Maine Is Somalia Listen to the woman in the clip below. She said South Portland, Maine, just built 60 housing units for people coming illegally, and they get to stay for free for two years, and then after that, they only pay 30%. The struggling taxpayers have to pay for them. Poor Americans get nothing. […] The post Horror in Maine: Free Housing to Illegals at Citizens’ Expense; Homeless Booted appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Families of Hamas hostages held in Gaza made an emotional plea for their loved ones’ lives before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday. Each speaker detailed the harrowing conditions their family members have endured for almost a year, and called for the release of the 101 remaining hostages in Gaza. Amit Levy testified about his 20-year-old sister, Naama Levy, who was seen in a viral video from the day of her abduction. The footage shows her bloodied and barefoot, her ankles cut, and with her hands bound behind her back she’s forced into a Jeep. The sight of her bloodstained sweatpants raised fears that she may have been sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists. “Every day and hour that passes, her life is in grave danger,” Levy said. “She is held without access to food, water, hygiene, or the personal freedoms she once had.” Hostage family members pleaded with the UN today. The brother of Naama Levy, who was seen being kidnapped with bloody pants, said his family is “deeply worried.” “Even someone as strong as Naama cannot remain the same after a year of captivity under constant threat.” pic.twitter.com/iL8RUhINCA — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) September 25, 2024 Levy shared that his sister was wounded by a grenade on October 7, and his family worries she hasn’t received proper medical care. “My family and I are deeply worried about her physical and mental well-being, knowing that even someone as strong as Naama cannot remain the same after a year of captivity under constant threat,” he continued. “No one should endure such inhuman suffering, least of all my little sister, who is the kindest person I know.” In a Hamas bodycam video released in May, Levy was seen with her face bloodied and pleading with terrorists, telling them she has “friends in Palestine.” Naama Levy is an alumnus of Hands of Peace, an organization that promotes peace between young Israelis and Palestinians. Shay Dickmann recalled how three generations of her family were caught in the path of Hamas’s massacre in Kibbutz Be’eri.  Shay Dickmann shared her family’s tragic story from Hamas’s massacre in Kibbutz Be’eri. She spoke of Carmel Gat who was executed by Hamas after surviving 328 days in Gaza. “She is dead, but the hope to save lives isn’t dead.” pic.twitter.com/8FCIQjqc6p — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) September 25, 2024 “On this day, I learned a lesson from the women in my family: save lives and hold onto hope,” Dickman said. Her 68-year-old mother Kinnerret saved her husband’s life after spotting the terrorists and warning him before being murdered herself. Her daughter Carmel Gat, who was visiting, was also taken hostage. She survived 328 days in Gaza until she was executed by Hamas in a Rafah tunnel with five other hostages in August. “For 11 months, our family clung to Carmel’s hope,” Dickmann said in her remarks. “Carmel endured hunger in the tunnels, guarded by terrorists, and survived [328] days, until she was brutally executed by her captors.” “Carmel will never hug her brothers again. She is dead,” she added. “But the hope to save lives isn’t dead.” Dickman also recounted the harrowing story of Kinneret’s son, Alon, his wife, Yarden, and their three-year-old daughter, Gefen. Taken hostage, Alon and Gefen managed to escape by fleeing the car they were forced into. Yarden, knowing Alon could run faster, handed him Gefen and ran in the opposite direction, diverting the terrorists. Alon and Gefen hid for 12 hours before reaching safety. Yarden was recaptured but later released as part of a November hostage deal. Efrat Machikawa called for the return of her 80-year-old uncle, Gadi Moses, a peace activist and grandfather of 12.  Efrat Machikawa called for the return of her 80-year-old peace activist uncle, Gadi Moses. “The fact that he has now become a victim of terror from across the very fence he worked to bridge is beyond comprehension,” she said. pic.twitter.com/zkl7bMCAf0 — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) September 25, 2024 “I belong to the wider Nir Oz community of 400 people in Israel, 25 percent of whom were brutally raped, mutilated, beheaded, burned alive, murdered, or kidnapped by monsters,” Machikawa said. Moses was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his partner, Efrat Katz, her daughter, Doron Katz-Asher, and Katz-Asher’s two young daughters. Before his capture, Moses left the others in a safe room and attempted to communicate with the Hamas terrorists. “For 60 years, Gadi has worked to save and improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, including students from Gaza, where he is now held hostage,” Machikawa said. “He helped Palestinians improve agriculture and strengthen their economy through the sustainable use of wastewater and crop adjustments.” “The fact that he has now become a victim of terror from across the very fence he worked to bridge is beyond comprehension,” she added. “Little did he know that on October 7, humanity would betray him.” Katz was killed on October 7 in the crossfire between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces. Asher-Katz and her children were released in the November hostage deal. The family has not received news about Moses since he appeared in a December Islamic Jihad propaganda video. In her remarks, Diana Levinson shared the heartbreaking fate of her grandson, Shay Levinson, who was killed on October 7 and had his body forcibly taken to Gaza by Hamas. Diana Levinson told of the heartbreaking fate of her grandson, Shay, who was killed on October 7 and had his body taken hostage to Gaza. “To this day, there has been no burial and no grave,” she said. “I urge this Council to take action to help us bring the hostages home while… pic.twitter.com/2JaNH8xIzo — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) September 25, 2024 “Nearly a year since the brutal invasion, 101 hostages — both dead and alive — including elderly, women and young children, are still being held in Gaza under outrageous conditions: deprived of food, basic hygiene, medicine, daylight, and any hope, yet surviving despite these inhumane conditions,” Levinson said. Shay Levinson’s body has still not been recovered. He was known as a believer in coexistence and a talented volleyball player who played on an Arab village’s team, where he was the only Israeli Jewish member for several years.  “I urge this Council to take action to help us bring the hostages home while there is still time,” Levinson added. The UNHRC has been under fire for years for allowing countries with long records of human rights violations — including China, Cuba, and Qatar — to comprise its membership.

Iran, attempting to strengthen the Houthis, their proxies in Yemen, is reportedly acting as a go-between between the Houthis and Russia in order for the Russians to send anti-ship missiles to the Houthis. Russian Yakhont missiles, with a range of roughly 190 miles, would enable the Houthis to increase their accuracy in targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea and U.S. and European warships in the area. Russia has already supplied Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, with those missiles. “The Yakhont is considered one of the world’s most advanced anti-ship missiles, designed to skim the sea’s surface to avoid detection at more than twice the speed of sound, making it difficult to intercept,” Reuters noted. “Russia is negotiating with the Houthis for the transfer of Yakhont supersonic anti-ship missiles,” an intelligence source told Reuters. “The Iranians are brokering the talks but do not want to have their signature over it.” Fabian Hinz of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said if the Houthis acquire the Yakhont missiles it would represent a “game changer” for regional security, contending, “The P-800 is a far more capable system than the anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles the Houthis have used so far.” “The Saudis are alarmed. We are alarmed, and other regional partners are alarmed,” a senior U.S. official warned. “The Houthis are already creating enough damage in the Red Sea, and this would enable them to do more.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “Defeating the Houthi antishipping campaign in the Red Sea and fully reopening that vital sea lane will require more than air-defense picket ships operating in a self-defense mode. It will require the capabilities of the full joint force, with naval forces in the lead,” retired Captain Pete Pagano of the U.S. Navy wrote this month, adding: Since October 2023, almost immediately after the Hamas attack on Israel, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers and the air wing on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) have been taking action against Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea. These ships and aircraft have downed hundreds of missiles and drones as well as hit targets ashore in retaliatory strikes. However, the Houthi flow of missiles and drones by their chief benefactor Iran remains largely unimpeded, though there have been some success in interdicting seaborne shipments.

Former President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will return to the very site where he was shot two months ago for a rally next week. Trump’s return to the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, next Saturday comes after he came within fractions of an inch of losing his life after he was shot in the ear by a 20-year-old would-be assassin who was perched on a nearby rooftop with a rifle. His campaign said that the Republican nominee believes that he was saved by an act of divine providence. “During his visit, President Trump will honor the memory of Corey Comperatore, who heroically sacrificed his life to shield his wife and daughters from the bullets on that terrible day,” the campaign said. “President Trump will also recognize the two other Americans who were wounded by the shooter, David Dutch and James Copenhaver. He will express his deep gratitude to law enforcement and first responders, and thank the entire community for their outpouring of love and support in the wake of the attack.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! The campaign said that his return to the site will stand as “a tribute to the American spirit” because in America, “we do not let monsters like that evil assassin have the last word.” “Every time our nation is struck by attack or hardship, we rally, we persevere, and we prevail,” the statement said. “When terrorists knocked down our towering skyscrapers, we rebuilt taller. When our communities are ravaged by fire, storm, or natural disaster, we pull together and come back stronger. And when a shooter attacked our democracy and tried to end this movement, President Trump will return to the site, joined by tens of thousands of proud citizens, and together, they will celebrate a unifying vision for America’s future in an event like the world has never seen before.” The statement mentioned that he survived a second assassination attempt on his life last week at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach when a man was discovered hiding in some bushes waiting for the former president with a rifle.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested four illegal aliens charged with various sex crimes on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, this month. The four illegal aliens were arrested by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in the span of just two days earlier this month. The suspects were arrested and charged with crimes against Massachusetts residents in Nantucket, a wealthy island with a population of just over 11,000 people. One of the four illegal aliens arrested by ICE ERO was 28-year-old Salvadoran national Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, who was charged with raping a Nantucket child. “Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo stands accused of some detestable and disturbing crimes against a Nantucket child,” ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons explained following the arrest. “He represents a significant danger to the children of our Massachusetts communities. ERO Boston will not tolerate such a threat to the most vulnerable of our population.” It is not known when the suspect illegally entered the United States. But Aldana-Arevalo, who was arrested on September 10, was only one of the illegal aliens to be apprehended by the federal authorities earlier this month. Elmer Sola, a 49-year-old Salvadoran illegal alien, was arrested on the same day and was charged with 11 sex crime counts against a child in Nantucket. Lyons, who called the crimes “horrific and despicable,” again recommitted ICE ERO to “arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders.” Just one day later on September 11, ICE ERO arrested Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez, a 41-year-old Guatemalan national who was previously deported from the United States in 2011. Perez-Gomez then reentered the United States at an unknown date, undetected by Border Patrol. The suspect was charged with sexual assault and battery, with Lyons decrying the illegal alien as “a threat to our New England residents that we cannot tolerate.” ICE ERO also arrested another illegal immigrant, Brazilian national Gean Do Amaral Belafronte, on the same day. Belafronte, who was also charged with sexual assault and battery, entered the United States at an unknown time. He was first allowed into the country legally in October 2018 before violating the terms of his admission and being compelled to leave the United States. The flurry of arrests come as a wave of illegal aliens have been charged with violent crimes across the country. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was allegedly killed by Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, on February 22, 2024, just months before 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was allegedly murdered by two illegal immigrants who were also from Venezuela. Nungaray’s alleged killers entered the United States during the Biden-Harris administration. One Honduran national and previously deported illegal alien was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old girl in the hand with a butcher knife in Lowell, Indiana, and ICE ERO arrested a previously deported Haitian illegal alien in Dorchester, Massachusetts, earlier this month. The illegal alien crimes come amid a historic surge in illegal immigration. More than 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since Biden was inaugurated in 2021. There were a total of 415,000 reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration.

Swing state union members hit MSNBC host Alex Wagner with a brutal reality check when they made it clear to her that they don’t care about what happened on January 6th, 2021. During a piece that aired on Monday on “Alex Wagner Tonight: View From The Battlegrounds, Live from Michigan,” Wagner spoke to people labeled as “undecided battleground voters” on a host of issues ahead of the 2024 Election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. One union member she spoke to said he wasn’t particularly “familiar” with “February 6th.” Hilarious video of voters not giving a shit about January 6th pic.twitter.com/VY7Vn1f5Fg — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 25, 2024 Wagner then corrected him, “January 6th,” before the man explained that he “remembered that day,” but it wouldn’t be a deciding factor in the 2024 election. “I know he [Trump] was the standing president,” the person said. “I’m not familiar with the charges that are being brought against him. I’m not following that charge or, you know, there’s multiple court cases going on. I’m just not familiar with it.” When pressed further by Wagner on whether it would be a factor in who he’s going to vote for, the union member said, “No.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! The MSNBC host then spoke to another person and asked, “When I say January 6th, what do you think?” The second person replied, “I just remember seeing it on the news … all the riots and stuff. I didn’t know what it was about or what happened.” She then pressed him to see how it “made him feel” when he saw it, and he said, “I don’t know I feel really any way about it. I mean, people showed their emotion. I guess, probably in the wrong way, but it happened.” In a second clip, she spoke to a union member who said immigration was important to him, noting the “thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants coming across the border every day and the vice president has done minimal work to fix that.” He also said “based on” the first four years of Trump, that the former president would be better with handling the border crisis. The member said he was leaning toward Trump. She then spoke to another person who told her what matters to them in the election is the “influx” of illegals at the border, as well as the “economy.” When pressed further which way he was going to vote, he said he wasn’t sure yet. Related: RNC Sues Michigan Secretary Of State Over ‘Inflated’ Voter Rolls

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested near Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course, where authorities allege he was plotting to assassinate the former president. Routh had been positioned for nearly 12 hours with a loaded SKS-style rifle and a scope, waiting for Trump to enter his line of sight. The Secret Service spotted the rifle barrel through a fence and opened fire before Routh could act. He fled the scene but was arrested shortly after by sheriff's deputies in a nearby county. Routh now faces charges for the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, among several other serious felonies. These include possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, assault on a federal officer, and being a felon in possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. If convicted, Routh could face a life sentence​. So Ryan Routh penned a letter to the world about his failure to assassin8 Trump, and offeredto anyone who succeeded in his place; while he was fleeing in his getaway vehicle? Sounds more like the CIA just penned a letter to the world offering a bounty on his head. pic.twitter.com/3r3THVnkhx — StillRoaming (@roaming_rn) September 23, 2024 The case has gained additional media attention due to the assignment of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who has previously presided over high-profile cases involving the former president. Cannon made headlines last year after she controversially dismissed criminal charges against Trump related to his possession of classified documents​. Her involvement in this case, which was assigned randomly, has sparked speculation about potential bias, though no formal requests for recusal have been made​. JUST IN: Would-be Trump assass*in's son, who once called himself a "reasonable person" because he didn't like Trump, arrested on child p*rn charges. Ryan Routh's son Oran Routh was arrested after investigators say they found hundreds of files. The discovery came while… pic.twitter.com/ral1PjpGFE — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 24, 2024 Prosecutors allege that Routh’s actions were premeditated, driven by a deep hatred of Trump’s policies, particularly his stance on the war in Ukraine. Investigators have uncovered extensive social media posts where Routh railed against Trump, calling him a threat to democracy. Furthermore, it was revealed that Routh had offered a $150,000 reward to anyone who could successfully carry out the assassination. The incident has prompted a renewed focus on security measures for political figures, especially as Trump continues his 2024 presidential campaign. In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland emphasized the importance of holding those accountable for attacks on political candidates, ensuring that federal resources are fully committed to securing their safety. Garland did not comment on whether the Department of Justice would coordinate with Florida’s investigation, as Trump has expressed concerns about the federal response​. At the time of his arrest, Routh was already facing two gun-related charges, and his criminal record includes multiple felonies. Law enforcement found a digital camera among his belongings, leading to speculation that Routh intended to film the assassination. The precise motive behind his plot remains under investigation, though his anti-Trump rhetoric appears to be a significant factor. Judge Cannon’s involvement in the case has raised eyebrows given her past rulings favorable to Trump. However, legal experts argue that her oversight in this case is unlikely to affect the outcome, as Routh’s guilt appears to be an "open and shut" matter based on the evidence presented so far. As the legal process unfolds, the security around Trump is expected to tighten, especially as his campaign ramps up ahead of the 2024 election. The severity of the charges against Routh underscores the heightened risks faced by political candidates in today's polarized environment. The post Ryan Routh Charged with Attempted Assassination of Trump; Judge Aileen Cannon to Oversee Case appeared first on The Conservative Brief.