Never underestimate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Instead of avoiding a thorny question about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny that came up during his annual press conference Thursday, Putin answered it head-on. But, in claiming that new, highly damning evidence of the involvement of his FSB in the poisoning came from American special services, Putin seems to have entered a rabbit hole, because he was forced to admit that the FSB was following Navalny. As Navalny said in a tweet: “Putin admitted everything…It is impossible to deny our solid, concrete evidence.” The identities of FSB officers who were allegedly […]
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The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them hospice care. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order […]
Newly released text messages obtained by Fox News show Hunter Biden’s ex-associate James Gilliar asking to ‘get Joe [Biden] involved’ in a China deal to make it look like ‘truly a family business.’ Joe Biden is a national security threat. Via Fox News: TRENDING: BREAKING: US Department of State Issues New Warnings: “The Chinese Communist Party Poses a Real Threat” In text messages dating back to 2017, Hunter’s now-ex-associates James Gilliar and Tony Bobulinski discussed a breakdown of the joint venture with CEFC, the “stakes” and appeared to suggest getting the now-president-elect involved. In text messages dating back to 2017, Hunter’s […]
Israeli actress Gal Gadot takes over Burj Khalifa READ: Casting of Israel's Gal Gadot as Cleopatra prompts debate on social media Source link
Over 70 countries have officially incorporated the Mandarin language into their national education systems, China’s education ministry said this week. The United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and South Africa are among the nations teaching Mandarin in their government-run schools, China’s Vice Minister of Education, Tian Xuejun, said Monday, the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported Wednesday. “So far, over 4,000 colleges across the globe have set up Chinese language [Mandarin] courses in their curriculum. It’s estimated that 25 million people are learning Chinese now and over 200 million have learned Chinese globally,” Tian said at the opening ceremony of the […]
Multiple sources are claiming Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is an “anti-Trumper” who is actively working to ensure President Trump isn’t re-elected. A video going viral online shows Arizona State Senator Eddie Farnsworth citing a Supreme Court staffer who allegedly heard SCOTUS judges yelling behind closed doors during a heated argument. Farnsworth describes a statement made by a “Current staffer for one of the Supreme Court Justices.” “He said the justices, as they always do, went into a closed room to discuss cases or to debate,” Farnsworth explained. “There are no phones, no computers, no nothing. No one else is in […]
Authored by Stephen Green via PJMedia.com, A pair of gunshot deaths that counted among COVID fatalities have earned the ire of a county coroner in Colorado. Grand County, in the sparsely-populated (but breathtaking) northwestern quarter of the state, is home to fewer than 15,000 people and has been lucky enough to endure only a handful of deaths related to the Wuhan Virus. But of those five deaths, County Coroner Brenda Bock says two actually died of gunshot wounds. Bock sounded furious in her interview with CBS4 News in Denver, and with good reason. Grand County’s economy is heavily reliant on tourism, and as […]
Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly erupted for a second time over Covid-19 social-distancing breaches on the set of his latest “Mission Impossible” movie project in Europe, prompting five staffers to quit the production. The second meltdown came on Tuesday night, after news broke of an earlier on-set rant by Cruise that was caught on tape, the Sun newspaper reported, citing an unidentified person involved in the movie. The 58-year-old actor stars in the film, which is the seventh installment of “Mission Impossible,” and is one of its producers. “The first outburst was big, but things haven’t calmed since,” the person said. […]
Sputnik recently spoke with Omeima Abdeslam, the Polisario Front representative to Switzerland, about how US President Donald Trump’s declaration could impact the territory and Polisario’s struggle against occupying Moroccan forces that resumed last month after a 29-year period of peace. Source link
A total of 175 irregular migrants planning to cross into Europe were held in western Izmir province of Turkey, the provincial coastal guard reported on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The coast guard in a statement said they received information regarding the whereabouts of the irregular migrants, who were located in a private boat off Sigacik gulf of the Aegean province. The boat was halted by the Turkish Coast Guard units where irregular migrants were detained; they were then referred to the provincial migration office. Also, a human-trafficking suspect was arrested by authorities. Turkey: Coast Guard rescues migrants pushed by Greece Source link
Community members in California are upset after their local city council called the “thin blue line” flag a racist symbol. Upset at the city council’s declaration, these community members decided to protest by waving the pro-law enforcement flag in downtown Livermore, California, KTVU reported. Last week, a Livermore city council committee deemed the “thin blue line” flag, along with the Confederate flag, racist symbols. The committee — comprised of community members and council members — was conducting an “inventory of racist symbols.” The city council committee’s reasoning for taking inventory of these symbols had to do with making sure only inclusive symbols were displayed […]
WASHINGTON — Participants are emerging for the U.S. Army’s mobile 155mm howitzer shoot-off coming up in early 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Elbit Systems of America announced Dec. 17 that it had been chosen to bring its Autonomous Truck Mounted Ordnance System (ATMOS) Iron Sabre to the evaluation. And BAE Systems and Serbia’s Yugoimport announced they too had been chosen to bring offerings to the shoot-off. French defense company Nexter and AM General have also publicly expressed their interest in participating in the shoot-off. Other possible offerings could come from South Korean defense company Hanwha and Japan’s Mitsubishi. Other contenders […]
As tens of thousands of doses of the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine make their way across the country, some health workers – first on the list to receive the two-stage jab – are leery of the emerging treatment which mainstream pundits warned would take a ‘miracle‘ to produce before the end of the year. And while public concerns over the vaccine have eased compared to polling conducted before the November election, a not-insignificant number of health workers are unwilling to take the shot. Perhaps they’re concerned about taking the fastest vaccine developed in Western history, developed to treat a mysterious new […]
Thursday, December 17, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: DNI, dominion, election fraud, executive order, Fauci, foreign interference, john ratcliffe, national security, President Trump, Situation Update, traitors, treason, vaccine injury, vaccines, White House Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.distributednews.com/483536.html (Natural News) There is an incredible dynamic unfolding today as the deep state is pressuring DNI Ratcliffe to try to delay the foreign interference report that’s due […]
As the president of the Senate, US Vice President Mike Pence will preside over a January 6 congressional joint session, where bipartisan representatives from both legislative chambers will perform an official, out-loud count of the Electoral College votes from the presidential election. Source link
ABUJA, Nigeria—“This country continues to fail its people,” Bello Muntari cried out on Thursday as his brothers remain missing, six days after the two boys were kidnapped along with hundreds of other male students from their school in northwestern Nigeria. Muntari’s siblings, Muhammad and Abdul, were among over 300 boys kidnapped from the Government Science secondary school in the Kankara district of Katsina state. Over 100 gunmen stormed the premises on motorcycles, forcing students and their teachers to flee into the surrounding bush. “They were the unlucky ones,” said Muntari. “Many students ran away when the gunmen arrived but my brothers […]
Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country’s first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands and considers climate change “the challenge of our lifetime.” Juan Labreche/AP hide caption toggle caption Juan Labreche/AP Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country’s first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands and considers climate change “the challenge of our lifetime.” Juan Labreche/AP In a historic first, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap Rep. Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, to lead the Department of the Interior. If […]
The latest liberal hypocrite politician to get busted is Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, who was photographed at a wine bar after telling everyone else to stay home. Gov. Raimondo not only went out, she also didn’t bother wearing a mask. Four days before her wine excursion to a “wine and paint” event at Barnaby’s Public House in Providence, she told her constituents in a tweet to “stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask anytime you’re with people you don’t live with.” “It’s week two of our pause. I know it’s been hard, but I want to thank […]
Iran said on Thursday that around 60,000 nurses have contracted the coronavirus across the country, including 100 of them losing their lives, Anadolu Agency reports. According to the Iranian ISNA news agency, head of the Nurses Association Mohammad Mirzabeigi said that out of 145,000 nurses across the country, around 60,000 of them have so far contracted the novel coronavirus. "Currently, there are 6,000 nurses in quarantine centers, while the number of deaths [among the nurses] has reached 100." Mirzabeigi added. Since the first case was reported on Feb. 19, the number of coronavirus infections in Iran has reached 1,138,550 with 53,093 fatalities. READ: Lebanon to […]
Members of the Minneapolis City Council claimed this week that the group never said it would defund the police department. “‘Defund’ is not the framework the council has ever chosen,” Councilman Steve Fletcher told KSTP during a recent interview. “If we’re going to look at how we fund different programs, it would be very hard to do that without taking that money from the Minneapolis Police Department,” he continued. However, following George Floyd’s death, Fletcher and Councilman Phillipe Cunningham joined their colleagues on a stage in Powderhorn Park and “pledged to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, while standing behind a banner that read […]
A group of UK parliamentarians have requested a meeting with imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange following concerns that his human rights are being violated. In a letter addressed to the British Secretary of State signed by over a dozen UK members of parliament, lawmakers asked to speak with the journalist as he awaits an extradition hearing on January 4, 2021. “We are writing to request that provision be made to hold an online video discussion between Julian Assange and a cross-party group of UK parliamentarians,” the letter states. “As you will be aware, Julian Assange is currently on remand in HMB […]
Fedex Slides After Smashing Expectations, But Fails To Give Guidance Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 16:20 Fedex is down sharply after hours, and was last trading at $282 as yet another stock priced to perfection disappointed unreasonable expectations. Source link
Facebook has reversed its election-season policy of prioritizing mainstream media stories in News Feed after a similar move from Twitter. This is as Mark Zuckerberg is sued for allegedly helping tip the vote in favor of Joe Biden. An algorithm tweak that saw Facebook users deluged with mainstream media stories following last month’s elections has been reversed, the social media behemoth told the New York Times on Wednesday, insisting that the change – which significantly boosted traffic for establishment outlets like CNN, NPR, and the Times itself while suppressing alt-media and right-wing sites – was never meant to be permanent. Boosting […]
Jean-Luc Brunel is a known talent scout who became the head of the Karin Models agency in the late 1970s; however, the Paris-born modeling agent was banned from the company in 1999 over abuse accusations. He later shifted gears and founded MC2 Model Management in the US with funding from financier Jeffrey Epstein. Source link
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia supplied 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Syria as humanitarian aid since the start of 2020 and plans to ship more, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, Reuters reports. Syria's economy has been strained by a complex, multi-sided conflict now in its 10th year, as well as a financial crisis in neighbouring Lebanon. Russia, one of the world's largest exporters of wheat, has been supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad but its official customs data does not show any significant supplies of wheat to Syria. READ: Syria threatens bakers with prison for selling wrong amount of bread "In […]
“It seems to me what he’s doing is waiting until the 23rd,” Senate Armed Services Chair Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters. “That’s just a suspicion that I have.” The vote in both the House and Senate hinges on how soon Trump will formally reject the bill. A senior White House official said a veto “might be a little earlier” than the Dec. 23 deadline. If Trump runs out the clock, it would give the House and Senate just a handful of days in late December to deliver the historic rebuke of his veto. If they fall short, lawmakers could quickly pass […]
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner shamed people who defy mask mandates, telling the public that they should be able to wear a mask “at Walmart,” because she wore a mask while giving birth. “If I can wear a mask while I give birth, you can wear a mask at Walmart,” Turner said in an Instagram Story to her more than 15 million followers Thursday. “And that’s the tea.” Watch Below: NEW 🎥 Sophie Turner via IG story pic.twitter.com/HyKA357Qc1 — best of sophie turner (@badpost_sophiet) December 16, 2020 The actress gave birth to her first child with singer Joe Jonas in July. […]
WASHINGTON — Capella Space has revealed images from its new synthetic aperture radar satellite with 50 cm by 50 cm resolution, making it the highest resolution imagery available on the market using that phenomenology. “This is the best resolution that currently exists in the commercial domain when it comes to SAR,” said CEO Payam Banazadeh in an interview with C4ISRNET. Previously, the best resolution available was 1 m by 25 cm. As opposed to the electro-optical sensors used by most imagery satellites, Capella Space’s satellite uses SAR. Since SAR doesn’t rely on light, the phenomenology has some advantages over traditional satellite […]
By Tyler Durden The K-shaped recovery took another big step forward today when – with stocks at all-time highs and bitcoin exchange Coinbase announcing it is filing for a confidential IPO – one of the most iconic US companies, Coca-Cola, said it was cutting 2,200 jobs globally, including 1,200 in the US, as the coronavirus pandemic forces the soda giant to restructure, i.e., slash costs. The reductions amount to roughly 12% of the company’s US workforce. Coke will make the job cuts through a combination of buyouts and layoffs, a spokesman told the WSJ. In August, Coke offered voluntary-separation packages to […]
Dollar Slump Sparks Surge In Small Caps, Lumber, Copper, Crypto, & Gold Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 16:00 The USDollar is on the verge of breaking down to its lowest in 6 years… Source link
(Natural News) It should be obvious by now that the 2020 presidential election was flat-out stolen from President Donald Trump — after four years of the deep state failing to depose him any other way. We’ve heard from scores of witnesses. There are more than 1,000 signed, sworn affidavits. We’ve seen video of illegal vote counting in Georgia. We saw, on election night, a coordinated effort to ‘shut down’ vote counting operations in several battleground dates. And we’ve heard from information technology specialists and experts who witnessed and recorded odd spikes — ballot dumps — for Biden when there should not […]
Following a rise in terrorism in the 21st century, governments worldwide have resorted to assassinations as a more effective means of protecting citizens and disrupting terrorist organisations. Source link
Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Will Cain claimed on Thursday that mask-wearing isn’t at all about protecting against the coronavirus but is instead used by “elites” as a way to “virtue signal” to show they are “smarter than you.” A day after the United States set another grisly daily record in coronavirus deaths with more than 3,600—bringing the stateside tally up to 308,000—Cain appeared on America’s Newsroom to instead discuss the Democratic Rhode Island governor recently being spotted sipping wine briefly without her mask on at a “sip and see” party. After anchor Sandra Smith noted that Gov. Gina Raimondo was […]
A worker passes through the security gate at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Mass., one of the sites where the biotechnology company is manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images A worker passes through the security gate at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Mass., one of the sites where the biotechnology company is manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected to become the second to get the Food and Drug Administration’s green light. A decision could come within days. But compared with pharmaceutical […]
The numbers don’t lie. There was massive Democrat voter fraud in Arizona in the 2020 election in a few key counties. Arizona is now reporting 79.9% voter turnout, the HIGHEST in the country according to latest aggregated results from Statista. It is also easily the biggest turnout in the state’s history. On November 16, 2020, Arizona was reporting a 65.9% voter turnout — now on November 30, 2020, the Secretary of State’s recommended election results website Arizona Vote is now reporting 79.9% voter turnout! TRENDING: BREAKING: US Department of State Issues New Warnings: “The Chinese Communist Party Poses a Real Threat” […]
“Whatever the calculation before Nov. 3, the calculation before Jan. 5 appears to be, on both sides, that a Covid relief bill is the right thing to do for the nation and the right thing to do politically,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Given that they are currently in the majority, there’s pressure for the GOP to show that a Republican majority under a President Joe Biden won’t be total gridlock. Provided they hang onto at least one seat in Georgia, they will have the majority under Biden for at least two more years. Republicans believe their two incumbents, […]
Control of the U.S. Senate will come down to the outcome of the two Senate runoff races in Georgia. With the Senate majority leadership within his reach, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has declared, “Now we take Georgia, and then we change America.” Now Top Chef host and Joe Biden backer Padma Lakshmi is set to host a celebrity packed event to boost a progressive voter group founded by Stacey Abrams. Stars from Alicia Keys to Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, W. Kamau Bell, Wanda Sykes, and others are slated to appear at what is being touted as a virtual comedy show, which will […]
Activist Post We previously have covered the many weighty claims made by the progenitors of A.I. algorithms who claim that their technology can stop crime before it happens. Similar predictive A.I. is increasingly being used to stop the spread of misinformation, disinformation and general “fake news” by analyzing trends in behavior and language used across social media. However, as we’ve also covered, these systems have more often that not failed quite spectacularly, as many artificial intelligence experts and mathematicians have highlighted. One expert in particular — Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, at the University of Sydney, Australia — […]
The Pentagon recently added several Trump loyalists to its Defense Policy Board, including a China expert who will serve as the board’s chair, which indicates President Trump isn’t backing down. This follows news that the Pentagon froze out pro-Biden officials last week. “The intended appointments to the board, which advises Pentagon leaders on policy issues, come after last month’s sudden removal of nearly a dozen longstanding experts on the panel, including former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor,” reported The Hill. Of course, neither Kissinger or Albright were pro-Trump “America First” acolytes. […]
Rare Sneaker Marketplace Scores $3 Billion Valuation Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 15:00 StockX says revenue grew by more than 75% year-over-year in the third quarter to more than $100 million as the company achieved break-even. Source link
Bayern Munich and Poland star Robert Lewandowski scooped the FIFA accolade for Best Men’s Player as the 32-year-old frontman beat Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2020 vote for the award. The prolific Lewandowski was rewarded for a remarkable 2019/20 season when he struck 55 goals in just 47 appearances for Bayern as the German giants won the Bundesliga title, the German Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Lewandowski beat last year’s winner Messi to the top FIFA award, as well as Portugal and Juventus icon Ronaldo, who had won the 2016 and 2017 editions of the prize. Lewandowski’s FIFA […]
According to a report by Le Parisien, an investigation has been opened into the incident, as it is suspected that a man in Domont, France, might be holding his wife hostage after having shot at least two people. Source link
Turkish authorities on Thursday rescued dozens of migrants in the Aegean after they were pushed back into the Turkish territorial waters by Greek elements. The provincial coast guard command said a total of 27 irregular migrants were rescued off the coast of Bodrum district in the southwestern Mugla province. The command added that the irregular migrants were referred to the provincial migration office. Turkey has been a key transit point for irregular migrants wanting to reach Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution. UN: 34% of children in north-west Syria suffer from stunted development Source link
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks during a news conference prior to State of the Union at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Biden will nominate Haaland to lead the Interior Department | Alex Edelman/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden will nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department, according to people familiar the Biden transition team’s plans, a historic selection that would make her the first ever Native American Cabinet secretary. If confirmed, she would also play a crucial role in following through on Biden’s vows to move the federal government away from fossil fuels […]
A reporter who traveled with President-elect Joe Biden to Georgia this week later tested positive for the coronavirus. Via Biden’s transition: Today, a member of the press pool who traveled with the President-elect yesterday received a positive PCR test for Covid-19. We initiated contact tracing protocols immediately, and this person was not ever in close contact as defined by the CDC with the President-elect. The reporter was not identified in an item by the New York Post. Out of an abundance of caution, one member of our traveling communications team who was in close contact with this individual will self-quarantine for […]
The new drone will “track down small and low-speed enemy drones at low and extremely low altitudes,” a source in the military-defense complex told the Russian government news agency RIA Novosti this month. The source said the helicopter drone has been under development since November, adding that research and development efforts were accelerated in response to the “increasing role of attack drones during the last local conflicts.” He didn’t provide specifics, but various types of Turkish-made drones were used during the Azeri-Armenian conflict and helped Azeri forces break Armenia’s defense. According to the source, the new model will be developed using […]
Independent footwear brand CLAE will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year with the release of its newest shoes made from vegan cactus leather. The Los Angeles-based company is committed to conscious and sustainable fashion, with some of its previous eco-minded sneakers made of materials like hemp and recycled mesh. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The cactus leather shoes are a collaboration between CLAE and DESSERTO, highly sustainable, plant-based vegan leather creators who won the Green Product Award in 2020. According to the sneaker company, this will be the world’s first shoe made from a perennial cactus. Related: Oliver Co. […]
Activist Post We previously have covered the many weighty claims made by the progenitors of A.I. algorithms who claim that their technology can stop crime before it happens. Similar predictive A.I. is increasingly being used to stop the spread of misinformation, disinformation and general “fake news” by analyzing trends in behavior and language used across social media. However, as we’ve also covered, these systems have more often that not failed quite spectacularly, as many artificial intelligence experts and mathematicians have highlighted. One expert in particular — Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, at the University of Sydney, Australia — […]
Coinbase Files For IPO After CEO Issues Warning To Crypto Newbies Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 14:24 “While we’re always excited to see increased interest in crypto, it’s also important to point out that this is not only a time of high volumes, but also price volatility.“ Source link
(Natural News) In order to get emergency authorization from the FDA, the vaccine industry had to prove that there are no effective therapies or treatments for the targeted disease. After lying for months and getting their way, the vaccine industry is now shipping their new mRNA inoculations to the front-line locations that were predesignated by the military’s Operation Warp Speed. The US Government has already purchased 100 million doses, which will be distributed “equitably” according to the CDC’s plan. The Department of Veterans Affairs manages one of the largest healthcare systems in the country, a network that is comprised of more […]
US President-elect Joe Biden has touted the diversity of his Cabinet nominees, although many have come under fire from journalists and critics for their questionable backgrounds and political connections despite their identities. Ironically, for Pete Buttigieg, the muckraker was Biden himself in an ad 10 months ago. Source link
GM Defense, a General Motors division launched in 2017, announced that it has started renovations of an existing GM building to support the production of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to transport a nine-Soldier infantry squad. According to the company, the facility, located in Concord, North Carolina, will produce ISVs for the U.S. Army as part of a $214.3 million contract awarded to GM Defense in June 2020. GM Defense celebrated the delivery of its first ISVs to the U.S. Army in October of the same year, just 120 days from contract award. […]
It felt like an extravagance when I finally bought myself the FeetUp Trainer, but my justification went something like this: when the world feels upside down, perhaps it’s wise to literally look at life from that perspective. The FeetUp Trainer, which is on the better-made end of yoga benches out there, helps you to more easily do inversions of all kinds without injury or discomfort. This allows you to enjoy the circulatory and mood benefits of headstands and upside down poses for much longer than you would be able to on your own. After doing some research on the best yoga […]
A new study suggests big sisters have a powerful impact. (Sorry, big brothers, you don’t make as much of a difference.) But there are also potential downsides for the sisters. (Image credit: Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images) Source link
The ‘Justice’ Department released a number of text messages today from dirty cop Peter Strzok of the Mueller gang fame. The Daily Caller reports: The Justice Department declassified a batch of internal FBI messages from Peter Strzok, the former counterintelligence official who oversaw the bureau’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia. The messages, which Senate Republicans released Thursday, provide new insights into the thinking of investigators who worked on Crossfire Hurricane, the code name for the investigation into the Trump campaign. TRENDING: BREAKING: US Department of State Issues New Warnings: “The Chinese Communist Party Poses a Real Threat” […]
Reviving Iran's nuclear deal under US President-elect Joe Biden would require striking a new agreement setting out how Iran's breaches should be reversed, UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said, Reuters reported. Biden, who takes office on Jan. 20, has said the United States will rejoin the deal "if Iran resumes strict compliance" with the agreement that imposed strict curbs on its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions. After President Donald Trump quit the deal and reimposed US sanctions, Iran responded by breaching many of the deal's restrictions. Tehran says it could quickly reverse those steps if Washington first lifts its […]
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in the December 3, 2020, shooting death of retired Chicago firefighter Dwaine Williams. Breitbart News reported 65-year-old Williams (pictured) was shot while trying to prevent a group of alleged carjackers from stealing his vehicle. The Daily Mail noted the incident occurred in the middle of the afternoon as Williams walked out of a Let’s Get Poppin’ carrying popcorn. Williams fought back against the group of alleged carjackers, going so far as to pull his own gun and firing at them. However, he was shot in the abdomen and the wound proved fatal. On December 8, 2020, Breitbart News […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his vow to veto the annual defense authorization bill rather than allow it to become law, but White House officials still have not provided a timeline for when that attempt to block the legislation may happen. The commander-in-chief took to Twitter to level his latest veto threat, writing Thursday that the veto “will make China very unhappy. They love [the bill].” Trump also said that a revised version of the annual defense budget policy bill “must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very […]
More than 3,000 Americans died of COVID-19 on December 15 alone. But instead of focusing on the public health crisis that is killing citizens and ruining their livelihoods, President Trump’s administration was busy getting in a few more digs at wildlife before leaving office. So on Monday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service finalized a change in the Endangered Species Act which will push many species closer to extinction. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos “For the past four years, the Trump administration has been laser-focused on weakening the Endangered Species Act — America’s most important wildlife protection law that has […]
“You can run but you cannot hide” is not just a funny statement any more. Technocrat engineers have invented new ways to capture super high-resolution images from space, even to the extent of seeing straight into buildings. Further, there are more resolution refinements to come. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood By Dan Robitski via Futurism A few months ago, a company called Capella Space launched a satellite capable of taking clear radar images of anywhere in the world, with incredible resolution — even through the walls of some buildings. And unlike most of the huge array of surveillance and observational satellites orbiting the […]
An Irish man who was traveling to his uncle’s funeral has been sentenced to two months in prison for failing to wear a face mask on a bus despite claiming he was medically exempt. Andrew Heasman was traveling from Dublin to Knock in the Republic of Ireland on July 14 to lay his relative to rest when he was asked by a bus driver to wear his mask properly. Garda police officer Thomas Bowens told Castlebar District Court that Heasman was wearing his mask “like a hat” and refused to follow orders to cover his mouth and nose, prompting other passengers […]
Republicans Want An End To Fed Emergency Lending As Part Of Stimulus Deal Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 13:20 “You wouldn’t be able to just create a carbon copy and call it a new one, and call it a different thing.” Source link
A video reportedly made by Boko Haram fighters has been released. It purports to show some of the 300 Nigerian schoolboys kidnapped by the Islamist militant group last week in the northwest of the country. The six-minute video, published on Thursday by Nigerian news site HumAngle, apparently shows some of the children pleading with the government to free them by paying the ransoms demanded by the terrorists. In the footage, a visibly upset child says he is among the hundreds of students taken by the Boko Haram group led by Abubakar Shekau, who oversaw the 2014 kidnapping of at least 200 […]
The Facebook founder and CEO’s Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation gave $300 million to two NGOs, ostensibly to fund COVID-safe mass mail-in balloting in the November 3 presidential and Congress elections. But the Conservative Amistad project says that money was targeted at strongly Democrat-voting areas in a bid to influence the result. Source link
A new political party was officially announced in Israel on Thursday by Knesset member Gideon Sa'ar who split from the ruling Likud party headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu Agency reports. The Israeli state-owned TV channel KAN said Sa'ar would run in the next public elections under his party's name "New hope – Unity for Israel." Outlining his party's goals and agenda, Sa'ar confirmed its support for settlement activity and preserving what he described as "the Jewish identity of Israel." "Supporting settlement and agriculture in the Galilee and Negev, in Judea and Samaria, and along the eastern spine — from the Golan Heights, along the Jordan [River] and the Araba down […]
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Michael Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental regulator, to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to people familiar with the Biden transition team’s plan. The pick is a major nod to the party’s progressive wing that pushed Biden’s team to emphasize minority and poor communities facing threats from pollution. If confirmed, Regan would be the second Black EPA chief, after Lisa Jackson, Barack Obama’s first-term administrator. The nomination would put Regan, 44, in charge of the […]
French Laundry, an upscale restaurant in Napa, California, where Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught violating his own coronavirus lockdown rules, got more than $2.4 million in loans from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. The loans were reportedly used to retain the restaurant’s 160 employees. The SFist website reported on SBA’s release of data on the program, created when Congress passed the Cares Act in the Spring: ABC 7 reports that Thomas Keller’s flagship restaurant in Yountville had two loan approved on April 30, one for $2.2 million to retain 163 employees, and another for around $200,000 to retain […]
WASHINGTON ― The Senate’s No. 2 Democrat said Russia’s apparent hack into multiple government agencies is a “virtual invasion” that demands the U.S. show Russia and other adversaries there is “a price to pay” for breaching American systems. In a Senate floor speech Thursday, the Senate minority leader said the U.S. needs to, “respond in kind” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not a friend. A day earlier on CNN, Durbin called the hack, “virtually a declaration of war by Russia on the United States, and we should take it that seriously.” “No, I’m not calling for an invasion myself […]
A 9-year-old girl who died of acute respiratory failure is at the center of a landmark London case on air pollution. Coroner Philip Barlow ruled that failure to keep air pollution below legal limits was one of the causes of Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death in 2013. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Kissi-Debrah lived in Lewisham, a part of London where nitrogen dioxide emissions exceed both national and EU legal limits. Particulate matter levels are also dangerously high, exceeding WHO guidelines. Kissi-Debrah lived within 30 meters of the South Circular Road. Stephen Holgate, an immunopharmacologist who testified at the hearing, said the […]
By Michael Snyder The official start of winter is just a few days away, and many small business owners are concerned that their businesses won’t be able to make it to the start of spring. This is particularly true for those small businesses that rely on face to face interaction with the general public. Restaurants, bars, gyms, coffee shops, hairdressers and independent retailers all over the nation were absolutely devastated by the first round of lockdowns, and now a new round of lockdowns is dealing death blows to countless businesses that had hoped to find a way to heal and get […]
Manhattan Apartment Prices Just Crashed To 10 Year Lows Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 – 12:40 The medial rental price in Manhattan fell an astonishing 22% in November… Source link
(Natural News) A pack of French law enforcement “gendarmes” operating under military command arrested and imprisoned a retired university professor the other day for questioning the safety and effectiveness of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Jean-Bernard Fourtillan,” known for his opposition to “coof” jabs, was forcibly removed from his temporary home in the south of France and put into solitary confinement at a psychiatric hospital in Uzès, all because he does not trust the COVID-19 vaccines that are being imposed on the masses. Fourtillan had his mobile phones taken from him, preventing him from communicating with the outside world. He is now […]
The Guardian newspaper has come under fire for its role in pushing narratives about WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange that his supporters say distort the truth and has contributed to his current plight. Source link
The United States Space Command has reported that Russia has conducted a test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile. On Wednesday, the service press release said that Russia has begun live-fire testing of its new direct-ascent anti-satellite missile. “Russia publicly claims it is working to prevent the transformation of outer space into a battlefield, yet at the same time Moscow continues to weaponize space by developing and fielding on-orbit and ground-based capabilities that seek to exploit U.S. reliance on space-based systems,” said U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Russia’s persistent testing […]
An independent autopsy found a 22-year-old Black man killed by Texas police last week was shot in the back—and now his family is demanding a federal investigation into his death. Joshua Feast, who was allegedly wanted on multiple warrants, was fatally shot by La Marque police officer Jose H. Santos Jr. across the street from his Galveston house on Dec. 9. Police allege the 22-year-old pointed a firearm at Santos, who responded by firing several gunshots. But Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney representing the Feast family, insisted the father-of-two posed no threat and was actually fleeing the scene when he […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision means Russia will not compete under its name and flag in the Tokyo Summer Games, scheduled for 2021, and the Beijing Winter Games in 2022. Ahmet Furkan Mercan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ahmet Furkan Mercan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision means Russia will not compete under its name and flag in the Tokyo Summer Games, scheduled for 2021, and the Beijing Winter Games in 2022. Ahmet Furkan Mercan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia has been banned from using its flag, name and anthem in […]
Peter Navaro, the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, and the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator, just released a report on the 2020 election. The National Pulse and Raheem Kassam tweeted on Peter Navarro’s report on the 2020 election: The new report by @RealPNavarro pulls all the evidence together, and concludes by slamming the media for its dereliction of duty here.https://t.co/9WvjrcccLP — Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) December 17, 2020 Kassam shares information from Peter Navaro’s report on the 2020 Election steal: In the report, Peter Navarro, also a White House Trade Adviser, outlines a “coordinated strategy to […]
The Palestinian Authority's decision to send its ambassadors back to the UAE and Bahrain stems from the fact that it has found itself isolated amid the wave of normalisation sweeping across the Arab world. The ambassadors were withdrawn in protest when the pair of Gulf States signed normalisation deals with Israel in September. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, expressed his optimism at the PA's move, which suggests, he believes, that the authority is accepting the so-called "Abraham Accords". This was rejected by Riyad Al-Maliki, the PA Minister of Foreign Affairs, who stressed that sending the ambassadors […]
Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-RI) is facing a backlash for a photo showing her at a wine and paint night after urging residents to avoid nonessential activities. “The picture, taken by Erica Oliveras last Friday, shows Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sitting at table in Barnaby’s Public House in Providence without a mask,” Fox News reported Wednesday. However, Oliveras said she did not realize the criticism the photo would receive with many people pointing out the governor did not have on a mask. “She only took her mask off whenever she was drinking her wine,” Oliveras told ABC 6. “That’s the only time […]
By Derrick Broze Infamous Canadian fashion magnate and accused sex trafficker Peter Nygard was arrested in Canada after years of allegations that he raped and trafficked young girls. On Monday, Canadian authorities arrested fashion mogul Peter Nygard after he was indicted in Manhattan on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. The arrest comes as a result of an extradition treaty between Canada and the U.S., where Nygard faces allegations of rape and trafficking. Nygard’s story bears a disturbing resemblance to the case of serial sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. The CBC reports: “According to the affidavit, evidence gathered in the U.S. includes […]
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has encouraged neighbors to snitch on each other to police if they see others violating COVID rules over the Christmas period. “Any individual that saw any laws being broken would take that upon themselves,” Patel told BBC Breakfast. “If I saw somebody flouting coronavirus regulations and the laws, of course I would look to inform the police about that.” She went on to add that both individuals and groups of people would continue to be targeted by police. “The police will continue to enforce against people, individuals, egregious breaches that effectively risk spreading the virus…Nothing has […]
In rare new comments in response to widespread allegations from the West that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned by Kremlin agents, President Vladimir Putin told reporters at a major annual news conference Thursday that he simply wasn’t important enough to be a target. “It’s a trick to attack the leaders (of Russia),” Putin said. “But that absolutely does not mean he needs to be poisoned,” he noted. “Who needs him?” And in perhaps the most provocative and mocking statement, Putin added, “If someone had wanted to poison him they would have finished him off.” Throughout the comments Putin avoided mentioning Navalny directly by […]
US President Donald Trump has insisted he has had no part to play in any potential prosecution of Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. “I have NOTHING to do with the potential prosecution of Hunter Biden, or the Biden family,” Trump, who leaves office in January, said in a tweet on Thursday. Media reports that he was considering calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden were “just more Fake News,” he pointed out. I have NOTHING to do with the potential prosecution of Hunter Biden, or the Biden family. It is just […]
The bill is being touted as a massive lifeline amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the US, where the disease has already claimed the lives of more than 307,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University. Source link
Lawyers of Turkish businessman Mehmet Ali Ozturk, who has been detained in the UAE for three years, have applied to the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (HREIT) and the National Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture (MNCPT) to put pressure Abu Dhabi to release their client. According to a statement issued by lawyers, Matta Kanger and Golden Sonmaz, the request contained information about the detainee's wife, Amina Ozturk, and when Mehmet Ali Ozturk was detained in Dubai and what he endured as a result. The statement stressed that the request contained details of the "torture and cruel treatment" that […]
A series of emails released Wednesday allegedly credited to President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter shine a light on his deep business connections in communist China. The revelation comes just four days after an email reportedly from the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop called his father Joe and a Chinese business partner “new office mates,” as Breitbart News reported. The latest email tranche, reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation, reveal communications which set out Hunter Biden was informed in 2018 by one of his business partners he would start to receive “significant” payments the following year from a firm in China that was co-owned by the […]
It’s the birthright of every generation to rebel against its forebears. So how can young people today define themselves as different from their phone-obsessed, digital-native parents? By donning Little House on the Prairie dresses, baking pies and cavorting with fairies. The cottagecore aesthetic has become popular with Gen Z, but what many don’t realize is how this trend actually finds its roots in sustainability. According to the Urban Dictionary, cottagecore is “a niche aesthetic based around the visual culture of an idealized life on a Western farm. Common themes include sustainability, gardens, farm animals, rural living and nature.” That makes this […]
The “military/industrial complex” is controlled by Technocrats who seek to use Artificial Intelligence for making war. From “super-soldiers” who are body-hacked, to weaponized robots, drones and mission-driven fighters and bombers, no area is left untouched. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood By Dr. Will Roper via Popular Mechanics On December 15, the United States Air Force successfully flew an AI copilot on a U-2 spy plane in California, marking the first time AI has controlled a U.S. military system. In this Popular Mechanics exclusive, Dr. Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, reveals how he […]
Addressing one of the more pressing topics to emerge from the current wave of covid infections, in a report published this morning Goldman’s John Marshall says that fears of overcrowded hospitals are overblown and predicts that “the first wave of vaccinations has the potential to have a significant impact on total US COVID-19 related hospitalizations.” More importantly, after modeling the impact of the vaccine rollout, he expects that covid hospitalizations in the next month will tumble and drop to near zero by the end of January. As the Goldman analyst notes, “while vaccination of the broad population will have important implications […]
(Natural News) Vitamins are nutrients found in food that help the body function effectively. Two types of vitamins exist: Water-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins B and C, dissolve in water, while fat-soluble ones dissolve in fat. Fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins A, D, E and K, are best absorbed by the body when eaten with foods containing high amounts of fat. Fat-soluble vitamins can also be obtained from other sources besides foods. Vitamin D, for instance, is naturally produced by the body when skin is exposed to the sun. People can also take vitamin supplements to help them meet their daily requirements. But what particular […]
Four days before Christmas in 1988 Pan-Am Flight 103 exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. The plane, which was flying from London to New York, had been brought down by a bomb but who planted it and why? Source link
Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent and close ally and alleged pimp to late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, is in custody in Paris after attempting to board a flight to Dakar in Senegal. Paris prosecutors say he was taken into custody for rape, sexual assault against minors, sexual harassment, criminal conspiracy and trafficking in human beings, according to Le Parisien newspaper. Brunel, who has been accused in the U.S. of rape and procuring young girls for Epstein, has not been seen since Epstein’s death in a Manhattan prison in August 2019. Brunel’s name appeared more than 15 times on flight logs […]
It’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but this year it doesn’t really feel like it. With many of us hunkered down at home, some having lost jobs, others having lost friends and family members to COVID-19 or other illnesses, it’s tempting to give this holiday season a miss. But it’s important to find joy and meaning in the midst of this dark winter — and carrying on with favorite holiday traditions can help. NPR checked in with medical researchers to figure out how risky our favorite customs are, and highlight ways we can all celebrate more safely. […]
According to the liberal media and their liberal “fact-checkers” Joe Biden won the November 2020 election. Dementia Joe pulled off the impossible from the comfort of his basement. House Republicans were predicted to lose 12 -15 seats this year in the presidential election.But instead, thanks to President Trump and his historic performance they WON 15-16 seats instead.Republicans made gains in every rank of government. President Trump picked up over 13 million votes over his previous performance in 2016 — A new record.President Trump won every bellwether county except one. TRENDING: BREAKING: US Department of State Issues New Warnings: “The Chinese Communist […]
A Turkish-German couple behind the company which partnered with Pfizer Inc. to develop the Covid-19 vaccine have been named "People of the Year" by Britain's Financial Times. "By developing a Covid vaccine in less than a year, the couple achieved a remarkable scientific and business success," said the FT on Wednesday. Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin, who own BioNTech, announced positive results from the Phase 3 trials last month and expressed hope that their efforts would help bring an end to the global health crisis. From humble roots as the son of a Turkish immigrant working at a Ford factory in […]
Hollywood director Oliver Stone claimed in an interview published Tuesday that he recently took Sputnik V, a Russian vaccine candidate President Vladimir Putin overrode medical protocol to approve in August. Stone said in an interview with The Associated Press he was “hopeful” it will work after hearing “good things” about its efficacy. Sputnik V is reportedly in wide distribution in Russia and several Latin American countries have agreed to purchase doses, despite the vaccine never making it through Phase Three clinical trials. Despite concerns about its use, Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime in Venezuela and the left-wing government of Argentina have bought millions of doses to begin […]
When Mark and Kate approached Brunswick-based firm MRTN Architects to design a new, energy-efficient home for their family of five in Fairfield, they brought with them a wealth of design ideas that included memories of family farm visits and the eco-friendly Alistair Knox houses that they had considered purchasing previously. The resulting home — dubbed the Good Life House — thoughtfully integrates those stylistic influences into a contemporary design that also references the Californian Bungalow and Arts and Crafts houses typical to the Fairfield suburb. Sustainability also informed many design choices, from the use of heat pump technologies to passive design […]
December 17, 2020 By The Corbett Report Welcome to New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This year: Corbett Report’s 2020 Story: The End of the Internet (as we’ve known it) The Library of Alexandria is on Fire Media Monarchy’s Trend Prediction for 2021: Scamdemic Paves the Way for Smart Gridification Corbett Report’s Trend Prediction for 2021: The People’s Reset ? Watch on Archive / BitChute / LBRY (still uploading) / Minds / YouTube or Download the mp4 Podcast: Play in […]
A majority of Americans who have heard of ‘The Great Reset’ – an agenda to push for further globalism and technocrat control of human behavior – oppose its objectives. A survey by Rasmussen Reporters and The Heartland Institute reveals that 53% of likely voters oppose the Great Reset, compared to 42% who support its goals. 4% said they were not sure. While swing voters are more likely to oppose the agenda, opposition between Democrats and Republicans splits broadly down party lines, with 72% of Democrats supporting the initiative and 76% of Republicans rejecting it. According to the survey, “Americans understand that […]