2 Dec 2024

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to
Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.

“A huge misstep’: Ilhan Omar blames Harris loss on flaunting Liz Cheney endorsement
Anti-Semitic congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) slammed Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign for touting former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney’s (Wyo.) support instead of appealing to its progressive base, saying that Cheney’s support was a major reason for Harris’s humiliating loss. Harris’s decision to campaign on Cheney’s endorsement was “a huge misstep,” especially in states with large Arab-American populations, such as Michigan, Omar said

Northern border terrorist-related arrests soar
Federal agents are arresting a record number of individuals on the terrorist watchlist at the northern U.S. border, including a Jordanian national with ties to terrorism who recently was removed from the country after illegally entering from Canada.

IDF laying groundwork for long-term control of Gaza Strip
The IDF zones that the army’s engineers have created within the Gaza Strip over the last year show that it’s serious about maintaining security control of the enemy territory for at least the medium-term, the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) reported Friday.

Obama signals he controls Biden and he’s coming for Israel
One of Obama’s little pseudointellectual gimmicks was very visibly holding topical books to send a signal ahead of a policy intifada. One of those infamous moments came when he was showing off Fareed Zakaria’s “The Post-American World”. That’s not something Biden does. Biden’s not much of a reader and he hasn’t bothered with that kind of posturing before, but then shortly after forcing a ceasefire on Israel using an arms embargo, he was photographed while ‘pulling an Obama’.

Egypt, Israel, in disagreement over Rafah Crossing
Egypt is attempting to advance a ceasefire-prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas, similar to the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. According to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Egypt has proposed creating a committee of brokers and regional guarantors, whose job it would be to supervise the implementation of the understandings reached during the proposed sixty-day transition stage.

President Bashar al-Assad’s Aleppo Palace invaded by Syrian rebels
President Bashar al-Assad’s Palace in Aleppo was invaded by Syrian rebels on Sunday evening, according to Arab media reports. The Palace was captured along with the nearby Aleppo Military Academy, during which they claimed to capture Russian air defense systems. Almost the entirety of Aleppo is currently in rebel hands, except for a few Kurdish neighborhoods in the north of the city that still remain in SDF hands.

Trump Picks Massad Boulos to Serve as Adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern Affairs
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, met repeatedly with Arab American and Muslim leaders during the election campaign. It was the second time in recent days that Trump chose the father-in-law of one of his children to serve in his administration. Boulos has been in touch with interlocutors across Lebanon’s multi-polar political world, three sources who spoke to him in recent months say, a rare feat in Lebanon, where decades-old rivalries between factions run deep.

Energy minister: Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria trumps Saudi peace
If the choice is sovereignty in Judea and Samaria or a peace deal with Saudi Arabia, he would choose sovereignty, Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen says. “It is important for me to say that between the Jordan River and the Sea, there will only be one state,” Cohen told Makor Rishon in an interview on Friday.

Mufti of ‘Palestine’ blasts Ben Gvir over mosque crackdown, warns of religious war
Grand Mufti of “Palestine”, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, criticizes National Security Minister after he instructed senior police officials to enforce the confiscation of loudspeakers in mosques due to complaints about noise.

In An Upcoming Case, Supreme Court Justices Have Only Two Choices: Protect The Children Or Side With Evil
The left is not leaving this transgender matter to the legislative and executive branches to decide. And the left is certainly not letting the will of the people decide, either. The LGBTQ community and its loudest, most mentally ill voices, are carrying the transgender issue all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Erdoğan vows to end terrorism ‘at home and abroad’
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to eradicate terrorism “at home and abroad” and deliver a secure Türkiye. “We are determined to deliver a country where terrorism is zero at home and abroad to our children. We want to break and throw off the shackles of terrorism that hinder Türkiye’s vision of the future,” he said.

Death Toll From Islamist Assault On Aleppo Nears 500 As Iran Says ‘Firmly Supports’ Assad
President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly sent large reinforcements to the southern Aleppo area after Al-Qaeda linked insurgents’ shock offensive which captured the city. Assad said he will defend Syria’s stability and territorial integrity. The timing is not coincidental,” Carmit Valensi, head of the Northern Arena Program at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told The Times of Israel. “They identify well the critical, even historical, weakness that the ‘Resistance Axis,’ primarily Hezbollah and Iran, find themselves in,”

Record rains and 3 dead as Cyclone Fengal makes landfall over Puducherry, India
Cyclone Fengal made landfall near Puducherry, India at around 19:00 local time (LT) on Saturday, November 30, 2024, unleashing winds of up to 90 km/h (55 mph) and heavy rainfall that caused severe flooding, disrupted transport services, and left three fatalities in Chennai. With 484 mm (19.06 inches) of rain recorded in Puducherry, the highest in 30 years, authorities issued Red Alerts across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Karnataka.

Distress in Commercial Real Estate Bonds Hits All-Time High
Commercial real estate continues to suffer despite the Federal Reserve’s attempt at ameliorating the capital markets with a 50-basis point rate cut in September.

Turkey-Backed Jihadists Eye Hama Next After Capturing Central Aleppo, International Airport
Regional media has cited HTS sources to say they’ve “begun marching towards Hama, successfully capturing six towns and villages in the countryside, including Morek, which lies along an important highway connecting central Syria to the north.” The Syrian government has denied that many of these towns or villages were captured, amid conflicting social media reports.

Hamas’s proof-of-life video of Edan Alexander is ‘cruel psychological warfare,’ Netanyahu says
A proof-of-life video that Hamas released of the American-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander, 20, whom the terror group is holding hostage in Gaza, is “cruel psychological warfare,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday night.

Smith & Wesson De-Platformed From Facebook As Musk Welcomes Gun Industry To X – Activist Post
In an X post, the US firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson described how it was “suspended indefinitely” from Facebook …“Despite our extensive efforts and resources spent on trying to adhere to Facebook’s ever-changing community guidelines on firearms, our account was suspended indefinitely on Friday, November 22nd, 15 years after its original creation,”

Investigation Confirms Theft of 2.7M Digital ID Records in Pakistan
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior has been informed that over four years (2019-2023), data for 2.7 million Pakistanis had been stolen, prompting dismissals of implicated NADRA officials. Reports indicate that at least some of the data was sold internationally. The incident has sparked major concerns about privacy and national security, as sensitive information such as names and addresses was exposed.

Denmark Hit By ‘Whole Country’ Mobile Outage, Trains Halted
While Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by chowing down on turkey and mashed potatoes (and, of course, gravy), Denmark has experienced a widespread telecommunications outage, disrupting cellphone service and bringing train networks to a grinding halt.

AI Model That Copies Human Personality Opens Questions on Deepfakes
Scammers are already using audio and video deepfakes to trick victims’ family, friends and business associates. What if they could also use deepfakes of their personalities? A team of researchers from Stanford and Google DeepMind have trained AI models to replicate the personality of an individual after just two hours of conversation.

This Crime Wave Is Really Starting To Get Out Of Hand
This didn’t happen by accident.  The horrifying crime wave that we are experiencing right now is the result of the deliberate policies of our leaders.  Over the past four years, millions of people have been allowed to come pouring into this country through our wide open borders.  Unfortunately, even gang members and individuals that had previously been convicted of committing very serious crimes were allowed to come in without being properly screened.  Now crime is completely and utterly out of control in many areas of the country, and it certainly isn’t going to be easy to clean this mess up.