US Capitol Doors on Jan. 6 Were Magnetically Locked – Someone Inside Capitol Security Had to Release the Lock to Open the Doors

Last week a member of the Oath Keepers called The Gateway Pundit to tell us his story of the January 6th protests and riot. He is living in fear since the Jan. 6 protests at the US Capitol and wanted to get his story out.

The Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

What he told us is truly shocking and has not been reported by the mainstream fake-news media.

This man wanted to remain anonymous. We spoke with Attorney Kellye Sorell about his story. He believes the government is planning to arrest him.

On January 6, he told us about the famous, not so famous, so-called “stack video” that was making the rounds in the fake news following the protests.

In the video you can see several Oath Keeper members march up the US Capitol steps, sing the National Anthem while they are facing the massive crowd.

Then this Oath Keeper dropped this bomb–

According to this American patriot, who is a US Marine veteran who worked overseas at a US Embassy, the doors on the US Capitol are electronically controlled magnetic locked doors. And someone inside the security booth at the US Capitol opened the doors!

https://youtu.be/WD5j50OsKIc

Retired Marine: We’re on the top level now – about 15 feet from the doors just before they opened up. People are yelling and screaming. Everyone’s cheering, all kind of stuff. It’s chaotic. But we’re just kind of there. And then all of the sudden the doors open up from the inside. I have a picture taken about two seconds before the doors opened. And then I have a picture taken about six seconds later and the doors were open.

Jim Hoft: And they were not opened from the outside?

Retired Marine: They were opened from the inside. Now one of the stories I read recently was that some Marine, some Marine Major, went inside and managed to run around and open up the doors. And I think that was on your website, as well. But here’s what I can tell you about magnetic locks. If a door is locked by a mag lock it cannot be opened from the outside or the inside unless the person controlling that door opens that door by turning off the magnetic lock which those doors according to the photos I took are equipped with.

Jim Hoft: Holy cow! That’s really big news there!

Retired Marine: Now these magnetic locks, I worked in the American embassy overseas. They are very, very strong.

Jim Hoft: I’m sure and they, you would think at the US Capitol they would have top security there.

Retired Marine: Now to give you an idea how strong they are, you could tie a chain to the handlebars of the door and tie it onto a truck. And you can take off with the truck and it is probably going to rip the door handles off but it is not going to open that door. The only way those doors can be opened if they want to be opened is from inside a security booth that is also equipped with a magnetic lock.

Jim Hoft: Has this ever been reported?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/huge-exclusive-us-capitol-doors-jan-6-magnetically-locked-someone-inside-capitol-security-release-lock-open-doors-video/

Trump impeachment witness suing Mike Pompeo and US for $1.8 million in legal fees

Gordon Sondland, Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the European Union, is suing the US government and Mike Pompeo for $1.8 million to cover legal fees incurred during the 2019 House impeachment investigation.

Sondland filed his federal lawsuit on Monday. He claims the former secretary of state did not live up to a “legally binding promise” for the federal government to pay for his legal fees during the first House impeachment investigation into Trump.

“Pompeo assured Ambassador Sondland that the State Department would reimburse him for all of his legal costs; and through the fall of 2019, Pompeo and his staff continued to reaffirm his promise,” the lawsuit states.

Despite incurring $1.8 million in fees after being forced to put his own legal team together, Sondland was only offered $86,000 in repayment, according to the suit.

Sondland says he was fired a few months after his testimony – related to alleged quid pro quo between Trump and Ukraine’s president – and he now “demands a jury trial” to address his current complaints. The former ambassador claims the promise to pay his legal fees was “reneged” on after the administration was displeased with his testimony in the House impeachment probe.

Trump’s House impeachment ultimately failed in the Senate, but Sondland did claim there was quid pro quo for which Trump was allegedly requesting an investigation into political rival Joe Biden in exchange for military aid.

“I know that members of this Committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’ As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes,” Sondland said in his opening statement last fall.

Sondland is requesting Pompeo or the State Department fork out his legal fees. He was let go from the White House on February 7, 2020, just hours after he claims he refused to resign following the administration being unsatisfied with his testimony.

https://www.rt.com/usa/524682-mike-pompeo-lawsuit-trump/

Israeli prosecutors charge 3 Jewish suspects over 'attempted lynching' of Arab man pulled out of his car and beaten

Two Jewish men and an unnamed minor were indicted on charges of attempted murder and terrorism Monday over a brutal attack that landed an Arab man in hospital during the height of Israeli-Palestinian tensions earlier this month.

The victim, Saeed Mousa, was assaulted by a mob in the town of Bat Yam on May 12 as an exchange of strikes between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Gaza-based armed group Hamas provoked a wave of violent Jewish-Palestinian clashes inside Israel.

Mousa was dragged out of his car and harshly beaten with flagpoles and even an electric scooter in a shocking attack broadcast on live TV. The Israeli-Arab was taken to hospital in serious condition, but has reportedly improved.

WARNING! DISTURBING FOOTAGE

On Monday, the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office charged Netanel Binyamin, 25, Lahav Ohanina, 18, and a 16-year-old minor, whose name couldn't be disclosed for legal reasons, over the attack on Mousa. In its statement, the prosecutors described the incident as an "attempted lynching".

The three have been indicted over the attempted murder of Mousa and face other charges ranging from aggravated intentional assault to causing a public disturbance and incitement to terrorism. They acted out of nationalist and racist motives, the prosecutors said.

The suspects are also believed to have taken part in an attack on an Arab-owned restaurant, while shouting "Death to Arabs," on that same day.

According to prosecutors, the trio were active members of a group on WhatsApp, which urged Jews to come to the promenade in Bat Yam in order to target Israeli-Arabs.

The Israeli public broadcaster Kan reportedly filmed Ohanina saying that he and the others took to the streets on May 12 “to fight with Arabs,” declaring “we will beat them; if necessary, we will kill them.”

On Sunday, the Israeli Justice Ministry announced that it had so far filed 140 indictments against around 230 people in relation to the clashes and rioting earlier this month. The ministry didn’t reveal the nationalities of the suspects, but the Jerusalem Post paper reported that only around 20 of them were Jews while the majority were Arabs.

https://www.rt.com/news/524675-israel-jews-attack-arab-charges/

Pornhub tycoon’s wife wants him to cut ties with the company

The wife of the billionaire owner of Pornhub’s parent company wants her husband to cut ties with the smut platform that has been mired in controversy.

Priscila Bergmair told the Sunday Times that her husband, Bernd Bergmair — the 52-year-old majority owner of MindGeek — “wishes he was not in this” and expressed her “hope” for him to separate himself from the porn website.

MindGeek was hit with a federal class-action lawsuit in February, alleging the company hosted multiple rape videos of teen sex-trafficking victims.

The suit claims the company profited from the alleged videos and did nothing to verify the ages or consent of those depicted.

“It’s not easy. It’s something, maybe, that the government has to work on … making rules,” Priscila told the newspaper Friday outside the couple’s London pad.

“Everyone wants the best to be done. Because people have children. I have children now … We all want things to be right,” she said.

Priscila said she and her husband “had nothing to do” with the alleged content.

“It’s not easy. It’s something, maybe, that the government has to work on … making rules,” Priscila Bergmair told the newspaper Friday outside the couple’s London pad.

“To be honest, I never knew of this. I was totally out of this … The only thing he told me is that he wishes he was not in this, and I think he will not be very soon,” she said.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/23/pornhub-tycoons-wife-wants-him-to-cut-ties-with-the-company/

BLM Founder Says “Revolution” Will Not Be Through Ballot Box, Calls U.S. Flag “Symbol of Hate”.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors asserted the American flag is not a symbol she “stands by” in a 2015 video unearthed by The National Pulse.

Cullors, who recently went a real estate buying binge, also encouraged white supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to “infiltrate white supremacist groups” and lamented that “no elected official” will bring “revolution.”

The remarks come from a July 2015 interview with the radio program Uprising with Sonali.

Cullors and host Sonali Kolhatkar discuss the burning of the Confederate flag, which the BLM co-founder broadens to attack the American flag:

“I think that’s powerful. I also think it’s important that we talk about the American flag, which is a symbol of lots of hate as well, and I’ve really been appreciative of Black Lives Matter members who’ve said, yes the Confederate Flag is a terrible symbol of a particular historical moment, but the American flag is also a terrible symbol of our particular moment,” she notes.

Cullors also reveals that the American flag is not a symbol she “stands by”:

“I appreciate the Confederate flag burning, I think it’s a power symbol, and it’s really amazing to be alive watching people burn it down, and I want to question, too, are we saying then that the American flag is a symbol that we are standing by? It’s not a symbol I stand by.”

During the interview, Cullors describes how she voted for former President Barack Obama claims her preferred “revolution” will not come through the ballot box:

“I think I was too naive at that moment to really understand, like oh actually, Obama is not going to be the revolution. No elected official is going to be the revolution.”

While discussing BLM tactics, Cullors also encourages “white allies” to “infiltrate white supremacist groups”:

“White allies, I need you to take more risks. Some of you really need to contemplate infiltrating white supremacist groups, and that is a tactic that many anti-racist white people have done. They’ve infiltrated white supremacist groups as a way to be a detail, as a way to to tell other members.”

“So that is a call I’m really serious about,” she reiterates.

The unearthed video follows The National Pulse revealing Cullors celebrating praise for her work’s similarities to former Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and comparing police officers to terrorists.

https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/blm-founder-infiltration-flag-revolution/

Joni Ernst: ‘We Need to Know and Understand’ Why Hunter Biden Flew 23 Times Through Joint Base Andrews

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily that the reasons for Hunter Biden’s flights through Joint Base Andrews should be investigated, remarking on revelations in Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow’s Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption.

Breitbart News reported on Sunday, “According to Secret Service travel records obtained by Judicial Watch, then-Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter took 411 trips across 29 countries between 2009 and the middle of 2014. That includes 23 flights into or out of Joint Base Andrews—home to Air Force One and Air Force Two.”

Marlow asked, “I broke a story over the weekend that Hunter Biden had flown out of Joint Base Andrews 23 times while Joe Biden was vice president. He’d taken 411 trips, according to Secret Service travel records, including to 29 foreign countries. How do you fly out of Joint Base Andrews? Can I do that, or do I have to know someone if I want to fly?”

Ernst jokingly replied, “Sounds like, ‘Sure, why not?’ Sounds like just anybody can.”

She continued, “That is very concerning, Alex, and thank you for bringing that to light, and this is why I do think we need to look into the activities that have gone on with Hunter Biden.”

“[Hunter Biden] was taking advantage of his father’s position as the vice president of the United States, but then to use government transportation to get him wherever he needed to go,” she added.

The reasons for Hunter Biden’s flights through Joint Base Andrews need to be determined, Ernst determined.

She stated, “This is just not any, ‘Hey, the government’s going to pay for a comfort plus ticket on an airline.’ This is Joint Base Andrews. These are the blue and white that fly the president and vice president around, so if he’s just taking these trips to assist him and raising money in his many adventures overseas, we need to know and understand that. Absolutely inappropriate.”

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite, highlighted the connections between President Joe Biden’s family’s domestic and international business dealings and the former vice president’s political influence.

In Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, Schweizer detailed Hunter Biden’s involvement with a China-backed private equity firm’s investment in a Chinese atomic energy company indicted for “nuclear power conspiracy against the United States.”

In 2020, Schweizer reported that emails from one of Hunter Biden’s business partners documented how the president’s second son used his access to the Obama administration “to arrange private meetings for potential foreign clients and investors at the highest levels in the White House.”

The private gatherings included a delegation of Chinese investors and Communist Party officials meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden.

https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/05/24/joni-ernst-we-need-know-understand-why-hunter-biden-flew-23-times-air-force-one-two/

State Department Approves Black Lives Matter Flag Displays at US Consulates and Embassies on Anniversary of George Floyd Death

The US State Department sent out a letter this week approving displays of the Black Lives Matter flag this Tuesday on the Anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jack Posobiec at Human Events reported:

A source within the Biden State Department wishing to remain anonymous has shared with Human Events News a document that indicates that all U.S. “Diplomatic and Consular posts” are being encouraged to display shows of support for Black Lives Matter on Tuesday, May 25, the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. The memo reads in part, “The Department supports the use of the term ‘Black Lives Matter’ in messaging content, speeches, and other diplomatic engagements with foreign audiences to advance racial equity and access to justice on May 25 and beyond (italics added) We encourage posts to focus on the need to eliminate systemic racism and its continued impact.”

The memo, which is in part a woke statement on social justice, part an apology for U.S. actions, and part an endorsement of all BLM materials, expressly encourages the display of the BLM flag or banner at U.S. facilities (except on the actual flagpole that holds the American flag).

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/posobiec-state-department-approves-black-lives-matter-flag-displays-us-consulates-embassies-anniversary-george-floyd-death/

DOCS: BLM Activist Admits Bringing Megaphone To ‘Instigate’ Trump Supporters Inside Capitol Building

“I brought my megaphone to instigate s. I was like, guys we’re going inside, we’re fing s up…. I’m gonna make these Trump supporters f all this s*** up…. But I mean you’ll see," said John Sullivan.

Black Lives Matter Activist John Sullivan admitted to bringing a megaphone inside the Capitol building on January 6 to “instigate” Trump supporters and incite violence, documents show.

“Sullivan allegedly posted on Twitter support for armed revolution and has also said he attended a number of Black Lives Matter protests last year, posted numerous anti-police and anti-Trump statements. Sullivan says he portrayed himself as a journalist who was just documenting the incident but he was also actively participating… even broke a window,” reported Red Voice Media.

“I brought my megaphone to instigate shit. I was like, guys we’re going inside, we’re fucking shit up…. I’m gonna make these Trump supporters f—all this shit up…. But I mean you’ll see,” Sullivan said on speakerphone, according to newly released documents. “I have it all, I have everything, everything on camera, everything I just told you, and I mean everything. Trust me when I say my footage is worth like a million of dollars, millions of dollars. I’m holding on to that shit.”

According to the court documents, Sullivan admitted to law enforcement that he had no press credentials despite his previous claims of being a journalist, and that the investigation “has not revealed any connection between the defendant and any journalistic organizations prior to the events of January 6, 2021.”

“I mean, didn’t I kind of make up a background though, on the fly a little bit. I think I made up, uh—what did I say I was? Oh, yeah, I was just a journalist, but I use that all the time. ‘Yeah, I’m just a journalist. I’m here recording. I got my camera on my shoulder.’ Literally, I have my big-ass camera on my shoulder right here and I have my gimbal, so it kind of looks like it. ‘Yeah, I’m just here recording the situation. Yeah. Livestreaming. Look, I have—I have people on my live stream.’ That’s why I pulled it back out,” said Sullivan in a video posted on January 6.

In a livestream posted in December, Sullivan admitted that he doesn’t “consider” himself a journalist. “But as far as like reporting stuff like I am now, I’m an activist too, so like it kinda plays hand in hand. But as far as like being a journalist, it would be cool to be one, I don’t have anything against it,” said Sullivan.

This comes after National File reported that Sullivan, who stormed the Capitol on January 6 disguised in pro-Trump gear and captured video of the Capitol Police shooting of Ashli Babbitt, had $90,000 seized by the federal government.

At the time of Sullivan’s arrest, National File reported, “Despite claiming he only entered the building in a journalistic capacity, the indictment against Sullivan declares otherwise. The 18-page affidavit claims Sullivan allegedly incited violence by exclaiming ‘we gotta get this shit burned’ and ‘it’s our house motherfuckers.’”

Sullivan was previously recorded during an anti-Trump riot in Washington, D.C. In the video, Sullivan pointed at the White House, and said,“We… about to burn this s— down… We gotta rip Trump right out of that office right there.” Sullivan added, “We ain’t about…waiting until the next election. It’s time for revolution.”

https://nationalfile.com/docs-blm-activist-admits-bringing-megaphone-to-instigate-trump-supporters-inside-capitol-building/

17 GOP Attorneys General Back South Dakota's Lawsuit Over Mount Rushmore July 4 Fireworks Cancellation

Seventeen Republican attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem against the Biden administration over its decision to deny a request to hold a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in July to celebrate Independence Day.

The Biden administration made the decision to cancel the fireworks display in March. Herbert Frost, a regional director for the National Park Service, cited the COVID-19 pandemic as a key factor in making his decision, stating that public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “currently recommends that large gatherings be avoided, particularly those in which physical social distancing cannot be maintained between people who live in different households.”

Noem is suing the administration over the decision, calling Mount Rushmore “the very best place to celebrate America’s birthday and all that makes our country special.”

In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 26, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)

Now her lawsuit has the backing of 17 attorneys general, including the top legal officers from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. In a court document (pdf), filed on May 21, the attorneys general called the Biden administration’s decision to cancel the fireworks display “arbitrary and capricious.”

“Given the importance of the Fourth of July holiday and the special role of Mount Rushmore as a national monument, amici States have an interest in seeing the fireworks display take place again this year,” the attorneys general said in the document, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

They argued that there is a strong public interest in holding a Fourth of July fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, while “the Department of Interior’s flimsy and unsupported rationale for refusing to allow a fireworks display is arbitrary and capricious.”

They argued that last year’s celebration at Mount Rushmore was held when the pandemic was worse and before vaccines were developed.

“More than seven thousand visitors attended, and contact tracing has failed to identify even one case of COVID-19 tied to the event,” they wrote.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/17-gop-attorneys-general-back-south-dakotas-lawsuit-over-mount-rushmore-july-4-fireworks

Morgan Stanley Settles High-Profile Lawsuit Alleging It Discriminated Against Black Women

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/morgan-stanley-settles-high-profile-lawsuit-alleging-it-discriminated-against-black-women

Report: Tech Companies Are Fighting to Kill "Right to Repair" Bills in the US

Tech giants are big into sustainability. Except, it seems, when they aren't.

Tech companies talk a good game when it comes to sustainability, but as far as "Right to Repair" laws are concerned, they're not big fans. That's according to report from Bloomberg which claims that, despite dozens of states considering proposals intended to make it simpler to fix devices, tech companies are working overtime to stop them in their tracks.

The report notes that, in 2021 alone, 27 out of 50 states have considered Right to Repair bills. However, of these, more than 50% have already been "voted down or dismissed." That's bad news because no Right to Repair laws makes it harder to, fix devices which results in them being abandoned sooner.

Contributing to Electronic Waste Problem

This then contributes to the growing e-waste problem. If people held onto their smartphones for just one extra year this would reportedly be equivalent to taking 636,000 cars off the road in terms of the environmental damage it causes (or, in this case, wouldn't cause.)

Tech companies doing their best to quash this legislation include Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Apple—all of whom have advocated against these rules in various states. In some cases, the companies advocate directly. In others, they hire trade groups who can fight possible legislation on their behalf.

The report provides plenty of examples of how tech companies have exercised their power, such as Apple offering to endorse repair programs at local colleges as an exchange for killing a specific repair bill. Bloomberg writes that:

While tech companies face high-profile scrutiny in Washington, they quietly wield power in statehouses to shape public policy and stamp out unwelcome laws. Tech companies argue that right-to-repair laws would let pirates rip off intellectual property and expose consumers to security risks. In several statehouses, lobbyists told lawmakers that unauthorized repair shops could damage batteries on devices, posing a threat of spontaneous combustion.

A trade group called TechNet, which represents Apple and Google, among other tech firms, sent letters to lawmakers in multiple states. The letters said that allowing "unvetted third parties" to access "sensitive diagnostic information, software, tools, and parts" could put consumers in danger.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tech-companies-kill-right-to-repair/amp/

Michigan Residents Say They ‘Identify As Fully Vaccinated’ To Ditch Masks In Public

Many residents in a small county in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are now declaring that they “identify as fully vaccinated” as a result of recent guidance that allows inoculated citizens to go out in public without wearing masks.

The revised guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which allows fully vaccinated people to “resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing” in public, has ultimately caused some debate over how to enforce mask and social distancing mandates.

According to Kerry Ott, public information officer for the Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft (LMAS) health department, others are taking advantage of the uncertainty in a part of the world desperate to be free of the pandemic.

“A lot of people are using the phrase, ‘I identify as fully vaccinated’ and taking their masks off,” Ott said about the Luce County residents.

“I’m not kidding …They’re not vaccinated, but they’re going to take their masks off,” Ott also told said.

The opportunistic behavior is facing no opposition from public health officials in a county of 6,600 inhabitants where just three people have died from the virus.

According to reports, Ott has informed local businesses that there isn’t anything they can do but make a “good faith” attempt.

“We’re just repeating what is in the governor’s orders. We’re not asking for people’s [vaccination] cards. We’re just asking for them to self attest their vaccination status. And if they say yes, we’re telling the businesses, ‘Then take them at their word and move forward,'” she said.

In the article, writer Kate Wells paraphrased a popular quote by former President Donald Trump to say that “the cure is worse than the disease.” in the Upper Peninsula, especially in Luce County.

Raymond Mahaffey, or “Chef Ray,” as locals call him, shared the quote and is one of just 35 percent of the county’s residents who has been vaccinated.

“Ultimately, it’ll all work itself out. It’s time to let nature take its course.” he said, showing that he is not concerned about the virus anymore.

He also believes that the school and business lockdown measures have become too high a price to bear for a virus that isn’t much worse than the flu.

“Can you imagine if they said, ‘OK, we’re going to close the school for three months, and the kids are going to suffer, because guess what? Somebody got the flu. We got little kids in school that are passing [the virus] around, and they’re as healthy as can be, but they’ve tested positive.” he said.

“There is no reason [for this] a year later, with the numbers being so small [here], [The restrictions have] been nothing but political. It’s been crazy. And we can’t wait to get it over with.” he continued.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/michigan-residents-say-identify-full-vaccinated-ditch-masks-public/

WHO: Give Us Total Control And COVID Will Be 'The Last Pandemic'

Now thinly veiled can blackmail and extortion get? The totally corrupt World Health Organization is calling for global surveillance, authority and billions more in funding in order to ensure that there won’t be pandemics in the future.

If the WHO has the ability to stop future pandemics, then they could have stopped the current one. Or, did they create this one in the first place? This is a straight-forward shakedown of the entire planet, reminiscent of mobsters in Chicago who would approach a store owner and say, “For a mere $500 per week, we will protect your store from burning down like Mr. Jones’ experienced down the street.”

The 7 recommendations from the WHO are:

Elevate pandemic preparedness and response to the highest level of political leadership.

Strengthen the independence, authority and financing of WHO.

Invest in preparedness now to prevent the next crisis.

A new agile and rapid surveillance information and alert system.

Establish a pre-negotiated platform for tools and supplies.

Raise new international financing for pandemic preparedness and response.

National Pandemic Coordinators have a direct line to Head of State or Government.

The authors of this article recognized the importance of the cited UN report, but were unable to find much commentary. I was pleased to be able to contribute my thoughts. ⁃ TN Editor

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report calling for greater authority for itself in countries around the globe, a global surveillance system, as well as billions more dollars in financing for itself.

In a report released this month entitled, COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic, a group called the “Independent Panel” established by the WHO, analyzed the global response to the Wuhan Virus and delivered a strong message for international changes.

They state, “Our message is loud and clear: no more pandemics. If we fail to take this goal seriously, we will condemn the world to successive catastrophes.”

“On the basis of its diagnosis of what went wrong at each stage of the COVID-19 response, the Panel makes […] seven recommendations directed to ensuring that a future outbreak does not become a pandemic. Each recommendation is linked directly back to evidence of what has gone wrong. To be successful they must be implemented in their entirety.”

The panel is co-chaired Rt Hon. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia and Nobel Laureate and includes eleven other professionals from around the world.

Patrick Wood, Editor in Chief of Technocracy News told LifeSiteNews that, were the recommendations of the report to be implemented, “the top political leaders of each nation would become the puppets of the WHO, whenever it decides to declare a pandemic.”

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/79998/who-give-us-total-control-and-covid-will-be-the-last.html

As New York prepares to fully reopen schools, Cuomo suggests vaccinations may be required

New York may consider mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for eligible students if the federal government gives Pfizer full approval.

New York may consider mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for eligible students if the federal government gives Pfizer full approval, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is being administered under the emergency-use approval the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave in December. That level of acceptance does not allow jurisdictions to make the vaccination a requirement.

Two weeks ago, Cuomo said the boards for State University of New York and City University of New York would require its students to get the vaccine if they wanted to attend in-person classes in the fall.

Cuomo told reporters that he understands requiring it would be controversial. He likened it to a move the state made a couple of years ago in requiring measles vaccinations after an outbreak.

“You have some people who never sent their child back to school because they were against the vaccine,” the governor said.

On May 7, Pfizer and its partner BioTech SE announced they were seeking full approval for people ages 16 and older.

Such a step requires the companies to submit months of data from the millions of vaccines its administered to federal officials for their review.

“We look forward to working with the FDA to complete this rolling submission and support their review, with the goal of securing full regulatory approval of the vaccine in the coming months,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement earlier this month announcing the submission.

Just days after that announcement, the FDA extended Pfizer’s emergency-use authorization to include adolescents between ages 12 and 15.

The companies said they plan to file for final approval for that age group once the six months of requisite data is complied after the younger recipients get their second doses.

The vaccine issue arose as the governor received questions about New York City officials who said there would not be a virtual learning option available for the next school year, which starts in September.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said remote learning cannot accomplish everything families need from schools.

“We're doing it for our kids because it's the best way to educate our kids, support them academically, support them emotionally,” de Blasio told reporters. “We're doing it for them.

“But let me also talk about parents. I’ve talked to so many parents who have done their best to be at-home teachers. They've done their best to support their kids. They've done their best to juggle work and other obligations. They're ready for a break too.”

Cuomo said he plans on issuing a statewide policy before the new school year begins.

“We have to get back to school,” the governor said. “Upon the current trajectory, there is no reason why we can’t open schools statewide in September.”

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/new-york-gears-fully-reopen-schools-fall-cuomo-suggests-vaccinations-may-be-required

Federal Reserve to Partner With MIT in Testing a Central Bank Digital Currency

I reported over the weekend an unusual video surrounding digital currencies that Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell made last week: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Powell in Unprecedented Video Issues Commentary on Digital Currencies.

Now we have Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard following up this morning with a speech on digital currencies via webcast at the Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 Conference, Washington, D.C. that even includes reference to an MIT-Federal Reserve test of a central bank digital currency.

This morning she told the group:

Unlike central bank fiat currencies, stablecoins do not have legal tender status. Depending on underlying arrangements, some may expose consumers and businesses to risk. If widely adopted, stablecoins could serve as the basis of an alternative payments system oriented around new private forms of money. Given the network externalities associated with achieving scale in payments, there is a risk that the widespread use of private monies for consumer payments could fragment parts of the U.S. payment system in ways that impose burdens and raise costs for households and businesses. A predominance of private monies may introduce consumer protection and financial stability risks because of their potential volatility and the risk of run-like behavior. Indeed, the period in the nineteenth century when there was active competition among issuers of private paper banknotes in the United States is now notorious for inefficiency, fraud, and instability in the payments system.4 It led to the need for a uniform form of money backed by the national government.

To the extent that digital payments crowd out the use of cash, this raises questions about how to ensure that consumers retain access to a form of safe central bank money…

The Federal Reserve remains committed to ensuring that the public has access to safe, reliable, and secure means of payment, including cash. As part of this commitment, we must explore—and try to anticipate—the extent to which households' and businesses' needs and preferences may migrate further to digital payments over time.

Given the potential for CBDCs to gain prominence in cross-border payments and the reserve currency role of the dollar, it is vital for the United States to be at the table in the development of cross-border standards.

https://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2021/05/federal-reserve-to-partner-with-mit-in.html

HARD DATA PROVES BIG PHARMA KNEW COVID VACCINES WOULD WORSEN AND PROLONG THE PANDEMIC

See Each National Graph Below Showing How

Covid Vaccines Are Increasing Mortality Rates

And Reversing Downward Death Trends

What the many graphs below clearly indicate are two crucial data points about the Covid Super Vaccination Agenda.

First, that virtually every country in the world was trending downward — precipitously — as the world community of nations started to approach natural herd immunity for COVID-19 at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021.

Secondly, that as soon as the various Covid vaccines were rolled out worldwide, virtually every country was saw a sharp spike in SAR-COV-2 cases, and especially in Covid deaths.

The red line in each graph below shows the trending toward herd immunity. The blue line indicates the extraordinary Covid death spikes which occurred shortly after each nation rolled out their vaccine programs.

Such an obvious genocidal outcome could only have occurred by highly purposeful design; and with the close coordination of numerous national, corporate, NGO and other institutional co-conspirators.

Let’s take a close look at India since their vaccine-rekindled Covid crisis has recently captured the attention of the whole world. Here’s the relevant graph tracking India’s downward trend followed by an explosion of Covid deaths.

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https://stateofthenation.co/?p=65459

Democrats: Roe v. Wade blow would fuel expanding Supreme Court

Democratic senators say if the Supreme Court strikes a blow against Roe v. Wade by upholding a Mississippi abortion law, it will fuel an effort to add justices to the court or otherwise reform it.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority this week agreed to hear the Mississippi case, which could dramatically narrow abortion rights by allowing states to make it illegal to get an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

“It will inevitably fuel and drive an effort to expand the Supreme Court if this activist majority betrays fundamental constitutional principles,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“It’s already driving that movement,” he added.

Blumenthal said it doesn’t mean that a Congress led by Democrats would immediately be able to add justices to the court, but he suggested it would add momentum to reform efforts at a minimum.

“Chipping away at Roe v. Wade will precipitate a seismic movement to reform the Supreme Court,” he said. “It may not be expanding the Supreme Court, it may be making changes to its jurisdiction, or requiring a certain numbers of votes to strike down certain past precedents.”

No one knows for sure when the Supreme Court will hand down its decision on the Mississippi abortion law, but it is widely expected to hear arguments after it convenes in October. That could set up a decision next year.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), another member of the Judiciary Committee, said the court’s review of the Mississippi law raises serious concerns.

“It really enlivens the concerns that we have about the extent to which right-wing billionaire money has influenced the makeup of the court and may even be pulling strings at the court,” he said.

“We’ve got a whole array of options we’re looking at in the courts committee,” he said of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, which President Biden established by executive order in April.

Whitehouse said even if there isn’t enough support for expanding the Supreme Court by four seats, which is a proposal that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced last month, other reforms could be pursued.

He cited “easy” reforms such as “proper disclosure and transparency” of the “gifts, travel and hospitality” received by the judges themselves and the “people who are behind front-group amicus curiae briefs” and who were "funding the political advertisements for the last three judges, writing $15 million and $17 million checks.”

Progressive activists argue that expanding the Supreme Court is the best way to tackle what they view as the court’s extreme ideological tilt.

Markey on Friday said trying to work with the “GOP packed” court would be futile.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/554843-democrats-roe-v-wade-blow-would-fuel-expanding-supreme-court

Colombia's ambassador summoned to Russian Foreign Ministry over cyberattack allegations

This was made "over groundless and utterly unfounded statements by Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano over "cyberattacks carried out from Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said

MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. Colombia's ambassador in Moscow Alfonso Lopez Caballero has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over groundless statements by Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano that Russia was responsible for cyberattacks.

"On May 24, Colombia's ambassador to Russia Alfonoso Lopez Caballero was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Surprise was expressed to him over groundless and utterly unfounded statements by Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano over "cyberattacks carried out from Russia." Molano made the statement in the context of alleged foreign intervention aimed at instigating internal political instability and mass protests in Colombia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Russia has more than once invited Colombia to enter into a dialogue in the field of international cybersecurity and it remains prepared for such cooperation, the Foreign Ministry said.

"If the Colombian side has confirmed evidence of cyberattacks and is genuinely interested in establishing their origin, there exist official channels of information exchanges and the corresponding infrastructure for this," the statement runs. "Russia's agency in charge is the National Center for Computer Incidents. At a certain point, the Russian agencies concerned presented a draft treaty on legal assistance, but the Colombian side refused to discuss it. Once again we are calling upon our partners to respond to our calls so as to avoid misunderstanding in the future."

Russia confirms its readies to cooperate with the Colombian counterparts on the whole range of issues for the sake of maintaining relations "in the spirit of friendship and mutual respect that have historically linked Russia and Colombia."

Earlier, Molano told the dailies El Mundo and El Tiempo Russia was behind protests in Colombia. The country has seen demonstrations against the tax reform since April 28. Unrest occurred in Bogota, Cali, Medellin and other cities. More than 1,900 people were hurt and no less than 42 others killed. The government eventually agreed to revise the reform plans. The minister of finance resigned, but the protests continued.

https://tass.com/politics/1293235

Judicial Watch Sues DC for Records about the U.S. Capitol Police Shooting Death of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that it filed a District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the DC government for police and medical examiner records concerning the U.S. Capitol Police shooting death of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, including the police and medical examiner investigations (Judicial Watch v. The District of Columbia (No. 2021 CA 001710 B)).

The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia after the District of Columbia failed to respond to an April 8, 2021, FOIA request submitted to the Metropolitan Police Department and to an administrative appeal concerning an April 8, 2021 FOIA request to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The request to the police department asks for:

All records, including but not limited to investigative reports, photographs, witness statements, dispatch logs, schematics, ballistics, video footage, and MPD officials’ electronic communications, concerning the January 6, 2021, death of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol Building and its related investigation.

The request to the Chief Medical Examiner asks for:

All records, including but not limited to autopsy reports, toxicology reports, notes, photographs, and OCME officials’ electronic communications, related to the death on Jan. 6, 2021, of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol Building and its related investigation.

Babbitt was shot and killed by an unidentified law enforcement officer as she attempted to climb through a broken interior window in the Capitol Building, located outside the Speaker’s Lobby off the House Floor during the January 6 disturbance. She was unarmed. At the time of the shooting, several officers reportedly can be seen in videos, standing in the crowd of protestors in which Babbitt was present.

“The normal course of action in a police-related shooting is to quickly inform the public of the details – but the lack of transparency in the killing of veteran Ashli Babbitt in the U.S. Capitol is unprecedented and obviously political,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “That Judicial Watch must file a lawsuit for basic information after five months of stonewalling is a scandal.”

Judicial Watch has several lawsuits regarding January 6.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/babbitt-capitol-jan-6/

Biden’s Top Energy Regulator Lobbied for Company Behind Admin-Approved Wind Farm

FERC chair Richard Glick now working to aid Biden's green energy push

President Joe Biden's pick to lead a major federal energy agency spent years lobbying for the renewable power giant behind an offshore wind farm backed by the administration, a Washington Free Beacon review of disclosure forms found.

Shortly after his inauguration, Biden tapped Richard Glick to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. From 2001 to 2016, Glick served as head lobbyist for Avangrid Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of Spanish electric conglomerate Iberdrola. The company holds a 50 percent stake in Vineyard Wind, which is set to become the country's first large-scale offshore wind farm after the Biden administration approved the project on May 11.

Glick's elevation to chairman comes as a boon to Avangrid and other renewable power companies. The role grants Glick the authority to prioritize environmental projects that bolster the White House's green energy push and potentially enrich his former clients. The commission is also responsible for approving natural gas pipeline permits—a common target of environmentalists. Just weeks into his chairmanship, Glick announced the creation of a senior-level "environmental justice" position to determine if pipeline projects "unfairly impact historically marginalized communities."

The "environmental justice" metric has generated backlash from Congress amid rising gas prices. A bipartisan group of 25 senators in April called on Glick to ignore any "newly contemplated considerations" and "take timely action" on the 14 pipeline projects pending before the commission.

"These projects represent substantial private sector investment in our nation's economy and our workforce," the letter reads. "Delaying and moving the regulatory goalposts on projects filed in good faith is contrary to the otherwise equitable application of the Policy Statement that all stakeholders expect."

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not return a request for comment.

Glick is not the only top environmental official with ties to a green energy company championed by the Biden administration. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm holds up to a $5 million stake in Proterra, an electric bus manufacturer that Biden has promoted on multiple occasions. A slew of Biden's top donors also have sizable investments in the company, and Proterra recently turned to a pair of Obama administration alums to lobby the White House for funding.

In addition to Glick, deputy interior secretary nominee Tommy Beaudreau represented Vineyard Wind as a corporate attorney. Under federal ethics rules, Beaudreau is barred from participating in any "particular matter" involving his former clients for two years. The Biden appointee can, however, assert himself into deliberations pertaining to the wind industry as a whole.

Beaudreau's financial disclosure forms reveal long ties to the industry. Over the course of his time in the private sector, Beaudreau represented 10 of the 14 companies with active wind farm proposals before the department.

Avangrid spent about $6 million on its lobbying operation under Glick's direction, disclosures show. Glick transitioned back to the public sector in 2017, following a brief stint working for the Senate where he advised Democrats on renewable energy.

As a commission member, Glick in 2019 admonished his Republican colleagues for declining to act on an emergency waiver requested by Vineyard Wind. The waiver would have helped the offshore wind farm—located 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard—enter New England's multibillion-dollar electricity market. The commission later approved an agreement between Vineyard Wind and the region's grid operator in October.

A CNN story on Vineyard Wind published Sunday described the project as critical to Biden's pledge of achieving a carbon-free power sector by 2035.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/bidens-top-energy-regulator-lobbied-for-company-behind-admin-approved-wind-farm/

Kevin Spacey Is Coming Back to Movies, Whether You Consent or Not

Remember #MeToo? Remember #TimesUp? It seems like a long time ago, after the interminable decade that was 2020, but all that Harvey Weinstein stuff happened just three and a half years ago. Weinstein’s plummet from grace in November 2017 set off an avalanche of accusations and recriminations in Hollywood, the effects of which can still be seen today. For example, right now on Netflix you can watch a blockbuster “zombie heist” movie in which one of the main characters was digitally replaced after filming wrapped, because the original actor was accused of creepy sex stuff.* That never would’ve happened back in the days when Weinstein was just a suspected pervert instead of a confirmed pervert. And if you grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, all I have to say is “Bill Cosby” and you don’t need to be told how much things have changed in the entertainment industry.

But once you’re exiled from showbiz, how long does it last? If you’re not in jail and you can still find somebody to hire you somewhere in the world, what’s anybody going to do about it?

Monica Escobedo and Meredith Deliso, ABC News:

Kevin Spacey has booked his first film role since sexual assault allegations surfaced nearly four years ago, filmmakers confirmed with ABC News.

The Italian film, called “L’uomo Che Disegno Dio” — or “The Man Who Drew God” — will be directed by Franco Nero. It will shoot in Italy and also star Nero’s wife, Vanessa Redgrave, sources said.

“I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film,” Nero told ABC News. “I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie.”

Well, first of all, Spacey is a good actor, okay? He was always too hammy to ever be great, even before he was revealed to the world as a pedophile serial predator. But fine, he’s good, he’s great, whatever.

And I’m not going to take this opportunity to slur the Italian people for their supposed licentiousness and repulsive moral depravity as they welcome this creep back into polite society. That’s just racism, plain and simple, and I would never say anything like that publicly.

It sounds like Spacey is making what amounts to a cameo appearance in some Italian movie most Americans will never see. Here’s the logline for L’uomo Che Disegno Dio from IMDb:

The rise and fall of a blind artist who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices, and of becoming a TV-junk star. A fable on the need to rediscover the miraculous power of dignity in a world where media’s noise has solved the problem of man’s imperfection simply by removing the problem itself.

Yeah, sounds like a nonstop thrill-ride.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/jim-treacher/2021/05/24/kevin-spacey-is-coming-back-to-movies-whether-you-consent-or-not-n1449173

Albania Jails Former General Prosecutor for Corruption

An Albanian court sentenced the country’s former general prosecutor to two years in prison for illegally purchasing property and later hiding financial information about his assets.

The court found Adriatik Llalla on Thursday guilty of "concealment and non-declaration of assets" Albanian officials must submit each year, local news outlets reported. The sentence by Albania’s Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime also prohibits Llalla from holding any public post for five years.

Llalla’s defense attorney Sokol Hazizaj argued that the charges against his client are “fabricated,” Euronews Albania reported. Llalla is expected to appeal the case.

Prosecutors began their investigation of the improper wealth declaration in 2018, after Llalla resigned from the position of general prosecutor in December 2017. Llalla’s apartment in the capital, Tirana, and the 5.4 acres of land that belonged to him—worth more than 98 million leks (US$900,000)—were seized at the time, according to the Associated Press.

In 2018, Llalla was barred from entering the United States due to his suspected involvement in corruption.

U.S. Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim praised the country’s Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) for the sentencing on Thursday, writing on Twitter the case showed, “no one - no matter how powerful - is above the law.”

Albania, however, is still rated as one of Europe’s most corrupt countries by Transparency International, and has only made limited progress in combating corruption.

The country has taken steps to try to mitigate this issue, and in 2016 introduced judicial reforms to ensure judges and prosecutors met anti-corruption standards.

In February 2017, then-U.S. Ambassador to Tirana Donald Lu, called Llalla an “enemy of the reform”, Balkan Insight reported. Llalla is the first high-ranking person to be sentenced by the recently formed judicial institutions.

This comes as the U.S. State Department also sanctioned former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his immediate family members on Wednesday, citing "involvement in significant corruption."

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14472-albania-jails-former-general-prosecutor-for-corruption