We also broke down the insane coverage of the radical Islamic terror attack in Germany. Artificial Intelligence made it into two stories, as did Commiefornia corruption. Plus, more great stuff.

X user @5149jamesli uncovered a huge scandal that we discussed on today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show.

I may have uncovered a MASSIVE scandal in CA.

Gavin Newsom claims $24B for homelessness went "missing".

Well, I found evidence of CA officials possibly, allegedly, embezzling hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars through a sketchy Cayman Islands group!

1/ pic.twitter.com/glUUMnLbZR

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

3/ What kinds of "unprecedented investments" you might ask?

Well, this is where things start to get sketchy.

Enter Todd Gloria, the Mayor of San Diego, who has been on a tear — making housing deal after housing deal — which he claims will "address homelessness." pic.twitter.com/YVmJj4EOJn

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

5/ But here is where things gets even sketchier.

There is one investment group that pops up over and over again in all these city housing deals — the Chelsea Investment Corporation. pic.twitter.com/yOZP4hY1U3

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

7/ You ready for a real doozy?

Property records of their HQ address shows:
– 2016: Sold for $3.5M, $3.15M financed.
– 2023: Another transaction for an "undisclosed price," but $68M financed.

The kicker, the lender is the SD Housing Authority.

Not suspicious at all… pic.twitter.com/KFhh7rrYoB

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

9/ One thing we do know: When Todd Gloria the chair of the San Diego's Budget and Finance Committee, records show the the Founder and then CEO of Chelsea Investment Corp. was a major donor to Gloria's campaign.

Quid Pro Quo? pic.twitter.com/IuPqoATxPs

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

11/ Final thoughts:

1) This is just the tip of the iceberg in the search for billions of "missing" dollars.

2) Legacy media have failed — it’s up to independent journalists to uncover the truth.

Big thanks to @AssyrianAngel28 and @Melissa_in_CA for their help!

— James Li (@5149jamesli) December 20, 2024

We’ll hopefully get some updates as soon as possible.

Great job surfacing this, James Li!

"Commiefornia Corruption Exposed as 'Homelessness' Funds May Have Been Laundered" pic.twitter.com/G6bVHMWjSr

— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) December 20, 2024

And it doesn’t have to be just one. We might see more variations of “Disease X” pop up to really strike fear in the hearts of the indoctrinated. But Bird Flu is at least the first major play the Globalist Elite Cabal is making in the post-Covid world. We have seen far too many inexplicable reactions and unhinged fearmongering tactics deployed for us to dismiss it. I talked about it on today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show.

Plandemic 2.0?

"Bird Flu 'Emergency' Is Part of the Foundation for the Next Plandemic" pic.twitter.com/pMEk6KBzyS

— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) December 20, 2024

Here are the facts from Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge:

Does California’s Bird Flu Emergency Portend the Next Trump-Era Outbreak?

This week California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency over avian influenza, aka Bird Flu.

And while Newsom says the order was simply a precaution after one person in Louisiana was hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by the bird flu in the United States, one has to wonder – WTF…

“This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak,” Newsom said in a Wednesday statement.

According to the governor’s office, Bird flu has been found in dairy cows in Southern California – therefore, the emergency is needed to “contain and mitigate the spread of the virus” despite the fact that there have been no reported cases of person-to-person transmission in the state.

What makes this extra-interesting is a tidbit at the end of the new documentary, Thank You Dr. Fauci – notably an infamous op-ed penned by Fauci and his former ‘boss’, NIH head Dr. Francis Collins, in which they suggested that their dangerous research was a “risk worth taking.”

Fauci and Collins penned infamous op-ed for @washingtonpost claiming this dangerous research could cause a pandemic but it was a "Flu Risk Worth Taking" See past from @Bryce_Nickels https://t.co/rq4tfVzQXP and continue this for more…

— Thank You Dr Fauci (@ThankYouDrFauci) December 19, 2024

Which brings us back to California – where the new emergency declaration will empower state and local agencies with additional funding and flexibility in dealing with the virus, that nobody in the state has caught… yet.

As the Epoch Times notes further, While not linked to human bird flu cases, a raw milk dairy based in California issued a voluntary recall several weeks ago after avian influenza was found in a lot.

All of the illnesses in the United States, except for the Louisiana case, have been mild, and the vast majority have been among farmworkers exposed to sick poultry or dairy cows. This year, more than 60 bird flu infections have been reported, with more than half of them in California, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In the Louisiana case, the infected person is older than 65, has underlying medical problems, and has also been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, according to the CDC.

Last month, Canadian officials reported that a teen in British Columbia was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu. CDC officials did not answer a question about whether the new U.S. case and the case in Canada had any similarities or differences, directing reporters to ask Louisiana officials.

Health officials say bird flu is still mainly an animal health issue and that the risk to the general public remains low. There has been no documented spread of the virus from person to person in the United States or elsewhere.

Two anonymous Republican lawmakers told the news source that House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla, were all mentioned as potential replacements for Johnson.

“That would be suicidal,” one of the lawmakers said after revealing that one had not heard from any of the three politicians.

A person close to Donalds told Fox News that, at this time, “the Congressman has not made any statements regarding the future of House leadership.”

A spokesperson for Emmer also told the news source that the politician would not replace Johnson because he wants to concentrate on “doing the job he was elected to do.” […]

— Read More: headlineusa.com

Syrian national Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, was first arrested in July at the Los Angeles International Airport, where he planned to board a flight to Beirut, Lebanon, on a one-way ticket. He’d been residing in Lexington, South Carolina, after first entering the U.S. in 2020 on a fraudulent visa application that didn’t disclose his role in the Assad regime.

From between 2005 and 2008, he oversaw the Damascus Central Prison under former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to the complaint. Had he disclosed his true identity, he would not have been allowed entry into the country. He applied for U.S. citizenship last year.

He was initially arrested and indicted on visa fraud and attempted naturalization fraud charges. In his U.S. citizenship and visa applications he denied that he’d ever persecuted anyone in Syria, according to the criminal complaint.

A new indictment was brought this month, adding three counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture, according to an announcement by the Department of Justice.

While overseeing the prison, Alsheikh allegedly ordered subordinates to inflict severe physical and mental pain and suffering on political prisoners, including allegedly ordering some to be sent to the prison’s “punishment wing,” according to the complaint. Alsheikh was “sometimes personally involved in inflicting severe physical and mental pain and suffering” on the prisoners, according to the complaint.

Methods used involved beating prisoners while suspending them from the ceiling with extended arms. It also involved putting them in a device called the “Flying Carpet” to fold their bodies “in half at the waist, causing excruciating pain and sometimes resulting in fractured spines,” according to the complaint.

“Samir Alsheikh is charged with torturing political dissidents and other prisoners to deter opposition to the regime of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, the DOJ’s Criminal Division director, said. “Alsheikh later allegedly lied about his crimes to obtain a U.S. green card. The victims of such violent treatment continue to suffer long after the physical acts of torture have ceased. The Justice Department is committed to prosecuting perpetrators of such crimes and will not allow them, through lies and concealment, to hide in the United States.”

Alsheikh allegedly held several positions in the Syrian police and state security system and was associated with the Syrian Ba’ath Party that ruled Syria. He was appointed governor of the province of Deir Ez-Zour by Assad in 2011.

“The defendant is accused of torturing prisoners in Syria almost 20 years ago, and today, we are one step closer to holding him accountable for those heinous crimes,” Special Agent in Charge Eddy Wang of the HSI Los Angeles Field office said. “The United States will never be a safe haven for those who commit human rights abuses abroad.”

“The allegations in this superseding indictment reveal unconscionable crimes and a clear violation of human rights,” FBI Criminal Investigative Division Assistant Director Chad Yarbrough said. “The FBI is committed to working with our partners across the globe to uncover the truth and ensure those who engage in unlawful and inhumane criminal activity face the full consequences of their actions.”

If convicted, he faces decades in prison, including a maximum penalty of 20 years for the conspiracy to commit torture charge, a maximum penalty of 20 years for each torture charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years for each immigration fraud charge.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigations investigated the case, with support from the HSI-led Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center and the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs. The Swedish Police Authority; Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Federal Policing, Pacific Region; and authorities in Belgium were also involved in the investigation.

The announcement came shortly after the fall of the Assad regime, which was known for documented mass incarceration, torture, extra-judicial killings and other crimes.

It also comes as a record number of special interest aliens have been apprehended after illegally entering the U.S., including Syrian nationals, The Center Square has reported.

President Joe Biden recently extended executive orders declaring multiple national emergencies, citing national security threats related to Iran, ISIS, Syria, Afghanistan, among others, The Center Square reported.

Now a study recently published in Earth and Space Science confirms that about “three dozen” luxury high rise buildings in South Florida are “sinking”, according to a new report from Fox News.

The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Miami, Florida Atlantic University, University of Houston, University of Hanover, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, and Caltech.

It found that 35 luxury condos and hotels in Florida’s Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Miami Beach, and Bal Harbour have experienced subsidence in recent years.

The study analyzed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data and found affected high-rises sank 2-8 centimeters from 2016 to 2023. The University of Miami noted such settlement is common during and after construction. Most impacted buildings were constructed after 2014.

“We found that subsidence in most high-rises slows down over time, but in some cases, it continues at a steady rate. This suggests that subsidence could persist for an extended period,” the study says.

The Fox News report says that study authors attributed the sinking to sand grains settling more densely in limestone layers, possibly influenced by construction vibrations, groundwater flow, tidal movements, or stormwater injection.

“The discovery of the extent of subsidence hotspots along the South Florida coastline was unexpected. The study underscores the need for ongoing monitoring and a deeper understanding of the long-term implications for these structures,” one study author commented.

After Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs declared she would not cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Homan speculated that Hobbs may face “multiple” criminal charges and jail time “on day one” of Trump’s term.

Hobbs recently claimed that Trump’s border policies would “harm or terrorize our communities” and insisted she would continue encouraging one of the most invasion and destructive border crises in U.S. history that has allowed rapists, murderers, human traffickers, and deadly substances such as fentanyl to pout into every crevice of American communities.

“What I will unequivocally say is that, as governor, I will not tolerate efforts that are part of misguided policies that harm our communities, that threaten our communities, that terrorize our communities, and Arizona will not take part in those,” the governor told ABC News last month. She claimed that allowing millions of illegal immigrants into the U.S. through ports of entry is “the actual work happening.”

Hobbs said she would not be “participating in misguided efforts” facilitated by the incoming Trump Administration, arguing that the resources used to secure the border would divert law enforcement attention away from “the work that they do every day to keep our communities safe.” Hobbs also echoed Democrat’s claim that Trump’s immigration policies “tear families apart,” defiantly saying that it would not happen on her watch. […]

— Read More: townhall.com

It was exceedingly unlikely that anyone would ever be able to fulfill all of those prophecies, but Jesus did.  The prophecies about the first coming of Christ that we find in the Bible are powerful evidence for the reality of the Christian faith, and yet these prophecies are rarely taught in our churches today.

Even though the birth of Christ is most commonly celebrated on December 25th in the western world, scholars openly acknowledge that Jesus was not actually born on December 25th.  According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, people did not start celebrating the birth of Christ on December 25th until hundreds of years after the time of Jesus…

In the 3rd century, the Roman Empire, which at the time had not adopted Christianity, celebrated the rebirth of the Unconquered Sun (Sol Invictus) on December 25th. This holiday not only marked the return of longer days after the winter solstice but also followed the popular Roman festival called the Saturnalia (during which people feasted and exchanged gifts). It was also the birthday of the Indo-European deity Mithra, a god of light and loyalty whose cult was at the time growing popular among Roman soldiers.

The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine. As Constantine had made Christianity the effective religion of the empire, some have speculated that choosing this date had the political motive of weakening the established pagan celebrations. The date was not widely accepted in the Eastern Empire, where January 6 had been favored, for another half-century, and Christmas did not become a major Christian festival until the 9th century.

The Bible does not give us a specific date for the birth of Christ, but based on the chronology that we are given in the gospel of Luke it probably happened during the fall months.

And as I noted earlier, the Messiah could not have been just any random person.

In my new book entitled “Why”, I explain that the Scriptures mandate that the Messiah must come from an extremely unique bloodline…

-He had to be a descendant of Abraham.  (Genesis 12:3)

-He had to be a descendant of Isaac.  (Genesis 21:12)

-He had to be a descendant of Jacob.  (Numbers 24:17)

-He had to be a descendant of Judah.  (Genesis 49:10)

-He had to be a descendant of Jesse.  (Isaiah 11:1)

-He had to be a descendant of David.  (Isaiah 9:6 and Jeremiah 23:5)

-He had to be a descendant of Solomon.  (2 Samuel 7:13)

In addition to coming from a very specific bloodline, the Scriptures also require that the Messiah must be born in the town of Bethlehem.

This is what Micah 5:2 tells us…

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

The Scriptures also require that the Messiah must be born of a virgin.

What are the odds of that happening?

I think that Henry Morris was being quite generous when he assigned a probability of one in 40 billion…

Consider also the matter of the virgin birth, which was prophesied over 500 years before its fulfillment. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). The imminent fulfillment of this amazing prophecy was finally announced to Mary’s espoused husband, Joseph, also by Gabriel: “Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 1:20).

There has been no other virgin birth recorded in all human history, in comparison to perhaps 40 billion normal births since Adam. However, an evolutionary skeptic might argue that such a thing is theoretically at least possible, especially in view of such modern genetic developments as artificial insemination, cloning, etc., as well as examples of parthenogenesis among animals. So perhaps we could assign a probability of one in 40 billion to a human virgin birth (or better, virgin conception—the actual birth being fully normal in Jesus’ case).

On top of everything else, the Scriptures require that the Messiah must be born at a very specific time in human history.

Daniel chapter 9 contains some of the most complex prophecies in the entire Bible.  As I explain in my book, that chapter gives us a very specific timeline, and it also gives us a way to check to see if we have interpreted that timeline correctly.  Daniel 9:26 says that the Messiah must die before the city of Jerusalem and the Temple are destroyed, and of course the city of Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed in 70 AD.

What this means is that the Messiah had to show up before 70 AD, and that is precisely what happened.

At just the right time, and in just the right place, the Messiah came into the world.  I recently came across an editorial that discussed just how unlikely this really was…

Some people love math. I barely tolerated it; just enough to get by. Then there are people that have a passion for statistics, and others love to postulate on statistical probabilities, adinfinitum.

OK, let’s try this scenario on for size. What are the chances that a virgin teenage girl, say 13 or 14, named Mary, who lived in the village of Nazareth along with her fiance Joseph, would immaculately conceive by the Holy Spirit and later give birth to a little boy, after traveling fully pregnant, on a donkey about 90 miles — a 4-5-day journey on foot — to the birthplace of Joseph’s ancestor, King David? This little baby would grow up to eventually save humanity from their sins. Come on, stat-people and mathematicians, I’ll wait for your answer.

Overall, there are over 300 prophecies in the Bible regarding the coming of the Messiah that were fulfilled by Jesus Christ.

After He rose from the dead, Jesus explained the importance of fulfilling all of those prophecies to His disciples.  The following is what Luke 24:44 tells us…

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

Yes, anyone could theoretically show up and claim to be the Messiah.

But there is only one man that fulfilled all of the criteria set forth in the Scriptures.

Jesus is the Messiah, and that is definitely something worth celebrating.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Homan, who previously served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as his next “border czar” last month. He has been tasked with policing the United States’ borders, and deporting all migrants who are in the country illegally.

Homan said that he will be prepared to launch the mass deportation operation on the first day of Trump’s term, but that he is still making the plans. He also said he would be asking Congress for money he would use for additional beds and to hire more ICE officers.

“It all depends on the funding I get from the Hill,” Homan told CNN. But he said he is not sure how much he will ask Congress for yet.

Homan also said he will ask the military to help transport illegal immigrants, but they would not be involved in arresting anyone. […]

— Read More: justthenews.com

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is representing the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

“We are pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Kerr v. Planned Parenthood,” said NRLC President Carol Tobias. “Taxpayers should not be forced into supporting or supplementing abortion facilities and states should not be forced to override state pro-life laws that citizens support.”

Tobias went on to say, “No American taxpayer should be forced to use their hard-earned dollars to put more money toward Planned Parenthood’s over $2 billion a year in funding. It is good that the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on the rights of citizens to direct how their state spends taxpayer funds.”

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson expressed his strong support for the case. “Although we are not a party to this lawsuit, I am adamantly opposed to any taxpayer money going towards funding abortions,” he said in a statement. “I’m glad to hear the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear this case.” […]

— Read More: www.lifenews.com