COVID Rules are for the Little People: 400,000 Fans and Mask-less Lori Lightfoot Party at Lolla Palooza Chicago Festival
Over 400,000 fans turned out this weekend at the Lolla Palooza festival in Chicago.
A mask-less Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed the crowd during the 4-day festival.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/covid-rules-little-people-400000-fans-mask-less-lori-lightfoot-party-lolla-palooza-chicago-festival-video/
Elections Expert Seth Keshel Releases National Fraud Numbers: Finds 8.1 Million Excess Votes in US Election, Affirms Trump Won PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA and MN
Retired Army intelligence captain, elections data expert, and former baseball analyst Seth Keshel released his final national fraud numbers over the weekend.
Seth Keshel examined the final vote counts in all 50 states compared to the estimated numbers based on changing state dynamics and trends to come up with his estimated voter fraud in each state.
He published his results on his popular Telegram page.
Keshel confirms President Trump won: PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA and MN.
And Keshel also believes cyber-flipping may have affected the results in NM, VA, NJ, and NH.
According to Keshel’s investigation there were conservatively 8,144,000 excess Joe Biden votes recorded in the 2020 election.
Here is Seth Keshel’s post from this morning.
Here is a tale of the tape for Excess Biden Votes based on trend analysis in the modern political era, considering population growth/decline, recent voter history, and registration information, including registration by party.
My estimates are always lenient, and do not account for cyber flipping of votes.
Trump won: PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA, MN
Likely/Possible Trump if cyber flipping occurring: NM, VA, CO, NJ, NH
Closer than you thought: WA, OR, RI, CT, HI
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/elections-expert-seth-keshel-releases-national-fraud-numbers-finds-8-1-million-excess-votes-us-election-affirms-trump-won-pa-mi-wi-nv-az-ga-mn/
Retired Intelligence Captain Seth Keshel Exposes Texas Election Fraud on War Room
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/retired-intelligence-captain-seth-keshel-exposes-texas-election-fraud-war-room-video/
Massive 300% Spike in Covid-19 Deaths Recorded by Johns Hopkins University Skewed by Old Data
A massive 300% spike in Covid deaths breathlessly reported by the media turned out to be another lie.
Johns Hopkins University recorded a 300% spike in Covid deaths on Friday: Deaths jumped from 321 on Thursday to 891 on Friday.
But the number of deaths was skewed by old data.
One case dated back to last spring.
Florida and Delaware reported a huge increase in deaths on Friday because they dumped old data into the totals.
Some of the deaths Delaware reported on Friday were actually from May 2020 and last month.
The New York Post reported:
A massive 300 percent hike in nationwide COVID-19 deaths recorded Friday by Johns Hopkins University was skewed by states dumping data – that in one case dated back as far as last spring, according to a report.
The university, which has been a trusted source of coronavirus information since the start of the pandemic, reported that US deaths surged from 321 on Thursday to 891 on Friday, as the Delta variant quickly spreads throughout much of the country.
Florida was responsible for a huge chunk of the increase, with 409 of Friday’s death toll coming from that state, according to The Daily Mail. However, Florida only releases weekly data on Friday, making the day-to-day totals reported by the university unclear and overblown, the outlet said.
Figures released by Delaware also added to the surging daily increase, as that state announced 130 new deaths Friday, the tabloid reported. The dramatic figure was misleading because those deaths actually occurred between mid-May 2020 and late last month, and were added after The First State reviewed death certificates, according to the article.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/massive-300-spike-covid-19-deaths-recorded-johns-hopkins-university-skewed-old-data/
Sky News Ban: “Big Brother is a Bunch of Woke Billionaires in T-Shirts and Sneakers Imposing their Millennial Activism on the World”
Sky News host Chris Kenny blasted YouTube’s decision to suspend content from Sky News Australia as “cancel culture writ large.”
“This is censorship. This is a gigantic global corporation, YouTube is owned by Google, one of the largest digital giants, worth well over one trillion dollars … censoring the news and views that Australians can see… This is a sad day for freedom of speech.”
“The idea that a foreign owned multi-national digital giant can silence an Australian news service on these spurious grounds is absolutely frightening for freedom of speech, ” he said.
“Obviously they have an agenda here, these are the sort of woke digital giants based in Silicon Valley in California. It is disgusting and frightening.”
Sky News Australia reporter Sharri Markson has led the way in exposing the complicity between Dr. Anthony Fauci, the NIH, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese Communist Party and the WHO. Now, Google/YouTube cited the WHO as evidence that Sky News Australia was “spreading misinformation” about Covid.
Google had falsely banned information on the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab leak theory for a year as “misinformation”, based on baseless claims by Fauci, Peter Daszak, CCP and the WHO.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/sky-news-ban-big-brother-bunch-woke-billionaires-t-shirts-sneakers-imposing-millennial-activism-world/
Cuomo Demands Private Businesses Ban Unvaccinated Customers
Update (1313ET): Not long after Cuomo made his remarks, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday that he may impose mandatory vaccination requirements in New Jersey, too. Murphy said his mandatory vax plans amounted to the absolute floor, meaning the minimum that the government might do.
Private-sector employers should require more employees to get vaxxed, the governor said, before adding that employees in health-care facilities and other high-risk venues (like prisons, for example) must get vaccinated right away.
Murphy tweeted a breakdown of the latest COVID stats.
Exactly 10,505,407 doses of various jabs have been administered in New Jersey as of Monday morning, while 5,309,373 individuals who live, work, or study in the Garden State are now fully vaccinated. Among the fully vaccinated there have been: 6,381 COVID+ cases (0.13%), 195 COVID-related hospitalizations (0.004%)and 50 COVID-related deaths (0.001%).
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cuomo-demands-private-businesses-ban-unvaccinated-customers
Congressional Report Questions "Unusual" Activity At Wuhan Lab Involving "Air Disinfection, Hazardous Waste Systems"
A new Congressional report into the origins of COVID-19 points to “unusual” activity at the Wuhan National Biosafety Lab involving air disinfection and hazardous waste systems, prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The report by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, obtained by Fox News, highlights how the lab in Wuhan requested bids for ‘major renovations’ to air safety and waste treatment systems in the facilities, just two years after they became operational.
The report notes that “Such a significant renovation so soon after the facility began operation appears unusual,” and that it “raise[s] questions about how well these systems were functioning in the months prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.”
The report notes that it is unknown if any renovation work was ever carried out.
The findings will be presented in Congress this week where the Republicans will make the case that “the preponderance of evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory.”
Republicans will also present further evidence that the virus was genetically manipulated in the lab, according to the report.
The Republicans have built a case around a timeline that indicates the virus escaped the lab “sometime prior to September 12, 2019.”
At this time there is a record of activity such as the WIV’s viral sequence database disappearing from the internet, and the institute ramping up security.
The report notes that after lab workers became sick in November 2019 Major General Chen Wei, an expert in biology and chemical weapon defenses, took control of the Wuhan Institute’s biosafety level-4 lab.
The report suggests that this shows the Communist government “was concerned about the activity happening there as news of the virus was spreading.”
“If she took control in 2019, it would mean the CCP knew about the virus earlier, and that the outbreak began earlier,” the report states.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/congressional-report-questions-unusual-activity-wuhan-lab-involving-air-disinfection
‘What happened to mask mandates?’: Obama ignores pandemic, plans celebrity-filled birthday bash with hundreds
Despite worries from health officials about a Covid-19 resurgence driven by the Delta variant, former president Barack Obama will be hosting his star-studded 60th birthday bash with hundreds in attendance.
Obama himself has been one of many public figures warning people that Covid-19 is “more contagious” now thanks to the Delta variant, which health officials say is behind upticks in cases in numerous states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its mask guidance, stating that even vaccinated Americans should be masking up in areas with rising cases. Multiple counties have reinstated mask mandates and recommendations, including Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where Obama’s 60th will be held, is not directly in what the CDC recognizes as a high-risk area (it’s classed as ‘moderate’ risk), but nearby Provincetown has seen an uptick in cases and became the center of a study that was reportedly behind the CDC’s recent reversal on masks.
The new cases looked at in the study came from “summer events and public gatherings.” Health officials have also warned that they are concerned the Delta variant can still be spread by vaccinated individuals.
According to a report from The Hill, Obama’s party will be held outdoors and guests will be required to have a negative Covid-19 test or proof of vaccination, but there is no word on how thoroughly these things will be checked as numerous celebrities will be in attendance – and will no doubt traveling from around the country to get there.
https://www.rt.com/usa/530931-obama-birthday-covid19/
Reese Witherspoon's Media Company Sold To Blackstone-Backed Firm For $900 Million
Having gobbled up much of US housing and becoming the largest US landlord in the process, private equity giant Blackstone now has its sights on the media business much to the delight of Reese Witherspoon's media business, Hello Sunshine, which the WSJ reports is selling itself to a company backed by Blackstone for $900 million. The sale of the company, whose production slate has included programming such as the HBO drama “Big Little Lies,” and while will makes Witherspoon one of the wealthiest people in Hollywood is "part of a plan to build an independent entertainment company for Hollywood’s streaming era" with an emphasis on women's content.
According to the Journal, the as-yet-unnamed media venture Blackstone is backing will be run by former Walt Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. Hello Sunshine will be its first acquisition. Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden will join the board of the new company and will continue to operate Hello Sunshine.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/reese-witherspoons-media-company-sold-blackstone-backed-firm-900-million
Moderna, Pfizer Hike Vaccine Prices By Up To 25%
Pfizer and Moderna have both made clear that they see their COVID vaccination businesses as long-term profit drivers, not the public service that enabled them to receive billions of dollars in public money to effectively subsidize their development. And now that jabs from China and Russia are facing newfound skepticism across Europe and the emerging world, Big Pharma is showing its true colors, and demanding a massive premium from all buyers of its jabs as Pfizer rolls out its first 'booster jabs'.
It's interesting that they're raising prices, considering that the Pfizer jab hasn't exactly held up to the original promise of its efficacy.
Despite their original promises not to profit off the vaccines until the pandemic had ended, both companies are now seizing the opportunity to hike prices charged to governments like those in the EU.
According to the latest EU supply contracts seen by the FT, Pfizer raised the price of its COVID vaccine by more than 25% and Moderna raised its price by more than 10%. Both companies are expected to generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue this year as they sign new deals with countries anxious to secure supplies for potential booster shots.
Per the FT, the companies are raising prices now that Phase 3 trial data has showed that their mRNA jabs are more effective than the AstraZeneca and JNJ jabs. But let's not forget another important factor: that both the AstraZeneca and JNJ jabs have been linked to rare yet sometimes fatal blood clots that have made millions of people wary of taking the jabs. In Australia, for example, the AstraZeneca jab is much more available than the Pfizer jabs…but most patients would prefer to wait, despite the intense lockdowns imposed on the population.
The new price for a Pfizer shot was €19.50 ($23) vs. €15.50 ($18) previously, according to the contracts seen by the FT.
The insider who leaked the data to the FT said the pharmaceutical companies argued they deserved more money because their jabs offered increased "value" vs. competing vaccines.
In reality, Big Pharma is just trying to do right by its shareholders as sales are expected to boom.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/moderna-pfizer-hike-vaccine-prices-25
Conflict of interest inquiry probes UK MPs sitting on informal parliamentary groups while paid by industry
British MPs who sit on influential parliamentary groups while holding plum industry jobs are the subject of a conflict of interest inquiry by the House of Commons Standards Committee, which is probing backdoor lobbying.
The inquiry is the first formal investigation since 2013 into concerns that the informal all-party parliamentary groups (APPG) are being used as a “vehicle for improper access or influence by lobbyists or foreign governments.”
There are more than 700 active APPGs, which are less regulated cross-party forums for policy discussion than select committees in Parliament. They are focused on a wide range of countries and issues, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, to zoos and aquariums.
The inquiry will hear evidence from witnesses on the alleged external influences on the groups next month, according to the Committee on Standards. Given their informal nature, the APPGs are allowed to involve individuals and organizations from outside Parliament in their activities, giving rise to accusations of conflicts of interest.
It is “vital” to ensure the APPGs are run “openly and transparently” and that there is no “inappropriate use,” said MP Chris Bryan, who chairs the Standards Committee.
Rules on lobbying are intended to “to avoid the perception that outside individuals or organisations” may reward parliamentarians, “through payment or in other ways,” for “actions in the House” that will benefit those outside groups.
However, transparency watchdog Unlock Democracy has warned of a potential loophole in the rules that allows MPs to hold industry roles while being part of APPGs that work to shape government policy relating to those industries or sectors.
These MPs “should at the very least recuse themselves from any APPG activity that seeks to influence government policy, secure parliamentary debates, etc in the area championed by the APPG,” Tom Brake, the group’s director, told the Guardian.
Brake called for a “more transparent approach” and urged the inquiry to amend the lobbying rules to state that “being a paid adviser to a company, industry or sector and being a member of a relevant APPG, or a number of relevant APPGs, was a breach” of the code of conduct.
In response, Bryant told the paper that the committee would examine the group’s claims and said the point of the inquiry was to ensure that “the name of Parliament should never be taken in vain for commercial or personal gain.”
https://www.rt.com/uk/530939-appg-improper-access-influence/
Report: 'Mass releases' of thousands of illegal immigrants happening in Rio Grande Valley over the weekend
Thousands of illegal immigrants were encountered by overwhelmed Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley over the weekend and are being released and handed bus tickets to wherever they'd like to go in the U.S., according to a reporter.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin reported Monday that local Border Patrol stations near McAllen, Texas, are "585% over capacity" and that there are "mass releases" of illegal immigrants underway.
Another Fox News reporter, Griff Jenkins, added that in the last 24 hours border agents in the Rio Grande Valley had 3,002 encounters with illegal immigrants and that the total number of law enforcement encounters with migrants over the weekend was 8,144.
Record numbers of migrants are seeking illegal entry into the United States. According to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who represents parts of the Rio Grande Valley, Department of Homeland Security agents encountered over 180,000 illegal immigrants at the southern border in July, after encountering 188,829 migrants in June.
More than 1.1 million migrants have crossed the U.S. border in the current fiscal year, overwhelming the Biden administration's immigration enforcement agencies.
The surge of migrants is so large that thousands of migrants are being released after detention without being given a date to appear in court and have their immigration cases processed.
The crisis is hitting particularly hard in Cuellar's district, where local officials are pleading with the Biden administration for "immediate and decisive action" to provide more resources for DHS agents in the Rio Grande Valley as well as "the immediate cessation of admissions of additional immigrants."
TheBlaze reached out to DHS for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
On Sunday, Melugin posted drone video footage of "up to 1,000" migrants being held by Border Patrol under the Anzalduas Bridge in Mission, Texas, near an area of the Rio Grande river that's popular for border crossings.
After these migrants are apprehended by Border Patrol, they are being released to a Catholic charity that's providing them with food and shelter before they are given bus tickets or air tickets to travel to other places in the U.S., Melugin reports.
"Large groups of migrants being walked to McAllen Central Bus Station by a local Catholic Charity after they were dropped off & released by Border Patrol. This is happening every hour. Migrants are given bus tickets wherever they want to go," Melugin said.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/report-mass-releases-illegal-immigrants-rio-grande-valley
‘They’re Criminal!’—Establishment Now Dangerously Dehumanizing the Vaccine Hesitant
Last week, President Joe Biden took to his pulpit to read from the teleprompter and announced mandatory vaccinations for government workers. Without citing any evidence, Biden claimed that “We have a pandemic because of the unvaccinated.” He must have missed the part where the pandemic started before there was a vaccine.
After this claim, Biden further lambasted those who haven’t gotten the COVID-19 jab, telling them, “If in fact you’re unvaccinated, you present a problem to yourself, to your family and to those with whom you work.”
Before going on any further, to dispel any claims that the Free Thought Project is “anti-vax” it is important to point out that we feel people should have a right to informed consent. There are many who can benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine and they should consult their doctors and make the best choice for themselves, individually. The same goes for those who may suffer potential harms from receiving the vaccine. No one here is anti-vaccine, we are, however, pro-safety, and pro-informed consent as anything else is tyranny.
With that being said, the scolding of Americans for asserting their medical freedom has reached fever pitch and it has shifted from ridicule to outright dehumanization.
Recently, CNN took to calling for “the unvaccinated” to be banned from buying food, going out in public, or even having jobs.
“I’m sure a lot of people are not going to agree with this, but [if you] don’t get the vaccine, you can’t go to the supermarket. Don’t have the vaccine, can’t go to the ball game. Don’t have a vaccine, can’t go to work. You don’t have a vaccine, can’t come here. No shirt, no shoes, no service,” said Don Lemon.
“I think that’s where we should be right now because we continue to waste our breath on people who are just not going to change. You know, circular logic, they keep going back and saying, ‘Well, it’s my freedom.’ ‘It’s whatever.’ ‘I’m free.'”
After CNN’s attack on the vaccine hesitant, MSNBC followed suit, having NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on to take it to the next level.
Let me tell you, Joe, the anti-vaxxers are criminal at this point. What they are doing to this country is undermining our future. They really are. They’re taking away the future of this country, because if we go backwards, if we go back to restrictions and shutdowns, this country’s going to be in a horrible, dangerous place in terms of our lives, our livelihoods, our economy. And if we don’t get it right on vaccination, we’re going to lose a huge number of Americans. There are people out there peddling this message, this anti-vax message for their own profit and then attacking people who try and do it the right way like the small businesses you’re talking about. We got to confront them. That’s why I think these mandates are so crucial.
This type of demonization in the media not only flies in the face of everything a free society is about but it is also extremely dangerous. Demonizing or dehumanizing the enemy is a propaganda tactic used by regimes throughout history to make it easier to accept the persecution and even mass murder of those who disagree with a certain principle.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/dehumanization-campaign-establishment-media/
Database Proving How Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Has Been Taken Offline.
The National Institutes of Health database tracking U.S. taxpayer-backed research grants – including the controversial award from Mr. Anthony Fauci’s agency to the Wuhan Institute of Virology – can no longer be accessed.
When searched, the database, which itemizes the billions of taxpayer-funded grants distributed by various National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies, yields no results and prompts users with an error message. Among the agencies included in the registry is the Fauci-led National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which has come under scrutiny for funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The website also previously revealed NIAID-directed funds for joint research between disgrace COVID-19 investigator Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance and the Chinese government-run lab under the auspices of a nearly $3.7 million grant entitled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.”
Archived versions of the same link, however, reveal the study’s relevance to COVID-19, as it focused on bat-borne SARS-like viruses:
We will use S protein sequence data, infectious clone technology, in vitro and in vivo infection experiments and analysis of receptor binding to test the hypothesis that % divergence thresholds in S protein sequences predict spillover potential. We will combine these data with bat host distribution, viral diversity and phylogeny, human survey of risk behaviors and illness, and serology to identify SARSr-CoV spillover risk hotspots across southern China. Together these data and analyses will be critical for the future development of public health interventions and enhanced surveillance to prevent the re-emergence of SARS or the emergence of a novel SARSr-CoV.
Studies under the ““Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence” portfolio also describe Fauci-directed grants as going to both EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak and Shi Zhengli, Director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/nih-grant-database-revealing-fauci-wuhan-ties-down/
DHS Secretary Mayorkas: ‘Domestic Violent Extremism Is the Greatest Terrorist Related Threat We Face’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that “domestic violence extremism is the greatest terrorist-related threat we face on the homeland.”
Mitchell asked, “As a result of the January 6 attack, are you doing enough to identify extremists domestically?”
Mayorkas said, “We are very focused on this. This is one of our highest priorities. Domestic violence extremism is the greatest terrorist-related threat we face on the homeland. We have created the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnership in the Department. We have a task force dedicated to this effort. We’ve dedicated more than $77 million in grant funding to state, local, tribal, territorial authorities. We are doing so much to address this really grave threat.”
Mitchell said, “What are you doing to identify terrorists or extremists, extremist groups within the military, within the ranks of DHS as well, other government branches?”
Mayorkas said, “Well, Secretary Austin, the Secretary of the Department of Defense, is conducting an internal review within his department, and we are doing the same within our department. We are very focused on ensuring that our personnel uphold our values and represent the best of our nation. It’s our responsibility.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/02/dhs-secretary-mayorkas-domestic-violent-extremism-is-the-greatest-terrorist-related-threat-we-face/
NIH Director Does Not ‘Understand’ DeSantis Refusing to Mandate Masks on Children
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said he does not “understand” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) refusal to force children to wear masks in school, contending mask mandates are “not quite the huge challenge [or] burden that sometimes it’s being portrayed.”
Collins made the remark during a Sunday appearance on CNN, where he explained he did not “understand” DeSantis’s recent order protecting parental decisions about masks.
“This seems like something local officials ought to be able to decide based on their community’s circumstance,” Collins said, adding, “Being asked to wear a mask is perhaps not quite the huge challenge [or] burden that sometimes it’s being portrayed.”
“Kids are pretty adaptable,” he added.
Last week, Gov. Desantis signed an executive order directing the Florida Department of Education and Department of Health to issue emergency rules to protect parental rights in determining whether their children will wear masks in school.
“We think that that’s the most fair way to do it,” he said during a press conference in Cape Coral, explaining that he and his wife are not going to put masks on their young children.
“My wife and I are not gonna do the masks with the kids. We never have. I want to see my kids smiling. I want them having fun. Look, my kids are a little younger, but I can tell you, whatever you think of masks, you gotta wear it properly,” he said.
“My kids ain’t gonna wear that thing properly. We know that,” he continued, acknowledging that some parents may feel differently and should have the option to make that determination:
If a parent really feels that this is something that’s important for their kid, we’re not stopping that. They absolutely have every right to equip their student with whatever types of masks that they want and have them go school if they believe that that’s a protection that’s important for their children. I think that’s the fairest way to do it: to let the parents have the decision. It would not be fair if we told parents who want the kids to wear masks they weren’t allowed to do it. But it’s certainly not fair to force parents who don’t believe the masks are good for their kids to force them to have to send their kids in masks.
DeSantis’s executive action followed his vow last month that his administration will not mandate schools to require children to wear masks.
“There’s been talk about, potentially, people advocating at the federal level imposing compulsory masks on kids. We’re not doing that in Florida, okay?” he said during a press conference at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, last month.
“We want kids to be able to be kids,” he explained. “We need them to be able to breathe. It’s terribly uncomfortable for them to do it. There’s not very much science behind it.”
“At the end of the day, we got to start putting our kids first. We got to look out for their education. Is it really comfortable, is it really healthy, for them to be muzzled and have their breathing obstructed all day in school? I don’t think it is,” DeSantis said, emphasizing it is “totally unacceptable and certainly unacceptable to have any level of government imposing that [mask mandates] on parents and on kids.”
The debate follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) effectively altering its previous guidance on masking in school. While the federal health agency originally recommended masking for the unvaccinated, it now recommends everyone to mask up “including teachers, staff, students, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/02/nih-director-desantis-mandate-masks/
Bipartisan ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Defines ‘Gender Identity’ as Protected Class
The bipartisan “infrastructure” bill Breitbart News released Sunday night includes “gender identity” as a protected class.
On page 2149, the bill reads:
No individual in the United States may, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity that is funded in whole or in part with funds 16 made available to carry out this title [emphasis added].
It should be noted that President Biden’s 2021 coronavirus package, the American Rescue Plan, does not include the phrase “gender identity.”
National Public Radio (NPR) defines gender identity as “one’s own internal sense of self and their gender, whether that is man, woman, neither or both. Unlike gender expression, gender identity is not outwardly visible to others.”
“Issues of equality and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people — along with challenges to their rights — have become a major topic in the headlines,” NPR continues.
The biological genders, male and female, have been under assault during the Biden administration.
Breitbart News reported Sunday the left-wing American Medical Association’s (AMA) Board of Trustees kept busy during the summer crafting a resolution in favor of removing the terms “male” and “female” from birth certificates, claiming evidence of an individual being born is the only information necessary.
In May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stated its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will interpret sexual discrimination in federal healthcare rules to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
The announcement reflected a reversal of the judgment by HHS under former President Donald Trump’s administration to restore the biology-based, male-female definition of sexual discrimination in federal healthcare regulations.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/02/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-defines-gender-identity-protected-class/
Report: FBI Used Young Female Staffers As Bait For Sex Predators And Told Them To Keep It Hush
A Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General report found that FBI special agents asked female support staff employees to provide photos for online undercover operations without any oversight. One special agent used the photographs of female employees to pose as underage girls without informing their supervisors and without documenting which sites the photos were uploaded to, according to the report.
“During the course of our investigation, the OIG learned that SAs [special agents] sometimes used photographs of young female support staff employees to pose as minor children or sex workers to entice sexual predators on various social media websites,” the report read. “The SA who was the subject of the OIG’s investigation did not document which employees were used, obtain written consent from the employees, document the websites on which the photographs were posted, or document when the photographs were posted.”
According to the report, one special agent “was alleged to have engaged in an inappropriate relationship with an FBI support staff employee that included the FBI SA requesting the support staff employee provide him with provocative pictures of herself for online UC operations.”
The FBI’s guidelines stipulate that certified undercover employees (UCE) and certified online covert employees (OCE) have “various approval and documentation requirements and extensive certification requirements” for undercover operations. No such policy is in place for use of photographs for non-UCE/OCE employees, meaning there is no requirement for informed written consent, supervisor approval, or even supervisor notification to protect non-UCE/OCE employee photographs.
“The SA said he was ‘fishing’ on social media sites but not recording which sites he used,” the report found. “The SA did not inform the support staff employees’ supervisors that the employees were involved in UC operations, and the SA advised the support staff employees who provided photographs to not tell anyone, including their supervisors, about the UC operation.”
Furthermore, according to the report, the FBI was unable to produce documentation of whether the photographs are still on websites, and the amount of time the photographs were online — posing a safety risk for the employees whose photos might still be available for download and distribution.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/02/report-fbi-used-young-female-staffers-as-bait-for-sex-predators-and-told-them-to-keep-it-hush/
Treasury Department Invokes ‘Extraordinary Measures’ To Avoid Busting US Debt Ceiling
The Treasury Department will conduct emergency cash-conservation measures starting Monday to avoid busting the U.S. debt ceiling after a two-year deal to suspend the federal borrowing limit lapsed at midnight Sunday.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter July 23 that the Treasury would invoke the “extraordinary measures” if Congress didn’t raise the debt ceiling. Yellen noted that trillions in federal spending and COVID-19 response laws made it difficult to estimate how long the Treasury would sustain its measures.
“The period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to considerable uncertainty due to a variety of factors, including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts of the U.S. government months into the future, exacerbated by the heightened uncertainty in payments and receipts related to the economic impact of the pandemic,” she wrote.
The debt ceiling prevents the Treasury from issuing new bonds once a certain limit is reached. Congress had suspended the debt limit for two years as part of a budget deal in August 2019, when the ceiling reached $22 trillion, according to Bloomberg. A new debt ceiling would include additional borrowing since, reaching $28.5 trillion according to the Congressional Budget Office.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/02/treasury-department-janet-yellen-debt-ceiling-congress/
15K Migrant Children Released to U.S. Sponsors in July
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released nearly 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children to sponsors within the United States in July. There are more than 16,000 still in the custody of the federal government.
During the month of July, HHS released an average of 500 unaccompanied migrant children to sponsors each day.
As the releases were taking place, the flow of children entering illegally continued. On average, 484 were arrested crossing the border daily. More than 14,500 arrests were reported by HHS for the month of July—creating little better than a wash on rolling detention totals.
According to a source within CBP, many children, mostly teens, are sent into the United States by parents or other relatives to avoid expulsion under the Trump era CDC COVID-19 emergency order. Once the child is in HHS care, the relative will enter the United States illegally and claim the child to begin the family re-unification process.
The number of unaccompanied migrant children who have entered the United States illegally this fiscal year is staggering. According to CBP, 95,079 have been apprehended since October. This is a nearly 200 percent increase over the 33,329 arrested in 2020.
Health and Human Services opened more than a dozen emergency intake sites to deal with the influx of children. These facilities make use of vacant oilfield man camps and COVID-shuttered convention centers throughout the United States.
Unlicensed facilities have faced criticism due to insufficient staffing, drinking water issues, and COVID-19 protections. Earlier this year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sharply criticized the Biden Administration over conditions at multiple HHS detention facilities, specifically citing a water issue in Midland plus a COVID-19 outbreak in Carrizo Springs.
HHS estimates the cost to detain a child is $775 per day. In other long-term facilities, they indicate that cost to be approximately $275 per day. Based on these estimates and the number of UACs currently in custody, the cost to the American taxpayer stands at more than $6 million daily.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/08/02/15k-migrant-children-released-to-u-s-sponsors-in-july/
Rape Gangs Whistleblower: Police and Council Leaders Must Be Prosecuted for ‘Gross Neglect of Duty’
Maggie Oliver, a former detective who blew the whistle on the authorities’ refusal to tackle mostly-Muslim rapist “grooming gangs” in Manchester, England, has called for senior police officers and social workers to be prosecuted amid further abuse revelations.
Oliver, who now leads the Maggie Oliver Foundation supporting abuse survivors, spoke out in an article for The Telegraph following an independent review into child sexual exploitations (CSE) in multicultural Bradford which found, yet again, that police, social workers, and local government had failed victims — and that, more worryingly, some children “remain unprotected”.
“Since I launched my foundation in 2019, we’ve been contacted almost every day by survivors who, it has to be said, are mainly from the North of England. We’re currently dealing with 31 cases from West Yorkshire alone. But there are many cases from Greater Manchester, Hull, Cumbria, and the West Midlands that all follow much the same pattern of abuse: predominantly Pakistani older men targeting mainly working-class white girls, including some in the care system, but all vulnerable in one way or another and hence ‘easy pickings’ for the abusers,” Oliver lamented.
She said that “successive governments of both political stripes have refused to grapple with the problem as they have been too afraid of being accused of racism“, but that another factor has also been important in the systemic failure to stop the abuse: classism.
“There remains an attitude that these victims deserve what has happened to them. They are judged to be making a lifestyle choice, rather than as vulnerable children who are being exploited,” she explained.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/02/rape-gangs-whistleblower-police-and-council-leaders-must-face-prosecution-gross-neglect-duty/
Jabs Forever: 32 Million Britons to be Offered Vaccine ‘Booster’ Shots Next Month
The British government will reportedly begin rolling out 32 million “booster” vaccines by next month to all those over the age of 50 in an apparent attempt to stem any winter wave of the Chinese coronavirus.
Pharmacies across Britain will begin a campaign in September of offering a third shot of a coronavirus vaccine to people with immune deficiencies as well as those aged over fifty years old, it is claimed.
The plan will see some 2.5 million people offered the third jab per week from September until December, with concerns being raised that two doses of the vaccine will not be sufficient in safeguarding people against the Delta variant of the Wuhan virus or may decline in efficacy over time, according to The Telegraph.
The government is said to favour using pharmacies for the rollout of the third jab in order to ease the strain on NHS hospitals and GPs going into the winter months.
“That is the plan, wherever possible,” a government source told the paper, but noted that it “depends on final JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] advice and coronavirus vaccine booster trials”.
An NHS spokesman said: “Community pharmacies have been an important part of the NHS Covid vaccination programme, the biggest and most successful in the health service’s history, and they will continue to play a vital role as we move into the next phase this autumn.”
According to the report, the government is also planning on offering Britons different vaccines to their initial doses, as clinical trials have suggested that mixing of vaccines may increase the immune response to the Chinese virus. The paper said that the government is currently testing seven different vaccines for the booster jab rollout.
To date, the government has administered some 85 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, with 88 per cent of adults having had at least one shot and 72 per cent having had two doses.
Despite the stunning uptake of the vaccine, the government has been concerned over the slower rate of vaccination amongst younger Britons.
In response, the government has been implementing a carrot and stick approach to the youth, at the one hand vowing to ban the unvaccinated from nightclubs and other public venues, and offering discounts on pizza and McDonalds on the other.
Germany will also reportedly begin rolling out Covid-19 booster shots by next month, focusing on the elderly and other at-risk groups, according to documents seen by AFP. On Sunday, Germany’s Robert Koch health institute announced 2,097 new daily cases of the virus and one death.
In April, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla suggested that the coronavirus vaccines could become an annual occurrence like the flu-shot, saying: “A likely scenario is that there will be likely a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and 12 months and then from there, there will be an annual revaccination, but all of that needs to be confirmed. And again, the variants will play a key role.”
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said no final decision has been made on the booster jab programme in Britain but said that it will be “informed by the JCVI’s final advice” and will be made public “in due course”.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/02/jabs-forever-uk-to-offer-32-million-booster-vaccines-next-month/
WSJ: 'Almost Half of Recent UK Covid Deaths Are of People Who Have Been Vaccinated'
"Almost half" of the United Kingdom's "recent Covid-19 deaths are of people who have been vaccinated" but there's no need to worry because that means it's working, so says the Wall Street Journal.
From WSJ, "Some Vaccinated People Are Dying of Covid-19. Here's Why Scientists Aren't Surprised.":
LONDON–As the Delta variant of the coronavirus surges through the U.K., almost half of the country's recent Covid-19 deaths are of people who have been vaccinated. But doctors and scientists aren't sounding the alarm about the apparently high proportion of deaths among the vaccinated population.
On the contrary, they say the figures so far offer reassurance that vaccines offer substantial protection against the variant, particularly after two doses. Delta, first identified in India, has since spread to at least 85 countries, including the U.S., where it is now estimated to be the most common variant.
"ThAt mEaNs It'S WoRkiNG!"
The U.K. is a testing ground for how vaccines are coping. Delta is racing through the country – with 146,000 identified cases in the past week, 72% up on the week before. The country is also a world leader in identifying through testing and genetic sequencing which versions of the virus are prevalent: By mid-June, 97% of cases were Delta infections. And Delta is spreading among a population that is among the most highly vaccinated in the world: 85% of adults have had at least one vaccine shot and 63% have had two.
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=62428
American Medical Association Blasted After Calling For Removing Sex From Birth Certificates
The American Medical Association (AMA) faced intense backlash late last week and over the weekend after calling for sex to be removed as a legal definition on the public part of birth certificates.
The backlash came in response to a tweet from WebMD that highlighted the call from the AMA.
WebMD’s report claimed:
Requiring it can lead to discrimination and unnecessary burden on individuals whose current gender identity does not align with their designation at birth, namely when they register for school or sports, adopt, get married, or request personal records.
A person’s sex designation at birth would still be submitted to the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth for medical, public health, and statistical use only, report authors note.
Some of the most notable responses to the far-left call from the AMA included:
Jonathan Kay, editor at Quillette: “Thanks for making it more difficult to argue down vaccine skeptics. Every time I say ‘trust medical science,’ they can just point to this clown show.”
http://www.hideoutnow.com/2021/08/american-medical-association-blasted.html