McConnell Malfunctions: Senate Minority Leader Glitches Hard In Shocking Second Incident
https://twitter.com/HannahPThomas/status/1696936240040321474
CORRUPTION RUNS DEEP IN MAUI: Democrat Megadonor Sentenced in Maui County Bribery Case
Democrat megadonor Milton Choy of Hawaii was sentenced to three years in prison for being involved in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme that involved both state and county officials.
Honolulu District Court Judge Derrick Watson sentenced Choy, the founder of H2O Process Systems, to a 41-month sentence along with three years of supervised release.
Choy was found guilty in September after an investigation revealed he spent “more than $2 million over the course of six years bribing Stewart Stant, the former director of Maui’s Department of Environmental Management, in exchange for more than $19 million in no-bid contracts.”
Besides bribing Stant, Choy also bribed former Hawaii state lawmakers J. Kalani English and Ty Cullen who have been found guilty and sentenced to Federal prison for Honest Services Wire Fraud.
Per KITV:
Honolulu businessman Milton Choy was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his involvement in a Maui County bribery case.
On Tuesday, Aug. 29, in Honolulu Federal Court, Choy was sentenced to 41 months in prison with three years of supervised release.
Choy is the owner and manager of H20 Process Systems, LLC and had offered bribes to Maui County officials, including Stewart Stant, an agent for Maui County’s Department of Environmental Management. The bribes had taken place between October 2012 and December 2018.
Throughout the case, Choy had been cooperative with law enforcement investigators and Michael Green, Choy’s lawyer, stated that Choy has agreed to cooperate until the very end. Both the prosecution and the judge acknowledged that because of Choy’s ongoing cooperation, they were able to bring corrupt officials to justice.
According to KHON 2, Milton and his affiliates have donated well over $300,000 in “legal” donations to various democratic officials campaigns.
Donation records recorded by Open Secrets reveal Choy donated to political PACs outside of the state of Hawaii too.
In October of 2018, Choy donated $10,000 to the Democratic Party of California.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/corruption-runs-deep-maui-democrat-megadonor-sentenced-maui/
Alabama Lawmaker Charged With Felony Voter Fraud After Allegedly Voting in District Where He Does Not Live
An Alabama state lawmaker was arrested on Tuesday evening on felony voter fraud charges.
Madison County Alabama jail records reveal Republican state representative David Cole of Huntsville was arrested on voter fraud charges that allege he voted in a district where he did not live.
After Rep. Cole’s arrest, Alabama’s House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter issued a statement saying, “In recent years, the Alabama House has prioritized legislation that promotes election integrity, and we believe that any allegation of fraud must be addressed regardless of the party, public official, or candidate involved.”
Previously, Libertarian candidate Elijah Boyd filed an election challenge in civil court against Rep. Cole that claimed Cole lives outside of Alabama’s District 10.
Per The Associated Press:
An Alabama legislator was arrested Tuesday on felony voter fraud charges accusing him of voting in a district where he did not live.
Republican Rep. David Cole of Huntsville was arrested on charges of voting in an unauthorized location, according to Madison County Jail records. The details of the charge were not immediately available in court records, but the arrest comes after accusations that Cole did not live in the district in which he was elected.
Cole, a doctor and Army veteran, was elected to the House of Representatives last year.
Voter fraud is a Class C felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The Alabama attorney general’s office is prosecuting the case against Cole, a spokeswoman confirmed.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/alabama-lawmaker-charged-felony-voter-fraud-after-voting/
Arizona Firm Operated by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma’s Brother Acquires Majority Stake in Runbeck Election Services – Company Runs Early Voting in Maricopa County
An Arizona investment firm closely linked to Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma has acquired a majority stake in Runbeck Election Services, the third-party company that is contracted for mail-in ballots in Maricopa County elections.
Toma has come under fire in the past when it was discovered that Runbeck President And COO Jeff Ellington chairs a company affiliated with Toma’s Family.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported on the shady connection between Runbeck and Ben Toma in the aftermath of the stolen Arizona midterm election that was riddled with corruption.
Many questions surround what really goes on at the secretive far-left private company that is running elections in Maricopa County.
Runbeck could currently be facing potential legal action from Arizona legislators over a refusal to comply with public records requests related to a legislative investigation. Kari Lake’s attorneys are also suing Runbeck for public records related to Lake’s lawsuit against the stolen election. However, State Rep. Alex Kolodin says he is “cautiously optimistic” that this will no longer be needed.
Arizona Daily Independent reports:
Lincoln Shields, a subsidiary of Black Mountain Investment Company, acquired a majority stake in Runbeck Election Services on August 18, 2023, according to their recent announcement. The transaction will provide Runbeck with a capital infusion the company says will allow it to expand its services and offerings.
Black Mountain is an Arizona based investment firm involved in a number of different sectors of the economy. Its CEO is Mihai Toma, whose family escaped the communists in Romania. Toma’s brother Ben serves as Arizona’s Speaker of the House, and has been a vocal advocate for election integrity measures, including several he introduced himself to improve both the transparency and accountability of Arizona’s elections process. Both Speaker Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen have also supported the legal challenges launched by 2022 Attorney General nominee Abe Hamadeh.
“This is obviously good news for election reformers, because you’ve got this family that knows what the radical left is all about, and they are going to be in a position to safeguard and hopefully improve an important part of the election process.” said one excited Arizona election observer. “Imagine how bad you would feel if George Soros bought the company. Now flip it 180 degrees because the opposite just happened. That’s how good you should feel.”
Arizona State Rep Alex Kolodin, who is leading the charge in obtaining elections records from Runbeck, told The Gateway Pundit, “I am cautiously optimistic about the potential for this change in ownership to translate into meaningful actions that make Runbeck’s processes more transparent and secure.”
Republican voters and politicians must leverage Toma’s involvement in the company and push him to clean Runbeck up. However, this could mean Arizona never gets rid of mail-in ballots.
Contact Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma to demand transparency and answers from Runbeck.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/arizona-firm-operated-arizona-house-speaker-ben-tomas/
Millions Of Brits Told Not To Heat Homes At Night As Part Of 'Net Zero' Climate Goals
Britain's Climate Change Committee (CCC) has urged millions of Britons to not heat their homes in the evening to help the government hit its net zero target.
No, they aren't urging elites to ditch their private jets for commercial, or not to burn 1,000 of fuel taking the yacht out for a jaunt. Chris Stark, head of the CCC, wants ordinary citizens to turn off their electric heaters (heat pumps) at night as part of a wider drive to deliver "emissions savings," which includes a shift away from gas boilers - which Chris, a hypocrite, still has.
Contained in a document on "behavior change," the CCC recommended that Britons instead "pre-heat" their houses in the afternoons when electricity use is lower, and would theoretically save families money.
"There is significant potential to deliver emissions savings, just by changing the way we use our homes," reads the CCC's sixth "carbon budget" paper, which lays out how the UK should reduce its emissions between 2033-37.
"Where homes are sufficiently well insulated, it is possible to pre-heat ahead of peak times, enabling access to cheaper tariffs which reflect the reduced costs associated with running networks and producing power during off-peak times."
Critics boil
"The grid is already creaking and daft ideas like this show just how much worse it will become," Andrew Montford, the director of Net Zero Watch, told The Telegraph. "It's clear that renewables are a disaster in the making. We now need political leaders with the courage to admit it."
And according to Tory MP Craig Mackinlay, head of his party's Net Zero Scrutiny group, "It is becoming clear that adherence to judicable Carbon Budgets and edicts coming from the CCC are developing into farce."
"The Climate Change Act 2008 will require amendment to free us from madcap and impractical targets foisted upon the population by long departed politicians.
"This latest advice to freeze ourselves on cold evenings merely shows the truth that the dream of plentiful and cheap renewable energy is a sham.
"I came into politics to improve all aspects of my constituents’ lives, not make them colder and poorer," he told The Telegraph.
Lower bills?
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/millions-britons-told-not-heat-homes-night-hit-net-zero-target
Former NYT CEO Mark Thompson To Lead CNN
Warner Bros. Discovery has appointed Mark Thompson as the next CEO and chairman of CNN, and will take the reins just as the 2024 presidential race kicks into high gear.
On Wednesday, the company announced that Thompson, who was knighted by Jimmy Savile pal King Charles earlier this year, will replace outsted CEO Chris Licht - who oversaw the mass firings of various woke talking heads in an attempt to restore credibility to the Russiagate hoax-peddling propaganda outlet.
"There isn’t a more experienced, respected or capable executive in the news business today than Mark, and we are thrilled to have him join our team and lead CNN Worldwide into the future," said Warner CEO David Zaslav in a Wednesday press release. Thompson will report to Zaslav, while a leadership team that has been in place since Licht's departure will continue in their roles, Deadline reports.
He will face immediate pressing issues, including CNN’s latest attempt to venture into streaming with the pending debut of CNN Max. That portal, to be part of the WBD streaming service Max, will feature the CNN International live feed as well as new programming from CNN talent. The network has made several previous dives into the streaming arena, and will be trying to catch up to its rivals. MSNBC had a hub on Peacock’s premium tier, while Fox News has the subscription streaming service Fox Nation. All of the major broadcast networks also have their own ad-supported services.
At The New York Times, where served as president and CEO from 2012 to 2020, Thompson is credited with dramatically increasing digital subscriptions and more than doubling digital revenues, as the media outlet became one of the success stories of the transition from print. Among other things, the Times established digital brands like the podcast The Daily and features content like Wirecutter. -Deadline
Thompson, a 40-year news veteran, has had quite the interesting career path, hopping from the BBC to the Guardian, and then to the NY Times, where he served as its CEO from 2012 to 2020.
"I couldn’t be more excited about the chance to join CNN after years of watching it and competing against it with a mixture of admiration and envy. The world needs accurate trustworthy news now more than ever and we’ve never had more ways of meeting that need at home and abroad. Where others see disruption, I see opportunity. I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and get down to work with my new colleagues to build a successful future for CNN," Thompson said in a statement.
We can't wait to see what he does with the Fake News Network…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-nyt-ceo-mark-thompson-lead-cnn
Biden Looks to Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War
The US and its allies are negotiating deals with Ukraine for long-term military support that could be hard for a future president to exit
The Biden administration is working to reach a deal with Ukraine for long-term military support to keep backing the war with Russia that would be difficult for a future president to exit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The effort is part of a commitment made by G7 nations at the recent NATO summit in Vilnius to negotiate their own bilateral security deals with Ukraine. Besides the G7 nations, 18 other countries have agreed to provide long-term military support for Kyiv.
The idea of the long-term commitment is to show Russia that it can’t wait out the Biden administration. The Journal report reads: “Western officials are looking for ways to lock in pledges of support and limit future governments’ abilities to backtrack, amid fears in European capitals that Donald Trump, if he recaptures the White House, would seek to scale back aid.”
Trump, who escalated US involvement in Ukraine during his term by taking the step to provide Javelin missiles, has said he would end the Ukraine war within “24 hours” if elected in 2024. The former president is the current frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
The Journal report acknowledged that the Biden administration could not legally bind a future president from exiting a deal with Ukraine, but Republican hawks in Congress could make it difficult. During his time as president, Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, but the majority of Republicans in Congress supported exiting the agreement.
A US official told the Journal that one proposal being considered for Ukraine would be a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which would not require congressional approval. President Biden has previously floated the idea of an “Israel model” for Ukraine. The US provides Israel with $3.8 billion in military aid each year under a 10-year MOU but does not provide mutual defense guarantees. The Journal report said that French officials have suggested military aid commitments for Ukraine should be over a four-year period.
https://news.antiwar.com/2023/08/29/biden-looks-to-prevent-future-president-from-ending-ukraine-war/
UK Parliament Declares Taiwan an ‘Independent Country’ as Top Diplomat Travels to Communist China
The House of Commons has once again upstaged the Conservative government on Communist China, declaring on Wednesday that Taiwan is indeed an “independent country” as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly landed in Beijing.
In a direct repudiation of the CCP’s so-called “One China Policy”, a report published by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee stated that “Taiwan is already an independent country, under the name Republic of China (ROC)”.
Since the Chinese Civil War, Beijing has maintained that there can only be one sovereign nation with the name ‘China’, the communist People’s Republic of China (PRC) of the mainland. With waning support from the West, Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalists fled from Mao Zedong’s Red Army to the island of Taiwan in 1949 where it continued its Republic of China government, a descendent of which is still in power to this day. The island has also maintained an independent military, culture, currency, and written language from the communist mainland.
Although the CCP has never ruled over Taiwan, like other territories in the region, it has attempted to justify its claims to the island on questionable history, maintaining the questionable notion that China has controlled Taiwan for two millennia. The Foreign Affairs Committee noted, however, that while historical governments such as the Manchu Empire exerted control over the island, it was still for the most part self-governing even then.
Despite this, Beijing’s ‘One China’ policy has been the international status quo since U.S. President Jimmy Carter officially recognised the PRC communist government in 1978 and broke off official relations with Taiwan. The move from the “Mother of Parliaments” in Westminster to break with the mollycoddling policy towards the CCP is therefore not insignificant.
Stating that Taiwan’s sovereignty is “only lacking greater international recognition,” the Foreign Affairs Committee said: “Taiwan possesses all the qualifications for statehood, including a permanent population, a defined territory, government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/08/30/uk-parliament-declares-taiwan-an-independent-country-as-top-diplomat-travels-to-communist-china/
Pope Francis Calls on Nations to ‘End the Era of Fossil Fuel’
Pope Francis has doubled down in his personal war on fossil fuels while condemning “extreme practices” such as fracking.
It is time world leaders to “listen to science and institute a rapid and equitable transition to end the era of fossil fuel,” the pontiff urges in his message for the Feast of Creation, to be celebrated on September 1.
It is “absurd to permit the continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructures,” he insists. “Let us raise our voices to halt this injustice towards the poor and towards our children, who will bear the worst effects of climate change.”
“The unrestrained burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of forests are pushing temperatures higher and leading to massive droughts,” the pope declares, a product of “consumerist greed, fueled by selfish hearts.”
Moreover, he states, “predatory industries are depleting and polluting our freshwater sources through extreme practices such as fracking for oil and gas extraction, unchecked mega-mining projects, and intensive animal farming.”
As he has declared on other occasions, Francis insists that “richer nations have contracted an ‘ecological debt’ that must be paid” to poorer nations.
“Let us heed our call to stand with the victims of environmental and climate injustice, and to put an end to the senseless war against creation,” he exhorts.
Let us repent of our “ecological sins,” he urges, that “harm the world of nature and our fellow men and women.”
What Francis does not note in his message is the fact that cheap, abundant fossil fuels are a hugely important factor in economic development and one of the key reasons there are prosperous nations in the first place.
“One of the most evil things you can do to a poor person is take away his freedom to improve his fate,” Forbes observed several years ago, and this is exactly what happens in a push “for massive restrictions on the energy of opportunity: fossil fuel energy.”
“A brief history of development in the last three decades makes it clear that cheap, plentiful, reliable energy from fossil fuels is a winning formula for development and massive improvements in human life,” the article noted, citing the examples of China and India.
https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2023/08/30/pope-francis-calls-on-nations-to-end-the-era-of-fossil-fuel/
FEMA officials staying at $1,000-per-night luxury hotels in Maui while surviving Lahaina residents suffer without housing, supplies
The government has arrived in Maui and is there to help … themselves to fine dining and luxurious accommodations at some of Hawaii's fanciest hotels and resorts.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are reportedly staying at $1,000-per-night luxury hotels while gorging on caviar and getting massages – all while the survivors of the Maui fire in Lahaina struggle to survive.
After its director, Deanne Criswell, begged Congress for more taxpayer cash to fund its operations, FEMA is now taking over Hawaii celebrity-style as it seeks to "help" those in need of emergency supplies and care.
Located about 45 minutes away from Lahaina, the luxury resorts where FEMA is staying are known to be frequented by celebrities and other wealthy elites. They include names like the five-star Fairmont Kea Lani, the Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria.
FEMA says there was no other choice but to stay at Hawaii's fanciest hotels
In a statement to the media following these revelations, FEMA tried to write it all off as just a normal part of the job in helping survivors of natural disasters find government relief.
"In the immediate aftermath of the tragic Maui wildfires, FEMA surged personnel, including hundreds of search and rescue teams, to provide relief to the survivors and support to the state and local governments as quickly as possible," the agency said.
"To complete that mission, FEMA selects hotels where all responders can be centrally located to ensure the most effective response possible. Due to the lack of available lodging, FEMA negotiated government rates, at the lowest possible cost, for staff temporarily staying in the available hotels."
Once FEMA transitions into "recovery" mode, it says its personnel will eventually "move to longer term, more affordable responder lodging as they fulfill our commitment to support Maui."
The Fairmont Kea Lani, by the way, boasts on its website that it is the "only all-suite" hotel in Hawaii. Hawaiian for "heavenly white," the Fairmont Kea Lani has been frequented by ex-James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, offering "gourmet dining" to its ultra-wealthy guests.
"The 780 rooms come with either one or two bedrooms, measuring at least 860 square feet, and have private balconies so that visitors can soak up the sunset views of what the hotel calls 'an oceanside paradise,'" reports indicate.
Over at the Four Seasons, which boasts 15 lavish acres, FEMA personnel are lounging around at the famous white fountain pool, which was once visited by Kanye West.
The Grand Wailea is another popular destination for wealthy elite, having served as the filming destination for the romantic comedy Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, and Nicole Kidman.
"The hotel is set on 40 acres of tropical gardens and sits right on one of Maui's most beautiful beaches, Wailea Beach," reports explain.
"And there are 100 FEMA officials staying at the four-star Marriott Wailea Beach Resort for $531 per night, a company insider said, but where rooms currently on offer to the general public start at $749."
Contrary to FEMA's claims, there are plenty of less-expensive hotels scattered throughout the area that government officials could have stayed at for far less – but why would they when American taxpayers seem to have no problem with letting their government run up a blank check for just about everything these days?
A local government official in Hawaii named "Kaleo," who chose to withhold his surname for protection, called FEMA's decision to stay at Maui's fanciest hotels "selfish," which it absolutely is.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/08/fema-officials-staying-at-1000-per.html
Farmers Insurance lays off 2,400 workers as insurers pull back from California
Farmers Insurance, one of the nation’s largest property and casualty insurers, is laying off 2,400 workers, representing 11% of its total workforce.
The Los Angeles-based company cited a need to reduce operational costs and focus on “long-term sustainable profitability” in an announcement Monday to explain the job cuts.
This has been a chaotic year for the California insurance market, and this isn’t the first dramatic move that Farmers, the second-largest home and auto insurer in California, has made in recent months.
In July, the company announced that it was not planning on accelerating its growth in the state, and would keep writing new policies at the same pace as before. In a typical year, this would not constitute news — but in 2023, it amounted to a shot across the bow for homeowners, builders and state regulators.
State Farm, the top home insurer in the state, had announced in May that it was hitting pause on writing new home insurance policies in the state, saying that rising construction costs from inflation, ballooning reinsurance fees and growing wildfire risks were making it difficult to add more policies. Allstate, sixth largest in the state, hit pause last year. Farmers’ announcement was an admission that it didn’t intend to fill the void left by its competitors’ pullback.
“Given the existing conditions of the insurance industry and the impact they are having on our business, we need to take decisive actions today to better position Farmers for future success,” Raul Vargas, president and chief executive of Farmers Group, said in the layoff announcement Monday. “As our industry continues to face macroeconomic challenges, we must carefully manage risk and prudently align our costs with our strategic plans for sustainable profitability.”
The “existing conditions” and “macroeconomic challenges” that Vargas refers to are the same rising costs for reconstruction and risk of severe weather events, including fires, floods and tropical storms, that State Farm pointed to earlier this year. Those factors also have driven up the costs of the reinsurance policies that insurance companies take out to cover their own losses in case of major catastrophic events.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/08/farmers-insurance-lays-off-2400-workers-as-insurers-pull-back-from-california/
U.S. Government Funds Study to Target Black Girls to Receive More Doses of the Deadly Gardasil Vaccine that Causes Infertility
Brenda Baletti of Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is reporting today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is funding research at Rutgers University on how to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) Gardasil vaccine among Black adolescents, with a $600,000 three-year grant which will be administered by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
CHD allegedly received this information via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is funding research at Rutgers University on how to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among Black adolescents, documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed.
HHS awarded the $600,000, three-year, grant, which will be administered by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to Racquel Elizabeth Kohler, Ph.D.
It is one of nearly 50 grants identified by CHD in June — totaling more than $40 million — awarded by HHS to universities, healthcare systems and departments of public health to increase HPV vaccine uptake among adolescents.
The grant fits into a broader research program across HHS, including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars toward creating “culturally tailored” strategies to increase vaccine uptake among “vaccine-hesitant” communities of color.
Kohler’s research seeks to overcome vaccine “hesitancy” by developing text messages, or “tailored interventions,” to send to Black families following an HPV vaccine recommendation by their provider.
The project hypothesizes that follow-up tailored text messages will increase vaccine confidence and motivate Black parents to vaccinate their children. (Full article.)
We have extensively covered the deep corruption surrounding this horrible vaccine publishing hundreds of articles including heartbreaking personal stories of girls and young women who have died or been permanently crippled from the HPV vaccines.
A search on the Health Impact News network for “HPV vaccine” will return over 500 articles over the past decade.
French physician Dr. Dalbergue, who worked for Merck, the pharmaceutical company that produces Gardasil, previously stated that he thought the Gardasil vaccine would become the greatest medical scandal of all time. (Source.)
But that was in 2014, long before the COVID scandal became the greatest medical scandal of all time starting in 2020.
Gardasil is linked to heart disease (POTS) and many autoimmune diseases, as well as premature menopause, or “Primary Ovarian Failure.”
https://vaccineimpact.com/2023/u-s-government-funds-study-to-target-black-girls-to-receive-more-doses-of-the-deadly-gardasil-vaccine-that-causes-infertility/
California Pays Nonprofit Encouraging Kids To Identify As ‘Foxgender,’ Teaching Schools To Hide It
The state of California has awarded a nine-year grant to a group that encourages students to identify as a wide variety of bizarre genders, including “foxgender,” and teaches school districts how to hide it from parents.
The California Department of Public Health has awarded a total of $2.3 million to a nonprofit called Gender Spectrum for activities such as developing “concrete strategies for applying the lens of gender diversity to school practices,” according to an investigation from the watchdog group OpenTheBooks.
The grant is intended for Gender Spectrum to conduct a “rigorous evaluation” of whether its own programs work.
Among those programs is the development of a six-page form for students to submit school districts their pronouns and whether school staff needs to hide their use of those pronouns from their parents.
“It’s not always the case that caregivers are supportive of their child’s gender, their gender journey, in that case, if parents are not supportive or if the child is not out, that’s not necessarily someone who will be part of the gender support team,” said Director of Training Carla Pena at the group’s annual Gender Spectrum Family Conference last year.
Naomi Cruz, the group’s manager of family and educational programming, gave a presentation at the conference called “Intro to Neoidentities and Neopronouns.” The presentation said pronouns may “describe gender as a personal, aesthetic, synesthetic, or head-space oriented experience.” They include “noun genders” like “foxgender, moongender, and rockgender,” and even “emojiself pronouns,” such as “:)self.”
Cruz said “foxself” describes someone who identifies with “aspects of a fox, whether that’s their appearance, their personality, or how they’re viewed in society.”
“Our youth are becoming more and more independent regarding their self expression. Instead of trying to fit into premade boxes, they’re using their unique identities and forms of expression to create terminology to describe themselves,” the presentation said.
The presentation said that youth are on a “gender journey” and their genders will likely change over time, but that parents should “affirm” those identities — unless, of course, those identifies appropriate a “racial, ethnic, religious or disability group they are not part of.”
In that case, parents should say, “I understand that this term means something to you, but perhaps we can create another term or another pronoun that also has a meaning to you, but isn’t specific to a certain racial, ethnic, or other group where there are closed identities and pronouns.”
It is unclear why youth do not have to gain permission from foxes before appropriating them.
Though Gender Spectrum wants to push its programs on children across the country, it appears to have taken down its website after it attracted attention.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/08/california-pays-nonprofit-encouraging.html
Congressmen Visit Rebel-Controlled Syria, Meet with al-Qaeda Linked Group
Three Congressmen traveled to a region of Syria controlled by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda. The Congressional delegation met with several Syrians who were suffering and blamed President Bashar al-Assad for poor living conditions.
Republican Congressmen Ben Cline, Scott Fitzgerald, and French Hill spent about thirty minutes inside rebel-held Syrian territory on Sunday morning, according to the Washington Post. The State Department limited the travel of the Representatives over security concerns.
The short visit to Syria included stops at the Bab al-Salama border post and a hospital in the Aleppo district. The region is controlled by HTS, which the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says “evolved from Jabhat al-Nusra, or “Nusra Front,” al-Qeada’s former branch in Syria.”
HTS hopes to overthrow Assad to establish a “government guided by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law.” Additionally, the DNI admits the group uses common terror tactics such as suicide bombings.
Still, Congressman Hill voiced support for HTS’s desire to overthrow Assad. “The Assad regime’s production and distribution of [illegal drugs] is threatening regional societies and financially fueling Assad’s reign of terror, which must be stopped,” he said while in Syria. “The Syrian people have endured more than a decade of war, murder, and torture. It is imperative that nations across the globe, including the United States, work together to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and to counter the Assad regime.”
However, Washington’s decade-long policy of attempting to overthrow Assad’s government has led to the intense suffering of the Syrian people. During the Obama administration, the CIA armed and funded rebel groups opposing Assad. The program fueled the insurgency and led to the rise of the Islamic State and other jihad groups in Syria, such as HTS and Nusra.
Syria has been heavily targeted by American sanctions. The economic warfare against Damascus has caused widespread suffering of the Syrian people. Earlier this year, after a massive earthquake struck Syria, the White House refused to lift sanctions on Damascus, preventing crucial aid from reaching victims.
Congressman Hill went on to call on other countries in the Middle East to refuse to normalize their relationship with Damascus. Doing so would boost Syria’s economic ties in the region and the living standards of the Syrian people.
While in Syria, the Congressmen met with members of the White Helmets. Through the Syrian war, the group has operated as a public relations management firm for jihadist groups, like Nusra.
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/congressmen-visit-rebel-controlled-syria-meet-with-al-qaeda-linked-group/
Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments.
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On August 19, when we demanded to know why Gofundme had refused to authorize the transfer of the funds we raised, a member of the site’s Trust and Safety Team identifying themselves simply as “Sabrina” emailed the Grayzone the following statement:
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https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/28/gofundme-freezes-grayzone-fundraiser/
Giuliani loses Georgia election workers' defamation lawsuit by default
The judge also ordered Giuliani to pay the plaintiffs' attorneys fees totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani lost by default Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by two Georgia election workers and a judge imposed sanctions on him in the case.
In a scathing 57-page ruling, federal Judge Beryl Howell criticized Giuliani for not producing evidence as required for the case filed by election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, resulting in the default loss.
The judge also ordered Giuliani to pay the plaintiffs' attorneys fees totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
The ruling follows Giuliani's concession in July that he made "false" and "defamatory" statements about the election workers.
The former New York mayor is already facing financial difficulties due to his numerous legal battles.
In addition to the civil case filed by Freeman and Moss, Giuliani has been criminally charged in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' probe of his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/giuliani-loses-georgia-election-workers-defamation-lawsuit-default
S.1851 - Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) 100th Congress (1987-1988)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1851
Biden's DOJ will not comply with subpoenas for 2 FBI agents in Hunter Biden case
The DOJ said the subpoenas "lack legal effect and cannot constitutionally be enforced."
On Tuesday night, the House Judiciary Committee was informed by Biden’s Department of Justice that it would not be cooperating with subpoenas issued to two FBI agents involved in investigations into Hunter Biden over limits set forth for their depositions.
In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, DOJ Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte told committee Chairman Jim Jordan that the subpoenas "lack legal effect and cannot constitutionally be enforced" because Jordan had prohibited DOJ lawyers from being in attendance at the depositions.
"The subpoenas issued by the Committee prohibit the attendance of agency counsel at appearances by two FBI employees where the Committee has indicated it will ask questions regarding information they learned within the scope of their official duties, including regarding the ongoing criminal investigation," Uriarte reportedly wrote.
Uriarte said that compelling testimony from FBI Baltimore Field Office special agents Thomas Sobocinski and Ryeshia Holley was "premature" because the DOJ has been open to continuing "discussions" with Jordan.
The rules set by Jordan align with House rules, which prohibit department counsel at depositions.
The DOJ and committee could still negotiate to have the duo appear voluntarily, with DOJ lawyers instead of being made to come forth in a deposition.
Uriarte reportedly warned throughout the letter that the DOJ’s investigation into Hunter Biden, led by the recently appointed special counsel David Weiss, was still ongoing and that information could be limited during that time.
He said that concerns about sharing nonpublic information about the current investigation "are heightened while a matter is open and investigative steps, prosecutorial decisions, or judicial proceedings are ongoing. As Mr. Weiss and his office have repeatedly stated, his investigation remains ongoing."
This comes in response to the committee sending out four subpoenas, two to the FBI agents, and an additional two to IRS agents, IRS Director of Field Operations Michael T Batdorf and IRS special agent in charge Darrell J Waldon.
Jim Jordan and Jason Smith said that the four agents have knowledge of a meeting that took place on October 7, 2022, in which David Weiss allegedly said he was not the "deciding person" on whether charges would be filed against Hunter Biden, despite being the top prosecutor in the case.
Waldon, Sobocinski, and Holley were said to have attended the October meeting, while Batdorf had "direct knowledge" of the meeting after receiving an email from Shapley detailing what had happened.
Smith and Jordan allege that the investigation into Hunter Biden has been 'purposefully slow-walked" based on testimony by two former IRS agents.
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-doj-will-not-comply-with-subpoenas-for-2-fbi-agents-in-hunter-biden-case
Dozens Arrested in Argentina-led Operation Against Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Argentina coordinated on Monday an international operation to dismantle networks that have produced and transmitted child sexual abuse material at home and abroad. This is the first action of its kind created and led by Buenos Aires.
"Operation International Partners for Children (Operación Internacional Aliados Por la Infancia)" resulted in 61 simultaneous raids in Argentina and 89 raids in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, the United States, Panama, Paraguay, and Puerto Rico.
In Argentina alone, 46 people were arrested and more than 700 technological devices related to illicit activities were seized, including notebooks, tablets, cell phones, storage devices, video game consoles, firearms, and ammunition, among other items. A total of 33 captures were recorded in the other South American countries.
“The operation involved the participation of almost all the country's security forces. Argentine Federal Police, National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture, City Police, Buenos Aires Police, and the provincial police of each district,” stated the Public Prosecutor's Office of Argentina.
The investigation was carried out through the ICACCOPS platform (Internet Crimes Against Children Child On-line Protection System), which is used to verify the trafficking of child sexual exploitation material on peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms.
By using this platform, the investigators were able to identify the IP addresses associated with suspected child sexual exploitation material, which made it possible to locate the owners and addresses of those involved.
"This is the first international action conceived and coordinated by Argentina to combat the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. It was achieved thanks to the joint work carried out by the authorities of the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (H.S.I.), and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the CABA", stated the Public Prosecutor's Office of Argentina.
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17979-dozens-arrested-in-argentina-led-operation-against-sexual-exploitation-of-minors
Health Canada looking to approve more mRNA-based COVID vaccines
Unsurprisingly, the timeline for the planned release of the fall COVID shots is more or less in lockstep with the United States, which is looking to release a new 'updated' jab as early as next month.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/health-canada-looking-to-approve-more-mrna-based-covid-vaccines/
Multiple Family Members or Couples Suffering COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries or Sudden Deaths.
No One Is Willing to Report It, Entire Families Are Being Wiped Out
https://www.globalresearch.ca/multiple-family-members-couples-suffering-covid-19-vaccine-injuries/5830761
BIDEN: "I don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. Just look around."
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1696964760233795945
Kidnappers Caught in the Act: Heroic Truck Driver Rescues “Approximately 15” Children Trapped in Padlocked Cages in the Back of Pickup Truck
In a spine-chilling incident, a vigilant truck driver, who goes by the name Michael, became a hero by alerting authorities about a deeply unsettling situation.
Michael was parked in a rest area off I-10 in a border state when he witnessed a pick-up truck pull up nearby. A man and woman proceeded to unlock a padlocked cage beneath a tarp in the back of the truck, from which they released several children.
According to the video uploaded by the truck driver, the kidnappers were seen ushering the children into and out of a bathroom at the rest area before locking them back into the cage.
“I’m sitting at a rest area. This truck pulls up, opens up the back. It’s like a cage-looking thing… That guy and this lady have a whole bunch of kids in the back of that truck… And then they take the padlock off, raise the tarp, and all these kids come out the back, and they’re forcing them into the bathroom,” Michael said.
“When they coming back out, they were pushing the kids back in there, locked them back in there, and pulled the f-cking tarp down.”
The truck driver’s instincts kicked in as he noticed the children were being pushed into the bathroom and then locked back into padlocked cages under a tarp in the back of the pick-up truck. Recognizing that something was wrong, he decided to call 911.
“I called 911… I don’t know what’s going on. I’m not real big on calling the cops, but when it comes to kids and their safety and with all this human trafficking and all this crap going on in the world, not cool. So I call the cops just to be on the safe side,” Michael added.
The truck driver describes how the kidnappers started to take off when they saw him on the phone.
“They see me on the phone. They’re watching me in the mirror the whole time. They f-cking take off,” said Michael.
“The cops on the phone with me told me to follow them as close as you can, as much as you can until we get units out,” he said. Despite not being able to keep up with the fleeing vehicle due to his truck’s limitations, he managed to provide valuable information that enabled law enforcement to locate and stop the kidnappers.
“They finally caught up to them because I couldn’t keep up with them. My truck only goes seven. They catch up to them, they pull them over,” Michael recounted. Child services were subsequently called to the scene.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/kidnappers-caught-act-heroic-truck-driver-rescues-15/
Beef Company CEO Warns of Government Attacks on Real Beef – “This Is About The Administrative Deep State…”
The globalist elites and their puppets in our government want the people eating lab-grown meat instead of the real stuff. What was once a conspiracy theory is being openly discussed by groups like the World Economic Forum and people like Bill Gates.
Now, our own government is trying to make their vision of a cow-free world a reality under the guise of climate change prevention.
This is one of the biggest reasons Prepper All Naturals launched Whole Cows this year.
Prepper All Naturals CEO Jason Nelson, a disabled veteran, has been fighting tyranny abroad for his entire adult life. Now, he’s fighting what he believes to be growing tyranny coming from our own federal government as it pertains to food security.
“This isn’t even about your elected officials,” Nelson said. “This is about the administrative Deep State, those unelected career bureaucrats who answer to the globalists, not the people.”
With the push for “cultured beef” growing in intensity and spreading across the globe, Whole Cows specializes in high-quality beef that is shelf-stable for decades. Nelson believes that the ongoing plan of the globalists is to control the food supply by limiting access to animals raised on a pasture.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/beef-company-ceo-warns-government-attacks-real-beef/
Man, 25, caught having sex with a COW after farmers grew suspicious their animals were being abused and installed alarms
Liam Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to sexual penetration with a living animal
A 25-year-old man was caught having sex with a cow after triggering an alarm set up by farmers who had grown suspicious their livestock were being abused.
Liam Brown sneaked onto a farm in Burton, near Christchurch, Dorset, in the dead of night to commit the vile act.
But he was detected by the farm's new surveillance system and caught on the premises by farmers who rushed to the scene to apprehend him.
A DNA sample taken from a calf proved 'intercourse' had taken place on June 12, 2022.
Brown sobbed as he pleaded guilty to sexual penetration with a living animal and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Poole Magistrates Court.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12460773/Man-25-caught-having-sex-COW-farmers-grew-suspicious-animals-abused-installed-alarms.html
Five Charged in Alleged Firearms Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy to Smuggle Guns Illegally to Mexico
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/five-charged-alleged-firearms-trafficking-and-money-laundering-conspiracy-smuggle-guns