Former Facebook fact checker reveals that social media is being used as a weapon to force compliance with global communism and medical Marxism

A former Facebook Fact Checker came out and revealed how “fact checking” really works. The details were published on LinkedIn by Jean-Pierre “Raven” Gregoire. Facebook is rapidly censoring anyone who doesn’t go along with controlling guidelines. Facebook will only allow information on covid-19 if it supports the narrative of shut-down-mask-up-separate-isolate-and-vaccinate. Facebook’s belligerent censorship of health freedom advocates, conservatives and patriots is only the beginning. Facebook is being weaponized to manipulate users into intellectual submission — forcing acceptance of left-wing policies, medical Marxism and global communism via “The Great Reset.”

“I can’t say this on Facebook, but I feel it’s important to say. I was a Facebook Fact Checker. And your conspiracy theories about Facebook, are more true than you realize,” wrote Gregoire, who worked as a third-party contractor for Appen, a Facebook Fact Checking organization. The company is located in Canada and coordinates with a company in India to stifle the free speech of Americans.

Facebook singles out conservative, patriotic, and health freedom posts and feeds them to foreign “fact checkers”

Gregoire said that Mark Zuckerburg cannot directly censor anyone on the platform because Facebook is an open platform. Instead of censoring people outright, Facebook uses several third-party companies to “Fact Check.” This is how Facebook censors its users legally and controls the narrative across the social media landscape. But the censorship is bigger than Zuckerburg and his views.

Facebook, like other Big Tech companies, controls a significant portion of information that people see and read on a daily basis. Knowing this, special interests, governments, and those with political and business interests are constantly trying to influence the leaders of Facebook. If these special interests can restrict the flow of competing information and snuff out dissent on important topics, then they can successfully brainwash entire swaths of people into accepting their plans, products and visions.

This corruption and manipulation show no semblance to a free market. Shutting down the free flow of ideas is oppressive and un-American. Facebook and other Big Tech platforms have become weaponized thought control systems used for tyrannical means.

https://patriotrising.com/former-facebook-fact-checker-reveals-that-social-media-is-being-used-as-a-weapon-to-force-compliance-with-global-communism-and-medical-marxism/

Police Discover Ghost Boat Carrying 1,430 Pounds Of Cocaine

A boat with a record 1,430 pounds of cocaine washed up on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands after potentially spending years drifting in the Pacific Ocean, numerous sources reported.

Marshall Islands Police believe the cocaine haul is the largest ever found, and likely drifted across the Pacific from Central or South America to the Ailuk atoll, CBS News reported. The boat was an 18-foot fiberglass vessel, and the cocaine was hidden in a compartment beneath the deck.

The drugs were stored in packages weighing roughly two pounds, and were marked with the letters “KW.” U.S. Drug authorities were given two of the packages to analyze, while the rest of the cocaine was incinerated.

Although the latest cocaine discovery at the Marshall Islands was the largest, drugs have been found washed up in bundles in the last two decades.

The island faces a cocaine problem that police believe is related to the professionally wrapped cocaine that occasionally arrives on the its shores. In May 2016, nearly 40 pounds of cocaine was discovered at the nuclear weapons test site atoll. Two years earlier, an El Salvadoran fisherman washed up in the southern Marshall Islands after drifting for over a year from the Mexican coast.

Law enforcement theorized that the drugs arriving at the shores were likely part of an operation that was botched.

Nearly 85% of cocaine seized in 2018 was from the Americas, with 55% from South America, according to the Independent.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/16/marshall-islands-ghost-boat-1430-pounds-cocaine/

Latest iOS update shows all the ways Facebook tracks you. There are a lot.

Knowing Facebook tracks everything you do is one thing, but actually seeing it? Oof.

Apple officially launched iOS 14.3 Monday, and with it came an update to the App Store that promises to forever change the way you look at your downloads. Now, when you pull up an app, Apple offers a detailed list of "how developers may handle your data[.]" And when it comes to Facebook's family of apps, oh, man, do they ever handle it.

Facebook, of course, owns both Instagram and WhatsApp (as well as Oculus and scores of other name-brand services). But let's look at just the main Facebook app first. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is user data which Facebook confirmed to Apple its "privacy practices may include handling[.]"

Fair warning: It's a lot. From the (hopefully) obvious like your phone number and contacts, to the more eyebrow raising like your "precise location," "sensitive info," "audio data," and "emails or text messages," Facebook has its fingers in a lot of your pies.

Facebook, apparently, didn't take too kindly to having its pants pulled fully down by Apple. According to Bloomberg, Facebook ran a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post lambasting Apple for having the gall to highlight what Facebook does with user data.

Of course, Facebook didn't exactly frame it that way. Instead, the company couched its opposition as a bold stance in favor of "small businesses everywhere."

Facebook has a long history of being less than fully forthcoming, so we'll let you judge the ad's veracity yourself.

I’m pretty certain #Facebook is fighting #Apple to retain access to personal data. #PID #privacy. #fullpagead #wsj pic.twitter.com/029WwaGSs0

— Dave Stangis (@DaveStangis) December 16, 2020

If you want to view what specific apps do with your data, after updating to iOS 13.4 just head to the App Store and search for the app in question (say, Instagram). Then scroll down to the section that says "App Privacy" and click "See Details."

https://mashable.com/article/apple-ios-134-update-app-store-privacy-facebook/

“No Guns” Signs Posted Around Virginia Capitol Area In Richmond ~ Deception

Richmond once again abuses its power – this time to mislead citizens on their rights.

We knew that the more tyrannical localities would abuse their power to prohibit guns in certain areas, and they did. Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Charlottesville, and the City of Richmond used every bit of power they had to ban guns everywhere they could and with no exception for even CHP holders.

But Richmond wants to push the tyranny envelope even further by having “No Guns” signs posted permanently on the streets around the Capitol area.

The intent of the signs is to purposely mislead gun owners so they don’t lawfully carry in that area.

The signs have a huge gun with a red slash over it and large letters that say, “NOTICE: FIREARMS PROHIBITED BEYOND THIS POINT”

Meanwhile, in the fine print at the bottom of the sign it says, “Many events using this place or another place open to the public immediately adjacent to this place are either permitted events or would otherwise require a permit. During these events, the possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof is prohibited.”

Those of you who are Virginia Citizens Defense League members know that sign is meaningless unless there is an actual event in progress, without even reading the fine print. You also know that the police policy is to give verbal warning before taking any action. But, non-members probably won’t know that. They will see that big gun with the red slash over it and the firearms-prohibited notice and believe they can’t carry on that part of the street, ever.

Pretty slimy, but I would expect no less from Mayor Stoney. Just a strong reminder of why we need to repeal the law that permits local gun-control.

Do those signs affect Virginia Citizens Defense League Lobby Day?

Virginia Citizens Defense League is not having an event in Richmond on Lobby Day, so our presence doesn’t trigger the prohibition. We are merely driving through. No doubt some people will decide to park and walk around. That’s not an event, either. Could there be some event going on during Lobby Day? Sure, that’s possible. The only way to know is to call the Richmond Police Department’s non-emergency telephone number that morning and ask them if there is a permitted event where you will be walking: 804-646-5100.

In fact, anytime you will be visiting Richmond, you should call 804-646-5100 and verify there are no events scheduled anywhere those signs are posted.

https://patriotrising.com/no-guns-signs-posted-around-virginia-capitol-area-in-richmond-deception/

Detroit asks federal judge to impose sanctions against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell over 'Kraken' lawsuit

They're demanding fines and a ban

The city of Detroit, Michigan, asked a federal judge to impose sanctions against Sidney Powell over her lawsuit alleging massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Powell has made headlines for her "Kraken" lawsuits meant to prove allegations of voter fraud that flipped the election and concluded in a fraudulent defeat of President Donald Trump. While she was originally counted among the president's legal team, they later distanced themselves from Powell.

Among those lawsuits was one alleging voter fraud perpetrated by officials in Detroit. The city responded in a scathing filing that excoriated Powell on December 2.

"Few lawsuits breathe more lies than this one. The allegations are little more than fevered rantings of conspiracy theorists built on the work of other conspiracy theorists," said the filing.

"Plaintiffs rely on affidavits of so-called 'experts' — really confidence men who spread lie after lie under cover of academic credential — which misstate obviously false statistics. These 'experts' use academic jargon as if that could transmute their claims from conspiracy theory to legal theory," they added.

That lawsuit was ultimately rejected.

David Fink, an attorney for Detroit, petitioned U.S. District Judge Linda Parker to impose sanctions on Powell based on federal Rule 11 which forbids lawsuits to be filed "for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation."

The motion asked for fines to be levied against Powell, as well as a ban against practicing in the Eastern District of Michigan.

"Plaintiffs and their counsel understood that the mere filing of a suit (no matter how frivolous) could, without any evidence, raise doubts in the minds of millions of Americans about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election," wrote Fink.

Powell has a three week window to rescind her lawsuit and avoid the sanctions, but when Forbes inquired about that possibility, Powell said she would not withdraw the claims.

Here's more about the lawsuit against the votes in Detroit:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/detroit-kraken-lawsuit-sidney-powell

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Federal Court Orders North Carolina Pharmacy, Pharmacy Owner, and Pharmacist-in-Charge to Pay More Than $1 Million and Stop Dispensing Opioids

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-court-orders-north-carolina-pharmacy-pharmacy-owner-and-pharmacist-charge-pay-more-1

Northern Alabama Doctor and Practice Manager Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Distribute Opioids

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/northern-alabama-doctor-and-practice-manager-convicted-conspiring-unlawfully-distribute

China's Communist Party accused of influencing Australia's Chinese-language media

Australia's media has faced "persistent efforts" by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to influence and censor content, according to a new report from an Australian think tank.

Key points:

Chinese social media platform WeChat has accelerated CCP influence and censorship in Australia, the report found

It found a number of Chinese-language media organisations in Australia had direct links to Chinese state media

The report urges the Federal Government to better protect news media from foreign influence

In an analysis of 24 privately-owned Australian media organisations that produced news media in Chinese, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found four had evidence of CCP ownership or financial support — including the Australia Pacific Media Group which has been previously criticised for being a propaganda arm for the CCP through its publication Pacific Time.

Other outlets — including the ABC — were found to be influenced by Party campaigns to restrict information that does not align with Beijing, through decisions about content posted on the social media platform WeChat.

"CCP-aligned media in Australia have been involved in a range of concerning activity, including suspected political interference," it said.

"CCP influence affects all media. It targets individual outlets while also manipulating market incentives through advertising, coercion and WeChat."

Nevertheless, ASPI said the ABC and SBS were among the most reliable sources of Chinese-language news media in Australia.

"A handful of outlets, such as the ABC and SBS, generally offer high-quality coverage of a range of issues", it said, recommending that the Federal Government provide greater funding to the public broadcasters' Chinese-language news services.

Changing Chinese-language media landscape

Changing demographics among Australia's Chinese diaspora in recent decades has seen significant shifts in the Chinese language media.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-17/chinese-communist-party-accused-of-influencing-australian-media/12991704

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Intel community assessment delayed amid dispute over whether China sought to influence 2020 election==

The intelligence communities classified assessment on foreign threats to the 2020 U.S. elections was set to be released by Dec. 18. It is unclear how long the report will be delayed.

The 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment focused on foreign election influence will be delayed, Fox News has learned, amid a dispute between senior intelligence analysts over whether China sought to influence the election.

"This afternoon the DNI was notified by career intelligence officials that the Intelligence Community will not meet the December 18 deadline, set by Executive Order and Congress, to submit the IC’s classified assessment on foreign threats to the 2020 U.S. elections," Amanda Schoch, Assistant DNI for Strategic Communications said in a statement to Fox News.

"The IC has received relevant reporting since the election and a number of agencies have not finished coordinating on the product," Schoch continued. "The DNI is committed to providing this report to our customers expeditiously."

The report was expected to be released by Friday, but sources familiar told Fox News that there is a dispute within the intelligence community over what should be included in this 2020 ICA.

Sources told Fox News that a number of senior intelligence analysts are "adamant" that China sought to influence the 2020 presidential election, while a number of others are downplaying China’s activities surrounding the election.

Some analysts claim that China’s efforts were "minimal" or only plans that ultimately were not acted upon, while others are arguing there is "ample raw intelligence" about China’s intentions and actions.

Bloomberg first reported the dispute.

When asked where Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe stands, a senior intelligence official told Fox News that "all that Ratcliffe wants is for the intelligence to be reflected accurately and honestly with regard to China and everything else."

An intelligence official with experience in analytic disputes told Fox News that "proper analytic tradecraft would stipulate that when there are competing views like this, that both views should be captured in the report."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/intel-community-assessment-delayed-amid-dispute-over-whether-china-sought-to-influence-2020-election

Trump Cuts Off California Over Newsom’s Abortion Mandate

Feds to withhold $200 million amid conscience-protection dispute

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding from California over the state's abortion insurance mandate.

The administration will withhold $200 million in Medicaid funding because of a state regulation that requires health insurers to cover elective abortions. The announcement marks the culmination of a yearlong conflict between the administration and Democratic governor Gavin Newsom over the regulation, which the White House said violates federal conscience laws.

"We have informed California that this policy clearly violates federal conscience laws, but the state refuses to fix the issue and comply," Department of Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar said. "Accordingly, we plan to withhold $200 million in federal Medicaid funds from the state in the first quarter of 2021, and unless California amends its policies, we will seek to withhold an additional $200 million every quarter until it complies."

The Newsom administration criticized the move as "presidential overreach."

"It's wrong that the Trump Administration would threaten Californians' health just to score cheap political points—and during a global pandemic," Newsom said in a statement to the Washington Free Beacon. "We will continue to stand up for reproductive health and push back against this extreme presidential overreach."

In January, the Trump administration informed California that the state is in violation of federal law by requiring health insurance providers to cover abortion services. California instituted the regulation in 2014. Two religious institutions in the state filed complaints with the Health and Human Services Department's Office of Civil Rights, and the department completed an investigation and threatened the state with funding cuts.

Newsom defended the requirement at the time.

"California will continue to protect a woman's right to choose, and we won't back down from defending reproductive freedom for everybody—full stop," Newsom said.

The announcement comes as President-elect Joe Biden announced the selection of California attorney general Xavier Becerra (D.) to succeed Azar as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Republican lawmakers and pro-life groups have criticized the pick, jeopardizing Becerra's chances of being confirmed by the Senate.

The Biden transition team and Becerra's office did not respond to requests for comment.

https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/trump-cuts-off-california-over-newsoms-abortion-mandate/

Biden May Hand Ambassador Posts to Hollywood Megadonors with CCP Ties

SEC investigated Jeffrey Katzenberg's film studio for potentially bribing China

President-elect Joe Biden may fill key embassy posts with Hollywood megadonors whose ties to the Chinese Communist Party have prompted federal investigations.

Former DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and current Disney honcho Bob Iger are leading candidates to become the American ambassador to China, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The pair's business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party were the subject of a 2012 bribery investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Biden championed Hollywood's entry into Chinese markets during the Obama administration. Katzenberg accompanied the then-vice president to multiple junkets to China, while Iger helped Biden negotiate with CCP strongman Xi Jinping. The regime not only expanded Hollywood's access in Beijing but also offered DreamWorks a $330 million joint venture with a Chinese state-owned enterprise in 2012—a deal that later became the centerpiece of the SEC probe.

Katzenberg donated $617,800 to the Biden Victory Fund and hosted several events for the president-elect. Iger, who is also reportedly under consideration to become America's ambassador to the United Kingdom, shelled out $250,000 to back Biden.

The Biden transition did not respond to a request for comment.

Some lawmakers are already pushing back on Biden's turn to Hollywood to defend U.S. interests against an increasingly aggressive rival. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wisc.) said that the move would threaten "to destroy the growing bipartisan consensus on the CCP's egregious human rights abuses." He pointed to Disney's choice to film parts of its live-action Mulan remake in the same regions the CCP uses to detain its Uighur Muslim population.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-may-hand-ambassador-posts-to-hollywood-megadonors-with-ccp-ties/

Deep State Pushes to Deep-Six Intelligence Report Demonstrating Chinese Interference in 2020 Election

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is considering not signing an intelligence report to Congress if it does not accurately reflect an ongoing debate among intelligence community career analysts over Chinese attempts to influence American voters in the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the issue.

The intelligence report on foreign efforts to influence the 2020 election is due to Congress on Friday, but Ratcliffe is concerned it will not accurately reflect the debate among senior intelligence community analysts as to the extent of China’s influence operations during the election, according to the source.

There is allegedly “ample” raw intelligence about China’s intentions and actions related to the election, with more intelligence reporting coming in everyday. Some of the influence operations include social media campaigns seeking to amplify messages such as that President Donald Trump is a white supremacist.

However, senior career analysts disagree on the significance of those influence operations. Some analysts argue that they were minimal or ultimately not acted on, while others say it is extensive and far more than previously known. The disagreement includes whether there should be a China section in the report, according to the source.

Despite this serious debate, Ratcliffe is concerned that proper tradecraft — which would require that the disagreement be reflected in the report with both views represented — will not be followed simply in order to deprive President Trump of a potential political talking point.

In other words, Ratcliffe is concerned that the intelligence report would be written in a way due to politics — the very definition of politicization of intelligence, and only bury real and growing concerns about China from the intelligence community.

A senior national security official told Breitbart News on background:

Good to see Ratcliffe stepping up and addressing the China issue inside the IC. This appears to be a textbook case of intelligence being politicized by a handful of careerists in the bowels of the CIA. They don’t want to give Trump the talking points that China was engaged in election influence operations, but we all know they were.

Ratcliffe has applauded the growing focus among the intelligence community on China, which he said for the last few decades has prioritized counterterrorism. He wrote in an op-ed on December 3 in the Wall Street Journal:

Within intelligence agencies, a healthy debate and shift in thinking is already under way. For the talented intelligence analysts and operators who came up during the Cold War, the Soviet Union and Russia have always been the focus. For others who rose through the ranks at the turn of this century, counterterrorism has been top of mind. But today we must look with clear eyes at the facts in front of us, which make plain that China should be America’s primary national security focus going forward.

The intelligence report would go to Congress in a classified form, but would be released in an unclassified form to the public weeks afterwards, which will certainly fuel public discussion on Chinese election interference, as President-Elect Joe Biden seeks to move past what for many was a contested outcome.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/16/deep-state-pushes-to-deep-six-intelligence-report-demonstrating-chinese-interference-in-2020-election/

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