MI Attorney Gives Incredible Behind The Scenes Account Of Forensic Examination of 16 Dominion Machines In Antrim County

On November 16, several members of the MI State legislature sent a letter to Michigan’s Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson requesting that a full, independent audit of the accusations prior to the certification of the vote. This was after reviewing hundreds of sworn affidavits by GOP and Independent poll challengers and evidence of vote switching by Dominion voting machines in Antrim County, Michigan. The radical Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who has a reputation for not telling the truth, ignored their request.

Gateway Pundit reports – On November 23, Matthew DePerno of DePerno Law Offices, LLC filed a lawsuit on behalf of Central Lake resident William Bailey, demanding Antrim County allow a forensic investigation of the Dominion voting machines after it was discovered that thousands of ballots cast for President Trump were counted as votes for Joe Biden.

Additionally, ballots were re-run through the Dominion tabulator machine after a 262-262 tie on a vote for a ballot initiative that would allow a marijuana establishment to be located within the Village of Central Lake. While ballots were being inserted into the machine, 3 of them were destroyed and were not placed through the tabulator. At the conclusion of the recount by the tabulating machine and with three fewer votes, the result was 262-261, and the initiative passed. Of course, this result could only be possible after 3 of the ballots were destroyed.

Two more unexplainable vote counts in Antrim County also left voters questioning the outcome of the vote result by Dominion.

In his lawsuit, Mr. DePerno asks the 13th Circuit Court to provide Mr. Bailey with the ability to perform a forensic study of the 22 Dominion Voting machines used in Antrim Co., MI to process the ballots in the November election. DePerno, who based his estimate of machines on the number of school boards in Antrim County, later discovered there were only 16 Dominion voting machines that were used in the election.

“Based on all the allegation of fraud, statutory violations, and other misconduct,” DePerno wrote, “it is necessary to immediately permit the plaintiff to take a forensic image of the 22 precinct tabulators, thumb drives, related software, the Clerk’s “master tabulator,” and conduct an investigation of those images, after which a manual recount of the election results and independent audit of the November 3 election may be ordered to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the election.”

Matthew DePerno claims in his lawsuit that based on the evidence they have provided to the court, Dominion Voting Systems “committed material fraud or error in this election so that the outcome of the election was affected.”

At 5:30 PM on Friday, December 4, 13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin A. Elsenheimer granted permission to William Bailey and his team of IT experts to conduct a forensic study of the 16 Dominion voting machines, tabulators, thumb drives, related software, and the Clerk’s “master tabulator.” In his court order, Bailey was also granted the ability to conduct an independent investigation of the images they obtained in their examination. According to DePerno, it would take approximately 6 to 8 hours to obtain the forensic copies, and it made sense to do the work on the weekend when most government employees and residents would not be in the building.

Matthew DePerno was able to quickly assemble a team of seven highly trained forensic IT experts who agreed to arrive the next day (Saturday) to conduct the forensic examination.

https://100percentfedup.com/mi-attorney-gives-incredible-behind-the-scenes-account-of-forensic-examination-of-16-dominion-machines-in-antrim-county/

Netherlands: Three Polish Supermarkets Bombed in Two Days

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – An explosion damaged a Polish supermarket in a Dutch town near Amsterdam early Wednesday morning, the third such blast in two days.

Police said the explosion happened at a store in the town of Beverwijk, 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of Amsterdam. Nobody was injured, but the store was badly damaged in the explosion at 5:15 a.m. (0415 GMT).

Dutch media reported that the owner of the store also owns another Polish supermarket in Aalsmeer that was gutted by an explosion and fire early Tuesday. The same night, another explosion hit a Polish supermarket in the southern town of Heeswijk-Dinther.

Police are investigating the blasts and have not revealed a possible motive.

All three stores were called Biedronka, but are not part of a large network of budget stores of the same name in Poland.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/12/09/netherlands-three-polish-supermarkets-bombed-in-two-days/

Pentagon contractor who worked on U.S. missile systems faces criminal charges for 'sharing classified documents in a revenge plot against his employer after losing his security clearance for smoking medical pot'

A former Pentagon contractor who worked on US missile systems has been charged for allegedly sharing classified information in a revenge plot against his employer after he lost his security clearance for smoking medical marijuana.

According to charging documents first obtained by The Daily Beast, James Robert Schweitzer, 58, sent the 'national defense information' to news outlets while he worked as a software engineer through July 2016. The documents don't specify his employer, but the company was revealed by the Daily Beast as Raytheon.

The filing claims that Schweitzer, who is said to have also revealed to police that his 'dark fantasy' is to commit mass murder, lost his security clearance in 2014 for smoking prescribed pot and sought revenge on his employer, whom he worked for from 2003 to 2016.

Prosecutors claim that Schweitzer admitted to the FBI that he knew some of the 'critical military information' he shared 'could result in American casualties abroad or in the United States'.

After losing his security clearance, Schweitzer 'filed a number of complaints with the DoD Inspector General' alleging that his employer, who is not identified in the filing, 'violated classified information security handling protocols'.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/12/pentagon-contractor-who-worked-on-us.html

USA v Schweitzer

https://www.scribd.com/document/487268362/USA-v-Schweitzer#from_embed

Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler's husband dramatically reversed his stock selling spree to spend $1 million on shares that soared due to COVID relief bill days before its details were made public

Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler's husband bought over $1 million in stocks which were likely to soar as a result of the pandemic relief bill, days before the details of that bill was made public, it has emerged.

Jeffrey Sprecher, chair of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, had been selling stocks since coronavirus began ravaging the United States - and his wife was accused of corruption as a result of his trades.

Loeffler and several other senators - two Republicans, one Democrat - were investigated by the FBI after they sold stock following Congressional briefings, but before the public and the stock market understood the coronavirus threat - allowing them to escape massive losses when the market nosedived in mid-March.

Sprecher's selling spree continued until the middle of March, when he dramatically changed course, The Huffington Post found, and began buying.

In April he and his wife sold their individual stocks, and it was unclear how much money had been made from his mid-March trades.

Senators report stock sales within dollar ranges, making it impossible to say precisely how much the couple made.

But Sprecher bought over $1 million in stock which would benefit, analysts said, from the CARES Act - a $2 trillion emergency stimulus package, which was signed into law on March 27.

The terms of the CARES Act were still mostly a secret, but were known primarily to Republican senators while members of their party crafted the legislation.

Sprecher managed to invest in several industries - insurance and energy - that were poised to take advantage of the bill's very specific provisions.

He purchased between $250,000 and $500,000 in shares in Assurant, a financial giant that sells life, catastrophe and property insurance.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/12/georgia-senator-kelly-loefflers-husband.html

CDC tells states to provide personal details of vaccine recipients - but some including New York REFUSE because it 'will give ICE information that they'll use to deport people'

Some states are pushing back after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked them to share records on COVID-19 vaccinations, with New York's governor claiming the information could be used to deport people.

Ahead of the rapid nationwide rollout of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, CDC officials have distributed a 'data use and sharing agreement' to state agencies to track who receives doses of the vaccine.

The CDC says it needs the information to track vaccine rollout, identify any under-vaccinated communities, and monitor safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

However, some governors, including New York's Andrew Cuomo, are crying foul and insisting that the personal details could be abused by the federal government.

'This is just another example of them trying to extort the state of New York to get information that they can use at Department of Homeland Security and ICE that they'll use to deport people,' Cuomo said at a press briefing last month.

'That is what this is. I will not do it. I wouldn't do it when they extort me on Trusted Traveler Program, and I won't do it now,' he added, referring to a conflict over providing driver's license data for the federal flight safety program.

In Minnesota, officials are also refusing to report any identifying details to the CDC. The state says it will submit anonymized data about the number of doses administered on a daily basis.

At a briefing on Monday, officials from Operation Warp Speed, the government's vaccine initiative, defended the plan.

'There is no social security number being asked for; there is no driver's license number,' said Deacon Maddox, who runs the operation's data and analysis system, according to the New York Times. 'The only number I would say that is asked is the date of birth.'

Officials said all but a handful of states had signed the data agreements, and the rest would sign by the end of the week. Some states that sign the agreements may still withhold personal information.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/12/cdc-tells-states-to-provide-personal.html

China-Funded ‘Fact-Checker’ Lead Stories Pushes Bullsh*t That Fulton County “Suitcase” Scandal Was Debunked — Will They EVER Tell the Truth?

We’ve reported numerous times on events in Georgia on election night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. We’ve now uncovered more on the incident that exemplifies the 2020 election in Georgia.

Last Thursday Cristina Laila reported on the explosive video that was revealed during the Georgia ballot counting at the State Farm Arena where crooked Democrats pulled out suitcases full of ballots and began counting those ballots without election monitors in the room.

China-Funded ‘Fact-Checker’ Lead Stories Pushes Bullsh*t That Fulton County “Suitcase” Scandal Was Debunked — Will They EVER Tell the Truth?

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We’ve reported numerous times on events in Georgia on election night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. We’ve now uncovered more on the incident that exemplifies the 2020 election in Georgia.

Last Thursday Cristina Laila reported on the explosive video that was revealed during the Georgia ballot counting at the State Farm Arena where crooked Democrats pulled out suitcases full of ballots and began counting those ballots without election monitors in the room.

Trump’s legal team showed a video from the State Farm Arena tabulation center after poll workers were told to leave at 10:25 PM. The poll workers signed sworn affidavits saying they were told to leave at that time.

A few liberal election “workers” stayed behind and were seen pulling suitcases full of ballots out from under tables to be tabulated after the GOP inspectors and media left the room!

This was the most explosive video of the entire campaign season!

Ralph Jones, Sr., Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss as three of the suspects in the suitcase ballot scandal.

It was a planned effort to count the hidden ballots. One worker was even seen pushing the same votes through the ballot counter three different times.

But the Facebook “fact check” group Lead Stories said the “suitcase” scandal had been debunked and that the GOP observers and media were not told to leave the area and go home.

Lead Stories we now know is funded by Facebook and a Chinese company. So it makes sense that they would target any conservative outlet that reported on this explosive video.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/12/china-funded-fact-checker-lead-stories.html

Gun violence hits 14-year high in New York City with more than 1,400 shootings - double the number in 2019 - as NYPD top cop blames bail reform for surging violence

The commissioner of the New York Police Department says that the city is on pace to end 2020 with the highest level of gun violence since 2006 and that the state's new bail reform law is to blame.

New York's top cop, Dermot Shea, made the comments as official data from his department indicates that shootings have soared 96 per cent this year compared to 2019.

At this time last year, there were 735 reported shootings. This year, that number has nearly doubled to 1,433 incidents of gun violence.

The last time there were this many shootings in a single year was in 2006, when the NYPD reported 1,427 shootings.

'I wish I had better news on gun violence specifically… we're looking to close out the year on a 14-year high,' Shea told NY1 on Tuesday morning.

'This has been a year like no other.'

In November alone, there have been a total of 115 shootings - a 112 per cent jump compared to the same time last year.

November also saw 28 murders - a 38 per cent rise compared to November 2019.

In the latest string of violent incidents, on Monday, a 76-year-old nursing home patient was hit by a stray bullet while he was sleeping in a nursing home in Corona, Queens, according to the New York Post.

Police said the man woke up bleeding from the right side of his neck and was rushed to a nearby hospital. He was treated and then discharged.

Investigators weren't sure what the cause of the injury was until Monday night, when a nursing home employee pulled up the blinds and noticed a bullet hole in the window.

On Sunday alone, 11 people across the five boroughs were shot - one fatally.

According to the New York Post, a 32-year-old man, whose name was not released was shot in the head just before 3:30pm on Sunday.

Other incidents of gun violence were reported on Sunday in Queens, The Bronx, and Manhattan.

Shea says that criminal justice reform initiatives including bail reform are to blame for the spike in violent crime.

'We have made staggering numbers of gun arrests, taking guns off the streets from felons, doing it almost always without a shot being fired,' Shea told NY1.

'But when you look three days later, four days later, those individuals are back on the street committing more gun violence.'

Shea told NY1 that progressive policies that encourage criminal justice reform are making the city more dangerous.

'Until we come to that realization as a society — is this what we want?' he said.

'It's good to have philosophical discussions about 'end mass incarceration' and 'end incarceration' but you don't want to do it by turning the innocent public into jails in their own apartments and houses.'

Shea's boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio, pushed back on the commissioner's comments.

The mayor told reporters at his City Hall briefing on Tuesday morning that the surge in violent crime this year can be pinned on an 'absolute perfect storm' that hit New York this year.

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http://www.hideoutnow.com/2020/12/gun-violence-hits-14-year-high-in-new.html

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John Kerry’s Think Tank Calls for War With Russia Over Climate Change

“America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is.” — John Kerry

Recently-appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced his intention of dealing with the pressing issue of global warming as a national security concern. “America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is,” the 76-year-old former Secretary of State wrote. “I am proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis.”

The announcement drew praise from many professional climate activists and groups, perhaps assuming that Kerry was taking his lead from Bernie Sanders, who has for years been saying the same thing. Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement, Varshini Prakash said his statement was an “encouraging move,” while 350.org’s Bill McKibben, predicted Kerry would be an excellent climate czar. Yet, as media critic Adam Johnson argued, Kerry’s proclamation should deeply concern progressive activists and will likely lead to expanding the already bloated military budget.

Kerry is a founding member of the Washington think tank, the American Security Project (ASP), whose board is a who’s who of retired generals, admirals and senators. The ASP also hailed the appointment of their man, explaining, in a little-read report, exactly what treating the climate as a national security threat entails. And it is nothing like what Sanders advocates.

For the ASP, climate change constitutes an “accelerant of instability” and a “threat multiplier” that will “affect the operating environment,” and notes that Kerry will have three priorities in his role as President Biden’s right-hand man. What were those three priorities? Making sure people in the Global South could eat and have access to safe drinking water? Reparations? Disaster relief or response teams? Cutting back on fossil fuel use? Indeed not. For the ASP, the primary objectives were:

A huge rebuilding of the United States’ military bases,

Countering China in the Pacific,

Preparing for a war with Russia in the newly-melted Arctic.

The ASP notes that rising sea levels will neutralize or destroy dozens of American naval bases around the world, including the world’s largest such base in Norfolk, VA. The ASP recommends “prioritizing the measures that can protect readiness” of the military to strike at any time, also warning that rising sea levels will hurt the combat readiness of the Marine Expeditionary Force. Thus, a rebuilding of the U.S.’ worldwide network of military bases is in order.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/john-kerry-think-tank-calls-for-war-with-russia-over-climate-change/273480/

IDF court okays community service plea deal for soldier who killed Palestinian

Judges say no rationale for intervening in bargain that will see troop who shot two Palestinians he thought were throwing stones avoid any jail time

A military court approved a plea bargain on Wednesday which gives a soldier three months of community service for the wrongful shooting of two Palestinians, one of whom died.

According to military prosecutors, Alaa Ghiyada, 38, was shot in the stomach multiple times by the soldier in March on the side of a road near Bethlehem. The soldier, who has not been identified publicly, said that he had incorrectly believed Ghiyada was throwing rocks at passersby.

Ahmad Manasrah, 23, who arrived on the scene and attempted to help Ghiyada, was also shot by the same soldier and died of his wounds. All sides now agree no stones were thrown and that both Manasrah and Ghiyada were innocent.

Under the plea bargain, the soldier pled guilty to the military’s equivalent of negligent homicide and was sentenced to three months of unpaid military service, probation, and a demotion to private. The soldier was not charged at all for shooting Ghiyada.

The plea bargain infuriated Ghiyada’s and Manasrah’s families, who deemed the sentence far too light.

“The army is sending a clear message that soldiers who kill or wound Palestinians won’t be punished,” said the families’ attorney, Shlomo Lecker.

Dozens of former senior military officials disagreed, however. In numerous affidavits submitted to the court, former generals defended the soldier’s actions as “done without malice… as he was convinced that he was preventing a terror attack.”

“The soldier believed that there was a lethal danger to passersby. He acted as he was expected to, implementing the arrest procedure against stone-throwers,” wrote Meretz MK Yair Golan, a former IDF deputy chief of staff.

A previous petition to the High Court by the families was struck down, with Justice Menachem Mazuz writing for the court that the justices had no authority to intervene. Lecker said that the families had no intention of appealing.

Human rights groups in Israel have often accused both the military and judicial system of failing to sufficiently hold troops accountable for crimes committed against Palestinians.

“This is not a mistake, but a policy — a policy of covering up and protecting those who shot and killed without any justification, instead of protecting the victims. For Israel, Palestinian blood is worthless,” said the left-wing human rights group B’Tselem following the approval of the plea bargain on Wednesday.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-court-okays-community-service-plea-deal-for-soldier-who-killed-palestinian/

Pompeo offers warning on China in Georgia speech ahead of Senate elections

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday raised the risk of China stealing academic research and intellectual property in remarks at a university in Georgia that come weeks before two Senate runoff elections in the state.

The setting of the speech at Georgia Tech in Atlanta had raised eyebrows given its proximity to the Senate races, which will determine which party holds the majority in the upper chamber.

In a nod to the controversy, Pompeo in his remarks said, “No, I'm not lost — I know this is Georgia the state, not Georgia the country.”

In his speech, Pompeo called China's Communist Party “the central threat of our time” and highlighted efforts by Chinese security services to pressure and recruit Chinese academics and students as spies.

“Americans must know how the Chinese Communist Party is poisoning the well of our higher education institutions for its own ends and how those actions degrade our freedoms and American national security,” Pompeo said.

“If we don't educate ourselves, if we're not honest about what's taking place, we'll get schooled by Beijing.”

Pompeo, who is considered a possible 2024 presidential contender, has come under criticism from Democrats and former State Department officials for speeches delivered ahead of the November elections in key swing states.

He also spoke to a Baptist church in Texas and the state legislature in Wisconsin ahead of the elections, and he recorded a speech for the Republican National Convention while he was on diplomatic travel in Israel.

Pompeo and the State Department have defended his public remarks, saying the State Department’s legal team cleared his speech to the convention and that his domestic speeches are in line with the responsibilities of the secretary to communicate with the American people.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/529457-pompeo-offers-warning-on-china-in-georgia-speech-ahead-of-senate

McAuliffe announces bid for second term as Virginia governor

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced Wednesday he will jump into the race for his old job, shaking up an already crowded primary field.

McAuliffe, who served as Virginia’s chief executive from 2014-2018, officially launched his campaign in the state capital of Richmond, sending out an email to supporters ahead of an event in which he was expected to make the announcement.

Virginia is the only state in the country that bars governors from serving consecutive terms, and a McAuliffe victory would make him just the second Virginian since the Civil War to win a second stint as governor.

The former governor left office in early 2018 with high approval ratings and low unemployment, and he remains a towering figure in the commonwealth’s politics. McAuliffe also has a national profile as a major fundraiser for Bill and Hillary Clinton and an ally of President-elect Joe Biden, and is a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

In a show of the support he retains from state legislators in Richmond, including some of Virginia’s top Black lawmakers, McAuliffe named state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, House Majority Leader Charniele Herring and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney as campaign co-chairs.

McAuliffe and his allies noted that the election is taking place during the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, which they said elevated the need for experienced leadership.

“What I know about Terry McAuliffe is not only his work ethic, but also, we need someone with the experience to guide us through the crisis we experience, and … allow for any of us, no matter the color of your skin, no matter your gender, who you pray to or who you choose to love, to live to their God-given talent in this great state,” said Stoney.

“This pandemic has given us big, tremendous challenges, but folks, it’s also given us a big opportunity, and it’s up to us to make it count. I am running for governor again to think big and to be bold and to take the Commonwealth of Virginia to the next level and to lift up all Virginians,” McAuliffe added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/529419-mcauliffe-announces-bid-for-second-term-as-virginia-governor

US hits Search and Destroy against the New Silk Roads

Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping, first in Astana and then in Jakarta, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly drive the American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts.

The relentless paranoia about the Chinese “threat” has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation.

In the old order, politico-military elites were routinely bribed in exchange for unfettered corporate access to their nations’ resources, coupled with go-go privatization schemes and outright austerity (“structural adjustment”).

This went on for decades until BRI became the new game in town in terms of infrastructure building – offering an alternative to the imperial footprint.

The Chinese model allows all manner of parallel taxes, sales, rents, leases – and profits. This means extra sources of income for host governments – with an important corollary: freedom from the hardcore neoliberal diktats of IMF/World Bank. This is what is at the heart of the notorious Chinese “win-win”.

Moreover, BRI’s overall strategic focus on infrastructure development not only across Eurasia but also Africa encompasses a major geopolitical game-changer. BRI is positioning vast swathes of the Global South to become completely independent from the Western-imposed debt trap. For scores of nations, this is a matter of national interest. In this sense BRI should be regarded as the ultimate post-colonialist mechanism.

BRI in fact bristles with Sun Tzu simplicity applied to geoeconomics. Never interrupt the enemy when he’s making a mistake – in this case enslaving the Global South via perpetual debt. Then use his own weapons – in this case financial “help” – to destabilize his preeminence.

Hit the road with the Mongols

None of the above, of course, is bound to serenade the paranoid volcano, which will keep spitting out a 24/7 deluge of red alerts deriding BRI as “poorly defined, badly mismanaged and visibly failing”. “Visibly”, of course, only for the exceptionalists.

Predictably, the paranoid volcano feeds on a toxic mix of arrogance and crass ignorance of Chinese history and culture.

Xue Li, director of the Department of International Strategy at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has shown how “after the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed in 2013, China’s diplomacy has changed from maintaining a low profile to becoming more proactive in global affairs. But the policy of ‘partnership rather than alliance’ has not changed, and it is unlikely to change in the future. The indisputable fact is that the system of alliance diplomacy preferred by Western countries is the choice of a few countries in the world, and most countries choose non-aligned diplomacy. Besides, the vast majority of them are developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.”

Atlanticists are desperate because the “system of alliance diplomacy” is on the wane. The overwhelming majority of the Global South is now being reconfigured as a newly energized Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) – as if Beijing had found a way to revive the Spirit of Bandung in 1955.

https://thesaker.is/us-hits-search-and-destroy-against-the-new-silk-roads/

Ex-Con Hired by D.C. as Violence Interrupter Arrested, Charged with Murder

In a curious twist, a “reformed” criminal hired by the District of Columbia’s chief legal officer to help curb violence has been arrested and charged with murder. The case involves a taxpayer-funded public safety program known as Cure the Streets launched by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine to reduce gun violence by treating it as a disease that can be interrupted and stopped from spreading. Cure the Streets typically hires men and women with criminal histories as violence interrupters because they know first-hand about the challenges that residents of crime-infested communities live with. Racine, who was reelected to a second term in 2018, says the transformed criminals hired by his program perform community-driven public safety work that can avoid using police.

Here is how they carry out the task, according to Racine’s office: By interrupting potentially violent conflicts because they have relationships and influence within targeted neighborhoods. Violence interrupters “engage with the community to learn about brewing conflicts and resolve them peaceably before they erupt in violence,” the program’s website states. Violence interrupters also identify and treat individuals at high risk for involvement with violence by meeting with them and implementing individualized risk reduction plans. “They also help connect participants with needed services, such as housing, counseling and employment assistance, and develop action plans for a positive future.” Finally, the D.C. Attorney General claims violence interrupters mobilize communities to change norms by engaging residents, local businesses, community leaders and faith leaders to work with high-risk individuals to reduce violence. “CTS works with these partners to organize forums and public events where residents can gather and interact safely without fear of conflict and violence,” the D.C. government website claims. It is not clear what impact Cure the Streets is having on violent crime in the District, but the Metropolitan Police Department reports that homicides are up 20% from last year.

The program operates in notoriously high-crime sections throughout D.C., which are broken down by wards. They include Eckington/Truxton and Trinidad in Ward 5, Marshall Heights/Benning Heights in Ward 7 and Bellevue, Washington Highlands, and Congress Heights in Ward 8. The Cure the Streets employee recently charged with murder was a supervisor who led a team of six violence interrupters and outreach workers. His name is Cotey Wynn, an ex-con with an extensive rap sheet who served a decade in prison before D.C.’s chief legal officer hired him. Wynn’s record includes felony murder, first degree murder, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and distribution of a controlled substance, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. On December 4, the agency’s Capital Area Fugitive Task Force arrested the 39-year-old Wynn and charged him with second degree murder while armed. At the time of his arrest Wynn was under the supervision of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia, a federal agency that believes preventative detention should only be a last resort for defendants, who should live in the least restrictive conditions while awaiting court.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/ex-con-hired-by-d-c-as-violence-interrupter-arrested-charged-with-murder/

Foreign Ministry summons Russian ambassador over ‘Post’ interview

Viktorov said Israel’s “noncompliance with UN resolutions in the Israel-Arab and Israel-Palestinian conflict” is a bigger problem for the Middle East than Iran’s proxy wars.

The Foreign Ministry reprimanded Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov on Wednesday over remarks he made in an interview with The Jerusalem Post this week.

“The problem in the region is not Iranian activities,” Viktorov said the day before. “It’s a lack of understanding between countries and noncompliance with UN resolutions in the Israel-Arab and Israel-Palestinian conflict.”

Viktorov also took issue with talk of Iran threatening Israel via Hezbollah, saying: “Israel is attacking Hezbollah; Hezbollah is not attacking Israel.”

In addition, the ambassador expressed doubt that Hezbollah built the attack tunnels from Lebanon into Israel, saying there is no proof.

Foreign Ministry Strategic-Diplomatic Department head Alon Bar summoned Viktorov and took issue with the ambassador’s remarks.

Bar said he rejects Viktorov’s remarks and said the Middle East the ambassador described do not fit reality that he has been shown many times and has been discussed in diplomatic channels between the countries.

The Israeli diplomat called for the dialogue on regional matters, the Iranian threat and Iran’s terrorist proxies be held through diplomatic channels, and that reality and threats to Israel should not be ignored.

Viktorov told Bar he plans to write a letter of clarification to the Post.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/foreign-ministry-summons-russian-ambassador-over-post-interview-651590

Questions persist over early dismissal of Atlanta poll workers, alleged secret ballot counting

News reports, affidavits indicate workers sent home early; state officials dispute some elements.

Critical questions still remain unresolved this week regarding the alleged early dismissal of poll workers in Atlanta's State Farm Arena on Election Night, a dismissal which some parties claim was followed by continued ballot-counting even after most workers had been sent home for the night.

The State Farm Arena saga has been one of the latest in a series of election-related controversies that have persisted for over a month since the final ballots were cast in the 2020 election. The president's legal team brought the Atlanta Hawks stadium to the forefront of the ongoing election debate last week when they revealed security footage that, they argued, showed election malfeasance and potential ballot fraud caught on video.

Lawyers for the Trump campaign claimed the footage showed the majority of poll workers being dismissed early from their posts at the arena on Election Night, after which, the campaign argued, a secret team of ballot counters can be seen resuming the ballot count in a largely empty processing area.

Media reports and some affidavits have appeared to confirm at least part of that contention, though public officials have given mixed responses that have left the ultimate facts of the issue as unclear as ever.

'A small team remained behind'

The Georgia Secretary of State's office last week confirmed that it was investigating whether or not poll workers were explicitly told to go home early or if they simply misunderstood confusing directives from government officials.

The contention that workers were told to go home has been supported by several sources, including an ABC News report from late on Election Night. That report stated that Fulton County spokeswoman Regina Waller told the news network that "the election department sent the State Farm Arena absentee ballot counters home at 10:30 p.m. despite earlier intentions to complete processing Tuesday night," the news network said.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/atlanta-questions-persist-over-early-dismissal-poll-workers-alleged

Ossoff’s Father Met With Chinese ‘Dignitaries’ While Touring His China-Built Yacht

Millionaire Richard Ossoff has bankrolled his son's political career

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff's millionaire father met with Chinese "dignitaries" while touring a 60-foot yacht he purchased from a China-based shipbuilder tied to Communist Party officials.

Richard Ossoff, who has bankrolled his son's upstart political career, commissioned China-based Jet-Tern Marine to build the custom vessel in 2008, U.S. Coast Guard records show. Before shipping the yacht to the United States, the company held a "sea trial" for "customers Heather and Richard Ossoff, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA," in order to test the million-dollar vessel's performance, with "many" Chinese dignitaries in attendance.

"The Selene 1519 sea trial was attended by the customers, many dignitaries from Pingsha and Zhuhai, the press, the Deputy Governor, the Bureau Chief, and the editor of China Boating magazine," a since-deleted press release stated. "At many times as many as 40-50 people were aboard but the large yacht never felt crowded."

The yacht boasted a state-of-the-art steering system, an "extensively modified inside" featuring a "quite open and bright" galley and salon area, a lazarette "laid out perfectly" for scuba equipment, and a utility room with a "spacious work area for Mr. Ossoff," according to the release. While it's unclear how much Ossoff's father paid for the yacht, a similar model is listed by Florida Yachts International for $1.3 million.

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/ossoffs-father-met-with-chinese-dignitaries-while-touring-his-china-built-yacht/

Kevin McCarthy demands answers from Pelosi on Chinese spy infiltrating Rep. Swalwell's office

'Did Nancy Pelosi know this had transpired when she put him on the committee?'

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was “so preoccupied with going after President Trump” that he was not “protecting the USA from bad actors,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on Wednesday, reacting to a report of a Chinese spy infiltrating Congress.

“This is only the tip of the iceberg because remember what we’re hearing. These are Chinese spies that go down to the level of a mayor,” McCarthy told “The Ingraham Angle."

"[China] helps a city council member become a congressman. This congressman now gets on the intel committee. They are only selected from the intel committee by the leaders of their party meaning Nancy Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi is one of the Gang of Eight, along with myself,” McCarthy said.

“Did Nancy Pelosi know this had transpired when she put him on the committee?”

Swalwell was one of several politicians involved in an expansive Chinese spying operation and even after he was briefed on the foreign interference he experienced first-hand, he kept his focus publicly on Russia during the Trump presidency.

Axios reported that a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang targeted up-and-coming local politicians, including Swalwell.

Current and former intelligence officials told the outlet that Fang used campaign fundraising, networking, rallies and romantic relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors to gain proximity to political power.

Fang reportedly took part in fundraising for Swalwell's 2014 reelection campaign although she did not make donations nor was there evidence of illegal contributions.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kevin-mccarthy-swalwell-china-spy-pelosi-intel-committee

Sidney Powell: CIA, mainstream media, globalists all part of a grand conspiracy to rig elections and defraud We the People

U.S. elections have been rigged by a conspiracy among the CIA, the mainstream media and “globalist interests” who have turned the United States into a Third World nation, warns attorney Sidney Powell.

Here’s how she explained it in a recent interview:

It’s saddening to know that American elections have been just as rigged as elections in third world countries have been. I’m sure the CIA has been involved in any number of those activities. If not here and other places around the world, it may have been the CIA that created this software and programs to begin with, and then exported them for their own use, only to have it come back to us. It could be that very important, powerful, extremely wealthy people were involved in rigging this election. It’s globalist interests.

Frankly, everyone in the world, except for the millions of Americans that wanted to elect Donald Trump to clean up the swamp and drain the swamp, want this world to continue the way it was, with them having all the power and working behind the scenes to rig elections and everything else, so that they could profit from their own nefarious activities. I mean, it’s massive, I’m sure the media companies are involved in it too. I noticed how they all say all the same night as if they were queued at once, they stopped counting electoral votes and the machines stopped counting in the swing states. It was all timed and planned and organized and funded.

Watch the clip here, via Brighteon.com:

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https://dcdirtylaundry.com/sidney-powell-cia-mainstream-media-globalists-all-part-of-a-grand-conspiracy-to-rig-elections-and-defraud-we-the-people/

VIRGINIA: School Board Erases America’s History, Renames Thomas Jefferson Elementary, George Mason High

Leftists in Virginia are continuing their scorched earth path to remove America's history

The left-wing dominated Falls Church, Virginia School Board voted unanimously last night to erase the names of two Virginia-born founding fathers from the city’s public schools, citing equity and slavery in beginning the renaming process of George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary.

“After deep and careful consideration of everything I’ve heard and read, I conclude that renaming both schools is in the best interest of our students and a necessary part of our equity work,” School Board Chair Greg Anderson said of the issue, despite community polling which found that Falls Church residents oppose the name change by an over 2 to 1 margin.

“I considered the survey results and the community discussion that followed, and I revisited our public hearings,” Anderson said of the poll results. “…I conclude that the public is split,” he went on to say, despite just a quarter of poll respondents endorsing the name changes.

Proponents of the change agreed with Anderson’s tossing of the polls, with Jennifer Santiago, who spoke in favor of the changes, saying the polling data showed that a form of reverse democracy must be exercised to protect “marginalized people” from “systemic racism.”

“While there are many times majority rules works in issues of equity, it is the opposite that is needed. If the majority rule worked for traditionally marginalized groups, we would not have systemic racism,” Santiago explained.

The twin 7-0 votes came after 6 months of debate between the board and the community, spurred by massive cultural unrest brought on by the political left following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

While neighboring Northern Virginia municipalities have begun to rapidly strike the names of Confederate war heroes and segregationist Democrats from their school districts, Falls Church’s attack on the founders appears to represent new territory for the region.

As concerned community members have pointed out both before and after the vote, the “slippery slope” feared by many appears to have been met. What began as as a supposed “rehabilitation” of Virginia’s storied Civil War legacy has now devolved into what some are calling a full blown attack on the founders of the Republic.

https://nationalfile.com/virginia-school-board-erases-americas-history-renames-thomas-jefferson-elementary-george-mason-high/

House Intel Republicans not told about Eric Swalwell’s relationship with Chinese spy

House intelligence committee Republicans were surprised to learn this week that a member of their committee, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who slept with US politicians as a tactic to elicit information.

Swalwell, who represents a California district south of Oakland, received an FBI “defensive briefing” in 2015 on operative Fang Fang, but most if not all Republicans on the elite committee weren’t told that a colleague had been targeted by China.

Fang, also known as Christine Fang, returned to China in mid-2015 as US officials heightened their scrutiny of her string of honey-trap seductions. She reportedly fundraised for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign before he joined the intelligence committee in 2015.

A congressional Republican source told The Post that intelligence committee Republicans had not been informed of the relationship.

The committee is supposed to have access to some of the nation’s most sensitive information to fulfill its oversight role of shadowy government programs.

If the Chinese operation occurred as described in a bombshell Tuesday article in Axios, it’s unclear why lawmakers aside from Swalwell were kept in the dark, especially since she may have targeted Swalwell due to his proximity to sensitive information.

The Post asked Swalwell’s 12 Democratic colleagues on the intelligence committee, including Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), about when they learned of Swalwell’s association with Fang, but they did not immediately reply.

Swalwell has not said if he had a romantic relationship with Fang, who allegedly seduced two Midwest mayors as part of her operation from 2011 to 2015. He claimed in a Wednesday CNN appearance that he “can’t talk too much about the details of the case” because the information should be kept secret.

The issue is likely to dog Swalwell as Republicans demand more information.

“Did Schiff and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi know? Why did no one take any steps to keep sensitive intel, at least as it relates to China, far away from a member who is at best potentially compromised?” a Republican close to the White House told The Post.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asked in a Tuesday evening Fox News interview, “Did Nancy Pelosi know this had transpired when she put him on the committee?”

Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi (D-Calif.), declined to say when she learned of the relationship. “We cannot further comment on or confirm or deny any such briefings or notifications,” he said.

https://nypost.com/2020/12/09/house-republicans-not-told-about-swalwells-relationship-with-spy/

ICE, CBP seize more than 100,000 counterfeit surgical masks intended for hospital workers

EL PASO, Texas — More than 100,000 counterfeit 3M N95 surgical masks destined to be used by hospital workers were seized Dec. 7 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

On Dec. 3, CBP officers at the Ysleta Cargo Facility initially intercepted the shipment of 100,080 3M N95 surgical masks with an MSRP of $600,480. The masks were in-transit at an El Paso bonded warehouse destined to a hospital on the East Coast.

ICE HSI special agents determined the masks were counterfeit after working with the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and 3M Company.

“The seizure of these counterfeit surgical masks not only ensures the health and safety of our frontline health care workers by preventing them from receiving inferior personal protective equipment, it also protects the integrity of the American economy. We will continue to aggressively investigate, arrest and prosecute criminal counterfeiters who show a total disregard for human life and take advantage of a relentless world pandemic for economic gain.” said Erik P. Breitzke, acting special agent in charge of ICE HSI El Paso.

“HSI and CBP will continue to collaborate to prevent unauthorized and counterfeit products from getting to U.S. consumers to protect the health and safety of the American public and the American economy,” said Ysleta Port Director Arnoldo Gomez. “This large seizure of counterfeit surgical masks, destined for frontline medical workers, demonstrates the great collaborative effort between CBP and HSI. Counterfeit surgical masks pose a great risk to our medical community, and any individual who may use them.”

This shipment is in violation of Importation, Removal and Contrary to Law (19 U.S.C. 1595a(c)(2)(A)) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. ICE HSI El Paso is investigating the seizure with assistance from CBP.

ICE HSI launched Operation Stolen Promise in April 2020 to protect U.S. consumers from the increasing and evolving threat posed by the pandemic. The operation involves various federal agencies, including CBP, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and multiple private sector partners, including Pfizer, 3M, Amazon and others.

Operation Stolen Promise combines ICE HSI’s expertise in global trade, financial fraud, international operations and cybercrime to investigate financial fraud schemes, the importation of prohibited pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, offending e-commerce schemes, and any other illicit criminal activities associated with the COVID-19 virus that may compromise legitimate trade, financial systems and/or endangers the public.

For more information or to report COVID fraud, visit the Operation Stolen Promise website.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-cbp-seize-more-100000-counterfeit-surgical-masks-intended-hospital-workers

The Daily Caller Runs Koch-Funded Propaganda Hailing Big Tech As 'Champions Of Free Speech'

The Daily Caller on Tuesday published a propaganda piece from a Koch-funded contributor painting social media censorship as a myth and hailing Big Tech and Mark Zuckerberg specifically as "champion[s] of free speech."

From The Daily Caller:

RINEHART: Big Tech May Become The Next Champion Of Free Speech

by WILL RINEHART

December 08, 2020 | 11:33 AM ET

Occam's Razor needs to be applied more broadly in the debate over free speech online. If you think your political position is being suppressed by Facebook or Google or Twitter, it probably isn't. More likely, your post was taken down because you violated a rule and then interpreted the takedown as a nefarious attempt at censorship.

While there are some notable exceptions, large platforms have a much stronger incentive to keep the content flowing uninterrupted. More content leads to more interaction, which, in turn, means more advertiser revenue.

The heightened risk of regulation is also cajoling platforms to limit their content moderation. On three separate occasions this year, Congress hauled tech leaders into hearings to account for content removal on their platforms. A range of legislative reform packages were proposed by both sides of the aisle that would fundamentally alter Section 230. Meanwhile, Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson wondered aloud if coordination among Facebook, Google and Twitter to take down content might violate antitrust laws.

Yet, the pressures faced by social media companies don't always align with openness. If users see more content and spam than they want, they tune out. Thus begins a dance where openness leads and content moderation follows.

The real problem comes in interpreting those moments when content is taken down. People have a terrible habit of trying to make sense of the world. We see patterns where they might not exist, which psychologists call pareidolia or apophenia. We also give simple inanimate objects their own intentions and internal motivations. Similarly, every action by a platform is taken as meaningful even if it is not.

[…] Around this time last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg stood before a packed crowd in Georgetown and extolled the virtues of free speech. Although his company may fail to live up to everyone's standard, Zuckerberg is at least committed to free speech as an ideal.

[…] The incentives for openness are already in place, and as the threat of regulation grows, social media sites will feel even more pressure to keep things open. Sadly, content moderation will always be seen as an ideological choice and not the output of what it is: a bureaucratized institutional process.

Just a few months ago, after meeting with the World Jewish Congress, Mark Zuckerberg announced he was banning all content which depicts "Jewish people running the world or controlling major institutions such as media networks, the economy or the government," as well as all Holocaust denial.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61947

Michigan Witness: “Van Full of Ballots Showed Up at 3:30 AM” (After Deadline) Approximately 50,000 Ballots – Van had Janice Winfrey’s name on It

CCP-YouTube will not allow this evidence of fraud. They announced the new rule this morning. No more videos on election fraud will be allowed.

The Michigan Senate held a hearing last week on the massive voter fraud witnessed in the state during the 2020 election.

One witness told the Michigan Senate about the van that pulled into the TCF Center in Detroit at 3:30 AM in the morning.

Michigan Witness: I was there at approximately 3:00 to 3:30 AM. And I saw the huge dump of ballots that were delivered to the counting hall. I noticed that the city of Detroit Clerk’s Office it was their emblem on the white van that showed up with the ballots. Janice Winfrey‘s name was on there and a number presumably for Janet Winfrey’s office. I estimated that it was over 50 boxes that I counted. And I estimated that over a thousand ballots could have fitted in each of the large boxes. There was no chain of custody. There was no accountability. There was no transparency. Nobody knew where these ballots had been. They said they had to be turned in at 8 PM. They showed up approximately at 3:30 AM. So, 7 to 7.5 hours is a long time for these ballots to be kind of in limbo not with anyone knowing where they are.

These ballots NEVER should have been counted.

They never should have been unloaded.

Has anyone contacted Janice Winfrey‘s office to ask about her van being used to transfer fraudulent ballots to the TCF Center?

This is how Joe Biden stole Michigan.

Democrats are OK with this.

YouTube will not allow you to discuss this on their platform.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/boom-michigan-witness-van-full-ballots-showed-330-deadline-approximately-50000-ballots-van-janice-winfreys-name-video/

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