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Whistleblower to Congress: US government child trafficking “middleman”

Published 5 May 2023
– By Editorial Staff
Latin American children.
3 minute read

During a hearing in the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Judiciary last week, whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) testified about how the US government has effectively become a “middleman” in the highly lucrative trafficking of Latin American children at the Mexico-US border.

According to U.S. Customs statistics, the number of unaccompanied children arriving at the border has increased from just over 33,000 in 2020 to over 146,000 in 2021 – and 152,000 in 2022. In the first months of 2023 alone, over 70,000 unaccompanied children have been encountered, Fox News notes.

When the children are found at the border, they are transferred to Health and Human Services (HHS) and then taken care of by a sponsor – usually a parent or other family member already in the United States.

Under the Biden administration, however, a number of reports have warned that agency officials have failed to make contact with over 85,000 of the migrant children. More recently, there have also been reports of ignoring signs of what has been described as an “explosive” increase in child labor, with migrant children forced into slave labor to pay their traffickers, working in very difficult conditions.

Tara Lee Rodas, who has a background with HHS, says that unaccompanied children are forced to “work overnight shifts in slaughterhouses, factories and restaurants to pay their debts to smugglers and traffickers” and that some of the children are also forced into prostitution. She describes how she started volunteering to help migrant minors under the auspices of HHS and how it didn’t turn out the way she expected.

I thought I was going to help place children in loving homes. Instead, I discovered that children are being trafficked through a sophisticated network, that begins with recruiting in home country, smuggling to the US border, and ends when ORR delivers a child to a sponsor. Some sponsors are criminals and traffickers and members of trans-national criminal organizations. Some sponsors view children as commodities and assets to be used for earning income. This is why we are witnessing an explosion of labor trafficking, the whistleblower explains.

Now, whether it’s intentional or not, it could be argued, that the United States government has become the middleman in a large-scale, multi-billion-dollar child trafficking operation that is run by bad actors seeking to profit off of the lives of children, she continues.

“Modern-day slavery with wicked overlords”

She goes on to describe her observations that some of the children spoke only Indian dialects and therefore could not communicate at all with government officials and were thus completely at the mercy of their sponsors, as well as “numerous cases” of children being forced to work for their sponsor until the debt was paid off.

Realizing that we were not offering the children the American dream, but instead putting them in modern-day slavery with wicked overlords, was a terrible revelation. A terrible revelation. These children are a captive victim population with no access to law enforcement or knowledge of their rights. They are extorted, abused, neglected, and that is why I blew the whistle in 2021, she concludes.

Others who come into contact with migrant children in their work also report that the children have told them how criminal cartels transported them through Mexico and kept them in warehouses guarded by armed guards.

Jessica Vaughn of the Center for Immigration Studies says the system needs to change.

They have been carelessly funneled through the custody of U.S. government agencies and contractors, and handed off to very lightly vetted sponsors (who are usually also here illegally) in our communities without regard to their safety and well-being. There is no question that the system for processing minors who cross illegally is dysfunctional, and has been for some time, and needs to be fixed.

Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Josh Hawley are demanding that federal officials respond to the allegations and detail how they may have “lost” 85,000 migrant children in two years.

“The FBI must mount a full-scale effort to locate these missing children and to bring to justice the criminals who are holding them in modern-day slavery”, Hawley writes, and goes on to call the Biden administration morally responsible for the situation.

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Elon Musk establishes new political party in the United States

Published yesterday 12:10
– By Editorial Staff
2 minute read

Tesla billionaire announces formation of “America Party” after social media poll and aims to challenge the two-party system that has long dominated American politics.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he has formed a new political party in the US, which he has named the “America Party.” The decision comes after a poll on platform X, where over 65 percent of the 1.25 million voters expressed support for the idea.

“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” Musk wrote on X. He justified the party formation by stating that the US, according to him, lives under “a one-party system, not a democracy” when it comes to leading the country toward economic ruin through waste and corruption.

Conflict with Trump behind the decision

The formation of the America Party marks a deeper rift between Musk and President Donald Trump, who were previously close political allies. The conflict arose around Trump’s major tax and spending bill, which Musk criticized for increasing the national debt by five trillion dollars.

“Increasing the deficit from an already insane $2T under Biden to $2.5T. This will bankrupt the country,” Musk explained on X when asked what made him turn against Trump.

Trump, for his part, has threatened to withdraw the billions in subsidies that Musk’s companies Tesla and SpaceX receive from the federal government.

Strategy for political influence

Musk has previously suggested that the party would focus on winning a limited number of seats rather than challenging for the presidency. According to his strategy, two to three Senate seats and eight to ten House seats would be enough to gain decisive influence.

“Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people,” Musk has previously written.

Challenges for third party

Political experts point to the significant structural obstacles to establishing a successful third party in the US. The Republican-Democratic two-party system has dominated American politics for over 160 years, and complicated state laws and ballot access requirements pose major challenges.

Despite Musk’s enormous financial resources – he is the world’s richest person – it will require significant time and effort to build a political organization with real impact.

At the same time, opinion polls show there is latent support for alternatives to the established two-party system. A survey from Quantus Insights showed that 40 percent of voters could support Musk’s party, with particularly strong support among male Republicans and independent voters.

Whether the America Party will evolve from a social media announcement to a full-scale political movement remains to be seen.

Owens: Trump asked me to stop saying Macron’s wife is a man

Published 3 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The biological sex of French First Lady Brigitte Macron has long been the subject of speculation and debate.
3 minute read

American right-wing commentator Candace Owens claims she received a personal call from Donald Trump – at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron – pleading with her to stop discussing theories that France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron is biologically male.

The background stems from several episodes of Owens’ YouTube show “Candace”, where she repeatedly questioned whether Brigitte Macron is actually a woman. According to Owens, Trump called her in February, just days after she concluded the series.

– This phone call is coming from Florida. Pick up the phone and lo and behold… It is President Donald J. Trump! He is calling me and in true President Trump fashion, he jumps right into the narrative. He’s not ‘Hey, how you do?’ Owens explains in her program.

– He just like jumps right into the narrative of exactly how this went down. I am literally… it is hard to catch my breath to comprehend that four days ago I am literally ending a series about Brigitte Macron, and now I’m speaking to the President of the United States and the topic of conversation is about Macron’s wife’s penis.

According to Owens, Trump described how during a White House meeting, Emmanuel Macron, surrounded by Secret Service and escort vehicles, approached him. The French President allegedly asked Trump to contact Owens and get her to stop talking about Brigitte.

– She’s old and this is really, really impacting her, Trump reportedly said.

Refused to “stop telling the truth”

The former president further claimed that he had seen Brigitte Macron up close during a dinner at the Eiffel Tower in Paris and assured that “she looked like a woman”.

Owens states that she questioned Trump’s request and countered by saying that Brigitte Macron, in her opinion, “has had this amazing doctor who specializes in transgenderism surgeries or feminization”. She continued:

– Like you are requesting that I really, and despite your reasoning, which is very sound, that I stop telling the truth.

Owens says she finally responded to Trump jokingly:

– You know, respectfully, Mr. President, it’s not my fault that he married someone with a penis.

A personal favor

According to Owens, Trump tried to convince her by saying that Macron had been “very good” to him and that this was “something he wanted to get out of the way”. He also added a personal compliment in classic Trump style:

– Melania loves you… she says you’re beautiful.

Owens says she agreed to a temporary pause on the topic, concerned it might affect Trump’s ongoing efforts to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine war. However, she emphasized the decision wasn’t permanent:

– This is not long term for me.

Toward the end of the conversation, Trump allegedly tried to win Owens over by suggesting he could appear on her podcast – something he said would generate high viewership numbers, to which Owens responded by returning the compliment:

– Respectfully, Mr. President, I’m apparently good for ratings too, because you’ve got a leader of a country, the president of the country, asking you to ask me to do you a favor.

Foreign policy concern

Owens suggests that while Trump never explicitly stated it, she got the impression that her comments about Brigitte Macron had become a foreign policy concern.

She references information from a third party in Washington, interpreting Trump’s plea as indicating that the French presidential couple believed her statements could affect Macron’s willingness to support an American proposal for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Neither Donald Trump nor Emmanuel Macron has publicly commented on these claims.

Slovakia urges West to engage in dialogue with Russia

The new cold war

Published 2 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Juraj Blanar believes that Western leaders must use diplomacy and dialogue to end the war.
2 minute read

Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar believes that the war in Ukraine cannot be decided on the battlefield. Instead, he urges the Western world to seek a peaceful solution through direct dialogue with Russia – and warns that continued tensions could lead to a catastrophic large-scale war between NATO and Moscow.

– We do not want a war between Russia and NATO to break out, because that would be the Third World War. We want the conflict to be settled peacefully, Blanar said during a discussion program on Slovak public broadcaster STVR last Sunday.

Blanar emphasized the importance of diplomacy and called for a return to “respect for international law”. He also suggested that the Western world should seek ways to renew contact with Moscow – “and perhaps even forgive everything that has happened”.

Slovakia, like Hungary, has consistently pushed for de-escalation of the conflict and opposed additional EU sanctions against Russia.

The country’s president Peter Pellegrini has also urged EU member states to resume direct talks with Moscow and has simultaneously rejected demands for rapid military buildup within NATO, arguing that defense spending should reflect each country’s own priorities – rather than concerns about Russia.

Russia demands Ukrainian neutrality

Russian officials have condemned the US-led bloc’s decision last week that member countries should raise their defense budgets to 5 percent of GDP – a measure that NATO says will deter the “long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security”.

The Kremlin has repeatedly stated that it has no intentions of attacking any NATO country and has called the accusations “nonsense” – a scare tactic that, according to Moscow, is used by the West to legitimize increased defense spending.

Moscow states that it seeks a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that a lasting agreement must include recognition of the actual situation “on the ground”, as well as Ukrainian neutrality.

According to Putin, contacts between Moscow and Kyiv are being maintained regarding a possible third round of peace negotiations. Previous talks have been held in Turkey, where the parties have exchanged draft peace proposals and carried out several prisoner exchanges.

Trump suggests possible deportation of Elon Musk

Donald Trump's USA

Published 2 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The relationship between tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former U.S. President Donald Trump appears to oscillate between frosty and outright hostile these days.
3 minute read

US President Donald Trump recently suggested the possibility of deporting his former ally and advisor Elon Musk, while hinting that the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) might review the government subsidies received by Musk’s companies.

The unexpected statement came during a press conference on the White House lawn, where the president was directly asked about the possibility of deporting the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.

– We’ll have to take a look, the president responded.

Musk, who was born in South Africa, has been a US citizen since 2002. Under current law, deportation would require a criminal conviction. Trump elaborated on his comment with a sarcastic attack aimed at his former friend:

– We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets lots of subsidies, he said.

Escalating conflict

The conflict between Trump and Musk has escalated in recent weeks, particularly regarding the comprehensive “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, which forms the core of Trump’s domestic policy agenda. Musk has called the bill “completely insane” and “political suicide”.

The president responded to the criticism with a post on his Truth Social platform:

“Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa”, he wrote.

“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”

The background to these statements is Musk’s repeated attacks on the bill, which he claims threatens both jobs and future technology. In a post on X on Saturday, he wrote that “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!”

“Insane and destructive”

“Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future”, he continued.

On Monday, he intensified his rhetoric:

“Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING , but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year”.

Musk also described the political climate in the US as “a one-party country – THE PORKY PIG PARTY!!” and called for the formation of a new political party.

Electric vehicle dispute

On Tuesday, Trump emphasized that his previous support from Musk didn’t change his stance on electric vehicle policy:

“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate”, Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one”.

Trump threatens to sic DOGE on his former ally. Photo: facsimile/Truth Social//Donald Trump

With Tuesday’s Senate approval, where the bill passed with a 51-50 vote, the conflict between Trump and Musk deepened further. Recently, Musk also expressed support for impeachment proceedings against the president, though he later retracted this and apologized.

Musk resigned from his position at DOGE on May 29, in accordance with the 130-day limit for special government employees.

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