Saturday, November 2, 2024

Mexico shamefully joins Russia, Venezuela in backing Cuba’s dictatorship

Mexico shamefully joins Russia, Venezuela in backing Cuba’s dictatorship



https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4964334-mexico-supports-cuban-dictatorship/amp/

Mexico shamefully joins Russia, Venezuela in backing Cuba’s dictatorship 30 years, the Soviet Union was the main supporter of Cuba’s communist dictatorship, pumping into it more than $29 billion worth of money, weapons, food, oil and technology — a debt that Russia ultimately wrote off. In the 1990s, Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela became Cuba’s new lifeline for Cuba, contributing $35 billion over 15 years in oil alone.

With Venezuela in shambles, Mexico, the main U.S. trading partner, has become Cuba’s new lifeline, sending food, oil and anything else it can to support the longest-standing dictatorship in the Americas. Yet nothing is enough. Nothing can rescue Cuba’s failed communist economy.

Mexico promotes a nonsense diplomacy in favor of Cuba. In 2023, Mexico even blackmailed the U.S. by saying that it would cooperate on the migration crisis but would also like the U.S. to resume talks with Cuba. In 2022, Mexico rejected a presidential invitation to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, solely because the dictatorships of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not invited.

Although few Americans have noticed, Mexico is experiencing an extremely violent period. In less than a month, two car bombs have exploded, a priest was murdered and a mayor was decapitated. States such as Sinaloa have seen nearly 60 straight days of chaos and crime. Despite all this, Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has made the crisis in Havana her main priority.

In 2023, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador guaranteed 5.4 million barrels of oil to Cuba, a national record. The supply, valued at $391 million, is a solidarity support to the dictatorship that has 1,100 political prisoners and has gone 65 years without free elections. Those are the values that Mexico’s government evidently honors and admires.

Without even blushing, Sheinbaum promised Cuba “everything” it wants, thus unwittingly showing that the Cuban embargo is a lie. Her shipment of 400,000 barrels of oil and at least 100 tons of meat to Cuba may or may not reach its people.

The Cuban regime blames the blackouts on a combination of lack of oil supply and obsolete machinery. The main problem is not mentioned: poor management, confiscations of private property and an unfriendly investment climate.

Although the Mexican government has maintained an opaque management of cooperation with the island, Havana has paid Venezuela for its oil with Cuban doctors’ slave labor and military advisors. A similar cooperation scheme could result in Mexico as well.

The sick solidarity with Cuba punishes the people of Mexico. In May Mexico experienced one of the largest blackouts in its history, affecting Puebla, Guanajuato, Chiapas, Tamaulipas and Oaxaca. This bears an uncanny likeness to Venezuela before its collapse.

In 2023, Mexico went from casual donations to Cuba to being its second largest oil supplier at 13,000 barrels per day. Mexico’s solidarity surpassed that of Russia (12,000 barrels) and perhaps soon Venezuelaas well (55,000 barrels).

Castro’s dictatorship destroyed agricultural and livestock production. A country that exported food to the world today begs for it. The regime buys $2 billion in basic products, but corruption and mismanagement generate poverty and scarcity.

Mexico supports Cuba while dynamiting all the democratic foundations of its country. In record time, approved a judicial reform, militarized security and eliminated the agencies in charge of governmental transparency.

Let it be clear. Claudia Sheinbaum’s support is for the dictatorship, not for the Cuban people. If Mexico supported the people, it would at least condition this aid on the release of the 1,100 political prisoners, free elections and an end to torture, the death penalty and forced disappearances in Cuba.

Dictatorships like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela remain standing not only thanks to their brutality and repression, but also because of the shameful support of countries like Mexico that despise democratic values but enjoy democracy’s abundant benefits.






BY ARTURO MCFIELDS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 


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Democrats will lie about everything

Florida's Gen Z congressman spreads falsehoods about state's gun laws after Halloween shooting



'Allows people to conceal carry with no permit.'

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) falsely claimed on X that Florida's constitutional carry law, which Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed last year, is responsible for a mass shooting that took place in Orlando on Thursday.

"A mass shooting happened last night in Downtown Orlando because of a new state law that allows people to conceal carry with no permit. [DeSantis] signed the bill that killed 2 and injured 8," Frost said on Friday.

The state's constitutional carry law means residents no longer have to obtain a concealed carry license from the Department of Agriculture. However, the rules to qualify for a concealed carry license still apply to anyone who will carry a gun without the license.

'At least once a month, I have a tweet that makes the rounds in MAGA world. This is one of them.'

That means anyone carrying a handgun concealed must:

  • be at least 21 years old.
  • not have a felony conviction.
  • not have a record of drug or alcohol abuse.
  • not have a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of violence in the last three years.
  • not have two or more DUI convictions within the previous three years.
  • not have a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces.

The story Frost cited revealed that the suspect in the shooting is a 17-year-old with a previous arrest record. The suspect's age alone means he does not qualify to be carrying a firearm in public. 

When X users pointed out that fact, Frost pivoted to statements made by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) and Police Chief Eric Smith, both of whom claimed Florida's 2023 lawprevents law enforcement from checking people for firearms. This is false, as someone who is carrying without a license must also have a valid ID and show it to officers who ask for it.

"At least once a month, I have a tweet that makes the rounds in MAGA world. This is one of them. It’s unfortunate that [DeSantis’] Permitless Carry Bill led to this shooting. The typical screenings that happen downtown on big days like last night were not there due to this law," Frost doubled down.

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Leftist racism at Slate...not very bright people!

Slate goes low, attacks Vance's wife with race-based insult



Reactions to the piece were not very complimentary. 

A writer at Slate implied that the wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance was a traitor to her race for support her husband's campaign. 

The bizarre attack was written by Scaachi Koul and was immediately excoriated by many on the right. Koul sarcastically mocked an article saying Usha Vance's motivations were largely unknown because she's so private. 

Koul accused Vance of being motivated by seeking protection from her husband by abandoning her racial loyalty. Usha Vance was born in San Diego to immigrant parents from India. 

Vance wanted to stand apart politically from her husband, she’s certainly free to do so. But the reality is that she doesn’t, and likely won’t. There’s no greater protection in the world than marriage to a white man with an education, money, and political power. Even as Vance herself is highly educated and well connected, it’s nothing compared to what her husband carries into the world. This is the kind of security women have sought for generations—in fact, for a long time, it was the only protection women could access. 

Koul also excoriated the support some Indian-Americans had expressed for Republican values.

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Harris lies to Jewish voters


Harris campaign tells voters in Pennsylvania she'll defend Israel but has a different message for voters in Michigan: CNN



The conflicting messages show a rift in the Democratic Party about Israel. 

A CNN report documented how the Harris-Walz campaign is trying to manage a rift in the Democratic Party between members of an anti-Israel fringe who have threatened to withhold their vote unless their demands are met. 

'I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself.' 

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is running ads in Pennsylvania, where Jewish voters may be pivotal in the election, saying that she will “stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself.”

That message may not fly in Michigan, where Muslim voters have demanded the Biden-Harris stop supporting Israel as it continues a military operation against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.


https://www.theblaze.com/news/harris-israel-pennsylvania-michigan-ads

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Friday, November 1, 2024

Is Fulton County soft on gang crime?

US rapper Young Thug released after pleading guilty


10 hours ago

Grammy winner Young Thug was accused of being the leader of a gang and charged with racketeering. He will have to stay away from Atlanta area for the first 10 years of his probation, barring a few exceptions.

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New Delhi smog

India's New Delhi cloaked in smog after Diwali celebrations


8 hours ago

The Indian capital topped charts as the world's most-polluted city after firecrackers from Diwali celebrations pushed air quality to dangerous levels.

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Same shark?

Florida surfer survives shark attack at same beach he was bitten at 11 years ago: ‘I’m dead’


By 
Olivia Land
Published Nov. 1, 2024, 10:27 a.m. ET
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These so-called elite universities have a glaring antisemitism problem


These so-called elite universities have a glaring antisemitism problem

Two days after the most disastrous testimony in congressional history revealed the ugly antisemitism running rampant on America’s college campuses, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, which I chair, opened investigations into Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. 

At first, I didn’t know what to expect. 

So-called elite universities are a black box for 99% of the American public. 

However, I knew that Jewish students needed support from Congress, and that these postsecondary institutions were derelict in their moral leadership. 

On Thursday, after a year of investigations into universities across the country, I released a shocking 325-page report detailing the committee’s findings — based on over 400,000 pages of documents, hearing testimony and transcribed interviews. 

What we discovered was a massive, systemic failure by university administrators to respond to the antisemitic displays roiling their campuses. 

What’s more, internal documents show university leaders viewed antisemitism as a public relations issue, not a pressing assault on the well-being of their Jewish students. 

The report shares new revelations about Harvard, where former president Claudine Gay consistently shaped university messaging behind the scenes to appease student protesters. 

Aversion to accountability 

In one instance, she approved a request by the dean of Harvard Medical School to remove the description of Hamas’ terrorism as “violent” from the draft of Harvard’s initial statement about the Oct. 7 assault on Israel Oct. 7. 

Around 1,200 Israelis were murdered that day at the hands of Hamas. 

Harvard’s decision not to characterize this terrorism as “violent” is unthinkable. 

In another instance, Gay refused to label the eliminationist slogan “From the River to the Sea” as antisemitic, despite its obvious call for the annihilation of the state of Israel and extermination of its Jewish population. 

Fellow Harvard leaders admitted the phrase contained “genocidal implications” and compared the protests to KKK rallies, but Gay determined in a private email that labeling the phrase as such would “prompt [people to ask] what we’re doing about it, i.e. discipline.” 

The notion that antisemitic conduct may go unchallenged because those in authority were unwilling to pursue disciplinary action is deeply offensive. 

Moreover, these examples show that the former president’s inability to act decisively and with moral clarity was just as pronounced in private meetings as it was before Congress.

It’s no wonder she lost her job. 

After reading additional internal documents, I realized aversion to accountability is the rule at so-called elite universities, not the exception. 

Northwestern, Columbia, UCLA and others all failed to enforce their rules and hold students accountable for vile antisemitism. 

In perhaps the most egregious case, UCLA allowed an unlawful encampment to escalate into antisemitic violence. 

Radical protesters denied Jewish students access to campus through certain “checkpoints” on campus, a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act. 

UCLA police messages now definitively prove that officers were informed to “hold off” as the encampment grew, in violation of university rules and the law. 

Further report revelations detail the depth of ideological groupthink and emotional incontinence among Hamas-sympathizing faculty at multiple institutions. 

When confronted with an opposing viewpoint in a meeting, the executive committee chair of Columbia’s University Senate histrionically ranted, “This is my meeting, my meeting, my meeting.” 

At Northwestern, a professor who had chosen to lead negotiations with encampment organizers argued for a boycott of Sabra hummus in the school cafeteria for its association with Israel and touched on “cultural appropriation themes.” 

I’m unsure what that even means, but apparently it made enough sense for Northwestern’s provost, Kathleen Hagerty, to approve of a Sabra boycott. 

‘Purveyor of hate’ 

Finally, the report outlines a shared fear of congressional oversight by universities. 

In a telling moment among friends in a board meeting, Gay lashed out at Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), whom she described as a “purveyor of hate” and “supporter of proudboys” — a downright slanderous accusation and completely removed from reality. 

So-called leaders like Gay disparage oversight on the one hand, while showing extreme bias behind closed doors on the other, a contradiction that only validates the committee’s investigations. 

To Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, UCLA, and every other university that failed to address antisemitism: You are on notice. 

The ivory towers are in a perilous position, and they are not beyond congressional action. 

Unaccountable leadership, emotionally fragile outbursts, hummus culture wars, and baseless ad hominems — the findings in this report depict so-called prestigious universities as anything but. 

Back in April, on the steps of Columbia’s Lowe Memorial Library, I declared, “The inmates are running an asylum.” 

Today, I offer a slight addendum: it’s more like the children are running the day care. 

Republican Virginia Foxx is a representative for North Carolina. 


By 
Virginia Foxx
Published Oct. 31, 2024, 10:15 p.m. ET
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When there comes here, here becomes there

Illegal migrant arrested for allegedly raping 5-year-old girl on Long Island: cops


An illegal migrant who failed to appear at his immigration hearing after being cut loose at the border has been arrested for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl on Long Island, police said.

Wilson Castillo Diaz, 26, is accused of attacking the little girl on Oct. 16, according to Nassau County cops. 

Details of the alleged rape — including Diaz’s relationship with the girl and where it occurred — weren’t immediately available.


By 
Steven Vago and 
 
Emily Crane
Published Nov. 1, 2024
 Updated Nov. 1, 2024, 11:15 a.m. E
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White House Officials Pressured Stenographers to Edit Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Smear

Report: White House Officials Pressured Stenographers to Edit Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Smear

White House press officials reportedly pressured stenographers to cover up President Joe Biden’s “garbage” smear by editing the transcript to alter its meaning.

The coverup was “a breach of protocol and spoilation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices,” according to a stenographer supervisor’s email obtained by the Associated Press (AP).

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Who knew we had to import illegal alien burglars?

9 burglaries in pricey Denver-area homes may be tied to ‘South American theft groups,’ says law enforcement

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The smarmy Chuck Schumer advised Columbia to ignore criticisms of campus anti Semitism...with friends like him!

Chuck Schumer labeled ‘traitor’ after damning report reveals he quietly advised Columbia leaders to ignore criticism of campus antisemitism



By 
Carl Campanile, 
 
Vaughn Golden and 
 
Anna Young
Published Oct. 31, 2024
 Updated Oct. 31, 2024, 10:52 p.m. ETSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is being slammed as a traitor following damning claims he instructed administrators at Columbia University to dismiss any criticism of the school’s handling of blatant violence and antisemitism on campus in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is being slammed as a traitor following damning claims he instructed administrators at Columbia University to dismiss any criticism of the school’s handling of blatant violence and antisemitism on campus in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel.

The GOP-lead House Education and Workforce Committee, in a 325-page report, contended the New York Democrat advised then-university president Minouche Shafik that the school would be spared any scrutiny by Democrats, explaining that the elite university’s “political problems are really only among Republicans.”

His staff then encouraged Columbia administrators that the “best strategy is to keep heads down,” according to the report.

“The self-proclaimed protector of the Jewish people. Chuckey Schumer is nothing but a kapo traitor. He should be ashamed of himself,” said former Brooklyn state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat-turned-Republican who heads the group Americans Against Antisemitism.

The report came after the committee’s months-long investigation into the handling of anti-Israel protests earlier this year on 11 college campuses, including Columbia, Harvard University, Yale University and Northwestern University.

Private emails and text messages of university leaders, including Shafik, who resigned in August, were among the documents reviewed by the committee.

A spokesman for Schumer insisted the report was “flat-out false.”

“Sen. Schumer regularly and forcefully condemned antisemitic acts at Columbia and elsewhere saying ‘when protests shift to antisemitism, verbal abuse, intimidation, or glorification of Oct. 7 violence against Jewish people, that crosses the line.’ He conveyed this point publicly and to administrators privately,” Angelo Roefaro told The Post Thursday night.

“It’s worthy to note here that Republicans are citing words from someone who is not Chuck Schumer. That is called hearsay,” he added.

Columbia students organize dueling memorials and rallies both for Israel and Palestine on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack, on Oct. 7, 2024.
Columbia students organize dueling memorials and rallies both for Israel and the Palestinians on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, on Oct. 7, 2024. Getty Images

According to the report, Columbia trustees ridiculed the committee for reviewing their oversight of the violence and prejudice on campus and texted about how they hoped Democrats would take control of Congress after Shafik’s discussion with Schumer.

In texts with Board of Trustees co-chairs David Greenwald and Claire Shipman in January, Shafik described Schumer as “very positive and supportive (and quite the storyteller).”

University leadership then felt emboldened to avoid any kind of meeting with Republicans after Schumer and his staff indicated that a forum with the political party wasn’t necessary, the report states.

Greenwald then echoed Schumer’s advice, writing: “If we are keeping our head down, maybe we shouldn’t meet with Republicans.”

Since Hamas’ murderous raid on Israel, Jewish Columbia students have received death threats, been spat upon, stalked and pinned against walls as the Ivy League school descended into a cesspool of antisemitic hate, according to a disturbing report released by the university in August. 

Students have also had their jewelry ripped off while going to and from synagogue, been berated for showing support for Zionist causes, been called ethnic slurs and watched Israeli flags burned. 

Anti-Israel demonstrators from an encampment on the campus barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall in April and attempted to rename it Hind’s Hall after a Palestinian child who was killed in the conflict.   

Over 100 people were nabbed after cops responded to Columbia’s request to help oust the destructive mob that had illegally taken over the academic building. 

“The report is more evidence of what we already knew: Columbia did not do their job to prevent antisemitism on campus,” said Ari Shrage, head of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association. 

“Unfortunately, the report also shows that many of its insiders are part of the deep institutional rot. Their statement today is another ‘word salad’ and the awful events on campus in recent weeks shows that they continue to talk but take no action.”

As the new school year started last month, Columbia was slammed by more anti-Israel protesters, who defaced an Alma Mater statue on college grounds with red paint. 

“The recent report from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce demonstrates how the Democrats speak out of both sides of their months,” Republican US Senate candidate Mike Sapraicone told The Post. 

“The reports of Sen. Schumer dismissing blatant violence and antisemitism are exactly why I’m running to replace his counterpart, who is just a rubber stamp. Election Day will prove that Americans won’t tolerate any longer.” 

The Republican-led House Education panel also found that Ivy League university leaders made “an intentional decision” to cut language condemning Hamas’ massacre of more than 1,200 civilians as “violence” and references to their Israeli hostages from any official statements following the brutal attack.   

“We denounce this act of terror,” reads an earlier draft of the statement that was jettisoned, according to the report. The report also found several schools withheld support from Jewish students.

Columbia has not yet responded to a request for comment.

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The cruelty of Kamala's self promotion

Kamala’s hauntingly cruel past: Jailing a mother for having a sick child


According to Kamala Harris and the Democrats, Donald Trump will weaponize the Department of Justice and jail his political opponents.

While Trump was already in office for four years and did not do anything of the sort, the Biden-Harris administration has done exactly what it's predicting Trump will do — and to innocent American citizens who disagree with the administration politically.

But weaponization of the DOJ hasn’t happened solely under Biden’s reign, and if you dig a little deeper into Kamala’s past, you’ll see that she’s been using her power to hurt innocent American citizens for more than just political disagreements for a very long time.

One horrific example of this is when Kamala was San Francisco district attorney in the mid-2000s. The now vice president filed charges against a handful of San Francisco parents whose elementary school-aged children were consistently missing school.

“She was very proud of this endeavor,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” comments. “She really bragged about it, and a lot of parents sadly and unjustly lost their jobs, lost their freedom, lost much of their wealth, or their ability to even pay the bills because of Kamala Harris’ overbearing truancy policy.”

And brag she did.

“I believe a child going without an education is tantamount to a crime. So I decided I was going to start prosecuting parents for truancy,” Kamala said in a clip from 2010 during which she followed up by laughing that her staff was “concerned.”

While it was funny to Kamala, it was not funny to those who were actually affected.

One mother, Cheree Peoples, was handcuffed in her pajamas in front of the press — who had collaborated with Kamala to capture the moment — because she had been struggling to care for her daughter who had been suffering in the hospital with sickle cell anemia.

The school was well aware of Peoples’ plight and was negotiating a plan to provide accommodation so the student could be educated in the hospital and at home. However, because the plan was not yet arranged, she was technically “truant.”

“This mother faced jail time because of the policy that Harris advocated for, and even after the facts of the situation were revealed, prosecutors continued to pursue the struggling mother, exacerbating her difficulties,” Stuckey explains.

Cheree lost her job, could not pay her rent, and became homeless. Her daughter was hospitalized while she stood trial.

“That’s Kamala Harris. She is cruel,” Stuckey says.


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