Supreme Court Sides with Biden Regime in Navy Vax Case

The US Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Biden Regime and temporarily allowed the Navy to determine what to do with SEALs who sued after refusing the Covid vaccine for religious reasons.

The Supreme Court gave temporary relief to the Biden Regime as the lawsuits from the SEALs makes its way through the system.

Conservative justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch dissented.

AP reported:

The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The high court in a brief order Friday sided with the Biden administration and said that while the lawsuit plays out, the Navy may consider the sailors’ vaccination status in making deployment, assignment and other operational decisions. The group that sued includes mostly Navy SEALs.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that there was a “simple overarching reason” that he agreed with the court’s decision. The Constitution makes the president, “not any federal judge,” the commander in chief of the armed forces, he wrote, noting that courts have been traditionally “reluctant to intrude upon the authority of the Executive in military and national security affairs.”

Three conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — noted that they disagreed with their colleagues’ decision and would have sided with the group of SEALs.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/supreme-court-temporarily-sides-biden-regime-navy-vax-case/

Military Dependent Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Child in South Korea

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/military-dependent-found-guilty-sexual-abuse-child-south-korea

Brothers From Chicago Charged in Labor Trafficking Conspiracy

CHICAGO — Two brothers from Chicago have been arrested on a labor trafficking charge for allegedly forcing undocumented Mexican immigrants to work in the construction trade.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/brothers-chicago-charged-labor-trafficking-conspiracy

NEW Scott Ritter: ex-UN Weapons Inspector and Military Expert Provides the LATEST Russia-Ukraine Battlefield Analysis

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The Troops are AGHAST that this BAFOON is "the president"–⁦@JoeBiden⁩ "Digs In" to that PIZZA PIE like an ANIMAL before the Soldiers got any. In the military, the senior officer always eats LAST! (And have some MANNERS for cryin' out loud) !!

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US, G7 freeze Russian gold amid Ukraine war: All you need to know

The restrictions are aimed at limiting the country’s ability to use its international reserves and circumvent the effect of sanctions.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second month, Western powers have taken new action aimed at destabilising Russia’s sanctions-hit economy following its invasion of Ukraine last month.

On Thursday, the United States and its allies announced further sanctions targeting Russia’s defence sector, among others, and blocked financial transactions involving the Russian central bank’s international reserves of gold.

The restrictions are designed to limit Russia’s ability to use gold to circumvent punishing Western sanctions.

The government of President Vladimir Putin has spent years building its reserves and currently has the fifth largest stockpile of gold in the world.

Here is what to know about the Western move.

What was announced?

The US announcement to block gold transactions was done alongside the Group of Seven and European Union allies.

According to the US Treasury Department, “US persons are prohibited from engaging in any transaction – including gold-related transactions – involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.”

The rule effectively bans individuals – including gold dealers, distributors, wholesalers, buyers and financial institutions – from buying, selling or facilitating gold-related transactions involving Russia and the various parties that have been sanctioned.

The statement came as the US also announced fresh sanctions against 48 state-owned defence companies; 328 members of Russia’s parliament; and Herman Gref, the head of Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/25/gold-russia-ukraine-war

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia’s Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0677

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/25/gold-russia-ukraine-war

Ukrainian President Zelensky in talks with Academy to make Oscars appearance

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Academy Awards, The Post has learned.

Academy officials still are debating on whether Zelensky will indeed appear briefly on the show, sources said. It’s also not clear if he would appear live or in a taped message. Sources said the debate centers on whether the Oscars should remain apolitical as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on.

The Academy declined to comment to The Post.

ABC, which is broadcasting the show, is said to be in favor of Zelensky, a former actor, making a statement. ABC did not return requests for comment.

Meanwhile, it’s believed that Ukranian-born actress Mila Kunis, who raised $35 million with her husband, Ashton Kutcher, for the Ukranian refugees, will make a statement during the awards show.

Zelensky has been vocal about his gratitude for Kutcher and Kunis’ efforts.

On Twitter Sunday, the leader shared a photo of himself in a Zoom meeting with the Hollywood couple.

“@aplusk & Mila Kunis were among the first to respond to our grief. They have already raised $35 million & are sending it to @flexport & @Airbnb to help refugees. Grateful for their support. Impressed by their determination. They inspire the world. #StandWithUkraine,” he wrote.

In recent days, the Academy has been tight-lipped on whether it will weigh in on the war.

The show’s executive producer, Will Packer, told reporters during a virtual press conference on Thursday: “This is a really [momentous] time in humankind history, and we’re very aware of that. And so you don’t go into a show like this, I don’t think, and not be aware of that and not find a way to respectfully acknowledge where we are and how fortunate we are to even be able to put on this show.”

https://nypost.com/2022/03/25/ukrainian-president-zelensky-in-talks-with-academy-to-make-oscars-appearance/

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Biden Bid To Waive Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists Could Derail Nuclear Deal

Declassified intel on Iranian terrorism galvanizes GOP opponents of new accord

Republican opponents of a new Iran deal are increasingly convinced the agreement is vulnerable and are focusing on a concession that could see sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reversed, according to sources familiar with the Republicans' thinking.

The removal of IRGC sanctions has reportedly stalled talks in Vienna and is threatening to derail the accord at home. In the aftermath of a classified Senate briefing on the deal held last week that left members of both parties fuming, Republican staffers on Capitol Hill are circulating declassified U.S. military information detailing how IRGC-backed militias are responsible for killing more than 600 Americans in Iraq, according to a copy of that document obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

With the Biden administration facing increasing pressure to waive IRGC sanctions so that a deal can be finalized, the extent of Iran’s bloodshed in Iraq is taking on renewed significance, congressional sources and former U.S. officials who reviewed the declassified intelligence told the Free Beacon.

The focus on IRGC sanctions comes alongside a growing list of vulnerabilities that Republican leaders see derailing the agreement in Congress, including carveouts that will let Russia cash in on a multibillion-dollar contract to build up portions of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Republican congressional leaders in both chambers told the Free Beacon in recent days that some Democrats are privately concerned about the new deal, jeopardizing support for the agreement before it is announced.

"The United States possesses overwhelming evidence that the IRGC is and was involved in terrorist activities, prior to and following the signing of the 2015 JCPOA," one senior congressional aide told the Free Beacon, speaking only on background to discuss internal Republican deliberations. "The thought of the Biden administration lifting terrorism sanctions on the IRGC as a concession for them to join a new nuclear deal is not only shameful, but downright foolish. It would undermine U.S. credibility and pose an incredible risk to Americans and our allies around the globe. This would be another disgraceful capitulation by this administration to Iran and no deal is worth endangering our national security."

While portions of the declassified information have been reported in the press, the Free Beacon obtained a full document prepared in 2019 by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency detailing the IRGC-backed militias' role in murdering scores of Americans. Classified versions of this information prompted the Trump administration in 2019 to designate the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization, a decision that is likely to be reversed as the Biden administration inches closer to finalizing a revamped nuclear deal with Iran.

"Iran-backed Shia militants probably have been responsible for at least 603 U.S. personnel killed in Iraq," according to the document, which details attacks by Iran-backed Shia militias in Iraq. "The casualties, which occurred primarily in Baghdad and southern Iraq, represent 17 percent of the total 3,534 U.S. personnel killed in action in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2019."

These deaths "were the result of explosively formed penetrator (EFP), other improvised explosive device (IED), improvised rocket-assisted munition (IRAM), rocket, mortar, rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), small-arms, sniper, and other attacks in Iraq," the document reveals.

IRGC-backed attacks have not abated since the information was first released. Iranian militias have conducted 127 rocket and mortar attacks against U.S. and coalition forces since April 2018 and attacked coalition convoys 340 times. Since April 2021, as negotiations over a new nuclear deal were taking place, Iranian forces conducted 14 known drone strikes against U.S. bases.

Still, the Biden administration is reportedly promising Iran it will remove the IRGC from the U.S. blacklist in return for assurances from Iran that it will cease these attacks.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-bid-to-waive-sanctions-on-iranian-terrorists-could-derail-nuclear-deal/