NY Releases Level 3 Sex Offenders Convicted of Raping Minors - Part of COVID Response

One of the most confounding things about liberals is their penchant for releasing

dangerous criminals back onto the streets any time they get the chance, and it seems the coronavirus pandemic is as good an excuse as any to free even more miscreants.

The latest to get in on the coronavirus prisoner release fun is the Monroe County Jail in western New York, which was required by a statewide edict from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to release about 50 inmates, according to WROC-TV in Rochester.

These aren’t just any garden-variety petty thieves or drug users.

Among those released, at least four are registered sex offenders, three of whom are considered Level 3 offenders — meaning they have been convicted of raping minors and are deemed by the state as most likely to reoffend.

If that wasn’t bad enough, nine of the prisoners — including the sex offenders — are being housed at a Holiday Inn Express in Greece, New York, the report said.

The police chief of that town, Patrick Phelan, is just as confused by this insanity as the rest of us.

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2020/03/ny-releases-level-3-sex-offenders.html

Hungarian Parliament passes bill that gives PM Orban unlimited power & proclaims

– State of emergency w/o time limit

– Rule by decree

– Parliament suspended

– No elections

– Spreading fake news + rumors: up to 5 yrs in prison

– Leaving quarantine: up to 8 yrs in prison

#COVID19

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/hungarian-parliament-passes-bill-that-gives-pm-orban-unlimited-power-proclaims/

Judge Deals Blow To Texas Abortion Policy After Governor Declares It ‘Non-Essential’

Judge Lee Yeakel, who serves on the United States District Court for Western District of Texas, ruled Monday that abortion clinics must temporarily remain open and cannot be prohibited from performing non-medically necessary abortions as a public health measure.

According to Politico, Judge Yeakel maintained that the Supreme Court has already ruled against enshrining an “outright ban” on abortions, and equated the state’s desire to limit access to the procedure to an effective ban.

“Regarding a woman’s right to a pre-fetal-viability abortion, the Supreme Court has spoken clearly. There can be no outright ban on such a procedure,” said Judge Yeakel, reports the news agency.

“This court will not speculate on whether the Supreme Court included a silent ‘except-in-a-national-emergency clause’ in its previous writings on the issue,” said Judge Yeakel.

The New York Times reports that the procedure has been given temporary amnesty within the state until the courts can fully decide whether temporary abortion bans on non-medically necessary abortions can continue amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Last week, Governor Gregg Abbott (R-TX) temporarily banned abortion clinics from continuing to perform them, arguing that such procedures were “non-essential” and that allowing them to continue would unnecessarily diminish the state’s medical supplies.

As NBC News reports, multiple states have enacted emergency policies that prohibit abortion clinics from performing them during the coronavirus pandemic, but the policies have been challenged by abortion advocates.

“We cannot let anti-abortion activists dictate public health policy. A global pandemic is not an excuse to attack essential, time-sensitive medical procedures like abortion,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president of Planned Parenthood, the organization that filed the lawsuit against Texas, reports the news agency.

http://www.domigood.com/2020/03/judge-deals-blow-to-texas-abortion.html

Ohio: Kids Abused After Child "Protection" Services Puts them In Home With Sex Abuse Suspects

Another day, another episode of incompetence from our lovely overlords at a government bureau. This time, child welfare officials in Dayton, Ohio, placed children in a home of not one, but two sexual abuse suspects that were under police investigation. Not surprisingly, those children later reported that they were also abused.

Dayton Daily News reports:

Montgomery County Children Services placed a 4-year-old girl into a home with two known sex assault suspects, a Dayton police report says, and kept the child in the home after the girl and her 5-year-old brother said she was sexually abused there.

The report obtained by the Dayton Daily News says Dayton police launched their investigation when school staff alerted officers of the potential sexual abuse. Dayton police say the investigation is ongoing, though the allegations extend back to 2018.

In the sex abuse case, Dayton police officers found Children Services removed the sister and brother in November 2017 to get them out of a household where their mother was the victim of domestic violence. Children Services placed the children with their grandfather, who had twice been charged with rape but not convicted, although he was convicted of domestic violence and a suspect in two other sexual assault cases.

Already living in the home was a teenager placed there by Children Services because the teen sexually assaulted a 5-year-old family member in another county, the report says.

The 4-year-old first told her mother that her grandfather was abusing her during a visitation in July 2018, shortly before the mother was to regain custody. The mother told the caseworker about the allegation, according to the police report, but the caseworker allegedly didn’t follow orders to schedule a forensic examination, left the girl in the home with the grandfather and then continued court-mandated visitations between the grandfather and the children after the mother got the kids back.

In response to questions from the Dayton Daily News, Montgomery County Children Services officials said they conducted an internal review of the case but would not release the outcome of that review or comment on the case, saying agency records are confidential under state law.

Personnel records obtained by the Dayton Daily News show she received a Letter of Instruction in April 2019 for not adhering to the agency’s mandated reporting policy in July 2018. She remains employed at the agency.

The letter of instruction says that if an agency employee is notified that a child is a victim or at risk of being a victim of abuse or neglect by a parent, guardian or custodian, the employee must immediately contact the agency’s intake screening unit. It says they must then immediately fax over a report and notify a supervisor.

No records of any other Children Services employee being disciplined for how this case was handled were given to the Dayton Daily News in response to a public records request.

http://www.womensystems.com/2020/03/ohio-kids-abused-after-child-protection.html

US Data Shows NINEFOLD Increase In Cancer Risk On Nuclear Ships

You see, it was a legal ploy to get out of admitting that those aboard the USS Reagan were put in harm's way by coming to the aid of Japan after the earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns. Compare them to other crews aboard other nuclear subs. It backfired.

Cancer in US Navy Nuclear Powered Ships

by Chris Busby

“Their move was to compare the matched “unexposed” control group with the Ronald Reagan group. There were 30% more cancers in the control group after adjusting for age. But what I did was to compare the control group with the National population, using data on cancer rates by age group from the SEER database…. The result showed an astonishing 9.2-fold excess of cancer in the sailors on nuclear-powered vessels. There were 121 cancers predicted on the basis of the national rates, and 1119 reported by the DTRA study. For the Reagans it was about 6-fold with 46 reported and 7.76 expected. Now this result is astonishing. I wrote my study up for a good scientific peer reviewed journal, and it was published last week…. You can find it on academia.edu if you can’t afford the journal cost.”

read more at Counterpunch

referenced:

High Cancer Risk in US Naval Personnel Serving in Nuclear Powered Ships

by Christopher Busby

Abstract:

"The USA Defense Threat Reduction Agency provided data in 2014 on the health status, including cancer, of the 4,843 sailors on the nuclear-powered United States Ship (USS) Ronald Reagan over the 2.55-year period from May 12, 2011 to Dec 31, 2013. Also provided were data on a matched control group of 65,269 US Navy personnel. Examination of the control population relative to the US national data gives a relative risk for all malignancies of RR = 9.2 (95% CI 8.48 < 9.2 < 9.96). The result suggests a significant cancer risk associated with serving on a nuclear-powered ship, one which is not predicted by the science underlying current radiation protection legislation."

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/07357907.2020.1731526

https://femalefaust.blogspot.com/2020/03/us-data-shows-ninefold-increase-in.html

WikiLeaks Exposes How Council on Foreign Relations Controls Most All Mainstream Media

www.transcend.org/tms/2018/02/wikileaks-exposes-how-council-on-foreign-relations-controls-most-all-mainstream-media/

It is no secret that over the last 4 decades, mainstream media has been consolidated from dozens of competing companies to only six. Hundreds of channels, websites, news outlets, newspapers, and magazines, making up ninety percent of all media is controlled by very few people—giving Americans the illusion of choice.

While six companies controlling most everything the Western world consumes in regard to media may sound like a sinister arrangement, the Swiss Propaganda Research center (SPR) has just released information that is even worse.

The research group was able to tie all these media companies to a single organization—the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

For those who may be unaware, the CFR is a primary member of the circle of Washington think-tanks promoting endless war. As former Army Major Todd Pierce describes, this group acts as “primary provocateurs” using “‘psychological suggestiveness’ to create a false narrative of danger from some foreign entity with the objective being to create paranoia within the U.S. population that it is under imminent threat of attack or takeover.”

A senior member of the CFR and outspoken neocon warmonger, Robert Kagan has even publicly proclaimed that the US should create an empire.

The narrative created by CFR and its cohorts is picked up by their secondary communicators, also known the mainstream media, who push it on the populace with no analysis or questioning.

When looking at the chart from SPR, the reach by this single organization is so vast that it is no mystery as to how these elite psychopaths guide Americans into accepting endless war at the expense of their mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters.

Top journalists and executives from all major media companies are integrated into the CFR. As the chart below illustrates, the CFR has even more control in the mainstream media than even the nefarious Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission.

www.transcend.org/tms/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wikileaks-media-council-foreign-relations-usa.jpg

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/wikileaks-exposes-how-council-on-foreign-relations-controls-most-all-mainstream-media/

US Gov't Partners with Johnson & Johnson To Prep for 1 Billion Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is partnering with the U.S. government to produce up to 1 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine for use around the world by the end of next year.

Asked on NBC’s “Today” on Monday how quickly the first vaccines could be available, CEO Alex Gorsky replied, “This is like a moonshot for us.”

“What would usually take five to seven years, we expect to be able to accomplish in five to seven months,” he said.

The company is working directly with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority at the Department of Health and Human Services.

“We have a candidate that has a high degree of probability of being successful against the COVID-19 virus,” Gorsky said.

“Now we also, very important, we’ve got the production capabilities to be able to ramp up production of this in a relatively short period of time so it can become available.”

Gorsky said he anticipates starting human testing in September and having interim study results by early next year.

The Johnson & Johnson leader said the company plans to start production of the vaccine even before it has the study’s results.

“Literally within the next few days and weeks, we’re going to start ramping up production of these vaccines as well, and we should be able to have several hundred million doses available by the middle of next year. Our goal is to have a billion prepared by the end of 2021,” he said.

Forbes reported that Johnson & Johnson entered into the $1 billion deal with the federal government to develop the vaccine late last week.

Under the terms of the agreement, the government will pay $456 million and Johnson & Johnson will cover the rest of the cost for the vaccine’s research, development and testing.

“Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie highlighted that Johnson & Johnson and other companies entering into these agreements with the government are taking a risk by producing the vaccine before even knowing if it’s effective.

“Look, that’s what we have to do in this case,” Gorsky replied.

“We’re going to do everything possible to make sure we have a safe, effective, vaccine available in the kind of quantities that can really make a difference,” he said.

Johnson & Johnson’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Paul Stoffels, also confirmed to Reuters that going to production before the vaccine is approved “is the only option for us to get it on time.”

Gorsky said his company is doing everything possible to try to accelerate the process to get a vaccine to the public.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/03/us-govt-partners-with-johnson-johnson.html

Remember when the WHO director said “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission” of the COVID-19? Then 2 months later tried to say the world was “slow to react”? Good times

the WHO is not a reliable source of information and they do not care about your well being. This is just a NWO organization used to push agendas.

Read more about this guy, the first director of WHO without a medical degree

www.roughestimate.org/roughestimate/the-crimes-of-tedros-adhanom

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/remember-when-the-who-director-said-no-clear-evidence-of-human-to-human-transmission-of-the-covid-19-then-2-months-later-tried-to-say-the-world-was-slow-to-react-good-times/

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever dump half a MILLION tonnes of plastic pollution in six poor countries, damning report finds

Plastic in Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, India, China and The Philippines was studied

The companies produce the equivalent of 4.6 million tonnes of CO3 annually

coca-Cola was the worst of the four companies with 200,000 tonnes of plastic

Four multi-national companies - Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six countries per year.

A study by international relief agency Tearfund is the first to quantify the amount of plastic waste burnt in Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, India, China and The Philippines.

The plastic being burnt by the giant corporations creates emissions equivalent to 4.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year - the same as 2 million cars on UK roads.

Coca-Cola was the worst of the four companies - with 200,000 tonnes of plastic or about eight billion bottles burnt or dumped in those countries annually.

A spokesperson for Coca-Cola said they are talking to TearFund and 'recognise that we have a responsibility to help solve the situation to reduce plastic waste.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8168521/Coca-Cola-Nestl-PepsiCo-Unilever-dump-half-MILLION-tonnes-plastic-pollution.html

NJ governor begrudgingly reverses his gun store shutdown after Trump admin labels them 'essential' businesses

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy reversed his order to force the closure of gun stores in the state Monday following backlash from gun-rights groups and a directive from the Trump administration.

Gun stores will now be allowed to reopen after a nearly two-week shutdown, but would operate "by appointment only and under limited hours."

Murphy made the announcement begrudgingly in a news conference Monday, saying the reversal came after the Department of Homeland Security issued guidelines over the weekend referring to gun dealers, ranges, and manufacturers as "essential" businesses.

"It wouldn't be my definition, but that's the definition at the federal level and I didn't get a vote on that," Murphy said during the briefing, according to NJ.com.

Murphy issued an executive order on March 21 that closed all nonessential retail businesses — including gun stores — amid the state's coronavirus outbreak. The order effectively shut down all firearm sales in the state as the online portal used to process background checks was also forced to close.

"The exigencies surrounding this viral pandemic both justify and necessitate changes in the manner in which people live their lives and conduct their daily business," the lawsuit stated. "However, this emergency (like any other emergency) has its constitutional limits. It would not justify a prior restraint on speech, nor a suspension of the right to vote. Just the same, it does not justify a ban on obtaining guns and ammunition."

In spite of the lawsuit, Murphy had previously lauded the order's effect on gun retailers, arguing during a press briefing that "a safer society for my taste has fewer guns and not more guns."

"The guns that do exist are at the hands of the right people, particularly trained members of law enforcement," he added at the time. "Crime has been down and let's hope it stays down, but we're very comfortable where we landed on that."

Murphy's recent reversal on the forced closure of gun stores follows in the footsteps of a similar decision by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, who backed off his previous executive order after taking heat from Second Amendment supporters in his state.

http://www.tathasta.com/2020/03/nj-governor-begrudgingly-reverses-his.html

Turkey's Halkbank pleads not guilty to US criminal charges

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Manhattan that it helped Iran evade US sanctions, in a case that has strained relations between the United States and Turkey.

The plea – to charges including conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering – was entered by the bank’s US lawyer at a hearing conducted by telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

US prosecutors have accused Halkbank of using money servicers and front companies in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions through sham transactions in gold, food, and medicine.

The charges, announced last October, followed related charges brought by prosecutors against nine individuals since 2016.

They included former Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted in the same federal court in Manhattan in January 2018 after another defendant, wealthy Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab pleaded guilty and testified against him.

Atilla returned to Turkey last year after leaving prison and became general manager of the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200331-turkeys-halkbank-pleads-not-guilty-to-us-criminal-charges/

Afghan Govt Announces Another Delay in Taliban Prisoner Release

First releases were scheduled for Tuesday, now won't happen

Over the past two weeks, one of the most hopeful signs on intra-Afghan talks was related to prisoner releases. The Taliban said they were told releases would come by the end of March, which is Tuesday. The Afghan government, however, now says no one will be released on Tuesday.

Afghan officials are calling this another “delay” to the prisoner release, though they aren’t saying anything about why this delay happened. It appears the government is angry that the Taliban rejected their peace negotiation team, and wants the Taliban’s own negotiators on hand to talk.

The Ghani negotiating team has questions surrounding it because Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are both claiming the presidency, and it’s not clear which of the two, if either, can really negotiate with the Taliban right now.

Since the Taliban expect the talks to begin only after the prisoner releases, that may be putting the cart before the horse anyhow, as it’s likely to be many months before the releases have progressed to the point that talks could really begin.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/03/30/afghan-govt-announces-another-delay-in-taliban-prisoner-release/

FBI’s Wiretap’s Go Beyond Trump Aide Surveillance, Inspector General Says

According to the Inspector General for the Department of Justice, in his review, the FBI has botched surveillance applications in its national-security investigations.

On Tuesday Inspector General Michael J. Horowitz says that he uncovered pervasive problems in F.B.I wiretap applications, according to a memo released on Tuesday detailing the review. The review came after his damning report last year about errors and omissions in applications to target former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Here is one of the most damning statements from the Inspector General’s office.

“Nevertheless, we believe that a deficiency in the FBI’s efforts to support the factual statements in FISA applications through its Woods Procedures undermines the FBI’s ability to achieve its “scrupulously accurate” standard for FISA applications.”

“As you are aware, in December 2019 my office issued a report examining four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications—an initial application and three renewal applications—targeting a U.S. Person and other aspects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation (“December 2019 FISA Report”).1 As detailed in our report, among other things, we identified fundamental and serious errors in the agents’ conduct of the FBI’s factual accuracy review procedures (“Woods Procedures”) with regard to all four FISA applications. We found, for example, numerous instances where the Woods File did not include supporting documentation for factual assertions contained in the FISA applications, as required by FBI policy. Additionally, we determined that the Woods File did not contain, as also required by FBI policy, documentation from the Confidential Human Source’s (CHS) handling agent stating that the handling agent had reviewed the facts presented in the FISA application regarding the CHS’s reliability and background, and that the facts presented were accurate. We further found that the FBI had failed to follow its policies for re-verifying factual assertions made in the initial FISA application that were also included in the three FISA renewal applications.

https://thedcpatriot.com/damning-fbis-wiretaps-go-beyond-trump-aide-surveillance-inspector-general-says/

You can read and download the full report from the Inspector General HERE.

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2020/a20047.pdf

McConnell: Impeachment distracted government from coronavirus threat

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blamed the Democrats’ push to impeach President Trump in January for distracting the Trump administration from the threat posed by the coronavirus.

“It came up while we were tied down in the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government because everything every day was all about impeachment,” McConnell said in an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”

Trump has come under sharp criticism for the nation’s slow response to the spreading pandemic, especially for the shortage of coronavirus testing kits when the virus first spread to the United States.

More than 160,000 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 3,000 people have died from the virus in the country.

McConnell told Hewitt that he has not heard any new reports about senators being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) missed a vote on the $2 trillion economic relief package after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and four other Republican senators placed themselves in quarantine last week out of caution for potential exposure.

China reported its first known death due to the coronavirus on Jan. 11, after researchers in the country discovered a new, unknown disease had infected dozens of people.

By Jan. 20, countries outside of China, including Japan and South Korea, reported the virus had spread, and on Jan. 23, Chinese authorities sealed off the city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged.

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Jan. 30, and on Jan. 31, the Trump administration blocked foreign nationals who had traveled to China in the previous two weeks from entering the United States. However, the immediate family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents were allowed back to the U.S.

Trump has been criticized for not taking the virus seriously enough at first.

The president told CNBC’s Joe Kernen on Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos: “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

Trump also said he trusted information coming from the Chinese government, telling the CNBC host, “I have a great relationship with President Xi.”

At the time, few lawmakers were focused on the emerging threat.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who also appeared on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” Tuesday, said he started studying the potential impact of the virus in late January.

“The first time I recall talking about the China virus in the media was on your show, probably late in January, and I had started studying the problem in mid-January,” he said.

“I have to tell you that in mid-January and late-January, unfortunately, Washington, especially the Congress, was consumed with another matter — you may recall the partisan impeachment of the president,” Cotton added.

The Senate voted to acquit Trump of two articles of impeachment on Feb. 5 after a three-week trial and months of investigation by the House.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/490335-mcconnell-impeachment-distracted-government-from-coronavirus-threat

After Congressional Coronavirus Meetings, Pelosi Bought $5 Million in Amazon Stock Before U.S. Retailers Were Forced to Close; And She Already Made Millions

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her husband are cashing in already on $5 million of Amazon stock purchased during the time frame that closed-door coronavirus meetings were being conducted in Congress.

As of Tuesday morning, the Pelosi stock purchase had already earned the couple $1.1 million in less than 10 weeks. The Amazon share price climbed close to $2,000 on Tuesday. Paul Pelosi, the speaker’s husband, got in at a price of $1,600 per share and grabbed 3,000 shares on Jan. 17, according to financial disclosure filings.

Additionally, Paul Pelosi held 40 additional call options on Amazon stock too and sold those on Jan. 17 as well, netting him between $500,000 and $1 million, filings shows.

That’s like a quick $2 million in profit. Where is William Barr? Paging AG Barr …

https://truepundit.com/after-congressional-coronavirus-meetings-pelosi-bought-5-million-n-amazon-stock-before-u-s-retailers-were-forced-to-close-and-she-already-made-millions/

Air defenses confront Israeli aggression from over Lebanese airspace, shoot down a number of missiles

The army air defenses confronted on Tuesday hostile targets over Homs airspace, SANA reporter said.

The reporter affirmed that the air defenses confronted an Israeli aggression from over Lebanese airspace and shot down a number of the missiles before reaching their targets.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=189179

Syria accuses Israel of attacking major air base

Israeli jets reportedly fire eight missiles at Shayrat installation near Homs, said to house IRGC and Hezbollah fighters as well as chemical weapons program

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-31-2020/

Syrian Air Defense Forces Respond To Israeli Airstrikes. Over 10 Missiles Launched

On March 31 evening, the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on targets in the Syrian province of Homs. Israeli warplanes launched at least 10 missiles from Lebanese airspace at Syria’s Shayrat Airbase.

In response, the Syrian military acticated its air defense forces deployed in the countryside of Damascus and in the province of Homs. Pro-government sources claim that a major part of the missiles was intercepted.

https://southfront.org/syrian-air-defense-forces-respond-to-israeli-airstrikes/

Merkel continues to allow refugees into Germany despite pandemic fears

he Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Gemany’s policy to continue to allow migrants and asylum seekers into their country amidst coronavirus pandemic fears, while simultaneously closing German borders to EU member states.

https://theduran.com/merkel-continues-to-allow-refugees-into-germany-despite-pandemic-fears-video/

Russia may send plane with medical equipment to US by end of day

The assistance was agreed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Monday

MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. Russia may send a plane with medical equipment and protection gear to the United States already on Tuesday, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

"Technical coordination and preparations for the flight of a Russian plane went on during the day. The plane is expected to take off by the end of the day," he said, adding that this assistance had been agreed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Monday.

"Being aware of the serious epidemiological situation in America, the Russian side offered medical equipment and protective gear as assistance," Peskov commented.

The Kremlin spokesman noted that while agreeing details of how to implement the two leaders’ agreement "there was an impression that some on the American side were at least not eager to promote swift resolution of technical issues."

"Importantly, when offering assistance to the American colleagues, President Putin is guided by the following consideration: when US manufacturers of medical equipment gain momentum they will be able to reciprocate if need be," he said, adding that this is the pattern for cooperation between Moscow and Beijing.

The Kremlin is certain that inter-country cooperation has no alternative amid fight against the coronavirus pandemic. "Now, when the current situation affects each and every one and can be characterized as global, there is no alternative to working together in the spirit of partnership and mutual help," Peskov stated.

https://tass.com/politics/1138347

Brooklyn Man Baruch Feldheim Accused of Hoarding N95 Masks, Selling Them at 700% Markup, Coughing On FBI Agents

Baruch Feldheim, 43, was arrested on Monday for allegedly hoarding desperately needed medical supplies including 80,000 N95 masks which he was selling at a 700% markup.

When the FBI came to arrest him, he coughed on them and claimed he had the coronavirus.

According to a Department of Justice press release, Feldheim was hoarding enough medical supplies "to outfit an entire hospital."

From The Department of Justice, "Brooklyn Man Arrested for Assaulting FBI Agents and Making False Statements About His Possession and Sale of Scarce Medical Equipment":

NEWARK, N.J. – A Brooklyn man was arrested today for allegedly coughing on FBI agents while claiming to have COVID-19, and with lying to them about his accumulation and sale of surgical masks, medical gowns, and other medical supplies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Baruch Feldheim, 43, was arrested by special agents of the FBI today and charged by complaint with assaulting a federal officer and with making false statements to law enforcement. Feldheim is scheduled to have his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On March 25, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an executive order designating certain scarce health and medical resources necessary to respond to the spread of the Coronavirus. Those designated materials included N95 filtering face-piece respirators, personal protection equipment (PPE) face masks, surgical masks, sterilization services, and disinfecting devices, among other things.

Feldheim allegedly sold certain designated materials, including N95 respirators, to doctors and nurses at inflated prices. In one instance, on March 18, 2020, a doctor in New Jersey contacted Feldheim via a WhatsApp chat group labeled “Virus2020!” Feldheim agreed to sell to the doctor approximately 1,000 N95 masks and other assorted materials for $12,000, an approximately 700 percent markup from the normal price charged for those materials. Feldheim directed the doctor to an auto repair shop in Irvington, New Jersey, to pick up the order. According to the doctor, the repair shop contained enough materials, including hand sanitizers, Clorox wipes, chemical cleaning supply agents, and surgical supplies, to outfit an entire hospital. Feldheim later told the doctor that he had been forced to move all of those supplies from Irvington to another location.

On March 23, 2020, Feldheim allegedly offered to sell a nurse a quantity of surgical gowns and directed the nurse to his residence in Brooklyn. Feldheim also received, on March 25, 2020, a shipment from Canada containing approximately eight pallets of medical facemasks. On March 27, 2020, FBI agents observed an empty box of N95 masks outside of Feldheim’s residence.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61338

‘My Pillow’ CEO Exhorts Nation to Return to God Amid COVID-19 Crisis

My Pillow CEO Mike Lendell made an impromptu speech at a White House meeting involving several national business leaders, urging people to get back to their faith and read the Bible.

Lindell made his remarks at the Rose Garden news conference on Monday morning where many CEO’s of national industries attended to discuss how they could live up to what Trump described as their “patriotic duty” to do their part in warding off the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, threat.

After the meeting, several CEOs were invited to address the assembled press from the podium.

CCP VIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE

“A friend of mine, Mike Lindell of My Pillow, boy, do you sell those pillows,” Trump said of Lindell, who was the first invited to do a say, continuing, “It’s unbelievable what you do,” Politico reported.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/my-pillow-ceo-exhorts-nation-to-read-the-bible-amid-covid-19-crisis_3292695.html

Shell Pulls Out Of US LNG Project, Cuts Other Spending Amid Plunging Energy Prices

Shell said it will reduce capital spending by $5 billion to less than $20 billion in 2020

Shell suspended its $25 billion share buyback plan

Shell pays out about $16 billion in dividends every year

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) has withdrawn from a major U.S. liquefied natural gas, or LNG, plant project under development in Lake Charles, La., due to the crash in energy prices.

Brent crude, the international oil price benchmark, has dropped to its lowest level in 18 years, trading at about $26 a barrel as of Tuesday afternoon, while West Texas Intermediate crude is priced at only $20. Natural gas prices have fallen to the lowest level in 25 years.

"This decision is consistent with the initiatives we announced last week to preserve cash and reinforce the resilience of our business," said Maarten Wetselaar, head of Shell’s integrated gas and new energies division. “Whilst we continue to believe in the long-term viability and advantages of the [LNG] project, the time is not right for Shell to invest.”

Energy Transfer (ET) of Dallas, Tex., remains committed to the LNG project and will take over as its lead developer, Executive Vice President Tom Mason said. (Shell noted it will help Energy Transfer with the bidding process for a general contractor at the project).

The Lake Charles facility is one of a number LNG export projects across the globe that have been postponed because of the collapse in global energy prices.

“It’s telling that [Shell], a major [oil company] would walk away from a major outlet for long-term gas supply,” said Ira Joseph, head of global gas and power analytics at S&P Global Platts, adding that storage, port and pipeline work were already in place at the Lake Charles project.

Last week, Shell said it will reduce capital spending by $5 billion to less than $20 billion in 2020 and also suspended its $25 billion share buyback plan as it tries to cope with collapsing oil prices. The oil giant also plans on cutting its operating costs by between $3 billion and $4 billion this year.

https://www.ibtimes.com/shell-pulls-out-us-lng-project-cuts-other-spending-amid-plunging-energy-prices-2950288

CBS News Blames 'Editing Mistake' After Airing Italian Hospital Footage in Report on NYC

From The Daily Caller:

CBS News said an "an editing mistake" led to the network airing footage of an Italian hospital during a segment on New York’s coronavirus crisis in a statement to the Daily Caller on Monday.

"CBS This Morning" discussed Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's allegation that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) only gave the state 400 ventilators when they needed 30,000 on March 25. The network aired footage of a crowded Italian hospital room that was reported by Sky News on March 22 during a segment on hospitals in the country.

"It was an editing mistake. We took immediate steps to remove it from all platforms and shows," a CBS spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61337

Newly-Released Hillary Clinton Emails Show Classified Information, Redacted Obama Talking Points

Last week, Judicial Watch released 80 pages of new emails recently found by the FBI that further reveal how former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her insecure home-brew server to house and transmit classified and sensitive government information. This came after Judicial Watch released 37 pages of new Hillary Clinton emails in January.

"Magically, after years, the FBI finds more Clinton emails that are classified, involve Benghazi, and detail communications with President Obama," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. "This drip, drip game that the DOJ, FBI, and State are playing is a key reason a federal court authorized more discovery, including the sworn deposition of Hillary Clinton."

An August 29, 2011 email includes a document entitled "Talking Points for POTUS" for a briefing that day. The talking points are completely redacted.

This latest release follows a January release of 37 pages Hillary Clinton emails that also show the presence of classified information on Clinton's home-brew server. The State Department de-classified the emails on January 8, 2020. The emails also show Clinton used text messages to conduct official business.

"Magically, after years, the FBI finds more Clinton emails that show Clinton used text messages for government work, not to mention the continuing flow of classified information transmitted over her unsecure email system," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement at the time. "These documents further underscore the need for a fresh, unbiased and thorough criminal investigation into Clinton’s blatant malfeasance – and the related DOJ, FBI, and State Department cover-up."

Clinton repeatedly claimed that the 55,000 pages of documents she turned over to the State Department in December 2014 included all of her work-related emails. In a Judicial Watch case, she declared under penalty of perjury that she had "directed that all my emails on clintonemail.com in my custody that were or are potentially federal records be provided to the Department of State, and on information and belief, this has been done." Yet Clinton tried to destroy 33,000 government emails.

The State Department did not explain where the newly released emails were found, why they were not previously produced, or if any additional records are expected. The State Department originally claimed all emails pertaining to the Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiries had been produced in 2018, but then State discovered more emails which they handed over last year. State first notified the court that the FBI had found this latest batch of emails last November.

Judicial Watch had to file a FOIA lawsuit to obtain these emails, along with all of Clinton's government emails sent or received on her secret server.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/newly-released-hillary-clinton-emails-show-classified-information-tout-muslim-brotherhood-sources/

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-finds-new-clinton-emails-including-discussion-about-benghazi-and-additional-classified-material/

O'Keefe Investigation: Army National Guardsman Says Coronavirus Media Coverage Overblown

James O’Keefe spoke to an army national guardsman in Glen Island Park, New Rochelle, New York about the media’s coverage on the Coronavirus.

The soldier told Project Veritas that the media coverage on the Coronavirus pandemic is way overblown.

“Is it as bad as everyone, the media is saying — the whole pandemic?” O’Keefe asked the guardsman.

The guardsman responded, “Oh, no. It’s just, it’s the flu. It’s the flu. It’s the flu.”

“Is the media accurately reporting accurately?” O’Keefe asked. “The media is making it out bigger? And it’s not as bad as the media is saying?”

“No, I’m in the tents with them,” the soldier said.

New York is currently the US epicenter for Coronavirus cases and deaths.

As of Tuesday it was reported New York has 67,384 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 1,342 deaths.

Democrat lawmakers however are using the virus to shut down businesses.

On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti shut down farmer’s markets after 44 Coronavirus deaths were confirmed in the city, or 0.000011% of LA’s population of 4 million.

KKK-Blackface Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a shelter-in-place for his state until June.

President Trump extended his Coronavirus social distancing guidelines through the end of April.

If lockdowns continue, the cure will be far worse than the virus and the economy will be destroyed.

https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1245057733386285056

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/okeefe-investigation-army-national-guardsman-says-coronavirus-media-coverage-overblown-video/

Russian Covid-19 plane aid to US: Putin asked Trump if he needed help & he accepted, Kremlin spokesman says

A cargo plane loaded with medical supplies and protection equipment may depart for the US by the end of the day Tuesday, the Kremlin said after a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The issue of protective gear was raised during the Monday phone talks, with Putin asking if the US needed help and Trump accepting, Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

Moscow suggested the aid in anticipation that the US will be able to return the favor if necessary, once its manufacturers of medical and protective equipment catch up with the demand, Peskov said.

The current situation “affects everyone without exception and is of a global nature,” he added.

There is no alternative to acting together in the spirit of partnership and mutual assistance.

On Monday, Trump told reporters at the White House press briefing that “Russia sent us a very, very large planeload of things, medical equipment, which was very nice.”

The comment left everyone scratching their heads, as no one in the US seemed to know anything about the plane in question. It appears the US president was referring to the aid arranged on the phone call as something that’s already happened.

Peskov chastised “some of the American side” who “at least did not contribute to the prompt resolution of technical issues” regarding the agreed-upon delivery, which could explain the delay.

Official data show the US has been hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with almost 175,000 confirmed cases and 3,416 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon – overtaking China, where the contagion originated in December, Italy still has the highest death toll in the world, at 12,428.

https://www.rt.com/news/484623-russia-coronavirus-aid-us/

Under Armor To Produce 100,000 COVID-19 Masks Per Week

America's economy has transformed into a wartime economy. Companies are quickly changing over production lines to produce medical equipment that will aid first responders and health care systems with tools to win the fight against COVID-19.

Ford, GM, and Tesla have already pledged to make ventilators, mobilizing thousands of employees and erecting factories that could start producing these life-saving machines in the near term.

Under Armour is another company that is transforming some of its production lines to manufacture face masks, shields, and specialized fanny packs to support health care workers in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area, reported Maryland Daily Record.

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/under-armor-produce-100000-covid-19-masks-day

How disinformation really works: Activists linked to pro-NATO think tank smear Russian Covid-19 aid to Italy

With over 11,000 deaths and more than 100,000 cases of Covid-19, Italy is currently a country which feels under siege. But this is no impediment to the think tank racket twisting an offer of support for its propaganda purposes.

Here's what happened. The weekend before last, Vladimir Putin called Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. During the conversation, Conte asked for help, in fighting coronavirus, according to the Kremlin readout which hasn't been contradicted by Italian officials.

Let's be clear from the outset, there was undoubtably a strong PR, as well as practical, element to Russia's assistance. However, there were also advantages to Rome from this approach, as the move may have helped to concentrate a few minds among its traditional allies.

Moscow sent teams of "doctors, protective gear and medical equipment" to the stricken country. The detail included 100 military virologists and epidemiologists, along with eight medical teams, according to Russian news outlets. Most importantly, it delivered 600 ventilators.

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https://www.rt.com/news/484593-disinformation-russian-aid-italy-covid/

The real virus is Cabalism (Satanism.) We have caught it because it is in our societal bloodstream: the banking system.