Bombshell Photos Reveal Years of Meetings Between Bloomberg Executives and Chinese Propagandists in Beijing

Michael Bloomberg and his top associates at his namesake news conglomerate, Bloomberg LP, have regularly met in Beijing with top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and propagandists, according to the Chinese government. I document these meetings, which have taken place over several years, in my book Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption, released May 18th.

According to documents reviewed while researching for this book, these propagandists regulate Bloomberg LP and control the extent to which the former Democrat mega-donor-turned presidential candidate’s business can access the gigantic Chinese market. Michael Bloomberg himself has spoken favorably—even glowingly—about China, President Xi Jinping, and other top Beijing officials. Bloomberg LP seemingly does a lot more business with China than its competitors.

Breitbart News is revealing images for the first time in American media that confirm the meetings. Details of the meeting, which appear here and in Breaking the News, originally were posted to an official Chinese state media website and have not yet been published in the U.S. press.

In the book, I reveal details of a year-long investigation into corporate media I conducted with a small team of researchers. Among the books’ numerous bombshells, I report on the true extent to which American media outlets are willing to go to curry favor with the Communist regime in China.

At these meetings, according to the Chinese government, the CCP and Bloomberg officials discussed, among other topics, “cooperation in the field of media,” “the introduction of Chinese stories to the world,” and “strengthening media cooperation between China and the U.S.”

Foreign distributors of financial data within China—of which Bloomberg is one of the largest—are forced to seek licensure from the State Council Information Office (SCIO), which is an agency under the auspices of China’s State Council. In other words, his ability to do business in China is subject to the will of what is effectively China’s executive branch. Since the Bloomberg license is renewed every two years, the pressure is always on to cozy up to top Beijing officials, and that’s exactly what Bloomberg appears to have done.

China’s SCIO is also commonly known as the Central Office of Foreign Propaganda.

China also can bar Bloomberg (and any foreign institution) from providing all sorts of financial information services in China. So, not only is Bloomberg’s access to the Chinese market subject to review and cancellation by the Communist Party every twenty-four months, the CCP can (and will) restrict any content it believes undermines the national interest.

Here are some of the details of the known meetings:

On August 19, 2015: Michael Bloomberg met with Jiang Jianguo, director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) and deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China; the latter office is the CCP’s department, which makes Jianguo the vice minister of propaganda. According to the Chinese government, they discussed “international exchange and cooperation in the field of media.”

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Man commits suicide inside Fargo courtroom after guilty verdict

A man committed suicide moments after being found guilty inside of a North Dakota courtroom on Monday, reports said.

The man cut himself in the throat inside the federal courthouse in Fargo in front of the judge and courtroom staffers and other witnesses, North Dakota US Marshal Dallas Carlson told KVRR.

“He produced an edge weapon and cut his throat” Carlson told the outlet.

The jury, who was not inside the courtroom at the time, had found the man guilty on at least some of the terrorizing-related charges against him, the report said.

Another witness told Valley News Live the man, “turned around and you could see the inside of his neck. He had slit his neck with some object.”

US Marshals and the FBI are investigating the man’s death.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/17/man-commits-suicide-inside-fargo-courtroom-after-guilty-verdict/

Biden’s Anti-Audit Chief Once Said Elections Could, In Fact, be “Stolen”.

Pamela Karlan – a Democrat impeachment witness turned member of Joe Biden’s Justice Department – is attempting to obstruct the ongoing Arizona election audit despite warning about foreign election interference in 2017.

Karlan, who made headlines for her smug attacks on former President Donald Trump’s 13-year-old son Barron during impeachment hearings, is spearheading the Biden regime’s efforts to discredit the Maricopa County election audit from her newfound role as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice.

Karlan’s opposition to the audit – meant to safeguard election integrity – is at odds with 2017 statements from the former law professor regarding Trump, Russia, and potential foreign influence over U.S. elections.

In a Salon interview, Karlan posited that “stealing an election” could occur, referencing that Trump and Russia may have colluded to do so:

“But what if voter registration lists were manipulated? I asked her. “If it turns out that people were prevented from voting, that would be stealing an election,” she said definitively. “All of this assumes some sort of cooperation by Trump or his campaign with the Russians. But I don’t think that’s even necessary. Suppose the Russians decided to get involved without colluding with Trump? Suppose they just wanted a weak United States? Suppose they wanted to permanently damage the standing of the United States in the world by electing someone like Trump? The election would be illegitimate because it was stolen by the Russians acting alone.”

Karlan also expanded on the influence of “foreign involvement” in U.S. elections:

“What about the issue of foreign involvement in a campaign? “The founders clearly didn’t want foreign involvement in our government. The emoluments clause and the requirement that the president be a ‘natural born citizen’ tells us that. But I don’t think they contemplated foreign involvement of the kind we’re talking about today.”

The problem with Russian involvement in the campaign is that none of it may end up being illegal. Influencing voters with “bad information,” as Professor Karlan put it, is not illegal, maybe not even if it’s done by foreigners.”

And in an interview with Stanford Law, Karlan criticized then-President Trump for firing then-Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, adding that the “obstruction of a legitimate criminal investigation” waded into “impeachment territory”:

“The reasons that President Trump gave are patently insincere, even by Trumpian standards, and taken in combination with the timing and the ongoing FBI investigation into interference in the election, the firing is more than “cloudy.” If the firing is intended to obstruct a legitimate criminal investigation, it starts to veer into impeachment territory.”

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-anti-audit-chief-said-elections-could-be-stolen/

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resume as Tel Aviv thanks Biden administration for blocking UN statement calling for ceasefire

The Israeli military conducted a new series of raids on Gaza after Israel’s Defense Minister expressed gratitude to the US for blocking a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire for the third time in a row.

Israeli warplanes pummeled the Palestinian enclave overnight on Monday, local media reported.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) hit buildings near Al-Qatiba Square in the western part of Gaza, according to the Jerusalem Post, while local reports suggested that an office for Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs was targeted, as well as agricultural lands.

Footage purporting to show the bombardment and its aftermath has been shared on social media.

The strikes come amid mounting tensions between Tel Aviv and the Hamas government of Gaza, which have ratcheted up after violent clashes in Jerusalem where Palestinians protested against eviction of several local families last week. Since then, Israel has blamed the Gaza-based group for firing some 3,350 rockets towards Israeli territory, and responded with raids of its own, which have so far claimed 212 lives, the Gaza Health Ministry reported on Monday. The bombing campaign has left some 1,400 Palestinians wounded, and forced some 40,000 families to flee their homes, according to the ministry. A recent raid that struck a building of the local health ministry has also reportedly affected the enclave’s main laboratory, bringing Covid-19 testing and vaccinations to a virtual halt.

While US President Joe Biden backed a proposed ceasefire in a call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, he nevertheless reiterated Washington’s steadfast support for Tel Aviv.

Although Biden’s Secretary of State Tony Blinken claimed that the US administration is “working behind the scenes” to secure a truce, the Netanyahu government has shown no intention of stopping the bombing bonanza, expressing gratitude to Washington for torpedoing yet another attempt by the UN Security Council to adopt a statement calling for the cessation of hostilities on Monday.

The statement, drafted jointly by China, Tunisia and Norway, was the UN body’s third attempt to advance such a document in a week – with the previous efforts also blocked by Washington. The draft, as cited by AFP, stressed the need to diffuse tensions and urged “respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians, especially children.” The draft also referred to a potential expulsion of Palestinian families from the Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem as “serious concern” that might fuel tensions and cited the right of Muslim worshipers to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque. It’s unclear why the Biden administration refused to endorse the statement, which also called for a ‘two-state solution’ for the long-running dispute.

https://www.rt.com/news/524087-israel-gaza-blocking-un-ceasfire/

IDF shells Lebanon after claiming rockets launched toward Israeli territory

The Israeli military said it fired artillery shells into Lebanon in response to several rockets allegedly fired from across the border. Tel Aviv claimed none of the projectiles reached the Israeli territory.

“6 rockets were just fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel, all of which fell inside Lebanon. In response, our artillery forces fired toward the sources of the launches,” the IDF said in a tweet late on Monday night.

https://www.rt.com/news/524085-idf-shell-lebanon-rockets/