US Embassies Around The World Fly Pride Flag

US embassies around the world have decided to fly the pride flag for the month of June to commemorate “LGBTQI+ Pride Month.”

Videos on Twitter show the US Embassies in London, Suava, Dublin, Jerusalem and many more have all decided to host Pride flag raising ceremonies.

Under the Trump administration flying pride flags outside of US embassies was prohibited.

However in 2021 the Biden administration reversed the Trump admin’s policy on banning US embassies from flying the pride flag.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/it-begins-us-embassies-around-world-fly-pride/

Biden’s DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Gov. Jim Justice’s Son a Month after Governor Announces His Run Against Joe Manchin

More election interference from the Department of Justice–

Until these lawless partisans are held to account their criminal conduct targeting American conservatives will continue.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, a Republican, announced his run for US Senator in late April.

Justice formally announced his campaign in April at The Greenbrier in Sulpher Springs, according to a report from Politico.

According to the report, Justice was “heavily recruited by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and has been in contact with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.”

McConnell has made it clear that he intends to endorse the governor.

Gov. Justice will face off against Rep. Alex Mooney in the Republican primary. Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have already endorsed the state representative.

“I’m proud to endorse Alex Mooney for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia,” Cruz said in his endorsement on Friday. “Alex is a friend, he’s a fighter and a strong conservative who will ferociously defend the Second Amendment, be a champion for American energy, prioritize bringing jobs to West Virginia, and faithfully and aggressively represent the values of the Mountain State in the Senate.”

Mooney is a member of the House Freedom Caucus and is largely considered more right-wing than Justice. The governor was elected as a Democrat before he switched parties.

Already Justice was up 22 points on Democrat Joe Manchin who allowed the state to lose thousands of energy jobs during his tenure.

Then this happened.

On Wednesday the Biden DOJ announced they filed criminal charges against Governor Jim Justice’s son.

It appears, like with President Trump, they’re going to use lawfare to rid him from the race!

Western Journal reported:

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it filed a lawsuit against Republican West Virginia Gov. and Sen. candidate Jim Justice’s son, along with 13 coal companies he owns or operates, for unpaid civil penalties.

For the past five years, James C. Justice III’s coal companies have “violated their legal obligations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,” the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, reads.

The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement cited Justice on over 130 violations between 2018 and 2022 and issued 50 cessation orders to the companies, according to a DOJ news release.

“Our environmental laws serve to protect communities against adverse effects of industrial activities including surface coal mining operations,” Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division said in a statement, according to the release.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/election-interference-bidens-doj-files-lawsuit-against-gov/

Two civilians injured as explosion rocks Russia’s Belgorod – governor

The blast was likely caused by a drone falling in the middle of a road, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said

An “unknown device” exploded in Russia’s southwestern city of Belgorod on Thursday, injuring two civilians and damaging a road vehicle, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.

According to preliminary evaluation, the incident was caused by an UAV crashing into the middle of a road, the governor said in a Telegram post, sharing footage from the scene.

The imagery shows multiple emergency vehicles on site, as well as an apparent winglet of the crashed drone.

The incident left at least two civilians lightly injured, and one of them has been hospitalized with a possible concussion. The explosion also damaged a car, Gladkov wrote.

The drone seemed to explode in mid-air, with the blast occurring in the vicinity of a local gas station, Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov has said, adding that no explosive materials have been found on the site of the blast. It was not immediately clear whether the UAV exploded on its own or was shot down.

Belgorod, as well as other Russian regions bordering Ukraine, have come under repeated artillery and rocket shelling, as well as drone attacks throughout the conflict. Earlier in the day, Gladkov said that several locations across the border had been subjected to heavy artillery shelling over the past day, with multiple residential homes and other properties damaged and more than a dozen of civilians injured.

https://www.rt.com/russia/577298-belgorod-uav-explosion-civilians/

Whistleblower Who Was Set to Reveal “Explosive” Information on the Biden Crime Family Before Disappearing Speaks Out In Interview – Is Hiding Out as Fugitive in Undisclosed Foreign Location

Gal Luft, the missing whistleblower in the Biden Crime Family corruption investigation, is now speaking out.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Luft vanished from Cyprus in April under mysterious circumstances. He is now living as a fugitive in undisclosed foreign location.

Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy (CEFC), a business conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He served alongside Hunter Biden.

CEFC Energy paid Hunter approximately $5 million in 2017 alone to secure energy deals in the United States according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Luft was arrested back in February on what he called bogus weapon trafficking charges on orders from the Biden regime. Once Joe Biden assumed power, there was every reason to keep details on his and his family’s corruption hidden from the public.

Luft explained to the New York Post’s Miranda Levine he fled Cyprus because he wanted to escape political prosecution and knew he would not get a fair trial in Washington DC.

The chances of me getting a fair trial in DC are zero.

I was charged for a thought crime. I was asked by a bona fide arms dealer, an Israeli friend, to inquire with a company I knew if they had an item and what would be the price of an item. This is where the conspiracy ended.

No follow-up, no money, no brokering activity.

Luft did not explain to Devine how he escaped from Cyprus because he did not want to get people in trouble.

Luft went on to tell the journalist that the date of his extradition order to America (November 1, 2022) was highly suspicious because it was seven days before the midterm elections when the Republicans were expected to win control of the House (which they narrowly did). Once in control, they were expected to investigate the corruption rampant within Biden family.

He also told Devine that House Republicans were preparing to interview him before he disappeared.

When it was clear the Republicans are going to win the House or the Senate, all of a sudden comes [GOP Rep. James] Comer and [GOP Rep. Jim] Jordan and the game is changing. There will be questions and subpoenas and investigations [so] they [the administration] have to discredit me. I never thought of coming forward. Through 2020 I sat quiet like a fish …

I didn’t want to get caught up in this game, but when they arrested me, I had no choice but to blow it up.

The New York Post previously revealed that Luft learned about some highly explosive information: someone was selling sealed U.S. law enforcement information to Chinese individuals.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/whistleblower-who-was-set-reveal-explosive-information-biden/

Steve Bannon: Jim Jordan and MTG “Should Both Face Primary Challenges from Real MAGA” For Voting with Democrats on Uniparty Spending Bill

Steve Bannon was in rare form on Thursday morning after the House Republicans passed their uniparty spending bill.

On Wednesday night 149 Republicans joined Democrats to pass the Uniparty spending bill.

The bill will now head to the US Senate where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his stable of lackeys eagerly wait to give it their stamp of approval.

The mainstream media on Thursday morning cheered the vote – which tells you everything.

On Wednesday night Steve Bannon went off following this betrayal of MAGA voters once again.

Bannon posted on GETTR – both Jim Jordan and MTG “should both face primary challenges from real MAGA” for voting for this monstrosity.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/steve-bannon-jim-jordan-mtg-should-both-face/

“We Want to Take This Case to The United States Supreme Court” – Kari Lake Announces Appeal in Election Lawsuit – FILING INCLUDED

Kari Lake announced last night during a rally that her attorneys just filed a Notice of Appeal in her election lawsuit against Maricopa County and Katie Hobbs’ fraudulent 2022 election.

Hundreds of Arizonans turned out on a Wednesday night to see Kari Lake and former ICE Director under President Trump, Tom Homan, speak at their “Defend America Rally.”

https://www.scribd.com/document/649868265/Lake-Notice-of-Appeal#download&from_embed

US court bars student from wearing ‘two genders’ shirt

The Massachusetts seventh-grader’s school forbade him from wearing the shirt and a ‘censored’ version mocking its decision

A Massachusetts district court denied a request on Wednesday from the lawyers of a 12-year-old student seeking to exercise his free speech rights by wearing a t-shirt reading “there are only two genders.”

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston refused to grant a temporary injunction preventing Nichols Middle School from restricting seventh grader Liam Morrison’s freedom to express his views on gender while the court considers its final decision.

“Liam’s not asking to literally wear whatever he wants, but he is asking to do what other students are already allowed to do, which is express their view on this topic in a non-disruptive manner,” Alliance Defending Freedom legal counsel Logan Spena told Fox News on Thursday.

“They claim that because Liam’s message is not inclusive, they can exclude it,” he continued. “What they don’t account for is how does their own speech and all the other speech they already permit impact Liam.”

The ADF and Massachusetts Family Institute sued Nichols Middle School and the town of Middleborough on Morrison’s behalf last month after Morrison was pulled out of gym class and ordered to remove the shirt in question on March 21. When he refused, his father was called to take him home.

School staff reportedly told the seventh-grader his shirt was “targeting a protected class” and created a “disruption to learning” because it was making some people feel “unsafe,” though he later told the Middleborough School Committee that “not one person” had expressed discomfort or upset when he wore the shirt to class.

When Morrison protested the school’s censorship by wearing another shirt to class last month reading “there are only censored genders,” he was pulled out of class within minutes and ordered to remove it as well.

At a Middleborough School Committee meeting in April, Morrison questioned who the “protected class” was that his shirt had offended. “Are their feelings more important than my rights?” he asked, pointing out that he didn’t complain when the school hung “Pride flags and diversity posters” in the halls because “others have a right to their beliefs, just as I do.”

Nichols Middle School has stood behind its dress code, which prohibits messages on clothing that “state, imply, or depict hate speech or imagery that target groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, or any other classification.”

The lawsuit argues that the school’s promotion of Pride month and other LGBTQ initiatives while barring Morrison from expressing his contrary views constitutes a violation of not only the First but the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. The next hearing is scheduled for June 13.

https://www.rt.com/news/577305-massachusetts-court-gender-shirt-speech/

Elon Musk Encouraged By Government To Expand Business, Investment In Shanghai

Tesla's relationship with China continues to look cozy heading into the second half of 2023, with Shanghai party chief Chen Jining reportedly encouraging Elon Musk to expand his business in China.

At the conclusion of a trip through China for Musk, on Thursday Bloomberg reported in a wrap-up that Musk was told to expand his investment and businesses in Shanghai, citing an official government statement.

The city is reportedly seeking "deepening cooperation with Tesla on electric vehicles and energy storage sector". Tesla "hopes to keep deepening cooperation" with the city, Bloomberg noted.

Recall, we wrote days ago how Musk was visiting China for the first time in three years. We reported yesterday that Musk told Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing that Tesla opposes "decoupling" and is willing to invest more in China.

Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush, shared his thoughts on Musk's first visit to China in three years yesterday. He said the visit comes amid a worsening EV price war and stressed the importance for Tesla to capture a greater market share in China versus domestic competitors.

"Playing nice in the sandbox in Beijing is something the Street is laser-focused on to make sure there are no disruptions to Tesla's expansion," Ives wrote in the note.

Elon Musk's tour of the country started earlier this week, on Tuesday. As we noted then, Tesla's second-biggest market, after the US, is China, where the company operates a massive factory in Shanghai. The world's second richest person met top Chinese officials and visited Tesla's Shanghai factory.

CCP's mouthpiece Global Times tweeted earlier this month, "Shanghai will further deepen cooperation with Tesla, pushing its layout on autonomous driving, robots and other business sectors in the city."

Despite souring relations between China and the US, Musk appears to be betting big on Shanghai production while other companies are rejiggering supply chains out of the world's second-largest economy to other friendlier countries.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/elon-musk-encouraged-government-expand-business-investment-shanghai

Nearly 10,000 photos from Hunter Biden's laptop released online

A cache of photos from Hunter Biden's laptop have been released online. The trove of nearly 10,000 photos from Biden's personal laptop that was purportedly forgotten at a Delaware computer repair shop was published on a website on Thursday.

The thousands of photos reportedly from Hunter Biden's laptop have been uploaded to the BidenLaptopMedia.com website. The website hosts nearly 10,000 photos dated from 2008 to 2019 recovered from Biden's laptop. The website was developed by the nonprofit research group Marco Polo.

Garrett Ziegler – the founder of Marco Polo and a former Trump White House aide – told Fox News, "It's taken us a couple of months to, one, go through the photos, about 10,000 of them, and redact the genitalia on the photos."

Ziegler said multiple nude photos of Hallie Biden – widow of Beau Biden and Hunter's former lover – were not published.

One photo shows condom wrappers on a table with what appear to be drugs. The photo was reportedly from a text message conversation between Hunter and Hallie Biden.

The website redacted private information, such as Social Security numbers, banking information, and credit cards.

Ziegler admitted that nearly all of the photos are not newsworthy, but there are "several" questionable photos that deserve the media's attention.

Ziegler explained, "There are, for example, screenshots of Candy Crush games where we are fairly confident in saying there's absolutely no news value to those. So it's going to be, I would say, 98% of the photos on the device, around 10,000 in total, although it'll be slightly less than that."

"The number one thing we're about … is truth and transparency," Zieger said. "If the American people want to know what their first family is like, they're going to get it. And we're not going to be taking out photos that paint the Bidens in a good light."

Ziegler pointed out, "There's a picture of a letter that Hunter's daughter, Finnegan, wrote to, I assume, troops stationed overseas, like in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's an adorable letter. Finnegan's around 9 years old at the time, and it definitely paints the Bidens in a good light."

Ziegler said the website would provide a "completely authentic recounting of the photos" on Hunter's laptop. He noted that the website offers viewers the metadata of the photos taken from Biden's laptop.

"They're going to be able to see where the photo was taken, what time it was taken, if it has latitude and longitude coordinates attached to it," he said.

Ziegler said videos obtained from the missing laptop would be uploaded at a later date. He said the delay was in part because his team needs to use AI tools to censor the videos because "there's so much pornography."

In October 2022, the Marco Polo group released a 634-page report of its forensic examination of every document on Biden's laptop.

The New York Post reported, "The 634-page report (plus 2,020 footnotes) lists six alleged crimes committed by Joe Biden – including tax evasion and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) – alongside 459 crimes it alleges were committed by Hunter, including illegal foreign lobbying and money laundering."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-photos-released

https://bidenlaptopmedia.com/

Musk Says Twitter Has “No Actual Choice” But Comply With Government Censorship Demands

Twitter has recently received censorship orders from government… and is complying.

Following criticism for complying with governments’ censorship demands, Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the platform has “no actual choice” when it comes to such requests.

When he announced interest in buying Twitter last year, Musk claimed to be a “free speech absolutist.” He argued that “we have free speech” when “someone you don’t like” is “allowed to say something you don’t like.”

At the time, Musk added that under his leadership, Twitter would “be very reluctant to delete things,” shy from permanent bans, and allow all legal speech.

In recent weeks, Musk has faced some criticism over the removal of content and accounts at the request of the Turkish government ahead of the elections.

On Sunday, columnist Matthew Yglesias tweeted that since Musk took over, Twitter has complied with a majority of censorship demands from governments.

Musk responded: “Please point out where we had an actual choice and we will reverse it.”

Musk had previously said that Twitter would comply with social media laws around the world even if the laws sometimes contradict his vision for absolute free speech.

In a separate tweet last year, he said, “By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.”

In the last removal request report before Musk took over, Twitter claimed it received over 47,000 removal requests in the last half of 2021, and complied with 51% of the requests. However, even the previous Twitter complied with censorship requests from Turkey.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/be-the-change/musk-says-twitter-has-no-actual-choice-but-comply-with-government-censorship-demands

Leaked CPAC ‘Do Not Invite’ List Shows Schlapp’s ‘Z-List’, Including Trump Family, Congressmen, and His Own Board Members.

Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) chairman Matt Schlapp retained a “DO NOT INVITE” spreadsheet of “Z listers” for his conferences. That list has been obtained by The National Pulse, and stunningly includes names such as Eric, Barron, and Tiffany Trump, as well as America First Members of Congress, and even some of CPAC’s own board members.

Schlapp’s treasurer – former Congressman Bob Beauprez – resigned last week alleging there was a “cancer” metastasizing inside the American Conservative Union (ACU), the parent organization of CPAC, also run by Schlapp. Dozens of staff have resigned in recent months.

Schlapp’s “Z-DO NOT INVITE” list is lengthy, and on a ‘CPAC Texas’ tab, includes names such as:

Morton Blackwell, Priscilla O’Shaughnessy, Ron Robinson, and Tim Ryan – all believed to be current, active board members of Schlapp’s own organization;

Reps. Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, James Comer, and around 50 other Members of Congress;

Barron Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Eric Trump, all prominent members of the Trump family;

General Flynn, Kayleigh McEnany, Kellyanne Conway, Brandon Straka, and dozens more.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/06/01/exc-leaked-cpac-do-not-invite-list-shows-schlapps-z-list-including-trump-family-congressmen-and-his-own-board-members/

Former GOP Candidate Charged With Election Interference in Shootings at Albuquerque Lawmakers’ Homes

A grand jury has indicted a failed political candidate on federal charges in connection with multiple drive-by shootings at the Albuquerque homes of state and local officials in December 2022 and January of this year.

Former Republican candidate Solomon Peña and two alleged accomplices were indicted for election interference, conspiracy, and weapons-related charges on Wednesday, in connection with shootings on the homes of four Democratic lawmakers, including the current state House Speaker Javier Martínez.

No one was killed or injured in the shootings.

The attacks came after Peña lost his bid for a state House seat in November 2022.

Private communications including text messages by Peña in the days following the midterm election allege election rigging, pinpoint the locations of the targeted homes, and mention his plans to “press the attack.”

Text messages included in the indictment allegedly show that Peña was outraged at his crushing election defeat. When Bernalillo County Commission certified the elections, convinced that he had been cheated out of his House seat, Peña allegedly decided it was time to take action.

Peña allegedly hired two men to conduct the shootings and was directly involved in at least one shooting himself, authorities said.

Hours before the first attack on Dec. 4, 2022, Peña allegedly texted a political ally who had also lost his election bid. “We have to act,” he wrote. “I’m continuing my study of election rigging. The enemy will eventually break.”

“Peña targeted several of these public officials because, in their official capacity, they certified the election, which he lost,” U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez said at a news conference.

“In America, voters pick their leaders, and would-be leaders don’t get to pick which voters they heed, which rules apply to them, or which laws to follow,” he added.

“It is our duty as Statesmen and Patriots, to stop the oligarchs from taking over our country,” Peña later allegedly texted one of the several unnamed conspirators in the indictment.

Elizabeth Honce, Peña’s attorney, said her client maintains his innocence. Peña was arrested in January and has been detained without bail.

Federal charges were also filed against the two men suspected of carrying out the shootings, the 22-year-old Jose Louise Trujillo and the 41-year-old Demetrio Trujillo. The two are also accused of assisting Peña in obtaining vehicles and firearms.

Jose Trujillo was arrested in January on an open, unrelated warrant. Police found more than 800 fentanyl pills and two firearms in his car. Investigators traced at least one gun to bullet casings found at one of the shootings.

The break in the investigation led to the arrest of Demetrio Trujillo on Wednesday, authorities said.

The first shooting occurred on Dec. 4, when eight rounds were fired at the home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa. Days later, Martínez’s home was targeted. The following week, on Dec. 11, more than a dozen shots were fired at the home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Debbie O’Malley. Martínez became the Democratic state House speaker in January.

The final shooting targeted state Sen. Linda Lopez’s home around midnight on Jan. 3. Here too, more than a dozen shots were fired. Police said Peña was personally present at this shooting.

According to Lopez, three bullets entered the bedroom of her sleeping 10-year-old daughter.

Following the incident, New Mexico state lawmakers enacted legislation that provides felony sanctions for intimidation of election regulators and allows some public officials and political candidates to keep their home address off government websites.

https://www.ntd.com/former-gop-candidate-charged-with-election-interference-in-shootings-at-albuquerque-lawmakers-homes_922946.html

Amazon Reaches $30.8 Million Settlement in FTC Complaints Over Ring Doorbell Surveillance, Use of Children’s Voice Recordings

Amazon has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $30.8 million to settle claims that it allowed employees and third-party contractors of its Ring video camera doorbell unit to surveil customers in their homes and illegally retained children’s voice recordings through its Alexa app.

According to an FTC press release, Amazon’s Ring doorbell company was charged with compromising its customers’ privacy by allowing employees and third-party contractors, including some based in Ukraine, to access consumers’ private videos, and use the videos to train algorithms without their consent. It buried information claiming it had a right to use such recordings for “product improvement and development” in its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

In one such example of violations of users’ privacy, one company employee allegedly watched thousands of video recordings belonging to one female customer who had purchased Ring cameras and placed them in “intimate” places across her home, including in her bedroom and bathroom.

“The employee wasn’t stopped until another employee discovered the misconduct,” the FTC said. “Even after Ring imposed restrictions on who could access customers’ videos, the company wasn’t able to determine how many other employees inappropriately accessed private videos because Ring failed to implement basic measures to monitor and detect employees’ video access.”

Ring also failed to implement basic privacy and security protections to prevent customers from falling victim to threats such as “credential stuffing” and “brute force” attacks, despite warnings from employees and outside security researchers.

Credential stuffing involves hackers using credentials such as usernames and passwords, obtained from a consumer’s breached account, to gain access to other customer accounts, while brute force attacks allow hackers to guess passwords, typically by cycling through breached credentials, to gain access to an account.

The lack of basic privacy and security protections also allowed hackers to take control of consumers’ accounts, cameras, and videos, the FTC said, including the accounts of approximately 55,000 U.S. customers, some of whom were subsequently threatened, harassed, and insulted by the hackers, the agency said.

https://www.ntd.com/amazon-reaches-30-8-million-settlement-in-ftc-complaints-over-ring-doorbell-surveillance-use-of-childrens-voice-recordings_922921.html

GOP Congressman to Resign, Shrinking Republican Majority

A GOP congressman announced May 31 that he will resign, a move that will reduce the party’s majority in the House of Representatives.

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) said he would step down after arranging an “orderly transition.”

“It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve the good people of Utah in Congress. My wife and I have made so many dear friends and memories throughout our journey. I can say with pride that I have been an effective leader for my beloved home state, and I’m honored to have played an important role in guiding our nation through some troubled times,” Stewart said in a statement.

“But my wife’s health concerns have made it necessary that I retire from Congress after an orderly transition can be ensured,” he added.

The specific health problems were not detailed, and Stewart’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Stewart, 62, was first elected in 2012. He won reelection in 2022 with 63 percent of the vote.

Before entering Congress, Stewart was a pilot in the Air Force. After exiting the military, he became a businessman and an author, including a collaboration with Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City and held captive for months before being rescued.

Colleagues wished Stewart well.

“Congressman Stewart has dutifully served our state and Utahns in the Second Congressional District for over a decade. A former Air Force pilot, Chris has consistently worked to safeguard the role Utah plays in our national defense. Ann and I are praying for the Stewart family,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said in a statement.

“Utah is losing a dedicated public servant who went to work every day for his district and our nation, and he’ll be sorely missed,” added Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah).

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) said Stewart “has a clear record of getting things done” and that “Congress is losing a great one.”

Majority Will Shrink

Republicans flipped a number of seats in the 2022 midterms, gaining control of the House after being in the minority for two years.

The GOP currently holds 222 seats.

That will go down to 221 after Stewart does resign, which could make it more difficult to pass legislation.

Republicans expect to ultimately hold on to the seat, which is situated in a red district.

Democrats have 213 seats in the lower chamber and remain in control of the Senate.

Democrats hold 51 seats in the Senate. Republicans hold 49.

https://www.ntd.com/gop-congressman-to-resign-shrinking-republican-majority_922987.html

Zuck Rattles His Sabre: Facebook Threatens News Blackout in California over ‘Journalism Preservation Act’

In a dramatic standoff between tech giants and the news industry, Mark Zuckerberg hasthreatened to block all news articles in California from Facebook and Instagram if a proposed bill, known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, is passed.

NPR reports that Facebook (now known as Meta) has threatened to block all news articles in California from its main platform and Instagram if a proposed law known as the California Journalism Preservation Act is passed, sparking the latest standoff between tech giants and the news industry.

This legislation aims to impose a tax on the advertising revenue that tech platforms generate from the distribution of news articles, with the majority of the money going toward supporting local newsrooms.

Essentially, the California Journalism Preservation Act would tax the advertising revenue that platforms generate from disseminating news content. The so-called “usage fee” would fund newsrooms across the state to the tune of about 70 percent of the money collected.

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, a Democrat who represents Oakland and is sponsoring the bill, commented: “As news consumption has moved online, community news outlets have been downsized and closing at an alarming rate.”

Facebook claims that local news publishers would not benefit as much from the legislation as out-of-state websites would. “If the Journalism Preservation Act passes, we will be forced to remove news from Facebook and Instagram, rather than pay into a fund that primarily benefits big, out-of-state media companies under the guise of aiding California publishers,” said spokesman Andy Stone.

Similar conflicts occurred in Australia and Canada in the past, where tech companies resisted being forced to compensate news publishers. Before ultimately reaching agreements with news publishers, Facebook temporarily blocked news articles in Australia due to a similar policy.

The California law’s detractors are concerned about unintended consequences like the chance that dishonest people will game the system or that clickbait headlines will be promoted. Despite these reservations, some think that forcing Big Tech to bargain with news publishers could offer the sector of journalism a fresh, dependable source of income.

“Such deals will not ‘save the news’ industry, but they could contribute a new, reliable stream to support news,” said John Wihbey, journalism professor at Northeastern University. “I hope that social platform companies can see it in their interest to support the underlying democratic societies that, after all, are the bedrock of their commercial markets.”

On the California assembly floor, the measure will be put to a vote. It is anticipated to pass and advance to the state Senate.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/06/01/zuck-rattles-his-sabre-facebook-threatens-news-blackout-in-california-over-journalism-preservation-act/

KRAINIAN FORCES HAVE ENTERED RUSSIA!; HEAVY BATTLES IN SHEBEKINO

Russian fighters serving under the Ukrainian Armed Forces have crossed into the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region, bringing "heavy equipment" with them, Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician—who says he is the political representative for the group of fighters—told Newsweek.

Ponomarev's remarks came on the heels of a statement from Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who said shelling in the border town of Shebekino overnight injured at least eight people. Gladkov denied "any enemies are on the territory of the Belgorod region" even as reports emerged that tanks operated by "saboteurs" were shelling the town's checkpoint.

The Freedom of Russia Legion—formed weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, and made up of defectors from the Russian armed forces and Russian and Belarusian volunteers—and the Russian Volunteer Corps published videos on their social media channels claiming to be near or in Shebekino on Thursday morning.

https://youtu.be/Ka2kwielC5Q

Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to restrict property sales to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill to prohibit the governments of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from purchasing certain property in the state.

The bill, called the Alabama Property Protection Act, drew strong opposition from Chinese Americans living in Alabama after it passed the House. The bill initially banned Chinese citizens, including those living and working in Alabama, from buying property in the state. Opponents of the bill overflowed a committee room at a public hearing. They said the bill was a baseless attack on Chinese immigrants who work in Alabama in education, medical care, research and other fields, raise their families here, and contribute to their communities in multiple ways.

The Senate changed the bill and passed it on a vote of 26-7, with Republican support and opposition from most Democrats. The House concurred with the changes, sending the bill to Ivey last week. The governor signed it Wednesday.

The bill will prohibit “foreign principals of concern” from buying property used for agriculture or forestry or property that is within 10 miles of military installations and other critical infrastructure, which includes airports, seaports, power plants, water and wastewater treatment plants, gas terminals, and certain other facilities. “Foreign principals of concern” are identified as the governments, government officials, political parties, and political party members of the “foreign countries of concern,” which are listed in the bill as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. “Foreign principals of concern” also include any country or government on the sanctions list of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control.

Ivey’s office issued a statement about the bill.

“Across the United States, we have seen alarming instances of foreign entities purchasing large tracts of land, which could have severe consequences for our country’s national defense and economy, if no action is taken,” Ivey said. “From our forests to our farmland, Alabama is blessed with an abundance of highly valuable natural resources that must be protected. We also have a large military presence, and Alabama will always do our part to put the security of our country and our people first. The simple fact of the matter is that foreign governments have no business owning land in Alabama, and I am proud to sign this bill and ensure that will never be the case going forward.”

Although the Senate changed the House version of the bill that targeted individuals, concerns from the Chinese American community and others remain. Opponents of the bill said it would contribute to negative attitudes and hostility toward Chinese Americans and other Asian immigrants. They said the sentiment of the original bill, targeting Chinese citizens and failing to distinguish them from the Chinese government, had caused lasting damage.

Yeqing Bao, a professor and chair of the Department of Marketing and Management in the College of Business at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, contacted lawmakers and urged them to vote against the bill. Bao was also at the public hearing where the Senate committee changed the bill.

“While I support Governor Ivey and our legislators’ goal of safeguarding our country’s national security and economy, the Bill itself is misaligned with that goal,” Bao said in an email when asked for comments about Ivey signing the bill on Wednesday.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/06/gov-kay-ivey-signs-bill-to-restrict-property-sales-to-china-russia-iran-north-korea/

Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid

Emergency spending that has been used to arm Ukraine is exempt and it could also be used to arm Taiwan

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/06/01/debt-ceiling-deal-puts-no-limits-on-ukraine-aid/

Macron Will Push NATO to Pledge ‘Concrete’ Guarantees for Ukraine

NATO countries are debating what to offer Ukraine at an upcoming summit this July

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that NATO should offer “concrete and tangible security guarantees” to Ukraine as the alliance is debating what to offer Kyiv at a NATO summit that will be held in Vilnius this July.

Macron acknowledged it’s unlikely that Ukraine can obtain full NATO membership, as all 31 members would need to agree, but called for an upgrade to the alliance’s relationship with Kyiv.

“I’m not sure we will have a consensus…for full-fledged membership. Let’s be clear,” Macron said at the GLOBSEC forum in Slovakia, according to Defense One. “I think we have to build something between the security provided to Israel and a full-fledged membership … I think we need to talk concrete and tangible security guarantees.”

Polish President Andrzej Duda recently told The Wall Street Journal that Western leaders are considering an Israel model for Ukraine. That would involve continuing to supply massive amounts of military aid but would not include an Article V-style mutual defense guarantee.

A day earlier at the GLOBSEC conference, a Ukrainian official was calling for NATO to give Kyiv a clear roadmap to membership. Ukraine was promised that it would eventually become a NATO member in 2008 but has never been given a timeline on when that might happen.

The 2008 promise to Ukraine was given despite warnings from the US ambassador to Russia at the time that Ukrainian entry into the alliance was the “brightest of all red lines” for Moscow. Ukrainian neutrality has been a key Russian demand for a settlement, meaning new NATO pledges for Ukraine will likely prolong the war.

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/31/macron-will-push-nato-to-pledge-concrete-guarantees-for-ukraine/

California Senate Approves $300 Weekly Checks for Unemployed Illegals

The California Senate on Tuesday voted to pay $300 weekly checks to unemployed illegal immigrants even as the state faces a roughly $31.5 billion deficit and mass illegal immigration.

Democratic state senators passed Senate Bill 227 by Sen. María Elena Durazo (D.) with a 30-7 vote, sending the measure to the Assembly for approval. The legislation would offer undocumented aliens up to 20 weeks of unemployment benefits if they meet minimal work requirements.

California’s unemployment insurance fund, which was defrauded of some $31 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, would be in charge of dispensing the checks. California employers are on the hook for the fund’s $20 billion debt in the form of higher payroll taxes that threaten employee-heavy small businesses and restaurants already devastated by California Democrats’ strict COVID-19 lockdowns.

Under SB 227, unemployment fund officials would be barred from asking for claimants’ social security number eligibility or contacting past or present employers to verify their job status. Instead, applicants would self-attest that they meet the requirements for the weekly checks: having earned at least $1,300 or worked at least 93 hours over three months. Acceptable documentation would include tax returns, transaction logs on payment apps, and receipts that show a commuting pattern.

The State Senate passed the measure just months after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) said the undocumented migrant influx could "break" California. Earlier this month, when President Joe Biden lifted the federal Title 42 health order restricting immigration, Democratic San Diego mayor Todd Gloria complained that his city would be overwhelmed and lacks "the resources to address an influx of migrants," according to the New York Times.

The Golden State already offers free health coverage and driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. More than two million illegal immigrants live in California.

Tuesday's measure sailed easily through the State Senate. A formidable list of Democratic-aligned lobbying groups are pushing for its passage, including immigration, LGBT, and environmental organizations as well as powerful labor unions.

The law is expected to pass the Assembly, but Newsom has not said whether he plans to sign it. When he was inaugurated, Newsom labeled California a "sanctuary" state

welcoming illegal immigrants. He has called the state a "model of partnership for a safe and welcoming border." Last year, however, Newsom vetoed a similar bill that would have established an unemployment insurance pilot program for undocumented workers, saying "this bill needs further work to address the operational issues and fiscal concerns, including a dedicated funding source for benefits."

https://freebeacon.com/california/california-senate-approves-300-weekly-checks-for-unemployed-illegals/

30,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security but without incident

National Security Minister Ben Gvir jeered by parade participants who shout ‘Nazis out’ at the far-right minister

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for the Jerusalem Pride Parade to call for tolerance toward the LGBTQ community and its right to equality, while expressing overtly anti-government sentiment and opposition to its currently frozen judicial overhaul program.

An estimated 30,000 people turned out for the parade amid heavy security and the presence of some 2,000 police and riot police officers, as well as several lines of police barriers separating the parade from a far-right protest across the road.

The event passed smoothly without any security incidents.

Participants in the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade, on June 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for the Jerusalem Pride Parade to call for tolerance toward the LGBTQ community and its right to equality, while expressing overtly anti-government sentiment and opposition to its currently frozen judicial overhaul program.

An estimated 30,000 people turned out for the parade amid heavy security and the presence of some 2,000 police and riot police officers, as well as several lines of police barriers separating the parade from a far-right protest across the road.

The event passed smoothly without any security incidents.

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The Jerusalem Open House which organizes the event said that the number of participants was a record high since the parade in 2016, a year after 16-year-old Shira Banki was murdered in a knife attack during the event by an ultra-Orthodox extremist.

Taking part in a police security assessment, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said his priority was to ensure that any similar attack was prevented.

“It is clear that in my role as national security minister, I do and will do everything so that there won’t be a crazy incident like the murder of the girl Shira Banki,” said Ben Gvir, who leads the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party and who prior to becoming a minister was repeatedly involved in protests against the event.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/30000-march-in-jerusalem-pride-parade-under-tight-security-but-without-incident/

CEO Of Top Carbon Credit Certifier Steps Down After Report Finds "Phantom Credits"

Four months after The Guardian and other European media outlets revealed the world's leading carbon credit certifier sold worthless offsets to major corporations, the head of Washington-based Verra has stepped down.

"I am writing to let you know that after nearly 15 fantastic years as the CEO of Verra, I have decided to step down," Verra's CEO, David Antonioli, wrote in a LinkedIn post last week. He's leaving the role after dominating the multi-billion dollar carbon offset market for years and certifying over a billion dollars in credits through its verified carbon standard (VCS).

Antonioli expressed gratitude towards the current and past employees and was proud of Verra's accomplishments as the world's leading standard-setter for climate action and sustainable development. He did not give a reason for his abrupt departure.

Antonioli's exit comes four months after The Guardian, German weekly Die Zeit, and SourceMaterial, a non-profit investigative journalism organization, revealed a damning report on how Verra approved tens of millions of dollars of worthless offsets to Disney, Shell, Gucci, and other big corporations.

The report found Verrra issued "phantom credits" to major corporations that don't represent genuine carbon reductions. Some corporations purchased these fraudulent credits and labeled their products as "carbon neutral."

Days after The Guardian's report in January, Antonioli rejected the findings, calling them "outlandish claims" and heavily defended Verra's certification of carbon credits. But after all that, Antonioli is still stepping down.

Meanwhile, "Some firms are moving away from offsetting-based environmental claims, such as Gucci, which has removed a carbon neutrality claim from its website that heavily relied on Verra's carbon credits," The Guardian said.

Diego Saez Gil, the CEO of Pachama, a carbon offsetting firm, said Verra should update its programs to improve the company's integrity. He told The Guardian:

"This is a pivotal moment for carbon markets. In order to scale the critical funding required for carbon sequestration at a planetary scale, we must ensure integrity, transparency, and real benefits for local communities and biodiversity. A new generation of innovative players is collaborating with standard bodies, academics, corporates, and communities, creating a new era of carbon markets that gives me hope."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ceo-top-carbon-credit-certifier-steps-down-after-report-finds-phantom-credits

Another $60 Mil for VP’s Failed Project Aimed at Tackling Root Causes of Irregular Migration

Though American taxpayers spend billions on illegal immigrants in the U.S., the Biden administration keeps giving Central American nations tens of millions in humanitarian funding with the hopes that it will improve life enough to deter its citizens from coming here illegally. It is part of the administration’s costly and ill-fated effort to curb “irregular migration” via the southwest border from three targeted countries known as the northern triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Under a costly initiative run by Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. is investing large sums to tackle the “root causes” or drivers of irregular migration by supposedly improving conditions in the three impoverished countries “so people do not feel compelled to leave their homes.” The efforts provide hope and opportunity to the people of Central America, according to the Biden administration, by affirming that a secure and prosperous future lies in their home communities.

Since the spring of 2021, the vice president’s Central American experiment has received around $300 million. The money has done little to reduce illegal immigration from the northern triangle, government figures show. In fiscal year 2022 a record 2.4 million illegal aliens entered the country through Mexico, a major increase from an already high of 1.73 million in 2021. More than half a million of the 2022 migrants were nationals of the northern triangle, illustrating the ineffectiveness of Biden’s multi-million-dollar plan. They included 228,000 Guatemalans, 199,000 Hondurans, and 93,000 Salvadorans. It is worth noting that the region is not exactly sending its finest citizens. In 2022 Border Patrol agents apprehended hundreds of gang members—mostly from the famously violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) which was formed by Salvadoran immigrants—and dozens of people on the national terrorist watchlist.

Money is clearly not solving the problem, though the American aid keeps flowing south. Just a few months ago, the U.S. dedicated $42.5 million to provide residents of the region with “life-saving assistance.” The funds will “support programs that reduce food insecurity for the most vulnerable, support survivors and those at risk of gender-based violence and children in need of protection, help households to restore their livelihoods, and provide safe drinking water for poor families,” the government writes in an announcement. In the document the administration further explains that besides coping with natural hazards, the Central American nations are suffering from large-scale displacements, increasing food prices, and chronic protection challenges. “The United States remains committed to providing lifesaving aid to help the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras,” the administration assures.

A few days ago, the government announced another $60 million to combat the root cause of irregular migration from Central America. This allotment will focus on gender-based violence (GBV), advancing human rights and HIV prevention and care as well as economic growth. Here is how some of the money will be spent. More than $10.5 million will go to address the social, economic, justice, and security aspects of GBV in Guatemala. Ten million will be dedicated to strengthening interventions to prevent GBV in Honduras and increase the chance of breaking cycles of violence. More than $5 million will help increase employment in the region by growing the number of small-scale commercial farmers and $1.3 million will be disbursed to local organizations that support regional HIV care and treatment programs. The so-called “root causes” strategy “supports programs that create economic opportunities in the region for people to live, work, and learn in safety and dignity, contribute to and benefit from the democratic process, have confidence in public institutions, and enjoy opportunities to create futures for themselves and their families at home,” according to the U.S. government. It may sound like a decent argument to keep the cash flowing, but it is clearly not working.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/60-mil-for-vps-failed-project/

Dozens of kids vanish in Cleveland area as police probe alarming trend

One Ohio police chief said 'it seems like an extraordinary year' for missing persons

Almost 30 children were reported missing in the Cleveland area over a two-week span at the start of May, which is something a local police chief said he has not seen in his 33-year career.

Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy, who also serves as the board president of the volunteer nonprofit Cleveland Missing, told Fox News Digital that the number of 12- to 17-year-olds reported missing has remained at unprecedented levels throughout the month.

"There's always peaks and valleys with missing persons, but this year it seems like an extraordinary year," said Majoy, who heads a police department in a suburb just outside of Cleveland.

"For some reason, in 2023, we've seen a lot more than we normally see, which is troubling in part because we don't know what's going on with some of these kids, whether they're being trafficked or whether they're involved in gang activity or drugs."

Cleveland police recorded 27 juveniles under the age of 18 were reported missing between May 2 and May 16.

It is more likely a majority of cases are runaways versus abductions, Majoy said, but young teenagers are naive and susceptible to predators, who are "wolves in sheep's clothing."

Their disappearances do not make the news unless there is an Amber Alert, and their stories are not being shared on social media.

"It's a silent crime that happens right under our noses," he said. "The problem is where are they? Where do they go? They can be in a drug house or farmed to prostitution or caught up in drug trafficking or gangs."

This feeds into the cycle of crime in the greater Cleveland area.

When teenagers are desperate, they join gangs for protection, which leads to initiation crimes like carjackings and robberies, they sell their bodies, or they use drugs and become addicts, Majoy said.

What makes this issue more troubling is the lack of photos. Scrolling through Cleveland's missing persons page, there are more blank squares with the words, "Photo not available," than there are pictures of the missing person.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/dozens-kids-vanish-cleveland-area-police-probe-alarming-trend

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“Leaked” Pfizer “Confidential Report”: “Trading in Death and Disease”. 393 Pages of Vaccine “Adverse Events”

Adverse Events Compiled by Pfizer: Can you trade in death and disease and be on the stock exchange as a legitimate institution of capitalism?

Pfizer Appendix 2.2 Cumulative and Interval Summary Tabulation of Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events from Post Marketing Data Sources BNT162-B2

Date Compiled over period: December 19, 2021 to June 18, 2022.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pfizer-report.pdf

Leaked Documents Reveals Israeli Preparations For War With Hezbollah In Lebanon

Israel is preparing for a possible full-blown war with Hezbollah in Lebanon according to official documents that leaked on the internet on May 31.

The leaked documents, which were sent from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to the councils of northern cities and settlements, includes emergency instructions in case war breaks out on the front with Lebanon.

On May 29, the IDF launched a large-scale two-week-long drill across the country, simulating a potential multi-front war. In the framework of the drill, the air force will conduct simulated “strategic” strikes deep in enemy territory in an all out war scenario, while the navy will carry out mock offensive and defensive actions.

The IDF said troops from the standing and reserve army, from nearly all units, would participate in the drill, codenamed Firm Hand. The emergency instructions were likely distributed as a part of the drill.

The leaked documents explained the “dangerous” nature of a possible war with Hezbollah and calls for drastic emergency measures that will need days to implement, including preparing shelters in the northern region.

“You have to evacuate the settlement as quickly as possible, there will be a small window of time when it will probably be possible to evacuate, and then the roads will be closed,” the IDF says in the documents.

In another part of the documents, the IDF explains ongoing preparations for a full-blown war and the scale of attacks expected.

The IDF drill comes amid heightened tensions with Hezbollah, whose Secretary-General, Hasan Nasrallah, threatened Israel with a “grand war” very recently.

Just a few hours before the IDF’s documents were leaked, the Liberation of Palestine – General Command held Israel responsible for a mysterious blast that killed five of its fighters and wounded ten others in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria. Tel Aviv denied the accusations made by the front, which is allied to Hezbollah.

All in all, it appears that the IDF is preparing for a full-blown war not only with Hezbollah, but also with other members of the so-called “Axis of Resistance” which is led by Iran.

https://southfront.org/leaked-documents-reveals-israeli-preparations-for-war-with-hezbollah-in-lebanon/

https://southfront.org/leaked-documents-reveals-israeli-preparations-for-war-with-hezbollah-in-lebanon/

This is how angry people were at the meeting last night. This is in perhaps the most left-wing city in the country.

https://twitter.com/lwoodhouse/status/1663928705104896001

Biden White House is the Child Trafficking Racket’s Silent Partner

An important weapon in the Biden Administration’s quest to completely destabilize America’s borders has been the talking point that its immigration policies are designed to help the less fortunate of the world, children in particular. It has proven to be an effective shield against those who would question the wisdom of importing the world’s poverty problem en masse.

Like most ideas of the radical Left, however, even the most noble-sounding policies end up hurting the very people they are said to be meant to help. For children making the dangerous journey north to the United States, Joe Biden’s policies mostly offer them the threat of slavery, abuse, and death.

The latest proof of this assertion comes from a leaked memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It reveals that, as of May 31, the federal government ended familial DNA testing at the southern border. Don’t expect to hear about this on the news, but it is a move that will have tragic consequences while also revealing the galling cruelty and hypocrisy of the Biden Administration.

For those who do not follow the border crisis closely, child trafficking has been a growing problem. Because recent U.S. immigration policy has favored family units over individuals crossing illegally, cartels have begun to “rent” children to their migrant customers looking to enter the United States. Once the migrants successfully cross the border, the children are then recycled back to Mexico and assigned to another client.

Along the way, these “rentals” are often subjected to violence and sexual abuse. Breaker boys, children who worked in coal mines in late 19th century America, faced an easier predicament by comparison.

DNA testing started in 2019 to combat the child rental practice. If CBP officers suspected a migrant was falsely claiming to be a child’s parent, they would submit the case to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who would then test to verify the familial relationship. It was an effective way to limit the sickening exploitation of children. Now, thanks to the illogical, agenda-driven bureaucracy of the Biden White House, it is inexplicably gone.

To address the inevitable civil liberties questions, the program required all testing results to be destroyed after use, ensuring that the results could not be used against migrants in any future criminal cases.

The practice worked. In one month of testing in 2019, ICE officials identified 101 possible instances of fraudulent families and determined that one-third of them were, in fact, fraudulent. The children caught up in the surge of migrants north were unquestionably safer with the DNA testing program in place.

Despite the preposterous claims by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that his department is “taking it to the cartels,” the U.S. government has become the silent partner of the ruthless criminal enterprises that are profiting from human misery at our border.

https://firebrand.news/biden-white-house-is-the-child-trafficking-rackets-silent-partner/?seyid=68894

1 426 potential victims identified in global operation against human trafficking

244 new investigations initiated following action days

Between 8 and 15 May 2023, a global action targeting human trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced begging and forced criminality took place in 44 countries (25 EU Member States and 19 non-EU countries*). Operation Global Chain, which included the EMPACT Joint Action Days against human trafficking, was led by Austria, co-led by Romaniaand coordinated by Europol, Frontex and INTERPOL. The joint actions involved a wide range of law enforcement authorities including police, immigration and border control agencies, transport police, social services and child protection services.

The joint activities focused on detecting and disrupting organised crime groups involved in trafficking in human beings, in particular child trafficking, sexual exploitation, forced criminality and forced begging. The main objectives of Operation Global Chain were to identify, protect and refer victims and potential victims of human trafficking for assistance. Specific actions targeted the disruption of criminal networks potentially exploiting victims originating from South America, Asia, Africa, the Western Balkans and Ukraine. The joint and coordinated actions of different authorities was therefore crucial for the development of the operational activities.

212 arrests and 138 suspected traffickers identified in a joint effort against human trafficking

Sustained enforcement actions on the ground led to 212 arrests and the identification of 1 426 potential victims, while 244 new investigations were initiated. Authorities were present at border crossings and main transport hubs to identify potential victims and suspects, with countries adapting their operational activities to the types of trafficking prevalent in their regions. In total, 8 644 flights were monitored, while 3 984 border checkpoints were actively monitored. Europol, Frontex and INTERPOL coordinated the operation in a unique effort to join forces against human traffickers active across the globe.

https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/1-426-potential-victims-identified-in-global-operation-against-human-trafficking

Former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer Sentenced To 36 Months’ Imprisonment For Willfully Retaining Top Secret National Defense Information

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/former-us-air-force-intelligence-officer-sentenced-36-months-imprisonment-willfully

Zelensky Honored with NATO Award Shortly After Bakhmut’s Defeat

Amid heavy losses for Kiev on the battlefield, Atlantic Council Chairman John F.W. Rogers and President and CEO Frederick Kempe awarded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the Atlantic Council’s highest honor, the Global Citizen Award, which is given to individuals who allegedly make significant contributions to improving the state of the world.

During a previously unannounced visit to Kiev on Tuesday, Rogers and Kempe were joined by Ambassador John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, and General David H. Petraeus, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, to present the award.

“On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I am honored to accept the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award,” Zelensky said after a meeting of his team with the Atlantic Council delegation. “This is recognition for our people, for our heroes. Ukrainians are fighting not only for their existence and freedoms, but also for the freedoms of Europe and the Transatlantic Community. I thank the Atlantic Council for this award and its work to help Ukraine defeat Russia’s aggression.”

“President Zelensky embodies the spirit of the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards,” Atlantic Council Chairman John F.W. Rogers said. “He has led the people of Ukraine in a heroic fight against Russian aggression and the full might of Moscow’s military. His leadership, courage, and commitment to an independent and democratic Ukraine inspire others around the world.”

Time running out for Zelenzky to win the war

Retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik on May 21 that the Russian forces’ control over the important transport hub of Bakhmut on May 20 marks a critical turning point in the battle between Kiev and Moscow.

The liberation of Bakhmut demonstrates that Ukraine’s political leadership’s approach has failed, because what happened there will be directly blamed on Zelensky and his remaining cadre, Kwiatkowski said. For months, the besieged city of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) had been the hub of warfare between Russia and Ukraine. The hard-fought city was finally seized on May 20 by assault units of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) and the Russian armed forces.

The fact that Russian troops proved to be highly successful in expelling the Ukrainian armed forces from Bakhmut points to a “decisive change along the dividing line between Ukraine and Russia”, Kwiatkowski explained.

The timing is critical in this case, since it occurred during or before the “anticipated” Ukrainian counteroffensive, she added. “Just as the Wagner Group returns east for rest and recuperation, the Ukrainian Army, both soldiers, and leadership, should be similarly returning “home” to rest and regroup. Clearly, the Ukrainian strategy to hold ever tinier portions of the city at a huge and disproportionate cost to its remaining military has failed,” Kwiatkowski said.

As for the so-called collective West, it may use the liberation of Bakhmut as a sign that it is “time to settle,” Kwiatkowski said.

“With the complete fall of [Bakhmut], Zelensky’s usefulness to the West, and to his own people, has suddenly become very limited,” the Retired officer concluded.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/zelensky-honored-nato-award-shortly-after-bakhmut-defeat/5821008

MEP Christine Anderson- CLIMATE CHANGE IS NATURAL; CO2 is good for the planet.

SAY NO TO LOCKDOWNS,VACCINES ,SMART GHETTOS AND THROW AWAY YOUR SMART PHONES AND BUY A NON SMART PHONE .IF YOU DONT THEY WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND KILL YOUR PETS ,AS YOU WONT BE ALLOWED TO OWN NOTHING.DO NOT COMPLY.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/b0QMrwynQIIQ/

VIDEO: Governor DeSantis Tells Iowa Voters “We’re Going to Do Ballot Harvesting”

Rush Limbaugh famously described the current Democrat party back in October 2020 before his death.

“They’re doing it in front of our faces. They really are. They are attempting to win elections without broad public support. That’s what they’re trying to do. That’s just another way of phrasing what they’re doing. How do you win elections without broad public support? You have to cheat.”

It may sound like a sensible plan to out cheat the Democrats but it will be nearly impossible to out-harvest the Democrat machine when they control the drop boxes, the union postal workers, bloated voter rolls, and unlimited mail-in balloting, and the keys to the absentee ballot rooms.

Governor Ron DeSantis is a very respectable man. He did an amazing job in Florida. But not every state is Florida.

On Thursday Desantis told supporters he will ballot harvest in 2024.

Governor DeSantis: “In Nevada, they sent everyone a ballot which is bad. But we’re going to do ballot harvesting. We’re going to do ballot harvesting.”

Ballot harvesting was illegal in Nevada until 2020.

DeSantis is going to ballot harvest.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/video-governor-desantis-tells-iowa-voters-were-going/

Former ICE Director Tom Homan Announces He Was Asked to Testify at Alejandro Mayorkas Impeachment Hearing: “It Took Me About Three Seconds to Say, ‘HELL YEAH'”

Former ICE Director Tom Homan on Wednesday announced that he will testify at impeachment hearings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Homan made the announcement at the “Defend America Rally” with Kari Lake in Scottsdale, Arizona, last night.

During his speech, he also slammed Rep. Alexandria Occasio Cortez as “the dumbest Congressperson in the history of the United States Congress” for defending criminal illegal immigrants over American Border Patrol Agents.

Far more than 6 million illegal aliens have crossed the US border since Joe Biden was installed in January 2021. Still, Alejandro Mayorkas claims that “the border is not open.”

According to the resolution, “Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border, thereby violating the Secure Fence Act of 2006.”

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–367) requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security ‘‘maintain operational control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States’’.

Homan told the crowd, “the man has no integrity,” and he is “doing the complete opposite of what he knows works.” He continued, “that needs impeachment,” and further slammed Mayorkas for slandering border patrol agents on horseback and saying they whipped black people.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Mayorkas testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he was “horrified” at the images of Border Patrol agents on horseback in Del Rio allegedly whipping black Haitians at the border, which was false.

Additionally, because of Joe Biden and Secretary Mayorkas, “over 1,700 migrants have died on US soil, a record by far,” “106,000 Americans died from a fentanyl overdose last year,” and “206 known or suspected terrorists have been arrested trying to come into this country, a record by far,” according to Homan. Nearly two million gotaways have also come across the border and are roaming around the country.

After announcing that he was asked yesterday to testify on Mayorkas failures and inhumane policies on the southern border, Homan said, “It took me about three seconds to say hell yeah.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/watch-former-ice-director-tom-homan-announces-he/

=Atlantic Council awards the Director of National Intelligence for her involvement in the Russia Gate hoax, sanctioned drone assassinations, falsified intelligence, and torture coverup

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines was the big star of a gala awards ceremony hosted by the Atlantic Council that was touted as the “Washington Oscars.”

The Atlantic Council is a neo-conservative think tank, which has three former CIA directors on its board and another as a lifetime director.

Paul Craig Roberts, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan, called the Atlantic Council the “marketing arm of the military-security complex.”

In 2015, it helped prepare a proposal to arm the Ukrainian military with offensive weaponry like Javelin anti-tank missiles—the same year that it presented its Distinguished Leadership Award to Marillyn Adams Hewson, then the CEO of Lockheed Martin, which produces Javelin missiles and many other strategic weapon platforms.

Two years before that, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the award—not too long after she had famously gloated after the lynching of Libya’s ruler Muammar Qaddafi in a military operation sanctioned by Clinton that spread vast death and destruction.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/84778/atlantic-council-awards-the-director-of-national-intelligence-for-her-involvement-in-the-russia.html

"This Country has gone sick!" Trump is asked about parental rights in schools:

"If I were the coach of a women's basketball team, I would have the greatest team. I'd say, 'Lebron, would you like to become a woman?' And I'd go to another 4 or 5 big guys and I'll say, 'how 'bout we will be undefeated for many, many years."

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1664342606396923925

TESTIMONY FROM MARCH 29:

AUSTIN: "Drag shows are not something that the DOD supports or funds."

GAETZ: "You think hosting a drag queen story hour on a military base isn't supporting the drag queen story hour?"

AUSTIN: "I stand by what I just said."

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1664328715524775948

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin releases statement on Pride Month:

"This Pride Month, we honor the service, commitment, and sacrifice of the LGBTQ+ Service members and personnel who volunteer to defend our country. Their proud service adds to America's strength."

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1664357377775218692/photo/1

Elon Musk’s Starlink wins Pentagon contract for satellite services to Ukraine - Reuters

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1664303709755523072

Foster mother who 'rescued' orphans from Ukraine 'let paedophiles rape them and would force the children to eat vomit and put soiled nappies in their mouths'

A court in Poland heard Svetlana Plyushko regularly assaulted the children

The 53-year-old allegedly sexually abused 10 children aged between 4 and 16

A foster mum who rescued orphans from war-torn Ukraine has gone on trial for torture, sexual abuse and letting paedophiles pay to rape children in her care.

A court in the Polish city of Poznan has heard that Ukrainian Svetlana Plyushko regularly assaulted the children, forced them to put soiled nappies in their mouths and eat vomit.

It also heard that the 53-year-old allegedly sexually abused the 10 children aged between 4 and 16 and forced them to take drugs before inviting around local paedophiles who paid to abuse them.

Citing one example, prosecutor Aneta Chamczyńska-Penkala told the court: 'Together and in agreement with unidentified men, making it a permanent source of income, she handed over a minor to them in order to force her to have sexual intercourse.'

Local journalist Piotr Żytnicki from the respected Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper reported: 'They held her by the hair and raped her, while [Svetlana] stood in the doorway with the phone in her hand and counted the time.

'She counted if 20 minutes had passed. These men probably paid for those 20 minutes. The children said, "Mum didn't save us".'

A child psychiatrist added that when she interviewed the children they were 'scared. They sat with their hands on their knees, heads down, no eye contact.

'They were pale and very emaciated.

'The five-year-old weighed 11 kg. The condition of the teeth was bad. I've never seen such decay.

'This was not negligence that arose in a few weeks.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12148781/Foster-mother-rescued-orphans-Ukraine-let-paedophiles-rape-them.html