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The World Health Organization failed. Director Tedros said it failed, but he would never give up, and he and his comrades didn’t. A “Drafting Group” has been created to continue the WHO negotiations. Several countries are trying to reach an agreement before the end of the 77th WHA on June 1, 2024. James Roguski reports […] The post The WHO Pandemic Treaty Returns, Seeks Agreement June1 appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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If former President Donald Trump is convicted in the Manhattan hush-money trial, the American legal system will be weaponized and changed forever, according to Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz discussed the trial on the Just the News show “No Noise” on Tuesday as closing arguments wrapped up in the case brought against Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The former president is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his alleged attempts to cover up an affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied having any affair with Daniels. “If there’s a conviction here, it will change the justice system forevermore,” Dershowitz said. “It will weaponize the system. It will mean that both sides will try to use the legal system as a way of winning elections.” Dershowitz, often called “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,” added that faith in the American legal system can be restored if Trump is acquitted in the trial. “If there’s an acquittal, maybe at least we can say the jury system works,” he said. “But if there’s a conviction or even a hung jury, it will show that the prosecution benefits from bringing a case, which is no crime at all.” Dershowitz also blasted Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial who donated to President Joe Biden’s 2020 election campaign. “I don’t know the reason but it’s obvious that he is not unbiased in this case,” the lawyer said. “He wants a conviction.” Dershowitz isn’t alone in his concerns about the Manhattan DA’s case against Trump. CNN legal analyst and former defense attorney Randy Zelin said on Tuesday that the prosecution “fell way short” of proving beyond reasonable doubt that Trump is guilty. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “There is reasonable doubt all over this case,” Zelin told CNN. “Where is Keith Schiller? Where is Allen Weisselberg? How did Michael Cohen get away with stealing $30,000? … He’s a fixer. If the plumber comes to my house to fix my leak, I could be home, that doesn’t mean I know how he’s doing it and what it’s taking to be fixed.” “They fell way short…There is reasonable doubt all over this case…” – CNN’s legal analyst on whether DA Bragg’s team proved beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump broke the law. pic.twitter.com/6cbzZhGwLR — Francis Brennan (@FrancisBrennan) May 28, 2024 Trump slammed the prosecution and the judge in the hush-money trial on Wednesday morning, writing on Truth Social, “KANGAROO COURT! A CORRUPT AND CONFLICTED JUDGE. RELIANCE ON COUNSEL (ADVISE OF COUNSEL) NOT ALLOWED BY MERCHAN, A FIRST. HIS RULINGS, ON A CASE THAT SHOULD, ACCORDING TO ALL LEGAL SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS, NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT, HAVE MADE THIS A BIDEN PUSHED WITCH HUNT. THERE WAS NO CRIME, EXCEPT FOR THE BUM THAT GOT CAUGHT STEALING FROM ME! IN GOD WE TRUST!”

A common assumption is that American homeowners are protected from illegal property takeovers. However, in many cities and states, people are allowed to use laws intended to protect tenants to instead take control of homes over objections from rightful owners. Not only is this immoral, it’s an affront to the private property rights that our founders so highly regarded. This is a growing problem known as squatting that has been made worse by the millions of illegal border crossings in the past few years. TikTok videos from Leonel Moreno, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, encouraging migrants to “invade” unoccupied homes in the United States went viral earlier this year, angering Americans who value property rights and the rule of law. Moreno crossed the border in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2022 and later failed to appear at a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was arrested by ICE in March 2024, according to the New York Post. “I didn’t cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave,” Moreno said in one video. “I came to the U.S. to mark my territory.” Noted migrant now promotes squatting as a business model. pic.twitter.com/sy8tTIMuzn — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 20, 2024 We are facing an unprecedented crisis: we have an invasion at our southern border. People are entering our country in complete disregard of our laws and, in some cases, continuing their lawless behavior inside the U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration are fueling this crisis by opening our border and offering no legitimate repercussions for crossing it, even as it affects the property and lives of Americans. This, coupled with COVID-era eviction moratoriums and housing shortages, has helped spark a rapid rise of squatting, James Burling, vice president of legal affairs at the Pacific Legal Foundation, told Fox News. There are many examples of American citizens and even illegal immigrants taking control of homes that don’t belong to them. CBS News reports several illegal immigrants, including a child under the age of ten, were found squatting in a Bronx home in March with guns and bags of cocaine and ketamine. The home, in a neighborhood another resident described as “quiet,” was across the street from a school. “I’m really fearful that these people are going to get away with stealing my home,” the homeowner said at the time. A self-identified “professional squatter” in Chicago took over the home of a woman who had just inherited it from her deceased mother. The squatter reportedly lived in the house for months before finally being evicted. And squatters in one Atlanta suburb allegedly turned a 4,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home into an illegal strip club complete with live horses. “Is this even America anymore? We are homeowners and we can’t even do anything about trespassers?” a distressed neighbor told the New York Post. Similar scenes are playing out across America, threatening the private property rights and liberties of far too many Americans. There’s even a political movement in Europe encouraging the deceitful practice. We must put a stop to this by placing the power back into the hands of the property owner. In the years it can take to remove illegal squatters, legitimate owners can accrue thousands of dollars in legal fees, property repairs, and lost revenue. No American homeowner should be forced out of their property by dishonest people attempting to manipulate the law for any amount of time, let alone years. The problem is that many states make it far too easy. In California, for example, a squatter can reportedly claim tenant rights after just 30 days of occupancy, forcing legitimate property owners to go through the legal eviction process to get them out. Several other states have similar protections, according to The National Desk. In Tennessee, we have strengthened our laws to protect homeowners and private property rights. Property owners should be able to immediately take back what’s rightfully theirs. While the Volunteer State gives no rights to squatters, initiating a judicial eviction can be a time-consuming process. That is why I worked to pass a new law ensuring no Tennessean is held hostage by squatters. This law establishes an expedited removal process allowing property owners in this state to restore possession of their property in as little as 72 hours. It also permits the local sheriff to arrest the trespassers. This common-sense approach prioritizes law-abiding people, not entitled criminals. Homeownership is the American dream and squatting poses a legitimate risk to that dream. The Biden administration has abandoned all sanity and put Americans at serious risk by refusing to enforce our immigration laws. States can and should pass laws to confront this problem when and where they can. I encourage other state leaders to use as a model what we have done in Tennessee, what Florida has done, and what other conservative strongholds have done protecting property rights to ensure no American risks losing their land to squatters. * * * Tim Rudd represents District 34 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Labor Premier Jacinta Allan of Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia, announced on Monday that a new position had been created in her government: “Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change.” Allan selected Tim Richardson, the State Labor MP for Mordialloc, to fill the position. “Tim Richardson will become Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, continuing the Allan Labor Government’s priority to make Victoria a safer place for women and children and work to end the tragedy of deaths of Victorian women at the hands of men,” Allan stated. “This is the first position of its kind in Australia – and will focus largely on the influence the internet and social media have on boys’ and men’s attitudes towards women and building respectful relationships.” I want to share with you some pretty big news. Premier @JacintaAllanMP has asked me to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, a national first. pic.twitter.com/QJBzJO3UGE — Tim Richardson MP (@TimRichardsonMP) May 28, 2024 Richardson declared his job would entail “modelling positive role models for boys and men and ensuring we break away from gendered based stereotypes and building respectful relationships.” Some pretty hectic reactions here to an important role and Australian first. It will be about modelling positive role models for boys and men and ensuring we break away from gendered based stereotypes and building respectful relationships. As boys and men we need to lead this. https://t.co/6tLZJS3VsL — Tim Richardson MP (@TimRichardsonMP) May 29, 2024   “In Victoria, a parliamentary secretary earns nearly $244,991, which includes a base salary of $198,839 plus an extra $46,152 for extra duties,” The Epoch Times noted. Earlier this month, Allan wrote, “We’re enshrining in law that every Budget must have a statement on gender equality.” Victoria has “the most radical policies on transgenderism, children’s gender dysphoria and euthanasia of any state in Australia,” Terry Barnes opined in The Spectator, adding, “… to assume, as Allan has, that all men are toxic perpetrators-in-waiting is both lazy feminist and identity politics, and an insult to the overwhelming majority of men who deplore family violence of any sort as utterly repugnant, and who strive to be kind and loving husbands, partners and fathers.” Victoria’s health department released a women’s health survey last year which stated, “You are invited to complete this survey based on your experiences as a woman or girl managing your health. … Any references to a woman or women or girl or girls include: cisgender women, transgender women, transgender men, non-binary people and gender diverse people who may be perceived as women, female or feminine (regardless of expression or identity), who may experience similar health issues and/or gender-based discrepancies in care.”