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President Donald Trump addresses tens of thousands in Butler, PA rally

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 31, 2020.
President Donald Trump addressed tens of thousands of supporters at a rally on Saturday evening, Oct. 31, in Butler, Pennsylvania, ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

Attendance was 57,000, according to the Secret Service.

Comment: The polls are calling a Biden victory, so don't believe your lying eyes.






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Lawyer for Delaware shop owner: FBI initially turned down purported Hunter Biden laptop

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John Paul Mac Isaac
Attorney Brian Della Rocca provides detailed timeline of client's interactions with FBI, political figures and decries 'smear campaign' against shop owner.

The family of the Delaware shop owner who says he came into possession of a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden first tried to turn over the computer to the FBI in summer 2019 but was rebuffed, only to have agents return months later during President Trump's impeachment proceedings, his lawyer said Thursday night.

In a lengthy statement to Just the News, attorney Brian Della Rocca provided a detailed timeline of the actions his client, John Paul Mac Isaac, says he took in trying to get authorities to investigate the laptop.


Bullseye

DHS Chief Chad Wolf shreds Twitter CEO Dorsey: 'Your censorship poses a threat to our security'

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Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf slammed far-left Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a letter on Friday for his censorship of a top U.S. law enforcement official, calling his actions a threat to U.S. national security.

Twitter suspended the account of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for posting factually accurate information, which Twitter deemed to be "hateful content." Morgan's tweet correctly stated that border walls help prevent "gang members, murderers, sexual predators, and drugs" from entering the United States.

In a letter addressed to Dorsey, Wolf slammed the far-left tech CEO, calling his actions "disturbing," "startling," and a threat to "national security."


Comment: Called out on their presumptive ruling, Twitter 'managed' a reply:
Wolf accused the platform of lying about events surrounding Morgan's lock-out, noting that a Twitter spokesperson gave a misleading quote to the media about how the company revived the account.

"Adding insult to injury - and insult to Americans' intelligence - Twitter spread disinformation by misrepresenting Twitter's intentional censorship," Wolf went on, adding that a company representative told Politico's Caitlin Oprysko that it reversed the decision on appeal. Wolf said that gave "the false impression that Twitter's appeal process remedied a mistake, but in fact Twitter's appeal process failed."

After being locked out of his handle for some 20 hours, Morgan has since issued a statement about the incident, saying Twitter is "out of control in their clear bias against this administration" and slamming the company for "censorship" that should "outrage every American."

The Fox Business video is well worth a viewing...Mark Morgan is explicitly clear on the reasons and benefits provided by Trump's wall project as well as the despicable micromanaged removal of the DHS tweet.


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Anti-Trump mole Miles Taylor unveils president's 'shocking sins'...mostly farcical outbursts and public promises to voters

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US President Donald Trump
The ex-Trump staffer who revealed himself as the author of an anonymous New York Times piece has tried to frame publicly stated policies, such as removing troops from Syria, as scandalous revelations and crimes against America.

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee, tweeted a list on Saturday of what he called "foolish, unethical, un-American and/or illegal" directives that he witnessed from President Donald Trump during his tenure in the administration. But rather than condemning the president, the list appears to show the commander-in-chief taking steps that reflect the policies he promised to voters when he campaigned successfully for the job in 2016.


Snakes in Suits

Macron says he can 'understand' if Muslims are shocked by Muhammed cartoons

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French President Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron said that he could understand if Muslims were shocked by cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, as French authorities on Saturday sought to ascertain if a young Tunisian suspected of killing three people in a knife rampage inside a Nice church had outside help.

Macron sparked protests in the Muslim world after the murder earlier this month of teacher Samuel Paty -- who had shown his class a cartoon of Mohammed -- by saying France would never renounce its right to caricature.

But in an apparent bid to reach out to Muslims, Macron gave a long interview setting out his vision to Qatar-based TV channel Al-Jazeera, seeking to strike a softer tone.

"I can understand that people could be shocked by the caricatures but I will never accept that violence can be justified," he said. "I consider it our duty to protect our freedoms and our rights," he added in an extract of the interview to be broadcast from 1600 GMT.

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TV

Tucker Carlson's interview with Tony Bobulinski smashes ratings record


Comment: The people know! Shut them up! Put them back under lockdown!


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Tucker Carlson interviews whistleblower Tony Bobulinski on Hunter Biden's shady foreign business deals
Tucker Carlson's in-depth interview with Tony Bobulinski on Tuesday night had a viewer count of an eye-popping 7.6 million.

This shows how high interest is in the scandals involving presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his family (the subject matter of the interview), despite many of the country's largest media outlets absolutely not covering it.

According to Fox News, more people watched the Bobulinski interview than the season premiere of the popular This Is Us series on NBC. It made for the most-watched show of Carlson's this year so far, not counting the debates.

Bobulinski's bombshell interview featured shocking new revelations into links between the Biden Family, including the presidential candidate Joe Biden and members of his immediate family, and various nefarious international actors, including people in China directly connected to the Chinese Communist Party.

Comment: Tucker holds forth on the mainstream media's failings


The Mail on Sunday is not troubled by the US press' reticence to report incriminating information on the son of their anointed candidate. This is only a small excerpt from an extensive article on the contents of the laptop. It's damning:
In an astonishing lapse, Hunter Biden chose to protect his MacBook Pro computer - crammed with what an IT expert last night described as a 'national security nightmare' and 'classic blackmail material' - with a single, simple password: Hunter02.

Remarkably, the 50-year-old businessman and self-confessed drug addict took the machine to a back-street IT store in Delaware in April 2019 to get it repaired - yet never returned to collect it.

Its existence was revealed by the New York Post last month, but the staggering scale and sensitivity of its contents - easily accessible to a hacker with a modicum of skill - is only revealed for the first time today.

The material, none of which was encrypted or protected by anything as basic as two-factor authentication, includes:
  • Joe Biden's personal mobile number and three private email addresses as well as the names of his Secret Service agents;
  • Mobile numbers for former President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary and almost every member of former President Barack Obama's cabinet;
  • A contact database of 1,500 people including actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, former Presidential candidate John Kerry and ex-FBI boss Louis Freeh;
  • Personal documents including Hunter's passport, driver's licence, social security card, credit cards and bank statements;
  • Details of Hunter's drug and sex problems, including $21,000 spent on one 'live cam' porn website and 'selfies' of him engaging in sex acts and smoking crack cocaine;
While Hunter has been accused of using his family name to help with deals with Ukrainian and Chinese firms, there is nothing on the laptop to implicate Joe Biden in any wrongdoing.

One email relating to a failed Chinese deal refers to a payment of ten per cent to 'the Big Guy', which some have suggested is the presidential hopeful.

However, Mr Biden has insisted: 'I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life.'
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Personal documents including Hunter's passport, driver's licence, social security card, credit cards and bank statements; were also contained on the laptop - raising fears about blackmail threats
An IT expert last night described as a 'national security nightmare' and 'classic blackmail material' the revelation that Hunter Biden protected his laptop - which was filled with with a treasure trove of top-secret material - with a single, simple password: Hunter02.

A contact database of 1,500 people included the numbers of Bill and Hillary Clinton, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, her ex-husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin, former Presidential candidate John Kerry and ex-FBI boss Louis Freeh.

After his brother's death, Hunter - while still married, but separated from his first wife Kathleen - had an affair with Beau's widow, Hallie.

The laptop contains scores of text messages between them as well as emails between Hunter and Kathleen as their relationship imploded and a bitter divorce battle began.

In one angry note to Kathleen, Hunter says: 'Have I ever missed a tuition payment or mortgage payment, a play or a game or anything that ever mattered... Do you know what I've done to make that possible.

'Do you have any idea of the level of degradation?'

Hunter has long been considered the black sheep of the Biden family with his alcohol, drug and sex problems making headlines in America - although his father has loyally stood by him.

After Hunter publicly acknowledged his battle with alcohol and drugs in April 2019 - the same month in which he visited the Mac Store - Mr Biden said: 'Beau was my soul. Hunter is my heart.'

Even last week, the man strongly tipped to become America's 46th President described his son as 'the smartest guy I know'. It is doubtful whether his campaign managers or supporters share that view.



Laptop

Second Hunter Biden laptop was seized by DEA in February

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(L) One of the photos of Hunter Biden that accompanied the leaked materials in the New York Post report. (R) Joe Biden and Hunter Biden in 2010
A second laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, was reportedly seized in February during a raid on a psychiatrist by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Hunter Biden was reportedly not the target of the raid.

NBC News first reported the best Friday afternoon at the end of an article in which it defended its reporting — or lack thereof — about the emails on an abandoned laptop, which purportedly connect Joe Biden to his son's businesses.

The first laptop was seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in December 2019.

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Caesar

Putin submits draft law to parliament that would allow ex-Russian presidents and 7 appointed representatives to be senators for life

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Lawmakers attend a plenary session of the Russian Federation Council
As part of a package of bills, Vladimir Putin has submitted a draft law to parliament which would allow former Russian presidents to become senators for life after leaving office, and also appoint seven other lifers to the body.

They would have to be people who have given "outstanding service to the country, in the state or public fields," according to the proposals. Ex-presidents would also be able to appoint 23 other senators for shorter, six-year terms.

The reforms follow public approval of constitutional amendments over the summer, and may be interpreted as a sign that the groundwork is being laid for an eventual transition of power in Russia.

Comment: Is Putin is attempting to ensure that there is a reputable group at hand once there has been a smooth transition of power over to the Duma?

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Attention

WHO special envoy on COVID reiterates caution against lockdowns as primary virus plan

David Nabarro
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Dr David Nabarro
As the nations of Germany and France brace to hunker-down under fresh new lockdown measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, a Special Envoy of the World Health Organization has reiterated previous caution of using lockdowns as a primary method of combating the virus.

WHO's special envoy on COVID-19, Dr. David Nabarro, cautioned in a Thursday interview with BBC Radio 4's Today that full national lockdowns should be used only as a "reserve" measure to control the coronavirus, describing such actions as very extreme.


Comment: They should NEVER be used.


Nabarro, who was appointed in February as one of six special envoys tasked to deal with the coronavirus response, warned that national lockdowns are "a very extreme restriction on economic and social life" that temporarily "freezes the virus in place."


Comment: There's no evidence they are effective at all, let alone that effective.


"You don't want to use those as your primary, and I stress that, primary, means of containment. Because in the end living with the virus as a constant threat means maintaining the capacity to find people with the disease and isolating them," Nabarro said.

The British doctor went on to recommend a robust test, trace and isolation system as the priority for government response with lockdown being "the reserve that you use to take the heat out of the system when things are really bad."

Comment: Europe isn't even bothering to pretend to listen anymore. In addition to the countries listed above you can add Portugal, Austria, and England. Total insanity.


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Book excerpt: The Post-Covid-19 world: Implementing a permanent dystopia

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(Note: this is an excerpt, written in April, from When China Sneezes: from the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis, a collection of long-form essays on the pandemic and the world's reactions to it. Read the full chapter - and the work of a dozen other excellent writers, including the great Cynthia McKinney, the volume's editor - at the link above. DO NOT purchase the book through Amazon, unless you never want to receive the book...)

Psychol(patho)logical Warfare

Just as putting a country on a war footing predisposes its people to expect sacrifices — of luxuries, of liberties, even of basic needs — so too does it elicit a predictable and easily manageable form of reactionary patriotism. With two generations of Americans now having spent their entire adult lives in a country that was technically "at war," the effect won't be as pronounced stateside as when the US kicked off the War on Terror. Nevertheless, a spike in fear will manifest in xenophobia (already unprovoked attacks on Chinese and other Asians are on the rise) and suspicion of outsiders, even if the "outsiders" are just from across state lines. When one's world has shrunk to the boundaries of one's home over months of quarantine and "social distancing," everyone is an outsider. In the UK, where cultural memory of having to "do without" during wartime is stronger, alerts from the National Grid that blackouts may occur (because of a virus?) lend verisimilitude to their leaders' wartime rhetoric.