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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

🚨 New video shows Trump shooter on the roof with minutes to spare. In a newly obtained video taken by an attendee of Donald Trump’s Butler, PA rally, the assassin can be seen walking on the rooftop in the distance. Because he was so clearly visible from the rally, it raises further questions about why Secret Service counter-snipers did not engage.

🔎 Google’s censorship to be investigated by the Senate. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) announced he is launching an investigation into Google’s “censorship & bias that is constricting the free flow of information.” This comes as Google was caught censoring autocomplete search results for Donald Trump’s near-assassination.

🇮🇷 The US issued new sanctions relating to Iranian weapons programs. On Tuesday, the US sanctioned several individuals and entities from Iran and China, including Hong Kong, for obtaining critical components for Iran’s ballistic missile and UAV programs. According to the State Department, these entities help Iran with “its efforts to destabilize the Middle East and beyond.”

💣 Iran’s supreme leader ordered direct strikes on Israel. After the Israeli military took out Hamas’ top political leader in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded direct retaliation, according to several Iranian officials. As Iran remains the driving force behind the turmoil in the Middle East, they are now threatening a full-scale regional war.

WHAT WE’RE HEARING

• Donald Trump got himself in hot water by commenting about whether Kamala Harris is really black or Indian.

• Donald Trump also pushed back against January 6 questions by asking why “nothing happened” to “the people that tried to burn down Minneapolis” during the 2020 riots.

• Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) will reportedly be home next week while Kamala Harris names a running mate on the road.

IN THE LOOP

• Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro agreed to fight Elon Musk on live TV.

• Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel did not warn the US ahead of time about Haniyeh’s killing.

• Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation to force Big Tech to disclose “the specific act or practice” that led to a user being banned from their platform.

• Donald Trump proposed slashing taxes on Social Security benefits.

• Jeremy Carl believes anti-white racism is tearing America apart. Read more about tokenism and racism that Americans ignore.

• The most clicked link in our last newsletter was the ad in our free version for Genesis Code’s #1 thing to stockpile.

CORRECTION

Yesterday we said that Iran’s Supreme Leader was Ayatollah Khomeini, but it is currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency.

GEOPOLITICS

France tries to stave off Olympic terror amid migrant crisis

• France significantly increased security measures in the run-up to the Olympics

• Macron’s government has been criticized for bussing homeless migrants out of Paris

• A mockery of Christianity in the opening ceremonies has France and the IOC embroiled in controversy

The story

In 1972, Palestinian terrorists took Israeli Olympic team members hostage at the Munich Olympic Games and killed 11 athletes. In 2015, France was rocked with terror attacks which killed at least 130 people.

To prevent terror incidents at this year’s Olympics in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron employed all necessary security measures, from maintaining an extensive perimeter around the River Seine to bussing migrants away from the city.

But his preparations unveiled a larger issue: even after a quarter-century of war on terror, Western governments which utilize every anti-terror strategy ever developed still face uncertainty in trying to avert attacks.

Preparations got seriously underway early last year when French politicians voted to give expanded powers — supposedly on a temporary business — to intelligence security services for the Olympics. Expansion revolved around the use of “smart” cameras, which use facial recognition technology and rely upon algorithms — including AI — to determine if individuals are acting suspiciously.

After outcry from privacy protection organizations, France revised the law to read “experimentation” with new technologies, though the meaning is unclear. Snipers and a beefed-up police presence are on high alert for bad actors, while a massive cordon has been placed around the Seine.

France has also taken more proactive measures. One controversial operation was mass bussing of migrants — many homeless — from Paris to cities and towns outside the French capital.

Some migrants were promised housing, only to be unloaded on the streets or even deported. France’s government said the move had nothing to do with the Olympics — a claim that strains credulity.

So far, additional security measures have yielded positive results: one Islamist Chechen was arrested for planning a rampage during a soccer match. Across the border in Belgium, authorities arrested seven suspected terrorists, and a Russian chef residing in Paris was arrested for allegedly plotting large-scale acts of “destabilization” during the games.

The politics

Staving off a terrorist incident is crucial not only to ensure safety of the athletes, staff, and fans but also for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure that future Games are safe.

France's politicians are united in their desire to prevent a terror attack. However, the government which narrowly won a vote to select parliamentary leadership — and is trying to maintain control amidst a rising far-left and populist right — has an even greater interest in ensuring two weeks of undisturbed games.

France’s interior minister, a member of Macron’s governing centrist party, lauded the pre-Olympics efforts of law enforcement. And, while the games are supposed to be apolitical, Macron is prepared to show off an incident-free event to garner political favor.

But his actions brought criticism from the left and the right. The right expressed outrage at bussing migrants. The center-right Republican mayor of Orleans, a southern city where many migrants were bussed, blasted the government for surreptitiously sending a busload of migrants every third week. Another small-town mayor who received busloads of migrants called the policy irresponsible and dangerous.

France’s left faction was strongly opposed to expanded powers granted to intelligence agencies. In last year’s crucial vote on the security package, almost the entire bloc of left parties voted against the law or abstained. All other parties, including the populist-right, endorsed the package.

Beyond the headlines

One reason for Europe’s fragile security is its open border for nearly a decade. Millions of migrants entered. While the number of illegal migrants in France is unknown, some estimates have pegged it at 600,000. Millions more migrants reside legally in France but never integrated into French culture.

France’s security concerns mirror those of the U.S. While the Biden administration left the border open for four years, millions of individuals entered — and many are entirely unknown to American law enforcement. America may face similar security concerns hosting the 2028 Olympics.

Meanwhile, France faces a storm of controversy regarding the opening ceremonies after a choreographed event involving a number of drag queens, transgender models, and even a child appeared to make a mockery of the Last Supper. In response, one telecommunications company pulled its advertisements. The event evoked outrage among conservative politicians in America and in France.

Although no security threat, IOC approval of the scene signaled to the world that France deems it acceptable to mock Christianity, whereas similar portrayal of another major religion like Islam would never have been allowed.

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Why it matters

Since the migrant crisis began in 2015, Western establishmentarians have preached a doctrine of tolerance and diversity. But when push comes to shove, they are quick to shove that diversity out the door onto small-town populations who did not vote for these policies and had openly been against the entry of so many migrants.

If these policies continue — open borders and intelligence agencies trying to play catch-up — it is only a matter of time until a terrorist slips through the cracks.

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Interview: Aaron Bour — From Scaling Tech to Fighting Hamas

Aaron Bour is an IDF reservist who was severely injured by Hamas in Gaza. He is also the Chief Marketing Officer at an AI startup in Israel.

On why he left the United States and joined the IDF after high school, “I knew that, to truly impact Israel, I needed to be here physically. The best way I knew to do that post-high school was to join the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) — the key word being ‘defense.’ I'm not violent by nature; pro-peace is in my DNA,” Bour says. “I understood the IDF to be a force for good and a defense for the Hebrew tribe.”

How Bour felt when he was called into Gaza: Bour was “stuck in Las Vegas, paying $12 for Fiji water,” when the army called him in. “Suddenly, I’m expected to be that level of combat soldier again. There was that fear,” he says. “But worse was the fear that my unit would go to Gaza without me, and God forbid, somebody would get killed while I wasn't there to protect my brothers in arms.”

What it was like north Gaza: According to Bour, "Of the 20 homes we searched, 19 were connected to terrorism. We’re talking a playground of terror in the northernmost Gaza Strip, where they fire rockets toward Central Israel. There was no art, no family photos, nothing on the walls of the houses except a picture of a martyr celebrating terrorism or an etching of the State of Israel that said ‘Palestine.’”

On the day he was shot, Bour says, “We were tasked with overtaking a house in north Gaza. This was a full sweep; we were moving house by house finding tunnels. One house was a tunnel decoy — affluent on the exterior but just concrete inside. No furniture — a tunnel entrance. 40 percent of Gazans live in poverty, and this is the kind of sh** Hamas pulls.”

“My first question was, do I have my leg? My second question was, where's my officer? I thought our platoon’s second in command was in critical condition. Turns out the first bullet was a headshot on the left side of his head, and he was killed instantly. I ran out to try to save his life, but there was no life to save. He was 27 years old, with a girlfriend of seven years he was going to propose to after the war. He leaves behind three siblings and parents who are just destroyed,” Bour states.

On the people he served with, “We're Average Joes called to do extraordinary things,” Bour says. “Serving alongside me was a mechanic, an engineer at Intel, a judo instructor… people from all walks of life.”

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