>>11612115

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>>11611321 Anon bun #14824

>>11611328, >>11611425, >>11611632, >>11611710, >>11611844 PF

>>11611351 Inside Prince Harry's close friendship with Joe Biden's wife Jill

>>11611356 Trump Advisor Corey Lewandowski Tests Positive For COVID-19

>>11611361 Internet-Connected Election Systems Found in 10 U.S. States

>>11611423 Biden’s Pentagon Transition Team Members Funded by the Arms Industry

>>11611439 Biden’s Military Brain Trust Includes Former Navy, Marine Corps Top Leaders

>>11611443 Rudy Giuliani I discovered a pattern of corruption that the Washington press covered up for years!

>>11611481 Sorry @nytimes, almost all GA, MI Counties used ‘glitchy’ Dominion software.

>>11611483 Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials August 8, 2019

>>11611495 Schumer, Pelosi want $3.4T as 'starting point' in new COVID-19 relief talks

>>11611522 Russia will not lecture US on its electoral system, says Lavrov

>>11611526 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – wide ranging news conference with Russian and foreign journalists on international politics

>>11611541 Edward Snowden July 27, 2019: Watch the voting machine used in US swing states get hacked to rig an election.

>>11611553 Netanyahu says Israel to start getting Pfizer coronavirus vaccines in January

>>11611610, >>11611966 ‘Disgusting Failure’: US Senator Slams DOJ Investigation Into Epstein’s Sweetheart Deal

>>11611638 Multiple Michigan residents swear they witnessed widespread voter fraud in Detroit

>>11611652, >>11611694, >>11611726, >>11611756, >>11611788, >>11611822 NASED, NASS and ACR

>>11611655 Andrew McCabe's Corruption on Trump Targeting is Biden's Corruption! Where is John Durham?

>>11611672 Grassley Questions DOJ on Biden Family Compliance with FARA

>>11611675, >>11611720, >>11611741 A Killer Enterprise: How One of Big Pharma’s Most Corrupt Companies Plans to Corner the Covid-19 Cure Market

>>11611723 From Hiding, Pashinyan Issues More Excuses Through Facebook, Doesn’t Mention Resignation

>>11611740 Ukraine President Hospitalized After Testing Positive For Coronavirus, Official Says

>>11611762 ICE, international partners arrest 113 child predators

>>11611775 Look at What's Heading to Washington DC to Rally for Trump –– HOLY COW!

>>11611800 Lawsuit Claims 40,000-Plus Fraudulent Ballots Pumped Through Detroit For Joe Biden

>>11611820 Yes, Biden and Harris Are Self-Declared Zionists, But a Glimmer of Hope Remains

>>11611859 US – UK Intel Agencies Declare Cyber War on Independent Media

>>11611989 Katie Hobbs is married to Pat Goodman

>>11611755 Alaska anon reports CV-19 emergency alert broadcast to cell phones by Gov. Dunleavy

New DC Law Would Give Vaccine Decisions to 11 Year Olds Without Parental Consent

A bill traveling through the District of Columbia’s legislature would give children as young as 11 years old the ability to make decisions on being vaccinated, while removing the need for parental consent entirely.

Bill 23-171 allows children as young as 11 years old to consent to taking any vaccine recommended by the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the group which assists the Centers for Disease Control in developing childhood immunization schedules.

It would also let the school, health care provider, and the parent’s private insurance conceal the child’s vaccination from parents or guardians who would have no knowledge of the procedure unless the child told them.

According to the bill, “a minor shall be deemed meeting the informed consent standard if the minor is able to comprehend the need for, the nature of, and any significant risks ordinarily inherent in the medical care.” In other words, young children can simply be persuaded by a vaccine administrator’s advice and receive an inoculation.

To aide in the process, the D.C. Department of Health will provide “age-appropriate” vaccine information sheets to minors to support providers in the informed consent process.

D.C. council member Mary Cheh, the bill’s primary sponsor, said in an Oct. 7 meeting that taking away the “barriers” of parental consent in childhood vaccinations was an important measure considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“Given our ongoing pandemic and the incredible work being done to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s more important than ever I think that we reduce any and all barriers to these treatments,” Cheh said. “And this legislation aims to do just that by increasing access to vaccines for minors who choose to get vaccinated but have not been able to do so.”

The lone voice of dissent on the council, Trayon White, urged members against taking such a step.

“Medical practitioners, schools, and others should not be permitted to coerce or press minors into procedures that are capable of causing injury or death, behind their parents back,” he said.

The legality of such a measure is up in the air, according to Dawn Richardson, director of advocacy of the National Vaccine Information Center, who told the Epoch Times that the “negligent, predatorial, and criminal” bill may contravene Supreme Court precedent that puts a parent or guardian at the center of the decision-making process for their child.

Richardson says it’s wrong to allow an 11-year-old child to “take a biological pharmaceutical product, that is something that could cause injury and death, and has federal protection to protect the provider and the manufacturer from any liability.”

Currently, the bill is it set for a final vote on November 17th that will decide if it makes its way to the mayor’s desk for a signature.

The measure to cut off parental consent for child vaccinations is a par for the course move for the progressive D.C. where minors over the age of 12 can already consent without a parent to contraceptive services, prenatal care, and abortions.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/11/new-dc-law-would-give-vaccine-decisions-to-11-year-olds-without-parental-consent.html

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Facebook Extends Political Ad Ban

Social media giant Facebook is extending its temporary ban on political ads across the platform.

ABC News reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is extending its ban on new political ads on the platform. In a post to the company’s blog, Facebook stated:

The temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the U.S. continues to be in place as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the election.

Advertisers can expect this to last another month, though there may be an opportunity to resume these ads sooner.

Facebook did not initially explain how long it would be pausing political ads in the United States, stating only that it would start after polls closed on November 3rd as part of its efforts to “reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse.”

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has expressed anger over Facebook’s continued political ads ban with DSCC Executive Director Scott Fairchild telling ABC News: “Organic disinformation is the actual problem on these platforms, and continuing to ban ads is now actively harmful to organizations working to inform Georgia’s diverse voters about the January runoffs. These ad bans are voter suppression plain and simple, they directly benefit Republican senators, and at a minimum there should be an exemption for ads in Georgia over the next two months.”

In October, Breitbart News reported that Joe Biden’s digital director, Rob Flaherty, took to Twitter to criticize the social media giant, stating that its advertising systems broke “within seconds of launching the silly, performative pre-election hoop-jumping exercise.”

A Biden spokesperson told Reuters that an undisclosed number of the Democratic candidate’s campaign ads were affected. In an effort to crack down on “misinformation,” Facebook announced that it would be imposing a moratorium on new political ads in the week before November 3.

classic @Facebook here: they stopped new political ads from being published at 12:01AM this morning (a deadline they set months ago) & now tons of previously approved ads have been deactivated across the platform & the issue still hasn't been resolved & now the rules are changing pic.twitter.com/JY0EIEb9pR

— lynne (@lynnejansons) October 27, 2020

At the time, the chief marketing officer of the Republican digital firm Campaign Solutions, Eric Frenchman, stated that several campaigns he was working with were affected by the pauses. Mark Jablonowski, the managing partner at DSPolitical, a digital firm working with Democratic causes, stated: “Votes are being cast every day, so anytime that you’re not able to communicate with voters in this crucial window is time lost.”

Since then, the glitch was fixed but appears to show that many advertisers have been angered by Facebook’s mishandling of advertising pauses. The continuation of political ad bans is likely to only anger advertisers and political campaigns further. Breitbart News will continue to follow this story closely.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/11/12/facebook-extends-political-ad-ban/

Pennsylvania Judge Orders Segregated Ballots Should be Tossed — Crooked PA Secretary of State “Lacked Statutory Authority” to Override Election Law

The Trump Campaign scored another win against the lawless Left on Thursday.

A Pennsylvania judge ruled that crooked Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar lacked the statutory authority to to override election law.

FOX News reported:

A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor of the Trump campaign Thursday, ordering that the state may not count ballots where the voters needed to provide proof of identification and failed to do so by Nov. 9.

State law said that voters have until six days after the election — this year that was Nov. 9 — to cure problems regarding a lack of proof of identification. After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots could be accepted three days after Election Day, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar submitted guidance that said proof of identification could be provided up until Nov. 12, which is six days from the ballot acceptance deadline. That guidance was issued two days before Election Day.

“[T]he Court concludes that Respondent Kathy Boockvar, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth, lacked statutory authority to issue the November 1, 2020, guidance to Respondents County Boards of Elections insofar as that guidance purported to change the deadline … for certain electors to verify proof of identification,” Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt said in a court order.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/pennsylvania-judge-orders-segregated-ballots-tossed-crooked-pa-secretary-state-lacked-statutory-authority-override-election-law/

READ THE COURT ORDER HERE

https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/11/602-MD-2020-Order-Nov.-12.pdf

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany: America Will Hear from Trump “at Just the Right Moment”

Via Newsmax

Trump has paused post-election public appearances for now and is letting his legal team do the talking, but Kayleigh McEnany says his moment will come.

Via Newsmax:

President Donald Trump has paused post-election public appearances for now, but Americans will hear from him “at the right moment,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, speaking in her role as an adviser to his reelection campaign, said Thursday.

“[He is] letting this litigation play out, letting his lawyers take the lead on this, while he stays hard at work for the American people on COVID and other matters,” McEnany said on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” “But you will be hearing from the president. You hear from him on Twitter. You’ll be hearing from him at the right moment.”

Trump has not appeared or spoken in public — except for his Veterans Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday — since last Thursday, when he attacked the nation’s electoral system and made claims of widespread voter fraud. Two days later, most in the national media projected Joe Biden as the president-elect, with the president’s campaign reacting through a series of lawsuits in several states.

He has kept up his social media presence, though, tweeting continued accusations about fraud and posting updates on his campaign’s efforts.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/kayleigh-mcenany-america-will-hear-trump-just-right-moment/

Kodak Executives Received Millions In Stock For Options They Never Owned

Today in "new and creative ways to potentially increase your executive compensation" news…

Kodak took a $5.1 million expense in the third quarter related to handing five of its former executives stock for options they never owned to begin with.

The issue has "raised questions about the company's controls," Financials Times said this week, putting it lightly. The company has blamed internal “deficiencies” that allowed five former officers to exercise 300,000 options that had previously been forfeited.

The company also warned that additional errors of a similar nature that have yet to be uncovered could result in additional "inappropriate expenses". Kodak also said it is planning to try and claw back $3.9 million from the executives for the fair value of the shares, though it also said it wasn't sure it would succeed in doing so.

The company's CFO, David Bullwinkle, said on Tuesday the company's “controls were inadequate with regard to the timely input and verification of master data updates for equity grants and therefore, resulted in errors or misstatements in employee equity account balances”.

The plans of Kodak working with the government were later put on hold after the deal was questioned by a number of congressional Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren.

Akin Gump, who was retained by the company to review the company's loan application with the the government, said though it found concerns about the company's governance, it didn't notice the company's issuance of its non-existent options.

Meanwhile, the news comes as Kodak's business continues to falter. The company's net losses rose from $5 million to $445 million during the third quarter, while revenue fell by $63 million to $252 million. The company's CEO said on its recent conference call he still had “tremendous confidence that we are on the right track to restoring Kodak to its rightful place as an iconic global brand”.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kodak-executives-received-millions-stock-options-they-never-owned

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kodak-executives-received-millions-stock-options-they-never-owned

DoJ Says Former Labor Secretary Acosta "Exercised Poor Judgment" In First Epstein Case

The DoJ's investigation into the prosecutors who oversaw deceased pedophile/financier Jeffrey Epstein's sweetheart deal - the same deal that led to Epstein's initial conviction and imprisonment in Florida more than 10 years ago - has determined that while the men exercised "poor judgment", they didn't break the law.

The findings, released by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday, follow an inquiry by the DoJ's office of professional responsibility. The group of prosecutors includes former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who has previously suggested that at the time that Epstein had been 'protected' because he was a special asset. Acosta was pushed out of his cabinet-level role last year.

"Letting a well-connected billionaire get away with child rape and international sex trafficking isn’t ‘poor judgment’ – it is a disgusting failure,” Sasse said. “Americans ought to be enraged.”

The prosecutors, who reported to Acosta (at the time he was the US attorney overseeing that territory) explored reports that Epstein had abused dozens of young girls in his Palm Beach mansion in the early 2000s. Epstein copped a plea to lower-level state charges involving the abuse of a single victim.

The DoJ reportedly briefed several of Epstein's victims on the findings on Friday in Miami.

While this inquiry into the prosecutors is over, two other federal investigations involving Epstein and potential enablers are ongoing.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-says-former-labor-secretary-acosta-exercised-poor-judgment-first-epstein-case

Vaccines - The Oldest Scam

In 1988, Eustace Mullins blew the whistle on the vaccine scam.

Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Extremely Positive Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Data; Production of 1.3 Billion Doses in 2021 Planned

Pfizer CEO sold $5.6 million in stock on the day of Vaccine Announcement

Not only do drugmakers make huge profits

from vaccines,

but they continue to profit

from the illnesses they cause.

If vaccines weren't harmful to health,

why would pharmaceutical companies be

exempt from liability?

This goose has been laying a golden egg

for more than a century, at an indescribable toll in human suffering.

Now they want to make vaccinations - not one but regular shots –

a condition for participation in society and freedom.

"The practice of medicine may not be the world's oldest profession, but it is often seen to be operating on much the same principles."

Eustace Mullins

Excerpts from Murder by Injection (1988)

Despite the great power of the hidden rulers, I found that only one group has the power to issue life or death sentences to any American – our nation's physicians.

I discovered that these physicians, despite their great power, were themselves subjected to very strict controls over every aspect of their professional lives. These controls, surprisingly enough, were not wielded by any state or federal agency, although almost every other aspect of American life is now under the absolute control of the bureaucracy. The physicians have their own autocracy, a private trade association, the American Medical Association. This group, which is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, had gradually built up its power until it assumed total control over medical schools and the accreditation of physicians.

From its earliest inception [in 1847], the American Medical Association has had one principal objective, attaining and defending a total monopoly of the practice of medicine in the United States. From its outset, the AMA made allopathy the basis of its practice. Allopathy was a type of medicine whose practitioners had received training in a recognized academic school of medicine, and who relied heavily on surgical procedures and the use of medications.

https://henrymakow.com/2020/11/vaccines-the-oldest-scam.html

Israel Planned to Kill Arafat by Blowing Up Lebanese Stadium, Report Says

Clandestine unit headed by future Mossad chief Meir Dagan is said to have planned to kill PLO leadership with massive blast in 1982. Plot was nixed at the last minute by PM Menachem Begin

Israel had a covert plan in the early 1980s to assassinate Yasser Arafat and the rest of the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership by blowing up a Beirut stadium in a massive explosion, according to a report published Thursday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

If the plot, planned for January of 1982, had been carried out, agents working on behalf of Israel were to have placed enough explosives under and around the stadium to cause damage that, according to a senior military officer at the time, would have been “unprecedented, even in terms of Lebanon.”

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-report-israel-planned-to-kill-arafat-plo-leadership-by-blowing-up-lebanese-stadium-1.9306439

Suicide rate among veterans up again slightly, despite focus on prevention efforts

The rate of suicide among veterans ticked upwards in recent years despite increased public attention and funding on the problem, according to a new report released by Department of Veterans Affairs officials on Thursday.

However, the latest data still lags two years behind present conditions and does not include any figures from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which mental health experts have warned may be causing even larger increases in the rates of mental distress and self harm among veterans.

The suicide report — which is typically released in early October, but was delayed more than a month this year — shows the rate of suicide among veterans at 17.6 a day in 2018. That’s a slight increase from 2017, when the number was 17.5.

Numerous public figures and public awareness campaigns in recent years have quoted the figure of “20 a day” in reference to veterans suicide, but VA officials last year clarified that estimate also includes active-duty troops, guardsmen and reservists.

From 2005 to 2018, the overall suicide rate has remained largely unchanged, between 17 and 18 veterans a day. That’s in spite of numerous public awareness campaigns, VA outreach programs and new department training mandates enacted over the last two presidential administrations.

After making adjustments for sex and age, veterans suicide was roughly 27.5 per 100,000 individuals in 2018, up from 25.8 per 100,000 in 2016. By comparison, among all U.S. adults, the suicide rate per 100,000 was 18.3.

In raw numbers, the newly released figures mean that the number of veterans who died by suicide in 2018 was 6,435, up less than half a percent as the total veterans population fell by about 1.5 percent. By comparison, as of Thursday morning, there have been 7,032 troop deaths in conflict zones since 9/11 according to Defense Department statistics,

Veterans suicides made up about 14 percent of total suicides in America in 2018. VA officials have emphasized in recent years that mental health challenges and suicidal thoughts are not a problem specific to the veterans community.

“Findings documented in this report highlight the continuing and increasing problem of suicide among U.S. adults and among veterans, and the need for ongoing efforts to improve methods of suicide risk mitigation,” the report stated.

In a statement, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said that despite the lack of overall progress in suicide prevention among veterans, the report does show some areas of improvement.

“The data shows the rate of suicide among veterans who recently used VA health services has decreased, an encouraging sign as the department continues its work and shares what we learn with those who care for and about veterans,” he said.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/11/12/suicide-rate-among-veterans-up-again-slightly-despite-focus-on-prevention-efforts/

The full report is available on the department’s web site.

https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2020/2020-National-Veteran-Suicide-Prevention-Annual-Report-11-2020-508.pdf

New Hampshire Releases Bombshell Report Questioning Safety of 5G

A new report from the state of New Hampshire has concluded that the safety of 5G technology is a concern for the health of the people, the animals, and the environment.

On November 1, a 111-page report describing the health concerns associated with 5G technology was released by the New Hampshire Commission to Study the Environmental and Health Effects of Evolving 5G Technology. The report was released to New Hampshire Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Speaker of the House Stephen J. Shurtleff, and President of the Senate Donna Soucy.

The recommendations include:

– state agencies include information on their websites regarding the dangers of radiofrequency (RF) microwave radiation from all sources;

– calling on state agencies to add warnings concerning newborns, young children and pregnant women;

– ensuring any new wireless antennae installation located on private property to be placed away from residences, businesses, and schools;

– encourage the deployment of fiber optic cables and wired connections;

– recommend that state agencies work with scientific experts to develop RF radiation safety limits to protect trees, plants, birds, insects, and pollinators

5G — or 5th generation cellular technology — is the name for the latest telecom technology upgrade. The new technology is expected to herald the beginning of Smart Cities, where driverless cars, pollution sensors, cell phones, traffic lights, and thousands of other devices interact in what is known as “The Internet of Things.” However, there have been a number of health and privacy concerns raised by opponents of the rapidly advancing 5G expansion.

These concerns led the New Hampshire house to pass HB 522 in 2019, a bill which created the commission, tasking it to “study the environmental and health effects of evolving 5G technology.” The Commission was made up of several legislators who are also medical doctors and engineers, a scientist with expertise in electromagnetic radiation, a New Hampshire Town Councilperson and representatives from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Department of Health & Human Services and the Department of Business and Economic Affairs.

The Commission also featured members of the wireless industry, including the CTIA, the largest wireless industry lobby which has been instrumental in promoting 5G. The members of the industry signed onto the “minority report” that stated “the scientific consensus” is that wireless technology is safe. However, the “majority report” documents substantial scientific evidence finding harmful health and environmental impacts.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/11/new-hampshire-releases-bombshell-report-questioning-safety-of-5g.html

Rumored 3pm Shutdown of Michigan TODAY by Whitmer

In news that will conveniently frustrate any effort to recount the votes in Michigan by making it harder to congregate, organize, and meet as a group, rumors exist that the State of Michigan will be shut-down again at 3:00PM today by Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

One legislator said that the rumor was active that it would either be today at a planned 3pm Whitmer press conference, or on Friday, adding that in the past, “she usually shut the state down on Fridays, but maybe she’s learned from that and will do it differently this time.”

The legislator added that this is no doubt directed at shutting down the recount and to prevent protests to #StoptheSteal to show public anger at the voter fraud alleged to have taken place to give the state’s electoral votes to Joe Biden in the election last week. Michigan elected Democrats have been busy working to suppress the reporting of voter fraud in Michigan as the Gateway Pundit reported earlier this week.

Senator Mike Shirkey’s (R) office was contacted for comment and did not respond. Governor Whitmer’s office was contacted and did not respond for request for comment. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, MDHHS, refused to comment but asked repeatedly where the rumor started and then hung up.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/rumored-3pm-shutdown-michigan-today-whitmer/

From a global fentanyl ring to a grieving family in Garland, a reporter’s FinCEN Files diary

By investigating four names behind a mysterious $400,000 transaction, an ICIJ reporter chased dirty money flows and uncovered victims of a failed anti-money laundering system.

“Hello Will, this is Brandon Hubbard, you sent me a letter.”

The last thing I expected when reporting on the FinCEN Files investigation was a nighttime reply from a convicted drug dealer.

“Texting because this jail provides iPods to do so but if you want to set up a phone call that is fine,” Hubbard wrote me at 9:10 p.m. on July 28 from his cell in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

I had contacted Hubbard a week earlier. He was easy to find; he’s locked up for life for his role in a scheme that imported fentanyl into the U.S. He’s also a convicted money launderer.

“I’m reporting on fentanyl and how people in the USA buy it and pay for it,” I told Hubbard in my letter. “I’d really like to talk to you about what you know about how fentanyl is ordered and paid for … No worries if you don’t feel like you know much about this – anything you can tell me would be really interesting.”

I knew it was a long shot, but Hubbard had already spoken to Keegan Hamilton, a VICE journalist who aired an excellent podcast on deadly opioids. Keegan had focused on fentanyl’s route from China to the United States, where it kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.

I was interested in something else. As a reporter with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, my bread and butter is complex financial documents, bank transfers, and secretive shell companies. I was in Jerry McGuire mode: “Show me the money.”

Hubbard told me all about how he paid for fentanyl from China and through a jailed middleman in Canada and his vast cryptocurrency operation.

“That’s the first thing they asked me when they came in the door, ‘Where’s the money?’” Hubbard told me in our first interview about his recollection of the night he was arrested by the FBI.

Texting and speaking to Hubbard in two interviews was one of the most unexpected episodes in my reporting on the FinCEN Files, a global exposé of how the world’s largest banks, politicians and shadowy characters move money around the world with few constraints. BuzzFeed News obtained thousands of secretive bank documents from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the financial crimes watchdog agency known as FinCEN inside the U.S. Department of Treasury. BuzzFeed News shared the documents with ICIJ and we gathered a world-class team of more than 400 journalists. For over 16 months, reporters traced how dirty money flows freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system. They are the kind of documents that no journalist is ever supposed to see.

But the FinCEN Files investigation was about so much more than leaked files.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/from-a-global-fentanyl-ring-to-a-grieving-family-in-garland-a-reporters-fincen-files-diary/

New DoD Adviser Has Made Controversial Proposal: Get Rid of the Marine Corps

Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, newly-appointed as a senior adviser at the Pentagon, has a track record of making controversial statements. But his most provocative of all might be a proposal to do away with the U.S. Marine Corps.

In a 2012 opinion piece for Time Magazine, Macgregor, a decorated veteran of the Gulf War, argued that the Corps was living on its past glories and was unsuited for combat on today's battlefield, with the possible exception for pushover enemies.

He went further, too, suggesting the acronym "USMC" should really stand for "Under-utilized Superfluous Military Capability."

"Most of today's Marine force consists of airmobile light infantry," Macgregor wrote. "This Marine force is designed for use in the developing world against incapable opponents from Haiti to Fiji, but not much else."

He took exception to previous remarks from then-Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos on the future of the Corps as "America's shock force" of agile and adaptable units vital to the nation's defense against evolving threats.

Macgregor summed up Amos' assessment this way: "Rah, rah, the Marine Corps is awesome, and all we have to do is make sure they have the equipment & training & facilities they need so they can always be awesome Marines, rah, rah!"

"Wrong," said Macgregor. "The Marines as currently organized and equipped are about as relevant as the Army's horse cavalry in the 1930s."

Macgregor, who has a reputation as an iconoclastic thinker on military strategy and tactics, was brought on as a senior adviser at the Pentagon by new Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who was named to the post by President Donald Trump after he fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper via a Twitter post.

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Macgregor "will be serving as a Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense. Mr. MacGregor's decades of military experience will be used to assist in the continued implementation of the president's national security priorities."

Macgregor, a frequent guest on Fox News, has argued for the imposition of martial law at the U.S.-Mexico border with orders for troops to "shoot people" if necessary to stop illegal immigration.

He has also criticized European countries for being too welcoming to "Muslim invaders."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/12/new-dod-adviser-has-made-controversial-proposal-get-rid-of-marine-corps.html