Democrat Governors in MI, NY, NJ, CA and PA Sent Letter Demanding Why They Ignored Protocols and Sent Sick COVID-19 Patients to Nursing Homes

An updated study revealed 42% of all US coronavirus deaths occurred in nursing homes.

That comes out to over 40,000 Deaths in Nursing Homes!

That is a bloodbath!!

Another 60,000 deaths were outside of nursing homes.

Which is what you might expect from a typical flu season.

Italy also saw 40% of their coronavirus deaths in nursing homes.

Only 1.8% of the US population lives in nursing homes but over 40% of the coronavirus deaths were in these centers.

This is ONE OF the biggest scandals of the year and the Liberal Media WILL NOT report on this.

On Monday Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) called on Democrat governors in New York, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania and Michigan demanding they explain why they ignored protocols and forced COVID-19 patients into nursing homes.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/democrat-governors-mi-ny-nj-ca-pa-sent-letter-demanding-ignored-protocols-sent-sick-covid-19-patients-nursing-homes/

House GOP report: COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented if China, WHO hadn't engaged in a massive cover-up

Imagine that

A Monday report from the House GOP says that the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented if China had not engaged in a large-scale cover-up in the early stages of the localized epidemic.

he report also condemns the the World Health Organization for enabling the cover-up.

What are the details?

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) issued a statement on the report, which said, "After months of investigating, it's become crystal clear the Chinese Communist Party's cover-up of the coronavirus, especially in the early days of the outbreak, played a significant role in turning what could have been a local epidemic into a global pandemic."

A portion of the report states, "Until the CCP agrees to cooperate with the WHO, other countries, and the international scientific community, it will be impossible to gather the concrete evidence needed to prove, or disprove."

The report also blasted the WHO, insisting that its complacency enabled the communist country's response to the outbreak, and called for WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' resignation. The report insisted that Tedros "seriously erred in his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic" and should "accept responsibility for his detrimental impact on the COVID-19 response and resign."

"The health of the world cannot afford incompetence and poor management," the report added, insisting that the organization "only exacerbated the problem by repeatedly ignoring warnings about the severity of the virus, including from their own health experts, while at the same time parroting the CCP's propaganda without independently confirming their claims."

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y) tweeted the report on Monday, writing, "Must Read Report by @RepMcCaul @HouseForeignGOP Just Released! 'The origins of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including the roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization[.]' China lied and people died. The facts are all getting out."

What else?

The WHO has remained under the microscope after reportedly botching its initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In April, President Donald Trump cut funding to the WHO over its purported role in parroting China's lies and misinformation about COVID-19 and its origins and transmission.

Following the massive worldwide outbreak, the WHO did not call out the Chinese government when it refused to admit that it misled the global community about the virus and its method of transmission.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/report-pandemic-china-who-cover-up

After Two Years the NSA Has Refused to Provide Any Documentation on Seth Rich per a Legitimate FOIA Request, Actually They Refuse to Provide Any Response At All

CIA Involvement in the Creation of the Russia Hack and Seth Rich Cover-up is now the focus of Group requesting the truth behind Trump-Russia collusion sham.

In June 2016, Ellen Nakashima, a Deep State favorite from the Washington Post, released a report that the Democrat National Committee (DNC) had been hacked by Russia. The firm that validated this was Crowdstrike and its President Shawn Henry confirmed the claims. In December 2016, Ms. Nakashima followed up her reporting with the outlandish claim that the CIA had determined that Russia hacked the DNC because Russia wanted Trump to win the election. Nakashima also reported that the the Intel Community had determined that Russia also sent the emails to WikiLeaks. This position was reinforced by the Mueller gang in their efforts to have President Trump removed from office.

WikiLeaks did release DNC emails related to John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager, in the months before the 2016 Presidential election which showed massive corruption combined with an elitist attitude from members of the Hillary Clinton team – all willing to do whatever it took to win the election.

The Trump – Russia collusion narrative never really passed the smell test to us and many Americans. It just sounded fraudulent from the start and even preposterous.

On March 8, 2020 and before on June 16, 2019, we presented arguments against the Mueller gang’s assertion that the DNC was hacked by Russians.

Cyber expert Yaacov Apelbaum posted an incredible report with information basically proving that the DNC was not hacked by the Russians.

Then, after years of being hidden by corrupt lying Representative Adam Schiff in Congress, a number of testimonies related to the Russia collusion sham were unveiled after Schiff received pressure from Richard Grenell, the Acting Director of National Intelligence (ADNI) to release the transcripts. One transcript was from Crowdstrike’s Shawn Henry who stated under oath that Crowdstrike had no evidence that Russia even “exfiltrated” the emails from the DNC. The whole ‘Russia stole the DNC emails and sent them to WikiLeaks’ story was a fraud.

Many people suspected that in 2016 a young man working for the DNC by the name of Seth Rich, copied emails from the DNC and shared them with WikiLeaks. Mr. Rich was murdered in Washington D.C. in July 2016 and it was labeled a robbery, but his wallet, phone and watch were found on his person when the police arrived at the scene. We reported numerous oddities surrounding his death.

For years the Seth Rich story has been covered up and labeled a conspiracy. However, we reported numerous incidents and activities within the Deep State related to covering up the Seth Rich story. We recently reported that Judicial Watch released documents obtained in a FOIA request. These emails revealed that corrupt cops Peter Strzok and Jonathan Moffa were copied in an email regarding a report from Daily Mail where ex-Brit Craig Murray claimed he traveled to Washington DC and obtained Clinton emails in an exchange in a wooded area near American University.

(Here is a link to the article that was shared between the dirty cops.)

The Mueller gang never looked into the Seth Rich matter and never interviewed Julian Assange from WikiLeaks to determine who provided him the DNC emails which were reportedly the cause of the Russia collusion sham.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/two-years-nsa-refused-provide-documentation-seth-rich-per-legitimate-foia-request-actually-refuse-provide-response/

Democrat Boston Mayor Supports Removal of Abraham Lincoln Statue – The Man Who Ended Slavery in the United States

Abraham Lincoln and Republicans freed the slaves in America.

Here is a brief history of the end of slavery in America.

Via Michael Zak at Grand Old Partisan and later reposted at Free Republic:

September 22, 1862: Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans’ Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect

The Democratic Party continues to Support Slavery.

February 9, 1864: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans’ plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery

June 15, 1864: Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War

June 28, 1864: Republican majority in Congress repeals Fugitive Slave Acts

October 29, 1864: African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: “I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man”

January 31, 1865: 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition

Republican Party Support: 100% Democratic Party Support: 23%

March 3, 1865: Republican Congress establishes Freedmen’s Bureau to provide health care, education, and technical assistance to emancipated slaves

April 8, 1865: 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate

Republican support 100% Democrat support 37%

June 19, 1865: On “Juneteenth,” U.S. troops land in Galveston, TX to enforce ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years before by the Emancipation Proclamation

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/democrat-boston-mayor-supports-removal-abraham-lincoln-statue-man-ended-slavery-united-states/

The Fed's $250 Billion Debt-Buying "Index" Loophole

In the aftermath of yesterday's announcement by the Fed that the central bank is starting to buy corporate bonds (not ETFs), something it had said it would do three months ago yet which either the algos or the Robinhooders never quite grasped and which sent stocks soaring even though it wasn't actual news, some have asked what exactly was the purpose of the Fed's market-moving press release. As it turns out, there was a very strategic purspose for the Fed to do what it just did, and it involves around the just announced Broad Market Index, which effectively grants the Fed a $250 billion monetization loophole.

BMO's Daniel Krieter explains below.

What did the Fed do? Initially, the SMCCF was structured to hold two types of investments, "Eligible Individual Corporate Bonds" and "Eligible ETFs". Yesterday, the Fed introduced a third category: "Eligible Broad Market Index Bonds". This new category allows the Fed to immediately begin buying individual corporate bonds in much larger volume than previously anticipated. However, while the creation of this category came as a surprise, the announcement that the Fed would buy individual corporate bonds initially came in March.

What are Eligible Broad Market Index Bonds? Bonds that are included in the Fed's newly created Broad Market Index. These are corporate bonds that, at the time of purchase, (i) are issued by an issuer that is created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States; (ii) are issued by an issuer that meets the rating requirements for eligible individual corporate bonds; (iii) are issued by an issuer that is not an insured depository institution, depository institution holding company, or subsidiary of a depository institution holding company, as such terms are defined in the Dodd-Frank Act; and (iv) have a remaining maturity of 5 years or less.

What is the difference between Eligible Individual Corporate Bonds and Eligible Broad Market Index Bonds? Very little. In addition to the requirements for Eligible Broad Market Index Bonds, Eligible Individual Corporate Bonds must also be issued by a company: 1) with "significant operations and a majority of its employees based in the United States," 2) that has not received specific support under the CARES Act; and 3) satisfies the conflict of interests requirement in the CARES Act. Thus, Eligible Individual Corporate Bonds must meet a stricter set of criteria for purchase by the Fed.

Why is this important? The SMCCF is funded with money from Treasury authorized by the CARES Act, and therefore comes with restrictions. As stated in Section 4003(c)(3)(c) of the CARES Act, any Fed facility to which Treasury makes a contribution shall only purchase obligations or other interests (other than securities that are based on an index or that are based on a diversified pool of securities) from…[businesses] that have significant operations in and a majority of its employees based in the United States."

The requirement that businesses have significant U.S. operations and a majority of its employees in the U.S. proved problematic for the Fed since the only way the central bank could realistically adhere to this was by having individual corporations certify their compliance with these prerequisites. Having a large percentage of hundreds of American corporations certify compliance was very difficult from an operational standpoint to begin with, and became even more so when certification potentially became stigmatized after credit spreads rallied so significantly. Without certification, the Fed was potentially left with a huge liquidity facility that wasn't allowed to buy anything but ETFs.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/feds-250-billion-debt-buying-index-loophole

Another Highly-Touted Hydroxychloroquine Study Turns out to Be a Joke

Last week, Lancet had to retract the most highly-touted hydroxychloroquine study to date, which was used as evidence for entire countries to change their stance on the drug. The study, which was obviously flawed on its face (I commented well before it was exposed that the groupings made no sense), turned out to be produced by a shell company, with unverified data gathered by non-scientists.

But when that study flopped, another study was immediately latched onto. It’s called the RECOVERY trials and was done in the UK. Supposedly, this study was the counter to the fake study published by Lancet. It was the proof that “well yeah, that other study was bad, but this one got the same results.” Well, not so much.

Edmund Fordham wrote a piece on what is an emerging controversy, in which it appears the lead of the RECOVERY trial took hydroxychloroquine for another drug, resulting in a high death rate.

Internet sleuths also got to work on the very heavy doses of the drug that were given – 2400 mg in the first 24 hours, a ‘dose fit for a gorilla’ as one critic had it. Quizzed about this, Landray defended the dosage, twice, as being usual for other diseases such as amoebic dysentery. Say again? Hydroxychloroquine is used for lupus and arthritis as well as malaria, but dysentery? As a footnote in medical history, the older chloroquine was used half a century ago in attempts to control dysentery, but Professor Christian Perronne, head of infectious diseases at Garches, France, told France Soir that it had been abandoned before 1976. Was Landray confusing hydroxychloroquine with the hydroxyquinolines, which are used for dysentery?

1,132 patients died in the RECOVERY trial, with general death rates nearly 10% higher than other country’s hospitals (the trial was randomized through Britain’s NHS). Whether giving people 3x the usual dosage of most other studies played a part is now a very real question.

Landray defended himself twice, but is now claiming he’s being misquoted. The French newspaper who quoted him denies that.

https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/06/15/another-highly-touted-hydroxychloroquine-study-turns-out-to-be-a-joke/

Not being racist isn’t enough, Germans must be ‘anti-racists,’ President Steinmeier insists

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has instructed his countrymen to weed out all of their subconscious bigotry, real or imagined, declaring that the nation must take up arms against racism.

In televised remarks on Tuesday, Steinmeier took a somewhat inflexible stance on how to ensure equality in Germany.

“No, it’s not enough not to be a racist. We have to be anti-racists! Racism requires taking a counter-position, counter-speech, action, criticism and – perhaps most difficult – self-criticism, self-examination,” he proclaimed.

The German president went on to pontificate that “anti-racism must be learned, practiced and lived.”

https://www.rt.com/news/492013-steinmeier-anti-racism-germany/

North Korea confirms ‘terrific explosion’ that destroyed inter-Korean liaison office, blaming Seoul for sheltering defectors

Pyongyang has confirmed the destruction of an office used to facilitate diplomacy with its southern neighbor, saying it was retribution for Seoul’s decision to harbor people who’ve fled the Hermit Kingdom.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said on Tuesday that the office, located in the North’s border city of Kaesong, was destroyed in a “terrific explosion” as payback by its “enraged people.” The agency explained that the decision to demolish the facility aims to “force (the) human scum, and those who have sheltered the scum, to pay dearly for their crimes,” apparently referring to defectors who’ve sought refuge in South Korea.

South Korea’s defense ministry has released footage purportedly showing the building’s destruction.

Tensions between the Korean neighbors have risen sharply in the past week. North Korea’s military threatened on Tuesday to deploy troops to areas that had been demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements.

https://www.rt.com/news/491999-north-korea-confirms-destruction-office/

Nolte: First the Woke Taliban Came for the Confederate Statues…

It’s not about saving Confederate statues. It’s about the rule of law… It’s about what comes next…

Local communities should be allowed to erect or remove whatever statues, monuments, and street names they like. If Seattle wants to erect a statue of Vladimir Lenin (and it does), a cold-blooded murderer and Hitler-like antisemite and tyrant, so be it. What the hell do I care?

If some southern town or city wants to erect a statue of Robert E. Lee or Jefferson Davis or Stonewall Jackson, what the hell do I care?

And if, someday, Seattle or that southern town or city decides to removes those statues — again, what the hell do I care?

Other than the sense of history, I feel no affinity towards the Confederacy. A few decades ago, when the left claimed the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery (this is when the left’s agenda was to deny white Americans fought a war to free the slaves), I was arguing that was ridiculous. Granted, not everyone who fought for the Confederacy fought to protect the abomination of slavery (including Robert E. Lee).

In fact, many who fought for the Confederacy opposed slavery (including Robert E. Lee). But of course the war was fought over slavery. And although the left currently agrees with me on that issue, it only does as a means to justify its rationale to Taliban these statues.

Same with the Confederate flag. If it was up for a vote, I would have voted to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s capitol, and I was glad when then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) removed it in 2015. It made no sense to me to fly that flag in the present tense at a state capitol, and an elected official like Haley removing it, someone with the legal power to do so, someone accountable to the voters, means it was removed in the right way.

At the same time, I know the Confederate flag doesn’t mean “bring back slavery” to those who fly it. It means freedom from centralized authority, it means live and let live… I live in the South where I’ve seen more than one black person sporting the Stars and Bars… Hey, is this a great country, or what?

Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant were great men and great Americans. Abraham Lincoln might be the greatest American ( Jefferson Davis was a feckless, self-aggrandizing putz). Rev. Martin Luther King is a hero of mine, but so is Malcolm X, and so is Thomas Jefferson. What can I say? People are complicated. But all these men had one thing in common… They believed in freedom, and they fought for freedom, and while I never would have joined the Confederacy or the Nation of Islam, I’m also not a baby about this stuff.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/16/nolte-first-the-woke-taliban-came-for-the-confederate-statues/

Top Mueller Prosecutor To Testify As Whistleblower Against Attorney General Barr

Aaron Zelinsky, a top prosecutor on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on June 24.

Zelinsky will testify as a whistleblower against Attorney General William Barr, Democrats announced.

He resigned in protest earlier this year as a prosecutor on the case against Roger Stone after Barr intervened to revise a recommendation for a steep prison sentence against the Trump confidante.

One of the top prosecutors on the special counsel’s team is set to testify as a whistleblower against Attorney General William Barr, the House Judiciary Committee announced on Tuesday.

Aaron Zelinsky will testify on June 24 regarding the Justice Department’s handling of the prosecution of Roger Stone, a longtime Trump confidante convicted on charges that he made false statements to Congress during its investigation of possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Another Justice Department attorney, John Elias, the acting chief of staff for the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, will also testify as a whistleblower about what Democrats say is “improperly motivated activity” by the antitrust division.

“Mr. Zelinsky can speak to the Department’s handling of the sentencing of Roger Stone and Mr. Elias can speak to improperly motivated activity by the Antitrust Division,” the Judiciary Committee announced.

Democrats on the committee subpoenaed Zelinsky and Elias to compel their testimony. Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York said that both of the prosecutors are designated as whistleblowers, meaning that they will have protections against retribution for testifying to Congress.

Zelinsky resigned from his position as a prosecutor on the case against Stone on Feb. 11 after the Justice Department’s main office intervened to recommend a lighter sentence against the Trump associate.

Prosecutors initially recommended the maximum of nine years in prison for Stone.

After Barr intervened, Timothy Shea, who then served as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., revised the recommendation in a subsequent court filing, saying that Stone deserved a “substantial” prison sentence, but one that was “far less” than the maximum nine year sentence.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/16/mueller-aaron-zelinsky-whistleblower-william-barr/

Would be ‘very surprising’ if Britain evades coronavirus SECOND WAVE, UK govt medical adviser warns

A scientific adviser to the UK government has given a stark warning to Britons, saying they’re not out of the woods with regards to the deadly Covid-19 disease, and claiming he’d be “very surprised if we avoided a second wave.”

John Bell – a professor of medicine at Oxford University and a member of the government’s coronavirus vaccine taskforce – told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on Monday, that the “real question” is not if, but how widespread a renewed flare-up of Covid-19 will be.

Given the lockdown has now been largely released, we are now back in action and we still have a pretty reasonable level of infections in the community, I would be very surprised if we avoided a second wave.

His sobering remarks come as the UK recorded its second lowest number (38) of Covid-19 deaths since the lockdown began on March 23. The decline in new infections and fatalities has prompted PM Boris Johnson’s administration to ease lockdown restrictions, with non-essential shops reopening their doors on Monday morning.

https://www.rt.com/uk/491967-second-wave-coronavirus-medical-advisor/

Turkish coast guard vessels spotted escorting illegal migrants into Greek waters

The Hellenic Coast Guard has released video footage which shows three Turkish Coast Guard vessels escorting illegal migrants into Greek territorial waters over the weekend.

On Saturday morning, the Hellenic Coast Guard announced that it had spotted a Turkish vessel with 36 illegal migrants in Turkish waters off the northern coast of Lesvos. The vessel, according to the Greek coast guard, was being escorted by three Turkish coast guard ships.

Despite repeated attempts made by the Hellenic Coast Guard to get in touch with Turkish Coast Guard Forces so that they could recover the migrant vessel and prevent it from entering Greek waters, the Turks simply never responded, Proto Thema reports.

Later that night, after entering Greek waters, the migrant filled vessel was intercepted by a Greek naval ship, whose crew subsequently transported the foreigners to the port of Petra in Mytilene, the capital of Lesvos.

Of the 36 illegal migrants that were disembarked at the port, 16 were men, 10 were women, and 10 were children. All of the migrants were from Afghanistan and Iran. As the illegal migrants disembarked, a group of concerned Greek citizens which live on Lesvos gathered to express their disapproval of both the disembarked migrants and the coast guard officers who had brought them to shore.

On Monday morning, another boat with 36 illegal migrants – reportedly all from Syria – landed on Lesvos. All of the migrants were transferred to reception facility in Kara Tepe, Lesvos, where they will undergo a 14-day quarantine to protect against the spread of COVID-19.

So far in June, there have been a four boats carrying a total of 144 illegal migrants which have landed in Lesvos.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/06/turkish-coast-guard-vessels-spotted-escorting-illegal-migrants-into-greek-waters-video/

Elite French Police Deployed as Armed Chechens and North Africans Go to War in Dijon

The French city of Dijon saw an increased police presence on Monday after several armed clashes between Chechen and North African gangs, following an attack on a Chechen teen on Friday.

Dozens of people, many of them armed with firearms, knives, and iron bars gathered in Grésilles to take revenge on members of the local North African community, reportedly following an attack on a Chechen 16-year-old boy on June 10th. According to the prosecutor of Dijon, Éric Mathais, at least six people had been wounded in clashes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

At least 60 gendarmes officers were sent to Dijon to restore order along with 40 members of the CRS riot police, officers from the anti-crime brigade (BAC), and members of RAID, one of France’s most elite police units, newspaper Le Figaro reports.

Monday’s violence saw North African-background residents defending their “territory” from the Chechens who have launched a series of raids since Friday when a downtown hookah bar was attacked. Vehicles and trash cans were set on fire during the evening, and a TV crew from broadcaster France 3 was attacked as well.

“It was apparently members of the Chechen community who, since Friday, have called on their social networks to avenge the violence committed on a young person by people from the Maghreb community. For three evenings in a row, 140 people have come to Dijon to settle this dispute,” prosecutor Éric Mathais said.

One Chechen told media that other Chechens had come from not only other parts of France but from Belgium and Germany, as well.

The violence, according to local state official Bernard Schmeltz, “appeared to be part of a settling of scores between members of the Chechen community in France and residents”.

Dijon mayor François Rebsamen denounced the violence, saying: “Since justice comes too late and the police do not have the means to act, the Chechen community has come to enforce their rights themselves. We are no longer in the Republic when this happens.”

Videos of the violence and have circulated across social media in recent days along with other videos of what appear to be heavily armed men in tactical gear and long rifles.

The violence in Dijon comes after multiple riots have rocked various areas of France since the start of the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown, many of which have been sparked by allegations of police brutality in some of the county’s no-go neighbourhoods and suburbs.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/06/16/elite-french-police-deployed-as-armed-chechens-and-north-africans-go-to-war-in-dijon/

Cartels Helped Pick Top Officials in Mexican Border State, Leaked Documents Show

Mexican law enforcement documents obtained by Breitbart Texas show the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas had influence over hiring for top law enforcement positions in the border state of Tamaulipas. The documents are part of a federal case file that names former officials, including governors, for working with cartels and other acts of corruption.

The documents are from Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, which specifically target former Tamaulipas Governor Eugenio Hernandez Flores (2005-2010) and others. Hernandez is currently listed as a fugitive by the U.S. Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations, and the DEA on money laundering charges. Testimony from related cases in the U.S. claim Hernandez laundered embezzled funds and bribes from cartels.

The documents show statements from witnesses like Antonio Pena Arguelles, aka “Angeles,” who claimed to have been an intermediary between Los Zetas and the former governor. The statements indicate cartels had an influence on the selection of police chiefs.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2020/06/16/exclusive-cartels-helped-pick-top-officials-in-mexican-border-state-leaked-documents-show/

Netanyahu Still Seeking Defense Minister’s Approval for Annexation

Likud sources say Netanyahu is looking to dissolve coalition government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he is still seeking approval of his annexation plan by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, a requirement to gain the Trump administration’s support. Officials from Gantz’s Blue and White party have said they cannot approve a plan until Netanyahu properly outlines one.

Speaking at a recent meeting with his Likud party, Netanyahu said he doesn’t have a map ready. “I wanted to bring annexation for approval soon, but the map isn’t ready yet,” Netanyahu said. The prime minister also said he is not sure where the Blue and White party stands.

The “peace plan” released by the Trump administration in January called for Israeli sovereignty over settlements in the West Bank and parts of the Jordan Valley, an area making up approximately one-third of the West Bank. The plan was immediately rejected by Palestinians, but Netanyahu intends on going through with the annexation and is looking to start on July 1st.

The Blue and White party has previously voiced their support for the annexation of the areas outlined in Trump’s peace plan, but it seems they want to take a slower and more cautious approach than Netanyahu and his Likud party. On Monday, Netanyahu said that doing the annexation in stages to please Gantz is a possibility, but vowed he would not give up on his goal of unilaterally annexing the areas allocated to Israel in Trump’s plan.

Gantz is set to take over as prime minister next year under the conditions of a power-sharing deal agreed to with Netanyahu after three back-to-back elections failed to give either politician a clear victory. But sources in the Likud party told Israel’s Channel 12 News that Netanyahu is looking to pull out of the deal and call for new elections.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/06/15/netanyahu-still-seeking-defense-ministers-approval-for-annexation/

Disgraced ex-Labour MP Fiona Onasanya slams Kellogg's for using a monkey as the mascot for 'brown' Coco Pops but 'three white boys' on Rice Krispies

Coco Pops has been a much-loved breakfast staple for decades with one of the most recognisable mascots in TV advertising.

But Coco the Monkey has come under suspicion from disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who has written to Kellogg's asking why they chose that animal to represent the chocolate-flavoured cereal when Rice Krispies uses 'three white boys'.

Ms Onasanya, who was jailed for three months in January 2019 after she was convicted of lying to police about a speeding ticket, says that there is little difference between Coco Pops and sister brand Rice Krispies beyond their colour and flavour.

The former Peterborough MP revealed she has emailed Kellogg's UK office for clarification on why Rice Krispies have 'three white boys' as a mascot whereas chocolate-flavoured Coco Pops is represented by a monkey.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/06/disgraced-ex-labour-mp-fiona-onasanya.html

The CDC is not a ‘public health’ agency, it’s a vehicle for corporate lobbying

Go to www.cdcfoundation.org/FY2019/organizations and go through all the funding throughout the fiscal years. It’s all Fortune 500 banks and corporations, Coca Cola, Amazon, GlaxoSmith Kline, etc! Do they really care about ‘public health’, or are they backing a medical tyranny?

2018 2017 2016 2015

From the CDC’s foundation’s page:

“The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit and the sole entity created by Congress to mobilize philanthropic and private-sector resources to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s critical health protection work.”

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-cdc-is-not-a-public-health-agency-its-a-vehicle-for-corporate-lobbying/

Senate Committee Approves Funding for Live Nuclear Testing

Senator Tom Cotton led the effort to set aside $10 million to prepare for tests

A report from Politico Pro revealed the Senate Armed Services Committee set aside $10 million to prepare for live nuclear testing. The Republican majority committee included the funds in the Senate’s version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a vote that went along party lines. The vote took place last week in a meeting behind closed doors.

The amendment says at least $10 million “shall be made available to carry out projects related to reducing the time required to execute a nuclear test if necessary.” According to Politico Pro, Senator Tom Cotton (R-KY) proposed the provision. The measure will likely face backlash from the Democrat-controlled House, as the two chambers will have to negotiate what is included in the final version of the 2021 NDAA.

In May, The Washington Post reported senior officials in the Trump administration discussed the possibility of starting live nuclear testing to send a message to China and Russia. The US has not conducted a live test since 1992. The report worried arms control advocates, and these new revelations show live tests are under serious consideration in Washington.

The news comes as the US and Russia are set to begin arms control discussions this month. The New START Treaty limits the amount of warheads signatories can have deployed and is the last nuclear arms control agreement between the two powers. The treaty is set to expire in February 2021.

Russia has offered to extend the New START, but the US insists on including China in the deal. Beijing has repeatedly rejected trilateral arms control agreements since the US and Russia have much larger nuclear arsenals than China.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/06/15/senate-committee-approves-funding-for-live-nuclear-testing/

Guard Kills Trespassing Suspect at Navy SEAL Training Facility in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 30-year-old civilian was shot and killed after brandishing a knife at a duty officer after attempting to enter a building on an Alaska military base used by Navy SEALs for cold weather training, officials said Monday.

Jayson Vinberg of Kodiak died in the shooting late Saturday at the Naval Special Warfare Detachment Kodiak on Kodiak Island, Navy Criminal Investigative Service spokesperson Jeff Houston said.

Vinberg entered the compound and attempted to get inside a building, Houston said.

"A Naval Special Warfare service member confronted the intruder, and events led to the service member using deadly force," Houston said.

Alaska State Troopers said a guard saw a man trespassing at the installation and tapping on the windows of a watch building with a knife.

The guard told the man to leave. The guard then left his secure building to make sure the man left, troopers said.

It was then that troopers said the man walked toward the guard with the knife and failed to obey the guard's repeated commands to stop. The duty officer shot the man, who was declared dead by responding medics, troopers said.

Houston and Lt. Matthew Stroup, a Naval Special Warfare Command spokesman, said the service member was in good condition and receiving support from his command leadership. Stroup declined to say whether the service member was injured or hospitalized.

"There is no known threat to the community at this time," Houston said, adding that NCIS will not release additional information during the investigative process.

Attempts to reach Vinberg's family were not immediately successful.

Since the fatal shooting occurred on a Navy base, NCIS is leading the investigation, working with Alaska State Troopers and the Coast Guard Investigative Service, he said.

Troopers say the duty officer's name won't be released until after the investigation is complete and after consultation with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Anchorage.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/16/guard-kills-trespassing-suspect-navy-seal-training-facility-alaska.html

Protesters Who Attend Black Lives Matter Rallies In Australia Face Imprisonment And $1000 Fine

Protesters in Australia who take part in demonstrations to support the Black Lives Matter movement will be facing fines of up to $1000. Demonstrations to support the movement for racial equality has spread all over the world in the past month, but the issue is especially fitting for Australia, where the country’s indigenous populations suffer massive injustices at the hands of the government. Protesters have also called for the release of refugees who were captured by immigration enforcers while attempting to enter the country.

However, law enforcement officials deemed the event to be “unauthorized” and threatened attendees with fines of up to $1,000.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said that the gatherings were banned due to public health orders relating to the coronavirus pandemic. NSW police minister, David Elliott said that protesters can even be arrested for attending a demonstration.

“I urge those thinking of protesting despite the Supreme Court decision and against the health advice to promptly reconsider their plans,” Elliot said.

This ruling is reportedly in response to massive BLM protests that occurred in Melbourne on Saturday, June 6th. Over 10,000 were estimated to have shown up for the protest, and officials say that some people developed symptoms shortly after.

However, many of the demonstrators say that refugees are being kept in unsafe conditions which could further the spread of the virus, and they suggest that this is one of their reasons for hitting the streets.

Despite the threats of fines and imprisonment, thousands of people showed up for the protests over the weekend, although it is not entirely clear how many were arrested or ordered to appear in court.

The protest is organized by Anticolonial Asian Alliance, Indigenous Social Justice Association, and the University of Sydney Autonomous Collective Against Racism. Organizers posted notices warning demonstrators to watch out for police and be careful to follow all of the pandemic protocols.

https://www.activistpost.com/2020/06/protesters-who-attend-black-lives-matter-rallies-in-australia-face-imprisonment-and-1000-fine.html

Incoming Shas lawmaker who taught kids racism, misogyny quits Knesset post

New videos show Rabbi Baruch Gezahay calling Arab ugly, dissing the queen of England, adding to already ridiculous roster of outrageous statements and slurs

Shas MK under fire for racism, misogyny quits Knesset

Incoming Shas MK Rabbi Baruch Gazahay has resigned his post amid a storm over a history of making misogynistic and racist remarks.

Gazahay was set to enter the Knesset on Tuesday along with 12 others following the final approval Monday night of the so-called Norwegian Law, which lets ministers resign from parliament and be replaced by the next person on their party’s electoral slate.

But over the course of the day, several videos have emerged in which he disparages women, Arabs and others in lectures to teenagers, and makes quack claims about science.

After the videos first came out, Gazahay claimed the reported remarks were “a few sentences taken out of context from a two-hour lesson in front of his students about four years ago.”

But on Tuesday night more remarks are published by Channel 12 news, including a video in which he says “there’s no such thing as a good-looking Arab,” and claims that Muslim women wear head-coverings because they get beaten in the face so often.

He also mocks the queen of England as a “vile goy.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-june-16-2020/

Clandestine organized crime gangs in North Caucasus neutralized, says FSB chief

Due to this, the security of major international forums and events in the country was ensured, such as the 2013 Kazan Universiade, the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, according to the security chief

MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Russian law enforcement successfully cracked down on clandestine organized crime gangs in North Caucasus and eliminated them, Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I would like to note that thanks to coordinated action, we have managed to eliminate clandestine organized crime gangs in the North Caucasus," he said.

Bortnikov stated that due to this, the security of major international forums and events in the country had been ensured, such as the 2013 Kazan Universiade, the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

https://tass.com/society/1168283

Fed chief: Full recovery from recession 'unlikely' until coronavirus contained

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday that a full recovery from the pandemic-driven recession is “unlikely” until Americans no longer fear contracting COVID-19, despite recent strong economic data.

In his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, the Fed chief warned that the U.S. economy will continue to suffer as long as the coronavirus lingers.

“Recently, some indicators have pointed to a stabilization, and in some areas a modest rebound, in economic activity. With an easing of restrictions on mobility and commerce and the extension of federal loans and grants, some businesses are opening up, while stimulus checks and unemployment benefits are supporting household incomes and spending,” Powell said.

“That said, the levels of output and employment remain far below their pre-pandemic levels, and significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” he continued. “Until the public is confident that the disease is contained, a full recovery is unlikely.”

Powell’s appearance before the Banking Committee comes after a series of surprisingly strong economic data has boosted hopes of a quicker-than-expected rebound from the recession caused by COVID-19.

The U.S. added 2.5 million jobs in May as 2.7 million workers returned from temporary layoffs to stores that had recently been allowed to reopen, according to the Labor Department. Retail and food service sales surged by 17.7 percent in May as states slowly peeled back restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19.

May’s rebound in hiring and consumer spending has fueled hopes that the U.S. has already reached the nadir of the pandemic-driven economic collapse. The start of the recovery has also left some GOP leaders questioning the need for a further stimulus bill after already spending more than $3 trillion in economic rescue since March.

But Powell has consistently warned that the unprecedented scale and speed of the downturn, along with its unique toll on the most vulnerable Americans, will take months if not years to reverse.

“Even after the unexpectedly positive May employment report, nearly 20 million jobs have been lost on net since February, and the reported unemployment rate has risen about 10 percentage points, to 13.3 percent,” Powell said Tuesday.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/502912-fed-chief-full-recovery-from-recession-unlikely-until-coronavirus-contained

Meet The Company Who Created More Than 500 Police Snitching Apps

The company responsible for creating a network of police snitching apps in the U.S. and Canada is trying to convince the public to use a new app.

Want to report your neighbor for not social distancing, report them for being a George Floyd protester, or perhaps you have seen something suspicious? Chances are pretty good that OCV, LLC has created that app.

OCV has created a mind-boggling 500 law enforcement apps.

With over nine years of experience serving public safety agencies, OCV, LLC. has developed over 500 custom mobile apps and proudly serves over 40 states and Canada.

As The Daily Globe explains, OCV’s latest app allows users to “lookup jail inmates and wanted lists, as well as submit anonymous tips about crime.”

In Rock County, Minnesota, the Sheriff’s department has already received a tip from a concerned citizen. Because who doesn’t want to send police an anonymous tip about their neighbors?

OCV’s “TheSheriffApp.com” is particularly good at masking its real purpose.

TheSheriffApp.com will help your office brand itself as innovative leaders in law enforcement within your community and provide easy access to important information to your citizens.

Want to help re-brand law enforcement’s image? OCV has at least 500 apps that will help convince the public that law enforcement is here to help.

OCV is so good at masking what TheSheriffApp’s real purpose is, it is easy to miss.

App users have the ability to receive instant push notifications from your sheriff’s office, submit a tip, view the most wanted page, see a map of sex offenders in their area and more – all from an app!

TheSherrifApp is specifically designed to allow users to send anonymous tips to law enforcement. The first thing they mention in their “Common Features” section is submitting a tip.

https://www.activistpost.com/2020/06/meet-the-company-who-created-more-than-500-police-snitching-apps.html

Democrats: 'The Party of Science' (As long It's Politically Convenient)

My colleague at PJM Tyler O’Neill covered Mayor Bill de Blasio’s confounding instructions to contact tracers—who he says will be vital in controlling the spread of the coronavirus—to not ask infected New Yorkers if they attended the George Floyd protests. De Blasio doesn’t want to be blamed if there is a spike in infections and deaths because tens of thousands of people were standing shoulder to shoulder, breathing on each other, coughing, screaming, and generally sending out an engraved invitation to the coronavirus to take up residence in their body.

Suicide? Or murder? It takes a special kind of stupid to attend a mass rally during a pandemic, especially if you know you’re vulnerable to disease because of a previous medical condition. But de Blasio and Democrats across the country allowed these huge gatherings of humanity because it was politically advantageous for them to so so.

Just a few weeks ago, Democrats were virus-shaming a few dozen kids in the Ozarks for attending a pool party. Across the country, individuals who dared defy the lockdown felt the full force and power of the state descend on their heads as Democratic governors insisted on relying on “facts and science” before allowing their citizens to go out and make a living.

Unless political opportunity presents itself. Then, “facts and science” get thrown under the bus in favor of Orange Man Bad.

But by allowing the protests, Democrats have created a huge dilemma for themselves.

NRO:

Either coronavirus is spread easily at outdoor events, and the marchers put their neighbors and themselves in great danger, or it is not, and most of the draconian rules dictating outdoor social distancing during the shutdowns — the closing of parks, funerals, weddings, summer camps, etc. — were unnecessary and probably unhealthy. Either elected officials have helped facilitate a second wave, or they have been enforcing useless diktats.

New York has become the epicenter of this hypocrisy with de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo still “enforcing” the lockdown while smiling benevolently at the protesters.

At this point, we have no choice but to believe the politicians who cheered the mass protests — often marching themselves — are only subjectively punishing constituents. This weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in mass demonstration in Brooklyn. Today, De Blasio has city workers welding shut the gates to parks in Hasidic neighborhoods in Williamsburg, lest kids play outside. This weekend, thousands marched, but New York governor Andrew Cuomo, the man who oversaw the most disastrously inept coronavirus response in the country, only threatened people having drinks on the street of downtown Manhattan to disperse: “Don’t make me come down there,” he warned.

And Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser isn’t any better.

https://pjmedia.com/columns/rick-moran/2020/06/16/democrats-the-party-of-science-as-long-its-politically-convenient-n539827

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Former Top Michigan Elections Official Slams Mass Mail-In Vote

Local officials worry about election integrity in one of 2020's most important states

Michigan's former top elections official said that Democrats' decision to send unsolicited absentee ballot applications to nearly 8 million voters may violate state laws.

Former Republican secretary of state Ruth Johnson said her successor, Democrat Jocelyn Benson, may have made an "illegal" decision that "threatens the integrity of elections" by ordering state officials to distribute millions of mail-in ballot applications. Benson's decision contradicted legal precedent and the secretary of state's own election manual, which mandates that "clerks may not mail absentee voter applications without having received a verbal or written request," according to Johnson.

"For decades, getting applications to voters has been the job of local clerks. What Benson is doing is possibly illegal—I think it is," Johnson told the Washington Free Beacon. "It oversteps and threatens the integrity of our elections."

President Donald Trump criticized Benson's decision in a May tweet, calling her a "rogue Secretary of State." While the comment received pushback from Democrats, local and state officials have expressed concerns that expanded mail-in voting opens the door to fraud in an important swing state. Allegan County clerk Bob Genetski (R.) told the Free Beacon that Benson has "made it a lot easier for people to take advantage of the system" by circumventing local election officials who have a specialized knowledge of voters in their area. He called the situation "extremely frustrating," saying that state officials are not well-positioned to prevent fraud.

"My local clerks know their voters, they know the areas in their districts, and the state does not," he said. "Nobody was asking the state to take this over, and it's very concerning the direction things are going."

Johnson said that she has received reports of the state sending ballot applications to a wide range of non-eligible voters, including those who have died, moved, or are not of legal voting age.

"We have a letter from a 16-year-old who received an application, and I also received a text about a noncitizen who was sent an application," Johnson said. "This really strips away the integrity of our elections. It creates opportunity for fraud."

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/former-top-michigan-elections-official-slams-mass-mail-in-vote/

Journalist Andy Ngo says Seattle's occupied zone is like 'Jekyll and Hyde'

There is a stark contrast between how protesters staying at Seattle's "Capitol Hill Organized Protest" zone behave during the day and during the night, according to journalist and author Andy Ngo.

In a Monday interview on "Fox News @ Night" with host Shannon Bream, Ngo explained that the area protesters are calling CHOP could be described as a "sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

During the day, he said, it could be considered peaceful if one ignored boarded-up businesses or graffiti calling for the murder of police. But when the sun goes down, the "criminal elements come out," Ngo noted.

"Unfortunately, last night that was made very clear, when one person on a microphone and a loudspeaker was able to sic a mob of probably more than 100 people to chase down this business that was several blocks away. They just all descended on it. It was pure anarchy," Ngo remarked.

"They pushed up against the fence and all rushed in. It could have been extremely violent," he recalled. "Fortunately it wasn't, according to what I heard from the owner and staff. They had detained one of the comrades of this camp for alleged arson and theft. And, because of that, all [of] his comrades came to help get him out."

"[The] police never came," Ngo added.

Ngo told Bream that while there may be some businesses in the area that are sympathetic to the protesters' cause, many others are not.

"For example, there's a Trader Joe's nearby who announced just a few days ago that they're closing indefinitely because of security and safety issues," he remarked. "So, when you take that and you also see all [of] the businesses that are boarded up, that no cars can drive into this area — I don't see how the few anecdotes of positive experiences of some owners could be the representative voice."

"Particularly when there are now some dissident voices coming out to speak and they're having to do it anonymously because of threats of retaliation," Ngo noted.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/andy-ngo-seattle-occupied-zone-night

Texas: CBP Seizes Nearly 400 Pounds Of Meth, Heroin

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized nearly 400 pounds of narcotics across multiple drug stings this past weekend, according to a release.

More than 200 pounds of methamphetamine and heroin were seized at the Texas-Mexico border, an estimated street value of $4 million. In one particular seizure, 119 pounds of meth was confiscated. Officers seized the drugs and arrested a 32-year-old woman and her 31-year-old male passenger, both of whom are U.S. citizens from Lubbock, Texas, according to a Breitbart report.

Additionally, CBP agents seized approximately 75 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $2.4M in two separate incidents over the weekend.

CBP’s release says that “even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation.”

https://saraacarter.com/texas-cbp-seizes-nearly-400-pounds-of-meth-heroin/