President Trump calls out college presidents amid nationwide campus protests:
"To every college president I say remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the radicals, and take back our campuses for all of the normal students who want a safe place from which to learn."
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1785756302184165878
Is this to deflect from the MBS assassination attempt?
Zelensky Assassination Plot Foiled, Two Colonels Arrested, Ukraine Intelligence Says
The Ukrainian government and intelligence services are claiming that a major assassination plot targeting President Volodymyr has been thwarted. The plot also allegedly aimed to take out other top military and political figures.
Ukraine's state security service (SBU) unveiled the plot Tuesday in announcing the detention of two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine said to be involved in the criminal conspiracy. The State Guard is responsible for protecting top political as well as military figures, somewhat akin to the Secret Service in the US.
If found guilty, the detained colonels would face a life sentence, or possibly a worse fate given the country is currently under martial law due to the long-running war.
The SBU is alleging Russian involvement, specifically claiming that a network of agents from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) had been "preparing the assassination of the president of Ukraine" and other senior officials.
"Counterintelligence were detained and SBU investigators foiled the plans of the FSB to eliminate the president of Ukraine and other representatives of the top military and political leadership of the state," the SBU stated on Telegram.
Authorities say of the timing that the plot was intended to be initiated just prior to Russia's Vladimir Putin being inaugurated for a fifth term as president on Tuesday. The Telegraph writes:
The failed kidnap and killing was supposed to be a ‘gift’ to Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration, the head of Ukraine’s secret service claimed.
The Kremlin has as expected denied these new accusations, as well as prior claims it orchestrated assassination attempts.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-assassination-plot-foiled-two-colonels-arrested-ukraine-intelligence-says
Israeli attack on Rafah has US blessing – media
Washington has reportedly given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “several days” to achieve a symbolic victory in the Palestinian city
Israel’s invasion of Rafah is being carried out “with full American coordination,” Qatari news site Al Araby reported on Tuesday. While Washington has publicly refused to back the operation, Al Araby’s sources say the White House gave Israel the green light so it could score a symbolic victory before signing a ceasefire deal.
After pounding the densely-populated city with airstrikes, Israeli tanks and troops entered the eastern districts of Rafah on Monday night. As of Tuesday morning, the Israeli military said that it had taken “operational control” of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing, which links the Palestinian enclave with Egypt.
The operation, which involves Israeli armor and special forces, “came after the Egyptian side was notified of it, and with full American coordination,” Al Araby reported, citing anonymous sources.
Hours before the IDF began its attack on Rafah, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that Washington does “not support Israel launching a full-scale military operation in Rafah.” With around 1.4 million displaced Palestinians sheltering there, Miller said that “a military operation in Rafah right now would dramatically increase the suffering of the Palestinian people.”
Behind the scenes, however, American officials gave Israel a different message. “The American administration has given [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu a green light for a limited, short-term operation, which may take several days, to achieve an image of victory that he can market to far-right ministers,” an unnamed Western source in Cairo told Al Araby.
When the operation concludes, the source claimed, Netanyahu will approve a Qatari- and Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal okayed by Hamas earlier on Monday,
Previous attempts to negotiate a ceasefire have been hamstrung by Hamas’ insistence that any truce be permanent and include a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and Netanyahu’s refusal to accept these terms. Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition allies have argued that any agreement with Hamas amounts to a surrender, and that the Israeli leader must press ahead with an invasion of Rafah despite objections from the US, EU, and scores of other countries and international organizations.
According to Al Araby’s Western source, CIA Director William Burns gave Washington’s approval for the attack to Mossad chief David Barnea during a phone call on Monday. Should Netanyahu expand or extend the operation, the US will “ban the transfer of suspended ammunition and military equipment” to Israel, Burns reportedly told Barnea.
This comment was likely a reference to a delivery of American weapons that Israeli officials claimed on Sunday was inexplicably held up by the US. The contents of the arms package are unclear, and neither the US nor the Israeli governments have commented on the apparent holdup.
https://www.rt.com/news/597173-us-approved-rafah-invasion/
BRUTAL ASSIGNATION ATTEMPT WAS JUST CARRIED OUT ON THE RULER OF SAUDI ARABIA ⚠️
Many believe Mossad is behind this after the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, appears to be backing away from plans for a possible “mega-deal” with Israel‼️
Miraculously, he survived what looks like a targeted car bombing. People in his entourage were not so lucky, though, as it is being reported at least 2 of them died. This will obviously be met with an EXTREMELY AGGRESIVE RESPONSE ⚠️
https://twitter.com/MattWallace888/status/1787642439534043354
this was last night and now the BBC is claiming they have debunked it and it is fake, no sauce for how it's fake just the BBC claim.
TikTok Sues US Government Over 'Forced-Sale' Or 'Ban' Law
As was promised and expected, TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have sued to challenge the new US law, arguing that the law is unconstitutional.
The New York Times reports, citing a petition the company provided, that the company alleges the new law violates users' First Amendment rights, by effectively removing an app that millions of Americans use to share their views and communicate freely.
“For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than one billion people worldwide,” the company said in the 67-page petition it provided, which initiates the lawsuit.
“There is no question: The act will force a shutdown of TikTok by Jan. 19, 2025.”
The company also claims that a divestiture is “simply not possible” to complete within the law’s 270-day timeline.
As NYTimes reports, at the heart of the case will be lawmakers’ intent to defend the United States from what they and some security experts say is a national security threat because the Chinese government could lean on ByteDance to turn over sensitive TikTok user data or use the app to spread propaganda. Legal experts have said the mandate to sell or block the app could result in changes to TikTok’s content policies and shape what users are able to freely share on the platform, potentially violating their free speech rights.
TikTok argued in its suit that selling its U.S. operations was not “commercially, technologically, or legally feasible.”
A part of that argument hinges on how TikTok and its competitors are global in nature and content is accessible across country borders, with international videos as part of its appeal.
National security concerns about TikTok are “speculative” and fall short of what’s required to justify violating First Amendment rights, the company argued in its suit, adding that President Biden and other members of Congress’s use of the platform undermines claims that it’s a threat.
TikTok filed the suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit where the company asked the court to issue a declaratory judgment saying that the law violates the Constitution and to issue an order that would stop Attorney General Merrick B. Garland from enforcing it.
Several legal experts expect the case to land in front of the Supreme Court.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tiktok-sues-us-government-over-forced-sale-or-ban-law
Georgia Election Board: Investigator Joseph Rossi Details How Georgia 2020 Hand Count Audit and Machine Count Audit Found to Be in Violation of Law – ENOUGH VOTES TO ALTER ELECTION!
The Georgia State Election Board admitted in a recent letter to elections expert Joseph Rossi that they found the hand recount and machine count audit were found to be violation of state law in the 2020 election.
The State Election Board admitted to this in a recent letter to investigator Joseph Rossi.
The Georgia Election Board says in their letter to Rossi, “The matter is in the violation found category.”
Here is the letter below.
The investigation found violations in both the hand audit and machine count, according to citizen investigator Joe Rossi.
Earlier today Joseph Rossi testified in front of the State Election Board meeting.
Rossi detailed how both the hand count audit and the certified machine recount in Fulton County have been found to be in violation of Georgia election law.
Joseph Rossi: Now, I’d like to speak directly to those who have fought factually, respectfully, and relentlessly for the truth over the last three years. As a 410.24, I got another one of these certified letters from the state election board. Every time I get one of those letters, my wife sets it on my desk, and she says, You got another one of those certified letters? I hope you’re not being indicted this time. But anyways, as of that letter, it has now been factually proven that both the hand audit—this is really, really important— and the certified machine count—yes, the certified count—have both been found to be in violation of Georgia election law. Based on these findings, to those that have fought factually, respectfully, and relentlessly, I’ll close with one word, vindicated.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/boom-georgia-election-board-investigator-joseph-rossi-details/