INSANITY: With Economy Collapsing and Border Wide Open, Democrats Unveil ‘Transgender Bill of Rights’

The priorities of the fascist Democrat Party are sick and delusional. With Biden destroying the economy and Justice Department and allowing anyone to enter the country unvetted, the Democrats are working on a trans bill of rights.

The average American is trying to make it to the next paycheck due to the massive inflation and high gas prices created by the Biden regime, yet Democrats think the number one priority today is a trans bill of rights. This is priority number 1,000 for the average American if even that. Biden’s America is facing a recession and the Democrats are pushing trans rights!

The Hill reports:

A group of House Democrats on Tuesday announced they would move to codify federal protections for transgender people.

The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision that protects employees against discrimination for being gay or transgender.

It would also require the attorney general to designate a liaison dedicated to overseeing enforcement of civil rights for transgender people and invest in community services to prevent anti-transgender violence.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force, said in a statement that the resolution would ensure transgender people can lead “full, happy lives.”

“As we witness Republicans and an extremist Supreme Court attack and roll back the fundamental rights of trans people across our country, and as state legislatures across the country target our trans community with hateful, bigoted and transphobic attacks, we are standing up and saying enough is enough,” Jayapal said.

Jayapal introduced the proposal alongside Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Marie Newman (D-Ill.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). The bill has 84 other co-sponsors.

The US has a Bill of Rights that the Democrats continue to attack so it’s not believable that their efforts to create a separate bill of rights for trans folks are anything more than some sort of stunt.

Democrats have attacked Americans’ freedom of speech by using their media and Big Tech machines to promote liberal lies and censor conservative truths. Americans couldn’t report that Hunter was a gross corrupt sex and drug addict, or the election was stolen and they were censored if they did.

Americans lost their right to protest as hundreds of innocent protesters have been destroyed by the federal government in bogus trials with overcharged crimes for protesting the stolen election.

Now the Democrats and corrupt RINOs are running an unconstitutional show trial trying to make it so an innocent man is no longer able to run for office (President Trump).

President Trump’s rights have been trampled on with corrupt investigations, lies from the media, lies from politicians, and a stolen election.

Democrats are trying to take guns away from Americans to prevent Americans from protecting themselves against the tyrannical tactics of this government.

Americans’ right to freedom of speech, our right to protest, our right to bear arms, our right to worship, our right to due process, our right to freedom of the press, and more have all been attacked.

If the Democrats really cared about individual rights they would work to support the current Bill of Rights rather than create a new one for a select group of people.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/insanity-economy-collapsing-border-wide-open-democrats-unveil-transgender-bill-rights/

Whistleblower Documents Support Missouri AG and Gateway Pundit’s Lawsuit Against Biden Regime’s Conspiring with Big Tech to Censor Free Speech

Totally overlooked by the mainstream press, at the beginning of May 2022, Missouri Attorney General (AG) Eric Schmitt’s office filed a landmark lawsuit against the Biden Administration.

Then, just last week, Attorney General Schmitt landed a big blow against Biden by filing a motion to prohibit the censorship conspiracy immediately.

SEE HERE for a copy of the lawsuit.

https://www.scribd.com/document/579243752/State-of-Missouri-Lawsuit-Against-Biden-Administration-Over-Censorship-of-Conservative-Opposition-Speech

** The Gateway Pundit had the honor and privilege to work with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office to offer extensive evidence of Big Tech’s large-scale censorship and coordination with the federal government.

The suit, brought forward in coordination with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

In the suit, Missouri Attorney General Schmitt pounds away on the Biden regime for both conspiring with and also compelling Big Tech social media companies, to censor millions of Americans on their social media accounts through a governmentally created social media censorship program.

From the COVID-19 “pandemic’s” actual origins in Wuhan, China, to the masking of America, to the COVID-19 “vaccine,” to half the country’s concern about election fraud in the 2020 election, to the Hunter Biden Laptop, disfavored positions Americans posted on social media have been met with outrageous censorship.

sudden account termination;

account suspension;

imposing warnings or “strikes” against accounts to chill future speech;

shadow-banning;

demonetizing content;

adjusting algorithms to suppress or de-emphasize speakers or messages;

promoting or demoting content;

placing warning labels on content (“This Article’s Claims are False”);

suppressing content in OTHER users’ feeds;

promoting negative comments on disfavored content; and

requiring additional click-throughs to access content, among others.

You may recall that Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft and Joe Hoft have each been banned from Twitter, for calling attention to the Detroit TCF Center’s election night 3:30 a.m. illegal ballot dump of some sixty-thousand (60,000) ballots. As soon as Jim Hoft tweeted out a link to the surveillance footage and promised more video to come, Twitter permanently banned the Gateway Pundit account.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/update-explosive-whistleblower-documents-support-missouri-ag-gateway-pundits-lawsuit-biden-regimes-conspiring-big-tech-censor-free-speech/

NATO tells Ukraine to fight on – Belgian PM

The military bloc wants Ukraine’s President Zelensky to continue the conflict with Russia, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo explained

Fighting against Russia with Western help is the only way forward for Ukraine, NATO members have told President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo.

“We make it very clear that this war can only be won on the battlefield and we should continue to support President Zelensky and the Ukrainian population as much as possible to be able to win the war on the battlefield,” he told journalists on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid, on Wednesday.

He said he had the chance to personally interact with and encourage Zelensky and pointed out that his country was among the first to offer military support to Kiev and will continue sending arms to Kiev, he assured.

“NATO support in the broad sense has been there from the start, and will continue to be there,” he added.

NATO members have been training Ukrainian troops since the 2014 armed coup in Kiev. When Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine more than four months ago, it cited the military bloc’s eastward expansion as a key reason. Moscow perceives NATO as a hostile organization and a threat to its national security.

The Belgian prime minister also said that Ukraine was given a strong gesture of support by the EU, when it was offered candidate status last week. He said Brussels additionally sent “a very important message” about EU enlargement to Moldova, which also became a candidate.

“Some people will say: ‘Well, it’s symbolic’. But symbolic messages are extremely important today,” De Croo said, referring to the fact that EU nations expect neither Ukraine nor Moldova to join them as fully-fledged members anytime soon.

The Belgian PM praised the ongoing NATO summit as a success, due to Turkey lifting its objections to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, which was announced on Tuesday.

Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and France, were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and “create powerful armed forces.”

In February 2022, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked.

https://www.rt.com/russia/558047-nato-tells-ukraine-fight/

Shocking Footage From Disney Reveals Upcoming Transgender Character Saying ‘Men Have Periods Too’

Journalist and Filmmaker Chris Rufo has obtained footage from a popular kid show produced by Disney that contains a scene in which the transgender agenda is being pushed on kids as normal.

The footage comes from Disney’s upcoming show “Baymax,” which promotes the transgender flag and the idea that men can have periods too. The show will air on Disney’s streaming platform, Disney+.

In the clip, the androgynous type character is seen looking for tampons in the women’s hygiene aisle in a store. He asks a woman which of the period products she recommends. Instantly the store’s patrons began inserting their opinions.

In the clip, one character is wearing a t-shirt bearing the transgender flag. The character says, “I always use the ones with wings,” as “he” hands Byamx a box of the pads. The transgender character is casually dropped into the scene as if the situation is normal.

This is just one example of the LGBTQ and Transgender agenda that has begun to infect the once family-centered entertainment company.

Disney has come under fire throughout much of 2022 after its CEO Bob Chapek, spoke up to oppose Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill, HB1557. Opponents to the bill dubbed it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The measure prohibits sexual education in schools for children between the ages of 5-8.

Disney doubled down on its efforts to push the extremist agenda of the LGBTQ community, specifically the opinions of the transgender community.

Disney executives organized an all-hands meeting called the “Reimagine Tomorrow Conversation Series” and pledged to mobilize the entire corporation in service of the “LGBTQIA+ community.”

Executives recruited the company’s most intersectional employees, including a “black, queer, and trans person,” a “bi-romantic asexual,” and “the mother [of] one transgender child and one pansexual child,” and announced ambitious new initiatives.

During the meeting, Karey Burke, president of Disney’s General Entertainment Content, said that her son sent her a text saying, “Gen-Z is 30-40 percent queerer than other generations, Mom, so Disney better get with it.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/shocking-footage-disney-reveals-upcoming-transgender-character-saying-men-periods-video/

“Bullsh*t”: Claim Trump “Lunged” For Steering Wheel on January 6 Discredited by Secret Service

Committee’s credibility suffers another massive blow.

The January 6 Committee’s credibility has plummeted after claims by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that President Trump “lunged” for the steering wheel of his vehicle and demanded to be taken to the site of the riots were contradicted by the lead Secret Service agent.

Hutchinson testified that Tony Ornato, the then-White House deputy chief of staff, told her that Trump said something like, “I’m the f-ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,” and had “reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel” before then using “his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel,” the the presidential driver.

Despite the legacy media breathlessly reporting Hutchinson’s claims without much skepticism, the term ‘Amber Heard 2.0’ subsequently trended on Twitter as Hutchinson’s assertions were demolished.

Within hours, Peter Alexander of NBC News revealed that Engel was prepared to testify “under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”

https://summit.news/2022/06/29/bullsht-claim-trump-lunged-for-steering-wheel-on-january-6-discredited-by-secret-service/

Central Bankers Galore: Watch Powell, Lagarde, And Bailey Live From ECB Forum

Today's main event, the ECB Forum panel featuring Fed Chair Powell, ECB President Lagarde, BoE Governor Bailey as well as BIS head Agustin Carstens, has started in Sintra Portugal.

As Academy Securites' strategist Peter Tchir writes, he will be looking closely at Powell "to see whether he reverts to super hawk, or lets his nervousness on the economy and dovishness out? Given the political rhetoric seemed to change last week, and he was front in center, I am taking his comments as far more seriously than any other Fed Speakers (for now)."

Ahead of the meeting, the Fed's Loretta Mester weighed in, telling CNBC she'd advocate for a 75-basis point hike in July.

Watch it live below.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/central-bankers-galore-watch-powell-lagarde-and-bailey-live-ecb-forum

After Ghislaine Maxwell’s Insultingly Low Sentence, Lawyers Demand FBI Go After Epstein’s Clients

As we reported back in March of 2021, Maxwell’s privilege began to show through as her requests to redact evidence were allowed. Judge Nathan issued a ruling on redactions that Maxwell had asked for regarding transcripts the government filed under seal in February 2021.

According to the judge, the evidence was too “sensational and impure” to reveal to the public.

“Those portions of the transcript, which were redacted in the civil matter, concern privacy interests and their disclosure would merely serve to cater to a ‘craving for that which is sensational and impure,’” Nathan wrote in the order.

After granting Maxwell her request, in November, judge Nathan was nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Coincidence?

The insultingly low sentence was given despite the horrific testimonies by Maxwell’s victims. Victims of Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein; Annie Farmer, Virginia Giuffre, Elizabeth Stein, Sarah Ransome, Teresa Helm and “Kate,” who has used the pseudonym to identify herself, all filed victim impact statements and asked Nathan to consider their suffering when sentencing Maxwell. Although Nathan claimed to consider them, she still handed down a sentence that was less than adequate.

According to reports, Ransome said that the half of a year she spent treated as a “sex toy” by Maxwell and Epstein spurred her to attempt suicide twice. Graphic photos of her taken inside a hospital room after those attempts were included in the filing.

“Judge Nathan, I hope when you consider the appropriate prison sentence for the role Maxwell played in this sex trafficking operation, you take into account the ongoing suffering of the many women she abused and exploited as we will continue to live with the memories of the ways she harmed us,” she wrote. “I hope you weigh the systemic effects of the crimes she perpetrated – the ways that our family members, romantic partners, and friends have been hurt through our suffering.”

“Kate” said Maxwell’s “final insult” was her lack of remorse after being found guilty. She said Maxwell was “a manipulative, cruel and merciless person” and could have stopped the abuse.

“You could have put an end to the rapes, the molestations, the sickening manipulations that you arranged, witnessed and even took part in,” Kate said in court.

Lawyers for the victims have since called on the FBI to continue their investigation into the other abusers Maxwell and Epstein provided with sex trafficked children. They specifically named the Queen of England’s son, Prince Andrew.

“Let’s hope they’re the next target. If we have anything to do with it, they will be,” Attorney Brad Edwards, who represented Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre in her now-settled out-of-court sex abuse civil lawsuit against the Duke of York was cited as saying.

These comments were echoed by another lawyer, Spencer Kuvin, who represents several of Epstein and Maxwell’s other victims.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/after-ghislaine-maxwells-insultingly-low-sentence-lawyers-demand-fbi-go-after-epsteins-clients/

“De-Facto Amnesty” For Millions of Illegals: Biden Regime Quietly Begins Throwing Out “Tens of Thousands” of Backlogged Immigration Court Cases, Leaked Docs Reveal

Since Biden took office in January 2021, an unprecedented number of illegal aliens have swarmed the Southern Border and given entry into the United States. The floodgates have been open for over a year now, allowing millions of foreign nationals – few of whom have been vetted in any way – to come into the country and take advantage of Biden’s taxpayer-funded migrant programs that are fueling this invasion.

Once the invaders arrive stateside, they are given aid, food, medicine, lodging, and even cash to spend as they please. Then they are loaded onto busses and planes by federal agents and contractors who secretly shuttle them across the country. Some illegals are even given cell phones as part of their welcome package.

As justification for this red carpet treatment the illegals are getting on behalf of the taxpayer, the Biden Regime has been promising that it is keeping tabs on these people and that they have been given the proper paperwork to appear in immigration court – because, if there’s one thing illegal aliens are notorious for, it’s following the law.

Well, now, Biden’s illegal invaders don’t need to worry about trivial things like ‘immigration status’ or ‘legal citizenship’ thanks to a Biden administration mandate that is on pace to “effectively pardon” as many as one million illegals by mid-2024.

This week, leaked documents that were uncovered by The Washington Examiner revealed that federal prosecutors are quietly and quickly dismissing tens of thousands of US immigration court cases against illegal aliens under the direction of the administration’s order to not prosecute illegal border crossings from before the 2020 election.

There are currently over 2 million backlogged immigration cases (a whopping 4x the number in 2016), most of which are presumably eligible for dismissal under the policy. Any case that gets thrown out will effectively shield the illegal immigrant from future federal deportation efforts. Only those who crossed the border before November 1st, 2020 will be held responsible for circumventing US immigration law – all other cases will likely be dropped completely.

“This is de-facto amnesty,” according to one Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who spoke with The Washington Examiner.

From The Washington Examiner:

“The Washington Examiner obtained leaked video recordings of virtual meetings that Kerry Doyle, ICE’s principal legal adviser, held with the more than 1,200 ICE prosecutors who bring cases against illegal immigrants nationwide, in which she explained in detail who should not be targeted for deportation. Illegal immigrants identified as national security and public safety threats, or those who had crossed the border illegally after Nov. 1, 2020, would be the only cases ICE would pursue. All others would be dropped.

As the memo explains — I think pretty clearly — we’ve put our thumb sort of heavily in favor of dismissal and durable solutions,” Doyle told her workforce in a private town hall meeting on April 14. “Even if you’ve spent a lot of time on the case, if it’s a nonpriority, you should be moving to offer [prosecutorial discretion] in that case…”

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2022/06/de-facto-amnesty-for-millions-of.html

Biden deploying more US troops, warships, fighter jets to Europe

President Joe Biden committed on Wednesday to bolster the U.S. military presence in Europe by adding more troops, fighter jets and warships, and setting up permanent headquarters for units already in Europe.

Speaking at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, Biden said the U.S. will establish new permanent units in eastern Europe, as well as additional rotational units. While some of the changes will reposition U.S. troops already in Europe, the decisions will also add new U.S. troops to the continent.

As part of the force increases, the Biden administration with Spain on an agreement to station two more destroyers in Rota, bringing the total from four to six. A U.S. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer includes a crew of about 300 people each.

The U.S. will also deploy two squadrons of F-35s to the United Kingdom at RAF Lakenheath.

The Department of Defense said on Wednesday it will have one additional rotational brigade combat team (BCT) in Romania. A BCT represents a force of about 4,000 to 4,7000 personnel. This new BCT adds one more in eastern Europe compared to U.S. force posture numbers released in January. This new BCT will be able to deploy its subordinate elements throughout the eastern edge of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance.

The V Corps Headquarters Forward Command Post, which was already in Poland, will now permanently position itself there. This force will be able to manage command and control capabilities, interoperability with NATO, and management of prepositioned military equipment and supplies in the region. The DoD said the U.S. military will “continue to maintain, and seek to enhance” its rotational units in Poland, which already include an Armored Brigade Combat Team, Combat Aviation Brigade element, and Division Headquarters element.

The DoD said the U.S. will also enhance its rotational elements of armored, aviation, air defense, and special operations forces in the Baltic region.

The U.S. will also forward station an air defense artillery brigade headquarters, a short-range air defense battalion, a combat sustainment support battalion headquarters, and an engineer brigade headquarters in Germany. These units represent a force size of about 625 military personnel. A subordinate battery of the short-range air defense battalion being deployed to Germany will split off to deploy in Italy.

The addition of these new units and the changes in the U.S. force posture comes as the U.S. has already increased its troop presence across Europe to more than 100,000 personnel since Russia invaded Ukraine.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/06/biden-deploying-more-us-troops-warships-fighter-jets-to-europe/

All Speech to be Monitored and Approved by Police in Ottawa

Ottawa police have sworn to monitor speech and gestures on Canada Day, adding that they will “actively respond to” anything deemed offensive.

While speaking at a Canada Day planning update meeting, interim OPS chief Steve Bell responded to a question regarding potentially offensive speech (speech deemed homophobic, misogynistic, or potentially racist), saying that no such speech would be tolerated.

“I think the easiest way to answer that is just with a no,” said Bell, adding that Ottawa police will “actively respond to” and investigate hate or bias crime incidents, intimidation or threats, reports the Ottawa Citizen.

In an email to the Ottawa Citizen, Police Service spokesperson Cst. Mike Cudrasov wrote, “Communicating (words spoken or written, gestures or signs) homophobic, misogynistic, and/or racist messages in a public place will be investigated and can lead to various criminal charges including public incitement of hatred Sec 319(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada.”

“These will NOT be tolerated.”

Potentially offensive speech isn’t the only thing that police say they’ll be looking out for, though. Camping is also a hot topic this year.

“Camping and the placement of structures in City Parks are not permitted unless the authority to do so has been granted through a permit. Enforcement will be on a zero-tolerance basis.,” Ottawa By-law tweeted.

Leading up to Canada Day, police promised that they would have an “unprecedented and unique” response to any protests planned. Just five days ago, they revealed what that response would entail.

On June 24, the City of Ottawa announced several restrictions for Canada Day, including a barricaded motor vehicle control zone with police checkpoints to ban protesters’ vehicles.

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/06/all-speech-to-be-monitored-and-approved-by-police-in-ottawa.html

Justice Breyer set to retire from Supreme Court on Thursday

Justice Stephen Breyer on Wednesday said that his previously announced retirement from the Supreme Court would take effect at noon the following day, capping off a nearly 28-year career on the bench that concluded with a tumultuous court term dominated by the court’s six-member conservative supermajority.

The announcement by Breyer, 83, came in a letter to President Biden.

“It has been my great honor to participate as a judge in the effort to maintain our Constitution and the rule of law,” the liberal justice wrote.

Breyer is set to be replaced by the Senate-confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who once clerked for Breyer. She is expected to join Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in forming a three-member liberal minority on the court.

Breyer’s departure comes on the heels of the court’s monumental 6-3 decision last week to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal right to abortion. Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan joined in a 66-page dissent.

“With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent,” they wrote.

Jackson is expected to fill Breyer’s vacancy in coming months.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3541408-justice-breyer-set-to-retire-from-supreme-court-on-thursday/

Billionaire’s daughter pays ‘influencers’ to tout Jewish menstruation laws

Lev Leviev’s daughter Ruthy paid some NIS 150,000 to get secular female social media stars to promote Jewish purity rules, celebrity news journalist Guy Pines reports

The daughter of a Russian billionaire diamond merchant paid secular Israeli female social media stars tens of thousands of shekels each to promote Jewish ritual purity laws that relate to menstruation, veteran celebrity news journalist Guy Pines reported Tuesday.

The Channel 12 reporter said he began investigating the story after seeing a video clip on social media of a secular former reality television star, Shay Mika, telling celebrity interviewer Yael Bar-Zohar about her struggles to abide by the Jewish laws of nida, which determine when a woman is considered ritually impure due to her period and is therefore not meant to touch her husband, among other things.

“For the first time, this month I was nida. It was really hard for [my husband] Maor, so yesterday he told me on the couch, ‘This is the last time that you are keeping nida,'” Mika said in the video.

When Pines looked into this strangely personal video about Mika and her husband’s sex life, he found that it was part of a campaign sponsored by Ruthy Leviev, the daughter of diamond magnate and investor Lev Leviev. It is part of a wider effort by the younger Leviev known as “She’asani Isha,” meaning “that [God] made me a women,” a reference to a blessing in the Orthodox prayer book to be said by Jewish women each morning. This campaign claims that adopting traditional Jewish values and practices strengthens romantic relationships.

According to Pines, Mika, who won the “Big Brother” reality show in 2015, was paid between NIS 15,000 ($4,350) and NIS 20,000 ($5,800) for appearing in the clip and for posting about it on her Instagram account. Bar-Zohar, who interviewed a number of women for the campaign, was paid between NIS 40,000 ($11,600) and NIS 50,000 ($14,500), as was another participant, television personality and food writer Michal Ansky, who also posted about it on Instagram.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/billionaires-daughter-pays-influencers-to-tout-jewish-menstruation-laws/

IDF stopped hackers from hitting US power plants - Unit 8200 official

This is the first time a current Unit 8200 official discussed such sensitive cyber intelligence sharing in public.

The deputy chief of IDF Unit 8200, “Col. U.,” on Wednesday said that his intelligence agency warned the United States of attempts to hack the country's power plants in time to thwart the cyberattack.

Although this was not the first time these warnings to the US have been made public, it was the first time a Unit 8200 official had discussed sensitive cyber intelligence in public.

The most well-known example was Israel’s 2017 warning to the US about Russia’s Kaspersky antivirus software being used as a way to backdoor spy on them or plant malware.

Col. U. recalled that an “adversary [Iran] attacked water facilities in Israel. We saw this attacker attempting to poison the water in an attempt to claim human lives. We mitigated that threat far ahead.

“Another adversary attacked Israel [and in the process of stopping the cyberattack,] we also found that they were attempting to target US power plants as well,” he said. “This was the first indication of this attack. It enabled preventing this threat through tight collaboration with our fantastic American partners.”

In 2020, then-energy minister Yuval Steinitz revealed an attempted cyberattack on Israel’s energy sector, which was thwarted.

"We're Israel's SIGINT"

Introducing his unit, U. said, “We’re Israel’s national SIGINT [Signal Intelligence] and Cyber Unit and are part of the defense intelligence in the IDF. Our mission is intelligence collection and [combating] crucial threats to Israel for the IDF and for Israel’s policymakers. We are also a major player in the cyber domain in Israel and in Israel’s cyberdefense.”

"We’re Israel’s national SIGINT [Signal Intelligence] and Cyber Unit and are part of the defense intelligence in the IDF. Our mission is intelligence collection and [combating] crucial threats to Israel for the IDF and for Israel’s policymakers."

Col. U.

“Like it or not, we work in quite a tough neighborhood. This leads to ongoing high friction in a dynamic and intense environment,” said U. “We have new challenges each day. When we succeed we save lives. When we fail this becomes a major problem for our nation.”

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-710691

Energy Secretary Granholm violated Hatch Act by encouraging votes for Democrats during interview

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated the Hatch Act during a 2021 Instagram Live interview with "Marie Claire" magazine, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.

The federal law bars some federal government employees from using their official authority or influence to impact the results of an election.

During the interview in October 2021, Granholm was asked: "How do we get involved in this moment to make sure we pass these things?"

The interviewer was discussing policies that she said were "of particular interest to women, and for which women had 'marched' in the past, and how Congress is trying to pass legislation to enact some of those policies," according to the report.

Granholm responded:

"The good news is that … marching and that voting gave Democrats a bare majority, but a majority, in the House in the Senate. And again, I am using Democrats as a substitute for the policies that you believe in, the policies that you would like to see happen. And what I say to people all the time is the most important thing you can do is make your voice heard. Vote! Put people in who agree with you.

"The arguments in D.C. right now wouldn’t be as tough as they are if we had just a couple more, just a couple more senators that agreed with us or just a couple more members of the House. So continue to be out there, continue to elect people. … And the only way you get policy you want is by putting people in office. By hiring the right people. They work for you. You can hire them; you can fire them. Let’s hire a few more."

According to the office, employees covered by the Hatch Act are prohibited from using their official title or position while participating in political activity, which is defined as "activity directed at the success or failure of a political party, partisan political group, or candidate for partisan political office."

"Thus, federal employees in their official capacity are prohibited from, among other things, promoting the election or defeat of political parties or candidates for partisan political office," reads the June 9 letter on the matter from the office, an independent federal agency.

"She told listeners that they needed to vote for Democrats so that more Democrats would be elected to pass the legislation they wanted," the letter also states.

However, the office concluded that Granholm did not knowingly violate the act, becasuse she "had not received significant training about [its] use of official authority prohibition." As a result, she was received a warning letter.

Since the interview, Granholm has received appropriate training and the office has advised her that any future violations will be considered "willful and knowing violation of the law, which could result in further action."

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/energy-sec-granholm-violated-hatch-act-encouraging-votes-democrats

Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Out Amid Big Sales Miss

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) announced on Wednesday that its CEO was stepping down as it released its Q1 earnings report to disappointing results.

Mark Tritton will leave his role as president and CEO and also as a member of the company’s board. He will be replaced by Sue Gove, who will serve as interim CEO until a replacement is found. Gove is an independent director on Bed Bath & Beyond’s board.

Gove will focus on reversing recent sales results, addressing supply chain and inventory issues, and strengthening the retailer’s overall balance sheet.

In a statement, Gove said, “We must deliver improved results. Our shareholders, associates, customers, and partners all expect more.”

Upon the news of the leadership shakeup, Bed Bath & Beyond’s shares were down nearly 22% in early morning trading.

Other leadership changes included the appointment of Mara Sirhal to chief merchandising officer, replacing Joe Hartsig, who is leaving the company. Sirhal most recently served as general merchandise manager of health, beauty, and consumables at Bed Bath & Beyond and will report directly to Gove.

With the announcement of Tritton’s departure, Bed Bath & Beyond also released its first-quarter earnings report, which fell short of analyst expectations.

Net loss was increased to $358 million, or $4.49 per share, up from $51 million or 48 cents a share, reported a year earlier. Loss per share was $2.83 compared to the $1.39 per share loss analysts expected, CNBC reported based on Refinitiv data.

Sales also took a dip, dropping to $1.46 billion versus the $1.51 billion that was expected by Wall Street, according to the news outlet.

Bed Bath & Beyond has seen its sales falter despite a turnaround plan under Tritton. The company was accused by analysts at Bank of America of making drastic cuts to save costs, such as turning off its air conditioning in stores, which come amid a rash of store closures, CNN reported.

https://www.ibtimes.com/bed-bath-beyond-ceo-out-amid-big-sales-miss-3556370

Operation Weka II: Nearly 700 human trafficking victims rescued

INTERPOL-coordinated police action mobilizes 44 countries across four continents

LYON, France – In an INTERPOL-led crackdown on the criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling, authorities across 44 countries have rescued nearly 700 victims of human trafficking.

Operation Weka II was carried out from 12 to 17 June, where officers progressed cases and carried out intensified checks at border points. Results so far have yielded a total of 300 arrests, including 88 suspected traffickers and 83 migrant smugglers. Some 100 additional arrests were made for other crimes such as document forgery, organized crime, firearms and drug trafficking, highlighting the poly-criminal nature of organized crime groups.

High-profile arrests

Weka II saw successful outcomes for a number of human trafficking cases linked to previous INTERPOL operations. For example, authorities in Morocco located and arrested a 34-year old man long suspected of recruiting, housing and trafficking women from Nigeria to Morocco, then on to Spain and other European destinations, where they were forced into prostitution. This high-profile arrest is the result of sustained cooperation between countries since Operation Weka I (2021).

In a separate case, police in Côte d’Ivoire arrested an Ivorian man suspected of running a transnational crime group trafficking women from Morocco and Guinea to Spain for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Identified in the course of 2020’s Operation Turquesa II, this suspect was the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice published by Spain. He was arrested at the airport in Abidjan when officers cross-checked his passport against INTERPOL’s databases.

“These key arrests show the extent and value of global operations, not only in the moment, but the long-term impact they have in generating leads, exchanging intelligence and establishing networks that are ready to act when the time is right,” said Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL’s Secretary General.

https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2022/Operation-Weka-II-Nearly-700-human-trafficking-victims-rescued

Kash Patel Drops Another Truth Bomb — WRECKS Liz Cheney’s Jan 6 Committee and FALLEN STAR Witness Cassidy Hutchinson

Kash Patel, the Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, joined Hannity following the latest episode of the Jan. 6 Committee show trials.

On Tuesday, Liz Cheney and the sham Jan. 6 committee brought in Mark Meadows’ former staffer Cassidy Hutchinson as a “surprise witness.”

Cassidy came out and perjured herself for several hours on national TV.

The junior Mark Meadows staffer was caught in several lies during her ridiculous testimony about President Trump fighting the Secret Service for control of “The Beast” on January 6th.

Kash Patel was in the meeting with President Trump on January 4, 2021, when he asked for 20,000 National Guard troops for the upcoming protests and Congressional hearings.

The Democrats, Seargeant at Arms, and DC Mayor all turned down the extra protection at the nation’s Capitol that week.

That fact alone BLOWS APART the sham committee’s BS narrative.

Kash also told the Hannity audience that he has taken several trips with the agents who traveled with Trump that day and that they are ready to testify.

Kash Patel: I was in the Oval Office with the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Chief of Staff of the President of the United the States, along with the 45th President. And we were working on a very sensitive operation totally unrelated to January 6, which is why it sticks into my mind. And the President, on his own after that meeting about a different topic, said, if you guys need up to 20,000 National Guards men and women across the United States for the upcoming days and any activity related to January 6, you have my authorization as Commander in Chief to go forward. That was the authorization, as you outlined, that the law required.

Sean Hannity: And you testified to all of this before the January 6 Committee, as did Chris Miller, the Secretary of Defense at the time?

Kash Patel: Yes, and as did anybody else that was in that room, as did Chairman Milley. And as you and I both know, Sean, this committee would have leaked information had Chairman Milley testified under oath that contradicted anything that Chris Miller and I have both said on your show and to this committee. And so since that leak has not occurred by the likes of Adam Schiff, you know that we have been testifying truthfully and anything to the contrary is absolutely false. And the Capital police timeline backs it up that Mayor Bowser and the Sergeant in Arms declined the Department of Defense’s request and authorization of National Guard not only on January 4, but on January 5 and in the morning of January 6. So they did not want us there for political optics.

Sean Hannity: Now, one of the big so called bombshells to come out of the hearing today was that Donald Trump got angry and demanded that the Secret Service drive him to the capital. And when Bobby Engel and another agent, Tony, I’m not sure how to pronounce else’s last name…

Kellyanne Conway: ‘Ornato’

Sean Hannity: Ornato in fact, when they were taking him, they said, it’s best Sir, that we take you back to the White House where it’s safer. There’s reports by ABC, NBC, and now Fox News confirming Kash that, in fact, they’re willing to testify under oath that what this witness today, hearsay witness today testified to is absolutely false. Do you know those agents.

Kash Patel: I served with, both Bobby and Tony. They are career Civil Service agents. They are former military. They embody what career government officials should be. I would take their word over any word of this junior staffer who is completely, I believe, lying to the January 6 Committee for own self gain. Bobby and Tony acted appropriately. Every single time I traveled with the President, over 40 separate trips with those two individuals. I would love to hear them contradict this lie with the truth, but I’m a little different on this one. Bobby and Tony need to continue to serve America. We don’t need to put them on full blast. If they’re willing to come out and say that she lied, that should be good enough for both the American people and this committee, because they have more service to do than help politicize this kangaroo court.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/kash-patel-drops-another-truth-bomb-wrecks-liz-cheneys-jan-6-committee-fallen-star-witness-cassidy-hutchinson-video/