Maryland Government Officials Worked With Open Borders Activists To Draft Sanctuary Law

Law blocked Montgomery County police from working with ICE to detain illegal immigrants charged with crimes

Maryland government officials sought approval from an open borders activist group while they drafted a controversial 2019 sanctuary law that critics now say was responsible for a spike in violent crimes by illegal immigrants, according to internal emails obtained by the Immigration Reform Law Institute.

CASA de Maryland, a group that advocates for decreased border restrictions and once accepted $1.5 million from the Hugo Chávez regime, in 2019 was in close contact with officials in Montgomery County, Md., to draft the "Promoting Community Trust Executive Order," correspondence shows.

The order, which blocked county police from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants who had been charged or convicted of other crimes, drew national scrutiny after at least nine undocumented immigrants in the county were accused of rape or sexual assault in the month after it went into effect. County officials eventually walked back parts of the order, allowing county jail authorities to work with ICE on custody transfers.

Immigration Reform Law Institute executive director Dale L. Wilcox, whose group obtained the emails through a public records request, said the coordination between government officials and far-left advocacy groups on immigration laws was "disturbing."

"Anti-borders politicians are working hand-in-glove with radical anti-borders groups to import endless numbers of illegal aliens with little concern for the safety and well-being of their legal residents," said Wilcox. "People in these communities need to let their elected officials know that such nefarious relationships will not be tolerated."

CASA de Maryland, which describes itself as the "largest grassroots immigrant advocacy organization in the Mid-Atlantic," opposes enforcement of federal immigration laws and has mounted numerous lawsuits to reduce restrictions on illegal immigration. The group has sued Maryland to permit drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and publishes pamphlets about how to evade detention by immigration authorities.

The emails show that Montgomery County officials regularly sought guidance from CASA de Maryland on crafting its immigration policies, including the Promoting Community Trust executive order, and worked closely with the group on crafting the order and strategizing the public relations rollout. Officials also sent a draft to the organization to review before the policy was officially signed.

"We anticipate finalizing the Order next week and would appreciate hearing your feedback beforehand," Montgomery County assistant chief administrative officer Caroline Sturgis wrote to CASA de Maryland employees in a July 5, 2019, email.

The group said it approved of the draft order but raised concerns about the county jail's policy for notifying ICE about inmates convicted or charged with prior crimes.

https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/maryland-government-officials-worked-with-open-borders-activists-to-draft-sanctuary-law/

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Israeli strikes on Syria pose direct threat to civilian air traffic - Russian Ambassador

They often target even the suburbs of Damascus, Alexander Efimov said

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. Recurrent Israeli missile strikes on Syrian territory pose a direct threat to civilian air traffic in the country, Russian Ambassador to Syria Alexander Efimov said in an interview with TASS.

"Another alarming moment is the recurrent missile strikes by Israel. They often target even the suburbs of Damascus, and there have been cases when explosions happened directly in the capital’s residential districts. Israeli raids also pose a direct threat to civilian air traffic in the sky over Syria," he said.

The diplomat noted that it would be possible to talk about normalizing the situation in Syria only after the legitimate Syrian authorities have the opportunity to conduct full-fledged anti-terrorist activities throughout the country's sovereign territory, without interference and obstacles from unfriendly external forces.

The ambassador noted that after the last terrorist strongholds were eliminated in the suburbs of Damascus in the summer of 2018, a lot of things in the city have changed for the better, but it is too early to talk about completely returning to a peaceful life. "I have already explained, the terrorist threat has not disappeared, both for the country in general and specifically for Damascus. Let me remind you again about the major terrorist attack in the capital about two weeks ago," Efimov added.

https://tass.com/politics/1357861

Colombian president to open innovation office in Jerusalem next week

With free trade agreement in effect, Ivan Duque to lead 95-person delegation, including six ministers, to Israel to boost economic ties; will meet with Bennett and Herzog

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque will open a trade and innovation office in Jerusalem next week during a three-day visit to Israel, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday.

Duque will be leading a 95-person delegation that includes the ministers of defense, health, agriculture, trade, environmental protection, and transportation. Colombian officials, businessmen and representatives of the Jewish community will also join the president.

The size and makeup of the Colombian delegation “underscores the importance of the relationship and their desire — and ours of course — to broaden cooperation in a whole range of issues,” said the Foreign Ministry’s Latin America desk deputy director, Yonatan Peled, in a briefing with reporters.

The Jerusalem office of Innpulsa, Bogota’s entrepreneurship and innovation agency, will be Colombia’s first innovation center abroad. Duque plans on opening similar offices in South Korea and San Francisco, Peled said.

Duque announced his intentions to open the office in August 2020, during a videoconference with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking the ratification of a free-trade agreement between the two countries.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/colombian-president-to-open-innovation-office-in-jerusalem-next-week/

THE ODED YINON PLAN

Israel cannot escape its legacy of violence

"Israel has been defined [for] too many years by the Israel-Arab conflict," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett complained in a recent interview with The Times. However, even Bennett's intentional omission of Palestine, in keeping with the normalised but erroneous use of "Israeli-Arab conflict" preferred by diplomats, screams out the importance of defining Israel through its colonial theft of Palestinian land.

Bennett's strategy is different from that of his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose belligerent allegiance with former US President Donald Trump enabled an acceleration of Israel's colonial expansion. This, of course, allows Bennett to dangle the promise of economic incentives for Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority.

Likewise, as the interview notes, Bennett would have been unable to set the contradictory policy of no annexation and no settlement building freeze, had Netanyahu and Trump not paved the way for the current political climate through the Abraham Accords. In truth, Bennett's annexation plans will be realised indirectly through de-facto annexation, which does not compromise the normalisation agreements that took issue with formalised, rather than "natural" colonial expansion.

The more that Palestine and its people are marginalised, the more it is imperative to define Israel as a manifestation of its colonial violence. Its actions do not merit anything else, unless defining Israel is left to the compromised diplomats who laud colonialism through their inaction while pretending to support an independent Palestinian state. The international community has normalised Palestine's disappearance as much as it endorses its symbolic memory, but only as far as it serves the two-state compromise.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211104-israel-cannot-escape-its-legacy-of-violence/

Western-Backed White Helmets Are Preparing To Stage Another Provocation In Greater Idlib

The Western-backed White Helmets organization is plotting yet another provocation in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, revealed on November 3, according to the TASS news agency.

Greater Idlib is the home to many terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. The White Helmets have been working closely with these groups.

“The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties has received data that members of the pseudo-humanitarian organization White Helmets are plotting a provocation with an aim of accusing government forces of delivering indiscriminate strikes at civilian facilities and civilians,” the Russian officer said.

According to kulit, the White Helmets are recruiting people from the towns of Kafr Kermin and Sarmada in the Idlib to take part in fake a fake video report.

“It is planned to engage English-language reporters, who have arrived in the Idlib de-escalation zone to highlight the provocation,” Kulit added.

Terrorist groups and the White Helmets stage provocations in Greater Idlib on a regular basis in order to accuse Syrian government forces of committing war crimes such as intentionally shelling civilians.

According to reports by Syrian, Russian and Lebanese sources, the terrorists even attempted to stage attacks with chemical weapons on several occasions.

The terrorist groups and the White Helmets hope that their propaganda stunts could provoke a military strikes by the US and its Western allies against Syrian government forces.

Currently, terrorists in Greater Idlib, who continue to violate a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey last year, are preparing for a possible attack by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies.

https://southfront.org/western-backed-white-helmets-are-preparing-to-stage-another-provocation-in-greater-idlib/

Direct Terrorist Collusion: Over One Dozen Videos Capture White Helmets Working Side-By-Side With Terrorist Groups in Syria

https://clarityofsignal.com/2017/05/08/direct-jihadist-collusion-over-one-dozen-videos-capture-white-helmets-working-side-by-side-with-terrorist-groups/

Over 100 White Helmet Self-Posted Facebook Images Expose Fake Humanitarian Group as FSA Terrorists Linked with Al-Qaeda

https://clarityofsignal.com/2017/05/01/now-you-see-me-over-100-white-helmet-self-posted-facebook-images-expose-fake-humanitarian-group-as-fsa-terrorists-in-bed-with-al-qaeda/

Massive White Helmets Photo Cache Proves Hollywood Gave Oscar to Terrorist Group

https://clarityofsignal.com/2017/02/27/massive-white-helmets-photo-cache-proves-hollywood-gave-oscar-to-terrorist-group/

Scotland 88% of Covid-19 Deaths & 77% of Hospitalisations were among the Fully Vaccinated in the past month according to the latest Public Health data

The latest official Public Health data shows that the fully vaccinated accounted for 88% of Covid-19 deaths in the past four weeks, whilst also accounting for 77% of Covid-19 hospitalisations and 64% of alleged Covid-19 cases from October 2nd through to October 29th.

The Covid-19 Statistical Report is a weekly report on Covid-19 data published by Public Health Scotland, and the latest update published November 3rd confirms that things are getting worse for the fully vaccinated population by the week whilst things improve for the not-vaccinated population.

Table 18 of the report confirms that the majority of Covid-19 cases were among the fully vaccinated population in the week beginning October 23rd 2021, accounting for 11,416 cases. Whilst the not-vaccinated population accounted for less than half the amount, recording 5,655 cases.

https://theexpose.uk/2021/11/04/88-percent-covid-19-deaths-among-fully-vaccinated/

https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/9994/21-11-03-covid19-publication_report.pdf

https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1456311532497813508

4 Years Later, NYT Says Steele Dossier ‘Turned Out to Be Democratic-Funded Opposition Research’

With the arrest of the principal source of the bogus dossier, The New York Times belatedly admits what the dossier was, a fact reported in Consortium News four years ago.

Igor Danchenko, the main source for the phony Clinton campaign, opposition research dressed up as an intelligence report that for a time duped the FBI and Democratic mainstream media for several years, has been arrested in the ongoing investigation into the deceptive origins of Russiagate by Special Counsel John Durahm, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times lead reads:

“Federal authorities on Thursday arrested an analyst who in 2016 gathered leads about possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia for what turned out to be Democratic-funded opposition research, according to people familiar with the matter.”

The key phrase is “turned out to be”, as the Times has belatedly come to understand that the Steele Dossier, which became the focal point of manic Democratic-slanted reporting, was nothing more than opposition research, a mix of some fact and mostly fiction, which both parties routinely serve up in campaigns to sling mud at their opponents.

But the Steele Dossier was fervently believed by Democratic partisans, at times fanatically, as if it were solid intelligence, in the face of the facts. Robert Parry, the late founder of this website, was in the forefront of questioning and debunking the bogus story that was widely and profoundly believed, to the point of U.S. sanctions being imposed on Russia, spiking tensions between the nuclear-armed powers.

CN‘s editor, Joe Lauria, at the time a writer for Consortium News, spelled out as early as October 2017 — just 10 months into the Trump regime — that the Democrats were behind both the phony dossier and the private firm CrowdStrike’s examination of Democratic National Committee servers, which the party kept away from the FBI. Lauria wrote this piece on Oct. 29, 2017, entitled “The Democratic Money Behind Russia-gate.” It began:

“The two sources that originated the allegations claiming that Russia meddled in the 2016 election — without providing convincing evidence — were both paid for by the Democratic National Committee, and in one instance also by the Clinton campaign: the Steele dossier and the CrowdStrike analysis of the DNC servers. Think about that for a minute.

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/11/04/4-years-later-nyt-says-steele-dossier-turned-out-to-be-democratic-funded-opposition-research/

Italy: Ex-Calabrian Councillor Jailed for ‘Ndrangheta Vote Buying Scheme

A former regional councillor in the southern Italian region of Calabria was sentenced to five years in prison for having dealt with an entrepreneur affiliated with the local ‘Ndranghetta Mafia, the Italian state media agency ANSA reported.

Francesco Talarico, who ran for office in 2018, allegedly negotiated with Antonio Gallo, an entrepreneur affiliated with the local ‘Ndrangheta clans, offering "in exchange for a substantial package of votes, to introduce Gallo in national political-institutional environments," his indictment read, Gazzetta Del Sud reported.

Talarico was acquitted of the charge of having mafia ties himself.

“Obviously I respect any decision, because it comes from the authority of the State. However, I remain disoriented, while it is excluded that I am part of a notorious business committee with a Mafia connotation, I am still found guilty of having reached an electoral agreement with an unspecified Mafia subject,” Talarico said after sentencing, according to Gazzetta Del Sud.

Talarico was among 20 others who were tried at the same time following an investigation conducted by Italy’s Antimafia Directorate and led by Chief Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri, who was tasked with leading the maxi-trial against 325 members of the ‘Ndrangheta currently underway.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15428-italy-ex-calabrian-councillor-jailed-for-ndrangheta-vote-buying-scheme

Spain busts migrant smugglers active along the Balkan route

The suspects would have smuggled at least 400 migrants, earning more than €2 million in illegal profits

Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), together with law enforcement authorities from Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Romania and Slovenia and supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled a criminal network facilitating illegal immigration along the Balkan route. The suspects used vans and trucks to hide the irregular migrants while transporting them in life-threatening conditions. The operation against this criminal group took place under the Operational Task Force Crafter, set-up by Europol. The two action days on 22 April in Madrid and 7 May 2021 in Bucharest led to 15 arrests (12 in Spain and 1 in Romania, 1 in Slovenia, 1 in Croatia).

77 migrants detected in overcrowded truck

The investigation into this criminal network started in August 2020, when Slovenia reported the arrest of a suspect intercepted while transporting 53 irregular migrants in a van. Mainly Pakistani, but also Colombian, Spanish and Romanian suspects, were among the 17 identified members of the criminal network. So far, 15 of them have been arrested: 13 during the two action days in April and May, with a further two arrested in Croatia and Slovenia. The suspect arrested in Romania is the leader of the network considered a High Value Target by Europol.

The suspects recruited mainly Pakistani migrants from locations close to refugee camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina and would transport them via van to Italy, or in some cases Spain. While transporting them through the Balkan route, the criminals used separate cars as scouts to check the route and alert the ringleaders in case of police checks. In total, law enforcement authorities detected eight migrant smuggling attempts, four of which were aborted by the smugglers due to heavy police presence. Law enforcement authorities in Croatia intercepted a truck smuggling 77 migrants in life-threatening conditions, four of whom were minors. They also detected two other vehicles carrying 47 and 21 migrants respectively. The investigators estimate that the suspects have smuggled at least 400 migrants, earning about €2 million in illegal profits.

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/spain-busts-migrant-smugglers-active-along-balkan-route

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/spain-busts-migrant-smugglers-active-along-balkan-route

South Florida Addiction Treatment Facility Operators Convicted in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-addiction-treatment-facility-operators-convicted-112-million-addiction

Five individuals charged in multi-million dollar money laundering conspiracy

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/five-individuals-charged-multi-million-dollar-money-laundering-conspiracy

In Congress, Israel Justifies Palestinian NGO Terror Tag With Evidence on Unrelated Group

The document had already been presented to European diplomats to try to stop them from funding the organizations, but they were not convinced

The Shin Bet representative tasked with briefing U.S. Congress on Israel's designation of six Palestinian civil society NGOs as terrorist groups presented evidence on an unrelated organization.

The document had previously been presented to European diplomats in May in an attempt to convince them to stop funding the organizations. Sources who were shown it at the time said it did not convince them. According to sources, additional evidence was presented to the U.S. State Department and other officials with higher security clearances.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-justifies-palestinian-ngo-terror-tag-to-u-s-with-evidence-on-unrelated-group-1.10352342

Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/current-and-former-metropolitan-correctional-center-employees-and-inmates-indicted

Democratic Virginia delegate loses election, admits he tampered with Republican campaign signs at polling place, tells cop it was just 'a little hijinks'

It has not been Chris Hurst's finest week.

First off, the Democrat from the Virginia House of Delegates lost his District 12 re-election bid to Republican Jason Ballard. In fact, Republicans took control of the House by flipping seven seats after Democrats held a 55-45 majority.

But that ain't the half of it.

What else happened?

You see, on the eve of the election, Hurst and his girlfriend were pulled over by Radford City police after a sheriff's deputy allegedly saw them tampering with campaign signs at a polling place, WSLS-TV reported.

Police photos show campaign signs for Republican candidates such as Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin and Hurst's opponent, Delegate-elect Ballard, flipped over and on the ground, the station said.

A little hijinks'

The following is a transcript from the police bodycam video showing the conversation between Hurst and the officer who pulled him over, WSLS reported:

Officer: "I think what you need to do after I deal with you here is go back and fix those signs. What do you think? You try to resort to doing this? Instead of doing a fair election? Chris, quit playing. Quit playing. Y'all are up there turning over signs at the polling area and you're sitting here acting like you don't know what's going on?"

Hurst: "…Here's what I would say. I would think that something that was a little hijinks and steam blowing off is exactly what everybody over on the other side of the mountain does and people all over this district do."

Officer: "So you're going to resort to that and represent us?"

Hurst: "I need you to just do your job here tonight and I'll do mine. I have nothing more to say to you, officer. I'm sorry for actions that I may have done or my partner may have done, but I think you're getting a little emotional here."

Officer: "I'm not getting emotional at all, you're supposed to be representing us. You're supposed to be out here representing us and not out here acting like a school kid. How am I supposed to vote for you if you're out here doing this?"

Hurst: "Were you planning on voting for me?"

Officer: "Well, that's all up in the air now."

Hurst: "I'm sorry if I lost your support, sir."

At Tuesday night's watch party, Hurst told media members the campaign sign incident was a prank, the station said.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/democratic-virginia-delegate-loses-election-admits-tampered-with-republican-campaign-signs

Kenosha Police Didn’t Record Rioter Gaige Grosskreutz’s Interview, Failed To Search His Phone Despite Having Warrant

Grosskreutz was shot in the arm after aiming a handgun towards Kyle Rittenhouse

Kenosha detectives did not execute a search warrant for the phone of armed rioter Gaige Grosskreutz despite obtaining one. According to Detective Martin Howard, this has been the only time a search warrant has not been executed during his three-year career as a detective. Howard was cross-examined by Rittenhouse defense attorney Mark Richards on Wednesday.

Detectives seized hours of video footage of the event from witnesses and bystanders with Grosskreutz being the lone exception. Despite having a search warrant in hand while Grosskreutz and his lawyer interviewed with the Kenosha police, it was not executed and his phone was not seized. Grosskreutz was the only person of interest whose phone was not downloaded. Similarly, his interview with police detectives was not recorded.

Gaige Grosskreutz was shot in the arm after faking a surrender then raising a handgun towards Rittenhouse’s head. He has a criminal record for burglary and is allegedly a member of the People’s Revolution Movement of Milwaukee, a radical left-wing group. Grosskreutz later remarked that this his only regret was “not emptying the entire mag into him”, referencing Rittenhouse.

https://nationalfile.com/kenosha-police-didnt-record-rioter-gaige-grosskreutzs-interview-failed-to-search-his-phone-despite-having-warrant/

New Evidence for Infanticide in Creation of Fetal Cell Line for COVID Vaccine Testing

“To obtain embryo cells, embryos from spontaneous abortions cannot be used, nor can those obtained by means of abortions performed via the vagina: in both cases, the embryo will be contaminated by micro-organisms.”

“The correct way consists in having recourse to Caesarian section or to the removal of the uterus. Only in this way can bacteriological sterility be guaranteed.”

“In either case, then, to obtain embryo cells for culture a programmed abortion must be adopted, choosing the age of the embryo and dissecting it while still alive, in order to remove tissues to be placed in culture media.”

“Given these premises, we face the dilemma of whether the deliberate systematic destruction of a human creature to obtain cell material can be justified, when it is recognized that this is of great interest to fundamental research and for the diagnosis of some human diseases. Are research and diagnosis of such great value that they justify the destruction of human beings?”

“The Geneva Declaration affirms that the doctor has the duty to take the greatest care to safeguard the life of a human being from its conception and will not, even under threat, use his knowledge to infringe humanitarian laws.” (1986-04-26; Herranz, Gonzalo; Il Sabato, no.15…Professor Herranz was, at the time, president of the Committee of Medical Ethics of Spanish Doctors and vice-president of the Permanent Committee of Medical Ethics of the European Community.)

What exactly happened in 1972 or 1973, in the Netherlands, where an infant girl was aborted, and her kidneys used to make a cell line that would be used, going forward, in the testing of vaccines?

That cell line is called HEK 293 (HEK stands for human embryonic kidney), and it has been used to test COVID vaccines.

I have already presented evidence for concluding the abortion involved removing the living infant from her mother’s womb, and taking her kidneys, which of course killed her.

This evidence rests on the realization that, in order to extract viable and useful kidney tissue, the baby had to have a functioning blood supply, which meant she was alive.

But the evidence ALSO comes from knowing many other abortions have been carried out, in order to harvest tissue for medical research, by murdering living babies.

I have found a very informative article (2/9/2021) at the Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform UK, by Christian Hacking, titled, “What the HEK?!” by Christian Hacking. Quoting from the article:

“HEK 293 is a human cell line created using a kidney from a dissected unborn baby in the Netherlands between 1972 and 1973. It is the second most common cell line and is used extensively in ‘pharmaceutical and biomedical research’. It is also used in vaccine creation and cancer research.”

“It was used, along with other human cell lines, to develop a genetically engineered spike protein (that the mRNA vaccine codes for) in the original development stage of the vaccine. The ‘new technology’ Pfizer vaccine and the Moderna Vaccine were tested on HEK 293 before they began human trials. This testing is ongoing for all new batches. Finally the ‘old technology’ Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine grew a weakened viral strain in HEK 293 cell culture…”

“The kidney in question was dissected from a healthy Dutch baby girl of unknown origin by the team at Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1972. Despite the inclusion of the term ‘embryonic’ in the title, the baby in question was probably 12-13 weeks old when she was killed so as to secure functioning kidney cells. The man in charge of the research was named Alex Jan Van der Eb; he is still alive and still based in Holland.”

“When questioned on the matter by the FDA in 2001, Dr Van der Eb confirmed it was an intentional abortion of a ‘fetus’ but gave hazy details of the exact experiments.”

https://21stcenturywire.com/2021/11/04/new-evidence-for-infanticide-in-creation-of-fetal-cell-line-for-covid-vaccine-testing/

Forced Organ Harvesting: Tribunal Estimated Organ Trade Worth $1 Billion per year

https://rumble.com/vopyyt-forced-organ-harvesting-tribunal-estimated-organ-trade-worth-1-billion-per-.html

This website exposes the organ harvesting issues in China but I'm being blocked from accessing it.

I'll fuck around later and bypass the censors but am wondering if others get blocked?

https://fulan.info

More Fraud in New Jersey’s Election Uncovered – Voting Machines Would Not Allow Citizens to Vote for Republican Governor Candidate

Two incidents of voters being unable to select the Republican candidate for governor in New Jersey have been unearthed.

Two separate videos are being shared on social media where the voter on the voting machine is unable to select the Republican candidate for governor in New Jersey.

One video surfaced of an individual who is not able to choose the Republican candidate for governor. The machine prevents this selection from being made.

Republican Jack Ciattarelli never had a chance. The Democrat fix was in and the Republicans were in Lala land.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/fraud-new-jerseys-election-uncovered-voting-machines-not-allow-citizens-vote-republican-governor-candidate/

Ethiopians Told To Defend Capital As Tigray Rebels Encroach; US Embassy Evacuating Staff Amid 'State Of Emergency'

The war between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels, which intensified in the past months, is now threatening to descend of the capital of Addis Ababa - resulting in authorities declaring a state of emergency, and with the US Embassy beginning to initiate non-essential staff departures. The US State Department has further warned all US citizens to evacuate the country immediately.

"Our country is facing a grave danger to its existence, sovereignty and unity. And we can’t dispel this danger through the usual law enforcement systems and procedures," Justice Minister Gedion Timothewos said Tuesday in announcing the six month state of emergency which essentially imposes martial law on the population. The government has also called on all residents in Addis Ababa to prepare to defend their neighborhoods ahead of a potential rebel assault, which is looking imminent.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ethiopians-told-defend-capital-tigray-rebels-encroach-us-embassy-evacuating-staff-amid

Secret real estate purchases are a driving force behind the offshore economy

No longer content with Miami condos and London townhouses, investors are pouring money into properties in all corners of the world, fueling inequality and driving up prices, Pandora Papers investigation reveals.

What do a Beatle, an autocrat’s daughter and a scandal-plagued Catholic order have in common? Each made multimillion-dollar investments in real estate through offshore companies or trusts that disguised the property’s ownership.

For Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, the property in question was a Los Angeles mansion. Arzu Aliyeva, daughter of Azerbaijan’s president, purchased a London office building. The Legion of Christ, a wealthy religious order disgraced by a sexual abuse scandal, poured millions of dollars into rental properties across the United States.

Starr, Aliyeva and the Legion are among hundreds of real estate owners or investors whose identities are revealed in the Pandora Papers, a massive cache of records that gave rise to a global investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Starr and Aliyeva did not comment on these findings. In statements to ICIJ, the Legion acknowledged that it had set up one offshore trust identified in the leaked files but said it had no knowledge of two others.

The leaked records expose billions of dollars of spending by the rich and famous — celebrities and politicians, oligarchs and other members of the uber-rich. And they’re buying not only luxury real estate but also properties not typically associated with offshore purchases. Dairy farms in Tasmania, a shopping mall in Uganda and rental homes in American suburbs have all been bought directly or indirectly through offshore companies or trusts, the records show.

Hundreds of companies in the Pandora Papers files listed owning real estate as a purpose. ICIJ analysis found politicians who used offshore companies to own properties in more than 10 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Monaco, Barbados, and Italy. The owners included King Abdullah of Jordan and the prime ministers of the Czech Republic and Lebanon. King Abdullah and the Czech prime minister have denied wrongdoing.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/secret-real-estate-purchases-are-a-driving-force-behind-the-offshore-economy/

UK Buys $340 Million Worth of New COVID Pills from Merck, Becomes First Country to Approve Costly Drug

The FDA is set to meet in late November to discuss the effectiveness of the drug

The United Kingdom has become the first country to authorize the new expensive COVID-19 treatment pills from Merck, ordering $340 million worth of courses of molnupiravir.

On Wednesday, the UK government’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the British equivalent of the FDA, declared that molnupiravir, sold by Merck as Lagevrio in the UK, was “safe and effective and reducing the risk of hospitalization and death in people with mild to moderate COVID-19.”

Molnupiravir is the first designed oral treatment specifically for COVID-19, and has been designed to “introduce errors into the genetic code of the coronavirus.” The MHRA recommendations noted that it should be used by anyone with those mild to moderate symptoms, and at least one risk factor for developing a more severe version of the illness, such as obesity, age, and diabetes, and should be taken within five days of the onset of those symptoms.

This makes the UK the first country to license the new pill from Merck, with Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid declaring it a “historic” move from the government. “This will be a gamechanger for the most vulnerable and the immunosuppressed, who will soon be able to receive the ground-breaking treatment.” Javid declared that the government was “working at pace… to deploy molnupiravir to patients through a national study as soon as possible.”

The British government in October had secured 480,000 courses of the drug, which was sold to the Biden administration at $712 a course, nearly a 3913.53% increase from the cost of production, meaning it is likely the British government spent over $340 million on the pills, compared to the US government’s spend of over $2.4 billion. Merck claimed that the production of the pill would generate up to $7 billion in revenue by the end of next year.

Molnupiravir is currently under review with the FDA after asking them for an emergency authorization for its use. An FDA panel is expected to convene later this month to discuss the pill.

Pfizer announced in September that they were also developing an oral antiviral pill for COVID-19, and like Merck, had already begun production before all clinical trials have been complete.

Despite the Big Pharma companies declaring that their pills are effective therapeutics for the virus with a 98%-plus recovery rate, the companies and governments are still arguing that vaccines must also still be taken across all populations, and governments are using vaccine passports and mandates to lock resisters out of jobs and public spaces. (READ MORE: Biden Vaccine Mandate Starts Jan 4, Workers Must Get Vax Or Be Banned From Corporate Employment Indefinitely)

The UK government claimed the pill was simply another “addition to the armory” against the disease, with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla arguing that “success against COVID-19 will likely require both vaccines & treatments.”

https://nationalfile.com/uk-buys-340-million-worth-of-new-covid-pills-from-merck-becomes-first-country-to-approve-costly-drug/