ASSANGE HEARING DAY TEN—Fairbanks Testifies Trump Ordered Assange Arrest

Fairbanks Testifies Trump

Ordered Assange Arrest

11:48 am EDT: Journalist Cassandra Fairbank testified that President Donald Trump had personally ordered Julian Assange’s arrest from the Ecuadorian embassy in London in April 2019.

Cassandra Fairbanks (Twitter)

Fairbanks said she learned in October 2018 directly from Arthur Schwartz, a Trump backer and member of the president’s inner circle that, the U.S. would have Assange taken from the embassy; that he would only be charged with the Chelsea Manning leaks and not for Vault 7 or DNC email releases; that the U.S. would again go after Manning to testify against Assange; that Richard Grenell, then U.S. ambassador to the Germany and later director of national intelligence, had worked out a deal with Ecuador to hand Assange over, that the order to get Assange had come directly from Trump and that the U.S. would not seek the death penalty to make extradition possible.

All of these things came true, Fairbanks’ testified. Armed with this information she traveled to London from Washington and met with Assange at the embassy where she revealed these details to him.

Upon return she says she was contacted by Schwartz who was furious because he learned of her informing Assange, evidently through surveillance at the embassy. When she tweeted about this Grenell contacted her employer at The Gateway Pundit and tried to have her fired. A panicked Schwarz informed her that there was an investigation into who leaked this information to her. Fairbanks has posted the audio recording of Schwartz’s call.

She testified that Schwartz said Assange and everyone else at WikiLeaks should get “lethal injects.”

Her testimony was read by defense lawyer Edward Fitzgerald after the government objected. But defense argued that hearsay rules do not apply to political testimony, which bolstered the defense argument that Assange’s prosecution is political and therefore violates the U.S.-UK extradition treaty.

US Concedes WikiLeaks Was Not First

to Publish Unredacted Diplomatic Cables;

But Says it Had Widest Reach

9:38 am EDT: Prosecution argued it only learned in the morning of the next scheduled defense witness, journalist Andy Worthington, and did not have sufficient to time to prepare cross examination. Extraordinary, as the prosecution has repeatedly been told by defense witnesses that they are being sent a bundle of prosecution documents sometimes only hours before they were to testify, giving them no time to prepare for cross examination.

It appears Worthington will not appear as a witness and that journalist Cassandra Fairbanks may be up next.

8:24 am EDT: The prosecution Monday morning was trying to establish that even if WikiLeaks was not the first to publish the unredacted State Department cables containing informants’ names (even though only Julian Assange is the only one being prosecuted for it), it made WikiLeaks more liable than others who published first because WikiLeaks has a larger reach on the internet and included a search engine with the files, unlike those who published the cables first.

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/09/21/assange-hearing-day-ten-fairbanks-testifies-trump-ordered-assange-arrest/

Russian Supreme Court abolishes opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s political party

One year ago, the Ministry of Justice denied registration for the Russia of the Future political party, arguing that this name was already in use by another political organization

MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation abolished the Russia of the Future political party, founded by blogger Alexey Navalny, the court told TASS Monday.

"The Court has satisfied the Ministry of Justice’s request on abolishment of the Russia of the Future political party," the court press service said.

One year ago, the Ministry of Justice denied registration for the Russia of the Future political party, arguing that this name was already in use by another political organization.

https://tass.com/society/1203151

Chicago Tech Executive Charged with Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chicago-tech-executive-charged-illegally-exporting-computer-equipment-pakistan

Trump Signs Executive Order Reinstating Pre-Nuke Deal Iran Sanctions Despite UN Objections — Adds 27 New Targeted Bodies To Sanctions List

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that will attempt to reinstate sanctions placed on Iran prior to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Plan of Action (JCPOA) and place new sanctions and other control measures to 27 additional groups and individuals over their roles in advancing Iran’s weapons systems.

“This Executive Order is critical to enforcing the UN arms embargo on Iran,” Trump claimed in a statement issued by the White House press office. “The order will greatly diminish the Iranian regime’s capacity to export arms to terrorists and dangerous actors throughout the region, as well as its ability to acquire weapons to build up its own forces.”

“My actions today send a clear message to the Iranian regime and those in the international community who refuse to stand up to Iran. The United States will not allow the Iranian regime to further advance capabilities to directly threaten and terrorize the rest of the world,” the president continued. “My Administration will use every tool at our disposal to stop Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile, and conventional weapons pursuits.”

He further challenged the Iranian regime to “change its behavior if it hopes to provide what the Iranian people so desperately want and deserve: a thriving and prosperous Iran.”

The White House had not released the text of the order by press time.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/21/trump-signs-executive-order-pre-nuclear-deal-jcpoa-iran-sanctions/

Violent Mass. Sex Trafficker Sentenced To Prison

BOSTON – A Springfield, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to more than fifteen years in federal prison September 17 for sex trafficking female victims through a prostitution business.

William Coleman, 49, was sentenced to 186 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In February 2020, Coleman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and nine counts of sex trafficking. Coleman has been in custody since his arrest Dec. 23, 2018.

“This sentencing is yet another success in the fight against the crime of human trafficking in our region,” said Michael Shea, acting special agent in charge of HSI, Boston. “We applaud this sentence as a measure of justice for the victims who suffered often brutal sexual exploitation at the hands of Coleman through his web of illegal activity which covered multiple states. This case could never have been completed without the expert, close coordination of our concerned community of stakeholders in the Western Massachusetts Human Trafficking Working Group.”

“This sentence is a stern reminder of the consequences facing those involved in the unconscionable practice of sex trafficking,” said United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling. “My office, in tandem with our law enforcement partners, remains steadfast in its resolve to eradicate illegal sex trafficking operations that prey on vulnerable victims.”

From 2016 to 2018, Coleman ran a prostitution business in the Springfield area, the greater Hartford, Conn., area, and other parts of Connecticut. Coleman used violence and the drug addictions of eight female victims to coerce them into engaging in commercial sex acts with paying customers. The victims were typically required to turn over all of their earnings to Coleman, and their daily lives were tightly controlled by him. Most of the women were not allowed to keep any of the money they earned, and they were only to obtain their drugs – in most cases, heroin – from Coleman. Victims who did not engage in prostitution for Coleman, or who did not follow his rules, were subjected to physical assaults, sexual violence and the withholding of drugs. Coleman used websites to post prostitution advertisements for the victims working for him.

The announcement was made by Michael Shea, HSI Boston acting special agent in charge, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew E. Lelling, Joseph Bonavolonta, special agent in charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), Boston Field Office, Colonel Christopher Mason, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, Anthony D. Gulluni, Hampden County (Mass.) district attorney, Nicholas Cocchi, Hampden County (Mass.) sheriff, Cheryl Clapprood, Springfield (Mass.) police commissioner.

https://breaking911.com/violent-mass-sex-trafficker-sentenced-to-prison/

Coronavirus pandemic likely 'could have been prevented' if China, WHO acted differently, report says

Republican lawmakers calling on WHO's leader to resign

The coronavirus pandemic likely “could have been prevented” if the Chinese government acted more transparently and the World Health Organization wasn’t “complicit in the spread and normalization” of their propaganda during the outbreak’s early days, an audit from the House Foreign Affairs Committee reportedly says.

The 96-page document authored by Republicans in the committee which the New York Post says it exclusively obtained Monday before its planned release also reportedly calls for the resignation of WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom over his “detrimental impact on the COVID-19 response.”

“It is beyond doubt that the Chinese Communist Party actively engaged in a cover-up designed to obfuscate data, hide relevant public health information, and suppress doctors and journalists who attempted to warn the world,” it said, according to the New York Post.

“Research shows the CCP could have reduced the number of cases in China by up to 95 percent had it fulfilled its obligations under international law and responded to the outbreak in a manner consistent with best practices,” it added, while also saying “it is highly likely the ongoing pandemic could have been prevented.”

The report says on Jan. 1, Chinese officials ordered that the Wuhan wet market where the virus is believed to have come from “be closed and sanitized, destroying forensic evidence that may have provided insight into the origins of the outbreak,” according to the New York Post.

The following day, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered that the coronavirus was highly contagious but didn’t immediately alert the WHO, it reportedly added.

The document also accuses WHO of ignoring warnings from Taiwan and Hong Kong about the risk of human-to-human transmission and then falsely claiming for weeks that Chinese researchers found “no evidence” of that happening, the New York Post reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak-china-who-us-government-report

Judicial Watch Sues State of Illinois for Refusing to Disclose Voter Roll Data in Violation of Federal Law

Judicial Watch Analysis Finds Dirty Voting Rolls in State

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Elections, and its director for failing to allow public access to its voter roll data in violation of the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).

State officials refused to allow the non-profit Illinois Conservative Union and three lawfully registered Illinois voters to obtain a copy of the state’s voter registration list, despite their lawful request for those records under federal law. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit on their behalf in the United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois (Illinois Conservative Union et al v. Illinois et al. (No. 1:20-cv-05542)).

Federal law provides that states “shall make available for public inspection and, where available, photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters.”

On July 24, 2019, the Illinois Conservative Union sent a public records request under this provision to the Illinois State Board of Elections, requesting information about the maintenance of voter rolls, including the most recent voter registration list for Illinois. The request noted that the records “would be used solely for purposes intended by federal law, namely, to ensure the accuracy and currency of the official list of eligible voters,” the complaint said.

The State Board of Elections denied the request, claiming that only political committees or governmental bodies may receive copies of records. The State Board did allow a few Illinois Conservative Union members to travel to Springfield, Illinois during working hours and afforded them the opportunity to review Illinois’ millions of voter records one at a time on a computer terminal, with no ability to sort or organize records. By this lawsuit the Illinois Conservative Union seeks meaningful access to the records it requested.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/illinois-refuses-voter-roll-data/

GOP Lawmakers Introduce “Hold Rioters Accountable Act” – Pelosi, Democrats and George Soros Hit the Hardest

For months now violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa leftists have been rioting in cities across the country.

The riots have caused at least $1 billion in damages across the country.

In Minneapolis alone, over 1,500 businesses were damaged or destroyed in summer rioting.

What is worse is that several district attorneys are releasing the rioters and looters back out on the street without any harsh punishments.

Many of these prosecutors were funded by George Soros organizations during their campaigns.

FOX News previously posted a map of George Soros funded district attorneys:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/gop-lawmakers-introduce-hold-rioters-accountable-act-pelosi-democrats-george-soros-hit-hardest/

Weissmann Lashes Out at Robert Mueller and Fellow Russia Probe Lawyers in New Book, Says Mueller Let the American People Down

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “pitbull” Andrew Weissmann lashed out at his ‘former boss’ and fellow Russia probe lawyers in a new book.

Mueller’s top deputy Andrew Weissmann lashed out at Mueller in his new book titled, Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation.

Weissmann’s new book is essentially an extension of the 2-and-a-half year inquisition that ended in a ball of flames after Mueller and his team of Democrats were unable to pin a crime on President Trump.

Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel by DAG Rod Rosenstein in May of 2017 after fired FBI Director James Comey leaked contents of his classified memos memorializing conversations with President Trump to the New York Times.

Rosenstein cited Hillary Clinton’s fake dossier in his scope memo authorizing Mueller to rove around unchecked for more than 2 years in his Trump-Russia probe.

Weissmann ran the show and was given tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to take out President Trump and he still failed. Now he’s blaming everyone else for his failure.

Via The Atlantic:

“Had we given it our all—had we used all available tools to uncover the truth, undeterred by the onslaught of the president’s unique powers to undermine our efforts?” Weissmann writes in the introduction. “I know the hard answer to that simple question: We could have done more.” Elsewhere, he admits that, “like Congress, we were guilty of not pressing as hard as we could” for evidence. He calls a crucial passage of the Mueller report “mealymouthed”—an easy mark for Barr’s treachery. “Part of the reason the president and his enablers were able to spin the report was that we had left the playing field open for them to do so.”

Weissmann whined that Mueller and the Democrat hack lawyers working on the Russia probe were under constant threat of being fired by President Trump as Richard Nixon had fired Archibald Cox.

What a joke.

Mueller was an inferior in the Justice Department who was harassing the President of the United States with a fishing expedition based on a Hillary Clinton-funded dossier.

One question for dirty Weissmann: If he is so proud of his work as Mueller’s top deputy and believes he is on the level of Ulysses S. Grant, why did he wipe at least 2 phones he used during the Russia probe?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/weissmann-lashes-robert-mueller-fellow-russia-probe-lawyers-new-book-says-mueller-let-american-people/

Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Department of Transportation for Records of Communication with DC Government Over Black Lives Matter Painting

Trump Administration Reportedly Has Told DC Government to Reopen Street and Remove Painting

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation for records of communication between the Federal Highway Administration and the District of Columbia’s Department of Transportation about the painting of “Black Lives Matter” on and the reopening of 16th Street NW near the White House in Washington, DC (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Transportation (No. 20-cv-02667)).

This lawsuit was filed after the Federal Highway Administration failed to respond to an August 19, 2020, FOIA request asking for:

Emails between the Federal Highway Administration and the District Department of Transportation about the painting of “Black Lives Matter” on 16th Street, N.W. between H and K Streets, N.W.

Emails between the Federal Highway Administration and the District Department of Transportation about the closure of 16th Street, N.W. between H and K Streets, N.W.

Records identifying policies or procedures for closing streets deemed part of the District Evacuation Route.

On September 15, 2020, it was reported that the Federal Highway Administration informed Washington, DC, officials that it wanted them, “to remove the Black Lives Matter plaza sign so that part of 16th street in downtown Washington could be re-opened to traffic.” Further, there is “nothing in writing right now because no one wants to come down on the side against … the Black Lives Matter movement,” and there have been closed door meetings between the Mayor’s office, the Federal Highway Administration, and local businesses affected by the road closure.

On June 5, 2020, after days of protests and riots in Washington, DC, led by the Black Lives Matter movement, a team of artists, residents, District employees, and demonstrators painted “Black Lives Matter” and the District’s crest, which resembles three stars above an “equals” sign, on 16th Street NW. The following day, demonstrators painted “Defund the Police,” a key demand of the Black Lives Matter movement, alongside the “Black Lives Matter” message.

“DC Mayor Bowser shut down a major street near the White House to make a political statement for the BLM/Defund the Police agenda,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Our lawsuit highlights how and why federal dollars should not be used to subsidize this abuse.”

On July 1, Judicial Watch filed a civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Bowser and other officials for First Amendment violations over their refusal to allow Judicial Watch to paint the message “Because No One Is Above the Law!” on a DC street.

In August, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit against Bowser, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and the District of Columbia Department of Public Works for records about the painting of “Black Lives Matter” and “Defund the Police” on a DC street in front of the White House

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/dot-blm-records/

Court orders Leifer’s extradition to Australia

Melbourne teacher wanted in Australia on 74 charges ofsexual abuse and rape of minors; has evaded extradition for over six years

Jerusalem District Court on Monday ordered the extradition to Australia of suspected sex offender Malka Leifer, who faces 74 separate charges for rape of minors and sexual abuse.

Monday’s ruling was another milestone in a case that has been beset by alleged political interference and highly unusual legal claims about mental competence for extradition. Leifer’s legal options have not yet been exhausted, however.

Her lawyers said that she would appeal the extradition ruling to the Supreme Court within the mandated 30 days. If that is rejected, the justice minister can then sign off on the extradition, although his decision can also be appealed to the Supreme Court as a last resort.

At the beginning of the month, the Supreme Court rejected Leifer’s appeal against the Jerusalem District Court’s May ruling that she was mentally fit for extradition.

Three of Leifer’s alleged victims, Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer, and Elly Sapper, who have waged a long legal and public campaign for her extradition warmly welcomed the decision.

“This is a victory for justice! A victory not just for us, but for all survivors,” they said in a brief statement.

“Exhaling years of holding our breath!… Today our hearts are smiling!”

Leifer’s attorneys said they had serious claims regarding Leifer’s mental fitness for extradition and that prison medical staff continue to administer her with anti-psychotic drugs.

Prosecutors from the State Attorney’s Office said the ruling marked an important day for “the rule of law, Israel’s international commitments, and especially, the victims of the crime.”

They added: “We are saddened that the proceedings have taken so long, mostly due to Leifer’s efforts to feign mental illness, an attempt which failed according to the district and supreme courts.

The Zionist Federation of Australia said the decision was “long overdue” and that it was “well past time” that Leifer was extradited.

“The survivors deserve justice. We commend the bravery of the survivors who have never wavered in their determination and commitment to bring Leifer back to Australia to face justice,” Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler said.

He also called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure the government does everything to facilitate the extradition process, as the prime minister promised him in a meeting last October.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/court-rules-to-extradite-malka-leifer-643005

Tony Blair’s Grubby Fingerprints on Trump’s Mideast Deals Spells War, Not Peace

Cynics of the “historic” peace deals signed this week at the White House between Gulf Arab rulers and Israel were further emboldened in their criticism with reports that former British premier Tony Blair was a leading mediator behind the development.

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the normalization of diplomatic ties between on the one hand the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and on the other Israel, as the “dawn of a new era” of peace in the Middle East. Trump said the formal detente signed on the White House’s South Lawn would “change the course of history”. He may be right, for altogether different reason.

Trump added that several other Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, would soon follow suit, thereby ending decades of Cold War between Arabs and Israelis.

The pomp and ceremony this week has only a veneer of significance. The UAE and Bahrain are the third and fourth members of the 22-member Arab League to have moved to normalize ties with Israel, following Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. The decades-long regional stand-off stems from two wars in 1967 and 1973 and the ongoing Israeli annexation of Palestinian land.

Arab League members Syria and Lebanon remain critical of the new move to normalize ties with Israel, as do Muslim-majority nations Iran and Turkey which slammed the deal this week as a sellout of Palestinian rights. Palestinians themselves were united in denouncing the UAE and Bahrain for “stabbing in the back” their aspirations for a future independent state.

The UAE and Bahrain contend that their recognition of Israel is contingent on the Israelis halting plans for further annexation of Palestinian lands which the Trump administration has green lighted in its so-called Middle East “Vision for Peace” plan, cooked up by Trump’s ardently Zionist son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Palestinians and other critics say the push to normalize ties with Israel by the Gulf Arab states is merely legitimizing illegal occupation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who attended the signing this week at the White House, has previously rebuffed claims that the latest Gulf Arab accords would stop future annexation.

Cynics have also pointed out that a major motive for Trump’s supposed peace deals is his desire to boost U.S. weapons sales to Arab nations, in particular the new-generation F-35 stealth fighter jet.

With a touch of Orwellian irony, the so-called new dawn of peace is more a new opening for flogging more American war machines.

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/21/tony-blair-grubby-fingerprints-on-trump-mideast-deals-spells-war-not-peace/

Kennedy’s U.S.-Russia Joint Space Vision Must Be Revived

September 20th marked the anniversary of the last speech John F Kennedy delivered to the United Nations’ General Assembly. This event bears more relevance upon our present crisis than most people could possibly imagine. This is true not only because it is wise to pay homage to great ideas of the past which lesser souls allowed to slip away and get buried under the sands of time, but also because history provides many of the solutions to seemingly impossible problems in our own time.

During his short speech, Kennedy outlined the very same fundamental obstacles to survival faced by our own world 57 years later: The spectre of nuclear annihilation looming overhead, poverty and the evils of colonialism staining humanity on earth, and the dominance of destructive modes of thinking which have prevented honest dialogue between the west and east who have so many common interests and yet have been blocked from acting upon them for want of creativity, understanding and faith.

Although it is far too rarely displayed in history, great leaders (those who are beholden to their consciences) recognize that there are solutions to every problem. From Plato to Cicero to Confucius and Christ in ancient times or Thomas More, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln, and Kennedy in our modern age, these rare but vitally important individuals demonstrate through their words and deeds that when the dominant social rules of the game prevent those necessary and possible solutions from manifesting, then only one course of action becomes possible: Change the rules of the game.

The martyred Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin eloquently touched on this truth in 1992 shaking the hands with Yasser Arafat and advancing a two-state solution saying: “The future belongs to those who have the courage to change their axioms.”

https://youtu.be/TuW4oGKzVKc

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https://theduran.com/kennedys-u-s-russia-joint-space-vision-must-be-revived/

Military Situation In Syria On September 21, 2020 (Map Update)

A brief overview of he recent developments in Afghanistan:

SAA artillery shelled Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the north of Lattakia province;

Turkish-backed militants artillery shelled SAA positions in the towns of Maarat al-Numan and Kafr Nubl;

SAA artillery shelled Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the villages of al-Barah and Baylun;

Turkish-backed militants artillery shelled SDF position in the village of Ain Dadat;

2 SDF members were killed by Turkish-backed militants sniper fire in the Ain Isaa area;

US military convoy conducted a patrol in the Tal Tamar area;

ISIS attacked Syrian government forces near the town of Haribsha, allegedly destroying 13 vehicles.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-september-21-2020-map-update/

Artillery Fire Exchange Continues in Syria’s Greater Idlib (Map Update)

A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria’s Greater Idlib:

SAA artillery shelled Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the Kabani are;

SAA artillery shelled Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the north of Lattakia province;

Turkish-backed militants’ artillery shelled SAA positions in the towns of Maarat al-Numan and Kafr Nubl;

Turkish-backed militants’ artillery shelled SAA positions in the city of Saraqib;

SAA artillery shelled Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the villages of al-Barah and Baylun;

Russian warplanes targeted Turkish-backed militants’ positions in the western countryside of Idlib.

https://southfront.org/artillery-fire-exchange-continues-in-syrias-greater-idlib-map-update/

Glenn Beck: Fox Told Me No Talk About God, Israel, or Soros

"I will tell you that Geroge Soros is not to be discussed. It is verboten," conservative talk show host and pundit Glenn Beck said in a video on his Facebook feed Thursday. The video was headlined, "Even FOX NEWS is Censoring Criticism of George Soros – Here's Why."

A caption above the video read, "What Fox News did yesterday when Newt Gingrich mentioned George Soros was incredible. Everything Gingrich said about Soros is VERIFIABLY true. But even Fox wouldn't let him be discussed, and here's why he's so off-limits: His fingerprints are ALL OVER what's being done to our country right now."

In the video, Beck said, when he got down to the end of his time at Fox News, where he had a program until 2011, "they were starting to tell me, I can't talk about things: 'Just talk about this. Stop talking about that.'"

He said a handful of topics were judged off limits. One was God. One was Israel.

"And the other one was George Soros," Beck said.

"How can you be an honest reporter if you will not report the fact, the reported fact, that what Newt Gingrich said is absolutely true?"

"This is why he is so off limits. What is being done to our country, his fingerprints are all over it."

https://www.newsmax.com/us/beck-soros/2020/09/17/id/987535/

Companies Linked to Roman Abramovich Donated $100 Million to E. Jerusalem Right-wing Group

Leaked documents link the Russian oligarch to four companies that have donated generously to the Elad organization, which works to increase Jewish presence in E. Jerusalem ■ This report was written with the assistance of Shomrim, the Center for Media and Democracy

WASHINGTON — Bank documents indicate that companies associated with or controlled by the Israeli-Russian billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich have contributed nearly 350 million shekels ($102 million) to the Elad organization, which works to strengthen the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem. The disclosure links the Russian-born oligarch to four companies that are registered in the British Virgin Islands and over which up to now, it was not known who was behind them.

The documents, which were submitted to Congress as part of an investigation of alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential elections in the United States, were leaked to the BuzzFeed website, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Through that organization, they were shared with 400 journalists from 108 media outlets worldwide. This writer and the Shomrim Center for Media and Democracy are the Israeli members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Although Elad itself and the donations that were transferred to it were not mentioned at all in the documents, efforts to track those involved led to the Israeli nonprofit. In recent years, Elad, which is also known as the Ir David Foundation, has branded itself as dealing primarily with education and tourism and less with increasing the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem.

Shahar Shiloh, who until 2016 headed Elad’s marketing efforts, explained in an interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC together with this writer investigated contributions to the nonprofit), that Elad's strategy shifted and focused on heritage tourism by means of which Elad has tried to shape reality and influence public opinion to solidify Jewish sovereignty over ancient Jerusalem forever.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-companies-linked-to-roman-abramovich-donated-100-million-to-right-wing-group-1.9173187

Coca-Cola Paid Scientists to Downplay How Sugary Beverages Fueled the Obesity Crisis

Evaluating Coca-Cola’s attempts to influence public health ‘in their own words’: analysis of Coca-Cola emails with public health academics leading the Global Energy Balance Network:

Objective:

We evaluate the extent to which Coca-Cola tried to influence research in the Global Energy Balance Network, as revealed by correspondence between the company and leading public health academics obtained through Freedom-of-Information (FOI) requests.

…

Conclusions:

Coca-Cola sought to obscure its relationship with researchers, minimise the public perception of its role and use these researchers to promote industry-friendly messaging. More robust approaches for managing conflicts of interest are needed to address diffuse and obscured patterns of industry influence.

Via: Daily Mail:

Coca-Cola’s work with scientists to downplay the role sugar plays in contributing to obesity has been called a ‘low point in this history of public health.’

The beverage company donated millions of dollars to a team of researchers at a non-profit claiming to look into causes of excess weight gain in the US.

However, the team ended up being a ‘front group’ for Coca-Cola and promoted the idea that it was a lack of exercise, not a bad diet, that was the primary driver of the US obesity epidemic.

What’s more, the group tried to downplay the fact that Coca-Cola was a donor of its research, and how much money the company gifted.

https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=59571

Assange Judge's Family Profiting from His Case

The Judge in charge of the Assange trial, Lady Emma Arbuthnot - who had supervised Assange proceedings personally 2017-19 - has both a husband and son deeply enmeshed with the UK and USA intelligence agencies and affiliated contractors. Her son, Alex, is directly profiting on a huge scale, via companies earning millions from selling anti-Assange and anti-Snowden 'cybersecurity' services.

Previous articles have laid out evidence that Assange and Snowden are both fakers in an elaborate fraud sponsored by the intelligence agencies: statements of Bibi Netanyahu and Zbig Brzezinski; multiple links to the Rothschilds, people dead after contacting Assange, Snowden 'leaking' to Dick Cheney's biographer, both being anti-9-11-truth & supporting Israel, both of them hiding files that would make their 'extraditions' impossible, and more: https://www.henrymakow.com/2019/04/Julian-Assange-Arrest-is-Theatre.html https://www.henrymakow.com/2018/11/assange-snowden-rat-traps.html

Assange & Wikileaks certainly did publish true stories of USA war crimes, killings of civilians, torture, and illegal rendition. This led many to assume that Assange is genuine and to credit the dubious story Assange was 'living in the London Ecuador embassy' all those years when he maybe was just there for photo-ops & meetings. The trial in London is, in my view, fake as well, with zero intention of imprisoning agent Assange.

So how can Assange be fake, given he revealed those awful US crimes in Iraq and elsewhere? There are multiple motives for a complex fraud like this: - Being a 'rat trap', inducing real dissidents or whistle-blowers to contact Wikileaks or Assange-Snowden media, so they can be sidelined, silenced, even killed - Frightening the world with USA power, brutality & surveillance - De-legitimising real dissidents, who stay obscure without CIA-tied media backing by such as NY Times or UK Guardian - Paving the way for a more globalist New World Order, furthered by Wikileaks stories of yet more USA government crimes

But one more motive here is flat-out profit. It's the classic merchant game - create and promote a problem, profit from the solution, as with Bill Gates' coronavirus vaccine. Assange & Snowden and their 'leaks' & revelations, quickly led to mega cyber-profits for enterprises linked to the intelligence agencies, now supplying 'security' for companies & governments around the world.

One family hugely profiting this way, is the family of the Assange court's Chief Judge, Lady Emma Arbuthnot, who oversaw Assange court events herself from mid-2017 until late 2019, her colleague Judge Vanessa Baraitser now running the Westminster Magistrates Court Assange show day-to-day, whilst Lady Arbuthnot continues to oversee it.

Lord James Arbuthnot, the judge's husband, is a UK "former Conservative defense procurement minister with extensive links to the British military and intelligence community", and has been a chair of Conservative Friends for Israel, as documented by Declassified UK: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-02-21-revealed-chief-magistrate-in-assange-case-received-financial-benefits-from-secretive-partner-organisations-of-uk-foreign-office/

His company involvements include defense consultancy SC Strategy; arms vendor Thales UK; intelligence strategists Montrose Associates; and cyber-security consultancy Information Risk Management (IRM), right in Cheltenham near GCHQ (the UK's 'NSA'). Judge Arbuthnot & her husband have enjoyed expense-reimbursed political junkets in Bilbao & Istanbul.

https://www.henrymakow.com/2020/09/assange-judge-profit.html

Northeast Texas man who solicited murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism of a minor on dark web sentenced to federal prison

Undercover ICE special agents in Beaumont, Texas, intercepted the man and were able to arrest him before he could carry out the heinous plot

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 23-year-old Northeast Texas man who solicited the murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism of a minor on the dark web was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations Thursday in the Eastern District of Texas.

This case is being investigated by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Beaumont; HSI Cocoa Beach; Florida Child Exploitation Task Force; Brevard County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office; Nacogdoches (Texas) Police Department; Texas Department of Public Safety; Customs and Border Protection Air Units; and Shelby County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office.

Alexander Nathan Barter, a resident of Joaquin, Texas, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to submit to a lifetime of supervised release for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography Sept. 17 by U.S. District Judge Michael Truncale. He pleaded guilty to the charges Dec. 20, 2019.

As part of his plea agreement with the government, Barter agreed to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 20 years on each count, with each party reserving the right to request that the terms be sentenced concurrently or consecutively. Barter’s counsel requested that the court impose a total term of imprisonment of 20 years; the government requested a sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment.

According to information introduced as part of Barter’s plea and at sentencing, in October 2018, Barter posted an ad on a dark web site stating, “I’d like to try necrophilia and cannibalism, and see how it feels to take a life. If you’d be willing to let me kill you, are in the U.S. (preferably in the south) and can travel by car, contact me.” An undercover HSI special agent saw the ad and responded, using the persona of a father with a 13-year-old daughter.

Between Oct. 9 and Oct. 19, 2018, Barter and the undercover special agent exchanged a series of messages that included Barter’s repeated interest in killing, raping and eating the 13-year-old child. Barter provided the undercover with instructions on traveling from Florida to Shelby County, Texas, what to tell the child to get her to agree to travel, and how to conceal evidence of their crime. On Oct. 19, 2018, Barter arrived at the designated meet site in Joaquin, Texas, with a knife, trash bag, cellular phone and a tablet.

“In my 23-year-career in law enforcement, this is among the most morally depraved and appalling criminal conspiracies that I have come across,” said Mark Dawson, special agent in charge of HSI Houston. “Without the quick and decisive actions of our special agents from Cocoa Beach and Beaumont, this disturbed predator would still be out there looking for potential victims to carry out his sick and demented fantasies.”

“As this chilling case demonstrates, online talk is not always just talk. The constant vigilance of our law enforcement partners has prevented an evildoer from finding a likeminded accomplice and bringing his grisly plan to fruition,” said U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox. “This case is a sobering reminder of how the brave men and women of law enforcement face down the worst of the worst in the scariest of scenarios.”

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Miller and U.S. Department of Justice Senior Trial Attorney Jennifer Toritto Leonardo.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/northeast-texas-man-who-solicited-murder-necrophilia-and-cannibalism-minor-dark-web

U.S. Taxpayer in Panama Papers Investigation Sentenced to Prison

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-taxpayer-panama-papers-investigation-sentenced-prison

https://twitter.com/dickdastar/status/1308127966715670532

Hawley: ‘I’ll Only Vote for a Justice’ Who Understands Roe v. Wade Was ‘Wrongly Decided’

In a Monday appearance on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for a “strong, tough conservative” to replace recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Hawley stressed the importance of a swift nomination process, adding GOP senators were elected to confirm “pro-Constitution, pro-life justices to the bench.”

“For years, Republican senators had promised that they would confirm pro-Constitution, pro-life justices to that bench,” Hawley asserted. “Now it’s time to do it: no more stealth nominees, no more secret moderates. We need a strong, tough, conservative. Someone who understands that Roe, for instance, was wrongly decided. Someone who is going to stand up for the Second Amendment for religious liberty. It’s time to put that kind of a person on the bench.”

He added, “I don’t know how Republican senators will be able to explain to the people who elected them if they do nothing in the next few weeks. If we just sit around and do not move forward on a nomination. We were sent here to confirm pro-Constitution, pro-life justices to the bench. My view is we’ve got to move forward with that.”

Hawley went on to say he will only vote for a justice for the Supreme Court who understands that Roe v. Wade “was wrongly decided.”

“I’ve said I’ll only vote for a justice for the Supreme Court who understands that Roe was wrongly decided, who understands the difference between upholding the Constitution and imposing their own views,” he stated. “Also, we’ve got to get somebody who supports the Second Amendment, religious liberty, and who is going to be tough. So, I would just say that the most important focus has got to be that judge’s judicial philosophy, their toughness, their ability to stand in there, and to do what the Constitution says.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/21/hawley-ill-only-vote-for-a-justice-who-understands-roe-v-wade-was-wrongly-decided/

Swedish Space Corporation to Cease Assisting Chinese Companies Operate Satellites

Beijing will soon lose the ability to access its weather and earth-monitoring satellites via ground station locations affiliated with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in Sweden, Chile and Australia.

“The geopolitical situation has changed since these contracts were signed in the early 2000s. We have to assess where we can do business and it’s harder for us to make that assessment regarding the Chinese market now,” Anni Bolenius, SSC’s head of communications, told Reuters on Monday, noting that the contracts cover weather and earth-monitoring satellites.

The company’s Chinese contracts also provided Beijing with “support” for manned missions, according to Reuters.

The state-owned company expressed that it will not seek to renew contracts with Beijing, which has been allowed to access Chinese satellites via SSC antenna locations in Sweden, Chile and Australia since at least 2011.

However, specific end dates for the current contracts were not provided.

SSC noted that it would not enter deals with new Chinese businesses either.

The Swedish Defense Research Agency, which operates under the state’s Ministry of Defense, told public broadcaster Sveriges Television in January 2019 that the country’s normally civilian cooperation with Beijing may have shifted to Chinese military control.

“Organizationally, the Chinese space program is to a very, very large extent militarized,” researcher John Rydqvist argued, as reported by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

At the time, the SSC noted that “SSC has customers in China within civilian functions such as weather, Earth observation, and space physics since the beginning of 2000.”

“Data from such satellites are used for a wide range of civilian purposes and is prevalent all across society,” the company detailed, “for example, to analyze climate change and its consequences and to better utilize natural resources such as forests, water and agriculture as well as for Crisis Response and Disaster Relief where immediate access to reliable information is crucial.”

“As a Swedish, 100 percent government-owned company, if there is at all any doubt that what you are doing with China could enhance military capability, it doesn’t matter if you can go anywhere else – you’re not supposed to do it,” Rydqvist told the SCMP.

“It’s not good for Sweden, and it could potentially be problematic in our important security cooperation with the rest of the EU and the US. If there’s the least amount of doubt, don’t do it.”

Swedish Institute of International Affairs analyst Viking Bohman argued to the SCMP that “Sweden is waking up to its China challenge” and that the defense researchers’ warning came about as part of a concerted international pushback against China.

“When European countries are limiting Huawei’s access to their markets, Swedish authorities begin wondering if they should do the same,” Bohman expressed in January 2019, following the launch of a state probe into the safety of Huawei Technologies as it related to 5G network infrastructure.

However, Anders Ygeman, the Swedish minister for energy and digital development, declared in May 2020 that he "sees no problem about [telecommunications company] Tele2 using Huawei when Swedish customers surf on 5G," according to the Swedish TT News Agency.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009211080529757-swedish-space-corporation-to-cease-assisting-chinese-companies-operate-satellites-/

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China to lose access to Swedish-owned satellite trackers in Australia due to 'complex' market

China will lose access to two important and strategic space satellite-tracking stations in Australia, with their Swedish owners citing the "complexity" of doing business with Beijing.

Key points:

Swedish Space Corporation said it would end its contracts with China due to the "complexity" of the relationship with the country

The company operates the Dongara and Yatharagga satellite stations in Western Australia

SSC would not comment on how much longer its contracts with China had to run

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), owned by the Swedish Government, operates 11 satellite-tracking facilities around the world, including the Dongara and Yatharagga stations south of Geraldton in Western Australia.

The Dongara station is primarily used by US government agencies such as NASA.

The decision comes as China continues its expansion into space exploration, and concerns continue to mount about the country's intelligence-gathering operations in the science and technology sectors.

Last week, the ABC revealed a massive Chinese database contained specific information about Australia's fledgling space industry.

SSC's Anni Bolenuis said the company had found its relatively small size a barrier to effectively doing business with Beijing.

"It has become increasingly difficult for us to handle the complexity of the Chinese market and therefore we have decided to focus on other markets," she told the ABC, speaking from Sweden.

"We will not enter into any new contracts with Chinese customers after the current contracts expire."

Ms Bolenuis would not detail exactly when the contracts were due to run out, but said they were "long-term" deals that "were entered into quite a long time ago".

She also would not be drawn on SSC's specific concerns about China's recent behaviour.

"I think everyone who has followed developments can see that the Chinese market is complex," she said.

"I won't go further into that, but we have clearly seen that it has influenced our view."

In 2008, SSC was spruiking its new office in Beijing as "an important step" to "maintain contacts and give local support to our Chinese customers as well as further explore our possibilities on a fast-growing Chinese space market".

The Yatharagga station was used in 2013 to monitor China's Shenzhou 10 launch, which was the nation's fifth crewed space mission.

The ABC has contacted the office of Industry and Science Minister Karen Andrews for comment.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-21/swedish-tracking-station-in-australia-ends-contracts-with-china/12686974

PRAY FOR EACH OTHER

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Trips suggest evil is afoot.

Anything goes in the corrupt UK