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    Harvard Admits Obama is a War Criminal
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    "Harvard Political Review has labeled Obama a war criminal"

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    ⚠️CORRECTION: This tweet is extremely misleading — the poster assumes you can’t understand Mandarin. I can, here is what happens in the video.
    @CommunityNotes


    For some reason, the gas station requires customers to scan their ID to enter. This is NOT normal, in fact the bike rider is arguing with the security guard because he has no idea he is even required to — the guard doesn’t tell him, the biker is confused, and when the old guard finally explains the situation, the biker says “why didn’t you just tell me that’s what I need to do?!”

    The biker is shocked as to why he has to scan his ID and even says in the video that he’s never done that before.

    Once he scans his ID (which every Chinese person carries) and does the face recognition thing to verify, the gate opens.

    I assume they require ID scans because of some bad situation in the past, maybe lots of gas thefts or something.

    ⚠️ This video has NOTHING to do with “social credit scores” etc, which is a Western media myth.

    https://twitter.com/AndyBxxx/status/1685225380947406848


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    Millions around the world remembered Venezuela’s🇻🇪 Hugo Chavez on his birthday yesterday. Here are some of the achievements of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution:

    -Poverty reduced from 70.8% in 1996 to 21% in 2010

    -Extreme poverty reduced from 40% in 1996 to 7.3% in 2010

    -20 million benefited from Misiones anti-poverty programs

    -Eliminated illiteracy with 6% of GDP being spent on education

    -1 in 3 Venezuelans were enrolled in some form of education program

    -Reduced infant mortality from 25 to 13 per 1000 live births

    -GDP per capita rose from $4000 to $11000

    -Launched Mission Millargo which restored the eyesight of 300,000 Venezuelans

    -Venezuela became the Latin American country with the least inequality

    -Every Venezuelan was entitled to free healthcare and education

    -Oil exports rose from $14.4 billion in 1999 to $60 billion in 2010

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    A video posted yesterday by the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche provides an aerial view of the Greek island of Rhodes, revealing an isolated fire, but not a widespread conflagration. The video appears to have been shot by a Swiss aeroplane passenger (or perhaps pilot?) on the previous day.

    Referring to dramatic reports in the media, Weltwoche writer Christoph Mörgeli comments: “Someone flying over the island at 10,000 meters [33,000 feet] above sea-level, and who thus has a good overview, gets a much less dramatic impression. Although a cloud of smoke can be clearly seen on the video shown here, there is no sign of a burning island or a gigantic conflagration.”

    At the end of the clip, the videographer makes the same point more succinctly. “According to the media, all of Rhodes is burning,” he says. “It’s nuts the **** that they tell us.”

    Robert Kogon is the pen name of a widely-published journalist covering European affairs.

    https://dailysceptic.org/2023/07/28/...-look-like-it/

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    This is NOT breaking fresh news, it's a News Roundup for the month of July 2023.


    Major Events Happened In July 2023
    generalmcnews.substack.com - AUG 1, 2023


    As more of the public starts to learn that Joe Biden is an illegal president, the Deep State starts to do more and more desperate things before the full implementation of the 2030 Great Reset Agenda.

    The month of July started with a story from the United Kingdom where banks were refusing to give customers their own money. The crisis in Europe has gotten so bad that a shortage of cash is occurring. This situation has also reached Australia, where banks were refusing to honor cash withdrawals to customers.

    The FedNow program officially launched in July. The U.S. transitioned from fiat to digital to offer instantly available funds and real-time payments to their customers. The next step is to fully implement a Central Bank Digital Currency.

    Over twenty countries have now applied to join the BRICS alliance which is being rumored to be backed by gold. The days of the dollar being the world reserve currency are drawing to a close. We will see a major currency war between FedNow and BRICS.

    In Canada the vaccine side effects are kicking in fast as a mystery cluster of brain diseases are striking healthy adults. As we approach the three to five year window from the vaccine we should see a multitude of people drop dead or succumb to a severe disease.

    In Peru the vaccine side effects are happening faster than usual and they even declared a national state of emergency. Cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome have surged. This illness leads the body’s immune system to attack nerves, which can lead to paralysis.

    In the United States athletes and even political commentators continue to drop like flies on live TV. LeBron James’ son Bronny who is only 18 years old and vaccinated had a cardiac arrest during basketball practice.

    A member of the US House Intelligence Committee has publicly stated a bioweapon is being created to kill certain types of people.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated, “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” Remember this vaccine altered DNA.

    The Secret Service at the White House had to use a hazmat team to investigate a mysterious substance, which later turned out to be cocaine belonging to Hunter Biden. From pizza parties to drugs Castle Rock has been very busy this month.

    More bad news for Biden as a whistleblower accused the Biden Administration of being “middlemen” in an international child sex trafficking operation. A few days later the Biden DOJ removed child sex trafficking from its list of “areas of concern.”

    Senator Chuck Grassley released the FD-1023 form, proving that a 5 million dollar bribe was given to the then Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden to have Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired.

    Tyson Foods is introducing certain antibiotics to its chicken supply and will drop its “no antibiotics ever” tagline. You should not be buying any type of meat from any large chain supermarket. All of it is poisoned and coming straight from a Bill Gates farm.

    CNN demanded its viewers to immediately switch diets to Bill Gates lab grown fake meat. Lab grown meat will be labelled ‘cell cultivated’ in the United States and should be avoided by all costs. A Brazilian company is opening up a large artificial meat production plant in Spain, which will produce fake meat which will eventually make you sick and die.

    Allison Mack, the human trafficker was released from prison after being in jail for being part of the sex cult known as NXIVM. Patriots from January 6 are getting longer sentences than pedophiles these days.

    Bill Gates mosquitoes have started to cause destruction as we are starting to see some unusual diseases coming from tick bites. The World Health Organization announced 18 million malaria jab doses for 12 African nations at the same exact time. You can read here what to do to survive a a bite from a Bill Gates mosquito.

    Did you know that in the state of Maryland a helicopter was seen releasing “deadly mosquitoes” during a large African American festival known as AFRAM.

    New cases of a deadly virus spread by ticks have also emerged in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

    The Climate Change false flags have been happening and nobody is telling you the truth or doing anything about it. These fires are being set by protesters and arsons that are funded by the World Economic Forum for the next planned global emergency, Climate Change.

    Large fires are being set in multiple parts of Canada and that toxic air is slowly polluting the air quality in the United States. In Greece and Italy the same thing is happening. Read here to know what remedies to take to keep your lungs safe from the smoke from the wildfires.

    Project Blue Beam continues to be in its psychological operation phase as another government hearing took place about aliens and space crafts. The government is now trying to convince the public that aliens are real and they have recovered bodies and spaceships. My original article about Project Blue Beam can be read here.

    Barack Obama had a major emergency in his mansion as his chef drowned under mysterious circumstances. This story did not add up as the Chef’s Instagram page showed he learned how to swim and was in great physical shape.

    The 911 call showed no reason for what the report was for. Everything is being covered up and Obama was recently seen in public playing golf with a black eye and injuries on his finger. Obama was seen with Tom Hanks just a few weeks before this all transpired. We know pizza parties played a major role for the death of his chef.

    President Trump received a signal from the DOJ that they will arrest him. Trump was also hit with new charges in the classified documents case. Trump has signaled he will keep fighting no matter what they do to him.

    Rand Paul has officially referred a criminal referral for the prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Rand Paul’s office was mysteriously set on fire after his initial announcement. However, nothing can stop what is going to happen next.


    Other Major News

    The European Union is considering blocking the sun for climate change purposes.

    Worlds first fully electric car has been approved by the FAA.

    Joe Biden is hiding classified documents pertaining to the JFK assassination.

    Doctors in the Netherlands have started to euthanize individuals with autism and other minor disabilities to ‘save the planet’

    Majorie Taylor Greene was expelled from the House Freedom Caucus for her support of Kevin McCarthy.

    Cats in Poland have been tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu.

    California Democrats blocked a bill to increase child sex trafficking penalties.

    Mark Zuckerberg must testify before a human trafficking council.

    Ray Epps was criminally charged for his actions on January 6th.

    United States military reserve units have been deployed for Europe.

    Kevin Spacey cleared of all sexual assault charges in the United Kingdom.

    Kevin McCarty attended Bohemian Grove.

    General Flynn has called for the reopening of the pizzagate investigation.


    Good News

    New York shut down its COVID vaccine program.

    U.S. House proposed a bill which would defund the World Health Organization and World Economic Forum.

    Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned.

    The Sound of Freedom was a major success and continued to red pill so many people worldwide.

    A tornado destroyed a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina.

    Texas is withdrawing from the ERIC voter rolls system designed by Democrats.

    President Trump calls for the death penalty against human traffickers.

    President Trump had a successful meeting with Mel Gibson about human trafficking.
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    great report Norman!

    thanks

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    Expert warns over what ‘we really don’t understand’ about China
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    ( A few days short of "breaking" news, but this is very important information which should not be sidelined.
    The CCP may be collapsing from within, but it can still be very dangerous, for a drowning CCP may pull down whatever else it can with them.)

    "Atlas Organization founder Jonathan D.T. Ward argues that the U.S. and allies don't have strategies to beat China in the 'emerging world.' "



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    2 US Navy Sailors Charged With Spying for China
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    "Two American sailors have been arrested on charges of selling sensitive military information to China.
    Heavy rainstorms move toward northeastern China, the nation’s largest grain belt. Farmlands were submerged under water and harvest season was disrupted.
    A unique feature offered by a Chinese surveillance camera maker uses keywords like “black,” “white,” and “yellow” to tag and track people as they appear in footage."

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    03:45 Chinese surveillance maker analyzes by skin color
    05:39 Floods hit China's grain belt, farmlands submerged
    07:14 UC Berkeley's ties with CCP under scrutiny, reps. Concerned CCP will gain tech secrets
    09:07 No response from China on invitation to visit U.S.
    10:03 U.S., EU wary of China's legacy chip efforts: expert
    12:46 Biden admin's China strategy has continuity, with trump admin's: China expert



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    China expert warns US at 'grave risk'
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    "Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses Taiwan, Chinese malware potentially disrupting the U.S. military and the Biden administration's handling of China."



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    Taiwan has a secret doomsday plan for China
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    "A #Taiwanese attack on the #ThreeGorgesDam could wipe out the lower #Yangtze Basin, destroying military and industrial installations and flooding major cities."

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    JUST IN: Massive Backfire In Trump Scandal
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    "Charles McGonigal, a former FBI agent linked to the 2016 Trump Russia collusion probe is set to plead guilty for working illegally with a sanctioned oligarch, per court documents. So this high ranking FBI agent was secretly working with Russia while trying to entrap a sitting US president, Donald Trump. For many this finally feels like some justice."

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    North Korea’s leader Kim dismisses military chief, calls for war preparations
    AFP August 9, 2023

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations “in an offensive way”, including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported Thursday.

    The developments came at a meeting of the Central Military Commission on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency reported, just days after Kim inspected several major arms factories.

    The military gathering comes as Seoul and Washington prepare for major joint drills later this month, which the North views as rehearsals for invasion and has repeatedly warned could trigger “overwhelming” action in response.

    At the meeting, Kim dismissed chief of the general staff Pak Su Il, replacing him with Vice Marshal Ri Yong Gil, KCNA said without giving further details.

    KCNA said the agenda of Wednesday’s meeting was “the issue of making full war preparations” including “securing more powerful strike means” to ensure “perfect military readiness for a war”.

    Kim called for “all the munitions industrial establishments to push ahead with the mass-production of various weapons and equipment”, the report said.

    “He also called for actively conducting actual war drills to efficiently operate (the) newly deployed latest weapons and equipment,” it added.

    Kim reached an “important conclusion on further stepping up the war preparations of the KPA in an offensive way,” KCNA reported.

    The meeting also discussed preparations for a massive parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea on September 9.

    Last month, Pyongyang held a major military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, with analysts describing the event as “the largest, most overt North Korean display of nuclear-capable systems”.

    North Korea also held a large defence expo to coincide with the parade, with Kim giving the visiting Russian defence minister a tour of of the country’s newest and most advanced weaponry, including ballistic missiles and spy drones.
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    U.S. Scientists Received $325M in Royalties From China, Russia
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    07:45 China’s Largest Immigrants Service Raided by Police
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    Top Democrats Demand Justice Department Investigate Justice Clarence Thomas
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    8/13/2023

    "Five congressional Democrats have asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over gifts he reportedly received from conservative billionaires.

    The letter (pdf), dated Aug. 11, was signed by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.).

    After left-wing media outlet ProPublica published a series of reports in recent months, the lawmakers urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) “to launch an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for consistently failing to report significant gifts he received from Harlan Crow and other billionaires for nearly two decades—in defiance of his duty under federal law.”

    The most recent ProPublica report, which was published Aug. 10, stated that Justice Thomas “has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.”

    The report listed at least “38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the Bahamas; 26 private jet flights, plus an additional eight by helicopter; a dozen VIP passes to professional and college sporting events, typically perched in the skybox; two stays at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica; and one standing invitation to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic coast.”

    Undisclosed Trips
    The largesse bestowed on Justice Thomas, which reportedly includes “several million dollars” in undisclosed trips since he joined the court in 1991, has provided him “a lifestyle far beyond what his income could provide.”

    Sen. Kennedy Criticizes Supreme Court Ethics Bill, Believes It Will Not Pass the Floor

    Democrats take issue in particular with the report that Mr. Crow, a wealthy Republican donor, gave Justice Thomas luxurious vacations, provided tuition support for a grandnephew he raised, and purchased low-dollar real estate from the justice’s family.

    The letter stated that Justice Thomas has received “numerous undisclosed valuable gifts from Harlan Crow over the course of at least fifteen years, despite certifying repeatedly that his financial disclosure forms are ‘accurate, true, and complete,’ in certifications ‘subject to civil and criminal sanctions.’”

    The lawmakers claim that the federal Ethics in Government Act requires judicial officers, including Supreme Court justices, “to file annual reports disclosing financial income, gifts and reimbursements, property interests, liabilities, and transactions, among other information.”

    “Despite this clear mandate, Justice Thomas and his wife, Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas–a far right activist who often champions conservative causes that come before the Court–have received non-exempt gifts of significant value from Harlan Crow without reporting the source, description, and value of such gifts over the course of at least fifteen years.”

    “No individual, regardless of their position or stature, should be exempt from legal scrutiny for lawbreaking,” the letter stated.

    'A Political Hit Job'
    Mr. Crow, who is a major donor to Republicans, criticized a ProPublica report about Justice Thomas from April as a “political hit job.”

    Justice Thomas said that month that he has “always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines.” He has also said he was advised in his early days on the Supreme Court that “personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable.”

    Lawyers quoted in ProPublica reports say the Ethics in Government Act requires Supreme Court justices to declare gifts, but other legal experts aren’t so sure.

    These legal experts have said that it isn't illegal for justices to have wealthy, generous friends and that because the Supreme Court was created by the U.S. Constitution, not Congress, lawmakers don't have a free hand in regulating it.

    They've also said that Justice Thomas hasn't participated in cases involving his benefactors and that there is therefore no judicial conflict of interest. Democrats, on the other hand, argue that Justice Thomas’s receipt of gifts is inappropriate for a judicial officer and is itself evidence that he is corrupt regardless of whether a specific quid pro quo exists.

    'Harassing and Intimidating'
    The lawmakers’ letter came after the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Democrat-backed Supreme Court ethics reform bill on July 20 on a party line 11–10 vote. It isn't clear when the full Senate will take up the bill.

    Republicans oppose the legislation, which they say is unconstitutional. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), said at the time that the bill was “about harassing and intimidating the Supreme Court.”

    The principal sponsor of the bill, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), said at the July 20 hearing that the legislation was needed because the court “has been captured by special interests, much like a railroad commission in the 1890s might have been captured by railroad barons to decide things their way.”

    If the Democrat-controlled Senate approves the bill, it will face an uphill battle in the GOP-dominated House of Representatives.

    Republicans have suggested that Democrats—many of whom want to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices—want to move against the court only because its six-member conservative-leaning majority has been handing down decisions they find objectionable.

    Three of those six justices were appointed by President Donald Trump.

    Democrats have been demanding that the Supreme Court adopt a code of ethics after the revelation of several alleged ethical lapses said to have been committed by conservative members of the court, particularly Justice Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito.

    The Epoch Times reached out to the DOJ and the Supreme Court’s public information office for comment but received none by press time.

    The Supreme Court is in recess for the summer and is scheduled to release orders in ongoing cases on Aug. 21 and Sept. 8. Its new term will begin with oral arguments in October."
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    🇵🇸BREAKING NOW: Massive explosion north of Tel Aviv.

    A Chemical Plant North of Tel Aviv near the Town of Ramat Hasharon is said to have exploded tonight with residents in the surrounding area being told to “Shelter-in-Place” until further notice due to the possibility of hazardous fumes; Emergency Crews across the Tel Aviv Region have been placed on Alert and are being asked to respond immediately.

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    The Lane County fires in Oregon also triggered evacuations and tons of smoke and hazardous air in Eugene OR

    ‼️BEDROCK WILDFIRE UPDATE‼️

    🔥Oregon wildfires: LEVEL 3 GO NOW orders still in effect for Bedrock, Lookout fires

    Lane County Oregon residents ordered to evacuate as wildfires advance

    People living near the Bedrock and Lookout fires in Lane County have been ordered to evacuate immediately, the sheriff’s office has said.

    With the Bedrock fire growing to 19,300 acres, people northeast of Lowell should evacuate, the sheriff’s office said, singling out homes on Peninsula Road east of Timber Creek and Big Fall Creek Road east of the intersection with Peninsula Road for the Level 3 evacuation, the highest level. Residents around Fire Creek Lake have been asked to start making plans to evacuate.

    Gov. Tina Kotek has declared an emergency conflagration, allowing the state to mobilize more equipment to fight the fire.

    “The Lookout Fire has been growing rapidly due to the dry, windy conditions in Lane County,” Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple said in a prepared statement. “The next few days are very concerning with continued red-flag conditions.”

    Mere miles to the northeast of the Bedrock fire, the Lookout fire, which began Aug. 5 and has engulfed grown to 215 acres, also has triggered a Level 3 evacuation notice. The evacuation area applies to homes on the north side of the McKenzie river east of Blue River.

    That means people on Taylor Road, North Bank Road, any areas north of Highway 126 between Blue River Reservoir Road and Drury Lane, Mona Campground, Lookout Campground and the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest headquarters must evacuate now. People south of the McKenzie Highway have been asked to be ready to evacuate.

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