AG William Barr: Social Media Platforms ‘Engaged in Censorship,’ Acting More Like ‘Publishers’

Appearing Tuesday on the Fox News Channel’s Special Report, Attorney General William Barr judged that social media platforms are “engaged in censorship” and are behaving more like “publishers.”

A transcript is as follows:

BRET BAIER: The president is counting on you and your department to crack down on social media platforms for what he calls “censorship,” including his own tweets. You said, “the law allows these companies to operate and it’s been stretched beyond its original intent.” So you think these firms are somehow censoring the president and his supporters?

ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR: I think there are… clearly these entities are now engaged in censorship. And they originally held themselves out as open forums where people, where the third parties could come and express their views, and they built up a tremendous network of eyeballs. They had a lot of market power based on that presentation. And now they are acting much more like publishers, because they’re censoring particular viewpoints and putting their own content in there to diminish the impact of various people’s views.

https://youtu.be/WzLUeMNn9gA

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/11/ag-william-barr-social-media-platforms-engaged-in-censorship-acting-more-like-publishers/

No Police, Extortion Of Private Businesses: Inside The Latest On Seattle’s Downtown ‘Autonomous Zone’

Seattle police say they are not responding to calls for assistance while reportedly armed protesters operate checkpoints and have declared a portion of the city as “cop-free” and an “autonomous zone.”

The area is called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) by the forces who have occupied it, KOMO News reported Thursday morning.

Antifa-affiliated seized control of the neighborhood, according to the City-Journal, which also reports that they set up barricades with a cardboard sign declaring “you are now leaving the USA.”

President Donald Trump has called the activists “domestic terrorists” and as urged Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to deal with the problem in her backyard, Durkan told Trump Thursday to “to go back to your bunker.” Trump urged both the Washington governor and mayor to “take back your city NOW.”

Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020

The “liberated” area is situated around the precinct that police abandoned Monday night as rioting engulfed the city. A Minneapolis police precinct went up in flames when protests, rioting and looting rocked that city in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

The police are attempting to link up with the “leaders” of the autonomous zone in order to make some kind of accommodation and bring police back into the area, Seattle Assistant Police Chief Deanna Nolette told KOMO. (RELATED: Seattle Councilmember Says She Can’t Figure Out Why ‘Looting Bothers People’ When People Are ‘Dying Every Day)

Nolette reportedly said that police are not responding to calls for assistance.

“Right now, we are on priority calls only, which means the people, city wide who need a police response are not receiving it,” Nolette said. “That to us is just not acceptable”.

Nolette did not explain why police are refusing most calls when asked by KOMO.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/11/seattle-police-officers-no-calls-armed-activists-city-autonomous-zone-antifa-blm/

Report: National Guard Members Found Glass in Their Pizza from DC Restaurant While Deployed to DC to Save National Monuments from Leftists

President Trump called in National Guard troops from several states after far left rioters and looters defaced the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, attacked DC police and torched the historic St. John’s Church near the White House.

The South Carolina National Guard reportedly ordered pizza from a local restaurant. The pizza contained glass pieces according to guard members.

The Washington DC Mayor eventually kicked the National Guard out of several local hotels.

The Military Times reported:

While deployed in Washington, D.C., responding to protests, two soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard discovered glass in their pizza, a new report says.

The soldiers were staying at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and used Uber Eats to deliver the pizza from an unnamed local establishment, the Post and Courier reports, citing a Defense Department report on the incident. But upon its arrival, the soldiers found the pizza had pieces of glass baked into the dough and cheese.

The soldiers weren’t harmed, and the S.C. National Guard believes it was an isolated incident.

“The service members are okay. It was a single incident. Their command said the Soldiers were advised to file a report with local police department. From my understanding they chose not to. There is no additional information to report,” Capt. Jessica Donnelly, a spokeswoman for the S.C. National Guard, said in an email to Military Times.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/report-national-guard-members-found-glass-pizza-dc-restaurant-deployed-dc-save-national-monuments-leftists/

Greek Prime Minister Says Ready to Discuss Maritime Zones Delimitation With Turkey

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has confirmed his readiness to discuss maritime zones delimitation with Ankara, and in case of the latter's disagreements, the issue would be taken to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

"We are always open for dialogue with Turkey, among the problems on the negotiation table are the delimitation of our maritime zones. We can discuss openly, and if we finally agree that we have differences, there are always ways to refer the issue to the International Court in The Hague by common agreement on how we can solve this problem, but always with absolute respect for international law", Mitsotakis said during an online discussion at the Delphi Economic Forum.

The minister added that the relationship between Athens and Ankara was complex.

"Turkey in recent months has been extremely provocative in its activities, especially with regard to the signing of an agreement with Libya on the delimitation of maritime zones, which we consider to be absolutely invalid, not having any power. Just look at the map to understand why this agreement makes no sense, not in the least", Mitsotakis noted.

Relations between the two countries have been strained by border tensions and Turkey's oil and gas exploration plans in the Mediterranean. In the latest standoff, the Turkish Petroleum Corporation announced plans to receive drilling rights in areas considered by Greece to be a part of its continental shelf and Athens slammed the move.

Turkey's ambitious drilling plans were spurred by the signing of a controversial deal on maritime boundaries between Ankara and Libya's Government of National Accord, which Athens said was yet another attempt to usurp Greece's sovereign rights. Greek Minister for National Defence Nikos Panagiotopoulos said last week that Greece would do what it takes to defend its sovereign rights.

Last November, Ankara and Tripoli signed the memorandum on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea, triggering a strong backlash among some countries, including Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt. The three countries said the pact infringed upon their sovereignty rights.

https://sputniknews.com/world/202006111079588851-greek-prime-minister-says-ready-to-discuss-maritime-zones-delimitation-with-turkey/

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nflation Data Shows Massive Disruptions to U.S. Food Supply and Demand

Inflation data released by the Department of Labor this week paints a dramatic picture of the severe pressure put on the U.S. food supply by the coronavirus shutdowns.

The prices paid by consumers for meat jumped higher in May, the government’s Consumer Price Index showed Wednesday. The price of beef roasts jumped 19.5 percent compared with the prior month. Compared with a year ago, roast prices were up 26.9 percent. Ground beef prices were up 7.2 percent for the month and 16.8 percent for the year. Steaks were up 11.6 percent for the month and 16.6 for the year.

The government’s Producer Price Index for beef and veal prices soared 69 percent in May after rising 12 percent in April. The PPI is the successor to a price gauge called the Wholesale Price Index. It measures selling prices received by producers instead of the prices paid by households measured by the CPI. That means it captures a wider array of purchases, including those by the government and exports. Typically, both measures track the same path, although they do differ from month to month.

Pork prices rose 2.7 percent in May, following a 3 percent rise in April, according to the CPI. But the PPI indicates a steeper 15 percent hike, which may indicate the consumer prices will rise further in June. Pork chops were up 8.4 percent for the month and 14 percent for the year, as measured by the CPI.

Prices received by U.S. farmers for fresh fruits and melons have gone on a wild ride, according to the PPI. In April, prices crashed 10.5 percent. The following month, however, they rose 11.4 percent.

Egg prices soared 31.8 percent in April and crashed 44.6 percent in May, PPI data indicate. The price of chickens fell 8.4 percent in April and jumped 14.4 percent in May.

Food is one of the most volatile categories in both the CPI and PPI. But the price changes seen in April and May were extreme even for food and included some of the biggest single-month changes ever recorded. They indicate just how unstable the U.S. food supply and demand from consumers became at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/06/11/inflation-data-shows-massive-disruptions-to-u-s-food-supply-and-demand/

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Roger ball means 18 seconds out from landing

18 days 19 June

So next 8 days shit will go bat shit crazy as noted in Q 4407

Important to understand.

ONLY AT THE PRECIPICE [moment of destruction] WILL PEOPLE FIND THE WILL TO CHANGE.

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Seattle police chief: 'Leaving the precinct was not my decision'

Addressing the takeover of the area surrounding the Seattle Police Department’s abandoned East Precinct building, Chief Carmen Best said in a video addressed to her officers Thursday major chaos had been averted but also that she was “angry about” how the situation unfolded.

After days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Seattle police boarded up and left the East Precinct building Monday night – and then a crowd of protesters set up barricades in the surrounding area, declaring it an “autonomous” and “cop-free zone.”

Images of the barricades show hand-written messages including “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” and “You are now leaving the USA.”

“The decision to board up the precinct, our precinct, our home, the first precinct I worked in, was something I had been holding off,” Best said. “You should know, leaving the precinct was not my decision. “

The immediate area had seen more than a week of protests, with some of them growing violent. A man allegedly drove into a crowd of protesters Sunday night and shot someone just a block away from the building.

“You fought for days to protect it,” Best continued in her remarks. “I asked you to stand on that line, day in and day out – to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened and in some cases hurt.”

Protesters allegedly also threw glass bottles, rocks and “explosives” at police there on Saturday. Police said they used blast balls and pepper spray to try and break up the crowds. The city also made the decision to ban its police force from using tear gas to quell the unrest.

“To have a change of course, nearly two weeks in,” Best said, shaking her head. “It seems like an insult to you and our community.”

She blamed “the city” for giving in to “severe public pressure” for the decision to pull out of the East Precinct building.

“We had solid information to believe that anti-government groups would destroy the precinct once we left, whether through vandalism or arson,” she said.

But despite the credible intelligence and widespread vandalism in the area, she said major destruction of the police building and surrounding homes and businesses was avoided. And no police were hurt, she added.

“Today, the precinct remains standing,” she noted – even if it’s boarded up and empty.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-police-chief-leaving-precinct

Why Is Laurene Powell Jobs Funding Fake News?

Liberal billionaire's Emerson Collective claims to fund 'super high-quality journalism,' but backs astroturfed news sites

Laurene Powell Jobs has portrayed herself as a defender of the free press, but while journalistic projects she supports have laid off employees and turned to the government for help, the billionaire has funded a political group that built sham local news sites to push Democratic talking points.

Powell Jobs—worth over $26 billion thanks to her late husband, Apple founder Steve Jobs—has spent big on major media properties like the Atlantic, Axios, and Mother Jones through her "social change" investment firm, Emerson Collective. But many of those outlets appear to be floundering amid the current economic crisis, taking government loans and laying off staff.

Powell Jobs's attention, however, appears focused more on sending Joe Biden to the White House. Multiple reports have indicated the billionaire has funneled money into liberal media operation ACRONYM, which in turn operates Courier Newsroom, an umbrella over seven different sites that pose as local news outlets while distributing what one critic called "hyperlocal partisan propaganda."

This mismatch between Powell Jobs's public image and political spending raises questions about how seriously the self-professed friend to independent media takes those commitments, especially when they might conflict with her political goals. Neither a representative for ACRONYM nor for Emerson Collective responded to multiple requests for comment for this article.

Powell Jobs has more than once been listed as a major backer of ACRONYM. A March New York Times story described her as such, as did a May story from Vox.

There is also some evidence of a connection between Powell Jobs and ACRONYM CEO Tara McGowan: Emerson Collective gave $2 million to Priorities USA Action during the 2016 cycle, when McGowan worked as the PAC's digital director. McGowan has also tweeted appreciatively at Powell Jobs.

https://freebeacon.com/media/why-is-laurene-powell-jobs-funding-fake-news/

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Senate Judiciary Committee Authorizes Subpoenas for 50+ Obama Officials including: Rice, Clapper, Brennan and Lovebirds Strzok and Page

The Senate Judiciary Committee today authorized Chairman Lindsey Graham the authority to subpoenas former Obama officials related to the FISA process and the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

The Committee voted 12-10 to approve the authorization.

Now Graham can issue subpoenas covering a number of documents, communications and testimony from witnesses, including James Comey, Andrew McCabe, James Clapper, John Brennan, Sally Yates, and others.

The Senate Judiciary Committee listed the officials who may face subpoenas :

The subpoena authorization gives the Chairman the ability to issue a subpoena for witnesses, documents or other materials.

Documents and communications referenced in, and testimony at a hearing or deposition of any individual named or identified by pseudonym in, the report titled “Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation” issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General.

Documents and communications related to, and the testimony at a hearing or deposition of any current or former executive branch official or employee involved in, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation (including investigations opened under the Crossfire Hurricane umbrella) or the receipt or analysis of reports prepared by Christopher Steele (commonly referred to as the “Steele dossier”).

Documents, communications and testimony at a hearing or deposition related to any aforementioned matter from:

Trisha Anderson,

Brian Auten,

James Baker,

William Barr,

Dana Boente,

Jennifer Boone,

John Brennan,

James Clapper,

Kevin Clinesmith,

James Comey,

Patrick Conlon,

Michael Dempsey,

Stuart Evans,

Tashina Gauhar,

Carl Ghattas,

Curtis Heide,

Kathleen Kavalec,

David Laufman,

Stephen Laycock,

Jacob Lew,

Loretta Lynch,

Andrew McCabe,

Mary McCord,

Denis McDonough,

Arthur McGlynn,

Jonathan Moffa,

Sally Moyer,

Mike Neufield,

Sean Newell,

Victoria Nuland,

Bruce Ohr,

Nellie Ohr,

Stephanie L. O’Sullivan,

Lisa Page,

Joseph Pientka,

John Podesta,

Samantha Power,

E.W. “Bill” Priestap,

Sarah Raskin,

Steve Ricchetti,

Susan Rice,

Rod Rosenstein,

Gabriel Sanz-Rexach,

Nathan Sheets,

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall,

Glenn Simpson,

Steve Somma,

Peter Strzok,

Michael Sussman,

Adam Szubin,

Jonathan Winer,

Christopher Wray,

Sally Yates.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/senate-judiciary-committee-authorizes-subpoenas-50-obama-officials-including-rice-clapper-brennan-lovebirds-strzok-page/

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