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Trump's New Promise As President: AUDIT The Bloated Federal Government!

Former President Trump plans to adopt Elon Musk's proposed new commission, the Department of Government Efficiency abbreviated as 'DOGE.' According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump could unveil the new government efficiency commission as early as today.

Trump plans to unveil the government efficiency commission before he delivers a speech at the Economic Club of New York. He will tell reporters that the commission would conduct "a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government" and make "recommendations for drastic reform."

The commission's primary goal is to identify ways to eliminate fraud and improper payments, according to portions of the speech viewed by journos at WSJ.

Trump's upcoming speech and proposed commission to address the failures of Biden-Harris' Bidenomics, which sparked an inflation storm and financially crushed mid—and low-tier consumers, also aims at deregulation. Trump has actively championed deregulation to make the economy great again.

Musk endorsed Trump on X shortly after the failed assassination attempt on July 13. He pledged millions of dollars to a super PAC supporting causes on the right.

Speaking with Reuters last week, the former president said he would offer Musk a position if he were seriously interested.

"He's a very smart guy. I certainly would — if he would do it, I certainly would," the former president said. "He's a brilliant guy."

Musk and Trump first publicly discussed a government efficiency commission during a two-hour conversation on X on August 13.

The conversation has received 60.4 million views so far: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1823254086126608862

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Hotel Workers In Many American Cities Now On Strike, Can't Earn Decent Living

Some 10,000 hotel workers began on Sunday a Labor Day weekend strike after contract negotiations with hotel operators Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott broke down, the Unite Here union announced.

Hotel workers in more cities were expected in the coming days to join the strikes that affected some 24 hotels in eight cities on Sunday, as workers push for higher wages and against "COVID-era staffing and service cuts," per a union statement.

Cities affected by the strikes that are expected to last two or three days include: Boston, Greenwich, Honolulu, Kauai, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle.

"Strikes have also been authorized and could begin at any time in Baltimore, New Haven, Oakland, and Providence," per Unite Here.

Workers say their wages "aren't enough to cover the cost of living, and many have to work two jobs to make ends meet," according to Unite Here.

"I have to work a second job because my job at the hotel is not enough to support my kids as a single mom," said Mary Taboniar, a housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu for six years, in a statement carried by the union.

"I'm living on the edge where I'm not sure if I'll be able to pay our rent and groceries or provide my family with health care. It's so stressful. One job should be enough."

Elena Duran, a server at Marriott's Palace Hotel in San Francisco for 33 years, said since the pandemic began, "they're expecting us to give five-star service with three-star staff."

Over 40,000 hotel workers with the UNITE HERE union have contracts up for renegotiation this year in more than 20 cities across the U.S. and Canada, and additional strike votes may be announced.

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Due To War Crimes By Israeli Allies, Turkish Citizens Now Protesting American Military

Major Lebanese news outlet Almayadeen is reporting that Turkish citizens in Izmir plan to keep protesting against the American military until the US Navy warship USS Wasp departs Izmir's port.

The USS Wasp is in regional waters to as part of efforts to "deter potential threats to Israel" amid the Gaza war, and as the potential for escalation with Hezbollah and Iran looms. "Protesters have issued a firm warning to the Izmir Governorship, stating they will remain at the port until the ship departs," Almayadeen writes. "They also condemned the United States for its role in causing suffering and violence in Iraq, Syria, and the broader West Asia region."

Anti-Israel sentiment in Turkey has exploded since the Gaza war kicked off ten months ago. Outrage is being directed at Washington for being Tel Aviv's biggest military backer and supporter.

Even American military personnel have been directly targeted, despite Turkey being a NATO ally and playing host to US bases, as was seen with Monday's dramatic events where on the streets of the southern city of Izmir US Navy and Marine service members were brutally assaulted, though they managed to escape to safety when local police intervened.

The US troops had been on weekend liberty after the USS Wasp amphibious ship docked there, and the incident included a Turkish mob from a hardline nationalist political party throwing a bag over the head of one soldier, which several angry men briefly detained while shouting "Yankee go home!" - as we detailed previously. The protesters' complaints hearken all the way back to the US invasion of Iraq - they've charged Washington with being an imperial power which frequently attacks the people of the Middle East. The US military is also currently supporting the Syrian Kurds, which are hated by Turkey.

Mass protests have taken place in Izmir, Turkiye, demanding the expulsion of an American warship that docked in the city's port.

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Armed Venezuelan Gangs Take Over ANOTHER Apartment Complex, This Time In Chicago

American citizens have been watching in shock as armed Venezuelan gangs are taking over apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, just outside of Denver.

Denver is a hot spot for dumping Venezuelans who’ve crossed our open-borders while Joe Biden’s Border Czar Kamala Harris sat back and allowed the crisis unfold.

Last night, a shocking 911 call was shared by Libs of Tik Tok on X, that revealed 32 armed Venezuelan migrants were attempting to overtake an apartment complex in Chicago last night.

"A group of 32 armed Venezualans took over an apartment building in Chicago tonight. Here’s the audio of the 911 dispatch call."

The recorded call can be heard in the tweet below:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1830807423206015453

Winter is right around the corner. Did anyone honestly think these Venezuelan gangs who ruled the countries they came from, were going to be sleeping in tents in local parks while unarmed Chicago residents slept inside warm and comfy?

Maybe now cult-leftist Americans will see the value of our Second Amendment!? Or do radical leftists want to be ruled over, and looted, by third world foreign gangs!? Time to ask them that!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/chicago-shocking-911-call-reveals-32-armed-venezuelan/

If you’ve ever suspected that your crypto-obsessed friend might be a psychopath, you may be on to something.

Digital-asset holders tend to exhibit higher levels of “dark” personality traits such as narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism, according to a recent academic paper by researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Miami published in the journal PLOS One.

“The results presented here suggest that cryptocurrency ownership is associated with several nonnormative and arguably maladaptive characteristics,” the report said, adding that “individuals who had purchased crypto were, on average, more likely to believe conspiracy theories, support extremist groups, and share populist sentiments.”

The study, which surveyed 2,001 American adults, noted that crypto owners tend to score higher on measures of need for chaos, paranoia, schizotypal attributes, dogmatism, victimhood mentality, and psychological reactance, which is a clinical term for motivations triggered by feelings that personal freedoms have been lost. Just under 30% of survey respondents said they own, or have owned, crypto.

It almost goes without saying that there are plenty of examples of “dark” personality traits in the traditional corporate world as well. While this study is the first of its kind to draw inferences between cryptocurrency holders and psychological traits, others have provided links between psychopathy and abusive corporate leadership. A 2014 paper published in Elsevier found a significant positive relationship between employees’ ratings of psychopathy traits in their supervisors and the workers’ self-reported psychological distress and job satisfaction.

By: Teresa Xie

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/crypto-owners-more-likely-to-have-psychopathic-traits-study-says

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First NATO Country, Turkey, Officially Applies To Join BRICS

Turkey has now offically submitted its application to join BRICS, after repeatedly being denied entry into the European Union!!

Even casual observers of matters geo-political, see this as a "HUGE" deal.

If accepted, Turkey would be the first NATO member and EU candidate to join BRICS.

The whole point of BRICS is basically to replace the world's reliance on the US dollar and "centralized" power.

Turkish President Erdogan’s administration believes “the geopolitical center of gravity is shifting away from former developed economies” according to sources.

The proposal by Turkey will be discussed at the BRICS summit in Russia this October.

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/turkey-officially-applies-to-join-brics

On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his cabinet that talking to the enemy may be useful.

In a thinly veiled reference to Iran’s engagement with the international community – and specifically the United States – Khamenei said Iran should not pin its hopes on such engagement, but that is no reason not to hold talks with the enemy.

This is the kind of green light that Pezeshkian needs to engage again with the International Atomic Energy Agency and Western countries on Iran’s nuclear program, and to engage with international interlocutors over its heightened tensions with Israel.

This statement seems to signal a desire to walk back from the brink of an all-out war with Israel over the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil in July and revert back to the mutual deterrence that had defined their relationship for years.

This, however, may not be an option given how much the region has changed over the past year.

By: Shahram Akbarzadeh

Source: https://www.theconversation.com/is-irans-anti-israel-and-american-rhetoric-all-bark-and-no-bite-237662

Armed Venezuelan Gang Members Invade Colorado Apartment Buildings In Once-peaceful Suburbs

Far-left radical lawmakers in sanctuary city Denver welcomed tens of thousands of illegal aliens who invaded the US southern border under the Biden-Harris regime's watch. Now, the Denver suburb of Aurora is in turmoil as the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua roams the streets armed with rifles and pistols, transforming parts of the once peaceful metro area into a third-world-esque state.

There's a huge increase in violence in these areas in Aurora, where these newly arrived foreign-born migrants, many of whom are Venezuelan, have started to grow. Denver Democrats have welcomed over 42,000 illegal aliens since 2022, some of whom include members of Tren de Aragua.

New footage has surfaced of alleged gang violence at The Edge at Lowry apartments in Aurora, which, according to local media KDVR, is a "hotspot" for migrant crime.

In the video, men can be seen walking up a stairwell carrying weapons. They can be heard speaking Spanish. The owners of the video said it was taken shortly before a shootout at the complex that left one person seriously injured. Several vehicles were also damaged by gunfire.

Meanwhile, Aurora Council Member Danielle Jurinsky has warned the Venezuelan gang is overrunning the metro area. Jurinsky recently told Fox News, "Residents tell me they feel they are living in a third-world country at this point." He pointed the finger at the Biden-Harris team, saying the people of Aurora are suffering at their hands.

Due to the Biden-Harris administration allowing millions of illegal migrants into our country, the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua is now taking over suburbs of Denver, CO.

"Parts of the city are absolutely under this gang control. The local media is downplaying this."

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Be Prepared For Communist Future, Slave Nation

Get your vaccine-passport-food ID out and go to the back of the thousand-person line ladies, gentlemen and gender-fluid persons. Equity for all, including food rations, government-issued tokens for fuel and vehicle-charging, and if you're lucky, your name will be put on a very long list for your “free” healthcare (while income tax is at 75%).

Attention “hard-working” peons, roll up your sleeve for your quarterly “equitable” portion of spike protein prions. The new mRNA trillion-nanoparticle jab fights everything, including Monkey pox, Ebola, Covid-25 and Zika 2.0, but it only works for 3 months.

To vote for this Leftist, Communist agenda you literally must be completely and utterly stupefied from fluoride, canola oil, fake news and clot shots, plus suffering from STAGE 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome. Remember, under Kamilla the Hun, we all “end up in the same place,” because that’s what “equitable” means under Democrat rule.

Are you one of those people who hate long lines, like waiting in line for hours at a fun park to ride the best rides? As they say, you “ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” In Kamala’s “equitable” land known as Kommerika, everyone has the exact SAME amount of “emergency savings” and “spendable tokens” for food, fuel, charging stations, electricity and prescription “medication” (snake venom peptide pills). There is no more cash in Kommie-nation, only government-issued tokens with Kamilla’s cackling face engraved on them. You and your family get “extra” tokens for getting combo-booster shots for the seasonal GFF (gain-of-function flu) that’s always in the air all around us 24/7/365.

Got your food ration tokens in hand, along with your proof of “vaccination” showing you are current on all your shots, including Covid quarterly booster, Monkeypox and HPV combo jab, and the mandated spontaneous abortion stab? (It's for men too because there’s only one gender under Kamala and that’s cisfluid unigender.) Abortion vaccines are for the “greater good” as you know becausPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

MULTI-POLAR GLOBAL NEWS SERIES 8/27/2024

In this new series, we don't bother talking about falling empires or insolvent corrupted failed states. We focus on the new growing international multi-polar world and trade.

De-Dollarization & Multi-polarity Plans Top Agenda For October BRICS Summit

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/de-dollarization-multipolarity-plans-top-agenda-october-brics-summit-report

40 More Nations Apply For BRICS+ Trade Union Membership

https://www.bitchute.com/video/prie2iKZCsFq

India PM Modi Meets With Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim To Discuss BRICS Trade

https://www.bitchute.com/video/u2tchfRvA66r

Key Actor In West Asia Applies To Join BRICS Following Meeting With Russia

https://rumble.com/v5bs81v--brics-news-azerbaijan-applies-to-join-brics-bloc.html

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The Collapse Of American Credibility And Endless War Will Seal Our Fate

There are three current hot or cold wars: on the Ukrainian border, in the regions surrounding Israel, and in the strategic space between Taiwan and mainland China.

The West faces dire consequences if the Iran-backed Houthi aggression in the southern Red Sea persists. Beyond the intermediate inflation threat caused by shipping disruptions and skyrocketing container rates due to rerouted merchant ships around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, the long-term game is even more troubling: America's "credibility and deterrence" is quickly eroding. This perceived weakness could embolden China to escalate disputes in the South China Sea, sensing a weakening West becoming increasingly entangled in multiple conflicts, including those in Ukraine and the Middle East. Former Navy Seal and Blackwater founder Erik Prince wrote on X this weekend about the Houthi rebel missile attack on Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion about 77 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah last week that eventually led to a massive explosion and potential environmental disaster.

"Where is the rightful outrage from environmentalists? Thousands of tons of crude oil will now pour into the Red Sea," Prince wrote on X, adding, "Thousands of tons of crude oil will now pour into the Red Sea."

https://twitter.com/realErikDPrince/status/1827325608415633820

To put things in perspective, Sounion is hauling 150,000 tons of crude — a little more than four times the amount spilled by the Exxon Valdez in 1989. Ten months after Houthi forces in Yemen started disrupting maritime traffic in the Red Sea, global shipping companies have had to reroute merchant ships around the Cape of Good Hope. This has resulted in delays and higher container costs that will only worsen as capacity stretches thin. Meanwhile, the US and EU have launched numerous military operations committed to ensuring freedom of navigation and maritime security in the highly contested region but have Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Admits US Government Bullies & Censors Social Media

Two years ago Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted to Joe Rogan that the FBI pressured Facebook into censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Now he's participating in a Congressional investigation.

In a stunning Monday evening letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg admitted that senior Biden administration officials "repeatedly pressured" Facebook teams to suppress information related to COVID-19 that the platform would not have otherwise censored - and the administration 'expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree.'

"I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," reads the letter. "I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make today."

Zuck now says that Facebook should not have compromised its standards "due to pressure from any Administration in either direction."

He's also committed and "ready to push back if something like this happens again."

Zuckerberg also said that Facebook shouldn't have censored the NY Post's Hunter Biden laptop story - and said that the FBI had warned the platform "about a potential Russian disinformation operation about the Biden family and Burisma in the lead up to the 2020 election."

"That fall, when we saw a New York Post story reporting on corruption allegations involving then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s family, we sent that story to fact-checkers for review and temporarily demoted it while waiting for a reply," reads the letter. "It’s since been made clear that the reporting was not Russian disinformation, and in retrospect, we shouldn’t have demoted the story."

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BEWARE: By 2030, Living In Poo York Will Cost Residents 4 Times What It Does Now

There are a whole lot of reasons to avoid New York like the plague these days, and as sad as predictable there are even more reasons thanks to bad policy and stupid political leadership.

It currently costs NY about $36 per MWH for energy. But the state demanded wind. Let’s discuss the amazing bottom line results.

New York state signed a contract in June to buy electricity generated by two large wind farms, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, off the coast of Long Island. The projects are expected to begin in 2026 and 2027, with power delivered to Brooklyn (Empire) and Long Island (Sunrise). The "state" aka TAXPAYERS will pay $155 and $146 per megawatt-hour, respectively. These prices are steep, at least four times the average grid cost paid over the past year.

The offshore wind business off the East Coast is in turmoil. Operators have canceled projects from Massachusetts to Maryland that were due to be constructed in the next four years. Some have been delayed, while others have renegotiated their contracts at prices 30% to 50% higher than originally promised.

Two widely quoted sources of break-even costs are the US Energy Information Administration and Lazard, an investment bank. In its most recent estimates, the EIA suggests the average break-even cost of offshore wind farms, adjusted to 2024 prices, is $131 per megawatt-hour, not counting government subsidies, and $101 per megawatt-hour after allowing for basic tax credits. The latter figure is what matters, because every offshore wind farm expects to take advantage of investment or production tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Let’s pause right there because wind is absurd by any measure.

The cost of wind is $131 per MWH without credits and $101 with $30 in tax credits according to the EIA. A handout of $30 is an 83 percent subsidy (30/36) and the deal still is still nearly 100% per MWH in the red, losing $35 per MWH over the cost of buyPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Hungary To Send Third World Migrants To Brussels To Avenge Asylum Fine

Several years ago, Texas had a brilliant idea: take the millions of illegal immigrants that were flooding its territory as a result of policies adopted in faraway places like DC, and bus them to places like New York and DC, other so-called sanctuary cities and, best of all, Martha's Vineyard where those who run New York and DC tend to go on vacation. The result was an immediate revulsion by the false virtue-signaling NIMBY crowd, which cried foul at having to suffer the consequences of its actions.

Turns out Texas' idea was so good it is now being adopted across the Atlantic, where another illegal alien invasion has been taking place for the past decade, slowly replacing the indigenous population with millions of immigrants from northern Africa and the middle east.

Now, one European country has decided it also has had enough: Hungary suggested that it might - like Texas - start transporting migrants who show up at its border straight to Brussels, unless it can resolve a dispute with the European Union on penalties for its asylum policies, Bloomberg reported. The European Court of Justice has slapped a €200 million ($223 million) penalty, plus an extra €1 million daily fine, on the country for Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s non-compliance with the court’s earlier judgment on the protection of asylum seekers. Orban already promised retaliation in June for the ruling, one of several issues clouding the start of his stint in the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of 2024.

Negotiations with the European Commission will start in September, Gergely Gulyas, the minister in charge of the prime minister’s office, told reporters in Budapest Thursday. Should those talks fail, Hungary will start handing migrants “one-way tickets to Brussels,” Gulyas said. “We should find an agreement as soon as possible because we wouldn’t like to pay large amounts on a daily basis,” Gulyas said. “But if Brussels wants to take in migrants, we can help.”

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