Biden Regime RESCINDS Deportation of Illegal Alien Who Killed 19-Year-Old Girl in New Program to Reduce Removals

In November 2020, 19-year-old Adrienne Sophia was ejected from her car and killed when by a drunk driver in Houston. Heriberto Fuerte-Padilla, an illegal alien, was driving drunk when he killed Adrienne Sophia at 1:30 PM in the afternoon.

ABC13 reported on Sophia’s death:

Sgt. Aric Albers with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, who issued an update to reporters from the scene of the crash, said that’s when Exum was hit by a driver in a Dodge pickup truck. That driver was later identified as Heriberto Fuerte-Padilla.

“[She was] ejected out of the vehicle into the roadway,” he said. “Her head struck the roadway and she sustained a significant injury where she ended up dying on the scene.”

Albers said the man who was with Exum was not injured in the crash. The two men involved in the altercation were detained.

Meanwhile, Gonzalez said Padilla tried to get away after the crash before deputies arrived. Albers said he was found a few hundred yards away and was detained by an off-duty officer in the area.

Padilla was found to be intoxicated, according to Albers, and has since been charged with DWI and failure to render aid.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/02/biden-regime-rescinds-deportation-illegal-alien-killed-19-year-old-girl-new-program-reduce-removals/

Ex-Trump aide hands texts over to Jan 6 committee – reports

One text from Fox News host Sean Hannity to Kayleigh McEnany suggested “no more stolen election talk”

Kayleigh McEnany, who worked closely with former President Donald Trump before and after the January 6 Capitol riot, was subpoenaed by the committee in November and has reportedly handed over her text messages.

Having served as the White House press secretary between April 2020 and January 2021, McEnany was asked to turn over records, including text messages, and testify before the committee investigating the Capitol riot.

A source familiar with the investigation told ABC News she had handed over the texts and that this indicated she was cooperating with the probe.

One of the texts from Fox News host Sean Hannity to McEnany said “no more stolen election talk,” the source claimed. “Yes, impeachment and the 25th amendment are real and many people will quit,” another text apparently read.

McEnany has not publicly confirmed whether she turned over text messages and has not commented on her level of cooperation with the committee.

According to reports, she appeared virtually before the January 6 committee for a few hours on January 13 this year. If that is accurate, it would explain her absence from her midday Fox News program on that day, ABC noted.

The committee’s letter to McEnany, sent alongside the subpoena, said lawmakers wanted to ask her about her repeated claims of voter fraud in the White House briefing room and during conversations with Trump.

The House committee has interviewed more than 400 people as part of its investigation, with most witnesses having cooperated with requests and subpoenas, according to the committee’s leaders.

However, former White House strategist Steve Bannon and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have publicly refused to engage with the committee’s subpoenas, resulting in Congress voting to hold the men in contempt and referring them to the Justice Department (DOJ).

The DOJ indicted Bannon by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress. He has pleaded not guilty and will face trial in July. Meadows has, so far, not been indicted.

https://www.rt.com/news/547990-kayleigh-mcenany-january-6-committee/

New York Times Sues To Get Hunter Biden Information

We have repeatedly discussed the virtual new blackout on the influence peddling by the Biden family, particularly Hunter Biden. Despite overwhelming evidence of millions given by foreign companies and officials, the media has preferred to cover literal scoops over a story of breathtaking levels of self-dealing and corruption by the Bidens. Now, however, the New York Times has sued to force the Biden Administration to turn over information on Hunter Biden’s Romanian dealings. The lawsuit comes after another report that, in 2019, the FBI subpoenaed JP Morgan for records on Hunter Biden’s Chinese dealings.

In a new lawsuit on Monday, the Times sued the State Department to obtain emails from Romanian embassy officials sent between 2015 and 2019 mentioning a number of international business figures, including the president’s son and his former business associate Tony Bobulinski.

While the request was sent in December 2021, the Biden Administration told the Times that the soonest that it could possibly turn over the information is April 15, 2023. That is after the mid-term elections.

This story could be a bit awkward for the White House staff. When the New York Times Ken Vogel wrote about Hunter Biden’s dealings as a potential “significant liability,” Biden officials viciously attacked him while others suggested that he was a pawn of Russian or Trump disinformation. Of course, the allegations proved to be true and the infamous laptop is now considered authentic.

One of the most outspoken aides denying the entire story was Kate Bedingfield, who is now the director of White House Communications. She denounced the story as an “egregious act of journalistic malpractice.”

Andrew Bates, who is now deputy director, tweeted “SCOOP from Philadelphia: KEN VOGEL (@kenvogel ) is a COWARD.”

They will now handle questions on this story as White House officials. That includes why President Biden repeatedly said that no one had accused Hunter or his family of “doing anything wrong” when he was presumably aware of the FBI subpoena and the seizure of the laptop. Given these investigations, there is also the question of why a special counsel has not been appointed given President Biden’s past comments that have been contradicted by witnesses (as well as references to his own financial accounts in these emails).

The media and FBI investigations now cover transactions ranging from China, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, and other countries. Millions flowed to the Biden family while Joe Biden was Vice President and later as he prepared for a presidential run. Biden is still running out for ice cream and the media is dutifully covering it. The question however remains whether this will remain just desserts . . . or whether Hunter and others will receive their just deserts for influencing peddling.

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/02/01/new-york-times-sues-to-get-hunter-biden-information/

Putin comments on US response to Russian security proposals

Moscow’s security concerns have been ignored, Vladimir Putin has insisted, following the US's response to Russia’s proposals

Russia is thoroughly analyzing Washington's response to its European security proposals, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that it has already become “clear” that the US has disregarded Russia’s “fundamental” concerns following crunch talks between the two sides.

According to him, the American response is lacking any “adequate” considerations of three key demands put forward by Moscow, including a demand that NATO not expand further to the east. He was speaking during a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow.

https://www.rt.com/russia/547997-putin-us-security-deal-response/

"THE VIRUS IS IN THE VACCINE" - Karen Kingston Reports

https://rumble.com/vtry0c-karen-kingston-report-jan-24-2022-doug-billing-show.html

US Delivers 500-Ton Weapon Shipment To Ukraine As Blinken & Lavrov Talk

Another day in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine standoff and another US weapons shipment has arrived in Kiev, despite all sides ostensibly continuing to push for a diplomatic solution and the avoidance of military conflict.

On Tuesday Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced his country has received a new shipment of "500 tons of defense equipment" from the United States. "The day hasn’t passed yet and we’re unloading the 6th bird from our friends from the U.S.! 84 tons of ammunition arrived in Kyiv!" he wrote on Twitter.

The US Embassy in Kyiv in a vaguely threatening carrot-and-stick style message responded with the following aimed at Moscow: "we vastly prefer the path of dialogue and diplomacy, but we will continue to provide Ukraine the defensive assistance needed to defend against Russia's massive military force assembled on its borders."

In a later statement, the embassy posted the following: "We know Russian efforts to destabilize Ukraine are part of their playbook. We've all seen it before, and we should expect to see more. We applaud the vigilance of Ukraine's law enforcement and security services at this critical time."

The accusatory statement linked to a report wherein a Ukrainian government official alleged a Russian plot to foment a riot in the center of Kiev using up to 5,000 agent provocateurs on the ground. Officials suggested the 'false flag' scenario would be geared destabilizing the government in favor of installing pro-Kremlin leadership.

Also on Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is holding a key phone call with his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "We expect the Secretary will have an opportunity to speak by phone with Foreign Minister Lavrov tomorrow morning," the State Department had said Monday.

So far it appears Russia has yet to respond to last week's hand delivered official Washington response to Moscow's security demands of NATO. According to Russian media, "Claims from US officials that Moscow has responded to America’s proposals on de-escalation in Ukraine are inaccurate, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. It confirmed that the two sides are in talks about security in Europe but denied that a formal answer had been given."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-delivers-500-ton-weapon-shipment-ukraine-blinken-lavrov-talk

CBS News Tells Viewers Joe Rogan Is Killing People

CBS News addressed the ongoing targeting of Joe Rogan for censorship, suggesting that the podcast host is killing people by spreading COVID misinformation.

While claiming that they are in favour of free speech, the talking heads on CBS Mornings declared Rogan’s show to be “dangerous.”

“You have a First Amendment right to say what you want. You don’t have a First Amendment right to appear on a platform as large as Spotify, that’s the issue,” said one of the script readers.

After flashing up a graph showing rates of unvaccinated hospitalisations (figures grossly distorted by the lack of distinction between people admitted WITH and DUE to COVID) the gaggle agreed that the virus is a “life and death issue,” urging that Rogan should be silenced.

One of the bunch argued that you can’t just ‘turn off’ Rogan’s show because too many people won’t do that, they will continue to listen, suggesting that the only course of action is to completely silence Logan

CBS and the rest of the media (sponsored by Pfizer in many instances) are pumping out the exact same narrative regarding Rogan, while declaring that their own few thousand viewers are “more enlightened” than the millions that Rogan regularly pulls in, trouncing the ratings of even the most popular TV news outputs.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-cbs-news-tells-viewers-joe-rogan-killing-people

Stew Peters Responds After iHeartRadio, Spotify Ban 'The Stew Peters Show'

“The Stew Peters Show” has been banned from iHeartRadio without explanation. This comes after Spotify inexplicably banned the popular conservative radio host last fall.

Stew Peters, host of the popular radio show “The Stew Peters Show,” was recently banned and removed off iHeartRadio for no apparent reason.

Last fall, Spotify had removed him without explanation as well.

Peters is an America First patriot who speaks about topics such as COVID-19, election integrity and vaccine mandates.

Following the bans, Peters spoke out against the platforms for their blatant censorship.

“iHeartRadio and Spotify have now shown the world, without shame, that they are the propaganda arm of the communist, globalist genocidal machine, hellbent on the destruction of freedom, Christianity and truth,” he said.

“Removing ‘The Stew Peters Show’ is a slap in the face of liberty-loving people around the globe, and a disgusting, shameful display of cowardice.”

“I highly doubt iHeartRadio and Spotify will be removing the propagandist lies and paid advertising from big pharmaceutical companies responsible for the real deaths of millions of people, which is indisputable proof that iHeartRadio and Spotify are willing to accept blood money in exchange for the killing of your fellow global citizens, neighbors, friends, loved ones and family.

“It’s a total disgrace,” Peters said.

In August, Peters was permanently banned off Twitter shortly after reporting on the supposed deaths of 2 children among the 24,000 children in Australia who were herded into a large stadium to be forcibly vaccinated, National File previously reported.

“We are living in very dangerous times, and that danger is exasperated when masses of people tolerate tyranny,” Peters said.

Peters also pointed to a tweet he wrote explaining that the Biden White House, the CDC, the FDA, Moderna, Pfizer, the World Health Organization and Johnson & Johnson do not mandate vaccines. “I suspect it was prompted by this TRUTH,” Peters told National File, “Which had over 10,000 retweets in 12 hours.”

Peters remains on Telegram, as well as the free speech platform Gab, which has been growing in popularity in recent weeks.

https://nationalfile.com/breaking-stew-peters-responds-iheartradio-spotify-ban-stew-peters-show/

Biden’s Home COVID Test Kits Funded By Blacklisted Chinese Company, Praised For ‘Obeying’ Communist Officials.

Biden's choice of COVID test kits raises more alarms about Beijing's influence over the White House.

The Chinese company providing at-home COVID-19 tests through a Biden White House initiative – iHealth Labs – has been praised by the Chinese Communist Party for “obeying” its orders and received tens of millions of dollars in investment from a Chinese company blacklisted by the U.S. government over its ties to the country’s military, The National Pulse can reveal.

iHealth Labs, a subsidiary of China’s Andon Health, has received over $2.1 billion in contracts with the U.S. federal government and some states. Well over $1 billion of the sum comes from a contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) as part of the Biden White House’s at-home COVID-19 test program.

The department awarded two contracts to the lab in January, which provided Americans with 354 million Chinese-made kits.

iHealth Labs, however, has deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. These unearthed links exacerbate the fact that the company is subject to Article 7 of China’s National Intelligence Law, which mandates that “any [Chinese] organization or citizen shall support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work.”

The State Council of the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to the company, praising its efforts to respond to COVID-19.

In the letter posted to Andon Health’s Chinese-language website, the regime lauded the company for “consciously obey[ing]” all of its orders:

“In the work of ensuring the supply of infrared thermometers, important materials for epidemic prevention and control, your company responded to the call of the state at the first time, overcome all difficulties, urgently organized workers to return to work, worked overtime to carry out production and supply, and consciously obeyed the joint defense of the State Council. The prevention and control mechanism of the medical supplies and insurance team has actively cooperated with our department to continue to supply infrared thermometers to the country, especially Hubei Province, Beijing and other key regions, and has made outstanding contributions to domestic epidemic prevention and control and the resumption of work and production in various industries. “

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/01/covid-test-kit-company-praised-for-obeying-ccp/

==New Executive Order Restricts U.S. Persons from Trading in Publicly Traded Securities and

Derivatives of Certain “Communist Chinese

Military Companies” Effective January 11, 2021==

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/17/2020-25459/addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-communist-chinese-military-companies

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/01/covid-test-kit-company-praised-for-obeying-ccp/

‘The Walking Dead’ Actor, 31-Year-Old Moses J. Moseley, Found Dead

Moses J. Moseley, an American actor and model who was known for his work on AMC’s science fiction and drama show “The Walking Dead” has died. He was 31.

A family member of Moseley said police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances around his death after the actor’s body was found in the Hudson Bridge area of Stockbridge in Georgia last week, according to TMZ. Moseley was reported as missing on Jan. 26 after his family hadn’t heard from him since Jan. 23.

U.S.-based entertainment company AMC Studios offered a tribute to the late actor on the official Twitter account of the show.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with our #TWDFamily member Moses J. Moseley,” a statement released on the show’s Twitter account read, along with a close-up picture of Moseley.

The actor’s death was also confirmed by his manager, Tabatha Minchew. In a statement issued to Fox News on Monday, Minchew said she and Moseley had been friends for over a decade.

“Everyone loved Moses. He never met a stranger. He loved his fans as much as his family and friends. He was always excited to get auditions and work,” Minchew said.

“He was the kind of person who you could call in the middle of the night if you needed to talk or needed anything. He will be deeply missed by so many, his friends, family, costars and fans,” she added.

Born in Aiken, South Carolina, Moseley started his acting career at a young age after he was asked one day while walking out of class at Georgia State University if he would like to appear in the film, “Joyful Noise” with Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.

“After I did that movie they started sending me more and more castings and I just built myself up from there,” Moseley said during an interview.

Besides Moseley’s role on TWD show, he also appeared in the HBO “Watchmen” series, as well as “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in 2013.

https://www.ntd.com/the-walking-dead-actor-31-year-old-moses-j-moseley-found-dead_734675.html

Finland To Scrap All Coronavirus Restrictions By Mid-February

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has announced that the country will be lifting all Wuhan coronavirus restrictions by mid-February as the country starts easing some restrictions this week.

The Finnish Prime Minister stated on Monday that all coronavirus restrictions would end this by mid-February and that some restrictions will begin to ease this week, starting on Tuesday, such as restrictions on restaurants and sporting facilities.

Starting today — Tuesday 1st — restaurants will be allowed to remain open until 9 pm rather than 6 pm and alcohol will be served until 8 pm. Bars, however, will still be made to close at 6 pm and stop serving alcohol at 5 pm, YLE reports.

Gyms, swimming pools and other facilities for individual activities will be opened on Tuesday in the region of Uusimaa, while other regions have opened such facilities already, starting last week.

The Finnish government has also scrapped internal border controls between Finland and European Union member states who are part of the Schengen agreement.

Those coming to Finland from outside of the EU will still be required to be fully vaccinated or prove recovery from the virus within the last six months plus a negative test no older than three days unless they are Finnish citizens or permanent residents.

Mika Valtonen, Chief Physician of the Intensive Care Unit of Turku University Hospital said he was cautious about lifting the restrictions but believed it could be done slowly.

“The coronavirus restrictions must and are in good agreement to be abandoned gradually. But we need to keep some kind of composure here,” he said.

Valtonen also argued that the government may be lifting the restriction due to a lack of compliance from the general public.

“These restrictions have not always been so consistent. If they are not streamlined and perhaps dismantled, then citizens do not feel that compliance with them is fair or important,” he said.

Finland will join the United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland, who have all recently announced that they will be relaxing or scrapping coronavirus restrictions, such as mask mandates or the coronavirus health pass system.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/01/finland-to-scrap-all-coronavirus-restrictions-by-mid-february/

Group of 170 Mostly Nicaraguan Migrants Cross Border into Texas

NORMANDY, Texas — In one large group, more than 170 migrants crossed the Rio Grande near the small West Texas community of Normandy. The group crossed the river early Monday morning and quickly surrendered to the Border Patrol after walking through a Pecan orchard.

Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers helped provide security as Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents worked to identify the migrants and arrange for transportation. The group consisted of single adults and family units.

Border Patrol agents at the scene told Breitbart Texas most of the migrants were from Nicaragua. Agents say they have been dealing with the large groups entering through the orchard almost daily. Agents added they also identified some fraudulent family units mixed in with the large groups of over 100 migrants.

On Saturday, a group of migrants in excess of 200 crossed through the area in the early morning hours taxing local Border Patrol resources as they worked to quickly move the migrants to a processing facility in Eagle Pass, Texas, 20 miles to the south. The large groups and migrant crossings spread throughout the Del Rio Sector resulted in the sector leading the nation in Migrant apprehensions during the first weeks of 2022.

Since Friday, the Border Patrol in Del Rio Sector, which encompasses the town of Normandy, apprehended more than 2,000 migrants, 75 unaccompanied migrant children, 370 migrant family units, and thwarted 16 organized human smuggling attempts. A total of 3 rescues also took place over the busy weekend.

The small community of Normandy has been the site of multiple large migrant group arrests in recent months. With less than 100 residents in the community and no medical facilities nearby, Border Patrol officials expressed concern for migrant safety in the remote area. With freezing temperatures set to hit the area in the coming days, Agents say crossing the river will become more hazardous to the family units with small children.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2022/02/01/exclusive-170-mostly-nicaraguan-migrants-cross-border-into-texas/

Fourth Mexican Journalist in Three Weeks Killed by Gunmen

A group of three gunmen shot and killed an online journalist in western Mexico marking the fourth murder of its kind in less than one month. The murder follows threats to the journalist and his colleagues for “exposing corrupt politicians.”

The attack took place on Monday in the town of Zitacuaro, Michoacan, where a group of gunmen killed 59-year-old Roberto Toledo, a journalist with Monitor Michoacan. The gunmen also shot up the news building which doubled as a law firm.

News director Armando Linares took to social media in a short statement where he confirmed the murder of his journalist adding that they had been the target of numerous threats for exposing corrupt politicians.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2022/02/01/fourth-mexican-journalist-in-three-weeks-killed-by-gunmen/

Noticing a time slip, suspect they fired up cern again to try and move the needle

Nova Scotia Moves Quickly Using Emergency Declaration to Ban Truck Convoys and Highway Cheering, $10,000 Fine for Cheering on Roadway

Apparently, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia is taking proactive steps {link} to ensure their government officials are not subjected to any protests similar to what’s happening in Ottawa or other regions.

Using their pre-existing state of emergency, the “Province today, January 28, issued a directive under the Emergency Management Act prohibiting protesters from blockading Highway 104 near the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border.” [Announcement]

According to the provincial government, “fines for a summary conviction under the new directive will range from $3,000 to $10,000 for individuals and between $20,000 and $100,000 for a corporation.” Additionally, “outdoor gatherings of more than 20 people are prohibited under a Health Protection Act order.”

At the same time tens-of-thousands of Canadians are rallying for freedom in the nation’s capital city, Nova Scotia says citizens will obey the government or be arrested, fined and punished by provincial authorities for their noncompliance. Talk about a totally tone-deaf governing authority.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/nova-scotia-moves-quickly-using-emergency-declaration-ban-truck-convoys-highway-cheering-10000-fine-cheering-roadway/5768699

Large group of Russian warships with Caliber missiles spotted off UK

A group of Russian warships — large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov, missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, frigate Admiral Fleet Kasatonov and a group of escort ships - were spotted off the east coast of Great Britain. The appearance of a large number of ships carrying various types of missile weapons, including Caliber cruise missiles, near the borders of the United Kingdom forced London to send its ships and aircraft to monitor the movement of the Russian warships.

Reportedly, the Russian warships are moving towards the English Channel at a speed of about 10 knots. Noteworthy, a patrol anti-submarine aircraft was seen to the west off Ireland. This may well indicate that a Russian nuclear submarine could also move from the Atlantic Ocean to the area of ​​​​the naval exercises, although there is no official confirmation to such an assumption.

Russian exercises near the borders of NATO countries stirred up vivid discussions. A number of Western media outlets reported that the Russian Navy was conducting the exercises to practice an attack on NATO from the "black yard".

Читайте больше на https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/150155-russian_warships/

Smoking gun documents tie Nancy Pelosi's son to fraud and bribery scheme to remove permit violations against squalid San Francisco flop house owned by his ex-girlfriend and probed by the FBI

DailyMail.com revealed last week Paul Pelosi Jr. is involved in an FBI investigation into San Francisco officials

The officials were allegedly bribed to remove violations at Nancy Pelosi's son's ex-girlfriend's squalid property

Now DailyMail.com has obtained smoking gun documents that tie him directly to the fraud and bribery scheme

In one document, Pelosi signed statements that he was the property owner, 'the party legally and financially responsible for this proposed construction activity'

City permit expediter Rodrigo Santos, a former president of the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission, was indicted for fraud in November

Santos is accused of having his clients donate thousands of dollars to building inspector Bernie Curran's rugby club in exchange for city permits

The documents show Pelosi applying for the very same permit that building inspector Bernie Curran and Santos have been indicted for

Nancy Pelosi's son listed himself as the owner of a flop house tied to a fraud and bribery scheme prosecuted by the FBI, in documents newly unearthed by DailyMail.com.

In the documents, Paul Pelosi Jr. signed statements that he was the property owner, 'the party legally and financially responsible for this proposed construction activity' and agreed to 'abide by all applicable laws and requirements that govern Owner-Builders as well as employers.'

And they even show Pelosi Jr., 53, applying for one of the very same permits that building inspector Bernie Curran and 'permits expeditor' Rodrigo Santos have been indicted for.

The Department of Building Inspection (DBI) form, signed by Pelosi Jr. and dated December 7, 2017, is a 'smoking gun' that evidences the House Speaker's son's close links to the high-profile public corruption criminal case.

Curran and Santos are due in federal court in San Francisco this week.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10461693/Smoking-gun-documents-tie-Nancy-Pelosis-son-fraud-bribery-scheme.html

SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

https://brandnewtube.com/watch/snipers-on-the-roof-of-canadian-parliament_XpZ4NaSvFFJjGAp.html

Trust the Science! Vaccination Required To Buy Alcohol…

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/vaccination-required-to-buy-alcohol/

Portugal PM tests positive for Covid after winning election

Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, his cabinet said, as he prepared to govern solo just days after scoring a parliamentary majority.

“He does not have any symptoms and will respect an isolation period of seven days,” it said.

The news comes after the premier’s Socialist party won 117 seats in the 230-seat parliament in Sunday’s snap election.

Costa, who has headed two minority governments since 2015, was expected to meet President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Wednesday.

The head of state, who started talking to lawmakers from all sides about the new cabinet on Tuesday, had been expected to formally invite Costa to form a fresh government.

The line-up is not expected to be unveiled until the last week of February after the new parliament starts work, the cabinet has said.

Costa has never announced having Covid-19 before, though he has had to isolate before, including after coming into contact with France’s President Emmanuel Macron who tested positive in late 2020.

https://insiderpaper.com/portugal-pm-tests-positive-for-covid-after-winning-election/

In about-face, police appear to admit misuse of NSO phone hacking tech

Police say new evidence ‘changes the state of affairs,’ after initially denying unauthorized use of Pegasus spyware; Justice Ministry taps committee to probe bombshell claims

Israel’s police force admitted on Tuesday that it had found evidence that officers had conducted electronic surveillance of Israeli citizens without receiving proper judicial oversight, reversing an earlier denial of such claims.

After a bombshell report in mid January claiming that law enforcement regularly utilized the NSO Group’s Pegasus hacking spyware against Israeli civilians without court approval, police denied that any such activities were carried out without proper oversight.

But in a statement Tuesday, police noted that during a secondary investigation, “additional findings were discovered that change the state of affairs in certain aspects.”

The police said that the head of its investigations and intelligence division would instruct all members of the force to cooperate with an inquiry into the alleged unauthorized use of the hacking technology.

All officers will be mandated “to respond to its questions, hand in any document or information demanded, allow access to information systems and provide technical knowledge on the measures at the disposal of police.”

Following the initial report last month, outgoing Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ordered police to take immediate action to halt any future such activities and ordered an investigation, and the state comptroller also announced a probe of the situation.

The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that one of Mandelblit’s last actions in office before retiring on Monday was to appoint the members of a committee of inquiry into the issue.

The committee will be headed by Deputy Attorney General Amit Marari, and will include former Mossad head of technology Tzafrir Katz and former head of investigations at the Shin Bet Eyal Dagan. The committee is expected to publish its findings by July 1.

Echoing the police statement, a Justice Ministry official told the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday that further investigation into the issue has raised concerns.

Gabriela Fisman, head of the ministry’s governmental powers oversight division, told the committee that “additional findings” by the government “changed the picture,” and therefore the attorney general ordered immediate steps to prevent future violations.

Labor MK Gilad Kariv, who heads the committee, said that it was “unreasonable” to wait six months for the full investigation. He called for “interim conclusions” to be made public and debated.

Mandelblit informed Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai of the investigation into police last month, saying that “it is difficult to overstate the severity of the alleged harm to basic rights” if the report is true. But he also said at the time that while the claims “paint a highly concerning picture, [the report] does not include sufficiently concrete information, which makes it difficult to identify the incidents in question.”

The probe into police use of Pegasus is the latest scandal to rock NSO Group, an Israel-based cybertechnology company beleaguered by accusations around the world stemming from sales of the phone hacking technology to regimes accused of using it against activists, journalists, political opponents and others.

Pegasus is considered one of the most powerful cyber-surveillance tools available on the market, giving operators the ability to effectively take full control of a target’s phone, download all data from the device, or activate its camera or microphone without the user knowing.

In an interview aired over the weekend, NSO Group CEO Asaf Shalev claimed that it was “built-in” to Pegasus that it cannot be used on Israeli cellphone numbers.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-about-face-police-appear-to-admit-misuse-of-nso-phone-hacking-tech/

Massachusetts High School Pushes To Erase ‘Gendered Terms’ From Biology Class

Slideshow defines gender as an individual's 'psychological sense of self'

High schoolers in a Massachusetts biology class were asked during a lesson on human genetics to erase "gendered terms" from their vocabulary.

In a lesson on human genetics, Needham High School biology students learned to use inclusive language when discussing sex. An accompanying slideshow, which Parents Defending Education released last week, defines gender as an individual's "psychological sense of self" and asks students to research "gender fluidity" in nature.

Progressive ideology has crept into classrooms across the country. Radical education activists have called for "antiracist" math curricula that eliminate such "racist" practices as showing your work and arriving at the correct answer. One Virginia school district has proposed eliminating homework grades and extra credit assignments to promote "equity."

The presentation boasts popular progressive arguments on gender and sexuality. One slide includes definitions of "anatomical sex," "gender identity," "gender expression," and "attraction" and says that sex is not gender.

"Sex (sometimes called biological sex, anatomical sex, or physical sex) is comprised of things like genitals, chromosomes, hormones, body hair, and more," the slide provides as a definition for anatomical sex. "But one thing it’s not: gender."

That slide defines "gender identity" as an individual's "psychological sense of self."

"Who you, in your head, know yourself to be, based on how much you align (or don't align) with what you understand to be the options for gender," the slide reads.

Eliminating "gendered terms," according to another slide, ensures that "people with diverse (a)sexualities, (a)genders, bodies, and (a)romantic orientations are included and respected." Discussing biological sex in terms of men and women "marginalizes" those born with both male and female genitalia, "who have been persistently discriminated against."

After giving examples of hermaphroditic and sex-transitioning plants and animals, the presentation ends with an assignment: Students must research other examples of "gender fluidity" in nature.

Needham High School principal Aaron Sicotte told the Washington Free Beacon in a statement that the school is "proud" of its curriculum and hopes that lessons "appropriately reflect the needs of a diverse student body and the standards, values, and high academic expectations of the Needham community." Needham High School's course catalog notes that lessons in biology—including those offered to freshmen—and physiology include lessons on human sexuality. Parents have the option to remove their children from lessons they deem inappropriate.

Erika Sanzi, Parents Defending Education's director of outreach, said the slides are rife with "pseudoscience."

"Needham High School promised a science class and instead delivered a pseudoscience class," Sanzi said. "The slides shared by the biology teacher are harmful and wrong because they are factually inaccurate, sow confusion, and rely heavily on regressive sex stereotypes."

Progressive gender ideology has influenced schools in other ways. Many states and districts instruct teachers and administrators to withhold information from parents regarding their students' sexuality or "gender identity."

Update Feb. 1, 10:15 a.m.: This piece has been updated to include a statement from Needham High School principal Aaron Sicotte.

https://freebeacon.com/campus/massachusetts-high-school-pushes-to-erase-gendered-terms-from-biology-class/

Biden Boomerang: Newly released State memos undercut Democrats' Ukraine impeachment story

State Department officials told Ukraine prosecutor they were "impressed" with his work shortly before Biden forced his firing.

Just months before Joe Biden forced his firing, Ukraine's chief prosecutor was told by U.S. State Department officials that they were "impressed" with his anti-corruption plan and fully supportive of his work, according to newly released memos that cast doubt on a key Democrat impeachment narrative.

During former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial two years ago, House Democrats alleged that Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was fired in March 2016 because State officials were widely displeased with his anti-corruption efforts and not because Shokin's office was investigating the Ukrainian gas firm that had given then-Vice President Biden's son Hunter a lucrative job.

But the memos obtained by Just the News and the Southeastern Legal Foundation under a Freedom of Information Act request show senior State Department officials — including then-Secretary of State John Kerry — were sending the opposite message to Shokin the summer before his firing.

"We have been impressed with the ambitious reform and anti-corruption agenda of your government," then-Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland personally wrote Shokin in an official letter dated June 9, 2015 that was delivered to the prosecutor two days later by then-U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt.

Nuland, now President Biden's undersecretary of state, wrote that "Secretary Kerry asked me to reply on his behalf" to let Shokin know he enjoyed the full support of the United States as he set out to fight endemic corruption in the former Soviet republic.

"The ongoing reform of your office, law enforcement, and the judiciary will enable you to investigate and prosecute corruption and other crimes in an effective, fair, and transparent manner," Nuland added. "The United States fully supports your government's efforts to fight corruption and other crimes in an effective, fair and transparent manner."

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The letter stands out, according to Republican congressional investigators and Trump's former impeachment defense lawyers, because it was sent just six months before Joe Biden began his pressure campaign to oust Shokin in December 2015 and appears to conflict with testimony given to Congress.

They also told Just the News they have no record the memo was produced to Trump's impeachment defense team or to a Senate investigation that concluded the Bidens' business dealings in Ukraine created a conflict of interest that undercut U.S. anti-corruption efforts.

"We did not receive this. We should have received it. President Trump's defense attorneys also should have received it," Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who led a detailed investigation in 2020 into Hunter and Joe Biden's business affairs, told the Just the News television show on Real America's Voice on Monday night.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/biden-boomerang-newly-released-state-memo-casts-doubt

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/F-2021-04113%20–%20FL-2021-00525%20December%202021%20Production.pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/2020-09-03-Nuland%20Interview%20with%20Exhibits_0.pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/LoanGuaranteeMemo.pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/2020-09-03-Nuland%20Interview%20with%20Exhibits.pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/2020-09-22-Pyatt%20Interview%20with%20Exhibits1.pdf

Military Situation In Iraq On February 1, 2022 (Map Update)

On February 1, a U.S. logistical convoy was targeted by an IED attack in the Dhi Qar province;

On February 1, a U.S. logistical convoy was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area;

On February 1, more than 20 trucks belonging to the US coalition entered the US military bases in the Syrian province of Hasakah from the Iraqi Kurdistan border.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-iraq-on-february-1-2022-map-update/

Military Situation In Afghanistan On February 1, 2022 (Map Update)

On January 31, Cihad Erginay, Turkish ambassador to Afghanistan met with Taliban deputy prime minister, Abdul Salaam Hanafi in Kabul;

On January 31, four people were wounded by a mine explosion in Manugi district of Kunar province;

On February 1, Iran’s Consul General Sayyed Hasan Yahyavi met with Mullah Qudratullah Tariq, Taliban mayor of Mazar-e-Sharif city.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-afghanistan-on-february-1-2022-map-update/

Military Situation In Yemen On February 1, 2022 (Map Update)

The Liaison and Coordination Officers’ Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 127 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours;

On January 31, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 12 airstrikes on the Sanaa province;

On January 31, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 8 airstrikes on the Jabal Habashi area;

On January 31, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 8 airstrikes on the Jubah district;

On January 31, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Ajasher district;

On January 31, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 4 airstrikes on the Motun district;

On February 1, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continue in the south of Marib city;

On February 1, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continue in the Bayhan and Ain districts.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-february-1-2022-map-update/

Military Situation In Syria On February 1, 2022 (Map Update)

On February 1, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 2 times: 1 – in Aleppo province, 1 – in Idlib province;

On February 1, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled YPG positions in the Maraanaz are;

On January 31, the Russian Military Police and the Turkish Army carried out a joint patrol near Ain al-Arab.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-february-1-2022-map-update/

>>15520041 t

comms baker seems to be controlling this bread, gatekeeping as they always do

>>15519970

BOMBSHELL: Key Evidence Undermining Ukraine Impeachment Narrative Withheld From Trump Defense

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/02/01/bombshell-key-evidence-undermining-ukraine-impeachment-narrative-withheld-from-trump-defense-n1554902

>>15520041GATEKEEPER

https://twitter.com/Kredo0/status/1488574917234900996