Former Secretary of Defense Esper Was Reportedly Involved with General Milley In Rogue Calls with China

President Trump was surrounded by treacherous and even perhaps treasonous monsters in his Administration. His entire tenure was one big revolving coup.

According to Mediaite:

Defense Secretary Mark Esper reportedly took the lead in Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley’s effort to comfort the Chinese government amid January’s unrest in Washington, D.C.

A senior defense official confirmed the allegation, according to Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, who wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, “Milley was absolutely not going rogue. Esper took the initiative on this in October. Esper asked his own policy folks to backchannel the message. Milley’s message followed Esper’s.”

The word of Esper and Milley’s actions really come as no surprise. Esper, after all, defied President Trump and refused to protect the President and the White House when it was under siege from BLM and Antifa communist groups a year ago.

Milley called his supervisor, President Trump, a tyrant.

Finally, Esper was eventually fired but not before he colluded with General Milley, Nancy Pelosi, and the Chinese against our country.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/former-secretary-defense-esper-reportedly-involved-general-milley-rogue-calls-china/

Goldman Tells Hedge Funds How To Profit From Europe's Gas Price Hyperinflation, Warns Of Blackouts

After weeks of covering the remarkable, record hyperinflation in European gas prices, which have soared to such tremendous levels that protests against the price of electricity across Europe are a daily occurrence, it is hardly a secret to anyone that the cost of living in Europe this winter will be especially miserable, and could be even more miserable if Vladimir Putin decides to throttle gas deliveries to Europe.

Of course, Europe's "green" obsession to fight climate change is also a key contributor to the explosive move in the price, with Deutsche Bank writing today that "if governments are serious about addressing climate change then there will be a huge cost and taxing carbon will be regressive. As such they will have to spend even more to help out lower income households."

In other words, all those who are have so generously signaled their virtuous desire to fix the climate are about to pay through the nose for the privilege.

A quick big picture recap for those who have missed the biggest move in gas prices in history, here is a quick primer.

Over the past month, European natural gas prices have rallied more than 40% and more than 14% this week - to a record-high 22/mmBtu. While NW European gas inventories are at record-low levels for this time of the year, there have been no significant changes to fundamentals in recent days and the Oct-Jan spread has remained virtually flat in this latest rally.

This suggests that current prices reflect not only the tight current balances in NW Europe, but also a growing winter risk premium, which according to Goldman is near $3/mmBtu, to price a probability that regional gas prices will need to incentivize demand destruction and/or attract incremental LNG this winter. This is the equivalent to pricing a 21% probability that TTF rallies to the $32/mm Btu highs observed in JKM earlier this year, when Northeast Asia gas markets were tightened by a cold winter event.

How did we get here? In three words, weather, LNG and, more recently, Russia.

Northwest European gas inventories, currently 24% below average, have been tight since the beginning of this summer, when the region experienced two consecutive cold weather events in April and May. Gas balances were subsequently further tightened by disappointing LNG imports, with heavy maintenance in Australia and Russia removing 7 mtpa (26 mcm/d or 0.9 Bcf/d) on average from peak summer supplies(Jun-Aug), while strong South American demand reduced the residual LNG flow to be sent to Europe by another 6 mtpa in the same period (we discussed this in "From Russia With 50% Less Supply: European Nat Gas Prices Explode To Record Highs As Putin Turns The Screws").

More recently, NW European gas balances were made even tighter owing to an outage at a Russian condensate processing facility at Urengoy that impacted gas production and exports. The drop in Russian flows to NW Europe peaked at about 60 mcm/d (2Bcf/d) in mid-August and kept gas send outs to Germany through the Yamal pipeline about 20 mcm/d below normal for two weeks this month, before normalizing today (Sep 14th).

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-tells-hedge-funds-how-profit-europes-gas-price-hyperinflation-warns-blackouts

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Nicki Minaj Shares Tucker Carlson Clip Suggesting Elites Are Mad Because She Supports Medical Freedom

Minaj faces controversy for urging her followers to pray and make their own decision about whether to take one of the controversial COVID vaccines

American rap artist Nicki Minaj recently tweeted in support of medical freedom, explaining that someone she knows became “impotent” after taking one of the controversial COVID-19 vaccines and then urging her followers to pray and weigh the benefits of getting vaccinated. In response, globalist media outlets became enraged at the star, with only Tucker Carlson and other pro-freedom outlets defending her. Today, Minaj shared a clip of Carlson’s show, in which he explained that what truly enraged the medical and political elite was that Minaj urged her followers to make their own decision.

Minaj originally tweeted, “My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen.” She added, “His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with [your] decision, not bullied.”

“It’s not anything to do with the physical effect of the vaccine that makes our political class mad, it’s the last part of Nicki Minaj’s tweet that enrages them,” Carlson explained recently on his show. Instead, it’s “the part where she says you should pray on it, make the decision yourself, like a free human being, and quote, ‘Don’t be bullied.'”

He added, “So our media and public health officials didn’t like this because they make their living bullying people. They couldn’t let it stand.” Minaj uploaded the video to her Twitter account accompanied with a bullseye expressing her support for Carlson’s sentiments.

Minaj later tweeted in defense of sharing the Carlson clip, noting that Joy Reid “lied on me & made [people] attack me. But I can’t quote this man who did the opposite,” before calling detractors “Brain dead.”

In another tweet she wrote, with sarcasm, “I can’t speak to, agree with, even look at someone from a particular political party,” then added that people “aren’t human anymore. If you’re black & a Democrat tells [you] to shove marbles up [your] ass, you simply have to. If another party tells [you] to look out for that bus, stand there & get hit.”

https://nationalfile.com/nicki-minaj-shares-tucker-carlson-clip-suggesting-elites-are-mad-because-she-supports-medical-freedom/

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Anthony Fauci named 'The Sexiest Man Alive' by the Guardian — and folks aren't taking the newspaper's decision so kindly

Dr. Anthony Fauci — director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases — has been named "The Sexiest Man Alive" by the British-based publication the Guardian.

But some are wondering if the title bestowed upon the 80-year-old in charge of America's response to the coronavirus during the last 18 months is a joke of some kind.

What are the details?

The Guardian's Instagram post about Fauci's latest accolade said the "scientist, doctor and public servant … has become an unlikely cult hero for millions of people during the COVID pandemic."

The post added that Fauci — whom the Guardian also called a "pop culture phenomenon" — is "the focus of a documentary, appropriately titled: Fauci."

But the Guardian gave some ink to the doc's creators on the Instagram post.

"At the core of Tony's popularity is that people intuit that this is a man who is speaking the truth and will not let anything stand in the way," John Hoffman, co-director, told the newspaper. "Tony is the signal amid the noise. People are able to sense that there's a lot of noise, and their ears are trying to find the signal, and Tony is the signal."

How are folks reacting to Fauci's 'Sexiest Man Alive' title?

The following are the first 10 reactions as of 5 p.m. EST seen at the top of Instagram post:

"You must be joking."

"Nope."

"Tell me more about glorification."

"Yikes."

"Are you joking?"

"Wait, what?"

"Satire, I assume?"

"Wouldn't trust him with a brush."

"Is this the plot of a Twilight Zone episode?"

And number 10 may be the best reply of the bunch: "The sexiest gain of function researcher funder."

You get the idea.

Anything else?

More than 28,000 people signed a Change.org petition last year asking People Magazine to name Fauci the Sexiest Man Alive.

"His comforting and intelligent demeanor has helped to lessen our national anxiety. He speaks truth to power, a strength few have at this time. His kind face and manner of speaking bring calm during the storm," the petition description read. "For sapiophiles and many others, he is the definitive Sexiest Man Alive in 2020."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/anthony-fauci-named-the-sexiest-man-alive-by-the-guardian-and-folks-aren-t-taking-the-newspaper-s-decision-so-kindly

Former state senator is behind Pennsylvania billboards slamming Biden for 'Making the Taliban Great Again'

Former Pennsylvania state senator Scott Wagner is behind billboards in the Keystone State that prominently display the phrase "Making the Taliban Great Again!" alongside a graphic that looks like President Biden wielding a rocket launcher.

Wagner is a Republican who entered office on April 2, 2014 and resigned on June 4, 2018. He mounted an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid, losing to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf during the 2018 election.

"The pull out rushed through by President Biden had made us the laughing stock of the world," Wagner wrote in an email, according to Fox News. "The Taliban are openly stating that they ran the United States out of Afghanistan – they are now very emboldened."

He said that the liberties "young people have experienced since we landed in their country will be taken away now that the Taliban is in control."

"What do we say to families who lost loved ones in the Middle East – the country these people served and died for left Afghanistan with its tail between its legs," he told the outlet. "It seems that President Biden was hell bent on rushing out of Afghanistan – his ego and lack on information is going to prove to be very bad for the United States."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-state-senator-is-behind-pennsylvania-billboards-slamming-biden-for-making-the-taliban-great-again

Former Massachusetts State Representative Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Campaign Funds, Bank Fraud and Tax Fraud

BOSTON – Former Massachusetts State Representative David M. Nangle was sentenced today for illegally using campaign funds to pay for his personal expenses, defrauding a bank to obtain loans to purchase his home and repay his personal debts, and collecting income that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service.

Nangle, 60, of Lowell, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Nangle was also ordered to pay restitution of $33,347 to the IRS and forfeiture of $15,650. On Feb. 24, 2021, Nangle pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, four counts of making false statements to a bank and five counts of filing false tax returns.

“Former Representative Nangle was a 22-year veteran of the Massachusetts State House and former Chairman of the Ethics Committee when he illegally used campaign funds for private golf club dues, trips to casinos and expensive dinners,” said Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell. “He broke the law and violated his duty to the voters – as Chairman of the Ethics Committee, no less. This case is the latest proof that this office is intent on holding corrupt public officials accountable.”

“State lawmakers are elected by the people, to serve the people, not to serve their own financial interests like David Nangle did. Mr. Nangle betrayed his constituents’ trust and broke the law, knowing full well what he was doing was wrong. Today’s sentence shows there are serious consequences for corrupt public officials who try to undermine the integrity of our government,” said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Boston Division. “Citizens expect and deserve their elected officials to serve them honestly, and the FBI will not hesitate to go after others like him who willfully and maliciously abuse their office.”

“As a state lawmaker, David Nangle was less concerned about his constituents and more interested in his own personal and financial gain,” said Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division. “Today’s sentencing sends a clear message that elected office is not for sale, and those who doubt this will be held accountable for their actions. Cases involving betrayal of the public’s trust are of utmost importance and IRS-CI will continue to be a partner in these efforts.”

From 1999 to 2020, Nangle was the elected member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 17th Middlesex District. Nangle, who previously served as a House Ethics Committee Chairman, used his campaign committee’s debit card to make personal purchases, including thousands of dollars in gift cards for his personal use, among other things.

During the period of the charged offenses, Nangle was heavily in debt and gambled extensively at area casinos and online, and then used thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for various personal expenses such as dues at a local golf club, rental cars to travel to casinos, flowers for his girlfriend, gas, hotels and restaurants. Nangle knew that using campaign funds for personal use was prohibited and subject to oversight by an independent state agency and concealed his theft by filing false reports that disguised the personal nature of the spending.

In addition, from at least 2015 to 2018, Nangle devised a scheme to fraudulently obtain loans from a bank in order to finance the purchase of his home, fund his gambling activities and repay his personal debts. Nangle did so by making false statements on multiple loan applications, misstating his income and understating his debt.

Upon learning of the investigation into his embezzlement and fraud, Nangle also obstructed justice by entering into a sham consulting agreement with a local business owner designed to make payments he received appear legitimate. In reality, Nangle never provided any legitimate services in exchange for receiving $27,000 from that business owner. Instead, Nangle helped the business owner curry favor with an important client by sponsoring legislation that benefited the business owner’s client.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-massachusetts-state-representative-sentenced-prison-embezzling-campaign-funds-bank

Recidivist Child Sex Offender From Philadelphia Sentenced to 55 Years For Exploiting Two Young Toddlers

The investigation into this defendant lead to the arrest of a Villanova University spiritual leader and West Chester University student

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/recidivist-child-sex-offender-philadelphia-sentenced-55-years-exploiting-two-young

Founder Of $90 Million Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison

Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEFAN HE QIN, the founder of the Virgil Sigma Fund LP (“Virgil Sigma”) and the VQR Multistrategy Fund LP (“VQR”), a pair of cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York which claimed to have over $100 million dollars in investments, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison. On February 4, 2021, QIN pled guilty to one count of securities fraud before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who imposed today’s sentence.

U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “According to Stefan He Qin, founder of Virgil Sigma and VQR, a pair of cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, Virgil had a stated market strategy of ‘market neutral,’ safe investments. Qin’s investors soon discovered that his strategies weren’t much more than a disguised means for him to embezzle and make unauthorized investments with client funds. When faced with redemption requests he couldn’t fulfill, Qin doubled down on his scheme by attempting to plunder funds from VQR to satisfy his victim investors’ demands. Qin’s brazen and wide-ranging scheme left his beleaguered investors in the lurch for over $54 million, and he has now been handed the appropriately lengthy sentence of over seven years in federal prison.”

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founder-90-million-cryptocurrency-hedge-fund-sentenced-more-seven-years-prison

Reality TV star sentenced for PPP fraud and for operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme

ATLANTA - Maurice Fayne, who starred in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, and for bank fraud, and making false statements to a financial institution related a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application.

“Fayne planned to use the PPP program as a cover for his long-running Ponzi scheme,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “The funds the program supplies serve as a lifeline to many businesses desperately trying to stay afloat during the pandemic, and unfortunately his fraud helped deplete those precious dollars.”

“This sentence should serve notice that the FBI and our federal partners will investigate anyone who misdirects federal emergency assistance earmarked for businesses who need it to stay afloat,” said Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “We won’t tolerate anyone driven by personal greed to pocket American taxpayer money that should be going to those who need it.”

“Lying to gain access to SBA’s pandemic response programs is not without consequence,” said SBA OIG’s Eastern Region Special Agent in Charge Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite. “OIG will relentlessly pursue evidence of fraud against SBA’s programs aimed at assisting the nation’s small businesses struggling with the pandemic challenges. I want to thank the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its leadership and dedication to pursuing justice.”

According to Acting U.S. Attorney Erskine, the charges, and other information presented in court: From March 2013 through May 2020, Fayne ran a multistate Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 20 people who invested in his trucking business. Fayne promised that he would use the investors’ money to operate the business. Instead, he used the money to pay his personal debts and expenses and to fund an extravagant lifestyle for himself. During the scheme, Fayne spent more than $5 million at a casino in Oklahoma.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/reality-tv-star-sentenced-ppp-fraud-and-operating-multimillion-dollar-ponzi-scheme

Pennsylvania Subpoenas Are BOGUS – AG Shapiro: “No Need For Subpoenas, You Guys Already Have Access.”

On Wednesday morning, a Pennsylvania Senate Committee met and voted to issue subpoenas in the investigation of the 2020 election.

The Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, chaired by Sen. Cris Dush issued these subpoenas under the showboat leadership of Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman.

The Gateway Pundit reported that it isn’t clear what type of investigation would take place because they didn’t even subpoena the ballots.

Last month we reported that RINO Jake Corman hijacked the Pennsylvania audit after he fired Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano’s staff and stripped him of his committee.

Bobb: PA Voters want a real audit. What does the PA senate subpoena? Emails. Not the ballots, not the machines, not the poll books. While emails may be helpful, they are not enough. The PA Senate must do better.

Corman’s audit is only a distraction from the truth.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/pennsylvania-subpoenas-bogus-ag-shapiro-no-need-subpoenas-guys-already-access/

Moderna Says People Who Received its Covid Vaccine Early On Are TWICE as Likely to Get ‘Breakthrough’ Infection – Pushes Booster Shot

Moderna on Wednesday said people who got their Covid vaccine early on are twice as likely to get a breakthrough infection.

New data suggest people who got the Moderna jab between July 2020 and December 2020 are nearly twice as likely to get Covid than people who took the jab between December 2020 and March 2021.

Moderna is using this new data obtained during clinical trials to push booster shots on fully vaccinated people.

Beginning September 20, Americans who received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines will be eligible for a booster shot eight months after their last dose.

The Daily Mail reported:

Moderna Inc says people who received its COVID-19 vaccine last year are nearly twice as likely to get a breakthrough infection compared to those recently vaccinated.

Breakthrough cases occur when people contract the disease 14 days or more after receiving their final dose of the shot.

New data published on Wednesday found 88 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among Americans vaccinated from December 2020 to March 2021.

Comparatively, there were 162 cases – 1.8 times as many – among those vaccinated between July 2020 and December 2020.

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company also reported 13 severe cases among the early vaccination group compared to six in the later group.

What’s more, there were three Covid hospitalizations and two deaths in the group vaccinated last year compared to no hospitalizations or deaths in the group vaccinated in winter 2020 and spring 2021.

Moderna says the data provide evidence for giving booster doses to fully vaccinated people.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky last month said that people who received the Covid vaccine early on are at an increased risk for severe disease.

“We are seeing concerning evidence of waning vaccine effectiveness over time and against the Delta variant,” Walensky said.

Walensky continued, “Reports from our international colleagues, including Israel, suggest increased risk of SEVERE disease amongst those VACCINATED EARLY.”

Walensky said the only way out is to get the Covid booster.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/moderna-says-people-received-covid-vaccine-early-twice-likely-get-breakthrough-infection-pushes-booster-shot/

Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Indictment and Arrest of "Drug Kingpin" Associated with the Sinaloa Cartel Operating in Sonora, Mexico

The transnational criminal organization targeted Alaska in trafficking methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/multi-agency-investigation-results-indictment-and-arrest-drug-kingpin-associated-sinaloa

==Dark Web Child Pornography Facilitator Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography

Millions of Images of Child Exploitation Material Found and Removed from Hosting Service==

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/dark-web-child-pornography-facilitator-sentenced-27-years-federal-prison-conspiracy

Former Corporate Executive Sentenced for $30 Million Embezzlement Scheme

BOSTON – The former Chief Financial Officer of Alden Shoe Co. was sentenced today for embezzling approximately $30 million from the company as part of a long-running scheme.

Richard Hajjar, 64, of Duxbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Hajjar was also ordered to pay restitution of $33,962,880 and forfeiture of $27,300,552. On May 5, 2021, Hajjar pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions and filing a false tax return.

From at least 2011 through October 2019, when he was terminated by Alden Shoe Co., Hajjar embezzled money by writing checks to himself from company bank accounts and transferring funds from company accounts to his personal accounts and to another individual. In total, Hajjar embezzled approximately $30 million which he used to enrich himself and to buy gifts and luxury travel for others close to him, including private flights to the Caribbean and diamond jewelry.

In addition, between approximately 2014 and 2019, Hajjar failed to report the proceeds of his embezzlement as income on his tax returns, thereby failing to pay approximately $5,112,822 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.

Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mackenzie A. Queenin of Mendell’s Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit and Carol E. Head of Mendell’s Asset Recovery Unit prosecuted the case.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-corporate-executive-sentenced-30-million-embezzlement-scheme

LA County To Mandate Segregation Of Unvaccinated Or Negative Test At Outdoor Events, Bars, And Clubs

Los Angeles County is preparing a revised health order which will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for outdoor events, as well as indoor portions of bars, wineries, breweries, nightclubs and lounges.

The order, reported on Wednesday and expected to be made official later this week, will also require all customers and employees to have at least one dose of the vaccine by Oct. 7, and become fully vaccinated no later than Nov. 4.

"This modified health officer order aligns with the continued need to reduce risk of transmission and increase vaccination coverage," Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told the Board of Supervisors. "This is a reasonable path forward that will position us to be better able to break the cycle of surges.

Who's most impacted?

Not Asians, who are 80% vaccinated throughout LA county.

In fact, the new segregation order will affect blacks the most - at just 51% vaccinated.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/la-county-mandate-segregation-unvaccinated-or-negative-test-outdoor-events-bars-and-clubs