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New York AG report: HRC president and Time's Up co-founder helped Cuomo office find dirt on accuser

Jarryd Jaeger
The Post Millennial
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 04:43 UTC
Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David
The recently released New York Attorney General's report revealed that members of Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo's office sought assistance from Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David and Time's Up co-founder Roberta Kaplan to smear one of the governor's accusers.

The report stated that 2 members of Cuomo's administration, Richard Azzopardi and Melissa DeRosa, leaked information about one of the governor's accusers with the help of Alphonso David.

David is currently the president of Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBT advocacy group, but previously served as a legal advisor to Gov. Cuomo. The report found that when one of the governor's accusers, former aide Lindsey Boylan, came out publicly with her story, DeRosa got in touch with David in hopes of getting dirt on her.

Comment: The hammer is falling on Cuomo and his co-conspirators. More from the New York Post:
DAs close in on Gov. Cuomo, launch criminal probes in Manhattan, Westchester

Prosecutors in New York City, as well as Westchester and Nassau counties, said Wednesday they have launched separate criminal investigations into sexual harassment allegations made against Gov. Andrew Cuomo based on the findings in a report released by state Attorney General Letitia James.

The probes will apparently target Cuomo's behavior at locations including his satellite office in Manhattan, his former home in Mount Kisco, where he lived with his then-girlfriend, celebrity chef Sandra Lee, and the site of the new Belmont Park Arena on Long Island.

A spokesman for outgoing Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said, "When our office learned yesterday that the Attorney General's investigation of the Governor's conduct was complete, our office contacted the Attorney General's Office to begin requesting investigative materials in their possession pertaining to incidents that occurred in Manhattan."

Westchester DA Mimi Rocah also issued a statement saying, "As some of the Governor's conduct described in the report occurred in Westchester County, we have formally requested investigative materials obtained by the AG's Office."

And acting Nassau DA Joyce Smith said she was "reviewing the deeply disturbing findings of the Attorney General's report...and will thoroughly and expeditiously investigate any potential crimes" in her jurisdiction.
Also from the New York Post:
Nearly 60 percent of New Yorkers say Cuomo should resign: poll

Almost 60 percent of New Yorkers say Gov. Andrew Cuomo should step down in the wake of Attorney General Letitia James' independent sexual harassment probe that found he broke state and federal laws, a new poll found.

The survey, taken Tuesday evening, showed 59 percent of New York State residents — and 52 percent of registered Democrats — believe the embattled governor should resign.

If Cuomo doesn't step down, the 59 percent of adults think the State Legislature should impeach him, while just 28 percent think the legislative body shouldn't, according to the Marist Poll.

Only 11 percent, including 18 percent of registered Democrats in New York, hold that Cuomo "deserves" to be reelected, according to the poll, released Wednesday morning.


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Cult

Why Are Globalists And Governments So Desperate For 100% Vaccination Rates?

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC
human project
I don't think I am the only person that has noticed it - There has been a sudden deluge of covid vaccination propaganda and vaccine passport propaganda in the past month, more so than I think we have seen since the beginning of this year. I am speaking of the US in particular, but it is important to point out that in the US the establishment is still desperately clamoring for a much higher vaccination rate. In places like Europe, the UK and Australia vaccinations rates are higher and governments have moved on to the vaccine passport phase of their agenda.

Some people may be confused by the obvious lockstep that most nations are moving in as far as covid mandates and restrictions are concerned. How is it possible that almost all the governments on the planet are in agreement on medical totalitarianism? Well, it's rather easy to understand when you realize the majority of them are linked together through globalist institutions like the World Economic Forum, which has repeatedly called the pandemic a "perfect opportunity" to push through their plans for a "Great Reset".

The "Great Reset" is a long term ideological usurpation of what's left of individual freedom and free market economies, and it's goal is the imposition of a global socialist/communist dictatorship. Globalists wrap these objectives in pretty sounding words and humanitarian sounding aspirations, but at bottom the "Reset" is about an end to liberty as we know it. This is not an exaggeration, this is reality; this is what these people desire above all else. But how to achieve such a goal?
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Take 2

Pentagon documents reveal how the DOD bullies movie and TV producers into forcing them to accept their 'assistance'

Tom Secker
RT
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:49 UTC
hollywood
© Reuters
For the first time, the US military's central office for dealing with Hollywood has released internal reports on its operations, revealing how the Department of Defense strong-armed the industry to achieve its propaganda goals.

The reports were obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request and offer a rare glimpse inside the DOD's main entertainment liaison offices at the Pentagon, which oversees the individual branch offices in Los Angeles run by the Army, Navy, Air Force and others. The reports cover approximately two years of activities and illustrate just how aggressive the DOD can be when dealing with film and TV producers, as well as their involvement with some of the biggest-name filmmakers in Hollywood.

The sheer range of products mentioned in the documents as having gained assistance from the US military is staggering, from Navy-assisted episodes of Cake Boss and the Great Food Truck Race to the Disney sci-fi fantasy A Wrinkle in Time. Numerous other films are listed, including blockbusters like Captain Marvel, Top Gun: Maverick and Transformers: The Last Knight.
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Vader

French Constitutional Court rules health pass, mandatory vaccination of health workers constitutional amid nationwide protests


RT
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:45 UTC
paris protest covid
© AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
France's Constitutional Court has ruled that the new law that makes the coronavirus 'health pass' mandatory for the general public, and vaccination compulsory for healthcare professionals, to be in line with the constitution.

France's top court ruled on Thursday that the new legislation, which tightens the coronavirus restrictions, is largely compliant with the nation's fundamental law. In particular, the court upheld the provisions that require people to hold a valid 'health pass' to access restaurants and bars, and for healthcare workers to be vaccinated against the virus by mid-September.

At the same time, the court considered it to be unconstitutional to fire a healthcare worker on a short-term contract who refuses mandatory Covid vaccination. It also rejected a provision allowing mandatory quarantine with checks for anyone who tests positive for the virus.
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Folder

Leaked Whitehall files reveal how London secretly controls both pro- and anti-government NGOs overseas

Kit Klarenberg
RT
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:11 UTC
Protesters
© Getty Images/Steve Taylor
Anti-Sisi protesters holding placards and Egyptian flags demonstrate outside InterContinental Hotel in London.
The shadowy work done by the British Council in Egypt to manipulate what non-governmental organisations get up to there shows the depths the British state will go to shape and control events in its favour.

Understatement is a staple of traditional English culture, the most visceral example surely being the fate of a 650-strong British Army battalion surrounded by 30,000 Chinese troops during the Korean War. Their commander described the situation to his US counterpart as "a bit sticky" - misinterpreted as reassurance things were difficult yet manageable. No reinforcements were sent, and only 39 members of the battalion survived the ensuing bloodbath.

This propensity is also evident in the official names of covert Whitehall operations - often, the most humdrum titles conceal supremely sinister activities. Such is the case with something innocuously entitled, 'Support to Egyptian civil society' - were it not for the leak of internal Whitehall files related to the scheme, its ominous dimensions would be entirely secret from the public.
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Car Black

Biden, with support of automakers, to sign order to have 40-50% of US auto sales electric by 2030

Joseph Weber
Just the News
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:14 UTC
Biden
© Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
US President Joe Biden
President Biden is set Thursday to sign an executive order to put the U.S. on a path to have electric vehicles account for 40% to 50% of the country's auto sales by 2030, according to news reports.

The initiative is expected to be supported by such major automobile makers as General Motors, Ford Motor, Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, according to CNBC, based on information from administration officials.

The goals set forth in the order are not mandatory but encourage the U.S. auto industry and government to promote legislation and the adoption of electrified vehicles - also moving the country away from vehicles powered by fossil fuel.

Comment: He's mandating the electric cars will be CME-proof - right?

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Target

Privatized authoritarianism

Robert Schmad
Washington Examiner
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:34 UTC
Orban
© NewsBeezer.com
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban
Censorship, media bias, and the inability to speak one's mind openly for fear of professional retribution are all considered givens in the life of an American conservative. Yet, none of these things are imposed by the state. Rather, corporate oligarchs have taken up the mantle of commissar, arbitrating what constitutes an acceptable opinion.

Tucker Carlson's recent visit to Hungary, a nation that has established itself as a bulwark of national populism and Christian traditionalism on the European continent, has sparked debate in conservative circles regarding the degree of authoritarianism present in Hungary and whether the United States is any better.

Critics characterize Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government as one of state-sanctioned repression, intent on snuffing out ideological diversity in the press and otherwise silencing political opposition. David Frum, a staff writer at the Atlantic and a former Bush administration official, even claimed that people in Hungary "[turn] their heads to check who [is] listening before they [lean] forward to whisper what they [have] to say" for fear of losing their jobs should they say something to offend the dominant ideology of the regime.

On the other hand, Americans experience all this to some degree without the coercive power of the state needing to be involved. To Frum's point on Hungarians being afraid to speak freely in public (an observation that some people living in Hungary dispute), a sizable majority of Americans also self-censor when talking to others. Given that an offhand comment can cost you your job in the U.S., we shouldn't be so quick to place ourselves above Hungary.

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Briefcase

'Bad faith' US prosecutors misled Canada in Huawei case, court hears in final arguments

Leyland Cecco
The Guardian
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:50 UTC
Meng Wanzhou escorted
© Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves a court hearing
Vancouver, BC Canada • August 4, 2021
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou say American prosecutors acted in "bad faith" and abused the Canadian justice system when they pursued the Huawei chief financial officer, in final arguments of the telecoms executive's closely watched extradition proceedings.

In a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday, Meng's legal team argued that American prosecutors misled the Canadian justice system in their legal summary of the allegations against Meng. Her team says this abuse of process obliges the judge overseeing the case to toss out the extradition request against Meng and set her free.

The long-shot argument is part of a strategy to free the telecoms executive, whose detention has been at the centre of an ongoing feud between the United States and China - with Canada caught in the middle.

American prosecutors allege that Meng misled bankers at HSBC about Huawei's relationship with SkyCom, putting HSBC at risk of violating American sanctions against Iran. Both she and Huawei have denied the charges. She was detained by Canadian officials at Vancouver's main airport December 2018.

Meng's lawyers have previously claimed her rights were breached by comments made by then president Donald Trump, collusion between the two countries to share protected information, and a lack of international jurisdiction.

To be successful in their latest strategy, Meng's lawyers must convince a British Columbia judge that American prosecutors misled the Canadian justice system to the extent that it "shocks the conscience" of the country - a legal test stemming from a famous 1987 extradition case.

Comment: See also:

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Broom

NIH director backtracks on call for parents to mask up around kids AT HOME after backlash


RT
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:37 UTC
Francis Collins
© Reuters / Pool
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins has hastily walked back a call for parents of unvaccinated kids to wear masks even at home after massive backlash on social media demanding evidence for the practice.

After Collins' Tuesday morning appearance on CNN's New Day was widely shredded on social media, the NIH director took to Twitter to issue a clarification.

He wasn't claiming parents needed to wear masks around their offspring at home, he insisted - but "vaccinated parents who live in communities with high Covid transmission rates" should wear masks in "public indoor settings" in order to "minimize risks to their unvaccinated kids."


Comment: The revised guidance is still ludicrous because even children with multiple comorbidities are at no risk from the coronavirus.


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Attention

'Authorities are viewing their own people as an enemy' says UN special rapporteur on torture

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:19 UTC
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer responded to police brutality dished out to anti-lockdown protesters in Germany last weekend by warning, "Authorities are increasingly viewing their own people as an enemy."
Protesters and Police
© Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
As we highlighted earlier in the week, Melzer, a professor of international law, made a request for eyewitnesses after footage emerged of numerous examples of people being manhandled and beaten by police in Berlin merely for expressing their right to assemble.

One clip showed a female anti-lockdown protester in Berlin being grabbed by the throat and brutally thrown to the ground by riot police, while another showed a young boy being struck in the face as he tried to come to the aid of his mother.

The response to Melzer's request was overwhelming, with over a hundred reports of violence flooding in, leaving him with the task of "calling for clarification as well as punishment and reparation for rule violations," reports Berliner Zeitung.

The professor says there is clearly enough evidence "for an official intervention on my part with the federal government."
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