The Netherlands has taken a bold step toward taxing its citizens long after they leave. A new proposal introduces an “exit tax,” meaning income—and likely capital gains—will be taxed for five years even after departing the country. Expected to take effect in 2025, this move is a shocking overreach. Imagine being penalized for choosing to live elsewhere, with your financial activities scrutinized years after your departure. This unprecedented tax threatens to force people to rethink their future plans, creating a chilling effect on mobility and personal freedom. Insane is an understatement.

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) ripped into President Joe Biden for issuing a pardon to his son Hunter on Sunday night, calling the action an attempt to avoid responsibility for “blatant corruption.”

One Democrat governor and one Democrat member of U.S. Congress spoke out against President Joe Biden pardoning his son on Sunday night despite his repeated lies that he would not do so.

The IRS officials who came forward and blew the whistle on the Biden administration obstructing a federal investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, slammed the president for pardoning his son on Sunday night for the crimes that he committed.

Republicans and top conservatives slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday night after he pardoned his son Hunter Biden from every crime he committed or may have committed over an 11-year period of time.

Anyone who might be anticipating a clash between the White House press corps and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is likely going to have to wait at least a few days while Biden travels to Angola.

President Joe Biden made history this weekend when he announced that he signed a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden.

Democrat strategist James Carville continued slamming Vice President Kamala Harris and her presidential campaign late last week for burning through a historic amount of resources only to get blown out by President-elect Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden for pardoning his son Hunter Biden on Sunday despite repeatedly promising the American people that he would not do so.

In Shasta County, California, the results of their elections are not legitimately certifiable. Concerned citizens pointed out the following:

“Good Afternoon, My name is Patty Plumb and this is my Husband Ron Plumb and the Date is Friday, November 29, 2024, here in beautiful Downtown Redding, CA. I want to make it clear, first of all that I am speaking as a Concerned Citizen of Shasta County and Not as a Election Commissioner. This Press Release today, is in Response to our Appointed Clerk and Recorder, Thomas Toller’s comments, regarding the Protest and Demonstration here, at the Street Corner, near the Election Office on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. PRESS RELEASE 11-26-24 The citizens of Shasta County are currently being disenfranchised.

The US Supreme Court in 1915 (US vs Mosley)1 concluded that we not only have the right to cast a vote, but to have that vote counted accurately. Shasta County did not follow the user manual provided by Hart InterCivic (Verity Ballot Printing Guidelines, pg 33) and as a result a printing error on live ballots occurred. One out of two ballots are being rejected and must be duplicated. California Voting System Standards are not being met in Shasta County. The voting system (Hart InterCivic) as it is currently utilized, has a misfeed rate (rejection rate) of approximately 250 ballots for every 500 ballots scanned, or 250/500. This far exceeds the State Voting System Standards set forth by the Secretary of State, that allow for no more than 1 misfeed per 500 ballots scanned, or 1/500.2 The duplication process is conducted in private with no meaningful observation.

Critics of Joe Biden's shock pardon of his son Hunter have noted a key detail that connects the reprieve to the younger Biden's time on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma. 

The bombshell U-turn decision to grant Hunter a pardon comes just weeks after The White House denied the president would make the drastic move in the final months of his lame duck presidency. 

The document grants a full and unconditional pardon for Hunter's potential crimes committed 'from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.' 

This has led many to theorize that there is something lurking underneath the pardon which is meant to acquit Hunter Biden of charges that came to light in 2018. 

'Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma in 2014,' wrote conservative commentator Liz Wheeler. 'By pardoning Hunter for any crimes he “may have committed” from 2014-2024, Joe Biden is protecting his family’s criminal cartel. Wow.' 

She added that Biden is protecting his son from the possible new head of the FBI: 'This pardon ain’t about the gun charge. The Big Guy is protecting himself from Kash Patel.'

Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent from CNN, said the quiet part out loud on Sunday night after news broke that Joe Biden had granted Hunter Biden a blanket pardon for any criminal acts he partook in from 2014 to present including, trading influence for cash, trafficking prostitutes, and taking on the role of the Biden Family bagman.

Jeff Zeleny: We were told that this came to a head this weekend, and this is why President Biden decided now to do this. But as Isaac was just saying, that really is a sense of the conversation that has been going on really inside the family.

I’m told this has been very much a family discussion and something that has been not widely shared or discussed as a policy matter inside the West Wing.

But there was a worry of future prosecutions or future the potential of what the incoming Trump Justice Department could do.

So that, of course, is fretted in all of this as well.

California Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat, said the state has “no obligation” to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with the identification or deportation of illegal aliens.

Sen. Padilla discussed the issue on Sunday’s Face the Nation episode.

“No state government, not Texas, not California, not any state in the nation has a constitutional authority to impose federal immigration law that is the responsibility of the Federal Government,” Padilla said.

“We’re not going to utilize state and local resources to do the federal government’s job for them,” Padilla added.

Webmaster Addition:  Ever hear of the Supremacy Claus?

San Jose State volleyball head coach Todd Kress provided a statement to Fox News Digital  Saturday after his team's loss in the Mountain West Conference tournament final to Colorado State. 

Kress addressed the national controversy surrounding a transgender player on his team and seven forfeited conference matches, including a tournament semifinal with Boise State. 

"I will not sugarcoat our reality for the last two months. Our team prepared and was ready to play each match according to established Mountain West and NCAA rules of play. We did not take away anyone’s participation opportunities," Kress wrote. 

It’s not a ceasefire. The Jews will say it’s a ceasefire, because they’re losing and want an advantage and because they are doing a global PR program to make themselves look like something other than a gang of satanic vampires. But they will just keep attacking you.

We might call it a “Jewish ceasefire” – a ceasefire in which only one side stops fighting.

A study from the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) revealed that only about 5% of Greece’s international bailout funds were used to boost the country’s economy. The rest primarily went towards repaying debts, covering interest, recapitalizing banks, and restructuring debt. As a result, much of the bailout money ended up with private creditors, including several banks.

Officials rage at the West for allowing Ukraine to attack deep within Russia as fears simmer on the streets.

 

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Last week, a defence industry site in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro was struck by a Russian medium-range ballistic missile, which President Vladimir Putin described as a response to “NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia”.

Early reports that Dnipro was hit by an intercontinental ballistic missile proved inaccurate.

Moscow’s deployment of the new weapon, named Oreshnik, followed a series of Ukrainian rocket strikes into western Russian territory using United States-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles, targeting military facilities in the regions of Bryansk and Kursk.

In his statement, Putin acknowledged that the Ukrainian attacks caused casualties among Russian troops.

“I’m scared,” said a young St Petersburg resident who requested anonymity.

Like many Russians, she has family in Ukraine.

Claire's Observations: The only way for this to actually end, is through a negotiated settlement, done in good faith, between Russia and Ukraine.  And the sooner President Elect Trump, can make that unmistakably clear to both sides, the better.

The very failed, and illegitimate leader of Ukraine, Zelinsky, needs to be replaced by someone Ukrainians can trust to actually have their best interests to heart, when these negotiations happen. 

Cancelling elections in the middle of a war, as he did last May, Zelinsky has to know he is professionally disgraced and finished on the political scene.  

I am certain at this point, that he has had some of his minions check out countries with no extradition treaties with either the US or Russia, and should take his money, and run to the nearest safe haven.

Nothing is more unpredictable than a wounded animal; and geopolitically, right now, that is the mental space in which Zelinsky functions.  That he would be either asking for nuclear weapons, or fast-track NATO membership (neither of which would be tolerated by Russia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5zisIge_c demonstrates this very clearly.

Ukrainian soldiers refusing to report for duty or walking away from their front-line positions are becoming an increasing problem for Kiev. One Ukrainian lawmaker said that there have been as many as 200,000 desertions. 

Ukrainian officials and soldiers told the AP that “Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide into anonymity.” The report adds, “Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.”

Soldiers failing to report to their posts are a rapidly worsening problem for Kiev. In 2022, only 9,000 Ukrainians were prosecuted for desertion. That number increased to 24,000 in 2023. Ukrainian government data showed prosecutions skyrocketed to 50,000 during the first nine months of 2024. 

The prosecutions do not capture the whole picture as one Ukrainian lawmaker told AP the number “could be as high as 200,000.” The growing problem is likely a result of war fatigue. “It is clear that now, frankly speaking, we have already squeezed the maximum out of our people,” said one military officer. 

In spite of a 630-page report on the Hunter Biden Laptop From Hell documenting 191 sex crimes, 128 drug crimes, and 140 business crimes.

Hunter Biden has been PARDONED by Joe Biden. 

America is the most corrupt place in the world. pic.twitter.com/rm6Ug5QYr5

— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) December 2, 2024

Angela Merkel has just dropped a smoking gun into the pages of her new book. According to ‘Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021’, published on November 26, Berlin was fully aware that Washington wanted to kill off Nord Stream. And that it was just using Russia as a scapegoat to steal a massive new energy market for itself. 

“The United States argued that its security interests were affected by the building of the pipeline because its ally Germany would make itself too dependent on Russia. In truth, I felt that the United States was mobilizing its formidable economic and financial resources to prevent the business ventures of other countries, even their allies,” Merkel writes.

“The United States was chiefly interested in its own economic interests, as it wanted to export to Europe LNG obtained through fracking.” 

In the theater of American politics, there are few spectacles as divisive as the events of January 6th, 2021. Almost four years later, the debate rages on, not just about what transpired, but about the aftermath: the arrests, the prosecutions, and the continued incarceration of many involved. It is time for President Donald Trump, as he steps back into the arena, to consider issuing a blanket pardon for everyone involved in the January 6th protest at the Capitol—with one caveat. This pardon would exclude those convicted of violence against police officers, but for those still in prison or facing charges for non-violent offenses, a full pardon is both necessary and just. Furthermore, for those who were convicted of assaulting officers, a commutation to "time served" represents an act of both mercy and recognition of over-punishment. Such an action would not only correct a blatant imbalance in the application of justice, but it would also acknowledge the murky, orchestrated circumstances under which much of the Capitol riot unfolded.

President Joe Biden spent his final days in office rolling out a full and complete pardon of his criminal son, Hunter Biden.

“I will not pardon him,” Joe Biden said in June after a jury found him guilty on three federal gun charges.

NBC News reported on the pardon:

The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.