The Beijing Hamas–Fatah Alliance: CCP’s Role in Supporting Terrorist Unification

Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, courtesy of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Norway (2023-06-14 21:00)

On July 23, 2024, China mediated an agreement between Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah, to end their longstanding division and form a national unity government.

This “Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity” aims to declare independence and establish Jerusalem as the capital. This agreement ends a conflict that began when Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in 2007 and expelled Fatah.

Unifying these factions will benefit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) economically and diplomatically, while intensifying the threat to Israel and the United States.

The US State Department released a statement asserting that, as a terrorist organization, Hamas should not be part of the post-war Gaza government. By signing the agreement, Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) since January 2005, has demonstrated that he embraces rather than rejects terrorist organizations.

About half of the 14 Palestinian factions that signed the agreement have been designated as terrorist organizations and have historically received backing from countries like Iran and Syria, as well as militant groups such as Hezbollah (Hizbollah).

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), established in 1964, is an umbrella organization comprising various factions and groups. It is recognized as the “sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people” by the United Nations and most countries.

During the 1970s and 1980s, some countries and entities designated the PLO as a terrorist organization due to its involvement in attacks against Israeli and Western targets, notably the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre  by the Black September Organization, a faction linked to the PLO.

However, following the Oslo Accords in the 1990s, which marked a shift towards diplomatic negotiations, the U.S. began engaging with the PLO.

Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by the US, EU, most Western nations, Japan, and Israel due to its involvement in armed attacks, including suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and other forms of violence targeting civilians and military personnel.

Hamas receives significant financial and military support from Iran, which views the group as a key ally in its opposition to Israel. Additionally, Hamas has cooperated with Hezbollah, sharing intelligence, training, and support.

Historically, Hamas maintained its political headquarters in Damascus until the Syrian civil war strained its relationship with the Syrian government.

Fatah, the dominant faction within the PLO, has not been designated as a terrorist organization by major international bodies or countries. However, some militant factions and individuals associated with Fatah, especially in its early years, engaged in acts of violence and terrorism.

Islamic Jihad, founded in 1981, aims to establish an Islamic Palestinian state and eliminate Israel through violence. Recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, Israel, and other western countries, the group is notorious for attacks on Israeli military and civilian targets, including suicide bombings and rocket strikes.

Islamic Jihad receives extensive financial and military support from Iran, its primary backer, and cooperates with Hezbollah on military strategies and logistics. Operating from Syria, the group also receives support from the Syrian government, further strengthening its militant activities.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization, is a secular Marxist-Leninist and revolutionary socialist group founded in 1967 and part of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

The PFLP has strong ties to the Syrian government, receiving support and operating bases in Syria. It has also coordinated with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC), a splinter group from the PFLP, is designated as a terrorist organization due to its involvement in bombings and hijackings against Israeli and Western targets. Closely allied with the Syrian government, the PFLP-GC operates bases in Syria and has cooperated with Hezbollah.

Saiqa (As-Sa’iqa and As-Saiqa), established in 1967, is a Palestinian Ba’athist faction closely aligned with the Syrian government and operating as the Palestinian wing of the Syrian Ba’ath Party.

The group has engaged in numerous militant activities against Israeli targets to promote Palestinian liberation through armed struggle. Designated a terrorist organization by the United States, Saiqa is supported by the Syrian government.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), designated as a terrorist organization, has been involved in attacks against Israeli civilians and military targets, including the 1974 Ma’alot massacre, where over 20 Israeli schoolchildren were killed. The DFLP has maintained a presence in Syria and has received support from the Syrian government.

China’s relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) began in 1965 when the PLO opened a representative office in Beijing as part of China’s strategy to align with global liberation movements.

This relationship was formalized in 1988 when China recognized the State of Palestine, converting the PLO office into an official embassy. Over the years, China has consistently advocated for an independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Chinese leader, Xi Jinping has reiterated this stance in various international forums, emphasizing support for a two-state solution. In 2023, during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Xi proposed a three-point peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Recently, China has called for Palestine to be granted full membership in the UN.

In December 2022, China and Palestine signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Through its engagement with the PLO, including the latest agreement unifying Palestinian terrorist organizations, the CCP is less concerned with peace or democracy and more focused on economic gains and increasing its regional influence.

By strengthening ties with these groups, including Hamas, which has been weakened in its conflict with Israel, Beijing aims to bolster its strategic position and counter US interests in the Middle East.

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Venezuela Civil War Watch: “Tren del Llano” Gang Leader Issues Dire Warning to Maduro Regime’s Security Forces to Stand Down or Face Consequences

 “Tren del Llano” gang in Guárico, Venezuela

The leader of the notorious criminal gang “Tren del Llano” in Guárico, Venezuela, has publicly broken ranks with the Maduro regime, The Gateway Hispanic reported.

In a video statement released, the gang leader issued a stark warning to Nicolás Maduro and his security forces, demanding they stand down against the Venezuelan people or face severe repercussions.

This warning comes after the tyrant Maduro stole the election and declared himself the winner of the recently concluded presidential race.

The “Tren del Llano” is a criminal organization based in Venezuela, specifically in the Llanos region, which encompasses several central and southwestern states. The name “Tren del Llano” translates to “Train of the Plains,” reflecting their base of operations in the plains region of Venezuela.

The gang, known as one of the country’s first “megabandas,” emerged around 2008. Initially focused on car theft, the group quickly expanded its criminal activities, including extortion, kidnappings, contract killings, and drug trafficking.

Once considered allies of the Maduro administration, criminal gangs like Tren del Llano have historically benefited from the regime’s protection and complicity. However, as discontent grows among Venezuelans suffering under economic collapse and political repression, even those who once supported Maduro are beginning to turn against him.

The alleged gang leader said in his video message:

[Translation] “Good evening, people of Venezuela. We are making this video to call on the armed forces and the state’s public forces. We do not want to generate more violence. My advice is that by listening to the people, you should entrench yourselves in your commands and let the people decide who should be put in and who should be removed. I have nothing more to say. This is a warning call.

I do not want violence; I do not want to generate homicide; I do not want to cause death. We are not bringers of death. If you do not entrench yourselves in the commands, we will use everything we have, and all my people throughout the state of Guárico will start attacking the officials. Do not touch the people; respect the people, respect their decision. That is all we have to say. Otherwise, bear the consequences.

Even if I die, even if I lose my life, it is for the people. We are children of Simón Bolívar, and the Venezuelan devil’s lies will not prevail. Venezuelans do not tolerate any misconduct from anyone. I tell you this as someone who lives in constant struggle and war with those damned individuals all the time.”

WATCH:

| URGENTE: El líder de la banda criminal “Tren del Llano” del estado Guárico, publica un video advirtiendo a las fuerzas de Maduro: “Mi consejo es que escuchando al pueblo, se atrincheren en sus comandos y dejen que el pueblo decida y ponga y quite a quien quiera”. pic.twitter.com/ghj4AvkHmA

— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) July 30, 2024

Eduardo Menoni, founder of La Libertad Media, reported that “The Tren del Llano gang is confronting Nicolás Maduro’s National Guard in Guarico, Venezuela.”

WATCH:

| URGENTE: La banda el Tren del llano se está enfrentando a la Guardia Nacional de Nicolás Maduro en Guarico, Venezuela. Dicen “estamos con el pueblo”. Noche larga en toda Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/GZhZqgRnKW

— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) July 30, 2024

In another post, Menoni reported, “The Tren del Llano band in Guarico, Venezuela; takes control of a police command and removes posters of the dictator Nicolás Maduro, they say that they are not going to let them repress the people “Let’s go ahead people, we are not going to leave them alone.”

| URGENTE: La banda el Tren del llano en Guarico, Venezuela; toma el control de un comando policial y quita afiches del dictador Nicolás Maduro, dicen que no van a dejar que repriman al pueblo “Vamos pa alante pueblo, no los vamos a dejar solos”. pic.twitter.com/hrtnhYAA9q

— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) July 30, 2024

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MAGA Trucker Ed Durr Announces Gubernatorial Bid in New Jersey

Ed Durr, the truck driver turned state senator who gained national attention for his shocking upset of New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney in 2021, has officially launched his campaign for the 2025 gubernatorial race. Durr, known as “Ed the Trucker,” aims to leverage his grassroots appeal and conservative values to win over New Jersey voters.

Durr’s announcement was made during a speech in Egg Harbor Township, where he criticized the current state of New Jersey’s government. “New Jersey is broken,” Durr declared, emphasizing the state’s financial and moral challenges under the current administration. He stressed the need for change, promising to restore New Jersey to its former glory and make it a place where residents can thrive rather than merely survive​.

Yesterday I was honored to be invited by ABCD and join them for a board meeting and hear more about their issues and problems in the special needs community. New Jersey government has been ignoring them and things need to change. #AutismAwareness #NJDeservesBetter #Durr4Governor pic.twitter.com/DOSw5elgDp

— Edward Durr (@EdTheTruckerNJ) July 25, 2024

The former state senator’s entry into the gubernatorial race adds another layer of complexity to an already crowded GOP primary. Durr joins state Senator Jon Bramnick and 2021 gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli in the Republican field. Additionally, NJ 101.5 radio host Bill Spadea is also considering a run, potentially splitting the conservative vote further​.

Durr’s campaign emphasizes his outsider status and blue-collar background, which resonated with voters during his previous campaigns. Despite losing his re-election bid in 2023, Durr remains a prominent figure in New Jersey politics, known for his straightforward, no-nonsense approach and commitment to conservative principles​.

The Republican running for my congressional seat is literally doing the Ed Durr strategy.

Because of this, he got endorsed by Ed Durr. pic.twitter.com/sW6zq5aPoM

— Convicted Senator Gold Bar Bob (@SenGoldBars) January 18, 2024

Durr’s campaign will likely focus on issues such as lowering taxes, improving public safety, and reducing government overreach—key concerns for his conservative base. His previous tenure in the state Senate was marked by his strong stance on these issues, as well as his vocal opposition to Governor Phil Murphy’s policies.

On the Democratic side, the race is shaping up with notable candidates like Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, former Senate President Steve Sweeney, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka already declaring their intentions to run. This sets the stage for a potentially heated and high-stakes general election​.

Durr’s campaign is poised to capitalize on his name recognition and grassroots support, aiming to mobilize a strong voter turnout among conservatives. His straightforward appeal to “everyday people” and commitment to conservative values will be central to his strategy as he seeks to navigate the crowded primary and secure the GOP nomination​​.

As the race progresses, Durr’s ability to gather financial support and broaden his appeal beyond his base will be critical. With more than a year until the primary, the political landscape in New Jersey is set to evolve, making this a race to watch closely​.

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Colorado County Clerk: Shocking “Feature” on Dominion ImageCast Central Tabulators Allows Mail-in Ballots Results to Display BEFORE Election Day

In the 2020 Presidential Election, several states took an excessive amount of time to process and tabulate mail-in ballots after universal and/or no-excuse mail-in balloting was permitted in most states due to COVID fears.  According to an article by the Washington Post, 27 states allowed early processing of mail-in ballots in 2020.  That number has since ballooned to 43 states in total.

The WaPo article titled “Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count” was highlighting the Keystone State’s refusal to adopt legislation that would permit this mail-in ballot processing.  The Democrat-led House passed a bill to allow early counting, but it was not brought to a vote in the Republican-led State Senate:

“Despite widespread calls for change, Pennsylvania is likely to again take several days to announce this year’s winner, alarming state election officials who worry the delays will cause confusion, deteriorate trust in the process and make election workers targets for harassment.”

An ABC News article from October 2020 described the processing of mail-in ballots in Arizona, a key swing state in both 2020 and this year in 2024:

“After signature verification is complete, officials can separate the ballots from their envelopes and prepare them for tabulation. Tabulation can begin 14 days before the election, after the completion of logic and accuracy testing for the relevant equipment.

While tabulation could begin two weeks ahead of Nov. 3, no results can be released until one hour after polls close on Nov. 3, and all ballots, including those sent by mail, are due by then.”

Last week during the Why We Vote podcast from Badlands Media, Elbert County, CO commissioner Dallas Schroeder exposed a shocking feature in the Dominion ImageCast Central (ICC) tabulation equipment:  the ICC, which is primarily used to tabulate mail-in ballots in a centralized location, can display and/or print the results of a race prior to Election Day.

And no one would ever know as it does not show up in the system’s log files.

“Hidden” feature in Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast Central allows anyone with administrative access, including remote access, to tally and report results from scanned mail-in ballots before Election Day.

To make things worse, this feature does not show up in the system log… pic.twitter.com/ykZtNvkh5Z

— CannCon (@CannConActual) July 29, 2024

According to the Why We Vote interview and a letter to CO Senators Stephen Fenberg and Rod Pelton, and Rep. Rod Bockenfeld in 2023, Schroeder and the county’s current clerk, Rhonda Braun, were running test ballots through their tabulation equipment with a Dominion representative.  Upon completion of the test ballots, Braun, the elections manager at that time, had begun to go to the EMS server in order to verify the results were accurately counted.

The Dominion rep told her that they could do it right there on the ICC.  Schroeder said he and Braun looked at each other, confused, thinking “Ok…that’s news to us.”

“Show us how that works,” Schroeder said.  He was then shown that with administrative access, you can press a button to stop tabulation.

“When that happens (stop tabulation), there’s another little button that shows up that says ‘show results.’  And so you can hit the ‘show results’ button and sure enough, it shows the results of what you just have run through there.  Not the number of ballots but the actual number counts…From there, Rhonda asked if you can print that out.  He said ‘sure!’  He hit the button and it prints it out.

We were kind of blown away to have that report….So Rhonda then asked ‘how does it show in the log, the slog files?’  He said, ‘I don’t know…I’ve never looked.’

Well, lets look, just for fun.  He goes in there and hits the button and sure enough it shows up there ‘Ballot 1 scanned…Ballot 2 scanned…Ballot 3 scanned…’  it goes through everything that had taken place on that work order.  And then it comes to where it logs ‘Stop Tabulation’ and then it just goes right back to ‘Start Tabulation’ because we had run more ballots after that.  So where is the part of the file where it says that we did ‘Show Results’?  And where’s the part of the file where it says that we printed a report?  It wasn’t there.

This ‘feature’ could present a dangerous opportunity for a bad actor to obtain results from mail-in balloting prior to the Election Day voters taking to the polls.  Furthermore, there is potential for someone to access the system remotely and run this report without any evidence of the totals being disclosed in the log files.

Colorado is one of 47 States, as mentioned earlier, that not only allows, but mandates early tabulation of mail-in ballots under the guise that these results are not published until Election Day.  But this is a façade since this report can be run without anyone being able to ensure that the results weren’t prematurely published since there is no evidence in the system log files.  For this reason, after the 2020 election, Schroeder did not begin tabulating mail-in ballots until Election Day.  He did not want to put any of his employees in a position where they could be accused of checking the results early without any way to defend the accusation.

According to Schroeder, the Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold did not appreciate this and in 2023, the Colorado legislature passed what Schroeder calls the “Elbert Rule,” which mandates scanning of mail-in ballots to begin four days before Election Day.

Access is not limited to in-person personnel either.  In a “Week in Brief” newsletter sent out by Colorado Secretary of State’s office on June 24, 2022, the posted a “Security Best Practices Reminder” that stated, “A guide on how to check Wi-Fi is disabled on components of the Dominion Democracy Suite System is attached to this newsletter.”

 

It’s not just Colorado.  During the 2020 Senate run-off elections in Georgia’s Coffee County, their Dominion tabulator was having significant difficulty processing ballots without jamming several times per batch.  According to a sworn-affidavit from Cathy Latham, the then-Rural County Chair of the Republican Party, the Dominion representative present was given an ultimatum by Eric Chaney, the County Board of Elections (BOE) Chairman, to fix the machines in thirty minutes or the media would be alerted.

According to the affidavit, the Dominion rep called his boss, Scott Tucker, and went outside in private to talk with him.  When the rep returned, he told them to wipe the machine lens again, and that it would work.  He never physically touched the machine but all of the sudden it was functioning perfectly.

The BOE Chairman Chaney asked “Did we all just witness what I think we witnessed?” to which Latham responded, “Is there anyway that something was downloaded to that scanner from his phone or from the Internet?  There is no way that wiping the machine with a cloth stopped QR Code Failure readings.”  Hampton agreed.  So did the Democrat Party Rep, Ernestine Thomas-Clark who, again, said “This isn’t right.”

During the 2020 Presidential Election, Schroeder was the county clerk who was responsible for running the election.  He was also one of two clerks in Colorado who made a forensic image of the Dominion software before the “Trusted Build.”  The other clerk was Mesa County’s Tina Peters, who will be in court next week for felony charges related to her decision to image the machine ahead of the “Trusted Build.”

For the full interview with Dallas Schroeder, check out the podcast below or check it out on the Rumble app for ad-free viewing.

 

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Interns at Kamala Harris’ Office Ordered Not to Look Her in the Eye – That Privilege Was Only Reserved for Senior Staffers

Kamala Harris shows a darker side in private from the constant cackling we see in public.

A letter penned in November 2019 by the father of a Kamala Harris intern is making the rounds again.

This California Democrat reported how Kamala Harris throws “f-bombs” around all day and berates her staff.

The father also said his son the intern was told to never look Kamala in the eye. This privilege was reserved for senior staffers.

Peter Schweitzer retweeted this report.

Interns in Kamala Harris’ office instructed to not “look her in the eye as that privilege was only allowed to senior staff members,” according to the father of one, who is a political liberal and was a supporter. https://t.co/qQkcxWoid7

— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) July 29, 2024

The Union.com reported:

Gregory had an eye-opening experience in Kamala Harris’ office that none of us expected. For his sake, the month could not pass quickly enough. Needless to say, he was delighted to work in Feinstein’s office for the rest of the summer.

Four short episodes I would like to share of his month-long internship for Kamala Harris:

Senator Harris vocally throws around “F-bombs” and other profanity constantly in her berating of staff and others. The staff is in complete fear of her and she uses her profanity throughout the day.

As Attorney General, Senator Harris instructed her entire staff to stand every morning as she entered the office and say, “Good Morning General.”

Never once during the month-long internship did Harris introduce herself to our son (as he was only in an office with 20 paid employees) and staff was too intimidated by her to introduce him. The only acknowledgment was a form letter of “thanks” signed by Harris given to him on his last day of service.

Gregory was also given instructions to never address Harris nor look her in the eye as that privilege was only allowed to senior staff members.

I don’t know about you but this is not the workplace of someone who respects her staff. For a woman of color to have employees stand when she enters the room smacks of a bygone era that we, as Americans, deplore and find demeaning. Furthermore, that she didn’t show the quality of leadership skills or even being a decent boss — much less the “class” to approach Gregory at least once during the month to say “Hi, I’m Kamala Harris and I want to thank you for volunteering in my office” — is really troubling.

And nothing changed for Kamala over the years. Since she became Vice President the situation is as bad as ever where staffers leak to the press that she treats people “like sh*t.”

Kamala Harris’ Staffers Are Anonymously Leaking to Media and Revealing Her Office is an “Abusive Environment – Place Where People Feel Treated Like Sh*t”

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Sen. Marco Rubio Reminds Venezuelans of $15 Million Reward for Capturing Dictator Nicolás Maduro Amidst Election Fraud

Credit: Flicker; DOJ

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has reminded the citizens of Venezuela of the $15 million reward offered by the U.S. government for information leading to the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

This announcement comes in the wake of widespread allegations of election fraud during Venezuela’s recent presidential elections, which have been condemned internationally.

The Gateway Hispanic reported:

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González, accompanied by María Corina Machado, spoke today at a press conference and stated that they have the evidence they needed to prove that Edmundo was the winner of the country’s long-awaited presidential elections.

María Corina Machado stated that Nicolás Maduro received 2.7 million votes and Edmundo González more than 6 million votes.

As they spoke, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of many cities in Venezuela to protest and denounce that the regime had stolen once again the election in which both candidates claimed victory.

Later in the day, the regime blocked the link to the opposition party’s website where they offered their proof of the stolen election.

Here is the full link: https://t.co/M7tPcuR71z it looks like they have already blocked access to the page with the opposition’s databases and votes in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/jJnxgAvHG5

— Gateway Hispanic (@GatewayHispanic) July 30, 2024

On Monday, a group of U.S. Senators and Representatives headed by Sen. Marco Rubio came together to denounce the recent presidential election in Venezuela, labeling it a fraudulent and illegitimate exercise orchestrated by the Maduro regime.

The coalition includes Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Peter Welch (D-VT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tim Scott (R-SC). They are joined by Representatives Carlos Giménez (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

In their joint statement, the lawmakers declared:

“To no one’s surprise, dictator Nicolás Maduro has once again stolen a presidential election. However, what the narco-regime will never steal is the Venezuelan people’s desire to return to democracy and live in freedom after decades of tyranny. We must prioritize uniting the free world in rejecting these sham election results and securing the release of the more than 300 Venezuelans that remain arbitrarily detained in torture centers as political prisoners.

“The Maduro dictatorship is experiencing an internal fracture, and members of the dictatorship know their status quo, which is filled with incompetence, is no longer sustainable. There is massive discontent in the streets of Venezuela, and everyday citizens have stood in support of opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez. Let there be no doubt: the countries and international organizations backing this fraud of unimaginable proportions must be held accountable, as should members of the narco-regime and its ‘National Electoral Council’.”

Senator Rubio, a long-time critic of Maduro, changed his profile picture on X to remind the Venezuelans of the $15 million reward offered by the United States for information leading to the capture and prosecution of Maduro.

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/a4EpLscldE

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 30, 2024

Since 2020, the U.S. government has established a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nicolás Maduro. This was part of a broader indictment issued by the U.S. Department of Justice against Maduro and several other high-ranking Venezuelan officials, accusing them of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking conspiracies.

According to the State Department:

Since 2019, more than 50 countries, including the United States, have refused to recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s head of state.

Maduro helped manage, and ultimately, lead the Cartel of the Suns, a Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan officials, as he gained power in Venezuela in a corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.  Maduro negotiated multi-ton shipments of FARC-produced cocaine; directed the Cartel of the Suns to provide military-grade weapons to the FARC; during his tenure as Foreign Minister coordinated foreign affairs with Honduras and other countries to facilitate large-scale drug trafficking; and solicited assistance from FARC leadership in training an unsanctioned militia group that functioned, in essence, as an armed forces unit for the Cartel of the Suns.

Maduro was charged in a March 2020 Southern District of New York federal indictment for narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 960a and 963, and 18 U.S.C. § 924.

The U.S. Department of State is offering a REWARD OF UP TO $15 MILLION for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nicolás Maduro Moros.

Source: Department of Justice

“7 years ago the Maduro regime began to partner with criminal street gangs called “colectivos” They allow these gangs to carry out their criminal activities with impunity In return the gangs agree to terrorize political opponents of the regime when called upon,” according to Rubio.

Sen. Rubio also introduced “the charming Diosdado Cabello,” the Venezuelan Minister of Drug Trafficking and Corruption.

“For those new to the issue of #Venezuela let me introduce you to the charming Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Drug Trafficking and Corruption. In partnership with high ranking generals he runs the “Cartel de los Soles.” $10 million available to anyone who can help make him a resident of the U.S. federal prison system,” Sen. Rubio wrote.

For those new to the issue of #Venezuela let me introduce you to the charming Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Drug Trafficking and Corruption

In partnership with high ranking generals he runs the “Cartel de los Soles”

$10 million available to anyone who can help make him a… pic.twitter.com/8CipwHR1v7

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 30, 2024

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Biden’s Radical Plan To “Reform” The Supreme Court – Which Has Kamala’s Full-Throated Endorsement – Indicate A Party Totally In Thrall To Far-Left Extremists

On Monday, the Biden-Harris regime rolled out perhaps its most extreme policy yet – a fundamental transformation of the nation’s highest court that seeks to neuter it root and branch of political independence, converting it into yet another cog that would irremediably carry out the marching orders of the Democratic Party’s leftmost flank.

Biden’s radical plan, which he claimed would help “strengthen the guardrails of democracy,” is anything but small-d democratic: it amounts to a power-grab by the Executive Branch, intended to eradicate separation of powers, and guarantee the Supreme Court marches to the increasingly totalitarian dictates of the regnant political order.

The plan received the full-throated endorsement of Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, and stands to represent a key pillar of her overall political platform, by far the most radical agenda of any presidential candidate in American history already.  In recent years, the Supreme Court has come under intense scrutiny by liberals because of several key decisions – like overturning Roe v. Wade and granting circumscribed presidential immunity for official acts – which were made possible by President Trump’s three Supreme Court nominations.  The Court’s two most conservative and experienced justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, have also received intense pressure by far-left lawmakers and groups, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to recuse themselves, or face impeachment, for their faithful adherence to the Constitution’s original text, meaning, and purpose.

Because the Supreme Court has followed the dictates of the Constitution, rather than power-hungry Democrats, the Left has naturally called for “reform” to the nation’s High Court. Among the radical reforms proposed, which come straight from Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky’s playbooks, include a dramatic “restructuring” that would end presidential immunity, full stop, allowing the Biden regime to carry out its weaponized lawfare against President Trump and his loyal supporters unencumbered by checks and balances.  Moreover, Biden and Harris have endorsed “term limits” for Supreme Court justices and, perhaps most insidiously of all, want to hold the justices to “binding ethics rules” – which would presumably allow tyrannical presidents to switch out a rogue justice who ruled antithetically to their desired policy, such as on abortion or election integrity.  For a party that only speaks the language of power, the Democrats have redefined the meaning of the term “ethics” to mean those policies that keep them in power, ideally forever, which is the underlying purpose of their call to hold justices to the “highest possible standards.”

These reforms clearly lay the groundwork for a court packing scheme as well, which has become a top priority for many Democratic lawmakers in recent years.  Even though the Court has ruled, over the past couple of years, more closely in accordance with the Constitution’s intended purpose and textual prerogative on fundamental issues, Biden and Harris instead consider that shift as a “threat to democracy.”  Accordingly, they have crafted this totally fabricated narrative about a crisis of legitimacy facing the nation’s High Court.  Contrary to what Biden and Harris proclaim, in truth the overwhelming majority of Americans want the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution faithfully; that is to say, based on the intended construction of its framers. What Biden and Harris have proposed would do the very opposite – and make mincemeat of the handiwork of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton, bludgeoning the rule of law, due process, and free speech in the process.

Biden and Harris argue these reforms are “popular,” insisting that they are essential to restoring “confidence in the court” and needed to “strengthen our democracy.”  But, in reality, these reforms would destroy what remnants of a democratic society we have left.  Rather than have the Supreme Court operate as the head of an independent branch of government, like a power-hungry medieval king, Biden and Harris demand the Court adhere to their wishes or face damning consequences.  This would not “restore democracy” but destroy democracy, root and branch.  If allowed to go through, Biden and Harris’ so-called “reforms” would neuter the Court wholesale, rendering it into an impotent vehicle with no purpose other than to carry out the megalomaniacal marching orders of the commander-in-chief.

Biden and Harris pretend like ending presidential immunity would safeguard the Executive from becoming more powerful than the two other branches of government.  But what they have proposed, ending the sovereignty of the Supreme Court as a wholly independent political body, would ironically do far more damage to the separation of powers than their distorted construction of presidential immunity, which in reality was a very limited ruling intended to keep the presidency from becoming a political football.  But this is how the Democratic Party operates: they misrepresent the policy platform of the Republican candidate, to make it seem much more radical than it really is in hopes of kowtowing the population, out of fear and ignorance, into adopting their platform instead – which presents itself as “levelheaded” in comparison to their distorted representation of the Republican agenda, so that they can successfully shoehorn a program that is actually quite extreme and totalitarian.

This strategy is deeply conniving and un-American to the core, but it proves effective time and again because Republicans, caught off-guard, typically adopt the Democrats’ frame of reference unwittingly, and thus are forced to play defensively when they should be playing offensively.  On constitutional matters, Republicans invariably have the upper hand – since they are the only party that wishes to preserve what relics of the Constitution remain, desecrated though it has been made through years of leftist erosion, in contrast with the Democratic Party, which sees the original Constitution as an obstacle to “our democracy” – democracy defined as that which augments their power, ideally for all time, at the expense of the power of Republicans – and Donald Trump, specifically.

The Left knows this, which is why they push for increasingly radical proposals – e.g., pack the court, end presidential immunity, get rid of due process, punish political enemies.  Even though they may not get everything they want, given the logistical hurdles it would take to accomplish these reforms, they nevertheless secure a victory by adjusting the goalposts so that conservatives must now fend off these programs, which are legitimated by the fact that one of the two major parties have adopted them as main components of their party platforms.  Since they receive the legitimacy of the Democratic Party – and specifically in the candidacy of the most leftward presidential candidate in the history of American politics in Kamala Harris – they obtain the – albeit undeserving – pretext of “moderation,” since, after all, how on earth could they be radical if a party that on paper represents “one half of the country” adopted them as part of their national platform?

But make no mistake about it: these are some of the most radical policies ever laid out in American history.  Even by simply articulating them (a form of legitimacy), Biden and Harris have rendered irreparable damage to our democratic institutions.  They represent yet another step towards out-and-out socialism, the culmination of a decades-long campaign to replace the original Constitution with a counterfeit document that canonizes the progressivist ideals that if allowed to flourish would surely put an end to true American democracy for all time.

Not that it was needed, but these policies further underscore the incredibly high stakes of this presidential election: freedom is on the ballot.  America’s core identity: rule of law, due process, separation of powers, the ability to speak and criticize governmental power – all hang in the balance, and all will be wiped off the face of the earth if President Trump does not once more ascend to the nation’s highest office, the last chance for this country to restore the legitimacy of its political institutions, and make the freedoms our forefathers enshrined into law, and passed down generation after generation, once again a cornerstone of our civic identity.

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MI AG Dana Nessel Appears To Have LIED About Who Owned the Semi-Automatic Rifles With Suppressors Found In Raid of Dem-Funded GBI Strategies Voter Registration Headquarters

MI AG Dana Nessel appears to have lied about the owner of 4 semi-automatic rifles with suppressors and modified pistols that were found stored in a Pelican case during a raid of the Democrat-funded GBI Strategies headquarters in Southfield, MI.

On October 16, 2020, the Muskegon Police Department was called to the Muskegon City Clerk’s office to investigate what appeared to be a mass voter registration fraud effort targeting urban communities across the state of Michigan. Packages of fake registrations being mailed from a hotel in Auburn Hills, MI. and from the GBI Strategies/Empower Michigan headquarters in Southfield, MI

NOW WE HAVE PROOF! TGP EXCLUSIVE: Massive 2020 Voter Fraud Uncovered in Michigan – Including Estimated “800,000 Ballot Applications Sent to Non-Qualified Voters” – Bags of Pre-Paid Gift Cards, Guns with Silencers, Burner Phones, and a Democrat-Funded Organization with Multiple Temporary Facilities in Several States

The MSP (Michigan State Police Department) began investigating the crime scene shortly after the hero Muskegon City Clerk Ann Meisch alerted the Muskegon Police Department that she discovered between 8,000 and 10,000 voter registrations that were sent via mail in a package with The Staybridge Hotel in Auburn Hills (on the other side of the state from Muskegon) and the initials “EM” (which was later determined to an abbreviation for Empower Michigan). The image below is a screenshot of a post by Ann Meisch on a private MI Clerks Facebook page that we were given access to by a whistleblower.

The MSP report, which election integrity expert Phil O’Halloran gave to Patty McMurray of the Gateway Pundit, revealed that “EM” is actually Empower Michigan, a name used by GBI Strategies while operating in the state of Michigan.

The MSP report also identified two political candidates who paid GBI Strategies for their work in Michigan. Curiously, Democrat Senator Gary Peters and then-presidential candidate Joe Biden each paid GBI Strategies exactly $242,133 for their work.

The MSP report reveals law enforcement was focused on GBI Strategies, its employees, and its founder, Gary Bell. Additionally, the report lays out the potential charges of the crime of “Election Fraud Forgery” (remember, according to the GBI Strategies supervisor, she admitted to turning in over 1,000 fraudulent voter registrations herself). According to the MSP report, investigators are also trying to examine “who may be criminally liable” and who, exactly, “profited from the fraud”?

Brianna Hawkins, a compliance officer for GBI Strategies, was identified in the MSP as the individual who dropped off over 2500 voter registrations in person at the Muskegon Clerks office.

Hawkins was working out of the GBI Strategies headquarters in Southfield, MI, before she was called up to the Muskegon office after the Democrat-funded organization discovered that the clerk had reported their massive dump of false registrations to law enforcement.

Watch Ms. Hawkins tell MI AG investigator Stephen Morse that over 1,000 false registrations were turned in to the Muskegon clerk by GBI Strategies:

In one of the video clips, MI AG Investigator Morse told Ms. Hawkins that she had broken the law when she turned in fraudulent voter registrations, yet MI AG Dana Nessel never charged her with any crimes—why?

In yet another clip from her interview with the MI AG investigator, Ms. Hawkins explains how canvassers are given 20 voter registration forms each and are tasked with getting them filled out. If the registrations come back with missing information, they are scanned into the GBI Strategies computers and set aside in a different pile.

Ms. Hawkins, who was charged with combing through the new voter registrations, was never asked to make sure the registrants were legitimate; she was only asked to make sure the form was completed and signed. When asked about cities in Michigan where GBI Strategies/Empower MI was operating, Ms. Hawkins said she was “pretty sure” fake registrations were being turned into clerks in other cities where GBI/Empower MI was operating.

Watch:

In our original article on the GBI Strategies investigation dated August 8, 2023, we reported about a Pelican case filled with 4 semi-automatic rifles with suppressors and modified pistols that were found inside the GBI Strategies/Empower Michigan headquarters.

Unfortunately, because the portion of the Michigan State Police report that named the owner of the guns was redacted, we were unable to determine who was responsible for leaving the guns in the GBI Strategies headquarters with the employees and a whiteboard above the guns with a note under “Hot Topics” that read, “weapons in the field, prepared for shifts.”

Shortly after we released our report, we discovered a response to the media by MI AG Dana Nessel that addressed the Gateway Pundit’s bombshell reporting on GBI Strategies that was not surprisingly taken over by the FBI where the investigation appears to have gone to die.

Here’s a close-up screenshot of the paragraph where Dana Nessel falsely claims, “The guns were legally owned and incidentally stored by the landlord irrelevant to the business.”

Thanks to independent investigator Yehuda Miller, Patty McMurray was given another MSP report filled with additional information on the GBI Strategies investigation, including the name of the person who owned the guns that were found during the MSP raid of the Southfield, MI headquarters.

The police report states that GBI Strategies owner Gary Bell was in Iowa when the raid of the GBI headquarters took place. He was on a Zoom call with his office manager, Menotte, when the raid was taking place.

The police report states that the officer on the scene overheard Gary Bell telling Menotte that “she needed to make sure she declared the personal items he left behind before leaving the state. It should be noted it was later found that he was referring to multiple firearms and ammunition within one of their suites.”

Craig Mauger, the political “reporter” for one of Michigan’s top propaganda publications, The Detroit News, ignored the bombshell investigation The Gateway Pundit shared with the public.

Instead of doing his job and investigating what appears to be the best evidence of mass voter fraud in America during the 2020 election cycle, he instead built a response to our story around a press release by MI AG Dana Nessel to the media, which attempted to discredit our reporting.

Here is an expert from the Detroit News article written by Craig Mauger in response to our GBI Strategies/Empower Michigan investigative piece that outlines how the Democrats funded an organization that used burner phones to communicate with their workers, untraceable pre-paid cards to pay their workers and of course, the semi-automatic rifles with suppressors and modified pistols that were left behind in the GBI Strategies headquarters by the owner, Gary Bell:

In October 2020, the Michigan State Police first publicly revealed it was examining “irregularities in voter registration forms” in Muskegon.

The investigation of potential election fraud forgery included a search warrant being executed at a Southfield location of GBI Strategies in October 2020, Wimmer said.

Gateway Pundit and other conservative websites have highlighted that “bags of pre-paid gift cards, guns with silencers (and) burner phones” were found during the search.

But substantiating evidence of a crime wasn’t found during the search, Wimmer said.

“Detected in this search were pay cards, pre-pay style cell phones and voter registration forms, all determined to be normal operational devices in GBI Strategies’ line of work,” Wimmer said. “Also found during the search were several firearms, which prompted a response from federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

“All detected firearms were determined by federal authorities to be legally owned and incidentally stored in the location by an employee irrelevant to the business purposes of GBI Strategies. None of the materials seized resulted in furthering evidence of voter fraud.”

“by an employee irrelevant to the business purposes of GBI Strategies?” Since when is an owner of business referred to as “an employee irrelevant to the business”? Is Craig Mauger saying that the alleged owner of the Democrat-funded “canvassing” operation, who is under investigation after police discovered his employees had turned in at least an admitted thousand false voter registration applications to at least one MI city clerk, is irrelevant? Or is he just parroting what he was told by Michigan’s dishonest attorney general Dana Nessel?

James Renner, a MI GOP elector who, along with 15 other electors, cast an alternate slate of electoral votes for President Trump in 2020, admitted in court that he still believes the 2020 election was stolen.

During his testimony, Mr. Renner cited the Muskegon mass voter registration fraud as an example of proven fraud. Mr. Renner, who was part of a plot by Michigan’s Democrat attorney general to charge each of the electors with 8 felonies, agreed to share his testimony in return for immunity from prosecution in the Dana Nessel witch hunt case against them.

The Detroit News “reporter” Craig Mauger, who was seated in the courtroom at the time of his testimony, mocked Mr. Renner’s concerns about the outcome of the election due in part to the mass voter registration investigation prior to the 2020 election in a tweet.

Ironically, the so-called “reporter,” who wrote an article devoid of facts from the MSP report and instead was based almost solely on a statement he received from MI AG Dana Nessel’s office on “the truth” about GBI Strategies, accused Mr. Renner of not providing any facts related to the Muskegon mass voter registration scandal.

This is turning into a test case of how election misinformation spreads.

Renner says he’s heard of some controversy going on in Muskegon but he can’t provide any specific details about it.

— Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) May 30, 2024

Washington Post reporter Sarah Ellison also used Dana Nessel’s response to our investigative piece to discredit our findings. Instead of reporting the facts as they are presented in the MSP report, Ellison chose to write a hit piece on The Gateway Pundit. The Gateway Pundit plans to demand a retraction from them.

Here is a small snippet of her FALSE hit (opinion) piece on The Gateway Pundit:

WaPo reporter: According to police reports, the Michigan attorney general’s office and an interview with Meisch, an employee of a voter registration drive company had submitted to the Muskegon city clerk thousands of voter registration applications weeks before the 2020 election, some with faked signatures and faulty addresses.

“Some” voter registrations “with faked signatures and faulty addresses?”

In the video above, GBI Strategies Compliance Officer Brianna Hawkins admits to turning in at least over 1,000 fraudulent voter registration applications to the Muskegon city clerk.

WaPo reporter: Meisch’s staff spent hundreds of hours weeding out the bad applications. The guns the police found were legally registered to a landlord who had nothing to do with the registration drive. The prepaid phones and cash cards were given to temporary employees to contact new voter prospects.

We now know the portion about “the guns the police found” being registered “to a landlord who had nothing to do with the registration drive” is a LIE!

With the exception of upper management, it appears that ALL employees who were given “prepaid phones and cash cards,” were “temporary.” Macy’s and Best Buy hire temporary workers during the Christmas season, but they certainly don’t pay them with non-traceable pre-paid cash cards or tell them to use burner phones while they’re on the clock.

In the video below, GBI Strategies Compliance Officer Brianna Hawkins tells MI AG Investigator Stephen Morse that Gary Bell, the alleged owner of GBI Strategies, didn’t seem to care that his company was caught turning in a mass number of false voter registrations.

Why didn’t he care? Did he know there would never be any charges against him or his employees? What kind of special protection did Gary Bell have that other Americans don’t?

Why would Gary Bell not care if he or his employees got “caught” turning in thousands of fraudulent voter registrations in Michigan? Could it be that Gary Bell felt insulated by the top Democrats like MI SOS Jocelyn Benson, who’s in charge of administering Michigan’s elections, and Michigan’s top law enforcement officer Dana Nessel?

Here is the most likely reason fraudulent voter registration schemes exist:

We all know what happens when fake voters are added to our voter rolls. Thanks to fake voter registrations, fake ballot applications can be sent to the names and addresses of fake voters who were illegally added to our voter rolls.

Finally, fake ballots are sent to illegitimate voters, where they are collected and filled for unpopular candidates whom the media has just spent months lying about. And boom—voters are asked to accept shocking wins by unpopular candidates in races they had no chance of winning on their own!

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Olympic Organizers Suffer Further Embarrassment as They’re Forced to Cancel Event

Instead of focusing maximum attention on an opening ceremony that could generously be described as polarizing, perhaps the Parisian organizers of the 2024 Summer Olympics should’ve put more attention on the events themselves.

While much of the world has been dissecting and discussing the merits (or lack thereof) of the Olympics opening ceremonies and its religious overtones, that particular controversy may have worked out quite well for the organizers.

How?

Because all the chatter about the opening ceremonies has distracted people from talking about a different sort of black eye that the Olympics are slogging through: One of its events has been a logistical disaster.

As multiple outlets, including USA Today, have reported, the river Seine in France has become a cesspool of pollution.

And that’s a bit of a problem for the triathlon competitors at the Olympics.

The Seine is supposed to be the site of the swimming portion of triathlon competitions, but it is currently not usable because it’s — to put it bluntly — disgusting.

“Whether the Seine will be clean enough to host Olympic triathlon and open-water swimming events has been a much debated topic at the Games,” USA Today reported.

The key culprit in all of this consternation is the infamous E. coli bacteria, which can be found in way-too-high levels in the Seine.

Costly cleanup efforts (over $1.5 billion dollars) appeared to yield acceptable results — at first.

“The river was deemed clean enough for the swimming competitions following a series of tests in earlier this month but heavy rainfall in France’s capital over the past 48 hours appears to have set that back,” USA Today reported.

The outlet did note that triathlon authorities are “confident that water quality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions.”

The event officially begins Tuesday, but the Seine was supposed to be a training site for athletes over the weekend.

While the biking and running training sessions were uninterrupted with the state of the Seine, the swimming portion obviously didn’t happen.

As the Associated Press noted, two straight days of practice at the Seine were cancelled, leaving prospective competitors unable to prepare for arguably the most grueling part of a triathlon.

In an ironic twist, the Parisian Olympics organizers appear to be banking on God — despite what many decried as blasphemous undertones in the opening ceremonies.

“The sport’s governing body, World Triathlon, its medical team and city officials are banking on sunny weather and higher temperatures to bring levels of E. coli and other bacteria below the necessary limits to stage the swim portion of the race,” the AP reported.

According to USA Today, the current plan is for the event to continue as planned on Tuesday, assuming the E. coli levels improve. “Plan B” would see the event delayed by yet another day.

A much more monumental “Plan C” would see the swimming portion of the triathlon (biathlon, now) dropped altogether.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Former CIA Analyst Married to Washington Post Columnist Charged With Espionage, Wrote Opinion Pieces for Wapo at Request of South Korean Government

A former CIA analyst has been charged with espionage.

Sue Mi Terry, 54, who was an analyst of Korean Affairs for the CIA, has been charged with acting as a foreign agent for South Korea.

The indictment alleges Terry, who was born in South Korea and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen, “failed to register as a foreign agent and conspired to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”

Prosecutors claim Terry received extravagant gifts and covert funding from South Korea’s intelligence agency in exchange for confidential information and promoting their policies.

Terry, who is the wife of Washington Post Columnist Max Boot, is also being accused of writing opinion pieces for the Washington Post on behalf of the South Korean Government.

As a columnist for The Washington Post, Boot has published numerous stories claiming Trump won the 2016 election with the help of the Russians.

Former CIA Analyst Sue Mi Terry, indicted by the DOJ for providing “Access, Information, and Advocacy” to the South Korean Intel in return for “luxury goods” and $37k. Pictured here in Egypt wearing an Apple Watch Hermes (~$1,3k) and a gold Cartier Tank Tank Américaine (~$12k) pic.twitter.com/X1HXCMnpaA

— Watches of Espionage (@watchesofespion) July 18, 2024

Per Yahoo News:

Sue Mi Terry, a former analyst of Korean affairs for the CIA who is married to Washington Post columnist Max Boot, has been charged with acting as a foreign agent for South Korea beginning in 2013. The indictment alleges that Terry, who was born in Seoul and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, failed to register as a foreign agent and conspired to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Prosecutors claim that Terry, 54, received luxury gifts and covert funding from South Korean intelligence in exchange for promoting their policies and disclosing confidential information. Among the cited gifts are high-end handbags, a coat and expensive meals.

The indictment includes allegations that Terry wrote opinion pieces for The Post at the request of South Korean officials without disclosing their involvement. The Post has since added editor’s notes to several articles she co-authored with Boot, acknowledging the indictment.

The controversy raised questions about Boot’s integrity, given his history of criticizing Trump over alleged foreign interference. However, The Post has stated that Boot will continue to publish with them.Terry’s denial: The Council on Foreign Relations, where Terry is a senior fellow, has placed her on unpaid leave pending the investigation.

Max Boot’s wife, Sue Mi Terry, was just indicted for acting as a foreign intelligence asset for South Korea, and boy does Max Boot have an awful lot of tweets about South Korea. https://t.co/0UBR4FeT9l pic.twitter.com/VUQI79AADl

— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 17, 2024

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