It is incomprehensible why people believe the constant lies from the Biden-Harris administration, which are completely contradicted to the truth. Today, October 3, the government website from the White House, Washington DC shamelessly published that the economy is growing the most compared to previous Presidents. This is a hoax.
The truth is, the American people are struggling with an inflationary economy, rising prices, double tax increases, difficult jobs, many businesses going bankrupt, some banks and commercial premises closing in many cities. Millions of people have to work overtime, have more jobs but still cannot overcome the crisis because the family budget has to spend before the cost increases unprecedentedly 4 years ago With an incompetent and dishonest leadership, can the people believe that in the future they will be ability to manage better? If another term is given, where will this country go when the continuous, continuous madness and lies are like the biggest jokes, unprecedented in the history of the United States.
Almighty God, please bless the leaders of nearly 346 million people who do not know how to lie
GOD BLESS AMERICA
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Donald Trump falsely accuses President Biden of redirecting disaster funds, a budget maneuver Trump himself approved in 2019.
Analysis by Glenn Kessler
“The Harris-Biden administration says they don’t have any money [for hurricane relief]. … They spent it all on illegal migrants. … They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them.”
— Former president Donald Trump, remarks at a campaign rally in Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 3
Trump has been trying to weaponize the Hurricane Helene relief efforts, accusing the Biden administration of failing to provide adequate assistance. As part of his critique, he claims there is no money available for hurricane relief because it was spent already to handle the surge of migrants at the southern border.
“They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank,” Trump charged, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, adding in the additional falsehood that Vice President Kamala Harris wants illegal immigrants to vote for her. As we have explained many times before, this would be against the law and there is no evidence to support this claim.
Trump’s claims have been echoed by his supporters, such as billionaire Elon Musk. But Trump is completely wrong.
Even though Trump was once president, he still appears to have little clue about the appropriations process. What’s even richer is that when he was president, he did exactly what he claims Biden did — take money from FEMA’s disaster fund to fund migrant programs at the southern border.
The Facts
FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security. On Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters: “We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
He emphasized there was plenty of money to deal with the current disaster. “We are meeting the moment,” he said, adding: “We have the immediate needs right now. On a continuing resolution, we have funds, but that is not a stable source of supply, if you will.”
Congress, as part of a short-term spending bill, recently provided $20 billion to the FEMA disaster relief fund. But Mayorkas noted: “That doesn’t speak about the future and the fact, as I mentioned earlier, that these extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity, and we have to be funded for the sake of the American people. This is not a political issue.”
In other words, Trump falsely claimed that there is no money left for Hurricane Helene survivors. That’s the opposite of what Mayorkas said.
“FEMA has what it needs for immediate response and recovery efforts,” FEMA spokeswoman Jaclyn Rothenberg said on X. “As [FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell] said, she has the full authority to spend against the President’s budget, but we’re not out of hurricane season yet so we need to keep a close eye on it. We may need to go back into immediate needs funding and we will be watching it closely.”
So how does Trump link this to migrants? A Trump campaign spokesman pointed to FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program, which gives grants to local governments and nonprofits to take care of undocumented immigrants. Congress boosted the budget from $360 million in fiscal year 2023 to $650 million in fiscal year 2024. The program’s 2023 annual report says it provides shelter, such as hotel/motel services, food and transportation, including plane tickets up to $700 a person.
As we said, Congress appropriated this money, just as it did the disaster fund. There’s no evidence that any money from the disaster fund was used to help migrants.
“These claims are completely false,” DHS said in a statement Thursday night. “As Secretary Mayorkas said, FEMA has the necessary resources to meet the immediate needs associated with Hurricane Helene and other disasters. The Shelter and Services Program (SSP) is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA’s disaster-related authorities or funding streams.”
Trump has a habit of assuming other politicians act in the same way as he would. So we wondered why he would accuse Biden of raiding the FEMA disaster fund to handle undocumented migrants.
It turns out that’s because he did this. In 2019, the Trump administration, in the middle of hurricane season, told Congress that it was taking $271 million from DHS programs, including $155 million from the disaster fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum seekers who had been forced to wait in Mexico. “The U.S. is facing a security and humanitarian crisis on the Southern border,” the administration said in its notice that it was redirecting the funds.
The monthly reports issued by the FEMA disaster fund show $38 million was plucked and given to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August that year — just before the prime storm period of September and October.
The Trump campaign did not respond to questions about Trump’s actions in 2019.
The Pinocchio Test
Trump falsely claims FEMA has run out of disaster money — and then falsely says that’s because money instead was spent on migrants. There is no evidence the Biden administration spent FEMA disaster money on migrants. Rather, that’s what Trump did.
The storm left widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast after making landfall in late September 2024.
By Nur Ibrahim
Claim:
A photograph authentically shows a crying girl holding a puppy on a boat in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Rating: FAKE
In early October 2024, as the U.S. Southeast worked to recover from Hurricane Helene, a viral photograph claimed to show a crying girl and her puppy on a boat being rescued from the storm's devastation. Many posts on X used it to criticize U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' handling of aid to affected regions.
Numerous posts with the image claimed more money was going to help Ukraine or toward "illegal aliens" than to the hurricane victims.
However, the above photograph is not real. Based on numerous suspicious details in the photograph, the fact that there is no authentic media source for it and that it has been described as AI-generated by a verification tool, we rate this image as a fake.
Using Google's reverse-image search tool, we found no real source for the picture. The image started to gain popularity on Oct. 3, 2024, and it spread on X and a number of blogs. One of the earliest posts with it appeared on a pro-Donald Trump site called Patriots Win.
The image itself is also highly suspicious. The skin on the girl's face and arms is extremely smooth with exaggerated lines above her eyebrows, and in some versions of the post, a section of the boat appears to be missing on the right. Additionally, the man in the orange life jacket in the background appears to have a missing limb.
A similar image of the same girl on X, taken from a different angle, shows her with a different dog in her arms and a different life jacket.
None of the posts featuring the image appeared to have any links to other sources or evidence of where they obtained such an image.
True Media's AI detector tool found "substantial evidence" of digital manipulation on the image and determined it was created by generative AI. According to the tool: "The image shows signs typical of AI-generated visuals, like unusual facial expressions and proportions, as well as smooth and perfect textures that might not occur naturally. The overall appearance and style suggest it could be generated or manipulated."
As of Oct. 3, 2024, the hurricane's death toll had surpassed 200, making it one of the deadliest storms to hit the U.S. in the 21st century. The storm devastated numerous regions and cut off towns from the surrounding areas. As we previously reported, U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to ask Congress to pass legislation that would set aside more funds for Hurricane Helene relief efforts.
Fox News senior strategic analyst Jack Keane joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss Israel's latest effort to dismantle Hezbollah in Lebanon and Biden's 'outrageous' response to reporters pressing him on Israel's handling of the Iranian attack
Israel's ground troops and Air Force continue decimating Hezbollah's terrorists and resources. Meanwhile, Israel's reportedly been talking about hits on Iran's oil facilities, which sent oil prices surging. Bethlehem - the birthplace of the biblical King David and Jesus. Now, a new film indicates the next Hamas war against Israel may come from that once holy town. A temporary deal has been reached that stops the 3-day strike for U.S. dockworkers from the East and Gulf coast ports. Analysts had been concerned that a prolonged strike could lead to shortages - and hurt the overall economy. The Hurricane Helene death toll continues to rise, now with more than 200 people reportedly killed by the storm.
Israel unleashed a new wave of airstrikes across Lebanon on an underground bunker in Beirut, targeting senior leaders of Hezbollah. Israeli officials say they aim to "destroy Hezbollah’s capabilities", NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel reports for TODAY.
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