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Anonymous ID: 005d17 Dec. 10, 2018, 7:03 p.m. No.4249818   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9890 >>0018 >>0089 >>0165 >>0269 >>0287 >>0399 >>0493 >>0517 >>0529

138 Demonstrators Arrested in Climate Change Protest Outside Nancy Pelosi’s Office

 

An estimated 800 student demonstrators packed into the offices of lawmakers and lined the hallways of Capitol Hill on Monday, which led to the arrests of 138 people, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

 

Before arrests were made, middle school and high school students of various ages took root in Pelosi’s office and the surrounding halls.

 

The students could be seen holding signs that read “do your job” and “back the deal.” Other signs said, “What’s your plan?” and “We need the Green New Deal.”

 

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who joined several student climate change protesters in Pelosi’s office last month, has previously called for a select committee to focus primarily on climate change. Ocasio-Cortez refers to this as the “Green New Deal.”

 

After the students refused to obey Capitol police and leave the area, authorities began to make arrests.

 

The demonstrators could be heard chanting as the police forced them out of the building.

 

Before being forced out, one demonstrator loudly said, “Democrats hear us right now, hear us!”

 

Pelosi does not use her office in the Cannon House Office Building, which is where many of the protesters gathered. Her central leadership office is located in the main Capitol building, to which the protesters do not have access.

 

Capitol Police said the demonstrators were arrested after “unlawfully demonstrating in the Cannon and Longworth House Office Buildings.”

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/138-demonstrators-arrested-in-climate-change-protest-outside-nancy-pelosis-office/

Anonymous ID: 005d17 Dec. 10, 2018, 7:11 p.m. No.4249947   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0089 >>0269 >>0399 >>0493

Era of ‘Wilful Blindness’ Ends as Australia’s Foreign Transparency Laws Kick In

 

A register for foreign agents created under Australia’s newly established Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS) came into force on Dec. 10 after the Attorney General’s Department announced the start date last month.

 

From Dec. 10, “any person who undertakes certain activities, on behalf of a foreign principal for the purpose of influencing a political or government process will be required to register under the scheme,” according to a Nov. 23 statement from the department.

 

The FITS risk management structures were passed in Parliament with bipartisan support in June and mirror protections, under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act, which will help voters know who is responsible for creating the material that attempts to sway voter sentiment as part of the political process.

All About Transparency

 

In tandem with national security amendments also passed in Parliament during June, FITS will “for the first time shine a light on the activities of people in Australia who are representing the interests of foreign principals,” Australia’s Attorney-General, Christian Porter, said in a statement on Nov. 28.

 

“This will provide transparency for the Australian Government and the Australian community about foreign influence in Australia,” Porter said back in June, according to a press release.

 

Porter added the legislation is “crucial” to “help protect Australia’s democratic systems and institutions.”

 

The new national security measures were requested by Australia’s national security agencies who have been saying they have been witnessing “unprecedented foreign intelligence activity” against Australia—more “than at any time since the Cold War,” the department said.

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/era-of-wilful-blindness-ends-as-australias-foreign-transparency-laws-kick-in_2734631.html