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Thank you Johnny. If you hire enough incompetent migrants they will literally bring DOWN the airline industry, and everyone will stay home, safe and shut their mouths.. The CEO wears dresses and makeup.
The introduction of biometric digital identity cards could be used by governments to track “who actually got a vaccination or not,” Queen Máxima of the Netherlands said at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos this week.
Queen Máxima, a longtime social justice campaigner who has served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) since 2009, urged for the wider adoption of biometric digital ID cards globally during a WEF panel discussion titled “Comparing Notes on Financial Inclusion” on Thursday.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/20/wef-biometric-digital-id-cards-could-track-vaccination-status-dutch-queen-maxima-says-at-davos/
Germany’s defence minister presented a less alarmist take on the Russian threat than some NATO colleagues, saying that while society has to “wake up” to the threat, a Russian attack on NATO is not likely at the moment.
European military leaders seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet, with politicians and generals following one another in rapid succession in recent weeks to warn of war with Russia in five to ten years.
Germany’s Boris Pistorius has followed suit, speaking to newspaper Der Tagesspiegel in an interview marking his first anniversary as national Defence Minister, quoting experts warning of a Russian attack.
Yet, Pistorius’s comments were less strident than others, including the senior military officer in NATO Admiral Rob Bauer, who told journalists this week he saw it as a positive if civilians felt compelled to buy preparedness supplies after hearing the remarks of military leaders, saying society needs to change its attitude towards war. Instead, Pistorius said that while there was a Russian threat in Europe that hadn’t been seen for decades, “At the moment I don’t think a Russian attack is likely.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/20/german-defence-minister-says-that-russian-attack-on-nato-not-likely-at-the-moment/
Two British minesweepers collided while alongside at Bahrain on Thursday, video footage and the Ministry of Defence confirms, with level of damage observed suggesting ships may be out of action for some time.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/19/watch-moment-two-warships-collide-tearing-hole-in-side-of-minesweeper-protecting-gulf/
According to a recent World Economic Forum (WEF) conference, world leaders share a growing concern for a new disease that may prove 20 times more deadly than COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) added Disease X to their 2024 list as part of a panel discussion on how to best deal with global pandemics in the future.
Research and development is limited to the growing number of pathogens we could be exposed to. What will this mean for you and your loved ones?
In the face of such uncertainty, you need a solution that will protect your health, both now and in the future.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/20/disease-x-ranks-among-the-highest-potential-threats-for-2024-in-the-u-s/
UPDATE: Petition to Remove Biden from Ballot in Illinois Is Filed – Now Faces Motion to Dismiss by Biden Attorney
by Jim Hoft Jan. 20, 2024 11:00 am
On Friday, January 12, 2024 it was reported that a petition to remove Joseph R. Biden Jr. from the Illinois ballot was filed with the State Board of elections.
The following Friday, January 19th, an attorney for Biden filed a motion to dismiss the petition. Concerned citizens Terry Newsome, Shane Bouvet, Peggy Hubbard, and Timothy Conrad are listed as the objectors. Newsome is a parental rights activist and hosts a Podcast called “Behind Enemy Lines.” Newsome maintains that Biden has violated the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, specifically section 3 of that amendment. The assertion is that Joe Biden has violated the amendment as President of the United States in that he has given, “…aid and comfort to the enemies thereof.”
Shane Bouvet, a coal miner from central Illinois who gained attention from President Trump through a campaign of effective memes during his Presidency, was contacted by the former President directly. He was told, “Good job Shane. Tell the team in Illinois to keep up the good work.”
Biden attorney’s motion to dismiss denies the objectors have presented any “plausible facts,” and claims, “…none of the facts alleged are admissible evidence because they lack foundation and are hearsay…”
On the contrary, within the petition, there is an exhaustive list of facts presented regarding the Biden administration’s violation of federal immigration law and its description of providing aid to enemies.
It’s interesting to note that the petition speaks to the specific legal definition of “enemies of the United States.” What’s more interesting is to whom the Biden administration has provided funding. Biden’s very own State Department specifically lists both Hamas and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran) as designated foreign terrorist organizations.
Coincidentally, or not, in October of 2023, the Gateway Pundit reported of a, “key procedural victory in its lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration from violating the Taylor Force Act by subsidizing terrorism with American tax dollars.” The aid was meant to go to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. However, the AFL claims that the State Department documents show the Biden administration knew Hamas would benefit.
Further evidence of “aid and comfort,” comes in the form of the widely reported sum of $80 billion that the Biden administration has gifted Iran during his tenure. The U.S. State Department website does note that the U.S. and Iran severed diplomatic ties in April of 1980 following the takeover of the U.S. embassy. It also advises U.S. citizens not to travel to Iran. It does not mention Iran being an enemy of the United States. However, as noted previously, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps continues to be designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department. At the very least, this would beg the question as to why our government would be providing $80 billion of aid to a country with a military unit on our designated foreign terrorist group list.
Finally, it is no secret that known terrorists on the terrorist watch list are suspected to have crossed the border. Many different outlets have reported varying numbers of these individuals being apprehended at the border. It is unthinkable to imagine that our government would allow known terrorists to slip through the cracks and enter our country. That would also sound a lot like “aid and comfort.” Well, in October of 2023 that’s exactly what happened. In New York city a Senegalese man was released into the country without restriction. Thankfully he was tracked down by the Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York. Yet, this is an undeniable fact, by accident or not, that aid and comfort was provided to a known terrorist by the Biden administration.
It’s certainly “plausible,” to consider that the Democrat-controlled state of Illinois may dismiss this petition on grounds of bias or corruption. The motion of dismissal from Biden goes on to say that the objectors are merely petitioning as a matter of policy dispute. Certainly, this case will come down to the semantics of legal definitions. Given the “plausible facts,” it would appear “aid and comfort” to the enemies of America is an act of which Joe Biden is quite familiar.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/update-petition-remove-biden-ballot-illinois-is-filed/
Amazon Unleashes Program Making Satan ‘the Good Guy’
by Guest Contributor Jan. 20, 2024 8:30 am239 Comments
‘What does it say about our society?’
Multiple story lines, movies, TV programs and such in recent years have portrayed Satan as a bit of a rogue, a little outlandish, but really not a bad guy.
Of course, that’s in direct conflict with the Bible, which warns in Isaiah, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
But few have done it as blatantly as what appears in a new Amazon Prime Video offering, which was promoted this week by Prime Video.
It’s called #HazbinHotel and it specifically portrays the angels of heaven as the bad guys, and Satan and his minions, including Lilith, as the good guys.
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Heaven and hell like you’ve never seen them before. Here is the opening scene of #HazbinHotel, premiering Friday on Prime Video.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/amazon-unleashes-program-making-satan-good-guy/
“F**k These Cops, He Wouldn’t Move!” – Deranged New York Woman Runs Over Police Officer to Teach Him a “Lesson” and is NOT Charged with Attempted Murder (VIDEO)
by Cullen Linebarger Jan. 19, 2024 8:40 pm1068 Comments
A deranged woman was caught on tape deliberately running over an NYPD Officer in Manhattan Wednesday afternoon. But she is not being charged with murder despite bragging about how she wanted to teach him a “lesson.”
As The New York Post reported, 24-year-old Sahara Dula was driving her black Lexus the wrong way on the Upper East Side while high on marijuana when she slammed into the NYPD officer.
The incident occurred minutes after police responded to an unrelated robbery at a high-end clothing store on the Upper East Side.
The footage shows Dula, who is ironically a college criminal justice graduate, driving her Lexus in the wrong direction on Park Avenue near East 71st Street around 4:30 p.m., as the Post notes. The road was closed so police could investigate the robbery mentioned above.
One of the officers is walking up to Dula’s vehicle to force her into the correct lane. But Dula instead slams the gas and strikes the cop directly, causing him to roll up onto the hood of her Lexus and land on the street.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/fk-these-cops-he-wouldnt-move-deranged-new/
Expecting a Response to an Email Is Racist, Trump Prosecutor Suggests in Leaked Emails
Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis (Getty Images)
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January 19, 2024
The district attorney prosecuting former president Donald Trump in Georgia suggested in an email exchange earlier this month that racism was at play when one of Trump’s attorneys pressed her team for a response to his emails.
Trump defense lawyer Steven Sadow requested responses from District Attorney Fani Willis’s team to a series of emails he sent, according to the New York Times, which obtained portions of the conversation. After Executive District Attorney Daysha Young replied by suggesting the prosecuting attorneys were being treated with disrespect because they’re black, Willis sent an email to Sadow affirming Young’s charge.
“In the legal community (and the world at large) some people will never be able to respect African Americans and/or women as their equal and counterpart. That is a burden you do not experience. Further, some are so used to doing it they are not even aware they are doing it while others are intentional in their continued disrespect,” Willis, who is black, said in an email to Sadow and Trump’s other defense attorneys, most of whom are white men.
The conversation began Jan. 5 when Sadow told the prosecution, “For the life of me, I cannot understand why you refuse to respond to the series of emails below.” Young, who is black, responded to him five days later, saying that she and Willis “are both aware, especially
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/expecting-a-response-to-an-email-is-racist-trump-prosecutor-suggests-in-leaked-emails/
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Is the Gun Dangerous, or is it the Criminal?
Ammoland Inc. Posted on January 20, 2024 by Rob Morse
The world is fascinatingly complex yet important truths are often simple. We shouldn’t take that too far since most simple answers are also wrong or incomplete. That tension helps make life so interesting as we try to understand the world around us. For example, we saw violent crime increase in the last few years. Should we try to keep violent criminals away from guns, or should we try to keep violent criminals away from us? Is the tool dangerous or is the person dangerous? Let’s look at both ideas and see if there are any simple answers to be found.
When we look for simple solutions we see that criminals use guns to commit violence. That sounds like the case is closed but there is more evidence to uncover. If we keep looking then we find that innocent victims also use firearms to stop violence. That means the answers are not black and white but shades of gray.
When we look at all firearms we see that a vanishingly small fraction of the guns owned by civilians were used in violent crime each year (1 in 1400). Now we look deeper and find out that honest citizens used a firearm for self-defense over 1.6 million times a year. That is more people than live in New Hampshire or Hawaii. Each year, more people use a firearm for self-defense than the population of Wyoming and Vermont combined. Armed defense is common.
Proportions matter when we’re looking at shades of gray. We use a firearm for self-defense six times more often than a firearm is used in violent crime (5.98). Good guys with guns save lives. That is both simple and true.
Is safety that simple?
Despite the facts that guns overwhelmingly stop crime, New York State legislators passed a law to lets the public sue gun manufacturers because criminals used a “dangerous” gun that the manufacturers released into the public. That obviously misses the target of reducing crime. Either those New York lawmakers missed the facts or they didn’t care about honest citizens who defend themselves. Politics is obviously complex.
When we look at how criminals behaved, we see that most violent crimes (85%) didn’t involve a firearm at all. Said another way, if we would magically disarm everyone, that wouldn’t hamper the vast majority of violent criminals. Instead of reducing crime, disarming the innocent victims makes it easier for the criminals and would lead to more violence.
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Young men commit most violent crimes. Young men are stronger than old men, and far stronger and faster than most women. Disarming women and the elderly makes them much more vulnerable to violent criminals.
Few of us want that. Disarming the good guys hurts honest citizens who want to protect their family. That isn’t an abstract theory, but common practice as we use a gun for self-defense over a million times a year.
Let’s step away from the soundbites. Look at human nature instead and think of the people you know. Some of the people you know are completely trustworthy while others are not. Some resist any temptation while others can’t be trusted with a penny. We are not all the same. When it comes to violence, some of us are a danger to others and most of us are not. It is the person who is a danger to others rather than the tools they use. Again, that is both simple and true.
Violent criminals are not like us. Most of us will never commit a violent crime, yet we know that a few people will victimize others. Most murders are committed by a few hitmen in drug gangs. 64 percent of felons who served time for a violent crime were re-arrested. 41 percent of violent criminals were later re-convicted of subsequent crimes. 34 percent of them were re-incarcerated. Some people practice a life of violent crime.
Shades of gray matter and a violent criminal is 500 times more likely to re-offend than a firearm is likely to be used in a violent crime.
In contrast, firearms manufacturers built a product that we overwhelmingly use to save lives in armed defense. If we’re looking for people who increase the risks for all of us, then let’s sue New York politicians, judges, and prosecutors who put dangerous recidivist-criminals back on our streets. Now that will save lives
Mexico’s Lack Of Gun Rights Is Creating A Real Mess For The U.S.
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As we all know, there’s a big damned mess on the U.S. border right now. The State of Texas is trying its hardest to keep people from unlawfully crossing the Rio Grande, but to do so, they’re fighting the federal government. In other places, including Arizona, record numbers of people are crossing or attempting to cross, and they’re mostly not being stopped by federal authorities. So, border states have been bussing and flying migrants to “sanctuary cities” to let them deal with the problem.
But, most people don’t know a lot about what’s happening on the other side to push all of these people to want to go north. A very simplistic version of the story is that they’re poor and just want to work. A slightly less simplistic version of the story is that the cartels have ruined Mexico. But, the truth is a little more complex, and it’s a problem largely fueled by gun control.
Mexico’s Crime Problem Is Fueled By Gun Control
To illustrate what’s really going on, we have to look at a little town called Colonia LeBaron. It’s a town inhabited by a non-mainstream sect of Mormonism, and Mormons have been living in northern Mexico since the 1800s. Facing increased cartel and sicario violence, the LeBarons got permission from the Mexican government to start a small town militia, and had a number of gun battles with the cartels and their hitmen. This helped keep the town relatively safe.
To avoid revenge killing for defending themselves, the group told some of my Mormon family members that they started having to utilize armed escorts for any vehicles leaving the town, or driving between LeBaron satellite towns in Chihuahua and Sonora. This kept the cartels from attacking their little convoys for years.
But, once they they thought they were safe and that the armed escorts would no longer be needed, the very first unarmed convoy of women and children was massacred. Nine were shot or burnt to death, with several surviving children having to walk hours to get help while siblings and cousins hid under brush near the ambush site.
This is just one of thousands of such attacks that happen every year in Mexico. But, the cartels are not the only thing Mexican citizens have to worry about these days. Because the military has been given so much power to fight the cartels, that power is now being used to abuse the citizens, who mostly cannot get permission to own a gun or carry it for defense. This has led to murders, torture and strange disappearances, among many other crimes committed by the increasingly uncontrolled military forces.
So, at the end of the day, not only are cartels preying on Mexican citizens, but so is the government. Caught between violence perpetrated by what has become basically two groups of criminal gangs, many people have no choice but to flee. You’ll find similar stories going further south into Central and South America. Government disarms the people, they fall prey to criminals and then the government grows more powerful when people demand safety.
But, people just end up being abused by both the criminals and the government, who often end up being the very same people.
The Mexican Government Wants To Blame The United States
We’ve seen over and over since cartel violence exploded 20 to 30 years ago that the Mexican government likes to blame the United States for their problems. There have been real firearms smuggling operations, but many of them were conducted by corrupt U.S. officials (remember Operation Fast and Furious?). Not only that, but Mexico also claims that most guns they submit to BATFE for tracing end up coming from the United States, but they don’t mention that they’re only sending guns they think came from the United States for tracing, meaning that they’re just good at identifying U.S. guns, while most are obviously not from here.
We Shouldn’t Trust Mexican Officials Any More Than Mexican Citizens Do
While we know they’re lying about American civilians being to blame, there’s a bigger conflict of interest that nobody wants to talk about: the fact that Mexican officials are criminals themselves.
U.S. gun control groups and anti-gun politicians want us to believe that Mexico’s elected representatives are trying to protect their people from cartel violence, but these same Mexican officials are frequently caught with their hand in the cartels’ pockets. They’re abusing the people themselves whenever they can get away with it, too.
So, it should be no surprise that they’d be demanding even more gun control. After all, if they’re taking cartel money, do you think they’d be honest and say that innocent Mexican civilians should be armed? Absolutely not! That would bring the whole party to a screeching halt.
Instead of trusting them to tell us what our policies should be on this side of the border (which would allow the cartels to move north and bring corruption, death and tyranny along), we should instead be demanding that Mexico clean up its own affairs before telling us what to do.
The U.S. Needs To Pressure Mexico To Do The Right Thing
Instead of trying to build ever-taller walls for the cartels and coyotes to cut through, tunnel under and fly over, we should instead be trying to arm good Mexican people so they can fight back and secure their freedoms instead of running to the United States to be safe. Then, we should extend that policy further south until the Americas are secure from tyranny and criminal gangs.
If the U.S. government can’t bring itself to pressure Mexico into ditching gun control, then the Mexican people need to do it anyway. While good weapons are expensive and difficult for law-abiding civilians to obtain commercially in Mexico, multiple designs for good semi-automatic weapons are readily available on the internet now.
Designs like the FGC-9 can be made entirely from unregulated parts, and ammunition can be made at home. I can’t provide those links and instructions here, but there’s nothing morally wrong with doing what it takes to protect one’s home and family from tyranny and violence.
Mexico could be a great place with unlimited potential if the people would clean house, and modern technology provides the means to do it.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/mexicos-lack-of-gun-rights-is-creating-a-real-mess-for-the-u-s/
Melugin: Illegal Aliens Dressed in Camouflage Spotted in Remote Part of Arizona Desert 70 Miles Inland From Southern Border (VIDEO)
by David Greyson Jan. 20, 2024 1:20 pm107 Comments
Joe Biden’s America.
Video obtained by Fox News Reporter Bill Melugin showed a group of illegal aliens dressed in camouflage walking through a remote part of the Arizona desert more than 70 miles inland from the border.
The remote area is known as Gila Bend which is approximately 70 miles from the southern border. The footage was obtained by a contact of Melugin’s who was hunting in the area.
Border Patrol was notified but there was no confirmation if the illegals were detained.
“This is about an hour southwest of Phoenix. This is what “gotaways” look like,” Bill Melugin said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/melugin-illegal-aliens-dressed-camouflage-spotted-remote-part/
(Richard: If they went 70 miles through the desert with no more gear then shown in the video they are experienced in desert travel and probably trained in other areas.)
maybe they weren’t border jumpers, but simply US Army doing its own desert training
WWII example:
https://generalpattonmuseum.com/exhibits/desert-training-center/
Slovakian PM Fico: Will Veto Ukrainian NATO Membership Bid, No More Military Aid to Kiev – Supports Hungary’s Orbán Against EU Pressure
by Paul Serran Jan. 20, 2024 1:50 pm30 Comments
The new Slovakian Prime Minister, Robert Fico, has publicly confirmed what he had been saying since his campaign: he will not follow the previous government’s policies towards Ukraine.
In fact, Fico has now vowed to thwart Kiev’s plans in a number of ways, from vetoing their NATO membership, to stopping all military aid, up until joining Hungary’s blockage of EU’s €50 billion package.
Since MSM is asleep at the wheel, we went to find this story in Azeri and Ukrainian news sources.
EN reported:
“Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said that at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal, which will take place on January 24 in Uzhgorod, he will announce that he will block Ukraine’s membership in NATO since this would mean the beginning of the Third World War, APA reports citing Political Lore.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/slovakian-pm-fico-will-veto-ukrainian-nato-membership/
HBO’s New Season of ‘True Detective’ is a Shallow, Woke Slap in the Face to the Series’ Fans and Legacy
by Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal Jan. 20, 2024 12:20 pm114 Comments
The latest season of the hit HBO anthology series “True Detective” has pivoted away from what made its previous seasons so compelling and has introduced an entirely new element: wokeness.
It’s a sad reality, but one that was not unexpected, given the current landscape of entertainment and the fact the show cast two LGBT female leads – Jodie Foster and relative newcomer Kali Reis.
Foster plays a police chief named Liz Danvers in the fictional Alaskan town of Ennis — near the North Pole.
Reis plays Alaskan State Trooper Evangeline Navarro — a Native American cop who appears destined for a tense relationship with Danvers. The final seven episodes will tell us more about that.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/hbos-new-season-true-detective-shallow-woke-slap/
Latest Research Findings on Embalmers Strange Clots + Transcript & Charts
Dr. Philip McMillan – January 20, 2024
https://philipmcmillan.substack.com/p/latest-research-findings-on-embalmers
Latest Research Findings on Embalmers Strange Clots
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Alaska Borough Urges Residents to Get Ammo and Arm Themselves
by Jack Davis, The Western Journal Jan. 20, 2024 7:40 pm179 Comments
An Alaskan regional government is urging its residents to be armed and ready.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to encourage its people to have guns and ammunition, linking the need to rely on the Second Amendment to an increase in crime and a dearth of state troopers, according to Alaska Public Radio.
Assembly member Ron Bernier said the resolution was presented to address crime issues, particularly in outlying communities.
The sprawling borough is located northeast of Anchorage.
Last year, state Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell indicated that recruiting troopers was an issue, and at the time, there were 11 vacancies in the patrol detachment covering the region.
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Bernier said, however, that regardless of the strength of the state police force in the region, he would support residents being armed.
He noted that other communities in America urge residents to be armed, noting the importance of safety courses and firearms training.
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“The first defense is going to be yourself,” Bernier said.
Republican state Rep. Kevin McCabe said that amid concerns he hears from constituents about a lack of law enforcement in the region, he supported the resolution.
The resolution supports “proper and responsible gun ownership.”
The resolution said, “residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough can provide for the emergency management of the Borough, and provide for and protect the safety, security, and general welfare of the Borough and its inhabitants, every eligible resident residing in the Borough is encouraged to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition.”
It further noted that “the right to bear arms pre-dated the United States of America and pre-dated the US Constitution.”
The resolution also stated that “the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution restrains the government from infringing on the pre-existing right to bear arms.”
In an Op-Ed on RedState, borough resident Ward Clark said the resolution was much in the line of the proverbial adage of taking coals to Newcastle.
“Spoiler: This is Alaska. Pretty much everyone is already armed. Out here in the Borough, even the hippies have guns,” he wrote.
“It’s not so much that we’re worried about crime. It’s that one never knows when a moose might get aggressive or a hungry black bear might decide to take a foraging run in your pantry. We all have guns, and what’s more, we know how to use them,” he wrote.
“Alaska, sure, like any place, has its bad actors. But it’s been shown time and time again how armed citizens are one of the best deterrents for crime, and not just here in the Great Land,” he wrote.
Clark noted that in Alaska, gun ownership is common sense.
“Alaskans tend to be pretty practically-minded people. It would be difficult to live out here if one didn’t have a good solid grounding in practical matters. Taking responsibility for your own safety, be that from two-legged or four-legged predators, is part of that,” he wrote.
“That’s probably why you don’t see many carjackings or home invasions in the Great Land; getting shot, after all, can ruin a criminal’s whole day, and in Alaska, betting on your chosen target being unarmed isn’t really the smart way to go,” he wrote.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/alaska-borough-urges-residents-get-ammo-arm/
Coalition of States Target Gun Manufacturers and Ignore Psychiatric Drug Epidemic Linked to Mass Killings
January 20, 2024 by Joe Hoft
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Coalition of States Target Gun Manufacturers and Ignore Psychiatric Drug Epidemic Linked to Mass Killings
(Big Pharma is off limits while guns are attacked.)
Reprinted with permission from AbleChild
As the United States faces simultaneous challenges on various fronts, including economic recovery, a public health crisis, and geopolitical tensions, the decision by the State of Maine to consider joining action against gun manufacturers is shocking considering the failed investigation into the mass killing in Lewiston, Maine. This type of lawsuit is yet another attempt to blame the guns for the violent behavior of the perpetrator and deflect attention away from the known serious psychiatric adverse side effects of mental health “treatments.”
It is ironic that lawmakers don’t use the same standard of placing blame on psychiatric drugs as they do with gun manufacturers but, rather, continue to protect the prescribing psychiatrists and Big Pharma. The people cannot compete with having multiple lobbyists of “stakeholders” who support the well-funded parent groups, as in the case of Sandy Hook Promise, who have unlimited funds to do the bidding on pet political issues like the anti-gun lobby.
So now, the State of Maine is doing what is common in these mass shooting, blaming the gun rather than the adverse effects of prescribed psychiatric drugs. The legislation is explained this way, “This is an intentionally particular bill that specifically targets manufacturers who are knowingly endangering the public by selling exceptionally dangerous guns,” Millett testified last May. Rep. Rebecca Millett, Democrat-Cape Elizabeth, had introduced the bill last April, about six months before the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Millett now claims it has additional importance following Maine’s deadliest mass shooting on record.
The following States have joined a political coalition to strategize with President Biden’s bizarre new gun banning office instead of focusing on the failed mental health treatment involved in the mass shootings.
New York
California
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
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This type of action is an attempt to further erode Constitutional rights. The State of Maine is clearly withholding the mental health records relating to the mass killing that took place in Lewiston, Maine. This is a multi-State trend to protect the lucrative billion-dollar behavioral health contractors and drug formulary that benefits the pharmaceutical companies that serves the States, as well as the military. This pattern, known as hold a blue-ribbon committee – places blame on the weapon used and ignores mental health records and the impact of mind-altering drugs on the killer.
It took the State of Connecticut a year to release the name of the treating psychiatrist of Adam Lanza, Dr. Paul Fox. It also took several years to release the names of multiple drugs that Lanza had been prescribed. We know that Nancy Lanza made her concerns known to the Yale Child Study Center relating to an adverse drug event from just one of the psychiatric drugs Lanza was known to be taking. Dr. Paul Fox turned out to be a felon. That was never a highlight of the legislative efforts in the aftermath of that tragic event, nor was the police corruption addressed which included the Newtown police selling drugs and long guns right out of the police station (operation Juice Box – FBI). In addition, Nancy Lanza’s diary was never released that would have clearly discussed the mental health treatment Adam received. Instead of focusing on reforms in the mental health industry, gun control was pushed and through lawsuits Remington Steel gun manufacturer was driven into bankruptcy.
Maine’s Governor Mills select committee has yet to produce any facts and they have found nothing new. After every mass killing, States have moved against the gun manufacturers and gun owners without any evidence of wrongdoing, yet the psychiatric industry and drug companies appear to have their fingerprints all over these killings and receive mass funding in the aftermath.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/coalition-states-target-gun-manufacturers-ignore-psychiatric-drug/