"Attention Seeking" EU Commissioner Thierry Breton Resigns After Musk-Trump Censorship Dust-Up

One month after the EU disavowed comments by commissioner Thierry Breton after he threatened to punish Elon Musk's X platform for a lack of censorship, he's out…

In a Monday letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Breton explains that despite French President Emmanuel Macron designating him France's official candidate to the College of Commissioners, "you" (von der Leyen) "asked France to withdraw my name - for personal reasons that in no instance you have discussed directly with me."

In short, you can't fire me, I quit!

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/attention-seeking-eu-commissioner-thierry-breton-resigns-after-musk-trump-censorship

Would-Be Trump Assassin Palled Around With Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade In Ukraine: What Did The Government Know?

Perhaps the most interesting angle to attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh's recent history in his Ukraine connection. We documented that when he went to Ukraine to recruit for its International Legion in 2022 he was a Western mainstream media darling for a time, having been quoted on behalf of the cause to get more foreign fighters thrown into the battle against Russia by a who's who of major media sources from FT to Newsweek to the NY Times.

But when he arrived in Ukraine, according to these media reports, the 58-year old Routh himself was considered too old to fight alongside the Ukrainian army. "So plan B," Routh described to one outlet, "was to come to Kiev and promote the idea of many others coming to join the International Legion. We need thousands of people here to fight alongside Ukrainians."

"There are about 190 countries on our planet, and if the governments are not officially sending soldiers here, then we civilians should pick up this torch and make it happen," he described. He had told Newsweek in a video interview from Ukraine that the war with Russia was as simple as "good vs. evil" and essentially the same as good guys and bad guys in the Hollywood movies Americans grew up with. It was not a gray conflict, he described, but "black and white".

In March of 2022, just a month into the Russian invasion, he tweeted that everyone around the globe should be willing to volunteer and "fight and die" in Ukraine. Still, much of his time was reportedly spent in a hotel room in the far western city of Lviv.

Among the more bizarre aspects to his campaigning on behalf of the Ukrainian military's foreign legion were his efforts to recruit US-trained Afghan special soldiers to go to Ukraine's front lines. The initiative appeared so large in scale (given Routh was seeking to transfer hundreds, or even thousands, of Afghan fighters - according to his words) - that one commentator questions in light of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump: "Who was he working with in the US government that was allowing him to do this?"

In a 2023 interview with the NY Times Routh openly displayed his proclivity toward violent acts by threatening to shoot his critics, and the Times featured the quote almost as if lionizing his commitment to defending Ukraine:

In a telephone interview with The New York Times in 2023, when Mr. Routh was in Washington, he spoke with the self-assuredness of a seasoned diplomat who thought his plans to support Ukraine’s war effort were sure to succeed. But he appeared to have little patience for anyone who got in his way. When an American foreign fighter seemed to talk down to him in a Facebook message he shared with The New York Times, Mr. Routh said, "he needs to be shot."

Surely visibility like this put him on the federal government's radar… or given Washington's pro-Ukraine euphoria US officials were possibly even helping him in some way.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/would-be-trump-assassin-palled-around-neo-nazi-azov-brigade-ukraine-what-did

Slaves for the rebuild once the extermination is done?

Israel to hire thousands of laborers from India

The country is launching a second recruitment drive after 10,349 construction workers were selected in a previous phase

Israel is also looking to hire 5,000 carers who have been certified by recognized institutions, according to media reports. As on February last year, there were around 18,000 Indians in Israel, primarily caregivers employed by elderly Israelis in need of daily assistance, as well as some diamond traders, IT professionals and students, according to the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv.

https://www.rt.com/india/604139-israel-to-hire-thousands-indians/

Sen. Hawley Drops Bombshell Whistleblower Report Exposing Secret Service Failures in July 13 Assassination Attempt on Trump

22 pages

https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hawley-Whistleblower-Report-re-USSS-Failures-2024-09-16.pdf

Social Media Abuzz After Time Magazine Features Trump Golf Photo with ‘In Trouble’ Caption Days Before Assassination Attempt

The Time Magazine post reads:

“TIME’s new cover: How Kamala Harris knocked Donald Trump off course

In what may be their sole debate before Election Day, the high-stakes clash between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris underscored how dramatically the presidential race has changed since mid-summer, when even top Democrats conceded Trump appeared to be coasting to victory in his rematch with Joe Biden. As plain as it is that Trump wishes he were still running against Biden, it is equally clear that Harris has rattled him.

The split-screen said it all. Trump glowered and grimaced as Harris baited him into boasting about his crowd sizes, grousing about the 2020 election, and standing up for the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol. In the nine years since Trump first burst onto the scene, no opponent—Democrat or Republican—has dealt with the 800 lb. gorilla of American politics as coolly, or gotten under his skin to such a degree. Which is how it’s been going for Trump for a while now.

At the link in bio, read how Harris has knocked Trump and his campaign off course.

Illustration by Tim O’Brien for TIME”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/social-media-abuzz-after-time-magazine-features-trump/

Criminal Negligence On A Mass Scale: Recounting Big Pharma's Big Rap Sheet.

The long documented criminality of the pharmaceutical industry nearly knows no bounds. It should come as no surprise that they are once again in the hot seat.

It was one of those conversations you never forget. We were discussing – of all things – the Covid injections, and I was questioning the early ‘safe and effective’ claims put forward by the pharmaceutical industry. I felt suspicious of how quickly we had arrived at that point of seeming consensus despite a lack of long-term safety data. I do not trust the pharmaceutical industry. My colleague did not agree, and I felt my eyes widen as he said, “I don’t think they would do anything dodgy.” Clearly, my colleague had not read the medical history books. This conversation slapped me out of my own ignorance that Big Pharma’s rap sheet was well-known in the profession. It isn’t.

With this in mind, let’s take a look at the history of illegal and fraudulent dealings by players in the pharmaceutical industry; an industry that has way more power and influence than we give them credit for.

Before I continue, a word (not from our sponsor). There are many people working in this industry who have good intentions towards improving healthcare for patients, dedicating their lives to finding a cure or treatment for disease. Some therapeutic pharmaceuticals are truly life-saving. I probably wouldn’t be here today were it not for a couple of life-saving drugs (that’s a story for another time). But we must be very clear in our understanding. The pharmaceutical industry, as a whole and by its nature, is conflicted and significantly driven by the mighty dollar, rather than altruism.

There are many players and different games being played by the industry. We ignore these at our peril. The rap sheet of illegal activities is alarming. It seems that barely a month goes by without some pharmaceutical company in court, somewhere. Criminal convictions are common and fines tally into the billions. Civil cases, with their million-dollar settlements, are abundant too.

A 2020 peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association outlines the extent of the problem. The group studied both the type of illegal activity and financial penalties imposed on pharma companies between the years 2003 and 2016. Of the companies studied, 85 percent (22 of 26) had received financial penalties for illegal activities with a total combined dollar value of $33 billion. The illegal activities included manufacturing and distributing adulterated drugs, misleading marketing, failure to disclose negative information about a product (i.e. significant side effects including death), bribery to foreign officials, fraudulently delaying market entry of competitors, pricing and financial violations, and kickbacks.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/health/criminal-negligence-on-a-mass-scale-recounting-big-pharmas-big-rap-sheet

BOMBSHELL: ABC Whistleblower Says Kamala Demanded Questions Before Debate

Kamala also demanded that ABC's moderators David Muir

A whistleblower with ABC News has dropped bombshell claims in an affidavit that the lone debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was rigged.

The affidavit, which clearly alleges a rigged debate, is a legal document which is a written declaration made under oath.

Kamala Harris and Linsey Davis are both members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, as Yahoo News confirmed.

The affidavit was dated one day prior to the debate. That matters because it predicted what was going to happen in the debate. And it did so successfully.

Notably, the whistleblower claims not to support Donald Trump for the office of President of the United States.

According to the affidavit, ABC agreed with the Harris camp that Trump would be subject to fact check, and that Kamala would not herself be subject to the same fact checking scrutiny.

The Harris campaign was provided with sample questions, according to the affidavit. The sample questions were not worded exactly as those asked during the debate, but were to be similar to what the audience would later hear in the debate, according to the affidavit.

https://nationalfile.com/bombshell-abc-whistleblower-says-kamala-demanded-questions-before-debate/

Ex-BBC Presenter Huw Edwards Spared Prison over Child Sex Images

Former top BBC presenter Huw Edwards has avoided prison time despite being found guilty of possessing paedophilic images of children, merely receiving a six-month suspended sentence on Monday.

Huw Edwards, who previously served as the British Broadcasting Corporation’s lead news anchor, will avoid being sent to jail after a court found that he did not pose a risk to the public or children and had suffered from mental illness during the time in which he acquired sexual images of children.

The ex-BBC presenter pled guilty in July to three counts of making indecent images of children. The court heard that Edwards had been in contact with convicted paedophile Alex Williams between 2018 and 2022 and received 377 images, 41 of which were classified as indecent, meaning that they were sexual images of children.

One of the photos was of a child between the ages of seven and nine years old, while others contained labelled including “13-year-old” and “adolescents”. Edwards is said to have paid hundreds of pounds to Williams in exchange for pictures and videos. While some of the communications — many of which were not recovered — showed Edwards telling Williams not to “send anything underage,” he later told the convicted paedophile to “go on” to an offer of being sent “young” pictures, the BBC reports.

Yet, despite the heinous nature of his crimes,Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspringruled that Edwards no longer posed a risk and therefore prison time was not necessary. The former BBC bigwig will instead only receive a suspended sentence of six months, attend sex offender rehabilitation programmes, and be placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.

Goldspring said that he was convinced that Edwards had a mental disorder during the time of the offences and that he did not remember which pictures he had viewed, saying: “You did not keep them and you did not send them on to anyone else. I accept that you had issues with your mental health. The degree that you received sexual gratification from the images is difficult to assess.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/09/16/ex-bbc-presenter-huw-edwards-spared-prison-over-child-sex-images/

Israel Kills 88 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days

On Saturday, the ministry said that Israel’s assault killed 64 Palestinians and wounded 155 in the previous 48-hour period. “Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the ministry said.

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/15/israel-kills-88-palestinians-in-gaza-over-three-days/

Settlers assault Palestinian villagers and Israeli activists in Jordan Valley

Israeli human rights activists say 9 people were injured in an incident that followed an earlier attack on a settler shepherd; two Palestinians arrested, no Israelis detained

Israeli settlers attacked and beat several Palestinians and Israeli activists in the Palestinian hamlet of Mu’arrajat East, in the southern Jordan valley region on Monday morning, injuring several of them during the incident.

Footage of the attack taken by activists from the Looking the Occupation in the Eyes organization showed settlers beating activists and Palestinians. According to one activist who was present during the incident, five Palestinians were injured along with four activists, including himself.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/settlers-assault-palestinian-villagers-and-israeli-activists-in-jordan-valley/

USS Liberty Vet TELLS ALL: “It Was A Cover-Up From Day 1”

https://youtu.be/_bBf1aFRUjI

Israeli military has been ordered to prepare for military campaign in Lebanon

More than 11 months into the war, Netanyahu chairs a discussion about the situation in the North and decides it can no longer continue; Israeli officials believe the American diplomatic effort is futile and war is a matter of time.

“The situation in the north cannot continue. We need to change the balance and must return the residents home. This will not be done without changing the balance vis-à-vis Hezbollah. The IDF must prepare for a broad campaign in Lebanon,” Netanyahu told his Security Cabinet.

Netanyahu’s words at the cabinet’ meeting on Thursday night, more than 11 months after Hezbollah joined Hamas in attacking Israel, were said even before Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel over the weekend.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bje3pjv60

These are the most antisemitic college campuses in the US

Due to the ongoing Gaza war, U.S. campuses see a 477% rise in anti-Israel incidents, with Columbia, Michigan, and Harvard at the top of the list; The report highlights support for terrorism, increased vandalism, harassment and assaults targeting Jewish students

A report issued by the Anti-Defamation League reveals a troubling surge in anti-Israel activities across U.S. campuses, marked by endorsements of terrorism and incidents targeting Jewish students. Researchers have also observed a notable spike in vandalism, harassment and assaults over the past year.

The 10 campuses with the highest incidence of reported cases are: Columbia University (52), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (38), Harvard University (36), University of California, Berkeley (36), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (35), Rutgers University, New Brunswick (33), Stanford University (30), Cornell University (27), University of Washington (26), and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (25).

The data indicates that between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, there were 2,087 recorded anti-Israel incidents. These events encompass assaults, vandalism, harassment, demonstrations and divestment resolutions, reflecting a dramatic 477% increase in these categories compared to the previous academic year.

The Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism's annual campus report identified a record number of anti-Israel incidents, including 28 physical assaults. Additionally, the Anti-Defamation League documented 1,418 protests and actions (including the establishment of encampments), 360 instances of verbal or written harassment, 201 cases of vandalism, and 80 BDS movement resolutions (71 approved and only nine rejected).

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj8wb3hpr#autoplay

'Great disgrace': High-profile British-Jewish journalists resign JC over scandal

Editor Jake Wallis Simons said he understood "why some columnists have decided to step back from the paper" and hoped that one day they would return."

Multiple journalists, including Jonathan Freedland, Hadley Freeman and David Aaronovitch have resigned from the Jewish Chronicle following a recent scandal in which a freelancer published erroneous claims. David Baddiel is also reported to have left.

This comes after the JC announced on Saturday that it had decided to fire a freelance journalist, Elon Perry, following a thorough investigation after his report on Hamas's supposed plan to smuggle hostages to Iran was proven to be false.

The JC stated that the investigation was commenced "after allegations were made about aspects of his (Perry's) record."

Jonathan Freedland's resignation letter, which he posted to X/Twitter, explains that "the latest scandal brings great disgrace on the paper, publishing fabricated stories and showing only the thinnest form of contrition - but it is only the latest. Too often, the JC reads like a partisan, ideological instrument, its judgements political rather than journalistic."

He expressed deep sadness at leaving, speaking of his long-standing attachment to the JC, which he has written for since 1998, and which his father wrote for since 1951.

"[The JC has] been part of my life from the start: my birth was announced on its pages, as was my marriage and the death of my loved ones," he said. "Between [my father] and me, a Freedland has appeared regularly in the Jewish Chronicle for nearly 75 years."

While Freedland acknowledged that "all newspapers make mistakes," he stated that his real issue was the lack of "real accountability because the JC is owned by a person or people who refuse to reveal themselves."

"I hope one day to return to the JC. But that can only happen when the JC returns to its own best traditions. For now, and with the heaviest of hearts, I need to break my connection with it - because I no longer recognize it."

Journalist Hadley Freedman posted soon after that she too was resigning as a columnist, saying that she was "immensely grateful for all the support" but that "recent events have made it impossible for [her] to stay."

Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 "Today" program on Monday morning, she said that, like every journalist, she does not agree with everything in her publication, but that this was a tipping point.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-820301

Northern Ireland’s new Public Health Bill proposes permanent emergency powers, allowing forced medical exams, quarantine, and vaccination.

Northern Ireland’s new Public Health Bill does propose extending certain emergency powers. The bill aims to update the Public Health Act of 1967 to better respond to modern public health emergencies. It includes provisions for forced medical examinations, quarantine, and vaccination under specific circumstances.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/northern-irelands-new-public-health-bill-proposes-permanent-emergency-powers-allowing-forced-medical-exams-quarantine-and-vaccination/

37 People, Including 3 Americans, Sentenced To Death Over Coup Attempt In Congo

In a dramatic turn of events, a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 37 individuals, including three Americans, to death for their involvement in a thwarted coup attempt. The court’s decision, rendered on September 14, 2024, caps a high-profile trial that scrutinized the failed plot which began in May.

The attempted coup, led by opposition figure Christian Malanga, targeted key government locations, including President Felix Tshisekedi’s office and the Palais de la Nation. Early on May 19, armed men attacked the residence of Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe before moving on to the presidential palace. Congolese security forces managed to thwart the coup attempt, resulting in violent clashes. Malanga was killed during the arrest.

Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr., and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, the three Americans among the convicted, face the death penalty. Marcel Malanga, the son of Christian Malanga, was implicated alongside his co-defendants. His family maintains that he was merely following his father’s actions and was not involved in the coup. Thompson’s family claims he was in Africa for a vacation and had no knowledge of any political plans.

The court also acquitted 14 defendants during the trial. Lt. Col. Innocent Radjabu, the military prosecutor, had recommended the death penalty for all convicted, except one defendant who has been diagnosed with psychological issues. This recommendation underscores the severity of the charges.

Earlier this year, Congo reinstated the death penalty after a two-decade moratorium, aiming to tackle increasing violence and militant threats. The verdict reflects the government’s hardline stance against political instability and unrest.

https://independencejournal.com/37-people-including-3-americans-sentenced-to-death-over-coup-attempt-in-congo/

Banks Urged to Defund Farming Industry to Limit Meat & Dairy Consumption

Major banks are being urged to stop financing the global farming industry as part of an effort to force limits on the general public’s meat and dairy consumption.

A collective of over 100 climate groups, led by Friends of the Earth, is pressuring JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and other private banks to stop financing global meat and dairy companies.

According to a report from Agriculture Dive, the groups argue that the institutions’ lending activities undermine their environmental commitments.

An open letter from groups to some of the world’s biggest banks calls for a halt on any new financing that expands industrial livestock production.

The banks are being pressured to add requirements that meat, dairy, and feed clients disclose their climate action plans.

The letter calls out the banks by name for supporting the world’s biggest meat, dairy, and animal feed producers like JBS, Tyson Foods, and others.

While food companies are a small part of the banks’ overall lending portfolios, the groups say they have a much bigger impact on the institutions’ environmental footprints.

The letter says increased lending has let the world’s biggest emitters grow their operations and emissions.

According to research from Profundo and Feedback Global, from 2019 to 2022, financial institutions granted 15% more credit to the largest meat, dairy, and feed corporations than the previous four years.

https://slaynews.com/news/banks-urged-defund-farming-industry-limit-meat-dairy-consumption/

The Western World Has Completed Its Transition from Democracy Where Government Is Accountable to the People to Unaccountable Tyranny Where the Expression of Truth Is a Felony

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray reports that in Britain honest news reporting of Israel’s destruction of Palestine is a felony for which journalists are arrested and face long prison sentences.

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/09/the-end-of-western-pluralist-democracy/

In the US universities are gearing up to prevent any student protests of Israel’s destruction of Palestine. It is becoming ever more impossible to acknowledge reality. Official narratives have taken reality’s place. Manifestations of moral conscience are to be prohibited. https://israelpalestinenews.org/u-s-universities-spent-the-summer-strategizing-to-suppress-student-activism-here-is-their-plan/

In America the Biden regime has characterized RT’s new reporting as “Russian disinformation” and amounts to espionage. For reporting news that the US presstitutes carefully keep from the people, sanctions designed to shut down RT have been imposed. A September 13 report from a NY Times presstitute, “U.S. Accuses Russian TV Network of Conducting Covert Intelligence Acts,” establishes Washington’s false narrative. Honest information is “Kremlin-friendly content.”

I have long reported that truth was being criminalized throughout the Western world. The process has now been completed.

It seems that analysts and commentators of foreign policy developments will have to terminate interviews with Russian journalists. As I previously warned, stopping communication between nuclear powers and limiting the narrative to one side’s version enhances the acceptance and likelihood of nuclear war.

Neither truth nor freedom can exist without free speech, and free speech is being everywhere suppressed in the Western world. The “free” media itself has abandoned it.

The tyranny that has been created in the West is worse than the tyrannies imagined by writers of dystopian novels. It will take time for the full impact to be felt, but it is on its way.

With the US and Russia at the point of war, why is Washington stirring the pot with aggressive steps toward Russian media? The charge that RT and Sputnik are committing espionage by reporting differently from the official US narrative is unsupportable. Such atrocious judgment by Washington seems to indicate a death wish for humanity. At this critical time we need maximum communication, not a cut-off of communication. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Washington is intentionally driving the world to war.

https://www.rt.com/russia/604011-terrified-dissenting-voices-rt-us-sanctions/

As a “free American” I cannot read the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement on the actions Washington has taken against RT and Sputnik published in Telegram because “this channel can’t be displayed because it violated local laws.” So, we seemed to have reached the point where official statements of the Russian government violate local laws. What is meant by “local laws?” There is certainly no such law in my town or state. https://t.me/SputnikInt/65816

Censorship and controlled narratives are tools tyrannies use to protect lies from truth. That Washington uses these tools so extravagantly indicates that Washington’s agenda requires suppression of the truth.

https://www.unz.com/proberts/the-western-world-has-completed-its-transition-from-democracy-where-government-is-accountable-to-the-people-to-unaccountable-tyranny-where-the-expression-of-truth-is-a-felony/