The GAO confirmed that it will pursue the request for an investigation made by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) into how and why DOGE accessed the Treasury's payment system. "GAO's mission is to support Congress in carrying out its constitutional duties and GAO is a legislative branch agency. As the investigative arm of Congress, GAO examines how federal dollars are spent and how federal programs, policies, and operations work." read more
Proposed legislation to reward bounty hunters with $1,000 per deportation is getting traction nationwide, Missouri state senator David Gregory (R-St. Louis) told Newsweek. "I'm finding a tremendous amount of support. It's actually gaining support across the country." Note: In Missouri, 48.8% of adults have guns at home. Licenses in 2021: 113,351. read more
Elon Musk said the famous gold repository is on his radar. "Looking for the gold at Fort Knox," he tweeted, above a meme captioned, "annnnd it's gone." Musk also shared a post from GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who said he was refused permission to visit the military facility. Of the gold, maybe "it's there, maybe it's not," wrote Musk. "That gold is owned by the American public! We want to know if it's still there." read more
The US and Mexico agreed to conduct coordinated patrols on their respective side of the border, increase information sharing, and establish methods for immediate communications. The agreement emphasizes that each country will respect the sovereignty of the other. Globally, Mexico is one of six countries with the highest level of firearm mortality, yet they only have one gun store in the entire country. The people of Mexico would love to see a stop to the flow of illegal weapons into their country from the US which they call the "Iron River." American gun-runners and straw purchasers are the main culprits. The Mexican people would also like to see a drop in the demand for illegal drugs from Americans which fuels the drug trade and powerful crime syndicates. read more
NATO's British-led, rapid-response force is "ready" to be deployed if needed, a senior commander has said, after UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer signaled he was "ready and willing" to put British troops on the ground to enforce a ceasefire in Ukraine. read more
Hi Doc Sarvis: Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that over the past six years, 2,600 American citizens were arrested in Mexico for offenses related to organized crime" including the smuggling of drugs and firearms" since Dec 2018. She added that the US government asked for "many" of them to be extradited to face charges in the US. Source: www.gob.mx
American gun-runners and straw purchasers are providing the guns to Mexican criminals. Mexico has one gun store in the entire country. Perhaps these joint patrols will choke the "Iron River" of US firearms into Mexico. Source: https://www.bu.edu
The Dotard-in-Chief has certainly accelerated America's hegemonic decline, like Nero or Caligula during the Roman Empire. China is the second largest economy in the world and spreading its influence in Africa, Micronesia, and SE Asia. Last year China opened a railway into Afghanistan and is building RR tracks in Africa. Beijing has probably lost less than 100 soldiers in the 21st century (border skirmishes in the Himalayas against India) while selling and testing weapons systems during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, profiting and learning at the same time. While the US wasted money and resources in Iraq and Afghanistan (the "forever wars"), Beijing invested in its space program and now poses a serious threat to US satellite systems. Thank you, Republicans!
Click here to see China's hypersonic stealth spaceplane: https://www.graphicnews.com
This figures. In the entire history of the FBI, they never had a man of color as Director. Now the American people finally get one, but he's a rightwing, sychophantic psychopath. Americans should feel safer with this man leading the FBI and Tulsi Gabbard as ODNI.