WHO chief to speak at top Chinese university graduation ceremony

The director-general of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing, amid accusations from the United States that he is biased towards China.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will deliver an online speech to Tsinghua’s School of Economics and Management on June 21, according to a notice from the university.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in May the United States was ending its relationship with the WHO over the body’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China.

The WHO has previously denied Trump’s assertions that it promoted Chinese “disinformation” about the virus.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-who-china-idUSKBN23N075

Seattle Bans Police Use Of Crowd Control Devices Like Tear Gas And Pepper Spray

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, issued this statement today after Seattle City Council unanimously adopted two ordinances she sponsored – banning police use of chemical weapons and other so-called “crowd control” devices and banning the police use of chokeholds:

“Our movement against racism and police violence made history today with the City Council’s passage of the permanent bans on the police use of chemical weapons and other so-called ‘crowd control’ weapons, and on police chokeholds.

“Today, Seattle becomes the first US city to take these violent weapons out of the hands of police. But let’s be clear: Our victory today was not a result of of enlightenment by the political establishment, but because of the thousands of ordinary people – led by young people, especially young people of color – who have marched in the streets (facing down horrific police violence), organized, spoken up at City Council meetings, and fought for systemic change.

“Our mass protest movement deserves all the credit for winning Seattle’s historic ban on chemical weapons and chokeholds. If in the last few weeks you marched, rallied, organized, testified, or otherwise fought for Black Lives Matter and against police violence, then today’s victory is your victory.

“Our movement had to overcome significant resistance from the political establishment, who even during today’s debate were trying to water down the legislation, add in a huge loophole, or delay passage of the legislation.

“For many years, Seattle residents, especially from Black and brown communities, have been painfully aware of the systemic police violence in our city. Today’s movement victory is historic, but it’s only a start. It won’t stop police from terrorizing our communities, young people, and peaceful protesters. We have to move forward from today to build our movement to defund the Seattle Police Department, to end police violence and brutality, and to fully demilitarize the police.

“This year, the Seattle Police Department budget is a staggering $409 million – fully 27 percent of the city’s discretionary spending. I was the only councilmember last fall to vote against this appalling budget decision. My office has begun discussions with community activists, organizers, affordable housing developers, young Black and brown leaders, clergy, and others around cutting the police budget by at least 50 percent. In the next two weeks, my office will be fighting alongside the movement to bring forward our legislation to defund the police by at least 50 percent.”

https://breaking911.com/breaking-seattle-bans-police-use-of-crowd-control-devices-like-tear-gas-and-pepper-spray/

WAR ON POLICE: Over 431 Police Officers Injured or Killed in Recent Far Left Black Lives Matter Protests and Riots

On Monday June 1, 2020, four police officers were shot in St. Louis City.

The far left rioters threw gas on police.

The 7-11 downtown was looted and torched.

Across town retired Police Captain David Dorn was shot dead while protecting a pawnshop.

The looters shot Dorn and he bled out while being filmed on Facebook live.

The killers understood no police would be coming.

The video of the shootout between street thugs and police was later posted on YouTube.

This was like something out of Afghanistan except that it was St. Louis City not far from downtown St. Louis.

Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis over 431 police officers have been injured or killed in far left riots.

Daniel Greenfield at Frontpagemag.com reported:

Police officers across the country have been hit with bricks. Some were run over. A skull was fractured in Los Angeles, bones were broken in Boston, and a police officer in Madison got glass in his eye. In New York City, rioters laughed and taunted an injured female NYPD officer. Rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, fireworks, and bullets are part of the arsenal of the racist leftist mobs backed by the Democrat Party.

The stories reveal the fallout from a national war by radicals and racists on America.

33 police officers were injured and 47 police vehicles were damaged in the violent riots in New York City. Two radical lawyers were arrested for hurling a Molotov cocktail into an police car after allegedly trying to hand out firebombs to other protesters. Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that he will be launching an investigation into the NYPD’s “aggressive” conduct against the thugs and terrorists of the Left…

…These are partial and incomplete numbers. If the riots continue, those numbers will keep on rising. And these are not mere numbers. They represent husbands and fathers, mothers and daughters, who will spend time in the hospital, who will relive the trauma, and who may never be the same again. Even those who go home with minor injuries may lose some functionality. Head injuries can especially lead to troubling consequences down the road. And while we count the cost, the war continues.

These 431 men and women put their bodies on the line to protect all of us. And they paid the price.

When over 400 law enforcement officers are wounded, that’s not the aftermath of protests or even riots. That’s a war. And it’s about time that we started calling the violent leftist mobs burning and looting their way from one end of the country to the other by their rightful name. The enemy.

America is in a state of war.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/431-police-officers-injured-killed-recent-far-left-black-lives-matter-protests-riots/

Third Suspect Arrested in Connection to Murder of Retired Police Captain David Dorn at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry

Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn was murdered on Monday night June 1, 2020, outside of Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry in North St. Louis City.

The looters then broke in the store and looted it as dozens of cars drove by on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.

David Dorn was 77-years-old when he was gunned down by looters.

He lay outside the store bleeding as his death was captured on Facebook Live.

On the following Friday St. Louis Police released photos of persons of interest in the murder of Ret. Capt. David Dorn.

The St. Louis police released these images on Friday afternoon.

On Sunday June 7th the St. Louis Police arrested and charged 24-year-old Stephan Cannon with first-degree murder for the death of retired Police Captain David Dorn.

KMOV reported:

A man has been charged with the murder of retired Captain David Dorn.

Officials said 24-year-old Stephan Cannon was charged with first-degree murder for the death of Dorn. The shooting happened at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry on June 2 after a night of looting and violent rioting in St. Louis City.

Police said Dorn was found shot multiple times.

“[Dorn] was murdered by looters at a pawnshop. He was the type of brother that would’ve given his life to save them if he had to. Violence is not the answer, whether it’s a citizen or officer,” the Ethical Society of Police of St. Louis wrote after the murder.

Cannon was also charged with robbery, burglary, armed criminal action and felon in possession of a firearm.

Police said Cannon admitted he cut his hair to change his appearance after seeing surveillance video released by police.

On Monday June 15, the St. Louis Police Department announced a third suspect was arrested in the Dorn case. Mark Jackson was charged with one count of Murder 2nd Degree, one Robbery 1st Degree, one Burglary 1st Degree, one Stealing Over $750, and three counts of Armed Criminal Action.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/third-suspect-arrested-connection-murder-retired-police-captain-david-dorn-lees-pawn-jewelry/

>>9629340

yes but also you can't fire them

1 June Q post 4384 Roger ball

'Approximately 18 seconds before the aircraft touches down on the flight deck, the LSO calls out "Roger, ball" to signal to everyone that the pilot is cleared to land' https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=104292

Roger ball is 18 seconds from landing

18 secs aka days

19 June fightback launches

Q post 1281 Done in 30

Expand.

19 June + 30 days = 19 July

Q post 4256 11 week countdown to Q starting 17 May we are in week 6

5 weeks to go

11 weeks = 77 days 17 May + 77 days = 19 July

Complete Chaos until the 19th June?

33 years of legal abortion in Spain has led to demographic death spiral

Spain has lost nearly 2.4 million babies to abortion in 33 years, since the killing of the unborn became legal there in 1985.

June 15, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Spain has lost nearly 2.4 million babies to abortion in 33 years, since the killing of the unborn became legal there in 1985 — the equivalent of the population of twelve rural provinces in a country with fewer than 48 million inhabitants. More than one third of these abortions took place over the years from 2011 until 2018, as abortion rates kept rising, reaching over 100,000 every year.

The Spanish statistics on abortion, as released this Monday by the “Instituto de Politica Familiar” — the IPF, a pro-family movement that has special consulting status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council — show the sheer size of the tragedy faced by Spain, where the birthrate has plummeted to 1.26 children per woman of childbearing age.

That is way below the minimum rate for replacement of generations in developed countries: 2.1 children per woman of childbearing age. Had the 2.4 million pregnancies that were cut short by abortion been allowed to reach their term, the Spanish birthrate would be 1.6 child per woman today — not enough, but at least the population pyramid would no longer be top-heavy, with more elderly people than children and young people. Today, Spain has reached a stage where the population is in “negative growth” since 2015, with a balance of -54,944 in 2018.

In its 69-page report, “Abortion in Spain 35 years later, 1985–2020,” the IPF looks at the realities of abortion in Spain, showing clearly how laws and their liberal evolution have led to an increasing number of abortions over the years in an almost uninterrupted upward trend. Starting at zero legal abortions in 1985, it moved up to about 50,000 a year in the beginning of the 1990s, reaching over 91,000 in 2005 and 113,000 in 2010.

At that point, the curve descended to about 95,000 abortions a year, but 2010 is the year when chemical abortion was made legal. The medical follow-up and registration of chemical abortions is not compulsory in a number of autonomous regions in Spain, explains the IPF’s study; by extrapolation, and given that about a quarter of all abortions in Spain are now chemical instead of surgical, an estimated 7,000 undeclared abortions, at least, take place each year in the country. All the same, the general “official” curve has been slowly rising again since 2015.

The abortion industry, which operates mostly in private facilities, generates some 60 million euros’ worth of income each year. The number of abortion centers itself has gone up and up, from 146 centers in 2010 — a pivotal year for abortion — to 211 in 2018.

Successive governments, be they Christian-Democrat or Socialist, have never actually restricted access to abortion. In one of the most revealing chapters of the study, the IPF highlights how left-wing governments have facilitated access to abortion while their “conservative” successors have done nothing to reverse the trend; they have “consolidated” the progressive laws, according to the IPF.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/33-years-of-legal-abortion-in-spain-has-led-to-demographic-death-spiral

>>9629389

Well according to my theory fight back starts in 3 1/2 days

>>9629423

Interesting another thing of interest was the story about the Mayan calendar being wrong due to the change Gregorian Calendar.

Following the Julian Calendar, we are technically in 2012 and the end of the long count is this week

Alternate reading of Mayan calendar suggests end of the world is next week

https://nypost.com/2020/06/13/reading-of-mayan-calendar-suggests-end-of-the-world-is-next-week/

Jewish health official resigns after antisemitic backlash amid COVID-19

Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine.

Amy Acton, the Jewish Department of Health director in Ohio who came under fire for the stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus crisis, including armed protesters carrying signs with antisemitic messages, has resigned.

Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Acton was compared to the Nazis for supporting a reopening plan that included issuing certificates of immunity to businesses, and a “globalist,” an antisemitic slur, for extending stay-at-home orders in May.

Last month, the state’s House of Representatives passed legislation to limit Acton’s powers.

Ohio began lifting coronavirus restrictions in stages on May 4.

Protesters gathered in front of her Columbus-area home on weekends, some carrying guns and shouting slogans or carrying signs bearing antisemitic and sexist rhetoric, The Washington Post reported.

“While I’m pleased that Dr. Acton will continue to advise Governor DeWine on health issues, I can’t help but be disappointed by her resignation as health director,” Kenny Yuko, the state Senate’s minority leader, a Democrat, told the Columbus Dispatch. “She endured an incredible amount of unfair criticism, including some antisemitic attacks. All those who have insulted, harassed or threatened her and her family should be ashamed.”

Acton appeared on a CNN town hall co-hosted by “Sesame Street” on Saturday.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/jewish-health-official-resigns-after-antisemitic-backlash-amid-covid-19-631621

>>9629487

That is for sure!

REVEALED: Rayshard Brooks Struggled with Police, Stole Their Taser, Shot It At Police, Likely Because He Didn’t Want to Go to Prison Based on Prior Record

The man who shot at police with a taser he stole from the police and then was shot dead by the police may not be the saint the mainstream media is attempting to make him out to be.

Not only did Rayshard Brooks get in a struggle with police, steal their taser, run from the police and shoot the taser at the police, he was likely running due to the high risk that he would be going to prison based on his prior record.

The mainstream media attempted to shine a positive light on Rayshard Brooks, who was gunned down in Atlanta a few days ago. CBS began their piece on Brooks by reporting:

Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old black man who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, had been celebrating his daughter’s birthday on the night of his death, lawyers for his family said in a news conference Saturday. Brooks was killed during a confrontation with two white police officers late Friday night.

Attorney L. Chris Stewart said Brooks had planned on taking his 8-year-old daughter skating for her birthday. “She had her birthday dress on. She was waiting for her dad to come pick her up and take her skating,” he said Saturday.

CBS later reported on what happened in the Wendy’s parking lot leading to his death:

Police said Brooks fell asleep in the Wendy’s drive-thru on Friday night and had failed a sobriety test. The department released body camera video in which Brooks admitted to having a few drinks for his daughter’s birthday, but a struggle ensued when officers tried to cuff him.

Brooks then stole a Taser from an officer, ran from the officers, and at one point, aimed the Taser at police before the officer fired his weapon, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said, citing surveillance video that was released to the public. Brooks died after undergoing surgery at a nearby hospital.

What the MSM is not telling the American people is that Brooks appears to have had a warrant out for his arrest. Per a search of his criminal record (although not confirmed and therefore may relate to a different Rayshard Brooks) it appears there was a fugitive warrant out for the arrest of Rayshard Brooks in December of 2019.

Did Rayshard Brooks run from police because he knew he was going to prison for breaking some kind of court order?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/revealed-rayshard-brooks-struggled-police-stole-taser-shot-police-likely-didnt-want-go-prison-based-prior-record/

Common Source of Wireless “WiFi” Radiation Affects Human Cells – Especially Kids – Korean Gov’t Study

There is actually quite a bit of research that has already determined that exposure to various sources of Electromagnetic Radiation (aka “Electrosmog”) is harmful to human health. “Electrosmog” includes common sources of wireless like WiFi, 5G, Bluetooth, and cell phone radiation.

The Korean Government funded a study which also suggests that exposure to a commonly used wireless frequency can impact us – especially children.

From Environmental Health Trust:

Continuous Exposure to 1.7 GHz LTE Electromagnetic Fields Increases Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species to Decrease Human Cell Proliferation and Induce Senescence. Choi, J., Min, K., Jeon, S. et al. Scientific Reports 2020

The journal Scientific Reports published a new study (Choi, J., Min, K., Jeon, S. et al. 2020) exposing human cells to 1.7 GHz LTE. The findings of effects “suggests that the exposure to 1.7 GHz LTE RF-EMF would be more harmful to children, whose adult stem cells should be very active for growth and may accelerate the aging of body cells.” The authors clarify that “It is not plausible to directly predict the physiological effects of 1.7 GHz LTE RF-EMF from our cell-based study.”

1.7 GHz is the same as 1700 MHz and this spectrum is used by several companies.

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted rules governing use of spectrum in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands to make available significantly more commercial spectrum for Advanced Wireless Services.

“Due to the rapid development of mobile phone technology, we are continuously exposed to 1.7 GHz LTE radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs), but their biological effects have not been clarified. Here, we investigated the non-thermal cellular effects of these RF-EMFs on human cells, including human adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs), Huh7 and Hep3B liver cancer stem cells (CSCs), HeLa and SH-SY5Y cancer cells, and normal fibroblast IMR-90 cells. When continuously exposed to 1.7 GHz LTE RF-EMF for 72 h at 1 and 2 SAR, cell proliferation was consistently decreased in all the human cells. The anti-proliferative effect was higher at 2 SAR than 1 SAR and was less severe in ASCs. The exposure to RF-EMF for 72 h at 1 and 2 SAR did not induce DNA double strand breaks or apoptotic cell death, but did trigger a slight delay in the G1 to S cell cycle transition. Cell senescence was also clearly observed in ASC and Huh7 cells exposed to RF-EMF at 2 SAR for 72 h. Intracellular ROS increased in these cells and the treatment with an ROS scavenger recapitulated the anti-proliferative effect of RF-EMF. These observations strongly suggest that 1.7 GHz LTE RF-EMF decrease proliferation and increase senescence by increasing intracellular ROS in human cells.”

The paper concludes that

“Altogether, this study as well as other studies strongly suggest that RF-EMF exposure leads to a change in intracellular ROS levels that may result in genotoxic stress, decreased proliferation and cell senescence, or no physiological effects depending on ROS concentration and the differential sensitivity of various cells to ROS. Thus, the mechanism behind RF-EMF exposure altering intracellular ROS levels should be further studied to elucidate the biological effects of RF-EMFs.”

https://www.activistpost.com/2020/06/common-source-of-wireless-wifi-radiation-affects-human-cells-especially-kids-korean-govt-study.html

Media Blackout: The Federal Court Case To End Water Fluoridation!

As we are inundated with headlines about violent riots and looting being passed off as mostly peaceful protests, or how the dreaded virus continues to spread in communities around the world, there is another story taking place which directly affects hundreds of millions of people globally that is being blacked out by the mainstream corporate media.

Unlike the aforementioned crises which are being cited as the justification for the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset, this public health crisis actually has a rather simple solution: to end water fluoridation by no longer adding the toxic substance to the nation’s water supply.

You would think this would be a straightforward process, considering the mountains of studies which conclude fluoride is a harmful neurotoxin attributed to lower IQs and ADHD. Unfortunately, government regulatory agencies have been not only defending this practice for generations, they champion the forced medication as a great achievement in medical history.

Right now, in perhaps one of the most important trials of our time, the Fluoride Action Network is taking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head on in an unprecedented court case that could lead to the end of water fluoridation in the US and possibly worldwide as other nations would likely follow suit.

In this interview, Spiro is joined by Dr. Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Network to discuss the current court case against the EPA and water fluoridation as the first week of the trial has come to an end and the second, possibly final week is about to begin.

Fluoride Action Network

http://fluoridealert.org

Link & Times To Watch The Trial Live

http://fluoridealert.org/issues/tsca-fluoride-trial/

Spiro’s Interview with Dr. Paul Connett & his Son, Attorney Michael Connett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQAjWu0hBnw&feature=emb_logo

Amazon Antitrust Probe: CEO Jeff Bezos Willing To Testify Before Congressional Hearing

Amazon Inc. (AMZN) confirmed CEO Jeff Bezos would be willing to testify before Congress about questions surrounding antitrust violations in the tech industry. The e-commerce giant had initially been hesitant to work with the House Judiciary Committee but might have softened on the matter after the possibility of Bezos being legally compelled to speak was put forward.

The House investigation is one of several currently underway in the wake of calls during the primary campaign season for more scrutiny of the tech giants. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has called for the breakup of Amazon, Google and Apple. Both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission also are investigating possible antitrust issues.

A letter confirming Bezos’ availability was sent Sunday by Amazon's counsel Robert K. Kelner, a partner at Covington & Burling law firm. The New York Times reported the company is prepared to have Bezos testify, along with a number of other executives.

The committee has been investigating whether and how big tech companies like Amazon have abused their prominence in the marketplace to squash competition. Should he testify, Bezos is likely to face hard questions about Amazon's treatment of warehouse workers and the effects the retail giant has on competition from small businesses.

Bezos’ appearance before Congress is pending the resolution of a number of issues including the timing of a potential hearing and the committee’s request for certain internal documents.

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that California investigators were examining Amazon business practices as part of an inquiry.

https://www.ibtimes.com/amazon-antitrust-probe-ceo-jeff-bezos-willing-testify-congressional-hearing-2994263

Hickenlooper Fined for Breaking Ethics Rules: Senate Bid in Jeopardy?

John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor and current Democratic Senate hopeful, was found in violation of state ethics laws while serving as governor and will be forced to pay a paltry fine.

The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, a body mandated by the state constitution, found Hickenlooper had broken state gifting laws on two out of six complaints and has been fined $2,750.

While the fine is practically pocket change for the entrepreneur-turned-politician, it is the largest ever imposed by the Ethics Commission.

Maybe the Commission was still sore — as they very well should have been — after Hickenlooper ditched their subpoena two weeks ago, forcing an unprecedented showdown. For that, the panel found Hickenlooper in contempt, something for which they did not impose any penalty.

Hickenlooper Hell: AG ‘Team’ Unleashed to Enforce Ethics Panel Subpoena

The six ethics complaints involved private or semiprivate trips Hickenlooper took as governor, which were paid for by private companies. The state limit of private gifts to public office holders at the time was $59.

Travel included a trip to Turin, Italy, for the Bilderberg Meeting; another trip to Connecticut for the commissioning of the USS Colorado; a private trip to New Jersey (yes, New Jersey); a wedding in Texas; and a work + pleasure trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for an American Enterprise Institute symposium.

The lion’s share of the fines was a $2,200 penalty for the trip to Connecticut. On that trip, Hick traveled on a jet owned by billionaire Larry Mizel’s company, MDC Holdings. The fine was approved on a 4-1 vote.

On another 4-1 vote, the commission imposed a $550 fine for Hickenlooper’s Bilderberger trip to Turin.

Hickenlooper had no need for any travel to the commission’s hearing since it was held virtually. In response to the coronavirus lockdowns, the Ethics Commission has been holding its hearings from home using videoconference software.

The Senate hopeful’s legal counsel argued that “the hearing’s remote format violates his right to face his accusers in person,” but a Denver District Court judge disagreed and upheld the subpoena.

Nevertheless, even after the Ethics Commission sent a “team” to compel Hickenlooper’s virtual appearance, he remained AWOL and in violation of the court’s order.

https://pjmedia.com/election/stephen-green/2020/06/15/hickenlooper-fined-for-breaking-ethics-rules-senate-bid-in-jeopardy-n530968

VIDEO: Rioters Tearing Down Statue Chase Man Down And Attack Him, Man Shoots Assailant in Self-Defense

A violent mob of rioters tearing down a statue in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday were filmed chasing a man down in the streets and attacking him with fists and a skateboard only for the man to shoot one in self-defense.

The media and Twitterati were reporting the story as a "white supremacist" attack on "peaceful protesters" but their narrative collapse after video surfaced showing the lynch mob chased the man down, pummeled him, threw him to the ground and bashed him with a skateboard.

The man only then fired back in self-defense.

Unconfirmed reports claimed the man was trying to protect the statue and could have been part of a patriot group called the New Mexico Civil Guard.

Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement after the above video had surfaced where she sided with the mob, convicted the patriot group without evidence or a trial, neglected to mention that the rioters were tearing down a statue and said she's "praying" for the attacker and it doesn't matter who "strike[d] first."

Grisham's full statement reads:

Although we are still learning more about the situation, I am horrified and disgusted beyond words by the reports of violence at a protest Monday night in Albuquerque. The heavily armed individuals who flaunted themselves at the protest, calling themselves a "civil guard," were there for one reason: To menace protesters, to present an unsanctioned show of unregulated force. To menace the people of New Mexico with weaponry – with an implicit threat of violence – is on its face unacceptable; that violence did indeed occur is unspeakable.

I am monitoring the situation; my administration is in touch with local officials; the individual who was injured is in my prayers, and I am thinking of their family and friends.

Let me clear: There is absolutely no space in New Mexico for any violent would-be 'militia' seeking to terrorize New Mexicans; and there is no space for violence of any kind on our streets and in our communities, or for any sort of escalation of reckless, violent rhetoric, no matter who strikes first. The instigators this evening will be rooted out, they will be investigated, and they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. [Emphasis added]

Absolutely disgraceful.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61537

Rolling Stone Editor Unloads On Media, Says ‘The American Left Has Lost Its Mind’

Rolling Stone magazine is a liberal rag, and editor Matt Taibbi is unquestionably a liberal. And yet, by some miracle, Taibbi has seen the light and isn’t afraid to point out what is so clearly obvious to conservatives. “It feels liberating to say after years of tiptoeing around the fact, but the American left has lost its mind,” Taibbi wrote. “It’s become a cowardly mob of upper-class social media addicts, Twitter Robespierres who move from discipline to discipline torching reputations and jobs with breathtaking casualness.”

“The leaders of this new movement are replacing traditional liberal beliefs about tolerance, free inquiry, and even racial harmony with ideas so toxic and unattractive that they eschew debate, moving straight to shaming, threats, and intimidation,” Taibbi continued.

They’ve conned organization after organization into empowering panels to search out thoughtcrime, and it’s established now that anything can be an offense, from a UCLA professor placed under investigation for reading Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” out loud to a data scientist fired* from a research firm for — get this — retweeting an academic study suggesting nonviolent protests may be more politically effective than violent ones!

Taibbi then examined what’s been happening within the media itself. “By my count, at least eight news organizations dealt with internal uprisings (it was likely more). Most involved groups of reporters and staffers demanding the firing or reprimand of colleagues who’d made politically ‘problematic’ editorial or social media decisions.” Taibbi lamented at the Intercept writer Lee Fang being denounced as a racist for daring to ask if a black life only matters when a white man takes it. The outrage that followed forced Fang to make a public apology.

Taibbi’s acknowledgment of the collective insanity of the left is refreshing but misses a major point. This kind of outrage politics is not new or limited to the Black Lives Matter movement. The right has been repeatedly targeted by the outrage mob for years—decades, actually. Taibbi’s concern seems to be rooted in his fear of a liberal circular firing squad, and the casualties among the left because of the outrage mob. Where has Taibbi been all these years when conservatives were branded racist for opposing racial quotas and taxpayer-funded abortion. Where was Taibbi when Republican support for Voter ID was was likened to Jim Crow laws? Or 2007 onward when Republican opposition to Barack Obama was branded racist by default? How many years now have black Republicans been dismissed as “Uncle Toms” and token blacks?

Should Taibbi really be surprised that eventually, this racial virtue signaling would result in casualties on the left? It was inevitable that the hunters would ultimately become the hunted when the left became so consumed with their own self-proclaimed righteousness that they’d compete with each other for who won the medal for the most un-racist.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/06/15/rolling-stone-editor-unloads-on-media-says-the-american-left-has-lost-its-mind-n531675

Cities call on cops to work overtime to quell unrest, despite ‘defund’ rallying cry

Police officers are being demanded to go above and beyond their typical call of duty to handle ongoing protests and unrest, even as political figures are calling for their departments to be defunded or abolished entirely.

In Chicago, officers were reportedly ordered to work 12-hour shifts with no days off until further notice. All the while, critics including elected officials want to strip them of funding.

"This police system in Chicago and in the country is beyond repair, and so it’s absolutely within reason for people to say that we should tear this system down and start over,” Democratic state Rep. LaShawn Ford of Chicago told reporters outside police headquarters earlier this month, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The Chicago order took effect as tension is still high in the country following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a white cop kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, and two days after Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in Atlanta on Friday – in what was ruled a homicide.

Officers were already working more demanding schedules in recent weeks in response to protests, violence, looting, and civil unrest in parts of the city, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot imposed a 9 p.m. curfew and called in the National Guard for assistance, the Tribune reported.

Former Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy said in a WGN radio appearance earlier this month that the city "got caught with our pants down," saying police should have used a report created after protests at the 2012 NATO summit that is now "on the shelf somewhere in police headquarters."

"You could implement it today, and it would help control what is happening today," he McCarthy said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cities-call-on-cops-to-work-overtime-to-quell-unrest-despite-defund-rallying-cry

China Creep on Campus

Dozens of universities failed to disclose millions in Chinese donations

Dozens of top American universities that received funding from the Chinese government failed to disclose those donations to the Department of Education, prompting concerns from education watchdogs about Beijing's growing influence on campuses.

More than 100 U.S. universities host or once hosted Confucius Institutes, programs underwritten by the Chinese government that teach Chinese language and culture to American college students. The Department of Education requires all credentialed universities to disclose foreign gifts of more than $250,000, but only about 30 percent of institutions with Confucius Institutes have disclosed their financial ties to Beijing, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of federal records.

The Free Beacon reached out to all 75 institutions that did not report their funding to the federal government; 22 of them responded. A common theme of the responses was that the colleges did not disclose their donations because their annual receipts did not meet the $250,000 threshold. For example, a spokesman from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville said the college declined to disclose its 2019 Confucius Institute donations because it received only $246,711.

Rachelle Peterson, director of policy at the National Association of Scholars, called the lack of accountability at prestigious universities "alarming."

"It is extremely alarming how little transparency there is," she said. "$250,000 is much too high of a threshold. Gifts of money at much smaller amounts can be very swaying over a college or university, especially the humanities [departments] which traditionally have lower funding."

The Chinese government has funneled millions of dollars to American universities to support more than 100 Confucius Institutes across the country. Colleges such as the University of Michigan, University of Maryland, and Emory University, which did disclose funding, have received $30.4 million in total between 2014 and 2020 for their Confucius Institutes, according federal filings.

But experts warn that the widespread failure to report the foreign funding leaves millions of dollars worth of Chinese government funding in the dark.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-creep-on-campus/

The Majority Of Them Don’t Even Know Why They’re There’: Walkaway Founder Crashes A BLM Protest

Brandon Straka, the gay former Democrat behind the #Walkaway movement, crashed a Black Lives Matter protest in Hartford, Conn. to talk to protesters.

Things got a bit heated when he spoke to some about police shooting statistics, as many of the demonstrators he spoke with didn’t actually know the numbers.

Straka told the Daily Caller that he doesn’t believe that there is systemic racism in policing.

“People’s homes have been burned down, people’s businesses have been burned down and all of this has happened over a statistical lie,” said Straka. “It’s unfortunate that we can’t have a conversation in a unified way about how we need to do better perhaps with making sure that nobody gets killed in this country without due process by the law.”

Straka went on to discuss the Walkaway campaign’s two-year anniversary and upcoming projects.

The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of The Daily Caller.

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/14/walkaway-brandon-straka-crashes-blm-protest/

Judicial Watch Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Sex Discrimination

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement about today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court regarding sex discrimination:

The Supreme Court undermined the rule of law today. In expanding the ban of sex discrimination in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity, the court engaged in an abuse of power by legislating from the bench.

There has been a years-long battle by Left to change federal law to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. But Supreme Court today short-circuited the democratic process and rewrote the law without a vote of Congress but by a vote of six unelected judges.

Congress should reaffirm the Constitution and combat this judicial power grab by reaffirming the original meaning of the Civil Rights Act. Only Congress can amend a law, not the Supreme Court.

Today’s radical Supreme Court decision shows that the threat to the rule of law doesn’t only come from leftist rioters in the streets, but also from judicial activists on the bench.

As Justice Alito warns, today’s decision, unless fixed by Congress, could destroy women’s sports, weaken religious freedom and free speech, weaken personal privacy, and cause chaos in schools.

Judicial Watch last year submitted an amicus curiae (friend of court) brief to the court on this issue, detailing how Congress repeatedly rejected efforts to amend the law:

Where 71 bills over the course of 45 years attempted to include sexual orientation or gender identity in Title VII’s definition of sex, it is singularly unpersuasive, after all those bills have failed, to argue that these categories were “in there all along.” Any such statute should be passed by Congress, not ordered by the court.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/sex-discrimination/

In Videos: Shooting In Western Moscow. 2 Police Officers Injured. Gunman Neutralized

On June 15, a man opened fire at police officers that stopped a car to for a routine check at Leninsky Prospekt. Authorities reported that that 2 police officers and a civilian (most likely the gunman) were injured in the incident.

According to local media, the criminal was in the state of alcoholic, narcotic or other intoxication. The criminal was identified as Ratmir Galaev, 25, a native of Ingushetia. He opened fire from a MP-79-9T gas pistol converted to a lethal weapon. This explains why his attack was unsuccessful despite the close distance.

One of the injured police officers is in critical conditions. The attacker reportedly died from wounds at hospital.

Almost immediately, Russian liberal media outlets expectedly started spreading a lie about the incident. For example, in its report on the situation RBC uses a single video claiming that emphasizing that it shows a man in blood on the ground and that “one of officers slams his head”.

Nonetheless, videos clearly show that the criminal intentionally attacked police officers from a close distance and then he was neutralized by a single shot. As to the video referring by RBC, it shows how police officers try to give a first aid to the injured criminal. Despite this, rogue liberals posing as ‘journalists’ try to exploit this situation to fuel the ‘police brutality’ hype under the US-like scenario.

https://southfront.org/in-videos-shooting-in-western-moscow-2-police-officers-injured-gunman-neutralized/

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