Monday, September 30, 2024

War Room Guest Host Kash Patel Discusses Threat of Chinese Communist Party with Journalist and Author Gordon Chang

War Room guest host Kash Patel Discusses threat of Chinese Communist Party with journalist and author Gordon Chang on September 30th, 2024

With Steve Bannon unjustly locked up in a Federal prison, War Room continues today with guest host Kash Patel.

Today, Kash interviewed journalist and author Gordon Chang, who is an expert on the threat the Chinese Communist Party is to the United States. They discussed topics including the less talked about threat at the northern border, and big tech.

“You mentioned the northern border. What are they doing up there? No one’s really talking about that,” Patel commented.

“The Chinese are coming across the northern border. In February, US border patrol caught three Chinese migrants coming in. What was ominous about this was that there were Chinese Nationals on our side of the border who were obviously there by prearrangement, who were there to help those people sneaking in,” Chang said.

“If you want to live in a free society so you decide to come into the US to file an asylum claim, the first thing you do is you surrender to Border Patrol because in addition to everything else, you get a debit card from New York City. Well, these guys wanted to come in undetected which means that their purposes were nefarious,” Chang continued.

They also discussed how big tech was being used by China to exploit the US.

“Are there other companies the CCP is using and can you comment on that and this article that came out with the house intel letter just the other week,” Patel asked.

“Temu is the retailer that brings in goods under $800 to avoid the tariffs and its parent Pinduoduo is under investigation. They’re under investigation because what they’ve been taking is the data that they obtain when people use their site and they are shipping it off to the party, the Communist Party,” Chang said.

“Whether a company is owned by the state, or it’s owned by private investors, it is subject to the will of the Communist Party, which demands complete obedience,” Chang said.

“China’s 2017 national intelligence law requires every Chinese National and every Chinese entity to spy if it receives a demand from the authorities,” Chang continued.

Patel also discussed with Gordon Chang his new book titled “Plan Red, China’s Project to Destroy America.”

“Gordon, can you tell us about the book, and what made you write the book?” Patel asked.

“What I was concerned about is that a lot of people just view China in benign terms. And it’s throughout our political system, Republicans, Democrats, liberals, and conservatives. So, I wanted to lay out just some of the very fundamental points. One of them is that the Communist Party has declared a people’s war on America. They did that in May 2019 when “People’s Daily,” the most authoritative publication in China published a landmark editorial,” Chang said.

“You have an insecure regime in Bejing, is worried about the inspirational impact of America’s values and form of governance on the Chinese people,” Chang continued.

“When people talk about fentanyl, we have to understand that this is a project run by the Communist Party to kill Americans. 75,000 Americans each year die from doses of illegal Chinese fentanyl. Those are murders, and we have to look at it in that context,” Chang continued.

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Democrats on FCC approve Soros' purchase of 200+ radio stations without national security review of foreign cash




Soros' son appears to be one of the four people who will be pulling the strings.

The Democrat-controlled Federal Communications Commission has officially given leftist billionaire George Soros what he wanted: effective control and foreign ownership of over 200+ American radio stations ahead of the 2024 election — including stations that presently run shows from Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Erick Erickson, Sean Hannity, and Dana Loesch.

While some initially cast doubt on whether Audacy will be actually controlled by Soros, the FCC's Monday memo reveals a Soros entity will hold a "controlling, attributable interest in the reorganized company, holding 57% or greater" of Audacy.

All three Democratic appointees on the FCC supported the final decision both to approve the assignment of licenses previously under the control of a Texas bankruptcy court to the reorganized Audacy and to spare the company from having to comply with Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act, which prohibits foreign owners from having a stake in a radio station license exceeding 25%.

Trump-appointed FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said in his dissenting statement, "The Commission’s decision today is unprecedented."

"Never before has the Commission voted to approve the transfer of a broadcast license — let alone the transfer of broadcast licenses for over 200 radio stations across more than 40 markets — without following the requirements and procedures codified in federal law," continued Carr. "Not once."

Carr previously told nationally syndicated radio host and Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck, "Foreign company ownership of U.S. radio stations is not supposed to exceed 25%. But Soros took foreign investment to make his bid, and then he asked the FCC to make an exception to the usual review process."

'Who controls FPR? Well, Google it.'

"We have a very clear process at the FCC that we set up — it could take six months, it could take a year — to go through to [the national security] review the foreign ownership at issue here," Carr told Beck. "But for reasons that are not sort of plain to me, the FCC ... for the very first time ever, has skipped that process for the benefit of this Soros-backed group."


Carr noted in his statement of dissent Monday that the applicants have provided the FCC with "virtually no information at all about their plans to wall off the unvetted foreign interests."

Commissioner Nathan Simington, the other Republican appointee on the FCC, like Carr, was shocked by his Democratic peers' willingness to fast-track the deal without bothering to investigate which foreign interests are involved, writing:
A Commission eager to fast-track a billion dollar broadcast media reorganization, disregarding foreign ownership concerns, is the same Commission that has gone back to the well several times to impose and re-impose foreign sponsorship identification rules on our smallest independent broadcast license holders every time they place local church content on the air. Just saying.

Despite years of concern-mongering about foreign interference, Democrats do not appear the slightest bit bothered.

Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, among the three commissioners who green-lit the takeover, suggested that everything was above board and business as usual, adding that "to suggest otherwise is cynical and wrong."

Simington, apparently in the cynical minority who still value longstanding laws and FCC conventions, pointed out that the reorganized Audacy will be controlled by Laurel Tree Opportunities Corporation and that LTOC will own and control a majority (57% or more) of the voting stock of the reorganized company.

"Who controls LTOC? It's not a particularly complicated structure: Fund for Policy Reform. And who controls FPR? Well, Google it," wrote Simington.

The Fund for Policy Reform, founded in 2009 and affiliated with George Soros' Open Society Foundations, holds 100% of the voting and equity interest of FPR Capital, which is the sole voting shareholder of LTOC, according to the FCC's Monday memo.

'This reckless, unprecedented move will impact radio stations reaching millions of listeners across the U.S.'

Fund for Policy Reform is governed by a four-member board of trustees: Alexander Soros, the apparent heir to the Soros empire and chair of Open Society Foundations; Leonard Banchon; Maryann Canfield, asset manager for OSF; and Michael Vachon of Soros Fund Management, a longtime mouthpiece for the leftist billionaire.

A week ahead of securing the power of greater narrative control over American airwaves, Alexander Soros hosted Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, at his New York City apartment.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) office said of the news, "This reckless, unprecedented move will impact radio stations reaching millions of listeners across the U.S. — handing off our airwaves to foreign interests."

Roy, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) were among the only lawmakers in the nation's capital who actually spoke out in recent months about Soros' apparent strategic play for narrative dominance.

Roy personally noted that this FCC action underscores why the November election "matters so much. We need [President Donald Trump] to put the right people on FCC and stop this takeover!"

Dana Loesch, among the conservative voices whose voice on the radio might soon be silenced, wrote, "Being a rich Democrat means Democrats will exempt you from laws regulating sales to foreign entities. Marxists never follow the laws they demand others follow."

Mike Davis of the Article III Project suggested, "The federal courts must immediately enjoin this illegal fiat."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/democratic-fcc-commissioners-formally-clear-soros-group-to-takeover-200-radio-stations-before-election-with-foreign-cash

Lebanese army withdraws from border as ground op looms; IDF said to strike Beirut - Israeli army closes off border areas * Incursion said aimed at removing Hezbollah infrastructure along border * Reports say offensive limited, won’t aim to hold territory for long

 UPDATED

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen.

IDF says troops launched limited ground incursion targeting Hezbollah posts along Lebanon border

The IDF announces that its forces launched a “targeted and limited” ground incursion into southern Lebanon several hours ago against Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in a number of Lebanese villages along the border that pose an immediate threat to Israeli towns on the other side of the Blue Line.

US official tells ToI: We understand Israeli desire for limited Lebanon incursion, but concerned about mission creep

IDF troops evacuate soldiers wounded by a Hezbollah missile attack against the the Ramim Ridge area, near the border with Lebanon, September 19, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
IDF troops evacuate soldiers wounded by a Hezbollah missile attack against the the Ramim Ridge area, near the border with Lebanon, September 19, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

A US official tells The Times of Israel that the Biden administration understands and accepts what Israel is trying to accomplish with a limited ground incursion into Lebanon.

Israeli officials have told their US counterparts that the goal of the limited operation is to remove Hezbollah positions along Israel’s northern border, creating the conditions for a diplomatic agreement under which the terror group’s forces would be pushed back beyond the Litani River, in line with UN Security Council resolution, an Israeli official says.

The US official accepts the Israeli logic but says Washington is still concerned that the IDF will get bogged down in Lebanon or be drawn to expand the mission once it’s already in motion.

The US official notes that Israel is also concerned about such mission creep.

Another US official speaking to The Times of Israel points to how Israel also framed its 1982 invasion into Lebanon as a “limited” incursion, but it turned into an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon.

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a briefing earlier today: “We recognize that, at times, military pressure can enable diplomacy. That’s true. It is also true that military pressure can lead to miscalculation. It can lead to unintended consequences.”

At least 6 IDF strikes hit south Beirut Hezbollah stronghold — Lebanon security source

A Lebanese security official says Israel conducted at least six strikes on south Beirut after midnight on Tuesday, after Israel’s army called on residents in the Hezbollah stronghold suburb known as the Dahiyeh to evacuate.

“Six or seven Israeli strikes hit the southern Beirut suburbs,” the official tells AFP, requesting anonymity.

Rocket sirens triggered in Upper Galilee town of Misgav Am, surrounding area

Rocket sirens have been triggered in the Upper Galilee town of Misgav Am and the surrounding area.

There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Rocket attack reportedly targets military base hosting US forces in Baghdad

At least two Katyusha rockets were fired at a military base hosting US forces near Baghdad International Airport, two Iraqi military officials tell Reuters.

Air defenses intercepted the rockets, they add.

At least 11 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, Gaza medics say

At least 11 Palestinians were killed, including women and children, in an Israeli strike on a house in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip, Gaza medics tell Reuters after midnight on Tuesday.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF, which says it takes steps to avoid casualties to civilians while Hamas embeds its fighters among them.

Israeli strikes killed 95 people in Lebanon on Monday — country’s health ministry

Lebanon’s health ministry says 95 people had been killed in Israeli strikes across the country on Monday.

“Israeli enemy strikes in the past 24 hours… killed 95 people and injured 172,” the ministry says in a statement, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.

Hezbollah claims it targeted Israeli troop movements near Lebanese border towns

Hezbollah issues a statement after midnight on Tuesday, saying it targeted Israeli troop movements across from Lebanese border towns.

There have been no confirmed reports, though, that Israel has launched its much-anticipated ground operation, and the IDF has yet to comment on the matter.

Three rockets fired from Lebanon toward Shtula, all land in open areas — report

Three rockets were launched from Lebanon toward Shtula a short while ago, setting off sirens in the border community, Hebrew media reports.

The rockets all landed in open areas, the reports add.

Security cabinet said to OK war’s next phase; ministers slam US leaks about ground op

Hebrew media reports say that the security cabinet has approved the next phase of the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, presumably the much-touted ground offensive.

The Ynet news site reports that during the discussion, some ministers decried leaks about the operation from American officials after they were updated by Israel.

After warning, Israeli strikes reported on Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh in Beirut

After the IDF warned civilians to flee three Hezbollah sites in Beirut’s southern suburb, known as Dahiyeh, Lebanese media report Israeli strikes in the area.

Huge consecutive blasts were heard across the Lebanese capital, Reuters witnesses say.

A massive smoke cloud can be seen in a Reuters live broadcast.

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