BOMBSHELL: NORAD Commander Doesn’t Rule Out ALIENS After Shooting Down New UFOs

(SNews) – The commander of the United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has refused to rule out the possibility that the “unidentified objects” flying over North America are “aliens or extraterrestrials.”

Gen. Glen D. VanHerck was responding after the U.S. military shot down an “unidentified object” from the skies above Lake Huron on Sunday, as Slay News reported.

New York Times Pentagon correspondent Helene Cooper asked VanHerck: “Because you still haven’t been able to tell us what these things are that we are shooting out of the sky, that raises the question, have you ruled out aliens or extraterrestrial terrestrials?

“And if so, why? Because that is what everyone is asking us right now.”

VanHerck said: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out.

“I haven’t ruled out anything at this point.

“We continue to assess every threat or potential threat unknown that approaches North America with the attempt to identify it.

“We’re calling them objects – not balloons – for a reason.

“With some adjustments, we’ve been able to get a better categorization of radar tracks now, and that’s why I think you’re seeing these, plus there’s a heightened alert to look for this information.

“I believe this is the first time within United States or American airspace that NORAD or United States Northern Command has taken kinetic action against an airborne object.”

A Department of Defense spokesperson said: “Based on its flight path and data we can reasonably connect this object to the radar signal picked up over Montana, which flew in proximity to sensitive DOD sites.

“We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities.

“Our team will now work to recover the object in an effort to learn more.”

US Senator Marco Rubio tweeted: “The last 72 hours revealed to the public what was happening for years, unidentified aircraft routinely operating over restricted US airspace.

“This is why I pushed to take this seriously and created a permanent UAP task force two years ago.”

Christopher Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, said: “The USAF *really* has some explaining to do when it comes to UAP.

“People who are surprised at the presence of these objects haven’t been paying attention.

“One of the reasons why I’ve been calling for changes to our sensor and reporting procedures for years.”

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BOMBSHELL: Jeffrey Epstein Black Book To Be UNSEALED

(CBrief) – The names of alleged associates and perpetrators of Jeffrey Epstein are set to be revealed through the court-ordered unsealing of documents related to cases involving the late financier and convicted pedophile, according to a published report.

The UK’s Daily Mail was first to report on Sunday that the currently sealed documents that allegedly contain information on Epstein victims, perpetrators, employees, and others will be made public. The unsealing will come as part of new court filings that pertain to Virginia Guiffre’s 2015 lawsuit against former Epstein muse and associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a prison term for her role in procuring underage girls for the financier.

The Daily Wire reported:

A total of 167 names could be made public when the documents are unsealed, according to a list of “non-objecting Does” filed this week. The Mail reported that Prince Andrew, who has been accused of sexual assault by Giuffre, is expected to be included in the documents.

Several of the currently unidentified individuals from the list have reportedly already been identified through media interviews or previously publicly available documents, including a former employee and an alleged associate.

Other names reportedly to be included in the documents are employees of Maxwell, alleged victims, and law enforcement officials linked to the case. For example, John Doe 18, an assistant state district attorney, already appears in an available police report, according to the filing.

Alleged perpetrator John Doe 23, meanwhile, stands accused of playing a part in Epstein’s sex trafficking but has since died following the filing of the original case. His connection has already been reported via the media, the filing states.

John Doe 24, who is also dead, was allegedly an associate of famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, whom Giuffre sued before dropping her case against him. Other names that are slated to be unsealed include a journalist “who investigated Epstein,” a former U.S. assistant attorney, and a “former FBI director.”

“The new documents, expected to shed light on individuals who have been linked to Epstein, come as information continues to trickle out as media organizations and others ask for full access to documents pertaining to Giuffre’s 2015 case against Maxwell,” the Daily Wire reported.

Documents previously released in relation to the case include an alleged Epstein victim noting in unsealed emails that she had copies of blackmail videos the late financier took of his associates.

“When my friend had sexual intercourse with [redacted] and [redacted], sex tapes were in fact filmed on each occasion by Jeffrey,” Sarah Ransome claimed in an email. “Thank God she managed to get ahold of some footage of the filmed sex tapes which clearly identify the faces of [redacted] and [redacted] having sexual intercourse with her. Frustratingly enough Epstein was not seen in any of the footage but he was clever like that.”

Last week, reports noted that the former attorney general for the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase regarding the bank’s financial dealings with Epstein, alleging that the Wall Street finance behemoth benefited from his sex trafficking escapades while subsequently failing to report suspicious activity to the authorities.

“Over more than a decade, JPMorgan clearly knew it was not complying with federal regulations in regard to Epstein-related accounts as evidenced by its too-little too-late efforts after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges and shortly after his death, when JPMorgan (JPM) belatedly complied with federal law,” says the complaint filed by former US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George.

“Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan,” the lawsuit states. The complaint alleges the bank concealed “wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude” of young girls.

Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. fired George after the lawsuit against JPMorgan was filed two months ago.

Attorneys for JPMorgan responded in court to the US Virgin Islands, alleging the territory “did nothing to stop” Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation and is deflecting blame by suing the bank for facilitating the now-dead financier’s scheme.

“USVI’s lawsuit is a masterclass in deflection that seeks to hold JPMC responsible for not sleuthing out Epstein’s crimes over a decade ago,” attorneys for JPMorgan wrote in the filing. “Yet USVI had access at the time to the same information, allegations, and rumors about Epstein on which it alleges JPMC should have acted.”

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JUST IN: Don Lemon Gets Devastating News

(CBrief) – CNN host Don Lemon was demoted from his own primetime show to an ensemble cast and the only next step for him would be his exit from the network.

The newest iteration of CNN’s morning show, “CNN This Morning,” hosted by Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins is the lowest rated CNN morning show of any in its history, Outkick reported.

CNN has long failed to keep pace with its cable news competitors Fox News and MSNBC during the morning hours. But it hasn’t been this bad in quite some time.

The revamped program with Lemon is the network’s lowest-rated morning show iteration in nearly a decade, reports The Wrap.

“Since its Nov. 1, 2022 launch, “CNN This Morning” — hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins — has drawn in the lowest viewership among adults 25-54, the key demographic for cable news, and the second-lowest total viewership among each iteration of the network’s morning programming since ‘New Day’ was launched in June 2013, according to Nielsen data,” the outlet comments.

Specifically, Lemon has sunk total viewership of 16.2% compared to the most recent iteration of “New Day. In the demo, viewership has decreased by 21% with the show’s first three months on-air.

“CNN This Morning” draws fewer than 400,000 viewers a day.

And this news comes after it was reported that Lemon berated one of his cohosts off the air.

emon appears to have gone even further with his rage following an off-the-air incident with morning show co-host Kaitlin Collins.

According to a recent report from the New York Post, several sources said that Lemon “screamed” at Collins following an on-air incident on the set of “CNN This Morning,” with tensions continuing to rise as the show tanks and as Lemon, apparently, is unhappy sharing on-air duties with Collins and fellow co-host Poppy Harlow.

The Post noted: “According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, the 56-year-old Lemon approached 30-year-old Collins following the show’s Thursday, Dec. 8 broadcast — and unloaded on her in front of staffers as he accused her of interrupting him on air. News of the explosive incident made its way up to CNN CEO Chris Licht, who is said to have been appalled by Lemon’s behavior, according to a source. A second source said a producer talked to Lemon at the behest of Licht and told the anchor to take the next day off to ‘cool off.’”

“Don screamed at Kaitlan, who was visibly upset and ran out of the studio,” one source with knowledge of the incident told The Post.

The outlet reported as well that the night after the incident, Lemon, Harlow, and Collins were scheduled to get drinks and travel together to a White House Christmas party for media figures, the source noted. However, the gathering never took place and the three traveled to the party separately, said “an insider.” Following the party, Lemon and his agent, Jay Sures, had a late-night dinner, sources added.

Now, Radar Online is reporting on the fallout from The Post’s report last week after CNN reportedly included a link to it in one of its internal newsletters.

“Don lost his mind internally and went ballistic at staffers after the CNN newsletter highlighted a story about him screaming,” the “insider” told Radar Online for its Friday report.

“At this point, Kaitlan wants to be on set with Don as little as possible,” one source with knowledge of what’s going on told The Post. “It’s messy.”

Last week, another insider told The Wrap that the three co-hosts also appear to be frustrated with the show’s progression after CNN CEO Chris Licht hand-selected them for the gig.

“The show can’t decide strategically what exactly it is, so it’s trying to be everything that can create whiplash for a viewer when segments seem off-brand in tonality,” the insider said.

“The audience for morning news on network TV is different than the cable news audience, and since we’re not gaining new viewers, we definitely need to retain our legacy ones,” they said.

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BREAKING: Pentagon Shoots Down Object Over Alaska

(TStarnes) – The White House has confirmed reports that the Pentagon shot down a “high altitude object” Friday afternoon over Alaska. It was downed in the last hour at the order of President Joe Biden.

A U.S. official said there were “no affirmative indications of military threat” to people on the ground from the object. Officials said they could not confirm whether there was any surveillance equipment on the object that was shot down.

he action comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traversed the United States, according to three American officials.

toddstarnes.com/world/bulletin-pentagon-shoots-down-object-over-alaska/

BREAKING: Newly Elected Dem Senator Hospitalized

(SNews) – Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who suffered a stroke during his election campaign last year, has been hospitalized while attending a Democratic Party retreat, his office said.

Joe Calvello, Fetterman’s communications director, said: “Toward the end of the Senate Democratic retreat today, Senator John Fetterman began feeling lightheaded.

“He left and called his staff, who picked him up and drove him to The George Washington University Hospital.

“Initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke, but doctors are running more tests and John is remaining overnight for observation.

“He is in good spirits and talking with his staff and family.

“We will provide more information when we have it.”

According to CNN:

Last year, Fetterman checked himself into a hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, several days before the primary.

Fetterman won the nomination while in the hospital and underwent a nearly three-hour surgery that same day to implant a defibrillator.

He was released from the hospital after a nine-day stay.

Fetterman’s cardiologist later issued a statement, providing more insight into what caused his stroke and outlining that the Democrat suffers from both atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy.

slaynews.com/news/dem-senator-john-fetterman-hospitalized/

SHOCK REPORT: China Tested Balloon Carrying 3 Hypersonic Missiles

(SNews) – Footage from Chinese Communist Party-controlled state media has resurfaced that shows the testing of a balloon carrying three hypersonic missiles in 2018.

China’s CCP-run media aired the footage of the high-altitude balloon dropping the missiles onto targets on the ground.

The clip has been raising concerns on social media as the aircraft is not dissimilar to the Chinese spy balloon that just traversed, unchallenged, across the United States last week.

In September 2018, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on the weapons test.

The footage has since been deleted from Chinese media.

However, photographs and short clips can still be found online.

In one post from 2018, a Twitter user shared footage from Douyin, China’s version of TikTok.

The video shows the balloon lifting the three HGVs from the ground.

HGVs are generally launched by rockets in a similar manner to traditional missiles.

After reaching orbit, however, HGVs detach from the rocket and fly through the atmosphere using their own momentum.

Such weapons are much faster than other missiles while they are in low orbit, but become much slower upon hitting the dense air of the atmosphere as they have no jets to power them.

The three HGVs dropped by the balloon in the footage appear to have been designed to test this phenomenon.

The balloon-dropped HGVs were part of an effort to develop precision warheads for hypersonic weapons.

Such a development would give the Chinese military an “unstoppable nuclear-capable weapon,” according to the South China Morning Post.

slaynews.com/news/china-tested-balloon-carrying-3-hypersonic-missiles-2018/

BREAKING: Lauren Boebert Drops News That Has Conservatives CHEERING

(CBrief) – Rep. Lauren Boebert is alerting Americans concerned about the ongoing crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border that Republicans are on the case and ready to delve into the issue this week.

“Mark your calendars. A @GOPoversight hearing on the invasion at our southern border. Time to get to the bottom of this mess. Buckle up!” the Colorado Republican, now a member of the influential House Oversight Committee, tweeted.

Boebert landed a spot on the coveted panel, having been assigned the seat by the McCarthy-led House Steering Committee.

The outlet noted: “The appointment gives the outspoken Colorado Republican outsized influence on looming investigations into three-letter agencies like the CIA and FBI that McCarthy—whom Boebert vocally opposed for the speaker post—had hinted at in the lead-up to Republicans taking the majority this past November.”

The appointment, which Boebert announced in a tweet, comes even after her public rebukes of McCarthy in the media as well as on the House floor in the days prior to the start of the 118th Congress, in which she voted for someone other than McCarthy more than a dozen times before finally yielding.

During one particularly tense moment during a speaker vote, Boebert declared, “Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us, even having my favorite president [Donald Trump] call us and tell us we need to knock this off.

“I think it actually needs to be reversed—the president needs to tell [Representative] Kevin McCarthy that ‘sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw,’” she added at the time.

But all of that appears to have been resolved, as evidenced by Boebert’s assignment, and it serves as more evidence of some last-minute dealmaking between McCarthy and the GOP holdouts in order for him to secure their support.

“We changed the way bills will be passed,” Boebert said in a news release at the time. “We changed the way the government will be funded. We changed the ways committees will be formed. We secured votes on term limits, the fair tax, the Texas Border Plan, and so much more.”

A statement from Boebert’s office following her appointment noted: “As an advocate for transparency and reform, I will pursue the truth, conduct effective oversight, and fight to root out waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government.

“I look forward to working with Chairman James Comer and supporting his mission to eliminate mismanagement in the federal government by investigating the border and fentanyl crises, COVID relief fraud, government collusion with big tech to censor Americans, the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, the energy crisis, COVID origins, and the Biden family’s shady business schemes,” she added.

Earlier this month, Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy sounded the alarm on just how bad the immigration crisis has gotten at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling for President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be impeached.

Roy spoke about the number of illegal immigrants encountered at America’s southern border, which got a response from conservative commentator Jesse Kelly, who said: “What Joe Biden is doing at our border is impeachable. It’s more impeachable than Watergate. This is an attack on the sovereignty of America and it’s coming from the Oval Office. Republicans should move to impeach after 2022.”

Roy responded to Kelly’s tweet by endorsing the idea of impeaching Biden and Mayorkas.

Meanwhile, a year-end report by the House did not shed a nice light on the president’s immigration policies. The report showed that more migrants were caught at the border in October and November of 2022 than in the entirety of 2020, the Center For Immigration Studies reported.

Andrew Arthur, who is a former immigration court judge and is now with the Center for Immigration Studies, said that the 411,000 illegal immigrants caught crossing in those months were greater than those caught in the entirety of 2020.

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REVEALED: Melania Trump Played KEY Role In Trump’s Situation Room

(CBrief) – Former First Lady Melania Trump played a critical role in the Situation Room during an operation that led to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being killed, according to a new book from former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.

Miller’s new book, titled, “Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon about America’s Most Dangerous Enemies,” is set to be released this week and excerpts were exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller.

Miller details Melania Trump’s presence in the Situation Room during the operation that killed al-Baghdadi and how she offered former President Donald Trump advice after the attack.

“Secretary of Defense Mark Esper quickly gave up his seat and she sat down next to the President, who introduced her to us as if we didn’t know who she was. Her presence was unexpected, to say the least. I wondered how it would play in the press if word got out that the First Lady had popped in to watch a major military operation. Not my problem, I figured. And after all, it was her house,” Miller wrote.

The Daily Caller reported:

Miller, who was the senior director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) at the time of al-Baghdadi’s death, is not pictured in the photo. Counterterrorism officials, however, have a precedent of being in the Situation Room during counterterrorism operations, including during the deaths of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Miller’s book offers insights into his time in the Trump administration leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, his three decades of military service, and what has happened to America’s military since 9/11. Miller claims Donald Trump asked Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, deputy director for special operations on the Joint Staff, to bring the first lady “up to speed.”

After a discussion about what may happen, Evans told the group that the U.S. “assault force had unleashed their combat dog” into the building with al-Baghdadi, “with our commandos close behind,” Miller wrote. Al-Baghdadi was cornered and detonated a suicide vest, killing himself, his two children, and two of his wives.

“The assault force commander wouldn’t declare ‘Jackpot’—the code word announcing that Baghdadi was dead—until the body was inspected. They would also take some tissue to check for a DNA match once they got back to friendly territory. [Then-deputy national security advisor Matt] Pottinger and I knew that some poor kid was searching through the dust-and smoke-shrouded rubble with his helmet-mounted lamp and handheld flashlight, trying to find Baghdadi’s head,” according to Miller.

Miller also noted that after the successful operation, President Trump asked the team how he should address the nation.

Melania Trump, to Miller’s surprise, “took over.”

“You should talk about the dog,” she said, Miller wrote. “Everyone loves dogs.”

Donald Trump agreed and thought that was great advice.

He brought Conan the dog to the White House and gave him an award, saying he did “such a great job in capturing and killing the leader of ISIS.”

President Trump announced in November that he was making another run for the White House. He filed the formal paperwork and told a crowd at Mar-a-Lago at the time that “America’s comeback starts right now.”

“America’s comeback starts right now,” Trump said to a room full of supporters. “Unlike other presidents, I kept my promises.”

“The world was at peace, America was prospering, and our country was on track for an amazing future— because I made big promises to the American People and, unlike other Presidents, I kept my promises,” Trump said. “Under our leadership, we were a great and glorious nation, something you haven’t heard for quite a long period of time. We were a strong nation, and importantly we were a free nation. Now, we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation.”

While Trump settled the issue of whether he would run again, new questions emerged about who he may choose as a running mate.

Some reports have suggested that according to an unnamed Trump adviser, the former president is likely to choose a running mate “from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color, or a trusted adviser.”

In particular, one top Republican lawmaker is setting herself up to become Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, according to one of the former president’s one-time top advisers.

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SHOCK: Top Democrat Paid THOUSANDS In Campaign Funds To Family Members

(JTNews) – South Carolina Democrat Rep. James Clyburn paid his grandson more than $86,000 in “campaign management” fees and over $50,000 in rent to a company run by his son-in-law during the 2022 midterms, according to federal election filings.

Clyburn, former House Majority Whip, paid his grandson Walter A. Clyburn Reed $7,000 a month from December 2021 until the 2022 election, with the exception of one month where Reed received only $3,500, Federal Election Commission data shows. From October 2021 until November 2022, Reed received $86,500 in “campaign management” fees for his grandfather’s campaign, according to data.

Other federal filings show that Clyburn’s campaign paid 49 Magnolia Blossoms LLC $57,500 in rent. Clyburn’s son-in-law, Walter A. Reed, is the registered agent of the company, according to South Carolina business records reviewed by Fox News Digital.

It is legal for federal politicians to use campaign money to pay family members, but ethics experts generally frown upon the practice. Clyburn’s campaign did not respond to Fox’s request for comment.

justthenews.com/government/congress/democrat-james-clyburns-campaign-paid-grandson-over-86000-management-fees

BREAKING: US Military Confirms SECOND Spy Balloon

(SNews) – The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed that a second Chinese spy balloon is operating in the skies above the Americas amid concerns over the first craft maneuvering above Montana.

Late Friday, the Pentagon released a statement confirming that the second balloon, like the first, is a “Chinese surveillance” airship.

“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement.

“We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon.”

Ryder revealed Friday that the spy balloon is currently operating over the United States.

However, the Biden administration has not taken action against it.

The Pentagon confirmed that the balloon has the ability to maneuver and has changed direction at 60,000 feet.

Ryder would not say how the balloon could be maneuvered and refused to state if China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party is in control of the balloon.

“We know that balloon has violated US airspace and international law — which is unacceptable,” he told reporters Friday.

“And we’ve conveyed this directly to the PRC on multiple levels.

“The fact is, we know that it’s a surveillance balloon, and I’m not going to be able to be more specific than that.”

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a statement that the balloon was a “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.”

The statement claimed that the balloon “deviated far from its planned course.”

The distance from China to Montana is approximately 5,000 miles.

A U.S. official told The New York Times that the spy balloon traveled from China to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and then to Canada before ending up over Montana.

An official told CNN that the spy balloon has flown over “a number of sensitive sites” in the U.S.

However, the official claimed that it did not present a serious intelligence-gathering risk.

“Clearly they’re trying to fly this — this balloon over sensitive sites … to collect information,” a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Biden administration officials claimed that they looked at whether there were options to shoot down the balloon but claimed that they did not feel comfortable doing so because it could cause damage to civilians when it hits the ground.

Professor Steve Tsang, the director of the China Institute at the SOAS University of London, said that China’s motive in sending the balloon to the U.S. is more “symbolic value, showing that the Chinese are able to send something in the air to survey U.S. military installations.”

Democrat President Joe Biden has not yet commented on the escalating situation.

Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) tweeted: “President Biden should stop coddling and appeasing the Chinese communists.

“Bring the balloon down now and exploit its tech package, which could be an intelligence bonanza.”

Similar sentiments are echoing through Republican ranks as the public demands a more muscular response.

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