A former top aide of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested by federal agents Tuesday morning and faces accusations of acting as an undisclosed agent of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. “Linda Sun, who had been deputy chief of staff to Hochul, is charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy,” CNBC reports. Sun’s husband, Chris Hu, was also arrested. Hu faces accusations of money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification. According to ABC 7 NY, Sun held numerous positions in New York state government before becoming Hochul’s deputy chief of staff. “The 64-page indictment accuses Linda Sun, 41, who was arrested that morning along with her husband, Christopher Hu, 40, of blocking representatives from Taiwan’s governor from visiting the New York governor’s office. Sun and Hu also laundered kickbacks she received from the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party to buy a $4.1 million Long Island home that FBI agents later raided, the indictment contends,” Chief Nerd wrote, citing the New York Post. “The former high-ranking aide for Gov. Kathy Hochul who was arrested along with her husband Tuesday acted as a foreign agent for China, according to a bombshell indictment. The 64-page indictment accuses Linda Sun, 41, who was arrested that morning along with her husband,… pic.twitter.com/bHVBMyQInX — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 3, 2024 Per CNBC: The couple, who were arrested by FBI agents at their home on Long Island, are scheduled to appear Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York. Prosecutors say the couple laundered the proceeds of their alleged scheme to buy a $4.1 million home in Manhasset, Long Island, a $2.1 million condominium in Honolulu, and luxury automobiles that include at 2024 Ferrari. An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that the 41-year-old Sun, while working in the governor’s office under Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and in multiple state agencies, also acted as an undisclosed agent for the People’s Republic of China, where she was born. BREAKING: Former deputy chief of staff to Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul charged with being Chinese government agent pic.twitter.com/lu9g6ewbww — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 3, 2024 “As alleged, while appearing to serve the people of New York as Deputy Chief of Staff within the New York State Executive Chamber, the defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the Chinese government and the CCP,” stated United States Attorney Breon Peace, according to ABC 7 NY. “The illicit scheme enriched the defendant’s family to the tune of millions of dollars,” Peace added. ABC 7 NY reports: Prosecutors said Sun, at the request of Chinese officials, blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high-level officials in New York state, altered state governmental messaging on issues related to the Chinese government and attempted to facilitate a trip to China for a high-level politician in New York, among other things.

A U.S. federal appeals court upheld a federal law that prohibits migrants in the United States illegally from possessing firearms. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Second Amendment rights do not apply to those who have illegally entered the country. BREAKING: Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that illegal immigrants do not have the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) September 2, 2024 Per Fox News: The ruling came in an appeal by Jose Paz Medina-Cantu, who had been arrested by Border Patrol agents in Texas in 2022 and charged with illegally possessing a handgun and unlawfully re-entering the country after being previously deported. Medina-Cantu pleaded guilty and was sentenced last year to 15 months in prison, but he preserved the right to argue on appeal that the gun charge violated his right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment. His lawyers based their argument on the 2022 landmark New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen decision by the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority that established a new standard to determine whether a law violates the Second Amendment. BREAKING: Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that illegal immigrants do not have the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. This is a win for Citizens Rights, the 2nd Amendment & AMERICA pic.twitter.com/fHyrgoLswy — ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ (@AmericazOutlaw) September 2, 2024 “We should not extend rights to illegal aliens any further than what the law requires,” U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho wrote, according to Reuters. Finally, some common sense! Now, apply that ruling to all the rights that we as citizens have.https://t.co/MLZ5rZI5Ki — Andrew45 #MAGAdonian (@AndrewPatriot_) August 30, 2024 Reuters reports: Medina-Cantu’s lawyers argued the ruling likewise undermined a 2011 decision by the 5th Circuit upholding the immigration-related ban as there was no historical tradition dating back to around when the Second Amendment was adopted in 1791 of disarming people based solely on their immigration status. But the three-judge panel said the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on gun rights “did not unequivocally abrogate our precedent that the plain text of the Second Amendment does not encompass illegal aliens.”

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to testify before Congress regarding his nursing home advisory during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Eagles NFL team has refuted all allegations that they have formally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, highlighting a banner that has been appearing all across the city of Philadelphia.

New York City kicked out 40,000 migrant families because they needed the rooms. So, what will these people do? They might well resort to crime. A lot are heading for streets with their taxpayer-funded tents. Recently, the NYPD moved the American homeless somewhere, and now there is room on the streets. It’s like a Pop-up […] The post 40,000 NYC Migrant Families Just Became Homeless appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists hit two oil tankers with missiles in the Red Sea on Monday as they look to continue disrupting shipping routes over Israel’s war against Hamas, an Islamic terrorist group in Gaza. The Houthis attacked the Panama flagged/owned, Greek-operated MV BLUE LAGOON I and the Saudi flagged, owned, and operated MV AMJAD, with two ballistic missiles and a one-way attack uncrewed aerial system, hitting both vessels, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. “Both vessels are laden with crude oil,” the statement said. “The MV AMJAD is carrying approximately two million barrels of oil, almost twice the amount onboard the Greek-owned MV DELTA SOUNION, which the Houthis attacked on Aug. 21.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “Currently, salvage efforts are underway in the Southern Red Sea for the disabled MV DELTA SOUNION, which is still on fire and threatens the possibility of a major environmental disaster,” the statement continued. “These reckless acts of terrorism by the Houthis continue to destabilize regional and global commerce, as well as put the lives of civilian mariners and maritime ecosystems at risk.” Sept 2 U.S. Central Command Update In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two missile systems in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and… pic.twitter.com/XdKq6g5V16 — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 3, 2024 The MV DELTA SOUNION was attacked by the Houthis last month in the Red Sea while carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil, according to EUNAVFOR ASPIDES — an EU military operation in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Gulf. “Once the ship was attacked[,] it lost engine power and an operation was dispatched to the ship to rescue the crew,” ASPIDES said in a statement. “While approaching the area, the EUNAVFOR ASPIDES ship destroyed an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) that posed an imminent threat to the ship and the crew.” The Houthis released a video detonating explosives on the ship, causing fires to break out that continue to burn. Video released by the #Houthis seems to show the setting of explosive charges on the deck of the tanker #Sounion off the coast of Yemen in the #RedSea. At 150k tons, this tanker is almost twice the size of Exxon Valdez and the environmental damage to the region will be massive. pic.twitter.com/EfUbg5o5j9 — Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) ?⚓???‍☠️ (@mercoglianos) August 23, 2024

Dennis Quaid’s presidential biopic “Reagan” outperformed box office expectations over Labor Day weekend, landing in a close race for third place behind mega-blockbusters like “Deadpool & Wolverine.” The film, directed by Sean McNamara, stars Quaid as the former president and Penelope Ann Miller as his wife, Nancy. Academy Award winner Jon Voight has a supporting role. Mainstream critics had few good things to say about the film, but despite their negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a 98% audience rating on the review site’s new Popcornmeter compared to a 19% critical rating. “Reagan” earned $7.4 million Friday through Sunday and could end the four-day weekend with $9.2 million with Monday’s earnings added in, per Newsweek. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The biopic is based on the 2006 book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” by Paul Kengor. Moviegoers gushed about the film’s performances and content. “Oscar-winning performances for Quaid, Voight, and Miller in this heartfelt biopic that pays homage to one of America’s most beloved, admired, and effective Presidents. Standing ovation in a packed theater shows how the audience really loved the subject matter and film,” one reviewer wrote. “Excellent film! Acting superb! Wonderful biopic about a remarkable man,” another reviewer said. “Really liked how the story was told without extreme partisan position. At the end of the showing, the audience burst into applause, something I haven’t experienced in years!” Quaid joined Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on his “Sunday Special” series to discuss what led him to take on the role. “Reagan was my favorite president,” the actor said. “I voted for Jimmy Carter in ’76. It was the first time I could vote, but then I voted for Reagan in ’80.” Quaid also talked about his complexities and how he tried to portray them onscreen by truly embodying the character.  WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “That’s the thing between the impersonation and getting to the person about what makes them tick,” he said. “And there was that thing of Reagan I heard from everyone that knew him, there’s this impenetrable space that he always had that, you know, this is the ‘Great Communicator,’ quite jovial of a person, but there was this place that you couldn’t get past as well, a very private place. And I think that was always there with him from childhood, really.” “Reagan” is currently showing in theaters nationwide.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with an affected drawl during a recent campaign stop that was so obviously fake that critics are comparing her to the classic Looney Tunes cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. Harris, who became the Democratic Party’s de facto nominee after President Joe Biden was effectively forced off the ticket in July, campaigned on Monday first in Detroit and then in Pennsylvania — and people quickly noticed that she only adopted the accent at that first stop. WATCH: WATCH: Kamala Harris delivers the same exact line in a speech earlier today in Detroit and again in Pittsburgh a few hours later. Let’s see if you can spot the difference… pic.twitter.com/FCRqCBqcBZ — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 2, 2024 In the first clip, Harris delivered her comments in an exaggerated southern drawl: “Ya betta thank a union memba for sick leave, ya betta thank a union memba for paid leave, ya betta thank a union memba for vacation time.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. In the second clip, from later that same day, she reverted to her normal tone: “Thank unions for sick leave. Thank unions for paid family leave. Thank unions for your vacation time.” “What in the Foghorn Leghorn is Kamala talking about? Why is she talking like that?” comedian Chad Prather asked. What in the Foghorn Leghorn is Kamala talking about? Why is she talking like that? pic.twitter.com/DcWvaM5I8S — Chad Prather (@WatchChad) September 3, 2024 “Kamala Harris speaking in Detroit earlier today vs Pittsburgh a few hours later. Kamala speaking like Foghorn Leghorn in Detroit and sounding normal in Pittsburgh,” YouTuber Dustin Mills posted. “This has to be a comedy gag no way in hell we are living in real life are living in a clown world, it is official Kamala is making Hillary 2016 campaign look competent.” Kamala Harris speaking in Detroit earlier today vs Pittsburgh a few hours later. Kamala speaking like Foghorn Leghorn in Detroit and sounding normal is Pittsburgh this has to be a comedy gag no way in hell we are living in real life are living in a clown world it is official… pic.twitter.com/H8H8i83PeI — dustin mills (@dustinemills24) September 3, 2024 “It is always cringe when people running for office put on fake “blackcents” but I’ve never heard one sound like Foghorn Leghorn before,” author Larry Correia added. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI It is always cringe when people running for office put on fake “blackcents” but I’ve never heard one sound like Foghorn Leghorn before. ? — Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) September 3, 2024