CNN Claims Hunter Biden "Burisma Deal" Stinks; Story On ABC News Confronting Hunter Biden Resurfaces

Update (1030ET): Now that the dam has broken, more MSM "journalists" are jumping on the Hunter Biden story, including CNN's Jake Tapper, who acknowledged on Saturday that Hunter Biden's relationship with Burisma - initiated just weeks after his father became the top US diplomat responsible for purging corruption in Ukraine - "stinks"

CNN followed that up with something even more surprising: An opinion piece arguing that Trump does deserve a second term.

'Wow', indeed.

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Last night, after a 16-day blackout, Twitter finally relented and released the NY Post's account from 'Twitter jail', punishment for the paper's work publishing stories about Hunter Biden's financial dealings in Ukraine and China. Some of the emails clearly contradicted Hunter Biden father's claims that he had never discussed business with his son.

On the contrary, it was later revealed, Joe Biden was "the big man", a "Godfather"-like figure overseeing the business dealings of his son, and his brother, Jim Biden, from a relatively safe distance. As former Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski affirmed, the Bidens saw Hunter's dealings abroad as part and parcel of the family business. "They were putting the Biden name on the line," Bobulinski said.

For the last two weeks, big tech and their allies in the mainstream media have been dreaming up every excuse imaginable to continue censoring the Hunter Biden stories. Meanwhile, a network of conservative blogs led by a new Chinese news site called G-News have released an unceasing stream of pornographic images purporting to show Hunter Biden using drugs and engaging in sexual acts.

But after Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were dragged in front of a Senate Committee this week and mercilessly pounded by Ted Cruz, followed by a historic selloff in Twitter shares on Friday - and after Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald quit and appeared on Tucker Carlson to accuse the outlet of censoring criticism of Biden - it seems the entire mainstream media ecosystem has finally run out of excuses, and just like that, Hunter Biden and the issue of foreign corruption exposing the former VP to international blackmail is back on the table.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/abc-news-breaks-mainstream-media-blackout-hunter-biden-story

Shooter injures Greek Orthodox priest in France’s Lyon and flees – police

A manhunt is underway in the French city of Lyon, where a gunman shot and injured a Greek Orthodox priest at a church and then fled the scene.

The French Interior Ministry has described in an alert on Twitter an “ongoing situation” in the Place Jean-Macé area in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. Security forces have been deployed at the scene, it said. The public has been told to avoid the area and follow instructions from the authorities.

The priest was attacked when he was closing the church, at around 4pm local time, police sources told Reuters and BFMTV. He suffered two gunshot wounds, which were described as “life-threatening,” and was receiving treatment on site. Le Parisien has reported the shooter was armed with a sawn-off hunting rifle.

https://www.rt.com/news/505156-shooter-orthodox-priest-lyon-france/

“It Was Just Conversation, Like BSing” Mainstream Media Runs Damage Control On O’Keefe Texas Hit

Leave it to mainstream media to run a puff piece on the woman caught on hidden video encouraging and engaging in various voter fraud activities. The video, launched by Project Veritas and James O’Keefe, showed Raquel Rodriguez offering to buy people off to vote the way she wanted them to, admitting that Trump was right and that voter fraud was rampant, admitted to bringing in 7000 votes, possibly all fraudulently, and openly admitted that what she’s doing is illegal and she could go to jail for doing it.

Now News 4 San Antonio is running tear jerker stories on Rodriguez in an attempt to gain public sympathy for her.

In the interview, she tries to play it off that she was just lying, “just BS’ing” with the undercover PV operative, and everything was taken out of context. Of course the News 4 reporter, Yami Virgin, has to accuse Project Veritas of working a “coordinated disinformation effort” lie that has been perpetrated by the apparently fake news, New York Times in order to try to discredit the videos.

News 4 SA reports:

This is Raquel Rodriguez. She is the woman in the center of what has now become a national story on an alleged voter fraud scheme.

“First, everybody who knows me directly, they know what I do for the community, they know what I do for people, but I’m not like a monster like they make me out to be,” Rodriguez said to us.

In their story, they showed this undercover video of Rodriguez claiming that several candidates had paid her money to engage in various forms of voter fraud, including helping harvest ballots here in Bexar County.

Ballot harvesting is when a third-party gets a complete ballot and delivers it to an election official or a post office.

The allegations were wide ranging, and included ballot harvesting, but also included buying gifts for voters and persuading them to change votes.

“It was just conversation, like the b-s-ing,” Rodriguez claims. “They were pulling me and I was pulling their strings that’s how I saw it. Little did I know what they were doing but I knew something was wrong and I just went with it.”

Now, Rodriguez claims that it was all a lie. But why?

In an exclusive interview Rodriguez gave to the southside live stream show Carpenters Apprentice – Rodriguez claims she was just playing along with the undercover’s game.

“99 percent was bs to make a sale,” Rodriguez claims.

Rodriguez now tells you, the voter, should believe her.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/just-conversation-like-bsing-mainstream-media-runs-damage-control-okeefe-texas-hit/

NY Introduces Mandatory 3-Day Quarantine

Update (1200ET): New York Gov Andrew Cuomo has just shared NY's latest COVID-19 stats, and also announced a confusing new policy for people traveling to the Empire State the requires them to be tested twice (once before and once after arriving) if they want to avoid the whole 2 week quarantine. However, every new arrival will still need to quarantine for three days after arriving in the state, regardless of whether they are on the state's travel warning list.

NEW: @NYGovCuomo announces NYS is shifting from a quarantine list to a testing policy.

➡️ Get a negative test within 3 days BEFORE arriving in NYS.

➡️ Once you arrive in NYS, wait 3 days and then take a test on the 4th day (or after).

✅ If both are negative, no quarantine.

— Jack Sterne (@JRSterne) October 31, 2020

NY reported another 2,049 new cases on Saturday.

Today's update on the numbers:

Of the 136,962 tests reported yesterday, 2,049 were positive (1.49% of total).

Total hospitalizations are at 1,121.

Sadly, there were 8 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/8briKkbF8e

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 31, 2020

Today's update on the numbers:

Of the 136,962 tests reported yesterday, 2,049 were positive (1.49% of total).

Total hospitalizations are at 1,121.

Sadly, there were 8 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/8briKkbF8e

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 31, 2020

The state's positivity rate in its "cluster zones" however, was 2x as high at 3%.

Notably, the new rule announced by Cuomo on Saturday morning doesn't apply to neighboring states or people who commute into the city every day. Enforcement, Cuomo said, will be carried out by local health departments.

He added that the rule was intended to try and avoid a surge in cases from the Thanksgiving holiday. "People are going to travel for Thanksgiving. We're having issues with small gatherings, which is almost a psychological issue," Cuomo said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bojo-weighs-1-month-covid-19-lockdown-us-breaks-global-record-daily-cases-live-updates

South Korea reports 83 deaths among people given flu jabs amid safety concerns with govt vaccination program

South Korea has reported that 83 people have died after receiving flu shots, a week after Seoul said it would probe its mass vaccination program. The government continues to insist the deaths aren’t linked to the jab.

The country’s public health agency, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), announced on Saturday that 83 people in total have died after participating in a free vaccination initiative billed as a way to offset potential complications from Covid-19.

Most of the deaths involved the elderly, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing figures provided by the KDCA. Of the total number of fatalities, 37 people were in their 70s, followed by 34 people aged 80 or older. Four deaths involved people in their 60s, while eight individuals who passed away were under 60.

Health officials have repeatedly insisted that there is no evidence pointing to a direct link between the flu shots and the deaths. However, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun called for an investigation into potential safety issues last week, when the number of people who died shortly after receiving flu shots reached 30. Earlier, the Korean Medical Association had called on Seoul to halt the program pending a full review.

Concerns about the vaccination drive first emerged after it was revealed that some of the doses were exposed to room temperature while being administered to the public. However, the vaccines in question have not been linked to any of the deaths.

To date, more than 11.5 million South Koreans have received a free jab under the program.

https://www.rt.com/news/505133-south-korea-flu-shot-deaths-83/

United States and more than 30 other nations sign declaration that 'there is no international right to abortion' and that the family is 'fundamental' to society

Trump administration leads the way

The U.S. and 32 other nations signed a declaration last week that made clear that "there is no international right to abortion" and highlighted the foundational importance of the family unit to society.

The document, called the "Geneva Consensus Declaration On Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family" and co-sponsored by the U.S., Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda, was signed at a virtual event.

What does the declaration say?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement touting the document as an effort to achieve four main pillars:

better health for women;

the preservation of human life;

strengthening of family as the foundational unit of society; and

protecting every nation's national sovereignty in global politics.

Cultural conservatives in the U.S. took particular note that the document took a stance that appears contrary to the increasingly liberal international community's stance on the right to life and the importance of the family unit.

The declaration stated a reaffirmation of "the inherent 'dignity and worth of the human person,' that 'every human being has the inherent right to life,' and the commitment 'to enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant."

It went on to say that "in no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning" and declared that "any measures or changes related to abortion within the health system can only be determined at the national or local level according to the national legislative process."

It further reaffirmed that "'the child … needs special safeguards and care … before as well as after birth' and 'special measures of protection and assistance should be taken on behalf of all children,' based on the principle of the best interest of the child."

In order to make it clear they meant business on the pro-life front, the co-singers all committed to "[r]eaffirm that there is no international right to abortion, nor any international obligation on the part of States to finance or facilitate abortion."

Regarding families, the agreement said "the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State" and called the family "foundational to society" and noted that it is a "source of health, support, and care."

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo touted the agreement and President Donald Trump's guidance on protecting the unborn and the family. He noted in his remarks:

Under President Trump's leadership, the United States has defended the dignity of human life everywhere and always. He's done it like no other president in history. We've also mounted an unprecedented defense of the unborn abroad.

In front of world leaders at the 2019 United Nations General Assembly, President Trump said, "We in America believe that every child — born and unborn — is a sacred gift from God." […]

Today, we're taking the next step, as we sign the Geneva Consensus Declaration. At its very core, the declaration protects women's health, defends the unborn, and reiterates the vital importance of the family as the foundation of society.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nations-sign-declaration-abortion-family

UK govt to hold emergency meeting after plans for new Covid-19 lockdown in England leaked to media

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will gather his ministers for an emergency meeting on Saturday after the media found out that a new lockdown in England was under consideration amid a deteriorating situation with Covid-19.

An unnamed government official earlier told the Times that month-long restrictions were still under discussion, but if agreed they would be announced by Johnson during a press conference on Monday.

Under the new lockdown, people would again be asked to stay at home as they were during the first wave of the coronavirus. But essential shops, schools, nurseries, universities would be allowed to remain open.

The restrictions would only affect England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will separately decide how to tackle the rapid spread of the virus.

The prime minister’s office declined to comment on the report when approached by Reuters.

The introduction of the lockdown would mark a drastic change in Johnson’s policy, as he had earlier insisted that such a move would be a “disaster” and said that a patchwork of local restrictions would be enough.

However, the coronavirus has been rampant the UK in recent weeks, with more than 20,000 people getting infected every day. Britain has so far registered 46,229 deaths from Covid-19 – more than any other nation in Europe – and over 990,000 confirmed cases.

The government’s scientific advisers have warned that the virus is spreading so fast that the “reasonable worst case” scenario of 80,000 fatalities may be well surpassed if measures to reduce the number of infected are not implemented.

https://www.rt.com/uk/505145-england-johnson-coronavirus-lockdown/

China’s Xiaomi overtakes Apple as world’s third-largest smartphone maker

With the smartphone market starting to recover from the coronavirus crisis, Chinese producer Xiaomi has made history by beating the iconic Apple iPhone at its own game.

Xiaomi has claimed the third spot among world’s largest smartphone producers for the first time, according to the results of the latest quarter, revealed by three research firms - International Data Corporation (IDC), Counterpoint and Canalys.

In the three months to the end of September, the company’s shipments hit a record high, with different data pointing at more than 40-percent growth and the number of shipped units ranging between 46.2 million and 47.1 million.

Meanwhile, its closest rival, Apple, has slipped to fourth place in the ratings. According to IDC, the US corporation shipped 41.6 million iPhones in the third quarter, down over 10 percent year-on-year. Data from Counterpoint differed slightly, but Canalys put the number of shipments at 43.2 million. However, data from all three firms showed that Apple is behind Xiaomi.

Xiaomi’s success was partly driven by the troubles of its domestic competitor, Huawei. That company lost its crown as the biggest smartphone maker globally to Samsung, amid the increasing pressure of US sanctions. Samsung shipped around 80 million smartphones, data shows, while Huawei shipped around 30 million fewer devices in the third quarter.

Some analysts believe that Xiaomi might have taken some customers away from Huawei.

“Xiaomi executed with aggression to seize shipments from Huawei,” said Mo Jia, analyst at Canalys. “There was symmetry in Q3, as Xiaomi added 14.5 million units and Huawei lost 15.1 million. In Europe, a key battleground, Huawei’s shipments fell 25 percent, while Xiaomi’s grew 88 percent.”

The Trump administration placed Huawei on its infamous ‘Entity List’ last year, effectively banning American firms from doing business with the Chinese tech giant. Thus, Huawei lost access to updates of Google Android software on its smartphones, which could easily spook potential clients, especially those outside of China.

Earlier this year, Washington increased pressure on Huawei, targeting vital chip suppliers to the firm, as it required foreign manufacturers that use American software and technology to obtain a special license before shipping products to Huawei

https://www.rt.com/business/505034-xiaomi-beats-apple-smartphones/

Antifa Attacks Restaurant Patrons in Suburban Vancouver, Washington

A large group of Antifa protesters from Portland, Oregon, crossed the river into Vancouver, Washington, and attacked patrons of local restaurants. Protesters carried Antifa, and Black Lives Matter flags and signs.

A “large mob of BLM-antifa from Portland are marching through Vancouver, Wash,” journalist Andy Ngô tweeted. “They’ve attacked bar patrons on the way & confronted people at their homes.”

As the group entered a business district lined with restaurants and bars, Antifa brutally assaulted a man — kicking him repeatedly as he fell to the ground.

Another view of the vicious attack shows Vancouver residents coming to the man’s aid before he became seriously injured by Antifa.

Additional videos show the fight spreading to others outside a restaurant across the street

https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/10/31/watch-portland-antifa-invades-vancouver-attacks-restaurant-patrons/

NGOs Demand Britain Open Borders to Migrants Across the World After Boat Deaths

NGOs have demanded Britain totally open its borders to illegal immigration and fly in migrants’ families from across the globe after four people died off the French coast in an attempt to reach UK shores.

Groups including Save the Children, which is funded by some of the world’s richest individuals and corporations including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, called for the government to expand “safe and legal” migration routes for the effectively unlimited number of people in the world who could seek to “flee” to Britain from “poverty”.

The push for open borders, which is being heavily publicised across the United Kingdom and even international media, comes after a family of two adults and two children from Iran died when their boat capsized in the English Channel. A 15-month-old baby who was with them is also missing.

Refugee Action declared that the deaths were “entirely inevitable” and that the situation would be repeated unless the government allow would-be migrants from across the globe to resettle in Britain.

“If you look at the particular people in this boat, as far as we can see they were from Iran and if you think about the journey they will have taken, there are many ways in which focusing on safe and legal routes could have potentially prevented them from thinking about crossing the English Channel,” said Naor Hilton, the NGO’s head of asylum.

Hilton gave no indication that migrants might themselves bear some responsibility for drownings in the Channel, particularly of children, despite the publication of undercover footage showing youngsters being ordered onto boats despite begging not to go on them.

“We have been fearing that something like this would happen since earlier in the year as the number of [Channel crossings] increased and as the government’s response focused on talking tough and creating hostile environments for the people arriving,” Hilton added.

It is not entirely clear what “hostile environment” he could be referring to, however, as the British government has turned back no boats intercepted at sea and deported only a tiny minority of their passengers after their arrival.

All children deserve to be safe from harm.

The British and French governments must work together to expand safe and legal routes for desperate families fleeing conflict, persecution, and poverty.

The English Channel must not become a graveyard for children. https://t.co/DEGMEMLONH

— Save the Children UK (@savechildrenuk) October 28, 2020

Earlier this month Breitbart London noted how some 9,500 asylum seekers who broke into Britain are being housed at taxpayers’ expense in 91 hotels around the country, with between 20 and 50 of these — including some with four-star ratings — reported to be benefiting from a £4 billion ten-year contract with the government to accommodate illegal immigrants.

With record thousands of migrants having successfully crossed the English Channel this year, more than triple the figure recorded in 2019, other newcomers are living in open camps at disused military facilities such as Napier Barracks, where illegal arrivals are provided with taxpayer-funded mobile phones, as well as having access to “TVs, WiFi and sports equipment”.

Head of advocacy at the Refugee Council, Andy Hewett, asserted that the “tragic loss of life needs to be turning point for the UK government who can act now”.

“The lack of safe and regular routes into the UK for people fleeing war and persecution leaves them with little choice but to undertake these dangerous journeys,” he claimed, apparently not considering that they might opt not to attempt to enter Britain illegally via small boats, and instead claim asylum in France or any of the other safe countries most will have passed through en route to the Channel coast.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/10/31/britain-open-borders-infinite-migrants/

Blasphemy: Amsterdam Imam Demands Laws Outlawing Insults to Mohammed

Yassin Elforkani, the Imam of Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque, has demanded Dutch lawmakers consider passing new legislation to ban insulting the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

Elforkani, who claimed that he condemned the recent attacks in France that left three dead in Nice this week and previously saw teacher Samuel Paty beheaded in the street, stated that a young Muslim he spoke to did not understand why insulting Mohammed was allowed under free expression.

“He said, ‘Yassin, explain this to me: if our Jewish brothers are attacked, it will soon be anti-Semitism, and it will not be allowed. I understand that. But why is insulting the prophet subject to freedom of expression?’ That got me thinking,” Elforkani told newspaper Het Parool.

“These insults of Islam create a very negative dynamic and a toxic atmosphere in society, with all the risks that entails,” he warned.

“We’re going to have to get rid of that,” he insisted, adding: “We can’t get out if we keep pointing out freedom of speech and you have to be able to say everything. It seems like a contest that can insult Islam the hardest.”

Twitter Warns Breitbart Reporter over Violating Pakistani Law with Mohammed Cartoons https://t.co/vptaR9yeQi

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) October 29, 2020

The imam rejected accusations that outlawing insults to Mohammed would be submitting to terrorism, suggesting that “Legislation and political debate are a good answer to terrorism. You send a signal: that’s how we do it in a democracy.”

In many Muslim countries, it is already illegal to insult Mohammed and can even lead to the death sentence, as in countries like Pakistan.

Earlier this week the Pakistani government sent legal notices to Twitter an attempt to have tweets removed that showed Charlie Hebdo magazine covers broadcast on a government building, as well as a tweet linking to a Breitbart London article on the incident.

Dutch firebrand politician Geert Wilders has also come into conflict with Turkish authorities over a cartoon he published on Twitter of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which made reference to a Mohammed cartoon published in 2005 by Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten.

Erdogan launched a lawsuit earlier this week claiming that Wilders had broken Turkish law by insulting him.

Turkey Prepares to Take Dutch Populist Geert Wilders to Court over Cartoon https://t.co/UA1cRUIkjA

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) October 27, 2020

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/10/31/amsterdam-imam-demands-laws-outlawing-insults-to-mohammed/

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