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Cybersecurity agency where Trump fired boss was flagged repeatedly for poor performance

Chris Krebs

Internal reports show CISA rated low on information security, slammed for physical election security and intel sharing.


In the weeks just before President Trump fired its leader, the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was repeatedly flagged by the Homeland Security Department's watchdog for poor performance, including inadequate physical security planning for election sites, poor intelligence sharing with its private and public partners and weak information security for its own systems, internal reports show.

The repeated Inspector General's warnings in September and October about CISA -- under then-Director Chris Krebs' leadership -- provide a stark contrast to Democrats' and the news media's portrayal of Krebs as a skilled leader whose firing jeopardized national security.

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You can't stimulate an economy that's still manually shut down

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Congress just passed a nearly $1 trillion pandemic relief package that includes direct payments in the form of "stimulus" checks, but I'm curious. How do you stimulate an economy that is still manually shut down?

Both liberals and conservatives whined on social media that the $600 checks aren't enough. Who knows? Maybe they're even right. But what difference would any amount of money make when governors and mayors are still keeping closed down all the places it might be used at, including bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues?

The mass closure of restaurants, many of which will be permanent, isn't a minor inconvenience. That's a chain of millions of jobs. Per Forbes, "It's the delivery people and the transportation companies that dispense to the restaurants; the farmers, brewers and distillers that create, grow and cultivate the goods sold to the restaurants; and the technology platforms that provide social media, sales systems and reservation methods for the restaurants."

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'Memory holing history': Vox slammed after deleting March tweet advising readers to 'pass' on facemasks

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© Twitter / @voxdotcom
US news outlet Vox has been criticized after it deleted a tweet from March advising - ironically, in retrospect - against the use of face masks to combat the spread of Covid-19.

Vox announced on Monday that it had "deleted two tweets from March about mask-wearing" in an effort to "ensure current public health guidance is clear."


One of the posts from March told Americans to "pass" on face masks because they were supposedly useless unless you already had the virus or worked in a hospital setting - a piece of advice which mirrored the official health guidance at the time.

"You do not need a mask to avoid coronavirus," the outlet authoritatively declared. "Masks are only useful if you already have a respiratory infection and want to avoid spreading it to others."

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Will food stress cause civil chaos in 2021?

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© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Canadian forecasters state that food prices will rise the most ever recorded in 2021 as Australia and China go full blown embargo / food & grain tariffs in a world where lab grown chicken debuts in Singapore and Airlines get $15 Billion for bailouts and corporate meal tax breaks.


Comment: As well as natural disasters devastating crop growth, the insane response to the coronavirus crisis and losing value of currency in Western nations in particular, have made the production, availability, purchasing and distribution of food - a MAJOR global issue the likes of which we haven't seen in generations.

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Facebook under fire for using Israelis from notorious unit to spy on users

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© Johanna Geron / Reuters
Facebook has apparently been using a company founded by veterans of a secret cyber intel group within the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to spy on users and destroy competition. Details have been reported by Haaretz, which cites the findings of a US lawsuit against the social media giant.

The scandal involves Israeli firm Onavo which was bought by Facebook in 2013. The suit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a few days ago claims that Onavo's technology played a central role in Facebook's efforts to thwart its competitors.

Describing Onavo as a "user surveillance company", the FTC claimed that Facebook used the Israeli firm to learn about rival apps and determine which could be a potential threat to be neutralised before they get too influential. Concerns have been raised about how Facebook went about this, and questions are being asked about online security and the unregulated manner in which data is being gathered.

According to Haaretz, in 2018 Apple removed Onavo Protect - a free "secure connection" app that people could use while using Facebook - from its online store. It was discovered that the Onavo app violated Apple's privacy policy by collecting information about iPhone users and their online usage of apps that don't belong to Facebook.

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Utopia, coming to a world near you

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Utopia 2013 (Kudos; Channel 4) — Created by Denis Kelly; Produced by Rebekah Wray-Rogers
We've been told by the promoters of the pandemic, Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, and others that it's ushering in an opportunity for a Great Reset and that Covid 19 is the doorway to it.

Independent reporters like Cory Morningstar and Whitney Web have told a similar story without the glossy optimism.

The WEF has been running ads showing attractive young people having a great time and saying...
"It's 2030, I don't own anything and I've never been happier."
They don't go into just who will own everything but as they haven't proposed eliminating capitalism it isn't hard to guess.

According to the consortium of capitalists and their organizations such as the World Economic Forum, World Bank and even the UN we have a technocratic revolution led by AI, robotics and nanotechnology to look forward to. There will be a huge reduction in the need for workers. Scenarios are proposed which anticipate some form of UBI for the unfortunate masses.

From that majority position it looks like a very gray dystopian future. And maybe that's what they want the people who are wise to the Covid deception to be thinking as the worst case scenario. Because there's something far more sinister embedded within the Great Reset. And that is depopulation.

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Seattle Antifa 'catgirl' who calls for violence works as child care worker

Mikaele Andrew Baker
Mikaele Andrew Baker dresses in their ‘antifascist catgirl’ persona
An Antifa militant who publicized a hit list of Seattle business owners has been identified as a trans nonbinary furry and children's camp counselor who has been arrested multiple times at violent protests.

Mikaele Andrew Baker, 23, of Seattle, tweeted an extensive list of local business owners last week who signed a petition in support of the dismantling of a growing autonomous zone in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The business owners were subsequently doxed and received threats.

Baker was born male but now identifies as trans nonbinary and uses "they/them" pronouns.

For months, far-left activists took over part of Cal Anderson Park. The site was previously part of the infamous "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" during the summer. The city dismantled that zone following several shootings and homicides, but far-left activists and vagrants returned to retake part of the park. The city recently posted notices that the encampment was illegal and would be removed. In response, Antifa and others called for reinforcements. They barricaded the park with wooden pallets and other junk.


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Biden 'election' brings with him a wave of dangerously validated celebrities spewing violent rhetoric

Alec Baldwin
© Getty Images / John MooreActor Alec Baldwin impersonates Donald Trump during a "We Stand United" anti-Trump rally on January 19, 2017 in New York City
Joe Biden winning the election has done nothing to stop the violent talk from liberal celebrities. In fact, it actually appears to have made things worse as Donald Trump's loss has seemingly validated their wildest views.

For four years, the sky has been falling for celebrities. While their lives have remained relatively unchanged based on who sits in the White House, that has not stopped a constant barrage of attacks against President Donald Trump, his supporters and anyone else who doubts Joe Biden and his horde of Democrat pals are the answer to all the world's problems.

One would think Biden's victory on election day would have been a moment to tone down the rhetoric and rejoice the victory in their fantasy battle against a man they just can't stop accusing of being a misogynist, homophobe, white supremacist or worse. Even Biden has offered hollow calls for unification as Trump's days in the White House wind down.

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Signature-gathering effort to recall Gavin Newsom passes the halfway mark

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© Mari BarkeChildren hold protest signs at a news conference held outside the Orange County Board of Education office in Costa Mesa.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing a possible recall election as the state's residents experience a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, along with a depressed economy.

The only other time a California governor faced a recall, was in 2003 when Gray Davis was voted out and replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. At first glance, the situation now is very different from 2003. Davis had narrowly won re-election yet was largely unpopular. By comparison, Newsom was elected in 2018 by the largest margin in California since 1950. The situations are similar in that the 2020 recall campaign has started to tap into a vein of discontent that Californians were also feeling in 2003.

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Fleet of Polish truck drivers stranded in UK as France shuts border over COVID-19

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© AFPThousands of lorries are stuck in the UK after France closed the border yesterday
Mainland Europe-bound truck drivers are stuck in the United Kingdom amid borders shut down by France over the new coronavirus strain, including for cargo vehicles, unlike during the first wave in the spring, Polish Minister of Infrastucture Andrzej Adamczyk said on Tuesday.

"The situation today is very different. For trucks returning from the United Kingdom to the continent, the French border is closed, i.e. the European Union border is closed. These trucks are not only from Poland and the UK, but also from Romania and Hungary", Adamczyk told the Polish Television.