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Trump fires back at former Covid advisors, trashes 'self-promoters' Fauci and Birx

Steven Nelson
New York Post
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:36 UTC
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Flanked by White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx and NIAID director Anthony Fauci (R), former President Trump delivers remarks at the White House in May, 2020.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday attacked Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx after they faulted his management of the COVID-19 response.

The prominent members of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force said in a CNN special that Trump imperiled the public — but in his rebuttal, Trump accused them of shifting blame.

Trump included jabs at Fauci's botched opening pitch at a baseball game in July and Birx's controversy involving a seemingly hypocritical Thanksgiving trip.

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Bad Guys

Biden Administration urges US Supreme Court to let cops enter homes and seize guns without warrant

Nick Sibilla
Forbes
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:30 UTC
The Supreme Court in DC.AFP via Getty Images
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The Supreme Court in DC.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral argument in Caniglia v. Strom, a case that could have sweeping consequences for policing, due process, and mental health, with the Biden Administration and attorneys general from nine states urging the High Court to uphold warrantless gun confiscation. But what would ultimately become a major Fourth Amendment case began with an elderly couple's spat over a coffee mug.

In August 2015, 68-year-old Edward Caniglia joked to Kim, his wife of 22 years, that he didn't use a certain coffee mug after his brother-in-law had used it because he "might catch a case of dishonesty." That quip quickly spiraled into an hour-long argument. Growing exhausted from the bickering, Edward stormed into his bedroom, grabbed an unloaded handgun, and put it on the kitchen table in front of his wife. With a flair for the dramatic, he then asked: "Why don't you just shoot me and get me out of my misery?"

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the tactic backfired and the two continued to argue. Eventually, Edward took a drive to cool off. But when he returned, their argument flared up once again. This time, Kim decided to leave the house and spend the night at a motel. The next day, Kim phoned home. No answer.

Comment: The US leads the world in violating every type of boundary in the false name of humanitarianism. It can be seen in everything from its foreign 'interventions' to its own borders, its citizens' homes, and mass surveillance. Big Brother's greatest feat is in reducing boundaries so much a individual no longer seeks the need to protect or value, and thus develop what belongs to them. The most important aspect here is that it reaches into the individual's mind. When a person has no boundaries of the mind, it is no longer their own.

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Eye 2

Biden says states should reinstate mask mandates and wait to reopen businesses as Covid cases rise

Noah Higgins-Dunn
CNBC
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:52 UTC
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Covid-19 response and vaccinations in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington DC, on March 29, 2021.
President Joe Biden on Monday urged governors and local leaders who dropped sweeping mask mandates to reinstate their orders, indicated some states should wait to reopen their economies while condemning "reckless behavior" likely to spur more infections.
"Our work is far from over. The war against Covid-19 is far from won," Biden said at a press briefing, where he announced a series of plans to vastly expand access to the vaccines in the coming weeks. "This is deadly serious."

Comment: The states that lifted mask mandates are not experiencing an increased mortality rate. They all talk about increased cases that are based on faulty PCR tests. The virus itself seems to become less dangerous as it spreads across the population and people become immune to it.

The PTB's problem is that they want to keep people scared and in poor health so they can impose more control.

Masks are actually dangerous and don't protect us from any virus but are a great reminder that there is a "deadly pandemic" that will kill all of us unless we are obedient and listen to the government that wants to inject us with potentially dangerous and experimental vaccines.

The states that are completely open are a real danger for the PTB agenda because people will see that the virus is nothing to be afraid of (or at the very least that lockdowns don't work and are in fact counterproductive) - which means their grand illusion will start to fall apart.

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Arrow Up

The rise of the Eurasian Century

Andrew Korybko
One World
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Eurasia map
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Eurasia
Fast-moving recent developments inspire hope that the Eurasian Century is rising a lot quicker than even the most optimistic observers could have expected. The relevant events are last month's Chinese-Indian synchronized disengagement and the Indian-Pakistani ceasefire, the US' threats to sanction India for its planned purchase of Russia's S-400 air defense systems, the scandals that America provoked last week with China and Russia, last week's inaugural Islamabad Security Dialogue, and the latest progress in resolving the Afghan War. The importance of all five will now be briefly discussed prior to putting them into the larger strategic context.
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Car Black

Buttigieg: A mileage tax 'shows a lot of promise'

Jordan Williams
The Hill
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:35 UTC
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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday that a tax on how far travelers go looks like a promising way to fund President Biden's infrastructure bill.

Biden said during his first solo press conference on Thursday that he will announce the $3 trillion proposal on Friday in Pittsburgh.

The next day, his Transportation head said a mileage tax could be one way to help pay for the plan. Buttigieg said:
"I think that shows a lot of promise. If we believe in that so-called user-pays principle, the idea that part of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive.

"The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it; it's not anymore. So, a so-called vehicle miles traveled tax or a mileage tax, whatever you want to call it, could be the way to do it."
Buttigieg also said that the use of Build America Bonds, Obama-era municipal bonds that were subsidized by the federal government, looks sound. "Definitely a lot of promise in terms of the way we leverage that kind of financing."

Comment: At least a gas tax (which we already have) is proportional to the size of the tank of the vehicle. Which means we the drivers are already paying for our usage. Buttigieg would be adding a tax upon a tax.



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Yoda

China and Russia are jointly leading a real-life Justice League

Andrew Korybko
One World
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Xi/Putin
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Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
America loves its superhero films, but fiction is fast transforming into fact as China and Russia aspire to lead a real-life Justice League. The comic book series and film of the same name refers to a collection of superheroes who save the world from evil, which is essentially what those countries are trying to do. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday during the latter's two-day visit to the People's Republic that "We should act as guarantors of justice in international affairs." He also added that
"China is ready to promote the international system established by the United Nations, protect the world order based on international law, and abide by universal values such as peace, development, justice, democracy, equality and freedom."
This was preceded by Mr. Lavrov's support the day earlier for their shared Venezuelan partner's earlier proposal to assemble a worldwide anti-sanctions coalition. He said that "We must form a maximally wide coalition of countries that would combat this illegal practice."
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Magnify

Brazil's foreign minister who bashed China and praised Trump resigns

Tom Phillips
The Guardian
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:29 UTC
Araújo Brazil
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Brazil's foreign minister, Ernesto Araújo, at a news conference at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia.
Jair Bolsonaro's ultraconservative foreign minister has resigned after a rebellion from diplomats and lawmakers who accused him of demolishing Brazil's international reputation and putting Brazilian lives at risk by vandalizing relations with China and the US during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ernesto Araújo, a 53-year-old career diplomat famed for his bashing of Xi Jinping's China and devotion to Donald Trump, tendered his resignation on Monday, ending what critics call the most calamitous chapter in the history of Brazilian diplomacy.

"One thing's for sure, he's the worst foreign minister Brazil has ever had," said Celso Amorim, who held the post between 2003 and 2011.

Comment: With Bolsonaro's apparent refusal to follow globalist diktats, is a take down of his government in the works? Lula judge was 'biased', Brazil's supreme court rules, paving way to challenge Bolsonaro in 2022

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Stock Down

Banks warn of 'significant losses' amid collapse of large US hedge fund

Elliot Smith
CNBC
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:17 UTC
Stock Exchange

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange.
Credit Suisse and Nomura warned Monday of "significant" hits to first-quarter results, after they began exiting positions with a large U.S. hedge fund that defaulted on margin calls last week.

While neither Credit Suisse nor Nomura named the fund, it's been widely reported that Archegos Capital Management is the firm connected to the fire sale.

In a trading update before the market open, Credit Suisse said a number of other banks were also affected and had begun exiting their positions with the unnamed firm. The Zurich-based lender's shares closed down nearly 14% on Monday following the announcement.

Comment: Are we looking at another crash and unprecedented transfer of public wealth to banks in the works?

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Snakes in Suits

Scandal as UK's PM Boris Johnson accused of misappropriating public funds during extra-marital affair

Aleksandra Serebriakova
Sputnik
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:19 UTC
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American tech entrepreneur and businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri came forward last week to claim that she and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson were in a secret four-year relationship while he was the mayor of London. The revelation has sparked questions about the use of the UK's public money Arcuri had benefited from during their purported romance.

The fact that Jennifer Arcuri is unveiling saucy details about her alleged relationship with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson four years after they ended suggest that the woman could be pursuing a "vendetta" against her ex-beau, BoJo's friends are telling The Telegraph.

"There is no doubt in my mind that Boris is guilty of a monumental lapse in taste. At what point is the hawking of a story that is three years old cease to be news and start to look like a vendetta," one of Johnson's allies told the media.


Comment: Regardless of her motivation, as PM Boris' character and whether his behaviour has compromised his position is certainly relevant.


Comment: It would appear that Boris is dogged by scandal:

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Bullseye

Federal Judge calls left-leaning media a 'threat to US Democracy' - so who will tell the people?

Robert Bridge
Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Biden
The American people are presently trapped in a Catch-22 situation in that any criticism that is leveled against the U.S. mainstream media is channeled away from social discourse by the very institutions under attack.

A prominent DC circuit judge has delivered a scathing attack on the Democratic Party's "ideological control" of the U.S. media landscape. Yet who will heed the call if legacy and social media are empowered to suppress news and debate at will?

Donald Trump, the first sitting president in U.S. history to have had his voice deliberately blocked from reaching the American people, is not the only one who has a beef with the control-freak liberal media. Senior Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman, 85, appointed in 1985 to the U.S. Court of Appeals by Ronald Reagan, thrust the question of liberal media bias into the spotlight during an otherwise ordinary libel case.

Silberman took umbrage against the 1964 court case New York Times v. Sullivan, which made it incumbent upon those parties looking to sue media outlets to prove that the latter's reporting was the result of "actual malice," or a "reckless disregard for the truth." That ruling, critics say, has made it exceedingly difficult to hold media outlets accountable for what Trump regularly denounced as "fake news."
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