U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrest Fugitive, Recover Children Missing Since 2012

Coeur d'Alene, ID – On Friday evening, the U.S. Marshals Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force arrested a fugitive and rescued two missing children in Coeur d’Alene.

Segalit McRoberts, 48, was arrested on a California State warrant for Violation of a Child Custody Court Order. In the summer of 2012, McRoberts allegedly abducted her four children in Calabasas, California after a judge granted full custody of them to her ex-husband. McRoberts and her new husband then disappeared with the children. At that time eight years ago, the children were 7-years-old, 9-years-old, 11-years-old and 12-years-old.

Earlier this year, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office contacted the U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit in Los Angeles, California for assistance with locating the missing children. Investigators from the U.S. Marshals in California and Idaho developed information McRoberts and the missing children were living at a RV park in Coeur d’Alene.

The Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force, with the assistance of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, Post Falls Police Department, Idaho State Police and the U.S. Border Patrol, arrested McRoberts and recovered the missing children. Two of the children were turned over to the custody of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Child Support Services. The other two missing children have since turned 19-years-old and 20-years-old. They were also located and determined to be safe.

The safe execution of the arrest warrant and recovery of the missing children is a testament of the great partnership and collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement in the region as well as nationally. The Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force in North Idaho comprises of investigators from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, Post Falls Police Department, Idaho State Police and the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office.

United States Marshal for the District of Idaho Brent Bunn stated, “we are working hard every day to keep our communities safe.”

Nationally, U.S. Marshals-led task forces seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug offenses, sex offenders and other serious felonies, as well as investigate and recover missing and exploited children.

The U.S. Marshals Service supports the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) mission to protect children from victimization by providing assistance to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Since the U.S. Marshals’ partnership with NCMEC began in 2005, the Marshals have helped recover 1,507 missing children.

The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 enhanced the U.S. Marshals’ authority to assist federal, state and local law enforcement with the recovery of missing, endangered or abducted children, regardless of whether a fugitive or sex offender was involved.

The Marshals established a Missing Child Unit to oversee and manage the implementation of its enhanced authority under the act.

Upon request, the Marshals assist other law enforcement agencies with the recovery of “critically missing children,” who have gone missing under circumstances that indicate an elevated risk to the child.

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2020/112420.htm

Demanding Silicon Valley Suppress "Hyper Partisan Sites" Over MSM News Is Fraud: Greenwald

Due in part to a self-interested desire to re-establish their monopoly on discourse by crushing any independent or dissenting voices, and in part by a censorious and arrogant mindset which convinces them that only those of their worldview and pedigree have a right to be heard, they largely devote themselves to complaining that Facebook, Google and Twitter are not suppressing enough speech. It is hall-monitor tattletale whining masquerading as journalism: petulantly complaining that tech platforms are permitting speech that, in their view, ought instead be silenced.

In Tuesday’s New York Times, three of those censorious tech reporters — Kevin Roose, Mike Isaac, and Sheera Frenkel — published an article on Facebook’s post-election deliberations over how to alter its algorithms to prevent the spread of what they deem “misinformation” regarding the election. The most consequential change they implemented, The New York Times explained, was one in which “hyperpartisan pages” are repressed in favor of promoting “a spike in visibility for big, mainstream publishers like CNN, The New York Times and NPR” — a change the Paper of Record heralded as having fostered “a calmer, less divisive Facebook.”

More alarmingly, the NYT suggested (i.e., prayed) that these changes, designed by Facebook as an election-related emergency measure, would instead become permanent. Marvel at these two paragraphs and all of tenuous and self-serving assumptions buried in them:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/demanding-silicon-valley-suppress-hyper-partisan-sites-over-msm-news-fraud-greenwald

Declassify America’s Dirty Secrets in Syria to Stop a Biden War

Jim Bovard urges Trump to open the files to provide activism ammo for the vast numbers of Americans who vehemently oppose forever wars.

How many Syrians did you vote to kill on Election Day? Thanks to our perverse political system, the answer will be revealed over the next four years if the Biden administration drags the U.S. back into the Syrian Civil War. But there are steps that President Donald Trump can take in his final months in office to deter such follies.

Syria was not an issue in the presidential campaign and there were no foreign policy questions in the two presidential debates. That won’t stop the Biden team from claiming a mandate to spread truth and justice via bombs and bribes any place on the globe.

The Biden campaign promised to “increase pressure” on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad – presumably by providing more arms and money to his violent opponents. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris declared that the U.S. government “will once again stand with civil society and pro-democracy partners in Syria and help advance a political settlement where the Syrian people have a voice.”

Northeastern University professor Max Abrahms observed, “Every foreign policy ‘expert’ being floated for Biden’s cabinet supported toppling the governments in Iraq, Libya and Syria, helping Al Qaeda and jihadist friends, ravaging the countries, uprooting millions of refugees from their homes.”

Syria policy has long exemplified the depravity of Washington politicians and policymakers and the venality of much of the American media.

The same “Hitler storyline” that American politicians invoked to justify ravaging Serbia, Iraq and Libya was applied to Assad by Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013. Once a foreign leader is irrevocably tagged with the scarlet H, the U.S. government is automatically entitled to take any action against his nation that would purportedly undermine his regime.

Every side in the Syrian civil war committed atrocities, but the Obama administration acted as if there was only one bad guy.

More

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/11/25/declassify-americas-dirty-secrets-in-syria-to-stop-a-biden-war/

Justin Trudeau Tricked By Greta Thunberg Impersonator, Asked To Set Up Meeting With 'Terrence & Phillip'

Every now and then, a head of state will be fooled by a skilled prankster (it has happened to Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin and even President Trump) and sometimes the audio of the call will be leaked to the media, or some other embarrassing detail will emerge. The release of "Borat 2" and that now-infamous scene with Rudy Giuliani has, if anything, helped to reinvigorate interest in pranking.

As the debate over his parentage - specifically, whether his biological father is Fidel Castro, not Pierre Trudeau - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently fallen for a prank caller pretending to be - get this - teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Sky News reports that Trudeau took the call in January. The prank was orchestrated by Russians Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov. The pair have only just released audio from the call on YouTube alongside an animated video.

The prankster had Trudeau going for a while, until they made a reference to "Terrence and Philip", two characters from the TV South Park who were last culturally relevant before Thunberg was born.

Here's the quote: "We can create a world where there is a place for everyone - for whites and blacks, Christians and Muslims, for Trump and Putin, for you and me, for Boris Johnson, for Corbyn, for Terrance and Phillip."

Trudeau appears to nod along - but then, realization strikes, as the caller asked the prime minister to set up a meeting with Terrance and Phillip.

At first, he promised to "ask my team to try and figure out how we can connect you", before a few seconds later, he appears to finally realize what's going on: "Terrance and Phillip, were they not in South Park?" he says. "I don't personally know them but I believe they are South Park parodies of Canadians."

Trudeau then politely hangs up the phone.

The prime minister's office told Canadian TV that "this is not the first prank call of a world leader. The prime minister determined the call was fake and promptly ended it."

Ironically, Trudeau wasn't the first Canadian to be pranked by the Russian pair. Earlier this year, they released audio featuring Prince Harry, who is splitting his time in Canada. His wife - who on Wednesday revealed to the NYT that she had had a miscarriage - came up during the fake "Greta" call.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/justin-trudeau-tricked-greta-thunberg-impersonator-asked-set-meeting-terrence-philip

NJ school board member resigns after bathroom mishap in Zoom meeting

A New Jersey woman who once said she was “disgusted” by LGBT curriculum flushed her career on a local school board down the toilet this week by accidentally broadcasting her bathroom break on Zoom during a public meeting.

Frances Cogelja resigned as a trustee of the Hackensack Board of Education over the embarrassing video fail Monday night when she brought her laptop into the bathroom to relieve herself, according to the Daily Voice.

Cogelja apparently was unaware she’d left the camera on — and her trip to the toilet was witnessed by nearly 140 attendees of the virtual meeting, including students.

The board’s vice president, Scott James-Vickery, addressed the NSFW spectacle later on.

“As far as I’m concerned, while our teachers are being professional and you’re at home, sitting on the toilet, we are moving on with this district doing what’s best,” he said.

Cogelja’s resignation was announced by the board Tuesday afternoon.

It has until Jan. 29 to fill her board seat.

Reached by phone, Cogelja declined to discuss her resignation with The Post.

“I will not have a statement,” she said.

Cogelja made headlines over the summer for saying she was “disgusted and appalled” by a new law requiring LGBT history to be taught in classrooms, NorthJersey.com reported at the time.

“I find it repugnant that someone’s sexual preferences have anything to do with their contributions or achievements in society,” Cogelja wrote in an email to acting Superintendent Rosemary Marks in February. “Everywhere I turn, this alternate lifestyle narrative is being shoved (down) our children’s throats. Where does it end???”

Her comments earned her hours of attacks from parents at a subsequent meeting, with parents demanding she resign, the publication said.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/25/school-board-member-resigns-after-zoom-meeting-bathroom-mishap/

UK Thought Police: When Questioning Official Narratives Becomes ‘Terrorism’

Whoever controls the ideological landscape controls the world.

The following quotes are from the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Neil Basu, published in the Evening Standard on 19th November . I have highlighted some keywords in capitals which I will refer to later in the analysis.

“Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer today called for a NATIONWIDE DEBATE on the introduction of new laws to punish people who spread ANTI-VACCINATION CONSPIRACY THEORIES.”

“Met Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said that there should be a DISCUSSION about whether it is “the correct thing for society to allow” people to spread “MISINFORMATION THAT COULD COST PEOPLE’S LIVES” as he responded to concern that false claims online could undermine the take up of Covid-19 vaccines.”

“There is a DEBATE FOR SOCIETY to have about FREE SPEECH and responsibility and people who are spreading misinformation that could cost people’s lives”

Do you see what they’re trying to achieve?

This propagandised message from the Met is attempting to reconstruct the ideological landscape, reframe the parameters of what a debate is, reclassify free speech, weaponise information, and obfuscate the important legal principle: ‘Innocent until proven guilty.’

In other words, the government is attempting to whitewash free speech towards the kind of one world ideology that was endemic in the former Soviet Union, where thinking contrary to the ideology of the Communist Party was criminalised.

But there is something even more odious concealed within this Goebbelsian public service announcement: here we have a senior police officer using threatening language to intimidate and shakedown the general population.

This is on the very same day that Boris Johnson flexed his own military muscle, announcing: record defence spending for laser guns, direct energy weapons, an artificial intelligence agency and the creation of a national cyber force (a group of computer hackers to conduct offensive operations).

Offensive operations against who exactly?

Britain is not currently at war, but according to the Assistant Commissioner of the MET, the government is waging an ideological war against anti vaccination conspiracy theorists. Ideological wars of this nature typically take place online, which is where much of the government’s military budget is being invested.

What does that tell us about who the government is at war with?

https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/11/25/orwellian-uk-thought-police-when-questioning-official-narratives-becomes-terrorism/

Interesting pic

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-political-ends-netanyahu-ignores-the-accepted-rules-of-the-game-1.9327245

Democrat Mayor of Denver Boards Flight to Houston to Visit Family Minutes After He Reminds People Not to Travel For Thanksgiving

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (D) has repeatedly told people not to travel for Thanksgiving in order to slow the spread of Covid-19.

However, the rules do not apply to him since he is a part of the Democrat ruling elite.

Hancock hopped on a flight to Houston on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday to be with his family.

30 minutes before Mayor Hancock boarded his flight, he reminded the peasants not to travel and to have a “virtual” Thanksgiving instead.

Hancock believes he has the authority to tell people to stay home, where to buy their food, and how to shop for Black Friday.

9News reported:

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock boarded a flight to Houston ahead of Thanksgiving despite his warnings that people should stay close to home and only spend the holiday with their own household if they can.

His spokeswoman confirmed that Hancock was traveling to Houston Wednesday to visit his daughter in Mississippi, and that his wife is already there.

“As he has shared, the Mayor is not hosting his traditional large family dinner this year, but instead traveling alone to join his wife and daughter where the three of them will celebrate Thanksgiving at her residence instead of having them travel back to Denver,” a statement from the mayor’s spokesperson reads. “Upon return, he will follow all necessary health and safety guidance and quarantine.”

According to an email obtained by 9NEWS, Hancock’s assistant said the mayor would be out of office from Wednesday to Friday.

In an email to city staff on Nov. 18, Hancock wrote, “as the holidays approach, we all long to be with our families with person, but with the continued rise in cases, I’m urging you to refrain from travel this Thanksgiving holiday. For my family that means cancelling our traditional gathering of our extended family.”

In the email, Hancock also said anyone who travels out of state should quarantine for 14 days and that employees who can’t work from home will need to use their paid time off for the leave.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/democrat-mayor-denver-boards-flight-houston-visit-family-minutes-reminds-people-not-travel-thanksgiving/

FBI Jumps Into Action — Ignores MASSIVE Voter Fraud and Instead Investigates Threats Against Political Hack Brad Raffensperger

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is running an election office which is poorly managed and up to its neck in a massive number of investigations into election and voter fraud in Georgia.

Given that it is this bad at the top, it opens the door to questions about the professionalism and integrity of State Election Board employees at the county level.

The voters of Georgia – and the rest of the country – have a lot to be very concerned about with this Secretary of State. As already reported Georgia’s two Senators, Senator Kelly Loeffler and Senator David Perdue, are calling for his resignation.

On September 10, 2020 the Georgia Secretary of State’s State Election Board (SEB) meeting was held and the agenda included numerous investigations which are before Raffensperger’s elections board. The sheer number of investigations – one hundred – involving election irregularities, fraud, and absentee ballot issues is shocking and should greatly concern Georgia’s registered voters. It is crystal clear that there are significant problems in Georgia with absentee voting and absentee ballots, given that there are no fewer than 19 investigations into these issues by the SEB. Almost 20% of these investigations relate to absentee voting. Because these 100 investigations are lacking dates in this meeting’s agenda, the public does not know when each investigation was initiated. 2019? 2020? One month ago? No idea?

The types of investigations listed by Raffensperger’s State Election Board included “Vote Buying”, “Absentee Ballot/Assisting”, “Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes”, “Absentee Ballots”, “Repeat Voting”, “Deceased Voters”, “Prohibited Political Activities”, “Voter Intimidation”, etc.

To make matters even worse, the same week as this Georgia SEB meeting occurred, the New York Post reported on September 8, 2020, “As many as 1,000 Georgians double-voted in the Peach State’s June 9 primary using absentee ballots, a felony that is punishable by up to a decade in prison, state authorities announced Tuesday … Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said 1,000 voters returned absentee ballots before turning up at the polling booth to vote on election day, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.”

The Atlanta Constitution reported the opening of an investigation by Raffensperger: “…Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently opened an investigation into about 1,000 people suspected of double-voting by casting both absentee and in-person votes.” Yet, two days later, on September 10 at the Georgia SEB meeting, there was no apparent mention by Raffensperger in the agenda of any new investigation into 1,000 voters who fraudulently double-voted both absentee AND in-person.

Georgia, broke the longstanding American tradition, allegedly shutting down its vote count on Election Night along with five other battleground states. Only later did Americans learn they actually did not shut down operations but were dumping ballots for Joe Biden during the night. An alleged reason for the shutdown in Atlanta was a water main break which we are unable to find evidence for.

Raffensperger also used Trump-hating Dominion executive Eric Coomer as his witness demanding the state make last minute changes to the ballot counting systems.

On Friday Newsmax reported that the FBI is investigating threats against Brad Raffensperger.

But this same FBI is NOT investigating the massive voter fraud in this year’s election.

It really is time to scrap the FBI.

Start over.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/fbi-jumps-action-ignores-massive-voter-fraud-instead-investigates-threats-political-hack-brad-raffensperger/

Election Fraud You Can See

Mainstream media, elected officials, and popular culture are attempting to steamroll America into surrendering to the pronouncement that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. The election certification train is leaving the station and joining the steamrolling.

As with so many other leftist missions, the “let’s move on… this is over..” mantra has been unleashed. But preservation of our democratic republic requires election integrity, and integrity requires investigation of serious allegations and evidence of election fraud, lest we anoint someone president who did not actually win.

Vote fraud, the kind that occurs in varying degrees in every election, where deceased people mysteriously vote, some individuals vote multiple times, and mysterious pallets of ballots appear to save the election for the candidate who was losing, seems to be widespread. Affidavits in unprecedented numbers and scope, describing firsthand observations of perceived vote fraud, are piling up.

But election fraud, the electronic manipulation of voter tabulation software, also called vote-switching, is the burning issue that could change everything we think we know about election 2020. The central question is how serious, how substantive, how real, is the evidence of widespread, systemic election fraud? And why are so many Biden-supporting anti-Trumpers SO determined to shut down consideration of the evidence before it is presented? Sidney Powell’s promised upcoming lawsuits will no doubt be full of details that have made her so resolute and confident in saying that Trump won, and that she is about to “release the Kraken … on steroids.”

The interview is in a show that went a little over an hour and 45 minutes, and it’s worth the watch. Here are a few top-level takeaways.

· Russ Ramsland’s ASOG group both employs and contracts with a well-trained group of experienced ex-military and former national intelligence agency specialists who know cybersecurity.

· They began researching the vulnerabilities of the major voting machine companies and the software they use, in 2018, long before this present 2020 election controversy.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/election_fraud_you_can_see.html

EU Parliament Votes Against Referring to Julian Assange in Final Draft of Fundamental Rights Report

Any mention of the prosecution of Julian Assange has been removed from the EU's latest report on fundamental rights, despite the best efforts of MEPs such as Ireland's Clare Daly.

The European Parliament passed the final version of the fundamental rights report for 2018 - 2019 on 25 November, excluding any mention of imprisoned publisher and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. An amendment to include reference to Mr Assange lost with 408 votes against its inclusion, 191 votes in favour and 93 abstentions.

Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP and long-time supporter of Mr Assange, lamented the final vote, saying:

"This is a sad day for European democracy, freedom of speech and human rights. The European Parliament has failed to live up to its rhetoric about standing for fundamental rights. It has shown itself to be nothing more than a paper tiger that is content with being the US administration's poodle".

The original draft of the fundamental rights report contained a passage saying that "the detention and criminal prosecution of Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent for journalists as affirmed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe"

But, according to Irish MEP Clare Daly, a committee of European parliamentarians made up of the European People's Party (EPP), the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the Renew Europe party voted to remove the passage from the report, on 23 November.

https://sputniknews.com/news/202011251081268992-eu-parliament-votes-against-referring-to-julian-assange-in-final-draft-of-fundamental-rights-report/

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I thought that was Gantz

State Republican Steps Down Only Three Weeks After Winning Reelection

Republican Indiana Rep. Christy Stutzman announced Tuesday that she is resigning from her seat only three weeks after winning reelection, according to The Washington Times.

Stutzman wrote in a statement that she would be stepping down from the Indiana House seat effective December 14th, according to The Washington Times. Her decision to resign was due to difficulties maintaining her business with COVID-19 restrictions, reported ABC.

She stated,

“As the co-owner of a newly acquired business at the beginning of 2020, this year has been extremely difficult. We have lost key partners and staff and have been devastated by the mandatory restrictions put in place by the Governor and health departments…

Now, with the recent round of new mandatory Covid-related restrictions issued by the Governor, with no input or approval from the members of the General Assembly, our businesses and family have been set back further and I will be required to devote even more attention to helping our business survive into next year…

It is with a heavy heart that I will be tendering my resignation from my position as State Representative in order to focus on our family and salvage our business and the jobs of those we employ.”

She blames COVID-19 restrictions implemented by Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb for creating setbacks for her business. Stutzman and her business partners purchased the tourist attraction Amish Acres and renamed it The Barns at Nappanee, reported The Washington Times.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/11/24/state-republican-steps-down-three-weeks-after-re-election/

Dr. Scott Atlas Responds To Stanford Faculty Senate Resolution Criticizing His Work For COVID Task Force

Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force was criticized in resolution by the Faculty Senate of Stanford University. Atlas responded in a letter published by The Stanford Review:

“I was disappointed to learn that the Faculty Senate of Stanford University on November 19, 2020 adopted a resolution criticizing my work for the United States government. We all wish to guide our nation through this pandemic with the best advice and knowledge that we can bring to bear. It is for this reason that I accepted the request of the President of the United States to serve as an advisor since August of this year. I have been honored to serve our country during these difficult months for our nation and the world.

I am a health policy scholar, medical scientist and doctor. I have always used science and factual evidence to help generate the best possible policies to save lives. My views in favor of the careful protection of our nation’s most vulnerable while safely re-opening society are far from contrary to science. These views are held by some of the world’s top epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford itself, as well as by thousands of medical and public health scientists from around the world. I have also repeatedly recommended mitigation measures, including social distancing and mask-wearing when one cannot distance. Media reports to the contrary are simply false.”

Read the rest of his letter here: https://stanfordreview.org/scott-atlas-stanford-response/

https://amgreatness.com/2020/11/25/dr-scott-atlas-responds-to-stanford-faculty-senate-resolution-criticizing-his-work-for-covid-task-force/

Gov. Lamont: Businesses that violate COVID-19 rules can be fined $10,000 per violation

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Governor Ned Lamont announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order increasing the amount that businesses can be fined for violating state COVID-19 protocols.

Businesses violating the state’s COVID-19 rules and capacity limits can be fined $10,000 per violation. The new action goes into effect on Thursday, Nov. 26. This comes after feedback the governor received from municipal leaders, public health officials and people from within the business community.

“The sector rules and capacity limits we’ve implemented are intended to mitigate the spread of this disease to the greatest extent possible,” Governor Lamont said. “While the overwhelming majority of businesses in Connecticut have shown an incredible amount of leadership and have been fantastic partners in this front, we have seen a small number of businesses in flagrant violation of these public health rules, and that’s all you need to cause a super-spreading event that leads to a large number of cases and hospitalizations.”

Other fines that remain in effect include $500 for organizing an event over capacity limits, $250 for attending events over capacity limits, $100 for failure to wear a face mask or covering when in public and up to $500 for violations of the state’s travel advisory.

Representative Vincent Candelora, of North Branford, released a statement on the news, saying:

“This is a punch in the gut to the state’s business community, which for months has struggled with ever-changing and often confusing directives from the governor’s team. Scaring employers into compliance with the threat of a big fine isn’t what’s needed, and this path will only erode what little confidence they have in state government’s ability to help them through a period of recovery.”

The CT Restaurant Association Executive Director Scott Dolch also released a statement on the new fines:

“The Governor himself has said that the vast majority of restaurants are doing what they’re supposed to in order to keep customers and employees safe. Our industry will continue to stand with him and call out anyone who isn’t following the rules. But if Connecticut is going to use fines as a stick, it should also use state grants as a carrot for restaurants that are following the rules while struggling to keep their doors open.

States all around us are implementing bigger grant programs than Connecticut for their small businesses right now, because they know those businesses are vital to their state economies. Governor Lamont knows this too, and even recently said that the state’s Rainy Day Fund could be a source of aid to help restaurants in need. So our simple question for Governor Lamont is this: ‘If we’re going to punish the few bad actors, how are we also going to help the many, many good actors?'”

https://www.wtnh.com/news/business/gov-lamont-businesses-that-violate-covid-19-rules-can-be-fined-10000-per-violation/

Dozens Of Turkish-Backed Militants Killed In Failed Attack On SDF In Northern Raqqa

Late on November 24, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) repelled an attack by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in the northern Raqqa countryside.

The surprise attack targeted the town of al-Malikiyah and the nearby village of Mu’alak. Turkish forces provided SNA militants with fire support. Combat drones were flying over the battlefield. However, no strikes were reported.

Despite the heavy fire support from Turkish forces, SNA militants failed to capture al-Malikiyah and fell onto an ambush set by the SDF.

In an official statement, the SDF said that 18 NSA militants were killed in the attack. Among those was field commander Ismail al-Ido, a former ISIS official.

“During the attacks and the clashes, four of our fighters were also wounded,” the U.S.-backed group acknowledged in its statement.

Upon a request from Russia, whose military police maintain a center in northern Raqqa, the SDF allowed the SNA to retrieve the bodies of its dead fighters from the outskirts of Mu’alak.

According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the SNA’s deal toll in the failed attack rose to 31 on November 25. Many militants who were wounded during the attack died.

Last week, several Turkish attacks targeted SDF positions in northern Raqqa, mainly near the town of Ain Issa. Ankara’s proxies are apparently planning to escalate their attacks against the SDF. These acts are threatening the security and stability in northeastern Syria.

https://southfront.org/dozens-of-turkish-backed-militants-killed-in-failed-attack-on-sdf-in-northern-raqqa/

U.S. Remembered Leader Of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Is A Wanted Terrorist

On November 24, the U.S. Department of State Rewards for Justice Program released a poster calling for information on the whereabouts of Abu Mohamad al-Julani, leader of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

HTS is in control of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where Turkey, a close NTO ally of the U.S, maintains a large force.

The State Rewards for Justice Program offered a reward of up to $10 Million for information on al-Julani, who is known to be present in Greater Idlib.

“The U.S. Department of State is looking for information on the higher commander of HTS, the al-Nusra Front formerly, who is responsible for many crimes against Syrians,” the poster reads. “Help locate al-Julani, send your information to the Rewards for Justice Program.”

Al-Julani was added to the Rewards for Justice Program in 2017. The commander is designated by the Department of State as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and is also listed at the UN Security Council ISIS and al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee,

Under al-Julani’s leadership, HTS carried out several crimes against the Syrian people not only in areas that are under government control, but also in the areas held by the opposition.

“ANF [the al-Nusra Front] has carried out multiple terrorist attacks throughout Syria, often targeting civilians. In April 2015, ANF reportedly kidnapped, and later released, approximately 300 Kurdish civilians from a checkpoint in Syria. In June 2015, ANF claimed responsibility for the massacre of 20 residents in the Druze village Qalb Lawzeh in Idlib province, Syria,” the Rewards for Justice Program website says.

In the last two years, a series of U.S. strikes targeted prominent jihadists in Greater Idlib. However, none of them were affiliated with HTS. In fact, many were opponents of the group and personal enemies of al-Julani.

The lack of U.S. actions against HTS, which is strengthening its grip on Greater Idlib, is questionable. The Russian, Syrian and Iranian forces seem to be the only side taking action against the terrorist group.

https://southfront.org/out-of-a-sudden-u-s-remembered-leader-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-is-a-wanted-terrorist/

Booby-Trapped Houthi Boat Attacked Greek-Managed Oil Tanker In Saudi Red Sea Terminal

On November 25, an attack on a Saudi petroleum terminal located near the city of Jeddah on the Red Sea damaged a Greek-managed oil tanker.

In a statement, Col. Turki Al-Malki, a spokesman for the coalition, said the tanker was hit with a shrapnel that resulted from an attack by the Houthis, Ansar Allah, with a water-born improvised explosive device (WBIED).

The spokesman claimed that the WBIED was intercepted. Nevertheless, the tanker’s operator, the Athens-based TMS Tankers, said the Maltese-flagged Agrari received a direct hit.

“The Agrari was struck about one meter above the waterline and has suffered a breach,” the company said in a statement. “It has been confirmed that the crew are safe and there have been no injuries. No pollution has been reported. The vessel is in ballast condition and stable.”

The Saudi Ministry of Energy said firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted after the attack. A spokesman for the ministry stressed that Aramco’s fuel supplies to its customers were not affected by the incident.

New satellite images shared by observers on Twitter revealed that the attack on Agrari resulted in a large oil spill off the shores of Jeddah’s terminal.

Sat. Imagery from the 23rd Nov. 2020 courtesy of @planetlabs and imagery from today courtesy of @AirbusSpace / @sentinel_hub shows the oil spill caused by damage sustained to the Agrari Tanker off the coast of #Saudi/#KSA

Everyone else was releasing imagery, I felt left out! pic.twitter.com/rcH2eINZVQ

— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) November 25, 2020

The Houthis have been using WBIEDs in attacks on Saudi-led coalition vessels and Saudi naval facilities for a few years now. However, the Yemen group is yet to confirm its responsibility for the attack on Agrari.

A few days ago, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a successful attack with a “home-grown” cruise missile on an oil facility of Aramco in Jeddah.

https://southfront.org/booby-trapped-houthi-boat-attacked-greek-managed-oil-tanker-in-saudi-red-sea-terminal/

Military Situation In Syria On November 25, 2020 (Map Update)

A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:

On November 25, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 31 times: 21 – in Idlib province, 2 – in Aleppo province, 7- in Latakia province, 1 – in Hama province;

On November 24, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out a new arrest campaign raiding Department 8 in al-Hol Camp and arresting several people;

On November 24, 5 civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded in a car-bomb explosion in Afrin city;

On November 24, Turkish forces began preparations for the withdrawal from the observation point in the “Al-Rashideen” area, west of Aleppo;

On November 24, 21 Turkish-backed militants were reportedly killed in an SDF ambush near Ain Issa;

Late on November 24, Israeli warplanes struck targets at al-Mani’ mountain and Ruweihina village with several missiles. Syrian air defense forces reportedly intercepted serveral missiles.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-november-25-2020-map-update/

https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1331678291745452032

Appellant's Emergency Motion for Expedited Review and Opening…affensperger et al.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9kej6iimzaw5an/Appellant%27s%20Emergency%20Motion%20for%20Expedited%20Review%20and%20Opening%20Brief%20-%20Wood%20v.%20Raffensperger%20et%20al.pdf?dl=0

China claims 'quality' problem with Australian coal as $700 million worth sits idle off ports

China has suggested almost $700 million worth of Australian coal is being held up at ports due to "environmental quality" problems.

Key points:

It is the first time Chinese authorities have suggested a reason for the delays to unload ships

Coal is one of seven Australian imported products targeted with bans by China

But China denies it is levying coordinated trade action against Australia

For months, dozens of bulk carriers have been stranded off the coast of two major Chinese ports unable to unload their cargoes, with a Bloomberg estimate of more than 60 ships now in limbo in November.

Chinese authorities have not previously explained the exact reasons for the long delays, which have coincided with a series of restrictions and bans Beijing has imposed on other Australian exports amid diplomatic tensions.

But in answer to a question on Tuesday, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has for the first time suggested quality problems are to blame.

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"In recent years, China Customs has conducted risk monitoring and analysis on the safety and quality of imported coal and discovered imported coal not meeting environmental standards is relatively common," he said.

China has unofficially banned Australian coal imports since October amid souring relations between the two countries, and in turn, increased imports from Mongolia and Russia.

Mr Zhao said China had strengthened the examination and testing of imported coal regarding safety, quality and environmental standards "so as to better protect the legitimate interests and the environmental interests of the Chinese side".

Coal is one of seven Australian imported products that have reportedly been targeted with bans by China amid rising tensions.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-26/china-claims-quality-problem-with-australian-coal/12921354

What Ever Happened to the $11 Million Given to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for COVID Relief?

Georgia attorney Lin Wood’s bombshell tweets of late include one about an almost $11 million grant award to the Georgia Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger. What ever happened to this money?

In a recent tweet Lin Wood zeroed in on an anomaly, or something much, much worse, relating to the Secretary of State’s Office and this almost $11 million. Wood’s bombshell tweet refers to an April 15, 2020 letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) from Secretary of State Raffensperger, who is also Georgia’s Chief Election Official.

Georgia was poised to receive a $10,875,912 grant from the EAC for Covid-19-related election expenses. (The EAC, a federal entity which, by the way, certifies U.S. election machines, hardware and software, has some clear and shocking conflicts-of-interest of its own going on with its Advisory Board.) Raffensperger assured the EAC that the funds will be used to “prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.” This is a hefty sum of money!

The contact person at the end of the letter is Gabriel Sterling, who was appointed the COO of the Secretary of State’s office by Brad Raffensperger, the brand new SoS, shortly after Raffensperger was elected to the position in November 2018. Raffensperger’s predecessor was Brian Kemp, who had just been elected Georgia’s governor. Sterling, as COO, would be in charge of budgetary, human resources and administrative operations for the Secretary of State’s office. Sterling, strangely, has also been referred to, in multiple, recent media accounts, as Georgia’s “Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/ever-happened-11-million-given-georgias-secretary-state-brad-raffensperger-covid-relief/