Beto O’Rourke: ‘I Think The Border Is Pretty Great Right Now’

On Monday afternoon, Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke revealed that he believes the situation at the southern border is “pretty great right now.” O’Rourke made the comments during a town hall in Rio Grande City, Texas, after being asked about the $5 billion of state money Texas Governor Greg Abbott has invested in securing the southern border. “We all agree that we want the border to be better. In fact, I think the border is pretty great right now,” O’Rourke said. “I’d love to see investments in our communities, protecting our natural heritage, improving the ability to help those who

Republicans Call On DHS To Use Available Technologies To Alleviate Border Crisis

On Tuesday, House Republicans sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the DHS to immediately begin using current technologies at the southern border to help alleviate the border crisis. “We are troubled by claims that DHS is not fully deploying innovative ‘smart’ technologies along the border, such as AST towers and fiber optic sensors, that have been procured by the federal government through contracts previously granted for building border barrier infrastructure,” the letter stated, according to Fox News. “Instead of making use of these innovative technologies to improve security in our southern border, decrease

AOC Slams Democrats Who Are Against Using ‘Latinx’ Term

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AOC Attacks Our Elections, and Accidentally Gives Dems’ Game Away

On Sunday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed her fellow Democrats who have argued against using the term “Latinx” to describe Hispanic Americans because they believe it is damaging to the Democratic party. “I also have a mini-rant about this because there are some politicians, including Democratic politicians, that rail against the term ‘Latinx.’ And they’re like, ‘This is so bad, this is so bad for the party,’ like blah blah blah,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a video posted to her Instagram account. “And like it’s almost like it hasn’t struck some of these folks that another person’s identity is not about your re-election

Terrorists Kill At Least 50 Christians In Attack On Nigerian Church

Terrorists massacred at least 50 Christians attending a Catholic church in Nigeria during mass on Sunday. “The gunmen shot at people outside and inside the church building, killing and injuries worshippers,” Reuters reported. “Nigeria is battling an Islamist insurgency in the northeast and armed gangs who carry out attacks and kidnappings for ransom, mostly in the northwest.” AFP noted that guns are strictly regulated in Nigeria as citizens have “no legal right to gun ownership” and “civilians are banned from owning handguns, military rifles or machine guns. Licenses can be obtained from the police for double-barrel shotguns and hunting guns,

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