Ilhan Omar Accused of Being a Paid Agent of Qatar and Accessing Sensitive Info for Iran: Court Testimony

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been accused of being a paid agent of the government of Qatar and using her position in Congress to access sensitive information for the benefit of Iran, according to testimony in a civil suit in Florida.

Alan Bender, a Kuwaiti-born Canadian businessman, made the accusations in video-conference testimony on October 23 from Toronto for a civil case filed in Florida against the brother of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani, over allegations the Sheikh ordered his American bodyguard to murder two people and that he held his American paramedic hostage.

Bender’s deposition was reported Monday by Al Arabiya

…In explosive testimony made by video link from Toronto, Canada to a Florida District Court on October 23, Kuwaiti-born Alan Bender claims to have deep ties with governments and royal officials across the Middle East including Qatar. In his statement, he says he met Qatar’s Secretary to the Emir for Security Affairs Mohammad bin Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Masnad and two other senior Qatari officials.

The three allegedly claimed credit for the meteoric rise of Omar, saying: “If it wasn’t for our cash, Ilhan Omar would be just another black Somali refugee in America collecting welfare and serving tables on weekends,” according to Bender’s sworn deposition. The deposition was obtained by Al Arabiya English and authenticated by the attorney for the plaintiffs.

…In the testimony, Bender claims to have been asked to recruit American politicians and journalists to be Qatari assets. He says he objected and the Qatari officials responded by saying that several American politicians and journalists were already on the payroll—most prominently Omar, who was allegedly described as the “jewel of the crown”, according to the deposition.

…Bender’s accusations go much further. According to his testimony, Al-Masnad said that Qatar “recruited Ilhan Omar from even way before she thought about becoming a government official.… They groomed her and arranged the foundation, the grounds, for her to get into politics way before she even showed interest. They convinced her.” For her part, Omar cooperated with the Qataris and received cash payments, he alleges in the deposition.

…Bender claims that once Omar took office, she used her position in the House of Representatives to access sensitive information which she relayed to Qatar, and through them to Iran.

End excerpt. Please read the complete Al Arabiya article at this link.

Imam Tawhidi, known as the Imamofpeace on Twitter has been working for months to expose Omar as a foreign agent. He posted a blind item thread in July starting with this tweet:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/ilhan-omar-accused-of-being-a-paid-agent-of-qatar-and-accessing-sensitive-info-for-iran-court-testimony/

‘Cross our red lines & be destroyed’: Iran’s elite IRGC chief warns US, Israel and Saudi Arabia at large pro-govt rally

All external foes will be defeated if they make moves against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander warned at a massive pro-government rally amid protests over fuel price hikes.

Major General Hossein Salami addressed people in downtown Tehran on Monday. He said that the country’s rivals are “no longer capable of anything” in their attacks against the nation.

We have shown patience towards the hostile moves of America, the Zionist regime [Israel] and Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic of Iran… but we will destroy them if they cross our red lines.

Thousands have marched on the streets of the country’s capital and gathered on the Enqelan Square (Revolution Square). Calling themselves the ‘Supporters of the Leadership’, the demonstrators waved national flags, carried placards and chanted slogans in support for the Supreme Leader Ali Khanemei and the current government. Some were also seen burning American flags.

https://www.rt.com/news/474263-iran-pro-government-rally/

China Reminds Hong Kong Who's Boss After Pro-Democracy Election Victories

China has issued a stark warning following a stunning landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong's first elections since anti-government unrest gripped the city several months ago.

Foreign minister Wang Yi emphasized that the city will always be ruled from Beijing, and said that ongoing violence and "attempts to disrupt Hong Kong" would not be tolerated, as several hundred people took to the streets in solidarity with protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which has been under siege by police for over a week, according to The Guardian.

Wang told reporters at the G20 meeting in Tokyo, adding "Any attempts to disrupt Hong Kong or undermine its stability and prosperity will not succeed."

The election results pose a dilemma for Beijing, and Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam. Hand-picked to rule by party leaders, she is widely accepted to have coordinated her hardline response to protesters with China’s top leadership.

Before the vote, Lam often claimed she had the support of a “silent majority”, as she refused to compromise. With that position untenable after pro-government candidates were swept from power across the city, holding on to barely one in 10 seats on district councils, she took a more conciliatory approach.

On Monday, she promised to respect the election results and “listen humbly” to the views of the public. Refusing to compromise would almost certainly inflame residents and protesters further, nearly six months into a deep political crisis. -The Guardian

And while Lam and Beijing figure out how to calm the masses, China's autocratic president, Xi Jinping, is now faced with one of the most serious challenges to his rule since he took power in 2012. And as The Guardian notes, most Chinese media made no mention of Sunday's sweeping victory for pro-democracy candidates - just that the polls had closed.

Following Wang's comments, ministry spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated a warning to the protesters, saying "The most urgent task for Hong Kong at present is to stop violence, control chaos and restore order," and that "The Chinese government is unswervingly determined to safeguard national sovereignty, and to oppose any interference in Hong Kong affairs by external forces."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-reminds-hong-kong-whos-boss-after-pro-democracy-election-victories

‘Mr Assange could die in prison. There is no time to lose’ – over 60 medics in open letter to UK govt.

Julian Assange may be in real danger of dying in a UK prison, medics from across the world warned in an open letter. He may not even be fit to stand extradition trial, given the years of denial of proper healthcare.

Assange, the founder of the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, is currently in British custody at a top-security Belmarsh jail. In February next year he is to stand trial over an extradition request from the US, where he may be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. In an open letter addressed to British Home Secretary Priti Patel, over 60 medical professionals from across the world voiced their concern over the physical and mental health of the publisher, arguing that he may not only be unfit to stand a trial but even at risk of dying.

“We have real concerns, on the evidence currently available, that Mr Assange could die in prison. The medical situation is thereby urgent. There is no time to lose,” the letter says.

The doctors cite several eyewitness accounts demonstrating deterioration of Assange’s health during his seven-year-long say at the Ecuadoran embassy in London. The Australian-born anti-secrecy activist breached his bail conditions by hiding at the diplomatic mission in 2012 and remained there until his eviction in April this year.

A UN panel of experts concluded that the self-exile amounts to his arbitrary detention by the British authorities, considering the circumstances.

A threat of arrest made it impossible for Assange to get treatment at a proper hospital over that period of time, even as living in confined conditions and increasing isolation took their toll on his health. The medics that did get a chance to examine him at the embassy did so against the background of a “climate of fear and intimidation”, the letter said, which was most likely created deliberately.

If it was deliberate, we as medical doctors condemn such behavior as reckless, dangerous and cruel. That all this has been played out in the heart of London for many years is a source of great sadness and shame to many of us.

The concerns were further fueled by the opinion of Nils Melzer, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, who visited Assange in prison in early May, accompanied by two medical experts specializing in assessing victims of torture. He said the team concluded that Assange had symptoms of a person who sustained psychological torture over an extended period of time.

Assange’s latest public appearance during a court hearing last month further demonstrated his ailing health. The man seemed exhausted and confused, struggled to recall his own name and date of birth and complained that he couldn’t think properly.

The signatories called for an urgent expert medical assessment of Assange’s state of health that should be done “in a properly equipped and expertly staffed university teaching hospital,” as opposed to the prison’s hospital ward.

US accusations of Assange filed under the Espionage Act stem from WikiLeaks publishing of classified materials embarrassing to the US government. Supporters see his mistreatment as a major attack on freedom of speech with disastrous consequences for whistleblowers and journalists, who consider exposing wrongdoing by Western governments.

The open letter was signed by medics from the United States, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Sri Lanka and Poland.

https://www.rt.com/uk/474255-assange-die-prison-letter/

>>7370269

Is that for all of us or just you guys?

Deep State Is Already Attempting to Minimize Corrupt Actions of Second Set of FBI Lovers from Mueller Team Who Texted “Viva le Resistance” to Take Out Trump

The Washington Post reported over the weekend that a former FBI attorney altered information that supported a FISA warrant that was used to spy on candidate and President Trump. Now Deep State actors are trying to minimize the actions of the the Mueller gang lovers who attempted a coup on President Trump’s Administration.

The WaPo reported this weekend and it was quickly uncovered that former Mueller gang members Kevin Clinesmith and his reported lover, Sally Moyer, were involved in altering documents used to obtain a FISA warrant to legitimize spying on candidate and President Trump. The WaPo claims that this will be coming out in the upcoming IG report in December.

Now the Deep State is attempting to downplay the actions that Clinesmith and Moyer took to end the Trump Administration –

There is nothing about the actions by these Deep State players that should be minimized. Here are four reasons the actions of these Mueller gang members who also worked on the Hillary email investigation were very corrupt.

1. These players were extremely biased

The individual that is noted in the IG’s report is suspected to be Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI attorney who was the lead attorney on the Trump-Russia investigation and who vowed to join the “resistance” after Trump won. He previously worked for Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who Hillary named to co-chair her presidential transition team [source]

According to the Daily Caller in June of 2018, an FBI attorney (who now is believed to be Clinesmith) was identified by the IG in a previous report –

An FBI attorney who worked on the special counsel’s Russia investigation until earlier this year sent anti-Trump text messages to a colleague, including one exclaiming: “Viva le Resistance.”

The attorney’s comments are revealed in a Justice Department inspector general’s report released on Thursday.

The lawyer is not identified, but he worked on the Hillary Clinton email investigation and was the FBI’s lead attorney on the investigation into Russian election interference. He was assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation soon after it began in May 2017 and left in late February of this year after some of his private messages were shared with the special counsel.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/huge-deep-state-is-already-attempting-to-minimize-corrupt-actions-of-second-set-of-fbi-lovers-from-mueller-team-who-texted-viva-le-resistance-to-take-out-trump/

Biggest Art Robbery Since WW2: Thieves Steal Priceless Jewels From Dresden Museum

For all you Nicolas Cage fans who have been waiting patiently for "National Treasure 3", an almost unbelievably brazen heist at one of Europe's oldest museums might help scratch that itch.

A mysterious crew of thieves pulled off one of the most audacious art heists in recent memory, and reportedly since World War 2, when they absconded with as many as 100 pieces of 18th-century jewelry from the Saxon royal collection, the FT reports.

Dirk Syndram, the director of the Green Vault collection, refused to give an estimate of how much the stolen items were worth but said they were of "incalculable cultural value."

According to the Dresden police, the thieves cut away a lattice of iron bars and smashed through a window before entering the jewellery room, one of a suite of opulent Baroque apartments that house the most precious pieces of the royal collection.

They then broke open one of the display cabinets, and took two "jewel garnitures" - sets of 37 diamonds each cut and crafted into buttons, brooches and other matching ornaments. A smaller set of 20 pieces fashioned out of diamonds and pearls was also stolen.

The audacious heist was carried out in the early hours of Monday. The suspects managed to go undetected until around 5 am on Monday, when the museum's security team spotted two of the thieves entering the vault on their camera feed. A police car was dispatched to the scene and arrived within minutes, but somehow, the suspects had already departed with the jewels.

The head of the investigative department that will be responsible for bringing the thieves to justice told reporters that the suspects had entered the vault shortly after a fire destroyed a nearby electricity installation, cutting power to the area.

Dresden's Green Vault is home to one of the most famous collections of royal jewels in Europe, with more than 3,000 pieces assembled during the reign of August the Strong, who ruled the region during the early 18th century. Artworks held in the room are mostly Baroque in style and made of gold, silver, ivory and amber.

However, the thieves apparently weren't much interested in art: They exclusively targeted the jewellry room

Local politicians denounced the heist on social media. Michael Krethe, Prime Minister of Saxony, said all Saxons had been robbed in an emotional tweet sent after the heist.

As reporters scrambled for information and answers, Roland Woeller, a local politician and member of Angela Merkel's CDU, told the press that a group of criminals had gained access to the Green vault and stolen the artifacts, which carry an "immeasurable" value, according to CNN.

This is an attack on the cultural identity of all Saxons and the state of Saxony," Woeller added. State Police also confirmed the break-in.

For those who are unfamiliar with the region, Dresden is the capital of the East German state of Saxony. It was made famous by writer Kurt Vonnegut, who set most of his groundbreaking novel, "Slaughterhouse Five", during the firebombing of Dresden.

This is the second high-profile heist at a German landmark or museum in less than three years: Back in March 2017, a group of thieves stole a 100kg gold coin from Berlin's Bode Museum.

They were never apprehended, and the coin has never been recovered, leading many to suspect that it was melted down and sold by the thieves.

Here's a thought that we imagine police will consider: Could the same crew be responsible for both attacks?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/they-have-stolen-all-saxons-thieves-steal-100s-priceless-jewels-dresden-museum

Facebook Bans All Content On Vaccine Awareness, Including Facts About Vaccine Ingredients

Just as we warned would happen, the tech giants are now moving aggressively to ban all speech that contradicts whatever “official” position is decided to be “the truth” by the corrupt establishment. This week, Facebook announced it would block all content on Facebook that questions the official dogma on vaccines, which falsely insists that vaccines have never harmed anyone (a hilarious lie), that vaccines contain only safe ingredients (a blatant deception) and that vaccines always work on everyone (another laughable lie).

Facebook is achieving this by labeling vaccine awareness information “misinformation” or “hoaxes.” At the top of the list is the assertion that vaccines are linked to autism — something that even the CDC’s own top whistleblower scientist reveals to be true, yet the vaccine industry claims it’s all a hoax (in order to cover of the crimes of medical violence against children that are being committed by the vaccine pushers).

Notably, tech giants are now banning vaccine truth information by labeling it “misinformation” in exactly the same way they ban conservative content by labeling it “hate speech.” They simply invent a false category to justify the ban, all while crushing the free speech of users (and ultimately leading to the vaccine maiming of millions of innocent children). Under this twisted system of speech policing, they can ban any content they don’t like by simply labeling it “false” or “hateful,” even if it’s true and important.

Don’t like infanticide and the killing of human infants after they are born? That’s “hate speech against women,” Facebook will soon declare. And you’ll be banned from talking about abortion.

Concerned about fluoride and how it harms developing brains and lowers the IQs of children? That will be labeled a “hoax” by Facebook, even though it is scientifically verified through multiple studies to be true.

The censorship trick: Limiting content to “authoritative information”

“Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president for global policy management, said the social media network would reduce the distribution of false data and provide users with authoritative information about vaccinations,” reports AFP, via Breitbart.

Of course, “authoritative information” means whatever propaganda the vaccine deep state is pushing at the moment. The vaccine industry is steeped in conflicts of interest and a long history of suppressing scientists and whistleblowers who attempt to warn the public about the toxic effects of vaccine ingredients such as Thimerosal (containing mercury), aluminum adjuvants, MSG, formaldehyde and other neurotoxins that are openly admitted by the CDC to be ingredients used in vaccines administered to children.

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/facebook-bans-all-content-vaccine-awareness-including-facts-about-vaccine-ingredients

Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Teams Up with Facebook, Google, to ‘Fix The Web

Sir. Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web, has teamed up with censorship-prone tech giants Facebook and Google to launch the “Contract for the Web,” a set of principles aimed to “fix” the Internet and prevent “digital dystopia.”

The contract, which can be read in full here, cites various international principles on free speech among its large array of human rights commitments.

These include Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims:

“…the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

And article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:

“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.”

Yet many of the companies that have backed Berners-Lees’ proposals are notorious for censoring political information. They include Google, which routinely adjusts search results in its services in a manner that influences political debate, and bans politically inconvenient YouTube channels.

It also includes Facebook, which bans certain politicians and has put prominent political figures on a list of possible “hate agents” to monitor and potentially ban.

Microsoft has also backed the principles — a company which threatened to kick the First Amendment-based social network Gab off its cloud hosting service, a move that would have taken the entire website and all of its users’ content offline.

While the principles include specific guidelines for how companies should handle requests from national governments to remove illegal content, it makes no mention of companies that remove otherwise legal and First Amendment-protected speech of their own volition.

The Contract also includes numerous commitments on data privacy, despite the fact that both Facebook and Google are notorious for making mass data-harvesting an integral part of their business models.

Berners-Lees’ set of principles borrows language from the intersectional left, calling on users to “amplify the messages of systematically excluded groups,” and “stand up for them when they are being targeted or abused.”

It also cites statements calling on tech companies to “embed gender equality and diversity as core values across organizational and employment policies.”

No mention is given to political or viewpoint diversity, a major problem in Silicon Valley that has led to a class-action lawsuit against Google.

Berners-Lee has previously offered seemingly contradictory statements about the future of his creation, the world wide web. On the one hand, he once lamented that “a few dominant platforms” have become de facto gatekeepers of online information.

But in a previous interview he said that those same gatekeepers should be encouraged to censor what they consider “fake news,” an arbitrary label used by both western tech companies and authoritarian governments to censor politically inconvenient information.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/25/web-inventor-tim-berners-lee-teams-up-with-facebook-google-to-fix-the-web/

>>7370403

Dear Lord father in heaven bind the evil doers, bind those who pursue darkness and wicked ways. Allow the light of the righteous expose their sinister intentions for all to see Amen.

Mexico Will Reject U.S. Designations of Cartels as Terrorists, Says AMLO

Mexico’s president announced Monday that he will reject any designation of cartels as terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.

During his morning press conference, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said he would not accept the U.S.’s potential designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations–which could enable direct actions in Mexico.

“We will never accept that, we are not ‘vendepatrias’ (nation sellers),” Lopez Obrador said.

The president’s statements come after the relatives of nine U.S. women and children who died in a cartel ambush in Sonora revealed they would be meeting with President Donald Trump. The family is expected to ask for some cartels to be labeled as terrorist organizations.

Last week, Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Cabeza de Vaca used the term “narco-terrorism” to refer to the brazen attacks on citizens of Nuevo Laredo by a faction of Los Zetas Cartel called Cartel Del Noreste. Cabeza de Vaca publicly called out Mexico City for past inaction in confronting Los Zetas.

Earlier this year, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) filed legislation for the most violent cartels in Mexico to be labeled as a foreign terrorist organizations, a move that would limit cartel members’ abilities to travel and provide tools to better clamp down on financial transactions, Breitbart Texas reported.

On Monday morning, Lopez Obrador’s foreign relations minister Marcelo Ebrard called designations unnecessary and inconvenient, adding that the U.S. and Mexico have a healthy working relationship in fighting cartels. According to Ebrard, terrorist designations would give the U.S. the legal avenue to take direct action on cartels on Mexican soil.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/11/25/mexico-will-reject-u-s-designations-of-cartels-as-terrorists-says-amlo/

City of London revokes Uber's license to operate

The company is not 'fit and proper' to hold the license, according to the city's transport regulator

Uber lost its license to operate in London following reports of fraudulent drivers and safety issues, according to Business Insider.

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Uber lost its London license, which offered more than 3.5 million riders transportation throughout the city.

According to London's transport regulator, Transport for London, the company was not "fit and proper" to retain its license, and voiced safety concerns about the identity of Uber drivers through a "pattern of failures."

Transport for London reportedly found unauthorized drivers using accounts of registered and approved Uber drivers. Business Insider reported that fraudulent drivers carried out at least 14,000 trips throughout the city — all of which were uninsured.

Helen Chapman, the organization's licensing director, said that the company has big strides to make despite previous improvements.

"While we recognize Uber has made improvements, it is unacceptable that Uber has allowed passengers to get into minicabs with drivers who are potentially unlicensed and uninsured," Chapman said. "It is clearly concerning that these issues arose, but it is also concerning that we cannot be confident that similar issues won't happen again in future."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan voiced his support of the transport regulator's decision.

"I know this decision may be unpopular with Uber users, but their safety is the paramount concern," he said in a statement. "Regulations are there to keep Londoners safe, and fully complying with TfL's strict standards is essential if private hire operators want a license to operate in London."

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company will appeal the decision.

In a tweet, Khosrowshahi said, "We understand we're held to a high bar, as we should be. But this TfL decision is just wrong. Over the last 2 years we have fundamentally changed how we operate in London. We have come very far — and we will keep going, for the millions of drivers and riders who rely on us."

The outlet also reports that Uber can continue working in the city while it appeals the revocation. The company has 21 days to appeal the decision.

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https://www.theblaze.com/news/london-revokes-ubers-license-amid-reports-of-fraudulent-drivers-and-safety-issues

New Leak Shows Operating Manuals For 'Re-education Camps' For Chinese Muslims In Xinjiang Region

A series of classified Chinese government documents were leaked by a group of journalists describe the secret operations of detention camps in Xinjiang, reported Reuters.

Published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Sunday, the documents offer a rare look into the massive internment camp for Muslim-majority Uyghur in the troubled western region of China.

The 2017 documents reveal a list of guidelines "that effectively serves as a manual for operating the camps now holding hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uighurs and other minorities," said ICIJ.

The leak shows intelligence briefings of "how Chinese police are guided by a massive data collection and analysis system that uses artificial intelligence to select entire categories of Xinjiang residents for detention," said ICIJ.

The manual, called a "telegram," is a six-page document that "instructs camp personnel on such matters as how to prevent escapes, how to maintain total secrecy about the camps' existence, methods of forced indoctrination, how to control disease outbreaks, and when to let detainees see relatives or even use the toilet," ICIJ adds.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-leak-shows-chinas-operating-manuals-re-education-camps-chinese-muslims-xinjiang

Delingpole: Boris’s Cucked Manifesto Is a Needless Conservative Surrender to the Left

Boris Johnson’s election manifesto is a nauseating dog’s breakfast of a surrender to the left and about as authentically Conservative as Jeremy Corbyn’s right testicle.

But before I moan why, let’s try looking on the bright side, first. Let’s consider why this shaming piece of excremental awfulness might not be as bad as we think.

As my first witness for the defence of the incoming Conservative administration (which, I believe, is guaranteed to win this election with a sizeable majority), let me call Daniel Hannan.

Dan Hannan made some very astute points when I interviewed him in Brussels the other day.

No, he conceded, Boris Johnson isn’t nearly as robustly right-wing as those of us at the Thatcherite/libertarian end of conservatism would like him to be.

But because Boris is bright and quick and has surrounded himself with genuine talents at all levels, he’ll certainly get more conservative things done than either May or Cameron managed.

This, I think, is indisputable. (Though it doesn’t exactly set the bar high, does it?)

As my second witness, I call the doyen of political commentators — The Sun‘s Trevor Kavanagh.

Boris’s spendthrift manifesto may not look revolutionary, he writes, “but you need to read between the lines”.

All this extra cash will come at a price: The long-overdue reform of a sclerotic public sector which has served as a drag anchor on UK plc since Gordon Brown became Chancellor in 1997.

and

The near-sacred NHS will earn its extra billions by tackling a bureaucratic management structure which stands silent as patients die of hospital incompetence, bungled ops and lethal maternity “care”.

Police will be ordered to fight real crime instead of ticking boxes, chasing “hate” offences and offering fake apologies for turning up without the right paperwork, as they did at last week’s Manchester bombing inquiry.

And Whitehall mandarins will be shaken out of their smug complacency as the civil service “Blob” is forced into the 21st Century by new broom Dominic Cummings.

Yes. All these measures are long overdue and if the next administration is capable of implementing them effectively then Boris Johnson will have established himself as a great Conservative prime minister.

To the list of Reasons to be Cheerful, I would also add those rare moments in the manifesto when it doesn’t pander to the left. There are hints of more money for the Armed Forces, a line about preserving free speech on campus, and there’s probably a third good thing buried somewhere if you look very closely though I haven’t found it and can’t be bothered to go any longer because reading this bilge makes me quite ill.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/25/delingpole-boris-johnson-manifesto-surrenders-needlessly-left/

Disgraced Israeli businessman helped draft ‘deal of the century’

A disgraced Israeli businessman who is said to have received billions of dollars in backing from Saudi investment funds, has admitted to working with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, to draft the controversial “peace plan” commonly known as “the deal of the century”.

The surprise revelation was reported in a Vanity Fair article on the rise and catastrophic downfall of WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann. The 40-year-old Israeli entrepreneur raised on a kibbutz in southern Israel, not far from the Gaza Strip, is said to have assigned one of the directors of WeWork to produce a slick video for Kushner that would showcase what an economically transformed West Bank and Gaza would look like. The video was shown by Kushner during his speech at the White House’s peace conference in Bahrain during the summer.

Neumann, described as a megalomaniac who believes he is “capable of solving the world’s thorniest problems”, required a bail out from SoftBank Group after a failed stock market listing left his company at risk of bankruptcy last month. The Japanese multinational is reported to be sitting on a massive cash pile thanks to a nearly $100 billion technology fund it started with the Saudi Arabian government. The rescue deal valued the company at $8bn, down from $47bn.

During the height of WeWork’s fame, Neumann shared company with many powerful figures. According to Vanity Fair, he sat down with world leaders, discussing the Syrian refugee crisis with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and urban planning with London Mayor Sadiq Khan. “When Adam got in front of world leaders, it was like he started thinking he was one,” a former executive is reported saying.

In the article, Neumann is depicted as having the character of a “millennial entitlement gone insane” and guru-like “egomaniacal” who had extended his influence beyond the business world and into the world of Middle East diplomacy. He reportedly told colleagues that he was saving Saudi women by working with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to offer women coding classes.

Neumann’s extraordinary sense of self-importance was also highlighted through details of a meeting in which he said that three people were going to save the world: Bin Salman, Kushner and himself.

Following the brutal killing of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Neumann boasted that everything could have worked out for Bin Salman if he had the right mentor. Asked who that might be, Neumann paused for a moment and said: “Me.”

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191125-disgraced-israeli-businessman-helped-draft-deal-of-the-century/

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Hungary Shines Spotlight on Christian Persecution in Budapest Conference

Hungary is holding its 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution 2019 in Budapest this week to keep a bright light shining on the plight of Christians around the world.

Conference participants started filing into Budapest Monday, even though the speeches and events do not officially begin until Tuesday morning, and the patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II, led the prayer before lunch in Aramaic.

Keynote speakers for the event include Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; Nigerian Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; and Gewargis III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s state secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians, and Rev. Joseph Kassab, head of the Evangelical Community of Syria and Lebanon, are also conference speakers.

The Orbán government has been on the front lines of aid to persecuted Christians around the world, sending financial and logistical assistance so that Christians are not forced to migrate from their lands for economic reasons.

This summer, Mr. Azbej lamented a “wall of silence” that has been erected around the problem of Christian persecution, despite the enormity of the problem on a global scale.

Speaking at the 2019 Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, hosted by the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC, Azbej explained why Hungary has focused attention on Christian persecution.

The Hungarian government has set up the aid program because “Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world” and “Hungary is a Christian nation,” Mr. Azbej said in his Twitter post.

“My title is State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians. I believe I am the only government official in the world with this title,” Azbej began in his July 16 address to the Ministerial, eliciting spontaneous applause.

“We are a Christian nation. We are proud to say that,” he said. “There are not many European countries where politicians are allowed to say such a thing.”

“Currently in the world Christianity is the most persecuted religion. Eighty percent of the people who are persecuted for their faith in the world are Christians,” he added.

“So, this is why we have set up a program to aid them. But I have to clarify here that we are not only providing direct assistance to Christians; that wouldn’t be very Christian like, would it?” he said. “So, our support for Christians is explicit but not exclusive.”

“We have seen that there is a neglect, there is a wall of silence built around this problem,” Azbej noted.

“In the international organizations we are trying to raise awareness and at the same time we have started an aid program, a humanitarian and reconstruction program, which has a very unique character of providing aid directly to the communities,” he said.

The Budapest conference will run from November 23-26.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/11/25/hungary-shines-spotlight-christian-persecution-budapest-conference/

House Intelligence Committee in possession of video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas

November 24/25, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings and photographs provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who reportedly played a key role in assisting him in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.

The material submitted to the committee includes audio, video and photos that include Giuliani and Trump. It was unclear what the content depicts and the committees only began accessing the material last week.

"We have subpoenaed Mr. Parnas and Mr. [Igor] Fruman for their records. We would like them to fully comply with those subpoenas," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN Sunday, with a committee spokesperson adding they would not elaborate beyond the chairman's comments.

An attorney for Parnas, Joseph A. Bondy, also declined to comment, directing ABC News to a statement released earlier in the day Sunday reading in part, "Mr. Parnas has vociferously and publicly asserted his wish to comply with his previously issued subpoena and to provide the House Intelligence Committee with truthful and important information that is in furtherance of justice, not to obstruct it."

The statement goes on to say, "His evidence and potential testimony is non-partisan, and not intended to be part of a battle between the left and the right, but rather an aid in the determination by our government of what is in the best interests of our nation."

Sources tell ABC News the tapes were provided as part of that congressional subpoena issued to Parnas, and the former Giuliani ally also provided a number of documents both in English and Ukrainian to the committee in two separate productions, sources told ABC News.

However, some of the material sought by congressional investigators is already in possession of federal investigators within the Southern District of New York and thus held up from being turned over, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Parnas' associate, Fruman, has not cooperated with the committee.

Parnas, a Ukraine-born, American businessman, was subpoenaed last month by House committees at the same time as Fruman. The two men had previously announced through their attorney at the time that they would not be complying with the subpoena.

Separate from the House impeachment probe, Parnas and Fruman were arrested earlier this fall at the Dulles International Airport just outside of Washington, with one-way international tickets, and charged in a criminal campaign finance case in the Southern District of New York. Accused of allegedly circumventing campaign finance laws against straw donations and foreign contributions, Parnas and Fruman pleaded not guilty.

According to the indictment, Parnas sought then-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s ouster earlier this year along with his efforts to get Ukrainian officials to investigate the president’s political rival, matters that have repeatedly emerged in the House impeachment inquiry.

Giuliani’s relationship with Parnas and Fruman is the subject of a criminal investigation in the Southern District of New York, that case will have its next court date early next month.

This article was originally published by "ABC News" - -

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52619.htm

Fuckery or bluff?

AFIA?

>>7370623

oh seems likely

Gulf Cartel Attacks Mexican Farming Family near Border – Mostly Children Shot

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Gulf Cartel gunmen attacked a local farming family, killing one child and two middle-aged adults. Three teen girls and a 73-year-old man were injured.

The attack took place on Saturday night south of Reynosa, near the Libramiento Sur 2 highway in the rural community of Congregacion Garza, law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas. Various members of a family named Olivares were traveling in two vehicles as they returned from a confirmation celebration when a group of Gulf Cartel gunmen opened fire.

The victims called for help, setting off a massive response by Tamaulipas state law enforcement who searched for the attackers. A squad of police rushed the injured victims to a local hospital. One is listed in serious condition.

The Gulf Cartel is terrorizing farmers in the southern part of Reynosa. As part of their recent attacks, gunmen torched homes, kidnapped ranchers, and threatened farmers to leave their homes. The dirt roads commonly used by farmers are now main routes used by Gulf Cartel to avoid law enforcement.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/11/25/gulf-cartel-attacks-mexican-farming-family-near-border-mostly-children-shot/

Egypt paper raided after revelations about Sisi’s son

Egyptian security forces raided the office of independent news website Mada Masr on Sunday and briefly detained three of its staff including its top editor, a day after another journalist was detained, the outlet said, Reuters reports.

“Today at 1:30 pm nine plainclothes security forces entered the Mada Masr office by force,” the outlet said on Twitter. “They immediately began confiscating everybody’s laptops and phones. When asked who they were, they aggressively refused to answer.”

After three hours, three staff members including editor-in-chief Lina Attalah were taken away, Mada Masr said. The three were later released from a local police station, it said.

The raid came after security officers had arrested another Mada Masr journalist, editor Shady Zalat, at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday in a separate incident, confiscating his and his wife’s laptops and some documents, as well as Zalat’s phone, the news website said. It cited Zalat’s lawyer as saying late on Sunday that his client had been released.

Officials at the interior ministry could not be reached. An official at the State Information Service, which liaises with foreign media, referred Reuters to the Supreme Council of Media Regulation. The council’s head and deputy head did not respond.

On Wednesday, Mada Masr published an article in which it reported that Mahmoud al-Sisi, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s eldest son and a senior intelligence official, was being reassigned to a long-term diplomatic posting in Russia. Authorities have not commented on the article, which Reuters has not independently confirmed.

Reuters could not determine if the article prompted the raid on Mada Masr.

Mada Masr is one of Egypt’s last independent news outlets publishing critical stories after years of tightening controls on media and arrests of journalists and bloggers. Its website, which carries stories in Arabic and English, is blocked in Egypt.

Rights activists say Sisi has overseen an unprecedented crackdown on freedoms in Egypt since he took power in 2014.

Sisi and his backers say the measures are needed to keep Egypt stable and to counter threats from Islamist militants.

Last month, the UN human rights office called on Egypt to free a prominent blogger, a lawyer and a journalist, all of whom it said were mistreated in custody. They are among several thousand people who activists say have been detained following rare protests against Sisi in Cairo and other cities in September.

Egypt’s public prosecutor has acknowledged the detention of not more than 1,000 people in connection with the protests. Officials have denied accusations by relatives, lawyers and activists that prisoners are mistreated.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191125-independent-egyptian-news-website-says-its-offices-were-raided/

SecDef: I Was 'Flabbergasted' to Learn about Spencer's Secret Deal with Trump

A day after Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked the Navy's top civilian leader to resign, he spoke publicly about the decision, saying Richard V. Spencer had broken crucial rules of trust and indicating he had been publicly dishonest on multiple occasions about his plans and intentions.

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon Monday morning, Esper said Spencer's termination as Navy secretary was not ultimately about the handling of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was publicly championed by President Donald Trump, but faced a review board and the loss of his prized trident pin after being found guilty of taking an inappropriate photo with a corpse in a war zone earlier this year.

Rather, Esper said, it was about Spencer's honesty regarding the matter.

"A senior White House official took [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and me] aside and said, 'Oh, by the way, did you know that …' and then told me what had happened, that this proposal had been brought be Secretary Spencer, and we had no knowledge whatsoever," Esper said. "We were flabbergasted by it, and quite surprised and caught completely off guard."

According to Esper, Spencer had approached Trump with a deal regarding Gallagher: the SEAL would be guaranteed to keep his trident if the president allowed the Navy to proceed with a review board on the matter in a nod to proper procedures and protocol.

"This proposal was completely contrary to what we agreed to, and contrary to Secretary Spencer's public position," Esper said.

When approached, Esper said Spencer had been "forthright" and acknowledged his proposal.

Spencer, who has yet to speak publicly about the matter, maintained in a letter about his termination that his departure was based on a principled stand.

"Unfortunately it has become apparent that … I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline," he wrote in the letter. "I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violated the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Spencer also dissembled in other ways, Esper indicated. While the SecNav publicly and vocally denied that he had threatened to resign over Trump's intervention in Gallagher's case, Esper said he had the opposite understanding.

"Secretary Spencer said to me that he was … likely, probably, going to resign if he was forced to [allow Gallagher to] retain the trident," Esper said. "So he had conveyed to me, I had every reason to believe that he was going to resign, that it was a threat to resign. So that was not true."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/25/secdef-i-was-flabbergasted-learn-about-spencers-secret-deal-trump.html

Supreme Court refuses to hear case involving climate scientist's lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal involving a prominent climate scientist who sued an iconic conservative magazine and libertarian think tank for defamation.

In a closely watched request to the Supreme Court, the National Review and Competitive Enterprise Institute asked the justices to intervene in a suit brought against them by scientist Michael Mann. The case, which pits climate scientists against the free speech rights of global warming skeptics, drew interest from lawmakers, interest groups, academics and media.

The Supreme Court’s denial means at least four justices declined to take on the case, which is required to grant an appeal. Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the court’s decision to decline the case.

“The petition in this case presents questions that go to the very heart of the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and freedom of the press: the protection afforded to journalists and others who use harsh language in criticizing opposing advocacy on one of the most important public issues of the day,” Alito wrote.

“If the Court is serious about protecting freedom of expression,” Alito added, “we should grant review.”

Mann, the plaintiff, is best known among climate scientists for his “hockey stick” graph, which showed a sharp uptick in the earth’s temperatures over the 20th century as carbon emissions from human activity were on the rise.

He later came under fire from skeptics after leaked emails with colleagues fueled accusations of misconduct, in a controversy dubbed “Climategate.” But Mann was ultimately cleared by multiple investigations, including a 2010 review by his employer, Penn State University.

The National Review questioned the university’s findings, however. The magazine accused the school of a whitewash, and Mann of scientific fraud. Writers likened Mann to “the Jerry Sandusky of climate science,” a reference to the then-recently convicted serial pedophile and former football coach at Penn State.

“Instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data,” Mark Steyn wrote for the magazine, quoting the work of a blogger at the libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, another party to the suit.

The defamation case will now continue to proceed through D.C.’s equivalent of state court.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/471878-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-in-case-involving-climate

Attorney general: Netanyahu need not resign as PM due to criminal charges

Avichai Mandelblit also says PM will not be forced into leave of absence at this time; panel of legal officials has yet to discuss whether he can form coalition in future

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-25-2019/