Deutsche Bank Stressed… Shares Tumble

Deutsche Bank’s shares tumbled for the third day in a row on Friday after a spike in credit default swaps, CNBC reported.

The German lender’s shares fell 11% on Friday as the cost of insuring against its default spiked.

CNBC reported:

Deutsche Bank shares fell by more than 11% on Friday following a spike in credit default swaps Thursday night, as concerns about the stability of European banks persisted.

The German lender’s Frankfurt-listed shares retreated for a third consecutive day and have now lost more than a fifth of their value so far this month. Credit default swaps — a form of insurance for a company’s bondholders against its default — leapt to 173 basis points Thursday night from 142 basis points the previous day.

Deutsche Bank’s additional tier-one (AT1) bonds — an asset class that hit the headlines this week after the controversial write-down of Credit Suisse’s AT1s as part of its rescue deal — also sold off sharply.

Deutsche led broad declines for major European banking stocks on Friday, with German rival Commerzbank shedding 9%, while Credit Suisse, Societe Generale and UBS each fell by more than 7%. Barclays and BNP Paribas both dropped by more than 6%.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/developing-deutsche-bank-stressed-shares-tumble/

‘Largest Satanic Gathering in History’ Will Require Masks and Vaccinations

The Satanic Temple is set to host the “largest Satanic gathering in history” in Boston next month and will require attendees to be vaccinated and masked.

As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, SatanCon is scheduled to take place in Boston from April 28 – 30th, 2023.

According to the Satanic Temple’s website for the sold-out event, “Satancon attendees must be 18 or over and have proof of COVID vaccination. Attendees must wear an N-95, KN-95, or disposable surgical mask. Gaiters, bandanas, and cloth masks will not be allowed.”

The mask and vaccine requirement is ironic as their “about” section states, “the mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits.”

The convention will be celebrating the Satanic Temple’s tenth anniversary.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/largest-satanic-gathering-in-history-will-require-masks-and-vaccinations/

Yellen Convenes Emergency Financial Stability Meeting On Friday As Banking Crisis Explodes

"Capital markets stop panicking when officials start panicking" - Michael Hartnett

Here comes the panic.

Bloomberg just reported that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen - who was singlehandedly responsible for stoking and restarting the bank crisis on Wednesday which until that day was easing back, with her comments that nobody in charge was even talking about a uniform deposit insurance, let alone working on one - will convene the heads of top US financial regulators Friday morning for a previously unscheduled meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

The meeting will be closed to the public, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury didn’t say what time the meeting would begin, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether the council would issue a statement following the meeting.

The step comes as regulators continue efforts to instill calm in financial markets and among bank depositors following the recent failure of two mid-sized lenders in the US and the near-collapse of banking giant Credit Suisse Group AG before its government-brokered takeover by rival UBS Group AG.

FSOC’s members include the heads of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and several other regulatory agencies. It has little legal authority but serves as a coordinating forum. Here is a list of the full members:

The Council’s voting members are:

The Secretary of the Treasury who serves as the Chairperson of the Council;

The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC);

The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB);

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC);

The Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC);

The Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC);

The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA);

The Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); and

An independent member with insurance expertise who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a six-year term.

Yesterday we asked "What is the record for shortest interval between a final rate hike and the first rate cut."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/yellen-convenes-emergency-financial-stability-meeting-friday-banking-crisis-explodes

Biden Regime Launches Airstrikes in Syria Against Iranian-Backed Units After Suspected Iranian Drone Kills American Contractor – Iran-Backed Forces then Retaliate

The Biden regime launched airstrikes against groups linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Thursday in Syria after a suicide drone hit a coalition base in country’s northeast.

One U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members were wounded in the attack. Another contractor was injured as well.

The Pentagon said two of the wounded American servicemembers were treated on-site at the base near Hasakah. Three others and the wounded contractor were evacuated to medical facilities in Iraq.

U.S. intelligence analysts determined the drone was of Iranian origin according to the Pentagon and happened near Hasaka at 1:38 p.m. local time.

Defense secretary Lloyd Austin said he ordered airstrikes against the facilities in eastern Syria used by the IRGC-linked groups at Joe Biden’s direction.

At the direction of President Biden, I authorized U.S. Central Command forces to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

The airstrikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC.

Our thoughts are with the family and colleagues of the contractor who was killed and with those who were wounded in the attack earlier today.

Here a video of one of the American airstrikes:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/biden-regime-launches-airstrikes-in-syria-against-iranian-backed-units-after-suspected-iranian-drone-kills-american-contractor-iran-backed-forces-then-retaliate-video/

US Launches Airstrikes in Syria After Drone Attack Kills US Contractor

Five US troops were wounded in the drone attack

The Pentagon announced on Thursday night that it launched airstrikes in Syria after a drone attack killed a US contractor and wounded five US troops near Hasakah in northeast Syria.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that at the direction of President Biden, he authorized “US Central Command forces to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).”

The groups the US targeted were likely Shia militias that operate in Syria. The Pentagon claimed that US intelligence determined the drone was of “Iranian origin,” but at this point, there’s no indication that Tehran was involved in the attack on the US base.

The Pentagon said that “two of the wounded service members were treated on site, while three additional service members and the US contractor were medically evacuated to Coalition medical facilities in Iraq.”

The US has about 900 troops stationed in eastern Syria, and US bases in the country frequently come under attack. President Biden has previously launched airstrikes against Shia militias in the country.

The last major escalation took place in August 2022 when Biden ordered a series of airstrikes, which the US started in response to a drone attack that caused no casualties. The US occupation of eastern Syria always risks sparking a wider war in the region.

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/03/23/us-launches-airstrikes-in-syria-after-drone-attack-kills-us-contractor/

Blinken Tells Congress Ukraine Won't Regain All Territories By Military Means

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has given rare words of advice to Ukraine while letting slip that Washington is not very optimistic on the prospect of regaining all territory now controlled by the Russians.

"I think there’s going to be territory in Ukraine that the Ukrainians are determined to fight for on the ground; there may be territory that they decide that they’ll have to try to get back in other ways," Blinken said in what's clearly a reference to negotiations and the need for future diplomacy, during Congressional questioning.

But he again emphasized these are decisions for Ukrainian leadership. He said "these have to be Ukrainian decisions about what they want their future to be and how that lands in terms of the sovereignty, the territorial integrity, the independence of the country."

The US top diplomat had responded to Republican Representative Chris Stewart's question about Crimea.

"If our commitment and our agreement with Mr Zelenskyy is that we will support you for whatever you want to achieve, including no Russian presence at all in Crimea, then we're asking for a world of hurt," Stewart said.

Blinken appeared to agree that the cost would be too high, and the potential for sharp escalation with Russia too dangerous, to encourage any Ukrainian retaking of Crimea, which has been under Russian sovereignty since 2014.

And coming days after the visit to Moscow of Chinese President Xi Jinping where he discussed Beijing's 12-point peace plan with President Putin, Blinken added the US wants to avoid a situation which "simply invites the Russians to reset, rearm and then re-attack" in the wake of any possible future negotiations. The US accused China's plan of seeking to allow Russian forces to regroup.

Currently, Ukraine is continuing to pour steady resources and manpower into defending Bakhmut, a strategic city in Donetsk region. Previously the Russian advance there, with Wagner group reportedly leading the way, was rapid but in recent weeks has slowed.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blinken-tells-congress-ukraine-wont-regain-all-territories-military-means

Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer Funded CCP Battery Plant in Big Rapids for More Than $700 Million in Taxpayer Funds

Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have dire consequences.

Michigan’s state legislature, for the first time in over 21 years, is comprised of a democrat majority in all three branches of government. The democrats control the Secretary of State’s office as well as the Attorney General’s, despite AG Dana Nessel being booed off stage at an arts and music festival in a heavily democrat Biden +12 district.

These communist sympathizers do not care about optics, polls, or even elections. They control the entire system and if you dare question it, they will be sure to sic their law enforcement authorities on you.

Now, the Democrat controlled state is openly showing their allegiance to the Chinese communists and utter disdain for American innovation. Earlier this month, the Democrat legislature passed a bill that would fund an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Big Rapids, MI owned by Chinese subsidiary, Gotion, Inc., based in Fremont, CA.

The Speaker Pro-Tempore Rep. Laurie Pohutsky suspended Rule 42, which would have required the bill to be held for one day, despite a voice vote that clearly was in favor of the “nays.” In the video below posted by William Bailey who famously sued Antrim Co. and obtained forensic images of the Dominion Voting machines only to have his case abruptly dismissed just as they were to obtain internet router information in discovery, you can hear several lawmakers offer amendments to ensure taxpayer money is not used to fund CCP subsidiaries.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/michigans-gretchen-whitmer-funded-ccp-battery-plant-in-big-rapids-for-more-than-700-million-in-taxpayer-funds/

Jack Dorsey Loses Half a Billion in a Day, His ‘Cash App’ is Accused of Lying to Investors and Catering to Criminals

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has had better days.

On Thursday, March 23rd, his company Block (formerly known as Square) took a tumble in the stock market, as the price of the company’s shares fell by nearly 15% – causing Dorsey’s net worth to fall by U$562 million dollars.

The sharp decline in share prices was caused by a report by Hindenburg Research “accusing the firm of misleading investors and embracing a criminal user base.”

The Daily Mail reports::

“Hindenburg Research on Thursday disclosed its short position in Block and released findings from a two-year investigation, alleging the company ‘misled investors on key metrics, and embraced predatory offerings and compliance worst-practices in order to fuel growth.'”

The report includes expansive allegations against Block, the payments company formerly known as Square, which also owns the popular smartphone payment application Cash App.

“Many of Hindenburg’s claims center on alleged rampant criminal use of Cash App for drug deals, sex trafficking, and even murder-for-hire.”

Rapper 22Gz: ‘I paid them hitters through Cash App.’

Rapper Nuke Bizzle: convicted for COVID stimulus fraud, used Cash App as the payment mechanism. Boasted about the scheme in his lyrics.

Hindenburg Report: “Block [owner of Cash App] has embraced one traditionally very ‘underbanked’ segment of the population: criminals”.

Block responded: “We will not be distracted by typical short seller tactics.” Jack Dorsey’s net worth dropped 11 percent, but it’s still at a healthy $4.4 billion.

Dorsey’s problems with criminal infiltration on one of his platforms is nothing new. It also festered on Twitter, primarily in the form of child exploitation material, so much so that, when Elon Musk purchased the company, he stated that “removing child exploitation is priority #1” in a tweet in late November.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/jack-dorsey-loses-half-a-billion-in-a-day-his-cash-app-is-accused-of-lying-to-investors-and-catering-to-criminals/

STUDY: Big Pharma Is Paying TikTok Influencers to Hook Teens on New Drugs.

more fresh hell, courtesy of corporate america, and communist china.

Pharmaceutical marketers have noticed the power of patient persuasion and begun to leverage ‘patient influencers’ in brand campaigns,” says a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado, alongside the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

With the wider influencer-marketing industry expected to be worth up to $21.1 billion in 2023, the study published in The Journal of Medical Internet Research provides early insights into this growing new area, including its darker side.

“The bottom line here is that patient influencers act as a form of interactive direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, sharing their knowledge and experiences on pharmaceutical drugs with communities of followers in which they wield great influence,” said author Erin Willis, an associate professor of advertising, public relations and media design.

“This raises ethical questions that need more investigation.”

DTC advertising allows drug manufacturers to target consumers directly, rather than through physicians. This method of advertising emerged in the 1980s, and is only prevalent in the US and New Zealand. In these countries, about half of all people who ask their doctor about a new drug do so after seeing a television commercial for it.

“Health literacy and digital literacy are both concerningly low in this country [the US],” said Willis, who notes that consumers can fail to see the difference between a sponsored ad and a well-meaning, personal post.

“The fact that patients with no medical training are broadly sharing drug information should alarm us.”

The study comes amidst a social media frenzy about semaglutide, Novo Nordisk’s “miracle” weight-loss drug which is licensed as Wegovy (for weight loss) and Ozempic (for type 2 diabetes). Popular interest in the drug reached fever pitch when celebrities such as Kim Kardashian were reported to have used it. Only a few have actually confirmed that they’ve taken semaglutide, among them Elon Musk, who admitted to his 116 million followers on Twitter in November of last year that he had used Wegovy to shed at least 30lb.

In the case of most celebrities, however, we must rely on rapid weight loss and other tell-tale signs of semaglutide use, including so-called “Ozempic face” – a hollow look due to loss of facial fat – to decide whether the drug has been used. “Ozempic face” is just one of the main side effects being reported by ordinary users of semaglutide, many of whom have been “sold” the drug by one of their favourite influencers on Instagram or TikTok. Among other commonly reported side effects is explosive diarrhea. The hashtag #ozempic has hundreds of millions of views on Tiktok as at the time of reporting.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/03/23/study-big-pharma-is-paying-tiktok-influencers-to-hook-teens-on-new-drugs/

Dennis Prager Says Bisexuality is ‘The Norm’

Prager made these comments in a 2021 interview.

The True Texas Project released a video showing Dave Rubin interviewing Dennis Prager. During the interview, Prager told Rubin that “bisexuality is the norm.” Prager has branded himself as someone who teaches conservative values.

In the True Texas Project video, Dennis Prager said: “normal is not defined by your sexual orientation. That’s what’s normal…I am not saying heterosexual is more normal, by the way, I actually believe bisexual is the norm.”

Dennis Prager is the founder of Prager U. According to Prager U’s website Prager U aims to “Promote American values through the creative use of educational videos that reach millions of people online. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Prager University Foundation (“PragerU”) offers a free alternative to the dominant left-wing ideology in culture, media, and education. Whether you’re searching for a deeper understanding, a new perspective, or a way to get involved, PragerU helps people of all ages think and live better.”

According to Prager U’s 2022 Annual Report, Prager U’s headquarters is located at a 44,023-square-foot building in the liberal stronghold of Los Angeles, California. The report also showed most of Prager U’s town halls scheduled to take place in 2023 are virtual.

In Dennis Prager’s recent article Memo to Conservatives: You Don’t Have to Agree on Everything Only on Fighting the Left, Prager criticized Trump supporters within the GOP, “the other divisive issue that poses a fatal threat to conservatism and the Republican Party — and therefore to America — is whether to support any Republican presidential candidate other than Trump. I hope I am wrong, but it seems that millions of conservatives will not enthusiastically support any Republican presidential nominee other than Trump. These people might be called “Only Trumpers.” And because of their numbers, they pose an even greater threat to Republican unity than did the “Never Trumpers” Prager wrote.

Prager is also a strong supporter of arming Ukraine. In the same article, Prager wrote, “A prominent conservative recently tweeted that every Republican who supports aiding Ukraine is a RINO (Republican In Name Only). That would mean that conservatives such as Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, and I, not to mention more than 40% of all Republicans, are RINOs.”

Prager’s recent comments lead some to believe that Prager is no true friend of the Conservative Movement.

https://nationalfile.com/dennis-prager-says-bisexuality-is-the-norm/

Ron DeSantis Signed COVID Law Allowing Forced Injections by ‘Any Means Necessary’

The COVID reality is far different from the COVID narrative when it comes to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed COVID legislation in 2021 giving state health authorities the power to forcibly quarantine and inject anyone who “state health authorities” deem to be a risk to public safety, using “any means necessary” to do so.

On May 3rd, 2021, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 2006 into law, giving state health authorities massive power over the people of Florida, while authorizing the imprisonment and forced injection of anyone deemed a risk by those authorities. At the time of the bill’s signing, DeSantis and others in Florida’s government presented it as a ban on so-called “vaccine passports,” but buried within the legislation is an unprecedented attack on the civil liberties of American Citizens.

As a result of DeSantis-signed SB 2006, state health authorities have the power to “order an individual to be examined, tested, vaccinated, treated, isolated, or quarantined for communicable diseases,” if those health authorities believe the diseases “have significant morbidity or mortality and present a severe danger to public health.”

In the case of COVID, which has a more than 99% survival rate, state health authorities made this exact claim and, though false, it led to the biggest clampdown on civil liberties in American history.

Furthermore, SB 2006 states that if an individual is deemed to pose “a danger to the public health, the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation or quarantine.”

“If there is no practical method to isolate or quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual.”

Also under the DeSantis-signed legislation, “any order of the State Health Officer” is “immediately enforceable” by law enforcement, turning police officers into state quarantine and injection agents. What’s more, is that the law even calls for volunteers to help the authorities in their forced quarantine and injection quests, offering up rewards to those who are willing to help.

“Individuals who assist the State Health Officer at his or her request on a volunteer basis” are entitled to “benefits,” the legislation declares, immediately after laying out the ways that Florida’s State Health Officer can force injections into the arms of American Citizens.

https://nationalfile.com/ron-desantis-signed-covid-law-allowing-forced-injections-by-any-means-necessary/

https://web.archive.org/web/20230318150620/https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/er/HTML

Ukrainian chronicle: Depleted uranium anti-tank shells have already arrived to Ukraine

On March 21, UK Minister of State for Defense Annabel Goldie stated that London would provide Kiev with armor piercing shells for its Challenger 2 main battle tanks, including Depleted uranium (DU) ammunition.

"I would like to note in this regard that if all this happens, then Russia will be forced to react accordingly – I mean that the Collective West is already starting to use weapons with a nuclear component," Vladimir Putin declared during presence of Chairman Xi Jinping on March 21 in Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu also made very critical remarks on this matter. The use of munitions with depleted uranium will dramatically reduce Ukrainian capabilities of producing high quality food, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the press conference in Moscow.

"All conversations that they see the well-being of Ukraine in the future end with their statements about their intention to supply depleted uranium shells," Russian MFA official spokesperson said, adding that the use of depleted uranium projectiles is actually an act of genocide against the population that such weapons are used on.

Russian academic community advocated to bomb railroads and highways on the Western part of Ukraine that might be used to deliver such shells with DU from the UK. Some of the experts proposed to sever diplomatic relations with London. They claim that one antitank shell fitted with DU can contaminate one hectare of land with water and vegetation.

"The UK government is sending depleted uranium shells for use in the Challenger 2 tanks gifted to Ukraine, a move CND has condemned as an additional environmental and health disaster for those living through the conflict," the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said on March 21.

In his research paper named “Uranium weapons being employed in Ukraine have significantly increased Uranium levels in the air in the UK” (March 2023) Christopher Busby, Environmental Research SIA, said that: “Uranium levels in all the onsite and offsite High Volume Air Samplers deployed by the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, UK increased significantly in the period beginning with the start of the Ukraine War. This supports the belief that Uranium weapons are being deployed in the theatre and that the fallout of Uranium nanoparticles, has contaminated Europe and the United Kingdom.”

https://en.interaffairs.ru/article/ukrainian-chronicle-depleted-uranium-anti-tank-shells-have-already-arrived-to-ukraine/

Why hasn't Hunter Biden been arrested?

https://youtu.be/y1rQ3erbpZQ

Frexit politician calls for Macron's 'removal' as France descends into chaos over pensions

Eurosceptic French politician François Asselineau has called for National Assembly members to boot out Mr Macron.

A leading Frexit politician has called for French president Emmanuel Macron to be impeached, as anger persists over his controversial pension reforms. François Asselineau called on legislators in the National Assembly, known as députés, to enact the “removal procedure” to force Mr Macron out of office.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1749336/Macron-removal-pension-protests-Frexit

AG says Netanyahu is breaking the law and in violation of conflict of interest deal

Baharav-Miara: PM’s declaration that he will get involved in judicial overhaul violates court ruling; this and any further such acts ‘illegal and tainted by conflict of interest’

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday that he has violated the conflict of interest agreement that allows him to govern during his ongoing corruption trial, and called his statements Thursday night and any further involvement in the coalition’s judicial overhaul “illegal and tainted by a conflict of interest.”

The harshly worded letter from Baharav-Miara came after Netanyahu announced that he would henceforth ignore the conflict of interest deal and deeply involve himself in the unfolding, deeply controversial judicial overhaul legislation.

The 2020 deal forbade Netanyahu from making senior law enforcement and judicial appointments or getting involved in legislative matters that may impact his ongoing trial on corruption charges. Netanyahu’s announcement Thursday night came hours after the Knesset passed a law designed to shield him from being removed from office for breaking its boundaries.

“In your speech last night, you referred to the initiatives concerning the judicial system, and in particular to the composition of the committee for the appointment of judges, and announced that you are now directly involved in these initiatives,” Baharav-Miara wrote.

“In doing so, you violated the ruling of the Supreme Court, according to which, as a prime minister accused of crimes, you must refrain from taking actions that give rise to a reasonable fear of the existence of a conflict of interest between your personal interests relating to the criminal proceedings and your role as prime minister,” she wrote.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-says-netanyahu-is-breaking-the-law-and-in-violation-of-conflict-of-interest-deal/

Nazi Roots of EU’s Führer Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has some disturbing skeletons in her family wardrobe.

Her political roots in Nazi Germany account for the insane war-driven agenda of the European Union toward Russia under her stewardship and her total subservience to the U.S. imperialist objective to defeat Moscow.

Author Evan Reif explains how her politician-father Ernst Albrecht packed his regional government with unreconstructed Nazis and former Wehrmacht officers when he was governor of Lower Saxony in the 1980s.

Ursula von der Leyen’s family derived much of its industrial wealth from working closely with Hitler’s Third Reich. Her aristocratic family was also married into slave-owning cotton planters in the American South.

That legacy of inherited wealth not only benefited Ursula’s elite education but also her precocious rise in German politics. She became the German defense minister from 2013-2019 despite having no formal background in the military. Under her watch, the German army was massively rearmed and she also became mired in corruption scandals.

At the end of 2019, she was appointed President of the European Commission, the top political post in the European Union. This was done without a vote from the German parliament such was the lack of confidence in her eligibility.

She has spearheaded the US-led NATO proxy war in Ukraine against Russia with remarkably hawkish anti-Russian rhetoric. Her zeal for pursuing hostility toward Russia is consistent with the Nazi ideology her father indulged in.

Ursula von der Leyen has shown an astounding “ability” to “fail upwards”, as Evan Reif wryly points out. The only explanation for such undue political ascent despite her incompetence, plagiarism, and corruption, is the help of a powerful network – the transatlantic U.S.-led NATO alliance and its intelligence agencies.

The disturbing upshot is that Europe is being led into a disastrous war against Russia in the service of US-European imperialism – euphemistically called “Western values” – by a person who is a scion of Nazi legacy and politics and who does not have a democratic mandate.

Eight decades after the end of World War II and the defeat of Hitler’s Third Reich, the imperialist objective of conquering Russia is alive again. Should we be surprised though, when we look at the odious political background of the European Commission’s president?

https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/03/20/nazi-roots-of-eu-fuhrer-ursula-von-der-leyen/

Emails Shows VP Biden’s Office Colluding With Bloomberg Reporter to Bury Damning Hunter Biden Story

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Emails Shows VP Biden’s Office Colluding With Bloomberg Reporter to Bury Damning Hunter Biden Story

By Rusty Weiss

March 24, 2023 at 9:45am

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Emails published earlier this week show the office of then-Vice President Joe Biden colluding with a Bloomberg News reporter to bury a damaging story about Hunter Biden.

The emails – obtained by America First Legal (AFL) through its ongoing lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) – show the President of Hunter’s firm Rosemont Seneca Partners, Eric Schwerin, checking in with the Vice President’s media team about potential follow up stories to a New York Times article in 2015.

The Times on December 8th of that year suggested the “credibility of the vice president’s anticorruption message may have been undermined” by Hunter’s role on the board of Burisma Holdings. (Can you imagine such a story being written today?)

Schwerin sent an inquiry to Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s communications director at the time, and who would eventually serve as White House communications director until stepping down last month, asking about “follow up” pieces to the story.

Bedingfield replied that she had been in discussion with a Bloomberg reporter who assured Biden’s team she was “doing everything she can to not use it.”

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1638942523102994449

During Hunter’s time on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, he was making $50,000 per month despite not having any experience in business, engineering, or fossil fuels.

How desperate was the Bloomberg reporter to shut down any stories involving the Vice President’s son, his son’s firm, and potential corruption?

This desperate …

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/emails-shows-vp-bidens-office-colluding-with-bloomberg-reporter-to-bury-damning-hunter-biden-story/?utm_campaign=TPI03242023AMWUC

TOXIC FRUIT & VEGGIS: 75% Of Produce Grown In The US Contains Toxic Pesticide Residue

About 75% of non-organic vegetables and fruits grown in the United States contain toxic pesticide residue. Blueberries and green beans contain organophosphates which can damage the human nervous system.

Unless produce is grown cleanly without pesticides and herbicides and is laboratory tested, it can be risky to consume to some degree because it might be chock full of hidden chemical poisons that are unseen to the naked eye, according to a report by The Daily Mail.

The Environmental Working Group looked at 46 different produce staples. Overall, the organization found that 75 percent of freshly grown produce in the U.S. contains some degree of harmful pesticide residue, which is deeply concerning. The worst offenders are among some of the healthiest fruits and vegetables when grown cleanly. These conventionally grown produce items are risky to consume because of the hidden chemicals they contain.

Strawberries, grapes, apples, nectarines, pears, and cherries ranked at the top of the list for being the most dangerous when grown conventionally, the latest EWG findings show. The same is true for antioxidant-rich blueberries and leafy green vegetables like kale, which are heavily sprayed with chemicals when grown conventionally.

More than 90 percent of all samples of strawberries, apples, cherries, spinach, nectarines, and grapes were found to have at least two different chemicals pesticides on them, according to tests. All in all, more than 250 different pesticides were discovered on American produce – pesticides that, in many cases, are illegal to use in other countries.-Natural News

Over 50 pesticides were detected on every kind of crop on the dirty dozen list, apart from cherries. Kale, collard, and mustard greens, and hot and bell peppers had the most pesticides of any crop (103 and 101.)

“Despite the abundance of science linking exposure to pesticides with serious health issues, a potentially toxic cocktail of concerning chemicals continues to taint many of the non-organic fruits and vegetables eaten by consumers,” said EWG toxicologist Alexis Temkin.

In some cases, the pesticides identified by EWG on American produce are not even legal here in the U.S. Six percent of green beans, the group found, contain the neurotoxic organophosphate insecticide acephate, which was banned from use on green beans in 2011 for being a “possible” human carcinogen, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). –The Daily Mail

Not only is our food supply being systematically destroyed, but the foods that are available are carrying toxins in the form of pesticides. It feels like this is an outright war on humanity considering we all need food to survive.

https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/toxic-fruit-veggis-75-of-produce-grown-in-the-us-contains-toxic-pesticide-residue

Kremlin: We'll Attack Any Country That Tries To Arrest Putin

There's been a number of new developments including tit-for-tat warnings and threats following the International Criminal Court's (ICC) last Friday issuance of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The most blistering and alarming attack on the Hague-based court this week has been from former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the security council Dmitry Medvedev, who said any attempt to actually arrest Putin would be an act of war.

First, on Monday he said, "It’s quite possible to imagine a hypersonic missile being fired from the North Sea from a Russian ship at The Hague courthouse." He added as part of the warning: "Everyone walks under God and rockets… Look carefully to the sky…"

In follow-up on Wednesday he said in a video statement posted to Telegram that any "arrest" would surely spark world war 3…

"Let's imagine — obviously this situation which will never be realized — but nevertheless lets imagine that it was realized: The current head of the nuclear state went to a territory, say Germany, and was arrested," Medvedev said.

"What would that be? It would be a declaration of war on the Russian Federation," he continued. "And in that case, all our assets — all our missiles et cetera — would fly to the Bundestag, to the Chancellor's office."

Medvedev was responding to Germany saying it plans to cooperate with the ICC and arrest Putin if he were to ever fly to German soil.

Given the ICC doesn't have a police force, any actual attempt to detain Putin would be the decision of a government, so needless to say it could not possibly be enforced. However, it does complicate Putin's ability to travel to European or other capitals which cooperate with the ICC. This also means it could hinder peace efforts in the scenario Putin might choose to personally engage in negotiations or diplomacy in a European city.

It should be recalled amid the media outrage over Medvedev's bombastic words that the Bush administration long ago said something similar… that the US would invade the Hague if a top US official were ever arrested to sent to the ICC:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/well-attack-any-country-tries-arrest-putin-kremlin

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