Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:08 a.m. No.10170086   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0109

WTF?

 

DISCOVERED: Russians and Other Nefarious Operators Are Inserting Anti-Semitic Conspiracies Into the Q Movement

 

The QAnon Movement started in the middle of 2017 and attracted a huge following. Some of the information shared within the loosely connected organization was authentic and of high quality. Because of its success and popularity, outside influences from Russia and others have inserted themselves into the movement and are acting as disruptors.

 

QAnon is one of the more fascinating stories in recent history. The American Thinker wrote about Qanon last month:

 

 

Q first appeared in October 2017 on an anonymous online forum called 4Chan, posting messages that implied top-clearance knowledge of upcoming events. More than 3,000 messages later, Q has created a disturbing, multi-faceted portrait of a global crime syndicate that operates with impunity. Q’s followers in the QAnon community faithfully analyze every detail of Q’s drops, which are compiled here and here.

 

The mainstream media has published hundreds of articles attacking Q as an insane rightwing conspiracy, particularly after President Trump seemed to publicly confirm his connection to it. At a North Carolina rally in 2019, Trump made a point of drawing attention to a baby wearing a onesie with a big Q.

 

Of course, anything remotely linked to Trump is going to be attacked by the liberal media and the left and so QAnon was attacked mercilessly by the authoritarians in our media.

 

QAnon claims much of its success on quality information. But not all Q is legit. The Q movement is attracting a litany of outsiders. Q is now a target of foreign influences including Russians.

 

Yaacov Apelbaum provided The Gateway Pundit information on how the Russians are influencing the Q phenomenon. The Russians now dominate a significant part of the QAnon activity in terms of content produced and narrative often publishing dozens of posts a day. The Russians promote Russian propaganda such as Putin’s leadership, Russian military superiority, and Russia’s position as the leading superpower.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/discovered-russians-nefarious-operators-inserting-anti-semitic-conspiracies-q-movement/

 

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Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:11 a.m. No.10170109   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>10170086

 

We found that the Russians are not just working overseas but as noted above they are working in the US as well. There is also a connection to these characters and a Russian restaurant in San Diego:

 

We even found footage of the location where the above picture was taken. It is located across the street above the Russian restaurant. Some involved individuals in the Russian activity are also identified:

 

The Russians use outlets like Facebook and Twitter to distribute their messaging. Facebook and Twitter are aware of the content and allow it to circulate and then use it to link to and ban genuine conservative materials. We saw this recently on Twitter where a number of accounts linked to the Q movement were deleted by Twitter.

 

The Russians use the Q network and branding to distribute anti-Semitic materials in order to link President Trump and his team with white supremacy. These wide scale influence operations have been running in the US since at least 2017. There is no evidence that the foreign individuals behind this illegal activity have been prosecuted by the Feds.

QAnon is a unique phenomenon. There are numerous books now about the Q movement. It is now so relevant that outsiders like the Russians are heavily involved and inserting anti-Semitic information into the movement. Russia is sinking the Q movement.

 

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GATEWAY PUNDIT SHAME

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:14 a.m. No.10170142   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0161 >>0187 >>0203 >>0221 >>0336 >>0470 >>0524

Dr. Birx Says There is No Evidence HCQ Helps with Coronavirus, Pushes For Vaccine – Sits on Bill Gates-Funded Foundation Board

 

Dr. Birx recently said during an appearance on Fox News that there is no evidence that Hydroxychloroquine helps with the Coronavirus.

 

Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” last Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the Coronavirus.

 

The doctors were very concerned with the disinformation campaign being played out in the far left American media today.

 

Dr. Stella Immanuel said she has successfully treated over 350 Coronavirus patients with Hydroxychloroquine and Zithromax at her healthcare clinic in Houston.

 

Big tech immediately scrambled to remove all videos of Dr. Stella Immanuel and other doctors praising Hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment for COVID-19.

 

Birx joined in with big tech and continued to spread fear.

 

Dr. Birx promoted a vaccine instead of talking about the successes of an affordable anti-malaria drug that has been available for decades.

 

As TGP previously reported, Dr. Birx decided to throw away several proposed models for the Coronavirus outbreak and went all-in on a single model funded by Bill Gates.

 

The IHME model, which is funded by Bill Gates, is using New York and New Jersey data and applying it to the rest of the US.

 

Dr. Birx pushed a Bill Gates-funded model to scare the American public.

 

She also sits on the board of a Gates-funded foundation.

 

 

Bill Gates is also heavily promoting a vaccine to combat the Coronavirus.

 

There is a lot of money to be made in vaccines so why isn’t Dr. Birx being called out for a potential conflict of interest?

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/dr-birx-says-no-evidence-hcq-helps-coronavirus-pushes-vaccine-sits-bill-gates-funded-foundation-board-video/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:16 a.m. No.10170159   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Blain: "Massive Consequences Are Coming…"

 

Wait a minute. You just flash that thing, it erases her memory, and you just make up a new one?”

 

A new month and what new madness for markets is the question? Non Farm Payrolls is the big one due on Friday… What will it tell us about the state of the US economy and indicate for the globe?

 

More of the same I expect. We will remain constantly looking over our shoulders and wondering about market risks – disbelieving the current euphoric valuations versus the frankly miserable outlook. We’ll keep trying to guess how the global economy is changing and where the threats and opportunities lie, all-the-while working out what central banks will do next and wondering how to arbitrage their actions. AND trying to overlay our outlooks with… The Virus.. What about the Virus?

 

For every economic release that seems to suggest underlying global economic resilience, it feels like there will be an “equal and opposite” force in the form of renewed social distancing, travel restrictions or even lockdowns as second waves or hot-spots threaten. Renewed restrictions feel likely to strangle any real recovery. It’s not just me that’s wondering if this is any way to run an economy…

 

Headlines everywhere are about how the insidious little Virus-beast is wrecking our lives and economies. I can’t help but wonder… what if some tech genius could invent a gizmo that automatically deleted every file, clip or meme that mentions the virus or pandemic from the internet, the media and wiped our memories… would we have a problem? Where is Will Smith when you need him…

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/blain-massive-consequences-are-coming

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:17 a.m. No.10170168   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Researchers Find Coronavirus Stays in the Ear – What’s Next, Mandatory Ear Muffs?

 

Here we go…

A recent study of THREE INDIVIDUALS found that the China coronavirus has been found inside the ear and a part of the head.

 

Via Newsweek:

 

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found inside the ear and a part of the head, according to a small study.

 

Researchers who performed autopsies on COVID-19 patients found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, in the middle ear and the mastoid area of the head. The mastoid is the hollow bone behind the ear, while the middle ear is an air-filled space containing three small bones that help us to hear. The findings were published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

 

The study involved three deceased people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and had COVID-19: one woman in her 80s, and a man and woman both in their 60s. They died 48, 16, and 44 hours before their autopsies, respectively.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/go-researchers-find-coronavirus-stays-ear-next-mandatory-ear-muffs/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:18 a.m. No.10170183   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0336 >>0470 >>0524

Kodak Granted Chairman 1.75 Million Options The Day Before Trump's $765 Million Loan To Company

 

The day before a $765 million loan from the government was announced, Kodak granted its executive chairman Jim Continenza 1.75 million options as the result of what is being called an "understanding" with the Board of Directors. The options had not been listed in his employment contract, nor were they made public, according to Reuters.

 

The announcement of the loan the next day took shares of Kodak from about $2.50 on Monday to, at one point, $60. Shares now trade at $22. Kodak's executive chairman's options are now worth tens of millions of dollars, as a result.

 

The decision to grant executive chairman Continenza the options was "never formalized or made into a binding agreement, which is why it was not disclosed previously," the report says. They were reportedly granted to "shield Continenza’s overall stake in the company from being diluted by a $100 million convertible bond deal clinched in May 2019".

 

The idea of granting options simply for this reason is unusual, as raising capital and the resulting dilution is a run-of-the-mill part of business and because options are usually for long-term incentives. For example, off the top of our heads, we cannot recall ever seeing an options issuance for this reason in the past.

 

Most companies have "wide latitude" in assigning these options but three corporate governance experts told Reuters that Kodak's move was "unusual".

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kodak-granted-chairman-175-million-options-day-trumps-765-million-loan-company

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:19 a.m. No.10170192   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Men's Wearhouse Files For Bankruptcy

 

As we previewed on month ago in 'Work-From-Home'-Epidemic Set To Bankrupt Suit-Sellers, "I Guarantee It", on Monday the retail wreck continued on Sunday when Tailored Brands, the owner of Men's Wearhouse filed for bankruptcy, adding to a list of brick-and-mortar retailers that have succumbed to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis.

 

The retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Tailored Brands said in a statement that it has entered into a restructuring agreement with more than 75% of its senior lenders, and that could reduce the company’s debt by at least $630 million. The company also said it has received commitments for $500 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its existing lenders. In the court filing, the company listed both its assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion.

 

The Houston, Texas-based retailer, which was already struggling with competition from fast-fashion brands and a shift to online shopping before the pandemic, said it will continue to build on its previously announced plans to reduce its corporate workforce by 20% and shut as many as 500 stores.

 

The company’s four retail brands, including Moores Clothing for Men and K&G Fashion Superstore, will continue to operate through the process. It employs 18,000 workers and operates 1,274 retail and apparel rental stores in the U.S. and 125 in Canada, according to court documents.

 

Tailored Brands was in a tough spot before the outbreak: sales had fallen every year since 2016 as Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank contended with changing consumer tastes and e-commerce rivals. "The unprecedented impact of Covid-19 requires us to further adapt and evolve," Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Lathi said in a statement.

 

Despite its filing which will eliminate most of the company's debt. Tailored Brands is gradually returning to normal operations after the coronavirus temporarily shut its doors. It re-opened just under half of its stores as of June 5, according to a statement. All of them, as well as e-commerce distribution centers in the U.S. and Canada, were temporarily closed in the first quarter.

 

The company traces its roots to 1973, when George Zimmer started Men’s Wearhouse in the Houston area. He would go on to become the face of the brand, starring in television commercials spouting his catchphrase "You’re going to like the way you look – I guarantee it," before he was ousted in 2013. It acquired Jos. A. Bank the following year.

 

Tailored Brands has hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP as legal advisor, investment bank PJT Partners as financial advisor and AlixPartners as restructuring advisor according to Bloomberg.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mens-wearhouse-files-bankruptcy

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:21 a.m. No.10170213   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mens-wearhouse-files-bankruptcy

 

Far left billionaire George Soros has been systematically targeting district attorney races throughout the United States for several years now. Many of his candidates are already in office creating havoc across the country.

In St. Louis City George Soros was Kim Gardner’s biggest donor in her race for Circuit Attorney back in 2016.

 

A Soros funded PAC even released an ad in support of this far left and unqualified activist.

 

Kim Gardner may be the most radical Soros-funded Circuit Attorney in the nation today.

 

Kim Gardner is so intolerable that two dozen attorneys and more than one-third of the trial lawyers left the prosecuting attorney’s office when she was hired. And this is a Democrat dominated office!

 

In one of her more radical decisions in August 2018 Kim Gardner announced her attorneys will no longer accept cases from 28 different St. Louis City police officers. Gardner called it her “exclusion list.”

 

Gardner did not tell the officers what they did to get on her list but they were being censored.

 

Gardner has been a complete disaster since she entered office as we have reported numerous times.

 

In July Gardner filed charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey for pulling guns on a mob of BLM activists who had just broken into their gated community and threatened to kill them and their dog and burn their home down.

 

Now Kim Gardner is caught in a tough primary race against former St. Louis lead homicide prosecutor Mary Pat Carl.

 

Over the weekend George Soros and his foundation dropped over $100,000 to rescue Kim Gardner in her primary race.

The primary is Tuesday.

 

Soros and the Missouri Justice and Public Safety PAC filed the papers in July.

 

https://youtu.be/ZdHckYjtiHI

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/george-soros-steps-drops-six-figure-check-rescue-corrupt-st-louis-circuit-attorney-kim-gardner-primary-race/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:22 a.m. No.10170218   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0336 >>0470 >>0524

Records Of Prince Andrew’s Location On Night Of Molestation Destroyed By Police

 

Authorities have destroyed evidence that could have revealed where Prince Andrew was on the night that he is accused of having sex with a teenager.

 

According to a former member of the Royal guard who worked on Prince Andrew’s security detail, The London Metropolitan Police have destroyed evidence that could have revealed where Prince Andrew was on the night that he is accused of having sex with a teenager that was being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

 

The night in question is March 10th, 2011, as well as the morning hours of March 11. Virginia Giuffre, who was known by the name Virginia Roberts at the time, says that she was taken to London by Epstein and Maxwell and was expected to have sex with Prince Andrew.

 

Giuffre says that she was just 17-years-old at the time and remembers being taken to the “Tramp” nightclub in London, as well as one of Maxwell’s homes in the city.

 

Andrew was questioned about Giuffre’s accusations during an interview with BBC, and he made numerous mistakes and fumbles that brought his credibility into question.

 

In the interview, Andrew vehemently denied knowing Giuffre and insisted that he was not at that nightclub on March 10th.

 

He claimed that he was at a Pizza Express location in Woking, for a party, but at least one other witness has come forward to corroborate Giuffre’s claim. The witness says that she distinctly remembers seeing the prince at the nightclub on that evening.

 

There should be records of what the prince was doing on that evening, which would either exonerate him or prove that he was lying. Members of the royal family are regularly accompanied by police guards in their day to day activities and there are records of where and when the officers were sent, or at the very least a record of which officers worked on which day.

 

If these records were to be made available, the investigators could easily determine where Prince Andrew was on the night in question. Initially, police refused to release this information to the media, insisting that revealing such sensitive information about the royal family could be a “threat to national security.”

 

One of the guards who was assigned to work Andrew’s security detail on that night, remembers having an issue with the prince when he returned to Buckingham Palace.

 

https://themindunleashed.com/2020/08/records-of-prince-andrews-location-on-night-of-molestation-destroyed-by-police.html

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:25 a.m. No.10170246   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0281

There might never be a ‘silver bullet’ for Covid-19, WHO chief warns

 

The World Health Organization has warned that, despite high hopes from ongoing vaccine-development efforts, there might never be a “silver bullet” to put an end to the Covid-19 virus.

 

According to The WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stopping more coronavirus outbreaks for now comes down to “the basics of public health and disease control,”namely“testing, isolating and treating patients, and tracing and quarantining their contacts.” Ghebreyesus then specified that for individual people the most important things are social distancing, wearing a mask, washing their hands and being careful not to cough around others.

 

The DG shared his doubts during a Monday media briefing, saying that, although“we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines” there is still “no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be.”

 

He stressed that “it’s never too late to turn this Covid-19 pandemic around”, noting that several countries that previously had a high number of cases are now bringing their respective outbreaks under control.

 

Ghebreyesus also said that an international team is being assembled to study the viral origins of Covid-19 in Wuhan, the Chinese city considered to be its birthplace.

 

A number of vaccines for the novel coronavirus have already reached various clinical trial stages but, according to the WHO, only six projects have got to phase three, which is an efficacy test with thousands of human subjects. One of these is being developed in the United Kingdom, two in the United States and the rest in China.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/496970-covid-silver-bullet-never/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:29 a.m. No.10170278   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0301 >>0336 >>0470 >>0524

KFC gets deep-fried after posting ‘black power’ chicken drumstick to commemorate Trinidad’s Emancipation Day

 

KFC Trinidad was grilled by angry social media users after the fast food chain marked a holiday celebrating the end of slavery with a BLM-inspired chicken ad. The company later apologized for the post.

 

The chicken chain’s Trinidad subsidiary apparently wanted to show solidarity during the Caribbean nation’s Emancipation Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the colonies of the British Empire. In an Instagram post, KFC Trinidad showed a chicken drumstick with the silhouette of a ‘black power’ fist that has been recently popularized by the Black Lives Matter movement. “Happy Emancipation Day,” the graphic read.

 

It wasn’t long before the post caught the attention of internet users.

 

“This is the most racist thing I’ve seen a corporation do ever, how tone deaf are they?” asked one outraged Twitter user.

 

Others said the graphic was “distasteful” and “stupid.”

 

One observer argued that while the post would likely be considered racist in the United States or Europe, it matches the “sense of humor” in Trinidad and Tobago.

 

Following the outcry, the company pulled the Instagram message and replaced it with an apology.

 

“Our intention was to support and recognise the importance of this historically significant event. We recognise that our posts commemorating Emancipation Day drew some negative responses. Clearly, we got it wrong and we want to unreservedly apologise for the offence caused,” the statement read.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/496940-kfc-trinidad-emancipation-chicken-ad/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:30 a.m. No.10170288   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0336 >>0402 >>0470 >>0524

Microsoft says talks over TikTok’s potential purchase to wrap up by September 15 in ‘any event’ after CEO speaks with Trump

 

Microsoft has said it will “move quickly” in its talks with ByteDance to buy TikTok, after CEO Satya Nadella discussed the issue with US President Donald Trump, who threatened to ban the popular Chinese app.

 

In a statement on its official blog on Sunday, Microsoft confirmed that discussions between the tech giant and the owner of TikTok, Chinese company ByteDance, are underway, vowing to complete them “no later than September 15,” whatever the outcome.

 

Microsoft said that if a “preliminary proposal” communicated to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) between the companies is to be made final, it would see the US technology giant purchasing TikTok services in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

 

The company said that it “appreciates the importance” of addressing Trump’s concerns about purported security risks presented by TikTok, adding that it “looks forward” to continuing dialogue with the US government as it seeks to thrash out a deal with ByteDance.

 

Microsoft appreciates the US government’s and President Trump’s personal involvement as it continues to develop strong security protections for the country

 

Under the scope of the agreement, which is currently in the works, Microsoft said it would make certain that all the private data that Americans had shared with the app would be “transferred to and remains in the US.”

 

As far as US users’ data that had already ended up outside the US is concerned, the company said that it would “ensure” it is wiped from foreign servers after the transfer.

 

Microsoft’s acknowledgement of the talks coincides with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying that Trump might “take action in the coming days” to deal with a “broad array of national security risks” stemming from companies that Washington believes are in bed with Beijing.

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/496927-tiktok-purchase-microsoft-talks-deadline/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:32 a.m. No.10170315   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0359 >>0470 >>0524

‘Masks are muzzles’: Protesters rally outside BBC HQ & march to Downing Street after UK govt widens mask-wearing orders

 

Activists took to the streets of London a day after the UK cabinet expanded its guidelines for mandatory face coverings. The demonstration comes amid growing skepticism worldwide over the efficacy of such policies.

 

A large group of demonstrators assembled in Hyde Park on Saturday, where they listened to speeches denouncing the government’s anti-coronavirus measures. Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was among the speakers.

 

Carrying placards reading “Stop the new normal, save lives,”“Freedom over fear,” and “Masks are muzzles,” the protesters then marched towards Downing Street, stopping outside BBC headquarters along the way.

 

https://www.rt.com/uk/496879-london-mask-protest-bbc-downing-street/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:34 a.m. No.10170323   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Portland murder rate skyrockets to more than 30-year high after Democratic leaders cut police budget

 

The murder rate is surging nationwide

 

As violent protests grip the streets of Portland, violent crime is also skyrocketing.

 

According to the Oregonian, 15 people were murdered in the Oregon city during the month of July, making it the deadliest one-month period for Portland in more than 30 years.

 

Prior to July's violence, the city had seen just nine murders in 2020.

 

Not only have homicides surged, but so has other violent crime, like robberies. Property crime, including burglaries and vandalism, have also increased, the Oregonian noted.

 

Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell has attributed the increase in crime to his department's budget being targeted by city officials, amid calls by far-left activists to reduce police budgets — or eliminate traditional policing altogether.

 

Last month, at the direction of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and the city council, Lovell was forced to can his 34-member Gun Violence Reduction Team.

 

Wheeler called for the team's elimination as part of an "action plan to increase police accountability and reinvest in Black and Brown communities."

 

In June, the Portland City Council approved millions in budget cuts to the city's police department.

 

Lovell explained on a podcast, "The loss of the gun violence reduction team, in particular, has a diminishing effect on how we're able to investigate shootings, which is some of the most important crimes that we investigate. So we still have to do that work and figuring out how we're going to do that without the experience that that team had has been a bit of a challenge."

 

Unfortunately, surging violent crime is not a problem unique to Portland, one of America's most far-left cities.

 

In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported that homicide rates have increased by double-digits in 36 of the 50 biggest U.S. cities.

 

From the WSJ:

 

A Wall Street Journal analysis of crime statistics among the nation's 50 largest cities found that reported homicides were up 24% so far this year, to 3,612. Shootings and gun violence also rose, even though many other violent crimes such as robbery fell.

 

Police, researchers, mayors and community leaders see a confluence of forces at work in the homicide spike. Institutions that keep city communities safe have been destabilized by lockdown and protests against police.

 

In some major cities, like Minneapolis, crime is becoming so prevalent that police are now encouraging residents to cooperate with criminals and "do as they say."

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/portland-murder-rate-skyrockets-to-more-than-30-year-high-after-democratic-leaders-cut-police-budget

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:36 a.m. No.10170339   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0372 >>0470 >>0524

Trump Signs Another Executive Order Restricting H1B Visa Opportunities

 

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday that seeks to prioritize federal agencies hiring U.S. citizens and green card holders over foreign workers for high-skilled contract work.

 

The Hiring American order limits federal agencies’ abilities to hire temporary foreign workers for high-skilled contract work and specifically prevents agencies from firing and replacing citizens and permanent residents with temporary workers in IT contract positions. The order also directs the government to conduct a study to assess how many temporary foreign workers are federally employed contractors, according to Bloomberg News.

 

“President Trump will not tolerate lucrative federal contractors firing hardworking Americans in the pursuit of cheap foreign labor, like at the Tennessee Valley Authority,” White House assistant press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Daily Caller of the order. “Today’s Executive Order prevents this tragedy from occurring, encourages federal employers to hire Americans first, and yet again delivers on the President’s promise to secure jobs on the homeland.”

 

The president also announced at the Monday signing ceremony that two members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were being removed for actions that prompted the order. He further stated that TVA must fire its CEO and the new chief should not make more than $500,000 a year. The president hinted at further disciplinary action in the future.

 

https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/03/trump-signs-another-executive-order-restricting-h1b-visa-opportunities/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:38 a.m. No.10170356   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0369

Retired Pope Benedict XVI Ill After Visit to Germany

 

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday.

 

The daily Passauer Neue Presse quoted Peter Seewald, a biographer of the retired pontiff, as saying that the 93-year-old has been suffering from a facial infection since his return to Rome.

 

Seewald, who has published several book-length interviews with Benedict, handed over a copy of the biography to the former pontiff on Saturday, the newspaper reported. He described Benedict as being optimistic and talking about possibly writing himself if his strength picks up, though he said that Benedict is physically very frail.

 

The Vatican press office downplayed the severity of Benedict’s condition, citing his longtime secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, in a statement released to the media.

 

According to Gaenswein, “the emeritus pope’s health condition doesn’t create particular concern, except that for a 93-year-old man who is getting over the most acute phase of a painful, but not serious illness.”

 

In June, Benedict made a four-day visit to the Bavarian city of Regensburg to see his ailing brother. It was his first trip out of Italy since he resigned as pope in 2013.

 

His brother, the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, died on July 1 at age 96.

 

Benedict has lived at a monastery in the Vatican City since shortly after his retirement. Elected to the papacy in 2005 to succeed St. John Paul II, the former Joseph Ratzinger was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign the post.

 

He was succeeded by Pope Francis.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/news/report-retired-pope-benedict-xvi-ill-after-visit-to-germany/

Anonymous ID: 96e603 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:41 a.m. No.10170385   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0470 >>0524

Trump, Conservatives Cry Foul as Nevada Senate Rushes Vote-by-Mail Through Chamber

 

The Nevada Senate approved a bill Sunday to implement a majority mail-in election in November.

 

In their argument, Senate Democrats asserted that the measure, Assembly Bill 4, was needed due to concerns over the coronavirus, citing long lines at the polls and close contact with others. The measure, which was passed with a 13 to 8 vote, was not supported by any of the Republican members.

 

“The truth is this bill only allows more Nevadans to participate safely in our general election in Nevada,” said Sen. Dallas Harris (D) of Las Vegas.

 

President Donald Trump weighed in on the decision in a Monday morning Tweet, saying Democrats were “using Covid to steal the state.”

 

In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court! https://t.co/cNSPINgCY7

 

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020

 

“In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state,” Trump wrote. “Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!”

 

True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht also weighed in on the controversial bill and questioned the precedent which had been set for other states:

 

I am deeply concerned by the precedent the Nevada Assembly has set for permanent universal vote by mail with the passage of AB 4. When this issue first arose at the very outset of the uncertainty surrounding the global pandemic, politicos assured those concerned with election integrity that expanded vote by mail would only impact the primary. Fast forward a few months and our worst fears have been confirmed: they are seeking to implement universal vote by mail for the general election too. Those who think this is only a temporary change to address the risks surrounding COVID are sorely mistaken. This is a step that the extreme left has fought to enact for years, and most assuredly will try to expand it to future elections, making it a permanent fixture of Nevada election law in the long term — the same thing they are fighting for in states all over the country.

 

“While advocates of universal vote by mail claim that it will bring an end to voter disenfranchisement, nothing could be farther from the truth,” Engelbrecht added. “Vote by mail — beyond limited absentee voting — in fact further disenfranchises minorities who tend to move much more often than the general population and whose addresses are rarely kept up to date on the voter rolls.”

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/03/trump-conservatives-cry-foul-nevada-senate-approves-vote-mail/

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Former Border Force Boss: Illegal Migration to Hit ‘Crisis’ Levels If Boris Won’t Turn Boats Back

 

The former chief of the British Border Force has warned the country will face a “crisis” level of illegal migrant crossings of the English Channel if Britain and France fail to come to an agreement to have boat migrants immediately returned to France.

 

The former head of UK Border Force, Tony Smith, said asylum seekers attempting to come to the United Kingdom from France must apply for asylum on the French side of the English Channel, and that the two governments need to sign a treaty that would see boat migrants brought back to France rather than onto British shores.

 

“What I’m advocating is that we need to try as best we can to replicate the juxtaposed controls for legitimate applicants in the same way as for illegitimate applicants,” Smith told the Daily Mail.

 

“If they want to come to the UK they need to make their case on the French side, and if they are found in the waterways or even make it as far as Dover we say ‘I’m sorry but you go back there and that’s where you will be interviewed and processed, on the French side’,” he added.

 

Mr Smith said that he was unsure if Priti Patel’s Home Office will be able to “make the breakthrough” with France, but did note that the British government has come to agreements with the French in the past.

 

“I think there are potentially opportunities but there will have to be some kind of a quid pro quo which would satisfy the French that this was a measure that was designed to help both parties, not just a one-way street where the UK essentially is able to blockade anybody coming over from France,” the former Border Force chief said.

 

The London-based think tank Migration Watch UK projected that if the current trend continues an estimated 7,500 illegal boat migrants will reach Britain by Christmas.

 

New Daily Record for Illegal Channel Crossings as 202 Migrants Reach England https://t.co/8tajOoTgeB

 

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 31, 2020

 

The call from Tony Smith backs up similar statements from the former Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott, who was able to successfully halt illegal boat migration from Asia with his Operation Sovereign Borders policy seven years ago. The policy mandated that illegal migrants be turned back to the country they came from or to a third country where asylum seekers would be processed and legitimate refugees placed in safe countries other than Australia at Australia’s expense.

 

This effectively ended Australia’s issues with boat migrants, by eliminating the incentives for travelling to the country by sea.

 

In May, Mr Abbott said: “The French have no right to wave-on their problems to Britain just because they are unwilling or unable to control their own borders.”

 

“Plainly, this will require a degree of determination and planning on Britain’s part. The French may not like to hear ‘they shall not pass’ from Britons… Still, in the long run, this is for France’s good too; as the only way to clear the camps in Calais is to ensure that none of their occupants can ever get across the Channel and stay,” he said.

 

The former Prime Minister went on to warn that if such a policy is not implemented then the “trickle” of boat migration “quickly become a flood” as was seen during the European Migrant Crisis of 2015, which saw millions of migrants pour into the bloc.

 

Farage: Government Burying ‘Their Heads in the Sand’ on Illegal Migration https://t.co/D5nto2WeDb

 

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 2, 2020

 

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/08/03/former-border-force-chief-boat-migration-will-become-a-crisis-if-govt-fails-to-reach-agreement-with-france/