Big 4 Firm KPMG Gave SVB and Signature Bank Clean Bills of Health Days Before Banks Collapsed

Auditor KPMG is in the news for its audits of failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. How could the auditors report that these banks were going concerns two weeks before they failed?

Big Four firm KPMG was the auditor for SVB and Signature Bank. It recently gave these companies clean bills of health in their 10K filings. Two weeks later, SVB became the second largest bank in US history to fail and Signature Bank the 3rd largest bank in history to fail. .

CFO Dive reports:

There are two notable dates that stand out to corporate finance experts who have been following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and looking for clues as to whether or how KPMG — one of the so-called Big Four audit firms — may have slipped up in failing to flag risks that led to the biggest U.S. bank failure since 2008.

The first is Feb. 24, the date of the 10-K filing that included KPMG’s latest auditing opinion, which was just about two weeks ahead of the bank’s March 10 collapse.

While KPMG did identify an issue related to credit losses and unfunded loan commitments as a critical audit matter it discussed with the company’s audit committee, it did not flag risks related to the ability of the bank’s parent, SVB Financial Group, to continue as a “going concern,” according to a review of the filing…

KPMG has defended its work, including as the auditor of New York-based Signature Bank which failed two days after SVB. On Tuesday at an event, Paul Knopp, chief executive of KPMG US, said the company stood behind the reports it issued and believes it followed all professional standards, according to The Financial Times.

It’s difficult to believe that the auditors couldn’t have seen the dire situation these banks were in at the time of their audits.

This is no small deal.

In the early 2000’s Arthur Andersen was the auditor for Enron. That firm went under when the DOJ, led by Andrew Weissmann issued an indictment against the firm which caused it to go under. Weissmann’s actions were later overruled by the US Supreme Court but by that time the firm was long gone.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/big-mistake-big-4-firm-kpmg-gave-svb-and-signature-bank-clean-bills-of-health-days-before-banks-collapsed/

Credit Suisse bondholders blast ‘insane’ UBS takeover: ‘Against the law’

Investors who purchased $17 billion worth of Credit Suisse bonds were outraged after Swiss regulators approved a $3.2 billion rescue by rival UBS which left them holding the bag.

Holders of so-called “AT1,” or additional tier 1 bonds, purchased through Credit Suisse were shocked to learn that their investments were wiped out in the deal — a move that some claimed is illegal.

“In my eyes, this is against the law,” Patrik Kauffman, a fund manager at Aquila Asset Management, a firm that invests in AT1 bonds, told the Financial Times.

The “shotgun wedding” sale of the 166-year-old Credit Suisse to its historic arch-enemy is the latest shock to the global financial system — with analysts wondering whether more European banks were due to fall.

Shares of UBS rebounded in European markets on Monday afternoon — reversing an earlier slide. UBS stock was up some 2% in Zurich while Credit Suisse shares cratered by some 60%.

As a result of the deal, UBS has seen its total assets balloon to a whopping $5 trillion.

The lender will also benefit from a special government waiver allowing it to keep Credit Suisse’s profitable unit that was purchased at a discount.

UBS also managed to secure billions of dollars worth of guarantees from the Swiss government aimed at covering losses.

AT1 bonds, which are also known as “contingent convertibles,” are bonds that were created after the 2008 financial crisis.

These debt instruments, which count towards banks’ regulatory capital, are considered riskier.

While they typically provide a higher yield than most other bonds, they can also be either converted into equity or written down entirely if a lender goes under.

Kauffman described the writedown as “insane,” telling FT: “We’ve never seen this before. I don’t think this would be allowed to happen again.”

The takeover by UBS, which was pushed by Swiss authorities who were looking to shore up confidence in the shaky global banking system in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York, also resulted in a loss for Credit Suisse shareholders.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/credit-suisse-bondholders-blast-insane-ubs-takeover/

Wave Of Anti-Government Protests Are Setting The World On Fire

There has been a surge in protests and strikes around the world, primarily focused on economic hardships, skyrocketing inflation, political turmoil, and geopolitical issues.

Recent protests have emerged in France, Greece, Great Britain, Israel, Venezuela, South Korea, Moldova, and Portugal. While some of these demonstrations have been peaceful, others have resulted in clashes with law enforcement.

One of the most troubling countries is France, where protests flared up last week after President Emmanuel Macron circumvented Parliament by passing unpopular pension reform that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/political-concerns-emerge-protests-set-world-fire

NYPD readies metal barricades near courthouse ahead of possible indictment of former President Trump

The New York City Police Department unloaded steel barricades near the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse Monday morning ahead of a possible indictment of former President Trump, CNN Newsource correspondent Gloria Pazmino reported.

"At Manhattan Criminal Court, the NYPD is setting up barricades directly across the street from court in anticipation of a possible Trump indictment this week," Pazmino tweeted, appending a video.

Local, state, and federal law enforcement and security agencies had already begun preparing for the possible indictment, conducting preliminary security assessments, WNBC reported Friday.

The agencies discussed security plans for in and around the Manhattan Criminal Court, the outlet also reported. Those agencies involved include the NYPD, New York State Court Officers, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI's Join Terrorism Task Force, and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Saturday, former President Trump announced in a social media post that he believed he would be arrested on Tuesday.

Trump, a contender for the 2024 Republican presidential primary, urged citizens to "protest, take our nation back."

Later that day, a spokesperson for Trump appeared to walk the statement back, saying that "there has been no notification, other than illegal leaks from the Just Dept. and the DA's office" about the matter, KABC reported. The spokesperson added that Trump would be at a rally in Texas "next weekend."

Over the weekend and on Monday, numerous politicians, political pundits, and other interested parties offered their opinions on the possible indictment.

Among them was former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie, who said Trump was "not a man of his word," also agreed with Trump's assessment of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as "partisan."

The case stems from a hush money payment allegedly made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records by wrongly accounting for the payment as legal fees, a misdemeanor under New York law, the Associated Press reports.

The $130,000 payment was allegedly made by Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney. Cohen pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance law violations in connection with the payment.

Monday morning, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-K.Y.) called Cohen "the least credible witness I ever questioned during my time on the House Oversight Committee."

"He admits that as President Trump's attorney, he took unsolicited actions and offered 'legal advice' without concern for underlying legality," the tweet also said.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/metal-barricades-around-courthouse-ahead-of-possible-trump-indictment

Kenyan police arrest opposition figures amid protests

Security officials say requests to hold demonstrations were denied

Kenyan police have used tear gas and detained at least three opposition leaders and several protesters in Nairobi on Monday for holding unauthorized demonstrations.

Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in Nairobi, calling on President William Ruto to resign in response to the rising cost of living and allegations that he was fraudulently elected. Protesters threw rocks at riot police outside the capital’s government offices, while tires were set on fire on the streets.

Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, preventing them from reaching most of the designated meeting points in the central business district, AP reported.

Senate minority leader Stewart Madzayo and members of parliament Opiyo Wandati and Amina Mnyazi were among those arrested, and will be released after posting bail, Nairobi police said.

Police Chief Adamson Bungei explained on Sunday that police had received requests to hold two demonstrations late Saturday and early Sunday, despite the fact that public rallies normally require three days’ notice. As a result, the requests were turned down “for public safety.”

Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki warned beforehand that anyone inciting public disorder or disturbing the peace would face prosecution.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga had insisted that the protests would go ahead as planned, with demonstrators marching to the State House, the president’s official residence. Odinga said Kenyan citizens have a constitutional right to demonstrate, and that the role of the police is to protect them after they issue a notification in advance, local media reported.

Odinga, who was making his fifth run for president, is contesting the August election in which he was defeated by Ruto by around 233,000 votes, one of the narrowest margins in the country’s history. His Supreme Court appeal to overturn Ruto’s victory was denied due to a lack of evidence.

As a result of the protests, several businesses were forced to close in the East African country, whose economy is suffering from rising prices and a sharp drop in the local shilling against the US dollar. A historic drought has also struck the country’s north, causing millions to go hungry.

https://www.rt.com/africa/573303-nairobi-several-opposition-leaders-detained/

Putin-Xi meeting kicks off in Moscow

The Russian and Chinese leaders are expected to discuss a number of key issues, including the Ukraine conflict, energy and security

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding informal talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as part of the latter’s three-day visit to Moscow. The leaders will discuss key global issues and relations between the two countries.

Putin and Xi are expected to conclude the portion of the trip devoted to negotiations on Tuesday by signing a statement on deepening bilateral relations and expanding economic ties.

This week marks the first time the Chinese leader has traveled to Russia since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine, although the two presidents have been in frequent contact.

While China has not openly supported Russia’s actions in Ukraine, neither has it joined the West in condemning the military operation and imposing sanctions on Moscow. Beijing has instead called for a peaceful resolution to the hostilities and last month revealed its own 12-step peace plan designed to end the conflict.

Moscow has said that it would consider the proposal but has pointed to several factors that stand in the way of a peaceful resolution in Ukraine. Those include the insistence of Kiev and its Western backers on inflicting a military defeat of Russia, their firm opposition to any sort of ceasefire, as well as a law enacted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that forbids holding negotiations with Russia as long as Putin remains in office.

https://www.rt.com/russia/573279-putin-xi-start-meeting/

Every Canadian PM in Past 4 Decades Has Been Compromised by CCP: Former CSIS Official

Every Canadian prime minister over the past 40 years has allegedly been compromised by agents working for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to Michel Juneau-Katsuya, the former chief of the Asia-Pacific desk at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

Juneau-Katsuya made the comments during an interview with Canada’s CBC News on March 19 in response to revelations made in a soon-to-be-released book, “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.”

The book, authored by journalist Ina Mitchell and intelligence expert Scott McGregor, alleges that the United States ran a secret probe—Operation Dragon Lord—into CCP activities in Canada in the 1990s that found China’s alleged infiltration of the nation’s government posed a major security risk to the United States.

Juneau-Katsuya claimed that he was aware of the U.S. probe into the alleged CCP infiltration but Canadian policymakers ignored warnings from him and other intelligence officials for decades.

When asked how serious China’s political interference in Canadian politics was, Juneau-Katsuya said it became “extremely dangerous” for Canada’s democracy but claimed that a CSIS report regarding concerns about the alleged interference—issued during his time as chief of the Asia-Pacific desk—was sidelined by political leaders.

“Definitely, we have evidence that we have been infiltrated by agents of influence, people working on behalf of the Chinese intelligence service, not necessarily spies but people who have been recruited and were capable of influencing the power at bay,” Juneau-Katsuya said.

According to the former CSIS employee, the alleged infiltration by Beijing in Canadian politics has been ongoing for the last 40 years, right up to the current administration led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Whistleblower Alleges CCP Election Interference

“Every [Canadian] prime minister has been compromised at one point or another by those [Chinese] agents of influence, and when we brought the warning, nobody listened,” Juneau-Katsuya said.

The ex-intelligence official could not cite specific evidence regarding his claims, citing the sensitive nature of documents allegedly proving the CCP’s interference. The Epoch Times could not verify his claims.

However, he added that if his and others’ concerns had been taken seriously at the time, officials may have been able to mitigate the alleged CCP threat to Canadian politics, but the situation now had evolved into something more substantial, pointing to recent whistleblower allegations made in the Globe and Mail.

The Globe and Mail, citing national intelligence sources, recently reported on alleged schemes run by the CCP to interfere in Canada’s elections in 2019 and 2021.

The reports noted that Beijing’s alleged foreign influence operation was centered around returning a Liberal minority—seen as open to doing business with China—in 2021 and defeating Conservative candidates who are critical of the regime.

China has denied the allegations of interference but Trudeau has since appointed veteran former official David Johnston as an independent special investigator to probe the alleged election meddling.

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA), an oversight agency, will also review how national security agencies in Canada handled the foreign interference threat.

https://www.ntd.com/every-canadian-pm-in-past-4-decades-has-been-compromised-by-ccp-former-csis-official_908400.html

JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank must face lawsuits over Jeffrey Epstein ties

A US judge on Monday said JPMorgan Chase must face a lawsuit by the US Virgin Islands accusing the bank of enabling the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking.

The judge also said JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank must face lawsuits by two women who said Epstein sexually abused them, and who also accused the banks of enabling his sex trafficking.

US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan dismissed some claims in all three lawsuits, but said the plaintiffs can try to provide that the banks knowingly benefited from participating in Epstein’s sex trafficking venture.

The judge said he would explain his reasons for the rulings in due course.

Epstein had been a client of JPMorgan from 2000 to 2013, and of Deutsche Bank from 2013 to 2018.

Both women, each known as Jane Doe 1, have said the banks turned a blind eye to Epstein’s abuses because he was an important client, and that numerous cash payments came from the banks to pay Epstein’s victims.

Meanwhile, the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned a private island, sought to hold JPMorgan liable for Epstein’s misconduct there.

Both banks have said they had no legal duty to protect the women from Epstein, and denied accusations they knew about his abuses.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/jpm-deutsche-bank-must-face-lawsuits-over-jeffrey-epstein-ties/

Meghan and Harry Throw Weight Behind Child Transgenderism NGO

Wayward royals Harry and Meghan have “partnered” with an organisation that, reports note, promotes childhood transgenderism.

Harry and Meghan’s Archewell charity has teamed up with the Global Boyhood Initiative, an NGO that has publicly backed teaching transgender ideology to children. The partnership is prominently displayed on the NGO’s own website.

The Global Boyhood Initiative, which aims to crush “toxic manhood” and stop parents from pushing “gender roles” on their children, is primarily backed by Equimundo, an NGO aimed at achieving gender equality worldwide.

Equimundo in turn receives funding from both the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, as well as a variety of other corporations, NGOs and government organisations.

As a report by the UK’s Telegraph notes, the organisation has pushed ideas wrapped up in transgender ideology, attacking parents for “gendering” before their birth, instead backing the idea that “gender is not tied to sex organs, hormones or biological traits”.

It also criticises parents for being “factories” of “gender and heterosexuality”, attacks the phrase “boys will be boys” as being “problematic”, and even describes “brainbased, essential and natural gender differences” as being “popular pseudoscience”.

The organisation is ultimately formulating an education plan it hopes will be rolled out in UK schools in the hopes of getting children to “internalise… new gender attitudes and norms”.

Such an education programme appears to be in service of the group’s end goal, which is described by the group’s UK head as building “a generation of boys who are not influenced by restrictive gender stereotypes”.

Such re-education plans have rubbed some the wrong way, with Conservative Party MP lashing out at the suggestion while speaking to The Telegraph.

“Attempting to ‘re-educate’ small children for reasons of political activism is indoctrination and an abuse of the trust that children place in teachers and parents place in schools,” she reportedly said.

“It is also concerning that the Global Boyhood Initiative says they have widened their net to include ‘children of all genders’, which suggests they hold to an extreme position on gender ideology,” the politician added.

While it is unclear whether Harry and Meghan support the project’s aim of seeing such gender ideology taught in schools, their partnership with the programme does certainly show they support its aim of fighting male gender stereotypes.

In material published by both the Global Boyhood Initiative and Archewell, both groups advocate for men to be a “good ally” to women, as well as “reflect” on their “power and privilege as a man”.

The two groups also instruct men to “smash stereotypes” while raising their own male children.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/03/20/meghan-and-harry-throw-weight-behind-child-transgenderism-ngo/

McCarthy Says Americans Should Not Protest If Trump Is Indicted

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that Americans should not protest if former President Donald Trump is indicted.

Trump announced Saturday on Truth Social he expects to be arrested Tuesday by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, led by Alvin Bragg.

“Now illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan District Attorneys office, which has allowed new records to be set in violent crime & whose leader is funded by George Soros, indicate that, with no crime being able to be proven, and based on an old and fully debunked (by numerous other prosecutors!) fairytale, the far & away leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week.”

Trump then urged supporters to “protest” if the arrest occurs.

McCarthy spoke out about his comments Sunday.

“I don’t think people should protest this, no,” McCarthy said, according to NBC News. “And I think President Trump, if you talk to him, he doesn’t believe that, either.”

“Nobody should harm one another,” he reportedly continued. “We want calmness out there.”

McCarthy, however, also defended Trump and ripped Bragg’s investigation as politically motivated.

“Lawyer after lawyer will tell you this is the weakest case out there, trying to make a misdemeanor a felony,” McCarthy said, according to NBC News. “The last thing we want … is somebody putting their thumb on the scale [of justice] simply because they don’t agree with somebody else’s political view.”

“That is what’s wrong and that’s what infuriates people. And this will not hold up in court if this is what he wants to do.”

The potential indictment relates to a years long investigation into whether Trump paid hush money to former porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen sent $130,000 to Daniels so that she would not disclose an alleged earlier affair. Cohen claims Trump reimbursed him for the payments. Authorities are investigating whether Trump forged business records to hide the alleged payout.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/03/mccarthy-says-americans-should-not.html

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/03/mccarthy-says-americans-should-not.html

Top Biden Official Resigns, Leaving Key Post Open During Global Crises

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried is stepping down, the State Department announced Monday.

Donfried served in the post for a year and a half, beginning in late September 2021 after being nominated in March of that year. Her absence leaves a critical diplomatic post open as the U.S. confronts several issues in Europe and Eurasia, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to NATO expansion.

“Karen has deftly managed our relationships with many of our most important allies and partners at a time when Kremlin aggression threatened decades of peace and prosperity. Her policy acumen, integrity, and drive defined her leadership as Assistant Secretary and represent the highest values of public service,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “An exceptional leader, Karen has nurtured and empowered her team, positioning the Bureau and, in turn, the Department to pursue most effectively the interests and defend the values we share with our European allies.”

Donfried previously served as president of the German Marshall Fund and in the Obama administration as Senior Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council.

The Biden administration has not announced who will be nominated to fill Donfried’s post, nor has she said where she will be going next, other than that she will be spending more time with her family.

http://www.womensystems.com/2023/03/top-biden-official-resigns-leaving-key.html

US sending $350M in weapons, equipment to Ukraine in latest aid package

The United States will send Ukraine another $350 million in military assistance including more missiles and air defense ammunition, the Biden administration announced Monday.

The lethal aid package includes more ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and howitzers, as well as ammunition for Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, High-speed Anti-radiation missiles, anti-tank weapons and riverine boats, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

A separate Defense Department release said the package also included grenade launchers, heavy fuel tankers, mine clearing equipment, mortar systems and rounds and additional artillery.

“This week, as Russia’s unconscionable war of aggression against Ukraine continues at great human cost, we are again reminded of the boundless courage and steadfast resolve of the Ukrainian people, and the strong support for Ukraine across the international community,” Blinken said.

He also reiterated that the United States will stand with Ukraine “for as long as it takes.”

The weapons and equipment will be made available through presidential drawdown authority, authority which allows the Pentagon to send weapons from its own stockpiles.

The last such package — a $400 million weapons tranche — was announced earlier this month.

With Monday’s announcement, the United States has now committed more than $32 billion in lethal aid to Ukraine through presidential drawdown since Russia first attacked the country more than a year ago.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3908806-us-sending-350m-in-weapons-equipment-to-ukraine-in-latest-aid-package/

Dutch Farmers Rebel, Win Enough Senate Seats To Block Technocrats

The anti-Great Reset, pro-farmer BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) movement appears to have won even more seats in the Dutch senate than expected, with the globalist coalition government losing heavily.

The BoerBurgerBeweging (Farmer-Citizen Movement) was founded to represent the interests of Dutch farmers facing severe difficulties or being closed down altogether as a result of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s efforts to implement European Union-mandated curbs on the use of nitrogen fertilisers, in order to serve the bloc’s climate change green agenda.

Initially a protest movement, the BBB has been involved in many major demonstrations, often involving tractors, in the Netherlands — but it arrived as a political force in the country’s recent regional government elections for the first time, which also determine the make-up of the First Chamber of the States General — the upper house or senate of the Dutch legislature.

As the results of the election become clearer, it now appears to scale of the Farmer-Citizen Movement’s success was greater than polls initially suggested, with it being due to claim 17 seats in the Senate and become by far the largest party there, according to pro-farmer campaigner Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

The precarious four-party coalition government of the supposedly “centre-right” Prime Minister Mark Rutte, meanwhile, appears to have suffered somewhat worse losses than expected, with Vlaardingerbroek suggesting they will be unable to achieve a majority even with the support of the Labour Party and the Greens.

Vlaardingerbroek has previously alleged that her country is being used as a “pilot” for a broader agenda, with Prime Minister Rutte “very deeply involved in the World Economic Forum [and] a great proponent of all the ideas laid out in the 2030 Agenda and the Great Reset.”

“It’s all related, all these policies are out of those institutions and they are being implemented in our country first, we are sort of the pilot country together with Canada for this agenda,” she added, lamenting the impact of the scheme on farmers targeted by the EU’s Natura 2000 scheme who have in many cases been tending their land and livestock for generations, but now face being forced out of business by state power.

https://www.activistpost.com/2023/03/dutch-farmers-rebel-win-enough-senate-seats-to-block-technocrats.html

White House Says It Opposes a Ceasefire in Ukraine

The US is against any potential Chinese efforts to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine as Xi is headed to Moscow

The White House has come out against a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow to potentially mediate between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart in Kyiv.

Xi is due to arrive in Moscow on Monday and is expected to speak virtually to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his talks with Putin. Xi’s trip comes after Beijing released a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine that called for the two sides to cease hostilities and for peace talks to begin.

Zelensky expressed openness to China’s proposal, but it was immediately rejected by President Biden.

“We don’t support calls for a ceasefire right now,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday, according to Newsweek. “We certainly don’t support calls for a ceasefire that would be called for by the PRC in a meeting in Moscow that would simply benefit Russia.”

Kirby’s comments come as Ukrainian and Russian forces continue to battle in the Donbas city of Bakhmut, which has become known as the “meat grinder” due to the heavy casualties. Ukraine has been pouring in barely-trained conscripts to fight in the city, and the US thinks Kyiv is wasting too many resources in the battle.

The US wants Ukraine to launch a counteroffensive in the spring, although a senior Ukrainian official told The Washington Post last week that Kyiv doesn’t have the resources to pull it off. Kirby’s reasoning for opposing a ceasefire at this time is that a pause in fighting could concede territory to Moscow.

Kirby said the ceasefire would, “in effect, recognize Russia’s gains, and its attempt to conquer his neighbor’s territory by force, allowing Russian troops to continue to occupy sovereign Ukrainian territory and, of course, it would be another continued violation of the UN Charter.”

The US and its allies discouraged peace talks and mediation efforts that were conducted shortly after Russia’s February 2022 invasion. At that time, Moscow was seeking a deal that would have reverted to the pre-invasion territorial lines. But now, Ukraine stands to lose much more as Russia has annexed the territory it controls in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the breakaway Donbas republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/03/19/white-house-says-it-opposes-a-ceasefire-in-ukraine/

GOP Presidential Candidate Calls on New Yorkers to Beat Trump Supporters with a Baseball Bat

He was born on the U.S. military base in Landstuhl, Germany and lives in Texas. According to Ballotpedia, he earned a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law, and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Castro’s career experience includes working as an attorney and entrepreneur.

John Anthony Castro HATES Trump supporters.

He hates Trump and his supporters with a red-hot passion.

On Friday John called for New Yorkers to beat Trump supporters with a bat.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/03/gop-presidential-candidate-calls-on-new.html

Jeffrey Epstein-Related Lawsuit Reveals Explosive New Details: Report

Explosive information has come to light as the public awaits the pending release of the full “client list” kept by the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Last month, the U.S. Virgin Islands government unsealed portions of the federal lawsuit that had previously been redacted, some of which shows former JPMorgan executive (and later Barclay CEO) Jes Staley’s relationship with Epstein.

The Virgin Islands told a judge that JPMorgan’s attempt to deflect blame on its former senior executive Jes Staley was wrong and alleged the bank’s role in Epstein’s sex trafficking went all the way to the top.

“If Mr. Staley is a rogue employee, why isn’t Jamie Dimon?” the government’s private counsel Mimi Liu thundered, urging a judge to advance their lawsuit.

In August 2008, an internal JPMorgan email discussed the flow of Epstein’s assets, with a reference to “pending Dimon review,” Law and Crime reported.

“That’s Jamie Dimon,” said Liu, an attorney at Motley Rice.

“The remarks provide insight into why the Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Dimon earlier this year — and why Senior U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff signed off on it. JPMorgan insisted that Dimon is not relevant to the lawsuit, asserting that he wasn’t involved in any decisions related to Epstein’s account. Their arguments ultimately didn’t sway the judge on the discovery motion,” Law and Crime reported.

“JPMorgan, the world’s largest bank by market capitalization, was Epstein’s bank of choice between 1998 and 2013, well after Epstein’s Florida prosecution for soliciting prostitution with a minor. That relationship has been under a newfound spotlight after Epstein survivors and the Virgin Islands sued JPMorgan Chase late last year, claiming that it ‘facilitated, sustained and concealed’ Epstein’s abuse,” the outlet added.

JPMorgan has denied the allegations from the U.S. Virgin Islands and filed a counteroffensive against Staley, claiming he “concealed his personal activities” with Epstein.

Staley and Epstein exchanged roughly 1,000 emails between 2008 and 2012. Newly unsealed information reveals an odd exchange between Staley and Epstein, where they make references to Disney characters, according to Fox News.

“These women were trafficked and abused during different intervals between at least 2003 and July 2019, when Epstein was arrested and jailed, and these women received payments, typically multiple payments, between 2003 and 2013 in excess of $1 million collectively,” according to the unsealed passages.

In detailing the lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Virgins Islands noted: “Epstein also withdrew more than $775,000 in cash over that time frame from JPMorgan accounts.

https://conservativebrief.com/epstein-details-71779/?utm_source=CB

US construction firm says Mexican forces seized its property

Vulcan chairman and CEO J. Thomas Hill said the seizure was "illegal."

Vulcan Materials, a U.S.-based construction firm, says that armed Mexican forces took over its marine terminal in southeast Mexico.

Former Trump intelligence official Cliff Sims tweeted a video Saturday of the alleged illegal seizure earlier this month.

"This is insane," he wrote in the post, which shows Mexican military officials, police officers and others entering the facility.

In a letter Thursday to Esteban Moctezuma, Mexico's ambassador to the U.S., Vulcan Chairman and CEO J. Thomas Hill said the seizure that occurred early in the morning of March 14 was "illegal."

He said the Mexican company CEMEX joined with government forces to enter Vulcan's private property, which they "continue to illegally occupy."

Former Trump National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe also condemned the apparent seizure.

"Getting pretty used to the Biden administration letting China and Russia kick sand in our faces (covid and fentanyl deaths, spy balloons, taking down U.S. MQ-9 Reaper)—but now Mexico, too?," he tweeted Saturday. "The Biden administration needs to engage immediately to defend a U.S. company and to protect U.S. interests. This is the only deep water port on the Yucatán Peninsula. Significant geopolitical and economic implications."

The Mexican government has not responded to requests for comment from Fox News Digital or Bloomberg.

https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/us-construction-firm-says-mexican-forces-seized-its-property

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IT WAS ALL A LIE: NHS Director confirms Hospitals lied about Cause of Death to create illusion of COVID Pandemic

Before Covid, four types of pneumonia added together were the highest cause of death in the UK. In a newly implemented Medical Examiner System to certify deaths, the Medical Examiner was certifying all types of pneumonia deaths as covid-19 deaths, a former Director of End-of-Life Care has said.

On Saturday, Sai, a former NHS Director of End-of-Life Care, wrote a Twitter thread which, amongst other things, gave a personal account of the changes to the system of reporting deaths implemented in the NHS:

“When four different diseases [are] grouped and now being called covid-19, you will inevitably see covid-19 with a huge death rate. The mainstream media was reporting on this huge increase in covid-19 deaths due to the Medical Examiner System being in place.

“Patients being admitted and dying with very common conditions such as old age, myocardial infarctions, end-stage kidney failure, haemorrhages, strokes, COPD and cancer etc. were all now being certified as covid-19 via the Medical Examiner System.

“Hospitals were switching to and from the Medical Examiner System and the pre-pandemic system as [and] when they pleased. When covid-19 deaths needed to be increased, the hospital would switch to the Medical Examiner System.”

In addition, “hospitals were incentivised to report covid-19 deaths over normal deaths, as the government was paying hospitals additional money for every covid-19 death that was being reported,” Sai said. “I have no doubt in my mind, that the Government has planned the entire pandemic since 2016 when they first proposed the change to medical death certification.”

You can read Sai’s thread on Twitter HERE or Thread Reader App HERE. In the event it is removed from Twitter we have copied the thread below and attached a pdf copy at the end of this article. In the following, the number at the beginning of a paragraph relates to the number of the tweet within the thread.

https://expose-news.com/2023/03/20/nhs-director-confirms-hospitals-lied-about-covid-deaths/

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In 2022, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg reduced 52% of all felony charges to a misdemeanor

Now he’s elevating a misdemeanor to a felony that the feds refused to prosecute to indict President Trump

Criminals roam free. Political opponents go to jail.

This is your third world country

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NOAHIDE WORLD ORDER - NWO - Chabad Cult

The Mitzvot of Non-Jews

The perfection of the world requires the spreading of the seven Noahide commandments

These are the Seven Noahide Laws, as enumerated in the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 56a:

1 carry out justice - An imperative to pursue and enforce social justice, and a prohibition of any miscarriage of justice.

2 no blasphemy - Prohibits a curse directed at the Supreme Being.

3 no idolatry - Prohibits the worship of any human or any created thing. Also prohibited is the making of idols and involvement with the occult. This necessitates an understanding of the One G-d of Israel and His nature.

4 no illicit intercourse - Prohibits adultery, incest, homosexual intercourse and bestiality, according to Torah definitions.

5 no homicide - Prohibits murder and suicide. Causing injury is also forbidden.

6 no theft - Prohibits the wrongful taking of another's goods.

7 don't eat a limb of a living creature - Promotes the kind treatment of animal life. It also encourages an appreciation for all kinds of life and respect for nature as G-d's creation.

https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380332/jewish/The-Mitzvot-of-Non-Jews.htm

In Kabbala and Chassidut, the Seven Commandments are equiva­lent to the seven lower sefirot. The ten sefirot, through which G-d made the world and man, are divided into three "intellectual" attributes: Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge (chochma, bina, and daat), and seven "emotional" ones: Kindness, Might, Beauty, Eternity, Glory, Foundation and Sovereignty (chesed, gevura, tiferet, netzach, hod, yesod and malchut). The three intellectual attributes are associated with the Jewish people who provide the legal and spiritual interpretations of the Seven Laws to the descendants of Noah. Each law parallels one of the seven "emotional" sefirot.

A functioning judicial system corresponds to malchut, the lowest sefira, which rules in supremacy but is selflessly devoted to public service. This is the responsibility of good government. Our sages state, "War comes to the world through the delay of justice, the perversion of justice, and the teaching of Torah not in accordance with Jewish Law". (Avot 5:8) When both Jews and non-Jews can learn Torah without distortion of its halachic (Jewish legal) meaning, true peace becomes possible. This includes recognition of the principle that Jews can be judged only according to Torah law, no matter where in the world, and that non-Jews in Eretz Yisrael are considered according to the Seven Noahide Laws by the Jews there, with no sovereign jurisdiction of their own.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100929050245/https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380332/jewish/The-Mitzvot-of-Non-Jews.htm

A Noachide who transgresses these seven commands shall be executed by decapitation. For this reason, all the inhabitants of Shechem were obligated to die. Shechem kidnapped. They observed and were aware of his deeds, but did not judge him.

A Noachide is executed on the basis of the testimony of one witness and the verdict of a single judge. No warning is required. Relatives may serve as witnesses. However, a woman may not serve as a witness or a judge for them.

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1188354/jewish/Melachim-uMilchamot-Chapter-9.htm

WATCH: White House reporter shouts at Press Sec. during opening statements with 'Ted Lasso' for refusing to answer his questions

"You are making a mockery of the First Amendment!"

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