CNN Turns on Joe Biden, Reports on Biden Crime Family, Admits Joe Met with Son Hunter’s Corrupt Business Partners

The green light has been given to go after Joe Biden.

CNN has turned on Joe Biden.

Last week it was revealed Joe Biden improperly stored stolen classified documents at his private office and Delaware home.

The Deep State is going after Joe Biden to stop his 2024 presidential bid.

CNN is actually starting to report on the Biden crime family.

Jake Tapper on Sunday criticized Joe Biden for storing classified documents in his garage next to his Corvette.

Now this…

CNN reported on the House GOP investigation into the Biden Crime family and actually admitted Joe Biden’s family was profiting off of the ‘Biden’ name.

“While Joe Biden swears by his name in politics, his son and two brothers spent years trying to benefit from the Biden name.” CNN reported.

“CNN’s review of [Hunter’s] laptop data as other public material shows that Joe Biden did interact with some of his son’s associates while serving as Vice President” – CNN reported Tuesday night.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/cnn-turns-joe-biden-reports-biden-crime-family-admits-joe-men-son-hunters-corrupt-business-partners-video/

New York to Offer ‘Free’ Taxpayer Funded Abortion Pills at City-Run Clinics

Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the city will offer “free” taxpayer-funded abortion pills at four city-run clinics.

The announcement of free abortion pills was made on Tuesday as part of Adams’ “New York City Women’s Health Agenda.”

“For too long health and health care has been centered around men, but that changes today,” said Mayor Adams.

Adams continued, “we have been standing on the sidelines of women’s health for too long, and I have personally seen firsthand how the health system is letting our women down. It is long overdue that we break taboos and make New York City a model for the future of women’s health care. We are going to build a city that is here for all women and girls.”

According to the announcement, “starting tomorrow, the Morrisania Sexual Health Clinic in the Bronx, DOHMH will begin to provide abortion pills to individuals. Several additional neighborhood DOHMH clinics in Crown Heights (Brooklyn), Central Harlem (Manhattan), and Jamaica (Queens) are scheduled to begin dispensing this medication by the end of the year. New York City Health + Hospitals’ (H+H) 11 public hospitals citywide already offer medication abortion.”

Liberal city leaders applauded the move.

“This week is a bitter anniversary as we mark what should have been 50 years of protection of reproductive rights through Roe v. Wade,” said DOHMH Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. “Rather than focus on what’s lost, we will put our energy toward making gains for women’s health and mobilizing every sector of our city to this cause. As a husband, father of a daughter, ally, and doctor, my hope is that our city will be a beacon for women’s health now and for generations to come. We don’t have another year to wait.”

Planned Parenthood also celebrated Adams’ announcement.

“A healthier New York City requires intentional investments in reducing health care disparities that systematically disadvantage Black, Latinx, and marginalized communities,” said Wendy Stark, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. “This includes ensuring equal access to sexual and reproductive health services and compassionate abortion care. Now more than ever, these services and programs are critical as we face mounting threats to our bodily autonomy and basic human rights. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York applauds the mayor and his team for centering this work and looks forward to continuing its longstanding partnership with the city.”

Adams, during his first year in office, also launched a “first-of-its-kind Abortion Access Hub” that confidentially refers callers from across the country to abortion care providers in New York City, as well as connections to additional financial support, transportation, and lodging.

All private insurance plans in New York are also now required to cover abortion if they offer maternity care coverage — without a copayment or a deductible.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/new-york-offer-free-taxpayer-funded-abortion-pills-city-run-clinics/

“The First Step Here is Exposure… So We Can Actually Have Accountability” – Senator Ron Johnson Discusses the “COVID Cartel” and the Nuremberg Trials

On Tuesday’s special episode of “Fearless,” host Jason Whitlock was joined by Robert Kennedy Jr., Senator Ron Johnson, NBA legend John Stockton, and others to talk about vaccine injuries and ‘The Covid Cartel.’

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) brought up the Nuremberg trials during the discussion on accountability.

“The reason the Nuremberg trials, one of the reasons that was made possible is because Eisenhower made sure the camps were exposed and photographed and those horrors were revealed to the world. That’s why the first step here is exposure,” Sen. Johnson said.

“My main reason for advocating for [vaccine injured] is so they can be seen, heard, believed and healed and treated. Because right now, without federal agencies, without medical establishments acknowledging, they can’t even get treatment.”

According to Sen. Johnson, those who have been harmed by the vaccine play an important role in spreading awareness and exposing the danger of the Covid vaccine, “so we can actually have accountability, so we can actually fix these problems.”

“There are really two tracks here. On the one hand, it’s about the origin so that we can have much stronger international treaties to tightly control what science now allows. And on the other hand, compassionately deal with the people who’ve been harmed by these actions, been harmed by these vaccines,” he continued.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/first-step-exposure-can-actually-accountability-senator-ron-johnson-discusses-covid-cartel-nuremberg-trials-video/

UPDATE: Gruesome Details Released in Gay Activist Couple’s Crimes on Their Adopted Sons (Warning on Content)

What you are about to read is the epitome of pure evil. A journalist from Townhall.com wrote a horrifying story Tuesday about an LGBTQ ring involving a gay couple allegedly raping and pimping out their adopted children to pedophiles in the Atlanta, Georgia suburbs.

Mia Cathell, the journalist who wrote the article, had been investigating William Dale Zulock, Jr and Zachary Jacoby Zulock for months after their initial arrest in July 2022.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that both men were accused of making porn with the children, who are adopted siblings. The children were rescued and taken by officials.

William and Zachary have since been indicted by a grand jury on the following charges: incest, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, felony sexual exploitation of children, and felony prostitution of a minor.

William and Zachary face over nine life sentences in prison if convicted of their crimes.

Before their arrests, William and Zachary were prominent gay rights activists in the Atlanta area. They marched in the Atlanta Pride Parade and AIDS Walk Atlanta on a regular basis.

Zachary is also a huge Biden fan and devoted supporter of Black Lives Matter. Even more disturbingly, he backs the minor-attracted persons (MAPs) movement which wants to normalize adult relations with children.

Here is the tweetstorm of Cathell’s story detailing her shocking findings courtesy of Twitchy. Go here to read the full story.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/update-gruesome-details-released-gay-activist-couples-crimes-adopted-sons-warning-content/

World Economic Forum reacts to Musk 'insult'

Elon Musk hasn’t been invited to Davos since 2015, a spokesman for the summit said, after the billionaire stated he'd declined invitation

Elon Musk has called the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos into question, after claiming he'd declined an invitation to this year’s summit. A spokesman for the forum, however, has stated that the billionaire was never even on the guest list.

In a series of tweets this week, Musk unloaded on the conference, which kicked off in Switzerland on Monday, questioning why it is still even a thing, criticizing [WEF Chair and founder] Klaus Schwab’s call to “master the future,” and comparing the summit to the notorious web forum 4chan.

"There should be a game show: '4Chan or Davos, who said it?'" Musk tweeted in response to author Michael Shellenberger who called out the WEF’s attempts to fight conspiracy theorists.

The Tesla CEO also replied to the WEF’s official Twitter account, challenging its claim that “overpopulation remains a global challenge.” Musk insisted the declining birth rates around the world highlight the exact opposite issue, and that "population collapse is an existential problem for humanity, not overpopulation!"

Last month, the billionaire tweeted that he'd turned down an invitation to attend the meeting in Davos, explaining that he'd made the decision not because he thought they were engaged in “diabolical scheming” but because to him the whole affair seemed “boring af.”

However, forum spokesman Yann Zopf stated on Tuesday that the billionaire had not even been invited. He noted that the last time the Tesla CEO got an offer to participate in the event was “not this year and not recently – last time in 2015.”

This year’s Davos summit is reportedly being attended by 2,700 participants, including more than 600 global CEOs, 116 billionaires and over 50 world leaders. Among the topics of discussion are global issues ranging from war to climate change, technology and security.

A number of high-profile guests, however, have chosen to skip the meeting, including US President Joe Biden, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and British PM Rishi Sunak, instead sending their deputies. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also snubbed the event, along with the entire Russian business elite. China’s leader Xi Jinping and Chinese businessmen will also miss the forum.

https://www.rt.com/news/570071-musk-world-economic-forum-davos/

Fed Chair Powell Tests Positive For COVID; "Is Vaccinated & Boosted, Has Mild Symptoms"

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

The 69-year-old Powell received the positive test Wednesday and “is up to date with Covid-19 vaccines and boosters,” and is working remotely while isolating at home, the Fed said in a statement at the same time as Davos billionaires were being addressed by Pfizer CEO Bourla (himself probably a billionaire by now courtesy of covid).

The next meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is set for Jan. 31-Feb. 1, and Powell is scheduled to deliver an in-person press conference at 2:30 p.m. in Washington after the meeting concludes.

Whereas stocks would have freaked out if this news hit three years ago, this time Bloomberg is quick to note that the Covid-19 landscape "is different than it was earlier in the pandemic: Most people have hybrid immunity from vaccinations or infections, and antivirals are widely available to older adults and those with compromised immune systems."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-chair-powell-tests-positive-covid-vaccinated-has-mild-symptoms

Moderna wants to quadruple the price of its Covid-19 vaccine as hundreds die per day

The company has benefited from taxpayer-funded research and guaranteed contacts but plans to price gouge Americans

With the US federal government’s stock of vaccines for residents running out, Moderna now plans to raise the cost of its vaccine from $26 to up to $130 in a decision that understandably has Americans pissed.

One of those leading charge against this obvious price-gouging has been Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders who notes – in addition to the fact that US taxpayers bankrolled the entire research and development of the vaccine to the tune of $1.7 billion and guaranteed billions of dollars in sales figures across the world – is the fact that it only costs $2.85 to produce a single dose.

It shows the unbridled greed of Big Pharma and the US capitalist class in general, who are willing to price out poor and working-class Americans from a potentially life-saving drug. That is especially pronounced when the country is stuck in a virtual case plateau, where tens of thousands are hospitalized every week and hundreds are dying every day, which is obviously contributing to declining US life expectancy.

In virtually every other civilized country, such a thing would not be possible. There are laws in place to protect consumers and patients. Not so in the US: Big Pharma is essentially free to set prices as it sees fit despite the detriment to public health.

As Sanders notes, there was a time in our country when drug makers acted for the public good. For example, when Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine, he refused a patent for it that could have easily made him a billionaire to the tune of $7 billion. But Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, who is pushing a taxpayer-funded COVID-19 jab, became a billionaire overnight and is worth $6.2 billion. The juxtaposition could not be more illustrative of how things have changed.

The US government has a legal right to set a price cap on drugs and medicines that it helped develop via public funds. In order for the US to effectively “live with the virus,” this must be a prerequisite. Jabs must be affordable and accessible. They are neither at this point. On my latest trip to the US to obtain a bivalent booster in rural America, it was downright impossible. New York was another story. There were kiosks on every corner to promote the jab – but not in the American heartland. We cannot have an unequal, disjointed medical system.

Furthermore, this insane corporate greed lends credence to those who see the jabs as a conspiracy or at least a hand-up to Big Pharma. With these decisions being made by pharma execs, how can you blame them? I don’t count myself in this group – but I can easily see their point in light of this news. When the status quo – that you get your jab and get a booster of every few months or so – lines the pockets of billionaires, how could anyone see this as moral or desirable? I am pro-public health but disagree with the principle of enriching billionaires.

Not only will this affect the pockets of average Americans, many of whom are uninsured, but it will also significantly impact the budgets of programs like Medicaid, which provides healthcare for low-income families. This will further burden taxpayers downstream by raising the program’s price tag. The cost in terms of dollars and lives will be in the millions (minimum) and the thousands respectively, though it is difficult to estimate at this time.

Moderna has made an estimated $19 billion in two years’ time and given lavish compensation packages to its executives on the back of taxpayer money and guarantees. In addition to the aforementioned billionaire Moderna had produced, there is a laundry list of others. And all of this during a pandemic that has killed over 1.1 million Americans. This is unconscionable.

https://www.rt.com/news/570051-moderna-covid19-vaccine-raise-price/

Microsoft CEO Confirms 10,000 Job Cuts As Tech Layoffs Intensify

Update (0938ET):

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a blog post that he plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, through the end of the year.

Nadella started the post by saying: "We're living through times of significant change, and as I meet with customers and partners, a few things are clear."

He said the company, which has been operating for nearly a half-century, will incur a $1.2 billion charge in the second quarter related to the move.

Here's Nadella's full blog post:

We're living through times of significant change, and as I meet with customers and partners, a few things are clear. First, as we saw customers accelerate their digital spend during the pandemic, we're now seeing them optimize their digital spend to do more with less. We're also seeing organizations in every industry and geography exercise caution as some parts of the world are in a recession and other parts are anticipating one. At the same time, the next major wave of computing is being born with advances in AI, as we're turning the world's most advanced models into a new computing platform.

This is the context in which we as a company must strive to deliver results on an ongoing basis, while investing in our long-term opportunity. I'm confident that Microsoft will emerge from this stronger and more competitive, but it requires us to take actions grounded in three priorities.

First, we will align our cost structure with our revenue and where we see customer demand. Today, we are making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs through the end of FY23 Q3. This represents less than 5 percent of our total employee base, with some notifications happening today. It's important to note that while we are eliminating roles in some areas, we will continue to hire in key strategic areas. We know this is a challenging time for each person impacted. The senior leadership team and I are committed that as we go through this process, we will do so in the most thoughtful and transparent way possible.

Second, we will continue to invest in strategic areas for our future, meaning we are allocating both our capital and talent to areas of secular growth and long-term competitiveness for the company, while divesting in other areas. These are the kinds of hard choices we have made throughout our 47-year history to remain a consequential company in this industry that is unforgiving to anyone who doesn't adapt to platform shifts. As such, we are taking a $1.2 billion charge in Q2 related to severance costs, changes to our hardware portfolio, and the cost of lease consolidation as we create higher density across our workspaces.

And third, we will treat our people with dignity and respect, and act transparently. These decisions are difficult, but necessary. They are especially difficult because they impact people and people's lives – our colleagues and friends. We are committed to ensuring all those whose roles are eliminated have our full support during these transitions. U.S.-benefit-eligible employees will receive a variety of benefits, including above-market severance pay, continuing healthcare coverage for six months, continued vesting of stock awards for six months, career transition services, and 60 days' notice prior to termination, regardless of whether such notice is legally required. Benefits for employees outside the U.S. will align with the employment laws in each country.

When I think about this moment in time, the start of 2023, it's showtime – for our industry and for Microsoft. As a company, our success must be aligned to the world's success. That means every one of us and every team across the company must raise the bar and perform better than the competition to deliver meaningful innovation that customers, communities, and countries can truly benefit from. If we deliver on this, we will emerge stronger and thrive long into the future; it's as simple as that.

I want to extend my deepest thanks and gratitude to everyone who has contributed to Microsoft up to this point and to all of you who will continue to contribute as we chart our path ahead. Thank you for the focus, dedication, and resilience you demonstrate for Microsoft and our customers and partners each day.

Satya

The speculation from Sky News, Bloomberg, and anonymous folks on Blind was right about the layoffs. The tech layoffs wave appears to grow as macroeconomic headwinds continue to mount.

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/microsoft-plans-cut-thousands-jobs-sky-news-reports

Frank Biden Peddled White House Influence During Joe Biden’s Presidency

President Joe Biden’s younger brother Frank Biden peddled White House influence during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to a CNN report that indicates the Biden family business remains operational even since Joe Biden was elected.

On at least two separate occasions, Frank Biden publicly cited Joe Biden as a means by which he has influence, despite holding no government position or relation to the White House other than by having the same last name as the president and being his sibling.

In October, Frank Biden spoke in Venice, Italy, as the keynote speaker at a BioSig Technologies conference about “the future of global health care.” BioSig Technologies is a health technology company. The trip was not paid for by Frank Biden, who refused to disclose the financier.

His speech included advice on how lobbyists could influence American policy. CNN reported the instance of influence peddling:

The speaker was not a doctor. Nor did he have an extensive background in health care, global or otherwise. But Francis W. “Frank” Biden did have something else: A brother in the White House.

In his speech, Frank Biden talked about his family and his brother’s cancer initiative, according to attendees. Following his remarks, the leader of a trade group who attended the event promptly posted a video from Venice informing members he represents that he’d spoken with Frank Biden about their efforts to lobby the federal government on Medicare reimbursement rules. The president’s brother, he told his members, had agreed to help.

Another case of Frank Biden’s influence peddling occurred in Boston in 2021 — the year after Joe Biden was elected. On behalf of the same company, BioSig Technologies, Frank Biden told health professionals at a dinner that he had a “bully pulpit” due to “my brother Joey.”

CNN reported:

At that event, Frank Biden boasted of “the bully pulpit that I have as a result of the privilege of being associated with my brother Joey,” and vowed to “do everything in my power to support you to get the job done, to get federal dollars to your research,” a video of his speech shows.

Frank Biden’s working history with BioSig Technologies is unclear. According to the report, Frank Biden initially told CNN he had worked for the company for a year before reversing himself, claiming he never worked for the company, only that he gave BioSig Technologies “informal sales assistance.”

The Biden family has had multiple instances of influence peddling, but none so recent as Frank Biden’s. Hunter Biden, Frank Biden’s nephew, has repeatedly appeared to sell influence based on his relationship with his father, who has been an elected official for over 50 years.

According to Breitbart News’s senior contributor Peter Schweizer, Hunter earned great sums of money from Ukraine for which he “offered no real work,” a statement that infers Hunter was profiting from peddling White House influence. In one of the most blatant cases, Hunter was paid $83,000 per month in 2017 to be on the board of Burisma. Hunter was appointed to the board of Burisma in 2014 with no prior experience in the energy sector or Ukraine.

In 2015, Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion from Ukraine if the Ukrainian government did not fire the prosecutor who was investigating Burisma. In 2017, Hunter’s salary was cut in half when Joe Biden left the White House as then-Vice President.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), House Oversight Committee chair, has vowed to investigate the influence peddling by probing the Biden family’s bank records. In April, Breitbart News reported that more than 150 of the Biden family business bank transactions were flagged by United States banks as suspicious. Those flagged reports were sent to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen for further review to ascertain if the Biden family was engaged in wrongdoing.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/18/frank-biden-peddled-white-house-influence-during-joe-bidens-presidency/

14 Including Ukrainian Interior Minister and Kindergarten Children Killed in Helicopter Crash

A Ukrainian government helicopter crashed next to a kindergarten on the outskirts of Kyiv on Wednesday morning, killing several government officials onboard and people on the ground, which includes children.

Update: Death toll revised down

In the best news that could be hoped for, perhaps, with such stories the official death toll has been revised down again to 14 in the wake of today’s helicopter crash. Earlier in the day, it had been as high as 18. Thankfully, the number of children said to have been killed after the craft hit the ground next to a school has also been revised down to one.

The BBC reports the Ukranian state security service is investigating the cause of the incident, with possibilities including malfunction, accident, and sabotage. It is reported the crash happened in the dark, while there was a power cut in Kyiv, implying it is possible the pilot may simple not have seen a building while flying low.

Read the original story below:

At least 15 people were killed by a helicopter crash in Brovary, a suburb to the east of Ukrainian capital city Kyiv on Wednesday morning, tragically among the dead are several children.

The government helicopter was reportedly carrying the Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrsky to the frontline when it crashed, the wreckage appearing to have come down in a Kindergarten play area before starting a large fire. Interior Minister Monastyrsky, his ministerial deputy Yevhen Yenin, State Secretary for the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych, and at least three children are among the 15 reported dead.

While the number of injured reported has varied wildly according to different sources, the Ukrainian government’s own press portal reports 29 injured including 15 children.

There is no indication yet whether the crash was due to mechanical failure, pilot error, or enemy action. The BBC reports the remarks of a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman who says the investigation will likely take days.

Interior Minister Monastyrsky, who was reportedly a close ally of Ukrainian President Zelensky, is the most senior member of the government to have been killed in the war triggered by Russia’s invasion last year. Tributes have already been made for the politician. Zelensky said of the crash: “Today, a terrible tragedy occurred in Brovary, Kyiv region. A SES (state emergency services) helicopter crashed, and a fire broke out at the crash site. The pain is unspeakable.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/01/18/15-including-ukrainian-interior-minister-and-several-children-killed-by-helicopter-crashing-by-kindergarten/

1.5 Tons of Marijuana Seized at Texas Border Crossing

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1.5 tons of marijuana at a South Texas port of entry on January 14. Officials reported the value of the drugs to be in excess of $7.5 million.

CBP officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, observed a 2004 Freightliner tractor-trailer approaching for inspection for entry into the United States from Mexico, according to a statement from Laredo Field Office officials. The officers referred the driver to a secondary inspection station.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/01/18/1-5-tons-of-marijuana-seized-at-texas-border-crossing/

WEF Promotes Scientist Behind False "Billions Will Die" From Climate Change Claim

Johan Rockström also promoted debunked "planetary boundaries" hypothesis

The World Economic Forum in Davos just heard from Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Rockström claimed that there are “16 biophysical systems… that regulate the entire climate system on Earth” and that “nine of these 16 are showing signs of instability. Push them too far, and they will shift over from supporting humanity to starting to undermine humanity.”

Rockström is referring to something called the “planetary boundaries hypothesis,” which I debunked with a team of others over 10 years ago. While the United Nations, Oxfam, and WWF embraced the hypothesis, it is so scientifically flawed and misleading to be junk science.

There are, to be sure, real biophysical thresholds in the global climate system, and partly also for ocean acidification, ozone depletion, and phosphorous levels. But six of the “planetary boundaries” are not actually “boundaries” in any meaningful sense. They are biodiversity loss, nitrogen levels, land-use change, aerosol loading, freshwater use, and chemical pollution.

As such, there are no “global tipping points” at which point various ecological processes stop functioning, or function in fundamentally different ways. Setting boundaries for those mechanisms is thus a wholly political and Malthusian exercise. “A lax boundary may result in more degradation,” we noted. “A strict boundary less. But there is no evidence that exceeding the boundary will result in a fundamentally different magnitude of impacts associated with human activities.”

And there is little evidence, we noted, to support Rockström’s claim that transgressing the boundaries would have an overall negative impact on humankind

Again, there are good reasons to limit human development to protect ecosystems. But doing so usually has positive and negative and impacts, and the net benefit varies. And the claim that there are hard limits and “tipping points” is an abuse of science and power.

What’s more, Rockström isn’t just wrong about “planetary boundaries,” he’s also wrong about climate change’s impact on food supply.

As it turns out, I debunked him a second time in 2020. Here’s what happened.

https://public.substack.com/p/wef-promotes-scientist-behind-false

World Economic Forum declares new crises

The “climate crisis” has evolved into a “planetary,” “safety” and “justice” crisis, as well as a crisis of the spirit, according to a recent presentation at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.

Climate change has long been a priority of the World Economic Forum, which brings together hundreds of world leaders every year to consider new policies to manage the global system. The international organization is holding its 53rd annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week.

“Dear friends, scientifically this is not a climate crisis. We are now facing something deeper,” Swedish scientist Johan Rockström said during a presentation Wednesday, adding that we are “really putting humanity’s future at risk. This is a planetary crisis.”

Professor Joyeeta Gupta followed up to describe how the “planetary crisis” is also multiple other types of crises, as well.

“This is a safety crisis, but above all it is also a justice crisis,” she said, because it will apparently most strongly affect people in poorer countries that contribute the least to planet-warming emissions.

Later, Fawn Sharp, the president of the National Congress of American Indians, declared that the planetary, safety and justice crisis is also a crisis of the spirit.

“Our faith leaders, they know that this crisis is much more than physical and environmental schisms,” she said. “We have a deeply rooted spirit as a people that is in desperate need of healing and restoration, and we must look to our almighty creator to find our proper place in humanity.”

Their comments came during a panel discussion called “Leading the Charge through Earth’s New Normal,” one of dozens being held at the WEF’s annual meeting this week. The full presentation is viewable on the WEF’s website.

The panel brought together several speakers, including former Vice President Al Gore and the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to consider what “visionary leadership is needed for systems thinking, transformative solutions and global collaboration to build a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable future.”

After Rockström and Gupta’s opening speech about the planetary, safety and justice crisis, they were thanked for their “very grim but grounded analysis” by Gim Huay Neo, head of the WEF’s Centre for Nature and Climate.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/01/world-economic-forum-declares-new-crises/

Canada Launches Major Taxpayer-Funded Effort to Censor the Public Online

Canada’s government has launched a major taxpayer-funded effort to censor the Canadian people online, arguing that “disinformation” is threatening the nation’s “democracy.”

The Canadian government is pumping millions of tax dollars into “research projects” that claim to “combat online disinformation.”

A total of 16 such schemes will receive a whopping $1.2 million of taxpayer money each.

In an announcement about the move, the federal government’s Department of Canadian Heritage justified the effort by insisting that censoring the public online is “essential” to “preserve democracy.”

The department claims that the government’s efforts to financially strengthen “the war on misinformation” are necessary to safeguard freedom of expression.

“Our democracy relies on a common set of facts,” the Canada Heritage declares in the official announcement.

Do not expect this “common set of facts” to be defined, however.

As we’ve seen repeatedly in recent years, vague terms are frequently used by those in power to censor thought and speech, which is typically flagged as so-called “misinformation” or “disinformation.”

Such terms are usually used to describe information that conflicts with the official narrative while they avoid stating, or proving, that the info is false.

The implication is that without having this nebulous “common set of facts,” as well as “reliable sources of information” – and with citizens expressing themselves freely – democracy fails.

But not because of any government overreach, (un)justified spending, or constant and puzzling “misinformation” witch-hunts, of course.

Democracy will apparently fail because of “the increase in harmful content online, including misinformation and disinformation,” the government site asserts.

The $1.2 is part of the money earmarked for the Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP).

Yet the sum is a drop in the ocean as far as DCCP funding goes.

In total, it will be given $31 million over a period of four years.

Online “disinformation” is high on the list of evils that the DCCP is set up to combat while ensuring something referred to as “social cohesion.”

Perhaps by coincidence, the same turn of phrase has recently started to crop up in many World Economic Forum (WEF) pamphlets.

The WEF has also made fighting “misinformation” a top priority, listing it as one of the top “global risks” for the next few years.

https://slaynews.com/news/canada-launches-major-taxpayer-funded-effort-censor-public-online/

In bombshell ruling, High Court nixes Shas head Deri from serving as minister

Bench finds 10-1 that Deri’s appointment to cabinet is both unreasonable due to past offenses and invalid due to false impression given in 2022 plea bargain that he’d quit politics

The High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as interior and health minister was “unreasonable in the extreme” due to his criminal convictions, most recently for tax fraud in 2022.

The dramatic landmark ruling added fuel to simmering tensions between the government and the legal community over plans to overhaul the judicial system. It sparked immediate calls by the ruling coalition to redouble the push for legislation intended to shackle the court’s ability to rule on government or Knesset decisions, while the opposition hailed the decision and called for Deri to immediately vacate his cabinet posts.

“The majority of the justices of the panel determined that this appointment is severely unreasonable, and as such the prime minister must remove him from his role,” said the High Court in a statement following the ruling.

In the 10-to-1 ruling, the court accepted the opinion of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara that Deri’s appointment did not pass a test for “reasonability” that courts can use to gauge government decisions.

Coalition members have vowed to pass a law prohibiting courts from overruling the government based on “reasonability,” but this will likely not be sufficient to overcome the ruling.

The petitions against Deri’s appointment, brought by the Movement for Quality Government, the Movement for Ethical Behavior and a group of private individuals, argued that his 2022 conviction on tax fraud charges, as well as his conviction in 1999 on bribery charges, made him unfit to be minister.

Because Deri was only given a suspended sentence by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court last year as part of a plea bargain, it was never determined whether the conviction carried moral turpitude, a finding which would have required him to sit out politics for seven years.

The High Court said Deri noted that as part of the plea deal, he had given the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court the impression that he was retiring from political life. Deri nonetheless went on to head the Shas party’s Knesset slate in the 2022 elections.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-bombshell-ruling-high-court-nixes-shas-head-deri-from-serving-as-minister/

COLLUSION? Feds Interviewed Biden Attorneys But Sneakily Ditched “302” Summary Form

It now appears that collusion is going on between President Joe Biden’s attorneys and the federal government.

According to a new report from CNN, federal investigators interviewed Biden’s attorneys but failed to use a 302 form to summarize what went on during the interview.

CNN sources have revealed that Patrick Moore, a lawyer who initially discovered classified materials while packing up an office for former think tank of Biden, was interviewed by a team led by U.S. Attorney John Lausch during the initial review of the President’s handling of documents. The report stated that the absence of a “302” form to document the interview highlights the informal nature of the inquiry at the time.

Are we witnessing a cover up?

According to a different report, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opted out from sending FBI agents to President Joe Biden’s Delaware home where classified documents were found.

The DOJ decided to look the other way as Biden’s personal attorneys searched the home for top secret documents.

“The Justice Department considered having FBI agents monitor a search by President Biden’s lawyers for classified documents at his homes but decided against it, both to avoid complicating later stages of the investigation and because Mr. Biden’s attorneys had quickly turned over a first batch and were cooperating, according to people familiar with the matter,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

The report is shocking to say the least considering sensitive information was found in Biden’s home and instead of taking the situation seriously, the Department of Justice looked the other way, leaving Biden’s lawyers to use their own judgement with the classified documents.

The Department of Justice doesn’t seem to serious at getting to the bottom of what is going on with the Biden family.

On Tuesday, the Biden White House was hit with an ethics complaint over the ongoing classified document scandal. Government watchdog, Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

“The American public will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice – with well-connected insiders subject to a lower standard of scrutiny than the normal citizen,” PPT director Mike Chamberlain said to Fox News.

“President Biden promised the most ethical and transparent administration in history,” Chamberlain said. “If the White House compounded a scandal involving possible mishandling of classified documents by improperly using taxpayer resources for his personal benefit and putting White House attorneys in positions that created conflicts of interest, we could be witnessing a serious betrayal of the public’s already-plummeting trust.”

“It also creates the spectre of possible obstruction of a congressional investigation, depending on the legal basis for the intervention and any future privileges claimed by the White House on this escalating scandal,” he continued.

PTT claims that “taxpayer resources may have been inappropriately used by senior White House lawyers, including Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber, to personally benefit Joe Biden.”

“We further believe that the apparent representation of Mr. Biden by the White House Counsel’s Office in this matter creates an untenable conflict of interest for that office,” the complaint stated.

“The result, intended or not, could be to reduce transparency into the mishandling of state secrets and foreclose disclosure of communications between White House Counsel staff while acting on behalf of Joe Biden in his capacity as a citizen facing the prospect of criminal prosecution,” it added.

https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/collusion-feds-interviewed-biden-attorneys-but-sneakily-ditched-302-summary-form/

Facebook Shuts Down 'RT in Russian' Page

Facebook* has shut down the largest Russian-language media page on the platform, RT in Russian, on Monday, with the account now being unavailable to subscribers and not showing in the search results.

When clicking on the page link, an inscription that the content is not available appears, the broadcaster said.

"Facebook shut down RT in Russian page without any explanation. The page has more than 2 million followers, making it one of the largest Russian-language media pages on Facebook. We expect a response from the customer service team," RT said in a statement.

The West has rolled out a massive sanctions campaign against Russia after it started its military operation in Ukraine, which has also affected Russian-language media that the EU and the US claim are state propaganda spreading fake news.

At press time, the English version of RT remains active of Facebook.

https://sputniknews.com/20230116/facebook-shuts-down-rt-in-russian-page-1106412505.html

Since Biden Inauguration, Anonymous Chinese Donors Poured Millions Into University That Houses His Think Tank

News of funding comes as Biden under fire for classified docs found at think tank

Since President Joe Biden took office in 2021 anonymous Chinese donors have poured millions of dollars to the university that houses President Joe Biden’s think tank, where at least 10 classified documents were identified.

Since Biden’s inauguration, the University of Pennsylvania has received $51 million in foreign funding, including $14 million from unnamed contributors in China and Hong Kong and $2.4 million from unnamed contributors in Saudi Arabia, according to Department of Education records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The school also received $1 million from a source in the Cayman Islands in June to fund its Penn Wharton China program.

This funding is in addition to the $61 million that the University of Pennsylvania received from Chinese donors between 2017 and 2020, which was reported by the Free Beacon in 2021.

The names of the newer foreign donors are being kept under wraps by the Biden administration’s Department of Education—a departure from prior administrations that would publish this information in an online database. American universities that receive federal grants are required by law to disclose their overseas funders to the government.

The funding details come as Biden’s think tank, the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania, has been in the media spotlight following reports that federal investigators found classified documents at the Washington, D.C.-based institute and his Delaware home. The Penn Biden Center, which launched in 2017, served as a home base for Biden's top national security officials, many of whom were employed by the center before joining the Biden administration. The White House is also facing criticism for a lack of transparency about who had access to Biden's home and the Penn Biden Center where the classified documents were found.

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a government watchdog group, said the donor records raise questions about whether any foreign funding has gone into the Penn Biden Center. The University of Pennsylvania told the Free Beacon last week that the think tank hasn’t received any earmarked donations from foreign sources and said it is financed by general university funds.

Tom Anderson, the director of the NLPC’s Government Integrity Project, said the omission of donor names from the Department of Education’s post-2021 records makes it more difficult to track the money sources.

"The Department of Education’s policy of hiding the identities of foreign entities showering our universities with billions of dollars is promoting a toxic brew of dark money and corruption," Anderson told the Free Beacon.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/since-biden-inauguration-anonymous-chinese-donors-poured-millions-into-university-that-houses-his-think-tank/

US transfers weapons stored in Israel to Ukraine

Israel has an agreement to use the stored ammunition in emergency scenarios.

The United States has transferred hundreds-of-thousands of munitions from storage in Israel to Ukraine, according to U.S. and Israeli officials on Wednesday.

The U.S. and Israel agreed to move 300,000 155-millimeter shells, "some" of which have already been transferred to Ukraine, a U.S. official told CNN.

While only U.S. military personnel are able to access the locked weapons warehouses, Israel has an agreement to use the ammunition in emergency scenarios with U.S. approval.

Moving the munitions is "American business" and Israel does not need to approve the weapons transfer, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Richard Hecht said.

The United States plans to replenish Israel with any transferred weapons, The Jerusalem Post reported.

An IDF spokesperson said the transfer of weapons does not mean Israel is shifting its policy on Ukrainian military aid. Israel has condemned the invasion, sent humanitarian aid and taken in refugees, but the country has not sent military aid.

https://justthenews.com/government/security/us-transfers-weapons-stored-israel-ukraine

Netanyahu Proceeds Along the Third Reich’s Path

Netanyahu Proceeds Along the Third Reich’s Path

A Nazi takeover of Israel?

The New York Times reports protests against Netanyahu’s attempt to take political control over Israel’s courts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/world/middleeast/israel-protests-netanyahu.html

Thousands in Israel Protest Netanyahu’s Plans to Limit Courts

The right-wing government’s proposals for sweeping judicial reform are viewed by critics as anti-democratic and have galvanized the opposition.

Jan. 14, 2023

An estimated 80,000 protesters demonstrated against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Saturday.

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis on Saturday night protested in Tel Aviv against the new right-wing government’s plans to fundamentally overhaul the judicial system, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to weaken the country’s democratic institutions just weeks after returning to power.

The protest was organized by grass-roots activists and backed by the leaders of Israel’s centrist and left-wing opposition parties. The Israeli news media estimated a turnout of 80,000 people by 8:30 p.m., despite a steady rain, and thousands more joined protests in Jerusalem and Haifa.

The protests were an early indication of the backlash facing the government, the sixth led by Mr. Netanyahu, and a clear illustration of widening political division and polarization in Israel.

Mr. Netanyahu, barely three weeks after his government was sworn in, is seeking to curb the powers of the country’s Supreme Court and has argued that the top court has too much influence.

Critics call the move a power grab that would limit judicial independence and oversight and give politicians the upper hand in appointing judges and government attorneys.

Ehud Barak, a former Israeli prime minister and former army chief of staff, who attended the protest in Tel Aviv, said Mr. Netanyahu’s proposals would “crush” the judicial system.

“We won’t let that happen,” he said on Israeli television.

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2023/01/16/netanyahu-proceeds-along-the-third-reichs-path/

CAUGHT HIM! Rebel News pummels Pfizer CEO with questions at World Economic Forum

https://rumble.com/embed/v23j3ny/?pub=4

Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Over $700 Million of Illicit Funds

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-cryptocurrency-exchange-charged-processing-over-700-million

FTX Detailed Recovery Plan Released – Executives Could Borrow Billions from Customers with No Collateral – $250 Million in Bahamas Property Purchased

The FTX bankruptcy court has released a detailed recovery plan to maximize billions in customer and stakeholder recoveries.

Those overseeing FTX have provided a document that they claim might materially change that lists the assets the company has in place currently.

The Executive Summary shows $5.5 billion of liquid assets located.

As noted above, FTX Debtors have uncovered the mechanics behind how Alameda Research had the ability to borrow without collateral effectively unlimited amounts from customers and how a small group of individuals had the ability to remove digital assets from the exchange without being recorded on the exchange ledger.

They might have used some of this to purchase around $250 million in properties in the Bahamas.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/ftx-detailed-recovery-plan-released-executives-borrow-billions-customers-no-collateral-250-million-bahamas-property-purchased/

US-Mexico border controlled by cartels, not Biden admin

"This is not a political discussion, this is a national security issue. Unless this situation changes and we take back control from the cartels, for the trafficking coming across our border, it will only get worse."

Mexican cartels have control over the US-Mexico border, using their position to smuggle drugs and violent criminals into the country at the expense of the safety of Americans, a border town official told Fox News.

"This is not a political discussion," Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines told the outlet. "This is a national security issue."

"Unless this situation changes and we take back control from the cartels, for the trafficking coming across our border, it will only get worse," he added.

The Border Patrol officials are too overwhelmed by the recent migrant surge under the Biden administration, allowing the cartels to easily establish effective and lucrative smuggling operations, according to Lines. Migrants unable to pay for help crossing the border are used by the cartels to traffic drugs in exchange for entry into the US.

"There's a lot of people that don't like the United States for whatever reason, and there's plenty of people that want to get in here and do some damage," Yuma resident and farmer Alex Muller tolf Fox News. "It's just like a ticking time bomb."

Last year alone saw close to 100 known or suspected terrorists arrested at the border, an alarmingly high number compared to the previous five years combined, which saw a total of just 26 arrests.

The human smuggling industry has seen massive profit increases in recent years, having raked in $13 billion as of July – up from to $500 million in 2018. Fentanyl seizures have also skyrocketed, increasing by 206 percent in two years.

"You have all these cartels that basically run this border, funneling people and drugs across," a Yuma resident and fifth-generation farmer, Hank Auza, told Fox News. "That’s big money and people."

Migrant encounters have also increased since the Biden administration took office, from 480,000 in 2020 to 2.3 million in 2022.

"The whole world is crossing the border, and these are the people who want to get caught," Muller told Fox News. "There's a lot of people who don't want to get caught."

https://thepostmillennial.com/us-mexico-border-controlled-by-cartels-not-biden-admin