DOJ Asks Judge for 'Protective Order' in Trump Election Case After Social Media Post | 5 Aug 2023 | Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 4 requested the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's case to issue a "protective order" in light of a social media post made by the former president. The Aug. 4 Truth Social post by Mr. Trump said, "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" Following this, Mr. Smith urged U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to "enter a protective order governing or restricting discovery or inspection" of case details, essentially restricting Mr. Trump from sharing case and evidence details publicly. A spokesperson for Mr. President Trump responded immediately to the filing implying that the post was not a retaliation against Mr. Smith's charges. "The Truth post cited is the definition of political speech, and was in response to the RINO, China-loving, dishonest special interest groups and Super PACs, like the ones funded by the Koch brothers and the Club for No Growth," said the brief statement.

Attorney Reveals 'Exculpatory Evidence' Jack Smith Possesses That Exonerates President Trump | 4 Aug 2023 | It turns out that Special Counsel Jack Smith either failed to review evidence that exonerates President Trump and Mayor Rudy Giuliani or he ignored the findings altogether. Tim Parlatore, the attorney for former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, told CBS News that Smith’s office has within thousands of pages of records turned over by Kerik that contains "exculpatory evidence." The exact reason why Smith has not disclosed this critical information remains unclear. According to CBS News, these documents were submitted to Smith on July 23. Kerik's legal team says that these materials, which include affidavits under oath from people raising concerns regarding the integrity of the 2020 presidential contest, demonstrate there was an honest effort to investigate voter fraud claims in the election.

Trump Calls on Supreme Court to 'Intercede' in Legal Battles | 5 Aug 2023 | Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Friday morning to call on the Supreme Court of the United States to step in amid a barrage of legal battles with which the GOP frontrunner for 2024 is currently engaged. "It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede. MAGA!" he wrote, using the acronym for his catchphrase, "Make America Great Again." On Thursday, Mr. Trump was arraigned in the nation's capital, pleading not guilty to four counts: criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding--the Jan. 6 certification of the electoral vote--and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. It is just one of a number of legal trials he is facing, with several of them being tied to his actions as former president.  It appears Mr. President Trump expects the cases to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.

Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in 2020 Election Case | 3 Aug 2023 | Former President Trump has pleaded not guilty to a third set of criminal charges. Wearing his trademark blue suit, white shirt, and red tie, Mr. Trump, 77, appeared before Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya on Aug. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in the nation's capital. Flanked by his attorneys, John Lauro on his left and Todd Blanche on his right, Mr. Trump sat at the defense table with a serious expression and occasionally looked at special counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor who brought the charges against him. A 45-page indictment, filed on Aug. 1 by Mr. Smith, charges Mr. Trump with criminal conspiracies to defraud the United States, to obstruct the certification of votes for President [sic] Joe Biden on Jan. 6, 2021, and against citizens' right to vote.

Crowd Gathers at Courthouse in Washington, D.C., for President Trump’s Afternoon Arraignment | 3 Aug 2023 | President Trump will appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courthouse today following another sham indictment which came ONE DAY after Devon Archer's Monday testimony on the Biden family before the House Oversight Committee. The case against Trump for speaking out against the stolen 2020 election will be presented before Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Chutkan worked at the same law office as Hunter Biden and donated over $3,000 to Barack Obama from 2008-2012. Trump was hit with four counts: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Jack Smith asserts in the indictment that Trump was "knowingly pushing false claims" about the 2020 election to sow distrust in the process.

Trump Indicted Over Efforts to Challenge 2020 Election Results | 1 Aug 2023 | A grand jury in Washington approved felony charges on Aug. 1 against former President Donald Trump in connection to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Trump, who is pressing ahead with a third presidential run, now faces four federal charges arising out of a probe by special counsel Jack Smith: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to deprive citizens the "free exercise" of constitutional rights. This is the second indictment arising from Mr. Smith's investigation. The former president is separately facing 40 counts relating to the alleged retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The Trump campaign responded to the new indictment, describing it as a politically motivated attack.

Republicans Charged in Voting Machine Tampering Probe in Michigan | 3 Aug 2023 | Two Republicans, including a former candidate for Michigan attorney general, have been charged by a special prosecutor investigating tampering with voting machines. Matthew DePerno, who lost a 2022 bid to unseat Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, was charged with undue possession of a voting machine and unauthorized access to computers, according to court records.Former state Rep. Daire Rendon, another Republican, was charged with conspiracy to commit undue possession of a machine and false pretenses. Both were arraigned and released, court records show... Mr. DePerno represented a voter who sued after the 2020 election coup after Antrim County acknowledged it had reported an erroneous vote count that had then-candidate Joe Biden with more votes than he actually received, and then-President Donald Trump with fewer votes than he actually received. The case was ultimately dismissed.

Jim Jordan has big questions about Hunter Biden probe, wants answers from 11 DOJ officials | 4 Aug 2023 | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is not satisfied with the Justice Department’s offer to let only David Weiss, the lead prosecutor in the Hunter Biden criminal tax probe, answer some questions in public, telling Just the News that he’s pressing ahead for interviews and documents from at least 11 officials involved in different aspects of the probe. Jordan said his concern is that the Biden administration has given conflicting and incongruent stories about the first family’s overseas business dealings and the efforts inside DOJ to probe them. At the same time, Jordan said, FBI and IRS whistleblowers like Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler and former business associate Devon Archer have provided clear accounts suggesting there are unpunished crimes ranging from tax evasion to foreign influence peddling and bribery.

RFK, Jr., Files Lawsuit Against Youtube, Google Over 'Censorship Campaign' | 4 Aug 2023 | Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., filed a lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company, Google, accusing them of engaging in a "censorship campaign" against his anti-vaccine remarks. In the 27-page lawsuit filed on Aug. 2, Mr. Kennedy alleged that YouTube violated his First Amendment rights by removing videos of his speech at Saint Anselm College and interviews with clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson and conservative podcast host Joe Rogan. "This complaint concerns the freedom of speech and the extraordinary steps the United States government has taken under the leadership of Joe Biden to silence people it does not want Americans to hear," the suit reads.

Ukraine shells Donetsk with cluster munitions - reports --Civilian targets were affected in the Saturday night shelling | 5 Aug 2023 | Ukrainian forces have reportedly fired cluster munitions into Donetsk city, striking a private residence, a university and other civilian targets. Four rounds of 155mm cluster bombs were fired into the center of the city on Saturday night, triggering fires in three districts, the Joint Center of Control and Coordination (JCCC) for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said. The cluster munitions reportedly exploded in the air. The Donetsk University of Economics and Trade was on fire after the shelling, the Mayor of Donetsk Alexei Kulemzin said in a Telegram post. Fires also were reported in apartment buildings.

German gov't funds several Gates Foundation projects to the tune of 3.8 million euros --The funds have been directed toward various projects and programs related to globalist initiatives, including population control programs and the UN Agenda 2030. | 3 Aug 2023 | The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has received around 3.8 billion euros ($4.15 million) in funding from the German government, a response to a parliamentary inquiry revealed. The reply by the federal government to the information request by MPs from the parliamentary group DIE LINKE showed that German taxpayer funds are used to finance multiple projects and programs by international foundations such as the pro-abortion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust... According to the German website Transparenztest's analysis, the German government funded 31 projects and programs in which the Gates Foundation was involved, while in 24 of those initiatives, the organization was the sole recipient of the funds.

COVID kills 1 in 10? Fauci's replacement draws scrutiny for past claims about mortality | 4 Aug 2023 | federal agency deeply concerned about COVID-19 misinformation will soon be led by a public health official whose past statements about the virus's mortality rate are raising fresh questions. Dr. Anthony Fauci's newly announced replacement as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Jeanne Marrazzo, is drawing attention for three years of statements as director of the infectious diseases division at the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine.

Green Hypocrisy in Full Swing: 16 Million Trees Axed for Wind Farms in Hypocritical Eco-Crusade in Scotland | 5 Aug 2023 | Scottish National Party (SNP) ministers have admitted to felling close to 16 million trees to make room for wind farms on public land after the Scottish government plans to get all of its power from renewable energy this year. Mairi Gougeon, the Rural Affairs Secretary, conceded that around 15.7 million trees have been cleared since 2000 from areas presently managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The figures equate to over 1,700 trees felled daily, in what critics have described as a hypocritical eco-crusade. Despite this, Gougeon insisted on a planning presumption in favour of protecting woodland, expecting wind farm developers to undertake "compensatory planting elsewhere." However, Scottish Tory MSP Liam Kerr expressed astonishment at the figures, citing worries voiced by "communities all over the country."

They Just Outlawed Trucks By Eric Peters | 31 July 2023 | The federal regulatory apparat -- which has become an unelected legislature -- has just decreed that there will be no new trucks by less than a decade from now. "Decreed" in italics because that is precisely what has just happened. No law was passed, but last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (note the blasé bureaucratic terminology; it is just an "administration," ands yet it does a great deal more than merely administering) decreed that by 2032, new vehicles must average at least 58 miles-per-gallon. As of today, there isn’t single new car available that can comply with this decree. "Comply" in italics to mark the outrageousness of the "administration" of such decrees, which no one in this “democracy” of ours ever had a chance to vote for -- or against. The only car that comes close to being able to "comply" is the Toyota Prius, a small hybrid -- and even it doesn’t quite get there. It averages 57 MPG.

Portland Hospital Denies Woman Cancer Treatment After She Sent a Message Criticizing the Transgender Flag | 2 Aug 2023 | A report has revealed that a woman has been denied cancer treatment at a Portland area hospital after she criticized the facility for displaying the trans flag. The woman in question was identified only as Marlene to protect her identity. She sent a message to conservative activist Chaya Raichik on her popular social media account Libs of Tiktok revealing what happened to her. As one can see, Marlene's message was originally sent to a person at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Hospital after multiple prior communications with staff there.

Canadian Muslims invite everyone to join 'Million Person March' against LGBT indoctrination in schools | 3 Aug 2023 | Canadian Muslims are planning to hold a "Million Person March" to combat LGBT indoctrination in schools. On September 22, 2023, Ottawa businessman and Muslim activist Kamel El-Cheikh hopes to gather Canadians of all faiths to march against LGBT ideology being pushed on children in the nation's schools. In recent months, El-Cheikh has led Muslim and Christian groups in Ottawa in protests against gender ideology and sex education in the city's schools. According to El-Cheikh, schools are beginning to directly target Muslim children with LGBT ideology. He revealed that one school pamphlet even asked children, "Can I still be Muslim if I am queer?"

*****

Breaking: Trump indicted in federal election probe on four counts --This is Trump's second federal indictment. | 1 Aug 2023 | Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was indicted as part of a special counsel Jack Smith's federal grand jury probe into his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results and the former president's role in the subsequent Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Smith charged Trump with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Trump said Monday that he expected to be indicted "any day," and earlier this month he revealed that the Justice Department informed him that he was a target in Smith's probe. This is Trump's second federal indictment. Trump, along with two of his employees, were charged in another probe led by Smith over the alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Possible 3rd Trump indictment looms after grand jury convenes in Jan. 6 probe --Trump said 'no indication of notice was given' to his team by special counsel's office | 1 Aug 2023 | The federal grand jury investigating election interference convened Tuesday in Washington, D.C., spurring speculation that a possible federal indictment related to the investigation into Jan. 6 against former President Trump may be imminent, Fox News has learned. Sources told Fox News that the grand jury left the federal courthouse for the day just after 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. Trump's legal team met with Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team in Washington, D.C., last week. Sources told Fox News that Trump's legal team was not given any specific timing about a possible indictment, but that they heard nothing suggesting an indictment would not happen at some point. 

Breaking: Michigan Democratic AG Follows Lead of Biden's DOJ and Indicts Her Former GOP Foe Matthew DePerno | 1 Aug 2023 | Michigan Attorney General [and Grade 'A' sociopath] Dana Nessel on Tuesday charged her former Republican foe Attorney Matthew DePerno for daring to look at a Dominion voting machine following the 2020 presidential election. Nessel previously appointed a special counsel to investigate her Republican opponent Deperno just weeks before the general election. Nessel has made threats against Matthew DePerno since last year before the midterm elections.

Gaetz introduces bill to abolish the USAID --"USAID does not serve a meaningful purpose," Gaetz said. [Truer words never spoken.] | 1 Aug 2023 | Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced legislation Tuesday to abolish the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). "USAID does not serve a meaningful purpose," he said. "It is used as a slush fund for international 'wokeism.' Therefore, serious lawmakers in Congress should support its complete abolition." ...Co-sponsors on this bill include GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Arizona; Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia,  and Anna Paulina Luna, Florida.

Myocarditis Cases in U.S. Military Spiked by 130 Percent | 31 July 2023 | Data presented to Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin by a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) whistleblower highlights reports that American servicemen and servicewomen have suffered serious injuries related to COVID-19 shots, including a 130 percent increase in myocarditis cases. Sen. Johnson said: "Based on data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED), Thomas Renz, an attorney who is representing three Department of Defense whistleblowers, reported that these whistleblowers found a significant increase in registered diagnoses on DMED for miscarriages, cancer, and many other medical conditions in 2021 compared to a five-year average from 2016-2020." The DoD whistleblower provided Sen. Johnson's office with new information showing significant increases in specific registered diagnoses from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) in 2021 compared to a five-year average from the period 2016-2020. The whistleblower downloaded the DMED data early this year after DoD acknowledged in 2022 that DMED data had been corrupted and that they would fix the database system.

It's Time to Have a Serious Talk About George Soros Protégé Vivek Ramaswamy | 1 Aug 2023 | You can scrub the globalism off of a Republican presidential candidate's Wikipedia bio, but you can't take the globalism out of the candidate's heart. That’s the message that Republican voters should take away from GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's appearance on a Twitter Spaces event over the weekend. Ramaswamy stated that it was a mistake for President Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that was drafted by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama. There it is. Vivek Ramaswamy has shown his true self: a globalist... Globalists like Vivek Ramaswamy will tell you that multinational "free trade" agreements always benefit both countries. That's just a lie. It benefits the companies that can afford to ship their operations overseas, to countries like China or Vietnam or Brunei where they pay their workers slave wages. American middle-class workers can't compete with slaves in other countries.

Democrats Ask Biden to Declare Emergency as Illegal Immigrants Flood NYC and Request Administration Allow Migrants to Work in U.S. | 31 July 2023 | Fifty-four elected officials in New York City have sent a letter to Joe Biden to address the influx of illegal immigrants in the city, asking him to declare a federal state of emergency so that the illegal immigrants can legally work in the country. "We are elected officials from New York City requesting your help. Our City is experiencing an unprecedented migrant influx, with a surge of asylum seekers arriving here in numbers never seen before in history. Our City is at a breaking point," wrote New York City Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar... Last week, the city announced it would set up a shelter for 1,000 illegal immigrants in the parking lot of a state psychiatric hospital. The special use case was made possible by the state of emergency, which allows for use of additional resources without additional red tape... The 54 Democratic lawmakers also requested that the Biden administration allow the illegal immigrants to work in the country.

*****

Ex-Hunter Biden partner Devon Archer testifies Joe Biden was on calls with foreign patrons 'for the brand' | 31 July 2023 | Former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer told the House Oversight Committee Monday about President [sic] Biden's role in his son's foreign dealings -- detailing about two dozen encounters as Republicans in Congress move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry. A source familiar with Archer’s nearly four-hour closed-door interview said that Archer testified that Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings added Hunter to its board in early 2014 because of the Biden "brand" as his dad led US policy toward Ukraine. Archer also stated that Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky -- who allegedly told an FBI informant he was "coerced" to pay $10 million in bribes to Hunter and then-Vice President Joe Biden -- and company executive Vadym Pozharskyi in late 2015 put intense pressure on Hunter to enlist the US government to help oust Ukrainian prosecutor-general Viktor Shokin, who had investigated Burisma for corruption. He said he witnessed the then-second son, Zlochevsky and Pozharskyi step away as they "called DC" to discuss the issue, the source said -- without specifying what, if anything, Archer said about the recently surfaced bribery allegation.

Archer confirms Biden 'lied' about knowledge of Hunter business deals, Comer says | 31 July 2023 | House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Devon Archer confirmed in his appearance Monday that President Biden "lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge about his son’s business dealings and was not involved." Comer's comments come after Archer, a former business associate and longtime friend of Hunter Biden, sat for hours before the House Oversight Committee in a closed-door hearing Monday. Archer said that Hunter put his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone while meeting with business partners at least 20 times. Archer described how Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell "the brand." "Joe Biden was 'the brand' that his son sold around the world to enrich the Biden family," Comer said. "When Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States, he joined Hunter Biden's dinners with his foreign business associates in person or by speakerphone over 20 times." "When Burisma’s owner was facing pressure from the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company for corruption, Archer testified that Burisma executives asked Hunter to ‘call D.C.’ after a Burisma board meeting in Dubai," Comer continued.

DOJ tries to jail key Hunter Biden witness Devon Archer on eve of congressional testimony | 30 July 2023 | The Justice Department is pushing for Devon Archer to report to prison -- just days ahead of the former Hunter Biden business partner’s hotly anticipated congressional testimony, according to new court documents. Manhattan federal prosecutors on Saturday filed a letter requesting a judge set a date for Archer to start his one-year sentence in a fraud case unrelated to the first son's various scandals. The request came after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Archer's 2018 conviction last Tuesday on two felony charges for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe. Archer -- who is set to deliver closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Monday about Biden -- had been challenging the conviction. His attorney, Matthew Schwartz, said he would be filing a formal response to the request from the US Attorney's Office by Wednesday -- and noted that his client would still testify as planned despite allegations the DOJ letter was an intimidation tactic.

DOJ Requests Court to Order Devon Archer's Surrender for Imprisonment Prior to Testimony on Biden Crime Family --"This is the first time I've ever heard of the Department of Justice doing anything on a Saturday." --Rep. Comer | 30 July 2023 | In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a letter to a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, suggesting that Devon Archer, a business associate of Hunter Biden, be ordered to surrender and begin his term of imprisonment. This development comes amidst Archer's ongoing appeal and just before his scheduled testimony about the criminal activities involving the Biden crime family. The letter requests that the court set a date and time for Archer to report to a facility chosen by the Bureau of Prisons... On Sunday, Rep. James Comer (R-TN) joined Maria Bartiromo on her program, Sunday Morning Futures, and expressed his concern over the timing and the implications of the DOJ's actions. Comer suggested that the move is an attempt to obstruct Archer's upcoming testimony before the House Oversight Committee regarding Biden family crimes.

Destruction of the U.S. from within will soon be complete: Democratic governor allows foreigners to become police officers with new law, will have ability to arrest U.S. citizens --Critics slammed the law allowing eligible foreign nationals to become police officers as 'madness' | 31 July 2023 | Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D. [deranged], signed a bill into law that allows non-U.S. citizens to become police officers in the state, angering critics who slammed the idea of foreigners arresting American citizens as "a fundamentally bad idea." Illinois House Bill 3751 will no longer require U.S. citizenship as a qualification to become a police officer in the state. The bill was signed by the Democratic governor on Friday and will go into effect on January 1, 2024, despite facing heavy opposition from GOP lawmakers and prominent police groups. Immigrants who remain in the country under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act, are also entitled to apply for a position to join law enforcement, the bill states. Federal law currently forbids non-U.S. citizens to serve as police officers and deputies. Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, a Republican, voiced her outrage over the new law on X over the weekend, writing: "No sane state would allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens." "At 5 p.m. yesterday, when no one was paying attention, Pritzker signed a bill to allow illegal immigrants to become police officers, giving non-citizens the power to arrest citizens in our state," she tweeted. "No sane state would allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens, this is madness!"

Russian Forces Strike Down Several Ukrainian Drones in Moscow - Defense Ministry | 1 Aug 2023 | Several drones deployed by Ukrainian forces in the Moscow region were downed during the early morning hours of Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed. The ministry detailed in a statement that two Ukrainian drones were destroyed by Russian air defenses after officials were able to foil an attack. It was further noted one drone suppressed by Russian electronic warfare systems had lost control and crashed into a non-residential building in the Moscow-City business center. "Overnight to August 1, an attempt of a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime with unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities in the city of Moscow and the Moscow Region was thwarted. Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the air by air defense systems above the Odintsovo and Naro-Fominsk districts of the Moscow Region," the ministry said.

Pentagon Investigates 'Critical Compromise' of Air Force Communications Systems --FBI communications may also have been compromised by an engineer working on Tennessee Air Force base, a search warrant reveals. | 29 July 2023 | The Pentagon is investigating what it has called a “critical compromise” of communications across 17 Air Force facilities by one of its engineers, according to a search warrant obtained by Forbes. The document also details evidence of a possible breach of FBI communications by the same employee, who worked at the Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee. The government had been tipped off by a base contractor that the 48-year-old engineer had taken government radio technologies home, effectively stealing them for his own use, according to the warrant, which alleged the amount of pilfered equipment was worth nearly $90,000. When law enforcement raided his home, they found he had "unauthorized administrator access" to radio communications tech used by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), "affecting 17 DoD installations," according to the warrant.

Insane in the membrane: CDC Poised to Recommend Annual COVID-19 Shots - Director | 30 July 2023 | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking toward recommending Americans get a COVID-19 vaccine once a year, the agency's new director says. Dr. Mandy Cohen, who recently replaced Dr. Rochelle Walensky, says that the new CDC recommendation is expected to be finalized and announced in September. The director, a strong proponent of the vaccines, did not offer any safety or efficacy data or any other details but said she worries "about parents not vaccinating kids" against COVID-19 and other viruses... Without that data, "you can't really say what the potential benefit to people is," Dr. David McCune, an oncologist, told The Epoch Times. He noted that instead of efficacy data from trials, officials have been relying on antibody measurements, animal experiments, and observational studies to see whether the vaccines are effective. Observational data indicate the protection--against both infection ;and severe illness--wanes considerably within months, some papers have found that the more doses one receives, the more likely they are to be infected.

Forensic Study of 2020 Detroit, Michigan, Election Finds Up to 34,000 Illegal Ballots – and Warnings From Detroit Clerks That THOUSANDS of Absentee Paper Ballots Differed From Regular Ballots --At 6:31 a.m., a vote dump of 149,772 came in. Biden received 134,886 votes. That's 96% of the batch.  | 31 July 2023 | A national expert in criminal forensics completed a report into the 2020 election in Michigan and has found further evidence of chronic, systemic, voter fraud especially among absentee ballots in that challenged election. Speckin Forensics, with wide national experience testifying in criminal trials, was allowed for their investigation limited access to the 2020 ballots in Wayne County which covers Detroit. They found: A significant number of absentees in different precincts illegally had no signed ballot application. Many absentee ballots had no request whatsoever, in the two primary precincts examined the rates of illegal ballots were 12% and 20%. Absentee ballots often had a lighter tone and shade to the printing. The Detroit clerks even commented to the Speckin team that the type of paper felt different. If the numbers of absentees missing a ballot request are extrapolated out to the rest of Wayne County, Speckin reports, "with approximately 170,000 AV ballots, the range at 8%-20% would be 13,600 to 34,000 ballots with no application requesting the ballot." The full report is here.

New York City paying Covid test company millions in no-bid contract to dump migrants – report | 31 July 2023 | New York City paid a mobile medical services company $432 million to carry out the mayor's plan to bus thousands of migrants to upstate towns that didn't want them, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The questionable no-bid contract, which was not approved by the city comptroller, saw DocGo pivot from offering Covid-19 testing and vaccination on-the-go to dumping asylum seekers in small towns and cities that didn't have the resources to handle them, according to the investigation. Migrants told the NYT that they were lured upstate with promises of comfortable accommodation and plentiful work. Instead, they said, they were given fake work and residency permits, some printed on phony New York City letterhead, all rejected when they tried to present them at the local Department of Motor Vehicles to secure an ID.

More Great Reset insanity: Connecticut to Ban Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035 | 31 July 2023 | Connecticut has become the latest state to lean into the Biden regime's push for net-zero in its fight against climate change, with the state's governor announcing proposed regulations that will ban the sale of new light-duty fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035. The state's Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont announced the draft regulations last week, calling it "decisive action to meet our climate pollution reduction targets," while critics said the move would hurt consumers by forcing them to buy more expensive electric vehicles. The new rules, which are open to public comment until Aug. 23, would require auto dealerships in Connecticut to start phasing out sales of new fossil fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs in 2027 before the full ban takes effect in 2035.

Tafari Campbell paddle boarding death riddle: Cops left call log reporting Obama private chef's drowning BLANK and said it came from 2 miles away - as they refuse to reveal who he was with on the water --Tafari drowned on Sunday while paddle boarding with another person --The call came in to Edgartown Police Department at 7.46pm but in logs, the reason is blank | 29 July 2023 | Martha's Vineyard police left the reason for the 911 call reporting Obama private chef Tafari Campbell's drowning blank in official logs from the night of the accident, DailyMail.com can reveal. Tafari, 45, fell into the water on Sunday night while paddle boarding on Great Edgartown Pond. He was not on the water alone, but police refuse to name the person he was with. At 7.46pm, a 911 call was made to report that he had fallen in and could not make it back to the surface. That call is noted in Edgartown Police Department's logs, but the reason behind it is left noticeably blank. The reason for every other call for that night is given.The origin of the call is also listed as Wilson's Landing - a paddle board launch site, some two miles from the Obamas' house on Turkeyland Cove, where Massachusetts State Police say the first call came from.

*****

Rogue Biolab Discovered in Calif. County Had Over 900 Mice 'Genetically Engineered to Catch and Carry the Covid-19 Virus' | 29 July 2023 | On March 3, 2023, an illegal bio lab was discovered in a believed-to-be vacant building in Reedley, California, in Fresno County. City Code Enforcement stumbled upon the building in December 2022 when they discovered a garden hose running into the building through a hole in the wall. In March, they obtained a warrant to inspect the property, and in April, the Fresno County Department of Public Health ordered an inspection of the facility. Investigators inspected the building that contained the lab in July and found a room used to make COVID-19 tests and pregnancy tests. They also found over 35 freezers and refrigeration units that contained "thousands of bodily fluids, serums, tissues, and other medical items." According to the Mid Valley Times, "Over 900 mice were located at the facility. Court documents identify Wang Zhaolin as the Prestige representative onsite during the investigation. Zhaolin informed the investigators that 'these mice were genetically engineered to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus.' ...From May 2 through May 4, the CDC's Division of Select Agents and Toxins inspected 850 I Street. Court documents confirm the CDC found potentially infectious agents at the location. These included both bacterial and viral agents, including chlamydia, E. Coli, streptococcus pneumonia, hepatitis B and C, herpes 1 and 5 and rubella. The CDC also found samples of malaria."

CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis at unlicensed California lab --The CDC found at least 20 potentially infectious agents at Fresno County warehouse | 27 July 2023 | Local and federal authorities spent months investigating a warehouse in Fresno County, California, that they suspect was home to an illegal, unlicensed laboratory full of lab mice, medical waste and hazardous materials.  The Fresno County Public Health Department has been "evaluating and assessing the activities of an unlicensed laboratory" in Reedley, the health department's assistant director, Joe Prado, said in a statement Thursday. All of the biological agents were destroyed by July 7 following a legal abatement process by the agency... An investigation found the tenant was Prestige BioTech, a company registered in Nevada and unlicensed for business in California.

U.S. rejects Australian plea to drop Assange case | 29 July 2023 | U.S. Secretary of State [and Grade 'A' sociopath] Antony Blinken has confirmed that Australia has raised the case of Julian Assange’s continued prosecution, but declared that Washington will not cease seeking the extradition of the former WikiLeaks boss and intends to try him for espionage. Speaking alongside Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Brisbane on Saturday, Blinken said that while he understands "the concerns and views of Australians," Assange's alleged actions "risked very serious harm to our national security, to the benefit of our adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk -- grave risk -- of physical harm, and grave risk of detention." ...An Australian citizen, Julian Assange is currently being held in London’s Belmarsh Prison. He is fighting extradition to the US, where he faces 17 charges under the Espionage Act and potentially a 175-year prison sentence. 

Trump Says Criminal Charges 'Wouldn't Stop Me' From 2024 White House Bid | 29 July 2023 | A potential criminal conviction will not stop former President Donald Trump from pursuing his 2024 White House bid, he said on Friday. In an appearance on The John Fredericks Show, when asked whether a potential conviction would hinder his presidential campaign, Mr. Trump expressed his determination to run no matter the outcome. Mr. Trump responded confidently, stating that there is no provision in the U.S. Constitution that would prevent him from running for president, even if he were to be convicted. "If going forward, right, you get these indictments, there ends up--you got a jury in D.C., you get convicted and sentenced--does that stop your campaign for president if you're sentenced?" Mr. Fredericks asked Mr. Trump in the interview. "Not at all. There's nothing in the Constitution to say that it could," Mr. Trump replied. "Even the radical left crazies are saying, 'No, that wouldn't stop!' And it wouldn't stop me either."

Judge Noreika Banned Hunter Biden's Attorneys From Contacting Clerks Again After Tricking Them Into Removing Filing Under False Pretenses of Representing GOP Lawyer | 29 July 2023 | Furious Judge Maryellen Noreika ordered the lawyers representing Hunter Biden, who had deceived and lied to a court clerk into removing a legal document by falsely claiming to represent GOP lawyer Ted Kittila, to cease all direct communications with court clerks. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Hunter Biden's legal team is facing possible sanctions after they lied about their identity to have the testimony of IRS whistleblowers removed from the docket in Hunter's tax fraud case. Judge Maryellen Noreika had demanded an explanation from Biden's lawyers by 9 p.m. ET Tuesday night. This controversy happened on the eve of Hunter Biden's plea of guilty to misdemeanor tax charges on Wednesday, while he is expected to avoid jail time on a separate gun charge. A member of Biden's legal team misrepresented herself when asking for amicus materials to be removed. According to reports, she called the clerk and requested that the information be sealed due to its sensitive nature, including grand jury, taxpayer, and Social Security details.

*****

Pentagon Approves Hazard Pay for U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Paving Way for Possible Expanded Presence --Troops can earn $325 in total monthly "imminent danger pay" | 28 July 2023 | There's been more confirmation to emerge concerning the American military presence in Ukraine, and its expanding role in the conflict, bringing NATO dangerously closer into a potential hot war with Russia. "The Pentagon has authorized additional hazard pay for U.S. troops serving in Ukraine, a defense official confirmed Thursday," according to the publication Military Times. "The bonus, known as imminent danger pay, is offered to troops who serve in areas where they could be harmed by hostile fire or mines, insurrection, civil war or terrorism." The statement also interestingly said that qualifying troops in Ukraine will be authorized back pay as far back as April 24, 2022--which strongly suggests a significant U.S. presence inside the war-ravaged country since then, or from the opening months of the conflict.

Ukraine targeted Russian city with missile - Moscow --The Russian military condemns the incident in Taganrog as a "terrorist attack" on civilians | 28 July 2023 | The Russian Defense Ministry has acknowledged that a missile struck the south-west port city of Taganrog on Friday, calling the incident a "terrorist attack" by Ukraine. The city center was hit by a major blast on Friday, with at least 15 people injured, according to local authorities. Ukrainian forces used a re-purposed missile from a Soviet-era S-200 anti-aircraft system to target the city, the military said. The missile was "intercepted" by Russian forces, but fragments ended up falling on the city, it added. "As a result of the terrorist act committed by the Kiev regime, several buildings were damaged, and there are also casualties among civilians," the statement said.

Major blast rocks southwest Russian city --A large explosion has occurred in the Russian city of Taganrog, with several civilians reported injured | 28 July 2023 | A major explosion occurred on Friday in Taganrog, a southwest Russian port on the Sea of Azov, injuring at least 12 people, emergency services have told the TASS news agency. The blast, in the city center, sent a large column of dust into the air, footage circulating online shows. Several nearby buildings have been damaged, with their windows shattered and a number of people are feared to be trapped under debris.

Russian Army Destroys 3 German Leopard Tanks and 2 French AMX Wheeled Tanks in South Donetsk | 28 July 2023 | The Ukrainian military lost nearly 300 soldiers and five tanks in the South Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. The ministry mentioned that the Ukrainian forces have continued to make attempts to attack in South Donetsk, Donetsk, and Krasny Liman directions. The ministry mentioned that all attacks have been repelled. "Up to 180 Ukrainian servicemen [in Zaporozhye and South Donetsk area], five tanks, including three German Leopards and two French AMX wheeled tanks, 17 infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, a U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and an anti-aircraft missile system combat vehicle were destroyed, as well as the fighting vehicle of the anti-aircraft missile system Strela-10," the ministry said in a statement, adding that another attack was repelled near Vremevka Ledge, where Ukraine lost up to 110 soldiers after its sabotage group was neutralized.

Biden Cut a Massive Check to Ukraine After Forcing a Family to Pay $60,000 to Move Soldier's Remains | 27 July 2023 | In the latest tactic of President [sic] Joe Biden's "put America last" agenda, the administration cut another massive check to Ukraine while families of lost soldiers are being forgotten. This week, the Biden administration approved another $400 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, making it the 43rd time the U.S. has sent weapons from its supply to the foreign country... The aid package includes air defense missiles, armored vehicles, and small drones. It was approved through Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows the president to transfer articles and services from U.S. stocks without congressional approval in emergencies. However, several critics question whether the Russia-Ukraine war should still be considered an emergency... This comes as reports reveal a family who lost their daughter in Afghanistan while serving the U.S. was billed $60,000 to move her remains to her final resting place.

Democratic presidential candidate RFK Jr. denied Secret Service protection by Biden administration --After 88 days of no response,[illegitimate] Biden regime denies candidate's request | 28 July 2023 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday the Biden administration has denied him as a 2024 presidential candidate Secret Service protection.Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection.  But not me," tweeted Kennedy, in a long-shot bid to beat President [sic] Biden in the Democratic primary. "Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days," he also said. "After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request." According to the Secret Service website: federal law authorizes the agency to "provide protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates."

Trump faces additional charges in classified documents case | 27 July 2023 | Former President Donald Trump faces additional charges in special counsel Jack Smith's case over his allegedly improper retention of classified materials. The former president faces allegations of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information, the Associated Press reported. Trump has previously pleaded not guilty to 37 counts in the case. Smith's office has also indicted the Mar-a-Lago estate's head of maintenance in connection with the case of former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified materials.

Third person charged in Trump documents case by special counsel | 27 July 2023 | Mar-a-Lago's head of maintenance Carlos De Oliveira was indicted out of Special Counsel Jack Smith's [insane] investigation into former President Trump's alleged improper retention of classified records. Oliveira was the third person indicted out of the investigation. Trump was indicted in June on charges stemming from Smith’s investigation into his alleged improper retention of classified records after his presidency. Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements.Trump's personal aide and valet Walt Nauta was also charged out of the probe and pleaded not guilty.

Collapsed Hunter Biden plea deal would have given president's son immunity for host of potential crimes --Botched agreement legally protected first son from alleged drug, gun violations, foreign business deals | 27 July 2023 | Hunter Biden's plea deal with federal prosecutors, which fell apart during his first court appearance in Delaware on Wednesday, would have granted him broad immunity, protecting him from prosecution over a wide range of alleged and potential federal crimes, according to newly released documents. The son of President [sic] Biden was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as part of a deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge. Specifically, the legal arrangement involved both a plea agreement over the tax charges and a related pretrial "diversion agreement" regarding a separate felony charge of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance. Under the diversion agreement, the government wouldn't charge Biden with the more serious gun charge if he pleaded guilty to the tax charges.

Hunter Biden could STILL be charged over deals with China and Ukraine as 'sweetheart' plea deal on tax and gun charges dramatically collapses in Delaware court drama --Hunter's court appearance spiraled into chaos after first plea deal fell apart --U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika questioned the terms of the agreement --New compromise hashed out means Hunter is still on the hook for more crimes| 26 July 2023 | Hunter Biden could be on the hook for more criminal charges related to his business deals with China and Ukraine after prosecutors and his legal team negotiated a limited new plea arrangement -- because their first one sensationally collapsed. The compromise hashed out in dramatic scenes in court includes his failure to pay taxes and lying about his crack cocaine addiction when he bought a gun -- but it doesn't shield him from future prosecution for other crimes. The president's scandal-hit son said "yes, your honor" when asked by the judge if he would plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and admitted he's been to rehab six times in 20 years for addiction to drinking and drugs. But then the agreement between prosecutors and the defense suddenly fell apart when the president's son was warned he could still be charged for his shady foreign dealings that Republicans say involve his father, Joe. Hunter's attorney Chris Clark said the deal was "null and void" after top prosecutor Leo Wise said Hunter was still being investigated for potential violations related to representing foreign governments. 

Hunter Biden plea deal falling apart in stunning turn of events as prosecutors keep future charges alive | 26 July 2023 | First son Hunter Biden's plea agreement was collapsing Wednesday as federal prosecutors declined to rule out charging the political scion with other crimes in the future. The stunning turn of events came more than 90 minutes into the hearing at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del., where Hunter had been expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay taxes and enter a diversion program on a felony federal weapons charge. But prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika there was still a possibility President [sic] Biden's 53-year-old son would be charged with offenses, potentially including failing to register as a foreign agent for lucrative dealings in countries such as China and Ukraine that allegedly involved his father. Defense attorney Chris Clark refused to move forward with the deal after it became clear that the federal investigation into the first son was ongoing. "As far as I'm concerned, the plea agreement is null and void," Clark reportedly told the court a little before noon.

FBI Told Delaware U.S. Attorney It Had Already Partially Corroborated Biden Bribery Claims, Source Says --FBI agents told the Delaware U.S. attorney's office they had already corroborated multiple details in the FD-1023, a source told The Federalist. | 24 July 2023 | When the Pittsburgh FBI office briefed the Delaware U.S. attorney's office on evidence implicating Hunter and Joe Biden in a bribery scheme, the agents also told the Delaware team they had already corroborated several aspects of the confidential human source's claims, an individual familiar with the briefing told The Federalist. On Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released the FD-1023 summary of a confidential human source's reporting that the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden each $5 million in bribes so the then-Vice President would "protect" Burisma "from all kinds of problems." Those bribes were in addition to the more than $4 million in total paid to Hunter Biden and his business partner Devon Archer for sitting on Burism's board of directors. 

Jordan Releases 'Smoking Gun Docs' Confirming Facebook Bowed to White House Censorship Demands --Unredacted Facebook emails released by Rep. Jim Jordan today expose White House demands to quash narratives, and remove memes and posts contradicting the government's COVID-19 messaging. | 27 July 2023 | Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released today a series of unredacted emails from Facebook, that he characterized as proof the White House and other federal agencies exerted pressure on the social media company to censor authors whose posts ran counter to the government’s official pandemic narrative. The emails were provided by Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta to the House Judiciary Committee's Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as part of its ongoing investigation. The move forestalled the committee’s deliberations today about whether or not to hold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt for withholding requested documents. In his lengthy Twitter thread, Jordan called the emails "smoking gun docs," proving "Facebook and Instagram censored posts and changed their content moderation policies because of unconstitutional pressure from the Biden White House." 

New Zealand's former COVID tyrant Jacinda Ardern appointed to censorship role at Harvard --The Censorship-Industrial Complex has found a new champion in Jacinda Ardern, who infamously asserted that 'we will continue to be your single source of truth' on the subject of COVID-19 when she was New Zealand's prime minister in 2020. | 25 July 2023 | Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has been rewarded with a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University. As the Berkman Klein Center (the Center) at Harvard reports, "The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is thrilled to announce Jacinda Ardern as its first Knight Tech Governance Leadership Fellow." Ardern herself claims she will “address online harms… and violent extremism online..." According to the Center, whose past scholars have worked with Matt Taibbi on The Twitter Files, Ardern will be at the forefront of the fight against a new threat -- "algorithmic harms."

The Censorship Regime: How an Old-School Democrat Is Being Targeted for Destruction by the Totalitarian Deep State By CLG News Founder Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. | 24 July 2023 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a not only a scion of the most famous political family in modern American history, but for the establishment, he also represents the most potentially damaging figure to throw his hat in the presidential ring in recent years. Bearing the most popular surname in U.S. politics, Kennedy has nevertheless been in the regime’s crosshairs, partly for his Children's Health Defense website, which the regime claims has been promoting vaccine "misinformation" and "disinformation" for over twenty years and partly for his opposition to the proxy war in Ukraine... So far, Kennedy’s political assassination has been undertaken with propaganda, lies, and defamation of character. Kennedy even faces the ritual condemnation of his own family members and is reviled by the contemporary Democrat Party establishment... The Democratic members of the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government displayed, in real time, the weaponization of the federal government and the totalitarian impulses that Kennedy has launched his candidacy to oppose.

mRNA COVID Vaccines May Be Triggering 'Turbo Cancers' in Young People - Experts | 28 July 2023 | Experts are seeing a puzzling rise in cancer in people under 50 that appears biologically different from late-onset cancers. While some claim cancer rates have been rising for decades and attribute the increase to sugary drinks, lifestyle, and sleep disruptions, others say mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have caused an emergence of “turbo cancers”--and U.S. regulatory agencies have not addressed the ever-growing problem. Although there is no official medical definition for what doctors are calling "turbo cancers," the term is commonly used to define aggressive, rapid-onset cancers resistant to treatment--primarily in young, healthy individuals following COVID-19 vaccination. These cases often present in a late stage with metastasis and quickly turn fatal. "What's happening is these cancers we're used to seeing, their growth patterns and their behavior are completely out of character...So 'turbo cancer' is something that wasn't there and, all of a sudden, it's everywhere," Dr. Ryan Cole, a pathologist and CEO of Cole Diagnostics, said in an interview on EpochTV's American Thought Leaders.

Ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire possibly due to electric vehicle, 1 dead | 26 July 2023 | A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said. The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway, which was en route from Germany to Egypt, forcing several crew members to jump overboard... Rescue ships sprayed water onto the burning boat to cool it down, but using too much water risked its sinking, the Dutch coastguard said. The fire might last for several days, Dutch news agency ANP reported, citing the coastguard. The coastguard said on its website that the cause of the fire was unknown, but a coastguard spokesperson had earlier told Reuters it began near an electric car. Roughly 25 out 2,857 vehicles on the ship were electric.

*****

Zelensky Associate Was Present at Biden Bribery Meetings - Then Went to Work for President Zelensky Who Now Is Holding Blackmail Information Against Joe Biden | 24 July 2023 | Author Peter Schweizer went on Jesse Watters Primetime with Jesse Watters on Monday, where he proceeded to drop another bomb on the Bidens. According to Schweizer, who wrote the best-seller Secret Empires on Biden family crimes, one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s top officials was sitting in the room when they were discussing bribing the Bidens, Joe and Hunter. Ukrainian President Zelensky has a top official who was sitting in on meetings where they talked about bribing the Bidens. Schweizer suggests Zelensky is using this as leverage over the Biden regime for weapons and billions in U.S. dollars.

Hunter Biden Partner to Testify to Congress as White House Says President 'Never in Business' With His Son | 25 July 2023 | Hunter Biden’s former business partner is scheduled to testify to Congress as lawmakers look to dig deeper into connections between President [sic] Joe Biden, his son, and foreign nationals. Devon Archer, the associate of Mr. Hunter Biden, is slated to testify to the House Oversight Committee on July 31. "We look forward to speaking with Devon Archer on Monday about Joe Biden’s involvement in his family's business affairs," Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the panel, said in a statement. The committee subpoenaed Mr. Archer on June 16 and has been working since then to schedule a deposition.

Hunter Biden lawyer accused of deception to seal bid to block plea deal | 25 July 2023 | First son Hunter Biden's legal team was accused of pulling a dirty trick late Tuesday to block the release of damning evidence ahead of his expected guilty plea to federal charges of tax evasion and weapons crimes. The drama began in the morning when the House Ways and Means Committee filed an amicus brief to Delaware U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika arguing that the 53-year-old had benefited from "political interference which calls into question the propriety of the investigation" into alleged crimes including money laundering, felony tax evasion and failure to register as a foreign agent. The filing included testimony by two IRS whistleblowers who sat for transcribed interviews May 26 and June 1. What happened next was outlined in a letter sent to the judge Tuesday afternoon by the committee's top lawyer, Theodore Kittila. "[A]t approximately 1:30 p.m., we received word that our filing was removed from the docket," Kittila said. "We promptly contacted the Clerk's office, and we were advised that someone contacted the Court representing that they worked with my office [emphasis original] and that they were asking the Court to remove this from the docket. We immediately advised that this was inaccurate. The Clerk's Office responded that we would need to re-file. We have done so now."

McCarthy: Biden case will 'rise to impeachment' as 16 Romanian payments allegedly went to 'shell companies' --Biden notably boasted in 2016 how he told then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire a prosecutor looking into Burisma | 25 July 2023 | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Republicans will gather enough evidence soon to mount an impeachment inquiry against President [sic] Biden, as the corruption scandal enveloping him and his son Hunter continues to grow. McCarthy, R-Calif., made reference to a relatively new revelation from the House Oversight Committee that -- while Joe was vice president -- Hunter Biden "capitalized" on a financial relationship with a Romanian national later convicted on corruption charges. According to prepared remarks from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., in June, the Bidens received more than $1 million in 17 increments. McCarthy said Monday that 16 of those 17 payments went to what he described as "Biden shell companies" while Joe Biden was vice president. According to Comer's prepared remarks, the elder Biden had been "lecturing Romania on anti-corruption policies" while instead being a "walking billboard for his...family to collect money."

Funnel Cloud Spins Over Capitol as McCarthy Floats Impeachment Inquiry of Joe Biden | 25 July 2023 | A funnel cloud was spotted over the US Capitol building on Tuesday as Speaker McCarthy floated an impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden. McCarthy floated impeachment Monday night during an appearance on Fox News after it was reported Hunter Biden’s former business associate will testify on Joe Biden’s corruption. Hunter Biden’s former associate and convicted felon, Devon Archer, is reportedly cooperating with Republican lawmakers and will testify this week on the $10 million Ukraine-Biden bribe. According to New York Post reporter Miranda Devine, Devon Archer is going to sing like a canary and tell Congress that Hunter Biden put his dad, then-VP Joe Biden on speakerphone into meetings with his foreign business associates at least two dozen times.

Security Footage Undermines Key Claims in Police Report in Death of Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6 | 24 July 2023 | After CPR and other lifesaving efforts inside a basement entrance to the U.S. Capitol failed, Jan. 6 protester Rosanne M. Boyland was moved up one level to the Crypt, where D.C. Fire and EMS Department paramedics continued resuscitation efforts for another 40 minutes, new security video shows. Previously unreleased Capitol Police closed-circuit-television footage obtained by The Epoch Times adds crucial new details to the tragic story of Ms. Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia, who died after collapsing outside the Lower West Terrace tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021. The security video deflates claims made in the initial Capitol Police report that Ms. Boyland simply collapsed in the Capitol Rotunda at 5 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the officer who observed her "wandering around the Rotunda" immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Nothing that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) relayed to Ms. Boyland's family from the Jan. 7, 2021, report turned out to be true, except that she was dead. As the security video conclusively shows, Ms. Boyland didn't collapse in the Rotunda, and paramedics didn’t find her there receiving CPR from two unidentified Capitol Police officers.

Coup 2024 already underway: Democratic law firm argues mail boxes 'unsecure' for voting, in suit pushing for ballot drop boxes --Marc Elias, whose law firm filed the lawsuit, advocated for states to switch to mail-in voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. | 25 July 2023 | In a lawsuit to overturn a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that concluded ballot drop boxes are illegal, a Democratic election law firm is now arguing that U.S. Postal Service mailboxes are in fact "unsecured." The state's high court ruled last year, in a 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Elections Commission was not authorized to allow the use of the such boxes, as alternative balloting, during the 2020 presidential "election." The majority opinion was based on the interpretation of state rules and considered a loss to liberals who largely support the method... The Elias Law Group is suing the commission on behalf of Priorities USA, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans and a voter over the ruling against ballot drop boxes. The group's stated mission in part reads: "Committed to helping Democrats win, citizens vote, and progressives make change."

House panel moves toward vote on holding Zuckerberg in contempt over censorship investigation | 25 July 2023 | The GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on holding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt over a lack of cooperation with an investigation into Big Tech censorship. The committee announced it would vote on the motion on Thursday. The committee said the company has not cooperated with Chairman Jim Jordan's (R-OH) requests for information on the website's content moderation practices. Jordan has been leading several investigations into Meta as part of his role as the leader of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. "Meta has critical information that it has not turned over to the committee regarding federal government efforts to censor speech online and how Meta responded to those efforts," Jordan's spokesman Russell Dye told Punchbowl News on Monday. "It is imperative the committee get these materials, and we will take whatever actions necessary to facilitate that end."

Three U.S. Marines mysteriously found dead in car at gas station by Camp Lejeune - authorities | 25 July 2023 | Three young U.S. Marines were found dead inside a car at a North Carolina gas station Sunday morning, and authorities are still trying to figure out how they died. "There's nothing to believe it to be foul play or anything," Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff's Department told ABC affiliate WTVD News. "We're waiting for an autopsy report, but we have no idea of probably what happened." Ward said no drugs were found in the vehicle. The grim discovery occurred when deputies responding to a missing person's report found the three dead men in a four-door sedan parked outside a Speedway convenience store in Hampstead, about an hour's drive from Camp Lejeune. The bodies were found around 9 a.m. Sunday, the sheriff's office said on Facebook.

Edward Dowd Drops Bombshell Data: Hematological Claims Up 522% Above Trend in 2022 | 24 July 2023 | (Via Vigilant Fox Substack) "We were looking for data like this, and we found it in the UK Personal Independence [Payment] (PIP) system," announced former BlackRock portfolio asset manager Edward Dowd on the Dr. Drew show. "We need the help of the medical community and the regulators to explain what's going on because it's alarming." "And you can see, I'll point out hematological [blood-related]...that's up 522% in 2022. And I want to say this is versus trend. It's not versus 2021 or 2020. It's versus a trend that we analyzed from 2016 to 2019. So it's a percent increase over trend. And the trends were stable -- and then this exploded."

LeBron James's Son Bronny Rushed to ICU After Suffering Cardiac Arrest at Practice; LeBron Previously Stated Covid-19 Vaccine Was Best Suited for Him and His Family | 25 July 2023 | Bronny James, the son of NBA Star LeBron James, suffered medical emergency at basketball practice on Monday morning and was rushed to the hospital. Bronny, who recently committed to play college basketball at USC, was rushed to the ICU after suffering cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at USC. A spokesperson for the James family stated, “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest. Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU.” James, a four-star recruit and one of the staple pieces of USC's top-five incoming recruiting class, signed with the Trojans this offseason... LeBron James previously boasted about how the Covid-19 vaccine was the best thing for him and his family.

Federal judge deals major blow to Biden administration with ruling on immigration policy | 25 July 2023 | The Biden administration was dealt a major blow in its efforts to control the ongoing border crisis on Tuesday when a federal judge blocked a rule introduced in May that makes migrants ineligible for asylum if they have entered illegally and failed to take advantage of expanded lawful pathways set up by the federal government. Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California blocked the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule in response to a lawsuit from a coalition of left-wing immigration groups, which claimed the rule was similar to a Trump-era transit ban that was similarly blocked. He found the rule is "both substantively and procedurally invalid" and has delayed his ruling from taking effect for 14 days to give the administration time to appeal. The rule formed the centerpiece of the administration's strategy to deal with the expiration of the Title 42 public health order in May.

Governor DeSantis in car crash, but uninjured, while heading to Tennessee event, campaign says --DeSantis and his team are not hurt, a spokesman said. | 25 July 2023 | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in a car crash Tuesday morning while on his way to a campaign event in Tennessee, but he is uninjured, his spokesperson said. "This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee," Press Secretary Bryan Griffin said, according to Fox News. "He and his team are uninjured." Further information about the wreck was not immediately available. "We appreciate the prayers and well wishes of the nation for his continued protection while on the campaign trail," Griffin also said.

Obama's Personal Chef, Who Mysteriously Drowned in Former President's Martha’s Vineyard, Took Swimming Lessons in 2019, Video Reveals | 25 July 2023 | An unexpected twist has been revealed in the case surrounding the tragic death of former President Obama's personal chef, Tafari Campbell, who was found drowned in a pond on the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard property. Contradicting initial assumptions that Campbell may have drowned due to an inability to swim, internet sleuths have uncovered a 2019 video revealing Campbell undertaking swimming lessons. Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia, was recovered from the Edgartown Great Road by Massachusetts State Police divers on Monday. The recovery occurred approximately 100 feet from the shoreline at a depth of about eight feet. The Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers using side-scan sonar first located the victim’s body, according to a news release from Massachusetts State Police.

Biden's dog bit seven Secret Service agents | 25 July 2023 | Joe Biden’s dog bit seven people in a four-month period, including a Secret Service agent who was hospitalized with arm and leg injuries, according to internal emails obtained by conservative activists. The dog is the second of Biden's canine companions to terrorize the White House. The most serious incident took place last November, when the then one-year-old German shepherd -- named "Commander" -- came down a flight of stairs and bit an agent who was sitting at the bottom with his arms folded. Commander bit the agent on his arm and his thigh...according to a Secret Service email published on Tuesday by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group. The agent was sent to a local hospital by the White House physician’s office, and was taken off active duty for three days following the attack.

Lowe's Worker Rehired After Being Fired for Trying to Stop Alleged Shoplifters | 25 July 2023 | A 68-year-old Lowe's employee who was fired from a retail store in Georgia after trying to stop alleged shoplifters has been reinstated, a company spokesperson confirmed. In a statement issued to the Effingham Herald on July 24, senior manager of corporate communications Larry Costello said the company was pleased to hear Donna Hansbrough accepted the offer to return to the store in Effingham County, where she has worked for over a decade. "After senior management became aware of the incident and spoke to Donna Hansbrough today, we are reinstating her job and we are pleased that she has accepted the offer to return to Lowe's," Mr. Costello said.

*****

Biden Campaign Had Plan to Send Alternate Electors if Needed in 2020, Regime Is Suing Republicans for Doing the Same | 22 July 2023 | Trump prosecutor [and Grade 'A' sociopath] Jack Smith has been investigating the process of sending alternate electors for possible prosecution. This week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D-Deranged) charged 16 of the 2020 Trump electors with eight felonies each. Many of the Michigan Trump electors are retirees in the 70s and 80s. The charges against the Michigan electors include: Forgery, Election Law Forgery, Utterance, and Conspiracy. The media has engaged in systemic journalistic malpractice by endlessly referring to the alternate electors as "fake" electors, in order to make them seem guilty of innocent conduct. Now Mike Benz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, laid out the evidence on Twitter that the Biden team had planned to send their own slates of alternate electors in case they lost the election. The Biden plans were written and overseen by John Podesta. Podesta had a plan to ensure Biden won by sending an alternate slate of elections.

Congress investigating allegation Border Patrol official retaliated against after testimony | 22 July 2023 | Congressional investigating are probing whistleblower allegations that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency may have retaliated against a top agency official after he testifying before lawmakers. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Mark Green wrote in a letter Friday that they have been told by a whistleblower that El Centro Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino was relieved of his command after he finished a transcribed interview with two congressional committees earlier this month. Bovino was sent to a temporary assignment with "no certain mission, no articulable purpose, and without any timeline of completion," according to the letter. "The whistleblower indicates that this pattern is consistent with a common CBP practice to get rid of employees perceived as problematic by high-level officials by forcing those employees, out of frustration, to relocate, retire, or resign," wrote Comer and Green, R-Tenn.

Trump: Trial Date a 'Major Setback' for Biden DOJ | 20 July 2023 | Former President Donald Trump issued a statement Friday to hail a Florida federal judge's decision to schedule his trial date in the seized documents case for next May, The Post Millennial reported. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday scheduled trial proceedings to begin on May 20, 2024, with a pretrial hearing in the case set for May 14. Cannon's decision is a compromise between the Department of Justice's request to set the trial for December and the Trump defense team's request to schedule proceedings after the 2024 presidential election. Trump is the GOP front-runner. "Today's order by Judge Cannon is a major setback to the DOJ's [Department of Justice's] crusade to deny President Trump a fair legal process," a Trump spokesperson said, according to The Post Millennial.

Senator Targeted? Fire at Rand Paul's Office Day After He Referred Fauci for Prosecution | 21 July 2023 | According to a Fox News report, a fire broke out at Senator Ran Paul's office in Kentucky just one day after the lawmaker referred COVID doctor Anthony Fauci to the DOJ for prosecution. From Fox News: "Fire crews were called to the building on State Street around 2:00 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required additional units, Bowling Green Fire Department spokeswoman Katie McKee told the Daily News. Six units worked for hours to extinguish the flames, with firefighters manning aerials to get at the blaze from above..." This week, Paul referred Fauci to the DOJ for prosecution for lying to Congress. Investigators are getting to the bottom of what caused the fire.

Body found in search for black male paddleboarder who drowned in pond on Obama's Martha's Vineyard estate - 911 call was made from ex-president's property --His body was found in the eight-foot-deep waters approximately 100 feet away from shore at 10am Monday | 24 July 2023 | Divers have found the body of a paddleboarder who went missing in the water off Martha's Vineyard - that backs on to Barack Obama's sprawling $12million estate. The 43-year-old vanished on Sunday evening while he was out with another paddleboarder on Edgartown Great Pond, Massachusetts, and emergency crews were dispatched to Obama's residence. Witnesses told cops the man went underwater and then briefly reappeared as he struggled to stay afloat, before submerging again around 7.46pm. A massive joint-agency search resumed Monday morning for the African American male who was last seen wearing all black without a lifejacket, MV Times reported... It is unclear if the former president, 61, is currently staying at the estate. 

U.S. Military Confirms Myocarditis Spike After COVID Vaccine Introduction | 22 July 2023 | Cases of myocarditis soared among U.S. service members in 2021 after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, a top Pentagon official has confirmed. There were 275 cases of myocarditis in 2021-- a 151 percent spike from the annual average from 2016 to 2020, according to Gilbert Cisneros Jr., undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, who confirmed data revealed by a whistleblower earlier this year. The COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation that can lead to mortality, including sudden death. COVID-19 also can cause myocarditis. The diagnosis data comes from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database.

CDC Changed Definition of Breakthrough COVID-19 After Emails About 'Vaccine Failure' | 22 July 2023 | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its definition of COVID-19 cases among the vaccinated, leading to a lower number of cases classified as a breakthrough, according to documents obtained by The Epoch Times. The CDC in early 2021 defined the post-vaccination cases as people testing positive seven or more days after receipt of a primary vaccination series, according to one of the documents. The definition was changed on Feb. 2, 2021, to only include cases detected at least 14 days after a primary series, another document shows. "We have revised the case definition," Dr. Marc Fisher, the lead of the CDC's Vaccine Breakthrough Case Investigation Team, wrote to colleagues at the time.

Pfizer? Browns' Marquise Goodwin suffering from 'alarming' blood clots in legs, lungs | 21 July 2023 | Veteran Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has blood clots in his legs and lungs, the team announced Friday. Goodwin, 32, was placed on the non-football illness list last Friday after feeling discomfort in his legs and shortness of breath during team workouts this spring. The blood clots will force the receiver, who is entering his 10th season in the NFL, to miss the start of training camp, the Browns said. "It was really alarming at first because I’ve experienced injury throughout my career, but it's never been anything like this that could turn into something detrimental if it's not taken care of," he told the team website.

83 Republicans vote against amendment to reinstate pilots fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine | 20 July 2023 | House lawmakers on Thursday rejected an amendment that would have required airlines to reinstate pilots who were fired or stepped down because of vaccine mandates. The amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and offered on the floor by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., failed 141-298 after 83 Republicans voted with Democrats against it. Only one House Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted for the measure. Nearly all major U.S. airlines implemented vaccine mandates during the coronavirus pandemic in accordance with Joe Biden's 2021 executive order requiring federal contractors to get the [often deadly] shots. The policies were controversial and prompted legal challenges from pilots, including an unsuccessful attempt by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) to block the mandate from taking effect. 

Insane in the membrane: Biden admin allocates $5 billion for new COVID vaccines with little manufacturing guidance --The initiative, known as Project NextGen, has left manufacturers confused about whether they are even eligible for funding. | 23 July 2023 | The Biden administration is issuing grants from a $5 billion program to expedite the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines [aka experimental mRNA injections], but pharmaceutical manufacturers are not receiving guidance about vaccine standards as the development process returns to its normally slower pace. The initiative, known as Project NextGen, has left manufacturers confused about whether they are even eligible for funding, The New York Times reported. For example, the Pennsylvania-based company Ocugen, which is developing an inhaled vaccine, said it was unable to receive guidance about whether it was eligible for the funding. 

15 Leopards, 20 Bradleys destroyed in one day - Putin | 23 July 2023 | The Russian military has destroyed a record amount of Ukraine's Western-supplied armor in the last 24 hours while repelling Kiev's much-hyped counteroffensive, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday. The Russian leader delivered the remarks while speaking to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg. Lukashenko, citing his own data, said that Moscow’s forces had taken out at least 15 German-made Leopard tanks and over 20 US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in just one clash. Putin appeared to agree with this assessment, saying "apparently, [we] have never destroyed so much in one day" and proceeding to explain that this figure stemmed from the fact that Russian troops were facing Ukrainian units that were "fully equipped with foreign hardware." 

'Large group' of foreign mercenaries killed in Ukraine - Moscow | 22 July 2023 | Russian forces carried out a strike on a mercenary compound in western Ukraine earlier this month, killing a large number of foreign fighters, Moscow's Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said verified data indicated that a Russian "group strike using high-precision long-range sea-based weapons" successfully hit a Ukrainian military academy in Lviv on July 6. The barrage, officials claimed, "destroyed a large number of Polish and German mercenaries that had been stationed there," without specifying how many. In total, Moscow's forces have killed about 4,990 foreign fighters since the start of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, with roughly the same number fleeing the country, the statement read.

Russian journalist killed, several others wounded in Ukrainian shelling | 22 July 2023 | Russia's RIA Novosti says its war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev has been killed by Ukrainian shelling as he covered the fighting in Zaporozhye Region. Several other journalists were wounded in the strike, it added. The agency said its crew had come under fire near the village of Pyatikhatki, which has been the scene of heavy fighting since the launch of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in early June. RIA Novosti's photojournalist Konstantin Mikhalchevsky was also injured in the strike, it added. Zhuravlev was killed after Ukrainian forces hit a civilian vehicle in the area, said Evgeny Balitsky, the acting head of Russia’s Zaporozhye Region.

Texas shows no sign of complying with Justice's Monday deadline to remove buoy immigration barriers | 23 July 2024 | Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott show no sign of complying with the Justice Department's Monday deadline to remove buoys anchored in the Rio Grande River to stop illegal immigration, or potentially face a lawsuit. In a letter sent last week, the agency has given Abbott and provisional state Attorney General Angela Colmenero until 2 p.m. Monday to comply, saying the buoys create "serious risks" to public safety and the environment and violate federal law, according to ABC News. Texas also has razor wire along the Rio Grande, which is another issue. Over 80 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Joe Biden calling on him to investigate Abbott’s "dangerous and cruel actions." [The "dangerous and cruel actions" are removing all borders of entry to the U.S. in order to fulfill the WEF's goals of securing cheap labor to replace the American middle class.]

Greentopian Gulag? Criminalize Climate 'Denial,' Says Politician | 22 July 2023 | When global-warming alarmists, or anyone else, say, "The debate is over,” it usually means they’re out of arguments. But now some climate-change activists want to make sure they’ll be out of opponents, too -- by throwing them in prison. The latest individual to suggest such is European politician Angelo Bonelli, an MP who is co-leader of Italy's Green Europe party. Outlet ANSA wrote: "Green Europe co-leader and MP Angelo Bonelli said Thursday that he would present a bill to criminalize climate change denial, adding that he considers the Italian government guilty of it. 'Italy has become a climate hotspot with a growing series of extreme weather events that have caused major damage all over the country,' Bonelli said." 

Trump calls for death penalty for human traffickers, vows to revive Title 42 to end child trafficking --Former president vows if re-elected to urge Congress to ensure that child traffickers receive capital punishment | 22 July 2023 | Former President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to pursue the death penalty for human traffickers and to revive a now-defunct immigration measure to combat child trafficking, if he's re-elected to the White House. "I will use Title 42 to end the child trafficking crisis by returning all trafficked children to their families in their home countries, without delay," Trump said in a new campaign video posted on social media. "And I will urge Congress to ensure that anyone caught trafficking children across our border receives the death penalty immediately." The Title 42 public health order was implemented by the Trump administration, allowing border officials to expel migrants without granting them an asylum hearing in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. Biden rescinded the policy earlier this year.

Lowe's worker axed after getting black eye trying to stop thieves | 23 July 2023 | A Georgia Lowe's employee attempted to stop shoplifters making off with $2,100 amount of merchandise, leaving her unemployed and with a black eye. Donna Hansbrough, 68, saw three people loading up a shopping cart at a store in Rincon, about 30 minutes north of Savannah, and then leave without stopping to pay, police said. The veteran employee then grabbed onto the cart allegedly being pushed by Takyah Berry -- who slugged the older woman in the face three times, according to authorities. Berry, who was with her uncle, Joseph Berry and another man police identified as Jarmar Lawton, then made off with the goods, the Rincon Police Department said in a news release. Hansbrough was then canned from her job of 13 years for violating company policy by interfering with the crooks, according to a report. [Time to stop shopping at Lowe's.]

Fargo Cop Killer Mohamad Barakat was Syrian Asylum Seeker Brought in by Obama --Authorities recovered a hand grenade, explosives, canisters with gasoline, multiple guns, and 1,800 rounds of ammo in Barakat’s vehicle. | 22 July 2023 | One police officer was killed and two others were critically injured after a suspect opened fire for "no reason at all" on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, last week. The deceased suspect was identified last Saturday as 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat. According to reports, Barakat began shooting at officers responding to a collision on a busy street in a broad daylight ambush... Barakat was planning "more mayhem," but police still won't admit the ambush on officers was an act of terrorism. KFYR TV reported: "On Friday, more details were released about last week's critical incident in Fargo that left one officer dead, two others in critical condition and a civilian injured. Attorney General Drew Wrigley said that 37-year-old shooter Mohamed Barakat was a Syrian national who came to the U.S. on asylum in 2012. He gained citizenship in 2019..."

*****

Trump Releases Video Opposing Ukraine's Entry in NATO | 20 July 2023 | Former President Donald Trump said that offering Ukraine membership into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was “unhinged” in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday. Joe Biden said on July 9 that Ukraine was not ready to join NATO, citing the war with Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced an expedited path for Ukraine to join the alliance July 11, in which it would waive the Membership Action Plan. "We have a corrupt, compromised president, crooked Joe Biden, who is dragging us into World War III -- that's what's happening -- on behalf of a nation that paid his family millions and millions of dollars in obvious bribes. All you have to do is take a look at how much China, how much Ukraine have paid the Biden family. It's a total disgrace and a very dangerous one," Trump said in the video posted on Twitter by the Team Trump account. "Under these circumstances, the notion that we would even consider admitting Ukraine into NATO at this time is completely unhinged," Trump continued. 

More uniparty insanity: Senate votes down measure to rein in NATO war-making authority | 19 July 2023 | Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the measure as NATO membership for Ukraine is being discussed while the country is at war with nuclear-armed Russia. The final vote was 83 to 16. The amendment needed 60 votes to pass. Instead, well over 60 senators voted against it.

Ukraine Begins Using U.S.-Supplied Cluster Munitions - Reports | 20 July 2023 | Ukraine has begun using U.S.-provided cluster munitions against Russian forces in the southeast of the country, an American newspaper [The Washington Post] reported on Thursday, citing Ukrainian officials familiar with the matter. A Ukrainian official told the newspaper that the munitions were fired at Russian positions to destroy the fortifications which slow down Ukraine's counteroffensive effort. Cluster munitions are also expected to be used near the Russian-controlled city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), according to the report.

UK intelligence 'freelancers' helped Ukraine target Crimean Bridge - report --One of the British-devised plans allegedly involved replicating the 2020 Beirut explosion | 21 July 2023 | Ukraine's drone attack on the Kerch Bridge was most likely planned by former British military intelligence agents who signed a contract with Kiev in 2022, the independent outlet Grayzone has reported citing leaked documents. A "cabal of British military-intelligence freelancers" led by Chris Donnelly has worked with the Odessa office of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) since April last year, Grayzone said in a report published Wednesday evening. The outlet had published leaked documents proving their partnership in October 2022, after the first attack on the Crimean Bridge. "A review of leaked files previously revealed by The Grayzone provides a solid basis for again blaming Donnelly's cabal," the outlet noted in reference to Monday's drone attack that killed two civilians and orphaned a 14-year-old girl.

Kiev threatens to sink civilian ships bound for Russia --The warning comes after Moscow de-facto re-imposed naval blockade of Ukraine | 21 July 2023 | The Ukrainian military has said it will treat all vessels sailing toward Russia's Black Sea Ports as if they are carrying military supplies, warning they could share the same fate as a Russian warship sunk earlier in the conflict. The thinly veiled threat was issued in a statement by Kiev's Defense Ministry on Thursday, accusing Moscow of turning the Black Sea into a "danger zone" while vowing to retaliate in force against any ship in the area, including civilian vessels. "The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine warns that from [midnight] on July 21, 2023, all vessels heading in the waters of the Black Sea in the direction of seaports of the Russian Federation...may be considered by Ukraine to be carrying military cargo with all the associated risks," it said. The statement noted that some areas in the northeastern Black Sea, as well as the Kerch Strait, would also be "prohibited as dangerous" starting Thursday.

Michigan attorney general charges 16 people with multiple felonies who signed letters claiming Trump won 2020 election [Which, of course, he did.] | 18 July 2023 | The Michigan Attorney General's Office has charged 16 people for signing certificates claiming that former President Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2020. The individuals have each been charged with eight felony counts, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, and election law forgery. Some of the charges carry jail sentences of 14 years and/or a $10,000 fine. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges...on Tuesday.

Bombshell FBI memo: Hunter Biden hired by Ukrainian firm to 'protect' it from corruption probe --Sen. Charles Grassley releases long-sought FBI confidential informant report alleging bribery scheme | 20 July 2023 | A trusted FBI informant told agents in 2020 that Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma Holdings to use his father to help "protect" the Ukrainian gas firm from problems, including an effort to "take care of" a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the company for corruption, according to an explosive document released by Sen. Charles Grassley on Thursday. "They hired Hunter Biden to protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems," the informant reported to the FBI that a top Burisma official named Vadim Pojarskii declared during a meeting while Joe Biden was still vice president, according to the FD-1023 confidential human source report Grassley, R-Iowa, released. The informant also reported that Burisma had asked Hunter Biden to help get the top prosecutor in Ukraine, Victor Shokin, sidelined because he was investigating the firm for corruption and interfering with Burisma's effort to buy a U.S. firm.

IRS Whistleblower Joseph Ziegler Confirms Biden Family Received Approximately $17 Million in Payments From China, Romania and Other Countries | 19 July 2023 | Courageous whistleblower – IRS official Joseph Ziegler, a gay Democrat – told Congress on Wednesday that the Biden Family received approximately $17 Million in payments from China, Romania and other countries. The House Oversight Committee led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) held a hearing with IRS whistleblowers on Wednesday. At least two IRS whistleblowers have come forward to reveal Hunter Biden received preferential treatment throughout the mop-up operation disguised as an investigation. The anonymous whistleblower, identified as Joseph Ziegler, finally came forward publicly on Wednesday. “Today, I sit here before you, not as a hero or a victim, but as a whistleblower compelled to disclose the truth. Ziegler testified that Ukrainian Burisma energy company paid the Biden family over $7.3 million.

'Once You Start Censoring, You're on Your Way to Dystopia and Totalitarianism,' RFK Jr. Tells House Committee --In a hearing marred by contentious interruptions and attempts by House Democrats to remove him as a witness, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CHD chairman on leave from Children's Health Defense testified before a U.S. House hearing organized by the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. | 20 July 2023 | In a hearing marred by contentious interruptions and attempts by House Democrats to remove him as a witness, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CHD chairman on leave from Children's Health Defense (CHD), testified before a U.S. House hearing organized by Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The subcommittee, operating within the House Judiciary Committee, said today's hearing was intended to "examine the federal government's role in censoring Americans," "Big Tech’s collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence speech" and the ongoing Missouri v. Biden lawsuit alleging government censorship... Government censorship and alleged First Amendment violations on the part of the federal government featured prominently in today's hearing. "We need to be able to talk," Kennedy told the committee. "And, the First Amendment was not written for easy speech. It was written for the speech that nobody likes you for."

RFK Jr. Responds to Democrat Attacks at Weaponization Hearing --He blasted efforts 'to censor a censorship hearing' | 20 July 2023 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to attacks from Democrats during a July 20 hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The hearing on federal government censorship of certain stories and viewpoints featured Mr. Kennedy--an advocate for enhanced vaccine safety screening and research into the effects of pharmaceutical drugs--as the star witness. Democrats sought to deplatform Mr. Kennedy both before and during the hearing. Setting the tone for the hearing, Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett (D-Deranged-V.I.) opened her remarks with attacks on Mr. Kennedy, accusing him of "hateful, evidence-free rhetoric." As Mr. Kennedy went to begin his opening remarks, Ms. Plaskett made a point of order in an effort to limit Mr. Kennedy's time from 10 minutes to 5 minutes. After a heated exchange between Ms. Plaskett and Mr. Jordan, Mr. Kennedy's time was reduced to the standard five minutes. "If you want to cut him off and censor him some more, you're welcome to do it," Mr. Jordan said, yielding to standard procedure.

Matt Gaetz Seeks to Defund Special Counsel Jack Smith for Election Interference | 20 July 2023 | Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday announced he would introduce legislation to defund Special Counsel Jack Smith, who may be seeking yet another indictment of former President Donald Trump in the midst of a presidential election. "BREAKING: I will be introducing legislation to DEFUND Jack Smith’s witch hunt against President Trump. They are attacking our democracy and engaging in election interference right now. The United States Congress has the capability to stop this election interference, and we must act immediately!" 

Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Move New York Felony Case to Federal Court | 19 July 2023 | Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to shift his New York criminal case to federal court has been rejected by a U.S. judge. Trump and his lawyers argued that because Trump was president when he carried out the actions for which he’s been charged, the case should be heard in federal, not New York, court. U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a Clinton appointee, disagreed. "Trump has failed to show that the conduct charged by the Indictment is for or relating to any act performed by or for the President under color of the official acts of a President," Hellerstein said in a July 19 ruling. "Trump also has failed to show that he has a colorable federal defense to the Indictment."

Clinical Trial Documents Suggest Moderna Skimped on Autopsies, Discounted Serious Injuries - Did FDA Know? --The documents, previously submitted by Moderna to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, included details on unexplained deaths and fetal abnormalities in animal studies. | 20 July 2023 | A 13,685-page tranche of documents related to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials released Tuesday contain details about the deaths of 16 trial participants, the prevalence of severe adverse events (SAEs) and other abnormalities. The documents, previously submitted by Moderna to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the licensing process for Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine, also exposed an "utter lack of thoroughness" in how the trials were conducted, according to Defending the Republic (DTR), a Dallas-based nonprofit that obtained the documents via a a still-pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Moderna. The documents, shared with The Defender in advance of their public release, are the first set of “Moderna documents” to be released as part of the lawsuit -- with approximately 8,000 more pages expected to follow later this year. Travis Miller, a Fort Worth-based attorney representing DTR, told The Defender, "These documents include over 13,500 pages relating to serious adverse event listings that  document injuries -- such as shingles and Bell’s palsy and other more serious conditions -- which we believe may be related to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine."

CMT Yanks Jason Aldean's Anti-Riot Music Video From Airwaves Amid Claims It's 'Pro-Lynching' | 19 July 2023 | Country music star Jason Aldean defended his song “Try That in a Small Town” on Tuesday after Country Music Television pulled it from the airwaves amid backlash. CMT confirmed to Billboard that it had removed the video from its rotation as of Monday but refused to comment further on its decision. Legacy media outlets and leftist social media users put the song on blast this week, claiming the anti-riot lyrics are actually "pro-lynching." The song has been out since May, but it gained new attention thanks to a newly released music video that has activists crying foul... Aldean insists that the song was not meant to have racist undertones. 

NYU teaches 'white public school parents' to grapple with their 'internalized white superiority' | 18 July 2023 | From February through June, New York University hosted monthly "anti-racist" workshops dedicated to educating "white public school parents." The "From Integration to Anti-Racist" workshop series consisted of six, two-hour long courses and cost $360 per person. "The Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) at NYU Metro Center will host a series of six (6) monthly workshops designed specifically for white public school parents in New York City committed to becoming anti-racist and to collaboratively building equitable, powerful, multiracial parent communities in their schools," the since deleted web page read. 

Food Giant Helps Get 'Sound of Freedom' Movie to the Big Screen | 19 July 2023 | Angel Studios' anti-people trafficking movie, Sound of Freedom, has earned nearly seven times its original budget after only two weeks at the box office. Shedding a light on a dark, shadowy world--especially child sex trafficking--the film's commercial success comes years after its production, surviving a corporate merger, the COVID-19 pandemic, and reports of several screenings gone awry. The picture owes a lot to two men who wanted everyone to see it--the producer and co-star Eduardo Verastagui and president of Goya Foods, Bob Unanue. The movie saw an increase of more than 30 percent in audience attendance in its second week, and more than 10,000 verified audience members have contributed to its 100 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.