Seriously? John Brennan Laments Biden Will Have to 'Repair the Damage' Trump Did in the Middle East

Former CIA Director John Brennan made the most bizarre statement while on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell discussing the transition of former Vice President Joe Biden.

Among other things, Andrea Mitchell lamented that the Trump administration’s new sanctions on Iran would make it difficult for Biden to resume the Iran Nuclear Deal and that the situation “also makes it a lot harder for him to do anything in the Middle East with Israel.”

Brennan then mentioned reports that Trump is considering military actions against Iranian targets, which he called “disturbing,” because, he thinks, Joe Biden will be taking office on January 21, 2021, and will have to “pick up the pieces.” Brennan then trashed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for doing Trump’s “bidding.”

“So I’m hoping there’s going to be no activity that really is going to make it more difficult for us to try to repair the damage that has been done over the last four years in terms of Donald Trump’s actions on Middle East policies. It really needs to be addressed very carefully.”

What is this damage that Brennan refers to? Is it the defeat of ISIS, which came to be under the Obama-Biden administration? Is it the moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem? Is it the multiple peace deals between Israel and several nations that many believed to be impossible?

In the Abraham Accords, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) normalized relations with Israel. Other agreements with Kosovo and Serbia to normalize relations with Israel were brokered by Trump, and in October, Trump secured another deal with Israel and Sudan to normalize relations. Saudi Arabia was also in talks with Trump to normalize Israel relations.

But, you know, Biden needs to “repair the damage” done by Trump? The United States is no longer giving Iran billions of dollars to fund their nuclear efforts, ISIS is defeated, and there’s an epidemic of peace growing in the region.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/11/18/seriously-john-brennan-laments-biden-will-have-to-repair-the-damage-trump-did-in-the-middle-east-n1157341

Soros Regrets Investing in Palantir Tech, Says Would Not Do it Again

Palantir Technologies is a US software company primarily involved in big data analysis. Founded by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, Palantir hires itself out to various government structures in several different countries.

American investor George Soros released a statement on Wednesday, expressing regret over his investment in data-analytics company Palantir Technologies, slamming its "business practices".

"SFM [Soros Fund Management LLC] does not approve of Palantir’s business practices," a representative for SFM stated. "SFM made this investment at a time when the negative social consequences of big data were less understood".

The statement outlined that SFM "would not make an investment in Palantir today".

The SFM investment in Palantir accounted for approximately 1% of the company's Class A shares, and, according to the statement, was made before Palantir became a publicly-traded company in 2012. The investment was made by a portfolio manager who is no longer part SFM.

"SFM has sold all shares in the company that it is not legally or contractually obliged to hold and will continue to sell shares as permitted", SFM added.

What's the Deal With Palantir?

Palantir was founded by PayPal's Peter Thiel, an outspoken supporter of Trump's 2016 campaign, and the firm has long been under fire for its work with the US government among other entities, particularly counter-terrorism efforts within US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Palantir's critics mainly focus on the software the company develops, maintains and sells to facilitate the deportation of immigrants, while also raising concerns about the widespread collection of data on private citizens.

In particular, US Representative Alexandria Ocazio-Cortez called for an investigation to be launched regarding the sale of Palantir products to foreign governments, notably that of Qatar, and the company's handling of personal data of some people amid the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the letter sent by Ocazio-Cortez to the US Security & Exchange Commission in September, Palantir was granted "unprecedented access" to Department of Health & Human Services data.

"Heightening our concern and the need for additional transparency, in August 2020, nearly three dozen current and former members of a federal health advisory committee […] warned that the HHS Protect database, developed by Palantir, by which hospitals will circumvent the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and submit data directly to the platform, presents serious consequences on data integrity", the letter said.

Soros vs Big Tech

Soros, a billionaire American investor and an apologist toward what he describes as an open society, has recently been tough on big tech: two years ago, he slammed Google and Facebook for being "obstacles to innovation" and a "menace" to society, saying that the data these companies obtain is being exploited.

"They exploit the data they control, bundle the services they offer and use discriminatory pricing to keep for themselves more of the benefits that otherwise they would have to share with consumers", Soros said during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos back in 2018.

A handful of conspiracy theories revolve around his personality, with some accusing him of plotting political revolutions, and describing him as a "pupper master". Soros is primarily targeted by conservatives who do not share his beliefs and call him a member of a "radical left".

The billionaire addressed conspiracies around him in a recent interview, noting that the fact that he has taken "controversial positions" on different issues has recently been "working against him".

https://sputniknews.com/us/202011191081206471-soros-regrets-investing-in-palantir-tech-says-would-not-do-it-again/

President Trump’s Executive Order from 2018 Covering Interference in US Elections By Foreign Entities Looks Relevant Today

The Trump Executive Order from September 2018 may now come into play if foreign actors were involved in our 2020 election.

President Trump on September 12, 2018 issued an Executive Order (EO) that covered foreign interference in the US election process. Breitbart reported on the EO when it came out:

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to prevent and punish foreign interference in U.S. elections. The executive order, which would impose sanctions on individuals, entities, or countries, was announced by National Security Adviser John Bolton during a White House conference call.

The order included strict penalties on those foreign entities or individuals who iterfere in our elections, including the ability to take away property and interests from those entities or individuals in the US.

Some people believe President Trump may have had an idea that someone or some entity would interfere in our election. It is nice to have this in place to add extra weight to penalties for any actions taken by foreigners in our election.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/president-trumps-executive-order-2018-covering-interference-us-elections-foreign-entities-looks-relevant-today/

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Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-imposing-certain-sanctions-event-foreign-interference-united-states-election/

Dem KS Gov. Kelly: We Are Not Having a Lockdown, ‘Other Ways to Mitigate the Spread’

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vowed that the state is not going to have another lockdown and that they now “know that there are other ways to mitigate the spread of this virus,” than a lockdown.

Kelly said, [relevant exchange begins around 3:00] “We are not going that route. We have learned a lot over the nine months of this pandemic and we took some pretty drastic action at the beginning because we didn’t know anything else to do. But now we do know that there are other ways to mitigate the spread of this virus, and we’ve worked very closely with our business communities from way back at the beginning of this time. We’ve worked with our school districts, and we’re working with just the general public and our healthcare professionals and all of those to put in place things that we know will mitigate the spread of the virus and buy us the time until the vaccine is developed and distributed widely.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/11/18/dem-ks-gov-kelly-we-are-not-having-a-lockdown-other-ways-to-mitigate-the-spread/

Syria’s Life Line: Historic Reopening Of Arar Border Crossing Between Iraq And Saudi Arabia

The Iraqi Border Ports Authority announced on November 18 that the Arar border crossing with Saudi Arabia had been reopened.

The Arar crossing has been closed since 1990, when the forces of the then-president Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait provoking the first Gulf War.

In an official statement, the Iraqi Border Ports Authority said the crossing is now open for “trade exchange between the two brotherly countries.”

“Interior Minister Othman Al-Ghanmi deputized for Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, and the inauguration took place in the presence of the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Al-Shammari and Major General Omar Adnan Al-Waeli, Chairman of the Border Ports Authority, the Governors of Anbar and Karbala, and my leaders Anbar and Border Police,” the statement reads, according to the Iraqi News Agency.

The ceremony was also attended by Saudi Ambassador in Baghdad Abdulaziz Alshamri and a number of other officials from the Kingdom.

Iraq and Saudi Arabia have been preparing to reopen the Arar border crossing since May. The reopening of the crossing is a symbol of the improving ties between the two countries, whose relations were tense for the last 30 years.

https://southfront.org/syrias-life-line-historic-reopening-of-arar-border-crossing-between-iraq-and-saudi-arabia/

Military Situation In Syria On November 18, 2020 (Map Update)

A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:

On November 18, 3 Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers were killed and another one was wounded by Israeli airstrikes on southern Syria;

On November 17, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled positions of the SDF near Ain Issa;

On November 17, a car bomb explosion erupted in the town of Jarabalus;

On November 17, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled positions of the SDF east of Minnagh;

On November 17, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Barah.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-november-18-2020-map-update/

Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Receives Numerous Death Threats

President Trump’s attorney, Lin Wood, tweeted on 18 March that he had received a higher than normal number of profane emails, insults, and death threats.

I am receiving more than the normal number of profane emails, insults, & death threats in the last couple of days. Have I said something that has upset any group of people???

Since these are unique times in our country I have had to put my personal security guards on high alert! pic.twitter.com/mZdDCgLUaw

— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) November 17, 2020

Lin Wood is one of America’s leading contemporary human rights attorneys and has taken on a number of high-profile cases with significant social implications, most notably representing 17-year-old high school student Nicholas Sandmann against the Washington Post for defamation, which resulted in a large out-of-court settlement. Recently, he joined Trump’s legal team and began fighting back against election fraud in the current U.S. election.

https://gnews.org/571640/

Spain media ask for the truth about the virus, Chinese Communist Party’s crimes cannot be covered up.

1.3 Million Lives for One Truth? Nius Diario, a Spanish media outlet, published an article entitled “A year has passed since the Patient 1 was reported to have been infected in China, but there is still no trace of Patient 0” on September 17, 2012, hoping for an independent investigation into the origin of the virus.

According to the report, it has been exactly one year since the Nov. 17, 2019 patient, and more than 1.3 million people have died worldwide from the Chinese Communist Party virus (Covid-19), yet an independent investigation into the origin of the virus has still not been completed. China has consistently rejected requests for international investigations by governments such as the United States, the United Kingdom, or Germany, which have denounced the Communist Party’s lack of transparency.

The same day, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece “The Paper” published an article titled “Britain may find “Patient Zero”: a man said he was infected last September, went to Italy”, said a 67-year-old man in Britain recently revealed that he traveled to Rome, Italy last September (2019), after returning from a trip to show symptoms of infection with the coronavirus, suspecting that he is the first case of infection in Britain.

At a time when the international community is strongly calling for an investigation into the truth, the Chinese Communist Party has spared no effort to conceal the evil of its viral weapon by fabricating lie after lie, from fabricating fake virus sequences to planting poison in animals, and now it is actually dumping the blame abroad. But all the lies appeared pale in the face of the simple fact that he did not dare or allow independent third-party investigators to access all the labs and sites involved.

The Chinese Communist Party owes the world the truth that the only way to eliminate the virus is to eliminate its source.

Original link: https://www.niusdiario.es/internacional/asia/ano-contagio-paciente-uno-china-ni-rastro-cero-pandemia-covid-19_18_3044220122.html

Original Translation:

Title: A year has passed since the Patient 1 was reported to have been infected in China, but there is still no trace of Patient 0.

First Chinese patient infected with CCP virus (Covid-19) dating back to Nov. 17, 2019

After More Than 1.3 Million Deaths, Still No Independent Investigation into the Origin of the Virus

The history of the first Chinese patient infected with the Chinese Communist Party virus (Covid-19) goes back exactly one year: November 17, 2019. This is definitely a noteworthy date on the Chinese Communist Party virus calendar. But a year later, the identity of the so-called Patient No. 1 has still not emerged. According to an investigation by the South China Morning Post, it is only known that patient one, a 55-year-old man living in Hubei Province. The Hong Kong newspaper obtained confidential documents from the Chinese government, but the Chinese government still refuses to confirm the information.

Since the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and the source of the global epidemic, Chinese scientists have been attempting to map the spread of the CCP virus (Covid-19). They haven’t been able to decipher who Patient Zero is, the first case of animal-to-human transmission, or if there is no animal-to-human transmission at all.

https://gnews.org/571542/