Pentagon Confirms Chinese Fired Lasers at U.S. Pilots

Incidents near Beijing's Djibouti military base injured American air crews flying nearby

The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that Chinese nationals fired lasers near a military base in east Africa against U.S. military aircraft in the region, injuring several pilots.

"These are very serious incidents. There have been two minor injuries. This activity poses a threat to our airmen"

The weapons, according to state-run Chinese media, are used to interfere and damage laser and night vision equipment

"These are very serious incidents. There have been two minor injuries. This activity poses a threat to our airmen," White told reporters.

"We have formally demarched the Chinese government, and we've requested that the Chinese investigate these incidents," she added.

The number of incidents is "more than two but less than ten" and the laser firings took place in recent weeks, White said.

White said the Pentagon is confident that Chinese nationals were behind the laser firings but did not elaborate on the intelligence linking Beijing to the incidents.

She declined to speculate on the Chinese motive behind the laser attacks.

"I believe there have been cases where this has happened previously," White said. "But what this started was these last few weeks we decided to become very serious about it, and we have demarched the Chinese, and we've asked for the investigation."

China's government has not commented on the incidents. A Chinese military expert told the state-run Global Times newspaper that the U.S. accusations that China used a laser weapon in Djibouti was "groundless."

China opened the military base in Djibouti last year and plans to deploy some 400 troops there.

China's government has asserted that the base is merely a logistics hub for anti-piracy operations as well as to support China's international infrastructure project called Belt and Road Initiative.

The U.S. government regards the Chinese base as part of Beijing's efforts to project military power around the world.

http:// freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-confirms-chinese-fired-lasers-u-s-pilots/

‘Pro-Consumer’ Group Attacking Mulvaney Tied to Liberal Dark Money Org

Allied Progress is a project of the progressive New Venture Fund

Allied Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based group that describes itself as a "consumer watchdog organization," has taken credit for forcing the withdrawals of past Trump nominees and is now in the midst of the "Defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" campaign against Mulvaney.

The group, which uses "hard-hitting research and creative campaigns to stand up to corporate special interests and hold their allies in Congress and the White House Accountable," posts news and research files online as part of its campaign to defend the CFPB.

Karl Frisch, the executive director of Allied Progress, has for years been involved with issue advocacy and electoral communication campaigns.

Frisch came out as a progressive shortly after working on Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. Since that time, he has worked for Democratic leaders, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and Media Matters for America, a group founded by liberal operative and Clinton loyalist David Brock.

Frisch appears to be the only person associated with Allied Progress and is regularly a go-to for reporters seeking quotes on the CFPB.

According to the fine print at the bottom of the Allied Progress's donation page, the group is not a standalone organization, but rather a project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) progressive "fiscal sponsor" organization that handles the group's legal compliance and logistics. The New Venture Fund reported $363,725,355 in contributions and $364,305,889 in end of year assets on its most recently available tax forms from 2016.

Due to its arrangement with the New Venture Fund, it is virtually impossible to determine who funds the group.

Those who steer money to the group do not have to report their contributions as going directly to Allied Progress. Instead, the contributions are marked as money given to the New Venture Fund. This arrangement also acts as a loophole that adds an extra layer of secrecy to the organization itself. Allied Progress is not required to file tax forms with the IRS because it is "sponsored" by the New Venture Fund.

Quite a few names of interest here, might be worth a deep look

http://freebeacon.com/politics/pro-consumer-group-attacking-mulvaney-tied-liberal-dark-money-org/

>>1289356

Thank you happy to do my part where ever I can:)

Ruling Brings Exxon Closer to Deposing Key Players Driving Climate Lawsuits

Judge questions if lawsuits were brought 'for an improper purpose'

A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City.

Exxon is claiming it is the target of conspiracies by individuals and government officials who want to gain access to the energy giant’s internal documents, and regulate the company’s speech, especially as it relates to climate change and fossil fuels.

The timeline for the conspiracy alleged by Exxon dates back to 2012, when attorney and environmental activist Matt Pawa was a featured speaker at a conference on "climate accountability" in La Jolla, Calif.

Exxon is painting an outline by which they say Pawa, who is also counsel on the litigation being brought by San Francisco and Oakland, spearheaded the litigation campaign for political reasons, and not because of "a bona fide belief in any tortious conduct by the defendants or actual damage to their jurisdictions."

In Judge Wallace's filing, he referenced the 2012 La Jolla conference, writing:

' During the conference, participants discussed strategies to "[w]in [a]ccess to [i]nternal [d]ocuments" of energy companies, like ExxonMobil, that could be used to obtain leverage over these companies. The conference participants concluded that using law enforcement powers and civil litigation to "maintain pressure on the industry that could eventually lead to its support for legislative and regulatory responses to global warming." One commentator observed, "Even if your ultimate goal might be to shut down a company, you still might be wise to start out by asking for compensation for injured parties."'

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' At the conference, the attendees also concluded that "a single sympathetic state attorney general might have substantial success in bringing key internal documents to light."'

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Judge Wallace wrote that his court had jurisdiction to allow the depositions because Pawa had "[instigated] state attorneys general to commence investigations of ExxonMobil in order to obtain documents stored in Texas."

The judge's ruling also referenced a small number of bond offerings issued by the cities, noting that "[w]hile the California municipalities alleged in their complaints against the energy companies that the impact of climate change were knowable, quantifiable, and certain, they told their investors the exact opposite."

"These contradictions raise the question of whether the California municipalities brought these lawsuits for an improper purpose," he wrote.

http:// freebeacon.com/issues/ruling-brings-exxon-closer-deposing-key-players-driving-climate-lawsuits/

'''O’KEEFE GETS RESULTS=Two Teachers Union Presidents Suspended After Undercover Videos Reveal Cover-Up of Child Abuse at Schools'''

Two teachers union presidents have been suspended after O’Keefe’s undercover videos exposed they protected teachers who were abusing students.

On Wednesday, Project Veritas busted a teachers union President in New Jersey who will “bend the truth,” cover up child abuse in schools, protects drug-using, shoplifting teachers.As previously reported via Project Veritas:

A Project Veritas undercover investigation, recorded on March 27th 2018, has shown Hamilton Township Education Association President, David Perry, detail the steps the teacher’s union would take to protect a teacher who physically abused and threatened middle school students from losing their job.

Dr. Perry says he would misrepresent the events of altercations between teachers and students by back-dating reports and instructed the teacher to not tell anybody about incidents with students.

The union president also stressed that a teacher who abuses his students needs to come to the union after any incident so that they can create a report that would best protect them from students that come forward about abuse.

Fearless guerrilla journalist James O’Keefe confronted the teachers union President, Dr. David Perry Wednesday morning.

On Thursday, Project Veritas released footage of Union City Education Association President, Kathleen Valencia, explaining that the union has helped a teacher who allegedly had sex with a teenage girl keep their job, and would do the same for a teacher who physically abused student.

Following the release of our investigative video report on May 2, 2018, Hamilton Township Education Association President Dr. David Perry has been suspended by the Township’s Superintendent, Scott Rocco. Rocco said in a statement:

“The true beliefs and values of this school district are not represented in this video and are not aligned with who we are as faculty, staff, administration, and community.”

NJ.com reported Thursday that a second teachers union president has been suspended after O’Keefe’s undercover video was released.

http:// www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/okeefe-gets-results-two-teachers-union-presidents-suspended-after-undercover-videos-reveal-cover-up-of-child-abuse-at-schools/