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The Trump administration has tapped the Treasury Department to track down and halt the flow of money to foreign drug cartels. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender says the federal agency is choking off the cash flow that powers cartels’ human and drug smuggling operations by designating them as terrorists, he explained to The Daily Wire. “One of the most important things that the president did upon coming into office was to declare a number of the narco groups terrorist organizations,” Faulkender told The Daily Wire. “What that does is it unleashes additional authorities at Treasury for us to better target some of the financial activities that these cartels are engaging in.” Faulkender told The Daily Wire that the agency’s moves are cutting into the cartels’ flow of money, disincentivizing their human smuggling and drug-running operations. “It’s one thing to have our partners at [the Department of Homeland Security] work on stopping the flow of people and drugs, but we can also use our financial tools to go after the money,” the Treasury official explained. “If the money is not flowing back south, then there’s less of an incentive to bring the drugs and the guns and some of the illicit activity up to the north.” “Since the president took office, we’ve engaged in five different actions going after nine different entities for a total of 16 individuals,” he noted. The Treasury Department unveiled sanctions on “two high-ranking members of the Mexico-based Cartel del Noreste,” a foreign terrorist organization formerly known as Los Zetas. Cartel del Noreste “and its leaders have carried out a violent campaign of intimidation, kidnapping, and terrorism, threatening communities on both sides of our southern border,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent charged. “We will continue to cut off the cartels’ ability to obtain the drugs, money, and guns that enable their violent activities.” That move follows the Treasury Department’s March announcement that it was imposing sanctions on six individuals and seven organizations believed to be laundering money for the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most notorious criminal organizations and a federally-designated foreign terror organization. “We leveled sanctions against six individuals and seven entities involved in a money laundering operation, cutting off financing for these evil people,” Bessent said at the time. “Laundered drug money is the lifeblood of the Sinaloa Cartel’s narco-terrorist enterprise, only made possible through trusted financial facilitators like those we have designated today.” Treasury also hit Brink’s Global Services, which specializes in transporting funds and other valuables for banks and other clients, with a $37 million civil penalty, alleging that the company moved money across the southern border without following anti-money laundering regulations. The company’s violations, the Treasury Department says, exposed “the U.S. financial system to a heightened risk of money laundering, including from narcotics trafficking and other illicit activity.” Faulkender says the Trump administration isn’t just launching a whole-of-government approach to combat the cartels’ drug and human smuggling, but is also pushing the Mexican government to track and penalize the flow of cartel money. “The president imposed tariffs on the Mexican government and on products that are coming in from Mexico to elicit participation and cooperation from the Mexican government, and so we are seeing the Mexican government willing to work with us to go after these financial networks that are enriching the cartels,” he told The Daily Wire, adding that the government is “monitoring the money flows, tracking it down, either putting a complete stop to it and, and seizing that money, or at the very least, making it a lot more expensive for them to move that money around and try to deter them from engaging in these kinds of actions.”

Our pets are members of our family. That means that, when they pass, the grieving process can be very similar. If you’ve ever had a pet yourself, this will come as no surprise. The love between a pet and their humans is so pure. The impact pets have on our lives is difficult to put into words. So, when Christina’s beloved dog passed away, she asked for a sign from the deceased pup that he was okay. According to a social media post that Christina made, she specifically asked for a sign letting her know that her dog had “made it home.” It’s unclear if Christina had anything in particular in mind. But when it came down to it, she was left with no doubt that she got the sign that she had hoped for — see it for yourself in the image below. TikTok You see that bright, beautiful rainbow on the floor? That area is exactly where Christina’s dog used to take naps. So, when that rainbow showed up, it felt like a sign from her sweet pup. Part of the reason why, I imagine, has to do with the popular poem called Rainbow Bridge. When This Grieving Pet Owner Asks for a Sign from Her Deceased Dog, She Gets a Beautiful Answer Written by an unknown author, this tear-jerking poem imagines what happens to our pets after they pass away. It paints a vivid picture of a happy place where all deceased pets are happy, healthy, and have all their needs met. TikTok They stay there until their owner passes away… at that point, they reunite, crossing the “rainbow bridge” together. On the other side, many imagine, is heaven. “When your best friend sends one last message… right where he used to dream,” Christina writes in the caption of her post. “Happy heavenly birthday my Chico.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Grieving Dog Mom Asks For “A Sign To Let Me Know You Made It Home” — It Couldn’t Be Clearer appeared first on InspireMore.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship on his first day back in office in January. Since then, 22 states have sued to block it, sparking debates over whether the Constitution grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. “Many people today take it for granted that the answer is ‘yes’: If you’re born on American soil, you’re an American citizen. Period. End of issue. But is that what the Constitution says?” asked Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, in a recent Prager University video examining the legal issues behind birthright citizenship. While the 14th Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” Swearer said that this raises the question, who is born subject to U.S. jurisdiction? She cited the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, where the Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that black Americans could never be U.S. citizens. The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 14th Amendment, solving the issue of citizenship, but only as it related to race, Swearer said. Today, we “now interpret these words to make citizens of virtually anyone born on U.S. soil, under all circumstances,” said Swearer. The legal scholar cited two specific cases from the 1800s that clearly indicated the understanding that only those “born within the jurisdiction and allegiance of the United States” be granted citizenship. In 1885, Richard Gresser’s citizenship was rejected because he was born on American soil while his parents were visiting from Germany, where they returned to soon after his birth. In 1890, Mary Devereux, an Irish citizen visiting America, was taken off a harbor ship in New York to give birth to her child before reboarding the ship. The child’s citizenship was also denied. In both instances, a grant of citizenship was not seen as necessary when the person had no political allegiance to America, according to Swearer. Swearer said that a case often cited to back arguments for birthright citizenship is the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark in 1898. In that case, the court ruled in favor of a Chinese man claiming citizenship after being born to immigrant parents in America. While some claim this set the precedent for a mandate for all birthright citizenship, Swearer said that this is a misinterpretation.   “The Wong decision was meant to undo the immoral Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,” Swearer said. “So, universal birthright citizenship isn’t required by the 14th Amendment’s text or historical context. It’s inconsistent with the earliest legal interpretations of the amendment. And it isn’t compelled by Supreme Court precedent.” Watch the video here. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Why the Constitution Doesn’t Guarantee Birthright Citizenship appeared first on The Daily Signal.

I like Cities Skylines 2. I maintain that its road-building tools and its foundational systems provide, for the most part, the backbone for an extremely promising sequel. But even with all the optimism in the world, after a difficult launch, it now feels like Cities Skylines 2 is starting to drift off the path to redemption. The Bridges and Ports DLC has just been delayed. Colossal Order explains that, after internal testing, while some components of the expansion were ready to go, other new features were not up to standard. A small, free update is still on the way soon, but with rivals like Transport Fever 3 and Anno 117 on the way, it feels like time is ticking down for CS2’s comeback. Continue reading New Cities Skylines 2 DLC delayed, Colossal Order says it doesn't meet standards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Cities Skylines 2 review, Cities Skylines 2 roads, Cities Skylines 2 maps