Yes, Trump Should Be Taking Hydroxychloroquine Right Now

I’m sure this doesn’t need to be said, but I’m going to say it anyway: President Trump needs to be taking hydroxychloroquine right now.

From a statistical standpoint, the odds of President Trump recovering from COVID-19 are very, very high. But, his age and other factors technically put him in the high-risk category, and him taking hydroxychloroquine will increase his odds of recovery even further.

Back in May, Trump reported that he was actually taking hydroxychloroquine prophylactically, so I suspect he will continue to take it. But as was the case then, I suspect that if Trump announces he’s taking the drug as a COVID-19 therapeutic, the left will once again go crazy.

But Trump would be absolutely right to continue taking the drug, especially now.

Studies have proven hydroxychloroquine’s efficacy in treating COVID.

There are currently over a hundred studies on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 (76 of them peer-reviewed) that overwhelmingly show positive results, particularly when administered early.

For example, a study published a month ago out of Saudi Arabia found that “Early intervention with HCQ-based therapy in patients with mild to moderate symptoms at presentation is associated with lower adverse clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients, including hospital admissions, ICU admission, and/or death.” Another study published in early September of nursing home patients found that patients not treated with hydroxychloroquine had a mortality rate more than five times higher than those who were treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Back in July, a large-scale, peer-reviewed study conducted by the Henry Ford Health System concluded that hydroxychloroquine successfully lowered mortality rates for hospitalized coronavirus patients.

Of all the studies, the average reduction in mortality for hydroxychloroquine was 64 percent when it’s administered early.

Back in April, it was noted that countries with high rates of malaria have significantly lower COVID-19 mortality rates. Hydroxychloroquine is a decades-old anti-malaria drug.

Democrat and media fearmongering killed people

When you consider the statistically significant reduction in mortality hydroxychloroquine has, it calls into question the Democrats’ and the media’s motives for immediately criticizing Trump when he suggested back in March that hydroxychloroquine could be a gamechanger in treating the virus.

A Democratic state lawmaker in Ohio said that Trump should be tried for “crimes against humanity” for touting the drug’s potential. The New York Times even alleged that Trump’s motivation for touting it was self-serving because he holds “a small personal financial interest” in Sanofi, even though the drug is out of patent, and he only owned $29 – $435 in the stock as part of a mutual fund.

The media largely ignored success stories from coronavirus patients who recovered after being treated with the drug. In April, Democrat State Rep. Karen Whitsett from Detroit, Mich., credited the drug and President Trump with saving her life. Other coronavirus patients have reported dramatic recoveries after taking the drug.

Had Democrats cared more about saving lives than winning the presidential election, more people would have been comfortable taking hydroxychloroquine as treatment. More people would have participated in clinical trials. More people would have recovered from the coronavirus. Instead, immediately after Trump started touting the drug, he was criticized and mocked by Democrats, the media, and even government officials. They ignored studies that showed it worked, pretended not to hear anecdotal evidence from patients who were successfully treated by the drug, and told people that hydroxychloroquine could kill them.

The war on hydroxychloroquine has been very real and very damaging.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/10/02/yes-trump-should-be-taking-hydroxychloroquine-right-now-n996280

AG Barr Tests Negative for COVID-19

Attorney General William Barr tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, a Justice Department (DOJ) spokesperson told media outlets.

DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec told CBS News that the attorney general had tested negative hours after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for the virus. A department spokesperson also confirmed Barr’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus results to NBC News.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/ag-barr-tests-negative-for-covid-19_3522589.html

Now arrest someone

Bishop: Christians must refuse COVID vaccine derived from aborted babies, even if it means martyrdom

'This is for me the last step of Satanism: that Satan and the world government – ultimately the masonic world government – will oblige all, even the Church, to accept abortion in this way. And therefore we must resist very strongly against this, if it comes.'

Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan, was in France for a short visit at the end of last month. He sat down with LifeSite to answer our questions on the present COVID-19 crisis, which Bishop Schneider has resulted in a “sanitary dictatorship.” He doubled down on that opinion, warning of the “slavery” that is being put into place through “absurd” measures that are even preventing people from using their reason.

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In France, it is now compulsory to wear masks in all confined places open to the public, in the workplace, in churches and public transport, and outside in some city centers, and even whole cities (sometimes including their rural suburbs) such as Paris, Rennes, Bordeaux, Lyon and Nice, regardless whether one is surrounded by people or completely alone.

Speaking of compulsory facemasks, Bishop Schneider said: “The exterior sign of the mask which all the population has to wear is disproportionate. It’s an exterior sign that the entire population is submitted, and that those who govern us have now in their hands the entire population, really as obedient slaves and marionettes. This is very dangerous and should cause us deep concern.”

Bishop Schneider told LiteSite that he fears the COVID-19 pandemic is being used as a step towards “One World government” through “control” in a situation that he did not hesitate to compare with his own experience as a boy under Soviet rule. He especially underscored the degree of atheism that is being reached by exclusive concern for corporal realities.

He called on Catholics not only to pray and coalesce with all those who are standing up to the absurdity of measures that go beyond correct and normal hygiene in an epidemic situation but to bear witness to the true hope of eternal life: “There is still an eternal life: don’t panic so much in your worries that concern only the temporal life! We must give a vision even of hope and trust, that we are in the hands of God. Now the government is saying: you are in our hands, completely, we are protecting you. This is very dangerous,” said Bishop Schneider.

He also called on faithful Catholics to continue the Eucharistic Crusade he launched last July in order to do reparation for all the “outrages” against the Most Blessed Sacrament that the COVID crisis has brought with it.

For the future, Bishop Schneider suspects that in some way all governments and all people will be asked to collaborate with abortion through the compulsory administration of vaccines using cells taken from aborted babies.

“I am not affirming now that this will happen, but it is my suspicion: it appears to me realistic that this could come. This is for me the last step of Satanism: that Satan and the world government – ultimately the masonic world government – will oblige all, even the Church, to accept abortion in this way. And therefore we must resist very strongly against this, if it comes. We must even accept to be martyrs,” said Bishop Schneider.

Here below is Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s full interview. It was recorded on September 29th, feast of the Saint Michael the Archangel.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-christians-must-refuse-covid-vaccine-derived-from-aborted-babies-even-if-it-means-martyrdom?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-christians-must-refuse-covid-vaccine-derived-from-aborted-babies-even-if-it-means-martyrdom?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard

Message to President of the United States Donald Trump

Vladimir Putin sent a message of encouragement to the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, wishing him and the First Lady a speedy recovery and expressing sincere support at this difficult moment. “I am sure that your inherent vitality, vigour and optimism will help you overcome the dangerous virus,” the President of Russia wrote.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/64143

CIA and MI6 behind Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict?

The clash between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been escalating fast. There is a full scale war going on, with both sides using heavy artillery, tanks, and aviation, with confirmed causalities already being in the hundreds, including civilians.

This conflict is beneficial for both Azerbaijani and Armenian elites, in short term, as it allows to distract people from the economic issues (caused by the anti-coronavirus measures with the global recession/depression in the background) and temporary unite them in the face of a perceived threat, but there is also a distinct international dimension, with Turkey outrightly supporting Azerbaijan through its networks (president of France, Emmanuel Macron, among others, has stated that Syrian jihadists are fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh) and Turkish diplomats using highly militaristic rhetoric in relation to Armenia (Turkey should be quiet about anything that has to do with Armenia, given the history between the two in the early 20th century, but that is besides the point).

There are multiple factors at play, but there are a few minor details that analysts do not really pay attention to.

The current director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, was doing field assignments in Turkey in the early stages of her career, she reportedly speaks Turkish, and she has history of serving as a station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the late 1990s. It is, therefore, presumable that she still has connections with the local government and business elites.

The current Chief of the MI6, Richard Moore, also has history of working in Turkey — he was performing tasks for the British intelligence there in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Moore is fluent in Turkish and he also served as the British Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017.

The intelligence chiefs of the two most powerful countries in the Anglosphere are turkologists with connections in Turkey and Azerbaijan. It would be reasonable to assume that a regional conflict of such magnitude happening now, on their watch, is far from being a mere coincidence.

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Besides, there are two other powers in the region that can get pulled into this conflict, eventually — Russia from north and Iran from south, the countries that have deep economic, cultural, diplomatic and security interests in Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively. Neither Russia nor Iran needs another warzone at their borders, and neither is known for being liked by the US and the UK elites.

Also, we shouldn’t forget that this year is the Presidential Elections year in the United States, and it is common for Americans to try to solve their domestic issues through aggressive foreign policy (and they do have issues this time; probably the worst kind of issues they have had since the 1930s). Interesting that this conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia (the conflict that has a potential of escalating into a World War 3) is happening now, mere weeks before the elections and the potential civil war in the United States.

Besides, it is the year 2020, after all, with pan(plan?)demics, recessions, economic depressions, ultra-nationalism being utilised by different power groups across the world, and the global system in general going through a massive turmoil.

Nothing good to be expected out of it all.

https://fort-russ.com/2020/10/major-cia-and-mi6-behind-armenian-azerbaijani-conflict/

What Is The 25th Amendment And How Is It Invoked?

Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting conversations about the use of the 25th Amendment to temporarily remove him from office should his symptoms be severe

The amendment has only been invoked three times before. The vice president assumes the role of acting president until the president can again execute his office

The president has been reported to have cold-like symptoms.

Following a positive COVID-19 test result from President Donald Trump, discussions have begun once more about the possible invocation of the 25th Amendment.

The president’s age puts him in a high-risk demographic for the virus, and if he begins to suffer symptoms a protracted period of intensive recovery is certainly a possibility. It is worth noting that plenty of people who test positive for COVID-19 do not end up expressing symptoms. The New York Times reported that Trump showed some cold-lile symptoms.

Vice President Mike Pence, who would assume the duties of the presidency should Trump become unable to execute them, tested negative for the virus.

What is the 25th Amendment?

Ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment clarifies the presidential line of succession. Written after the Kennedy assassination and during the height of the Cold War, it is designed to ensure that there is no question of who is in charge should the president the incapacitated or unfit without being killed outright.

The amendment has several sections and performs two main practical functions: It gives the president the power to temporarily transfer power to the vice president should the president expect to be incapacitated for a period, and it gives the executive cabinet and vice president the power to vote to remove the president from office should he be unfit but unable or unwilling to cede control.

The president can resume his position when he recovers via an official letter. If he was removed by the cabinet and vice president, they may contest the letter at which point the matter moves to congress for a decision.

Recent History of the 25th Amendment

It’s rarely used, only coming into play three times since its inception. Reagan unofficially turned power over to his vice president George Bush once, and Geroge Bush Jr. officially withdrew twice in 2002 and 2007. All were the result of colonoscopies that would render the presidents unable to conduct their job should an emergency arise during their recovery period.

The 25th Amendment came up before during Trump's presidency when author Michael Wolff alleged in an interview about his book “Fire and Fury” that talk of using the amendment was “alive every day.” He said that aides doubted Trump’s mental fitness for office and wondered among themselves whether the amendment could be used without a specific incident rendering a president unfit.

https://www.ibtimes.com/what-25th-amendment-how-it-invoked-3055772

Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Media Uses 'White Supremacists' to 'Manufacture Hysteria'

After the first presidential debate on Tuesday, many on the Left went nuts over President Donald Trump’s meandering answer to moderator Chris Wallace’s completely unnecessary question about condemning white supremacy. Trump should have responded better, but he has repeatedly condemned white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan. He also told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” as in “stand aside” to let the police do their jobs in response to the violent riots.

Yet the Left appeared to have a conniption after Trump’s debate response. Some called Trump a white supremacist (days after Trump announced a $500 billion plan to help black communities. Others acted as though the president had endorsed the Proud Boys, and falsely condemned the Proud Boys as “white supremacist.” One brave left-leaning reporter dared to buck this Chicken-Little narrative, however.

Michael Tracey revealed the true ally of “white supremacists” — and it isn’t Donald Trump (obviously). Tracey noted that many on the Left prop up “white supremacists” and the Proud Boys as a way to deflect from the obvious leftist inspiration behind antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters, who have wreaked havoc on American cities.

“The media’s total incuriosity about the ideological underpinnings of the most pervasive riots in half a century now creates a situation where pundits can say with a straight face that the most worrisome source of potential street unrest are joke organizations like ‘Proud Boys,'” Tracey tweeted.

Rioters have made no secret of their inspiration — and it’s the farthest thing from “white supremacy.” When vandals toppled a statue of George Washington in Portland, they spray-painted “1619” on the statue, referencing the “1619 Project.” When Claremont’s Charles Kesler wrote in The New York Post, “Call them the 1619 riots,” 1619 Project Founder Nikole Hannah-Jones responded (in a since-deleted tweet) that “it would be an honor” to claim responsibility for the destructive riots. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called for the “dismantling” of America’s “economy and political system,” in order to root out supposed racist oppression.

Tracey noted that “left-wing media activists” have a “comically apocalyptic conception of Trump,” one that inspires lashing out. “Bernie screams about the need for a Popular Front, AOC says literal fascism is on the ballot, etc.”

Yet this lashing out has devastated the very black communities many activists claim to champion. The riots have disproportionately damaged black communities in Kenosha, Wisc., Minneapolis, and Chicago. The riots destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 26 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black.

Meanwhile, the left-leaning legacy media focuses on the supposed threat of “white supremacists” and Proud Boys.

“Bold, adversarial Progressives love citing unsubstantiated FBI claims when it bolsters their ‘white supremacist’ alarmism and fear-mongering,” Tracey tweeted. “Kind of like when they loved repeating FBI propaganda with regard to Russian collusion. What a bunch of easily duped feeble-minded frauds.”

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https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/10/02/the-biggest-ally-of-white-supremacists-isnt-donald-trump-n996718

KREMLIN: Russia Has Information CIA Works With Navalny, Sends Instructions to Him

MOSCOW – Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday said Moscow has information that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is collaborating with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The bombshell statement comes hours after the Russian opposition politician, who is currently in Germany, claimed that President Vladimir Putin was behind his alleged poisoning, Sputnik reported.

“This is not the patient who works with the Western special services — these are the Western special services who work with him, this is a more precise wording. Yes, we do have such information, I can even be more specific: CIA staffers are working with him today. It is not the first time that he receives different instructions,” Peskov told reporters.

The spokesman also pointed out that as far as Navalny’s accusations against President Putin are concerned, they hold no water.

“We think that such accusations against the Russian president are absolutely groundless and unacceptable. Moreover, we consider some of the statements in the aforementioned article insulting, extremely insulting and unacceptable. We want to investigate the case with the Berlin patient and determine the reasons for what happened. To do that, we need to get the information from those who found traces of the poisoning in the analysis,” Peskov added.

Earlier in the day, Navalny told the German magazine, Der Spiegel, that he “insists” “Putin is behind the crime and “I don’t have any other versions of what happened”. When asked if Putin was involved in saving Navalny’s life, Peskov, in turn, said he could not confirm this, adding,

“I know with certainty that Omsk doctors were involved in saving” the Russian opposition figure.

Last month, Putin told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a phone conversation that groundless accusations against Moscow regarding the situation around Navalny were unacceptable, and that Germany needed to share its case materials with Russia so that the situation could be clarified.

Earlier, Moscow stated Russian doctors had found no toxic substances in Navalny’s system before he was transported to Germany, adding that Berlin had provided no evidence to support its claims that Navalny’s condition was the result of poisoning by a military-grade nerve agent from the Novichok group.

Russia underscored that it had not produced any Novichok group substances since the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) verified the destruction of the country’s chemical weapons stocks in the early 1990s.

Navalny fell gravely ill while on a flight from Siberia to Moscow on August 20. He was then placed in a hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk, where Russian doctors waged an uninterrupted struggle for his life, as he went into a coma and was put on an artificial lung ventilator. Two days later, Navalny was transported to the Berlin-based Charite clinic for further treatment.

https://fort-russ.com/2020/10/kremlin-russia-has-information-cia-works-with-navalny-sends-instructions-to-him/

Trump To Hold Virtual Campaign Rally Friday Despite COVID-19 Diagnosis

After missing both of the two presidential events he had scheduled for Friday (VP Mike Pence filled in on both occasions), President Trump will reportedly hold a virtual campaign rally on Friday night to show America that he's still "in charge" despite embarking on a 14-day quarantine with First Lady Melania Trump.

The news was first reported by FOX35 Orlando, which added that the decision was made after Trump's planned rally in Sanford was cancelled a couple of hours ago by Trump's campaign manager, Bill Stepien. Stepien has suspended all events involving Trump and his family members.

Members of the public can sign up to "attend virtually" here.

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/rally-in-sanford-canceled-after-president-trump-tests-positive-for-covid-19

Along with Trump, Melania Trump, and Hope Hicks, GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, the president of Notre Dame University, one junior staffer, and one reporter have also tested positive.

The NYT first reported that Trump and his team were kicking around ideas, including holding a national address from the White House, to show the public that Trump is still in good shape, and that he's still leading the US.

Trump and Melania both announced their plans to quarantine via Twitter.

As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together.

— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) October 2, 2020

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Trump also tweeted a 'get well' wish to aide Hope Hicks, who was reported to have tested positive Thursday night.

Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Trump also said he "spent a lot of time with Hope" during an interview with Sean Hannity Thursday evening, where he implied that soldiers' fondness for the former model-turned-politico may have led to her being exposed.

"I spent a lot of time with Hope and so does the first lady and she's tremendous," he said. "I was a little surprised but she's a very warm person and she has a hard time when soldiers and law enforcement comes up to her. You know she wants to treat them great, not say"

If it goes ahead, Friday night's event could be a precursor to a potentially "virtual" debate, as the next debate, set to be held in Miami on Oct. 15, likely won't be able to go ahead in person due to Trump's infection status.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-hold-virtual-campaign-rally-friday-despite-covid-19-diagnosis

‘Simpsons strikes again!’ Image of cartoon Trump in coffin spreads like wildfire after positive Covid-19 test

The Simpsons has long been hailed as a predictor of future events, and news that Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 sparked the latest round of speculation, as many shared images of a deceased cartoon president.

The image began circulating on social media on Friday morning, immediately after Trump revealed he had contracted the novel coronavirus. The cartoonishly stylized yellow-skinned version of the president is seen lying in a coffin, presumably dead.

The Simpsons hasn’t been wrong yet. #TrumpHasCovidpic.twitter.com/6FWY1Z7Xua

— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) October 2, 2020

Unsurprisingly, Twitter users had plenty of fun with the notion that the beloved comedy cartoon could predict political events of such magnitude. While some called the coffin image a “prophecy,” others quipped that if Trump did end up succumbing to the virus, “we must launch an investigation on the show.”

Fortunately for Trump, however, his death or funeral have not actually appeared on the show throughout its 31-season run – and the image, which was widely shared online, was just manufactured to look like a shot from the iconic cartoon.

the Simpson's prophesied so we wait #TrumpCovidpic.twitter.com/ZYhz7Oyh9W

— Chabz Mwanza (@ChabzOfficial) October 2, 2020

Simpsons predict Trump dying. If he dies we much launch an investigation on the show…. #TrumpHasCovidpic.twitter.com/Av7xg0TZss

— Sami Jarjour (@JarjourSami) October 2, 2020

the Simpsons never miss man #TrumpHasCovidpic.twitter.com/GQZawxSzOy

— 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 🦋 (@tylersherman24) October 2, 2020

The fake originally appeared back in August and was for some reason interlinked with a viral conspiracy-spoof on TikTok, which promised that something important was about to happen on August 27. The image spread in conjunction with that theory, with many believing that the Simpsons had shown Trump dying on that date in one of its episodes.

While the Simpsons’ Trump death prediction is not real, the show has seemingly predicted the future on a few occasions. In one example, the episode ‘Marge in Chains’ began with the outbreak of an epidemic and ended with riots and vandalism, which bears a remarkable resemblance to the year 2020.

https://www.rt.com/usa/502352-simpsons-trump-dead-twitter/

‘Outraged’ W.H.O. to Investigate Itself over Charges of Worker Sexual Assault, Abuse

An “outraged” World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced Wednesday it is to launch a vigorous investigation into its own field staff. This follows repeated accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse in Ebola response teams operating remotely in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

W.H.O. and other aid agency staff have been accused of a series of sexual attacks by 50 women in a joint investigation by two news agencies, the BBC reports.

Local women were allegedly plied with drinks, “ambushed” in hospitals, forced to have group sex with aid workers, and two became pregnant. Jobs in return for repeated sexual favors has also been alleged against both men and women.

The allegations cover the period between 2018 and March this year.

“The actions allegedly perpetrated by individuals identifying themselves as working for W.H.O. are unacceptable and will be robustly investigated,” the organization said in a statement.

The Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu has initiated a review of the specific allegations, as well as broader protection issues in health emergency response settings.

The betrayal of people in the communities we serve is reprehensible, Tedros said, adding leadership and staff, are all outraged by the reports.

“We do not tolerate such behaviour in any of our staff, contractors or partners,” he said. “Anyone identified as being involved will be held to account and face serious consequences, including immediate dismissal.”

Dr. Tedros said W.H.O. has a zero tolerance policy with regard to sexual exploitation and abuse and those found guilty can expect to be treated very firmly indeed.

The U.N. and its aid agencies have previously been accused of sexual abuse following similar allegations against some of their staff in other countries, as Breitbart News reported.

Current accusations include many women who said they were forced to have sex in exchange for U.N. jobs, with one describing it as a “passport to employment” and another said “they hire you with eyeballs”.

Women said they were approached outside supermarkets in the eastern city of Beni, job recruitment centres, and hospitals where lists of successful candidates were posted.

The news agencies also quoted one woman as saying that when it came to the U.N. and its agencies, including the W.H.O., “the practice of men demanding sex had become so common that it was the only way to get a job.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/30/outraged-w-h-o-to-investigate-itself-over-charges-of-worker-sexual-assault-abuse/

Taiwan Deploys Jets, Air Defenses After Chinese Plane Enters Island Nation's Defense Zone

Taiwan says Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) fighter jets were forced to scramble after a Chinese medium-range transport aircraft entered the country’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), an area that has been repeatedly violated by Beijing in recent months.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of China revealed in a Thursday social media memo that air defense systems were activated and ROCAF fighter jets scrambled after a Shaanxi Y-8 of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ.

“No mater [sic] what happened, we will Keep #protectourcountry firmly,” the MND said in a Thursday tweet.

Similar occurrences have become somewhat commonplace in recent months. Following a September 21 incident involving 37 Chinese aircraft, Taipei highlighted that it has the right to “self-defense and to counterattack.”

China has maintained that it views Taiwan as a breakaway province, and while the island has its own government, the “One-China policy” states that there is only one sovereign China. The US has acknowledged the policy while also approving over $15 billion in arms sales to Taiwan since 2010.

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $62 billion defense contract on August 14 for the production of 90 F-16 Foreign Military Sale (FMS) aircraft - 66 of which are slated for purchase by Taiwan. The formal agreement, if carried out, would be Washington’s first advanced fighter jet sale to Taiwan since 1992.

Beijing has been incredibly vocal regarding its disapproval of the deal throughout its development.

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, responded to the August 2019 announcement of the potential sale, noting at the time that the aircraft delivery would result in “strong reactions, and the US will have to bear all the consequences.”

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a series of exercises, including live-fire drills, near the Taiwan Strait in September to “protect its sovereignty,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang asserted on September 18.

Ren also slammed Washington’s relationship with Taipei, accusing the two governments of "stepping up collusion, frequently causing disturbances.”

The defense official asserted that "using Taiwan to control China" or, in the case of the ROC, attempting to "rely on foreigners to build oneself up," would be unsuccessful.

"Those who play with fire will get burnt," Ren promised.

Beijing’s threats have recently been accompanied by the increased PLAAF aircraft presence near Taiwan. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told reporters on September 22 that the provocations are “virtually a daily occurrence.”

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010021080647282-photos-taiwan-deploys-jets-air-defenses-after-chinese-plane-enters-island-nations-defense-zone/

https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1312070509090177025

So if it's a baseless conspiracy theory why do they need a resolution to condemn it????????

Two Members of Notorious Videogame Piracy Group “Team Xecuter” in Custody

Arrested on Indictment from Western District of Washington

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-members-notorious-videogame-piracy-group-team-xecuter-custody

Hickenlooper Calls China a ‘Great Nation’

Colorado Dem once met with CCP-linked influence operation

Colorado Senate hopeful John Hickenlooper praised China as a "great nation" deserving of American respect and told voters that the Chinese do not seek global dominance.

The former Democratic governor ignored China's recent military saber-rattling, crackdowns in Hong Kong, and role in the coronavirus outbreak to laud the regime's lack of ambition.

"They do not want to rule the world," Hickenlooper told supporters on a Zoom call on Monday. "They don't want to dominate. They want to be safe and be respected as one of the great nations of the world, which they are. And we should–I think that's what we should recognize."

Hickenlooper's remarks are at odds with a bipartisan consensus emerging on Capitol Hill, as well as Chinese ruler Xi Jinping's own rhetoric. Since the coronavirus pandemic's onset, Democrats and Republicans have targeted China's malignant behavior and global ambitions, with both parties issuing reports on dangerous Chinese statecraft tools just this week. Xi has explicitly said that he hopes China will be "a global leader in terms of comprehensive national power and international influence" by 2049. Experts assert this amounts to a call for a China-led world order.

Hickenlooper has maintained close ties with China over the course of his career. He previously met with the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls "the public face of the Chinese Communist Party's official foreign influence agency." The former Colorado governor has also interviewed with multiple Chinese state media outlets in the past few years, lauding the virtues of cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party, especially as it comes to reciprocal trade. Millions of dollars in American intellectual property theft comes from China, and yet Hickenlooper told Chinese state media that Washington should use a "thumbtack" to manage the Sino-American relationship, rather than a "sledgehammer."

Hickenlooper's opponent, incumbent senator Cory Gardner (R., Colo.), has emerged as a top critic of the Chinese regime since his 2014 election. As an influential member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gardner has made relationships with China rivals Japan and South Korea a major feature of his tenure, even meeting with former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2017.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/hickenlooper-calls-china-a-great-nation/

https://twitter.com/paint_texas/status/1312120674647900161

I feel pretty important right now, I was just targeted by the House of Representatives of the United States, and I and my "rhetoric" have been condemned

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In Major Shift, Army to Shut Down Asymmetric Warfare Group and Rapid Equipping Force

The U.S. Army announced Friday that it is shutting down two of the specialized organizations it stood up after the 9/11 attacks to quickly identify and perfect new tactics and equipment for combat units.

The "discontinuation" of both the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) and the Rapid Equipping Force (REF) is occurring because the Army is transitioning from counterinsurgency operations to a focus on multi-domain, large-scale combat operations, according to a brief news release.

"The Army established these units to rapidly identify material and non-material solutions to operational challenges encountered during the counterinsurgency fight in Afghanistan and Iraq," according to the statement. "As our focus changes to great power competition and large-scale combat operations, Army analysis indicated that the personnel and resources could best be utilized in building the operational fighting force."

Army Times was first to report the story.

Most recently, the AWG led the Army's effort to train combat brigades in subterranean warfare. That effort began in 2018 when the service budgeted $572 million to train the majority of its brigade combat teams to fight in large-scale underground facilities that exist beneath dense urban areas around the world.

Former Special Operations Command AWG members developed new tactics in underground breaching and small-unit operations at the organization's Asymmetric Warfare Training Facility at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

The Army has not yet decided how it will use the specialized A.P. Hill facility or the AWG's headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.

"The Army is currently determining the final disposition of the facilities," a service spokesman told Military.com in an email.

The Fort Belvoir, Virginia-based REF has been a significant player in the Army's counter-drone effort. The REF has fielded anti-drone systems, such as Battelle's DroneDefender, which can be aimed like a rifle, and Radio Hill Technologies' radar gun-like Dronebuster to help protect units from small, commercial-style unmanned aerial systems that can easily be armed with homemade bombs.

Personnel and resources from both organizations will be reallocated to the operational force, according to the release. Both organizations will be fully deactivated by Sept. 30, 2021.

The service said it plans to "ensure the value of the organization's work over the past 14 years is not lost" by maintaining the lessons learned at the Army Combined Arms Center by organizations such as Center for Army Lessons Learned, according to the release.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/02/major-shift-army-shut-down-asymmetric-warfare-group-and-rapid-equipping-force.html

>>10888898

>The ANON COUNCIL

The ANAL COUNCIL

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America’s Jewish Leftists Are Heading for Self-righteous Irrelevance, Just Like Israel’s

The Israeli left shrunk to a tiny marginalized shadow when, shunning all others, it went down an ideologically pure rabbit-hole. When U.S. Jewish progressives urge AOC to shun Rabin, they’re following the same forlorn path.

Politicians are nearly always pragmatic creatures. When Yitzhak Rabin decided to recognize the Palestinian national movement and sign the Oslo Accords with its leaders, it wasn’t a sudden rebirth of the old general as a peacenik. He had made a clearheaded assessment that Israel was secure and strong enough to relinquish control over most of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium.highlight-u-s-jewish-leftists-are-heading-for-self-righteous-irrelevance-just-like-israel-s-1.9202445

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