Paris Mayor Backs Military Chiefs Who Threatened To Seize Control From Macron Over Inaction On Radical Islam

A Paris Mayor who was raised in a devout Muslim household by Algerian immigrant parents threw her support behind a controversial letter by current and former military chiefs who said that if nothing is done about the "laxist" policies on radical Islam, it would require "the intervention of our comrades on active duty in a perilous mission of protection of our civilizational values."

"What is written in this letter is a reality," Mayor Rachida Dati of Paris' 7th arrondissement told France Info radio. "When you have a country plagued by urban guerrilla warfare, when you have a constant and high terrorist threat, when you have increasingly glaring and flagrant inequalities … we cannot say that the country is doing well."

"The hour is grave, France is in peril," reads the letter, adding that failure to act against the "suburban hordes" would lead to "civil war" and deaths "in the thousands."

The letter was signed by hundreds of retired soldiers, including 20 retired generals, as well as several active duty members of the military - 18 of whom are to be fired, the country's armed forces chief confirmed on Thursday, according to the Daily Mail.

"The police have become a target for terrorists" said Dati, 55, who served as justice minister under Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 to 2009. Her comments follow the fatal stabbing last week of a policewoman in the southwest Paris neighborhood of Rambouillet. The suspect, a Tunisian national, had been watching jihadist propaganda videos prior to the attack.

"I am afraid that the police will break down one day," Dati continued, adding "And if they crack, we go well beyond the disintegration of society."

Dati's comments come as France's Chief of Defense, François Lecointre, called the letter "absolutely revolting," adding of the active-duty signatories: "I hope that their automatic retirement will be decided."

"This is an exceptional procedure, which we are launching immediately at the request of the Minister of the Armed Forces," he added. "These general officers will each pass before a higher military council. At the end of this procedure, it is the President of the Republic who signs a decree expelling them."

President Macron's government strongly condemned the letter, which was published on the 60th anniversary of a failed coup d'etat by generals opposed to France granting independence to Algeria, its former North African colony.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said the letter by military figures was 'against all of our republican principles, of honour and the duty of the army'.

And Florence Parly, the Defence Minister, said: 'This is unacceptable. There will be consequences, naturally.

The soldiers behind the letter were all said to be anti-immigration activists with racist views and strong ties to the far-Right Rassemblement National (National Rally).

The lead signatory was Christian Piquemal, 80, who commanded the French Foreign Legion before losing his privileges as a retired officer after being arrested while taking part in an anti-Islam demonstration in 2016. -Daily Mail

Supporting the signatories was Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National leader, writing in response to the letter: "I invite you to join us in taking part in the coming battle, which is the battle of France."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/paris-mayor-backs-military-chiefs-who-threatened-seize-control-macron-over-inaction

Biden Talks Tough On China; Beijing Says US Defense Budget Reflects "Sick Psychology"

President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress in Washington on Wednesday evening. He made it a point that America and its allies must work closely together against competition from China.

Biden said President Xi Jinping is "deadly earnest on becoming the most significant, consequential nation in the world." The rhetoric from Biden last night is that his administration will continue pressuring China and maintain former President Tump's firm position on Beijing, including tariffs, sanctions, strong defense budget, and heightened military activity in the Pacific.

"We are in competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century," Biden said. "We are at a great inflection point in history. We have to do more than just build back better. … We have to compete more strenuously."

To keep up with China, Biden has ambitions to increase military spending above the past administration. For some context on current military spending, the Pentagon is already spending $740,000,000,000 this fiscal year, $2,000,000,000 every day, $1,000,000 every minute.

Under a Biden administration, U.S. military vessels and surveillance planes directed toward China have increased significantly.

Bloomberg quoted defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian at a press conference on Thursday in Beijing, saying activity by U.S. military ships was up 20% and by planes 40% in areas China claims since Biden took office January over the same period last year.

The U.S.' constant deployment of ships and planes to operate in seas and airspace near China has created a more hostile area. Wu also addressed the massive U.S. defense budget with a heavy focus on China, reflecting a "sick psychology."

Even during COVID-19, the U.S. military ramped up its military spending, outpacing much of the world.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-talks-tough-china-beijing-says-us-defense-budget-reflects-sick-psychology

Proof FBI’s NICS Firearms-Background-Check is Gathering Our Private Info for INTERPOL

The first copy of the User Manual was obtained from a GOA’s initiated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FBI. The law enforcement agency heavily redacted the document. Certain information is exempt from FOIA requests. If an agency decides the information is exempt, they will blackout that section of the supplied document. Disputing what the government agencies can redact from public view tends to end up in courts, and fighting them is a drawn-out and time-consuming process.

Instead, we worked our contacts and were able to get a second copy of the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) User Manual from another source that showed the redacted information.

One of the FBI censored sections deals with giving U.S. citizens’ private data to INTERPOL, the international criminal police organization that facilitates worldwide police investigations.

When a licensed gun dealer (FFL) runs a gun buyer through NICS, the system checks four (4) databases. These databases are Interstate Identification Index (III), NICS Index, ICE Database, and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). Located in NCIC data is INTERPOL’s Foreign Fugitive File (FFF). Note U.S. Authorities cannot arrest a subject just for being on the FFF.

Neither can the FBI use INTERPOL’s Foreign Fugitive File to deny the transfer of a firearm. This action begs the question of why the FBI would run a gun buyer against that part of NCIC. The document states that even though a person on the FFF doesn’t make them a “prohibited person.” It does raise a red flag for the FBI.

According to the unredacted copy of the NICS User Guide, the FBI employee doesn’t stop the transfer of the firearm at your local gun shop. After the sale is complete, the FBI representative will request the buyer’s address and personal information with a call to the FFL, who is compelled to cooperate. The FBI will then pass along the address, and possibly other private information, of the person who legally purchased a firearm to INTERPOL.

Gun owners have been told background checks are ONLY used to verify a person’s eligibility to buy a gun. This document seems to dispute this assertion. Now you can see why they want Universal Background Checks so bad…

NICS, in this case, is used to gather information on a U.S citizen or someone in the country legally who is eligible to buy a firearm. That intelligence is then supplied to a foreign law enforcement agency. It is unclear what INTERPOL does with the FBI-provided information, but it is clear that the target for the snooping is never informed that the FBI handed over their data to INTERPOL.

Certain crimes in INTERPOL countries are not crimes in the United States. Some of these foreign crimes are protected rights under our Constitution. Since handing over information is done each and every time regardless of the nature of the charge, the FBI could be handing over information about someone who was just exercising a God-given right.

https://youtu.be/TrkmgTVDQbk

FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) User

https://www.scribd.com/document/505478572/FBI-National-Instant-Criminal-Background-Check-System-NICS-User-Manual-UNREDACTED-pdf#from_embed

https://patriotrising.com/proof-fbis-nics-firearms-background-check-is-gathering-our-private-info-for-interpol/

Rudy Giuliani appears on Tucker in first TV interview since FBI raid

Illinois judge rules FOID card 'unconstitutional'

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — An Illinois judge has ruled that Illinois' Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card law is unconstitutional.

The 2017 case, The People of Illinois vs. Vivian Claudine Brown, comes after Vivian Brown was accused of possessing a firearm without a FOID card.

Brown argued that she "was a law-abiding person charged with possessing an otherwise lawful firearm without a FOID card solely within the confines of her home and that requiring her to go through the FOID card process unconstitutionally infringed upon her fundamental right of self-defense in this 'most private of areas.'"

White County Judge T. Scott Webb agreed.

The circuit court of White County dismissed the charge, finding that, as applied to the facts of the case, requiring a FOID card was unconstitutional under the second amendment to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. II) and article I, section 22, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970

In his ruling, Judge Webb stated, “A citizen in the State of Illinois is not born with a Second Amendment right. Nor does that right insure when a citizen turns 18 or 21 years of age. It is a façade. They only gain that right if they pay a $10 fee, complete the proper application, and submit a photograph. If the right to bear arms and self-defense are truly core rights, there should be no burden on the citizenry to enjoy those rights, especially within the confines and privacy of their own homes. Accordingly, if a person does something themselves from being able to exercise being able to exercise that right, like being convicted of a felony or demonstrating mental illness, then and only then may the right be stripped from them.”

The Illinois State Rifle Association is applauding the ruling saying it paves the way for the Illinois Supreme Court to take up the issue.

https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-judge-rules-foid-card-unconstitutional

The Bottom Dwellers are Worried: Georgia Election Official Gabe Sterling Speaks Out Against AZ Audit — Why Is He So Anxious About a Forensic Audit in Georgia?

Gabriel Sterling, the media darling, far-left ‘Republican’, and Executive of the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office is freaking out. He had to say something negative about the audit in Arizona because he does not want the same audit performed in Georgia. Which tells you all you need to know about Gabriel Sterling.

We reported numerous times on Sterling after the election. He had everything upside down – looks like he hasn’t changed a lick:

We still have many questions about what Sterling and Secretary of State Raffensperger did with $16 million that passed their way before the election. Also, why is Sterling, Raffensperger’s COO and CFO of the Secretary of State’s Office, when it is against policy and why is he a contract employee?

The thing that we notice most about crooked people is how they always project on others what they are guilty of. Another Sterling example of this is his recent tweet about the Arizona audit:

Sterling says:

This ‘audit’ in Arizona is another step in undermining confidence in elections. This process is neither transparent nor, likely, legal,” Sterling said on Twitter.

Any ‘findings’ will be highly suspect now that chain of custody has been violated by partisan actors,” he added.

If done correctly, no audit is “another step in undermining the confidence in elections”. Sterling simply doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about. If the audit comes back clean, then it would validate the original reporting and would support the election processes to date. If the audit comes back with thousands of fraudulent ballots, then this too would give voters confidence because they would be able to say the process worked.

When he says the process is not transparent he is basically not telling the truth again. This is the most transparent audit in history (This assessment comes from being in the audit field for decades and performing audits around the world.)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/bottom-dwellers-worried-georgia-election-official-gabe-sterling-speaks-az-audit-anxious-forensic-audit-georgia/

An ‘Intervenor’ at Yesterday’s Court Case in Arizona Just Happened to be a Partner at the Firm the Judge Worked At Long Ago When the Judge Worked There

The newly appointed judge had another challenging issue yesterday in the Arizona court. One of the presenters who argued for the Democrats’ was a partner at the law firm Judge Martin worked at while Martin was there.

Yesterday morning we reported that the top judge who appointed Judge Martin to the case on either Sunday or Monday is the wife of one of the five Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS), Bill Gates. These same Supervisors have done all they could to stop the audit in Maricopa County from ever occurring. It appeared that Bill Gates got the judge he wanted.

A hearing was held yesterday and Judge Dan Martin ended up allowing the audit to continue but demanded the auditors release their audit policies. The policies might be what the Democrats wanted the entire time.

But one thing we noticed in yesterday’s trial was the presentation of an individual in the case. This man worked with Judge Martin in the past at Brown and Bain.

The Barr argued the following base on individuals watching the case on Livestream:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/exclusive-intervenor-yesterdays-court-case-arizona-just-happened-partner-firm-judge-worked-long-ago-may-supervisor/

Award-winning British director Noel Clarke is suspended by Bafta after 20 women accused him of sexual harassment, groping and bullying

Academy also suspended his outstanding British contribution to cinema award

The allegations of misconduct were levelled against Clarke in The Guardian

Director vehemently denied all the allegations in a statement to the newspaper

He made first TV appearance over 20 years ago and co-founded production firm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9526951/Noel-Clarke-suspended-Bafta-20-women-accused-sexual-harassment-groping-bulling.html

Teacher Exposes Online Teaching Tool BrainPOP Pushing Leftist Ideologies On Children

Jonathan Koeppel is a Spanish teacher who exposed an online teaching tool for children called “BrainPOP” that pushes leftist ideologies like “Critical Race Theory.”

CORRECTION: Koeppel is still a teacher at St. Tammany Parish District where the board meeting took place. Koeppel stated he used to work in the St. Bernard district but they never took him off their page until this video started to go viral. St. Bernard district has no involvement with this school board meeting.

The Louisiana teacher appeared before the school board members at St. Tammany Parish to present how the app talks about racism.

The first played video from the app said, “Racism in our society: a built-in system of bias that makes life easier for white people and more difficult for black people and other people of color. It puts them at greater risk for poverty, unemployment, and disease. Structural racism is a factor in some disturbing trends. Black people are nearly six times more likely than whites to be imprisoned, and black men are killed by police more than twice the rate of white men.”

After playing the first video, Koeppel said the app is telling kids, especially black children that they are oppressed by white people and how there’s a system stopping them from having a chance.

“Evil and disgusting stuff in school programs by left wing companies. This is one example, there are many! It’s not just in California, it’s in our own backyards – St Tammany Parish, La. get involved in your community and speak up, be brave,” Koeppel wrote to Facebook when he first posted the video to get his message out early April.

The video started to gain popularity on TikTok which only showed a minute of Koeppels speech slamming the childrens app.

“And some individuals prefer they as a pronoun, like Neat, Orbot. They are my best friends,” is what played from the app discussing pronouns.

“We got kids that can’t read and write and then we’re going to teach them incorrect grammar. I mean, it’s ridiculous. OK, who gave permission to talk about this? There’s two genders. If you’re born with a penis and you have testicles , that’s just anatomy. You’re a male. If you have a vagina and ovaries you’re a female. A man cannot menstruate. A man cannot lactate and breastfeed a child. You cannot give birth if you’re a man. If you want to be an adult and do whatever you want with your life, I’m OK with that. Don’t push this ideology on children,” Koeppel stated.

“I’m not going to work in a district that’s OK with that. You need to make a clear statement on how many genders are there, because parents, they’re already pulling kids out of public school. They’re doing homeschool options. They’re going online. It’s going to increase as this liberal ideology comes into our schools. This isn’t a political indoctrination camp, OK? It’s public education,” Koeppel said in the short clip.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/teacher-exposes-online-teaching-tool-brainpop-pushing-leftist-ideologies-children/

Giuliani: DOJ Secretly Went into My iCloud Account in 2019, Invaded Attorney Client Privilege as We Were Defending Against Phony Impeachment

FBI agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s New York City apartment and office this week in a pre-dawn raid.

The FBI agents seized Rudy’s electronic but they refused to take Hunter Biden’s hard drives.

Giuliani is reportedly being investigated over his alleged lobbying efforts in 2019 regarding Ukraine when he was investigating allegations of corruption involving Joe and Hunter Biden and Ukraine.

Tucker and Rudy discussed reports of the DOJ leaking Rudy’s raid to the child predator-enabling Lincoln Project.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/giuliani-doj-secretly-went-icloud-account-2019-invaded-attorney-client-privilege-defending-phony-impeachment/

Fury as primary school head bans teachers from using 'sexist' language like 'good morning, boys and girls' as critics accuse her of creating 'generation of wallflowers' who are being 'brainwashed into woke political correctness'

Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson is head at Anderton Park primary in Moseley, Birmingham

Banned teachers from using the terms, 'man up', 'grow a pair' and 'boys and girls'

Students as young as three are taught to hold up posters flagging 'sexist' terms

Parents previously protested against lessons on gay relationships at the school

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9524257/Primary-school-bans-phrases-man-morning-boys-girls.html

Picacc marks 2nd anniversary by celebrating 373 rescues, 84 arrests

WITHIN two years after its inauguration, the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (Picacc) made possible the rescue of 373 victims from online sexual exploitation and the arrest of 84 offenders.

The Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Australian Federal Police, UK National Crime Agency (NCA), and non-government organization International Justice Mission (IJM) launched Picacc on February 27, 2019 to strengthen global law enforcement collaboration in combating the online sexual exploitation of children.

On April 28, 2021, member agencies marked the center’s second anniversary with a virtual celebration where they looked back on the center’s accomplishments the past two years and welcomed a new member, the National Police of the Netherlands.

Through collaboration within Picacc, the NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division (Ahtrad) and PNP Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) have conducted 118 operations, 79 of which took place during the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 373 victims rescued from online sexual exploitation, more than half were rescued during the pandemic.

During the ceremony, lawyer Janet Francisco, chief of NBI Ahtrad, said: “2020 was hard and dangerous for our frontline law enforcement teams. Yet, looking back, I not only saw the difficulties, but also how our shared vision to see a world where children are free from online exploitation, continue to inspire and compel us to remain disciplined, vigilant, and unrelenting in our work.”

Police Brigadier General Alessandro Abella, chief of PNP WCPC, said: “It takes strong global law enforcement collaboration to end the borderless crime of online sexual exploitation of children – and Picacc has paved the way for this critical step. The impact of our increased collaboration with international counterparts is not only evident in the growing number of operations we have conducted since we formed Picacc. It also lies in every child who is protected with every restrained trafficker and deterred would-be perpetrator. We at PNP, through the Women and Children Protection Center, look forward to stronger and wider collaboration in the coming years, and ultimately, the end of online sexual exploitation of children.”

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1893151/Manila/Local-News/Picacc-marks-2nd-anniversary-by-celebrating-373-rescues-84-arrests

Facebook says block content calling for Indian Prime Minister Modi's resignation was mistake

"We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and have since restored it," a Facebook spokesperson said.

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday temporarily blocked posts that included a hashtag advocating for the resignation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the company later reinstated the post and called the block a mistake.

According to the Wall Street Journal, #ResignModi was blocked on the social media platform for a period of hours.

"We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and have since restored it," a Facebook spokesperson said.

The newspaper reported that the prime minister's government has in recent months insisted that Facebook, Twitter and Google eliminate content backing protests regarding an agricultural law or that condemns the government's coronavirus response.

The Indian government has previously instructed U.S.-headquartered social media platforms to block posts critical of its handling of the recent coronavirus surge, also according to The Journal, which also reported government officials accused individuals of using social media to generate panic.

The platforms have in recent months have agreed to some demands but said no to others – leading Indian authorities to threaten to arrest Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp workers.

WhatsApp is owned by Facebook.

BuzzFeed News reported that Facebook on Wednesday said that posts with the hashtag or text "#ResignModi" are temporarily hidden because "some content in those posts goes against our Community Standards."

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook after hiding posts with the hashtag for about three hours, reversed its decision and allowed users to find and access posts with the criticism of Modi, just after a story about the controversy was published.

https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/facebook-said-block-content-calling-indian-prime-minister-modis-resignation-was

Lag Ba'omer: At least 40 killed, over 100 injured in Mt. Meron stampede

Dozens killed, 44 in critical condition after stampede at hassidic section on Mt. Meron. Festive gathering was largest since COVID outbreak.

About 103 people were injured and at least 44 were killed amid a stampede and massive crowds at Mount Meron as about one hundred thousand people celebrated the festival of Lag Ba'omer at the site in northern Israel on Thursday night.

Some 44 people were in critical condition, with dozens of ambulances and six helicopters called to the scene to evacuate the injured, according to Magen David Adom.

A field hospital was set up at the scene. Israel Police and IDF soldiers worked to evacuate the injured and clear the crowds from the scene. Phone service at the scene crashed as thousands attempted to contact family members and emergency services.

An investigation has been opened by Israel Police into the incident.

Hundreds of worshipers refused to leave the site and clashed with police in an attempt to enter the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai after the incident, according to KAN news.

United Hatzalah CEO Eli Pollack told The Jerusalem Post that the incident occurred when large crowds of people streamed into a closed-in complex, leading to dozens of people being crushed against fences. While all the physically injured people have since been evacuated from the scene, many people requiring psychological aid, including medical volunteers, are still at the scene and are receiving help.

Pollack added that people had come to the celebrations excited that they were finally able to celebrate like they used to after a year handling the coronavirus outbreak, and stressed how the great joy was suddenly broken by the disaster.

"Unfortunately we found small children being trampled there, and we performed resuscitations on children. We managed to save some of them," said United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer to Army Radio. "We need to wake up, I'm shocked by the amount of people who were let in."

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/lag-bomer-80-year-old-in-critical-condition-52-requiring-treatment-666768

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