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America’s Poison Melting Pot And The Luxury Of Tolerance
America’s Poison Melting Pot And The Luxury Of Tolerance
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us,
Modern western culture is an absolute anomaly in the history of human civilization. If one studies the principles and doctrines of nearly every other society and empire around the world, you will not find one that allows mass immigration of foreigners with contrary ideologies.
You will not find one that allows foreigners to migrate without strict assimilation and loyalty.
From the Arab states, to China, South Korea, and Japan (until recently), to India and beyond, every culture maintains a strict sense of supremacy. There is an absolute expectation that newcomers will adapt to political policies, belief systems, social norms, etc. Most of the world for thousands of years has operated in this way. Only the modern west deviates and only the west is chastised as “xenophobic” for establishing barriers to foreign influence.
The US in particular has been typecast as a “global melting pot”, even though the vast majority of immigration up until the last half of the 20th century was from other western nations with similar beliefs and traditions. The melting pot theory was largely promoted and glorified by socialist elites in the early 1900s and was not a value of the common American.
Israel Zangwill (a British-Jewish Broadway playwright and devout socialist/supporter of feminism) popularized the term nationally in 1908. Even then, he spoke specifically about various European cultures coming to America.
The “melting pot” was never about inviting millions of people from the third-world with utterly exclusive and hostile ideologies. This notion did not become popular until recently.
What happened? When did it become America’s “duty” to adopt the problem children of the rest of the planet? And why is western civilization the only civilization that is expected to be submissive to the concept of multiculturalism?
This topic is at the very root of nearly every political conflict raging today. The ICE raids, the foreign travel bans, the use of the National Guard to deter organized interference of deportations, the recent terror attack in Washington DC, the increasing calls by Democrats and woke activists for violent “resistance” – All of it goes back to the notion that America is SUPPOSED to welcome anyone and everyone, legal or illegal, from any part of the world regardless of the threat they might pose to our society.
Progressives, for various reasons, furiously insist that America is THE melting pot. That this is our national heritage and that anyone who says otherwise is a “fascist” trying to fundamentally change our cultural foundations.
NGOs and globalist foundations spend billions of dollars to facilitate mass immigration to the US, often in violation of the will of the voting public and the administrations in power. They also fund the majority of activist groups trying to disrupt deportations.
Global governance organizations like the UN spend vast sums of money to enable illegal immigration into the US, providing subsidies, maps, and legal advice to migrants seeking to sneak into America or exploit loopholes for temporary residency.
A number of foreign governments (mainly India and Mexico) lobby the US government to open the floodgates, expanding visa programs and allowing non-citizens to take American jobs, housing and other resources.
The “melting pot” has been poisoned with a rancid cocktail of nefarious agendas. Any positive vestiges of the ideal have been lost. Any value the melting pot might have once had is gone. All that is left is an army of parasites looking for blood; a swarm of mosquitoes rushing in to latch onto a vein. Few if any of these people or institutions care about the “American Dream”, they only see the US as an easy target ripe for conquest.
We have made ourselves an easy target. Our faith in liberalism has led us down a dark path of suicidal empathy. We naively assumed that “tolerance” is a virtue; it is not. Tolerance is a luxury – A luxury for the ultra wealthy and the extraordinarily dimwitted.
No other culture on Earth worships tolerance like westerners do, and there’s a good reason for that. In the case of the US, our ancestors already invested their blood and tears and treasure into this nation to make it the most wealthy and successful in the world. We have been living off their labors for generations.
The people that want to give that civilizational wealth away are people who lack respect for the trials and tribulations required to obtain it.
Another problem is that our tolerance often goes unappreciated because it is not a virtue for any other culture, either. The third world sees tolerance as weakness and opportunity. Many foreign social belief systems, from Judaism, to Hinduism to Islam, carry an ancient code of tribalism, an insider/outsider mentality of supremacy which is admonished in modern western thought but tolerated in immigrants.
For third worlders, a culture which is tolerant is fair game for exploitation and perhaps even invasion. You will consistently see foreign groups in the US argue that they are indeed American, but at the same time they will declare allegiance to their nation of origin. Their love of America is based on their love of the WEALTH they can derive from America. They’re laughing all the way to the closest Western Union.
Most have no interest in our principles and our heritage. They see America as an economic zone, a global commons with resources to be tapped. In other words, foreigners see immigration as a fishing business, a means to gain access to a largely unprotected wealth pool created by a culture with more historic merit and more success. They have been gathering their nets for quite some time.
In 2024 the US government under Joe Biden spent over $72 billion on foreign aid with another $26 billion in supplementals. India and Mexico transfer around $100 billion total in remittance from the US each year (foreign workers sending money back home). A number of officials with ethnic roots in these countries regularly argue in favor of continued visas and mass immigration while claiming it’s “for the good of Americans.”
Again, their loyalty is to their culture of origin first and America last.
For progressives and globalists immigration is also about wealth, primarily the redistribution of it from middle-class and upper-class Americans into foreign coffers. They see the common American people (conservatives) as a thorn in their side that needs to be removed. The draining of our buying power and living standards is a stepping stone to cultural deconstruction.
Mass immigration is a tool for social change. Multiculturalism erases national pride and the concept of protected borders. For if we are overwhelmed by the third world, who is going to care about maintaining the borders of our nation anymore? We might as well let the whole thing collapse, right?
They openly admit to this agenda, it’s not a secret. The question is, what are we going to do about it?
Black-pilled nihilists will say that we’ll “do nothing”, but I’m not really interested in the opinions of conservatives who have given up. They are just as responsible for our troubles as progressives. They are weaklings and cowards.
Donald Trump’s recent declaration of a ban on third world immigration is at least bringing the topic to the average American dinner table. It’s been a long time since we had a real national reexamination of the “melting pot” idea. And, from my observations the use of mass deportations is gathering vast support among the American public.
I really don’t think officials living in the bubble of DC or mainstream journalists suffering from delusions of influence realize just how deep the anger goes when it comes to foreign exploitation and foreign influence over American society. I would suggest that there are tens of millions of patriots on the verge of walking out the door tomorrow to wage war on leftists and illegal immigrants should the obstructions of deportations continue.
The naysayers just don’t get how fed up people are becoming. Third world enclaves in places like Minneapolis and Dearborne don’t get it, either. Our tolerance is rapidly melting away, faster than the melting pot can be filled. The era of liberalism is over. The era of western multiculturalism is about to be stamped out. Mark my words, we are on the precipice of a reckoning.
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Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/01/2025 – 23:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/americas-poison-melting-pot-and-luxury-tolerance
Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.
Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
FOOTBALL
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Huskie Stadium, DeKalb
CLASS 8A
No. 1 Mount Carmel (13-0) vs. No. 11 Oswego (11-2), 6 p.m.
CLASS 7A
No. 25 St. Rita (9-4) vs. No. 6 Brother Rice (12-1), 3 p.m.
SATURDAY’S EVENT
LOCAL COLLEGES
FOOTBALL
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
Third Round
Wisconsin La Crosse (9-2) at North Central College (11-0), noon.
MONDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Eisenhower 72, Hancock 49
Eisenhower (2-1): Logan Costa 15 points. Logan Tasciotti 14 points.
Morton 65, Tinley Park 39
Plano 68, Hinckley-Big Rock 44
Plano (1-3): Alan Contreras 17 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds. Kevin Martinez 14 points, 11 rebounds. Cooper Beaty 13 points, 7 rebounds. Ethan Taxis 11 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals.
Hinckley-Big Rock (0-1): Marshall Ledbetter 15 points, 5 rebounds. Luke Badal 8 points, 9 rebounds.
Thornwood 78, Chicago Vocational 38
AURORA CHRISTIAN BURNEY WILKE CLASSIC
Aurora Christian 75, Harvest-Westminster 48
Aurora Christian (4-0): Preston Morel 23 points. Luke Baumann 16 points. Jacob Baumann 15 points.
IMSA 66, St. Edward 49
IMSA (2-1): Lota Owamezee 23 points. Neil Sitapara 21 points.
OAK LAWN LEN SCADUTO CLASSIC
Oak Lawn 58, Crete-Monee 54, championship
Andrew 58, Bremen 56, third
Andrew (2-2): Hisham Massad 16 points, 5 rebounds. Ryan Dinnon 13 points, 9 rebounds. Malik Mahmoud 11 points.
ST. CHARLES EAST RON JOHNSON TOURNAMENT
St. Charles North 54, St. Charles East 52
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ag. Science 36, Ag. Science 21
Crete-Monee 45, Thornwood 17
Crete (3-2, 1-0 Southland): Jada Franklin 14 points. Kimora Darby 9 points.
Kankakee 83, Thornridge 31
Richards 37, Kennedy 34
Richards (3-2): Ameera Martin 14 points. Piper Egan 8 points.
Stagg 43, Shepard 28
Stevenson 62, Zion-Benton 22
Sycamore 68, Aurora Central Catholic 50
T.F. South 60, Whiting (Ind.) 16
Warren 40, Lakes 32
LOCAL COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Indianapolis 80, Lewis 67
Lewis (0-5, 0-1 GLVC): Ryan Hall 28 points, 4 rebounds. Collin Albert 10 points.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Lewis 63, Indianapolis 49
Lewis (2-5, 1-0 GLVC): Yahaira Bueno 15 points, 6 rebounds. Jasmine Jones 13 points, 6 rebounds. Gabi Hoover 11 points.
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
HANCOCK TOURNAMENT
St. Laurence 69, Richards 40, championship
St. Laurence (4-0): Reggie Stevens 21 points. Markese Peoples 15 points. Noah Coro 12 points. Jeremiah Toney 10 points.
Richards (3-1): Messiah Horton 12 points, 5 rebounds. Jordan Shaw 10 points, 10 rebounds.
Evergreen Park 69, St. Rita 66
Evergreen (3-1): Lenear Bolton 30 points. James Lee 13 points.
St. Rita 64, Hancock 55
Hancock 48, Tinley Park 44
PEKIN SHOOTOUT
IMSA 57, Pekin 48
IMSA (1-1): Lota Owamezee 21 points. Omar Njikam 19 points.
WINDY CITY TURKEY CLASSIC
At St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius 69, Benet 65, championship
Benet (3-1): Jayden Wright 19 points. Colin Stack 14 points. Ethan MacDermot 14 points.
De La Salle 73, Hope Academy 58
De La Salle (2-2): Lucas Johnson 27 points. Caleb Henry 13 points.
Compiled by Josh Krockey.
After proving she score points, Missouri S-T commit Abbey Hobart helps Stagg on defense too. ‘Want to lock in.’
Last season, Stagg’s Abbey Hobart solidified her credentials as an offensive threat.
That’s when she eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career, scored a program-record tying 37 points in a game and then followed it up with 36 points the next outing.
This season, she’s also working on becoming a presence on the other end of the court.
“I really want to lock in on defense,” Hobart said. “It’s always about watching and reading where the next pass is going to go.”
Hobart was locked in on defense and loaded up on offense Monday night. The senior guard scored 16 points — including 14 in the first half — to lead the Chargers to a 43-28 nonconference victory over host Shepard in Palos Heights.
Stagg (2-3) snapped a three-game losing streak by recording 22 steals, with 11 in each half. Hobart had six, followed by Juliane Roupas with five and Victoria Bedziechowski with four.
Stagg’s Abbey Hobart (14) goes in for the layup against Shepard during a nonconference game in Palos Heights on Monday Dec. 1, 2025. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)
Abby Ellsworth added 11 points and sank a 3-pointer with 2:06 left in the first half to put the Chargers ahead 21-15. Before that, neither team held more than a four-point lead.
Stagg went on to take a 27-16 halftime lead and didn’t look back.
“I’ve always liked shooting threes,” Ellsworth said. “It’s fun when they go in.”
Savannah Conrad paced Shepard (3-3) with 13 points. Jessica Manley scored eight of her 12 points in the first quarter.
Stagg’s Abby Ellsworth (5) looks to make a play against Shepard during a nonconference game in Palos Heights on Monday Dec. 1, 2025. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)
Even though the season is still young for Stagg, the 5-foot-8 Hobart has been waves. She was named to all-tournament team at Hinsdale Central and signed to play at Missouri S&T.
Stagg coach Allee Hernandez confirmed that Hobart’s desire to play in college has made her into a better defensive player.
“It’s definitely an improvement,” Hernandez said of Hobart’s defense. “Defense has been something we’ve been stressing since the jump this season because we know we have athletes.
“The improvement was something I noticed when she came back from her travel team in the summer. She told me it was a part of her game that she wanted to pick up to get prepared for college basketball.”
Stagg’s Juliane Roupas (1) looks to pass against Shepard during a nonconference game in Palos Heights on Monday Dec. 1, 2025. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)
Hernandez pointed out the key to defense is having a high basketball IQ, which Hobart possesses.
“You have to be able to read the floor and see where the passes are going,” Hernandez said. “A lot of it is not necessarily on-ball steal. It can be a teammate getting on-ball pressure and when they go to throw the pass, it’s reading that pass.
“Defense is a huge teamwork game. You all have to be on the same page.”
It’s still a work in progress.
After allowing 28 points in a season-opening win over Wheaton North, the Chargers gave up 54 points to Hinsdale Central, 54 to Neuqua Valley and 61 to Freeport before clamping down on the Astros.
Stagg’s Abbey Hobart (14) pushes the ball up the court against Shepard during a nonconference game in Palos Heights on Monday Dec. 1, 2025. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)
“I think we have a lot of potential,” Hobart said. “Our record doesn’t necessarily show it, but I think we can do a lot of things this year.
“It’s a fun team and everyone works hard and wants to get better. We all want to win. We have a lot of young talent on the team as well. We just have to get used to playing with each other.”
Hobart started playing basketball after watching her brothers at St. Alexander in Palos Heights, and when it was time for her to suit up, great things happened. She was teammates with Mother McAuley’s Quinn Arundel and the team was unbeaten in sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Aside from scoring, and now defense, Hobart brings some other qualities to the Chargers.
“She’s a great leader on the team,” Ellsworth said. “She helps everyone out. She’s always there if you need a helping hand.”
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/abbey-hobart-stagg-shepard-ihsa-girls-basketball/
Argentina: Racing y Gimnasia La Plata avanzan a semifinales
Por HERNÁN ALVAREZ
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Racing de Avellaneda venció por penales a Tigre y Gimnasia La Plata, a Barracas Central en los 90 reglamentarios el lunes por los cuartos de final del torneo Clausura del fútbol argentino.
Racing superó por 4-2 a Tigre en la definición desde el punto penal después del empate 0-0 en 120 minutos. El disparo de la tanda fue convertido por el zaguero Agustín García Basso.
La Academia se medirá contra Boca Juniors en semifinales. Los xeneizes habían derrotado por 1-0 a Argentinos Juniors en La Bombonera el domingo.
En tanto, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata venció como visitante a Barracas Central por 2-0 y se medirá en semis con Estudiantes en el clásico de la ciudad capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires. El sábado, los pincharratas habían superado por 1-0 a Central Córdoba en el estadio Madre de Ciudades.
El primer tiempo en Avellaneda fue muy flojo. Hubo muy pocas acciones en las áreas.
En el complemento, Racing fue con más decisión en la búsqueda del desnivel. Los locales contaron con más de una ocasión. La más clara la tuvo Adrián Martínez al disparar débil para el control del arquero Felipe Zenobio a los 82.
Pese al ataque racinguista constante y los contragolpes esporádicos de la visita, no hubo goles en el tiempo reglamentario.
Fue expulsado Ramón Arias (Tigre) a los 90+4 por un foul desde atrás.
En el alargue, el cotejo quedó 10 contra 10 por la roja de Gastón Martirena en el local a los 99.
El equipo de Costas perdió otro jugador a los 116 por la doble amonestación del capitán Santiago Sosa.
Alfio Oviedo (Tigre) cabeceó alto a los 119, mientras “Maravilla” Martínez tuvo otra chance a los 122, pero su disparo se fue por arriba.
Se tuvo que llegar a la definición por penales para decidir un triunfador. Allí, los racinguistas lograron convertir sus cuatro tiros. Adrián Martínez, Adrián Fernández, Gabriel Rojas y García Basso anotaron para La Academia. El tiro del visitante Tomás Cardona, el primero de su formación, fue desviado por el portero Facundo Cambeses. El guardameta local también despejó el disparo de Joaquín Laso, el tercero de la serie tigrense. Diego Sosa y Julián López convirtieron para el cuadro de Victoria.
“Había que asegurar. Facu (Cambeses) nos dio la seguridad. Cada uno que les tocó lo hizo muy bien. Fue un partido durísimo”, dijo García Basso. “Este año no nos tocó convertir tanto. El fin es ganar”.
“Tenemos un grupo muy unido”, afirmó Cambeses.
Con respecto al partido de semifinales que le espera a Racing, el guardameta comentó: “La llave de Boca estuvo muy pareja. Es un rival durísimo. Es su cancha”.
El guardameta chileno Gabriel Arias, que termina su vínculo con el club racinguista en este 2025, fue homenajeado por la entidad local. Arias disputó 245 partidos en el arco blanquiceleste desde su llegada en 2018.
Sobre el egreso de Arias, Facundo Cambeses afirmó: “Con Gabi soy un agradecido. Es un capitán con todas las letras”.
En la cancha de Barracas, Manuel Panaro marcó el primer tanto tripero con un toque en el área chica a los 21. La anotación fue confirmada tras una revisión en el VAR.
El segundo gol gimnasista llegó cuando Franco Torres logró definir bien de zurda a los 92.
Gran último cuarto de Bane ayuda al Magic a vencer 125-120 a los Bulls
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Desmond Bane anotó 18 de sus 37 puntos en el último cuarto, ayudando a que el Magic de Orlando venciera la noche del lunes 125-120 a los Bulls de Chicago.
Bane encestó un triple que puso a su equipo por delante con 3:23 por jugar, iniciando una racha de 8-0 para el Magic. También culminó la secuencia decisiva con un tiro libre que dejó el marcador en 117-111.
Bane tuvo un 12 de 17 en tiros de campo. Además, sumó seis rebotes y cinco asistencias.
Franz Wagner anotó 25 puntos para Orlando, y el suplente Anthony Black consiguió 22 puntos y nueve rebotes. El Magic ganó por sexta vez en siete partidos.
Josh Giddey logró 22 puntos, nueve rebotes y seis asistencias para Chicago en su cuarta derrota consecutiva. Matas Buzelis anotó 21 puntos, y Nikola Vucevic tuvo 20 puntos y 11 rebotes.
Los Bulls llegaron a tener una ventaja de hasta 15 puntos en el tercer cuarto, manteniendo al Magic sin anotar un tiro de campo durante los primeros cinco minutos del período, pero Bane encestó un triple y Noah Penda realizó una clavada que empató el marcador a 85 al entrar al último cuarto.
Wendell Carter Jr. anotó 17 puntos para Orlando con un seis de ocho en tiros.
Tre Jones consiguió 20 puntos para Chicago, y Ayo Dosunmu terminó con 18 puntos y siete asistencias.
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Mitchell anota 43 puntos y lidera a los Cavaliers en victoria 135-119 sobre los Pacers
INDIANÁPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell anotó 43 puntos para llevar a los Cavaliers de Cleveland a una victoria de 135-119 sobre los Pacers de Indiana el lunes por la noche.
Mitchell, quien encestó 16 de 27 tiros de campo, también logró nueve rebotes y seis asistencias. Jaylon Tyson sumó 27 unidades con diez de 13 en tiros y un máximo de equipo de 11 rebotes. Evan Mobley y DeAndre Hunter anotaron 13 cada uno para los Cavs.
Pascal Siakam consiguió 26 tantos para Indiana, y Andrew Nembhard anotó 21.
Garrison Mathews, quien firmó un segundo contrato de diez días el lunes con los Pacers, añadió 15 puntos, acertando sus tres intentos desde la línea de tres puntos. Jay Huff también anotó 15.
Los Cavaliers lanzaron con un 51% de efectividad desde el campo, mientras que los Pacers lo hicieron con un 49%. Cleveland tuvo una ventaja de 48-36 en rebotes. Indiana tuvo 14 pérdidas de balón, seis más que sus rivales.
Cleveland lideró por 21 en dos ocasiones, la última vez con un 53-32 antes de conformarse con una ventaja de 66-54 al medio tiempo. La única ventaja de los Pacers fue 2-0. Hunter puso a los Cavaliers adelante de manera definitiva con un 5-2 gracias a un triple.
Los equipos lanzaron casi igual en la primera mitad, ya que los Pacers estaban al 50% y los Cavaliers al 49%. La diferencia fue que Cleveland tuvo una ventaja de 27-15 en rebotes y cometió solo tres pérdidas de balón, mientras que los Pacers tuvieron ocho.
Los Pacers estaban detrás 99-90 después de tres cuartos. Los Cavaliers anotaron los primeros cinco puntos del último cuarto y mantuvieron un margen cómodo el resto del juego.
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US Plans To Keep Troops In Caribbean Through 2028, Planning Docs Show
US Plans To Keep Troops In Caribbean Through 2028, Planning Docs Show
Department of War documents suggest the US military is planning to keep large numbers of troops in the Caribbean Sea for the next three years, The Intercept reported on Monday, in a further sign that a war on Venezuela is imminent. Defense Department contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept show the military has earmarked major increases in food supplies for almost all of its branches, including the US Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
The documents show the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has been contracted to supply large amounts of baked goods, including wrapped honey buns, vanilla cupcakes, sweet rolls, hamburger rolls, and flour tortillas, to US troops in the “Puerto Rico Zone” from November of this year to November 2028.
The US military has already amassed 15,000 troops in the Caribbean in recent months, including 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which has more than 75 attack, surveillance, and support aircraft.
US President Donald Trump has paved the way for a possible invasion of oil-rich Venezuela by accusing Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and other officials in his government of leading a drug cartel known as Cartel de los Soles.
Trump has provided no evidence of Maduro’s involvement in drug trafficking, and there is little evidence that Cartel de los Soles exists. Despite this, the US president has authorized the US Air Force to carry out more than 20 strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Rights groups have called the strikes, which have killed more than 80 civilians, extrajudicial executions that are illegal under US and international law. Trump has also sought to declare drug cartels as “terrorist” groups, in another step to justify future military action against Venezuela.
“The procurement’s length of time and the level of effort seemed to point to these operations continuing at the current level for several years,” said Mark Cancian, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
“That’s significant because it means that the Navy will maintain a large presence in the Caribbean that is far larger than what it has been in recent years. It further implies that the Navy will be involved in these counter-drug operations,” Cancian stated.
In addition to the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, the US has deployed at least 13 warships, five support vessels, and a nuclear submarine to the region since August.
One DLA document lists multiple US naval vessels involved in the buildup of troops and ships as recipients, causing the quantities of food and costs listed in the contracting documents to surge.
“People will ask whether this means escalation from the strikes on smugglers into a Venezuelan campaign, whatever that eventually looks like,” said a former US military official with significant experience in military logistics, procurement, and supply chains.
Other locations in Puerto Rico named in the DLA documents include Muniz Air National Guard Base, Fort Buchanan, a US Army installation near San Juan, and Roosevelt Roads Naval Base.
U.S. Marine Presence in Venezuela May Extend to 2028
Reports suggest Washington’s long-term strategy goes beyond Maduro’s potential removal, with concerns shifting toward armed groups like ELN and FARC.#WashingtonEye pic.twitter.com/mKuVsZJGUQ
— Washington Eye (@washington_EY) December 1, 2025
Last week, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the airstrikes against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean and the Pacific are part of an operation named “Southern Spear.”
The Department of War has reportedly presented Trump with various options for attacking Venezuela. Trump has also threatened future attacks on Venezuelan territory, authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, and stated that he has not ruled out an invasion of Venezuela by US troops.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/01/2025 – 22:35
Porter anota 35 puntos en la victoria de los Nets 116-103 sobre los Hornets
Associated Press
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. anotó 35 puntos, Noah Clowney sumó 18 y los Nets de Brooklyn vencieron la noche del lunes por 116-103 a los Hornets de Charlotte.
Nic Claxton añadió 13 puntos, 11 rebotes y seis asistencias para Brooklyn, que había perdido cuatro seguidos. Los suplentes Danny Wolf y Drake Powell anotaron cada uno diez puntos.
Porter acertó siete de 11 desde la línea de tres puntos. Los Nets lograron 17 de 43 desde más allá del arco, en comparación con 12 de 32 para los Hornets.
Kon Knueppel anotó 18 puntos para Charlotte, que había ganado dos seguidos. LaMelo Ball tuvo 12 puntos y 14 asistencias, y Collin Sexton terminó con 15 puntos.
Los Hornets se acercaron a 96-93 con dos tiros libres de Liam McNeeley con 7:06 por jugar. Pero Wolf convirtió una bandeja y Porter hizo un tiro en suspensión para aumentar la ventaja de los Nets a 100-93 con 6:16 restantes.
Wolf y Clowney conectaron desde larga distancia para poner el marcador en 112-98 con 2:36 por jugar.
El juego estaba empatado a 59 al medio tiempo. Porter anotó 17 puntos en la primera mitad, y Knueppel tuvo 12 al descanso.
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Heat iguala récord de franquicia con 24 triples y vence 140-123 a Clippers
MIAMI (AP) — Norman Powell anotó 30 puntos contra su antiguo equipo, Bam Adebayo logró 27 unidades y 14 rebotes en 32 minutos y el Heat de Miami venció 140-123 a los tambaleantes Clippers de Los Ángeles 140-123 el lunes por la noche.
Tyler Herro y Andrew Wiggins anotaron cada uno 22 tantos para el Heat, que iba perdiendo por dos al inicio del segundo cuarto antes de conseguir una racha de 30-2. Miami también encestó 24 triples, igualando un récord de la franquicia logrado en dos ocasiones anteriores.
Miami tuvo una racha de 12-0 en los primeros 2:02 del tercer cuarto, todos con triples, dos de ellos por conducto de Adebayo. Eso convirtió una ventaja de 20 puntos al medio tiempo en una diferencia de 32 y el resultado no volvió a estar en duda.
Kawhi Leonard anotó 36 e Ivica Zubac terminó con 16 unidades y 13 rebotes para los Clippers. Comenzaron la temporada 3-2 y han tenido un récord de 2-14 desde entonces, cayendo a 5-16 — el peor inicio de 21 juegos para la franquicia desde un comienzo de 4-17 en la temporada 2010-11.
James Harden anotó 11 puntos para los Clippers en 20 minutos, y no jugó en los últimos 22:34. Los Clippers fueron superados por 39 puntos cuando él estaba en la cancha.
Powell tuvo 11 unidades en la racha de 30-2, en la que Miami lanzó nueve de 12 mientras que los Clippers fallaron todos sus 11 tiros. Dos triples consecutivos de Powell finalizaron la seguidilla.
Los Clippers hicieron las cosas un poco interesantes en el cuarto período, con Leonard anotando 19 puntos y acercando a su equipo a 12 con dos minutos restantes. Pero Miami anotó los siguientes nueve — una jugada de tres puntos de Herro, luego triples de Powell y Wiggins para asegurar el juego.
Fue la quinta vez que Miami alcanzó la marca de 140 puntos esta temporada, después de lograrlo un total de ocho veces en las primeras 37 temporadas de la franquicia.
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Denny Hamlin breaks down in tears as the 1st witness testifying in NASCAR antitrust trial
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The landmark federal antitrust trial against NASCAR opened Monday with three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin breaking down in tears minutes into his testimony as the first witness in a case that could upend the venerable stock car series.
Hamlin’s 23XI Racing, which he co-owns with Michael Jordan, and Front Row Motorsports claim the series is a monopolistic bully that leaves its teams no option but to comply with rules and financing they don’t agree with.
As Jordan watched from the gallery, Hamlin began to cry and had to stop and compose himself when asked how he got into racing. He disclosed to The Associated Press last month that his father is dying, and he said on the stand he was emotional because his dad “is not in great health.”
“We got to when I was about 20 and a decision had to be made: I could keep racing or go out and work for my dad’s trailer business,” Hamlin testified, adding that he later was thinking about what retirement looked like and found a team going out of business.
He needed a partner and turned to Jordan, with whom he had developed a friendship when the Basketball Hall of Famer owned the Charlotte Hornets and Hamlin was a season ticket holder.
“If I can’t be successful with Michael as a partner, I knew this was never going to work,” he said.
The references to his early days in auto racing and the sacrifices his family made were intended to show how difficult it is for both team owners and drivers to make it at the top level of the sport. He said he never would have been able to start 23XI in 2021 had he not partnered with Jordan.
Because of Jordan’s presence with the team, Hamlin testified, 23XI has turned a profit in all but one of its five seasons of operation. His attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, said in his opening statement that fast-food restaurant entrepreneur Bob Jenkins never has turned a profit since starting his Front Row team in 2004, a team that won the Daytona 500 in 2021.
Kessler said a NASCAR-commissioned study found that 75% of teams lost money in 2024 and added that over a three-year period almost $400 million was paid to the France Family Trust. He said a 2023 evaluation by Goldman Sachs found NASCAR to be worth $5 billion. NASCAR is currently run by Jim France, son of founder Bill France Sr.
“What the evidence is going to show is Mr. France ran this for the benefit of his family at the expense of the teams and sport,” Kessler said.
At the heart of the lawsuit is NASCAR’s revenue-sharing model, which 23XI and Front Row argue is unfair to race teams that often operate at a loss. Hamlin testified it cost $20 million simply to bring a single car to the track over a 38-race season, not including overhead expenses such as driver salary and business operations.
“So why would these people do this if you are just going to lose money because NASCAR isn’t giving you a fair deal?” Kessler asked. “Because you love stock car racing, and there’s nowhere else to do it.”
The charter agreements signed for this year that triggered the lawsuit guarantee the teams $12.5 million in annual revenue per chartered car. NASCAR argues the guaranteed payouts are an increase from $9 million from the previous agreement, but Hamlin noted that 11 of the first 19 chartered teams are no longer in business.
All three charters 23XI purchased came from teams that ceased operations, and Hamlin said 23XI paid $4.7 million for its first charter, $13.5 million for its second and $28 million for its third, acquired late last year. He acknowledged purchasing the third charter was a risk because of the pending litigation — and the price concerned him — but it was required if 23XI intends to build itself into a top team.
The charter system guarantees a car a spot in the field each race week as well as a percentage of the purse and gives team owners an asset to sell should they want to get out of the business.
NASCAR attorneys argued that the charter system has created $1.5 billion in equity for the 36 chartered teams. Prior to the charter system, teams raced “open,” with no guarantee they would make the field or earn a payout.
“The France family built NASCAR from nothing. They are an American success story,” Johnny Stephenson said in the opening statement for NASCAR. Stephenson is a colleague of Christopher Yates, who had previously handled most of the courtroom arguments for the defendants.
“They’ve done it through hard work over 75 years. That’s the kind of effort that doesn’t deserve a lawsuit. That’s the kind of effort that deserves admiration.”
The case has churned through hearings and arguments for more than a year despite calls from other NASCAR teams to settle. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell even helped mediate a failed two-day summit in October.
A NASCAR victory could put 23XI, Front Row and their six combined cars out of business. Their charters — now being held by NASCAR — likely would be sold. The last charter went for $45 million, and NASCAR has indicated there is interest from potential buyers, including private equity firms.
A win for the teams could lead to monetary damages and the potential demolition of NASCAR as it is run today. The judge has the power to unravel a monopoly, and nothing is off the table, from ordering a sale of NASCAR to the dismantling of the charter system.
Jordan’s presence factors into the trial
Jordan’s presence in the courtroom gallery near Hamlin was a factor: Among those dismissed from serving on the jury was a man who said he can’t be impartial because “I like Mike” and another who said he had Michael Jordan posters on his walls growing up.
A juror said they were a North Carolina fan but noted the football team at Jordan’s alma mater is not “doing too well right now,” to which Jordan shook his head and laughed.
NASCAR executives in the courtroom included Chairman Jim France and vice chair Lesa France Kennedy, two scions of the family that founded NASCAR in 1948 and still owns it.
Hamlin will resume testimony Tuesday morning. NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps, 23XI minority owner Curtis Polk, France Kennedy and other top executives had to leave the courtroom after opening arguments because they are all potential witnesses.
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