House Passes Gun Control Bill to Expand Background Checks – Here Are the 8 Republicans Who Voted with Democrats

The Democrat-led House on Thursday passed a gun control bill to expand background checks with a vote of 227-203.

8 Republican lawmakers voted with the Democrats to pass the “Background Checks Act” that prohibits private firearms transfers without having a background check:

Vern Buchanan (FL)

Brian Fitzpatrick (PA)

Maria Salazar (FL)

Andrew Garbarino (NY)

Chris Smith (NJ)

Fred Upton (MI)

Carlos Gimenez (FL)

Adam Kinzinger (IL)

Jared Golden (ME) was the one Democrat who voted against the bill according to a preliminary tally of votes.

A second gun control measure, the “Enhanced Background Checks Act” will be considered by the House on Thursday.

This bill would close the loophole that allows some gun sales to go through before the background check is fully completed.

The gun control measures are expected to face opposition in the Senate.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/just-house-passes-gun-control-bill-expand-background-checks-8-republicans-voted-democrats/

‘The dysfunction goes up to Cuomo’: Whistleblower says NY gov’s order created Covid deathtraps at disabled group homes

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing even more scrutiny as reports reveal group homes for developmentally disabled individuals were ordered by the state to accept positive Covid-19 patients, possibly leading to thousands of cases.

Of the nearly 35,000 people living in New York’s group homes for disabled individuals, 552 have died from Covid-19 since last year and over 6,000 residents and workers have been infected with the virus, according to the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

Many are now pointing to an April 10 directive from the Cuomo administration, which is similar in tone to a controversial and now-reversed order for nursing homes, which forced such facilities to accept Covid-positive patients, which critics say led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

“No individual shall be denied re-admission or admission to a Certified Residential Facility based solely on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19,” the directive states.

The OPWDD has said facilities were only supposed to accept patients if they could provide the proper care and safety protocols and if they couldn’t, those patients could remain in the hospital or be housed at a state-run “temporary recovery facility.”

Others who experienced the results of the state order firsthand, however, tell a different story.

“As far as recovery facilities, we never heard of a separate recovery facility,” care worker Jeff Monsour, who has worked with disabled patients since 1999, said, according to the Washington Examiner. Monsour described situations where facilities took in positive patients, but were completely unprepared to accommodate them, describing rooms where non-positive patients would be housed with positive patients with nothing but a “cloth privacy screen.” He said he believes the dysfunction in the system “goes all the way to the top, to Cuomo.”

Part of the problem, according to Monsour, was little to no oversight from the state and mandates that did not account for the seriousness of the problem.

Another whistleblower speaking on condition of anonymity told the Examiner that patients were not required to wear masks, but could only be encouraged to do so, and could also come and go as they pleased at the height of the pandemic.

“We are encouraged to ask them to wear masks, [but] he refuses. He is allowed to do whatever he wants to do. He may come in from being wherever for four or five days, and then we don’t know,” the whistleblower said of one resident.

This whistleblower requested the state make efforts to separate high-risk patients from positive Covid cases and others flouting safety protocols, but has heard nothing back since May of last year.

“It’s been brought to their attention,” the whistleblower said. “We have vacant respite houses. They’re just sitting there, they’re not occupied.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/517857-cuomo-covid19-disabled-homes/

Report: The EU is Spending 13 Million Euros a Year for Terror and Left-Wing NGOs in Israel

The European Union funds a large number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) which pursue a one-sided anti-Israel agenda. Thanks to the excellent work by NGO Monitor, the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs, and NGOs like Regavim, Palestinian Media Watch and Im Tirtzu, this fact is well-known in Israel. As Rapporteur for the Discharge of the EU Commission Budget 2019, I believe it is time to put an end to this, in the interest of peace and human life.

We have identified €13,124,712 EU Commission grants going to anti-Israel NGOs and organizations in 2019. Due to the lack of transparency in EU funding, the real number is probably higher. In addition, at least €257,450,000 in 2019 EU funding went to the Palestinian Authority, and $131,742,673 to UNRWA. As Palestinian Media Watch reports, the Palestinian Authority paid 517 million Shekels (approx. €130 million) for “pay-for-slay” salaries to terrorist prisoners 2019 – over half the sum of EU funding.

NGO Monitor has identified at least 3 EU grants in 2019 totaling €5.8 million involving Palestinian NGOs with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an EU-designated terrorist group.

In addition, “The EU supports highly politicized NGOs to influence Israeli public attitudes on the conflict, to lobby public officials, and to intervene in the legal system,” NGO Monitor wrote, such as the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and the Human Rights Defenders Fund HRDF (EU funding 2019: €299,988 with ACRI and Movement for Freedom of Information).

These NGOs are waging a “lawfare” campaign against the democratically elected Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, providing legal counsel to “violent protesters demonstrating in front of the official residence of the Prime Minister of Israel,” according to the Chair of the Knesset Caucus on Combating Delegitimization & Anti-Semitism Ariel Kallner.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/report-eu-spending-13-million-euros-year-terror-left-wing-ngos-israel/

Military will stay in power for ‘certain time’ then hold elections, says Myanmar junta while accusing ousted Suu Kyi of corruption

Myanmar’s military council has said it will hold elections and hand over control when an unspecified period of time has elapsed – but it also made fresh claims that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been involved in corruption.

Speaking on Thursday, Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for Myanmar’s ruling military council, said the junta would be willing to relinquish power after a “certain time” but gave no indications as to when this would be.

The brigadier also levied new accusations at imprisoned former leader Suu Kyi, claiming that she had accepted illegal payments worth $600,000, as well as gold, while in government. The spokesman added that the allegations against Suu Kyi had been verified and said questioning was ongoing.

The allegations also implicate former President Win Myint and several cabinet ministers. The spokesman said Myint had urged the electoral commission of Myanmar not to act on reports of irregularities which had been raised by the military

Suu Kyi and her government remain under house arrest. She was remanded in custody on February 1 and faced charges of breaching import and export laws, and possession of unlawful communication devices.

The country has been in a state of chaos since February 1, when the military seized power and imprisoned the nation’s leaders. The coup, which was justified by claims of fraud in the November 2020 election, has been widely condemned throughout the world and has triggered nationwide demonstrations against the military.

Security forces have adopted a heavy-handed approach in quelling the anti-coup protests which have engulfed the country, with a further seven demonstrators reported dead on Thursday.

https://www.rt.com/news/517797-myanmar-coup-protest-elections-corruption/

Men-only CURFEW should be imposed after murder of London woman, Green party baroness suggests, prompting mockery online

A Green Party politician has been labelled 'deranged' after she called for a 6pm curfew on men following the tragic murder of a London woman, with some urging the party to instead focus on the broadly popular green agenda.

On Wednesday evening, Baroness Jenny Jones threatened to bring an amendment “to the next appropriate” bill to introduce a 6pm curfew on men. Her calls barely received a murmur from the near-empty House of Lords, but caused a storm online, with renowned Brexiteer Nigel Farage labelling the Baroness “deranged”.

Despite widespread calls on Thursday for men to take proactive steps to ensure women feel safe on the UK’s streets, following a deeply saddening story of the abduction and murder of a London woman, Jones’s suggestion was widely criticised.

One user wrote“How would we police the streets after 6pm..!!? We might need #men” while another said, “what if I choose to identify as a woman which, by Jenny Jones' rules, I can do as and when I please?”

A number of Twitter users claimed Jones was eroding the credibility of the Green Party, whose green agenda has become increasingly mainstream in recent years while the Greens have remained a minor party, occupying only 1 of the country’s 650 seats in parliament.

While nobody stood up to the former Reform Party leader, a number of Twitter users urged people not to take Jones’s threat too literally. Others jokingly suggested Jones didn’t go far enough: “Why limit ourselves to after 6pm? Why don’t we just … ban men,” one wrote.

Jones’s call came after police said they believed they had found the remains of London woman Sarah Everard, who went missing somewhere between Clapham and Brixton last week. On Wednesday police also announced that they had detained a Met police officer in relation to Everard’s abduction and murder.

https://www.rt.com/uk/517852-green-party-uk-men-curfew/

7 European Nations Halt AstraZeneca Jabs On Reports Of "Serious" Blood Clots

Update (0954ET): Iceland has become the latest European nation to suspend the AstraZeneca jab.

ICELAND HAS ALSO SUSPENDED USE OF THE OXFORD/ASTRAZENECA COVID VACCINE

The tiny island nation has confirmed roughly 6K COVID cases since the start of the pandemic, which is roughly 2% of the population.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/astrazeneca-slides-denmark-suspends-vaccinations-blood-clot-fears

Utah mom Kassidi Kurill dies four days after second dose of Moderna vaccine

A 39-year-old single mom in Utah with no underlying medical conditions died four days after receiving her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report.

Kassidi Kurill, a mother of one from Ogden, received the vaccine due to her work as a surgical tech for several plastic surgeons, KUTV reported.

“She was absolutely fine with getting it. In fact, she told all of us, ‘It’s fine, you guys should all get it,’” her father, Alfred Hawley, told the outlet.

Kurill experienced a sore arm after the first jab of Moderna, but had no other side effects.

But things took a tragic turn after she received her second dose on Feb. 1.

“She came in early and said her heart was racing and she felt like she need to get to the emergency room,” Hawley said.

When they arrived at the ER, Kurill was throwing up. Hawley, a retired fighter pilot, told doctors his daughter had just received her second shot.

“They did a blood test and immediately came back and said she was very, very sick, and her liver was not functioning,” he told KUTV.

Kurill’s older sister Kristin, who lives in Arizona, said she knew her sister had gone to the hospital, but the speed at which she deteriorated was “so unexpected.”

“It was a total shock, and I was even afraid to tell my wife,” he told the news outlet.

Kurill was soon flown to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, a trauma center, as her liver was failing and a transplant was believed to be her best chance at survival.

Kristin jumped on the first flight to Utah but was not allowed into the hospital because of coronavirus protocols, so she waited with her sister’s daughter Emilia, 9, as the family hoped for a miracle.

Kurill’s parents volunteered to donate a portion of their livers but never got the chance to offer the lifesaving gift when their daughter’s liver, kidneys and heart shut down.

She died 30 hours after arriving at the hospital.

An autopsy was performed on Kurill’s body but the state Medical Examiner’s Office could not comment on the case due to privacy laws, according to KUTV.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/utah-mom-kassidi-kurill-dies-days-after-second-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/

5 Cops Charged After Executing Unarmed 15yo Boy Like a Firing Squad on Video

Oklahoma City, OK — An act of capital punishment caught on video was so excessive and over the top that five Oklahoma City police officers have been charged with first-degree manslaughter. A 15-year-old boy was complying with officers’ orders before all five cops opened fire on him, executing him in firing squad fashion.

The incident unfolded on Nov. 23, 2020, when police were called to a gas station over a report of a robbery in progress. The alleged suspect was 15-year-old Stavian Rodriguez. Until now, police ran with the narrative that Rodriguez was an armed threat. However, video proves this is not true.

When police arrived, the clerk managed to flee the store while locking Rodriguez inside. Officers had the gas station surrounded when Rodriguez climbed out of a window to comply with the officers’ orders to exit the building.

“Nobody has to get hurt, just show us your hands,” police say over the loudspeaker. Later the voice repeats, “Facedown, on the ground.”

As the video shows, when the boy walks into the parking lot, he puts his hands up, shows his waistband and is armed. Officers order the boy to drop the weapon and Rodriguez complies, going so far as to grab the pistol by the extended magazine to make sure officers knew he could not shoot at them.

After dropping the gun, officers yelled at the now-unarmed Rodriguez to comply with conflicting orders. In a probable cause affidavit from the Oklahoma County district attorney, authorities admitted the officers were “simultaneously giving him varying commands.”

Clearly confused, Rodriguez appears to reach his hand to his lower back to either pull up his pants or possibly empty his pockets. But he would never finish what he started because five officers opened fire on the boy and executed him like a firing squad.

He was unarmed and the only thing in his pockets was his cellphone.

“Stavian Rodriguez had no weapons other than the firearm, which he dropped prior to being shot,” the affidavit said. “A cellphone was recovered from the left rear pocket he had his hand in at the time he was shot.”

All five officers who fired shots — Officers Bethany Sears, Jared Barton, Corey Adams, John Skuta and Brad Pemberton — face charges of first-degree manslaughter. Another officer, Sgt. Sarah Carli, was not charged because she fired a less-lethal round.

Disgustingly enough, John George, president of the Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police, defended the officers for executing the unarmed boy, claiming the officers, who were previously joking about the boy “calling his mom,” feared for their lives and made a “split second decision.”

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/15yo-boy-executed-unarmed-oklahoma-police/

Emails Show Zuckerberg-Funded Group Overruling Election Officials, Accessing Mail-In Ballots BEFORE Election.

Emails and documents obtained by the Wisconsin Spotlight allege that individuals affiliated with Mark Zuckerberg’s Center for Tech and Civic Life took control of election procedures, including giving left-wing advisers “access to boxes of absentee ballots before the election.”

In new, bombshell revelations, investigations reveal the $1.6 million spent in the city of Green Bay led to the “infiltration of the November presidential elections by liberal groups and Democratic activists,” according to the group.

The Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) placed Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein as the city’s point man for the organization’s effort in the Wisconsin city, who has previously worked for Democratic candidates and interned for a “fiercely liberal” Democrat from the New York City Council.

He attempted to assist Green Bay election officials in “curing” absentee ballots that were returned to the city clerk due to errors in inaccuracies.

“Can we help with curing absentee ballots that are missing a signature or witness signature address?” he wrote to Green Bay city clerk, Kris Teske in an Oct. 7 email.

https://thenationalpulse.com/news/revealed-emails-show-zuckerberg-funded-group-overruling-election-officials-accessing-mail-in-ballots-before-election/

Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother reveals key detail about notorious Prince Andrew photo

Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother has confirmed the notorious photo of Prince Andrew with his sex accuser is set in the accused madam’s house — and refused to rule out the royal being called as a witness at her trial.

Ian Maxwell, 64, initially tried to brush off discussing the photo that Andrew has suggested is a fake when quizzed about it Wednesday during his first broadcast interview in more than 30 years.

“I don’t know anything about the photograph other than that I’ve seen it’s been published … I know it’s of interest to your listeners, but nonetheless I am not here to talk about that,” Maxwell told the BBC.

He was pressed further, however, and was asked, “But do you recognize the setting of that? Was it taken in Ghislaine’s house in London?”

“I do recognize that setting,” Maxwell confirmed.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/ghislaine-maxwells-brother-reveals-detail-about-prince-andrew-photo/

Biden Regime Contemplates Using NASA Facility To House Illegal Immigrants

A NASA facility in California may soon be repurposed for housing illegal immigrants.

The Biden regime is contemplating repurposing a NASA facility in San Francisco, Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, to house the illegal immigrants who are crossing the United States-Mexico border in record numbers.

NASA appears to have confirmed this to ABC News, which reported that a spokesman told them that “The Department of Health and Human Services has requested federal agencies to determine whether they have currently vacant properties that might be available and suitable for potential future use as Temporary Influx Care Facilities for unaccompanied migrant children.”

Though the repurpose of the NASA facility is meant to be temporary, it would be used to house unaccompanied minors until they are reunited with their families. Unfortunately, this often takes an extended period of time, or does not happen at all. There are currently over 8,000 unaccompanied minors in facilities – deemed “cages” by Democrats during the Trump administration – who have not been claimed by their parents or families.

“The site would work similarly to the facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, where migrant children are housed until they’re reunited with family members or sponsors in the U.S,” ABC reported. “The majority of minors in CBP custody are over the age of 13, while nearly 200 are under the age of 12, the documentation shows.”

Illegal immigration has surged under Joe Biden’s brief time in the White House, with stories marked with tragedy often following.

In February, about 80 illegal immigrants were smuggled into the country via Texas in the back of an oil tanker. One was able to call the police, and frantically begged for help, as temperatures were reaching extreme highs inside the tanker, and the migrants had no access to food and limited air. The caller believed multiple of his fellow passengers may have already died.

Also in February, the federal government demanded two illegal immigrants, who were previously reported and arrested for a DUI while illegally in the United States, be released by Virginia police. “The Biden Administration has now essentially abolished ICE without abolishing ICE,” one immigration official reportedly said at the time.

https://nationalfile.com/nasa-no-more-biden-regime-contemplates-using-nasa-facility-to-house-illegal-immigrants/

ABC News Admits Biden is Ducking Reporters, Raises ‘Accountability Questions’, CNN Confirms He’s An ‘Early to Bed Type’.

Even ABC News is now admitting Joe Biden’s refusal to hold a press conference or take any questions with reporters raises “accountability questions” and threatens to set a precedent for future presidents.

Writing in ABC News today, reporters Ben Gittleson states:

Halfway into his first 100 days, President Joe Biden has yet to hold a formal, solo news conference, raising questions about accountability with the White House under increasing pressure to explain why.

Even as the nation deals with multiple crises — a deadly pandemic and the devastating economic fallout — Biden has gone longer without facing extended questions from reporters than any of his 15 predecessors over the past 100 years.

The tough exchanges in such a setting can reveal much more to Americans about a president’s thinking and test his explanations, as opposed to what so far have been Biden’s brief answers — often one-liner quips — in the tightly-controlled and often-scripted events the White House has arranged to date.

The contrast with former President Donald Trump has been especially striking, especially given Biden’s repeated promises to Americans that he’d always be “straight” and “transparent.”

Comments under the article are dominated by liberal voters claiming Biden has been “too busy” with issues such as the pandemic to take questions from reporters.

Biden, in fact, has had a number of lids called in the morning since taking office, and articles by CNN belie the claim that the Commander-in-Chief is “too busy.”

In an article entitled Inside the new President’s routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes, CNN reported: “He has established a regular schedule, including coffee in the mornings with the first lady, meetings and phone calls from the Oval Office starting just after 9 a.m. and a return to his residence by 7 p.m… Unlike his most recent predecessors — night owls who spent the dark hours reading briefing materials (President Barack Obama) or watching television (President Donald Trump) — Biden is more of an early-to-bed type… He has expressed a preference for a fire built in the Oval Office fireplace, and sometimes adds a log himself to keep it going. His dogs, two German Shepherds called Major and Champ, sometimes join him.”

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/abc-news-admits-biden-is-ducking-reporters-raises-accountability-questions-cnn-confirms-hes-an-early-to-bed-type/

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti ‘Ecstatic’ After $1.35 Billion Windfall from ‘COVID Relief’ Bill

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti described himself as “ecstatic” over the $1.35 billion that the city will receive from the $1.9 trillion “COVID relief” bill passed by Congress on Wednesday and set to be signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Coronavirus relief bills have been enacted repeatedly for a year, mostly by President Donald Trump, and often after delays by Democrats, who were reluctant to see Trump take any political credit. The new bill, however, includes payments to cities and states, as well as pension bailouts for unions, and money devoted to long-term “progressive” Democratic Party policies.

The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday:

L.A.’s political leaders have been buffeted by bad budget news since the outbreak of COVID-19 — business shutdowns, plummeting tax revenues, a hollowed-out tourism sector and a financial gap that has steadily grown to $750 million.

On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders received an unmistakably positive sign of a turnaround, with passage of a massive federal relief package that’s expected to send $1.35 billion directly to Los Angeles.

Garcetti said this week that he was “ecstatic” about the relief bill, predicting it will help the city cover coronavirus expenses, pay off key debts and rebuild government operations that were diminished during the pandemic.

…

The legislation is expected to provide $306 million to San Diego, $192 million to Oakland and $223 million to San Jose, according to one analysis of the bill. Los Angeles County is in line to receive more than $1.9 billion.

As Breitbart News and others reported earlier this week, the “COVID relief” bill also bailed out most of San Francisco’s budget $650 million budget deficit for the next two years. It also provided $86 billion in union pension bailouts — without any conditions for reform.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/11/l-a-mayor-eric-garcetti-ecstatic-after-1-35-billion-windfall-from-covid-relief-bill-democrats/

Mexican Congress Votes to Legalize Marijuana

Mexico’s Congress voted in favor of legalizing marijuana–a move some politicians claim will help curb the raging cartel violence.

This week, Mexico’s congressmen held a series of heated debates about legalizing marijuana for medical, recreational, and industrial use. The bill decriminalizes possession of up to 28 grams and sets up regulations for production and distribution.

The proposed law passed largely along party lines with 316-129 and 23 abstentions. The opposition consisted of the National Action Party (PAN) and Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI). Supporting the bill were largely from the ruling party, MORENA.

The bill was previously approved by Mexico’s Senate, bringing legalization one step closer to fruition. After some revisions between the versions passed by the different chambers, the bill would become a law once it is published in the Official Federation Ledger.

Legalization has been one of the main issues pushed by Mexico’s Morena Party with controversial Senator Jesusa Rodriguez being one of the most outspoken supporters. Rodriguez made headlines in the past for comparing marijuana to a clitoris and for bringing a plant into the senate chambers.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/11/mexican-congress-votes-to-legalize-marijuana/

Nolte: Stacey Abrams Pressuring Corporate America to Oppose Voter Integrity Laws

Stacey Abrams, a far-left activist desperate to enshrine cheat-by-mail into law, is pressuring Big Business to speak out against a number of voter integrity laws making their way through the Georgia legislature.

“There were businesses that were silent in the election for whatever reason. But there should be no silence from the business community when anyone in power is trying to strip away the right to vote from the people,” Not-Governor Abrams said on a call Tuesday with two extreme-left organizations that back cheat-by-mail. “There should be a hue and cry.”

Georgia in one of the states where His Fraudulency Joe Biden squeaked out a win in 2020, but only after voting laws were drastically changed to invite widespread fraud, and not by the state legislature as required by the Constitution, but by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, who is widely seen as someone who caved to pressure from Stacey Abrams.

Among other outrages, Raffensperger’s consent decree removed the necessary requirement to match the signature on the absentee ballot to the signature on the voter registration card. Without this signature verification, anyone can mail in a vote claiming to be someone else, including someone who’s dead or moved out of state.

Raffensperger also approved the use of 300 absentee ballot drop boxes prior to the 2020 election, and again did so unilaterally and unconstitutionally without the legislature’s consent. Questions remain about the security of those drop boxes, including during the collection of ballots.

Worse still, the far-left tech giant Facebook, a private corporation, was given the authority to place drop boxes in Democrat-heavy areas.

All of this, of course, is outrageous. We don’t know if the margin of fraud in Georgia cost Trump the state, but based on the number of rejected absentee ballots as compared to other elections, we do know there was fraud.

What Georgia’s state legislature is now looking to do is plug these holes, holes obviously created to facilitate vote fraud. The new laws would also involve a number of common sense changes that are broadly popular with the public: a photo ID required to vote, tighten the rules involving mail-in voting eligibility, reduce early voting days, remove corporate giants like Facebook from the process, etc.

Because these changes are widely popular among Democrats and Republicans, white voters and black, Abrams is using emotional blackmail against corporate America in the hopes they can pressure the legislature and Republican governor back off.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/11/nolte-stacey-abrams-pressuring-corporate-america-to-oppose-voter-integrity-laws/

French Policewoman Accused of Passing Sensitive Info to Man on Terror Watchlist

A Paris policewoman was accused of passing on personal information about other police officers to a man on the French S-file terror watchlist.

The incident that sparked the accusations occurred in February of last year when the man, who had been linked to the radical Islamist movement, had been summoned for a hearing regarding a charge of violence towards a minor.

During the interrogation, he told the officer that he knew how many children she had, her name, and that both she and her husband were practising Catholics. The officer’s husband is also a police officer working in the 14th district of Paris, broadcaster BFMTV reports.

When questioned further, the man later admitted he had been given the information about the officer and her husband from his female neighbour, who also is a police officer.

“During this hearing, this gentleman told me that he had obtained personal information about my husband, my children, and myself, including that he knew my husband’s first name and that we were practising Catholic police officers,” the officer wrote in a report.

Just days ago, a group of 20 officials expressed concern to their superiors, saying the husband of the officer was worried for his and his family’s safety along with that of the officers he worked with.

Local law enforcement officials are also uneasy that personal information may have been passed on to radical jihadist networks.

The Paris police prefecture said that following an investigation, they determined the officer who allegedly shared the information was not at fault. However, she was issued with an official warning and transferred.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/03/11/french-female-cop-accused-passing-sensitive-info-man-terror-watchlist/

DHS Claims of Vaccinating Border Patrol Agents Is ‘Smoke and Mirrors,’ Says BP Union

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd called Department of Homeland Security claims of a program to vaccinate Border Patrol agents “smoke and mirror.” The issue of front-line agents came to the forefront on Tuesday when Texas Governor Greg Abbott demanded they receive COVID-19 vaccinations “this week.”

Responding to an inquiry from Breitbart Texas, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said a COVID vaccination program is underway for the 64,000 front-line employees. Brandon Judd, in his capacity as president of the National Border Patrol Council, called the plans “smoke and mirrors.”

“There is no higher priority than the health and safety of our workforce,” a DHS spokesperson said in an emailed response to the Breitbart inquiry. “On January 25, DHS established Operation Vaccinate Our Workforce (Operation VOW) to accelerate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to our personnel. Currently over 64,000 frontline DHS employees, including members of the U.S. Border Patrol, have received a vaccination.”

Judd responded to DHS, saying, “Operation Vaccinate Our Workforce is smoke and mirrors. It is done through the VA and only at a select few VA Hospitals. Periodic emails are sent to BP Agents and you get placed on a long waiting list.”

DHS officials claim more than 24 percent of their front-line employees have been vaccinated. However, Border Patrol agents fall into the program’s Phase 1B category — behind “first responders with a direct nexus to healthcare.”

Judd called the program from DHS a “bureaucratic nightmare.” He said the agency’s plans to distribute the vaccine through VA facilities limit agents’ ability to obtain the protection they deserve. He said vaccines are reportedly available at VA hospitals in Harlingen and El Paso, Texas, along the border. Otherwise, agents must travel inland to facilities in San Antonio and Phoenix. “I am not aware of any in New Mexico and California,” he said.

“The process is inefficient at best and very few employees are able to get vaccinated,” the Border Patrol union chief concluded.

The issue of vaccinations for Border Patrol agents came to a head earlier this week when Governor Abbott called DHS’s failure to vaccinate Border Patrol agents “one of the most reprehensible things I have heard.” His comment came following a meeting with Border Patrol agents where they told him they could not get the vaccine.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/11/exclusive-dhs-claims-of-vaccinating-border-patrol-agents-is-smoke-and-mirrors-says-bp-union/

Gold is the money of the kings. Silver is the money of the bourgeoisie. Fiat is the money of the slaves.

Gold has been used as money (or a store of value) for thousands of years. It’s always been valuable to humans, for some reason, and it’s withstood everything history has thrown at it.

Silver too.

Fiat money is what we use today. It’s essentially money created out of thin air, on a spreadsheet, by banks and the government via monetary policy, and it has absolutely nothing backing it. This is why currencies come and go, such as the Zim Dollar which lasted a few decades.

Bitcoin is an interesting spanner in the wheel, mind you, and it’s one about which precious metals consultant Claudio Grass has mixed views. For good reason; cryptocurrency is very new and is invisible. It’s nothing more than computer code dependent on electricity and an internet connection.

But, like Bitcoin, gold and silver have something special about them.

They exist outside of the central banking system. They represent a type of independence; a kind of sovereignty.

I find that appealing.

Claudio joined me for a conversation about all of this.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/gold-is-the-money-of-the-kings-silver-is-the-money-of-the-bourgeoisie-fiat-is-the-money-of-the-slaves/

'Roll up your sleeves and do your part!' Former presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama – but not Trump - join forces in two videos to encourage vaccinations

All the living former presidents except for Donald Trump took part in two public service announcements encouraging Americans to get the COVID vaccine.

In one video, the former first ladies - except for Melania Trump - are also pictured getting their shot.

The one-minute spot shows Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush and Laura Bush, and Barack and Michelle Obama with their sleeves rolled up and and a syringe in their arm, receiving the vaccine.

'In order to get rid of this pandemic, it's important for our fellow citizens to get vaccinated,' Bush said.

'So roll up your sleeve and do your part,' he adds.

Bush, Clinton and Obama are the only ones who speak in the spot and they all urge Americans to get vaccinated so life can return to normal.

'We've lost enough people and we've suffered enough damage,' Clinton says.

The three also talk about what they want to do once they are vaccinated.

Clinton, 74, says he wants to 'go back to work' and 'to be able to move around.' Obama, 59, said he wants to see 'Michelle's mom' and 'to hug her, and see her on her birthday.' And Bush, 74, said he's looking forward to going to Opening Day in a fully packed Texas Rangers stadium.

Carter, 96, says he got vaccinated to help end the pandemic 'as soon as possible.'

Clinton, Bush and Obama had said they would get their vaccine publicly in an effort to encourage others to get their shot.

The announcements will air on national and local television stations across the country and on digital and social media platforms.

The second video, which runs about 30 seconds long, features only former Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama. It was filmed at Arlington National Cemetery on Inauguration Day, when the three were in Washington D.C. to see Joe Biden take the oath of office. Trump skipped Biden's inauguration.

'The science is clear,' Bush said. 'These vaccines will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease.'

And Obama calls getting vaccinated 'the first step to ending the pandemic and moving our country forward.'

http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/03/roll-up-your-sleeves-and-do-your-part.html

Navy Reservist, 52, is arrested as he returns from deployment and charged with 'sexually assaulting three children between 1993 and 2003' after victim wrote to St Louis prosecutors asking them to start a probe

A U.S. Navy Reservist has been charged with 12 felony counts of sex crimes including statutory rape and sodomy for allegedly assaulting three children between the ages of 9 and 16 from 1993 to 2003.

Ephraim Phillip Granderson, 52, was arrested by U.S. Marshall's Service on Wednesday at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia while returning from a deployment in South Korea, prosecutors in St. Louis, Missouri said.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said the investigation into Granderson started when one of his alleged victims wrote to prosecutors and asked them to start the probe last year, KTVI reported.

He was charged with two counts of first-degree statutory rape, four counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, four counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of rape and one count of sodomy.

Prosecutors are aware of three victims whom Granderson allegedly had sex with on multiple occasions. It was not immediately known how the suspect knew the alleged victims.

'It started with a letter that this individual wrote to our office, and our chief investigator brought that letter to me and we decided that we wanted to look further into it,' Bell said, according to KSDK.

'We thought that it warranted a second look.'

The prosecutors office had previously heard the allegations before Bell was prosecutor but he said during a press conference that there was no indication 'the wrong call' had been made in not moving forward at the time, the outlet reported.

'Oftentimes, especially younger victims at the time don't feel comfortable for a lot of reasons coming forward — safety reasons, you name it,' Bell said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

'When that courageous individual reached out to us we looked into it and, again, I have to give credit to our investigative staff.'

http://www.madnesshub.com/2021/03/navy-reservist-52-is-arrested-as-he.html

World Economic Forum: The scientists say ‘Urban Sun’ destroys up to 99.9% of virus particles.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/world-economic-forum-the-scientists-say-urban-sun-destroys-up-to-99-9-of-virus-particles/

Bill Gates is trying to dim the sun

Bill Gates is reportedly worth $118 billion. At least one estimate judges his worth to be $129 billion.

Either way, the man has leisure, cash, and a penchant for making everything his plaything. This might explain why he is funding an Icarian experiment to block out the sunshine.

With the help of Gates’s greenbacks, Harvard scientists are attempting to determine whether they can dim sunlight to cool down planet Earth. The administrators of SCoPEx, or Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment, plan to test their sun-reflecting, particle-spraying balloon in Sweden in 2021, sans particle expulsion. The aim: “SCoPEx is a scientific experiment to advance understanding of stratospheric aerosols that could be relevant to solar geoengineering.” Run for your lives.

“It is not a test of solar geoengineering per se,” reads a summary. “Instead, it will observe how particles interact with one another, with the background stratospheric air, and with solar and infrared radiation.” The underlying assumption, so it seems, is that the sun is doing something wrong.

Fervent climate meliorists think up some wild ideas, but this one is next-level. Remember when the sun was appreciated, even worshiped, as the sustainer of life that it is? Or, at least, do you remember reading about it? “The law, say the gardeners, is the sun,” W.H. Auden wrote. Now, the sun is viewed as an existential threat.

People object to this experiment for different reasons. One Swedish greenie told Reuters that it could create the impression that continuing use of fossil fuels is possible. Presumably, that would only happen if the chalk dust works. (The scientists plan on using calcium carbonate.) Another says that it violates a U.N. global moratorium on geoengineering. Still others suggest it will shift global rain patterns.

This is from Science’s Paul Voosen: “Unlike sulfates, which can lead to ozone loss, calcium carbonate is not particularly reactive. But because it does not exist naturally in the stratosphere, models for its behavior are uncertain.”

Voosen refers to David Keith, one of the SCoPEx scientists, who also told Reuters, “‘There is a long history of people doing research on things that were socially unpopular at the time that we now see as important,’ he said, such as birth control.” That’s a peculiar example and a peculiar justification for his sci-fi methods.

But don’t mind Keith. Don't mind SCoPEx or Gates. They just want to do what climatism insists we must never, ever do in manipulating the environment.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bill-gates-is-trying-to-dim-the-sun

Maryland cancels ALL COVID restrictions – COVID IS OVER!

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/maryland-cancels-all-covid-restrictions-covid-is-over/

Distracted Guard, Gate Malfunction Allowed Intruder to Board Aircraft at Joint Base Andrews

The U.S. Air Force says a series of missteps at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, led to a Feb. 4 breach at the installation in which an unauthorized civilian was able to board a C-40 Clipper transport aircraft on the flight line.

The service on Thursday released a 23-page Inspector General review into the incident. It concluded that a "distracted" Security Forces airman overlooked the proper procedures to vet the man as he came on base. That was compounded when a gate malfunction allowed the man to walk onto the flight line, where other personnel also failed to stop him.

The unauthorized individual "just wanted to see airplanes," Lt. Gen. Sami Said, the Air Force's inspector general, said of the man's intentions, adding that officials do not believe he planned to harm Air Force personnel.

"Command actions have been taken against the airman [who was] at the gate," Said told reporters during a phone call prior to the report's release. He would not comment further on the action.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/11/distracted-guard-gate-malfunction-allowed-intruder-board-aircraft-joint-base-andrews.html

US and Israel to Hold Meeting on Iran

Talks will be held through a forum headed by each country's national security advisor

The US and Israel will meet on Thursday through a working group headed by each country’s national security advisor. The talks are expected to be focused on Iran.

“On March 11, the United States and Israel will hold the first virtual US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group meeting, led by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat,” the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

The White House said that the discussions will cover “regional issues” and did not mention Iran by name, but a source told The Times of Israel that the talks will be focused on collaborating on Iran policy. A similar working group was established during the Obama administration, although the meetings were not made public, and the group was disbanded over Israel’s opposition to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to avoid a confrontational relationship with President Biden. To do this, Netanyahu’s and Israel’s opposition to the new administration rejoining the JCPOA is expected to be conveyed through this working group.

Robert Malley, Biden’s Iran envoy, said on Wednesday that the US does not want a repeat of the contentious relationship with Israel when the JCPOA was first negotiated and signed. “We don’t always agree, but the talks are extremely open and positive. While we may have different interpretations and views as to what happened in 2015–2016, neither of us wishes to repeat it,” he said.

So far, the Biden administration has yet to make a sincere effort to revive the JCPOA. Biden officials are saying they want to restore the deal, but Iran remains under crippling economic sanctions. Besides the pressure from Israel, President Biden is also under intense domestic pressure not to return to the original agreement.

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/03/10/us-and-israel-to-hold-meeting-on-iran/

Russia would like US’s internal controversies to end, says Putin

He noted that the number of uncertainty factors does not decrease, providing the recent US riots as an example

NOVO OGARYOVO, March 11. /TASS/. Russia is interested in stable relations with the US and therefore would like the internal controversies in this country to end, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, during a meeting no investment promotion.

He noted that the number of uncertainty factors does not decrease, providing the recent US riots as an example.

"Some people who took a trip to the US Congress, 150 people were arrested and face between 15 and 25 years in prison. Will all these internal controversies stop there? We do not know, but we would like them to stop because we are interested in stable relations with all our main partners," Putin claimed.

He noted that "internal quarrels prevent the establishment of such stability in international relations due to internal political reasons."

The President underscored that, in this regard, it is impossible to say with certainty "how the world’s lead economy’s relations with its main partners and competitors in Asia and Europe will unfold.".

https://tass.com/politics/1264971

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Putin’s Vision for an Anti-Fascist/Open System Future and You

“We understand how important it is to strengthen friendship and trust between nations, and are open to dialogue and cooperation on the most pressing issues on the international agenda. Among them is the creation of a common reliable security system, something the complex and rapidly changing modern world needs. Only together can we protect the world from new dangerous threats.”

This call echoed the President’s powerful June 19 article published in the National Interest where he outlined in stark terms the powerful financier and aristocratic forces behind the rise of Hitler in the wake of WWI, and the vital need to honor those millions who died to ensure freedom and survival for future generations. In his article, Putin laid out the call for an emergency meeting among the five veto-carrying members of the U.N. Security Council which he first publicized during his January 15, 2020 State of the Union.

Although respect for Russia’ leader runs high, I have noticed that most people have still found it exceptionally difficult to see how Putin’s solution-oriented spirit is anything but naïve fancy.

After all, aren’t relations between Russia and America as low as they have ever been? Aren’t things even worse between the USA and China? How could anything good possibly come from a USA which has acted like a decadent imperial machine for decades?

Although very understandable, this inability to understand Putin’s intention is something I would like to help correct within this brief article.

To restate my position: Putin is no idiot.

Putin is a figure who is very much animated by a strong sense of moral duty which has given him the insight into both history and the future which is rare among citizens of our current epoch, and even rarer among the political class.

Putin also recognizes that the western neo-liberal system is sitting on the precipice of the worst financial meltdown in recorded history and he also knows that a new system will, by necessity be brought online. It is understood that the terms of this new system have to be fleshed out as soon as possible if a new hardcore fascist “solution” will be avoided along with the obvious world war that would soon follow.

As I have laid out in last week’s presentation to students at the Moscow Nuclear Research University, the foundations for that new operating system will either be rooted in open system or closed system thinking.

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https://theduran.com/putins-vision-for-an-anti-fascist-open-system-future-and-you-2/

Becerra’s Wife Sits on Board of Nonprofit That Pushed His Nomination

The wife of Joe Biden's controversial top health care nominee sits on the board of a medical advocacy group that promoted her husband's nomination without disclosing her position.

Carolina Reyes, the wife of California attorney general and nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, joined the board of directors of the California Health Care Foundation in 2017 shortly after Becerra's transition from the House of Representatives to the California attorney general's office. The foundation is a nonprofit with the stated mission of improving the health care system for Californians "with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the status quo."

The foundation stands to benefit from a Department of Health and Human Services charged with expanding the Affordable Care Act's health care policy. Individuals associated with the nonprofit increased their political donations significantly in 2020, contributing nearly $52,000 to elect Democratic candidates. The foundation has pushed several articles touting the benefits of the act and described the consequences of potentially overturning the law as "severe." A news service run by the nonprofit also published an article in December promoting Becerra's nomination without disclosing Reyes's position on the board of directors.

"President-elect Joe Biden has tapped California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services," the article said. "Becerra, who would be the nation’s first Latino HHS secretary, has taken some ground-breaking positions on health care, especially since he became attorney general in 2017."

"He has sued the Trump administration dozens of times on health care, birth control, immigration, climate change and more, with California leading the defense of the Affordable Care Act before the U.S. Supreme Court," it continued. "Becerra has also won a major legal settlement from Sutter Health after accusing the nonprofit health care giant of using its market dominance in Northern California to illegally drive up prices."

The foundation did not respond to a request for comment.*

The organization announced that Reyes joined the board in May 2017. The press release mentioned Reyes's marriage to Becerra, who at the time had just become California's attorney general. She collected $30,000 from the organization in the 2018 fiscal year, according to the group's most recent IRS filings.

Becerra did not respond to a request for comment on whether Carolina would step down from the board if he is confirmed. The Biden White House also did not respond to a request for comment.

The vote on Becerra's nomination is expected to occur in the next week after two contentious Senate hearings. A Senate committee deadlocked on whether his nomination should be sent to the floor for a full vote, indicating that the vote on his confirmation will be extremely narrow.

Update: 12:14 03/11/2021 This article has been updated with a response from California Health Care Foundation

A spokesman for the foundation says it has gives no editorial input on what is published by California Healthline. More recent coverage of Becerra's nomination includes a disclaimer on his wife's work for the foundation. "We are completely independent and do not rely on any outside sources for revenue," the spokesman said.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/becerras-wife-sat-on-board-of-non-profit-that-pushed-his-nomination/

Dominion Contacted Gateway Pundit and Demanded We Take Down This Post – We Reviewed Our Post and Disagreed – What Do You Think?

Attorneys representing Dominion Voting Systems contacted The Gateway Pundit on Monday and demanded that we retract an article we posted shortly after the election on November 10, 2020.

We reviewed the post and disagree with Dominion.

We ask you – What do you think we should do?

Shortly after the 2020 election, we posted a series of articles where ‘glitches’ were observed on TV from the live ballot feed on election night. We soon realized the one thing common about these ‘glitches’ was that they were always to the detriment of President Trump. Then on November 10, 2020, after reporting for the prior week on numerous instances of ‘glitches’ across the country in election results, we posted an article where the overall results across the country were reviewed for these suspect ‘glitches.’

Dominion came to us on Monday, March 9, 2021, and demanded we take the post down. We at first obliged but then after some consideration decided to eliminate any mention of Dominion Voting Systems in the article and repost it.

We’ve reported on numerous events in the 2020 election which are being referred to as system ‘glitches’ in the media.

Last night we provided another ‘glitch’, this time in Wisconsin, which if reversed would eliminate Biden’s reported vote lead in the state.

Tonight we have obtained an unaudited analysis of data available for all the states looking for system glitches and other oddities in vote counts related to the Presidential race only.

Last night we reported on another so called system ‘glitch’, this time in a county in Wisconsin. Evidence was provided to us that showed that the vote totals for Rock County appeared to be switched between President Trump and Joe Biden. 9,516 votes were eliminated from President Trump and moved to Joe Biden. This 19,032 vote difference when corrected would eliminate Biden’s lead in Wisconsin.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/dominion-contacted-gateway-pundit-demanded-take-post-reviewed-post-disagreed-think/

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Russian government websites go dark after U.S. vowed retaliation for SolarWinds hack==

The outages knocked out websites for the Kremlin and other major agencies.

Two days after the White House telegraphed a retaliatory stealth attack on Russian cyber systems, Russian government websites for the Kremlin and other agencies were knocked offline.

"It was reported earlier on Wednesday that the websites of certain governmental agencies were not accessible," the state news agency Tass announced. "Users also reported a failure in operation of Rostelecom, the largest Russian communications provider."

In addition to the Kremlin site, the disabled web pages included those for the State Duma, the Security Council, the Russian Investigative Committee, the Ministry of the Interior, and other agencies, Tass reported.

The outages followed a Monday warning from the White House that the U.S. would launch a counterstrike to retaliate for the SolarWinds computer data breach. The warning was not lost on pundits inside Russia.

"On Wednesday, a number of commenters and journalists speculated that U.S. hackers had begun a campaign against the country, after a series of official websites were taken offline," the Russian news agency RT reported, noting that the Kremlin was "alarmed" at the possibility.

The SolarWinds attack last year came in the form of a virus that spread for some nine months, and is believed to have infected files at the U.S. Departments of Justice, State, Treasury, Energy, and Commerce.

As U.S. cybersecurity officials reeled from an additional hack against the Microsoft Exchange Server, the White House on Monday confirmed reports that the U.S. plans to retaliate for the breach on American systems.

"We will be responding to the SolarWinds hack with a mix of actions seen and unseen," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement to CNBC published March 8. "We will not publicly discuss certain aspects of our response."

Her statement came in the aftermath of a New York Times report that the U.S. soon would launch "a series of clandestine actions across Russian networks that are intended to be evident to President Vladimir V. Putin and his intelligence services and military but not to the wider world."

The White House did not issue a statement about the March 10 outages in Russia, nor did it respond to a request for comment from Just the News.

Observers from inside the U.S. cyber community reacted to the outages with dry commentary. "That must have been annoying for Moscow," one security official told Just the News. "I wonder how it happened."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/cybersecurity/russian-government-websites-go-dark-after-us-threatened-retaliation

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Michigan mystery: Former COVID policy chief took Whitmer payout, advised Biden transition==

Official was paid $155,000 by Whitmer administration as part of a non-disclosure agreement.

Former Michigan health director Robert Gordon oversaw the implementation of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's controversial COVID-19 nursing home policy, one which, like that of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, was beset by allegations that the state had undercounted the number of COVID nursing home deaths.

Gordon raised eyebrows when he abruptly left the Whitmer administration in January for reasons that have yet to be disclosed — and controversy erupted earlier this month when it was revealed that Gordon received a $155,000 payout upon his departure, with Whitmer herself confirming that Gordon has been bound to silence regarding the terms of his severance deal.

"The nature of the separation agreement is that when someone leaves, there are terms to it and you cannot share every term to it," Whitmer sad earlier this month. "That's simply what it is."

Gordon, it turns out, also advised the Biden presidential transition team on healthcare policy. With Whitmer now under fire for her policy directing state nursing homes to accept COVID-positive residents who had been discharged from hospitals, observers are trying to piece together a puzzle involving a fatally mistaken policy, official deception, and a lavish payout contingent on silence — a mystery with political and legal repercussions potentially stretching from Lansing to Washington, D.C.

Critics have alleged that policies sending COVID-positive patients back into the midst of vulnerable elderly populations squeezed together within the close confines of nursing homes created conditions that could hardly be better suited for coronavirus to spread and kill.

Michigan's policy was administered by Gordon, a career politician who has held positions at the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget. During a May 2020 Michigan Senate Oversight Committee hearing, Gordon himself admitted that he was not confident that the state's reported total of COVID nursing home deaths at the time was accurate.

"That number [of] COVID-related deaths that have been reported, I do not stand behind that number as an accurate and full accounting of COVID-related nursing home deaths and I wouldn’t want us to present it that way," he said at the time, adding: "I think that number is probably, in fact, I'm confident that number is an undercount."

It is not clear whether the state's current nursing home death count — a little over 5,000, according to the COVID Tracking Project — is up-to-date and accurate. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff recently announced that he is suing the Whitmer administration to compel it to release that data.

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/mi-official-who-oversaw-states-covid-nursing-home-policy-also-served-biden

Netanyahu trip to UAE canceled amid Jordan imbroglio

The trip was canceled for the fourth time due to a diplomatic dispute with Jordan and the hospitalization of Netanyahu's wife Sara for appendicitis.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to the United Arab Emirates was canceled on Thursday, amid a diplomatic crisis with Jordan, and because Netanyahu's wife, Sara, is hospitalized with appendicitis.

Jordan blocked Netanyahu’s planned flight to the United Arab Emirates from entering its airspace on Thursday morning, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

“These difficulties apparently come from the cancellation of the Jordanian crown prince’s visit to the Temple Mount, following a dispute over security arrangements at the site,” the PMO said.

By midday Thursday, Jordan was willing to allow the flight to enter its airspace, but Netanyahu and UAE leader Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had already agreed to postpone the prime minister’s visit, for the fourth time since Israel and the UAE established diplomatic relations in August.

Netanyahu said in response to a question on Thursday evening that “My visit to the Emirates was not made possible due to a misunderstanding, difficulties in coordinating our flights due to an incident that happened yesterday on the Temple Mount."

"It took us a good few hours to straighten things out with Jordan, we can fly. I can fly over the skies of Jordan and until this coordination was achieved, the visit was not possible," he added.

Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah had planned to visit the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount on Wednesday, following coordination with Israel on his security.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/netanyahu-flight-to-uae-canceled-jordan-blocks-flight-from-its-airspace-661663

De Blasio and nearly 60 New York Democrats demand Gov. Cuomo resign

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas (D-NY) and over 55 additional New York legislatures are calling for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation because of ongoing sexual harassment allegations and a cover-up of Covid death data by his administration.

“I join almost 60 state legislators, including Senators and Assemblymembers who believe it’s time to restore the public’s trust in our leadership. This is what’s best of our state. Governor Cuomo, resign now,” González-Rojas wrote in a statement released on Thursday.

The demand for Cuomo’s resignation comes one day after the Albany Times Union reported that a staff member of Cuomo’s had accused him of aggressively groping her in the Governor’s mansion last year. Six women have now come forward accusing Cuomo of inappropriate behavior.

Additionally, Cuomo is under fire for the reported cover-up of the total nursing home death toll.

“As legislators and as New Yorkers we all must decide what is best for the future of New York State,” the statement reads. “The budget, the fight against COVID-19, and restarting the economy all demand clear and trustworthy leadership. In light of the Governor’s admission of inappropriate behavior and the findings of altered data on nursing home COVID-19 deaths he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature, rendering him ineffective in this time of most urgent need.”

“We have a Lieutenant Governor who can step in and lead for the remainder of the term, and this is what is best for New Yorkers in this critical time,” the statement added.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-NY) said in a statement Thursday that he will be meeting with members in conference today to discuss “potential paths forward.”

A resolution to impeach Cuomo was introduced earlier this week by Republican members of the Assembly. Minority Leader Will Barclay said that “we believe the time has come” to impeach the New York Gov.

Under the New York Constitution, an impeachment of Cuomo would require a simple majority vote of the 150-member state Assembly, which is currently composed of 106 Democrats, 43 Republicans and one independent.

https://saraacarter.com/de-blasio-and-nearly-60-new-york-democrats-demand-gov-cuomo-resign/

https://saraacarter.com/de-blasio-and-nearly-60-new-york-democrats-demand-gov-cuomo-resign/

Explosion Rocks Iranian Merchant Vessel Off Syria’s Coast

On March 11, a mysterious explosion rocked an Iranian merchant vessel a few kilometers away from Syria’s coast in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The vessel, named SHAHR E KORD, was sailing off Syria’s coast when an explosion erupted at the deck. No casualties were reported as a result of the explosion, which forced the vessel to anchor at Banias Port.

Unverified photos of the accident show that at least one of the containers at SHAHR E KORD’s deck was destroyed by the explosion.

Iran and Syria has not commented on the unusual incident, yet. Nevertheless, many observers speculated that SHAHR E KORD was attacked by Israel.

Recently, top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blamed Iran for the February 26 explosions at the Israeli-owned vessel MV HELIOS RAY in the Sea of Oman. The explosions caused no real losses.

Tehran pushed back against the Israeli accusations by releasing aerial footage of MV HELIOS RAY suggesting that the explosions occurred inside the vessel.

An Iranian official told the Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV that the explosions at MV HELIOS RAY were likely a “false-flag attack” meant to push the US towards a stricter stand against Tehran as well as to boost the chances of Netanyahu in the upcoming elections.

Today’s explosion at SHAHR E KORD may an Israeli response to the recent incident at MV HELIOS RAY. So far, there is no evidence backing this theory.

https://southfront.org/explosion-rocks-iranian-merchant-vessel-off-syrias-coast-photos/

Azerbaijan To Hold Large-Scale Operational Tactical Military Exercise

The Azerbaijan Armed Forces are to carry out a large-scale operational and tactical exercise between March 15th and 18th.

A statement was released by the Ministry of Defense providing an overview of the scale:

“The exercises that will be held under the leadership of the Minister of Defense will involve up to 10,000 military personnel, up to 100 tanks and other armored vehicles, up to 200 missiles and artillery systems of various caliber, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars, up to 30 military aviation assets, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes.”

It is not specifically clear where the exercise will be held, it is only known that it will be in difficult and mountainous terrain so that the skills gained during the “Patriotic War” can be honed even further.

The Patriotic War in question is the Nagorno-Karabakh War that began on September 27th and ended with Armenia’s de facto capitulation on November 10th.

“In the exercises to be held in a mountain-wooded area with difficult terrain, the main attention considering the combat experience gained during the Patriotic War will be focused on controlling troops, bringing them into the state of combat readiness and regrouping, as well as on improving combat coordination and interoperability between the Army Corps, Rocket and Artillery Troops, aviation and Special Forces.

During the exercise, which will last until March 18, the troops will fulfill tasks to fight against terrorist detachments (groups), in particular, illegal armed formations, and to conduct counter-terrorism operations.”

Separately, in Nagorno-Karabakh the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry continues releasing videos of the areas they captured, largely showcasing abandoned buildings, debris from various structures and the beauty of the hills.

Just a week ago, on March 5th, the Azerbaijani Combined Arms Army conducted live-fire training classes with crews of the armored fighting vehicles.

The skills of the crews of armored vehicles in controlling infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and armored personnel carriers (APC) were reportedly improved at the training classes.

During checking the knowledge and skills in controlling armored vehicles the crews hit the targets with high accuracy skillfully using a standard weapon of combat vehicles.

The classes then moved to the training centers and at firing ranges and the chance was used to evaluate the state of fulfillment of the tasks by the crews of IFVs and APCs.

https://southfront.org/azerbaijan-to-hold-large-scale-operational-tactical-military-exercise/

Biden Adviser Says the Border Rush Is Caused by Smugglers Spreading Disinformation

President Biden’s Southern Border Coordinator Roberta Jackson responded to questions about the situation at the border during the daily White House press briefing. When asked if the crisis is linked to President Biden reversing all of the Trump administration’s border security policies, she responded:

We’ve seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand.

There was a hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand, so I don’t know if I would call that a coincidence.

But the idea that a more humane policy would be in place may have driven people to make that decision, but perhaps, more importantly, it definitely drove smugglers to express disinformation, spread disinformation about what was now possible.

As the popular social media meme proclaims, “Sure, Jan.” Halting border wall construction and ending meaningful border enforcement, including the vast majority of deportations, were all accomplished in the first week of Biden’s presidency. By February 12, he reversed the Remain in Mexico policy and allowed all the migrants currently waiting for their hearings on the Mexico side to enter the United States. The administration has also returned to the disastrous policy of catch-and-release and is developing procedures to allow illegal migrants to move freely into the country’s interior within 72 hours.

In addition, President Biden has openly declared he wants legislation to provide a path to citizenship and amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants. He pretends this is the correct number, but it is the one that’s been cited for at least a decade. If amnesty is granted, the number will be significantly higher than that.

It is unclear what disinformation smugglers would be providing if they told would-be migrants that they could be allowed to surrender to U.S. authorities and request amnesty after crossing the border. After that, they will not be deported for at least the next 100 days and released into the United States after three days. If they say the president wants to give them legal status as well, it is difficult to see what disinformation they are spreading. It sounds more like they are accurately describing a wild policy swing that provides their potential clients a window of opportunity.

Jacobson added that they were trying to balance better messaging and policy. There are increases in border crossings and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) is saying the administration has not been honest about the current situation. Laughably, Jacobsen said, “The border is not open.” If it isn’t fully open, the door is undoubtedly unlatched and open a crack. She added that migrants would be sent back. There is no evidence that is happening.

Interestingly, she also said that Biden wants to tackle the root causes of immigration by providing foreign assistance to make the Central American countries safer and more prosperous. So, another Trump administration policy. In the summer of 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited El Salvador. Together with new president Nayib Bukele, they agreed that El Salvador would work to prevent the outflow of migrants in exchange for increased U.S. cooperation and private investment. There were similar conversations in the other countries.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2021/03/11/biden-adviser-says-the-border-rush-is-caused-by-smugglers-spreading-disinformation-n1431688

CVS Will Be Administering The COVID Vaccine At Target Stores In These States

Through a partnership with more than 600 CVS pharmacy in-store locations, Target has announced that it will begin administering the COVID vaccine to eligible individuals at its stores.

The pharmacies already offer vaccinations for the flu, shingles, and pneumonia, and Target said they now will offer the COVID vaccine in 17 states following state and federal guidelines.

According to USA Today, Target will be offering the COVID vaccine at select stores by appointment in Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

Outside of the pharmacy, the vaccine will be also be administered in Target fitting rooms, which were closed at the beginning of the pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus.

In a blog post, Target said, “Our top priority since the onset of the pandemic: the health and safety of our team members, guests and the communities we serve. Now, with COVID-19 vaccines becoming more widely available, Target's continuing to support our team and communities during the pandemic by partnering with 600+ CVS locations within Target stores to offer vaccines to eligible guests and team members.”

Vaccine availability and manufacturers will vary by location, USA Today said.

To check for vaccine eligibility, visit CVS.com. Here, people can also see if there is a participating Target store location near them offering the COVID shot.

Currently, CVS offers the COVID vaccine at its stores in the same 17 states. The company has nearly 10,000 locations.

CVS has said it has the capacity to provide 20 million to 25 million COVID shots per month.

To make an appointment to get vaccinated at CVS, eligible individuals can book a time slot on CVS.com or through the CVS Pharmacy app. Those without internet access can call 1-800-746-7287.

https://www.ibtimes.com/cvs-will-be-administering-covid-vaccine-target-stores-these-states-3160362

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The Truth is a Joke Zionism Can’t Accept

When it comes to anti-Semitism, the Israelis and their Zionist supporters are so deceitful that they risk the moral degradation of Judaism. How do these two things, deceitfulness and the moral degradation, that is the deterioration of ethical standards, go together in this case?

First, the Zionists are deceitful because they purposely conflate Zionism which is an ethnocentric political ideology adhered to by a subset of Jews, with Judaism, a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural religion. Then they insist that Israel’s allies — particularly the United States — adhere to this same propagandistic conflation.

Second, this deliberately instigated error is an attempt to stave off criticism of the Israeli state and its policies toward Palestinians. Those policies are harsh and include segregation, ethnic cleansing and other apartheid-style acts of discrimination. By insisting that (1) the political ideology that promotes and rationalizes this behavior is an expression of religion of Judaism and therefore (2) criticism of these policies is the equivalent of anti-Semitism, the Zionists insist that Israeli state behavior is sanctified by the religion. This is a direct attack on the ethical standards of Judaism, hence the moral degradation. The tactic also undermines the gravity of the charge of anti-Semitism due to chronic misapplication by the Zionists.

The Background

Let’s take a look at the background of this situation.

First, the sad truth is that Israeli state policies result in racist behavior towards the Palestinians.

The noted journalist Jonathan Cook, who covers Israel and Lebanon as a freelance reporter, has concluded the Palestinians “are viewed as an unwelcome, surplus population that serves as a demographic obstacle to the political realization of a Greater Israel. The severe economic and military pressures Israel imposes on these Palestinians are designed to engineer their incremental displacement, a slow-motion ethnic cleansing.”

This observation has been confirmed by the recent report put out by Israel’s most respected human rights organization, B’Tselem, entitled “A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This Is Apartheid.” Among other points, the B’Tselem report demonstrates that:

“… in the entire area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, the Israeli regime implements laws, practices and state violence designed to cement the supremacy of one group—Jews—over another—Palestinians.”

Second, Israel and the Zionists insist that criticism of Israeli state policies is anti-Semitism.

Here is the most recent, admittedly rather absurd, example of the Zionists’ obsessive misuse of the charge of anti-Semitism—in this case directed toward a joke told on U.S. national television.

The SNL Joke

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https://consortiumnews.com/2021/03/11/the-truth-is-a-joke-zionism-cant-accept/

Sidney Powell Provides Updates on Judicial Challenges: “Constitutional Crisis”

Attorney Sidney Powell continues working with her team to coordinate legal challenges while providing evidence of corrupt election systems and processes. In this interview with Pete Santilli, Powell discusses the current state of her efforts and the groups she is working with in state legislative offices.

The future of voting against the UniParty begins with first securing the processes of elections: paper ballots, limited election days, limited and controlled absentee ballots, no computer systems for electronic manipulation, voter ID requirements, and one citizen – one vote.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/11/sidney-powell-provides-updates-on-judicial-challenges-constitutional-crisis/