Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:24 a.m. No.19150948   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1587 >>1608 >>1626 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

More than 700 arrested in ‘biggest ever’ UK operation against organised crime after encrypted phone network cracked

 

Police hail ‘unparalleled victory against the kingpin criminals’ after £54m and tonnes of drugs seized

 

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Police have arrested more than 700 suspects, seized £54m in cash and tonnes of drugs in the UK’s “biggest and most significant” operation ever against organised crime.

 

Officials said previously “untouchable” kingpins who have evaded justice for decades, while enjoying “flashy” lifestyles, were among those detained.

 

High-level gangs, including those importing guns, drugs and people into Britain, have been targeted in a series of raids after law enforcement agencies accessed a secretive communications network.

 

Known as EncroChat, it was used on bespoke mobile phones that were designed to be secure against police infiltration and examination.

 

But in April, an international team cracked its encryption, started spying on users and harvesting their data as they carried on unawares.

 

“There were 60,000 users worldwide and around 10,000 users in the UK,” the National Crime Agency (NCA) said as raids continued on Thursday morning.

 

“The sole use was for coordinating and planning the distribution of illicit commodities, money laundering and plotting to kill rival criminals.”

 

The platform was infiltrated by agencies in France and the Netherlands, and shared via Europol to partners including the UK.

 

“Unbeknown to users, the NCA and the police have been monitoring their every move since then,” an NCA spokesperson said.

 

“It is the biggest and most significant operation of its kind in the UK.”

 

Hundreds of staff worked to analyse the data and identify EncroChat users, working through millions of messages and hundreds of thousands of images.

 

It resulted in 746 arrests across the UK so far, including “high-value targets” and “iconic” fugitives who had previously escaped justice.

 

The operation has also revealed the identities of an unknown number of corrupt police officers and employees in different law enforcement agencies.

 

Officials said that while police operations against gangs frequently see lower-level operatives who “get their hands dirty” arrested while those at the top remain free, EncroPhones were only used by the “middle tier upwards”.

 

The National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for serious organised crime, Chief Constable Steve Jupp, called the operation “an unparalleled victory against the kingpin criminals”.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/encrochat-phone-network-encryption-organised-crime-uk-arrests-police-a9597501.html

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:26 a.m. No.19150955   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0968 >>1130 >>1587 >>1620 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

Video Resurfaces of Tim Ballard Meeting Up With President Trump At White House to Discuss Child Trafficking At Southern Border

 

A video of Tim Ballard, the founder of the anti-sex trafficking non-profit Operation Underground Railroad, meeting up with President Trump has gone viral in recent days.

 

The video from 2019 has resurfaced just days after Sound of Freedom hit number one in the box office.

 

Sound of Freedom is based on the true story on how former DHS special agent Tim Ballard left his job in order to rescue children from being sex-trafficked around the world.

 

In the new resurfaced video of Ballard meeting up with Trump, Ballard discusses how children are being trafficked along the Southern Border.

 

Ballard told Trump “They brought this little girl through a part of the Southern Border where there was no wall. Easily got her to New York City and this is hard to hear but this is the truth.”

 

Ballard continued “This little girl was raped for money everyday 30 to 40 times a day.”

 

While many people in D.C. have dismissed Ballard and his effort to put an end to child trafficking, Trump listened intently to what the O.U.R. founder had to share.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/video-resurfaces-tim-ballard-meeting-up-president-trump/

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:29 a.m. No.19150978   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1587 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

How US and UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated with Nazis in Ukraine

 

A host of Western government officials, intelligence agents, and assets have been directly involved in intimate collaboration with Nazi groups

 

A MintPress investigation has found that a host of Western government officials, intelligence agents and assets have been directly involved in intimate collaboration with Nazi groups and individuals since at least 2014. This has included involvement in creating and operating the Nazi-run kill list in Ukraine, which MintPress revealed recently.

 

While Western media have belatedly been forced to concede that there are Nazi influences in Ukraine, many journalists have insisted that the visible fascist patches on uniforms are only there to troll Russians and that they are insignificant and a gift to Russian propaganda. Still, other journalists admit to asking Ukrainian service members to cover up their Nazi symbols. Yet, as we shall see, this collaboration goes much further.

 

Perhaps a good place to start is with the ongoing role of a key intelligence-linked official who has taken on a propaganda role on behalf of Ukraine since the launch in February 2022 of what the Russian government calls its “Special Military Operation.” Meet Cormac Smith, a member of the first Irish bobsleigh team to qualify for the Winter Olympics in 1992. He has appeared in scores of news reports passing on Western propaganda talking points about the role of Russia in Ukraine. But who is Smith working for?

 

According to his own account, he is a “private citizen” supporting “Ukraine/global freedom.” Yet until December 2018, he was the deputy director of communications for the British Cabinet Office – the official body responsible for supporting the prime minister. He was also previously attached to the UK Foreign Office as the strategic communications advisor to the foreign minister of Ukraine.

 

Last May, The Irish Independent claimed that Smith is “an unlikely key player in the information war,” who “estimates he has given about 100 TV, radio and print interviews with the international media in the past few months to tell Kyiv’s side of the story.” Smith has a nice line in outrageous propaganda gambits, claiming that Russians are the actual Nazis and that they murder, rape and pillage, including the rape of children.

 

As it turns out, the source of many of the allegations of rape – including multiple alleged cases of rape to death of children – was the Ukraine parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Lyudmila Denisova. Her evidence was alleged to be a helpline set up to report allegations of human rights abuses. Her tales were too much even for the Ukrainian government, which dismissed her at the end of May 2022.

 

Last year, it was comprehensively demonstrated that her stories had little evidential basis. However, even before this, she had already reportedly admitted to “promoting fake news to persuade Western countries to send more arms and aid.” Smith nonetheless carried on making vague allegations of rape (including of children) for months afterward. Naturally, no evidence was ever cited. He repeated the rape allegation almost monthly between April 2022 and January 2023. (In 2022: May, August, September, October, November, and in 2023: January, April, May).

 

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/antiwar/how-us-and-uk-government-propaganda-specialists-collaborated-with-nazis-in-ukraine

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:31 a.m. No.19150990   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1587 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

Treasury Sec. Yellen literally bows to CCP counterpart, describes official China trip as 'successful'

 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described her official trip to China as "successful" Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation" while a viral video of her repeatedly bowing to her CCP counterpart in Beijing raised eyebrows back home.

 

"Never, ever, ever…an American official does not bow. It looks like she’s been summoned to the principal’s office, and that’s exactly the optics the Chinese love," Bradley Blakeman, former senior staffer in George W. Bush's White House, told the New York Post of the unseemly protocol flub.

 

"WATCH: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — in an embarrassing 'diplomatic faux pas' — repeatedly bows to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing," @RNCResearch tweeted.

 

In the video, Sec. Yellen's counterpart, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, approaches her, with his hand extended as if to shake hands.

 

Yellen returns the gesture by extending her own hand. The pair lightly grasp hands and shake, and then the situation grew awkward. As she shook He's hand, she bowed, not once, but three times. Cameras flash as a woman wearing a mask, carrying two bags, moves in from behind Yellen, possibly in an effort to guide her. Meanwhile, He stands tall and takes a step back, maintaining the handshake all the while.

 

In an interview with Yellen before she left Beijing, "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan aired the clip, but referred to it only obliquely. Brennan framed it as "one of those awkward moments," likening it to He's mention of concerns about Chinese spy balloons.

 

"I had a very constructive visit. I received a warm welcome and … had substantive conversations about the global economy, developments in our own economies, financial markets, and a list of concerns that each of us brought to the table that we agreed to follow up on over time," Yellen told Brennan.

 

Yellen said she made it clear during the meetings that the U.S. could not compromise on national security issues "even if it harms our own narrow economic interests." She added that when the U.S. takes actions that would affect China's economy, the U.S. would ensure our actions were "transparent, narrowly targeted, and well-explained."

 

Asked if Beijing was taking a warning shot by restricting exports on critical minerals essential for computer chips, Yellen said she had "expressed concern" about China's action, describing it as "potentially" retaliatory.

 

"My purpose is to ensure we don't engage in a series of unintended escalatory actions that would be harmful to our overall economic relationship."

 

She said that senior officials as well as citizens from both countries had had "very little contact" with one another in the past several years, due in part to COVID, and that the lack of contact can lead to misunderstandings.

 

"I do think my trip has been successful in forging those relationships and creating the opportunity for a deeper set of more contacts at our staff levels."

 

"It is my hope that there is a path to bring inflation down … the data I've seen suggests we are on that path," Yellen said, as the conversation with Brennan moved to the economy back home.

 

Yellen's apparent optimism about Bidenomics stopped short when Brennan asked her directly about the risk of recession given the recent slowdown in job numbers.

 

Recession is "not completely off the table," Sec. Yellen said, also adding her expectation that we would see a slower pace of ongoing job gains in the future.

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/yellen-bows-to-ccp-counterpart

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:33 a.m. No.19151014   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1024 >>1043 >>1587 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

YouTube Censors Australian Politician's Maiden Speech To Parliament

 

"30 minutes of truth bombs" is how one Twitter user described Liberal Democrat John Ruddick’s maiden speech to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament, last Wednesday 28 June. "Indeed, Ruddick, who left the Liberal Party in 2021 after public disagreements over the Party’s handling of the pandemic response, said out loud in parliament what many Australians have been saying for some time now – at first privately, around dinner tables, but increasingly more publicly, over workplace water coolers or at the pub, as saying the obvious becomes more socially acceptable.

 

Nevertheless, what is socially acceptable offline is not necessarily acceptable on social media. YouTube swiftly removed Ruddick’s speech from its platform, just seven hours after it was uploaded. The NSW Liberal Democrats say this is the first time in Australian history that a politician’s maiden speech has been censored by the platform.

 

The interference of the social media giant in Australia’s political discourse is ironic given this line from Ruddick’s speech: “We libertarians are plotting to take over the world … so we can leave you all alone.”

 

A spokesperson for the Lib Dems says, “We initially posted the video on party founder Dr John Humphreys’ YouTube account. We then circulated that link on other social media – for example, this tweet from Dr John, which you can see now links to a takedown notice.”

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youtube-censors-australian-politicians-maiden-speech-parliament

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:40 a.m. No.19151057   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1071 >>1587 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

Musk’s Tesla Pledges to Uphold ‘Core Socialist Values’ for Communist China

 

Elon Musk’s Tesla has pledged to uphold “core socialist values” and compete fairly in China’s fast growing car market. Musk’s latest agreement with the communist government comes of the heels of his praise for the country’s AI researchers. Musk praised the “wisdom and determination” of Chinese AI researchers despite the country’s hostile stance towards the United States.

 

The Financial Times reports that Elon Musk’s Tesla and its Chinese rivals have vowed to uphold “core socialist values” and compete fairly in China’s expanding auto market. This pledge is in response to a directive from Beijing that aims to end a protracted price war that has been upsetting the sector. Tesla has cut prices multiple times in China over the past year.

 

16 manufacturers signed the letter of commitment on Thursday at a motor industry conference in Shanghai, including Tesla and its biggest Chinese rival BYD. Following Tesla’s price cuts on its Model 3 and Model Y cars last October in response to escalating domestic competition, there was a price war among electric vehicle manufacturers. The main beneficiaries of this price war have been Tesla and Warren Buffett-backed BYD, both of which reported record sales in the second quarter.

 

Miao Changxing, a senior inspector at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, emphasized the need for the industry to avoid “reckless” price-cutting. The Chinese market is of immense value to Tesla, accounting for just under one-third of its annual sales.

 

Elon Musk, who also owns Twitter and SpaceX, visited China last month. During his visit, he met with the foreign, commerce, and industry ministers, as well as Robin Zeng, the founder and chair of CATL, the world’s biggest maker of EV batteries. Musk’s visit to China drew attention to the country’s restrictions on free speech, as Twitter is banned there. Musk refrained from using the platform during his visit, which led to criticism from human rights groups over allegations of compliance with Chinese censorship.

 

In a separate address to the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Musk predicted that the car industry could achieve nearly full self-driving capability later this year. He also expressed his belief that China would develop strong capabilities in artificial intelligence and called for regulatory oversight of the industry.

 

As Breitbart News previously reported:

 

Business Insider reports that Elon Musk, the tech mogul behind companies such as SpaceX and Tesla and new owner of Twitter, recently expressed his admiration for China’s progress in the field of artificial intelligence. Speaking at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Musk highlighted the determination and wisdom of the Chinese people.

 

“I admire the Chinese people’s wisdom and determination,” Musk said. “As long as the Chinese people decide to do well in one thing, they will, including in AI.”

 

The conference, hosted by Chinese government ministries, was sponsored by several high-profile companies, including Huawei and SenseTime. Both of these companies have been sanctioned by the U.S. government, which has raised concerns about their close ties to the Chinese government and the potential misuse of their technology.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/07/09/comrade-elon-musks-tesla-pledges-to-uphold-core-socialist-values-for-communist-china/

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:44 a.m. No.19151090   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1104 >>1587 >>1633 >>1648 >>1699

Planned Parenthood pushes week-long 'sex ed summer camp'; entices teens with $150 gift card, free lunch

 

Planned Parenthood is offering $150 gift cards and free lunch for youth who participate in their week-long "sex ed summer camp," according to an advertisement posted by the Planned Parenthood Minnesota Advocate's Twitter account Thursday.

 

"I care passionately about the well-being of all children and the generation my kids are growing up alongside … I think most families and most parents would firmly agree that we don't want people sexualizing our children, and that's exactly what this camp will do," a Minnesota mother-of-six identified only as "Karin" told Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade Sunday morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend."

 

The "camp" is for Mankato, Minnesota area youth ages 15-18. It is slated to run July 24 through July 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the advertisement posted by the @PPMM Twitter account says.

 

"Lunches are provided and participants receive a $150 gift card upon completion," the flyer also says.

 

http://www.womensystems.com/2023/07/planned-parenthood-pushes-week-long-sex.html

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 11:56 a.m. No.19151164   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Lancet Study on COVID Vaccine Autopsies Finds 74% Were Caused by Vaccine – Study Is Removed Within 24 Hours

 

A Lancet review of 325 autopsies after Covid vaccination found that 74% of the deaths were caused by the vaccine – but the study was removed within 24 hours.

 

The paper, a pre-print that was awaiting peer-review, is written by leading cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch and their colleagues at the Wellness Company and was published online on Wednesday on the pre-print site of the prestigious medical journal.

 

However, less than 24 hours later, the study was removed and a note appeared stating: “This preprint has been removed by Preprints with the Lancet because the study’s conclusions are not supported by the study methodology.” While the study had not undergone any part of the peer-review process, the note implies it fell foul of “screening criteria”.

 

The original study abstract can be found in the Internet Archive. It reads (with my emphasis added):

 

Background: The rapid development and widespread deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, combined with a high number of adverse event reports, have led to concerns over possible mechanisms of injury including systemic lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and mRNA distribution, spike protein-associated tissue damage, thrombogenicity, immune system dysfunction and carcinogenicity. The aim of this systematic review is to investigate possible causal links between COVID-19 vaccine administration and death using autopsies and post-mortem analysis.

 

Methods: We searched for all published autopsy and necropsy reports relating to COVID-19 vaccination up until May 18th, 2023. We initially identified 678 studies and, after screening for our inclusion criteria, included 44 papers that contained 325 autopsy cases and one necropsy case. Three physicians independently reviewed all deaths and determined whether COVID-19 vaccination was the direct cause or contributed significantly to death.

 

Findings: The most implicated organ system in COVID-19 vaccine-associated death was the cardiovascular system (53%), followed by the hematological system (17%), the respiratory system (8%) and multiple organ systems (7%). Three or more organ systems were affected in 21 cases. The mean time from vaccination to death was 14.3 days. Most deaths occurred within a week from last vaccine administration. A total of 240 deaths (73.9%) were independently adjudicated as directly due to or significantly contributed to by COVID-19 vaccination.

 

Interpretation: The consistency seen among cases in this review with known COVID-19 vaccine adverse events, their mechanisms and related excess death, coupled with autopsy confirmation and physician-led death adjudication, suggests there is a high likelihood of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccines and death in most cases. Further urgent investigation is required for the purpose of clarifying our findings.

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/lancet-study-covid-vaccine-autopsies-finds-74-caused-by-vaccine-study-removed-within-24-hours/5825118

 

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF AUTOPSY FINDINGS IN DEATHS AFTER COVID-19 VACCINATION

https://dailysceptic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SSRN-id4496137.pdf

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, noon No.19151190   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Florida is under a malaria alert, and there are now more cases of the mosquito illness

 

Health officials have confirmed two new cases of malaria have been contracted in Southwest Florida as a statewide health advisory for the mosquito-borne illness remains in effect.

 

That brings the total to six cases since the first infection was reported in late May. All six cases were reported in Sarasota County, with the most recent two confirmed the week of June 25-July 1.

 

All of the locally contracted cases were Plasmodium vivax malaria. P. vivax is the most common type of malaria infection in humans. It is less fatal than other types but can still be life-threatening.

 

Health officials confirmed finding three mosquitoes carrying the parasite in Sarasota County in early June.

 

Malaria is only transmitted via mosquito bite. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, vomiting, sweating, fever and chills. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should seek medical help within 24 hours of symptoms, health officials say.

 

Residents are urged to use bug spray, avoid areas with mosquitoes, and wear protective clothing outside.

 

Sarasota County government has posted on social media that mosquito spraying is happening near the coast in Venice and Englewood, between University Boulevard and 17th Street east of Interstate 75, and north Sarasota between Bahia Vista Street and Fruitville Road. Manatee County shared a map of where mosquito spraying regularly occurs.

 

Sarasota and Manatee counties remain under a malaria health alert that was issued on June 19. A statewide advisory was issued on June 26, when the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention also issued an advisory.

 

No recent cases have been recorded in Miami-Dade, Broward or Monroe counties in South Florida.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/florida-under-malaria-alert-now-125500773.html

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 12:03 p.m. No.19151214   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1413

CNN's Fareed Zakaria to Pres. Biden:

 

"I think a lot of people do watch you and are impressed and they think you've been a great President. You've brought the economy back. You've restored relations with the world."

 

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1678114609159450624

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 12:04 p.m. No.19151228   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1243 >>1257

Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams, Death Squad Backer Convicted of Lying to Congress, to Gov’t Commission

 

President Biden has nominated Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Elliott Abrams was convicted in 1991 of lying to Congress about the Iran-Contra affair, and later pardoned by then-President George H.W. Bush. He defended death squads in Guatemala and El Salvador in the 1980s, when he served as assistant secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan. Abrams dismissed reports that El Salvador’s U.S.-trained military had massacred 1,000 civilians, including children, in the Salvadoran town of El Mozote in December 1981. He has also been linked to the 2002 attempted coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and helped plan the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Under President Trump, Abrams served as special envoy to Iran and Venezuela. Abrams will need to be confirmed by the Senate to serve on the commission.

 

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/85088/biden-nominates-elliott-abrams-death-squad-backer-convicted-of-lying-to-congress-to-govt.html

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 12:06 p.m. No.19151234   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1321

Shooting the sh*t with @realDonaldTrump

and #MelGibson at the UFC fight in Vegas

https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/1677865801381203970

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 1:38 p.m. No.19151666   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1699

“State child-protection laws penalize the ‘sale or distribution … of obscene matter,'” the letter states (pdf), which includes items with sexual themes and material harmful to minors.

 

“Indiana, as well as other states, have passed laws to protect children from harmful content meant to sexualize them and prohibit gender transitions of children.”

 

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/INAG/2023/07/06/file_attachments/2546257/Target%20Letter%20Final.pdf?ftag=YHF4eb9d17

Anonymous ID: a6f270 July 9, 2023, 1:41 p.m. No.19151677   🗄️.is 🔗kun

IRS whistleblower’s lawyer says Washington Post could become accessory to Hunter Biden legal team

 

Leavitt is demanding for the Post to clearly state that Shapley was not the source for their story.

 

Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt, whose organization is representing IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, says that if the Washington Post does not come clean and say that Shapley never spoke with them, then the paper is acting as accessory to Hunter Biden's legal defense.

 

Hunter Biden's attorneys have accused Shapley of illegally leaking to the Post for its October 2022 story titled, "Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden."

 

Biden attorney Abbe Lowell cited the story in a letter late last month attacking Shapley and other IRS whistleblowers for alleged "illegal leaks" and said the whistleblowers "may be claiming that title in an attempt to evade their own misconduct" as part of "an obvious ploy to feed the misinformation campaign to harm our client, Hunter Biden, as a vehicle to attack his father."

 

Shapley has maintained that he was not a source for the Post in that story or any other story, ever. Shapley testified to Congress in May about an alleged Justice Department conspiracy to protect first son Hunter Biden during a criminal probe. Shapley told CBS News last month that he was stopped from investigating Hunter Biden's money trails involving "dad" or "the big guy."

 

Leavitt is demanding for the Post to clearly state that Shapley was not the source for their story.

 

"Other than saying, 'We don't comment on sources,' they haven't said anything so far," Leavitt said about the Post on Friday's episode of "Just the News, No Noise."

 

"And if they don't do anything, they're simply being accessories to the Hunter Biden legal defense," he said.

 

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/irs-whistleblowers-lawyer-says-washington-post-could-become-accessory-hunter