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Biden's 'minister of truth' wants Liberal Blue Checks on Twitter to have the ability alter all tweets


RT
Wed, 11 May 2022 19:45 UTC
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Nina Jankowicz, the director of US President Joe Biden's newly created Disinformation Governance Board, has called for enabling blue-check Twitter users to help police commentary on the social media platform by allowing them to edit tweets that they consider to be false or misleading.

Jankowicz has a blue check on the platform herself.

She made her comments in a viral video that surfaced online on Tuesday. After lamenting that many verified Twitter users don't deserve to have blue-check status because they aren't trustworthy, she said, "So verified people can essentially start to edit Twitter the same sort of way that Wikipedia is so they can add context to certain tweets."
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Mr. Potato

Mostly peaceful harassment: Psaki says Biden supports peaceful abortion protests outside justices' homes

Jeff Mordock
Washington Times
Thu, 12 May 2022 19:32 UTC
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that President Biden supports peaceful protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices.

"I know there's an outrage right now, I guess, about protests that have been peaceful to date. And we certainly continue to encourage that outside of judges' homes and that's the president's position," Ms. Psaki said at the White House press briefing.

Her comments mark a shift in the administration's attitude. Last week, Ms. Psaki said she didn't have "an official U.S. government position" on where people protest.

"Certainly the president would want people's privacy to be respected," she said at the time.

Ms. Psaki emphasized that the president supports "peaceful" protests, saying "violence, threats and intimidation of any kind have no place in political discourse." She noted that so far, the gatherings in front of the justices' homes have been peaceful.

Abortion groups, including ShutDownDC, have organized protests outside the homes of three conservative Supreme Court justices, and more are expected to follow. Over the weekend, about 100 protesters demonstrated outside the homes of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Comment: Just a couple days prior:

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Safe

Ten more European buyers prepare for Russian gas payments in rubles

Tsvetana Paraskova
OilPrice.com
Thu, 12 May 2022 19:15 UTC
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Ten more European buyers of Russian gas have opened accounts at Russia's Gazprombank, designated by Vladimir Putin to process the ruble-for-gas payments that he demands from now on, a source close to Russia's gas giant Gazprom told Bloomberg on Thursday.

So far, 20 companies from Europe have already opened accounts at Gazprombank, and 14 others have asked for the paperwork necessary to open such accounts, Bloomberg's source said.

Russia wants its gas to be paid in rubles via two accounts at Gazprombank — one in euros or U.S. dollars and the other one in rubles. The European Union has been concerned that the payments in rubles would violate the recently imposed EU sanctions against Russia and its central bank.

The current terms of the ruble-for-gas payment scheme mean that the transaction is completed when the buyer deposits the payment in the foreign currency, which is then automatically converted into rubles without the involvement of the Bank of Russia, according to the source close to Gazprom who spoke to Bloomberg.

Comment: Germany's vice-chancellor and economy minister, Robert Habeck, said on Thursday that a premature ban of Russian oil imports could "trigger prices and possibly disrupt supply chains." Meanwhile, the country is preparing to gradually wean itself off of Russian energy resources.

Due to Russian counter-sanctions, Gazprom will halt transit of gas through the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which belongs to a joint Gazprom-Polish venture. Meanwhile, Kiev has rejected Moscow's call to reopen the Sudzha transit point that provides gas to Europe (about a third of Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine).

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Biohazard

Russia warns RT that a 'Syrian scenario' is possible in Ukraine


RT
Thu, 12 May 2022 16:33 UTC
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Planted evidence in Douma false flag event
A potential false-flag chemical attack would trigger a probe to blame Moscow, using fabricated evidence, the military says

Moscow has accused the Ukrainian authorities of plotting to use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to frame the Russian military. The incident would be used to trigger a "Syrian scenario" investigation to falsify evidence and assign blame, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force, said on Wednesday.

"The Russian Ministry of Defense has information about the preparation of provocations with the goal of accusing the Russian Armed Forces of using weapons of mass destruction, followed by a 'Syrian scenario' investigation, which allows the necessary evidence to be fabricated and blame to be assigned," Kirillov said, apparently in reference to the events surrounding the alleged 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Syria.

Comment: What the spinmeisters forget is that Russia has verifiably destroyed its chemical weapons stocks. Where do you suppose the materials for the forecasted "attack" will come from?

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Attention

NATO's proxy war in Ukraine and Nazi-linked White Helmets

Vanessa Beeley
Substack
Tue, 10 May 2022 07:19 UTC
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"Regarding the White Helmets, they are terrorists and Takfiris [...] they have nothing to do with Humanity [...] when they used to see an injured civilian, they used to finish them off. If you come to "rescue" a man would you slaughter them? The White Helmets and the terrorists are one and the same, they are hand in hand."
This statement was made by Hassan Al Mahmoud Al Othman during a conversation I had with him in 2019 following the liberation of Eastern Ghouta, Damascus by the Syrian Arab Army in 2018. Al Othman was one of many prisoners detained by extremist armed group Jaish Al Islam (Army of Islam) in Douma's notorious Tawba Jail during the six year occupation of the eastern suburbs of Damascus by UK/US-backed armed groups.

The White Helmets in Syria are a shadow-state propaganda construct initially midwived by US and UK intelligence agencies and embedded exclusively with extremist armed groups dominated by Nusra Front or Syria's Al Qaeda. They were established in 2013, trained in Turkey and Jordan, by a former British Military Intelligence officer - James Le Mesurier employed by a UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (UK FCDO) contractor, Analysis Research and Knowledge (ARK Group).

The primary role of this pseudo Humanitarian organisation was to produce the "corroborating evidence" to support UK FCDO foreign policy in Syria which is regime change, the balkanisation of Syria and the destabilisation of the entire region in the interests of Israeli 'security' and expansionism.

Comment: See also: NATO White Helmets follow al-Qaeda to Ukraine

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Bad Guys

EU to loan Ukraine €5 billion PER MONTH to keep country from collapsing - diplomats

Paola Tamma
Politico.eu
Mon, 09 May 2022 20:10 UTC
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The European Commission is planning to issue new EU debt to cover Ukraine's short-term financing needs over the next three months, estimated at €15 billion, three diplomats with knowledge of the discussion told POLITICO.


Comment: For just three months? We're expected to believe Ukraine will experience an economic miracle after then?


The plan would be unveiled as early as May 18, they said.

According to the Ukrainian government and the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine needs €5 billion per month to keep the economy afloat — from paying wages and pensions to caring for displaced populations and other war-related costs.

The United States has pledged to provide a third of that sum, which would leave €10 billion uncovered.


Comment: We're meant to believe that money will make it into the pockets of pensioners? What happened to the billions Ukraine has already received?

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MIB

Spain's spy chief sacked after Pegasus cyber-espionage scandal engulfs ruling coalition

Sam Jones
The Guardian
Wed, 11 May 2022 20:38 UTC
Paz Esteban
© Juan Carlos Hidalgo/EPAPaz Esteban reportedly confirmed last week that 18 members of the Catalan independence movement were spied on with judicial approval by Spain’s national intelligence centre.
The Spanish government has sacked the country's spy chief, Paz Esteban, as it tries to contain the fallout from a cyber-espionage scandal that has engulfed the ruling coalition and raised further questions about the use of controversial Pegasus spyware in Spain and beyond.

Esteban's dismissal on Tuesday came amid growing political tensions and almost two years after a joint investigation by the Guardian and El País first revealed that senior pro-independence Catalan politicians were warned their mobile phones had been targeted using the spyware.

The scandal has intensified over recent weeks after cybersecurity experts at Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said at least 63 people connected with the Catalan independence movement had been targeted or infected with Pegasus spyware between 2017 and 2020.

Comment: Israel's spyware strikes again:

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Attention

'Genetically edited' food - The next stage of the Great Reset?

Kit Knightly
Off-Guardian
Wed, 11 May 2022 21:31 UTC
Edited Food
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The Queen's Speech was interesting this year.

For all the people outside the UK who don't understand what the "Queens Speech" actually is, it's a farcical state occasion in which the Queen (or, in this case, Prince Charles since her majesty is ill/secretly dead/having "mobility issues") makes a speech about what "her government" intends to do for the next 12 months.

Of course, the Queen doesn't actually write the speech, or have any input on its content, or have any control at all over what "her" government intends to do. She's just a mouthpiece in a big gold hat.

It's the UK equivalent of the State of the Union, only done in Halloween costumes made out of shiny stolen rocks.

The whole thing is nothing but a grand, gilt statement of intent from the British Deep State, wrapped in mink and draped in medals they never earned. It's a joke, but it is worth listening to.

Or, if you have a sensitive stomach, you can just read the full text the next day on the UK government's website (that's what I do).

A lot of the content is entirely predictable.

More money to Ukraine, with a promise the UK will "lead the way in championing security around the world". More online censorship via the "Online Safety Bill". A compulsory register for homeschooled children via the "Schools Reform Bill".

There's also mention of "securing the constitution" by introducing the UK's own "Bill of Rights". We broke down that particular Trojan Horse back in February.

But the part I found most interesting is the stated plan to "encourage agricultural and scientific innovation at home" via the proposed Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill.

The proposed bill (which, for some reason is not available through the parliament website) follows on from DEFRA's announced "loosened regulation" of genetic research back in January.

To quote the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), the legislation would "take certain precision breeding techniques out of the scope of restrictive GMO rules".

Essentially, this would see new "gene-edited" foods as distinct from old-fashioned "genetically modified" foods, and therefore not subject to the same rules and oversight.
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Russia demands apology from Poland after pro-Ukrainian protesters attack ambassador with red paint, citizens in Moscow retaliate


RT
Wed, 11 May 2022 15:05 UTC
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© Maciek Luczniewski/APFILE PHOTO: Activists shout slogans as Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, left, is covered with red paint in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday May 9 2022
Russia summoned the Polish envoy on Wednesday and demanded an apology after Moscow's ambassador in Warsaw had red syrup thrown in his face during a Victory Day wreath-laying ceremony.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the attack was "a flagrant violation" of the 1961 international convention, which says that countries must protect foreign missions.

"The Russian side expects an official apology from the Polish authorities and demands that the safety of the Russian ambassador and all staffers at Russian missions in Poland is guaranteed," it said.

Comment: A day later in Moscow:





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Dollar

Biden wanted $33B more for Ukraine. Congress quickly raised it to $40B. Who benefits?

Glenn Greenwald
greenwald.substack.com
Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00 UTC
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© Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesUS President Joe Biden • Lockheed Martins Pike County Operations facility
May 3, 2022
From the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Biden White House has repeatedly announced large and seemingly random amounts of money that it intends to send to fuel the war in Ukraine. The latest such dispatch, pursuant to an initial $3.5 billion fund authorized by Congress early on, was announced on Friday; "Biden says U.S. will send $1.3 billion in additional military and economic support to Ukraine," read the CNBC headline. This was preceded by a series of new lavish spending packages for the war, unveiled every two to three weeks, starting on the third day of the war:
  • Feb. 26: "Biden approves $350 million in military aid for Ukraine": Reuters;
  • Mar. 16: "Biden announces $800 million in military aid for Ukraine": The New York Times;
  • Mar. 30: "Ukraine to receive additional $500 million in aid from U.S., Biden announces": NBC News;
  • Apr. 12: "U.S. to announce $750 million more in weapons for Ukraine, officials say": Reuters;
  • May 6: "Biden announces new $150 million weapons package for Ukraine": Reuters.
Those amounts by themselves are in excess of $3 billion; by the end of April, the total U.S. expenditure on the war in Ukraine was close to $14 billion, drawn from the additional $13.5 billion Congress authorized in mid-March. While some of that is earmarked for economic and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, most of it will go into the coffers of the weapons industry — including Raytheon, on whose Board of Directors the current Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, sat immediately before being chosen by Biden to run the Pentagon. As CNN put it:
"about $6.5 billion, roughly half of the aid package, will go to the US Department of Defense so it can deploy troops to the region and send defense equipment to Ukraine."
As enormous as those sums already are, they were dwarfed by the Biden administration's announcement on April 28 that it "is asking Congress for $33 billion in funding to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than double the $14 billion in support authorized so far."

Comment: Greenwald lays it all out. Americans are non-existent, given Biden's priorities. Are Americans fighting back? One might say: 'programming is complete'.

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