Pedophile Arrested For Death Threats Against Trump During Arizona Border Visit

Earlier that day, about four hours before Trump’s scheduled border visit, the sheriff’s office posted on its Facebook page a notice seeking the public’s help to find Syvrud because he was wanted for other warrants and “as an investigative lead for threats to kill a presidential candidate.”

The agency later updated that Facebook post, stating that someone alerted the sheriff’s office about “a threatening message on social media…directed at candidate Donald Trump” on Aug. 21.

“This message contained language that indicated bodily harm to the candidate,” the agency said, adding that investigators found a second Trump-threatening post from Syvrud on Aug. 22.

“As part of the operations plan in place for the visit of candidate Donald Trump…locating this subject was a priority,” the sheriff’s office Facebook post said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pedophile-arrested-death-threats-against-trump-during-arizona-border-visit

America's Power Grid Adds Most Generating Capacity In 21 Years As AI Data Center Demand Surges

The Energy Information Administration's Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report released earlier this week revealed that developers and power plant owners added 20.2 gigawatts (GW) in new capacity in the first half of 2024, a 21% year-over-year rise amid increasing demand from AI data centers, reshoring trends, and other electrification trends.

Solar power led the way, contributing 12 GW, or 59% of all new additions, with Texas and Florida accounting for 38% of the growth in the first half. Battery storage capacity also saw significant growth, with around 21% of the capacity gains. Wind power added about 12% (2.5 GW).

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/americas-power-grid-adds-most-generating-capacity-21-years-ai-data-center-demand-surges

Russian National Guard secures prison and rescues hostages

All of the terrorists were ‘neutralized’ during the storming of the correctional facility in Volgograd

According to the WarGonzo Telegram channel, one of the hostage-takers was wearing a purported suicide belt which failed to detonate.

The identities of the attackers have been confirmed, according to media reports citing court records. One of the four was a convicted murderer while the other three were serving time for drug trafficking charges. All were reportedly natives of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

“Snipers from the special forces of the Russian National Guard in the Volgograd region neutralized four prisoners who had taken prison workers hostage with four precise shots,” the law enforcement agency said in a statement.

https://www.rt.com/russia/602994-russian-prison-rescue/

Study Reveals the Myth of Federal Reserve Independence

According to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, “The Federal Reserve's monetary policy independence is an important and broadly supported institutional arrangement that has served the American public well.”

According to Professor Thomas J. Weber at Pace University Lubin School of Business, this is nothing but a myth.

In a recently published paper, Webster argues that the relationship between the Fed and the U.S. government is more like a captive’s relationship with his captor.

“Something like the Stockholm syndrome seems to describe the institutional relationship that exists between the U.S. Congress and the White House (the captors), and the Federal Reserve (the captives).”

He goes on to insist, “The Fed is just another branch of the U.S. government with a political agenda.”

Webster argues that “a more economic description of the Fed’s relationship with the executive and legislative branches is regulatory capture (also called agency capture).”

“This occurs when a government agency is politically co-opted into serving the special interests of the institution it is meant to be regulated.”

While the Federal Reserve isn’t supposed to regulate Congress, it is tasked with independently maintaining “price stability.” Webster asserts that the central bank abandons this mandate and instead prioritizes enabling government borrowing and spending. In effect, the central bank is the engine that drives the massive U.S. welfare-warfare state.

“To soften the increased debt service burden, the Fed purchases newly issued U.S. Treasury securities not sold to the public with 'printing press' money charging below-market interest rates. By inflating the money supply, a part of the increased financial burden is passed along to the household sector in the form of higher prices. The underwriting of congressional spending is at the heart of the symbiotic relationship that exists between the Fed, the president who nominates monetary policymakers, and the Senate that ratifies their appointment.”

Webster described a policy known as quantitative easing (QE). Without the Fed’s intervention by keeping its thumb on the bond market, the federal government wouldn’t be able to borrow and spend to the extent that it does.

Ben Bernanke ran the first QE operation in the U.S. in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. When the Fed began buying U.S. Treasuries, Bernanke insisted the Fed was not monetizing debt. He said the difference between debt monetization and the Fed’s policy was that the central bank was not providing a permanent source of financing. He said the Treasurys would only remain on the Fed’s balance sheet temporarily. He assured Congress that once the crisis was over, the Federal Reserve would sell the bonds it bought during the emergency.

Of course, that never happened.

https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2024/08/22/study-reveals-the-myth-of-federal-reserve-independence-003400

Hungary Again Breaks With West: Ukrainian Attack On Kursk Is 'Wrong'

Hungary has broken with its NATO and EU allies in condemning Ukraine's Kursk incursion, calling it out as not purely 'defensive' but as part of needlessly provocative offensive operations against Russian territory.

Gergely Gulyas, top advisor and spokesman for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Thursday press briefing that Budapest is staunchly "pro-peace" - and when asked about the ongoing Kursk invasion, he said: "Ukraine is not only defending, but also attacking. We want a ceasefire and peace."

Gulyas went on to explain that Hungary is against anything which thwarts potential diplomatic settlement to the war. He said this is "wrong" given the offensive includes a "spillover of the hostilities into Russian territory."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hungary-again-breaks-west-ukrainian-attack-kursk-wrong

Long-Delayed U.S. Government Report Finally Released, Concludes Fluoride Lowers IQ in Children

The final version of the report confirms what previous draft versions have concluded — fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQ in children.

https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/fluoride_final_508.pdf

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Judicial Watch: Secret Service Records Reveal DEI Is Prioritized for All Agency Employees in ‘Every Action, Every Day’

Judicial Watch obtained the records in a FOIA lawsuit against DHS for records relating to an incident in April at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in which a Secret Service agent assigned to protect Vice President Kamala Harris got into a scuffle with colleagues (Judicial Watch v. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:24-cv-01705)).

According to an April 24 report by the Washington Examiner, a Secret Service agent was removed from her duties after physically attacking the commanding agent in charge and other agents who tried to subdue her.

A later report states: “The agents involved in restraining [Michelle] Herczeg were especially concerned because she still had her gun in the holster. They wrestled her to the ground, took the gun from her, cuffed her, and then removed her from the terminal.” The report also states that, following the incident at Joint Base Andrews, which is the home base for Air Force One and Air Force Two. “Secret Service agents and officers are privately questioning the hiring process and whether the agency had adequately screened Herczeg’s background.”

The newly obtained records include an undated document titled “Secret Service Inclusion and Engagement Council Charter: Changing the Game of Diversity and Inclusion,” in which the Secret Service puts forth a strategy for the council and establishes an “SES-level Executive Champion for Inclusion and Engagement:

The IEC’s collective duty is to help the Secret Service build, foster, create, and inspire a workforce where diversity and inclusion is not just “talked about” — but demonstrated by all employees through “Every Action, Every Day.” [Emphasis in original]

The document notes that the Secret Service’s Inclusion and Engagement Council “will not rely solely on the legal requirements underscoring the principles of EEO and the voluntary initiatives in Diversity programs; rather, the IEC will seek innovative solutions outside the agency’s mandated requirements to create a culture where differences are valued and appreciated, and employee engagement is encouraged.”

The “Inclusive Diversity Vision Statement” instructs: “To be the employer of choice and ‘gold standard’ for leveraging inclusive diversity by modeling the qualities of mutual respect, admiration, and appreciation for cultural differences and varying perspectives.”

A document dated fiscal year (FY) 2023 and titled “Affirmative Action Plan for the Recruitment, Hiring, Advancement, and Retention of Persons with Disabilities” states that the Secret Service should have a “numerical goal” to have “persons with disabilities” (PWDs) make up 12 percent of its workforce.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/secret-service-dei/

https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JW-v-DHS-USSS-records-01705.pdf

‘Club of Rome’ President Calls for CCP-Style “Giant Leap;” “Transforming the Food System” And “Complete Shake-up” To “Create Shocks”

Could those 'shocks' could include massive famine and population reduction?

Club of Rome President Sandrine Dixson-Declève is calling for a “Chinese-styled “Giant Leap” in the style of Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward” which will bring a “complete shake-up” that “will create shocks” to the current economic model which culminates in “significant redistribution of wealth.”

Dixson-Declève made the comments at The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference, which describes itself, saying “this three days major event is a cross-party initiative of 20 Members of the European Parliament, supported by a wide-range of partner organisations, which follows the success of the Post-Growth 2018 conference.”

https://nationalfile.com/club-of-rome-president-calls-for-ccp-style-giant-leap-transforming-the-food-system-and-complete-shake-up-to-create-shocks/

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Sen. Eric Schmitt Demands Facebook, Google Answer for 2024 Election Censorship Practices, Citing 2020 Big Tech-Government Collusion

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) sent a letter to Facebook and Google on Friday, demanding to know their policies on censoring free speech before the pivotal 2024 presidential election.

Schmitt wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, expressing concern about the “increasing attacks on free speech facilitated” by Meta and Google:

This is alarming because the freedom to speak your mind in the public square–or in the virtual public square–is vital to the health of our republic. Far too many Americans are being told what they can say because of censorship facilitated by your companies. While the powerful have often censored the weak for centuries, in America, we recognize and protect the natural right of all people to speak freely, especially when that speech is unpopular. The protection of inalienable rights, such as the freedom of speech, is the cornerstone of our Constitution and vital for this great experiment to flourish. The First Amendment must never be abrogated. [Emphasis added]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/23/exclusive-sen-eric-schmitt-demands-facebook-google-answer-for-2024-election-censorship-practices-citing-2020-big-tech-government-collusion/

Days after Schwab says an Island will sink due to rising sea levels

U.N. Chief Warns of ‘Annihilation’ of Pacific Islands from Climate Change

The United Nations alarmist-in-chief António Guterres warned Thursday some Pacific territories face “annihilation” from rising sea levels.

Visiting the Polynesian island country of Samoa, Guterres said “rising sea levels pose an enormous threat to Samoa, to the Pacific and to other small island developing states, and these challenges demand resolute international action.”

“You are on the front lines of the climate crisis, dealing with extreme weather events from raging tropical cyclones to record ocean heatwaves,” the veteran Portuguese socialist stated.

“Sea levels are rising even faster than the global average, posing an existential threat to millions of Pacific Islanders,” he added.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/08/23/u-n-chief-warns-of-annihilation-of-pacific-islands-from-climate-change/

European Union Needs More Mass Migration to Boost Economic Growth, Says Central Banker

The European Union needs more immigration to boost economic growth amid the birth rate decline among native populations, a top central banker has claimed.

Fabio Panetta, the governor of the Bank of Italy and a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, argued that more migration is essential to bolster the economies of the EU as their populations age, such as in his home country of Italy.

“Measures that favour an influx of foreign legal workers constitute a rational response from an economic point of view,” the central banker said, according to Bloomberg.

“The entry of regular migrants should be managed in a coordinated way within the European Union, balancing productive needs with social equilibrium and reinforcing integration of foreign citizens into the education system and labor market,” Panetta continued.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/08/23/european-union-needs-more-mass-migration-to-boost-economic-growth-says-central-banker/

Americans who refuse to sign up for “voluntary” government-issued digital ID may be DENIED health care services

Before his term ends, President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order (EO) to speed up the nation's adoption of a standardized digital identification platform controlled by Washington, D.C.

The digital ID system will require Americans to verify their identity and age in order to access certain public websites and services. This includes Obamacare and other government-run health care plans that will only be available to Americans who agree to participate in the digital ID program.

A nonprofit media outfit called NOTUS obtained a draft copy of Biden's EO, which states that "It is the policy of the executive branch to strongly encourage the use of digital identity documents."

The program is "optional," but in order to access health care services, renew one's driver's license, or log onto public services portals online, users will have to agree to participate otherwise they will not be allowed to access anything controlled by the government online.

According to NOTUS, Biden's EO "could reshape how Americans access government services, and potentially behave online." Biometric technologies like facial recognition are included as part of the system to "help better verify identity online," we are told.

https://www.stationgossip.com/2024/08/americans-who-refuse-to-sign-up-for.html

Two Trains Collide Head-on In Boulder, Colorado. Fuel Leak Into Creek, Conductors Injured

https://citizenwatchreport.com/two-trains-collide-head-on-in-boulder-colorado/

FDA – “ Today, we approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines”

Today, we approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2.

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been updated with this formula to more closely target currently circulating variants and provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/fda-today-we-approved-and-granted-emergency-use-authorization-for-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/

Kirby and the kikes want WW3

Kamala Gives Full-Throated Defense of Israel in DNC Speech, Says She's Prepared to Fight Iran

Except from The Times of Israel:

"With respect to the war in Gaza, President Biden and I are working around the clock because now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done," she says in her speech accepting her party's nomination for president on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

"I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself, and will always ensure that Israel has the ability to defend itself," Harris continues to loud applause from the tens of thousands in the United Center.

"Because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival," she says.

Harris ended her comments on Israel-Palestine by pledging to the Israel Lobby that she's willing and ready to fight a war with Iran:

"And know this: I will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend our forces and our interests against Iran and Iran-backed terrorists."

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64611