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July 16, 2021
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White House flagging “problematic” posts to Facebook . . . “We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID-19 team — given as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. “We’ve increased disinformation research and tracking
within the Surgeon General’s Office. We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” she said. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is working with White House officials to track “disinformation” on Facebook about Covid-19.The first of many issues the leftist White House will be tracking, no doubt. So what happens if one of President Biden’s political opponents puts something up the White House regards as “problematic.” Will Biden officials be censoring the
opposition, in collusion with liberal Facebook? White House Dossier
We've officially entered the "Pravda" territory in America.
PATEL: What The Protests In Cuba Tell Us About The Left’s Agenda For America . . . As the American left argues openly for socialism, it’s helpful to keep in mind just how dreadfully those policies have failed — and just how viciously socialists have responded to those who got in the way — in countries throughout the world. Watch the recent protests in Cuba and you will see how regular people feel about the direction the American left wants to
take. For most Americans, things like free speech, freedom of religion and freedom of movement are not ancillary. They are central to our lives. They can’t be traded away for a year of extra day care. The left does not share this view. Worse, as proven repeatedly in many corners of the world, the left is ready and willing to crush those who do. The American left is pushing a truly radical policy vision through the Biden administration. Maybe the Cuba protests can help remind
conservatives of what’s at stake. The Biden administration certainly seems to fear that’s the case. Daily Caller
Hawley Calls Out Big Tech For ‘Acting Like Arms Of The Government’ . . . Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called out Big Tech companies for “acting like arms of the government” during a Thursday interview with Fox News host Bret Baier.
During a Thursday press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the White House would help Facebook combat misinformation on its platform by flagging posts for the social media company. Hawley, who has been one of the leaders in the fight against Big Tech censorship, called the White House’s commitment “scary.” “I think it’s really scary to have the federal government of the United States, the White House compiling lists of people, organizations, whatever and going to a
private company that by the way is a monopoly – Facebook – and saying you need to censor,” the senator said. Daily Caller
Biden Admin to Border Agents: Prepare for the Flood . . . The Biden administration is telling immigration agents to prepare to process hundreds of thousands of migrant families and asylum claims as the White House moves to reverse Trump-era border and coronavirus policies, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. A senior federal official who spoke with the Free Beacon expects Biden to end Title 42—a law used by
former president Trump's CDC to block migrants from entering the country—sometime this month. As part of the preparation for that policy reversal, senior Department of Homeland Security officials warned staff that they will have to process up to 1,200 family units a day. That number of family units works out to 312,000 a year, assuming the border does not see any future surges. Following their release from custody, those migrants are in effect free to stay, said one DHS official, because
many immigrants skip their immigration court hearings sometimes scheduled two years after they are initially detained. Washington Free Beacon
Biden inviting the UN to investigate US “systemic racism” . . . Can you believe this? The globalists who are ready to hand over our republic to the “international community.” WSJ reports:
“Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this week that the Biden Administration will formally invite U.N. human-rights officers to investigate the U.S. “The announcement follows the U.N. Human Rights Council’s decision this week to form a three-year panel to investigate “systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent” by law enforcement, ostensibly around the world but really aimed at the U.S.—which Mr. Blinken also applauded. That’s the same Human Rights
Council whose members include China, Cuba and Russia.” White House Dossier
Donald Trump lashes out at top US military officer: ‘I’m not into coups’ . . . Donald Trump has lashed out at General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, after several new books recounted how the top-ranking US military official worried the former president would try to stage a coup during his final days in the White House. “This is a Reichstag moment,” Milley reportedly told aides, adding: “The gospel of the Führer,”
according to one of the books, which claimed that top brass worried the outgoing president would try to stage a coup to prevent Joe Biden from taking office. Trump on Thursday released a blistering statement through his Save America political action committee, lambasting Milley and denying any attempt to stage a coup. Financial Times
So, they figured they'd stage a military coup to prevent Trump's coup?
Republicans Pressure Biden Admin To Prosecute Alleged Iranian Agent . . . Republican lawmakers are pressuring the Justice Department to follow through on the prosecution of an accused Iranian agent whose trial has been delayed several times since his arrest in January. Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, an Iranian citizen and U.S. permanent resident, was charged earlier this year with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Iranian regime.
Afrasiabi allegedly spent more than a decade pitching "himself to Congress, journalists, and the American public as a neutral and objective expert on Iran," according to former assistant attorney general John Demers. Afrasiabi, however, "was actually a secret employee of the government of Iran." Washington Free Beacon
Black Lives Matter Comes Out in Support of Cuban Regime . . . Black Lives Matter supports the communist Cuban regime and the bad things happening in Cuba are surely America’s fault. That’s the message of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, one of the largest BLM organizations in the country.
In a statement on its official Instagram account on Wednesday, Black Lives Matter castigated the United States for causing Cuba’s current economic and health care crisis. “Black Lives Matter condemns the U.S. federal government’s inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo,” the statement read. It then said that the embargo was “instituted with the explicit intention of destabilizing the country and undermining Cubans’ right to choose their own
government.” Daily Signal
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Tucker Carlson: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be fired . . . Tucker Carlson of Fox News called for Mark Milley, who has repeatedly tried to subvert civilian control of the US military, to be relieved of his duties . . . Just before last November's presidential election, two former Army officers wrote an open letter to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley. The letter was
published on a left-wing blog called "Defense One" and within minutes went viral on the Internet. The authors of the letter had a direct order for Mark Milley, who strictly speaking did not report to them. "If Donald Trump refuses to leave office," the letter began, "the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order." You must remove the president by force. Fox News
China-Backed Confucius Institute Turns Its Attention to K-12 Classrooms . . . Several American universities maintained relationships with China after shuttering their Confucius Institute chapters, shifting resources to affiliate K-12 programs and fostering sister relationships with Chinese schools. Rather than fully cut ties with the Confucius Institute, many universities shifted their resources to affiliate programs aimed at K-12
classrooms. The Confucius Classrooms program offers an array of Chinese language and culture programs to elementary, middle, and high school students across the United States. The shift reveals the extent to which the Chinese Communist Party is ingrained in American educational institutions. American security officials have recently warned about Beijing's efforts to cultivate links with educational institutions in order to change American perceptions of the Communist regime. Washington Free Beacon
People That Were Constantly Wrong About Russia Are Pushing Yet Another Dubious Trump/Putin Story . . . Over two years after the Mueller Report undermined the accusation that Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to win the 2016 election, yet another “bombshell” Trump/Putin story was widely shared on Thursday among media figures that regularly got it wrong on Russia. The Guardian‘s Luke Harding reported on a leaked document that he
claimed to originate from within the Kremlin, and which “appear[ed]” to show that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized a secret spy agency operation to support Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The report also alleged that the Russians viewed the former president as a “mentally unstable” person who would support Russia’s interests and cause “social turmoil” in the U.S.
The story quickly went viral and was the number one trend on Twitter Thursday morning. Daily Caller
This is hysterical - a document that originated in the Kremlin was "leaked" to Luke Harding! Was it "leaked" by the same Russian operatives who provided "intelligence" towards Christopher Steele's Dossier? Here we have another foreign agent, doing Putin's bidding to foment more discord in America by pitting Americans against one another. Putin knows that Trump remains a very popular leader among many Americans and a "hot button" among others. He continues to
"push our buttons" to destabilize America. Why is Luke Harding, who is from a allied nation, doing this?
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Biden: Russia must not be allowed to use energy as a weapon . . . President Biden on Thursday reiterated his concerns over the completion of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an undersea gas pipeline that would bypass traditional transit routes and link Russian oil supplies directly to Germany and other Western European markets. The president’s comments came during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who
has staunchly defended the project in the face of opposition from both the Trump and Biden administrations. Biden said to Merkel at the press conference, ". . . we are absolutely united in our conviction that Russia must not be allowed to use energy as a weapon to coerce or threaten its neighbor.” Ms. Merkel said they are working on a treaty with Russia to stop the country from working in bad faith. Washington Times
Naive or dumb or both. Just because Biden says Russia must not be allowed, Putin will stop using energy to intimidate Ukraine and Europeans? Putin broke almost every treaty and now he will abide by a "good faith" treaty with Merkel. Like Trump used to say, stupid people have been running the country.
Olympics chief warns against ‘divisive’ athlete protests in Tokyo . . . The president of the International Olympic Committee has warned athletes against political protests at the upcoming Tokyo games, calling on them to avoid “divisive” statements that could overshadow the world’s biggest sporting event. Thomas Bach told the Financial Times that the games, which begin next Friday, would be “by far the most complex and most difficult
ever”, having been delayed a year due to the pandemic and only taking place with strict coronavirus-related restrictions. But the IOC boss, a former Olympic fencing champion for Germany, also wants to avoid controversies, saying he would not support athlete activism during the games’ most high-profile occasions. Financial Times
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Children under 12 could be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by winter . . . The COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for emergency use for children under 12 years old as soon as early to midwinter. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official told the news outlet that children would likely be able to receive the vaccine under the emergency authorization by that time, with a goal to have it fully approved soon afterward. The
official said that the FDA wants four to six months of follow-up data for children under the age of 12. Acquiring follow-up data could make it easier to get the inoculation fully approved, according to NBC. The FDA used two months of follow-up data from clinical trials for adults. The Hill
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First child tax credits arrive - why some parents should opt out of the payments . . .
Roughly $15 billion has been sent to 35.2 million families, with an average payment of $423, the Treasury Department and IRS said in a joint statement. The money is expected to reach some 60 million children. But some parents may want to reconsider whether they want the monthly payments. That's because the enhanced credit is based on tax returns from 2019 and 2020, meaning individuals who are earning more money in 2021 should be aware that if they are overpaid by the IRS, they will be on
the hook for returning the money next April during tax season. "If you receive a total amount of advance Child Tax Credit payments that exceeds the amount of Child Tax Credit that you can properly claim on your 2021 tax year, you may need to repay to the IRS some or all of that excess payment," the IRS said on its website. Fox
Business
Yellen predicts 'several more months of rapid inflation' . . . Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she doesn’t think inflation will be sinking back down in the coming weeks. Yellen addressed the country’s levels of inflation during an interview that aired on CNBC Thursday afternoon. She said that while she still thinks the price increases are transitory, supply chain issues and bottlenecks stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic will
continue to apply inflationary pressure to the economy. “I think we will have several more months of rapid inflation,” Yellen said. “So I’m not saying this is a one-month phenomenon, but I think over the medium term, we’ll see inflation decline back toward normal levels. But, of course, we have to keep a careful eye on it.” Washington
Examiner
Bezos' Blue Origin space flight crew to include 18-year-old student . . . Blue Origin revealed Thursday that Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old student, will join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the firm’s inaugural space flight later this month.
Daemen will be Blue Origin’s "first paying customer" and one of four passengers to board the New Shepard shuttle, the firm said in a press release. The teenager will replace the anonymous individual who paid $28 million to win a public auction for the seat, but will be unable to participate due to "scheduling conflicts." Fox Business
He'd better start training for it.
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FBI signature expert says Hunter Biden signed receipt for abandoned laptop . . . President's son has tried to cast doubt on authenticity, origins of computer turned over to FBI by Delaware shop owner. But a retired FBI counterintelligence agent with longtime expertise in signature analysis tells Just the News that Hunter Biden signed an April 2019 Delaware computer repair shop receipt. Retired Special Agent Wayne A. Barnes, a 29-year FBI
veteran who mastered signature analysis while unmasking Soviet spies during the Cold War, says the "R.H. Biden" signature — short for Robert Hunter Biden — on the receipt issued in spring 2019 from John Paul Mac Issac's repair shop in Delaware matches those on documents known to have been signed by the president's son, such as Social Security cards, driver's licenses and other public documents. The controversial laptop turned over to the bureau contained eye-popping emails about the
President's son and his Ukrainian and Chinese business deal. Just the News
Consumers' Research launches 'Woka-Cola' campaign targeting the company for hypocrisy . . . Consumers' Research, an educational nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, on Thursday launched a number of new advertising efforts targeting Coca-Cola over its "woke" political narratives.
The new efforts – which include an ad that will air in Atlanta, a new website called AlwaysWokaCola.com and mobile billboards attached to trucks that will drive around Coca-Cola's headquarters, its museum and the Georgia State Capitol over the next 28 days – are part of the nonprofit's ongoing, seven-figure ad campaign targetting "woke" companies. The ads highlight Coca-Cola's impact on the United States' obesity epidemic; reports that Coca-Cola and other big-name U.S. brands lobbied
against a bill aiming to bar companies from using labor in China's Xinjiang Province, where Muslim minority populations are subject to forced labor and other human rights violations; and other health concerns related to Coke beverages. Fox Business
Coca Cola, along with many other "food" producers, have weaponized sugar against unsuspecting consumers. Companies like WokaCola have poisoned the food supply in the U.S., having disfigured the bodies of countless American children and adults and plaguing them with devastating diseases like diabetes and cancer. I remember when I just came to America 30 years ago, all food tasted sweet to me here, like desert. I thought it was strange. Years later, I
realized that every single piece of food was already laced with sugar, even before I bought it at the grocery store.
I'll admit though, that I prefer to eat overly sweet processed food in America to drinking rancid milk and eating rotten cabbage and potatoes in the USSR.
CVS pulls 2 store-brand products after J&J recall over cancerous chemical . . . CVS on Thursday said it’s halting the sale of two of its store-brand aloe vera products one day after Johnson & Johnson announced the recall of five of its spray sunscreens because the company found low levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some samples. “CVS Pharmacy is cooperating with Johnson & Johnson’s voluntary recall of certain
Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen products,” Joe Goode, a CVS spokesman, said in an email to The Post. J&J’s recall covers the Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen, and four Neutrogena sunscreens: Beach Defense aerosol sunscreen, CoolDry Sport aerosol sunscreen, Invisible Daily Defense aerosol sunscreen and UltraSheer aerosol sunscreen. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says benzene can cause leukemia or other cancers after long-term exposure to high
levels. New York Post
I do prefer capitalism to socialism, as I've it clear here, but capitalism has a dark side. Greed makes some business people prey on their unsuspecting fellow humans, in search of profits. Here's my observation on capitalism in America: our "food" industry and some "health products" companies routinely poison Americans with chemicals and sugar. Then the pharmaceutical industry steps in to "help" cure the various diseases caused by food and health products.
Notice how the meds almost never target the cause of the disease but only the symptoms. The meds given for one disease then cause a different disease (mentioned on the label in tiny print). There's always another medication to help the second disease. And the cycle goes on. In the process, some people become richer and richer, while making the rest of us sicker and sicker. A self-licking ice cream cone.
Neither capitalism, nor socialism is perfect. But at least, capitalism is typically associated with a free society, where individuals, not the government, make the decision what to put in and do to their bodies. Sorry for the rant. Had to get it out.
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Cuba Officially Promoted To 'Not Real Communism' . . . After Cubans began protesting for their freedom and over a lack of food and adequate healthcare this week, American socialists announced the country is now officially "not real Communism." "The Communist Party of Cuba, which we once praised as being a shining example of communism, is no longer real communism now that it is apparent that it has failed," said
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "We were hoping this would be the communist state that succeeded. I personally, like, had pretty high hopes for them. They have, like, good programs that teach kids how to read good and stuff. But it does look pretty bad over there. So we are forced to take away their communist status."
Bernie Sanders said he was "saddened" by the official reclassification but had to acknowledge that Cuba is no longer communist, since it has decayed into a hellscape of misery, hunger, and depression. Cuba's government will be forced to turn in their gun and communist badge to the founder and CEO of communism, Bob Communism. Babylon Bee
Babylon Bee is a satire website. Fake News You Can Trust.
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Have a great day.
Rebekah
Rebekah Koffler
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