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Mel K & Jack Cashill | J6 House of Cards is Falling Apart
The Mel K Show – August 19, 2024
https://rumble.com/v5bly04-mel-k-and-jack-cashill-j6-house-of-cards-is-falling-apart-8-19-24.html
The Green Machine cannot reconcile its own devastation to the environment, its impracticality in terms of destroying precious farm land, and the fundamental fact that its dialectical origin is an epic lie based on false science. Credit to Serbs for calling BS on it:
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/huge-protests-target-rio-tintos-lithium-project-serbia-would-be-europes-largest-mine
Please find another nickname the Green Machine is used by active duty personal and vets to refer to the US military
Thanks Richard. I won’t use this again to describe the enviroquacks. Vets deserve better.
Thank you very much
PM analyst Vince Lanci:
“FUELED BY HATE – Key Moments Of The Democratic National Convention” OFFICIAL Jovan Hutton Pulitzer – August 20, 2024, 8:00 am EDT
Program begins @ 9:10
https://rumble.com/v5bo20l-fueled-by-hate-key-moments-of-the-democratic-national-convention.html
Far-Left Protestors Threaten to Bomb DNC Convention: Police Investigate Warnings Pipe Bombs Were Planted at Hotels
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/far-left-protestors-threaten-bomb-dnc-convention-police/
Aug. 20, 2024 1:20 pm
A bomb threat was emailed to a local Fox affiliate on day two of the DNC convention.
Far-left protestors threatened to bomb the DNC convention.
Chicago police are investigating warnings pipe bombs were planted at four hotels near the DNC convention.
No one has been evacuated at this time.
“We placed bombs in your hotels. F*ck you and all the DNC bastards. You will understand what they are going through,” the email from “kid sniffers” said in reference to the Democrats’ support for a “genocidal regime in Israel.”
Fox 32 Chicago reported:
Chicago police are investigating an alleged bomb threat at several hotels on the Near West Side.
Just before noon, officers and police K9s began searching Nobu Hotel located at 155 North Peoria Street.
The threat, which was emailed to the Fox 32 Newsroom, said pipe bombs were placed in the Hotel Chicago West Loop and the Hyatt House Chicago in West Loop and the University District.
The threat mentioned the Democratic National Convention that is taking place this week on the city’s Near West Side. It also included anti-semitic statements.
More on this story from Fox 32 Chicago:
Chicago police said to expect bigger protests today.
Far-left protestors broke down a portion of the DNC convention border gate and climbed over the barrier on Monday.
The protestors clashed with police in riot gear.
Riot police have arrived to push people away from the DNC. Signs have begun to go flying as protestors throw them at police.
Tensions rising as police have protesters sandwiched in from both sides | @FrontlinesTPUSA pic.twitter.com/qs4n1619gK
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) August 19, 2024
According to Fox 32 Chicago Police were told to prepare for larger and more unruly protests on Tuesday.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/far-left-protestors-threaten-bomb-dnc-convention-police/
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Running Mate Says They Are Considering Dropping Out and Endorsing Donald Trump — DNC PLANTED INSIDERS IN THEIR CAMPAIGN! And There’s More… (VIDEO)
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-robert-f-kennedy-running-mate-says-they/
Aug. 20, 2024 12:15 pm
Robert F. Kennedy running mate Nicole Shanahan hints that the RFK Jr. campaign may drop out and endorse Donald Trump.
This is huge exciting news!
Robert F. Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, told the Impact Theory platform that they are considering dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Donald Trump.
Nicole Shanahan also told Impact Theory, “We were sabotaged!” during her conversation that was posted on Tuesday morning.
Nicole Shanahan: “You know, there are two options we’re looking at and one is, staying in forming that new party. But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency, because we draw votes from Trump, we draw more votes from Trump. Or, we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump and, you know, we walk away from that and explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”
Here is the clip:
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, says they are considering whether to continue their campaign or team up with Trump to prevent a Kamala Harris/Tim Walz administration.
Your thoughts? pic.twitter.com/SXgcY0mhaI
— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) August 20, 2024
Shanahan went on to describe the tactics the tyrannical Democrat Party used to destroy the Kennedy campaign,
Nicole Shanahan: “They have banned us, shadow-banned us, kept off stages, used lawfare against us, sued us in every possible state, they even planted insiders into our campaign.”
That sounds like how they treat all of their opposition!
As many of you know, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a friend of this website. We were co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trusted News Initiative, a group that censors and targets independent media.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft Join Together with Several Others In Antitrust Lawsuit Against Legacy Media for Efforts to Exclude Rivals From Internet Platforms
Robert Kennedy, Jr. is brilliant, considerate, and always responsive to our media requests.
This would be great news for the future of America and global civilization.
The Kennedy camp obviously sees how important it is to defeat the tyrannical left this year for the future of us all.
Here is the full interview with Nicole Shanahan.
https://youtu.be/lAqVn5lRdes
The Gateway Pundit contacted the Kennedy campaign for comment. We will post an update when we hear back.
https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/zWBEGj
Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-morality-police-dismiss-over-280-men-without-beards-security-forces-2024-08-20/
The Taliban’s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its annual operations update that around half of those detained had been let go after 24 hours. It did not break down the type of the alleged offences or gender of the detainees.
Mohibullah Mokhlis, Director of Planning and Legislation at the ministry, told a press conference officials had destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling “immoral and unethical” films in markets.
It had identified 281 security force members for not having a beard and they had been dismissed, he said, in line with their interpretation of Islamic law.
The morality ministry, which took over the disbanded women’s ministry premises in Kabul after the Taliban took over in 2021, has been criticised by human rights organisations and the United Nations for restrictions on women and inhibiting freedom of expression.
The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan has reported cases of morality ministry officials stopping and detaining women, at times for a few hours, for not meeting their interpretation of Islamic dress.
The Taliban has called the allegations of detentions “baseless” and say the rules apply their interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan customs.
The morality ministry did not provide figures in relation to policing of women’s attire or their travel without a male guardian, which authorities have also barred for longer distances. It said that a new plan was being worked on to ensure its Islamic dress rules were followed, overseen by the supreme spiritual leader who is based in the southern city of Kandahar.
“Based on the guidance of the Supreme Leader, the draft plan for observing women’s hijab (Islamic dress) has been formulated and approved,” Mokhlis said.
The morality ministry has previously said that women should cover their faces or wear an all-enveloping burqa and that enforcement would involve “encouragement” with women’s male family members being targeted rather than women directly.
Most Afghan women covered their hair in public in the conservative country even before the Taliban takeover, but some, especially Kabul, did not usually cover their faces or wear a burqa.
Mokhlis said they had prevented just over 200 cases of the sale of women and over 2,600 cases of violence against women.