[Breitbart] Sixteen people were shot, two of them fatally, in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago by Saturday afternoon for Thanksgiving Weekend.
Breitbart News reported that one of the two shooting fatalities was that of Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins.
Reddins was shot Friday morning around 9:30 a.m., upon responding to a call about a man leaving a bank with a gun. He died approximately 40 minutes after being shot.
ABC 7 pointed out Jerell Thomas was arrested and charged with first degree murder in connection with Reddins’ death.
CBS News noted the other fatal shooting occurred just before 2:20 a.m. “in the 2800 block of West Polk Street,” where a 17-year-old boy was shot. The 17-year-old was standing on the street when someone pulled up in a vehicle and opened fire, hitting him numerous times.
The 17-year-old was rushed to a hospital, where he died.
The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out 515 people were killed in Chicago thus far this year.
[Breitbart] Jerrell Thomas, described by police investigators as a “habitual criminal,” is under arrest and charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Oak Park police detective Allan Reddins.
Breitbart News reported Reddins responded to a call Friday morning about a man leaving a bank with a gun and, upon arriving on scene, was shot around 9:30 a.m.
Reddins died shortly thereafter and was the first Oak Park Police Department officer killed in the line of duty since 1938.
On Saturday, ABC 7 noted that 37-year-old Thomas was arrested in connection with the shooting.
Police investigators described Thomas as a “habitual criminal” and ABC 7 pointed out some of his previous charges include “multiple arrests for aggravated battery to a police officer, domestic battery, battery and resisting a police officer.”
Thomas allegedly opened fire on Reddins after being asked to “show his hands.” Reddins was fatally wounded in his left side and Thomas was struck in the leg via return fire.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]A wise decision — even if Mr. Patel is not confirmed, either he will work there until rejected, or his replacement will have the same ideas — because that is what President Trump want
s in that role. Good luck in the private sector, guys.
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The staff in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office of the FBI are threatening to resign if Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI Director. pic.twitter.com/QNHDvDJsle
[RedState] When the Democrats booted Joe Biden and swapped in Kamala Harris in a truly anti-democratic move, it was a truly unprecedented act. It was putting aside the primary choice of the Democratic voters for someone who ended up losing spectacularly.
But one of the people who factored into the drama was actor George Clooney, who wrote an op-ed asking Joe Biden to step aside and said they weren't going to win with Biden. That was after he helped throw a fundraiser for Biden just weeks before. But Clooney didn't say anything about a problem until the op-ed, even though he realized there was a problem during the fundraiser.
Clooney even tried to sell us on how Biden was like the most selfless person since "George Washington" in September.
Then of course it all went south for them, when they got crushed on Nov. 5.
According to a new report from Radar Online, Clooney "is furious with Obama for disappearing after the election disaster and leaving him holding the bag for pushing the plan with his Hollywood pals," a showbiz insider said. "He used me like a condom. A scumbag!"
A "political mole" told Radar it was Barack Obama who asked Clooney to call for Biden to step aside, "fearing fallout if he did it himself."
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Actors need to be exposed as dumbasses who only recite lines from a script. Obama needs to be exposed as the one who writes the script. Here's hoping that they will no longer be as influential as they once were.
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[FoxNews] China may have ruined President Biden’s Angola trip before it starts
Legacy or lethargy? President Biden this week steps onto African soil for the first time in his presidency, in a visit to Angola seen by many as an attempt to leave a legacy. But China, analysts say, is threatening, through a decade of investment in Africa, to thwart the Biden administration’s aims to bring sweet memories in Africa of his time in the White House.
"The headline on Biden’s legacy in Africa is likely to be ‘over-promised and under-delivered,’" analyst Cameron Hudson told Fox News Digital. Hudson, director of African affairs at the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration, and now senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Affairs, added, "Biden set high expectations that he would revamp relations with the continent, when instead his approach and results have not substantially differed from any of his predecessors."
African analyst Cobus van Staden added his thoughts: "The Biden administration's legacy in Africa is somewhat mixed." Van Staden is managing editor of the China-Global South Project, an organization that acts as a watchdog on Beijing’s actions and is a project contributor for the South African Institute of International Affairs.
"While it (Biden’s administration) contrasted with the first Trump term in upgrading the optics and rhetoric of U.S. engagement, it remains unclear how many of the announced projects will be completed. Overall, Africa was included in Biden's approach of coalition-building as a response to growing Chinese power. His term also saw the positioning of critical minerals as a key U.S. strategic priority. However, so far this hasn't translated to many gains on the African side," he said.
Speaking at a special State Department briefing on Biden’s Angola trip, Dr. Frances Brown, special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs at the National Security Council, pushed back on criticism. Referring to the African leaders’ confab in 2022, he noted, "At that summit, we – the U.S. – pledged to invest $55 billion in Africa over three years. We are over-delivering on that thus far. Two years later, we’ve spent – we’ve invested more than 80% of that commitment."
At another briefing, senior Biden administration officials noted that over "the past two years since the Africa Leaders Summit, the administration has had over 20 Cabinet level and senior officials travel to the continent," the senior official added, "I think this administration is about the totality of those visits and those initiatives, and we're proud of our record on that front."
Brown claimed last week that "billions of dollars have been mobilized" in the Lobito Rail Corridor, a planned 800-mile railway that is central to Biden’s Angola visit – and his legacy. Brown claimed it is one of his ‘signature initiatives’.
The rail system will stretch from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and a point close to Zambia, to the port of Lobito, on Angola’s Atlantic seaboard. Washington is hoping that it can be used to transport critical raw materials (CRMs), such as cobalt and lithium, needed for the likes of electric vehicles, EV, batteries, and cut down transit time from the current 45 days to under a week.
"The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that between 2020 and 2040, demand for nickel and cobalt will increase by 20 times, for graphite 25 times, and for lithium more than 40 times," Dr. E.D. Wala Chabala wrote in a recent paper for the Africa Policy Research Institute.
Chabala, a former chairman of Zambia Railways and an economic policy consultant, added, "This projected surge in demand for CRMs has fueled great interest in the Lobito Corridor, and with it an inevitable scramble for access. The DRC, as the world’s largest producer of cobalt (estimates are consistently around 70% of global production), has found itself at the epicenter of this scramble, as has, by association, Zambia."
But there’s a large panda in the room: China. Chabala pointed out "the targeted materials (CRMs) are mostly already locked in by China, and the Asians are leaders in EV technology."
Chabala added, "Not only are the Chinese ubiquitously present on the African continent, but China is already far ahead in building supply chains for cobalt, lithium, and several other essential metals and minerals. And what is more, China is moving to take over the running of the TAZARA railway line, which runs from central Zambia to the port of Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean."
"The reality of the Lobito Corridor development is that it may be coming too late in the day. What is more, there is a proposed route, shorter by some 500 km, to the east between Lubumbashi and Dar es Salaam."
"The European Union (EU) and the U.S. are not currently leaders in EV technology. It is reported that almost 90% of cell component manufacturing, the most significant step in the battery value chain, is undertaken in Asia," Chabala said.
Van Staden told Fox News Digital, "The viability of the rail corridor partially depends on external factors. It will compete with the TAZARA rail line between Zambia and Tanzania, which will be upgraded by Chinese companies over the next few years. There will likely be pressure from the African side to connect the two lines, because that would realize a long-held goal to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts."
"The U.S. has no choice but to seek access to critical minerals in Africa, as many of these are crucial components to the kind of high-tech manufacturing that the U.S. is trying to remain competitive in," Hudson told Fox News Digital, adding, "We simply cannot afford to cede that territory to China, nor is it too late to try to claw back our influence in this sector."
"More importantly, there is an opening to do so because Africans want diversity in their economic partnerships. Just as we are wary of China cornering the market on critical minerals in certain countries, so too are those countries worried about being so beholden to Chinese interests."
Hudson continued, "The Lobito project is really a proof of concept that the U.S. can and should be undertaking the kind of large-scale commercial infrastructure projects similar to what China has been doing on the continent for decades. Importantly, it is a recognition that we have heard the calls from African leaders that they want a relationship that is based on ’trade not aid.’"
Chabala told Fox News Digital this week that another factor working against U.S. interests is that the Chinese are involved in ownership of the mines producing CRMs in the DRC. "They own 80% of the largest cobalt producer in Congo, they are heavily involved in the EV battery value chain, with the bulk of the value chain activities being undertaken in Asia, and they are currently the number one global producer of EVs (the Chinese auto manufacturer BYD)," he said.
He added, "The long-term strategy of the EU and U.S. ought to be to invest and establish strong counterweight economies, so much so that the impact and consequences of the Chinese economic dynamics are counterbalanced. The African continent has 1.4 billion people, 60% below the age of 24, with a landmass of more than 30 million square kilometers (over 11 million square miles)."
"This is double the population of the EU and U.S., and almost double their landmasses. The quantities of materials on the African continent and the potential they represent for the global economy are astounding. This represents [an] unfathomable potential for establishing industries on the continent, not only to counterweight the Chinese economy, but to lock in a future market for all the top brands of EU and U.S. businesses. The mind boggles that the EU and U.S. have not embarked on pursuing this strategy, decades ago."
Van Staden noted, "Chinese actors make up less than 10% of all the mining done on the continent and there is space for more engagement from many stakeholders, as long as that happens on African terms."
Hudson concluded that, with his new administration, President-elect "Trump needs to be paying attention, treating Africans as equal partners, not talking down to them, and recognizing that they have choices. If we want Africa to choose us, then it will be through the attractiveness of our offer and not as a result of pressure."
[GEO.TV] US President-elect Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... issued a strong warning to BRICS nations on Saturday, demanding they pledge not to create a new currency or back any effort to replace the US dollar, Rooters reported.
He threatened that failure to comply would result in 100% tariffs on their goods.
''We require a commitment from these countries that they will neither create a new BRICS currency, nor back any other currency to replace the mighty US dollar or, they will face 100% tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful US economy,'' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
He added: ''They can go find another 'sucker.' There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the US dollar in international trade, and any country that tries should wave goodbye to America.''
Some BRICS leaders, notably from Brazil and Russia, have discussed creating a new currency to reduce the US dollar's dominance in global trade. However,
ars longa, vita brevis... internal disagreements have hampered these efforts.
Trump's comments have raised speculation that his tough stance may be part of a broader negotiation strategy. Republican Senator Ted Cruz;
...US Senator from Texas. Republican contender for president in 2016, his stiff and abrasive manner earned him the title most hated man in the Senate. After a close win over Beto O'Rourke, who tried to out-Lastino him, he grew a beard and let his biting wit shine through. Cruz's comments have been known to leave life-threatening wounds at better than forty feet... , when asked about Trump's tariff proposals, highlighted the strategic use of leverage. ''You look at the threat of tariffs against Mexico and Canada, immediately [it] produced action,'' Cruz said on CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday.
A majority of the gold is "SAID" to 12 miles underground 🤣.
But China "claims" at least 1000 tons of ($80-B) gold reserves at a depth of around just over 1.8 miles, "according to Xinhua".
But that's just a drop in the bucket compared to what the Obama/Biden Coup and DC Swamp wasted each week.
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BRICS'leverage comes from Biden's willingness to debank Russia. You can't trust the US
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#3. I follow gold exploration, and this story reminds me of a Canadian company called Bre-x. The Chinese company is publicly traded, btw, caveat emptor.
[ABC] Lying POS, but not unexpected
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. "My word as a Biden"
The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.
It caps a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory — and casts a pall over the elder Biden's legacy.
Biden, who time and again pledged to Americans that he would restore norms and respect for the rule of law after Trump's first term in office, ultimately used his position to help his son, breaking his public pledge to Americans that he would do no such thing.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Biden said, “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.”
The president's sweeping pardon covers not just the gun and tax offenses against the younger Biden, but also any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”
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No surprise, as it was predicted here, what? 3+ years ago, on the RB?
Once again, the so-called Tinfoil Hats were right month/years ahead of the real truth.
BUT THE PARDON IS ALSO A WIN.
Hunter now, cannot plea the 5th, or lie with cover.
When he is questioned about WHO was involved in the Obama/Biden Coup's voter fraud, various coverups, pay to play, bribery, kickbacks, special DOJ treatments, and etc.
He will have to name names. Otherwise, he can and will be charged with a collection of related Felonies.
In short, we now have an inside man as to what he saw and/or was a part of, or handled. When questioned we'll know which WH staff, MSM, _ _ _'s, RINO's and various DC staff were involved. Just the laptop or the $ million for paintings, bribery cover-ups investigations alone, should be worth some serious DC names.
Then those guilty parties will likely seek plea deals and more names and crimes will be uncovered.
The Epstein control process can only be used so much.
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The pardon only goes through actions Hunter took before 1 Jan 2025 so
- he can commit lots of crimes this month
- starting next year, it is a different story and if he is caught tax evading or drug dealing or sex trafficing, it is bad time for him
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I guess he figured, after pardoning the turkeys, what's one more?
It will be interesting, if there's a inquiry into Joe's dealings, because Hunter won't be able to plead the 5th.
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I wouldn't count on much coming out of Hunter testifying.
Although he may not plead the 5th, he can say he doesn't remember or he wasn't of sound mind at the time.
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Maybe I'm the first to bring up the distinct possibility of Joe Biden pardoning everyone who has worked for him or supported him in the same exact way he pardoned his son. Imagine Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, Fauci, the entire FBI and DOJ, etc. etc. There's nothing and no one to stop him between now and January 2025.
Following the news Sunday evening that Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter, Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire claimed in a bombshell series of posts on X that the younger Biden had once tried to pay back rent for a property his family owns in California with “art made from his own feces.”
Maguire said renting to Hunter “was a big mistake” and called him an “absolute shit bag.”
The venture capitalist revealed that the deadbeat still owed his family $300,000 in back rent for the Venice, California, home he lived in from 2019 to 2020.
After hearing that Biden pardoned his son for all crimes he may have committed spanning 11 years, Maguire posted on X: “So what happens to the $300k+ in back pay rent that Hunter Biden owes my family from 2019-2020? Is that pardoned now? Thanks Joe.”
[RedState] Reactions have come fast and hard following Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI. Donald Trump made the selection amid years of corruption and abuse within the nation's top law enforcement agency, citing Patel's role in uncovering the Russian collusion hoax.
To be sure, though, his resume extends much further, having held numerous high-level positions in the Pentagon, DOJ, and NSC. Anyone claiming he's not "qualified" is simply not telling the truth.
Still, some are trying to make that case by sharing a quote from Bill Barr's 2022 tell-all book in which he trashed Patel as having "virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world’s preeminent law enforcement agency." At the time, Barr was referring to the possibility of Patel becoming deputy director at the FBI.
I categorically opposed making Patel deputy FBI director. I told Mark Meadows it would happen "over my dead body." In the first place, all the leadership positions in the bureau, except the director, have always been FBI agents. They've all gone through the same agent training and have had broad experience in the field and at headquarters. Someone with no background as an agent would never be able to command the respect necessary to run the day-to-day operations of the bureau. Furthermore, Patel had virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world’s preeminent law enforcement agency.
If I could only write one more sentence for this article, it would be this: I can't think of a better endorsement for Patel to serve as FBI director than that.
Fortunately, I can write a few more, and I've got just a few things to say. First, the idea that the FBI should perpetually staff itself is exactly how it became a corrupt agency more intent on protecting "the shield" and damaging its political enemies than serving the American people. The bureau is not a fourth branch of government, free from the confines of the accountability of voters.
Trump was not elected to keep the status quo rolling, and those using Barr's 2022 quote to try to attack Patel's nomination should realize they are irrelevant. No one cares about "norms" when those norms have produced the targeting of Christians, the arrest of pro-lifers for expressing free speech, and the surveilling of parents at school board meetings. Never mind the litany of FBI figures such as Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok, who have been exposed as corrupt partisans who abused their power to try to take down Trump.
To put it frankly, the FBI has forfeited any right to claim sovereignty and "independence." Too much has transpired, and if any of the rank-and-file have a problem with the coming reforms, they are welcome to quit.
Further, the fact that so many left-wingers are freaking out only serves as more evidence that Patel is the right man for the job.
No, we aren't heading for a "constitutional crisis" because the FBI is not a constitutional agency. It is a bloated, corrupt bureaucracy under the direct leadership of the president and one in desperate need of a house cleaning. It is not in question whether the bureau has abused its power to go after the political enemies of the left. That demands a reckoning, and a reckoning is coming whether the Beltway elites like it or not.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
