peace and unity

https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/11/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-criticizes-republicans-removing-cynthia-johnson-committee/

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reportedly said that House Republicans went “too far” in removing Democratic Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson from committee assignments after she threatened Trump supporters.

“I think that removing her from her committees is too far, truly, and I’ve reached out and asked the incoming House leadership to reconsider that,” Whitmer said during a Thursday news briefing, according to MLive.com.

However, Johnson told MLive.com that she didn’t mean to threaten Trump supporters and that she is owed an apology from Republican leaders.

“In my community, we often use the term soldier, but when we use the term it means for people to rise up and not just take B.S.,” she said. “It doesn’t mean anything violent. Our rise up means rise up against racism, against tyranny, rise up against violence. No. my message was not one that was intended against the Trump people. We are talking about peace and unity.”

US Pentagon signals it will stop supporting CIA’s counterterrorism mission

https://intelnews.org/2020/12/11/01-2919/

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of Defense has reportedly notified the Central Intelligence Agency that it plans to terminate most of the military support it provides for the spy agency’s counterterrorism operations. Some of these changes may occur as early as January, according to reports published on Thursday in several US news outlets.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA incorporated an increasingly expansive counterterrorist mission into its list of activities. But it has relied on Pentagon resources to support many of these activities, for things like transportation, physical security, logistics, and even execution. The Pentagon’s role in these activities tends to be crucial, given that they usually take place in active combat zones or other dangerous locations around the world. They therefore require heavy military protection.

However, President Trump has been implementing his plan to withdraw American military forces from warzones such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. These troops provide logistical and material support to CIA missions in some of the world’s most dangerous regions. Additionally, the Department of Defense has been signaling for quite some time its intention to focus less on counterterrorism and more on what experts refer to as “near-peer competitors” —namely China and Russia.

According to reports, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller sent a letter to CIA Director Gina Haspel, in which he informs her of the Pentagon’s decision to make drastic changes to its support for the spy agency’s counterterrorism operations. It is believed that some of these changes will take place as early as January 5, 2021. It has also been reported that this decision marks the culmination of a so-called “pet project” of Acting Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a Trump political appointee, who was placed in his current position by the president following November’s election.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/buttigieg-campaign-office-to-become-pole-dancing-studio/

Andrew Stiles - NOVEMBER 23, 2020 2:35 PM

Pete Buttigieg's former campaign headquarters in South Bend, Ind., has found a new tenant.

Soma Pole Studio is currently renovating the building, which will eventually include nine poles, and plans to start offering high-priced pole dancing classes in January 2021.

https://www.rt.com/news/509420-kendra-sunderland-porn-instagram-ceo/

A verified account and 2.2 million followers wasn’t enough to save Kendra Sunderland from getting booted off Instagram after the porn star made salacious comments about sexual acts with the social media site’s CEO.

The saga began several weeks ago when the 25-year-old adult actress posted a topless photo of herself on the platform and then claimed in a comment that she was allowed to violate the site’s stringent nudity rules because she was “blowing” the “CEO of Instagram.”

Despite Instagram having famously strict rules around nudity, Sunderland’s account remained in place. Matters escalated further this week, when she posted an Instagram Live video of herself topless, in which she mimicked sex acts with a dildo and made similar claims about the head of the social network.

“Hey guys! I just wanna let you know I’m not deleted yet,” she said. “I’m batshit crazy. I might be sucking off the CEO of Instagram. But whatever it is, I’m here to stay!”