Horrific knife attacks by Muslim migrants in Germany and the soaring popularity of the anti-mass Musim immigration AfD (Alternative for Germany) party seems to have forced the Germans into changing some of their suicidal policies re: Muslim migrant-wannabes. Time will tell.   

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A group called Republican Voters Against Trump is running ads in swing states and posting propaganda on social media. Adam Kinzinger, who is not a Republican but a former RINO, is one group member. Also involved is the guardian of morality, Mike Pence, leftist Bill Kristol, and low-energy Jeb Bush. They want people to vote […] The post Republican Voters Against Trump Support Open Borders, Wars, etc. appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Maxine Waters says Haitians are exploited victims because they are black. You’re a racist if you don’t want your neighbor eating your dog. Her comments come in response to the behavior of some Haitians in the small city of Springfield, Ohio. They are acting the same way they did in Haiti, and that’s an uncivilized, […] The post Maxine: You’re Racist If You Don’t Like Neighbors Eating Your Dog appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addressed a brewing scandal in the sunshine state as law enforcement officials are going to thousands of people’s homes to see if they signed petitions to support putting a radical abortion amendment on the ballot. Amendment 4 is so extreme and dangerous that the state of Florida has deployed resources to warn voters how the amendment actually puts women’s health and safety at risk. DeSantis said at a press conference on Monday that law enforcement has launched an investigation after receiving a wide range of complaints about the group that submitted the petition for the amendment to appear on the ballot. “And turns out they looked, this group submitted, dozens of petitions on behalf of dead people,” DeSantis said. “They saw those petitions being submitted. There are other, petitions that have actually been validated where the signatures do not match the voter file. So they were getting all of those complaints, and they’re doing what they’re supposed to do. They’re following the law, and they’re ensuring that anyone that broke the law is gonna be held accountable.” “Our tolerance in the state of Florida for any type of election-related fraud is zero. We are not going to put up with it,” he continued. “And so if they have identified examples that are gonna be referred to Florida Department of Law Enforcement those are gonna be pursued. If someone’s committing fraud that undermines your rights. As, law-abiding citizens, we don’t want to go down that road.” Critics who do not want law enforcement to verify that the signatures are all legitimate claim that police asking people if they signed a petition is a form of “intimidation.” DeSantis said that anyone who is trying to commit fraud will absolutely be held accountable for their crimes and that having that accountability deters a lot of criminal activity from ever happening in the first place. WATCH: JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to reports of police of investigating potentially fraudulent signatures for pro-abortion ballot initiative “Our tolerance in the state of Florida for any type of election-related fraud is zero.” pic.twitter.com/v0xu1Hqsl7 — Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) September 9, 2024

Morgan Wallen and Chris Stapleton lead the pack for the 2024 Country Music Association Awards, but noticeably absent was even a single nod for singer Beyonce following the release of her “Cowboy Carter” album. On Monday, the CMAs announced the nominations for the 58th CMA Awards, with Wallen taking the most with seven nominations, followed by five each for Stapleton and Cody Johnson. Relative newcomer rapper Post Malone got four, with up-and-coming country star Lainey Wilson matching those nominations. Country artists like Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, and Luke Bell each took three. However, Beyonce’s foray into the country music genre with her country and a little bit more album this year didn’t earn her a single nomination, the New York Times reported.  Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ’Em” immediately got everyone’s attention when it ended up going to the top of the Billboard’s Hot 100 Songs chart and Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, where she remained on top for two weeks, the outlet noted. In comparison, Wallen topped the chart for 19 consecutive weeks, as previously reported. Beyoncé shut out of Country Music Association Awards with no nominations ‘Cowboy Carter’ https://t.co/eL4YZpJsUA — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 9, 2024 The 43-year-old singer’s fans took to social media following the announcement to make it clear they weren’t pleased, Page Six noted. “The CMAs have once again deferred to those in the industry who prefer to deny Black artists the recognition they deserve, failing to nominate Beyoncé in a single category this year despite her record-breaking success with TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and #COWBOYCARTER,” the person on the Beyonce fan account claimed. “The [Cowboy Carter] era received overwhelming critical acclaim, commercially-outperformed nearly all other releases this year, and brought millions of new listeners and engagements to the genre,” the person added. Another person online accused the CMA of being racist, without providing any proof, writing on social media “there’s just no f**king way that Bey and Cowboy Carter got completely ignored at the CMAs but f**ka** Post Malone got 4 nominations… this is just racism and there’s no other word for it [Because] Cowboy Carter is one of the biggest albums of the year and it literally put country on the spotlight again this year.” In the pop star singer’s own words in a post on social media before it released, she previously called “Cowboy Carter” a ‘Beyoncé’ album” and said “this ain’t a Country album.” The CMAs will take place November 20 and air on ABC. Related: Beyonce Tops Country Chart With ‘Cowboy Carter’

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Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats’ nominee for president, finally released her policy platform Monday, a little over 24 hours before her first debate with former President Donald Trump.  The Harris platform makes various claims about the root causes of issues faced by America and the way Harris plans to address those issues. The claims underlying her policy promises are false, however. Here is a look at what the Harris campaign released under the title “A New Way Forward.” Harris Vows to ‘Secure Border’ After 4 Years of Open Borders  Harris’ policy platform says that, if elected, she will “secure our border and fix our broken immigration system.” The Biden-Harris administration, however, abruptly shifted the nation’s border policies on Day One, enabling a massive influx of illegal immigrants since 2021.  The platform focuses on “the bipartisan border bill” that failed to pass the House of Representatives in 2023 and suggests the legislation would solve illegal immigration. The platform blames Trump for “killing the bipartisan border bill” although out of office and thereby failing to solve the border crisis. The platform states that Harris would sign the legislation, suggesting that nothing more is needed to solve the underlying issues. Congressional Republicans, however, said the border bill was political posturing and not a true effort to secure the border.   The bill “spends $20 billion to not secure the border, but to more efficiently encounter, process, and disperse illegal migrants,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told reporters.    Harris arguably shares responsibility for the border crisis with President Joe Biden, who tasked her in March 2021 with solving the “root causes” of illegal immigration from three Central American nations. That’s when both supporters and critics began referring to Harris as Biden’s “border czar.” Harris Says Equality Act Will ‘Protect Civil Rights and Freedoms’ Harris now promises to “protect civil rights and freedoms” by passing the Equality Act to “enshrine anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQI+ Americans in health care, housing, education, and more into law.”  But critics say the Equality Act would undermine women’s civil rights in order to help a minority of men who claim to be women.  The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  It would force schools and other programs to allow biological males who “identify” as females to compete against girls and women in sports and use private female facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms. Harris Blames Inflation on Price Gouging, Not Government Spending Harris’ policy statement on inflation suggests again that price gouging, not government spending, is the central driver of rising prices.  “As president, she will direct her administration to crack down on anti-competitive practices that let big corporations jack up prices and undermine the competition that allows all businesses to thrive while keeping prices low for consumers,” the campaign website states.  However, as Heritage Foundation budget expert EJ Antoni pointed out, there is a far more obvious culprit: government spending. Antoni, an economist, noted: “One of the functions of money is that of a measuring tool. If a yardstick were to shrink from 36 inches down to just 30, it would take 120 of these shortened yardsticks to cover the distance of a football field, instead of 100. As the dollar has lost value, it takes more dollars to measure the value of the things we buy.” If price gouging caused 40-year record-high inflation, Antoni asked, did businessmen “magically” become greedy when Biden and Harris took office?  “Were corporations never greedy in the 40 years leading up to Biden’s inflationary expansion of government?” he asked. “Businesses haven’t even passed all their higher costs on to consumers; if they’re trying to be greedy, they’re doing it all wrong.” Harris’ policy platform also tacitly admits that it is implausible that price gouging is responsible for increases in prices. The platform notes that her “first-ever federal ban on corporate price gouging on food and groceries” would “build on the anti-price gouging statutes already in place in 37 states.” If bans on price gouging were the solution to inflation, wouldn’t these bans have prevented the problem in those 37 states? Harris Promises Crackdown on Iran, Though Biden-Harris Admin’s Loose Sanctions Netted Regime Billions Harris’ platform talks a tough game on Iran, the world’s top sponsor of radical Islamist terrorism.  A section on keeping America safe proclaims: “Vice President Harris will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to protect U.S. forces and interests from Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups.” Tehran is the top financial sponsor of the terrorist group Hamas, which infamously slaughtered 1,139 Israelis—including women and children—on Oct. 7 in southern Israel. Harris’ new policy pronouncements overlook the fact that the Biden-Harris administration loosened U.S. economic sanctions on Iran, netting the Islamist regime $71 billion more before Oct. 7 than under Trump-Pence administration policies. If Harris would “never hesitate” to protect U.S. interests from Iran, did she object to the administration’s move to loosen sanctions? Harris Repeats Widely Debunked Claim That Trump Campaign Created Project 2025  The Harris policy platform includes several tabs contrasting the vice president’s positions with what it calls “Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda,” although Trump repeatedly has distanced himself from The Heritage Foundation-led Presidential Transition Project.  In fact, a campaign official for Harris already has acknowledged that the vice president has deliberately misled voters about Project 2025. Harris and her campaign repeatedly have tried to link Project 2025 to Trump, despite the former president’s pushback. In a particularly ironic claim, Harris said Trump would implement his Project 2025 agenda to consolidate power, bring the Department of Justice and the FBI under his direct control so he can give himself unchecked legal power, go after opponents, and “rule as a dictator on ‘Day One.’”  However, the Biden-Harris Justice Department targeted pro-lifers and other Americans with dissenting political and religious views, particularly after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand in June 2022. For instance, a Michigan jury recently found seven pro-life activists guilty of engaging in a conspiracy against rights and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for peacefully protesting outside an abortion clinic. The charges against the pro-life activists were brought by DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, led by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke. Launched two years ago by The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has grown to a coalition of 110 conservative organizations that developed a transition plan for the next presidential administration. The Heritage-led coalition considers its work to be nonpartisan and offers it to whoever occupies the White House in January 2025. The post FACT CHECK: Kamala Harris Campaign Platform Makes Promises Based on False Assumptions appeared first on The Daily Signal.