Raid of U.S. ‘Stash House’ Finds Dozens of Illegal Aliens and ‘Several Weapons,’ Feds Say

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Federal immigration authorities say that they discovered dozens of illegal immigrants and some weapons in an alleged “stash house” in Laredo, Texas.

According to a news release from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the discovery was the result of joint efforts between the U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Webb County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO).

Over the weekend, WCSO provided the feds with information about a possible stash house. That was followed up with joint surveillance conducted by Border Patrol, HSI, and WCSO, along with a “knock and talk” at the address.

In total, authorities found 43 illegal aliens from the countries of Guatemala, Ecuador, Mexico, and Honduras along with “several weapons,” CBP says. The 43 were found to be in good health before being arrested, and the case was then turned over to HSI.

Stash houses are where traffickers hide and hold smuggled people and drugs. In the context of America’s ongoing immigration crisis, they’ve been known for terrible conditions and ransom situations.

“Quite often what will happen is somebody may have a cellphone and because the conditions are so bad they will call 911, and that’s how we are able to uncover some of these ‘stash houses,’” Border Patrol Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz told CBS during a June 2018 ride-along.

Earlier this year, authorities in Houston arrested five men in connection with a stash house where 18 migrants were held for ransom. “Our investigation determined that women were held captive and sexually assaulted for 25 days,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said at the time of the arrests. (For more from the author of “Raid of U.S. ‘Stash House’ Finds Dozens of Illegal Aliens and ‘Several Weapons,’ Feds Say” please click HERE)

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Navy SEAL Gallagher’s Case Demonstrates Corruption, Deep State Control of Command

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By Sean Gallagher. In this partisan environment, people were quick to judge President Donald J. Trump’s reinstatement of anchors to my brother. . . Eddie’s case and court-martial trial revealed a massive cancer within the military justice system, doing irreparable damage to troop morale that may last decades. . .

Where was their outrage when the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents dragged my brother’s kids in the street at gunpoint in their underwear? (A fact NCIS denied to this very publication until under oath admitted that, yes, they did drag my nephews nearly naked into the streets of San Diego when Ed wasn’t home).

Where were these critics when investigators admitted Eddie’s entire pretrial imprisonment was based on a lie, forcing him to spend eight months in a sex offender brig for nothing?

Thanksgiving is nearing, so please imagine having to spend it like Ed did last year, greeting your kids in jail where they had to wear robes so they didn’t arouse other inmates.

Where were these guardians of moral decency when prosecutors spied on our attorneys? When they hid exculpatory evidence? Illegally leaked slanted information to the media to taint a jury pool? Lied to members of Congress and then tried to cover it all up when they got caught? (Read more about Deep State control of the Navy and the injustice that caused HERE)
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President Trump: I Stood Up to Deep State Control of Armed Forces With Pardons

By Brett Samuels. President Trump on Tuesday told supporters he pushed back against “the deep state” by pardoning and granting clemency to military members convicted of war crimes.

“I stuck up for three great warriors against the deep state,” Trump said at a rally in Sunrise, Fla. “And you know what I’m talking about” . . .

“I had so many people say, ‘Sir, I don’t think you should do that,'” Trump said Tuesday. “People have to be able to fight. These are great warriors. They can’t think … if they made a mistake they were putting them in jail for 25 years.”

“I will always stick up for our great fighters,” he continued. “People can sit there in air-conditioned offices and complain, but you know what, doesn’t matter to me whatsoever.” (Read more about President Trump standing up against Deep State control HERE)

Ilhan Omar Denies Being ‘Qatari Asset’; How a Fake Imam, the Krassenstein Brothers and a Canadian Played Roles in a Dubious Story About Ilhan Omar and Qatar

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By Jerusalem Post. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota-5th) was recruited by a foreign government, received funding from a foreign government, and passed sensitive information through intermediaries to Iran, a Florida court has been told, as The Jerusalem Post confirmed.

Speaking to the Post, the office of the Congresswoman denied the allegations.

The claims came during testimony by Kuwati-born Canadian businessman Alan Bender, who was giving evidence in the trial of Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani. The Qatari emir’s brother stands accused of ordering his American bodyguard to murder two people, and of holding an American citizen hostage. His deposition, obtained by Al Arabiya English, was authenticated by the attorney for the plaintiffs, according to the publication.

Speaking from Toronto by video link, Bender told the Florida District Court that he met with Qatar’s Secretary to the Emir for Security Affairs Mohammad bin Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Masnad and two other senior Qatari officials.

According to his sworn deposition, the three officials told him: “If it wasn’t for our cash, Ilhan Omar would be just another black Somali refugee in America collecting welfare and serving tables on weekends.” (Read more from “Ilhan Omar Denies Being ‘Qatari Asset,’ Despite Witness Report” HERE)

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How a Fake Imam, the Krassenstein Brothers and a Canadian Played Roles in a Dubious Story About Ilhan Omar and Qatar

By Daily Caller. Foreign elements are pushing a dubious story, targeted at American conservatives, that Ilhan Omar is a secret agent of the nation of Qatar. . .

Mohamad Tawhidi, an Australian Muslim with a large social media following under the handle “Imam of Peace,” has been pushing the idea that Omar is connected to Qatar for months.

Tawhidi also spuriously accused a journalist at the DCNF of being on the payroll of Qatar for not quickly and uncritically printing storylines pushed by him, despite the DCNF repeatedly covering misdeeds by Qatar. He falsely claimed that any hesitation was because of an editor “who I can confirm works for Qatar…. It took me 48 hours to find out.” . . .

As the evidence-free story of Omar as a secret foreign agent spread on social media, the cast of characters got even odder as the Krassenstein brothers got involved.

The left-wing brothers previously allegedly ran Ponzi schemes and online financial scams, and in 2017 law enforcement seized nearly half a million dollars from them, contending it was derived from wire fraud, the Daily Beast reported. (Read more from “How a Fake Imam, the Krassenstein Brothers and a Canadian Played Roles in a Dubious Story About Ilhan Omar and Qatar” HERE)

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Report: Obama Warned He Would Intervene to Stop Bernie, Had Cutting Words for Biden

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Former President Barack Obama once warned he would intervene to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from winning the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a new report that sheds light on Obama’s personal views of the jam-packed primary field with no clear front-runner.

Obama has largely stayed on the sidelines to date, refraining from any endorsements though he has issued general warnings to the party to avoid calls for radical upheaval in their policy pitches. These warnings were seen as a swipe at candidates like Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sanders.

But a new Politico Magazine report gives a clearer picture of what Obama is worried about — claiming he has said in private he’d speak out against Sanders if it looked like he could actually win.

“Back when Sanders seemed like more of a threat than he does now, Obama said privately that if Bernie were running away with the nomination, Obama would speak up to stop him,” the report says. An Obama spokesperson, however, reportedly noted that the former president has stated that he would get behind the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is. . .

“I can’t really confirm that,” the adviser said, regarding the possibility of Obama trying to stop Sanders. “He hasn’t said that directly to me. The only reason I’m hesitating at all is because, yeah, if Bernie were running away with it, I think maybe we would all have to say something. But I don’t think that’s likely. It’s not happening.” (Read more from “Report: Obama Warned He Would Intervene to Stop Bernie, Had Cutting Words for Biden” HERE)

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Trump to Designate Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations

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President Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly he will designate some Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). His comments came during an interview released on Tuesday.

“The Mexican drug cartels kill more than 100,000 Americans every year by the importation of dangerous narcotics,” O’Reilly said to President Trump during an interview aired on O’Reilly.com. “Are you going to designate those cartels in Mexico as terror groups?”

“They will be designated … I have offered him (the Mexican president) to let us go in and clean it out,” President Trump responded. “He, so far, has rejected the offer. But at some point, something has to be done.” . . .

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) told reporters on Monday that he would not accept a move to designate cartels as FTOs, Breitbart Texas reported. “We will never accept that, we are not ‘vendepatrias’ (nation sellers),” the Mexican president stated.

“On Monday morning, Lopez Obrador’s foreign relations minister Marcelo Ebrard called designations unnecessary and inconvenient, adding that the U.S. and Mexico have a healthy working relationship in fighting cartels,” Breitbart Texas journalist Ildefonso Ortiz and Breitbart Border/Cartel Chronicles project Director Brandon Darby wrote. “According to Ebrard, terrorist designations would give the U.S. the legal avenue to take direct action on cartels on Mexican soil.” (Read more from “Trump to Designate Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations” HERE)

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Abortion Provider in a Major SCOTUS Case Is Trying to Cover up Evidence of Criminal Activity

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A Louisiana abortion provider embroiled in a major Supreme Court case is trying to hide evidence of criminal activity from prosecutors, according to the state’s Department of Justice.

A news release from Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office from last week says state officials are asking a federal judge to unseal information that contains “evidence of criminal and professional misconduct” by June Medical Services, which does business as Hope Medical Group.

“The information that was uncovered would normally lead the LADOJ to make a criminal referral,” the release claims. “However, the presiding federal judge has sealed a large number of important documents and information regarding the case. The LADOJ is asking the appeals court to vacate that order.”

“I am deeply concerned about the basic health and safety of Louisiana women,” Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill said in a statement. “And Hope’s continued efforts to hide this information from the Supreme Court and to block reporting to proper authorities casts serious doubt on Hope and its abortion providers’ claims that it represents the interests of Louisiana women.”

When reached for comment, Hope Medical Group administrator Kathaleen Pittman told Blaze Media via email that she has “absolutely no idea” what the statement is referring to.

Kelly Krause, a spokesperson for the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents Hope and filed a 63-page legal brief in the case on Monday, told the Washington Times that the claims are “simply untrue” and that “for years, the state of Louisiana has been relying on baseless attacks on abortion providers to defend its unconstitutional abortion restrictions and this is only the latest example.”

Blaze Media reached out to the Louisiana Department of Justice for an update on the status of the legal petition. A statement from the attorney general’s office says that the federal court asked the plaintiffs for a response on Monday. Murrill said her team is “hopeful the district court’s gag order will be lifted so that information which could affect women’s health and safety will no longer be hidden from law enforcement, the courts, and the public.”

The Supreme Court case involving June/Hope is over a state law that requires that abortion providers must have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles. While proponents of the law say that it’s a means of protecting women’s health, opponents say that the safety concerns are merely a guise for restricting abortion access in a state that only has three remaining abortion clinics. It would also be Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s first major abortion case on the high court since being confirmed to the bench in October 2018. (For more from the author of “Abortion Provider in a Major SCOTUS Case Is Trying to Cover up Evidence of Criminal Activity” please click HERE)

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Impeachment Witness Deposition Reveals Why They Were Told to Hold Ukraine Aid

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Newly released transcripts from the deposition of Mark Sandy, an official at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), reveal that OMB was allegedly instructed to withhold aid to Ukraine because President Donald Trump was concerned “about other countries not contributing more to Ukraine.”

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) responded to the release of the transcripts from the deposition, which happened on Chairman Adam Schiff’s House Intelligence Committee, by writing on Twitter, “The transcript for OMB’s Mark Sandy was just released. The ONLY reason he was ever given why there was a hold on $ to Ukraine was “the President’s concern about other countries not contributing more to Ukraine.” NOT bribery. NOT quid pro quo or any other WACKY Schiff conspiracy!”

Sandy made the revelation when he was asked what reason Michael Duffey, a politically appointed official at the OMB, was given by the White House on why the aid to Ukraine was to be delayed.

Sandy went on to state that the requests that he received in early September about how much other nations were contributing to Ukraine came from Duffey.

The questions came as part of Democrats’ partisan impeachment inquiry hearings over Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Democrats allege that the president engage in a quid pro quo. (Read more from “Impeachment Witness Deposition Reveals Why They Were Told to Hold Ukraine Aid” HERE)

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Adam Schiff’s Impeachment Antics Are Pushing This Key Battleground State Out of Reach for Democrats

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Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The core of the blue wall Democrats maintained since the 1980s. States that Republicans haven’t won in decades. Until 2016, the last time Wisconsin went Republican was 1984, with Pennsylvania and Michigan last going for the GOP in 1988. Trump tapped into the white working class, he had an agenda, and voters responded. The margin wasn’t massive, but it was big enough. Now, Democrats have to win these states back in order to beat Trump. And it’s no cakewalk. With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, spearheading this shoddy and laughable impeachment push of Donald Trump, it’s making it that much harder for his party to retake these states. Impeachment theater got 24/7 coverage. We heard the walls were closing in, only to have several polls showing support has dipped. In Wisconsin, a must-win state for Democrats in 2020, it’s even dipped a bit among Democrats.

The Marquette University Law School poll is rather quite insightful. The Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman commented on this survey as well, noting that Wisconsin, in his mind, remains the state that is going to be the most difficult for Democrats to reclaim next year:

Even as hearings that could lead to President Donald Trump’s impeachment heat up, a new Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin registered voters finds consistent, if sometimes modest, shifts in public opinion away from support of impeachment and toward supporting Trump in next year’s presidential election.

For example, Trump holds small leads over each of four top Democratic candidates for president in head-to-head matchups in the new survey, while three of the Democrats held small leads over Trump in the previous poll.

While the shifts in opinion on both impeachment and presidential preferences are not large, they are consistent across multiple questions in the poll. That includes increases in support for Trump’s work on foreign policy and the economy.

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Get Ready for Another 2020 Gun Control Candidate

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Over the weekend, liberal billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended weeks of speculation with the announcement that he would join the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary field.

Now the question is how much he’ll want to focus his efforts on gun control, given his long history of fighting against Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

As the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, as well as a major financial backer of it, Bloomberg has already built himself quite a resume as a leader in the anti-gun movement. Bloomberg’s Everytown also provided seed money to start up The Trace — an anti-gun nonprofit media organization — back in 2015. And years before that, he was a leading voice for the banning of so-called “assault weapons” and “high-capacity ammunition clips” (by which he probably meant magazines).

So, given his background, the question really isn’t whether or not Michael Bloomberg will be a pro-gun control 2020 candidate. The question is whether or not he will make his signature issue of the past few years the signature issue of his campaign, and whether or not it’ll actually work for him.

The Democratic presidential field has already seen the failure of two virulently anti-gun candidates who made infringement of the Second Amendment a centerpiece of their campaigns: Rep. Eric Swalwell, Calif., and former Texas Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke. Bloomberg certainly has a longer resume and more money than either of them, but it remains to be seen whether either of those would make a difference.

Furthermore, he’s going to have a harder time selling his message since his anti-gun bona fides are already tainted on the Left due to the controversy surrounding his “stop, question, and frisk” enforcement plan when he was still running things in the Big Apple. He formally apologized for the policy, but as the Manhattan Institute’s Rafael Mangual explains, “if he continues backing away from his record in New York, he’ll severely undermine one of his main arguments for sending him to Washington.” (For more from the author of “Get Ready for Another 2020 Gun Control Candidate” please click HERE)

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Feral Hogs Kill Woman Outside Home in Texas

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A Texas woman who worked as a caregiver and was found dead outside of the home of the elderly couple she looked after, was attacked and killed by wild hogs, authorities have revealed.

Christine Rollins, 59, was discovered with ‘animal related injuries’ outside the home in the 4000 block of State Hwy 61 in the rural area of Anahuac, Texas on Sunday morning.

On Monday Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorn announced that the autopsy results showed the cause of death was ‘exsanguination due to feral hog assault’.

‘There were a lot of things related to the death that didn’t add up. Some of it were animal bites,’ Hawthorne said at a press conference Monday.

‘My detectives and the criminal investigation team felt like [feral hogs] was what it was but we couldn’t come close to announcing until we had the cause of death from the medical examiner’s office,’ Hawthorne added. (Read more from “Feral Hogs Kill Woman Outside Home in Texas” HERE)

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