Report reveals 'yet another federal criminal investigation' into Hunter Biden after Joe Biden is confronted

As the mainstream media are being denounced for squashing the Hunter Biden story before the election, Fox News reported Friday on the existence of "yet another federal criminal investigation" into Hunter Biden.

"We have just received word tonight of yet another federal criminal investigation into the Biden family that appears to be focused specifically on Hunter Biden's business dealings with China and his relationship with Burisma Holdings in Ukraine," Fox News host Martha MacCallum explained.

She added, "This is now the fourth federal investigation that has been reported in recent days."

"It raises a lot of questions about what was going on with Hunter Biden, with his uncle Jim [Biden], and potentially their U.S. and foreign business deals. Who was involved in them? What exactly were they selling? And why, in one instance, was a diamond given to Hunter Biden in return? Where did all the money go? And did they ever compromise themselves? Does China have anything they could hold over the Biden family?" MacCallum went on to say.

The New York Times reported late Friday that Pittsburgh-based U.S. Attorney Scott Brady began investigating Hunter Biden earlier this year upon the direction of Attorney General William Barr.

Details were few, aside from the Times reporting that the investigation was spurred by material uncovered by Rudy Giuliani and that the investigation was similar to a criminal probe into Hunter Biden that was concurrently taking place in Delaware.

From the Times:

As federal investigators in Delaware were examining the finances of Hunter Biden during his father's campaign for president, a similar inquiry ramped up this year in Pittsburgh, fueled by materials delivered by President Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Attorney General William P. Barr had asked the top federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh, Scott W. Brady, to accept and vet any information that Mr. Giuliani had on the Biden family, including Hunter Biden. Mr. Brady hosted Mr. Giuliani for a nearly four-hour meeting in late January to discuss his materials.

The development comes just two days after Hunter Biden publicly revealed that he is under federal investigation by authorities in Delaware.

"I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs. I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors," Hunter Biden said in a statement, which was released by the Biden-Harris transition team.

What has Joe Biden said?

The former vice president was confronted on Friday about his son for the first time since news broke about the Delaware federal investigation.

"Did Hunter Biden commit a crime? Have you spoken to your son, Mr. President-elect?" a reporter asked Biden following a press conference.

Biden did not address the question directly, only responding, "I'm proud of my son."

http://www.tathasta.com/2020/12/report-reveals-yet-another-federal.html

Disney stock soars 14% to all-time high after company announced hitting 87M streaming subscribers and unveiled 'Netflix-killing' array of 100 new titles including Marvel shows and Star Wars spinoffs

Disney shares soared on Friday after the company announced its paid subscriber base for Disney+ has blown past analyst expectations, and revealed a dizzying lineup of new shows and movies in the pipeline.

Disney stock ended the session up 13.6 percent, at $175.72, an all-time high for the shares, following a slew of announcements about new content and revised growth projections.

The company announced that just a year after launching, its streaming service Disney+ has 87 million subscribers. Including Hulu and the ESPN+ sports streaming services, Disney currently has about 137million subscribers.

Disney said it expects its streaming services to hit 300 to 350 million total subscriptions by fiscal 2024. Netflix - the current frontrunner in what have been dubbed the 'streaming wars' - has nearly 200 million subscribers.

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2020/12/disney-stock-soars-14-to-all-time-high.html

Corona test done on Cola live in parliament, Austrian representative. Coke tested positive for Corona… you can’t make this s### up…

Austrian MP tries a Govt funded Corona test on a glass of coke, live, in Parliament.

Comes back positive for Covid19pic.twitter.com/rKZJItyg5l

— Old Holborn® (@Holbornlolz) December 11, 2020

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/corona-test-done-on-cola-live-in-parliament-austrian-representative-coke-tested-positive-for-corona-you-cant-make-this-s-up/

Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduces bill banning biological males from competing in women's sports — and is immediately branded transphobic

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has introduced legislation that would effectively ban biological males from competing in women's sports, no matter their transgender status.

At the time of this reporting, NCAA rules permit transgender women (biological males) to participate in women's sports.

Following the news of the newly introduced bill, social media users branded Gabbard a transphobe.

Following the news of the newly introduced bill, social media users branded Gabbard a transphobe.

What are the details?

According to a Thursday report from Sports Illustrated, Gabbard's bill would specify that Title IX be applied solely on the basis of a person's biological sex.

Gabbard introduced the "Protect Women's Sports Act," which was co-authored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Thursday.

A press release from the offices of Gabbard and Mullin said:

Since its creation, Title IX has been confronted by various challenges, often resulting in nuanced or situational solutions to the circumstances. This has included considering the fairness of an individual of one sex to play on a team designated for another sex when no such team is available to the individual, such as women's field hockey or men's football. This bill protects the sex-based intention of Title IX protections by reaffirming the biological sex-based distinctions between men and women in athletics.

In a statement, Gabbard added, "Title IX was a historic provision championed by Hawai'i's own Congresswoman Patsy Mink in order to provide equal opportunity for women and girls in high school and college sports. It led to a generational shift that impacted countless women, creating life-changing opportunities for girls and women that never existed before."

The Democratic lawmaker added, "However, Title IX is being weakened by some states who are misinterpreting Title IX, creating uncertainty, undue hardship, and lost opportunities for female athletes. Our legislation protects Title IX's original intent, which was based on the general biological distinction between men and women athletes based on sex. It is critical that the legacy of Title IX continues to ensure women and girls in sports have the opportunity to compete and excel on a level playing field."

In a statement, Mullin said, "Title IX was designed to give women and girls and equal chance to succeed, including in sports. Allowing biological males to compete in women's sports diminishes that equality and takes away from the original intent of Title IX. As the father of three girls involved in athletics, I want them to be able to compete on a level playing field. I am proud to lead this bill that will safeguard the integrity of women's sports and ensure female athletes can compete fairly."

http://www.tathasta.com/2020/12/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-introduces.html

A New Chinese Spy Story Involving Democrat Eric Swalwell Surfaces. Swalwell Lashes Out At Critics.

A new story involving an alleged Chinese spy and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) surfaced Thursday afternoon, prompting the lawmaker to lash out at critics online as he faces growing scrutiny.

The alleged spy, Chinese national Christine Fang, “targeted up-and-coming local politicians in the Bay Area and across the country who had the potential to make it big on the national stage” through “campaign fundraising, extensive networking, personal charisma, and romantic or sexual relationships,” Axios reported at the start of the week in the first spy story involving Swalwell. “Amid a widening counterintelligence probe, federal investigators became so alarmed by Fang’s behavior and activities that around 2015 they alerted Swalwell to their concerns — giving him what is known as a defensive briefing. Swalwell immediately cut off all ties to Fang, according to a current U.S. intelligence official, and he has not been accused of any wrongdoing.”The story set off a wave of news reports about Swalwell’s interactions with Fang, including a Fox News report that indicated that “U.S. Intelligence officials believe Fang had a sexual relationship with Eric Swalwell.”

A second story involving Swalwell and an alleged Chinese spy surfaced yesterday afternoon. Swalwell “spoke at a same event in 2013 as another alleged Chinese agent who worked for decades for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein,” The Daily Caller reported. “The event was hosted by the group led by Christine Fang, a Chinese national whose relationship with Swalwell was the subject of a report published this week by Axios. There is no indication of wrongdoing on Swalwell’s part.”

Senior Trump Campaign Adviser Jason Miller tweeted out a link to the news article and included the title, to which Swalwell responded: “Just a reminder: pay your child support @JasonMillerinDC. Kids shouldn’t go hungry because Dad is a deadbeat. Feed them for the holidays.”

Republican political strategist Arthur Schwartz responded to Swalwell: “You fool. The CCP saw you as the single biggest dope in California and they compromised you by putting you in bed with a Chinese communist spy. You’re worse than even Hunter Biden if that’s possible. You did the bang bang with Fang Fang and now your political career is finished.”

Radio host Dan O’Donnell added: “Hey, not to be that guy, but is Fang Fang single? I mean, you wouldn’t mind if I also…gave up classified secrets to the Chinese government for a period of several years, would you?”

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/12/a-new-chinese-spy-story-involving.html

California asks to join the Justice Department and 11 other states in antitrust lawsuit against Google - making its attorney general the first Democrat to join the litigation

California asked to join the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state's attorney general the first Democrat to openly support the litigation.

The department in October accused the $1 trillion California-based company, one of the state's largest businesses, of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals.

It was joined by 11 other state attorneys general - all Republicans - when it was filed.

'California is not making substantive changes to the complaint. In particular, California is not seeking to add any new facts or claims,' Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in the filing.

California joining the lawsuit will not cause any delay, he said, but did not disclose why the state has chosen to join now.

Becerra claimed that Google's dominance over the market has left 'consumers and small businesses with little choice when it comes to internet search engines'.

'Google's anticompetitive behavior has unlawfully maintained the company´s monopoly on internet search and search-based advertising at the expense of consumers,' he said.

'This lawsuit paves the way for search engine innovation with greater regard for privacy and data protection.'

The suit was filed by the outgoing Trump administration after years of concern on both sides of the aisle about how much power the company had.

Google is being investigated for its dominance of search and advertising, in particular.

The suit alleges that Google has for years operated unlawfully to control the internet and squash competitors, depriving the market of competition and consumers of innovation and choice.

California's decision to join marks a blow to the company which has headquarters based in Mountain Valley.

Yet it has broadly denied wrongdoing in response to the government's lawsuit and other probes, and the company has said that its search engine and other products are dominant because consumers prefer them.

'People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives,' a Google spokeswoman said on Friday. 'We're confident in our position and we'll continue to make our case in court.'

When the suit was first filed, Google's SVP of Global Affairs, Kent Walker, called it 'deeply flawed'.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/12/california-asks-to-join-justice.html

The Apocalypse Of U.S. Small Businesses: 110,000 Already Gone, Many More On The Brink Of Extinction

Recent studies alert that 48% of all small businesses still operating are about to close for good. These businesses account for over half of the U.S. labor force and amid a second round of lockdowns, these jobs are bound to disappear very soon. This year, over one hundred thousand small companies have permanently shut down their activities. According to the latest estimates, every day 800 medium-size and microenterprises are being forced to close due to the economic fallout of the health crisis. Moreover, with new strict regulations and unfavorable policies, what once was the core of our economy now has been left to die.

It seems that America’s small businesses are being attacked by several different fronts and large corporations have been largely benefiting from it. In this video, we provide tangible evidence that there’s indeed an insidious plot against small businesses and policymakers have been expressly enabling their downfall to favor big conglomerates.

We have been experiencing the effects of the multiple rounds of lockdowns for almost a year, and every time a new policy comes into place it primarily affects the existence of smaller companies, while the largest retailers, tech giants, and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to register record-high profits. Almost every piece of legislation designed to control the spread of the virus and protect workers has jeopardized the survival of small businesses. The devastation caused so far has put 110,000 small enterprises out of business. A recent study has shown that this accounts for 800 closures a day.

Just a couple of days ago, the attorney and economy analyst Ash Staub has published an insightful assessment which gives us proof that America’s small businesses are currently facing an attack on all fronts. His sharp argumentation elucidates how lockdowns, social distancing regulations, and mask mandates directly impact the functioning of small business, while on the other hand, major chains and corporations do not have their operations compromised.

Since restaurants and small retailers do not dispose of the same amount of space as big companies, nor have the same financial structure to launch online platforms or pickups and take-away services, following social distancing measures usually becomes a much harder task to comply. Additionally, when these companies do not obey the mandates, the fines tend to be a lot more detrimental to their finances.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-apocalypse-of-u-s-small-businesses-110000-already-gone-many-more-on-the-brink-of-extinction/

Trudeau says he admires “China’s dictatorship”

Now Trudeau is allowing Chinese military on NA soil. This is all part of his globalist covid power grab.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/trudeau-says-he-admires-chinas-dictatorship/

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges another $250million to fight COVID - as billionaire Microsoft co founder predicts 'we'll be headed back to normal by spring'

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday pledged an additional $250million in the fight against COVID-19 by funding the development of low-cost and easier to deliver treatments and vaccines.

The announcement was made just days after Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates expressed confidence that thanks to the anticipated rollout of at least two promising vaccines, the United States could be returning 'back to normal' by next spring.

As of Friday afternoon, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed 1.59million lives worldwide, including more than 292,000 in the United States.

The Gates Foundation's latest contribution, its largest to date, comes on top of the $70million funding that it added in November. This brings the organization's total commitments to the global pandemic response to $1.75billion, the foundation said.

'Whether (the world) gets better for everyone depends on the actions of the world's leaders and their commitment to deliver tests, treatments and vaccines to the people who need them,' said Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation.

The contribution will also support the delivery of tests and vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, the foundation added.

In an interview with Savannah Guthrie on NBC's Today Show last week, Bill Gates, 65, warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better, and urged people to brace for a dark COVID winter.

'The next four or five months actually look pretty grim, unless we can really double down on our behavior,' Gates said.

He stressed that 'the most impactful thing' that

people can do at this time to help stop the spread of the virus is to wear masks and avoid being around large groups of people.

Gates sounded optimistic when discussing some of the antibody treatments and 'amazing vaccines' that have been developed and tested over the past few months.

'By the spring, those numbers [of vaccinated people] will be big enough that, certainly in the United States, it’ll start to change for us dramatically, and we’ll be headed headed back to normal,' he predicted.

Britain became the first country on Tuesday to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine with a 90-year-old grandmother receiving the first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

http://www.cuzzblue.com/2020/12/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation.html

House Democrat Accuses GOP Lawmakers of Treason – Says Republicans Who Backed Texas Lawsuit Should Be Barred from House

Democrat Rep. Pascrell accused Republican representatives of TREASON for signing on to the Texas lawsuit against this year’s election fraud.

He cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, enacted after the Civil War to keep traitors out of the government.

Evidently, questioning the massive fraud in this year’s election is treasonous but committing the fraud is perfectly acceptable.

This is today’s Democratic party.

Jonathan Turley weighed in.

Via HuffPost:

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) has called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bar 126 GOP representatives from the House, arguing that their support for the failed, baseless Texas lawsuit seeking to hijack the presidential election violated the Constitution.

The Texas suit, supported by 17 other state attorneys general, was rejected Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court. President Donald Trump had attempted to join the self-serving suit, which sought to jettison votes in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, whose voters chose President-elect Joe Biden.

Pascrell accused the House members who signed an amicus brief supporting the action — including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — of violating the Constitution by seeking to nullify Americans’ votes and instead choose a “dictator.” He cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, enacted after the Civil War and designed to keep traitors out of government.

The section prohibits anyone who had gone to war against the union or given aid and comfort to the nation’s enemies from running for federal or state office.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/house-democrat-accuses-gop-lawmakers-treason-says-republicans-backed-texas-lawsuit-barred-house/

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife 'coughed up blood and displayed all COVID-19 symptoms' after they returned from trip to China in JANUARY but 'CDC could not care less' and refused to listen to him

Steve Wozniak is repeating his claims that he may have contracted COVID-19 during a trip to China in December.

The Apple co-founder, 70, first spoke out in March, saying he and his wife, Janet, could have brought the coronavirus into the US when they arrived back in the country on January 4.

At the time, Wozniak claimed his wife was suffering from a 'bad cough', but on Thursday he went into far more detail about the severity of their symptoms during an interview with TMZ.

'We had all the symptoms exactly the way people described them,' Wozniak told the entertainment publication.

'Janet was coughing up blood and they tested her for eight hours straight at a US hospital and couldn't find anything they had test for. It was that new.'

'This was the worst flu of our lives. At first it felt like a little sore throat… [but] by the end of the day, I knew that this was one of those ones that stays and becomes laryngitis.'

'That cough came, and it got so hard… I was throwing up and had diarrhea at the same time.'

Wozniak claims the symptoms lasted for around 'three or four weeks' before they subside in February. They then returned more mildly again in March.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/12/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-and-his.html

Senate Passes $740 Billion NDAA in Veto-Proof Majority

The massive bill includes amendments to block troop drawdowns in Afghanistan and Germany

On Friday, the Senate passed the $740 billion 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a veto-proof majority. The vote came after Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tried to delay the massive spending bill over an amendment that seeks to block troops drawdowns from Afghanistan.

The final tally for the vote was 84 to 13, well over the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto. President Trump has threatened to veto the NDAA for a few reasons, mainly because it does not include an amendment to repeal Section 230, a law that gives tech platforms immunity from liability over the content published by third party users.

The Afghanistan amendment on the bill would block funds to bring troops home from Afghanistan until the Pentagon, State Department, and the DNI submit a report to Congress about how the drawdown would affect US security.

The assessment would be required as soon as the NDAA becomes law. Assessments would also be required when troop numbers go below 4,000, and again at 2,000. The Trump administration is currently carrying out a plan to bring numbers down to 2,500 by January 15th.

Senator Paul warned the amendment would set “a very dangerous precedent for limiting a President’s power to end war.”

The NDAA also includes an amendment to block a planned troop drawdown from Germany. The Trump administration ordered the Pentagon to take about 12,000 troops out of Germany of the approximately 34,500 stationed there.

The NDAA amendment would not allow the Pentagon to bring troops out of Germany until 120 days after the secretary of defense submitted an analysis to Congress on how the drawdown would impact US national security.

On Tuesday, the NDAA passed through the House, also with a veto-proof majority. If President Trump goes ahead with the veto, both chambers will likely override it unless some Republicans change their votes to align with the president.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/12/11/senate-passes-740-billion-ndaa-in-veto-proof-majority/

Biden appointments give Newsom chance to reshape California politics

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped several California officials for key roles in his administration, handing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) the opportunity to reshape the state’s political hierarchy with his choices for their replacements.

But heavy is the head that wears the Golden State crown, and allies and observers say no possible choice from the first-term governor will please everyone.

Newsom will have the opportunity to appoint someone to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s seat in the U.S. Senate, and he will get to pick the state’s next attorney general if the incumbent, Xavier Becerra (D), is confirmed as Biden's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Newsom may even get a third vacancy to fill if, as many expect, he chooses Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) to replace Harris.

In a state where Democrats hold all levers of government, the appointments could reshuffle the political order and define Newsom’s legacy.

“He’s going to establish the power structure of California for the next 20-30 years," said Fabian Nunez, a former speaker of the California State Assembly.

But Newsom, who is said to harbor ambitions of his own beyond Sacramento, faces pitfalls and obstacles with the choices. He is already under pressure from activists and advocacy groups over whom to appoint to Harris’s seat. More than 200 community leaders and California residents signed a letter from Women’s Foundation California urging Newsom to replace Harris with a Black woman, citing the lack of women of color in the Senate.

The California Legislative Black Caucus and Black Lives Matter have also urged Newsom to pick a Black woman, with Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) among the names mentioned.

Progressives have pushed Newsom to tap Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) for the seat, while other lawmakers have urged the governor to appoint a Latino or someone from the LGBT community.

“Whether it’s regional tension or different constituencies or identities, someone’s got to lose,” said state Sen. Henry Stern (D), a Newsom ally. “It’s a very competitive space in California.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/529882-biden-appointments-give-newsom-chance-to-reset-california-politics

UK and Canada move forward with SHOT ID ‘freedom’ passes

UK and Canada move forward with SHOT ID ‘freedom’ passes

Chief Medical Officer Says Canadians Who Refuse The Shot Won’t Have “Freedom to Move Around”

Suggests those who don’t take the shot will have to wear masks.

https://theduran.com/uk-and-canada-move-forward-with-shot-id-freedom-passes/

Key impeachment witness gave 2017 corruption warning about Hunter Biden-tied Ukraine firm

Ex-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch claimed in 2019 testimony she knew little about Burisma beyond media reports. Her emails show more substantive knowledge.

Former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovich cautioned John McCain's think tank in 2017 not to accept funding from the Ukrainian gas firm that had hired Hunter Biden because State officials considered Burisma Holdings and its founder to be corrupt, according to newly released memos.

During impeachment hearings last year, Yovanovitch, a key witness for Democrats, testified to Congress that she knew little about Burisma beyond what she'd gleaned from her pre-confirmation State Department briefing in summer 2016 and press reports. "It just wasn't a big deal," she declared under oath on Oct. 11, 2019.

Two years earlier, though, she had enough knowledge to warn a McCain Institute official not to become entangled with Burisma.

At the time, Burisma wanted to sponsor a two-week training seminar at the McCain Institute for prosecutors from the very Ukraine Prosecutor General's Office that Yovanovitch's team believed had been bribed to drop corruption investigations against the gas firm back in 2014 and 2016.

"There would be raised eyebrows in Kyiv over the irony of Burisma training prosecutors," Yovanovitch wrote in advising a McCain Institute official to avoid taking the Burisma money.

File

JW-v-State-Biden-Burisma-Dec-2020-prod-00229.pdf

The emails from fall 2017 between the American ambassador and McCain Institute officials — obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch — are the latest evidence extracted by Freedom of Information Act lawsuits showing Yovanovitch had more extensive contact and knowledge about the controversial Ukrainian gas company than she let on during her impeachment testimony.

Yovanovitch, a respected career diplomat fired by President Trump in 2019, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Memos obtained by Just the News earlier this year show Yovanovitch met directly with an American lawyer working for Burisma in December 2016, received a detailed letter from Burisma's criminal defense attorney and got multiple briefings and emails about the company from her top deputy George Kent, including one suggesting Burisma may have paid a bribe to Ukrainian prosecutors in the form of cheap gas just before its case was settled in late 2016. Burisma was never charged and has always denied wrongdoing.

Yovanovitch even reported the alleged bribe to her superior at the State Department.

File

BurismaYovanovitchBribe1.pdf

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/key-impeachment-witness-gave-warning-2017-hunter-biden

Damning Senate report lays bare ALL the Biden financial connections to Communist China — no Biden can be our president

All of those ‘rumors’ and ‘allegations’ over the past couple of years tying the Biden family to Communist China?

All of the claims during this year’s presidential election cycle that Joe Biden simply cannot be president because he is wholly compromised and owned by China?

The immediate pre-election revelations regarding Hunter Biden’s dad-enabled financial deals made with Communist Chinese ‘business’ entities?

Yeah, those were all exactly true, and a damning new Senate report from the Homeland Security and Finance committees lays out all the details.

In short, what it all means is that there is no way America can allow Joe Biden to ascend to the White House because if he does, China will make so many military, technological and economic advances on our country that it will be overtaken and there won’t be any catching up or going back.

HUNTER BIDEN.💻

The Senate report on Hunter Biden just dropped.

The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine & China.🔻 pic.twitter.com/hXjsbRFUkG

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 8, 2020

According to segments of the report posted on Twitter by independent journalist Kyle Becker:

[Hunter] Biden and [business partner Devon] Archer found willing partners in Chinese national connected to the communist regime. Their work began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with [Chris] Heinz, Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed BHR with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.

Note the date: 2009. When did Barack Obama and Joe Biden get into office? 2009. (Related: Ariz. Rep. Paul Gosar asks if America is witnessing “coup d’tat” as deep state steals 2020 election from Trump.)

The report continues:

The records acquired by the Committees show consistent, significant and extensive financial connections among and between Hunter Biden, [uncle] James Biden, [James’ wife] Sara Biden, Devon Archer, and Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime and [People’s Liberation Army] as well as other foreign nationals with questionable backgrounds. These connections and the vast amount of money transferred among and between them don’t just raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise criminal financial, counterintelligence, and extortion concerns.

The committees’ report comes amid brand-new revelations, compliments of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, that there is far more involvement between the U.S. deep state (media, political establishment of both parties, Wall Street) and China than we’ve ever known.

In a segment this week, Carlson played video clips of Di Dongsheng, an associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing, who bragged to an audience during a television show that China’s managed to “fool the United States” via a network of relationships with top American government and business leaders on Wall Street.

“It turns out that many of the very people who ranted so hysterically about Russia were doing precisely what they claimed to decry. They were working on behalf of our chief global rival, the government of China,” Carlson said in his monologue Monday.

“The Russia hoax, effectively, was a diversion. It hid something that is not a hoax at all but is real and threatening to all of us. We’re going to spend the foreseeable future reporting on the relationship between America’s political and financial elites and the communist government of China that has made many of them very rich,” he added before going on to play the video.

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/12/12/damning-senate-report-lays-bare-all-the-biden-financial-connections-to-communist-china-no-biden-can-be-our-president/

Why Michael Morell Cannot Be CIA Director

Gross manipulation of CIA analysis under George W. Bush pushed a new generation of “yes men” into the agency’s top ranks and now one of them is being considered by Joe Biden for the top job, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

As President-elect Joe Biden names his cabinet and other chief advisers, what has escaped wide attention is the fact that none of his hawkish national security advisers — except for his nominee for defense secretary, Gen. Lloyd Austin — has served in the military.

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who is reportedly on Biden’s short list for CIA director, shares that non-veteran status, one of the reasons along with other skeletons from Morell’s past that make him singularly unfit to lead the CIA.

During my 27 years at the CIA, I worked under nine CIA directors — three of them (Stan Turner, Bill Colby, and George H.W. Bush) at close remove — and served in all four of the agency’s main directorates.

Having closely followed the past-two-decade corruption of my profession — in particular, what the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee called the “uncorroborated, contradicted, or even non-existent” intelligence manufactured to “justify” the attack on Iraq, I have on occasion offered an suggestions for remediation, particularly during transition periods like this one. (Links to five such efforts in the past appear below.)

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https://consortiumnews.com/2020/12/11/ray-mcgovern-why-michael-morell-cannot-be-cia-director/

Western Strategic Propaganda To Contain Russia

The current state of relations between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation is characterized by sharp confrontation and is determined by the West’s desire to isolate Russia, weaken its political and economic potential in order to oust it from traditional zones of national interests. In accordance with the decisions of the Warsaw summit of NATO (June 2016), which conceptually secured the course of global containment of the Russian Federation, the leadership of the Alliance identified strategic propaganda as one of the effective means of countering hybrid threats, the main origin of which in recent years has been openly recognized as Russia.

The bloc’s headquarters proceeds from the premise that the large-scale use of “soft power” and high-tech information resources makes it possible to control public consciousness up to the point of changing the value system of the masses and manipulation of information radically changes the perception and behavior of certain groups of people.

This is due to the rapid development of information processing and distribution tools. According to American researchers, more than 70% of the world’s population use mobile communications.

There are more than 1 billion televisions and radios in personal and collective ownership. The number of Internet users merely in the top ten most developed countries of the world exceeded 2.5 billion people.

The power of the Internet was demonstrated during the “color revolutions” in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, when participants in anti-government protests spread “revolutionary ideas” and also coordinated their activities through microblogging and social networks. Another example that characterizes the capabilities of this network was the dissemination of confidential information by the US Department of Defense and government organizations (Edward Snowden, Julian Assange), which negatively affected Washington’s reputation in the world.

Based on this, the general issues of the information world in the field of containment and defense received a detailed justification in a special program document, which was developed by the public diplomacy dept. of the NATO international secretariat and is approved by the ministers of defense of the countries of alliance in June 2017.

The formal reason for the launch of a new information war on the Russian Federation was the holding of the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises “West-2017”.

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https://southfront.org/western-strategic-propaganda-to-contain-russia/

Second Stimulus Check Update: GOP Senator Unveils Plan For $1,200 Direct Payments

Senator Hawley revealed a new bill that includes a fresh round of personal checks

He previously urged Trump to veto a bill that excluded more payments

The new bill also features federal aid for small businesses, schools and transportation

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday unveiled a plan for another round of stimulus checks for millions of Americans amid stalled talks.

The Missouri senator modeled the new legislation after March’s CARES Act. His plan would provide $1,200 for individuals, $2,400 for couples and $500 for children, CNBC reported.

“Americans need direct payments now. Families are struggling. Unemployment claims are rising and food lines are growing. It's time Congress finally acts. Direct payments should be at the center of any Covid relief legislation that Congress passes,” Hawley said in a press release.

Hawley has been a vocal advocate for stimulus checks among GOP lawmakers. On Dec. 7, he urged President Donald Trump to veto the $908 billion bipartisan relief bill after it excluded provisions for more $1,200 personal checks, Politico reported.

“I said, ‘I think it’s vital that any relief include direct payments, and I’m not gonna vote for it if it doesn’t.’ And I also urged him to veto any bill that did not have direct payments in it,” he said during an interview.

The Missouri senator’s economic relief bill also included $300 billion federal aid for small businesses, COVID-19 testing, vaccine distribution, and relief for schools and the transportation sector.

However, the plan does not include economic aid to the restaurant industry. It also excludes an extension of paid family and medical leave.

https://www.ibtimes.com/second-stimulus-check-update-gop-senator-unveils-plan-1200-direct-payments-3099869

Seriously? As Trump Announces Another Mideast Peace Deal, Biden Named Person of the Year

Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “Person of the Year,” in a tacit acknowledgment that they are, for all their individual differences, essentially a single cog in the socialist internationalist machine that is poised to roll all over us. And there is no doubt that driving the American republic to the point of near-death with election chicanery on a breathtaking scale is indeed a significant achievement, but amid all the excitement, it was barely noticed that President Trump had delivered yet another rebuke to the massively failed foreign policy establishment that is poised to get back in the saddle and start failing some more, by engineering peace between Israel and another Arab state, Morocco.

Trump tweeted Thursday: “Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!” The Morocco deal, like the previous one between Israel and Sudan, seems to be a straightforward bargain. Trump also tweeted Friday: “Today, I signed a proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara. Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal is the ONLY basis for a just and lasting solution for enduring peace and prosperity!” So Morocco gets recognition of its sovereignty over the Western Sahara, and the world gets another step toward peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

That makes four agreements between Israel and Arab nations, something John Kerry confidently stated was not even remotely possible. Isn’t it great that Kerry is about to go back to work for the Person of the Year (what pronouns does that beast with two backs use?) and start showing us how it’s done again?

No one thought it could be done, except, of course, Donald Trump. Back in September, when Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates signed their deals with Israel, Trump stated: “We’re here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new Middle East.” This was accurate. These “Abraham Accords” have already changed the entire landscape of the Middle East as, for the first time in decades, pragmatic considerations are taking precedence over the fixed ideas that have guided the foreign policy stances of all the Muslim and Arab countries regarding Israel.

Although this aspect of the conflict has been little noted and is still routinely ignored by foreign policy analysts, the Muslim world’s opposition to Israel has not been based upon conflicting claims for land or anything else, but upon core principles of the Islamic religion. As The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process shows, the Qur’an commands Muslims to “drive them out from where they drove you out” (2:191). Even though it is a historical fiction that Israel actually drove Muslim Arabs out, this claim is a staple of pro-Palestinian propaganda, and hence it is a divine imperative, no more negotiable than the Ten Commandments are for Jews and Christians, that Muslims must destroy Israel and “drive out” the Israelis.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2020/12/11/seriously-as-trump-announces-another-mideast-peace-deal-biden-named-person-of-the-year-n1205784