Iraq to Ban Cash Withdrawals and Transactions in Dollar Before 2024

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Iraq will ban cash withdrawals and transactions in U.S dollars as of Jan. 1 2024 in the latest push to curb the misuse of its hard currency reserves in financial crimes and the evasion of U.S. sanctions on Iran, a top Iraqi central bank official said.

The move aims to stamp out the illicit use of some 50% of the $10 billion that Iraq imports in cash from the New York Federal Reserve each year, Mazen Ahmed, director-general of investment and remittances at the Iraqi central bank (CBI), told Reuters.

It’s also part of a broader push to de-dollarize an economy that has seen the greenback preferred over local notes by a population weary of recurring wars and crises following the 2003 U.S. invasion.

People who deposit dollars into banks before the end of 2023 will continue to be able to withdraw funds in dollars in 2024, Ahmed said. But dollars deposited in 2024 could only be withdrawn in local currency at the official rate of 1,320.

The parallel market rate of the Iraqi dinar sat at 1,560 on Thursday, roughly 15% percent below the official rate. (Read more from “Iraq to Ban Cash Withdrawals and Transactions in Dollar Before 2024” HERE)

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Interviewing Biden ‘The Saddest Thing’ as He ‘Couldn’t Finish His Sentences,’ Ex-ESPN Host Sage Steele Says

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Former ESPN host Sage Steele said that interviewing President Biden was “the saddest thing” because he seemed confused and “couldn’t finish his sentences.”

“He struggled,” Steele said of the oldest president in US history, who “trailed off” on topics even then, more than two years ago.

“So forget about politics. I don’t care, I didn’t vote for him,” Steele told Bill Maher on his “Club Ransom” podcast Sunday, admitting she thinks Biden is “a terrible president.”

“However, that made me sad,” she said of his apparent confusion.

“The human aspect of what we’re witnessing right now, to me, is heartbreaking,” she said of the now-80-year-old president facing escalating pressure over his age and a series of gaffes as he runs to stay in office. (Read more from “Interviewing Biden ‘The Saddest Thing’ as He ‘Couldn’t Finish His Sentences,’ Ex-ESPN Host Sage Steele Says” HERE)

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Report: Trump ‘Is Endorsing Jim Jordan’ for House Speaker

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Former President Donald Trump will back GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio in the race for House speaker, Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas said in a post on X.

“Just had a great conversation with President Trump about the Speaker’s race. He is endorsing Jim Jordan, and I believe Congress should listen to the leader of our party. I fully support Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House,” Nehls wrote.

Jordan and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) have both mounted bids to serve as House speaker. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who had been serving as speaker since early January, was ousted from the role this week and has said that he will not seek to return to the post.

Trump, who is leading the Republican presidential primary, has expressed a willingness to step in as speaker for a period of time if the House GOP fails to agree upon a candidate to fill the slot. (Read more from “Report: Trump ‘Is Endorsing Jim Jordan’ for House Speaker” HERE)

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School Investigates Students Who Chose To Use Private Bathroom For Implicit ‘Harassment’ Of Transgenders

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After an Illinois school implemented a policy that allowed students who said they were transgender to use the bathroom of their choice, it said non-transgender students who were uncomfortable with the decision could opt to use the bathroom in the nurse’s office. What the school failed to anticipate was that so many students took it up on the offer that the line for the nurse’s bathroom began forming down the hall.

The miscalculation caused the superintendent to say the students were “harassing” the transgender students by opting for the private bathroom, according to records obtained by Parents Defending Education and shared first with The Daily Wire.

“When biologically male high school students came forward and stated they were uncomfortable with biological female students using male restrooms, we told those students they could use the nurse’s office restroom,” Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 Superintendent Brian Charron wrote to parents on March 17. “It was an effort to support those students’ comfort, but unfortunately, it resulted in a disruption.”

“The male students planned to use the nurse’s office restroom at the same time, resulting in a line,” he said, saying that students coordinated to use the bathroom at the same time to highlight how the new bathroom policy affected them.

“This line grew dramatically throughout the day with male and female students, filling the hallway and causing students to be tardy to or miss classes. These actions were not the appropriate way to send a message to the School District. We are investigating this behavior as planned harassment of transgender students,” he wrote, the records show. (Read more from “School Investigates Students Who Chose To Use Private Bathroom For Implicit ‘Harassment’ Of Transgenders” HERE)

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Establishment-Pawn Fox News Goes Full Jihad on Reps Who Didn’t Back McCarthy

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Kilmeade, known for being an establishment stooge, lost his cool on live TV and actually ridiculed the idea of “prayer” in some misguided effort to defend the GOP establishment’s honor. The disgraceful and completely unprofessional incident occurred during an interview with Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, who voted in favor of removing McCarthy. Kilmeade was so infuriated by Mr. Burchett’s commitment to representing his constituents that he lost his composure, resorting to mocking Rep. Burchett for his act of prayer.

Needless to say, Christians were not impressed by Brian’s rudeness and lack of respect for faith. . . Below is the full interview between Brian Kilmeade and Tim Burchett.

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Traitorous Mitch McConnell Conspired With FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to Destroy GOP Candidates

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By now, it’s no secret that Mitch McConnell is a downright traitor. But just how low will he go to destroy Trump and the entire America First movement? Depths you couldn’t even fathom. In fact, globalist Mitch was so hell-bent on destroying America First, he actually collaborated with Democrat crook Sam Bankman-Fried to sabotage MAGA candidates.

That’s a new low, even for him.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly held secretive meetings with Sam Bankman-Fried and persuaded the disgraced former FTX CEO to donate millions of dollars to anti-Trump Republicans.

McConnell gave the Democrat megadonor a list of Republican candidates who were running against President Donald Trump’s endorsements in the 2022 elections.

The meeting was revealed by Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short, during an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

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Trump Says He’d Accept the House Speakership Temporarily

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Former President Donald Trump has said that he would temporarily accept the speakership of the House of Representatives, according to a report by Fox News.

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was removed from the speakership on Tuesday in a bipartisan vote of the House of Representatives, following a motion to vacate the chair filed by Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. After some members of the House Republican Conference called on Trump to accept the speakership, he said on Thursday that he would be open to doing so for a short period of time, until the party can agree upon a permanent replacement, according to a report by Fox News.

“They have asked me if I would take it for a short period of time for the party, until they come to a conclusion – I’m not doing it because I want to – I will do it if necessary, should they not be able to make their decision,” Trump said. “I would only do it for the party.”

Trump has been publicly lobbied by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, one of his closest allies in Congress, to seek the office of speaker of the House, primarily through posts on X. Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas also has called on Trump to become the speaker. (Read more from “Trump Says He’d Accept the House Speakership Temporarily” HERE)

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Biden Admin Finally Admits the Chaos It Created at the Border, Announces Plan for Border Wall

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After years of refusing to take responsibility for the border crisis it created, the Biden Administration is stressing an “immediate need” for a border wall to stem the thousands of illegal migrants pouring into the U.S. daily.

On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called for a wall to be built along the Texas border despite condemning the use of such barriers in the past.

The DHS posted an announcement on the U.S. Federal Register outlining construction in Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, citing “high illegal entry.”

The post noted that there have been over 245,000 migrant encounters in the sector this fiscal year.

Mayorkas declared that there is an “acute and immediate need” to waive 26 federal laws, including the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Endangered Species Act, so that physical barriers and roads can be built “in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996].” (Read more from “Biden Admin Finally Admits the Chaos It Created at the Border” HERE)

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Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Formal Deprogramming’ of MAGA ‘Cult Members’

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Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Thursday on CNN’s “Primetime” she believed there needed to be a “formal deprogramming of the cult members” who support former President Donald Trump. . .

She continued, “That’s the way it used to be. I mean, we had very strong partisans in both parties in the past and we had very bitter battles over all kinds of things, gun control, and climate change, and the economy, and taxes. But there wasn’t this little tail of extremism wagging the dog of the Republican Party as it is today. And sadly, so many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump, who has no credibility left by any measure. He’s only in it for himself. He’s now defending himself in civil actions and criminal actions. When do they break with him? You know, because at some point, you know, maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members. But something needs to happen.” (Read more from “Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Formal Deprogramming’ of MAGA ‘Cult Members'” HERE)

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U.S. Public Support Declines for Arming Ukraine

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Support is falling among Americans of both major political parties for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on U.S. arms to fight against a Russian invasion, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The two-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed only 41% of respondents agreed with a statement that Washington “should provide weapons to Ukraine,” compared to 35% who disagreed and the rest unsure.

Support for U.S. weapon shipments is down from May, when a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed 46% of Americans backed sending arms, while 29% were opposed and the rest unsure.

The poll was taken as U.S. congressional leaders debate Democratic President Joe Biden’s request for $24 billion in additional funding for Ukraine, of which about $17 billion would be defense aid.

Washington has provided $44 billion to supply Kyiv with dozens of tanks, thousands of rockets and millions of rounds of ammunition that Ukraine has used to defend itself since Russia invaded in February 2022. Ukrainian forces have retaken a series of villages and settlements in the counteroffensive that began in June, but its soldiers have been hampered by vast Russian minefields and trenches. (Read more from “U.S. Public Support Declines for Arming Ukraine” HERE)

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