Texas Gov Issues New Ban On Vaccine Mandates As FDA Fully Approves Pfizer Jab

President Biden isn't going to like this.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Wednesday barring any state or local mandates requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID, before calling on Texas legislators to vote it into law during the ongoing special legislative session.

The order was intended to fill a loophole, since he previously banned vaccination requirements for jabs under emergency use authorization. He also banned state and local mask mandates.

"Vaccine requirements and exemptions have historically been determined by the Legislature, and their involvement is particularly important to avoid a patchwork of vaccine mandates across Texas," Abbott said in a statement released along with his executive order.

Nine counties, dozens of school districts and the city of El Paso have already defied Gov. Abbott's mask mandate ban, and some of the state's most populous counties have asked for court orders to overturn or block its enforcement. On Wednesday, Dallas County became the latest to obtain a court order blocking enforcement of the mask mandate ban.

"Although this is an important victory, it's really not a victory against a person or an entity," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, the county’s leading elected official, said at a news conference. "It's a victory for humans who live in Dallas County against the virus."

As COVID hospitalizations across the US top 100,000 for the first time since the winter, meanwhile, the number of new cases reported daily in Texas appears to be peaking, while deaths and hospitalizations have continued to climb. COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a record 14,255 on Wednesday, beating the Jan. 11 record of 14,218 reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to block restraining orders against Abbott's mask mandate ban. Also, the Texas Education Agency has, for now, suspended enforcement of the mask mandate ban in the state's public school systems.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/texas-gov-issues-new-ban-vaccine-mandates-fda-fully-approves-pfizer-jab

German Media Giant Buys Politico For $1 Billion In Latest Blockbuster Deal

Update (1005ET): Axel Springer has just confirmed that it's no longer in talks to buy Axios.

AXEL SPRINGER NO LONGER IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE AXIOS: CNBC

Don't worry - there are plenty of SPACs out there looking to close a deal and collect that juicy promote.

Politico, the left-leaning Washington news powerhouse which has built its reputation by publishing thinly sourced "scoops" and other Washington gossip (while instituting ultra-left-leaning policies like banning the use of the word "crisis" in reports about the border) has officially been sold to Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that already owns Business Insider.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/german-media-giant-buys-politico-1-billion-latest-blockbuster-deal

Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump For Allegedly 'Masterminding' Jan. 6 "Attack"

A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing President Trump and nearly 20 members of various (allegedly) "far-right" groups (including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, of course) of being part of a plot to disrupt the peaceful transition of power on Jan 6, when the officers were injured during the unrest on Capitol Hill.

According to the NYT, this latest lawsuit is the "most expansive civil effort to date seeking to hold Mr. Trump and his allies legally accountable for the storming of the Capitol."

Three other similar lawsuits have been filed in recent months, including one filed by two Capitol Police officers back in March which accused President Trump of being directly responsible for unleashing his followers on the officers for a violent confrontation. But Thursday's lawsuit is the first to allege that Trump worked in concert with the "far-right extremists", something the FBI has already shot down, as we noted last week.

"This is probably the most comprehensive account of Jan. 6 in terms of civil cases," said Edward Caspar, a lawyer who is leading the suit for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "It spans from the former president to militants around him to his campaign supporters."

So far, the most public venue available for the Capitol Police officers who were injured on Jan. 6 has been a Congressional Hearing in July where several officers testified about their injuries.

According to the lawsuit, one of the officer-plaintiffs, Governor Latson, was trying to secure the Senate chamber when a mob of rioters broke in and shoved him, beat him and hurled racial slurs at him, the lawsuit says

Another, Jason DeRoche, was beaten after being surrounded on the west front steps where rioters pelted him with batteries and doused him with mace and bear spray, causing his eyes to swell shut.

The suit also accuses Trump and the co-defendants of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act, an 1871 statute that includes protections against violent conspiracies that interfere with Congress’s constitutional duties. It also accuses the defendants of committing "bias-motivated acts of terrorism" in violation of District of Columbia law.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/capitol-police-officers-sue-trump-allegedly-masterminding-jan-6-attack

WATCH security escort Connecticut Governor Lamont from angry protesters after he defends school mask mandate

A back-to-school meeting at a Connecticut elementary school went awry after a group of parents vocally protested the student mask mandate, forcing the event to be cut short before confronting the governor directly.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont had to be escorted away by security after he was surrounded by a group of protesters, fuming at his support for school mask mandates.

The heated standoff between the governor and the parents took place outside Highland Elementary School in Cheshire on Wednesday after he emerged from a mask roundtable, which had to be wrapped up early after protesters raised hell over the potential extension of a school mask mandate past September 30.

Footage from the meeting shows protesters chanting, “You are all criminals,” and waving anti-mask signs at the governor.

https://www.rt.com/usa/533086-connecticut-governor-lamont-protest-masks/

Coroner confirms 44-year-old BBC presenter died from AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine side effect

A coroner’s report has confirmed that late BBC Radio presenter Lisa Shaw died from “complications” related to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Shaw died on May 21 at the age of 44 roughly three weeks after she received her first dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine. She did not have any known underlying health problems but developed blood clots after receiving the jab.

On Thursday – over three months after her death – a coroner finally confirmed that Shaw died from complications that were suffered as a result of vaccination.

Coroner Karen Dilks declared that Shaw “died due to complications of an AstraZeneca Covid vaccination,” or specifically, “vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia” which caused the blood clots in her brain.

In the weeks after the vaccine, Shaw had complained about severe headaches.

Some 332 similar cases and 58 deaths have been recorded in relation to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Many countries have suspended or completely stopped the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, with some limiting its use for those over the age of 60. In the UK, however, the age restriction is significantly lower.

On May 7, just over a week after Shaw received her dose, the UK government announced that those under the age of 40 should be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca “if available and if it does not cause delays in having the vaccine.”

The government currently warns that AstraZeneca’s side effects can include rare blood clots, capillary leak syndrome and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and that those who experience “a severe headache that is not relieved with simple painkillers or is getting worse or feels worse” should “seek medical advice urgently.”

https://www.rt.com/uk/533165-bbc-presenter-astrazeneca-death/

NHS plans Covid-19 vaccination for 12-year-olds that would NOT require parental permission – reports

The UK National Health Service (NHS) has reportedly made plans to vaccinate children as young as 12 without the need for their parents’ permission – a plan that government advisers have not yet supported.

Under the NHS’ plan, children between the ages of 12 and 15 would start being vaccinated in less than two weeks’ time after returning to school following the summer holidays, according to The Telegraph, which obtained emails sent by the NHS’ regional offices. The newspaper also reported on Thursday that the children “would not need parental consent” to get vaccinated.

Though Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK for children aged 12 and over, the Department of Health said on Wednesday that a decision on the vaccination of young children had not yet been made.

Government advisers on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have been reviewing whether to approve widespread vaccination of children, but had earlier said only children with certain health conditions would receive jabs.

Earlier this month, England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, expressed his support for the vaccination of under 18s, claiming to be “very much in favour” of 16- and 17-year-olds getting jabbed.

Vam-Tam also said that it was “more likely rather than less likely” that the number of children between the ages of 12 and 15 who were eligible to get vaccinated would soon expand.

News of the NHS’ plan angered many people on social media who pointed out that the risk vs reward conclusion for vaccinating young children was still uncertain.

Some supported the idea, with one Welsh social media user stating that she agreed 12- to 15-year-olds “can consent” and are “mature enough to make that call,” but thought it should be “done near to medical care like mine was, not in school.”

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises all Americans aged 12 and over to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Roughly 600,000 children between the ages of 12 and 15 were vaccinated in less than a week after Pfizer’s vaccine was approved for under 16s in May.

Many European Union countries have also started vaccinating children, with the EU approving Pfizer for 12- to 15-year-olds in May and Moderna in July.

https://www.rt.com/uk/533125-nhs-plans-covid-vaccination-children/

Top NYPD Police Union Promises Legal Action If City Imposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The largest police union in New York City is planning to file a lawsuit if the city tries forcing police officers to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

“If the City attempts to impose a vaccine mandate on PBA members, we will take legal action to defend our members’ right to make such personal medical decisions,” Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Patrick Lynch said in an email obtained by the New York Post.

So far, the city has not indicated whether it will impose a vaccine mandate on police officers, he added.

City workers in New York must either get a COVID-19 shot or submit to weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, announced last month.

More recently, de Blasio announced that teachers and other school staffers must get a vaccine or face termination.

New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea said on NY1 last last year that officers would not be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

https://www.ntd.com/top-nypd-police-union-promises-legal-action-if-city-imposes-covid-19-vaccine-mandate_666701.html

PENNSYLVANIA: Democrat Governor Tom Wolf Wants Last Minute School Mask Mandate After Initially Saying He Wouldn’t

Wolf is calling for an emergency session just as most PA schools are starting the school year.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is urging state lawmakers to return to Harrisburg in order to pass legislation mandating masks in K-12 schools and child-care centers. “For most of the past 18 months, the legislature has asked for my administration to defer to local governments and local organizations when making mitigation decisions,” Wolf wrote in a letter addressed to both legislative chambers. “It is clear that action is needed to ensure children are safe as they return to the classroom.”

Wolf claimed that schools already in session have urged him to implement a mask mandate. According to Penn Live, 474 PA districts have submitted health and safety plans to the Department of Education. Of the 474, just 59 have instituted mask mandates.

In early August, Wolf stated that he would not mandate masks in K-12 schools. “I think the school districts in Pennsylvania have to decide what they want to do. I think the CDC guidelines say ‘strongly recommend’ that schools do that. They’re not mandating it, and neither am I,” said Wolf just weeks ago. Now, at the last minute, with almost all PA school districts set to be in session after Labor Day, the governor is calling for a mask mandate. “With school having already started in many areas of the state, the time to act is now,” Wolf said.

The Wolf administration implemented a school mask mandate with limited exemptions last year. He did this without the legislature, as he was operating with emergency powers granted due to the pandemic. This was ultimately stripped, however, when Pennsylvania voted to remove the governor’s emergency powers last May.

Jason Gottesman, a spokesman for House Republicans, said that the chamber has no plans to return before they’re scheduled to be back in September. “We’ve been for local decision-making since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Gottesman. He also cited the vote to curtail Wolf’s powers.

The president of the state’s largest teachers union backed Wolf’s call for an emergency session. “In the meantime, we continue to urge school district leaders to follow CDC guidance and adopt universal masking policies as students return to school,” said Rich Askey, a Harrisburg music teacher and president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association.

On August 20, Wolf re-instated a mask mandate for all state employees.

https://nationalfile.com/pennsylvania-democrat-governor-tom-wolf-wants-last-minute-school-mask-mandate-after-initially-saying-he-wouldnt/

U.S. Amb. to Afghanistan: We Warned Americans to Leave Afghanistan and ‘People Chose Not to Leave’

During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s “CBS Evening News,” acting U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson stated that despite warnings months ago for Americans to leave Afghanistan, “People chose not to leave. That’s their business. That’s their right. We regret now that many may find themselves in a position that they would rather not be in. And we are determined to try to help them.”

Host Norah O’Donnell asked, “Why didn’t the U.S. get out Americans and our Afghani friends before the Taliban were able to take control of Kabul? You warned about this in a cable. Were you ignored?”

Wilson answered, “We put out repeated warnings, every three weeks, to Americans, going back to, I think, March or April, each one in stronger terms, leave now, leave immediately. Never in my 40 years of working — since I began working at the State Department have I seen such strong language used. People chose not to leave. That’s their business. That’s their right. We regret now that many may find themselves in a position that they would rather not be in. And we are determined to try to help them.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/26/u-s-amb-to-afghanistan-we-warned-americans-to-leave-afghanistan-and-people-chose-not-to-leave/

Uyghurs in Afghanistan ‘Terrified’ of Taliban-China Collaboration

Ethnic Uyghurs from China’s Western Xinjiang region currently residing in Afghanistan told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Tuesday they fear the Taliban terror group may deport them to China now that the group has seized control of the country.

“The Chinese identification documents held by many Uyghurs in Afghanistan have expired, though they still say ‘Chinese Turkestani migrant’ on them,” a Turkey-based Uyghur with relatives in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city, told RFA on August 24.

“If this information were to fall into their hands in the coming days, China might say that there are such and such Uyghurs who have left Xinjiang and that they want them to turn us over,” the man, identified only as “Abdulaziz,” speculated.

Abdulaziz said some China-origin Uyghurs residing in Afghanistan held identification documents that “have expired,” indicating that the out-of-date papers may serve as the initial impetus for the Taliban to seek out members of the minority ethnic group for deportation.

A Uyghur woman who has resided in Kabul for more than ten years told RFA on Tuesday she is “terrified” the Taliban may try to deport her because, according to her official identification documents, she “belong[s] to China.”

The woman said she had been married to an Afghan national during her entire decade-plus in Afghanistan, though she did not indicate that this union had afforded her any protection from deportation. She chose not to reveal her identity to RFA, a U.S. government-funded broadcaster.

Afghanistan is a majority Sunni Muslim country bordering Xinjiang, China’s westernmost region. Xinjiang is home to most of the world’s Uyghur people. The group is predominantly Sunni Muslim and Turkic-speaking. The Taliban is a radical Islamist terrorist organization that identifies as Sunni but has established “friendly” ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

During a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 28, Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said, “The Afghan Taliban will never allow any force to use the Afghan territory to engage in acts detrimental to China.” He referred to the “East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM),” which Beijing claims is a Uyghur-backed terrorist organization that has allegedly perpetrated attacks in Xinjiang. The CCP further claims that ETIM remains “active in Afghanistan in areas including the northeastern province of Badakshan, where China and Afghanistan share a remote 76 km [47-mile-long] border.”

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/26/uyghurs-afghanistan-terrified-taliban-china-collaboration/

China: U.S., UK, Australia Must Be ‘Held Accountable’ for ‘Great Suffering’ in Afghanistan

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has said that America, Britain, and Australia, among others, “must be held accountable” for the “suffering” caused by their “military interventions in sovereign states”, particularly Afghanistan.

“The U.S., UK, Australia and other countries must be held accountable for the violation of human rights committed by their military in Afghanistan and the evolution of this current session should cover this issue,” declared Chen Xu, ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, at a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) on the Taliban takeover of the South Asian country.

“Under the banner of democracy and human rights the U.S. and other countries carry out military interventions in other sovereign states and impose their own model on countries with vastly different history and culture,” admonished the dignitary for the left-wing dictatorship, accusing Western nations of causing “great suffering” through such interventions.

China, which has a had a more fractious relationship with the previously sycophantic Western democracies since the onset of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, has been gloating over the botched Joe Biden-led withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the country’s state-run Global Times going so far as to publish an editorial declaring that “The real winner of this disaster is China” — penned by Italy’s Under-Secretary of State for Economic Development, no less.

The CCP has also been pushing hard for the international community to go easy on the Taliban — which will now for the first time control the small but important Afghan frontier with China’s Xinjiang, held by the Western-aligned Northern Alliance even before the 2001 invasion of the country — possibly with an eye to taking the lead in exploiting the Islamic Emirate’s valuable lithium reserves.

“The Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope to develop good relations with China, and that they look forward to China’s participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan,” said a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on August 16th.

Indeed, the Global Times is already bragging that state-owned Chinese businesses are already receiving special treatment from the Taliban regime, despite China’s well-documental mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in neighbouring Xinjiang.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/26/china-u-s-uk-australia-must-be-held-accountable-great-suffering-afghanistan/

Can’t Make This Up: Update from White House on Kabul Bombings – “There Is No Update”

Update from White House on Kabul Bombings – “There Is No Update”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/cant-make-update-white-house-kabul-bombings-no-update/

Former White House Doctor: Biden's cognitive 'issues' worsening Afghanistan chaos

A cognitive test would only "confirm what everybody in this country already knows is that he doesn't have the competency and the cognitive ability to be our commander-in-chief," said Rep. Ronny Jackson the former White House physician.

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), the former White House doctor for Presidents Obama and Trump, told Just the News that President Biden has cognitive "issues" that are worsening the situation in Afghanistan during the evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies and "impacting our safety and our national security."

Jackson previously called for Biden to take the same cognitive exam that he administered to former President Donald Trump. Given the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan as the U.S. military withdraws from the country, Jackson argued that Biden's cognitive issues are now clear.

"I still believe that needs to happen, but the reality is I don't even think it's to the point where he needs a test anymore," Jackson said on Wednesday after criticizing Biden for claiming Al-Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan. "I think he's proven to the entire country right now that he has issues and these issues are impacting our safety and our national security.

"I think it's obvious at this point. I think a test won't do anything but confirm what everybody in this country already knows is that he doesn't have the competency and the cognitive ability to be our commander-in-chief and lead this country, and he needs to step down and let somebody who can do it, do it."

Jackson, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, said it was "comical" for Biden to suggest Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks, is "gone" in Afghanistan, contradicting reports by the United Nations and the U.S. intelligence community earlier this year.

"Anybody that follows the last 20 years knows that there's still a faction of the Al-Qaeda and ISIS in that area," he said.

Jackson, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, was the first chief medical advisor to the president of the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci now holds that position.

Jackson questioned why Biden would tell the public Al-Qaeda isn't in Afghanistan when the intelligence community has briefed Congress about their presence in the region.

"Has his own administration, people in the West Wing of the White House, have they lost faith in him as well?" he asked. "Do they just not tell him things, you know, because they realize that he's not capable of processing it? Are they just making the decisions on their own somewhere. Did he forget? I mean, it's also, in my opinion, some cognitive issues that can be part of it as well."

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/former-white-house-doctor-bidens-cognitive-issues-worsening-afghanistan-chaos

Even with draconian lockdowns and travel restrictions, Australia’s covid “cases” are now skyrocketing… is the science WRONG? (2 Pics)

Something terrifying is happening in Australia. Officers of the law are dutifully carrying out the plans of the globalists and enforcing insidious rules that violate the very people they are supposed to serve. Australia has turned into a prison camp, with draconian lockdowns, bodily requirements and travel restrictions. Medical martial law has become a normal way of life, and Australians are being held down until the majority are inoculated with bioweapon vaccine experiments.

Australian governments continue to prescribe tyranny for endemic infections, and the result is always the same. As more people are locked up, the case numbers skyrocket. Australians have followed the science to a tee, but the population is getting sicker, more depressed and more violent than ever before.

Is the science wrong? Of course, it is.

Lockdowns make people sick, but Australia continues to abuse people

Lockdowns put many people in a state of fight or flight, as their careers and livelihoods are threatened. Lockdowns put more stress on people who are trying to make ends meet, limiting their opportunities and ability to interact. As rights are stripped, people are threatened to comply with bodily demands at every turn, raising blood pressure, increasing stress hormones. Grieving people need other people there for them; isolation can kill. Children and adolescents need human interaction; a lack of friendship and stability can cause depression and anxiety which can lead to suicide. All these government-generated problems break down the psychology of people and weaken their ability to adapt to the world around them. In this tyrannical environment of suppression, people get sicker in the mind and in the body.

Australia continues to set new daily records for infection, despite adhering to strict, ongoing lockdowns. From Victoria and Queensland, to New South Whales and Greater Brisbane, to South and Western Australia and the Greater Sydney region, Australia is locking people in their homes, restricting human interaction and isolating people like never before. But the nation is getting sicker and hospitalizations continue to climb. Australia beat its daily record with 914 recorded infections, and the curve never seems to flatten. The lockdowns have not worked since the beginning, and infections spike as soon as the tyranny is enacted, but governments continue on the same path, never learning, never relinquishing their ill-gotten power. In fact, Victoria is on its sixth lock down and hundreds of thousands of people are in revolt.

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/even-with-draconian-lockdowns-and.html

Facebook tries to “save face” by exonerating the “Disinformation Dozen” who are internationally censored, slandered, defamed for telling the truth about vaccine injuries

Shadowy international forces seek to use Facebook as a means to establish official narratives and control what people can read across the social media network. After spending years adjusting algorithms to remove “fake news” and “misinformation,” Facebook’s upper echelon of fact checkers, information controllers, and narrative pushers have admittedly overplayed their hand in the war to control information.

In a strange twist of fate, Facebook just announced that the The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) manufactured a “faulty narrative” without “any evidence” targeting twelve individuals who were repeatedly defamed and stereotyped as the “disinformation dozen.” This fraudulent and forceful CCDH report, authored by CEO Imran Ahmed, was even used by the Biden regime for political harassment purposes to pressure Facebook into taking further punitive action against innocent Americans who were repeatedly defamed, stripped of their First Amendment rights, and denied due process. Joe Biden, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki even said these individuals are “killing people” and accused Facebook of mass murder. The Department of Homeland Security took this dangerous narrative a step further on August 13, with a terrorism bulletin that targets Americans who spread “false narratives.”

CCDH “antivax” witch hunt is backfiring

Facebook and the Big Tech oligarchy have spent months accusing twelve individuals for being “super spreaders of misinformation.” Facebook claimed that these individuals use the platform to cause serious harm to public health. Now Facebook is reversing course and going after the fraudulent report that started the witch hunt against the “Disinformation Dozen.” Even though extensive damage has already been inflicted on these twelve brave people and their associates, Facebook now says that the CCDH report has no real factual basis. The fraudulent CCDH hit-job led to 16,000 defamatory news reports and 84,700 pieces of defamatory material that was spread across Google and the social media landscape. The international press has multiplied CCDH’s fraudulent narrative, word for word, with over 16,000 news stories parroting lies and false claims against innocent people.

These targeted individuals are informed choice advocates who present well-cited scientific resources about vaccines and current medical dogma. These individuals are beneficial for public health because they raise important safety questions and sound the alarm on human rights violations in regard to the rollout of experimental COVID-19 vaccines and the manipulated and inflated COVID case and mortality statistics.

Facebook is still engaged in predatory, anti-competitive censorship tactics against “antivaxxers,” but is now trying to “save face” by rebuking the CCDH and their witch hunt crusade to purge the internet of these so-called “antivaxxers.” Facebook revealed that there are millions of people speaking out online about these unlawful vaccine mandates and vaccine injuries, not just twelve people. Facebook wrote, “The report upon which the faulty narrative is based analyzed only a narrow set of 483 pieces of content over six weeks from only 30 groups, some of which are as small as 2,500 users. They are in no way representative of the hundreds of millions of posts that people have shared about COVID-19 vaccines in the past months on Facebook.”

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/facebook-tries-to-save-face-by.html

Canada’s Gender Minister On Calling The Taliban ‘Our Brothers’: It Was A ‘Cultural Reference’

Canadian Minister for Gender Equality Maryam Monsef referred to the Taliban as “our brothers” during a press conference while providing updates on the Taliban Insurrection situation in Afghanistan.

Monsef is of Afghan descent. In 2017, she made a $255,300 salary off of Canadian taxpayers.

She told conference listeners: “I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers the Taliban; we call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country. We call on you to immediately stop the violence, the genocide, the femicide, the destruction of infrastructure, including heritage buildings.”

She continued: “We call on your to return immediately to the peacekeeping table, to the peace deal that was negotiated, and to ensure women and minorities voices are a part of that discussion in a meaningful way.”

“The Taliban are a terrorist group and yet they claim to be Muslims,” she said. “The reference to brothers is a cultural reference of course but let me be very clear, we do not support the Taliban, we are horrified the hard-won gains of the past 20 years are at stake.”

The announcement comes just one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stance on the Taliban shifted. While Trudeau first stated that Canada had no plans to recognize the Taliban, he later stated that the terror group would have to meet specific requirements in order to be acknowledged at an international level.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/08/canadas-gender-minister-on-calling.html

They Think We’re Idiots: US Officials Approve 3rd COVID Shot after 6 Months Instead of 8 Months After “Full Vaccination”

US health officials will likely approve a 3rd COVID “booster” shot after 6 months instead of 8 months following “full vaccination.”

Because “full vaccination” does not actually mean “full vaccination” and the medical elites are now promoting three shots — until they start promoting four shots.

Reuters reported:

U.S. health regulators could approve a third COVID-19 shot for adults beginning at least six months after full vaccination, instead of the previously announced eight-month gap, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Approval of boosters for three COVID-19 shots being administered in the United States — those manufactured by Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE), Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) — is expected in mid-September, the report said, citing a person familiar with the plans.

Pfizer and BioNTech have already started the application process for the approval of its booster shot in people 16 and older, saying it spurs a more than three-fold increase in antibodies against the coronavirus. read more

Earlier this week, U.S. regulators granted full approval to Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine. Moderna said on Wednesday it has completed the real-time review needed for a full approval for its jab in people 18 and above.

https://postnewsd2.blogspot.com/2021/08/they-think-were-idiots-us-officials.html

'We knew Jimmy Savile was abusing young girls': Hospital worker says 'it was very obvious' DJ 'was into very young girls' but authorities turned a blind eye because the paedophile celebrity raised so much for charity

Latest Savile documentary was released exclusively on Discovery+ this month

In it, former Leeds General Infirmary employee claims authorities turned a blind eye to Savile's abuse because of the amount of money he had raised for charities

Hospital worker said no one spoke of it but they would allude to his tendencies

A hospital worker claims it was 'very obvious' Jimmy Savile was abusing young girls but that authorities turned a blind eye because he raised so much money for charity.

Speaking in the documentary Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew, former Management Services Officer at Leeds General Infirmary David Bret described how administrators would never acknowledge Savile's inclinations but that it was hinted at.

He said: 'No one ever directly discussed Savile's sexual tendencies, but they used to allude to certain things and say, 'he's looking at that girl in such a way.

'There would be some nursing students, about 17 or 18 years old, and people would say 'Jimmy's looking at them' and someone else would say 'no they'd need 10 years knocking off them for him to be interested'

'It was very obvious that he was into very young girls.'

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2021/08/we-knew-jimmy-savile-was-abusing-young.html

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2021/08/we-knew-jimmy-savile-was-abusing-young.html

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NO DISSENT: Proposed bill would make it a jailable crime in California to protest vaccination sites

The California legislature has put forth a bill that would make it a crime to protest outside of vaccination sites, including at hospitals and doctor’s officers where vaccines are administered.

Senate Bill 742 threatens to jail anti-vaccine protesters for up to six months, as well as stick them with fines, for making their voices heard about the dangers and ineffectiveness of Big Pharma injections, including those for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).

Freedom protesters have been seen as of late gathering outside of clinics and other facilities where the jabs are being administered. These gatherings are peaceful, but they are apparently “triggering” pro-vaccine fanatics who believe that all vaccines are “safe and effective.”

On August 19, SB 742 was placed in the California legislature’s “Suspense File,” meaning it will be considered at a later date “in a rapid-fire process” alongside other bills that have also been lumped into this category.

The purpose of the Suspense File, it would seem is to hide controversial legislation under the radar until it can be sprung up and resurrected suddenly in order to be quickly passed without too many people knowing what happened.

Included in the bill: “(a) It is unlawful to knowingly approach within 30 feet of any person while a person is making the approach within 100 feet of the entrance of a vaccination site and is seeking to enter or exit a vaccination site, or any occupied motor vehicle seeking entry or exit, for the purpose of obstructing, injuring, harassing, intimidating, or interfering with that person or vehicle occupant in connection with any vaccination services,” Section 594.39 of Section 1 of the bill would add to California’s Penal Code.

“(b) A violation of subdivision (a) is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.”

Big Pharma tyrants want to make speaking out against vaccines a crime

“Intimidation,” as defined by the bill, includes making “a true threat” towards a person or group of people that puts that person or group “in fear of bodily harm or death.”

Since some deranged vaccine lovers actually believe that not getting vaccinated, or not allowing a child to get vaccinated, is a form of “violence,” this section of the bill could be applied in such a way as to criminalize merely publicly voicing an opposition to vaccines.

The bill goes on to define a “true threat” as “a statement where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular person or group of persons regardless of whether the person actually intends to act on the threat.”

This, too, could easily be redefined to include free speech that calls into question the safety and efficacy of an injection. As you may recall, this has long been the excuse as to why vaccine studies never include a true control group: because to deprive one group of the experimental injection would be “inhumane,” we are told.

The real kicker in the bill is the “obstructing” section, which is defined as “rendering ingress to or egress from a vaccination site, or rendering passage to or from a vaccination site, unreasonably difficult or hazardous.”

Just think of the many ways that this section could be applied to any and all forms of free speech and physical presence in and around buildings or other facilities where vaccines are administered. One angry pro-vaxxer willing to file a complaint is all it would take to ruin an anti-vaxxer’s life.

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/no-dissent-proposed-bill-would-make-it.html

Vietnam deploys military to largest city to prevent residents from leaving home for ANY reason

Vietnam has deployed soldiers to enforce the country’s extreme Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City, its largest urban area and the epicenter of its current outbreak.

The socialist nation’s authorities announced Ho Chi Minh City’s repressive lockdown restrictions on Friday, Aug. 20, as a response to the still-surging COVID-19 outbreak. Earlier lockdown restrictions implemented in July have not stopped the new COVID-19 cases.

The announcement prompted a rash of panic buying, as the nine million people in the city all surged into supermarkets and other stores all over the city to stock up on essential supplies.

“It’s looking chaotic,” said one person living in the eastern part of Ho Chi Minh City. “Too many people are rushing out to buy food and essential stuff for their hard days ahead. I have managed to buy some food, as I don’t want to die from hunger before dying from coronavirus.”

Under the new lockdown regulations, almost every single person in Ho Chi Minh City is barred from leaving his or her home. This rule even prohibits people from going out to the supermarket to purchase food and other essential supplies.

“We are asking people to stay where you are, not to go outside. Each home, company, factory should be an antivirus fort,” said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of Ho Chi Minh City’s coronavirus authority.

“People must absolutely stay put, isolate from each other, from house to house, from community to community,” said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, Ho Chi Minh City has recorded over 180,000 infections and 7,000 deaths. The city alone makes up over half the country’s infections and around 80 percent of its fatalities. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported the country’s largest single-day tally of deaths at 737. Most of these deaths were from Ho Chi Minh City.

The country’s coronavirus outbreak has also strained its healthcare system. Over 14,600 additional doctors and nurses have been called up to Ho Chi Minh City and its neighboring provinces to support its hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Patients with mild or no symptoms have even been told to just quarantine at home rather than head to a hospital.

The lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City began in early July. This earlier lockdown alone was already very repressive. Public gatherings of more than two people were banned and people were only allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons such as purchasing food.

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/vietnam-deploys-military-to-largest.html

https://news.trust.org/item/20210823131541-rgvz9

Harvard University names a devout ATHEIST as its new head chaplain who describes himself as 'humanist rabbi': Ivy League school says it's catering to the 40% of students who are NOT religious or agnostic

A devout atheist and 'humanist chaplain' at Harvard University is set to lead the progressive university's collection of religious leaders.

Greg Epstein, 44, has been named president of the chaplains for the religious community at the Ivy League School. Epstein, who has served as Harvard's 'humanist chaplain' since 2005 is a devout atheist and caters to fellow nonreligious believers as well as agnostics and humanists at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school.

Epstein, who was raised in a reformed Jewish household in Queens, New York, said his elevation to the position is meant to be inclusive of larger and larger numbers of Americans and especially progressive Harvard students who identify as spiritual but not religious.

There is a rising group of people who no longer identify with any religious tradition but still experience a real need for conversation and support around what it means to be a good human and live an ethical life,' he told the New York Times.

The Harvard Crimson did a survey of the school's class of 2019 and found that there are indeed increasing numbers of students without a designated faith.

The survey showed 21% of the class as agnostic and 17% were atheists. This compared to 17% Catholics, 10% Jewish and 3% of Hindus and Muslims.

This isn't just a trend at Harvard: a Pew Research Center poll found 20% of Americans identify as atheist, agnostic or non-religious.

That same poll found two thirds of surveyed freshmen identified as 'somewhat or very liberal'; only 12% of the class said they were at least 'somewhat conservative.'

Epstein himself served as the national chair of the organization 'Humanists for Biden/Harris' during the 2020 election.

The university is known for often taken progressive views on social issues and outrage at more conservative faculty.

Recently, a professor faced serious backlash for refusing to use the term 'pregnant people' and insisting on using the terms male and female.

The university also removed Donald Trump-supporter US Rep Elise Stefanik from a panel for perpetuating claims of voter fraud

Students have also filed a petition to ban Trump administration alums from speaking or teaching at the school.

The position of chaplain is not necessarily tied to one particular religion, although it has origins in the Christian tradition.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/08/harvard-university-names-devout-atheist.html

YouTube censors videos asking for people to PRAY for healing from coronavirus

YouTube has expanded its policies regarding so-called Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) “misinformation.” The popular video-sharing platform has now banned all videos that seek out prayer or faith healing against the coronavirus.

“The safety of our creators, viewers and partners is our highest priority,” claimed YouTube in its policy page about so-called COVID-19 medical misinformation. “We look to each of you to help us protect this unique and vibrant community. It’s important you understand our Community Guidelines and the role they play in our shared responsibility to keep YouTube safe.”

This COVID-19 misinformation policy prevents any video that “contradicts local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO).”

This means any video that questions the guidance of the WHO or other local health authorities regarding how to prevent, diagnose, treat or transmit COVID-19 will be censored from YouTube. Videos that also question social distancing and self-isolation guidelines, as well as the very existence of COVID-19, are also banned from the site.

Regarding videos that talk about COVID-19 treatment, YouTube’s policy will outright ban any content “that encourages the use of home remedies, prayer or rituals in place of medical treatment such as consulting a doctor or going to the hospital.”

This includes all content that recommends the use of ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, questions the efficacy of masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and claims that wearing masks can have negative health effects. The policy even extends to censoring videos that provide claims “about COVID-19 vaccination that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or WHO.”

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/youtube-censors-videos-asking-for.html

Wait a minute 🤔he said what????

New Report Finds US Has Spent Over $2.3 Trillion on Afghanistan War

The number will increase in the future as the US is still paying for veterans care and interest on money borrowed for the war

Brown University’s Costs of War project released an updated report Wednesday on US spending for the war in Afghanistan. The report found that since the 2001 invasion, Washington has sunk over $2.3 trillion into the war.

The spending includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan and is broken down into five categories. The biggest chunk is the Defense Department’s budget for the war, which is just over $1 trillion. The State Department’s war budget adds another $60 billion. War-related Increases to the Pentagon budget account for $433 billion.

Estimated interest payments on war borrowing accounts for $532 billion, and spending on care for veterans of the war adds up to $233 billion. Costs of War did not account for future interest payments or future spending on lifelong care for veterans, so the total will still increase even after the US completes its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/08/25/new-report-finds-us-has-spent-over-2-3-trillion-on-afghanistan-war/

https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-budgetary-costs-date-us-war-afghanistan-2001-2022

Hmmmm

https://www.jpost.com/international/as-we-watch-the-rise-of-the-taliban-us-israel-alliance-is-more-critical-than-ever-677821

Capitol Hill Republicans' calls for Biden resignation amplify after U.S. casualties in Afghanistan

GOP lawmakers have been critical of Biden's handling of the Afghanistan, warning that Biden was risking having blood on his hands

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/calls-bidens-resignation-amplify-after-us-casualties-afghanistan

KEK haven't heard this before

Iran Two Months Away From Nuclear Bomb: Israel Defense Minister

https://southfront.org/iran-two-months-away-from-nuclear-bomb-israel-defense-minister/

At Least Ten Marines Are the First American Military to Die in Afghanistan Since February 2020 [UPDATED]

UPDATE 2:05 p.m.: Fox News is reporting that at least ten U.S. servicemembers have been killed today, and the number is likely to rise.

Today marks the first time since February 2020 that American military forces were killed in action in Afghanistan.

Two suicide bombings killed at least 40 people today, and wounded another 120, outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. One attack occurred at the airport’s Abbey Gate and the other was very near the Baron Hotel, where U.S. and UK military and journalists are staying.

The attacks today killed four U.S. Marines and injured another three, marking the first American military deaths in Afghanistan since February 8, 2020, when two American soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing.

The soldiers killed on February 8, 2020, were Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas; and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

The names of the U.S. Marines killed today have not yet been released.

The situation in Afghanistan remains fluid and information is rapidly coming in.

GRAPHIC. Video from Afghanistan shows dozens of people killed and injured in today’s attacks.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/08/26/four-marines-are-the-first-american-military-to-die-in-afghanistan-since-february-2020-n1473002

Donald Trump Jr.

@DonaldJTrumpJr

So are we talking about impeachment yet? Asking for a friend who was impeached for a phone call but definitely wouldn’t strand thousands of American Civilians behind terrorist enemy lines! #BidenDisaster''

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1430902501570613251

U.S. Sanctions Corruption Networks Worth Approximately $1 Billion

The U.S. sanctioned three Paraguayan citizens under the Magnitsky Act on Tuesday for orchestrating a series of global corruption schemes totalling approximately US$1 billion.

A joint investigation involving the DEA and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) found that Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, Khalil Ahmad Hijazi, and Liz Paola Doldan Gonzalez had bribed customs officials to avoid inspections and taxations of illicit shipments, and government officials to expedite the entire process, according to a U.S. Department of the Treasury statement.

The Magnitsky Act targets perpetrators of serious corruption offences around the world.

“These designations under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program show that we are committed to combating corruption,” said Director Andrea M. Gacki of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Kassem is said to maintain strong ties with Paraguayan politicians, police officers, district attorneys, and brokers out of Ciudad del Este, a city located along the Paraná River which is well known for illicit shipping activities.

The DEA-HSI investigation labeled him as a Despachante or dispatcher, given his ability to employ networks of government and bureaucracy officials for illicit purposes.

Using companies such as Espana Informatica S.A. - of which Khalil is the president - the two illegally imported electrical equipment from the U.S.

Kassem would allegedly alter the invoices in order to reduce the stated value of the goods and avoid paying taxes; money which the two kept for themselves as profit.

Once the merchandise was sold in Paraguay, Kassem is said to have laundered the proceeds throughout the U.S., China, Hong Kong and other locations via a network of front companies spanning the globe.

His aptitude as a dispatcher also granted him influence over plain-clothed officers in Paraguay’s Investigation and Special Operations Division, for which he gave them monthly payments, the U.S. investigators claim.

This level of corruption shields the Hijazi Network’s activities from law enforcement investigations, the statement said.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15073-u-s-sanctions-corruption-networks-worth-approximately-1-billion

Inside a French police crackdown on the Eurasian mob

INTERPOL response teams provided support to French law enforcement in operations that saw 37 arrests and more than EUR 380,000 in illicit funds seized

In April 2019, a meeting took place in Salzburg, Austria between INTERPOL and the French Gendarmerie’s Central Office for Fighting Itinerant Criminality (OCLDI). The subject: full operational cooperation in cases involving the criminal Eurasian brotherhood known as “Thieves in Law”.

“Thieves in Law” or “Thieves professing the code” are often at the top of the criminal hierarchy, with influence and control that extends across groups committing drug trafficking, extortion, contract murder and money laundering. Russian speaking, the organized criminals come from a variety of countries, including Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

Like other mafia-style organizations, the ‘Thieves in Law’ pollute economies around the world by investing the proceeds of their criminal activities into the legitimate funds and businesses – extending their leverage in a given sector. Contributing to a common criminal fund worth billions known as the “Obshak”, they invest in shares, real estate and companies, and managed by the most influential and high-ranking members.

300,000 euros in cash

INTERPOL’s Project Millennium works to give law enforcement worldwide the intelligence and support needed to combat Eurasian organized crime.

In early 2021, INTERPOL’s Project Millennium team began working closely with the French OCLDI on an operation targeting a Thieves in Law group, exchanging information and expertise. The cooperation culminated in a day of simultaneous crackdowns in Lyon, Nancy and Paris last April in which law enforcement arrested 25 suspects, including one of Project Millennium’s high value targets.

The operation also allowed police to seizure luxury vehicles, over EUR 300,000 in cash and different bank accounts, as well as documents detailing an “Obshak”, or Russian criminal fund. In one of the apartments raided, police found a Vory artefact decorated with criminal symbols and bearing the message “For the Thieve – May God bless you”.

INTERPOL provided operational support throughout the operation in the form of an INTERPOL Support Team (IST), in which specialized personnel from the INTERPOL General Secretariat are deployed on the request of a member country.

Two clan heads arrested

Shortly after the April operation, the French authorities requested an INTERPOL Response Team (IRT) during another crackdown against Georgian and Armenian gangs – this time in France’s Northeastern (Grand Est) region.

Back in 2019, French police had broken up a highly organized Georgian gang responsible for more than 200 robberies. In the investigations around the gang, all roads led to the Vory-v-Zakone, a Thieves in Law-style organization led by a chief, or Vor, based in Strasbourg. Over the next two years, French investigators pieced together the structure and activities of the organization – both of which were shifting due to the pandemic.

On 21 June 2021, more than 100 French officers – supported by INTERPOL’s Project Millennium IRT – launched a series of coordinated raids in Strasbourg and Nancy. The heads of two different Thieves in Law clans – one Georgian and the other Armenian – were arrested along with 10 other individuals.

The raids saw police seize vehicles, handguns, stocks of illicit cigarettes, alcohol and perfume as well as more than EUR 17,000 in cash. Arrests warrants were issued for several individuals who had fled.

https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/Inside-a-French-police-crackdown-on-the-Eurasian-mob

CBP Officers Seize over $16 Million in Methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $16,836,500 in alleged methamphetamine.

“The seizure of this massive load of methamphetamine underscores not only the gravity of the narcotics threat we face on a daily basis but the resolve of our frontline CBP officers to utilize inspections experience and technology to keep our trade corridors secure,” said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.

Boxes containing nearly 1,203 pounds of methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at Pharr International Bridge

Boxes containing nearly 1,203 pounds of

methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at Pharr

International Bridge.

On August 20, 2021, CBP officers assigned to the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility encountered a tractor trailer, arriving from Mexico. A CBP officer referred the conveyance for further inspection, which included utilizing non-intrusive imaging (NII) equipment and screening by a (canine team). After physically inspecting the conveyance, CBP officers discovered alleged methamphetamine weighing 1,202.62 pounds (545.5 kg) concealed within the trailer.

CBP OFO seized the narcotics and vehicle, and the case remains under investigation by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).

For more information about CBP, please click on the attached link.

Follow the Director of CBP’s Laredo Field Office on Twitter at @DFOLaredo and on Instagram at @dfolaredo and also U.S. Customs and Border Protection at @CBPSouthTexas for breaking news, current events, human interest stories and photos.

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-over-16-million-methamphetamine-pharr-international