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https://youtu.be/JGZcJWEV8JI?si=ojW-JEgqB14nErMd
.This is not “cowardice”, the Butch-dyke de Service of HAMAS simply hates Jews. (The female I am referring to here is the Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong) .
Paying an extra 250 million $ (of Australian taxes) to the Palestinian child-decapitators AFTER the 7/10 massacre was nothing less than PAY FOR SLAY. Our Minister 4 HAMAS spent the first 8 years in a majoritarily Muslim country… as the Jesuits said : give me a child to the age of seven and I give you….
As to Albanese (Australia’s PM) although Jeremy Corbyn is the hero of his wet dreams and he probably lusts after these sexy Jihadis, his main function in this matter is as Jihad-Penny’s handbag.
? To Israel ? I am not Jewish but there are no 2 sides to this “war” ALL THE WAY WITH CIVILISATION against BARBARIANS and JEW Haters. ?
On Canadian medical schools turning from science to diversity ping-pong:
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/12/canadian-medical-schools-encouraged-to-shift-from-medical-expertise-to-anti-racism-and-social-justice-training/
(Richard: This is a long and complicated article, click thru and read the full article.)
BREAKING: Trump Prosecutor, Jack Smith’s Alleged Role In Extortion Scheme While At the International Court of Justice Is Revealed
by Larry Johnson Dec. 13, 2023 7:00 am382 Comments
My old friend and business partner, John Moynihan, filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Justice Inspector General’s Office on November 28 alleging that Jack Smith, the Special Prosecutor pursuing Donald Trump, was engaged in an extortion scheme while he was working at the International Court of Justice. (You can find the complaint at the bottom of this linked article by Patrick Byrne.) It is no coincidence that Jack Smith, in the wake of that complaint, made an impromptu move on Monday (December 11) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump had immunity to the charges filed by Smith. Moynihan’s complaint was filed on November 28, 2023 and Smith, 13 days later decides to bypass the Appeals Courts. Smells like politics.
The Moynihan complaint is political dynamite because it provides circumstantial evidence to support Donald Trump’s belief that Jack Smith is not only politically motivated but corrupt. The Trump team wisely has refrained from piling on this news in order to avoid accusations that this was a manufactured hit job.
Let’s start with the man who brought this complaint. John Francis Moynihan is a former employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and has been my business partner since 1998. We have pursued separate activities over the last four years, but remain in close contact and work on projects from time to time. John is hands down the best expert in the world on money laundering and financial crimes. He lays out his credentials in the opening paragraph of the complaint:
I am currently a consultant to the DEA and other United States law enforcement agencies. I have thirty-five years expe1ience investigating domestic and international money laundering cases in both criminal and civil matters. The cases I have worked on involve complex domestic and international financial transactions and have resulted in indictments, plea agreements, criminal convictions, large scale seizures of money, and
settlements in the billions of dollars. I continue to assist the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department in money laundering and other cases, some of which are currently ongoing.’ All of which is to say that I am a recognized expert in the areas of money laundering and financial investigations.
John learned of Jack Smith’s alleged involvement thanks to a tip from a friend and DEA Agent, who had a confidential informant, who alerted him to the extortion scheme at the ICJ (as stated in the complaint).
The complaint includes affidavits from four people with ties to Kosovo — Milaim Zeka, Edlira Qefalija, Halit Sahitaj and Darko Perovic. I want to focus specifically on the sworn testimony of Halit Sahitaj because it provides the most comprehensive account of the Jack Smith’s machinations at the ICJ and raises serious questions about the integrity of the Court and its trials.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/breaking-trump-prosecutor-jack-smith-alleged-role-extortion/
ICYMI: Jim Hoft Discusses FBI’s Role in 2020 Election Coverup with Ivory Hecker on VNN’s ‘Gateway: Beyond the Headlines.’
by Jim Hoft Dec. 13, 2023 9:45 am0 Comments
Earlier this week The Gateway Pundit reported that Chris Wray’s FBI, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office, released a report in June 2023 on their 2020 election fraud investigation. They announced that they “did not uncover any violations” during their investigation of the late-night ballot counting at The State Farm Center in Atlanta, Georgia on Election Day November 3, 2020.
But when you read the report you discover that this report was an FBI cover-up for election fraud. The FBI and GBI did not even discuss the fact that election workers were caught pushing stacks of ballots through the voting machines numerous times late at night in the State Farm Center in Atlanta AFTER all of the election observers were told to go home for the night.
The fraudulent activity was all caught on video.
The FBI covered it up. They were in on it!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/icymi-jim-hoft-discusses-fbis-role-2020-election/
Argentina Devalues the Peso Over 50% In First ‘Shock Package’ to Tackle Hyperinflation by President Javier Milei
by Paul Serran Dec. 13, 2023 9:15 am34 Comments
When new Argentinian President Javier Milei promised to deliver an economic shock package, he wasn’t joking around.
So, on Tuesday (12) the new government announced a sharp devaluation of its currency, as well as cuts to energy and transportation subsidies.
These painful adjustments are what new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with the catastrophic state of the country’s economy.
Associated Press reported:
“Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a televised message the Argentine peso will be devalued by 50% from 400 to the U.S. dollar to 800 pesos to the dollar.
Secret Service Boats Were Inoperable During Rescue Attempt of Obama’s Chef Tafari Campbell, Newly Released Records Reveal
by Jim H?ft Dec. 13, 2023 7:30 am253 Comments
Judicial Watch has disclosed new documents concerning the unfortunate drowning of Tafari Campbell, the former personal chef of the Obama family, revealing that there were operational failures with Secret Service rescue boats during the emergency.
On July 23, 45-year-old Tafari Campbell met his tragic end while paddle boarding on Great Edgartown Pond, Martha’s Vineyard. A female Obama staffer was reportedly paddle boarding with him.
According to witness accounts, without a life jacket and wasn’t tethered to his board, Campbell lost his balance and fell off his paddleboard into the water. Desperately struggling to stay afloat, he eventually slipped beneath the surface, never to resurface again.
Campbell, who could swim as evidenced by a video he’d previously posted, was found in eight-deep water.
According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts, the official cause of his death was ruled as an accidental drowning. No signs of external trauma were found on his body, as confirmed by Timothy McGuirk, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
On Tuesday, Documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security uncovered that the Secret Service encountered crucial issues deploying their boats to aid Campbell.
“Newly released records show that when Secret Service agents rushed to try to rescue Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell, who was drowning, both of the agency’s boats were inoperable,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton wrote on X.
“The agents had to borrow the groundskeeper’s boat. A Secret Service report describes how two agents “attempted to start one of the boats but had difficulties lowering the motor. I headed down with [redacted] but told her to continue down and yelled to SA [redacted] and SSA [redacted] that I would run to get the keys for our USSS boat. I sprinted to the CP [Command Post], grabbed the keys and sprinted back towards the boats. A similar issue occurred with the motor on the second boat. We jumped into a third boat belonging to the groundskeeper and it worked without issue,” he added.
The records, spanning 31 pages, include interviews and reports surrounding the incident, identifying Campbell’s paddleboarding companion only as “Ms. Taylor.” She reported Campbell’s struggle before he tragically disappeared beneath the water’s surface.
Judicial Watch reported:
A separate report notes how Campbell’s companion “collapsed on the ground and stated that Tafari had drowned. She stated that he fell in the water and struggled for a couple of seconds before giving up and sinking underwater.” The agent continued, describing how a supervisory agent and another agent “attempted to start one of the boats but had difficulties lowering the motor. I headed down with [redacted] but told her to continue down and yelled to SA [redacted] and SSA [redacted] that I would run to get the keys for our USSS boat. I sprinted to the CP [Command Post], grabbed the keys and sprinted back towards the boats. A similar issue occurred with the motor on the second boat. We jumped into a third boat belonging to the groundskeeper and it worked without issue.”
The same report notes former President Obama came to the incident scene and the search was paused so President Obama could speak to the eyewitness:
“It is disturbing that Secret Service boats did not work for this emergency situation,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This new information perhaps explains why the Secret Service is still hiding video related to the tragic drowning.”
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Martha’s Vineyard law enforcement appears to have left a significant void in the details surrounding the tragic drowning of Obama’s private chef, Tafari Campbell.
The call log of the 911 distress call, received on the night of the accident, conspicuously omits the reason for the call.
On the night of the incident, the Edgartown Police Department’s logs confirm the receipt of a 911 distress call at precisely 7:46 pm, reporting the 45-year-old struggling to stay afloat on the surface before he drowned.
Oddly, the call log shows the reason for this call as BLANK – an inconsistency, considering that all other calls made that night had their reasons clearly mentioned.
Adding to the mystery, the call’s origin was marked as Wilson’s Landing, a popular paddle board launch site roughly two miles from the Obama residence on Turkeyland Cove. This information contradicts the Massachusetts State Police records, stating that the first call originated from the Obamas’ residence.
It was a Secret Service agent who made the emergency call from the Obama estate in Edgartown, sources revealed.
In response to queries about the call log, Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee speculated that this might be due to the call being made on a direct line rather than dialing 911, which would automatically generate location data. The address, he added, was listed as Wilson’s Landing since that was the location of the command post, and the exact location of the incident was unclear at the time of the call.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/secret-service-boats-inoperable-during-rescue-attempt-obamas/
Tafari Campbell’s Death Has Eerie Parallels With Clinton Chef Walter Scheib
by James Bickerton – July 25, 2023
https://www.newsweek.com/tafari-campbells-death-has-eerie-parallels-clinton-chef-walter-scheib-1815122
Well, this just got interesting. After it was reported by one of the paramedics that Obama’s chef showed signs of blunt-force trauma, a photo emerged of Obama with an injured hand, fingers, and possibly a black eye.
Gav aka Citizen Se7en – July 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/Its_Gav_7/status/1685439886923530240
I know it was you Fredo…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjUOBVAbGhQ
…You broke my heart.
Muslim Family Arrested for Assault on Minor Son After His Conversion to Christianity
by Jim H?ft Dec. 13, 2023 7:45 am267 Comments
A Nashville teen has been a victim of family violence due to his conversion from Islam to Christianity. The incident has led to the arrest of three members of his family on charges related to domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call for a welfare check at a residence on December 11, following concerns raised by the employer of the victim, Fox17 reported.
The young man, whose identity remains protected due to his minor status, had reportedly faced physical attacks from his immediate family upon revealing his change of religious faith.
Upon arrival, law enforcement officials found the juvenile with visible signs of abuse. According to the arrest warrant, the victim described a harrowing account of being repeatedly punched and spat upon by his mother, brother, and father.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/muslim-family-arrested-assault-minor-son-after-converting/
Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against IBM for Racial Discrimination and Unlawful Hiring Practices Targeting White and Asian American Executives
by Jim H?ft Dec. 13, 2023 8:15 am85 Comments
O’Keefe Media Group on Monday evening released a leaked video of IBM CEO Arvind Krishna admitting to using coercion to fire people and take away their bonuses unless they discriminate in the hiring process, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.
IBM, or International Business Machines, is a multinational technology company that specializes in producing and selling computer hardware, middleware, and software.
“You got to move both forward by a percentage that leads to a plus on your bonus,” Krishna said about hiring Hispanics, “and by the way if you lose, you lose part of your bonus.”
James O’Keege pointed out that after pulling ads from X for ‘racism,’ IBM chief Arvind Krishna says he will fire, demote, or strip bonuses from execs who don’t hire enough blacks and Hispanics — or hire too many Asians.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/federal-civil-rights-complaint-filed-against-ibm-racial/
“We Will Kill You All, Occupiers!”: Pro-Hamas Protesters Threaten Jews Attending Hanukkah Ceremony at Israeli Embassy in DC
by Kristinn Taylor Dec. 13, 2023 7:15 am278 Comments
Jewish attendees of the Hanukkah ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night were threatened by pro-Hamas protesters gathered outside the embassy who harassed the guests as they left.
Video posted online by the independent Israel War Room account shows a car with two people in it harassing a Jewish man as he is walking away from the embassy. A man can be seen popped up from the open sunroof waving a large Palestinian flag at the man while the woman driver screams death threats in a thick foreign accent at the man as she slowly drives to keep pace with the man with one hand on the steering wheel and the other jabbing at him out the window.. The man can be heard arguing back, calling them terrorists, but keeps on walking.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/we-will-kill-you-all-occupiers-pro-hamas/
Trump, Dictators, and Policy
By William R. Hawkins
The Left has charged every Republican President since Nixon with fascism. The two presidents Bush were major targets before the campaign against President Donald Trump. Trump made fun of this during a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity. The once and future president declared he would be “a dictator” but only on the first day of his second term when he would “close the border and drill, drill, drill” for oil and gas. This statement drew the usual outrage on the Left, confirming their warning of Trump’s authoritarianism as a threat to democracy. Of course, Trump can only get a second term if he wins a fair election, which polls currently indicate he would. That is the normal definition of democracy. But these zealots assert it is only a true democracy if they win. Any means are justified to win because they know by ideology what the people want better than the people do themselves.
Four days after the Fox event, the left-wing journal The New Republic (TNR) sent out a fundraising email exposing “Donald Trump’s favorite dictators.” But their guilt-by-association play failed when one looked at the policies being discussed.
Vladimir Putin was first, with flashbacks to the discredited “Russian collusion” hoax. What better way to smear an avowed nationalist candidate who wants to make his country great again than to allege he is a pawn of a hostile foreign power? But thrown at Trump it was unbelievable from the start. TNR cites Trump saying how “clever” Putin was in handling President Barack Obama on Crimea and deserves “a lot of credit” for taking over that strategic territory for “two dollars’ worth of sanctions.” But this does not mean Trump backs Putin. Trump’s point is that Obama was too weak to deter Putin. As was President Joe Biden who opened the door for the Russian invasion of the rest of Ukraine by declaring Kyiv was outside the NATO defense perimeter.
As Trump has said repeatedly, there would have been no invasion had he been reelected. His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirms in his memoir Never Give an Inch. Fighting for the America I Love the “shows of strength that President Trump put on in private conversations with Putin.” Trump also sent weapons to Ukraine along with special forces trainers, something Obama refused to do. Pompeo laments that the “partisan hysteria” regarding the Trump-Zelenskyy phone call and impeachment fiasco weaken efforts to further strengthen Ukraine. As a vocal advocate of impeachment, TNR played a part in Putin’s aggression even before backing the election of a known appeaser in 2020 who spent his first two years waving a white flag around the world. The results have been wars on multiple fronts that threaten to spread because of lackluster responses by a Biden Administration only reluctantly waking up to an extremely dangerous world.
Putin thus still thinks the U.S. will abandon Ukraine and give him a victory that will cement his revanchist regime in power for another decade. And China believes this too. A recent editorial in state media outlet Global Times asked readers to “Imagine if the US, the largest single donor to Kiev…. reduces its Ukraine aid. Amid the growing war-weariness in the West, this will certainly deflate Europe’s willingness to support Ukraine. In that case, how the war will end is quite obvious.” And a “war-weary West” will eventually abandon Israel, Taiwan, and a long list of other targets to an axis of evil bent on overturning a world order upon which free people depend.
TNR’s other dictators can be dealt with just as readily. The charm offensive with Kim Jong Un was a diplomatic ploy to appeal to an isolated, immature ruler. Kim did agree to halt nuclear and long-range missile testing. On denuclearization, Trump held firmly to the position that there would be no sanctions relief until North Korea had fully dismantled its nuclear program.
It is policy disagreements that are at the core of TNR’s complaints about its last two “dictators.” Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016 and left office at the end of his constitutionally limited four-year term. During his 20 years as mayor of Davao City he “transformed the city from a haven of lawlessness into one of the safest areas in Southeast Asia. Duterte’s harsh crime-fighting tactics earned him the nicknames ‘the Punisher’ and ‘Duterte Harry.’” This was the main issue that led to his landslide election as president. He waged a ruthless campaign against drug cartels, using vigilante and counterinsurgency tactics in a true war on crime. This won Trump’s respect and the Left’s hatred, as we see today in America.
Defunding the police complements legalizing ‘recreational” drug abuse that not only kills more Americans than foreign wars, but also destroys families, careers, and sanity itself while rewarding soulless predators who sell poison for profit. Even without the deadly menace of fentanyl, drug abuse has turned Democrat cities into havens of lawlessness and homelessness. Trump’s pledge to close the southern border is a necessary but not sufficient measure to suppress the plague of drug abuse. The polling gaps between Trump and Biden are largest on these immoral and lawless policies that embrace criminals as a key leftist constituent group.
The tone-deaf TNR’s fourth “dictator” whose policies are to be condemned is Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi. While it is true he took power in a military coup in 2013, it was a very popular move against a Muslim Brotherhood leader who wanted to turn the country into another Iran. His legitimacy was confirmed by landslide election victories in 2014 and 2018, with another win expected in the upcoming December 17 ballot. Egypt will play a vital role in stabilizing a post-Hamas Palestine focused on peaceful reconstruction.
Egypt normalized relations with Israel in 1979 in reaction to the Iranian revolution. The alignment of the Arab states with Israel against the common enemy in Tehran (a Shiite theocracy with genocidal hatred towards all other religions) is an essential pillar of regional security. Those on the Left who have tried to undermine relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia are playing into Iran’s hands (in most cases knowingly). The brutal, sadistic terror attack on Israel by Hamas, part of Iran’s terror network, is a direct result of leftist influence within the Biden administration that pushed appeasing Iran and insulting the Arabs.
TNR has been part of this campaign. It backs the protests calling for a cease-fire in Gaza that will bring to an end Israel’s campaign to destroy Hamas and has warned Biden that he is losing support on the Left by backing Israel. It has even claimed that the “grotesque” reason the Biden administration has not pushed harder for a ceasefire is “it would allow journalists broader access to Gaza and the opportunity to further illuminate the devastation there and turn public opinion on Israel.”
The influential book by Marxist Cornell West, a former Harvard professor now running for president, is titled Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism. By which he means the “ugly imperialism aided by the unholy alliance of the plutocratic elite and the Christian Right” that has undermined “democratic energies” within the American Empire. The U.S.-led world order is built on “the dangerous dogma of free market fundamentalism” and defended by “militarism” leading to “authoritarianism.” West has marched with anti-Israel protesters. And while he thinks Putin is “a gangster’ he blames NATO for provoking his invasion of Ukraine and wants the alliance dissolved because “the American empire has little or no moral authority” to help Ukraine defend itself. The people should vote out American supremacy. If not, the Left will simply surrender America to the barbarians in their name and still call it democracy.
As the new political year dawns, voters need to look beyond slogans and name-calling to analyze the policies behind the rhetoric and make their choices based on what will best make America a secure, prosperous, and decent land, the lead nation in the lead civilization of our time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/trump_dictators_and_policy.html
Jonathan Emord, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate, Endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United State
Emord for VA – December 6, 2023
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jonathan-emord-republican-candidate-for-us-senate-endorses-donald-j-trump-for-president-of-the-united-states-302007115.html
Jonathan Emord – The New Authoritarians
Trinity Health Freedom Expo – March 29, 2022
Across the nation (in federal, state, and local governments; in militant groups that destroy rights to life, liberty and property; and in private corporations that lend support to these groups), new authoritarians are rapidly replacing liberty with tyranny. They are dismantling legal protections for individual rights and imposing unconstitutional laws, engaging in illegal acts, and employing brute force to snuff out all opposition.
Just as our nation rose to ensure the promise of the Declaration of Independence by vanquishing slavery, so too now all freedom loving Americans must rise to the occasion to reassert the promise of the Declaration of Independence and reclaim constitutional governance by defeating the new authoritarians.
You’ll Have No Idea How Terrified Deep State Media/Politicians Are of Trump Unless You Watch This
The Liberty Daily – December 12, 2023
https://rumble.com/v40zcu6-youll-have-no-idea-how-terrified-deep-state-mediapoliticians-are-of-trump-u.html
The Totalitarian Three-Step
By Paul E. Scates
For at least half a century, the Left has been luring this nation into a deadly dance. Like the sirens of Greek myth, their music hits all the right notes: true equality, fairness, justice for all, health, peace, etc. Because the music is so beautiful, and the steps to the dance so familiar, again and again, we’ve accepted their invitation and blindly followed their lead.
This simple political dance can be done to many types of “music,” for it has only three steps. We have seen its familiar choreography in efforts against racism and crime, in steps to preserve our national security, in efforts to support agriculture and education, etc.; whatever the tune, the steps are the same:
Manufacture a “crisis”
Offer “emergency solutions” people would never accept except for the “crisis.”
Results achieve the hidden goal, unrelated to the supposed problem
We’ll look at three examples below, but in her excellent book Behind the Green Mask, Rosa Koire describes this three-step process as “communitarianism,” which claims that in matters of public policy, we must “balance” individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution with (imagined) community rights to assure “fairness.” So here the three-step process is:
Individual rights are selfish, harming the community
Individuals cede some of their rights to the community
Results: fewer rights/freedoms for individuals, more power for local, state, or federal government
The “problem” (i.e., lack of community rights) didn’t actually exist but was manufactured by those whose true goal was abolishing individual rights and freedoms and increasing the power and reach of government to impose their social and political visions.
Imagine, Koire wrote, that individual rights are a glass of milk, and community rights are a glass of water. To “balance” those rights, pour each glass into a pitcher. The result is watery milk, i.e., lessened, “watered down” individual rights. Community rights are strengthened (i.e., more government power/control)… the activists’ true goal.
We can see how this “dance” played out in the 2008 housing bubble collapse:
Step One, the “Crisis”: Bill Clinton manufactured the “crisis,” saying poor people couldn’t afford to buy their own homes. Of course, poor people have never been able to afford their own homes, so why was this suddenly a crisis? That situation is actually a motivation for good behavior: work, save money, defer children until you’re more financially secure, use alcohol (or drugs) only moderately, if at all, etc. But no, to Clinton and the left, it was suddenly a “housing crisis.”
Step Two, Emergency “Solution”: Force banks and mortgage companies to lower housing loan standards so people who can’t afford homes are able to get loans anyway. Using the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to force Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make 30% of their mortgage purchases these sub-prime loans in 1977, that requirement grew to 50% by 2000. Bush43 continued this “affordable housing” boondoggle. In 1991, CRA sub-prime loans were $8 billion; by 2007, they were $4.5 trillion. By 2008, half of all outstanding mortgages in the U.S. were sub-prime (high-risk) loans.
Step Three, Actual Results: When financial firms sold these sub-prime loans as mortgage-back securities, the stage was set. When a major increase in loan defaults occurred in 2008, the housing market crashed, taking the stock market with it. The manufactured housing “crisis” wasn’t fixed, but the U.S. economy was devastated… which was the true goal all along by the globalist Clinton and his leftist cronies.
But that makes no sense, you might say; why would anyone want that result? Because the Left has always supported global government (UN, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization, et al.), but the U.S. has long been the major barrier to that dream, so anything that weakens the U.S. politically, socially, or especially economically, then, is a good thing.
Your mistake is in assuming that the Left (whether Clinton, Obama, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, et al) actually wants what’s best for this nation and its citizens… they don’t. They want what’s best for them and the other global elites with whom they share a self-serving globalist fantasy.
Another example is the pandemic:
Step One, the “Crisis”: the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’ was supposedly an existential threat to humankind that demanded draconian “emergency” measures (turns out that for healthy people, it was barely more deadly than seasonal flu).
Step Two, Emergency “Solution”: business lockdowns, schools closed, vaccine mandates, social distancing, etc. Many small businesses operate on narrow margins, so such lockdowns forced their permanent closings, and even major industries were impacted.
Step Three, Actual Results: devastated U.S. (and world) economy… again, the global elites’ primary goal all along, making Western democracies weaker against their globalist push from the UN, WEF, et al.
Finally, the biggest example, “climate change”:
Step One, the “Crisis”: ‘climate change’ is an existential threat to the earth; if something isn’t done immediately, the earth will burn up in “X” number of years.
Step Two, Emergency “Solution: eliminate fossil-fuel usage (curtail all manufacturing production, reduce/eliminate gasoline-powered cars, trains, trucks, planes, and ships), drastic restrictions on agriculture and cattle raising, make CO2 (behind oxygen the most beneficial element in the world) a pollutant, etc.
Step Three, Actual Results: Agenda 2030 is the UN’s supposed response to climate change; if its 17 Sustainable Development Goals are actually implemented, the world will be reduced to mid-1800s-levels of food production, transportation, manufacturing, etc… except for the globalist elites behind the “climate change” scam.
More and more scientists are finding the nerve to speak out against the climate hoax, but they’re decades behind the climate-industrial complex that is making trillions of dollars from “green” energy like solar and wind farms.
But it’s becoming clear even to the environmentalist Kool-Aid drinkers that those “renewables” won’t come close to replacing the cheap and reliable fossil fuels that drive the world’s economy. Eliminating meat and dairy and crippling agriculture will result in the mass starvation of millions of people.
Again, who would want those results? Only the globalist elites at the UN, the World Economic Forum, the Club of Rome, et al. — many of whom are U.S. politicians, industrial magnates, and Big Tech oligarchs — whose globalist fantasies are based on Malthusian ideas of “sustainable” levels of world population being limited to one billion people. They know that only a world government with unrestricted power can achieve what they call the “peaceful elimination” of over 7 billion people, so they see Agenda 2030, the WEF’s Great Reset, et al., as the paths to achieve that global power and control.
Those globalists use their three-step process in every area of life to bring about the ruination of the U.S. and the Western democracies that are the major barriers to their dreams. That’s the true goal behind all their supposed “solutions.”
It’s way past time to stop dancing to the leftists’ globalist tune, to stop accepting their phony “crises” and, especially, their crippling “solutions” that are designed to destroy our republic.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/the_totalitarian_threestep_.html
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Hunter Biden Second Amendment Defense Could Upend Democrat Agenda on Guns
Ammoland Inc. Posted on December 13, 2023 by David Codrea
Hunter Biden IMG acaben, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
In saving himself, will Hunter Biden’s defense be the catalyst for undoing his father’s and the Democrats’ citizen disarmament schemes? (IMG acaben, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
“Because persons protected by the Second Amendment can no longer be denied gun ownership due simply to past drug use—a practice inconsistent with this nation’s historical tradition on firearm regulation—any false statement by Mr. Biden concerning his status as having used a controlled substance no longer concerns ‘any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale’ of a firearm,” one of four motions all filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware Monday asserts. “Quite simply, asking about Mr. Biden’s status as a user of a controlled status is constitutionally irrelevant to whether he can be denied his Second Amendment right to gun ownership.”
By relying on the Supreme Court’s text, history, and tradition standard from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, Hunter Biden, in protecting himself, could end up being the unlikely champion of the Second Amendment. That could lead to the judicial unraveling of prior restraints and prohibitions associated with the ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record, the linchpin of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which is itself the foundation of the hoped-for “universal background check” system, a necessary precursor to firearm registration.
If Biden’s motion ultimately prevails, other categories of prohibited persons become vulnerable to challenge, as well as records required to be kept by Federal Firearms Licensees, which themselves have no historical counterpart. The possibilities for reclaiming rights seem boundless.
There were three other motions filed by Biden’s legal team.
One motion claims the indictment should be dismissed because a diversion agreement Biden had with the prosecution conferred immunity.
Whether the Justice Department even had the legal authority to offer that deal is a question this column has raised and is actively pursuing via a complaint. Specifically, “consent to permanent entry” into the National Instant Background Check System appears to create a new classification or “prohibited person.” But unless a citizen falls into one of the categories established by Congressionally enacted law, no one in the Executive branch has the delegated authority to create new conditions and classifications.
Another motion maintains, “Special counsel [Jack] Weiss was unlawfully appointed and this prosecution violates the appropriations clause.”
A final motion charges “selective and vindictive prosecution and breach of separation of powers” as reasons to dismiss. AmmoLand previously reported on Biden’s allegations and the prosecution’s response to them.
In any case, if the motion to dismiss on Second Amendment grounds is successful, the other motions would appear to be moot points.
And if it does, gun owner rights advocates will find it deliciously ironic, that in protecting him self from his own misbehaviors Biden ends up being the catalyst to derail his father’s – and the Democrat party’s – citizen disarmament agenda.
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Gun Control Nearly Wiped Out My People
Ammoland Inc. Posted on December 13, 2023 by F Riehl, Editor in Chief
Opinion By Alex Madajian
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How many people would be free and alive today were it not for the legacy of gun control?
Conversations about gun control tend to deal with abstract future forecasts. It’s good pro-gun advocates are concerned about personal freedom, burdensome regulations, or punitive punishments, but…
It’s important to remember that millions of real people and their descendants would be alive today were it not for gun control paving the way for tyrannical regimes.
We often forget the human cost behind those statistics. I will never forget because entire branches of my family were wiped out due to gun control.
Both sides of my family are Armenian – which is an ethnic group from the Caucasus mountains who have lived there for over three thousand years. However, for about the last 600 years, they have lived under the shadow of the Turks. In the time of the Ottoman Empire, they treated my ancestors as second-class citizens – forcing them to pay special taxes and endure cruel humiliations. This discrimination, fostered for hundreds of years, helped paved the way for the event known as the Armenian Genocide.
But because it was a genocide, it was more than random killings or acts of terror. This was state-orchestrated through laws enacted by the government.
Although there were many cases of persecution by the state and other ethnic groups, the Armenians had a warrior culture and kept themselves armed with the weapons of the time. They knew danger was always present, and they knew how to fight. However, when the sultan of the Ottoman Empire fell and was replaced with the Young Turk regime, the Armenians were promised freedom and equality. They received neither.
At first, the government created by the Young Turks appeared to be modeled after a secular western democracy. The Armenians embraced their promises, and some even joined their government. During this time, the Ottomans started passing penal codes which created the groundwork for gun control. According to Ottoman code: “Those who, without permission, carry or sell such prohibited cartridges, weapons, gunpowder or explosive substances are also punished with imprisonment…and by taking a fine.” There also are similar regulations on manufacturing and references to gun licensing.
Not discriminatory from the start. They have no mention of Armenians. But once the regulations were on the books, it was not hard to institute them specifically on ethnic minorities. But once such regulations were on the books, it was not hard to institute them specifically on ethnic minorities. The Turks’ process was to round up the Armenians, demand they leave their belongings behind (for them to loot later), and force them to march through the desert to die. All of this was done under the guise of being for their own “safety.” Even though Turkey was in the middle of World War I, the Minister of War – Enver Pasha – signed an order that all Armenian soldiers fighting in the Turkish army be disarmed(1).
Shortly after, a systematic effort began to disarm all Armenians in the empire. According to an official proclamation(2) posted to the village of Trebizond:
Armenians are compelled to obey the government’s decisions. If there be any persons among them who dare to use arms against soldiers or gendarmes, arms will be used against such persons and they shall be “arrested dead.” Likewise, those who refuse to depart, disobeying the government’s decision and hiding themselves here and there, and those persons who hide them in their houses or feed them to help them to hide, will also be sent to Court Martial to be condemned to death… Armenians being prohibited to carry any firearms, they must surrender to the government all kinds of arms, pistols, bombs, and daggers that they have hidden in their houses or out of doors. The government has been informed about the quantity of these arms, and those persons who try to secrete them instead of delivering them up to the government will be very severely punished when the arms are discovered by the government.
Similar edicts were issued throughout Anatolia. Notice how they knew who owned the guns. One would like to assume they did not have a sufficiently advanced bureaucracy to have details on some of the more rural areas back in 1915, but with the small amount of gun control they had on the books, they were able to massacre millions with little or no resistance.
My great-grandfather’s brother, Hagop Madaghjian, details exactly how they enacted such edicts in his village of Tomarza(3):
Every man, having buried his weapon underground, was looking for a way of denial; some who saw their rescue in betrayal began to slander this or that one… In the name of the government, a notice was displayed in all areas demanding that every man surrender his weapon in person; otherwise, they would be condemned to death. Thus, in accordance with the announcement, all weapons, even hunting guns, were surrendered to the government. Yet, the matter was not resolved that way; there were repeated beatings and torture with demands for new weapons.
Virtually every Armenian member of my family’s ancestral village died in the death marches through the desert.
This April 24th will be the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in which we will remember how the 1.5 million Armenians, and hundreds of thousands of Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites, and other Christian minorities were mercilessly murdered by a genocidal regime. This evil was only possible with simple-sounding regulations, often touted today as nothing more than “common-sense solutions.” I’m a proud American citizen, and because I carry this history, I will do everything in my power to make sure this never happens in my adopted country.
We must repeal attempts by the government to regulate our absolute Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, which is explicitly underscored by the fact it “shall not be infringed.” I encourage support for state and federal legislation that allows more private firearm ownership, such as Constitutional Carry or Second Amendment Sanctuary Laws. Right now, the American government has a registry containing nearly a billion records of lawful gun owners. Every name in that registry will be a target if the government decides to turn against them.
As I just explained, the possibility of that happening is never zero. Contact your senators and representatives urging them to cosponsor legislation like Congressman Michael Cloud’s No REGISTRY Rights Act, which will end the American gun registry for good. One would think we would learn from the past and never enable our government to have the same power the Turks had over my family. But chillingly, our government has all the resources as the Turks – and far more.
Zürcher, Erik J., 2002, “Ottoman Labour Battalions in World War I”, in H.-L. Kieser and D. J. Schaller (eds.), Der Völkermord an den Armeniern und die Shoah, Zürich: Chronos Verlag. Page 187.
Rice, Alan; Simkin, Jay; Zelman, Aaron. Lethal Laws, July 1st, 1994. Published by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. Page 91
Madaghjian, Toros. Memories of Tomarza. Translated by Rev. Father Arten Ashjian, Published in 1959 by G. Doniguian Printing, Beirut. Page 168.
Alex Madajian is a Federal Affairs Assistant with Gun Owners of America and is based in Washington DC. You can follow him on Twitter @alexmadajian.
Hunter Biden Moves to Dismiss Gun Charges
By Eric Lendrum
December 12, 2023
Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, filed several motions moving to dismiss the gun charges that have been brought against him in the state of Delaware, claiming without evidence that Special Counsel David Weiss “buckled under political pressure” when charging him.
As The Hill reports, the younger Biden is seeking to dismiss the whole case as a “vindictive prosecution,” in addition to other challenges to the case, such as claiming that Weiss’ promotion to Special Counsel was an illegal move. He is also claiming that his right to purchase a firearm is protected under the Second Amendment despite his prior drug use.
“The announcement that this case would be resolved through a Diversion Agreement and a Plea Agreement drew a sharp rebuke from former President Trump (who appointed Mr. Weiss), extremist House Republicans, and the far-right media. They made it clear that they wanted Mr. Weiss to keep this litigation alive through the presidential election,” said Biden’s legal team in a 69-page filing.
“Because the facts in the case did not change and the law only became more difficult for such prosecutions, the public record supports no conclusion other than Mr. Weiss changed his decision because he buckled under political pressure to bring more severe charges,” the filing continued.
Hunter’s team had originally agreed to a plea deal that would have seen him plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence, but upon the deal’s collapse at the last moment, Hunter switched his plea to “not guilty.” His legal team claims that federal prosecutors went back on their part of the deal, which would have allowed Hunter to forgo the gun charges and would grant him immunity from any such offenses related to firearms.
“As the prosecution told the Court, ‘based on the terms of the agreement. . . . we cannot bring firearms charges based on the firearm identified in the factual statement to the Diversion Agreement,’” his counsel wrote. “Nevertheless, the prosecution did just that, by subsequently bringing this Indictment charging Mr. Biden with three felony firearm offenses, which all relate to the firearm identified in the Diversion Agreement’s factual statement. Because Mr. Biden gave up valuable rights as part of this contract, in exchange for the prosecution’s promise not to prosecute him, ‘such promise must be fulfilled.’”
Biden was first indicted on three different gun-related charges in September, with two counts of failing to disclose drug use when trying to purchase a weapon, and another count of unlawful possession of a firearm while addicted to drugs. Earlier this month, Special Counsel Weiss indicted Hunter again on an additional nine charges related primarily to taxes, accusing Hunter of evading his taxes to the tune of $1.4 million.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/12/hunter-biden-moves-to-dismiss-gun-charges/
(Richard: The problem here is that the AR15 was designed for Bank Guards and Home Owners, that is why they are so finely machined with clockwork fittings. Home Defense was one of the things Armalite advertised them for.)
Democrat AGs Declare ‘Assault Weapons’ Aren’t Protected by the Second Amendment
By Cam Edwards | 7:31 PM on December 12, 2023
A coalition of twenty Democratic attorneys general, including several from states without a prohibition on so-called assault weapons, are sounding off in support of California’s gun ban. In an amicus brief filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Miller v. Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell and the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington contend that California’s ban doesn’t violate the Second Amendment because the arms that are prohibited aren’t protected by the Constitution in the first place.
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U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez disagreed with that assertion in his decision in Miller, noting that AR-15s and other so-called assault weapons are in common use for lawful purposes across the United States. That was enough for Benitez to determine that the guns in question are protected by the language of the Second Amendment, but the Democratic attorneys general argue that Benitez got it wrong.
The District Court wrongly concluded that Plaintiffs-appellees’ conduct—to possess and carry “firearms like the AR-15 rifle that are commonly-owned for lawful purposes”—is covered by the Second Amendment’s plain text. Assault weapons are not “arms” that are in “‘common use’ for self-defense today”—a prerequisite for Second Amendment protection. For instance, weapons like M-16s that are “most useful in military service” do not fall within the protection of the Second Amendment.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/12/democrat-ags-declare-assault-weapons-arent-protected-by-the-second-amendment-n78373
FYI the left is once again pushing the idea of banning full auto weapons from civilians, what they don’t want you to know is that the National Firearms Act of 1934 required all purchasers of full autos to pay a $500 transfer tax for every full auto they own. It also requires you to have the permission of the local Sheriff or Police Chief to own the weapon and the police have to approve the location where you store the weapons. The various Sates also have laws regulating full autos, Missouri forbids civilian ownership of even deactivated full auto weapons.
Fast forward to 1986 and the Gun Control Act of 1986 forbids the registration of any new full auto for sale to civilians, you can still buy and sell the old ones but you have to follow the restrictions of the NFA OF 1934. In 1934 $500 was more then most people grossed in a year. Once again the left lies by omission by not telling you that the full autos in the possession of the various gangs are already illegal.
Criminals by definition don’t obey the law so why does the left think another laws will solve any problem.
CBS News Discovers the Power of Armed Citizens
By Cam Edwards | 1:31 PM on December 11, 2023
CBS News Discovers the Power of Armed Citizens
Defensive gun uses happen every day across the United States, but they rarely are covered by the national news media. Occasionally armed citizens will act to defend themselves or others in a spectacular fashion or on camera, which may result in a brief report on the nightly news, but for the most part DGUs are ignored by major press outlets.
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On Sunday evening, however, the CBS News program 60 Minutes devoted an entire segment to armed citizens fighting back; not here in the United States, but in Ukraine, where civilian resistance fighters took on elements of the Russian army in the province of Kherson. Reporter Scott Pelley interviewed several of those armed civilians, some of whom had never held a gun before they took up arms in defense of their community. Others didn’t use firearms as their primary weapon of choice; instead making Molotov cocktails and other improvised weapons to engage in small-scale attacks on the occupying military force.
Self-defense is a human right, and when confronted with an immediate threat to their safety and security these men and women fought back with everything they had.
I’m not knocking CBS News for covering these resistance fighters, though tying their story to continued US funding for Ukraine’s defense was a little heavy-handed, at least in my opinion. Still, 60 Minutes has always engaged in more explicit advocacy than programs like the CBS Evening News, and at least Pelley and his editors are editorializing in support of the right of self-defense.
It would be nice, however, if they’d take that same approach to domestic defensive gun uses. The long-form reporting on 60 Minutes lends itself well to an in-depth report on armed citizens using firearms to defend themselves and their families, but I doubt we’ll ever see any segment like that on the show. Cheering on collective self-defense against the Russian military is one thing, but highlighting a dad who protected his kids from an armed attacker or a woman who defended herself against an abusive ex who tried to assault her in her home is quite literally a different story… and one not likely to garner any interest or attention from CBS or any of the other major news networks.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/11/cbs-news-discovers-the-power-of-armed-citizens-n78284#google_vignette
BIG NEWS! Supreme Court Will Hear Lawsuit Involving Unconstitutional DOJ 1512(c)(2) Charges Used to Abuse Trump Supporters After J6 Protests
by Jim Hoft Dec. 13, 2023 11:30 am187 Comments
Good news from the Supreme Court!
SCOTUS will hear Fischer vs. United States, the lawsuit questioning the unconstitutional 1512(c)(2) charges used by the Biden Department of Justice to abuse and punish January 6 protesters who came to Washington DC to protest the stolen 2020 election.
The case involves three j6 defendants: Jake Lang, who we have reported on extensively here at The Gateway Pundit, Garret Miller, who pleaded guilty to 11 other criminal charges and was sentenced in February, and Joseph Fischer, who, like Lang, continues to await trial.
The news broke this morning.
Here is more background on this lawsuit…
January 6th Defendant Jake Lang (pictured above) was arrested in January 2021 and is currently sitting in the DC Gulag today after three years without trial.
In July, Jake Lang notified The Gateway Pundit that he was taking his case to the highest court in the land.
Lang’s decision to move his arguments to the Supreme Court follows a split ruling in the DC Court of Appeals in April.
As reported by The Gateway Pundit, two of three judges on the appellate panel ruled against U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who dismissed the 1512 felony obstruction charge in three separate cases against January 6th defendants.
Perhaps most notable among the affected was Jacob Edward Lang — widely known by TGP readers through multiple eyewitness accounts of his repeated efforts to save lives during the onslaught of violence near the U.S. Capitol tunnel where Rosanne Boyland was killed.
The split ruling reinstated the felony obstruction charge against Lang and two others: Garret Miller, who pleaded guilty to 11 other criminal charges and was sentenced in February, and Joseph Fischer, who, like Lang, continues to await trial.
Lang, who is charged with multiple felonies, filed his petition to the United States Supreme Court —asking that the 1512 felony obstruction charge be dismissed.
The filing begins with a question:
As was extensively detailed in The Gateway Pundit, the 1512 Felony Obstruction charge was repurposed specifically for January 6th defendants.
Although Lang’s filing specifically seeks clarification in a case such as his (where violence was involved), a SCOTUS ruling on the matter is likely to have far-reaching impact on hundreds of non-violent J6ers — Many of whom are currently facing the prospect of years in prison, along with the permanent loss of their 2nd Amendment rights…..
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/big-news-supreme-court-will-hear-lawsuit-involving/
BREAKING: Republicans to Initiate Contempt of Congress Proceedings After Hunter Biden Defies Subpoena
by Cristina Laila Dec. 13, 2023 11:15 am468 Comments
Hunter Biden on Wednesday arrived in DC and gave a press conference on Capitol Hill where he revealed he will only answer questions under his own rules despite a congressional subpoena.
Congressional Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden for a closed-door deposition related to his influence-peddling and family corruption.
Hunter Biden on Wednesday said he will only testify “at a public hearing.”
“My father was not financially involved in my business,” Hunter Biden said in the presser.
Hunter tacitly admitted that his father Joe Biden was involved in his overseas businesses in other ways.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Wednesday announced GOP lawmakers will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings after Hunter Biden brazenly defied a lawful subpoena.
“Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings,” Comer said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/breaking-republicans-initiate-contempt-congress-proceedings-after-hunter/
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Rep. Eric Swalwell “Aided and Abetted” a Crime After Colluding with Hunter Biden’s Lawyer to Defy Congressional Subpoena, House Sources Allege
Rep. Eric Swalwell has been accused of “aiding and abetting” a crime after colluding with Hunter Biden and his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, to defy the congressional subpoena, which demands Hunter Biden’s testimony on charges related to influence-peddling and his business dealings, House sources allege.
On Wednesday, Hunter Biden, who was scheduled for a closed-door deposition by congressional Republicans, challenged the very foundations of the legal directive.
Hunter Biden said he will only testify “at a public hearing” during a press conference organized by another CCP asset, Rep. Eric Swalwell.
According to the letter sent by Rep. James Coomer and Rep. Jim Jordan, “Contrary to the assertions in your letter, there is no “choice” for Mr. Biden to make; the subpoenas compel him to appear for a deposition on December 13. If Mr. Biden does not appear for his deposition on December 13, 2023, the Committees will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.”…..
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/rep-eric-swalwell-aided-abetted-crime-after-colluding/
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Far-Left AOC Claims Hunter Biden Complies with Congressional Subpoena by Simply Standing Outside the Capitol (VIDEO)
by Jim H?ft Dec. 13, 2023 12:45 pm225 Comments
On Wednesday, far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) argued that Hunter Biden made an attempt to comply with a congressional subpoena by simply presenting himself outside the Capitol.
It seems like AOC might need a refresher on how subpoenas work. It’s not about his presence, it’s about providing the requested documents and information.
According to AOC, the committee had outlined that compliance could be executed by appearing ‘either in private or in public,’ and it was their last-minute rejection of Hunter Biden’s chosen option that blocked the due process.
AOC claimed that despite Hunter Biden standing outside the Capitol, the committee had refused his offer to comply with their terms.
“I think it’s important to note here that the committee issued a subpoena, and Hunter Biden is here in an attempt to comply with that subpoena,” AOC claimed.
“It is the committee that has rejected the terms that they themselves set out for compliance with that subpoena that is now preventing a public and due process from happening thing.”
“The chairman laid out himself the terms of what compliance looks like. He said compliance with this subpoena means that you can show up either in private or in public, whichever you choose. And when his own option was chosen, he decided to reject it at the last minute.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/far-left-aoc-claims-hunter-biden-complies-congressional/
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FLASHBACK: Watch as Joe Biden Affirms DOJ’s Duty to Prosecute Anyone Who Defies Congressional Subpoena
by Jim H?ft Dec. 13, 2023 11:45 am95 Comments
Hunter Biden stated that he is exempt from participating in a deposition, citing the ‘illegitimacy’ of the House committee that issued the subpoena. Hunter Biden believes he is above the law.
During a press conference, Hunter said he welcomed questions from the House Oversight Committee regarding their investigations into his criminal family. But there’s a catch: Hunter insists he will NOT testify behind closed doors for his deposition as required by the House Oversight Subpoena. Instead, he said he would only welcome inquiries in public.
“I’m here…to ensure that the House committee’s illegitimate investigations of my family do not proceed on distortions, manipulated evidence, & lies…I have made mistakes in my life and wasted the opportunities and privileges I was afforded…I am making amends,” Hunter Biden said.
“James Comer, Jim Jordan, Jason Smith, and their colleagues have distorted the facts by cherry-picking lines from a bank statement, manipulating texts I sent, editing the testimony of my friends & former business partners, & misstating personal information that was stolen from me. There is no fairness or decency in what these Republicans are doing. They have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life, so much so that their lies have become the false facts believed by too many people.”
Now, the Oversight Committee will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.
“Hunter Biden defied a lawful subpoena today, and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. There will be no special treatment because his last name is Biden. Joe Biden & his family must be held accountable for their corruption,” House Committee on Oversight and Accountability wrote on X…….
Here’s a video of Joe Biden telling the reporter that the DOJ must prosecute anyone who defies a Congressional subpoena.
Reporter: “Mr. President, what’s your message to people who defy Congressional subpoenas…Should they be prosecuted by the Justice Department?”
BIDEN: “Yes
Will Joe Biden instruct his DOJ to prosecute his son after he defied a Congressional subpoena?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/flashback-watch-as-joe-biden-affirms-dojs-duty/
One Word Hunter Biden Used During Statement at DC Presser Tore Up Joe Biden’s Defense of Corruption Allegations (VIDEO)
by Cristina Laila Dec. 13, 2023 12:15 pm144 Comments
Hunter Biden on Wednesday arrived in DC and gave a press conference on Capitol Hill where he revealed he will only answer questions under his own rules despite a congressional subpoena.
Congressional Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden for a closed-door deposition related to his influence-peddling and family corruption.
Hunter Biden on Wednesday said he will only testify “at a public hearing.”
The first son also made a damning statement that tore up Joe Biden’s corruption defense. One word Hunter Biden used caught the attention of Republican lawmakers and reporters.
“My father was not financially involved in my business,” Hunter Biden said.
Hunter was careful to specifically say his father was never ‘financially’ involved in his business.
Hunter tacitly admitted that his father Joe Biden was involved in his overseas businesses in other ways.
“Let me state as clearly as I can. My father was not financially involved in my business. Not as a practicing lawyer. Not as a board member of Burisma. Not in my partnership with a Chinese private businessman. Not in my investments at home nor abroad and certainly not an artist,” Hunter said in remarks on Capitol Hill.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Wednesday announced GOP lawmakers will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings after Hunter Biden brazenly defied a lawful subpoena.
“Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden. As our committees were today prepared to depose Hunter Biden, he chose to make a public statement on Capitol Hill instead where he said his father, Joe Biden was not financially involved in his family’s business dealings. Exactly how was Joe Biden involved? Evidence shows Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden’s business associates and his name was at the center of the family business strategy,” a joint statement by House Oversight Chairman and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said.
Joe Biden was heavily involved in his son Hunter’s overseas business.
Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s longtime friend and business associate, appeared before the House Oversight Committee over the summer to testify on the Biden Crime Family.
Here are some key takeaways from Devon Archer’s testimony per the House Oversight Committee:
It should also be noted the Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky held 17 audio tapes, 15 with Hunter and 2 with Joe Biden, he kept as an insurance policy.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/hunter-biden-statement-dc-presser-tore-up-joe/
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A group of illegal alien Africans asked me to film them while I was covering the border crisis in Lukeville, Arizona (I’m still here). They said welcome to Joe Biden’s America, we’re going to New York City and joining the Marines.
https://twitter.com/liberty_clarion/status/1734699680544764401
Contempt of Congress Proceedings Initiated Against Hunter Biden, Potential Imprisonment and Fine
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) initiated contempt of Congress proceedings against Hunter Biden after the president’s son failed to appear for a subpoenaed closed-door deposition Wednesday.
If prosecuted and convicted for contempt of Congress, Hunter Biden’s punishment could be up to a $100,000 fine and imprisonment.
“We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden,” Comer and Jordan wrote. “As our committees were today prepared to depose Hunter Biden, he chose to make a public statement on Capitol Hill instead where he said his father, Joe Biden was not financially involved in his family’s business dealings.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/contempt-congress-proceedings-initiated-against-hunter-biden-potential-imprisonment-fine/
Watch: Arizona Border Town Remains Shut Amidst Uncontrolled Flow of Migrants
LUKEVILLE, Arizona — A warning sign has been placed at the entrance of the Organ Pipe National Monument area, recommending tourists refrain from entering the area due to ongoing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations. Nearby, the town of Lukeville is completely shut down and void of human presence. At the same time, Breitbart Texas witnessed a constant flow of mostly African migrants crossing the border wall and walking through the Organ Pipe National Monument, hoping to secure their freedom in the United States on Tuesday evening.
This Breitbart video shows signage placed by CBP at one entrance to the monument, cautioning travelers to stay out but offering no clue as to what lies ahead. After driving past the sign, Breitbart Texas observed CBP Office of Field Operations (OFO) personnel — those normally tasked with inspecting legitimate travelers and cargo at the port of entry shut down because of the migrant crossings — performing duties once reserved for Border Patrol agents.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/12/13/watch-arizona-border-town-remains-shut-amidst-uncontrolled-flow-of-migrants/
‘Nudify’ Apps Using AI to Make Deepfake Porn of Women Skyrocket in Popularity
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Apps that use AI to generate images — popularly known as deepfakes — making clothed women appear to be naked are reportedly soaring in popularity.
In September alone, 24 million people visited websites offering “Nudify” AI tools, researchers with the social network analysis company Graphika found, according to a report by TIME.
Moreover, many of these AI undressing apps reportedly use popular social media platforms to market their products, with the number of links advertising apps with “Nudify” tools increasing more than 2,400 percent on social media since the beginning of this year.
Breitbart News previously reported that Facebook and Instagram allowed hundreds of ads for deepfake tools promising explicit images of Hollywood starlets to run on Mark Zuckerberg’s platforms:
The ad campaign, which ran on Sunday and Monday, rolled out more than 230 advertisements on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, the report noted.
While the ads did not feature any actual sex acts, they were suggestive in nature, and were made to mimic the beginning of a porn video, even adding Pornhub’s intro track playing in the background.
Among the ads that swapped out other people’s faces with those of celebrities, 127 of them featured Watson, and another 74 featured Johansson.
Graphika also noted that the rise in popularity of such tool corresponds to the launch of several open source AI platforms that can generate images far superior to those created just a few years ago.
“You can create something that actually looks realistic,” Graphika analyst Santiago Lakatos said, noting that previous deepfakes were often blurry.
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A Google spokesperson insisted that the tech giant doesn’t allow ads “that contain sexually explicit content,” telling TIME, “We’ve reviewed the ads in question and are removing those that violate our policies.”
Meanwhile, a Reddit spokesperson told the magazine that the website forbids non-consensual sharing of fake sexually explicit material, and has even banned several domains as a result of this research.
As Breitbart News reported, there is an ever-increasing rise of deepfake porn, which now makes up 98 percent of all deepfake images. Meanwhile, authorities say there is nothing they can do about such deepfakes.
In one instance last month, however, a child psychiatrist in North Carolina was sentenced to 40 years in prison for using Nudify apps on photos of his patients, making it the first prosecution of its kind under law banning deepfake generation of child sexual abuse material.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/12/13/nudify-apps-using-ai-to-make-deepfake-porn-of-women-skyrocket-in-popularity/
Fredo Cuomo
The Liberty Daily – December 13, 2023
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Helpless Florida Teen Suffers Fractured Skull After Being Slammed into the Concrete and Brutally Beaten by Several Youths (VIDEO)
by Cullen Linebarger Dec. 13, 2023 2:40 pm369 Comments
A shocking video has emerged showing the moment a helpless teen student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was ferociously slammed into the ground on his head and then beaten during a brawl this week.
As Gateway Pundit readers know, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas was the site of one of the worst school shootings in American history back in 2018.
WSVN reported the student, who is a high school senior, was hospitalized after the assault. Coral Springs Police revealed the incident occurred after school at 3 P.M. on Tuesday at North Community Park, near the high school, in a side parking lot utilized by students.
The video footage shows one youth carrying the defenseless victim over his shoulder and then slamming him into the concrete. The teen lies motionless and unconscious on the ground.
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??WARNING! SHOCKING VIOLENCE! Student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland brutally beaten.
Witnesses say this took place after school hours at North Community Park.
Coral Springs Police responded.
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Far-Left Boston Mayor Invites Only “Electeds of Color” to Holiday Party – Office Then Claims Email was ‘Mistakenly’ Sent to All
by Cristina Laila Dec. 13, 2023 2:20 pm399 Comments
Far-left Boston Mayor Michelle Wu invited only “electeds of color” to a holiday party, according to an email sent by a staffer.
A Wu admin official then claimed the email was ‘mistakenly’ sent out to all Boston city councilors after backlash.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/far-left-boston-mayor-invites-only-electeds-color/
Massachusetts Teachers Union Says U.S. Is Complicit In ‘Genocidal Assault’ In Gaza
The Massachusetts Teachers Association board of directors voted in favor of a statement on Saturday that accuses the United States of being complicit in genocide.
The board of directors for the union, which represents 117,000 teachers, faculty, and other professional staff members at Massachusetts public schools and universities, agreed on Saturday to a statement that not only calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, but also says the United States is complicit in the “genocidal assault….”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/massachusetts-teachers-union-says-u-s-is-complicit-in-genocidal-assault-in-gaza
truly funny
as heard from someone who attended a Boston DEI training:
We”d like to continue with only people of color. “Whites” are invited to leave. There is a large pause during which the “Asians” are eyed. The door opens and they are told that it’s their turn to leave.
French teens convicted in connection with beheading of teacher who showed caricatures of Mohammed
Six youths were found guilty in relation to the 2020 murder of Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old Chechen assailant
A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers in connection with the beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder in 2020 shocked the country.
The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a class on freedom of expression, angering some Muslim parents. Most Muslims avoid depictions of prophets, considering them to be blasphemous.
Among those on trial was a teenage girl who had allegedly told her parents that Paty had asked Muslim pupils to leave the room before showing the caricatures.
The court found her guilty of having made false accusation charges and slanderous comments, as it was established that she was not in the class at the time.
The other adolescents were found guilty of charges related to taking part in a premeditated criminal conspiracy and helping to prepare an ambush.
Paty, 47, was killed outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, who was shot dead by police soon after the attack.
The court found those adolescents guilty of having pointed out Paty to the murderer.
The heaviest sentence was given to an adolescent who was formally given a 6-month prison sentence, although he should be able to serve this at home while under electronic surveillance.
The girl who was found guilty of making false accusations and slanderous comments was given an 18-month suspended sentence and put on probation measures f
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fworld-news%2F2023%2F12%2F08%2Ffrench-teens-convicted-connection-beheading-teacher-prophet%2F
Hamas Used Toxic Substance to Kill Nahal Oz Troops on Oct. 7
An investigation into the deaths of IDF surveillance soldiers serving at the Nahal Oz base on Oct. 7 has revealed that they were killed by a toxic gas that caused suffocation and loss of consciousness within a few minutes of exposure.
According to Israel’s Channel 12, an unspecified toxic flammable substance was thrown through the entrance of the building which housed the soldiers’ command center, where 22 people were hiding.
“They set fire to materials that ignited and spread, which contained toxic gases that could cause suffocation in a few minutes or even less than that.”
Seven soldiers managed to escape through a bathroom window.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nahal-oz-troops-killed-by-toxic-gas-during-oct-7-hamas-attack-idf-probe-said-to-show/
Why the Images of Hamas Prisoners Sparked Outrage
Recent pictures from Gaza show Palestinian men of military age who had surrendered to the Israel Defense Forces and are kneeling and stripped down to their underwear with their hands tied.
Those who not so long ago gloried in the unspeakable suffering inflicted on Oct. 7 by Hamas were now reduced to the status of helpless captives.
On their faces could be seen the impact of their defeat and, perhaps, the realization that the calculations of their leadership that they could wage war on Israel with impunity were wrong.
Are such images humiliating for those in the pictures? Of course. But if you’re angry about the wounded pride of members of a barbaric terrorist group, then maybe you’re the one who has no moral compass, not the Israelis.
The main reaction on the part of much of the international community to the largest mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust was outrage that Israel would use military means to ensure that such a horrific crime could not be repeated.
.....~ Outrage ~ Tards and proleptic dhimmis.But the pictures of Palestinian prisoners do touch a nerve. The photos provoke anger because they show that Hamas is losing the war they started against the Jews.
https://www.jns.org/why-the-images-of-hamas-prisoners-sparked-outrage/
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There Is No Such Thing as a “Humane” War
Writing in Responsible Statecraft, David C. Hendrickson argues that Israel’s proclaimed war aim of destroying Hamas should be reconsidered because there is no way to “humanely” destroy Hamas. Hendrickson condemns Israel for not fighting with “restraint,” and says it risks committing “wickedness on a titanic scale in order to achieve total victory.”
His recommendation to Israeli leaders is to “accept limited war and seek the containment of the enemy, not its obliteration.” In other words, Israel should conduct the war in a way that entails the greatest risk to the lives of its warriors and that will leave Hamas forces in position to terrorize, rape, and massacre Israeli citizens another day. That is somehow “just.” The notion of a clean, humane war is a fairy tale that has no relation to reality.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/12/11/there_is_no_such_thing_as_a_humane_war_998005.html
FACT CHECK: Plagiarist Prez Claudine Gay Has Done ‘More Damage to Harvard’s Reputation Than Anyone in the University’s History’
Claim: Claim: Harvard president Claudine Gay, an accused plagiarist widely denounced for her public testimony on Jewish genocide, has done “more damage to the reputation of Harvard University than any individual in [its] nearly 500-year history.”
Analysis: It’s clear that Gay has damaged Harvard’s reputation. It’s less clear whether she has done more damage “than any individual” in the history of the university. Our analysts identified more than a dozen notable Harvard alumni and associates who have also caused significant damage to the university’s reputation.
[abridged list]
• Ted Kaczynski (Class of ’62): Unabomber
• Isoroku Yamamoto (Class of ’21): Mastermind of attack on Pearl Harbor
• Joseph Kennedy (Class of ’12): Nazi apologist who repeatedly sought to arrange meetings with Adolf Hitler
• Ted Kennedy (Class of ’56): sex pest killed an innocent woman on Chappaquiddick Island
• Elizabeth Warren (Law school professor): Harvard Law School’s “first woman of color”
• Jeffrey Epstein (Donor, friend): Jet-setting pervert
• Vivek Ramaswamy (Class of ’07): Obnoxious little twerp.
• Pete Buttigieg (Class of ’04): See above.
https://freebeacon.com/campus/fact-check-plagiarist-prez-claudine-gay-has-done-more-damage-to-harvards-reputation-than-anyone-in-the-universitys-history/
Pro-Hamas White House Staffers Protest Biden’s Support for Israel in Front of White House
by Kristinn Taylor Dec. 13, 2023 7:20 pm14 Comments
Several dozen White House staffers gathered on the public sidewalk in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue Wednesday evening to protest Joe Biden’s support for Israel in the October 7 war started by Hamas-controlled Gaza. The staffers held a banner that read, “President Biden, your staff demands a ceasefire.” Candles were set on the sidewalk in front of the staffers that spelled out “Ceasefire.”
Many of the staffers (whether intentionally or not) looked like Hamas terrorists dressed all in black except for the keffiyehs wrapped around their masked heads.
A promo graphic for the demonstration was posted Wednesday afternoon along with instructions on how to keep from being identified. Similar instructions were given to pro-Hamas Congressional staffers who held a similar demonstration in front of the Capitol last month.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/pro-hamas-white-house-staffers-protest-bidens-support/
New Dubinsky and Kulyk Case: How Joe Biden is Cleaning Up Evidence of His Corruption in Ukraine with the Help of Ukrainian Authorities
by Guest Contributor Dec. 13, 2023 5:40 pm125 Comments
The end of 2023 was a time of bad news and dim political prospects for US President Joe Biden. Declining approval ratings in key states and the House of Representatives’ increasingly persistent attempts to put Biden through impeachment proceedings have him focused on defending himself against a host of potential charges of influence peddling and corruption.
A situational partner for Biden has been his dependent Ukrainian government, which has recently made several important decisions to shield Biden from potential investigations. On the one hand, the court released all the defendants involved in the high-profile case of a $6 million cash bribe to close cases against the Burisma company and its owner, the odious Mykola Zlochevsky. It was at Burisma that Biden’s son Hunter worked for 5 years.
On the other hand, Ukraine has toughened the prosecution of those who publicized evidence of corrupt practices of Biden and his son. Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach, who was the first to present evidence of Biden’s corruption (including the famous “Derkach tapes” with conversations between Joe Biden and Petro Poroshenko), has disappeared from the public eye. His fate is still unknown, but in his home country he was stripped of his citizenship and the status of people’s deputy, and a number of criminal cases are being investigated against him.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-dubinsky-kulyk-case-how-joe-biden-is/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-dubinsky-kulyk-case-how-joe-biden-is/
Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence
The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The decision to send the rifle deal for another review by the State Department signals the Biden administration remains concerned the Israeli government isn’t doing enough to curb violence by extremist settlers.
Catch up quick: Israel in the first week of the war requested the rifles for civilian initial response teams in Israeli villages close to the borders with Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Those teams of local residents receive weapons and training from the Israeli police in order to be first responders in case of a terror attack.
The Israeli request was treated with caution by the Biden administration because of concerns Itamar Ben Gvir, the ultra-nationalist minister of national security who oversees the police, would distribute the rifles to extremist settlers in the West Bank, according to U.S. officials.
The Biden administration and Congress approved the export licenses for U.S. defense companies only after being assured the weapons wouldn’t go to civilian teams in Jewish settlements.
Behind the scenes: Several weeks after the deal was approved, the U.S. State Department decided to slow-walk the process and put the licenses under a new review, the U.S. officials said.
The U.S. officials said the reason for the new review was the feeling in the Biden administration that the Israeli government wasn’t doing enough to tackle settler violence and claiming the U.S. is “inflating the issue.”
The Biden administration was alarmed by a report in the Israeli press about a secret document written by the commander of the IDF central command that claimed Ben Gvir gave an order to the police not to arrest violent settlers in the West Bank.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence
Supreme Court scholar asks 3 questions and provides the basis for donors to clawback donations based on false representstions made to them regarding meaningful education.
Explaining the First Amendmen to University Presidents p.14
https://dmag.washingtonjewishweek.com/December-14-2023/index.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=digital_edition_121423
TUCKER CARLSON UNCENSORED – OWEN SHROYER – JANUARY 6TH POLITICAL PRISONER (COMPLETE INTERVIEW)
Tucker Carlson Network – 5 hours ago
https://rumble.com/v414icg-tucker-carlson-uncensored-owen-shroyer.html