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>>22071342

Thank you Mister Bakerman

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>Dough

>>22071342

Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad that the great people of our Nation just gave a landslide victory to those who want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Don’t worry, our Country will soon be respected, productive, fair, and strong, and you will be, more than ever before, proud to be an American!

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We see them in their reflection

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Spanish police bust Ukrainian drone drug gang

Two “narcodrones” were allegedly used to bring hashish from Morrocco

The Straits of Gibraltar are less than 15km wide at their narrowest point, and Spanish authorities have long struggled to thwart smugglers from North Africa. While boats can carry more cargo, they are also easier to intercept – unlike drones.

“The ‘narcodrones’ were manufactured in Ukraine and then transported by road to the south of our country,” the Policia Nacional said in a statement on Thursday.

The drones were used by criminal groups in Campo de Gibraltar and Costa del Sol. Six searches were carried out in Algeciras and Marbella, while ten people were detained as part of the police operation. Seven of them have already been put in jail, the police said.

Dubbed “Operation Cyclone,” the investigation had the backing of Europol, as well as the police of Ukraine and Poland, according to Madrid.

https://www.rt.com/news/608365-ukraine-drones-drugs-spain/

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Butterball Employees Implicated In Allegations of Inappropriate Sexual Acts With Turkeys

Unfortunately, you read that correctly.

By Hazel Hawke

Nov 26, 2024 at 9:12 am

Avoiding uncomfortable topics at Thanksgiving dinner this week just got a little more difficult. Allegations against Butterball—the most popular commercial producer of turkeys in a country that has an annual, nationwide turkey feast later this week—have come to light, implicating several employees in acts of animal cruelty.One of the cruel acts? Sexual assault of the turkeys, both living and already slaughtered for the grocery store. To quote What We Do in the Shadows, “You’d enjoy it a lot more if you didn’t know it’d been f_cked.”

So, here’s what happened in a nutshell. PETA did what PETA does: when they heard whisperings of inappropriate things happening at the Butterball factory, they went sniffing around. Apparently, theyfound quite a bit of shocking and inappropriate behavior, not the least of which was turkeys being hit and stomped on while they were still alive. There was alsoevidence of sexual assault happening between men who worked in the factory and the turkeys while the birds were restrained. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Butterball has faced legal trouble for mistreating animals at their facilities. In 2012, Butterball was hit with legal action after an undercover investigation by Mercy For Animals exposed cruelty against animals.

The timing of releasing this information to the public so soon before the national “let’s eat turkey” day—Thanksgiving—was possibly intentional. With so much national attention already on turkeys, it’s no surprise that this story was met with widespread outrage. Holiday-specific controversies have a way of stirring up a media storm, and those storms are frequently linked to activists who have been carefully stoking the flames of controversy behind the scenes to draw attention to their cause.

This most recent—and disgusting—controversy raises the issue of media literacy. In a nation where the average reading comprehension level hovers around that of a sixth grader, it’s important to take a moment and remember a few key rules for processing shocking news.Whenever you see a headline that instantly raises your blood pressure, remember that this is exactly what the headline was designed to do.Then, run through the following list of questions.

Who benefits from this information being out in the world? Is there a company that stands to profit from the information you’re reading? Is there a rival to the entity being implicated in the story? Take a moment to see if there’s a clear benefit for someone who might profit from your outrage.

How reliable is the source? Is the news outlet owned by a major corporation that thrives on keeping you angry? Do they have partnerships with organizations that benefit from your attention being focused on this topic? A quick Google search can help you learn about the outlet and where it falls on the media bias scale.

What biases might be at play? After checking the source’s biases, think critically: what’s the benefit of trusting the information you’re reading in this case? If the answer isn’t “you” as the reader, it might be time to find a new source.

Verifying your sources is critical, especially when stories repeatedly make you angry. Chances are, you’re not the only one, and it’s a good idea to ensure you aren’t being manipulated to sway public opinion.

The controversy surrounding the mistreatment of turkeys—animals being prepared to grace our holiday tables with love in the form of food—is horrible, no doubt about that.But it does raise questions about the need to examine how all our food is produced. If turkeys are treated this way, they’re likely not the only animals suffering up to the point of slaughter. Acknowledging this is hard, especially before holiday gatherings centered around eating. But if we don’t confront the uncomfortable truths, we’ll never make it better. Ignorance might be Aunt Pam’s favorite seasoning, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste.

Will these allegations affect your Thanksgiving meal? Well, that’s up to you.Butterball turkeys are still for sale, though there’s no guarantee certain cavities were treated with the dignity they deserve. If you have strong feelings about giving your money to a company that fostered such a terrible environment, maybe it’s time to explore those feelings and consider how your spending can make a difference.After all, you’ll enjoy your food a lot more if you know it wasn’t f_cked.

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/butterball-employees-implicated-in-allegations-of-inappropriate-sexual-acts-with-turkeys-43727401

Is She Running Again? Hillary Clinton Sparks 2028 Presidential Campaign Speculation with Press Release

Could Vice-President-elect JD Vance have Crooked Hillary Clinton as his Democratic opponent in 2028, assuming he launches his Presidential campaign in a few years? A press release that has gone viral is raising several eyebrows online.

Clinton sparked presidential campaign speculation on Wednesday with an announcement that she and her husband Bill would speak at the Clinton Presidential Center to mark its 20th Anniversary.

The event will include remarks from her and Wild Bill regarding their years of grifting off the public politically and from a ‘philanthropic’ standpoint.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/is-she-running-again-hillary-clinton-sparks-2028/

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tyb

Happy Thanksgiving anons

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.

The German news website Der Spiegel reports that the TDC Net network suffered a nationwide outage on Thursday due to technical difficulties. The exact cause has yet to be disclosed.

Here's more from the German news site:

The lack of mobile coverage occurs randomly across the country. "The whole country is affected sporadically," said Lasse Bjerre Sørensen. Accordingly, it could take some time before the network is back up and running.

…

The outage also affects emergency calls. Because the local emergency call center - 112 - is affected by the mobile network outage and calls may not be able to be put through, the emergency rescue service Hovedstadens Beredskab is sending vehicles onto the streets. As the rescue service announced on X, these vehicles should be contacted when urgent help is needed.

rail traffic is at a standstill

The administrator of the Danish rail network, Banedanmark, reports errors in the digital signaling system in the west of the country on X. They have therefore suspended operations until 6 p.m.

The Deputy Traffic Director of Banedanmark, Nicolai Smidt Sigsgaard, wrote on X, "We are working hard to get the traffic going again and are investigating the cause of the breakdown."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/denmark-hit-whole-country-mobile-outage-trains-halted

>>22071370

Much to be thankful for this year.

Happy Thanksgiving, anons!

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>>22071342

Thanks for baking, baker

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TYB

EVERYDAY TRUMP IS SHUFFLING!

WiP

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tyb

o7

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>>22071402

Their face when

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>>22071402

>RUNNING RED

Trump Ireland

@TrumpDoonbeg 4h

Happy Thanksgiving from Trump Ireland 🍂

Nov 28, 2024 · 2:01 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/TrumpDoonbeg/status/1862134729870332084

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>>22071367

I AM

… with SIN[e] wave, else anon be ded.

#SigilOfSaturn

>Prove me wrong

MSM Gets a Bombshell Scoop….

Will CoC Approve of this being published?

Will the Owner Approve of this being published?

Will Advertisers Approve of this being published?

Will the Government Approve of this being published?

Will the Person that this Scoop is about Approve of this being published?

Anons Get a Bombshell Scoop

Anons Publish the Bombshell Scoop

Circus propaganda

The state of California is threatening police officers with felony charges and the loss of their pensions if they enforce federal immigration law. How is this legal?

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1862044876197519720

>>22071342

Tyb. Bless us Lord, amen.

Almost Rachel…

We're Almost Done

Please Try to Ramen Clam

The Times of Israel

@TimesofIsrael 21h

Shalom Nagar, hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, dies aged 88

Prison guard was reluctant to carry out death sentence and traumatized by it, remaining anonymous for three decades

timesofisrael.com

Nov 27, 2024 · 8:36 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/TimesofIsrael/status/1861871755234550097

>88

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>>22071413

'Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered': Antisemitic flyers spread in London Jewish neighborhood

The incident, which saw antisemitic leaflets dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, was reported to Stand With Us.

Antisemitic leaflets reading “Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered” were recently dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, GB News reported on Wednesday.

The antisemitic message was written in Hebrew on flyers that were distributed in Hendon, a highly Jewish-populated neighborhood, GBN reported.

Also written on the flyer was “Zionist free zone” in English, according to the television and radio news channel.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-831132

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>Shalom Nagar, hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, dies aged 88

https://www.timesofisrael.com/shalom-nagar-hangman-of-nazi-war-criminal-adolf-eichmann-dies-aged-88/

Shalom Nagar, the Israeli prison guard who by chance, and against his wishes, was selected to hang convicted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, died Tuesday aged 88.

Nagar, who was 26 when carrying out the sentence, remained unknown for three decades after the execution that was performed at Ramle Prison in the early hours of June 1, 1962. Israeli authorities kept quiet on details of how the death sentence was carried out, with only a brief initial announcement made on Kol Yisrael radio.

Then, in 1992, an Israeli radio station researching material for a report marking 30 years since the execution came across Nagar’s name. In the years that followed, he gave various media interviews — including to a German outlet — describing the six months he spent watching over Eichmann during his trial, and how he came to be the one who carried out the execution, the first and only death sentence ever enacted by the State of Israel.

Nagar was born in Yemen in 1936 and arrived in Israel aged 12, an orphan. He served in the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade and later joined the Israel Prison Service, where his path would cross that of Eichman.

=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she doesn’t take lobbyist cash. Records tell a different story==

ByRobert Schmad

November 26, 2024 2:41 pm

Ocasio-Cortez’s account description on X states that the congresswoman is “people-funded” and “takes no lobbyist [cash],” using a money bag emoji in place of the word “cash.”Despite her claim to the contrary, the representative has taken thousands of dollars in contributions from lobbyists since assuming office, according to federal records.

The congresswoman has an extensive record decrying the influence of money on politics. In 2018, shortly after winning office for the first time, Ocasio-Cortez criticizedher party’s “refusal to reject [corporate] lobbyist money.” Since then, she has called to ban members of Congress from working as lobbyists after leaving office, rebukedfellow Democrats for their close ties to lobbyists, and accused lobbyists of working to kill legislation that would benefit the public.

While Ocasio-Cortez has harsh words for lobbyists, she has accepted donations from them every year since she first took office in 2018.

Dave Koshgarian, a lobbyist with Ernst & Young, has been Ocasio-Cortez’s most consistent donor, sending her thousands of dollars beginning in 2020. Koshgarian has represented a number of corporate clients, including Duke Energy, MetLife, General Electric, Charles Schwab, and BlackRock, according to lobbying disclosures. Other clients represented by Ocasio-Cortez’s lobbyist donors include, among others, Nike, Delta Air Lines, healthcare trade associations, and the New Venture Fund, one arm of a massive Democratic-aligned dark money network managed by the Arabella Advisors consulting firm.

Ocasio-Cortez has also been critical of the presence of dark money, funds that filter into the ideological causes without a clear original donor, in politics. She has argued that dark money groups sway the Supreme Court and unethically influence policy development.

Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that she doesn’t take donations from lobbyists isn’t new, as the representative insists on social media that she swore off lobbyist cash from the very beginning. Cortez has, however, dialed down her public criticism of the lobbying industry in recent years, not making a single post on X with the words “lobby,” “lobbyist,” or “lobbying” since September 2022.

The Washington Examiner reported in April 2023 that one of TikTok’s top lobbyists sat on the board of directors of a nonprofit group advised by Ocasio-Cortez.The congresswoman vigorously fought against proposed bans on the Chinese social media platform at the time, arguing that the United States shouldn’t ban TikTok but should instead impose blanket protections against data harvesting.

“This is how corporate lobbying works,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in May 2019. “Lobbyists ID bills they need to kill to keep profits high (no matter the human cost), come up w/ ‘sensible’ talking points to mask intent + say policy is ‘misguided,’ then schmooze policymakers in secret into accepting said talking points.”

Ocasio-Cortez’s office did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.

Happy Thanksgiving AOC, its a wonderful day to expose your lies, grift and corruption!

https://12ft.io/proxy

>>22071424

>https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1862044876197519720

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Tyb

>>22071411

need for symbolism checked

>>22071443

>military is the only way

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>Shalom Nagar

What did you just call me?

>>22071342

tyb

same/same

Like clockwork now the Israeli/US Deep state terror proxies kick off - same play book

Gaza everyone is Hamas

Lebanon everyone is Hezbollah

Syria everyone is ISIS

Now they can kill with impunity

Clashes Approach Syria’s Aleppo City As Rebels Make More Gains (Videos)

Militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) advanced closer to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 28 as a part of their large-scale offensive against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression.

Following heavy clashes with the SAA in the western Aleppo countryside, the militants managed to capture the towns of Khan al-Assal, Kafrnaha, Yaqed Al-Adas, and the 1st Engineers’ Village. Khan al-Assal is located around six kilometers away from the western entrance of Aleppo city.

The militants also advanced to the southwest of the city, capturing the town of al-Zarba which is located on the strategic M5 highway, the main route to Aleppo. The Sham FM pro-government radio station reported that the highway was closed by the SAA.

In the morning, HTS and its allies, including the Turkistan Islamic Party, Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad and cluster of Turkey-backed armed factions, launched a separate assault in southern Idlib countryside and reportedly managed to capture the towns of Dadikh, Kafr Batikh, and Sheikh Ali, which are located along the M5.

Heavy clashes were also reported in the nearby town of Saraqib. However, the key town remains in the hands of the SAA and other pro-government factions.

Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Arab Air Force continued to target militants between the western Aleppo countryside and the southern Ilib countryside.

Meanwhile, reinforcements from the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, 4th Armored Division, the Republican Guards, the Special Mission Forces and other formations of the SAA have reportedly begun to arrive to the fronts in both Aleppo and Idlib.

https://southfront.press/clashes-approach-syrias-aleppo-city-as-rebels-make-more-gains-videos/

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Judge Rules on Whether Diddy Can Get Out for Thanksgiving (3rd time denied)1/2

Wed, November 27, 2024 at 10:29

Late in the day before Thanksgiving, a Manhattan federal judge issued a ruling on whether rap mogul Sean Combs would succeed in his third attempt at being released on bail pending trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

“DENIED,” Judge Arun Subramanian’s ruling said.

The single word in capital letters announced that Combs would not be spending Thanksgiving with his family in the three-bedroom Manhattan apartment outfitted with camera and 24-hour armed minders that his lawyers had arranged as part of a $50 million bail package.

Instead, he would remain in the horrid Metropolitan Correctional Center, which serves a midday Thanksgiving turkey dinner.

The judge’s full order makes clear that Combs never really had a chance of making bail.

“No Condition or Combination of Conditions Will Reasonably Assure the Safety of the Community,” the judge declared.

At a bail hearing on Friday, the judge asked the two sides to submit their legal arguments by Monday and said he would issue a decision later this week. He said nothing about this coming Thursday being Thanksgiving, but that must have risen in the minds of the family members in the courtroom at Friday’s hearing. They included Combs’ twin 17-year-old daughters, Jessie and D’Lila.

The twins had been with their father back on Thanksgiving of 2022, when he engaged in a little prescient public relations by going with a current girlfriend to serve turkey dinner to homeless men at The Caring Place in Miami, Florida. His daughters were not likely aware that Thanksgiving of 2022 happened also to be the day that the Adult Survivors Act opened a year-long allowing alleged sex crime victims to seek civil redress for sex crimes otherwise outside the statute of limitations.

The approach of that deadline saw R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura file suit against her former boyfriend Combs.

Ventura charged that the rap mogul had raped her and subjected her to a yearslong ordeal of sexual and psychic abuse.

Combs settled the suit the day after it was filed. But two other women, Joi Dickerson-Neal and Liza Gardner, filed separate suits against him on Thanksgiving itself. They each alleged that he had raped them at the start of his career; Gardner in 1990 and Dickerson-Neal early on the following year.

Dickerson-Neal’s suit says she had done something subsequent to the alleged Jan. 3, 1991, attack that could have spared numerous others from being similarly assaulted by him. His career might have ended before it really began. But the immediate outcome was one that had become too common in the days before before #MeToo.

“Plaintiff filed police reports in New York and New Jersey and spoke to several prosecutors hoping to press charges,” Dickerson-Neal’s suit reports. “Members of law enforcement told Plaintiff that her allegations would need to be corroborated by witnesses and others who had experienced similar assaults.”

Combs would deny—and continues to deny—that he has ever sexually assaulted anybody. And, having become a billionaire, he could have contested or just quietly settled those cases as well. That might have been, had his behavior with Ventura and others not come to the attention of federal prosecutors in New York this year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-whether-diddy-thanksgiving-032927839.html

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https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1862197263889580102

>>22071367

There are 2 type of people

Yisrael Medad

@ymedad 11h

Heard of Phanagoria?

Excavations of Early Synagogue by Black Sea Find Jewish Neighborhood

Phanagoria had a large Jewish community from the first century onward, served by a synagogue that would stand for 500 years – but not be rebuilt with the city

Nov 28, 2024 · 7:51 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/ymedad/status/1862041587267584446

https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1862115475091812362

>>22071457

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1862193927991722294

Massive drug bust leads to discovery of new Pacific trafficking route with sophisticated "narco subs"

Authorities from dozens of countries seized over 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route from South America to Australia, the Colombian Navy said Wednesday. Officials said they had also seized "increasingly sophisticated" drug-laden semisubmersibles better known as "narco subs" that can travel 10,000 miles without refueling.

The latest phase of global naval operation "Orion" resulted in the seizure of more than 1,400 tons of drugs, including over 225 tons of cocaine and 128 tons of marijuana, Navy official Orlando Enrique Grisales told reporters.

More than 400 people were arrested in the operation targeting oceans, coasts, rivers and ports around the globe in October and November.

"This is perhaps the largest seizure of cocaine in transit made by Colombia in history," Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media.

The massive bust involved the security agencies of the United States, Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands and several other nations, as well as multiple international organizations.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pacific-drug-trafficking-route-narco-subs-colombia/

>>22071477

You think so?

>>22071455

>hemp fixes that.

5:5

Legislating Silence: How Congress Plans to Target Critics of Israel

Acoalition of civil rights groups is sounding the alarm over three proposed bills that, they argue, represent an audacious attempt to stifle dissent and curb free expression in the United States. The legislation—H.R.6408, H.R.9495, and S.4136—claims to combat terrorism by targeting the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed to be in violation. But critics insist the true aim is more insidious: to suppress organizations that are critical of Israel. Championed by lawmakers with deep ties to AIPAC, the bills, if passed, could pave the way for an unprecedented crackdown on dissent under the guise of national security.

While federal laws already prohibit supporting proscribed terrorist organizations, these bills would expand the government’s reach over nonprofits under the guise of countering such threats. H.R.6408 and H.R.9495 have already passed the House of Representatives, with S.4136 poised to add further amendments to the legislative effort. Critics have dubbed H.R.9495 the “nonprofit killer bill,” drawing sharp condemnation from groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

In a letter signed by over 300 nonprofits, the ACLU called on Congress to reject the legislation, warning of its potential to erode constitutional rights and empower government overreach. CAIR echoed these concerns in a press release, labeling the bills “undemocratic” and accusing them of undermining fundamental freedoms. With growing opposition, the fate of these controversial bills may hinge on the ability of civil rights advocates to mobilize public and legislative resistance.

Critics argue that the legislative push embodied by H.R.9495 and H.R.6408 hand unprecedented authority to the U.S. Treasury Secretary, enabling them to unilaterally revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations accused of “supporting terrorism.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) warns that this could be done using classified evidence without formal charges or sufficient opportunity for organizations to defend themselves.

Despite this criticism, both bills have cleared Congress, with H.R.6408—billed by its supporters as a response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel—receiving less attention but facing similar backlash. The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee contends the legislation creates “virtually no limitations or accountability” on the Treasury Secretary’s discretion, allowing decisions based on viewpoints that differ from those of the administration in power.

Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, a Neoconservative Washington-based think tank, has claimed that pro-Palestinian student protesters take “guidance and support” from American nonprofit organizations. Schanzer claims that one such charity, American Muslims in Palestine, carries a “striking resemblance to the Hamas charities that were dismantled here more than a decade ago.” Schanzer was likely referring to the Holy Land Foundation, who were subjected to a highly politicized trial that led to their designation as a terrorist organization in the post-9/11 era.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/legislating-silence-congress-antisemitism-bill-target-critics-israel/288734/

>>22071483

Got it.

I will never believe that somebody is fucking dumb enough to threaten to blow up Jhonny Rad

>>22071477

that's wildly antisemitic

Oakland relies on millions from the federal government. What if Trump cuts it?

Lots of local services get grants from D.C. The president-elect has threatened to slash that funding in the past.CA is the wealthiest state in the country, go to the Governor that allows the destruction of education, especially leftist education1/2

by Natalie Orenstein and AshleyMcBride

Nov. 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

During his first presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to strip sanctuary cities of federal funding. Oakland, which has been a safe haven for undocumented immigrants since 1986, stood to lose about $130 million annually.

The threat, like many from Trump, was not ultimately carried out. But during his first term, he repeatedly used similar warnings to make points and push back against states and cities. In 2019, he said he’d cut support for the entirety of California over wildfire management practices.

Most departments and public services in Oakland rely on a hodge-podge of local, state, and federal funds to operate. Often the federal money is a smaller bucket, but if the president-elect takes a similar punitive tack in his upcoming term, local services from housing to education stand to suffer. This time, he’s also proposed shrinking or dismantling entire federal departments, like the Department of Education.

We checked in with government officials and analysts to learn how much the city depends on federal money, and what they expect to experience over the next four years.

Housing programs could shrink under Trump

Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department subsidizes affordable housing in the city using an alphabet soup of federal and state grants and local tax revenue and fees.

Emily Weinstein, the department’s director, said the city receives four main grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, better known as HUD. These awards total about $14.4 million annually, with the largest being the Community Development Block Grantat $7.5 million. The city and county also receive HUD grants for emergency homeless shelters and programs.

“Absence of these programs would impact all of Oakland, including the low-income residents who are direct beneficiaries,” said Weinstein.

Other federal housing programs don’t get funded through the city directly, but support people in Oakland, she noted. The Section 8 program, for example, provides housing vouchers for low-income residents across the country. Locally, the Oakland Housing Authority receives and distributes those vouchers to renters who can use them to cover a portion of their rent.

The federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is a common way of funding affordable housing development. Developers can receive tax credits for investing in low-income housing. About 40% of funding for new affordable construction projects in Oakland is through these tax credits, said Weinstein, and “without it, we can neither adequately address homelessness nor build housing that is affordable to working families.”

It’s unlikely that Trump will end the tax credit, which has support on both sides of the aisle, Weinstein said, but she said other developer-friendly tax policies of his in the previous term “undermined” the appeal of the tax credit. With the corporate tax rate already lowered, it’s not as beneficial for investors to fund affordable housing and receive the tax credit.

“If the program is undermined, it would likely reduce the amount of affordable housing being built in Oakland,” Weinstein said. The city is already behind on targets for low-income construction.

What happens in Oakland if the Department of Education is eliminated?

Trump is not the first president to propose dissolving the Department of Education. Established in 1980, conservatives have long criticized the department, claiming it represents federal meddling in education issues better left to the states. In recent years,Trump and his allies have blasted the Department of Education because of policies meant to protect transgender and LGBTQ students and promote racial equity.

https://oaklandside.org/2024/11/27/oakland-federal-funding-trump/

(you) have more Power than some would like you to have

>>22071503

did you know you post dumb things?

>>22071063

How did they know?

oh…Maybe the timeline is false!

NO kidding.

Easy answer.

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>>22071512

link is lb

>>22071342

TYB

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

“I know there is a God – I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it – if he has a place then I am ready – we see the hand.”

— John F. Kennedy

>>22071333

ckkt

>>22071342

lot to be thankful for.

Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat

ROB GILLIES Updated Wed, November 27, 2024

TORONTO (AP) — Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official said Wednesday.

Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexicoif the countries don't stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across southern and northern borders. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders.

But Trump posted Wednesday evening on Truth Social that he had a “wonderful conversation" with new Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and she “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico.”

“Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately. THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD STOPPING THE ILLEGAL INVASION OF THE USA. Thank you!!!” Trump posted.

It was unclear what impact the conversation will have on Trump’s plan to impose tariffs.

In Canada, a government official said Canada is preparing for every eventuality and has started thinking about what items to target with tariffs in retaliation.The official stressed no decision has been made. The person spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly.

When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. ==Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a tit-for-tat response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum=•.

Many of the U.S. products were chosen for their political rather than economic impact. For example, Canada imports $3 million worth of yogurt from the U.S. annually and most comes from one plant in Wisconsin, home state of then-House Speaker Paul Ryan. That product was hit with a 10% duty.

Another product on the list was whiskey, which comes from Tennessee and Kentucky, the latter of which is the home state of then-Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell.

Trump made the threat Monday while railing against an influx of illegal migrants, even though the numbers at Canadian border pale in comparison to the southern border.

The U.S. Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone — and 23,721 arrests at the Canadian one between October 2023 and September 2024.

Canadian officials say lumping Canada in with Mexico is unfair but say they are ready to make new investments in border security and work with the Trump administration to lower the numbers from Canada. The Canadians are also worried about a influx north of migrants if Trump follows through with his plan for mass deportations.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-already-examining-tariffs-certain-205118879.html

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https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1862194350576341483

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PUTIN: “Intel-NATO Centers in Kiev could be targeted in Oreshnik Strikes. Powerful as Meteorites… ”

“The Defense Ministry and the General Staff of the Russian Army are currently selecting targets to strike on the territory of Ukraine,” Putin said speaking at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Summit in Astana.

“These targets may include military facilities, defense industry enterprises or decision-making centers in Kiev,” the Russian president stated.

He also said that serial production of the Oreshnik missile system has already been launched.

“But at the end of the day, it will be up to us to choose the means of destruction considering the nature of the targets that were selected to be wiped out and the threats posed to the Russian Federation,” Putin noted.

The strike power of Russia’s new state-of-the-art Oreshnik ballistic missile is similar to a powerful meteorite impact, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The hypersonic weapon is capable of successfully hitting heavily fortified targets, he added.

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/11/putin-intel-nato-centers-in-kiev-could-be-targeted-in-oreshnik-strikes-powerful-as-meteorites/

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Buy American to avoid Trump trade war, says Christine Lagarde

Nov. 27, 2024.1/2

ECB chief takes aim at claim that tariffs will ‘make America great again’ — but calls for negotiation, not retaliation.

Christine Lagarde has urged Europe’s political leaders to co-operate with Donald Trump over tariffs and buy more products made in the US,warning that an acrimonious trade war risks wiping out global economic growth.

The European Central Bank chief said in her first interview since Trump won his second presidential term that the EU needed “not to retaliate, but to negotiate” with a president-elect who has threatened a blanket tariff of up to 20 per cent on all non-Chinese US imports.

Lagarde also cautioned that a “trade war at large” was “in nobody’s interest” and would lead to “a global reduction of GDP”. Taking aim at Trump’s claims that he could “make America great again”, the ECB chief said: “How do you make America great again if global demand is falling?”

Trump’s victory has raised concerns among national governments and officials in Brussels, who fear tariffs would wipe out the EU’s large trade surplus with the US and spur the region’s manufacturers to shift production there.

Lagarde said that Europe should deal with a second Trump term with a “cheque-book strategy” in which it offered “to buy certain things from the United States=”, such as liquefied natural gas and defence equipment. “This is a better scenario than a pure retaliation strategy==, which can lead to a tit-for-tat process where no one is really a winner,” the ECB president said.

The European Commission, which runs trade policy for the EU’s 27 member states, is still considering how it would respond.

Increasing purchases of US exports, including agricultural products, as well as LNG and weapons, are among the options under consideration, according to officials involved in the preparations.

The EU is also preparing to allow US companies to participate in initiatives to support joint military procurement with EU taxpayer money, and to align more closely with the White House on its trade and geopolitical policies towards China.

Lagarde has been unusually outspoken for a central banker in voicingher opinion on the US president-elect, saying earlier this year that a second Trump term was “clearly a threat” for Europe. She told the Financial Times this week that the remark was “prescient”.

“Just look at the debates that we are having in many countries in Europe,” she said.

Her counterpart at the Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, has carefully avoided opining on Trump, despite him tweeting during his first term that the US central bank chair was possibly a “bigger enemy” to the American economy than China.

Lagarde said her thinking on how to handle a second Trump term had “changed a bit” over the course of 2024,saying it was also Europe’s responsibility to use the US election result to spur much-needed changes to an economy that was struggling to keep up with its rivals.

“It is up to us now — the Europeans — to transform that threat attitude of ours into a challenge that we have to respond to,”the ECB president said. While she disputed claims that Europe was embroiled in a crisis, the current situation was “a big awakening”.

Lagarde agreed with her predecessor Mario Draghi’s diagnosis that the EU needed to take drastic action to regain its economic competitiveness, after struggling to keep up with the US over recent decades.

“Europe is lagging behind. But I wouldn’t say that Europe cannot catch up,” she said.

Economists believe Trump’s threat to impose significant tariffs on Chinese exports to the US could lead Beijing’s manufacturers to flood European markets with their products, presenting a further threat to domestic competitiveness.

The dumping of cheap products would exacerbate tensions between the EU and China, one of its main trade partners, and place further pressure on a region beset by economic stagnation since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

https://archive.is/k8a7n

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The ECB president said policymakers needed to monitor such a “rerouting scenario” for Chinese goods carefully.

During his campaign, the president-elect threatened to impose a 60 per cent tariff on all Chinese imports.

On Monday evening, Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent levy on Beijing from his first day in office, in retaliation for China doing too little to crack down on the manufacturing of substances used to produce fentanyl.

Lagarde talked to the FT earlier on Monday, ahead of Trump’s remarks.

She called on Europe to cut through Trump’s campaign rhetoric and to focus on the details of his proposals so far, arguing it was “interesting” that he had suggested introducing tariffs of between 10 and 20 per cent on non-Chinese imports.

“The fact that you put out a range means that you are open to discussion,” she said, adding that this created the opportunity to “sit at the table and see how we can work together”.

While Lagarde said it was too early to assess the implications of US tariffs on inflation in the Eurozone, overall, she said that “if anything”, the effect was “maybe . . . a little net inflationary in the short term”, pointing to a likely reduction in economic activity and swings in foreign exchange rates. “But you could argue both ways,” she added. “It depends what the tariffs are, what they are applied on and over what period of time.”

For Europe, the incoming Trump administration’s stance on trade and transatlantic co-operation were an “accelerator of a reset that we need”,Lagarde said.

She singled out the long-standing idea to create a single market for capital in Europe — the so-called Capital Markets Union — and urged the EU to “move quickly” with it. The idea was first proposed by the Juncker Commission in 2014, but so far has been held up by domestic opposition in many of the EU27 member states. “I have not seen such a level of understanding and excitement as we have now,” said Lagarde.

She called for capital markets supervision to move from the EU’s 27 national authorities to the European Securities and Markets Authority. “We should have one single supervisor” that “operates like the Securities and Exchange Commission”, Lagarde said, referring to the US’s capital markets watchdog.

Asked about the view that Europe’s economy was so outdated and ossified that the continent was turning into a “museum”, Lagarde quipped that “it’s a pretty attractive museum if you ask me”.

She pointed to a “huge amount of innovation” across the continent, naming the Dutch farming sector as an example: “Did you know that the Netherlands is the second-largest farming product exporter in the world? Look at the size of the country!”

Confronted with a common criticism that Dutch tomatoes are lacking in taste, she responded: “But you eat them.”

https://archive.is/k8a7n

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