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Magnolia Women’s Center Open House — Magnolia Women’s Center will celebrate its opening 9 to 11 a.m., tomorrow, Jan. 27, at 7811 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia.
It’s the first pregnancy care center in a neighborhood with four abortion clinics within 20 minutes from it.
It features complete fluency in Spanish, close public transportation and education for men and women.
Its executive director is Melissa Aguilera.
Spineless GOP Rejects Border Bill
By Joe Guzzardi
A spineless House of Representatives just gave Americans a big, in-your-face middle finger. In the invasion’s third year, the southwest border surge continues relentlessly. Eight million illegal aliens plus one and a half million gotaways from more than 150 nations continue to lawlessly surge the border in willful defiance of United States law. The invaders have brought death and destruction with them — -death via the fentanyl they’ve trafficked in, destruction to the communities both large and small in which they’ve settled, and senseless homicides. Although the House has legislation that could end the border crisis, HR-2, the Secure Border Act of 2023 which it passed in May, and despite House Speaker Mike Johnson’s insistence that border security be included in any bill that might provide President Biden with more Ukraine funding, nothing changes.
To date, the U.S. has sent $133 billion to Ukraine for humanitarian and military aid. In December, Biden urged Congress to pass a $110 billion aid package that included $61.4 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel in its war against Hamas. Biden also seeks funding for Taiwan. Facing a government funding deadline, Johnson kicked the border security can down the road. Instead of demanding HR-2, the Speaker settled for a Continuing Resolution with a vote that included 108 weak-kneed Republicans who joined with Democrats to keep parts of the government open until March 1 and other sections until March 8. The final vote: 314–108.
Among the Republican nays were many who are, at least publicly, vocal about the dire need for border enforcement: Speaker Johnson, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement Chair Tom McClintock, Chairman, House Committee Chair on Foreign Affairs and Chairman Emeritus and House Committee on Homeland Security Michael McCaul, and Nancy Mace, National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs Committee member. Although Johnson, Jordan, Comer, et al appear solid on security, exasperated voters wonder if they’re squishes disguised as patriots. The House’s most conservative members, thoroughly disgusted with Johnson, threaten to remove him and set off another bitter round of votes to replace him. Johnson’s unconvincing excuse that enforcement legislation which includes HR-2 would take too much time, and that the border catastrophe must be addressed correctly — -he provided no details.
With the November election only nine months away, and with polling showing that not only Republicans but Democrats and Independents all express deep dissatisfaction with Biden’s immigration agenda, Johnson should use the few weeks his enforcement cave-in bought him to get busy. Johnson must take a firm stand and make his and his fellow Americans’ positions clear that if H.R. 2 is not included in the supplemental foreign aid package, the House will not approve another CR that would fund the same disastrous, illegal border policies at the FY 2023 open border level. House Republicans, even with a slim majority, have the power of the purse, and with that leverage can end Biden’s sovereignty-busting immigration vision. Either in a comprehensive FY 2024 budget bill or included in the supplemental Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan foreign aid package that the president demands, HR-2’s border reforms must be included.
This marks the third time since the current fiscal year began on October 1, 2023 that Congress has failed to pass a budget. Assuming HR-2 is included in March — -an assumption only the most optimistic can embrace — -five months will have elapsed or, expressed differently and based on Customs and Border Protection statistics, more than one million illegal aliens will have been processed and released into the interior. Americans want the border sealed shut and interior enforcement returned to protect the public from criminals that have literally walked into the nation, unvetted, and rarely pursued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
With a terrible Senate bill in the works that could keep the alien invasion going, the nation’s message to Johnson and House Republicans is simple and direct — -no more sell outs!
Joe Guzzardi is a Project for Immigration Reform analyst who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
Spineless GOP Rejects Border Bill
Drop The Charges Against Assange
By Bob Small
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5), who could not be described as ideological bedfellows but they found a cause that unites them. It’s the freeing of Julian Assange and both are co-sponsors of H.Res.934 which would do so.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular journalistic activities are protected under the First Amendment and that the United States ought to drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange, the bill reads.
The chances of this even being debated on the House floor, though, are slim to none and “slim’s left town.”
That Paul A Gosar (R-AZ-9), and the eight others introduced the bill shows courage in a when too many act like the townspeople in “High Noon”
Among others, his lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, says “His life is at risk (if extradited) and I am not exaggerating this.”
In a January 2021 trial, Judge Vanessa Baraitser said “Assange should not be sent to the US, citing a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide, “
The Independent, in a tribute to John Pilger, quoted his last published piece “We are all Spartacus if we want to be.
This article also quotes Assange’s wife, Stella, who called Pilger a “consistent ally of the dispossessed”.
Assange’s father John Shipton, was recently in Brazil, promoting a movie about his son,
In May 2023 “Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in London that the journalist’s continued imprisonment was “shameful.” “
Even GOP Presidential Candidates have opinions on Assange, with Vivek Ramaswamy saying that Assange, like too many to name, is another one of our imprisoned heroes.
Liz Piazza Seeks Pa 165th Seat — Liz Piazza, the Republican seeking to unseat Democrat incumbent Jen O’Mara in the 165th District Pennsylvania House, was introduced, last night, Jan. 25, at the monthly meeting of the Springfield Republican Party.
She is a grandmother and small businesswoman who has had a long-stint in Delaware County government.
She will be a big improvement.
Especially concerning legislation relating to crime and safety, which gets us to the next item.
Township Commissioner Jeff Rudolph says Springfield has been experiencing an inordinate amount of car break-ins. The perpetrators are being arrested and they are found to be residents of New York and northern New Jersey.
Rudolph said they are illegal immigrants who have been recruited by a criminal organization.
He says the operation has one person going through unlocked cars and leaving valuables at the curb to be picked up by a partner.
He says locking the car doors at night is a strong deterrant.
GOP Chairman Mike Puppio said the almost 70-year-old township building on Powell Road will soon be renovated. He said there is no need to replace the functional building although the police department is expected to get an expansion.
Liz Piazza Seeks Pa 165th Seat
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn’t mean we have to wash each other’s feet every day, but we must help one another.
Pope Francis
Nuggets Of Good Immigration News In 2023
By Joe Guzzardi
Scouring calendar year 2023 for good immigration news is a challenge. But a nugget here and there provides a glimmer of hope, however faint, for long-elusive border enforcement to become reality. The year’s highlight came in May when the House passed, 219–213, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, HR-2. The bill’s provisions include, among several other pro-enforcement features, a mandate that employers use the legislatively elusive E-Verify that would protect American jobs, require the Department of Homeland Security to restart border wall construction, reinstate Remain in Mexico, end asylum fraud, and close the loopholes that frivolously grant parole.
Another positive in the endless battle for sensible immigration is Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) election as Speaker of the House. Since entering Congress in 2017, Johnson has earned A+ immigration grades in strengthening border and interior security as well as ending asylum and refugee fraud. Johnson and like-minded GOP reps have so far insisted that HR-2 be included in any legislation that may provide funding for Ukraine and Israel. The show-down between House enforcement advocates and a Senate dominated by open-borders backers is scheduled to begin January 8. Johnson must not yield an inch, and must absolutely reject the Senate’s demand for amnesty as a quid-pro-quo to any agreement.
Unlike finding the positive immigration news during 2023, the bad news stands out like the proverbial sore thumb. The House Homeland Security Committee released a shocking report titled “Startling Stats” that detailed the extent of President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas’ illegal, unconstitutional disregard for obeying immigration law and their criminal indifference to defending national security.
In FY23, Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 2.4 million encounters at the southwest border and more than 3.2 million encounters nationwide. During the current fiscal year, 169 individuals on the terrorist watchlist were apprehended attempting to enter the country illegally, and at least 1.7 million known gotaways have evaded apprehension since FY2021. Since President Biden took office, there have been 7.5 million encounters nationwide and 6.2 million encounters at the southwest border, in addition to 1.7 million known gotaways.
Also in FY 2023, CBP arrested 35,433 aliens with criminal convictions or outstanding warrants, including 598 known gang members, 178 of those being MS-13 members. Including its Air and Marine Operations, CBP also seized enough fentanyl coming across the Southwest border to kill, the House Homeland Security Committee estimates, about 6 billion people.
The report’s findings did nothing to influence the administration to end the invasion. Not only did the illegal alien influx remain steady, it accelerated unabated. Proof that the border crisis will continue unchecked: in December, CBP processed and released a historic monthly high 302,000 aliens. Since the start of FY 2024 which began on October 1, 2023, CBP has encountered more than 785,000 aliens at the southern border alone.
With Johnson serving as speaker, and with HR-2 in place as potential leverage to use in the upcoming Ukraine-Israel funding negotiations, optimism for the first steps toward border enforcement can be harbored. But as long-time veterans of immigration enforcement versus immigration chaos conflicts can attest, there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
Joe Guzzardi is a Project for Immigration Reform analyst who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
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Seller of Raw Milk Gets a Raw Deal
By Bob Small
“Nothing heals the body and restores strength like raw milk”
—Dr. J. F. Lyman, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1929
“There is no question that pasteurization compromises the nutritional value of breast milk”.
Amos Miller, from Lancaster, Pa. has a private buying club, selling items to the public from various local farmers. This includes the aforementioned raw milk, which led to having his farm searched and property seized.
“Three Pennsylvania State Troopers and seven other individuals spent several hours inside a building on Amos Miller’s Lancaster County farm while conducting a search on Jan. 4, 2024, eventually leaving with multiple coolers containing Miller’s property. “
A search warrant had been issued the day before which included an affidavit of probable cause from the Pa. Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety division.
US Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) said “With all of the problems in society today, this is what the government wants to focus on? A man growing food for informed customers, without participating in the industrial meat/milk complex.”
Another non-Pennsylvanian who commented was Donald Trump, Jr.
“Imagine what law enforcement could accomplish if they went after oh I don’t know, say, members of elite pedophile rings rather than farmers selling to their neighbors???” he posted on X.
Additionally, there a lot of “alleged and implications” in this story. This is a quote from Miller’s attorney, Robert Barnes “Today, the Department of Agriculture of the State of Pennsylvania suddenly came, without notice, raided Amos’ farm, and detained everything Amos had in the farm’s freezer. They did so in a lawless manner, without appropriate authority, in violation of their own rules and regulations, despite never objecting to the prior resolutions reached with the federal government, and despite a complete failure by the state to even reach out to Amos’ known counsel.”
For their part, the State alleges that Amos Miller has steadfastly refused to cooperate with their regulations. GOP State Rep David Zimmerman, who represents the 99th District in Lancaster said that there’s a fine line between individual freedom and government responsibility and said the Miller case is happening at a time of “so little trust in government”.
Disclaimer. My wife and I have been raw milk consumers for decades.
Seller of Raw Milk Gets a Raw Deal
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Jeff DeWit In Heap Big Trouble — Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit has been caught on tape bribing Kari Lake to drop out of his state’s U.S. Senate race.
Ms. Lake, who had Arizona’s governorship stolen from her in 2022, was told by DeWit that powerful interests “from back east” were going to practically give her the world if she quit.
She turned it down.
“They are going to try to have me murdered,” she laughed.
“They say the cartels are operating in 50 states, right now,” DeWitt responded.
Ms. Lake asked who was behind the request.
“Forget the who,” said DeWit. “Let me tell you about the what.”
“It’s not about control,” DeWit said. “It’s about being on the team.”
He was sounding like the politico/corporate villain from a cheesy movie.
Ms. Lake asked what they wanted and DeWit said they wanted her to stay out for two years.
They’d give her whatever corporate job she wanted in return. Maybe even as a “talking head” said DeWit.
Ms. Lake then said this was not about her but about defeating The Donald.
DeWit said it was about what makes the most money for the guys offering the bribe.
Ms. Lake again made it clear she wasn’t interested.
“Just to say, is there a number?” DeWit asked.
“Ten million, 20 million, 30 million, a billion, no,” said Ms. Lake. “This is not about money, this is about our country.”
DeWit wasn’t finished though.
“What I can do is this,” he said. “I can give you an incredible opportunity to have a bigger voice to fight for stuff than you currently do.”
Ms. Lake said she didn’t want to deal with people like this.
“I would be absolutely immoral if I did that,” she said. “That’s immoral, I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror if I did that,” she said.
“It’s very powerful people,” said DeWit.
Ms. Lake challenged DeWit to come to the light and to go public with this crowd was doing.
“No, no, no,” he said. “I turn my key in my car and ‘boom'”
He asked Ms. Lake to give him a counter offer.
“I can’t be bought,” she said.
Unlike DeWit, apparently.
DeWit was the chief operating officer of Trump’s Arizona campaign in 2016 and 2020, and the campaign’s chief financial officer in 2016.
Here’s the audio, which Ms. Lake has confirmed is for real:
Below is the image Jeff DeWit has on his X profile where Donald Trump is giving him a shout out.
