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Whistleblower claims FBI abuses security clearance to 'purge' conservatives, views them as 'unworthy' of employment

Josh Christenson
New York Post
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 18:49 UTC
fbi whistleblower Marcus Allen
© Getty ImagesFormer FBI Staff Operations Specialist Marcus Allen was suspended without pay for more than two years after he told supervisors he would not take the COVID-19 vaccine shot
The FBI is abusing its security clearance process to "purge" political conservatives from the bureau, according to recent whistleblower disclosures reviewed by The Post.

The federal law enforcement agency's Security Division has been suspending or revoking clearances for employees whose political affiliation or COVID-19 vaccination status are suspect, a supervisory special agent who formerly worked in the division alleges.

The unnamed agent, who is described as "a registered Democrat" and is represented by the nonprofit Empower Oversight, further claims that high-ranking officials in the division believed "if an FBI employee fit a certain profile as a political conservative, they were viewed as security concerns and unworthy to work at the FBI."

Comment: It long since the FBI has been weaponized against conservative citizens, so it's no surprise they also go after those in their ranks.

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Quenelle - Golden

Israel's Eilat port seeks financial support from gov't as Yemen's embargo shuts down operations for 8 months


Al Mayadeen
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:55 UTC
eilat israel port
Israel's Eilat port.
Gideon Golber highlights that the port has been inactive for eight months due to ongoing attacks, resulting in a complete loss of revenue.

The CEO of the Port of Eilat, Gideon Golber, urged the Israeli government during a meeting of the Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee on Sunday to provide financial assistance to the port, separate from loans that would require repayment later.

"The port has been non-operational for eight months due to attacks, meaning it has no revenue," he stated.

Additionally, he called for immediate government intervention, stressing that the port's closure was not due to mismanagement but because "coalition countries have lost control over it."

He also mentioned that the committee deliberated on the port's situation, acknowledging that Yemen has effectively blocked shipping to it.

Comment: Israel's economy was struggling even before the joint Oct 7 operation (bear in mind Israel not only knew an attack was coming, but they capitalised on it) and, although there have been land deliveries compensating for the loss of the port, it's more expensive, and so with Israel's threats to escalate and expand the war, many of those land routes, may be taken out entirely:

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Red Flag

French woman shares devastating effects of mass immigration policies, pleads for help

Meredith Evans
Evie Magazine
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:23 UTC
Woman
© Getty/Ron Lach
A 26-year-old woman from France no longer feels safe in her home country due to the immigrants taking over her neighborhood. "I write this because, ten years ago, I could go out with my friends in the evening, at any hour, without being bothered, insulted, followed, or stabbed," she shared.

In 2021, more than a third of immigrants in the country had acquired French citizenship. Immigration to France has since surged, and in 2023, foreigners comprised over 10% of the country's population. As foreign men were brought in, the brutality against women increased, with more than 75% of rapes in Paris last year committed by foreign nationals, per GB News.

On July 1, 2024, French whistleblower Damien Rieu shared a disturbing post from a woman living in the city of Lyon, who shared the reality of living with immigrants. According to the English translation shared by a self-described independent reporter on X/Twitter, the woman and her friends were constantly harassed by foreigners.

Throughout this article, I will share reports of recent brutality committed by immigrants on French citizens.
"I am 26 years old, blonde, with light eyes, and I have always lived in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, which is thought of as the poshest area in Lyon, and my daily life has become unbearable," the woman wrote in a lengthy post sent to Rieu. "I write this because, ten years ago, I could go out with my friends in the evening, at any hour, without being bothered, insulted, followed, or stabbed."

Comment: See also:

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Dollars

Tennessee woman fired for refusing employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate wins almost $700K


Fox 17
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:32 UTC
vaccine
© Mario Tama/Getty Images
A federal jury has determined a woman who was fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine mandated by her employer, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, is due a settlement worth almost $700,000.

The jury found that Tanja Benton 'proved by a preponderance of the evidence" that her refusal to get the shot "was based on a sincerely-held religious belief."

Benton worked at BCBST from 2005 through November of 2022, primarily as a bio statistical research scientist.

Her federal lawsuit said it was not a part of Benton's job to regularly come into contact with people, saying she had a portfolio of 10 to 12 clients each year, with whom she only interacted with infrequently, and sometimes not in person. It also pointed out that Benton never came into contact with any patients as part of her job.
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Red Flag

If you're shot, robbed or assaulted in Chicago, there's a 50/50 chance there'll be no police to respond to your 911 call

Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner and Nick Binotti
Wire Points
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:24 UTC
chicago police
In Chicago in 2023, more than 1,800 calls were made to 911 of a person being shot. Only about 800 - fewer than half - were responded to immediately by police officers. The other 1,000 callers were victims of 911 backlogs, where no police were available at the time of the call. Those victims had to wait half an hour, an hour, or even several hours for the 911 call backlog to end and for police to finally arrive.

It was the same for the 32,000 911 calls of an assault in progress, where police were only immediately available for 50% of those calls. And it was the same for 54% of the city's 911 calls of 35,000 batteries in progress.

In all, there were 783,000 high-priority 911 calls in 2023. For 437,000 of those calls, or 56%, long periods of backlogs meant there were no police immediately available. Wirepoints obtained the 911 call and response data directly from the Chicago Police Department via FOIA.
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Heart - Black

Palm Beach prosecutor painted Epstein victims as prostitutes, grand jury records show

Julie K. Brown
Miami Herald
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:15 UTC
epstein
© UMA SANGHVI Palm Beach Post-USA TODAY NETWORK
A Palm Beach County prosecutor painted two girls molested by Jeffrey Epstein as prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and liars in front of a grand jury empaneled in 2006 to review the state's criminal case against sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, newly released court documents show.

Palm Beach County Judge Luis Delgado unsealed the controversial grand jury records on Monday after years of legal action by the Palm Beach Post and other media, including the Miami Herald, CNN and the New York Times. Grand jury records are normally kept under seal to protect witnesses as well as the integrity of the case. But in the years since the Epstein case was closed in 2008, the Miami Herald uncovered evidence suggesting that Epstein and his battery of high-priced attorneys may have exerted undue influence over the state attorney.

The records have remained under seal for 16 years. Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, prodded by state lawmakers and Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Joe Abruzzo, signed a bill to release the files by July 1. The new bill provides for the records to be unsealed if the subject of a grand jury inquiry is dead or the investigation involves sexual activity with a minor.
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Putin

Sanctions? World Bank raises Russia to high-income countries category


Al Mayadeen
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:16 UTC
World Bank
© REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File PhotoFILE
The bank announced that Russia, Bulgaria, and Palau, would be moved from upper-middle income to high-income categories.

According to the World Bank's new report on Monday, Russia has been moved from the upper-middle income level to the high-income level category.

"This year, three countries - Bulgaria, Palau, and Russia - moved from the upper-middle income to the high-income category," the bank announced.

Russia's economic activity was impacted by a significant rise in military activities in 2023. The study also cited a revival in commerce (+6.8%), the financial sector (+8.7%), and construction (+6.6%) as drivers of growth.

"These factors led to increases in both real (3.6%) and nominal (10.9%) GDP, and Russia's Atlas GNI per capita grew by 11.2%," according to the report.


Comment: And GDP is a metric that doesn't reflect a nation's true wealth nor productivity.


Comment: Meanwhile much of the West - which is waging a hybrid war against Russia - is sliding into recession and finding itself being downgraded by rating agencies that it, basically, controls. And it's likely that the full extent of the economic deterioration has yet to be fully revealed:

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Handcuffs

'More horrific than Abu Ghraib': Lawyer recounts visit to Israeli detention center

Baker Zoubi
+972 Magazine
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC
prisoner
© Chaim Goldberg/Flash90Palestinian prisoners from Gaza seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024.
At Sde Teiman, Khaled Mahajneh found a detained journalist unrecognizable as he described the facility's violent and inhumane conditions.

"The situation there is more horrific than anything we've heard about Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo."

This is how Khaled Mahajneh describes the Sde Teiman detention center as the first lawyer to visit the facility. More than 4,000 Palestinians whom Israel arrested in Gaza have been held at the military base in the Naqab/Negev since October 7; some of them have subsequently been released, but most remain in Israeli detention.

Mahajneh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was initially approached by Al Araby TV, which was seeking information about Muhammad Arab, a reporter for the network who was arrested in March while covering the Israeli siege of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
"I contacted the Israeli army's control center, and after providing them with a photo and an ID card of the detainee, as well as my official power of attorney document, I was informed that [Arab] was being held at Sde Teiman and that he could be visited."
When Mahajneh arrived at the base on June 19, he was required to leave his car far away from the site, where an army jeep was waiting to transport him inside. This was "something I had never encountered on any previous visit to any prison," he told +972. They drove for about 10 minutes through the facility — a sprawling network of trailers — before arriving at a large warehouse, which contained a trailer guarded by masked soldiers.
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Alarm Clock

EU nation adopts six-day working week


RT
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:56 UTC
Greece
© Beata Zawrzel/Getty Images
The Greek government has allowed more businesses to impose a six-day working week on their employees in a bid to bolster the country's struggling economy. Greece is the first member of the European Union to introduce the measure.

Under the legislation, which entered into effect on July 1, the six-day scheme will be limited to private businesses providing services within 24 hours, as well as those experiencing an exceptional workload. Workers engaged in the food service and tourism sectors are exempt.

Under the extended workweeks, employees in certain industries and manufacturing facilities have the right to choose between working an additional two hours a day or an extra eight-hour shift. Employees will receive 40% extra pay for their sixth working day, or 115% more if they work on Sundays and holidays.

According to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the measure is expected to help the government combat steadily declining productivity related to a shrinking population and a shortage of skilled workers.

Comment: A perhaps workable, no pun intended, short term solution. But will it be enough?

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Cupcake Choco

Russia seizes ownership of former Ukrainian president's chocolate factory - media


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:47 UTC
Roshen factory, Lipetsk
© Sputnik / Yuri SorokinFILE PHOTO: Roshen factory in Lipetsk, Russia
Shares in a candy factory previously owned by former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko have been transferred to the ownership of the Russian government following a court decision, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing the Federal Bailiff Service.

In February, a district court ruled in favor of nationalizing confectionary company Roshen, located in Lipetsk, western Russia. The firm has been under investigation for tax evasion for years.

The head of the bailiff service, Dmitry Aristov, confirmed the court's latest decision to RIA, saying that "the shares of JSC Lipetsk Confectionery Factory Roshen were transferred" to the state.

In February, Oktyabrsky District Court in Lipetsk granted a request from a deputy prosecutor general to seize shares in Roshen in favor of the Russian state. According to the bailiffs, Roshen's owners were financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine and supporting anti-Russian policies. Poroshenko and his son Aleksey were also banned from conducting any business activities on Russian soil.

The Roshen Corporation acquired the factory in Lipetsk in 2001. In 2014, production was suspended due to a criminal case when its local managing director was charged with "conspiring with unnamed others to use a registered trademark illegally to extract additional profits." The factory later resumed production only to completely stop operating in 2017.
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