ready yo
confirm handoff
gonna mis da bunny
kek
smooth one, habby tires
catch ya peekin in
Still on TWITTER
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Lebanon Central Banker Salame Faces Swiss Money Laundering, Embezzlement Probe
Switzerland’s Attorney General has requested Lebanon’s legal assistance on a criminal investigation of the Banque du Liban (BDL).
Riad Salameh.jpgRiad Salameh, Governor of the Banque du Liban. (Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)In a statement to OCCRP’s local media partner, Daraj.com, the Swiss Office of the Attorney General said the request “is in the context of an investigation for aggravated money laundering… in connection with possible embezzlement to the detriment of the Banque du Liban.”
No details of the investigation were given, but Lebanon’s Minister of Justice, Marie Claude Najm, said she has submitted to the public prosecutor a request for cooperation sent by Swiss judicial authorities. She gave no further details.
The Swiss and Lebanese statements came hours after the Central Bank issued a statement dismissing as “fabrications and false news” media reports that Central Bank Governor Riad Salame, his brother and his assistant are the subjects of the Swiss investigation. Salame himself vowed to sue anyone reporting on the probe.
Salame, his assistant, Marianne Houwayek, and his brother, Raja Salame, were key figures in “Lebanon’s Offshore Governor,” an investigation published in August 2020 by OCCRP and its local media partner, Daraj.com. The report revealed that offshore companies owned by Riad Salame have quietly invested nearly US$100 million in overseas assets, focusing on real estate in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany, even as Salame encouraged others to keep their money in his economically devastated country.
Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday that the Swiss investigation involves some $400 million in money transfers. That report could not be immediately confirmed.
Rumors of the governor’s offshore wealth have swirled around Lebanon for years, but the extent of the investments by one of Lebanon’s most prominent public officials had remained a secret until that investigation.
Accusations against Salame have been mounting. His assets, including properties and vehicles, were frozen last July after a group of Lebanese lawyers formally accused him of violating various laws, including embezzlement and mismanagement of public funds.
A second joint investigation, published in December, revealed that a company tied to Salame bought a stake in his son’s London-based financial management company, then sold it to a major Lebanese bank that he regulates.
Salame has denied all wrongdoing, attributing the accusations to Lebanese politics.
Reuters reported Tuesday that a Lebanese government official confirmed the Swiss investigation involves money transfers made by the Salames and Houwayek.
“Both the prime minister and the president are in the loop on the European move,” the official told Reuters.
Diplomats in Beirut told Daraj.com that authorities in several European countries plan similar investigations of money transfers made by Lebanese politically exposed personalities (PEPs) in November 2019, before the country slipped into its deepest financial crisis.
Lebanese citizens have been pressing the government and the central bank to expose the names and amounts of money transferred offshore by Lebanese politicians but the government has declined, citing banking secrecy laws.
Lebanon is dealing with a deep financial crisis that has hurt the currency, worsened poverty and unemployment, and prompted a sovereign debt default. The crippled banking system has cut access to dollar accounts since last year, prompting widespread unrest and demands for legal action against Salame and other officials.
Salame has led the Lebanese Central Bank since 1993, and is the world’s longest-serving central bank chief.
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13666-lebanon-central-banker-salame-faces-swiss-money-laundering-embezzlement-probe
Massachusetts Rescinds Flu Vaccine Mandate
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Friday rescinded a flu vaccine mandate that would have required all children over the age of 6 months attending Massachusetts childcare, pre-school, kindergarten, K-12 or college to get the flu vaccine by Feb. 28.
The reversal came on the same date — Jan. 15 — the DPH was due to respond in court to a request for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented the mandate from being enacted.
The injunction was filed in conjunction with a lawsuit alleging the mandate was unlawful and therefore unenforceable. The lawsuit, filed in December 2020, in Massachusetts Superior Court by a Massachusetts mother on behalf of her graduate student daughter was funded by Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN).
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/massachusetts-rescinds-flu-vaccine-mandate/
FLOTUS!
Boatfag Update Report
A second look at the California Coast does not show anything different around Long Beach than was reported earlier.
HOWEVER, there are a substantial number of US warships now showing up around San Diego and San Clemente Island.
Red and gray surface contacts shown in cap are all USN ships. 11 by my count
A prior report from another Boatfag (h/t Shipmate) indicates that the ship off the northern tip of San Clem Island is one of the San Antonio-class Command and Control ships.
For your situational awareness.
Continuing watch. Boatfag out.
JUST IN - Less than 24 hours before the Presidential Inauguration, Sidney Powell voluntarily drops her lawsuit to overturn election results in Georgia. @disclosetv @disclosetv_chat
https://t.me/disclosetv/291
Steve Herman
@W7VOA
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There's now a
@cspan
dedicated livestream of the
@WhiteHouse
West Wing entrance, as seen from the north driveway, during the final hours of this administration: https://c-span.org/video/?508128-1/white-house-driveway-stakeout
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1351600316458930176
US Files Appeal in Assange Case
The U.S. on Tuesday filed an appeal in London against a British judge’s decision to block Julian Assange’s extradition on health grounds.
The United States has filed an appeal of Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s Jan. 4 decision to block WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States because of an extreme risk of suicide.
Washington’s British lawyers’ filed papers with the High Court in London on the final day of a 14-day deadline, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed to Britain’s Press Association.
The PA reported that the U.S. has been granted an additional fortnight to file details to back up its appeal.
An administrative decision by the High Court is expected on whether to allow the appeal before any hearings could be heard.
The filing comes on the last full day of the Trump administration, which prosecuted Assange on 17 charges under the Espionage Act and one charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and requested his extradition.
The incoming Biden administration has given no indication how its Department of Justice would deal with the case.
Meanwhile, two days after Baraitser ordered Assange “discharged” she denied him bail and sent him back to Belmarsh Prison, where he has languished since shortly after his arrest on April 11, 2019.
https://consortiumnews.com/2021/01/19/us-beats-deadline-to-appeal-assange-case/
https://t.me/disclosetv/293
Notables at the quarter
>>44947, >>44970, >>44976, >>44979 planefaggin
>>44981 They are going for SCORCHED EARTH w Trump Admin.
>>44980 Senators vet Mayorkas to take lead at DHS
>>44973 Haspel announces she is leaving the C_A
>>44969 US Files Appeal in Assange Case
>>44968 dedicated livestream of west wing entrance
>>44966 Less than 24 hours before the Presidential Inauguration, Sidney Powell voluntarily drops her lawsuit to overturn election results in Georgia.
>>44965 Spend big now, pay down debt later, Biden's Treasury nominee Yellen tells lawmakers
>>44964 Biden's inauguration is TBD!
>>44963 Boatfag Update Report
>>44960 #BREAKING: Georgia secretary of state certifies Warnock, Ossoff victories in Senate runoffs
>>44957 Massachusetts Rescinds Flu Vaccine Mandate
>>44953 Lebanon Central Banker Salame Faces Swiss Money Laundering, Embezzlement Probe
>>44946, >>44948 The judge gave all parties until Jan. 27, absent an appeal by Maxwell’s lawyers over the redacted portions, to unseal and make public a voluminous number of docs
>>44943 JUST IN: Schumer says Trump should not be eligible to run for office "ever again"
>>44941 Still on TWITTER
>>44939 The FBI warned law enforcement agencies Tuesday that the person who constructed pipe bombs and left them near the Capitol on Jan. 6 has not yet been identified
>>44937 US Becomes First Country In The World To Formally Declare China Is Committing ‘Genocide’ Against Uighur Muslims
#208
lemme know
https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1351599776798814210
#CapitolRiot NOW: Law enforcement official confirms @CBSNews
1st conspiracy case filed in connection Capitol Hill riots – involves 3 alleged members of the “Oath Keepers” + Affidavit said to lay out alleged chilling communications related to breach, overarching command + control.
Sidney
For those inquiring about us dropping our lawsuit in Georgia, the delay by the Supreme Court in addressing the issues we raised rendered the issues moot on behalf of the specific clients we represented. We are by no means finished with what needs to be done to get to the bottom of this fraudulent election. Sidney
https://t.me/SidneyPowell/60
Pence, McConnell, and McCarthy are skipping Trump's departure ceremony
At least three top Republicans plan to miss President Donald Trump's farewell ceremony on Wednesday.
House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy will attend church with Joe Biden.
Vice President Mike Pence is unable to make it due to logistical issues, per The Washington Post.
https://www.businessinsider.com/pence-mcconnell-mccarthy-are-skipping-trump-departure-ceremony-2021-1
ATTENTION!!!!!!!
ALL ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY
ALL RESERVE MILITARY
'ALL NATIONAL GUARD
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ARE BEING USED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST YOU!
YOUR TEXTS ARE BEING USED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST YOU!
This was just put out by DoD Briefing, a 4 Star General
BREAKING: Active US soldier charged with planning attack on 9/11 memorial, fellow service members
Federal officials in New York announced today the arrest of Cole Bridges, a/k/a “Cole Gonzales,” a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, on federal terrorism charges based on his alleged efforts to assist ISIS to attack and kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East. Bridges was charged by Complaint with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attempting to murder U.S. military service members.
The FBI and Army Counterintelligence arrested Bridges today.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “As alleged, Cole Bridges betrayed the oath he swore to defend the United States by attempting to provide ISIS with tactical military advice to ambush and kill his fellow service members. Our troops risk their lives for our country, but they should never face such peril at the hands of one of their own. Today, thanks to the efforts of the agents and detectives of the JTTF, and our partners in the Department of Defense, Bridges is in custody and facing federal terrorism charges for his alleged crimes.”
Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers said: “Bridges is charged with giving military advice and guidance on how to kill fellow soldiers to individuals he thought were part of ISIS. This alleged personal and professional betrayal of comrades and country is terrible to contemplate, but fortunately, the FBI was able to identify the threat posed by Bridges, and today’s charges are the first step in holding him accountable for his crimes. ISIS ideology continues to infect those who would threaten the nation’s security from within and without, and we will continue to fight this threat.”
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “As we allege today, Bridges, a private in the U.S. Army, betrayed our country and his unit when he plotted with someone he believed was an ISIS sympathizer to help ISIS attack and kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East. Fortunately, the person with whom he communicated was an FBI employee, and we were able to prevent his evil desires from coming to fruition. Bridges could have chosen a life of honorable service, but instead he traded it for the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence. This case should serve as a reminder that the FBI’s New York JTTF will never quit in its commitment to protect our Nation from all those who seek to do it harm.”
Army Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority Director Roy T. Cochran said: “Army Counterintelligence’s top priority is protecting the force so it can remain committed to fighting and winning our Nation’s wars. The results of this investigation show the efforts of Army Counterintelligence agents working alongside our partners in the FBI. We are dedicated to protecting our Soldiers, Civilians, and Families from terrorist acts and insider threats.”
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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/london-tokyo-2020-olympics-vaccine/2021/01/19/id/1006269/
The Tokyo Olympics is “unlikely” to happen and organizers should be “making plans for a cancellation,” says London 2012 Olympics chief Sir Keith Mills.
“Looking at the pandemic around the world, in South America, in North America, in Africa and across Europe, it looks unlikely,” Mills told BBC Radio 5 on Tuesday.
World Athletics President Lord Coe is confident the event will go ahead as planned.
“I don’t think it will be canceled,” Coe, 64, told Sky News. “It is going to be a challenge, we know that, it is pretty self-evident and there will be adaptions.
“But of all the countries on the planet that has the fortitude and the resilience to see this through, it is Japan. I wake up as a federation president grateful that Japan is dealing with this and not some other places I could think of.”
Only five Olympics have ever been canceled, all during wartime: the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Summer Olympics, and Winter Games in 1940 and 1944.
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Notables Bout Half
>>44947, >>44970, >>44976, >>44979, >>45000, >>45021, >>45027 planefaggin
>>45011, >>45037 Boatfag on long beach waters
>>45038 @SecretService The men and women of the Secret Service and our law enforcement & public safety partners stand ready to ensure a safe and successful #Inauguration2021
>>45018 Ad Astra Per Aspra "through hardships to the stars" Kansas Flag motto.
>>45016, >>45017 Johnstone: Viral #TrumpsNewArmy Video Is Liberals At Their Craziest And Scariest
>>45014, >>45015 now "about a dozen" removed.. but since they don't have any bullets..?!
>>45006 The Tokyo Olympics is “unlikely” to happen and organizers should be “making plans for a cancellation,”
>>45004 BREAKING: Active US soldier charged with planning attack on 9/11 memorial, fellow service members
>>44999 Declassified Documents - Collection
>>44998 Department of Defense @ChiefPentSpox Jonathan Rath Hoffman provides update on the @USNationalGuard in DC & presidential transition
>>44997 Why Hardly Anyone Trusts The Virus Experts
>>44995 Pence, McConnell, and McCarthy are skipping Trump's departure ceremony
>>44991, >>44993, >>45005 US NAVY SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, also freight and tankers
>>44988 Powell: For those inquiring about us dropping our lawsuit in Georgia, the delay by the Supreme Court in addressing the issues we raised rendered the issues moot
>>44987 1st conspiracy case filed in connection Capitol Hill riots – involves 3 alleged members of the “Oath Keepers”
>>44981 They are going for SCORCHED EARTH w Trump Admin.
>>44980 Senators vet Mayorkas to take lead at DHS
>>44973 Haspel announces she is leaving the C_A
>>44969 US Files Appeal in Assange Case
>>44968 dedicated livestream of west wing entrance
>>44966 Less than 24 hours before the Presidential Inauguration, Sidney Powell voluntarily drops her lawsuit to overturn election results in Georgia.
>>44965 Spend big now, pay down debt later, Biden's Treasury nominee Yellen tells lawmakers
>>44964 Biden's inauguration is TBD!
>>44963 Boatfag Update Report
>>44960 #BREAKING: Georgia secretary of state certifies Warnock, Ossoff victories in Senate runoffs
>>44957 Massachusetts Rescinds Flu Vaccine Mandate
>>44953 Lebanon Central Banker Salame Faces Swiss Money Laundering, Embezzlement Probe
>>44946, >>44948 The judge gave all parties until Jan. 27, absent an appeal by Maxwell’s lawyers over the redacted portions, to unseal and make public a voluminous number of docs
>>44943 JUST IN: Schumer says Trump should not be eligible to run for office "ever again"
>>44941 Still on TWITTER
>>44939 The FBI warned law enforcement agencies Tuesday that the person who constructed pipe bombs and left them near the Capitol on Jan. 6 has not yet been identified
>>44937 US Becomes First Country In The World To Formally Declare China Is Committing ‘Genocide’ Against Uighur Muslims
#208
lemme know
JUST IN - Bilfinger SE, a large German corporation, exits Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. The reason is the fear of US sanctions. Further companies in Germany acutely threatened.
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1351627900005527555
Hello pain
I believe we did
now it's fun and games till the dust settles and peeps start to question "woke"
it's never enough
Sarah Ellison
@sarahellison
BREAKING → Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt was laid off today alongside just under 20 Fox News staffers. Stirewalt sat on the Fox News decision desk, which has come under fire for its early call on Arizona election night. Story forthcoming…
https://twitter.com/sarahellison/status/1351627777506742276
First camera angle switch 10 secs and second 7, if I'm not mistaken, like Melania, was phone fagging, I believe next was 10 secs, but not sure but eyes on Anons, I feel it will be a series of Timestamps…
Whoever it was that spilled the can-full of niggers in here…
You owe the rest of us anons a drink
Damn, dude. Fuckin' 3-letters are worse than a burrito fart up in this bitch today.
pulled it from next door
kekked hard
thought I'd share
it's shillapalooza over there
imma hafta decontaminate before I come back to bake
kek
Full transcript of Trump's farewell speech
My fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again – for all Americans.
As I conclude my term as the 45th President of the United States, I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. We did what we came here to do – and so much more.
This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous. We extend our best wishes, and we also want them to have luck – a very important word.
I'd like to begin by thanking just a few of the amazing people who made our remarkable journey possible.
First, let me express my overwhelming gratitude for the love and support of our spectacular first lady, Melania. Let me also share my deepest appreciation to my daughter Ivanka, my son-in-law Jared, and to Barron, Don, Eric, Tiffany, and Lara. You fill my world with light and with joy.
I also want to thank Vice President Mike Pence, his wonderful wife Karen, and the entire Pence family.
Thank you as well to my Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows; the dedicated members of the White House Staff and the Cabinet; and all the incredible people across our administration who poured out their heart and soul to fight for America.
I also want to take a moment to thank a truly exceptional group of people: the United States Secret Service. My family and I will forever be in your debt. My profound gratitude as well to everyone in the White House Military Office, the teams of Marine One and Air Force One, every member of the Armed Forces, and state and local law enforcement all across our country.
Most of all, I want to thank the American people. To serve as your president has been an honor beyond description. Thank you for this extraordinary privilege. And that's what it is – a great privilege and a great honor.
We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good. We are a truly magnificent nation.
All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated.
Now more than ever, we must unify around our shared values and rise above the partisan rancor, and forge our common destiny.
Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities. I ran for president because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled. I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first.
So I left behind my former life and stepped into a very difficult arena, but an arena nevertheless, with all sorts of potential if properly done. America had given me so much, and I wanted to give something back.
Together with millions of hardworking patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world. It was about 'America First' because we all wanted to make America great again. We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens. Our agenda was not about right or left, it wasn't about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation.
With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible. Nobody thought we could even come close.
We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history. We slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. We fixed our broken trade deals, withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership and the impossible Paris Climate Accord, renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal, and we replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA that's Mexico and Canada a deal that's worked out very, very well.
Also, and very importantly, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China; made a great new deal with China. But before the ink was even dry, we and the whole world got hit with the China virus. Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction.
The whole world suffered, but America outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built. Without the foundations and footings, it wouldn't have worked out this way. We wouldn't have some of the best numbers we've ever had.
We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world's number-one producer of oil and natural gas by far. Powered by these policies, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We reignited America's job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women – almost everyone.
Incomes soared, wages boomed, the American dream was restored, and millions were lifted from poverty in just a few short years. It was a miracle. The stock market set one record after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation. 401(k)s are at a level they've never been at before. We've never seen numbers like we've seen, and that's before the pandemic and after the pandemic.
We rebuilt the American manufacturing base, opened up thousands of new factories, and brought back the beautiful phrase: 'Made in the USA.'
To make life better for working families, we doubled the child tax credit and signed the largest-ever expansion of funding for childcare and development. We joined with the private sector to secure commitments to train more than 16 million American workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow. They said it couldn't be done but we did it. They call it a 'medical miracle,' and that's what they're calling it right now: a 'medical miracle.'
Another administration would have taken 3, 4, 5, maybe even up to 10 years to develop a vaccine. We did in nine months.
We grieve for every life lost, and we pledge in their memory to wipe out this horrible pandemic once and for all.
When the virus took its brutal toll on the world's economy, we launched the fastest economic recovery our country has ever seen. We passed nearly $4 trillion in economic relief, saved or supported over 50 million jobs, and slashed the unemployment rate in half. These are numbers that our country has never seen before.
We created choice and transparency in healthcare, stood up to big pharma in so many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored-nations clauses added, which will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world.
We passed VA Choice, VA Accountability, Right to Try, and landmark criminal justice reform.
We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written.
For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure the nation's borders. I am pleased to say we answered that plea and achieved the most secure border in U.S. history. We have given our brave border agents and heroic ICE officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than they have ever done before, and to enforce our laws and keep America safe.
We proudly leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures ever put into place. This includes historic agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, along with more than 450 miles of powerful new wall.
We restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad. The world respects us again. Please don't lose that respect.
We reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for America at the United Nations and withdrawing from the one-sided global deals that never served our interests. And NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago. It was very unfair. We were paying the cost for the world. Now the world is helping us.
And perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly $3 trillion, we fully rebuilt the American military – all made in the USA. We launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 75 years: the Space Force. And last spring, I stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many, many years.
We revitalized our alliances and rallied the nations of the world to stand up to China like never before.
We obliterated the ISIS caliphate and ended the wretched life of its founder and leader, al Baghdadi. We stood up to the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world's top terrorist, Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani.
We recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achieved a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East. Nobody believed it could happen. The Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed. It is the dawn of a new Middle East, and we are bringing our soldiers home.
I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars.
Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people. Our guiding light, our north star, our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble everyday citizens of America. Our allegiance is not to the special interests, corporations, or global entities; it's to our children, our citizens, and to our nation itself.
As president, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families. I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult. I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism. I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that's what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus.
This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of our country. We restored self-government. We restored the idea that in America no one is forgotten, because everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We fought for the principle that every citizen is entitled to equal dignity, equal treatment, and equal rights because we are all made equal by God. Everyone is entitled to be treated with respect, to have their voice heard, and to have their government listen. You are loyal to your country, and my administration was always loyal to you.
We worked to build a country in which every citizen could find a great job and support their wonderful families. We fought for the communities where every American could be safe and schools where every child could learn. We promoted a culture where our laws would be upheld, our heroes honored, our history preserved, and law-abiding citizens are never taken for granted. Americans should take tremendous satisfaction in all that we have achieved together. It's incredible.
Now, as I leave the White House, I have been reflecting on the dangers that threaten the priceless inheritance we all share. As the world's most powerful nation, America faces constant threats and challenges from abroad. But the greatest danger we face is a loss of confidence in ourselves, a loss of confidence in our national greatness. A nation is only as strong as its spirit. We are only as dynamic as our pride. We are only as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people.
No nation can long thrive that loses faith in its own values, history, and heroes, for these are the very sources of our unity and our vitality.
What has always allowed America to prevail and triumph over the great challenges of the past has been an unyielding and unashamed conviction in the nobility of our country and its unique purpose in history. We must never lose this conviction. We must never forsake our belief in America.
The key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity. That means focusing on what we have in common: the heritage that we all share.
At the center of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate. Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America. It's not even thinkable. Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions.
In America, we don't insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes. We just don't do that. America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. That's not who we are. It will never be who we are.
For nearly 250 years, in the face of every challenge, Americans have always summoned our unmatched courage, confidence, and fierce independence. These are the miraculous traits that once led millions of everyday citizens to set out across a wild continent and carve out a new life in the great West. It was the same profound love of our God-given freedom that willed our soldiers into battle and our astronauts into space.
As I think back on the past four years, one image rises in my mind above all others. Whenever I traveled all along the motorcade route, there were thousands and thousands of people. They came out with their families so that they could stand as we passed, and proudly wave our great American flag. It never failed to deeply move me. I knew that they did not just come out to show their support of me; they came out to show me their support and love for our country.
This is a republic of proud citizens who are united by our common conviction that America is the greatest nation in all of history. We are, and must always be, a land of hope, of light, and of glory to all the world. This is the precious inheritance that we must safeguard at every single turn.
For the past four years, I have worked to do just that. From a great hall of Muslim leaders in Riyadh to a great square of Polish people in Warsaw; from the floor of the Korean Assembly to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly; and from the Forbidden City in Beijing to the shadow of Mount Rushmore, I fought for you, I fought for your family, I fought for our country. Above all, I fought for America and all it stands for – and that is safe, strong, proud, and free.
Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning. There's never been anything like it. The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not dwindle but instead only grow stronger by the day.
As long as the American people hold in their hearts deep and devoted love of country, then there is nothing that this nation cannot achieve. Our communities will flourish. Our people will be prosperous. Our traditions will be cherished. Our faith will be strong. And our future will be brighter than ever before.
I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come.
Thank you, and farewell. God bless you. God bless the United States of America.
Notables at three quarters
>>44947, >>44970, >>44976, >>44979, >>45000, >>45021, >>45027, >>45079 planefaggin
>>45011, >>45037 Boatfag on long beach waters
>>45092 Foreigners Bought A Record Amount Of US Stocks In The Year Ending November, China Restarted Bond-Buying
>>45087 Well Iran lost UN Voting rights for not paying dues.
>>45077, >>45078,>>45080, >>45081, >>45082, >>45084 Full transcript of Trump's farewell speech
>>45055 BREAKING → Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt was laid off today alongside just under 20 Fox News staffers
>>45043 Guatemala Breaks Up Migrant Caravan and Deports Thousands
>>45038 @SecretService The men and women of the Secret Service and our law enforcement & public safety partners stand ready to ensure a safe and successful #Inauguration2021
>>45018 Ad Astra Per Aspra "through hardships to the stars" Kansas Flag motto.
>>45016, >>45017 Johnstone: Viral #TrumpsNewArmy Video Is Liberals At Their Craziest And Scariest
>>45014, >>45015 now "about a dozen" removed.. but since they don't have any bullets..?!
>>45006 The Tokyo Olympics is “unlikely” to happen and organizers should be “making plans for a cancellation,”
>>45004 BREAKING: Active US soldier charged with planning attack on 9/11 memorial, fellow service members
>>44999 Declassified Documents - Collection
>>44998 Department of Defense @ChiefPentSpox Jonathan Rath Hoffman provides update on the @USNationalGuard in DC & presidential transition
>>44997 Why Hardly Anyone Trusts The Virus Experts
>>44995 Pence, McConnell, and McCarthy are skipping Trump's departure ceremony
>>44991, >>44993, >>45005 US NAVY SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, also freight and tankers
>>44988 Powell: For those inquiring about us dropping our lawsuit in Georgia, the delay by the Supreme Court in addressing the issues we raised rendered the issues moot
>>44987 1st conspiracy case filed in connection Capitol Hill riots – involves 3 alleged members of the “Oath Keepers”
>>44981 They are going for SCORCHED EARTH w Trump Admin.
>>44980 Senators vet Mayorkas to take lead at DHS
>>44973, >>45064 Haspel announces she is leaving the C_A
>>44969 US Files Appeal in Assange Case
>>44968 dedicated livestream of west wing entrance
>>44966 Less than 24 hours before the Presidential Inauguration, Sidney Powell voluntarily drops her lawsuit to overturn election results in Georgia.
>>44965 Spend big now, pay down debt later, Biden's Treasury nominee Yellen tells lawmakers
>>44964 Biden's inauguration is TBD!
>>44963 Boatfag Update Report
>>44960 #BREAKING: Georgia secretary of state certifies Warnock, Ossoff victories in Senate runoffs
>>44957 Massachusetts Rescinds Flu Vaccine Mandate
>>44953 Lebanon Central Banker Salame Faces Swiss Money Laundering, Embezzlement Probe
>>44946, >>44948 The judge gave all parties until Jan. 27, absent an appeal by Maxwell’s lawyers over the redacted portions, to unseal and make public a voluminous number of docs
>>44943 JUST IN: Schumer says Trump should not be eligible to run for office "ever again"
>>44941 Still on TWITTER
>>44939 The FBI warned law enforcement agencies Tuesday that the person who constructed pipe bombs and left them near the Capitol on Jan. 6 has not yet been identified
>>44937 US Becomes First Country In The World To Formally Declare China Is Committing ‘Genocide’ Against Uighur Muslims
#208
lemme know
wakes said he'd back this evenin
usually round 8 or so
nik'd that for fun, not in notables, keks anyhow
all guud, g's to Dr., gonna keep livin, doc pleased, long day, peeps on he verge here and next door, I be like ok, it's gonna habben, they nutz!
did you want it now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5_d3DUdR4
POTUS mentions "Forbidden City"
Q 889
Think FORBIDDEN CITY.
POTUS never crossed the line (ground).
Do not glorify us.
We work for you.
Promises made.
Promises kept.
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