Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:40 a.m. No.19340793   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Joe Biden’s AG Merrick Garland to Make a Statement – ANNOUNCES DAVID WEISS AS SPECIAL COUNSEL IN HUNTER BIDEN CASE

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/dirty-biden-ag-merrick-garland-make-statement-1215/

 

What another years long investigation that goes nowhere I assume

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:43 a.m. No.19340811   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0823 >>1022 >>1120 >>1173 >>1304

‘Free Speech Right Not Absolute’ – Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan Delivers Mixed Ruling on Trump Gag Order

 

Judge Chutkan is going to gag Trump in the middle of a presidential campaign!

 

Trump’s lawyer appeared before Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan Friday morning for a hearing on a proposed gag order.

 

Judge Chutkan gave Trump only ONE DAY to respond to a motion for protective order (gag order) filed by dirty Jack Smith rather than give him the standard 14 days.

 

Chutkan signaled she will gag Trump in the middle of a presidential campaign.

 

“There are limits, regardless of what is going on in, I hate to say it, his day job. This is a criminal case. The need for this criminal case to proceed in the normal order and protect witnesses and integrity of the process means there are going to be limits on the defendant’s speech.” – the Judge said arguing the First Amendment is “not absolute.”

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/developing-obama-judge-tanya-chutkan-gag-trump/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:45 a.m. No.19340827   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1022 >>1120 >>1173 >>1304

Niger Junta Tells Nuland They Will Kill Deposed President Bazoum if Attacked

 

Niger’s junta told Biden Color Revolution insurrection expert Victoria Nuland that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two anonymous Western officials allegedly told The Associated Press.

 

“Representatives of the junta told U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the threat to Bazoum during her visit to the country this week, a Western military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation”, AP reported.

 

With the coup in Niger, Russia has out-flanked NATO, completing an encirclement of European countries reaching from Egypt on the Indian Ocean to Guinea on the Atlantic. The US-supported West African ECOWAS countries let a deadline to reinstate the pro-Western President expire Sunday.

 

The Associated Press is part of the Carnegie Endowment’s Partnership for Countering Influence Operations. The AP has come to function as the dependable propaganda arm of the US Deep State. It is not clear what the “two Western officials” wanted to accomplish with the alleged assassination leak.

 

The article quotes former U.S. State Department Regional Stabilization Advisor in Niger Aneliese Bernard, now of Strategic Stabilization Advisors, and NGO Elva Community Engagement, indicating Bernard may be one of the AP’s anonymous sources. Bernard immediately tweeted the AP story quoting her warning that “this junta has escalated its moves so quickly that it’s possible they do something more extreme, as that has been their approach so far.”

 

Thus the AP story may also be designed to justify military intervention in Niger. This is a possibility. We cannot confirm that assumption at this time.

 

Niger’s military junta refused to let Nuland visit the ousted president on her surprise visit Tuesday, as Gateway reported. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken called deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and “discussed Acting Deputy Secretary Nuland’s recent trip to Niamey,” Reuters reported. Blinken “conveyed the United States’ ongoing support for a solution that restores Niger to democratic rule and constitutional order,” the State Department said. “I call for President Bazoum and his family to be immediately released, and for the preservation of Niger’s hard-earned democracy,” White House Resident Joe Biden said Wednesday.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/ww-iii-watch-niger-junta-tells-nuland-they/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:49 a.m. No.19340853   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Obama-Appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan’s Former Law Firm Represented Huma Abedin in Clinton Email Server Investigation – Page Now Deleted Online

 

Following the recent indictment against President Donald Trump, spearheaded by Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and Jack Smith, it has been revealed that the case was assigned to an Obama-appointee judge, Tanya S. Chutkan.

 

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Trump had requested an immediate recusal of far-left and anti-Trump U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, to preside over his ongoing “January 6th” case in Washington D.C. Trump characterizes the judge as a “biased” judge.

 

”There is no way I can get a fair trial with the judge ‘assigned’ to the ridiculous freedom of speech/fair elections case. Everybody knows this, and so does she! We will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds, and likewise for venue change, out of D.C.,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

 

NBC has reported that Chutkan is the only federal judge in Washington D.C. who has been sentencing January 6th defendants to terms longer than the government’s recommendations.

 

Chutkan’s political affiliations have also been brought into question. Public donation records show that she contributed over $3,000 to Barack Obama’s campaigns between 2008 and 2012.

 

Adding to the controversy is Chutkan’s professional connection to Hunter Biden. Monica Crowley, the former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, pointed out on X that both Chutkan and Biden were previously employed at the law firm Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP (BSF).

 

Open Secrets records confirm that Hunter Biden was an attorney at the firm from 2009-2014, with Chutkan also working as an attorney from 2002-2014. She was a counsel at the firm and was made a partner in 2007. Notably, during this period, Hunter Biden served as counsel for Burisma.

 

More from Yahoo News:

 

It is a fact that Hunter Biden and Chutkan were both employed by, or partners of, BSF. It is also factual that BSF provided services to the Ukrainian oil company Burisma, on whose board Hunter Biden served.

 

Chutkan worked at BSF from 2002 until the time of her appointment to the D.C. Circuit by then U.S. President Barack Obama in June 2014. She was made a partner of the firm in 2007. Biden, meanwhile, held the title of counsel at BSF from 2010 to 2014.

 

After joining the board of Burisma in April 2014, as Hunter Biden described in his memoir, he recommended the consulting services of his law firm to help the company implement “corporate practices that were up to accepted ethical snuff.” Burisma paid BSF at least $250,000 dollars for its work.

 

In sum, it is factual that both Hunter Biden and Chutkan worked under the umbrella of Boies Schiller Flexner between 2010 and 2014, and it is also true that BSF did business with Burisma via Hunter Biden in May 2014. As such, we rate this claim as “True.”

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/obama-appointed-judge-tanya-chutkans-former-law-firm/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:53 a.m. No.19340886   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0889 >>0902 >>0988 >>1120 >>1173 >>1304

Rep. Greg Steube Announces to File Impeachment Resolution Against Joe Biden for Bribery, Extortion, Obstruction of Justice, Fraud, Financial Involvement in Drugs and Prostitution: “We Have All the Facts and Evidence Now”

 

On Thursday, Rep. Greg Steube made a significant announcement during an appearance on Newsmax with David Harris Jr., who was filling in for Rob Schmitt. The Florida Congressman revealed his intentions to file an impeachment resolution against Joe Biden on multiple charges today, Friday.

 

Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Steube, revealed his intentions to file an impeachment resolution against Biden.

 

“[On Friday] I intend on filing impeachment resolution on Joe Biden for bribery, for extortion, obstruction of justice, fraud, financial involvement in drugs and prostitution, all of these things,” Steube said.

 

According to Steube, the evidence supporting these allegations includes witness testimonies, financial records, text messages, phone conversations, and the controversial laptop that has been linked to Biden’s son, Hunter. He emphasized that Republicans have been gathering this evidence since the beginning of the Congress, and he believes there’s enough to support the impeachment articles.

 

“We have all the facts and evidence now… They’ll be filed [today]. So we’ll do a press release with all the details, it’s pages upon pages of all the different things that we have gathered as Republicans,” he said.

 

“There is a litany of evidence here that there have been crimes that have been committed. And even if it was just to the family members and not Joe, that’s still a crime. If my wife was getting millions of dollars from foreign governments, you don’t think that’s bribery or extortion, and that falls in line with us. There was things that Grassley made public on the Senate side of the $5 million payment as it relates to Burima in Ukraine. There is so much factual predicate for these articles of impeachment,” he added.

 

Steube expressed his hope that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would initiate the impeachment process after the recess.

In addition to the impeachment resolution, Steube also discussed the “Hunter Act,” which he plans to introduce. This act, titled “Helping Understand Narcotic Traces at the Executive Residence,” aims to investigate drug-related use within the White House and the role of the Secret Service in covering up for the Biden crime family.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/rep-greg-steube-announces-file-impeachment-resolution-against/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:56 a.m. No.19340903   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0916

RFK Jr. Renews Demand For Secret Service Protection After Assassination Of Ecuadorian Candidate

 

The 2024 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. renewed calls for President Joe Biden to provide protection for the candidate.

 

Mr. Kennedy's campaign manager Dennis Kucinich publicly called on President Biden to order Secret Service protection for Mr. Kennedy following the assassination of an Ecuadorian anti-corruption presidential candidate.

 

Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio who recently promised to get rid of corruption and lock up the country's drug runners, was shot and killed at a political rally in Quito, the capital.

 

Mr. Villavicencio, 59, was killed on Aug. 9, less than two weeks before a special presidential election. He was known for speaking out against drug gangs, and while he wasn't a front-runner, his death has caused increased concern about organized crime.

 

"The killing of Mr. Villavicencio proves how volatile the political climate has become," Mr. Kucinich said in a press release sent to The Epoch Times.

 

"Yesterday the FBI confronted a man who had threatened President Biden, an incident that led to the man being shot dead by government agents."

 

Mr. Kucinich, a 16-year member of Congress, continued:

 

"Mr. Kennedy has met all criteria for protection. The only conceivable reason he is being denied is because of a conscious decision by the White House to deny him security and [expletive] the consequences."

 

Previous Calls for Protection

 

Late last month, Mr. Kennedy alleged the White House had denied his request for Secret Service protection for three months: "Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection," Mr. Kennedy wrote on X, previously known as Twitter. "But not me."

 

The Democrat candidate said the Biden administration has turned down his request and said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly told his campaign: "I have determined that Secret Service protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not warranted at this time."

 

"Our campaign's request included a 67-page report from the world's leading protection firm, detailing unique and well-established security and safety risks aside from commonplace death threats," said Mr. Kennedy, noting that it was his understanding that the "typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests" is about two weeks.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-renews-demand-secret-service-protection-after-assassination-ecuadorian-candidate

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 10:58 a.m. No.19340920   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1106

Zelensky Fires All Heads of Ukraine's Military Recruitment Amid Bribery Probe

 

It's long been clear that Ukraine's armed forces have undergone some significant recruitment problems amid generally low morale as throughout the summer the counteroffensive has stalled and appears failing. There's also a grim emerging consensus that Ukraine is suffering staggering losses. Even just before the counteroffensive's start, The Washington Post ran headlines such as Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow.

 

Related this are all of the recent videos of young Ukrainian men being conscripted across the country which have widely circulated. Those who are fearful of being sent to the front are often actively engaging in evasive and, in some instances, illegal tactics to avoid such a fate. Some with money can pay off military recruitment officers, perhaps.

 

This week, even one of Kiev's most ardent supporters and NATO backers - Poland, has said the counteroffensive is likely to fail. Polish President Andrzej Duda said in a fresh Washington Post interview, "Does Ukraine have enough weapons to change the balance of the war and get the upper hand?" And he answered his rhetorical with - "Probably, no."

 

"We know this by the fact that they’re not currently able to carry out a very decisive counteroffensive against the Russian military," Duda conceded. "To make a long story short, they need more assistance." And now on the battlefield, the Kharkiv area is being evacuated of civilians amid Russian advances.

 

A new announcement by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday has further confirmed this pessimistic view of Kiev's prospects, as the government has fired all heads of military recruitment on concerns of rampant corruption. Zelensky has dismissed all heads of Ukraine's regional military committees as authorities conduct a sweeping probe into bribery allegations.

 

Zelensky made the announcement in a video post to official social media accounts:

 

The president posted a video and text statement regarding the mass removal of local military officials on his official Telegram channel on Friday. The announcement comes amid a national investigation into military commissariats that has already produced 112 criminal cases against local commissars.

 

"This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason," Zelensky said, shortly after holding a special meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.

 

Recruiters have apparently been paid handsomely by those of means to look the other way as they avoid conscription—something which we should note is a problem as old as war itself.

 

Zelensky continued: "Instead, soldiers who have passed [through] the front or who cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health, lost their limbs, but have preserved their dignity and do not have cynicism, are the ones who can be entrusted."

 

Young men afraid to leave their homes…

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-fires-all-heads-ukraines-military-recruitment-over-bribery-probe

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:02 a.m. No.19340953   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Why would Coma Joe send $billions to Ukraine when Hawaii is burning?

 

And…Why has not fake ass a snake (President Obama) done something or said anything about this tragedy? But he has lots to say about gay books…him and his fake foundation (Chicago)…my Brother's Keeper. Just another money making proposition. FAKE ASS A SNAKE!!

 

https://twitter.com/ObamaMalik/status/1689759187419779072

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:04 a.m. No.19340970   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0989

“Lawful But Not Awful” X CEO Linda Yaccarino Unveils New Orwellian ‘X’ Content Moderation Contrary to Elon Musk’s Own Remarks

 

Last May, X, formerly Twitter, owner Elon Musk defended the hiring of WEF globalist and former NBC Executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of X. When Musk was pressed on the hiring of Yaccarino, he responded, “Don’t judge too early. I’m adamant about defending free speech, even if it means losing money.”

 

In April of 2023, during an interview by Yaccarino, Musk was asked if he’d be a little more “specific, and not tweet after 3am. People in this room would like to see that. It would make them feel more confident.” To which Musk responded:

 

“I will aspire to tweet less after 3am…but it is important that…if I were to say ‘yes you can influence me,’ that would be wrong. That would be very wrong. Because that would be a diminishment of freedom of speech.”

 

The globalist brain of Yaccarino immediately kicked into four-wheel drive to try and save Twitter from the mud bog that is “freedom of speech” (end sarcasm):

 

“But I want to be specific about influencing: It’s more of an open feedback loop for the advertising experts in this room to help develop Twitter into a place where they will be excited about investing more money. Product development, ad safety, content moderation. That’s what the influence is.

 

Musk responded that “it’s totally cool to say that want to have your advertising appear in certain places on Twitter but not in other places. But it is not cool to try to say what Twitter will do. And if that means losing advertising dollars, we lose it. But Freedom of Speech is paramount.”

 

But after an X Space yesterday with Yaccarino, Musk’s definition of “paramount” took a drastic turn: “Freedom of Speech is paramount” has just been rebranded as “Lawful but not Awfu.l”

 

Yaccarino said yesterday that you have “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach.” This is a clear departure from putting free speech ahead of advertising dollars. The old bait and switch. X will argue you still have free speech. We just won’t let anyone see it.

 

“We’ve introduced a new policy to your specific point about hate speech called ‘freedom of speech, not reach.‘ So if you’re going to post something that illegal, or against the law, you’re gone. Zero tolerance. But more importantly, if you’re going to post something that is ‘lawful but awful,‘ you get labeled. You get labeled. You get deamplified, which means it cannot be shared. And it is certainly demonetized, back to your direct point about brand safety, so they are protected from the risk of being next to that content. And it’s also why it’s really important to note that once a post is labeled, and it can’t be shared, and the user sees that, 30% of the time they take it down themselves. Staggeringly, they take it down.”

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/lawful-not-awful-x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-unveils/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:06 a.m. No.19340991   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1007 >>1114 >>1120 >>1152 >>1173 >>1304

It Was Pelosi: Former Capitol Police Chief Reveals 'Set Up' Behind January 6

 

Tucker Carlson released a bombshell interview with former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund on Wednesday, during which Sund explains what happened on January 6, 2021 in great detail.

 

Carlson and Sund had notably recorded an entire interview on Fox News, which never aired.

 

Perhaps most damning is Sund's claim that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to authorize the deployment of the National Guard at the Capitol despite Sund's pleas, and that federal agencies withheld information and warning signs of potential dangers prior to the riot.

 

"It doesn’t seem like people really want to get to the bottom of it," said Sund, adding "It really doesn’t. And it just gets worse. It gets worse from there."

 

Sund got approval to bring in the National Guard at 2:09 p.m. Before his approval, he alleged that he begged several generals, including General Michael Flynn, to bring the National Guard. The officials told Sund they did “not like the optics of the National Guard” as he allegedly begged for their assistance to intervene in the violence. -Daily Caller

 

"This sounds like a set up to me," Carlson said, adding "I'm sorry, it does."

 

To which Sund replied:

 

"It gets better. So I beg and beg and he goes ‘well, I’m gonna walk down the hall and we’ll talk to the Secretary of Defense or whoever he’s gonna talk to. Right then I get a notification, oh, I’m still on the call, we have the shooting of Ashli Babbitt. And I said we have shots firing, I still remember yelling over the phone. We have shots firing on the U.S. Capitol, is that urgent enough for you now?"

 

According to Sund, the National Guard didn't show up until 6 p.m., hours after the fatal shooting of Babbitt. He also claimed that the Pentagon deployed resources to the homes of generals, but not the Capitol.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/it-was-pelosi-former-capitol-police-chief-reveals-set-behind-january-6

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:12 a.m. No.19341038   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1064 >>1087 >>1173 >>1304

Protect your children

 

Oprah Winfrey spotted helping at Maui wildfire shelter as flames rage on

 

Part-time Maui resident Oprah Winfrey on Thursday gave her time and support to wildfire evacuees at a makeshift shelter as devastating flames continued to rage on the once-idyllic island.

 

The media mogul, 69, was spotted handing out supplies and speaking with residents at the War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku, which has been converted into a shelter and resource center, Hawaii News Now reported.

 

“It’s a little overwhelming, you know,” Winfrey told the BBC in a brief, emotional video.

 

“But I’m really so pleased to have so many people, you know, supporting, and people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can.”

 

In one snapshot, Winfrey — one of Maui’s biggest private landowners — was pictured on a bed and looking concerned while speaking with residents forced to abandon their homes when the deadly flames closed in earlier this week, Hawaii News Now reported.

 

In another photo, she posed alongside four other evacuees, whose bright smiles hinted at a brief moment of levity amid an otherwise disastrous event.

 

The former talk show host, who has lived on the island part-time for at least 15 years, offered to bring supplies — including cots, blankets, and toiletries, the relief group Kakoo-Haleakala told the news outlet.

 

In a video shared by the group, Winfrey, wearing a straw hat, is seen organizing what appears to be blankets and pillows.

 

https://nypost.com/2023/08/11/oprah-winfrey-at-maui-wildfire-shelter-how-you-can-help/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:14 a.m. No.19341057   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1073 >>1117 >>1173 >>1304

Record-Breaking 17,700 Pounds of Cocaine Seized in the Netherlands

 

Netherlands customs agents in the port of Rotterdam recently seized some 17,778 pounds of cocaine in a single shipment, in what Dutch authorities have said was the largest-ever haul in the nation’s history.

 

Trained sniffer dogs detected the drugs, which were hidden in 12 pallets of bananas. A subsequent search revealed 8,064 one-kilo packages of cocaine, with an estimated street value of 600 million euro ($657 million).

 

The customs agents made the catch on July 13, but didn’t immediately release the information to the public in order to avoid interfering with their investigation of the shipment.

 

The drugs were shipped from Ecuador via Panama to Rotterdam, the city’s public prosecutor’s office said in a news statement.

 

Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe. In recent years, the port has seen a great increase in mass-shipments of cocaine—and in the intimidation of port workers by organized crime organizations.

 

“Serious violence related to the cocaine market seems to be increasing,” according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

 

Worse still, the organization said that “there are indications that corruption related to the cocaine market is present in other sectors of European society.”

 

A report from the EMCDDA indicates that record quantities of cocaine have been seized in European ports every year since 2017.

 

Ports in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain account for more than 70 percent of cocaine seized in Europe. However, increasing amounts of cocaine seized elsewhere on the continent suggest that the drug-trafficking gangs are extending their activities to ports where drug enforcement is less pervasive.

 

In February, the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp announced they were teaming up with five multinational shipping companies to take measures against drug traffickers.

 

The joint effort will involve so-called smart containers that trigger an alarm when tampered with, enhanced employee screening, and “the exchange of information and the development of more international security standards to combat crime and global drug smuggling.”

 

https://www.ntd.com/record-breaking-17700-pounds-of-cocaine-seized-in-the-netherlands_935916.html

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:31 a.m. No.19341154   🗄️.is 🔗kun

2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Ukraine

 

UKRAINE (Tier 2)

 

The Government of Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; therefore Ukraine remained on Tier 2. These efforts included significantly increasing cooperation with European counterparts on anti-trafficking investigations despite diminished resources and capacity due to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. For the second consecutive year, the government also allocated more money to its national budget for anti-trafficking measures. Finally, the government increased awareness efforts, especially among displaced Ukrainians, and screened for potential trafficking victims amongst vulnerable populations. During the reporting period, Ukraine’s government operated on a total-war footing to withstand Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion, performing a range of core functions to mitigate trafficking risks despite major war-related challenges, continued Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure targets, and displacement of nearly one-third of Ukraine’s population, many of whom faced increased human trafficking risks. However, the government did not meet the minimum standards in several key areas. Authorities prosecuted and convicted fewer traffickers, and most convicted traffickers avoided imprisonment. This lenient sentencing weakened deterrence, did not adequately reflect the nature of the crime, and undercut broader efforts to fight trafficking. Despite persistent concerns about corruption fostering impunity for trafficking crimes, for the sixth consecutive year the government did not secure any convictions of complicit officials. The government identified fewer victims and, while the government took some steps to protect unaccompanied children, deficiencies in the government’s oversight of children evacuated from Ukrainian care institutions, increased their trafficking risk. NGOs continued to identify systemic shortcomings in the implementation of the NRM and victim services.

 

https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ukraine/

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:34 a.m. No.19341178   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1196 >>1304

1,100 US troops in Niger to remain for the time being, Pentagon says

 

American service members deployed to Niger will stay there for now amid diplomatic efforts to restore the democratically elected president to power in the West African country, the Pentagon has decided.

 

Hundreds of U.S. troops are assigned to Base 201, a $100 million drone site in Agadez, in central Niger. In addition, Army personnel routinely carry out training elsewhere in the country, which is being ruled by a military junta following a reported coup July 26.

 

In all, about 1,100 U.S. service members are in Niger. Continued U.S. military presence there is a powerful signal to the people, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said at a news conference Tuesday.

 

“The fact that our force posture has not changed sends a message that we're committed to the region, we're committed to Niger,” Singh said. “If something does happen that needs to adjust, we will adjust, but right now that is where we stand.”

 

The U.S. has paused some security cooperation efforts and isn’t conducting military training, she said. But Singh added that the halt is temporary and that the DOD will continue to engage militarily with Niger as negotiations to end the “attempted coup” continue.

 

Her word choice in describing the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum was notable because U.S. law restricts the provision of military and other assistance if a coup is formally designated.

 

Such a determination would deal a significant blow to American efforts to counter Islamic militants in the Sahel region of West Africa, as the U.S. could be forced to abandon the drone site and sever ties with Niger’s military.

 

On Monday, a senior State Department official gave a sobering assessment of that possibility in recapping talks with Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou and three other junta representatives. The discussions were described as frank and difficult.

 

“It was not easy to get traction there,” acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told reporters. “They are quite firm in their view on how they want to proceed, and it does not comport with the constitution of Niger.”

 

Barmou was told of the potential risks if the junta continues in its present direction, Nuland said, adding that he is in a position to understand the impact after years of working with U.S. Special Forces.

 

American officials are hopeful that the nearly 30-year relationship with Barmou, which included his attendance at National Defense University in Washington, will help restore democracy, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

 

During the more than two-hour meeting, junta leaders didn’t reveal much about their thinking regarding the Russian military group Wagner. But they appeared to be aware of the threat to Niger’s sovereignty that use of mercenaries posed, she said.

 

Nuland’s comments followed reports on Sunday that the junta had asked Wagner for assistance.

 

Singh downplayed those reports, saying that the U.S. had seen no indication that Wagner is involved in events in Niger or that Wagner forces are helping the junta.

 

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2023-08-09/niger-us-army-junta-10994315.html

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:43 a.m. No.19341227   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Bill Gates Claims He's Innocent of Vaccine Crimes: Experts Warn Vaccines Linked to Meat Allergies

 

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

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:44 a.m. No.19341235   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1265 >>1304

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan opposes Weiss's selection as Hunter Biden special prosecutor

 

Jordan spokesman says Weiss gave a sweetheart deal to Hunter before it blew up and can't be trusted.

 

The chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee on Friday opposed Attorney General Merrick's Garland's selection of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to be the special counsel in the Biden family investigation, saying the prosecutor couldn't be trusted after offering a now-scuttled "sweetheart deal" to Hunter Biden a month ago.

 

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, also signaled in a statement from his spokesman that he plans to proceed with a hearing requiring Weiss to testify why Hunter Biden was going to be spared prison for tax evasion and gun charges and whether he had been blocked by DOJ to bring more serious charges,

 

"David Weiss can’t be trusted and this is just a new way to whitewash the Biden family’s corruption," Jordan spokesman Russell Dye said. "Weiss has already signed off on a sweetheart plea deal that was so awful and unfair that a federal judge rejected it.

 

"We will continue to pursue facts brought to light by brave whistleblowers as well as Weiss’s inconsistent statements to Congress," he added.

 

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Kentucky, wrote in a statement on X, the platform previously called Twitter, that this move by the Justice Department is occurring to stonewall evidence against the Biden family brought forward by the committee.

 

"Let's be clear on what today's move is really about," Comer wrote. "The Biden Justice Department is trying to stonewall congressional oversight as we have presented evidence to the American people about the Biden family's corruption."

 

The House Oversight Committee put out a statement on social media, alleging that the DOJ is attempting a cover-up for the first family.

 

"The Justice Department’s misconduct and politicization in the Biden criminal investigation already allowed the statute of limitations to run with respect to egregious felonies committed by Hunter Biden," the statement reads.

 

"Justice Department officials refused to follow evidence that could have led to Joe Biden, tipped off the Biden transition team and Hunter Biden’s lawyers about planned interviews and searches, and attempted to sneakily place Hunter Biden on the path to a sweetheart plea deal," the statement continued.

 

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/house-judiciary-chairman-jim-jordan-opposes-weisss-selection-hunter

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:50 a.m. No.19341270   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1304

China Detains Military Worker Allegedly Spying for CIA

 

China's Ministry of State Security announced on Friday that a military-industrial worker had been detained for allegedly passing sensitive information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

 

State-run media reported that "compulsory measures" have been taken against the alleged spy, and the case has been turned over to the prosecutors.

 

According to the statement, "Zeng," 52, was recruited in Italy, where he had gone for studies. There, he allegedly met a CIA agent stationed at a U.S. Embassy in Rome and was recruited.

 

Chinese authorities allege the Chinese national gave sensitive information to the CIA in exchange for "a huge amount of compensation" and assistance to immigrate to the United States.

 

The state-controlled CCTV reported that Mr. Zeng signed an espionage agreement and received training before he returned to China, where he carried out espionage duties. The Chinese tabloid Global Times reported that the CIA agent's name was "Seth" and that Mr. Zeng had been recruited over the course of outings, such as dinner parties and operas.

 

"Seth took advantage of this to instill Western values into Zeng. Under Seth’s solicitation, Zeng’s political stance was shaken,” Global Times reported.

 

"Zeng agreed and signed an espionage agreement with the US side and accepted the assessment and training from the US. After his studies abroad, Zeng returned to China and continued to meet secretly with CIA personnel many times, providing a large amount of China's core information to the US and collecting espionage funds from the CIA," the report said.

 

Reports did not specify when the recruitment took place.

 

The Epoch Times contacted the U.S. Embassy in Beijing for comment.

Beijing's Counterespionage Push

 

In early August, China's Ministry of State Security said all Chinese citizens should join counterespionage work and report suspicious activity.

 

The agency opened a WeChat account and made the announcement as its first post, making the recommendation for this reporting system that would normalize citizen spying through rewards.

 

In July, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) revised anti-espionage law took effect, dramatically broadening the definition of espionage in a move that outsiders view as a means to further target foreign individuals and companies in China.

 

Passing state secrets to an espionage organization or foreign entity is no longer the limit of the definition, as "other documents, data, materials, and items related to national security and interests" given to "key information infrastructure" is also considered espionage.

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/china-detains-military-worker-allegedly-spying-for-cia-5459375

Anonymous ID: c79d4a Aug. 11, 2023, 11:59 a.m. No.19341319   🗄️.is 🔗kun

New Global Internet Censorship Tool Kit – By Google

 

Google’s new global censorship tool’s purpose (found HERE) is to eliminate dissent on any topic Google selects.

 

https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/markuptool

 

Googles partners are the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), plus 71 PAGES of other partners listed in the fine print on this website.

 

Google’s algorithms are designed to delete websites that criticize topics such as:

 

COVID-19 statistics

 

the World Bank

 

the FBI’s crime statistics

 

a one-world global government

…and many more

 

https://youtu.be/Q0RcyKwaIU8

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/new-global-internet-censorship-tool-kit-google/5828530