Sprawling 'tent city' appears on Dublin streets.

LBC News: Sprawling 'tent city' appears on Dublin streets as UK and Irish ministers row over return of migrants.

Dozens of tents have appeared in Dublin near the International Protection Office - and the encampment has been labelled a ‘tent city’ buy the Irish Examiner.

Several of their tents have been daubed with messages that read 'we are not subhuman' and 'homes for all'.

The pictures emerged as UK Government ministers today rejected Dublin's demands to take back asylum seekers crossing from Northern Ireland.

Rishi Sunak has said the movement of migrants across the border shows that Downing Street’s Rwanda plan ‘is working’ - and he has said he is "not interested" in any sort of returns deal.

Migrants and homeless moved out of Paris ahead of Olympics.

RT: Migrants and homeless moved out of Paris ahead of Olympics.

The authorities say the relocations are not related to the Games, claiming emergency accommodation centers have reached saturation[.]
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“If the idea is just to hide misery and homelessness and to clear the air before the Olympics, it’s really not working on a humanitarian level,” Paul Alauzy of the NGO Medecins du Monde told Euronews.

The state’s regional security office reiterated on Tuesday that the recent relocations were the result of emergency accommodation centers reaching saturation, adding that the measure is unrelated to the Olympics.

Getting the migrants and homeless out of sight is unrelated to the Olympics, got it? It's just a coincidence that authorities noticed the emergency accommodation saturation point occurs ahead of the Olympics. Totally Unrelated to the Olympics. Repeat ze narrative!

Naperville, IL councilman asks affluent residents to house illegal migrants.

Washington Examiner: Councilman in wealthy Chicago suburb asks ‘affluent’ residents to take illegal immigrants into homes.

A city councilman in a wealthy Chicago suburb is calling on residents of his “affluent community” to welcome illegal immigrants into their homes as the migrant crisis continues to ravage Chicago.

The influx of migrants who have arrived in Chicago from the southern border is becoming an unendurable burden for the area’s resources, and Naperville Councilman Josh McBroom does not want to see tax dollars fund the transient population, according to a report.

“The public should also know taxpayer dollars are not, and will not, be used to house any potential migrants in the neighborhood. [ Not yet. - DD ] There’s been some misinformation out there.”

The needs of the migrants could rather be met by residents voluntarily welcoming the illegal immigrants into their homes, McBroom suggested.

Meet Josh McBroom.

Sounds like another Martha's Vineyard Experience in the making. 

People in affluent communities aren't already providing shelter and food to the new neighbors? Shocking! How dare they!

How many are living with Pritzker in his estate(s) and the Gov's mansion?

JB grocery shopping like us regular folk. Convincing photo-op, yes?

JB eats Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cheez-Its and Orville Redenbacher? "Why, so do I!"

Is it Over?

Life...normalcy...as we used to know it. Is it over?

RT: The Old World Order is over – Blinken.

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Daily Mail: Shop staff have HIV after being attacked with infected NEEDLES: Iceland boss reveals three workers have virus - as Co-op, John Lewis and Waitrose tell how police 'inaction' has caused crime epidemic with thieves using medieval maces to openly loot shelves.

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Twitchy: Biden told a group of rabbis on Thursday that he was “raised in synagogues in my state [Delaware]” — after previously claiming to have been raised by Delaware’s then-tiny Puerto Rican community, NY Post reports.

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153News (25 min VIDEO, at least skim through it): Your future THE SPARS PANDEMIC 2025 to 2028.

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Breitbart: Lyft Launches Feature Allowing Women, ‘Nonbinary’ Customers to Request Drivers by Sex.

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NY Post: Denver homeless camp features pop-up bar with rentable prostitution tents.

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The Spectator: Your pets are killing the planet.

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153News (VIDEO, brief): Hawaii Governor Josh Green has major Freudian Slip on Smart Cities.

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Twitchy: James O'Keefe drops undercover Maui footage and something is DEFINITELY off.

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Daily Mail: Aussie millionaire, Tim Gurner, says unemployment needs to increase by 40 to 50 percent saying, "we need to see pain in the economy." 

NewsHub: Aussies roast millionaire Tim Gurner who called for mass unemployment as it's revealed he got his start through family loan.

NY Post: Tim Gurner apologizes for his comments about unemployment and economic pain.

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Word & Work: Paul Harvey’s “If I Were the Devil” Transcript from 1965.

Harvey's words were never more accurate. 

News Round Up

RT: China is ‘ghosting’ the US because normal diplomacy has proven useless.

No countries are returning Biden's call. The only one is Zelensky, begging for ... 

Breitbart: Zelensky DEMANDING another $14B.

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Rolling Out: Rapper EGYPXN shoots mother, sister, brother. Drops music video. Then is killed in a police shootout.

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Forbes: OPEC Back in the Driver's Seat.

Why OPEC in the Driver's Seat? Because they can't stand Biden, he alienated them and China will buy all they have. Happy Summer Gas Prices!

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Not The Bee: Arnold Schwarzenegger went viral for filling in a pothole ... turns out it was an active service trench.

Arnold "Screw your freedoms" Schwarzenegger. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving Dick.

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Daily Mail: Elon Musk calls to 'defund' NPR after it quit Twitter over spat with CEO, who branded the public broadcasting.

Taxpayer $ to NPR should have ceased decades ago.

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Breitbart: Former NHL Player Raymond Sawada Dies of a Heart Attack at 38.

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RT: Musk claims Twitter HQ landlord rejected homeless shelter plan.

Twitter owner Elon Musk has blamed his landlord for shooting down a proposal to use vacant office space at the social media company’s headquarters in San Francisco to help ease the city’s homeless crisis.

“We tried to turn it into a homeless shelter,” Musk said on Tuesday night in a BBC News interview. “They (the owners) won’t let us.” He added, “We’re only using one of the buildings, so the other building could be a homeless shelter.

Elon provides a partial solution.

Liberal Reaction: "We didn't think of this so we don't like the idea. What? Elon suggested it? Double-Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww."

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Forbes: BTC staying above $30K.

"Some say" ... it might be a time to consider buying.

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207-year old Dianne Feinstein (D) asks for temporary fill-in. She'll claw to that Senator Seat until the first shovel of dirt hits her casket. FFS, Retire. 

Breitbart: Dianne Feinstein’s Request for Temporary Replacement on Committee ‘Unprecedented’.

No Republican would be afforded the same political leniency.

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MSN: Kitty gets head stuck in iron grate drain.

Kitty extracted, doing fine and probably back to knocking everything off shelves and countertops.

Vibrant Martha's Vineyard! (VIDEO)

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FOX News (Archived): Ron DeSantis sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed through on his promise to drop off illegal immigrants in progressive states, sending two planes full of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday.

A video provided to Fox News Digital shows the migrants deboarding the planes at Martha’s Vineyard Airport in Massachusetts.

"Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations," the governor’s communications director, Taryn Fenske, told Fox News Digital.
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The office of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker did not respond to an after-hours inquiry from Fox News Digital.

 Well Played, Governor DeSantis! 👍

Lightfoot's revenge: Busing illegals to Republican towns.

FOX News (Archived): Illinois mayor blasts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 'hypocrisy' after migrants shipped to 'Republican suburb'.

The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town is calling out Windy City Mayor Lori Lightfoot after over 60 migrants were shipped to his town and dropped off at a local hotel.
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Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, a Republican, told Fox News that the migrants are being used as "political pawns" by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker.

..."at least 30 days." Uh-huh.

Meanwhile, in Chicago - and in cities across the nation - American citizens, some of whom are Veterans, are homeless and sleeping on the streets. Where are their hotel rooms, Lori?

Who's paying for the hotel rooms? Ha, we - the taxpayers. I wonder what the condition of this Hampton Inn will look like after 30 days?

Four killed after car crashes into homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon.

 

The Guardian: Four killed after car crashes into homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon.

A driver crashed a car into a homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon, early on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring three including the driver, authorities said.

Police arrested Enrique Rodriguez Jr, 24, on Sunday evening. He was charged with four counts of first-degree manslaughter, second- and third-degree assault and six counts of reckless endangerment.

In a statement, authorities said Salem police believe “alcohol may have been a contributing factor”. It was not immediately clear if Rodriguez had an attorney.
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Mike Wade came to the camp after hearing a close friend had died. He helped others in the camp salvage their belongings and prayed for the victims.

“It gets me weaker every day hearing about us die one by one,” Wade said. “My friends are dead and I don’t know what to say.”

This story is sad. The circumstances avoidable. But...Liberals...

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San Francisco delivers alcohol, tobacco and teh pot to quarantined addicts.

Omaha.com (AP): San Francisco gets alcohol, tobacco for addicts in hotels.

San Francisco is using private donations to deliver alcohol, tobacco and medical marijuana to a few dozen people dealing with addiction as they isolate or quarantine in city-leased hotel rooms during the pandemic, officials confirmed Wednesday.

There are about 270 people, mostly homeless, staying in hotel rooms to recover from COVID-19 or to wait out possible exposure to the virus. Nearly a dozen people have received alcohol and more than two dozen have received tobacco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

City officials said that private donations pay for the items, and that helping manage nicotine, opioid and alcohol cravings ensures that recovering people don't go out and possibly infect others.

Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco's public health director, said the harm-reduction approach is widespread and based on decades of sound public health policy.

"...decades of sound public health policy." Okay, then.

Washington Times: Nancy Pelosi; Let them eat ice cream.

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Omaha.com Archived

Tamale Jill Biden ripped on social media for border appearance.

Tamale Jill Biden (No, I did not phoshop her fingers to look like that.)

24News: Jill Biden Hands Out Tamales, Christmas Gifts at Mexico Border Camp, Reaction Was NOT What She Expected.

Jill Biden, whose husband former VP Joe Biden is running for the 2020 Democrat nomination, handed out tamales and Christmas gifts to migrants in Mexico as part of a visit with local leaders on Sunday — and many Americans were not pleased with her choice of venue.

Biden toured a migrant camp across the border from Brownsville, Texas, home to over 2000 asylum-seekers. Many of the migrants, often referred to as MPPs, have remained in Mexico as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Migrant Protection Protocols program as they await hearings before U.S. immigration officials.

    “It’s heartbreaking,” Jill Biden said as she toured migrant camp in Mexico with local leaders today https://t.co/Gfq1BOaWy1 pic.twitter.com/uuc7MvERb8
    — Border Report (@BorderReportcom) December 23, 2019

"Across the river is the flag of the United States. The flag of the United States offers people hope. They’re bringing their families and their loved ones here for hope of a better future and a better life for themselves," [she said].

“Angel Mom” Mary Ann Mendoza, whose police officer son Brandon was killed [by] an a Mexican illegal alien tweeted back:

    “It’s heartbreaking. It’s really heartbreaking,” Jill Biden said. They’re bringing their families and their loved ones here for hope of a better future and a better life for themselves.” 🤬 Heartbreaking? Meet me at the cemetery https://t.co/amTftgxTg4 pic.twitter.com/EwfWful04Y
    — Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza💥TEXT EMPOWER TO 88022 (@mamendoza480) December 23, 2019

    Why isn’t Jill Biden serving meals to the homeless in California instead? Or helping volunteers who are cleaning up Baltimore? Maybe Joe Biden should run for President of Mexico!
    — carl s (@mikezzz111) December 23, 2019

    Jill Biden went all the way to Mexico to feed migrants. Meanwhile, in Delaware…

    This perfectly embodies Democrats. This doesn't look like "doing both." Liberals despise Americans & want to replace us. They are evil. pic.twitter.com/3TCVyO9j3n
    — 🇺🇸🤡ILLEGALS 4 BERNIE😂🇺🇸 (@InnerStrumpf) December 23, 2019

    Jill Biden feeding illegals hoping to cross from Mexico.

    Imagine what she could accomplish by feeding homeless Americans🤔

    Priorities. #AmericaFirst #Trump2020Landslide pic.twitter.com/akMNiFe4MP
    — Femme Fatale (@RealBasedMAGA) December 23, 2019

Links to three of the tweets:

Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza

Carl S

Illegals for Bernie

This must be the first in a long, long time that Tamale Jill stepped out of her gated comfort zone. DEMS don't like doing that.
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Logs dumped in front of Oakland businesses to deter overnight car camping. Log! It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.

East Bay Times (via Archive): Mysterious logs dumped in front of Oakland businesses to deter overnight car camping.

OAKLAND — They mysteriously appeared about a year ago — dozens of logs the length of cars, plopped in front of industrial businesses in a two-block stretch along West Oakland’s Poplar Street, between West Grand Avenue and 18th Street.

If the purpose behind the logs was to drive away the homeless who parked their RVs and other vehicles there, the strategy worked for the most part.

City officials say the logs have prevented crews from cleaning up the two blocks, yet they’ve done little to get them removed:

Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney said she reached out to local business owners to find out who put the logs there, but no one would tell.

The city’s Public Works Department considers the logs an “intentional obstruction of the public right of way,” which is illegal, spokesman Sean Maher said. But Public Works has not reached out to the local business owners who may be responsible.
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East Bay Community Law Center attorney Osha Neumann, who represents and advocates for homeless people, wonders if the city would treat RV dwellers with the same indifference as it does the logs.

“There are all kinds of rules and city ordinances about illegal dumping, but I guess it’s OK to dump and obstruct if you’re doing it to obstruct homeless people from being there,” Neumann said.

The number of people living in cars, vans and RVs in Oakland has grown dramatically, from 618 in 2017 to 1,430 in 2019, according to the city’s biennial homeless count. Many have flocked to industrial areas like Poplar after being pushed out of other parts of the city.

McElhaney said the lack of complaints about the logs has made them a low priority for her office.
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Most of the logs — they appear to be from oak trees — had their branches trimmed, and some have been tagged with graffiti. At about 2 feet in diameter and 8-10 feet long, they’re big enough to require a forklift or bulldozer to move.

Yes, it's the multi-purpose Log! And...It's big! It's heavy! It's wood!

Stockholm’s begging ban narrowly passed in ELITE district of Lidingö.

RT: ‘Never been so ashamed’: Stockholm’s begging ban narrowly passed in ELITE district has Swedes arguing over welcoming vs. security.

Lidingö, a tony area whose residents include ABBA and other celebrities, has become the first in Stockholm to ban begging. Seemingly flying in the face of the Swedish identity, the move, passed by one vote, has divided the city.

With its elite residents including ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, Lidingö is only the seventh municipality in all of Sweden to ban begging, and the idea still makes many Swedes uncomfortable.

In a country whose very identity is tied up with its robust universal welfare state and which for years had what was considered Europe’s most welcoming attitude to outsiders, the decision came as a bit of shock. Some outraged locals have called it a violation of human rights. Others, however, said it’s necessary to keep the well-heeled residents safe.

“The begging is a big problem and makes many Lidingö people feel insecure,” Daniel Källenfors, chairman of the municipal council, told Dagens Nyheter on Monday, after the measure was passed.

Opponents of the ban say it merely pushes the problem into other municipalities and scoff at the idea that moneyed locals feel threatened by beggars. “I have not so far found any Lidingö residents who say they are insecure,” Patrik Buddgård of the Center Party told DN. His party joined the Liberals to oppose the ban, which squeaked by with a vote of 26 for to 25 against.

“I’m afraid of this development,” Anna Larsdotter Persson, who watched the vote from the audience, told Mitti.se, adding that she “does not buy” the idea that the ban will improve the lives of beggars and believes it is a “populist policy” masquerading as something else.

“I have never been so ashamed of Lidingö as I am now,” Anita Dorazio, a representative for the Stockholm Asylum Committee and refugee advocate, told the outlet.
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...[T]he beggars, in many cases that attracted publicity, are not locals. Six Bulgarians were arrested in December for trafficking nine of their countrymen to southern Sweden and forcing them to beg. The victims, including a pregnant woman who miscarried after she was assaulted by the traffickers, were fined, beaten, or starved by their “employers” if they did not bring in enough cash, according to Växjö District Court’s ruling.

Nor are beggars the only ones feeling the chill as the famously welcoming Swedish attitude begins to curdle after years of abuse. Faced with the reality that over 418,431 asylum-seekers – and a total of 920,206 immigrants – have made their way to Sweden since the Syrian war kicked the migrant crisis into high gear, Sweden, with a population of less than 10 million, has belatedly realized that being a migration capital of Europe isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Bengtsfors, a municipality in southern Sweden, was forced to beg the government for economic help earlier this year after taking in more migrants than it could afford.

We can't have the Elite Well-Heeled Society feeling unsafe and insecure by the presence of beggars.