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EL CAJON, California — Customers packed Cory Gautereaux’s small gun store northeast of San Diego on a recent Friday afternoon. Many of the people buying pistols at Firearms Unlimited California said they were concerned about the massive number of migrants being released onto the local streets after the area became a hub for the crisis …
US debt interest to surpass Social Security, hitting $1.6 trillion by 2024. With rate cuts off the table, it’s imperative to reduce government spending. The average interest rate on all debt held by the public was 2.5% in 2023. The low end of the US Treasury yield curve is now the 10-year, which is yielding …
Burglars steal $30 million in cash from a Los Angeles money storage facility – one of the city’s largest cash heists The FBI and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating one of the largest cash heists in the city’s history after as much as $30 million was stolen from a San Fernando Valley money storage …
After two years of legislative debate and loud and persistent grassroots citizen activism, the Georgia Assembly voted to beef up security in Georgia’s elections substantially. According to election security activist David Cross, one of the most significant changes will be the addition of a”visible watermark security feature” on ballots that will identify each ballot as …
via Mike Shedlock I am fascinated by a story of how a Microsoft engineer discovered a major, heavily disguised, backdoor security breach that was years in the making, and nearly implemented. Background Hidden in a widely use compression utility was a software backdoor that would allow someone remote access to entire systems. This was a …
Washington gives $3.8 billion in annual military assistance to Israel, its longtime ally. Speaking at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group, Gen Charles Q Brown, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: “Although we’ve been supporting them with capability, they’ve not received everything they’ve asked for. “Some of that is …
The discussion over mandatory military service in Poland has been reignited by the Chief of the National Security Bureau (BBN), Jacek Siewiera. Siewiera advocates for a national debate on the matter, emphasizing that the current needs of the army extend beyond mere rifle drills on the training ground. In a recent statement, Siewiera proposed the …
BlackRock Chair Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and that the government can provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders of the investing company overseeing $10 trillion in assets, Fink called the decreasing ability to …
Wild footage shows inside P. Diddy’s bedroom after Homeland Security RAID on his house ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/xTJ7fgBZHP — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) March 26, 2024
This is insane — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2024 This government-mandated DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is turning into a disaster. Chip manufacturers are scrapping American projects, moving overseas, all because of the idiotic rule that prioritizes skin color or sexual preference over competence. The competency crisis is escalating, with DEI now infiltrating even …
A car rammed into the Chinese Royal Palace where Xi Jinping’s main office hall and residence are located An unknown individual attempted to use a vehicle to forcefully enter the main office hall and residence of Xi Jinping within the Chinese Royal Palace in Beijing, China. The driver was quickly surrounded by security guards and …
https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1766475845059629076 https://twitter.com/Venividivici_80/status/1766492815109067191 https://twitter.com/TheNoooticer/status/1766592306449158236 Possibly the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 or the following G20 in 2020? Looks like President Trump on the left, and MBS on the right. The next G20 was in 2020 I think, but the corona virus would have likely had the people in masks? Anyway, …
I heard a story about an ancient Native American ruin that was located across a massive stone bridge, and surrounded by hundred foot cliffs. A real life “Island in the Sky.” It almost sounded too fantastic to be real. This story, and a picture on the internet, lead me down a rabbit hole and many …
A judge has ordered the US government to hand over Prince Harry’s visa application as he considers whether it should be made public. Judge Carl Nichols told the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) that its arguments were “insufficiently detailed” amid a court battle over the release of the documents, stemming from revelations about the Duke …
“The Fed has a mostly bullshit mandate to keep prices “stable.” What they know is the higher the inflation, the richer them and all their friends get with ZERO effort or success. So how do they accomplish this? 1. They increase the target range of inflation from 0% to 1-2% 2. Once 2% is hard …
Law enforcement and tactical teams are swarming the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis amidst reports of “people with guns” inside the building. Lawmakers and people inside the buildings are being told to stay quiet and shelter in place. #BREAKING: Law enforcement and tactical teams are swarming the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis amidst reports of "people with …
‘The Duke of Sussex has lost a High Court challenge against the government over his security when in the UK. Prince Harry was contesting a decision to downgrade his security status when he stopped being a working royal. He argued he had been treated unfairly in the changes to his police protection, when he still …
China is beefing up national security measures by expanding its protections of state secrets to include a broad category of “work secrets.” The new rules, set to take effect May 1, describe how precautions taken for state secrets should also apply to unclassified information known as work secrets. That article on work secrets “is the …
View post on imgur.com Microsoft has announced an “extended security update” (ESU) program for Windows 10. The ESU program will allow users to pay for monthly security updates beyond Windows 10’s end of support date. Windows 10 will reach end of life in October 2025. For the first time ever, both commercial and consumer customers …
via naturalnews The mechanisms of tyranny are changing as the global police state mutates into a global surveillance state via the emerging global censorship state. What was once foretold by George Orwell is still in play, but how it looks is morphing into a type of Security Industrial Complex where everyone’s privacy rights have to …
Federal agencies are ‘urgently investigating’ whether the massive cellular outage that plagued Americans on Thursday was a cyberattack. The Federal Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are on the hunt to track down what disrupted service AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and a dozen other cellular providers. While the agencies have not …
BREAKING: House Republicans are taking a 2-week vacation in the midst of a national security threat and a mass shooting as yet another government shutdown looms. https://t.co/ZlvcNUsJOQ — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) February 14, 2024 And with that, the House will be done for the week by 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Gone until Feb. 28. Shutdown March 1. …
In a stunning defeat, the House rejected impeachment charges against the homeland security secretary, as rank-and-file lawmakers balked at what they considered a misuse of the process. The United States House of Representatives rejected impeachment charges against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on Tuesday after a small group of Republicans broke with their …
by slayez06 With a market cap of 1.7 T nvidia has put itself in an unusual position. It has about 50 buildings world wide and outsourced it manufacturing. TSMC and the Chinese produce the physical chips. Thing is, if something was to happen to a manufacturing plant, natural or terroristic because the supply chain and …
Elon Musk: “The long-term goal of the so-called “Border Security” bill is enabling illegals to vote! It will do the total opposite of The long-term goal of the so-called “Border Security” bill is enabling illegals to vote! It will do the total opposite of securing the border. https://t.co/InPW11ONJH — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2024 …