlikely to prevail in the long-term against Russia and a settlement must be negotiated sooner rather than later.

“The fact is that the strategy isn’t working. There is no strategy,” Fred Fleitz, the vice chair of America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security said. “And Trump understands that. And it’s just not fair for these Democrats to say, well, we’re going to Trump-proof NATO. We’re going to Trump proof aid for Ukraine.”

Polling also shows that sending additional aid to Ukraine is not particularly popular with battleground state voters, who are more focused on border security in the U.S. as border crossings and illegal immigrant apprehensions have hit record highs under the Biden administration.

A growing constituency in the Republican Party has endorsed halting further aid to Ukraine until progress is made on stemming the tide of illegal immigration in the U.S. While Trump has not expressed blanket opposition to more aid for Ukraine, some of his strongest allies at the Capitol are the biggest proponents of putting America’s border first.

In early April, Politico reported that the “U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring to NATO a U.S.-led multinational group that coordinates the shipment of weapons to Ukraine, one of several new proposals that could help maintain the flow of arms to Kyiv under a second Donald Trump presidency.”

The group was created at the beginning of the war by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley with a goal “to coordinate Western support for Kyiv’s defenses.”

Several Democrats in the Senate told Politico in February that they need to take new steps to protect NATO from a potential second Trump term.

Conservatives pushed back on these efforts, and characterizations of Trump as anti-NATO, in conversations with the Caller.

“We’re seeing fear mongering by President Trump’s political opponents. And I think a lot of it has to go to the fact that they are absolutely standing with President Biden’s policy on Ukraine. That has no strategy. Trump has said, I want to stop the killing. He hasn’t said he wants to cut off Ukraine,” Fleitz said.

“Now, I read in the article that there’s some members of Congress who want to prevent Trump from pulling out of NATO. Trump doesn’t plan to pull out of NATO. As far as I know. He hasn’t said that,” Fleitz continued. “But what he has said is that he wants to hold NATO members accountable for their treaty obligations, to spend 2% of the GDP on defense. And Trump is not the only president to call for that. He’s just the only president who’s been serious about it.”

Richard Grenell, the former Acting Director of National Intelligence under Trump, told the Caller that the idea of Trump-proofing weapons for Ukraine is “silly politics during an election year.”

“What I would say is nothing undermines NATO more than being a member of a military alliance and yet not being able to contribute to that military alliance in any meaningful way,” Grenell said. “I don’t even want to speculate because Donald Trump made NATO stronger. You know, hundreds of billions of dollars more came into NATO than ever before.”

“Everyone knows exactly what Donald Trump is going to do for NATO, because they saw it for four years. There are no surprises. He’s going to absolutely demand that countries pay their 2014 commitment and their obligations. We don’t see that from the Biden team. They don’t demand it. They don’t bring it up,” Grenell added.

Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said after reading the Politico report, “the first thought through my mind was, in terms of danger to world peace, President Biden has posed a far greater danger than anything Trump could pose.”

“I’m getting a little sick of Europe relying on U.S. debt to provide a defensive shield for Europe. Their combined economies are as big as the U.S.. They do this themselves,” Johnson added.

Fleitz echoed that sentiment: “If there’s an effort by Democratic politicians and members of, and European leaders to somehow Trump proof Ukraine by having Europe provide more military aid. I’m all for that. Because the big problem here is that countries like Germany and France are giving a pittance when it comes to aid to Ukraine. We’re bearing the majority of the burden, and they really shouldn’t be criticizing us when they are not doing nearly enough to help Ukraine.”

John Ullyot, a National Security Council spokesman under Trump, told the Caller that “Democrats who say otherwise and take steps to jam up Trump on NATO are putting Europe First, not America First. That simply doesn’t fly with U.S. taxpayers and voters as a matter of common sense.”

Trump had expressed support for giving some additional aid to Ukraine in the form of a loan, and Congressional Republicans sold him on that as part of the latest aid package. About $10 billion of the $60 billion was enacted as a loan, but it is forgivable if the White House opts not to make Kyiv pay it back.

“I believe $10 billion of the $60 billion aid package it has designated as a loan. And that’s for humanitarian aid. And we expect Ukraine to pay it back. Realistically, given how their economy has been devastated, even when the war is over, it doesn’t seem likely we’ll be able to pay that in the immediate future,” Fleitz said.

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott told the Caller that a loan makes more sense than grants for foreign aid, but that it should not be forgivable.

“I mean, I think having a loan makes a lot more sense than just grants. I think that’s what we ought to be doing with our foreign aid. If you want to give your money away, that’s one thing, for your federal government to give your money away, that’s something totally different,” Scott said. “So I think that this ought to be in the form of a loan and it shouldn’t be forgivable.”

Johnson referred to the loan as “mere window dressing” and “political cover” saying: “We are going to be discussing when this war finally ends, how do you rebuild Ukraine to the tune of what, something around a $1 trillion price. Do you think a $10 billion loan is going to even enter that equation? So no, it’s window dressing. It’s nothing but mere political cover for those members whose constituents, by and large, would prefer they not vote for sending $60 billion down the drain.”

“It’s not really a loan. It’s a loan that has a thousand different ways that the loan can be waived built into the bill. And it’s pretty plain to me on the text of the statute that what they’ve got in mind is, getting this set up and then making sure the Biden administration forgives the loan. They’ve made it very, very easy to do that. And so to call something a loan when you’ve built into the law mechanisms to make it sort of optional. It’s very deceptive,” Lee said.

Despite the anger over the aid package from the Republican base, Trump, for his part, did not try to stop it. He even provided encouragement to the increasingly-maligned Speaker Mike Johnson, saying he’s “trying very hard.”

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HENRY RODGERS

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U.S. Economic Growth Slows Down Massively, Well Below Expectations

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The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2024, according to gross domestic product (GDP) statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday.

Slower growth in the first quarter follows above-trend growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, which measured 4.9% and 3.4%, respectively, according to the BEA. Economists expected that GDP growth would be around 2.2% in the first quarter, in line with typical U.S. economic growth rates.

High rates of growth at the end of 2023 have worried analysts about a possible “no-landing” scenario, where the economy remains hot with an elevated rate of inflation and substantial gains in GDP. Prices increased at a rate of 3.5% year-over-year in March, far faster than the Federal Reserve’s target range of 2%, and have not declined below 3% since peaking at 9% in June 2022.

The Fed has set its federal funds rate to a range of 5.25% and 5.50%, the highest range in 23 years, in an attempt to cool the economy, which would slow growth and bring inflation down. An increase in the federal funds rate has raised the cost of credit throughout the economy, disincentivizing spending and investment.

The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to announce whether it will cut the federal funds rate in May, depending on whether inflation is moving in the right direction, which could positively contribute to economic growth. A majority of investors currently do not expect a rate cut until September, according to CME Group’s FedWatch Tool.

The number of jobs added in recent months has also been running hot, totaling 303,000 nonfarm payroll positions in March and 275,000 added in February. Despite above-trend topline growth, gains in part-time positions have dominated total increases, with the number of people employed in full-time jobs declining by more than 1.3 million in the last year as of March, while part-time employment jumped by nearly 1.9 million.

Job gains have also been fueled by government positions, which totaled 71,000 in March, higher than the monthly average over the last year of 52,000. The federal government has also continued to pile on debt, which currently totals nearly $34.6 trillion and contributes to GDP, according to data from the Treasury Department.

A Gallup poll from March showed that the economy continues to be the most important issue for 30% of voters going into the 2024 presidential election. Nearly 60% of respondents to a recent AP/NORC poll found that President Joe Biden has “hurt” Americans’ cost of living, while only 40% said the same of former President Donald Trump.

The 1.6% figure is an advanced estimate and will be updated as additional data becomes available, according to the BEA.

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WILL KESSLER

Contributor.

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The Do Nothing Republican Led Congress bans TikTok while giving the CIA run Facebook a pass.

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On Tuesday the Communist Democrats and Socialist Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate surprisingly signed off on forcing their Communist Chinese pals running TikTok to sell this social media platform to a neutral party or be banned in the United States. Great news for its competitors Facebook and You Tube.

The Communist Chinese can still buy land close to U.S. military bases inside our Republic without any interference from the do nothing republican controlled Congress.

Our borders are still wide open allowing military age Communist Chinese illegal immigrant men to enter our country. But hey nobody cares about that except for a few conservatives patriots with the misfortune of being members of the GOP.

The Communist Chinese responded to the possibility of losing access to the U.S. market via TikTok by its CEO claiming 1st Amendment violations but apparently even our constitutional rights are no longer an issue to the spineless jellyfish in Congress considering the 1st Amendment ban on free speech is currently the norm on our former president Donald Trump.

The do nothing Republican led Congress has banned TikTok pending its sale but have taken zero action against the U.S. company Meta (Facebook) led by Communist Mark Zuckerberg.

This enemy of the state in the past presidential election dumped millions of dollars into setting up unconstitutional voter ballot mail in drop boxes all over the USA contributing significantly to the ballot fraud initiated against Donald Trump.

The do nothing Republican led Congress has done nothing to stop the Communist Chinese discount retailers like Temu and Shein from buying millions of dollars worth of advertising on Facebook and Instagram funding indirectly Zuckerberg’s political frontline assault on Donald Trump.

Don’t forget that Facebook is nothing more than a massive online surveillance platform ran by former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with Mark Zuckerberg as the chief agent.

If you as an American citizen are still divulging your personal information and expressing your religious and political positions on Facebook including your vacation plans, birth dates of your kids, grandkids and wives and girlfriends for the CIA to store on their Utah servers then stupid is as stupid does. Don’t forget to post your breakfast lunch and dinner too after spending half your day hitting the likes of your neighbors pet iguanas.

The Communist Zuckerberg also pays former CIA agents to be the fact checkers and decide what you can and cannot post on your ridiculous Facebook account.

The do nothing Republican led Congress makes no attempt to ban Facebook for its unconstitutional assault on conservative free speech which great patriots like Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fl) can attest too but the weak spineless do nothing constructive Republican led Congress still thinks banning TikTok is the righteous thing to do so obviously their hypocrisy reigns supreme.

TikTok will no doubt sue the U.S. government using billions of dollars sitting in Communist Chinese banks to protect their surveillance platforms. The money in these Communist Chinese banks donated by all the American shoppers in profits after they purchased their Communist Chinese crap at Walmarts all over the republic.

American citizens are under more surveillance from the Biden Communists running the CIA, the FBI and NSA not so much from TikTok. Biden has initiated more unconstitutional spying on Americans just funded again by the low life bottom feeding Republican led Congress.

The bottom feeding cockroaches Obama and Hillary Clinton even spied on Trumps presidential campaign using unconstitutional FISA warrants.

My advice is don’t worry too much about TikTok, but pay close attention to our own government who have unprecedented access to your social media platforms in our republic.

The best advice I can give is to scrub, then delete your Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts and that will be the first step in dismantling the unconstitutional surveillance of your life and eliminating 90% of the drama it brings you.

But if you like giving the deep state all your personal data keep on posting and liking. The CIA are grateful to you.

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‘Trial By Ambush’: Former Federal Prosecutors Say Alvin Bragg’s Strategy Is Unlike Anything They’ve Seen Before

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When defendants go on trial, the allegations against them are generally clear. Not so with former President Donald Trump and his “hush money” case.

Prosecutors in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office offered new transparency not only to the public, but seemingly also Trump’s defense attorneys on Tuesday when, one year after indicting the former president, they finally pulled back the curtain to reveal the motivating crime in their case: a violation of state election law. Former federal prosecutors told the Daily Caller News Foundation Bragg’s lack of clarity is unfair to the defense, who can’t prepare to argue against a charge they don’t know, and unlike what they’ve seen before.

“I don’t recall ever having a trial where the defense didn’t know what the government was trying to prove,” former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey told the DCNF, likening Bragg’s approach to a “trial by ambush.”

Bragg’s indictment last April charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records allegedly related to a $130,000 paid to keep porn star Stormy Daniels from telling her story of an alleged affair ahead of the election. To charge the eight-year old misdemeanor offenses as a felony, he argued it was done to commit or conceal another crime — presumably, a federal campaign-finance violation. But he never specified.

That is, until Tuesday, when it came out after defense attorneys objected to prosecutor Joshua Steinglass’ line of questioning that they were claiming Trump violated New York Election Law § 17-152. The statute makes it a misdemeanor for any two or more people to “conspire” to influence an election using “unlawful means.”

During opening statements Monday, Matthew Colangelo, senior counsel for the district attorney and a former top official in the Biden Department of Justice, argued that the records Trump allegedly falsified in relation to Daniels’ payment are part of a broader “conspiracy” to influence the 2016 election involving Trump, his former attorney Michael Cohen and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.

Prosecutors are seeking to demonstrate that conspiracy — which they clarified is rooted in the election statute, though it is not named in the indictment — through witness testimony.

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky said the theory put forward by Bragg under the statute is “bizarre.”

“The misdemeanor statute of limitations is expired on this offense, just as it is expired on the underlying offense, raising a significant legal question about the propriety of this approach,” he told the DCNF.

“One of the biggest issues in this case is that the prosecution has essentially withheld this theory until trial has started,” Cherkasky continued. “The defense has complained about this the entire time, but the judge has refused to require identification of the felony escalator at an earlier stage. This amounts to another form of ‘trial by fire,” which is not how the American criminal justice system is supposed to work.

John Malcolm, vice president for the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government and former deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Criminal Division, said there are three things about the revelation that “amaze” him as a former prosecutor.

“First, that Alvin Bragg’s office did not provide advanced notice of the precise allegations in order to enable former President Trump’s legal team to prepare an adequate defense,” he said. “Second, that the statutory code section cited by the lead prosecutor (New York Penal Code Section 17-152) prohibits a conspiracy ‘to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means …,’ but Bragg has still not divulged what those ‘unlawful means’ were.”

“And third, and most shockingly, that penal code section is a misdemeanor, which means that Alvin Bragg is claiming that committing a misdemeanor (making a false business entry) in order to conceal the commission of another misdemeanor (conspiring to promote someone’s candidacy in an unlawful manner) can – like magic – be converted into 34 felony offenses,” he continued.

Fahey told the DCNF that everything about the case “stinks to high heaven.”

“If this was anyone other than Donald Trump, this would be laughed out of court,” he said.

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KATELYNN RICHARDSON

Contributor.

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Prime Minister Netanyahu: ‘Campus Antisemitism Reminiscent of 1930s Germany’

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“What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific.” — Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

Netanyahu: ‘Campus antisemitism reminiscent of 1930s Germany’

The Prime Minister condemned the antisemitic incidents and protests currently occurring on university campuses in the US and called on administrators to stop them.

By: Israel National News, Apr 24, 2024:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video in English on Wednesday in which he condemned the anti-Israel and antisemitic rallies currently being held in universities in the United States.

“What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. It’s unconscionable. It has to be stopped. It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally. But that’s not what happened. The response of several university presidents was shameful,” the Prime Minister stated.

With this, he noted that “fortunately, state, local, and federal officials, many of them have responded differently but there has to be more. More has to be done. It has to be done not only because they attack Israel, that’s bad enough, not only because they want to kill Jews wherever they are, that’s bad enough, it’s also when you listen to them, it’s also because they say not only, ‘Death to Israel. Death to the Jews,” but “death to America.’ And this tells us that there is an antisemitic surge here that has terrible consequences.

“We see this exponential rise of antisemitism throughout America and throughout Western societies as Israel tries to defend itself against genocidal terrorists, genocidal terrorists who hide behind civilians. Yet it is Israel that is falsely accused of genocide, Israel that is falsely accused of starvation, and all sundry war crimes. It’s all one big libel. But that’s not new. We’ve seen in history that antisemitic attacks were always preceded by vilification and slander, lies that were cast against the Jewish people that are unbelievable yet people believed them.”

Netanyahu added: “Now, what is important now is for all of us, all of us who are interested and cherish our values and our civilization, to stand up together and to say enough is enough. We have to stop antisemitism because antisemitism is the canary in the coal mine. It always precedes larger conflagrations that engulf the entire world.

“So I ask all of you, Jews and non-Jews alike, who are concerned with our common future and our common values to do one thing: stand up, speak up, be counted. Stop antisemitism now,” he concluded.

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Pamela Geller

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