Biden US Attorney Resigns After DOJ IG Investigation Into Ethics Issues – Merrick Garland Declined to Prosecute!

Biden-appointed Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins resigned after a Justice Department watchdog investigation into ethics issues.

Rachael Rollins, a Soros-backed radical leftist, submitted her resignation letter to Joe Biden and her last day will be Friday at the close of business.

Rollins attended a Democrat fundraiser featuring Jill Biden in July 2022 without required Department approval and contrary to ethics advice she received, according to DOJ IG Michael Horowitz.

Rollins was also in cahoots with the media and a Boston-area law professor (believed to be Daniel Medwed, a far-left Northeaster University professor) to do the DOJ’s dirty work in smearing a political rival.

Of course US Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to prosecute Rollins.

“On December 26, 2022, pursuant to the Inspector General Act…. the OIG referred the false statements allegation to the Department for a prosecutive decision. On January 6, 2023, the Department informed the OIG that it declined prosecution,” the IG report stated.

AP reported:

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday.

The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report detailing the findings of its investigation, but an attorney for Rollins told The Associated Press that she will be submitting a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden by close of business Friday.

Recall, Rachael Rollins completely melted down when 25 investigates confronted her in 2021.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/biden-us-attorney-resigns-after-doj-ig-investigation-into-ethics-issues-merrick-garland-declined-to-prosecute/

Judicial Watch Chairman Tom Fitton: Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Was Made Up By Hillary to Keep Herself Out of Jail

Judicial Watch Chairman Tom Fitton joined Stuart Varney on Wednesday morning to discuss the explosive John Durham Report.

Tom told Stuart Varney the Trump-Russia collusion hoax was invented by Hillary Clinton to keep her out of jail for her crimes.

Tom Fitton: The Obama administration had good reason to know that the leads they were supposedly chasing about Russia Collusion were all made up by Hillary to keep herself out of jail.

Stuart Varney: Was it an obvious hoax right from the start? Wasn’t it an obvious hoax right from the start?

Tom Fitton: It was. And the Durham report reconfirms it, because we knew this already, that no matter where they looked, they couldn’t find Russia collusion, and they had been spying in the early part of 2016. They couldn’t find anything. The Steele Dossiers were coming in. They couldn’t verify anything in the Steel Dossiers. But they never stopped targeting Trump, which shows that it was always about politics and never about national security. And we had this election intervention like we’ve never seen before. Richard Nixon must be shaking his head, thinking, they moved me out of the White House for much less.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/judicial-watch-chairman-tom-fitton-trump-russia-collusion-hoax-was-made-up-by-hillary-to-keep-herself-out-of-jail-video/

FBI Leadership Sabotaged Clinton Foundation Investigations: Durham Report

Remember the Clinton Foundation? Which, took millions in foreign donations when everyone thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 US election, only to see donations plummet by 90% after she lost?

To review:

FBI Informant Testifies: Moscow Routed Millions To Clinton Foundation In "Russian Uranium Dominance Strategy"

FBI Informant "Threatened" After Offering Details Linking Clinton Foundation To Russian Bribery Case

FBI Raids Home Of New Clinton Foundation, Uranium One Whistleblower

Leaked Memo Exposes Shady Dealings Between Clinton Foundation Donors And Bill's "For-Profit" Activities

DOJ And Clinton Lawyers Struck Secret Deal To Block FBI Access To Clinton Foundation Emails: Strzok

Now we learn, thanks to the Durham report, that the FBI had three concurrent investigations into the Clinton Foundation, which were shut down during the 2016 election year by top brass.

As attorney and political commentator Techno Fog notes at The Reactionary (emphasis ours);

Durham’s scope included the FBI investigations “directed” at the Hillary Clinton campaign. It seems the purpose of that review was to assess and compare the favorable treatment received by Clinton to the targeting of Trump.

The first investigation involved an FBI tip from a CHS that a foreign government was sending a person “to contribute to Clinton’s anticipated presidential campaign, as a way to gain influence with Clinton should she win the presidency.” (Which country?!) An FBI field office sought a FISA against the foreign contributor and made that request to FBI headquarters, which ignored it for four months due to the fact that they were careful that Clinton was “involved.” According to one FBI Agent, “They were pretty ‘tippy-toeing’ around HRC because there was a chance she would be the next president.” The FISA was approved on the condition that the FBI give defensive briefings to Clinton.

The second Clinton investigation involved the same CHS, who in November 2015 reported to the FBI that another foreign government was looking to contribute to the Clinton campaign “in exchange for the protection of [that country’s] interests should Clinton become President.” That CHS would end up making a $2,700 donation to the Clinton campaign on behalf of a foreign insider, in violation of federal law which bans contributions by foreign nationals. The CHS told their handling FBI agent that “They [the campaign] were okay with it. […] yes they were fully aware from the start” of the contribution being made on behalf of the foreign interest.

Who was the FBI’s confidential human source that caught the Clinton campaign in illegal activity? Thanks to great work by the talented Fool Nelson showing a $2,700 contribution from Patrick Byrne, we have this admission from Byrne himself:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-leadership-sabotaged-clinton-foundation-investigations-durham-report

South Africa’s army chief visits Moscow

The bilateral meeting with Russian counterparts includes a visit to prestigious army and artillery military academies

The commander of South Africa’s ground forces has visited Moscow for bilateral talks with his Russian counterparts, in the wake of Washington’s accusations that Pretoria has covertly supplied arms to Russia.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Monday that Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha received an invitation from the Russian army “for a goodwill visit,” which “includes a call to the higher combined Army Academy and the Artillery Military Academy.” The SANDF added that the trip had been “planned well in advance,” emphasizing that the bilateral encounter is a “longstanding arrangement.”

South Africa, as a member of the BRICS alliance, has declined to impose sanctions on Moscow, despite pressures from Western countries. President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasized that South Africa’s neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict allows it to engage in dialogue with both sides.

Last week, US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety alleged that Pretoria had shipped weapons to Russia in December, loading them onto a cargo ship at Simon’s Town Naval Base in Cape Town. The South African government has denied the claims, which Ramaphosa said “undermine the spirit of cooperation and partnership” between Pretoria and Washington.

https://www.rt.com/africa/576431-south-africa-army-chief-moscow-visit/

Will Hack Reporter Lesley Stahl EVER Apologize to America and President Trump after She Is Caught Lying to American Public About Hunter Biden’s Laptop?

Back in March 2017, President Trump tweeted about Barack Obama’s illegal spying on his presidential campaign in 2016.

POTUS Trump tweeted this in March 2017.

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

The tweet sent shockwaves across the fake news media. Hack reporters screeched in horror. They were outraged that President Trump would dare make such an accusation.

We now know that at this same time, corrupt leaders in the DOJ and criminals in the FBI were already spying on Trump.

The Gateway Pundit at the time was already reporting on early proof of the regime’s spying on Trump.

Back in July 2017, we knew that the FBI was investigating the Trump Tower servers during the election. They were spying on Trump. The liberal media refused to report on these facts back in the summer of 2017.

Then in October 2020, just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Lesley Stahl held an interview with President Donald Trump on “60 Minutes” in a last-ditch attempt to swing the election to basement Biden.

During the interview, Lesley Stahl stopped the interview to lash out at and lecture President Trump, something the far-left hacks NEVER do to Democrats. They don’t hide their visceral hatred for Trump and his voters and never have.

Stahl sneered at President Trump that there was no spying on his campaign or his administration. She did not even try to hide her disdain for the sitting President.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/will-hack-reporter-lesley-stahl-ever-apologize-to-america-and-president-trump-after-she-is-caught-lying-to-american-public-about-hunter-bidens-laptop/

NIH Begins Testing of Clinical Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine Based on mRNA

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Monday that enrollment for volunteers has begun for a Phase I clinical trial testing of universal flu vaccine based on mRNA technology.

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is the same technology behind the widely used Covid shot from Moderna and Pfizer.

“A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC), part of the National Institutes of Health, has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina,” according to the news release.

“This Phase 1 trial will test the experimental vaccine, known as H1ssF-3928 mRNA-LNP, for safety and its ability to induce an immune response.”

Researchers are hoping that this vaccine would provide long-lasting protection against many flu strains, eliminating the need for annual vaccinations.

The clinical trial is open to 50 healthy participants ages 18 to 49.

“Three groups of study participants (10 participants each) will be vaccinated with 10, 25 and 50 micrograms of the experimental vaccine, respectively. After evaluation of the data to determine an optimum dosage, an additional 10 participants will be enrolled to receive the optimum dosage. The study also will include a group of participants who will receive a current quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine.”

According to CDC, a quadrivalent influenza (flu) vaccine is designed to protect against four different flu viruses, including two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses.

“A universal influenza vaccine would be a major public health achievement and could eliminate the need for both annual development of seasonal influenza vaccines, as well as the need for patients to get a flu shot each year,” said Acting NIAID Director Hugh Auchincloss, M.D. “Moreover, some strains of influenza virus have significant pandemic potential. A universal flu vaccine could serve as an important line of defense against the spread of a future flu pandemic.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/nih-begins-testing-of-clinical-trial-of-universal-flu-vaccine-based-on-mrna/

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes Unavailable In US

One of the four COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States is no longer available, the nation’s public health agency says.

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “is no longer available in the U.S.,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated in a recent update.

That’s due to the vaccine expiring on May 7. Health care workers were advised to dispose of any remaining doses in accordance with regulations.

The CDC and Johnson & Johnson didn’t respond to requests for comment.

U.S. regulators first cleared the jab in February 2021, giving Americans an alternative to the messenger RNA-based Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine became popular in part because it’s only a single dose. The messenger RNA vaccines each have a primary series of two doses.

But uptake slowed after U.S. authorities paused recommending the vaccine because of concerns about a reported link to a combination of blood clotting and low platelet levels, a condition called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) that can cause death. About 15 percent of the post-vaccination TTS cases have been fatal.

Regulators limited the availability of the vaccine in 2022 because experts determined it caused TTS.

Since March, recipients have also been warned that they face an increased risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, and a related condition called pericarditis. All four COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States present an increased risk of myocarditis, primarily for young males.

As of May 11, 19 million Johnson & Johnson shots have been administered, compared to more than 403 million Pfizer shots, more than 252 million Moderna shots, and about 89,000 Novavax shots, according to data reported to the CDC.

“The vast majority of people in the US who were vaccinated against COVID-19 received either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines,” Dr. Michael Saag, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Alabama–Birmingham, told The Epoch Times via email. “Very few individuals received the J and J vaccine. Therefore, this new development regarding J and J’s vaccine no longer being available in the US is not monumental.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-becomes-unavailable-us

Barack Obama Destroyed After Revealing What Keeps Him Up at Night-Calls for Confiscating Guns from Law-Abiding Americans

Former President Barack Obama was ridiculed Tuesday by Americans after he revealed during an interview keeps him up at night and called for gun confiscation.

Obama was interviewed by far-left CBS News “journalist” Nate Burleson, a former NFL player.

Burleson opened the conversation by asking Obama what needs to be done about gun violence in America. Obama responded by talking about how proponents of firearm confiscation need to engage with gun rights advocates.

Part of that work has to be done not just in those communities that already want to do something about gun violence, we have to also actively reach out to communities where gun ownership is an important tradition.

Burleson responded by whining about how “guns are as common as garden tools in certain communities.” Obama agreed and says America needs to do “something about the flood of military-grade weapons on the streets.”

The interview then takes a darker turn when Burleson asked Obama about his “radical solution” to guns in America.

Obama responds:

In Australia, you had one mass shooting 50 years ago and they said, we’re not doing that anymore. That is normally how you would expect a society to respond when your children are at risk.

Immediately following 1996 mass shooting, Australia confiscated 650,000 firearms from law-abiding owners. Obama wants lawmakers run roughshod over the Constitution and do the same in America.

Burleson later asked the former president a total softball question about the issue that most concerned him. His response was completely asinine.

Burleson: Post-presidency, what keeps you up at night?

Obama: The thing that I’m most worried about is the degree to which we’ve now had a divided conversation, in part because we have a divided media. When I was coming up, you had three TV stations. And people were getting a similar sense of what is true and what isn’t, what was real and what was not.

Today, what I’m most concerned about is the fact that because of the splintering of the media, we almost occupy different realities. Now, people will say, ‘Well, that didn’t happen, or I don’t believe that.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/barack-obama-destroyed-after-revealing-what-keeps-him-up-at-night-calls-for-confiscating-guns-from-law-abiding-americans-video/

Democrat Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Pack the U.S. Supreme Court, Add Four More Liberal Judges

On Tuesday, a group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House reintroduced legislation that would pack the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices.

The court is currently made up of six conservative justices that include justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett (appointed by President Donald Trump), and three liberals, after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg — and the liberals are not very happy about it.

Democratic lawmakers held a press conference outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reintroduce the Judiciary Act of 2023, which would add four more seats to create a 13-Justice bench. This bill will delegitimize the Supreme Court.

The bill was introduced by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

“Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process and stolen the Supreme Court majority—all to appeal to far-right judicial activists who for years have wanted to wield the gavel to roll back fundamental rights,” said Senator Markey in a press release.

“Each scandal uncovered, each norm broken, each precedent-shattering ruling delivered is a reminder that we must restore justice and balance to the rogue, radical Supreme Court. It is time we expand the Court,” he added.

Markey also called Justice Clarence Thomas to resign. The Democrats ramp up their harassment campaign against Justice Thomas because the ultimate goal is to expand the Supreme Court.

“Justice Thomas should resign from the Supreme Court of the United States,” Markey said during the press conference. “We have to remind him that we have a system of constitutional checks and balances, not checks for balances. That is what we must now fight to ensure happens in our country. The Court has put all these rights of all Americans, but especially those of people of color, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ, rural and low-income communities at risk.”

“Let’s start with undoing the Republican thievery and adding four seats to the Court. Congress can do it by passing the Judiciary Act. Expanding the court is constitutional. Congress has done it before, and Congress must do it again now.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/democrat-lawmakers-reintroduce-bill-to-pack-the-u-s-supreme-court-add-more-liberal-judges-video/

Middle school teacher offers LBGTQ book for students to read in class; parents file police report against her for child endangerment; teacher placed on leave, resigns

A veteran Illinois middle school teacher offered an LBGTQ book for students to read in class a few months back — and when parents found out, they filed a police report against her for child endangerment, Today reported.

A day later Sarah Bonner was placed on administrative leave — after which she resigned, the outlet added.

What are the details?

Bonner, 42, told TODAY that on March 13 she held a “book tasting" for students.

“I wanted to give them a smattering of fiction and nonfiction to choose from on a day that we call ‘Reading Monday,” she added to the outlet. “We just read and celebrate books.”

Among those books was Juno Dawson’s "This Book Is Gay," which Today said is a best-selling nonfiction work billed by its publisher as an "instruction manual" for those coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans.

“By Wednesday, I received notice that parents had gotten ahold of pictures from that book that their child had taken in class,” Bonner revealed to the outlet. “By Friday, I was told that parents had filed a police report against me for child endangerment.”

Today said the local chief of police confirmed the report but declined to comment further.

“The notion that I was putting children in danger because of books — I didn’t feel safe,” Bonner added to the outlet. “I knew I couldn’t go back.”

She wouldn't have to.

The next day Bonner received a letter from her school district informing her that she'd been placed on paid administrative leave, Today said.

The outlet noted that it reviewed a copy of the letter, which said in part that the district "recently became aware of certain allegations" against Bonner and was "currently investigating" and that until the investigation was complete, Bonner was told "not to perform any duties for the school district."

Today said it reached out to the district for comment but hadn't heard back at the time of publication.

With that, Bonner told the outlet she chose to resign.

Soon the district held a special board meeting and voted unanimously to accept Bonner’s resignation, Today said.

"If I am a safe place, and I'm leaving, what does that do for our students?" Bonner asked the outlet. "'What about the kids?' has always been a question rooted in everything I do. Thinking about what happens to them was definitely hard."

WGLT-FM wrote about the special meeting in Heyworth where Bonner's resignation was accepted, and the station noted that "This Book Is Gay" also offers "brief descriptions of some sex acts. Along with two cartoon diagrams of sexual anatomy, this gave rise to a wave of parental anger and online harassment culminating in Thursday's meeting."

Heyworth is a small village in the central part of the state, just 20 minutes south of Bloomington.

Bonner added to Today that she understands parents "know their children best" and believes both parents and teachers have that "love and care" in common.

"The difference is that I have that love and care for all students, not just a singular student," she told the outlet. "In regards to the book that was challenged in my classroom, it was a message to the LGBTQ+ community in my room and in my district that they're 'less than.'"

https://www.theblaze.com/news/middle-school-teacher-offers-lbgtq-book-for-students-to-read-in-class-parents-file-police-report-against-her-for-child-endangerment-teacher-now-gone

Boys Must Be Allowed In Girls’ Sports To Protect Kids From ‘Elected Bullies’, Biden’s Education Sec Says

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said during an interview at Howard University that expansions to Title IX to permit male athletes in female sports are necessary to protect kids from “elected bullies,” NBC4 Washington reported on Wednesday.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits federally funded schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, but a new proposal released by the Biden administration in June 2022 would broaden its scope to include transgender students and prohibit schools from enforcing a “categorical ban” on transgender athletes, according to the Department of Education (DOE) website. More than two dozen states have enacted laws or policies that prohibit athletes from competing on teams that do not align with their biological sex, which Cardona said during the interview is a form of bullying, according to NBC4 Washington.

“The Title IX proposed rule: I want to make sure all kids can go to school free from discrimination, period,” Cardona said. “We have elected bullies right now going after kids. Look, it’s not a black-and-white issue: It’s very difficult; it’s very nuanced — and our proposal just ensures that all students have a fair shake.”

The proposal concluded its public comment phase on Monday during which proponents and critics submitted more than 130,000 comments to express their opinions of the ruling, NBC4 Washington reported. Those opposed to the proposal allege that it will negatively impact safety and fairness to female students.

“I don’t want to go too much in the weeds of where it’s going to end up,” Cardona said during the interview. “But we’re asking for input on what folks think we should be considering. Part of the flexibility is ensuring that we have input from athletic councils…[and] the NCAA, which oversees college sports. We want to listen to their input to see what they think could be done, to make sure that all students are protected and all students have access to sports.”

The DOE released additional guidance in April about how the proposed rule would apply to athletics. While schools could not enforce a complete ban, the guidance suggests that exceptions could be made considering the level of competition and age of the athletes.

“We’re taking into account the students who are transgender, but we’re also taking into account perspectives of our students who are competing and are concerned that they might not be able to compete because of the rules,” Cardona said. “All students should be able to connect in all parts of public schools and athletics, extracurricular activities. Those are part of the experience.”

The DOE did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/17/education-title-ix-transgender-sports-cardona/

One baby dies and eight are left in intensive care after being struck down in 'unusual' cluster of usually-harmless infection

15 UK newborns diagnosed with myocarditis from June 2022 to March 2023

Further testing of nine of the cases confirmed they had common infection

One baby has died and eight have been admitted to intensive care in a mysterious cluster of infections thought to be caused by a typically harmless virus.

In total, 15 newborns in Wales and south-west England have been struck down with severe Myocarditis — inflammation of the heart — since June 2022.

One of them is still in hospital, according to an alert issued last night by the World Health Organization.

Health chiefs were spooked by the 'unusual' spike in cases over such a short space of time, prompting a thorough investigation.

Nine of the cases tested positive for a type of enterovirus, which usually causes no symptoms or flu-like signs.

However, experts are baffled as to what has caused the sudden spike. Health chiefs in Wales are probing the reasons behind the cases and will investigate any further cases that are reported in the coming weeks.

Previous outbreaks among children, including panic around Strep A last winter, were blamed on lockdowns weakening immunity against the usually harmless bugs.

No cases of severe myocarditis have been spotted since March. However, cases appear to have peaked last November.

Ten cases have been detected in Wales, compared with just one in the previous six years.

The WHO, which issued the alert last night, labelled the cluster 'unusual' and said it may be recommended that childcare facilities and schools are closed if cases surge.

Out of the affected babies, one has died. Eight were treated in intensive care, where they were intubated, put on a ventilator and received circulatory support.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12093195/15-babies-toddlers-sickened-deadly-heart-condition.html

Next five years expected to be hottest period ever recorded, UN warns

Annual global surface temperatures likely to exceed 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, an internationally accepted threshold for limiting worst effects of climate change

It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring.

There is a two-thirds chance that at least one of the next five years will see global temperatures exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris accords on limiting climate change, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

The hottest eight years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2022, with 2016 the warmest — but temperatures are forecast to increase further as climate change accelerates.

COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Peter Dejong)

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring.

There is a two-thirds chance that at least one of the next five years will see global temperatures exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris accords on limiting climate change, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

The hottest eight years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2022, with 2016 the warmest — but temperatures are forecast to increase further as climate change accelerates.

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“There is a 98-percent likelihood that at least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, will be the warmest on record,” the WMO said.

The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree to cap global warming at “well below” two degrees Celsius above average levels measured between 1850 and 1900 — and 1.5°C if possible.

The WMO said there was a 66 percent chance that annual global surface temperatures will exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one of the years 2023-2027, with a range of 1.1°C to 1.8°C forecasted for each of those five years.

‘Uncharted territory’

“WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency,” said the agency’s chief Petteri Taalas.

“A warming El Nino is expected to develop in the coming months and this will combine with human-induced climate change to push global temperatures into uncharted territory.

“This will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment. We need to be prepared.”

El Nino is the large-scale warming of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. The weather phenomenon normally occurs every two to seven years.

Typically, El Nino increases global temperatures in the year after it develops — which in this cycle would be 2024.

Wednesday’s predictions show “we haven’t been able to limit the warming so far and we are still moving in the wrong direction,” Taalas told a press conference.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/next-five-years-expected-to-be-hottest-period-ever-recorded-un-warns/

Musk attacks ADL for saying his anti-Soros tweets will embolden antisemites

Twitter CEO says watchdog should ‘drop the A’ and be called the Defamation League, as ties between US billionaire and major Jewish organization have rapidly deteriorated

Hours after tweeting that George Soros “hates humanity,” drawing rebuke from Israel’s Foreign Ministry and many others, US billionaire Elon Musk bashed the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), appearing to draw praise from a series of white supremacist accounts on Twitter, which he owns.

On Tuesday afternoon, Musk tweeted: “ADL should just drop the ‘A,’” meaning that the group, which is the most prominent antisemitism watchdog in the United States, should instead be named the “Defamation League.”

Musk’s tweet came after ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized Musk’s remarks about Soros, marking the latest chapter in the roller-coaster relationship between the ADL and the Twitter CEO. When Musk was poised to buy the social media platform, Greenblatt praised him. But in the months since that acquisition, the ADL has been increasingly critical of Musk, accusing him of taking a lax attitude toward policing hate speech.

When asked for a response, the ADL pointed to Greenblatt’s statement from earlier in the day, in which he took Musk to task for his Soros remarks, including a tweet in which Musk compared the progressive megadonor and Holocaust survivor to a comic book villain.

Greenblatt tweeted that Musk’s comments “will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result.”

Another Jewish organizational executive, American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch, echoed that criticism, tweeting: “The lie that Jews want to destroy civilization has led to the persecution of Jewish people for centuries. Musk should know better.” (The shooter in the Pittsburgh synagogue attack in 2018 referenced a conspiracy theory about Soros.)

The current spat is a marked difference from Greenblatt’s attitude last October, when he praised Musk as “an amazing entrepreneur and extraordinary innovator” and as “the Henry Ford of our time.” Even though he later acknowledged that “the Henry Ford reference was wrong,” given that Ford was perhaps the most notorious antisemite in American history, Greenblatt added: “We want to be cautiously optimistic about how Musk will run the platform because he successfully has innovated other industries and tackled incredibly complex problems.”

Since then, the ADL has taken a more negative view. Less than a month after the Henry Ford analogy, the ADL called for an ad boycott of Twitter due to a spike in antisemitism on the site. In the months that have followed, the ADL has criticized Twitter for removing hate speech guardrails by dissolving an advisory body focused on “Trust and Safety” and by allowing antisemites who had been banned to return to the platform.

The Musk-ADL dynamic parallels the deteriorating relationship the ADL had with another social media giant, Facebook. Several years ago, the ADL worked with Facebook to curb hate speech, but it later led a high-profile ad boycott of the platform when it judged that Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, were not committed to preventing bigotry on the site.

And Musk is not the only public figure who has targeted the ADL amid broader criticism of the left. Recently fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson repeatedly criticized the group on his show after the ADL called on him to be ousted when he promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory on his show. In December, Carlson claimed that the ADL, one of the country’s largest Jewish organizations, “extorted” companies for money. He said that Greenblatt leverages the ADL’s reputation for “moral authority and cash,” and threatens: “Send me money or I’ll call you names.”

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Musk’s tweet about the ADL appears to have unleashed yet more antisemitism on Twitter. In the hours after Musk posted the tweet, he garnered praise from a string of accounts posting antisemitic content, which shared his tweet with their own commentary.

An account called “White Power Ranger” tweeted: “The ADL is a jewish supremacist foreign lobby/spy group.” Another with an avatar of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon that has become a symbol of the alt-right, tweeted a cartoon of a traditional fascist symbol along with the words: “We’re back.” Another posted a GIF of Adolf Hitler smiling alongside the message: “Based.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/musk-attacks-adl-for-saying-his-anti-soros-tweets-will-embolden-antisemites/

Biden US Attorney Resigns After DOJ IG Investigation Into Ethics Issues – Merrick Garland Declined to Prosecute!

Biden-appointed Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins resigned after a Justice Department watchdog investigation into ethics issues.

Rachael Rollins, a Soros-backed radical leftist, submitted her resignation letter to Joe Biden and her last day will be Friday at the close of business.

Rollins attended a Democrat fundraiser featuring Jill Biden in July 2022 without required Department approval and contrary to ethics advice she received, according to DOJ IG Michael Horowitz.

Rollins was also in cahoots with the media and a Boston-area law professor (believed to be Daniel Medwed, a far-left Northeaster University professor) to do the DOJ’s dirty work in smearing a political rival.

Of course US Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to prosecute Rollins.

“On December 26, 2022, pursuant to the Inspector General Act…. the OIG referred the false statements allegation to the Department for a prosecutive decision. On January 6, 2023, the Department informed the OIG that it declined prosecution,” the IG report stated.

AP reported:

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday.

The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report detailing the findings of its investigation, but an attorney for Rollins told The Associated Press that she will be submitting a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden by close of business Friday.

Recall, Rachael Rollins completely melted down when 25 investigates confronted her in 2021.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/biden-us-attorney-resigns-after-doj-ig-investigation-into-ethics-issues-merrick-garland-declined-to-prosecute/