DeSantis’ Office Responds to Lawsuit From Martha’s Vineyard Migrants, Points Out They Signed a Consent Form

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has responded to a lawsuit brought on by three Martha’s Vineyard migrants and a leftist organization that advocates for illegal aliens.

The absurd class action lawsuit filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights alleges that the private flight to the elite vacation destination was “cruelty akin to what they fled” in Venezuela.

“These immigrants, who are pursuing the proper channels for lawful immigration status in the United States, experienced cruelty akin to what they fled in their home country,” the lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit names DeSantis, the Florida Department of Transportation, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation Jared Perdue, and five unnamed individuals and organizations.

The suit claims that representatives of DeSantis gained the trust of the migrants by giving them $10 McDonalds gift cards.

In a statement provided to Fox News, Gov. DeSantis’ spokeswoman Taryn Fenske slammed the lawsuit as “political theater” by “opportunist activists.”

“If these activists spent even a fraction of this time and effort at the border, perhaps some accountability would be brought to the Biden Administration’s reckless border policies that entice illegal immigrants to make dangerous and often lethal journeys through Central America and put their lives in the hands of cartels and Coyotes,” Fenske said.

Fenske also provided the station with a copy of the consent form that the Venezuelan migrants signed.

The form states in both English and Spanish that they “agree to hold the benefactor or its designated representatives harmless of all liability arising out of or in any way relating to any injuries and damages that may occur during the agreed transport to locations outside of Texas until the final destination of Massachusetts.”

Migrants signed the forms before boarding the flights.

“The immigrants were homeless, hungry, and abandoned – and these activists didn’t care about them then. Florida’s program gave them a fresh start in a sanctuary state and these individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to Massachusetts,” Fenske added. “It was disappointing that Martha’s Vineyard called in the Massachusetts National Guard to bus them away from the island within 48 hours.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/desantis-office-responds-lawsuit-marthas-vineyards-migrants-points-signed-consent-form/

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China Reacts To Putin Speech, Urges Immediate Ceasefire & Dialogue

Earlier on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced what he dubbed a "partial mobilization" of national forces while vowing to use all means necessary to defend Russia and pledged to annex the territories already occupied by Russia, as we detailed, significantly raising the stakes in the seven-month-old conflict.

Various countries around the globe were quick to react, most especially China, which issued a statement within hours after the speech calling for "ceasefire through dialogue". China has throughout the war defended in various statements Russia's 'legitimate' security concerns about NATO expansion while continuing to tout close, positive ties with Moscow.

But this is perhaps the first time Beijing has so clearly and publicly pushed for a ceasefire after such a key Moscow announcement, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin calling for "a cease-fire through negotiations and solutions that answer all parties’ security concerns," according to state-run Global Times.

"Every country’s reasonable security concerns should be valued, and all efforts conducive to resolving the crisis peacefully should be supported. China calls for dialogue and consultation to resolve the divergences," Wang added.

While China worded its statement carefully as focusing on a solution that would advance the security concerns of "all parties" - the statements coming from other international quarters continued laying blame for the conflict squarely on Russian and on Putin.

For starters, the Ukrainian presidency's office suggested this means Putin is in fear of losing the war: "The war is clearly not going according to Russia’s scenario and therefore required Putin to make extremely unpopular decisions to mobilize and severely restrict the rights of people," Mykhailo Podolyak said in a statement to Reuters.

Washington was quick to blast the newly declared Kremlin-backed referendums set to take place in occupied territories of Ukraine, with US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink responding on Twitter that "Sham referenda and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure." Further the ambassador vowed that "The United States will never recognize Russia’s claim to purportedly annexed Ukrainian territory, and we will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes."

And the European Union responded to the partial mobilization as follows while highlighting Putin's "very dangerous nuclear gamble", according to foreign policy spokesman for the European Commission, Peter Stano:

"This is just another proof that Putin is not interested in peace, that he’s interested in escalating this war of aggression."

"This is also yet another sign of his desperation with how his aggression is going against Ukraine…he is only interested in further advancing and continuing his destructive war, which has had already so many bad consequences worldwide."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-reacts-putin-speech-urges-immediate-ceasefire-dialogue

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-reacts-putin-speech-urges-immediate-ceasefire-dialogue

Biden Rebukes Russia's "Outrageous" Ukraine Escalation, Says US "Not Seeking A New Cold War"

Update(1159ET): As expected President Biden in his speech blasted Putin's "outrageous" invasion of Ukraine and latest escalation by ordering a 'partial' mobilization. He stressed before the UN General Assembly the war is "about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state — plain and simple." On Ukraine, the president said further, "The world should see these outrageous acts for what they are. Putin claims he had to act because Russia was threatened. But no one threatened Russia, and no one other than Russia sought conflict."

"Ukraine has the same rights that belong to every sovereign nation. We will stand in solidarity with Ukraine. We will stand in solidarity against Russian aggression," Biden continued. He highlighted Putin's mention of nuclear weapons in his early Wednesday speech, and responded "we are not seeking a new Cold War." Biden made mention of alleged atrocities by Russian forces in places like Izium, and even charged the Kremlin with "torture" of Ukrainian civilians.

Overall, there was little unexpected in the somewhat lengthy speech, nor were there any specific new US courses of action or sanctions in response to the Ukraine conflict or Putin's fresh declarations. Below is Biden's UN address, which lasted a little over 30-minutes, in full…

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-live-biden-answers-putins-ukraine-escalation-un-speech

Putin announces partial mobilization, assures Russia’s security in nationwide address

The stretched-out frontline, the constant shelling of Russian borderline areas by the Ukrainian military and attacks on liberated regions required the call-up of servicemen from the reserve, the Russian leader explained

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday, pointing to the threats to the country’s existence posed by the West and the inevitable nature of the special military operation in Ukraine.

The stretched-out frontline, the constant shelling of Russian borderline areas by the Ukrainian military and attacks on liberated regions required the call-up of servicemen from the reserve, Putin explained.

Russia will call up reservists who have already served in the army and will arrange for their training. The reservists and Donbass volunteers will be entitled to the same guarantees enjoyed by contract-enlisted servicemen.

TASS has put together the highlights of Putin’s address broadcast live by Russian TV Channels.

Partial mobilization

The combat engagement line now stretches over 1,000 km in the special military operation in Ukraine while terrorist strikes from Western weapons are already being delivered against Russian borderline areas. "NATO is conducting reconnaissance actually across the entire south of Russia in real time, using advanced systems, aircraft and ships, satellites and strategic drones."

Nuclear blackmail has also begun to be used: "This involves not only the West-encouraged bombardments of the Zaporozhye NPP, which may trigger a nuclear disaster, but also the pronouncements by representatives of leading NATO countries about the possibility and the admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia."

As proposed by the Russian General Staff and the Defense Ministry, Russia will call a partial mobilization and these measures will begin already on September 21.

Russia will call up reservists, primarily those who served in the army. Mobilized citizens will undergo required training and enjoy the same guarantees that are given to contract-enlisted personnel. The Russian government and the Defense Ministry will equate Donbass volunteer formations to Russian servicemen in their status.

The Russian authorities will also immediately resolve all the issues related to the provision of defense industry enterprises with necessary supplies and financial resources.

https://tass.com/politics/1511125

Russia is at war not only with Ukraine, but with collective West — Shoigu

Russian Defense Minister stressed that Ukraine had almost run out of its own weapons of Soviet manufacture

Russia at the moment is conducting combat operations not only with Ukraine’s armed forces, but with the collective West, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said.

"I cannot but emphasize the fact that today we are at war not so much with Ukraine and the Ukrainian army as with the collective West," Shoigu said.

He stressed that Ukraine had almost run out of its own weapons of Soviet manufacture.

"At this point we are really at war with the collective West, with NATO, or vice versa - with NATO and with the collective West," he added, stressing that Russia was successfully finding ways to counter weapons being supplied to Ukraine by the West.

"As we talk about this (about Russia's struggle with the collective West - TASS), we mean not only the weapons that are supplied in huge quantities. Naturally, we find ways to counter these weapons. We have in mind, of course, the Western systems that there exist: communication systems, information processing systems, reconnaissance systems and satellite intelligence systems," Shoigu said.

https://tass.com/politics/1511125

Pfizer is Being Sued For Discriminating Against Whites and Asians.

A group of healthcare professionals have sued Pfizer Inc for running a discriminatory fellowship program that excludes white and Asian applicants.

The group, Do No Harm, filed a complaint on September 12th in Manhattan federal court targeting the pharmaceutical giant’s Breakthrough Fellowship Program. The COVID-19 vaccine maker’s program was labeled “discriminatory on its face” by the group because only Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans can apply.

Run out of New York, the fellowship program is part of the company’s broader, nine-year commitment to boost minority representation, aiming to enroll 100 fellows in the program by 2025. Participants receive a guaranteed two-year full-time job after graduating from college, fully-subsidized master’s degrees, and employment at Pfizer after completing the program.

In contrast, Do No Harm describes itself as a group seeking to advocate against “radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” in healthcare. “Racial discrimination demeans us,” and Pfizer’s “open exclusion of white and Asian-American applicants is illegal,” the complaint said, citing the opinions of two conservative Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia.

The lawsuit seeks injunctions barring the pharmaceutical giant from making race a relevant factor in obtaining fellowships and preventing it from filling the 2023 class under current eligibility rules. Do No Harm also seeks $1 in nominal damages.

As explained in the lawsuit, the group believes Pfizer’s program violates federal, New York state, and New York City civil rights law in addition to the federal ban on racial discrimination that applies to companies accepting reimbursements from government healthcare programs.

In a statement, Pfizer admitted it had not reviewed the lawsuit, but had “every confidence” that the fellowship program complied with all U.S. employment laws.

“We will continue to strive to create more opportunity, including through specific programs designed to cast a wide net for talent,” it added.

The lawsuit follows intense scrutiny over Pfizer’s role in COVID-19 vaccine mandates across the U.S. in addition to controversy over the efficacy of its vaccines.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/09/21/pfizer-sued-for-discriminating-against-whites-asians/

Bill Gates Deleted Documentary - From Microsoft To Vaccines AI

https://www.bitchute.com/video/h4Q9BwH37t3Q/

Court says USDA must force food companies to explicitly label GMO ingredients (not just use nondescript QR codes)

A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made an “error” by allowing food corporations to label products containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients using tricky QR codes as opposed to transparent words.

A USDA rule that took effect earlier this year requires food made with genetically modified (GMO) ingredients to be labeled in some clear way, the simplest specified way being with the word “bioengineered.” If food manufacturers do not like using words, then the USDA specified that a QR code will suffice.

The court decided that the USDA’s stipulation of a QR code as opposed to transparent labeling is unacceptable because this “standalone electronic disclosure” does not conform to the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, which was passed six years ago as an amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.

That law was passed in an effort to nullify individual state laws mandating that foods made with GMO soybeans, corn, and their respective derivatives to be indicated on product packaging. (Related: Eleven years ago, MSNBC conducted a poll which found that nearly 90 percent of the country wants GMOs to be clearly labeled.)

The judge said that a QR code without any actual words or other labeling does not provide consumers with “sufficient access” to the information they need in order to make informed purchasing decisions at the grocery store.

The USDA is complicit with Big Food in trying to hide GMOs from the public

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is behind the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, which creates a uniform method of GMO labeling for the entire country.

https://www.newstarget.com/2022-09-20-court-usda-food-label-gmo-ingredients-qr.html

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ge-labelng-sj-decision_73582.pdf

Trump-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Federal School Mask and Vaccine Mandate

A federal judge on Wednesday “ruled that the federal government cannot require Head Start program teachers, staff and volunteers be vaccinated against COVID-19, nor can they require that adults and students wear masks.” the Liberty Justice Center announced.

Terry A. Doughty, a judge on the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, a Trump appointee, said “the liberty interests of individuals mandated to take the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any interest generated by the mandatory administration of vaccines.”

“The public interest is served by maintaining the constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals who do not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This interest outweighs Agency Defendants’ interests. The public has a liberty interest in not being required to take a vaccine or be fired from their jobs. The public interest must be taken into account before allowing Agency Defendants to mandate vaccines. Although vaccines arguably serve the public interest, the liberty interests of individuals mandated to take the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any interest generated by the mandatory administration of vaccines.”

Last December Louisiana teacher Sandy Brick filed a federal lawsuit to stop the mandates, Liberty Justice Center said.

“Louisiana teacher Sandy Brick has been serving her students through adversity and uncertainty the last two years. Today, this decision vindicates her right to teach without sacrificing her freedom.” – Sarah Harbison, general counsel at the Pelican Institute for Public Policy said.

“Although President Biden recently declared that the ‘pandemic is over,’ the fight to restore Americans’ individual liberties is not,” said Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at the Liberty Justice Center. “We will continue to fight for teachers like Sandy and the low-income students they serve until every illegal and unjustified mandate is wiped from the books. Today’s decision is a significant step toward undoing the injustice perpetrated against everyday Americans throughout the COVID-19 crisis.”

The US government can appeal Judge Doughty’s ruling to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Recall, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals previously blocked Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr celebrated the ruling.

“In response to our lawsuit, a federal judge has permanently blocked the Biden administration’s unlawful vaccine & mask mandate for Head Start school programs in GA & 23 other states.” Carr said.

“In part, this mandate would have forced Head Start students 2 years & older to wear a mask.” he said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/trump-appointed-judge-strikes-federal-school-mask-vaccine-mandate/

Declassify Everything!

“Follow the money.” This is a common watchword among those distrustful of the state. If you want to know what politicians or state institutions are really up to, the common wisdom goes, you have to stop listening to what statists do and say, and start paying attention to who is paying them to do and say it.

Following the money is an excellent practice. It reveals volumes about what government is really up to behind the scenes. Investigative journalists like Peter Schweizer, Tom Fitton, and John Solomon and Seamus Bruner have followed the money to show that many American politicians and government institutions work for cash and will do the bidding of whoever has the most cash to dispense. Following the money is revealing in the extreme.

But there are limits to following the money. For one thing, “the money” often circles back around and lands in voters’ pockets. Take the Biden administration’s announcement in August of this year that it would be holding a jubilee for those who took out student loans. Or take any other standard pork-barrel project stuck into any standard piece of congressional legislation or budget. Voters hate corruption, unless they are benefitting from it.

Following the money is entertaining for the hoi polloi up to a point—the point where the focus starts to shift to the hoi polloi. After that, voters tune out. Following the money is no fun when the money trail implicates the audience in the web of corruption.

Another limit to following the money is that the state has control of the money supply. Following the money is not just an exercise in astonishment at how rotten the state is. For libertarians, following the money should at least lead to a reduction in the size of the state—and for me, ideally, to the end of the state altogether. But the state has a monopoly on counterfeiting currency.

So, however much one follows the money, one never reaches one of the two beating hearts of state power. One just keeps following the money, around and around, without arriving at the other dynamo of statist corruption.

The present moment is a pristine opportunity for libertarians to shift focus to the other heart of the state: information. The federal government, and the “law enforcement” agencies, which exist solely to allow the federal government to break the law with impunity, are revealed now as dependent upon information at least as much as money.

The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s private residence in Florida in early August was not in pursuit of cash, but paperwork. President Trump had the power to declassify that paperwork, which he claims he did by standing order. But as journalist Lee Smith notes, sources inside the bureau are saying that the real reason the FBI wanted the documents is not that they are classified, but that they reveal secrets about the FBI’s “Operation Crossfire Hurricane” coup against Trump.

Stealing money is standard operating procedure in Washington, DC. The FBI doesn’t raid houses when politicians go about their routine business of stealing money from citizens via taxes, and then stealing it again via bribes and kickback deals and other schemes. The FBI does raid houses when someone has information compromising to the FBI. It’s the information, not the money, that is revealed here to be the real lifeblood of the freedom-killing state.

Declassify everything. And then let the chips fall where they may.

https://mises.org/wire/declassify-everything

UK To Spend At Least £2.3 Billion Supporting Ukraine In 2023: Truss

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has pledged to spend at least £2.3 billion ($2.6 billion) next year on military aid to help Ukraine resist the Russian invasion.

Having committed £2.3 billion in 2022 to Ukraine’s war effort, Britain is already one of the largest military donor to Ukraine, second only to the United States.

As she prepared to fly to New York for the United Nations summit, the prime minister praised Ukrainian troops’ success in taking back around 3,000 square kilometres (1,800 square miles) from Russian hands, and pledged to at least match last year’s military aid.

She said: “Ukraine’s victories in recent weeks have been inspirational. Time and time again these brave people have defied the doubters and showed what they can do when given the military, economic, and political support they need. My message to the people of Ukraine is this: the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way. Your security is our security.”

The British Army’s M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) fires during Summer Shield 2022 military exercise in Adazi military base, Latvia, on May 27, 2022. (Ints Kalnins /Reuters)

Truss will use the U.N. summit to drum up support for Ukraine, and will also try to rally world leaders to end the dependence on Russian energy following President Vladimir Putin’s move to turn the taps off on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which supplied gas to Western Europe.

“By turning off the taps of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Putin has consigned millions of people in Europe to a colder and more difficult winter,” Truss said, adding: “Too many lives—in Ukraine, in Europe and around the world—are being manipulated by a dependence on Russian energy. We need to work together to end this once and for all.”

UK Support ‘Will Not Falter’

During the past year, the UK has provided Ukraine with hundreds of rockets, five air defence systems, 120 armoured vehicles, and over 200,000 pieces of non-lethal military equipment.

The government said the precise nature of UK military support in 2023 will be determined based on the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces, but it is expected to include equipment like the Multiple Launch Rocket System, which has been “decisive” to the country’s battlefield success.

The prime minister’s official spokesman said she will warn allies at the New York summit that now is not the time to “take our foot off the gas” in opposing Putin’s invasion.

“Quite the opposite, she will be very clear that UK support to Ukraine will not falter,” he added.

“We will continue to act to restore sovereignty and self-determination to Ukraine. Because this isn’t just Ukraine’s fight, the whole world suffers when a regime like Putin’s is allowed to bully and blackmail its neighbours.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-spend-least-ps23-billion-supporting-ukraine-2023-truss

Sen. Tim Scott Introduces Bill To Ban Schools From Keeping A Child’s Gender Transition A Secret From Parents

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced a bill Tuesday to prevent schools from keeping a child’s gender transition from their parents.

The Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act would require schools that receive federal funding to obtain parents’ permission before changing a student’s gender pronouns or preferred name on a school form, or allowing that student to use locker rooms or bathrooms that comport with their selected gender identity.

“Schools exist to educate children — not indoctrinate them. And a quality education requires input from those who know children best: their parents,” Scott said in a statement announcing the bill. “Sadly, radical and secretive gender policies have shut parents out of the conversation and broken their trust. My bill will safeguard parental rights, improve the crucial relationship between parents and schools, and ensure that children can learn in an environment free from activist ideology.”

The text of the law states:

As a condition of receiving Federal funds, any elementary school…or school that consists of only middle grades… that receives Federal funds shall be required to obtain parental consent before—

(1) changing a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or

(2) allowing a child to change the child’s sex based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms

“The law in the United States has long recognized the importance of parental rights,” the bill says in its “findings” section. “A parent’s right to oversee the care and education of their child is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”

But “public schools across the country are violating these fundamental parental and familial rights by deliberately hiding information about gender transitioning children from their parents,” the bill states, citing several instances across the country in which schools instructed staff to conduct a student’s gender transition without parental consent.

http://www.womensystems.com/2022/09/sen-tim-scott-introduces-bill-to-ban.html

Russians Living In Estonia To Have Guns Forcibly Confiscated By The Government

The gun confiscation measure will also apply to Belarusians living in the eastern European country.

The government has finalized the details of the bill and it will be put before the legislature, after which it is expected to be voted into law.

Asked if she expected gun owners to comply, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said it was “difficult for her to judge.”

“In any case, we will send this draft law to the Riigikogu during the current government’s term. This has already been agreed upon, and a deadline has been set. We will definitely give time for people to voluntarily hand over their weapons, and after this deadline expires it will be the police’s turn,” she added.

Kallas asserted that due to the “current circumstances,” Russians and Belarussians “with weapons in their hands are a threat to the security of Estonia.”

Russian nationals living in Estonia already face the prospect of having their property confiscated by the state.

In total, only 629 registered gun owners will have to turn over their firearms.

Is Estonia’s security so weak, they are threatened by an army of mere hundreds? The vast majority of whom are probably not really that interested in waging a violent domestic insurrection against the state?

History shows that it doesn’t normally end too well for minority groups who relinquish their right to self-defense in response to government mandates.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russians-living-estonia-have-guns-forcibly-confiscated-government

German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts

The operation involving fake right-wing accounts has become so big that information sharing is necessary so authorities do not target each other

Hundreds of the radical Nazis and right-wing extremists online are actually German domestic intelligence agents, and many of them may be responsible for “inciting hatred” and even violence. These agents, who once needed to drink and directly socialize with members of the extreme right to gain information on their targets, are now running right-wing extremist accounts online in Germany.

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) argues that these accounts are needed to effectively monitor the extreme right, but critics say that they may also be promoting and actively encouraging radicalism, according to a report from German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

“This is the future of information gathering,” an unnamed head of a relevant state office told Süddeutsche Zeitung.

According to research by the newspaper, the authority has invested heavily in “virtual agents” since 2019, which it finances with taxpayers’ money. Both the federal office and the federal states employ spies, who besides right-wing extremists, are also tasked with keeping an eye on left-wing extremists, Islamists, and the “conspiracy-ideological” scene.

However, the activities of the BfV running hundreds of right-wing extremist accounts have come to light at the same time that Germany’s left-wing government has labeled right-wing extremism the biggest threat to the country, despite data showing that left-wing extremists and radical Islam pose bigger threats. The country’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, has launched a 10-point plan to fight “right-wing extremism,” and much like the Biden administration in the United States, has turned the domestic security state against political opponents as well as labeling them terrorism threats and a danger to democracy. In Germany’s case, the opposition conservative Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is actively surveilled in certain federal states, with membership in the party the only prerequisite for agents being able to read emails and listen in on telephone calls of these private citizens.

With the BfV operating hundreds of right-wing extremist accounts, the agency argues that it is about “playing a little right-wing radical yourself” in order to gain the trust of other users. The employees of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution are likely to conduct “propaganda” for this and sometimes also commit crimes such as “incitement to hatred.”

However, what exactly these extremist accounts are posting that involve “incitement to hatred” is unclear, as there is little to no public oversight regarding these activities.

“In order to be really credible, it is not enough to share or like what others say, you also have to make statements yourself. That means that the agents also bully and agitate,” says the report of an agent who claims to have joined the agency to “do something against right-wing extremists.” This involves actively encouraging people in their worldview, but she says it is her job to “feed” the scene.

https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/

Ethereum becomes WEF coin, and a global CBDC is born

Marketed as a climate friendly alternative, a major digital asset becomes the frontrunner for a global central bank digital currency.

Ethereum becomes WEF coin, and a global CBDC is born.

The people in charge of the Ethereum token, a popular digital asset previously marketed as a decentralized money, decided last night to finalize its transition into what amounts to WEF (World Economic Forum) coin, securing the network’s path on the road to state capture, and perhaps, the birth of the ruling class’s 1.0 version of a global Central Bank Digital Currency.

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Completed under the big budget marketing campaign of a “climate friendly” and ESG compliant reshuffle, the Ethereum protocol moved from a proof of work system — which borrowed from Bitcoin’s model of distributed, decentralized computing power (work) for validating the network — to a proof of stake system, which relies on dominant stakeholders to do the same.

There is no longer any “work,” or energy output, required, which is why the ESG and climate hoax crowd has hailed the project as a revolutionary achievement. They seem to miss the fact that ETH now represents a digital fiat currency, as there is no longer a legitimate case for a value proposition attached to it.

The Ethereum Foundation (whose Executive Director serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Blockchain Council) and other “crypto” institutions, knowing full well that they could not create a better free market money than Bitcoin, have been battling behind the scenes for years to become the first movers to regulatory capture, a “prize” that comes to its small network of controlling interests via a massive infusion of global capital.

The small network that controls Ethereum has long had a very cozy relationship with the World Economic Forum and major technocratic statist outfits, and it already relies on companies like JP Morgan and Amazon Web Services to secure its critical infrastructure.

So what makes the WEF crowd and their fellow travelers so hyped about “The Merge”?

https://dossier.substack.com/p/ethereum-becomes-wef-coin-and-a-global

Beijing may use Anti-Secession Law to seek Taiwan reunification, Chinese foreign minister says

•Wang Yi says if the law is violated, Beijing will take ‘resolute actions to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’

•He also warns that US approach may have ‘subversive impact’ on ties, during meeting with former secretary of state Henry Kissinger

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Beijing could invoke its Anti-Secession Law to seek reunification with Taiwan, in an escalation of rhetoric over the self-ruled island.

Wang also warned that Washington’s pro-Taiwan, anti-Beijing approach might have a “subversive impact” on US-China ties, during a meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Monday. Wang is in New York for the general debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly this week.

It follows US President Joe Biden’s latest pledge to defend Taiwan if Beijing were to attack the island – the fourth time he has vowed to do so – and after the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 cleared a US Senate panel last week.

Beijing – which sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be reunited, by force if necessary – lodged an official protest with the US over Biden’s remarks.

They were made in an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday, when he also said decisions about independence were up to Taiwan. The White House later insisted that US policy on Taiwan – known as “strategic ambiguity” – had not changed.

It comes amid soaring tensions across the Taiwan Strait after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei in August, angering Beijing, which responded with unprecedented military drills around the island.

“Achieving peaceful reunification is our greatest wish, and we will do our best to achieve it. But it must be seen that the more rampant ‘Taiwan independence’ is, the less likely the peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue will be,” Wang told Kissinger, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement on Tuesday.

“There is an old saying in China: it is better to lose a thousand troops than an inch of land. This is the will and determination of the Chinese people. If the Anti-Secession Law is violated, China will take resolute actions in accordance with the law to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said, without elaborating.

https://archive.ph/OjxFm#selection-2127.0-2205.348

Video: Pompeo mocks Xi Jinping with ‘Pooh mug’ while talking directly to Chinese people in new series

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/09/video-pompeo-mocks-xi-jinping-with-pooh-mug-while-talking-directly-to-chinese-people-in-new-series/

Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 75 basis points for third straight month

Central bank continues its inflation-fighting campaign with another big rate hike

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/fed-meeting-interest-rate-hike-jerome-powell

Saudis invite PA but not Israel to UN ministerial meeting on Arab Peace Initiative

Session marking 20th anniversary of proposal attended by officials from Arab League, EU and US, foiling Israeli effort to present initiative as an outdated formula for peace

Saudi Arabia hosted a closed ministerial meeting at the United Nations on Tuesday marking the 20th anniversary of the proposal of the Arab Peace Initiative, two Arab diplomats confirmed to The Times of Israel.

Representatives from almost every member in the Arab League, including the Palestinians, attended the meeting, while Israel did not receive an invitation. The Saudi Al Arabiya news outlet, which broke the story, said that the US sent Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and that the UK and several EU countries were also represented at the evening session.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit addressed the session, Al Arabiya reported.

Ministers are slated to discuss proposals to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process based on the Arab Peace Initiative and similar plans, one Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel.

The holding of such a session and its attendance by such senior diplomats from the Middle East, the EU and the US appears to represent a blow to Israeli efforts to dismiss the initiative as an outdated formula for peace.

An Israeli official familiar with the meeting dismissed it as a “low-level initiative,” adding that Israel “was not invited and we will not comment on it.”

The 2002 proposal offers Israel full normalized relations with all 22 members of the Arab League if Israel agrees to a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders and with a just resolution for Palestinian refugees.

The initiative was quickly rejected by Israel, whose governments have become increasingly antagonistic to the demand that it pull back its troops and settlements to the pre-1967 borders, arguing that they are indefensible and that its citizens should not have to be removed from territory in the West Bank to which the Jewish people have ancient ties.

More recently, Israel has pointed to the 2020 signing of the Abraham Accords as proof of the Arab Peace Initiative’s irrelevance. Those deals brokered by the US saw the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco agree to normalize relations with Israel before any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The three countries who signed onto the Abraham Accords all sent their foreign ministers to the Tuesday session.

The Walla news site reported that the Saudi decision not to invite Israel to the meeting was also made with the expectation that Jerusalem would not agree to attend.

While optimism in Israel about the possibility of Saudi Arabia following in the path of some of its Gulf neighbors has increased over the past year, Riyadh has made clear publicly that it still abides by the formula of the Arab Peace Initiative.

Senior Saudi officials doubled down on this position in July after the country agreed to open its airspace to all foreign airliners, including Israeli ones. The move was made in tandem with another agreement to receive a pair of Red Sea islands from Egypt, which required Israel’s authorization as they used to be under Jerusalem’s control.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudis-invite-pa-not-israel-to-un-ministerial-meeting-on-arab-peace-initiative/

FEMA lost over $3.7 billion in fraudulent COVID relief payouts, fed watchdog report

Agency's said senior management thought "sufficient internal controls to support fraud prevention" were already in place.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not implement controls that may have stopped over $3.7 billion in fraudulent COVID-19 relief payouts, according to a new federal watchdog report.

FEMA distributed about $30 billion in Lost Wages Assistance through 21 state workforce agencies over six weeks in 2020 to assist those who had lost work due to the pandemic, the new Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found.

The report, issued last week, shows that about $3.3 billion in possible fraudulent payments, more than $21 million in overpayments and over $400 million in payments given without having required documentation of eligibility. This means over 12% of payments in the nearly two dozen state agencies were potentially wasted.

Under federal law, FEMA failed to "institute adequate policies and internal controls to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse before approving applications for Other Needs Assistance programs" as required, the report stated.

"FEMA lost an opportunity to solidify controls over a multi-billion-dollar program that was already susceptible to fraud," the report also states. "Recovering these funds may be difficult, directly affecting FEMA’s ability to respond to future emergencies and disasters."

The inspector general made seven recommendations in the report, and the emergency agency disagreed with four of them, citing limited resources and that it is already taking the proper precautions against fraud.

"Senior FEMA leadership believes FEMA currently has sufficient internal controls to support fraud prevention and detection," the agency responded to one recommendation.

FEMA agreed with the other three recommendations, including one to recover any money that may have gone to fraud.

Up to $100 billion was lost due to fraud during the COVID pandemic, according to federal officials.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fema-lost-over-37-billion-improper-lost-wage-program-payments-report

In early November, the United Nations will hold it's annual Climate Change Conference (COP27), which will be attended by world leaders, industry experts and delegations from attending countries. Announced on Wednesday were the 10 companies that will make up the delegation representing Israel's climate tech industry on the world stage.

The chosen startups highlight Israel's wide impact on the sector.

Representing hydrogen fuel development and storage are H2Pro and GenCell

For food-tech, alternative milk developer Remilk;

In the field of ag-tech are Aleph Farms and Groundwork BioAg;

Climate analysis will be represented by weather start-up Tomorrow.io;

Bee saving tech will be highlighted by Beewise;

UBQ Materials will showcase its potentially revolutionary plastic alternative developments;

Wiliot will show its supply chain management solutions;

HomeBiogas will round out the lot with its unique approach to composting.

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-717824

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https://twitter.com/51st__State/status/1528361461721989121

Trump Posts Scorching Reply to Lawsuit Filed By ‘Failed’ New York Attorney General Letitia James

“Another Witch Hunt by a racist Attorney General, Letitia James, who failed in her run for Governor, getting almost zero support from the public, and now is doing poorly against Law & Order A.G. candidate, highly respected Michael Henry,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump continued, “I never thought this case would be brought – until I saw her really bad poll numbers. She is a fraud who campaigned on a ‘get Trump’ platform, despite the fact that the city is one of the crime and murder disasters of the world under her watch!”

In a follow-up post, Trump used the nickname “Peekaboo” to mock James.

“Attorney General Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James, a total crime fighting disaster in New York, is spending all of her time fighting for very powerful and well represented banks and insurance companies, who were fully paid, made a lot of money, and never had a complaint about me, instead of fighting murder and violent crime, which is killing New York State,” Trump wrote. “She is a failed A.G. whose lack of talent in the fight against crime is causing record numbers of people and companies to flee New York. Bye, bye!”

In another follow-up, Trump thanked the New York Times for pointing out that the lawsuit is likely to fail.

The 300 page lawsuit claims that Trump padded the values of his properties. It claims that Trump and his daughter Ivanka doctored financial statements when purchasing Trump Hotel in DC and that the Trump Organization obtained a $170 million loan from Deutsche Bank under “partially” false pretenses.

“These acts of fraud and misrepresentation grossly inflated Mr. Trump’s personal net worth as reported in the Statements by billions of dollars and conveyed false and misleading impressions to financial counterparties about how the Statements were prepared,” the lawsuit says. “Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization used these false and misleading Statements repeatedly and persistently to induce banks to lend money to the Trump Organization on more favorable terms than would otherwise have been available to the company, to satisfy continuing loan covenants, and to induce insurers to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and at lower premiums.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/trump-posts-scorching-reply-lawsuit-filed-failed-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james/

Report: Puberty blockers foisted upon minors proven to have devastating, irreversible effects

Abstract

It has been a quarter of a century since Dutch clinicians proposed puberty suppression as an intervention for “juvenile transsexuals,” which became the international standard for treating gender dysphoria. This paper reviews the history of this intervention and scrutinizes the evidence adduced to support it. The intervention was justified by claims that it was reversible and that it was a tool for diagnosis, but these claims are increasingly implausible. The main evidence for the Dutch protocol came from a longitudinal study of 70 adolescents who had been subjected to puberty suppression followed by cross-sex hormones and surgery. Their outcomes shortly after surgery appeared positive, except for the one patient who died, but these findings rested on a small number of observations and incommensurable measures of gender dysphoria. A replication study conducted in Britain found no improvement. While some effects of puberty suppression have been carefully studied, such as on bone density, others have been ignored, like on sexual functioning.

The use of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone agonist (GnRHa) drugs to suppress puberty in “juvenile transsexuals” was first proposed in print in the mid-1990s (Gooren & Delemarre-van de Waal, 1996). Developed by three clinicians at Utrecht and Amsterdam, this intervention became known as the Dutch protocol. It rapidly became standard practice in the treatment of adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria (HBIGDA, 2001). This intervention has been described in several manifestos by its proponents (e.g. de Vries & Cohen-Kettenis, 2012; Delemarre-van de Waal, 2014; Delemarre-van de Waal & Cohen-Kettenis, 2006) and subjected to brief critical commentaries (Byng et al., 2018; Laidlaw et al., 2019; Levine et al., 2022). The aim of this paper to provide an historical account of the invention of the Dutch protocol and a critical review of the evidence that has accumulated in the quarter of a century since it was proposed.

Before proceeding, some definitions are in order. Gender dysphoria will be used here to describe a persistent desire to become the opposite sex (Zucker, 2010). Medical terminology has changed over time, from “gender identity disorder” and “transsexualism” (both introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–III in 1980) to “gender dysphoria” (as renamed in the 2013 DSM–5) and “gender incongruence” (as renamed in the 2019 International Classification of Diseases–11). There is no need to dwell on these diagnostic criteria because the condition in practice is defined by the patient’s wish for endocrinological and surgical interventions. In the nomenclature of transgender medicine, “puberty blockers” denote GnRHa drugs (alternatively known as Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone agonists) which stop the production of sex hormones.1 Drugs in this class include triptorelin (branded Decapeptyl or Gonapeptyl), which is used in the Netherlands and Britain, and leuprorelin (branded Lupron) in North America. GnRHa drugs are licensed to treat several medical conditions including precocious puberty in children; endometriosis and uterine fibroids in women; and advanced prostate cancer and sexual deviance in men. The drugs have never been licensed as a treatment for gender dysphoria.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2121238

Former Australian commando under investigation over 2012 Afghanistan rotation

A former Australian Special Forces commando is a target of a war crimes investigation for the alleged killing of at least one unarmed detainee during a deployment to Afghanistan.

Key points:

Defence sources have confirmed seven people died during a 2012 operation

At the time the dead were listed as Enemy Killed in Action by the soldiers in the raid

Defence sources say officers and the commander were in another location and did not see the killings

ABC Investigations has established that the alleged incident happened during an October 2012 raid, conducted by members of Australia's 2nd Commando Regiment, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and Afghan forces.

The joint operation targeted Taliban drug networks in the district of Qarabagh in the north of Helmand Province.

Distressed Afghan villagers who were in Qarabagh when events unfolded have told ABC Investigations that civilians were shot after being detained, accounts that largely match information from Australian Defence sources.

The commando under investigation returned home and allegedly told an elder from his church that he had killed unarmed detainees during the operation.

While the Brereton Inquiry did not find credible evidence of war crimes by the 2nd Commando Regiment, ABC Investigations understands Australia's war crimes investigation agency has opened an active investigation into some commandos.

ABC Investigations has spent eight months examining the Qarabagh raid, twice sending an Afghan journalist to the site to interview villagers caught up in the operation and family members of those who died.

'Don't run … we have seen you'

"They arrived at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and left at about 9 o'clock that night," villager Noor Ali told the ABC's Afghan reporter.

"They fired and shouted … saying, 'don't run, come back, we have seen you.' And they shot at the villagers."

Noor Ali said his son Abdul Raziq was killed in the raid after being detained by men that he described as foreign troops.

"My son was shot in the eye. And from that side the bullet had gone through his head."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-21/australian-commando-under-investigation-over-2012-rotation/101442434

Good for normies

How Our World Works And Who Is Involved With The Control Of The World And Their Plans

https://www.brighteon.com/d2ee9dd8-e595-4d2e-b35c-17e1cf428fee

Facebook Parent Meta, Google Quietly Cutting Staff

As growth stalls and competition intensifies, Facebook parent Meta has begun quietly cutting staff by reorganizing departments, while giving 'reorganized' employees a narrow window to apply for other roles within the company, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing current and former managers familiar with the matter.

By shuffling people around, the company achieves staffing cuts "while forestalling the mass issuance of pink slips."

The game of musical chairs is thought to be a prelude to deeper cuts, as Meta looks to trim costs by at least 10% over the next few months according to people familiar with the company's plans - which will also include savings from cuts to overhead and consulting budgets, but to a much lesser degree than reducing headcount.

"We’ve been public about the need for our teams to shift to meet these challenges," said Meta spokesman Tracy Clayton, adding that providing displaced employees with opportunities to apply for new jobs is a means of retaining talent that the company might otherwise lose.

Among some Meta employees, the process of reapplying for jobs within a limited window internally is known as a sort of human-resources purgatory they call the “30 Day List.”

Meta, as of last year the name of Facebook’s parent company, has long had a rule that employees whose roles are eliminated are subject to termination if they can’t find a new job internally within a month. Historically, it was usually only employees that were deemed undesirable who failed to land new positions. Now, affected employees and managers say, workers with good reputations and strong performance reviews are being pushed out on a regular basis. -WSJ

The company reported having 83,553 employees at the end of Q2, up 32% from a year earlier.

"Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn’t be here," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at a company town hall in June. Meanwhile, the company's head of engineering ordered managers to identified employees who were 'coasting' - and place them on remediation plans before they are terminated.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/facebook-parent-meta-google-quietly-cutting-staff

Paul Sperry: Why Isn’t MUELLER Under Investigation for Defrauding the Court and Obstruction?

https://gettr.com/post/p1ro0i7fe69

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>Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot in their New Jersey home

Time stamp of article 3.22

Skull and Bones

>>17557020

>>>17556957, >>17556968, Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot in their New Jersey home 7/20/2020 - headtopics.com the silence of the judges mossed dig

Baker this is old

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/son-of-federal-judge-killed-husband-shot-at-their-new-jersey-home.html