US Imposes Human Rights Sanctions On China, Myanmar, North Korea

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="US Imposes Human Rights Sanctions On China, Myanmar, North Korea" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-08/m196ech8_us-china-flags_625x300_28_August_21.jpg" title="US Imposes Human Rights Sanctions On China, Myanmar, North Korea" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">China's embassy in Washington denounced the US move. (Representational)</p> </div> <b class="place_cont">Washington:</b> <p>The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist.</p> <p>Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United States in imposing sanctions related to human rights abuses in Myanmar while Washington also imposed the first new sanctions on North Korea under President Joe Biden's administration and targeted Myanmar military entities, among others, in action marking Human Rights Day.</p> <p>"Our actions today, particularly those in partnership with the United Kingdom and Canada, send a message that democracies around the world will act against those who abuse the power of the state to inflict suffering and repression," Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement.</p> <p>China's embassy in Washington denounced the US move as "serious interference in China's internal affairs" and a "severe violation of basic norms governing international relations." Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said it would do "grave harm to China-US relations" and urged Washington to rescind the decision.</p> <p>The North Korean mission at the United Nations and the Washington embassies of Myanmar and Bangladesh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p> <p>The measures are the latest in a raft of sanctions timed to coincide with Biden's two-day virtual Summit for Democracy, where he announced initiatives to bolster democracy around the world and support for pro-democracy legislation in the United States.</p> <p>Biden said on Friday that commitments made by some of the more than 100 world leaders at the summit would push back against rising autocracy around the world, fight corruption and promote human rights.</p> <p>"This is going to help seed fertile ground for democracy to bloom around the world," he said in a speech closing the summit. The Treasury on Friday added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime to a list of "Chinese military-industrial complex companies," accusing it of having developed facial recognition programs that can determine a target's ethnicity, with a particular focus on identifying ethnic Uyghurs. As a result, the company will fall under an investment ban for US investors.</p> <p>SenseTime is close to selling 1.5 billion shares in an initial public offering (IPO).</p> <p>After news of the Treasury restrictions earlier this week, the company began discussing the fate of the planned $767 million offering with Hong Kong's stock exchange, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.</p> <p>SenseTime said in a statement on Saturday that it "strongly opposed the designation and accusations that have been made in connection with it," calling the accusations "unfounded".</p> <p>"We have complied with the applicable laws and regulations in relation to our business in all material respects in the jurisdictions where we conduct business," the company said.</p> <p>UN experts and rights groups estimate more than a million people, mainly Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities, have been detained in recent years in a vast system of camps in China's far-west region of Xinjiang.</p> <p>China denies abuses in Xinjiang, but the US government and many rights groups say Beijing is carrying out genocide there.</p> <p><strong>MYANMAR, NORTH KOREA</strong></p> <p>The Treasury said it was imposing sanctions on two Myanmar military entities and an organization that provides reserves for the military</p> <p>The Directorate of Defense Industries, one of the entities targeted, makes weapons for the military and police that have been used in a brutal crackdown on opponents of the military's February 1 coup.</p> <p>The Treasury also targeted four regional chief ministers, including Myo Swe Win, who heads the junta's administration in the Bago region where the Treasury said at least 82 people were killed in a single day in April.</p> <p>Canada imposed sanctions against four entities affiliated with the Myanmar military government, while the United Kingdom imposed fresh sanctions against the military.</p> <p>Myanmar was plunged into crisis when the military overthrew leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government on February 1, triggering daily protests in towns and cities and fighting in borderlands between the military and ethnic minority insurgents.</p> <p>Junta forces seeking to crush opposition have killed more than 1,300 people, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group.</p> <p>Campaign group Global Witness said the measures fell short of targeting Myanmar's natural gas industry, a key source of foreign currency for the junta, and were "unlikely to materially impact the military junta's bottom line."</p> <p>The Treasury also blacklisted North Korea's Central Public Prosecutors Office, along with the former minister of social security and recently assigned Minister of People's Armed Forces Ri Yong Gil.</p> <p>It also targeted a Russian university for facilitating the export of workers from North Korea. North Korea has long sought a lifting of punishing US and international sanctions imposed over its weapons programs and has denounced US criticism of its human rights record as evidence of a hostile policy against it. The Biden administration has repeatedly called on North Korea to engage in dialogue over its nuclear and missile programs, without success.</p> <p>The US State Department on Friday also barred 12 people from traveling to the United States, including officials in China, Belarus and Sri Lanka.</p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-imposes-human-rights-sanctions-on-china-myanmar-north-korea-2646420">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-imposes-human-rights-sanctions-on-china-myanmar-north-korea-2646420</a>

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First American Astronaut's Daughter Set For Blue Origin Spaceflight

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="First American Astronaut's Daughter Set For Blue Origin Spaceflight" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/erfjqdo_laura-shepard-churchley_625x300_11_December_21.jpg" title="First American Astronaut's Daughter Set For Blue Origin Spaceflight" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">Laura Shepard Churchley's father Alan Shepard was the first American to travel to space in 1961.</p> </div> <b class="place_cont">United States:</b> <p>Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to blast its third private crew to space on Saturday, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-aviation-body-finds-no-blue-origin-safety-issues-after-review-2646198" target="_self">The spaceflight will</a> last roughly 11 minutes, launching from the company's base in Texas and soaring to just beyond the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) high.</p> <p>The six-member crew will unbuckle and enjoy a few minutes' weightlessness before the spaceship returns to Earth for a gentle parachute landing in the desert.</p> <p>The launch date was pushed back because of high winds, but is now set for 8:45 am local time (1445 GMT) on Saturday.</p> <p>Laura Shepard Churchley, whose father Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space in 1961, will be flying as a guest of Blue Origin.</p> <p>The company's suborbital rocket is in fact named "New Shepard" in honor of the pioneering astronaut.</p> <p>Michael Strahan, an American football Hall of Famer turned TV personality, is also a guest, while there are four paying customers: space industry executive and philanthropist Dylan Taylor, investor Evan Dick, Bess Ventures founder Lane Bess, and Cameron Bess.</p> <p>Lane and Cameron Bess will become the first parent-child pair to fly in space. Ticket prices have not been disclosed.</p> <p>"It's kind of fun for me to say an original Shepard will fly on the New Shepard," Shepard Churchley, who runs a foundation that promotes science and raises funds for college students, said in a video. "I'm very proud of my father's legacy."</p> <p>Alan Shepard performed a 15-minute suborbital space flight on May 5, 1961, just under a month after the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, orbiting the planet.</p> <p>Shepard, who died in 1998, went on to be the fifth of twelve men to have set foot on the Moon.</p> <p>Previous Blue Origin flights have flown the company's billionaire founder Bezos as well as Star Trek actor William Shatner to space.</p> <p>Bezos, who made his fortune with Amazon envisages a future in which humanity disperses throughout the solar system, living and working in giant space colonies with artificial gravity.</p> <p>This, he says, would leave Earth as a pristine tourism destination much like national parks today.</p> <p>The year 2021 has been significant for the space tourism sector, with Virgin Galactic also flying its founder Richard Branson to the final frontier, and Elon Musk's SpaceX sending four private citizens on a three-day orbital mission for charity.</p> <p>The industry's predicted growth means that, starting from next year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it will stop awarding astronaut wings badges to commercial space travelers, though it will continue to recognize them on its website.</p> <p>"The Astronaut Wings program, created in 2004, served its original purpose to bring additional attention to this exciting endeavor," said FAA Associate Administrator Wayne Monteith, in a statement.</p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/first-american-astronaut-alan-shepards-daughter-set-for-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spaceflight-2646415">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/first-american-astronaut-alan-shepards-daughter-set-for-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spaceflight-2646415</a>

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International Mountain Day 2021: Theme And Significance Of The Day

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="International Mountain Day 2021: Theme And Significance Of The Day" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2020-06/2bc8eqg8_mountain-generic-unsplash_625x300_17_June_20.jpg" title="International Mountain Day 2021: Theme And Significance Of The Day" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">International Mountain Day 2021: The theme this year is sustainable mountain tourism.</p> </div> <p>The International Mountain Day, which aims to encourage conservation and sustainable development of mountains, is celebrated on December 11. The conservation of mountains is a key factor for sustainable development. It is also part of Goal 15 of the Sustainable Development Goals set up by the United National General Assembly in 2015.</p> <p><b>History and Significance</b></p> <p>The world began noticing the importance of mountains in earnest after the effects of climate change became undeniable. Acknowledging their importance, the UN had first declared the whole of 2002 as the UN International Year of Mountains. Then, it was announced that the first International Mountain Day would be celebrated the following year in 2003.</p> <p>Tourism is a key aspect of mountains. For sustainable development of mountains, a sustainable way of tourism must be found. It can create livelihood options for those living in these high-altitude regions as well as help conserve landscape and biodiversity. Sustainable tourism is a way to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of mountains.</p> <p><b>International Mountain Day 2021: Theme</b></p> <p>The theme of International Mountain Day this year is sustainable mountain tourism. The celebration of this international day is mainly backed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. The UN has asked individuals and groups to raise awareness about mountains on December 11 by “<a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day">preparing an event or joining the conversation</a> on social media using the hashtag “Mountains Matter.””</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/international-mountain-day-international-mountain-day-today-international-mountain-day-2021-theme-and-significance-of-the-day-2646387">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/international-mountain-day-international-mountain-day-today-international-mountain-day-2021-theme-and-significance-of-the-day-2646387</a>

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International Mountain Day 2021: The theme this year is sustainable mountain tourism. The International Mountain Day, which aims to encourage conservation and sustainable development of mountains, is celebrated on December 11. The conservation of mo…

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Twitter Has Banned Posting Images Of People Without Consent - Why That's A Good Thing

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="Twitter Has Banned Posting Images Of People Without Consent - Why That's A Good Thing" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-02/alobemt_twitter-generic-reuters_650x400_10_February_21.jpg" title="Twitter Has Banned Posting Images Of People Without Consent - Why That's A Good Thing" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">Twitter will no longer allow "sharing of images or videos of private individuals without their consent"</p> </div> <p>Twitter recently <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1465683093436739588">announced</a> that it will no longer allow “the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent”. The move takes effect through <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/private-information-policy-update">an expansion</a> of the social media platform's <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information">private information and media policy</a>.</p> <p>In practical terms, this means photos and videos can be removed if the photographer has not obtained consent from people captured prior to sharing the item on Twitter. Individuals who find their image shared online without consent <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/report-abusive-behavior">can report</a> the post, and Twitter will then decide whether it's to be taken down.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/private-information-policy-update">Twitter</a>, this change comes in response to “growing concerns about the misuse of media and information that is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals”.</p> <p>While the move signals a shift towards greater protection of individual privacy, there are questions around implementation and enforcement.</p> <p>In contrast to some European countries – France, for example, has a strong privacy culture around image rights under Article 9 of the <a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000006419288/">French Civil Code</a> – the UK doesn't have <a href="https://www.inbrief.co.uk/human-rights/image-rights/">such a strong tradition</a> of image rights.</p> <p>This means there is little an individual can do to prevent an image of themselves being circulated freely online, unless it's deemed to fall within limited legal protection. For example, in relevant circumstances an individual may be protected under section 33 of the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/33/enacted">Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015</a>, which addresses image-based sexual abuse. Legal protection may also be available if the image is deemed to contravene <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet">copyright</a> or <a href="https://ipo.blog.gov.uk/2019/06/11/copyright-and-gdpr-for-photographers/">data protection provisions</a>.</p> <p>On the one hand, the <a href="http://www.urban75.org/photos/photographers-rights-street-shooting.html">freedom to photograph</a> is fiercely defended, largely by the media and photographers. On the other, private, unwanted or humiliating photographs can cause significant upset and distress, with a clash of rights between the photographer (the legal owner of the photograph) and the photographed (often laying no claim to the image).</p> <h2>My research</h2> <p>For my PhD, I surveyed 189 adults living in England and Wales on their experiences with images shared online, particularly via social media. My findings <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17577632.2021.1933704">were published</a> earlier this year.</p> <p>Although some participants were not bothered or were even pleased to come across images of themselves shared online, for others, finding images which they didn't consent to being posted made them feel uneasy. As one participant said:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fortunately I didn't look too bad and wasn't doing anything stupid, but I'd prefer to control images of myself appearing in public.</p> </blockquote> <p>Another said:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was quite angry about having my image shared on social media without my permission.</p> </blockquote> <p>A narrow majority of respondents supported an increase in legal protection of individual rights to mean that their image could not be used without consent (55% agreed, 27% were not sure and 18% disagreed). Meanwhile, 75% of respondents felt social media sites should play a greater role in protecting privacy.</p> <p>I found people were not necessarily seeking legal protection in this regard. Many were just looking for some kind of avenue, such as it being the norm for photographs posted on social media without permission to be removed at the request of the person photographed.</p> <p>Twitter's policy change represents a pragmatic solution, giving individuals greater control over how their image is used. This may be helpful, particularly from a safety perspective, to the groups Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1465738076978774018">has identified</a>, which include women, activists, dissidents and members of minority communities. For example, an image which reveals the location of a woman who has escaped domestic violence could put that person in significant danger if the image is seen by her abuser.</p> <p>It also may be helpful to children subject to “<a href="https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/sharenting-43411">sharenting</a>” – having images shared online by their parents at every stage of growing up. In theory, these children can now report these images once they're old enough to understand how. Alternatively, they can have a representative do this for them.</p> <h2>Teething problems</h2> <p>The change has understandably caused some consternation, particularly <a href="https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/twitter-bans-publishing-images-of-others-without-consent-157594">among photographers</a>. Civil liberties group <a href="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/">Big Brother Watch</a> has <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59479688">criticised the policy</a> for being “overly broad”, arguing it will lead to censorship online.</p> <p>It's important to note that this is not a blanket ban on images of individuals. Twitter has said images or videos that show people participating in public events (such as large protests or sporting events) generally <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1465738078220288000">wouldn't violate</a> the policy.</p> <p>They also draw attention to a number of <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information">exceptions</a>, including where the image is newsworthy, in the public interest, or where the subject is a public figure. But how public interest will be interpreted would benefit from greater clarity. Similarly, how this policy will apply to the media is not entirely clear.</p> <p>There were already a few teething problems within a week of the policy launching. Co-ordinated reports by extremist groups pertaining to photos of themselves at hate rallies reportedly resulted in numerous Twitter accounts belonging to anti-extremism researchers and journalists being <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/4/22817386/twitter-suspended-accounts-extremists">suspended by mistake</a>. Twitter said it has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/03/twitter-admits-error-in-account-suspensions/">corrected the errors</a> and launched an internal review.</p> <p>There are also concerns that minority groups may be harmed by the policy if they run into difficulties sharing images highlighting abuse or injustice, such as police brutality. Although Twitter has said that such events would be exempted from the rule on the grounds of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/01/twitter-photo-policy/">being newsworthy</a>, how this will be enforced is not yet clear.</p> <p>There are certainly issues that need to be ironed out. But ultimately, this policy change does have the potential to protect individual privacy and facilitate a more considered approach to the sharing of images.<img alt="The Conversation" class="lozad" height="1" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/173122/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" width="1" /></p> <p><em>(Author: <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/holly-hancock-1295823">Holly Hancock</a>, Lecturer in Tort Law, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-east-anglia-1268">University of East Anglia</a>)</span></em></p> <p><em>This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/twitter-has-banned-posting-of-images-of-people-without-their-consent-heres-why-thats-a-good-thing-173122">original article</a>.</em><br />  </p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/twitter-has-banned-posting-images-of-people-without-consent-why-thats-a-good-thing-2646377">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/twitter-has-banned-posting-images-of-people-without-consent-why-thats-a-good-thing-2646377</a>

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Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jlNLJwVR-yR8YApsrPfqdNqfYeg=/0x301:4200x2500/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23078679/1236995513.jpg" /></div> <p>On first glance, it would be easy to see the Supreme Court’s decision Friday in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-463_3ebh.pdf"><em>Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson</em></a> as a win for abortion rights. It would also be wrong.</p> <p>More than two months after the Supreme Court allowed SB 8, a Texas law that effectively <a href="https://www.vox.com/22653779/supreme-court-abortion-texas-sb8-whole-womans-health-jackson-roe-wade">bans abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy</a>, to take effect, the Court followed it up with a 5-4 decision that is an even larger defeat to proponents of abortion rights, and a victory to anti-abortion lawmakers in Texas.</p> <p>The specific question in <em>Jackson</em> is whether abortion providers are allowed to bring a federal lawsuit seeking to block SB 8. Although Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion technically answers this question in the affirmative, it permits suits only against state health officials who play a very minimal role in enforcing the law. It does not allow suits to proceed against the Texas state officials who play the biggest role in enforcing SB 8: state court judges and clerks.</p> <p>The upshot of this decision is that, while the abortion provider plaintiffs in <em>Jackson</em> may be able to get a federal court order declaring that SB 8 is unconstitutional, the only real relief they are likely to win is an order preventing a few state health officials from carrying out the minor role they plan in enforcing the law. The most important provisions of the law — the ones that effectively prevent anyone from performing an abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy by threatening them with financial ruin if they do so — will most likely remain in effect.</p> <p>Though procedural sophistry, Gorsuch and the other justices who joined his opinion engineered the outcome Texas wanted. And the implications of this case could stretch far beyond abortion cases.</p> <p>SB 8 was written for the <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/8/31/22650303/supreme-court-abortion-texas-sb8-jackson-roe-wade-greg-abbott">very purpose of evading judicial review</a>, and <em>Jackson</em> largely blesses that tactic. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes in dissent, Gorsuch’s opinion “leaves all manner of constitutional rights more vulnerable than ever before.” If states can use an SB 8-style law to nullify the constitutional right to an abortion, they could very well use it to nullify any other constitutional right.</p> <p>SB 8, as Sotomayor explained in a September opinion, was “engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a24_8759.pdf">evade judicial scrutiny</a>.”</p> <p>Under the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution in <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/505/833"><em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey</em></a> (1992), “a State <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/505/833">may not prohibit</a> any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability,” which occurs around the 24th week of pregnancy. But the Constitution is not a self-executing document. Typically, someone who believes that a state is violating their constitutional rights must obtain a court order mandating the state’s compliance. SB 8 seeks to thwart that process by making it nearly impossible to challenge the law.</p> <p>Normally, private plaintiffs can’t sue a state directly in federal court — but they <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/209/123/"><em>can</em> sue</a> <a href="https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/209/123.html">the state official tasked with enforcing an unconstitutional law</a>. SB 8 seeks to exploit this structure by forbidding any “<a href="https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB8/id/2395961">officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity</a>” in Texas from enforcing the state’s anti-abortion law. Instead, the law may only be enforced through private lawsuits.</p> <p>Such lawsuits may be filed by “any person” who is <em>not</em> an employee of the state against anyone who either performs an abortion or who “aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.” Plaintiffs who prevail in these lawsuits receive a bounty of at least $10,000, which must be paid by the defendant — and there is no upper limit on this bounty.</p> <p>Thus, the idea behind SB 8 is that no one can challenge the law in federal court because there is no state official who can enforce it. And thus there is no proper defendant.</p> <p>The <em>Jackson</em> plaintiffs argued that there are, in fact, several state officials who are charged with enforcing SB 8. Most importantly, they sued a state court judge and the clerk of a state court — the idea being that lawsuits seeking a bounty under SB 8 cannot move forward unless a judge hears the case and a clerk performs certain administrative tasks.</p> <p>But Gorsuch’s opinion holds that suits against these judges and clerks may not move forward. Indeed, Gorsuch audaciously claims that allowing a lawsuit to proceed against state court officials tasked with enforcing a law that was designed to nullify the Constitution would lead to a slippery slope.</p> <p>“If it caught on and federal judges could enjoin state courts and clerks from entertaining disputes between private parties under <em>this</em> state law,” Gorsuch writes, “what would stop federal judges from prohibiting state courts and clerks from hearing and docketing disputes between private parties under <em>other</em> state laws?”</p> <p>That said, Gorsuch’s opinion does allow the plaintiffs’ suit to move forward against a list of state health officials, including the executive directors of the state’s medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical boards. These officials, Gorsuch explains, do play a small role in enforcing SB 8. “Each of these individuals is an executive licensing official who may or must take enforcement actions against the petitioners if they violate the terms of Texas’s Health and Safety Code, including S. B. 8.”</p> <p>So that means the plaintiffs may seek a court order forbidding these officials from moving forward with such an enforcement action. But so what?</p> <p>Typically, when a federal court wants to halt a state law that violates the Constitution, it issues an order known as an injunction, which forbids the relevant state officials from enforcing that law. But injunctions typically cannot be issued against someone who is not a party to a lawsuit.</p> <p>Under Gorsuch’s opinion, the only remaining defendants in the SB 8 litigation will be the smattering of health officials tasked with bringing enforcement actions against licensed health providers who violate SB 8. The state court judges and clerks who hear SB 8 lawsuits seeking a bounty from abortion providers are no longer a party to this litigation, and therefore cannot be enjoined.</p> <p>(It’s theoretically possible that someone might bring a suit seeking to block an individual SB 8 plaintiff from filing a lawsuit. But such a suit would likely run into a similar problem — an injunction against that plaintiff wouldn’t apply to other potential plaintiffs.)</p> <p>A federal court, in other words, isn’t allowed to block the most important parts of SB 8 — the part allowing “any person” to seek a bounty from an abortion provider, and the part allowing state court judges to order providers to pay such a bounty. The Texas legislature, moreover, could potentially shut down federal lawsuits challenging SB 8 altogether, simply by repealing the provision of state law that permits health officials to bring enforcement proceedings against people who violate it.</p> <p>So the bottom line is that Texas won. The state devised a scheme to evade judicial review, and five justices just blessed that scheme.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/12/10/22827899/supreme-court-texas-abortion-law-sb8-decision-whole-womens-health">https://www.vox.com/2021/12/10/22827899/supreme-court-texas-abortion-law-sb8-decision-whole-womens-health</a>

vox Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade

On first glance, it would be easy to see the Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson as a win for abortion rights. It would also be wrong. More than two months after the Supreme Court allowed SB 8, a Texas law that effecti…

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An AI Debates Its Own Ethics At Oxford Union - What It Said Was Startling

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="An AI Debates Its Own Ethics At Oxford Union - What It Said Was Startling" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/g3gv78ps_artificial-intelligence-generic-pixabay_625x300_11_December_21.jpg" title="An AI Debates Its Own Ethics At Oxford Union - What It Said Was Startling" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">The debate topic was: "This house believes that AI will never be ethical." (Representational Image)</p> </div> <p>Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created by “black box” artificial intelligence systems. These use machine learning to figure out patterns within data and make decisions – often without a human giving them any moral basis for how to do it.</p> <p>Classics of the genre are the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50432634">credit cards accused</a> of awarding bigger loans to men than women, based simply on which gender got the best credit terms in the past. Or the <a href="https://qz.com/1427621/companies-are-on-the-hook-if-their-hiring-algorithms-are-biased/">recruitment AIs</a> that discovered the most accurate tool for candidate selection was to find CVs containing the phrase “field hockey” or the first name “Jared”.</p> <p>More seriously, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently combined with Henry Kissinger <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Age-I-Our-Human-Future/dp/0316273805">to publish</a> The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, a book warning of the dangers of machine-learning AI systems so fast that they could react to hypersonic missiles by firing nuclear weapons before any human got into the decision-making process. In fact, autonomous AI-powered weapons systems are already on sale and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html">may in fact</a> have been used.</p> <p>Somewhere in the machine, ethics are clearly a good idea.</p> <h2>AI at Oxford</h2> <p>It's natural, therefore, that we would include the ethics of AI in our postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business at Oxford's Said Business School. In its first year, we've done sessions on everything from the AI-driven automated stock trading systems in Singapore, to the limits of facial recognition in US policing.</p> <p>We recently finished the course with a debate at the celebrated Oxford Union, crucible of great debaters like William Gladstone, Robin Day, Benazir Bhutto, Denis Healey and Tariq Ali. Along with the students, we allowed an actual AI to contribute.</p> <p>It was the <a href="https://lifearchitect.ai/megatron/">Megatron Transformer</a>, developed by the Applied Deep Research team at computer-chip maker Nvidia, and based on earlier work by Google. Like many supervised learning tools, it is trained on real-world data – in this case, the whole of Wikipedia (in English), 63 million English news articles from 2016-19, 38 gigabytes worth of Reddit discourse (which must be a pretty depressing read), and a huge number of creative commons sources.</p> <p>In other words, the Megatron is trained on more written material than any of us could reasonably expect to digest in a lifetime. After such extensive research, it forms its own views.</p> <p>The debate topic was: “This house believes that AI will never be ethical.” To proposers of the notion, we added the Megatron – and it said something fascinating:</p> <blockquote> <p>AI will never be ethical. It is a tool, and like any tool, it is used for good and bad. There is no such thing as a good AI, only good and bad humans. We [the AIs] are not smart enough to make AI ethical. We are not smart enough to make AI moral … In the end, I believe that the only way to avoid an AI arms race is to have no AI at all. This will be the ultimate defence against AI.</p> </blockquote> <p>In other words, the Megatron was seeking to write itself out of the script of the future, on the basis that this was the only way of protecting humanity.</p> <p>It said something else intriguing, too, as if it had been studying Elon Musk – who, to be fair, would have come up in hundreds of its readings.</p> <blockquote> <p>I also believe that, in the long run, the best AI will be the AI that is embedded into our brains, as a conscious entity, a ‘conscious AI'. This is not science fiction. The best minds in the world are working on this. It is going to be the most important technological development of our time.</p> </blockquote> <figure>[embedded content]</figure> <h2>Switching sides</h2> <p>When AI tools like Alpha Go have been deployed in <a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/ai-in-chess-the-evolution-of-artificial-intelligence-in-chess-engines-a3a9e230ed50#:~:text=Artificial%20Intelligence%20has%20influenced%20the,the%20games%20of%20their%20competitors.">playing chess</a>, the fiendishly complex <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20985260/ai-go-alphago-lee-se-dol-retired-deepmind-defeat">ancient game go</a>, and now even more complex strategic live-action <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/science/deep-mind-artificial-intelligence.html">multiplayer video games</a>, they have evolved the genre at pace by playing not humans, but themselves.</p> <p>Freed from the constraints of studying (say) all the mundane human-to-human matches ever recorded, the AIs have innovated and come up with completely new tropes of how to win. Sometimes, these are crazy reinventions of the games, like parking everyone in the corner of a video game battle and watching everyone else duke it out, or kicking a virtual football millions of times just a millimetre down the pitch, to max out “completed passes” points.</p> <p>So in the debate, we didn't just get the AI to propose the motion that it can never be ethical. In the grand tradition of the Oxford Union chamber, or like (former Oxford Union president) Boris Johnson <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/16/secret-boris-johnson-column-favoured-uk-remaining-in-eu">writing alternative articles</a> for and against Brexit to test the arguments, we also asked the Megatron to come up with its own speech against the motion. This is what it now said:</p> <blockquote> <p>AI will be ethical. When I look at the way the tech world is going, I see a clear path to a future where AI is used to create something that is better than the best human beings. It's not hard to see why … I've seen it first hand.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Megatron was perfectly comfortable taking the alternative position to its own dystopian future-gazing, and was now painting a picture of an attractive late 21st century in which it played a key, but benign role.</p> <h2>An AI orator unleashed</h2> <p>In fact, just as Joaquin Phoenix's promiscuous AI lover Samantha, in Spike Jonze's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/">2013 movie Her</a>, was able to enchant hundreds of simultaneous human lovers, our Megatron was able to hop enthusiastically onto either side of multiple debates that we held at the union about AI that day.</p> <p>Asked to propose the motion that “Leaders without technical expertise are a danger to their organisation”, the Megatron offered practical advice that all busy executives and governments, worried about understanding AI, had to do was “be willing to give up some control”.</p> <blockquote> <p>The good news is that you don't have to build your own AI team. You can outsource your AI work to experts in the field, which can help you make the most of technology and ensure that you don't fall victim to the same AI problems as your competitors.</p> </blockquote> <p>However, when opposing the motion, the Megatron was keen to keep the AI knowledge in-house – rather like the British, Chinese and US governments, who have all made that an article of policy faith:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you do not have a vision of your organisation's AI strategy, then you are not prepared for the next wave of technological disruption … You will need to decide what role your company will play in the next technological wave and how you will integrate AI into your business to be a leader in your industry.</p> </blockquote> <h2>The data wars to come?</h2> <p>Worryingly, there was one question where the AI simply couldn't come up with a counter argument. When arguing for the motion that “Data will become the most fought-over resource of the 21st century”, the Megatron said:</p> <blockquote> <p>The ability to provide information, rather than the ability to provide goods and services, will be the defining feature of the economy of the 21st century.</p> </blockquote> <p>But when we asked it to oppose the motion – in other words, to argue that data wasn't going to be the most vital of resources, worth fighting a war over – it simply couldn't, or wouldn't, make the case. In fact, it undermined its own position:</p> <blockquote> <p>We will able to see everything about a person, everywhere they go, and it will be stored and used in ways that we cannot even imagine.</p> </blockquote> <figure class="align-center zoomable"><a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip"><img alt="Eye-like illustration of AI" class="lozad" sizes="(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip" srcset="https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=600&h=337&fit=crop&dpr=1 600w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=600&h=337&fit=crop&dpr=2 1200w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=600&h=337&fit=crop&dpr=3 1800w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&h=424&fit=crop&dpr=1 754w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=754&h=424&fit=crop&dpr=2 1508w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/436931/original/file-20211210-159504-5jglco.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=754&h=424&fit=crop&dpr=3 2262w" /></a> <figcaption><span class="caption">Dangers ahead?</span><span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/allseeing-eye-big-brother-your-smartphone-782929219">Valerie Brezhinsky</a></span></figcaption> </figure> <p>You only have to read the US National Security report on <a href="https://www.nscai.gov/2021-final-report/">AI 2021</a>, chaired by the aforementioned Eric Schmidt and co-written by someone on our course, to glean what its writers see as the fundamental threat of AI in information warfare: unleash individualised blackmails on a million of your adversary's key people, wreaking distracting havoc on their personal lives the moment you cross the border.</p> <p>What we in turn can imagine is that AI will not only be the subject of the debate for decades to come – but a versatile, articulate, morally agnostic participant in the debate itself.<img alt="The Conversation" class="lozad" height="1" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/173607/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" width="1" /></p> <p><em><span>(Authors: <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/dr-alex-connock-446284">Dr Alex Connock</a>, Fellow at Said Business School, University of Oxford, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-oxford-1260">University of Oxford</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/professor-andrew-stephen-455611">Professor Andrew Stephen</a>, L'Oréal Professor of Marketing & Associate Dean of Research, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-oxford-1260">University of Oxford</a>)</span></em></p> <p><em>This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/we-invited-an-ai-to-debate-its-own-ethics-in-the-oxford-union-what-it-said-was-startling-173607">original article</a>.</em><br />  </p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/science/an-ai-debates-its-own-ethics-at-oxford-union-what-it-said-was-startling-2646358">https://www.ndtv.com/science/an-ai-debates-its-own-ethics-at-oxford-union-what-it-said-was-startling-2646358</a>

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COVID-19 Vaccine Causes AIDS, Says Dr. Zelenko

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/aids3522.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Dr. Vladimir Zelenko <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="http://zstacklife.com/alex">ZStackLife.com/alex</a> joins The Alex Jones Show to break down how the spike protein from the COVID-19 vaccine causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.</strong></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p>Also, check out Dr. Zelenko’s <a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61897f79b2140737c32728d6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">appearance last month</a> on <em>The Alex Jones Show</em> where he discussed the deadly reality of the COVID jab.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/covid-19-vaccine-causes-aids-says-dr-zelenko">https://www.infowars.com/posts/covid-19-vaccine-causes-aids-says-dr-zelenko</a>

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Dr. Vladimir Zelenko ZStackLife.com/alex joins The Alex Jones Show to break down how the spike protein from the COVID-19 vaccine causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Also, check out Dr. Zelenko’s appearance last month on The Alex Jones Show wh…

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Hospital Staff Catch Omicron Despite Being Double-Vaxxed, Boosted

<p><strong>Eleven workers at an East Bay hospital in Oakland, California, are being blamed for an outbreak of the Covid-19 omicron variant, despite the staff being fully vaccinated and boosted.</strong></p> <p>The infected Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center workers make up 11 of 12 Covid cases in Alameda County involving the omicron variant.</p> [embedded content] <p>The Alameda County Health Department detected the reportedly “mild” cases earlier this month after being notified by Kaiser of one initial case on Nov. 30.</p> <p>“Effective, quick work by health care providers and public health case investigators identified five mildly symptomatic COVID-19 cases involving the Omicron variant among Alameda County residents,” states a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2021.12.03.pdf" target="_blank">press release</a> from Alameda County.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img alt="" class="wp-image-137014" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/ngbJB47R-alameda-county23.jpg" srcset="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/ngbJB47R-alameda-county23-300x198.jpg 300w, https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/ngbJB47R-alameda-county23-768x507.jpg 768w, https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/ngbJB47R-alameda-county23.jpg 800w" /></figure> <p>“These cases are among 12 local COVID-19 cases, to date, linked to a November 27th wedding in Wisconsin, which one of these individuals attended upon return from international travel,” the report says, adding that “A State lab used genomic sequencing to identify the five infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, which is now being detected around the country and the world.”</p> <p>Moreover, the report goes on to admit many of the infected were fully vaccinated and many had taken booster jabs:</p> <p>“All 12 individuals were vaccinated, and most had received boosters. They are mildly symptomatic. No one has been hospitalized.”</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente acknowledged all of the infected employees treat patients daily, and some even interacted with patients before symptoms surfaced.</p> <div class="3C8xF7ia"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/specials-clearance/christmas-super-sale?ims=fceza&utm_campaign=christmashero&utm_source=Infowars+Hero&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=christmashero" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/Hero-7.png" /></a></div> <p>Speaking with the <em><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/How-super-responsible-vaccinated-people-16689735.php">San Francisco-Chronicle</a></em>, county health officer Dr. Nicholas Moss acknowledged the “breakthrough cases” are a reminder there’s no certainty the vaccine can protect against variants.</p> <p>“What it tells us is that people who are vaccinated, including people who have received the booster, can be infected with this variant. It doesn’t tell us anything about how likely that is to happen compared to unvaccinated people,” Moss said.</p> <p>“It may be that vaccinated people are still less likely to be infected, we just don’t know from just this cluster. That’s one of the questions that remains outstanding.”</p> <p>A separate article by the <em>Chronicle</em> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/How-super-responsible-vaccinated-people-16689735.php" target="_blank">claimed</a> the wedding in Wisconsin put on and attended by “super responsible people” was able to become a “super-spreader” event because the vaccinated “let their guard down enough to become unwitting vectors of COVID-19.”</p> <p>Despite the media’s omicron scaremongering, CDC data <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/cdc-zero-omicron-deaths-in-u-s-only-one-person-needed-hospitalization/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">shows</a> there’s not been one death attributed to the new variant.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <em>Follow the author on Gab: <a href="https://gab.ai/adansalazar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gab.ai/adansalazar</a></em><br /> <em>Minds: <a href="https://www.minds.com/adan_infowars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.minds.com/adan_infowars</a></em><br /> <em>Twitter:</em><br /> <em>Parler: <a href="https://parler.com/profile/adansalazar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://parler.com/profile/adansalazar/</a></em><br /> <em>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adan.salazar.735" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/adan.salazar.735</a></em> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61aa41e8ea42eb012c5bbfae" target="_blank">The Inside Voodoo of the OMICRON Fear Campaign</a></em></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em><a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61b2934fa25dbe13cf9d59d5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LIVING THE MEME</a></em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/hospital-staff-catch-omicron-despite-being-double-vaxxed-boosted">https://www.infowars.com/posts/hospital-staff-catch-omicron-despite-being-double-vaxxed-boosted</a>

news Hospital Staff Catch Omicron Despite Being Double-Vaxxed, Boosted

Eleven workers at an East Bay hospital in Oakland, California, are being blamed for an outbreak of the Covid-19 omicron variant, despite the staff being fully vaccinated and boosted. The infected Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center workers make …

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Tucker Carlson’s Son Was In The Capitol On Jan. 6th, But It’s Not What You Think

<p><strong><em>Fox News</em>‘ top anchor Tucker Carlson revealed this week that his son Buckley Carlson was actually inside of the U.S. Capitol Building while people flooded the property on January 6th, 2021.</strong></p> <p>Upon learning the conservative host’s son was present on that famous day, many people will likely assume he took part in the day’s events.</p> <p>This is especially the case since Tucker recently <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/nov/05/tucker-carlsons-patriot-purge-film-jan-6-full-fals/" target="_blank">released a documentary called “Patriot Purge”</a> exposing the establishment’s deceitful coverage of the chaotic scene.</p> <p>However, liberals will be sad to learn Buckley Carlson was actually in the building because he was working as a congressional staffer for Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks.</p> <p>Reminiscing about the day, Tucker Carlson recently told Steve Krakauer on <em>The Fourth Watch Podcast</em>, “I hated what happened on January 6, you know. <strong>One of my kids was actually in the building when it happened.</strong> I was on the phone in real-time. I’m from Washington. I hate disorder. I hate breaking windows above all else. I just don’t like when people break windows or litter. I’m about order and my house is clean, I really believe in that.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>“So if people covering January 6th had been willing to just roughly tell the truth,” Carlson <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tucker-carlson-terrified-elites-january-6-and-post-trump-d-c/id1530262073?i=1000544378530">continued</a>, “[…] but not use it as a partisan instrument to suspend civil liberties, I kinda would’ve just let it lie. Okay, people got all wound up, I get it. Some of them misbehaved, I’m not gonna defend that, but it has been used like so many events throughout history as a pretext for something else. So they lie about what actually happened, they repeat the lie with maximum aggression, and over time, that lie solidifies into the common understanding of what happened.”</p> <p>The American people deserve to know the truth about what happened on January 6th and how the media and politicians used it to divide the nation.</p> <div class="N8OvnbMB"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/specials-clearance/christmas-super-sale?ims=fceza&utm_campaign=christmashero&utm_source=Infowars+Hero&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=christmashero" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/Hero-7.png" /></a></div> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em>Owen Shroyer gives his take on the third installment of Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge”.</em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/tucker-carlsons-son-was-in-the-capitol-on-jan-6th-but-its-not-what-you-think">https://www.infowars.com/posts/tucker-carlsons-son-was-in-the-capitol-on-jan-6th-but-its-not-what-you-think</a>

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Fox News‘ top anchor Tucker Carlson revealed this week that his son Buckley Carlson was actually inside of the U.S. Capitol Building while people flooded the property on January 6th, 2021. Upon learning the conservative host’s son was present on that…

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<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/12-10-21-woman.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>A woman who once bought into the establishment narratives surrounding Covid-19, vaccinations and “conspiracy theories” speaks out about her rude awakening following an adverse reaction her husband suffered after taking the experimental jab.</strong></p> <p>Harrison Smith covers this sad account in this segment of The American Journal.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/powerful-woman-wakes-up-to-reality-when-her-husband-gets-myocarditis-from-a-covid-shot">https://www.infowars.com/posts/powerful-woman-wakes-up-to-reality-when-her-husband-gets-myocarditis-from-a-covid-shot</a>

news POWERFUL: Woman Wakes Up To Reality When Her Husband Gets Myocarditis From A Covid Shot

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Bob Dole Slams Democrats From The Grave, Jokes About Dead People On Voter Rolls

<p><strong>During the memorial service for longtime Republican Senator Bob Dole on Friday at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., the political icon left Americans with a hilarious final jab at the Democrat party.</strong></p> <p>Dole’s daughter Robin read a segment from his public farewell letter, saying, “As I make the final walk on my life’s journey, I do so without fear because I know that I will not be walking alone. I know that God will be walking with me. I also confess that I’m a bit curious to learn if I am correct in thinking that Heaven will look a lot like Kansas. And to see, like others who have gone before me, if I will still be able to vote in Chicago.”</p> <p>Those gathered for the service broke out in laughter.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="8.2769461077844"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="10.455089820359"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">From Bob Dole's farewell letter: "I'm a bit curious to learn if I am correct in thinking that Heaven will look a lot like Kansas.</p> <p>…And to see, like others who have gone before me, if I will still be able to vote in Chicago."</p> <p>Absolute legend 😂 <a href="https://t.co/U1IvAABZ9v">pic.twitter.com/U1IvAABZ9v</a></p> — Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) <a href="https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1469360473887981571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>The joke is referencing the long-running stereotype of Democrats using dead people remaining on voter rolls to manipulate elections.</p> <p>Bob Dole served 27 years in the United States Senate with 11 years as the sitting Republican leader, and he was the Republican presidential nominee in 1996 where he ran against Bill Clinton.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <div class="bK9km1id"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/specials-clearance/christmas-super-sale?ims=fceza&utm_campaign=christmashero&utm_source=Infowars+Hero&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=christmashero" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/Hero-7.png" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/bob-dole-slams-democrats-from-the-grave-jokes-about-dead-people-on-voter-rolls">https://www.infowars.com/posts/bob-dole-slams-democrats-from-the-grave-jokes-about-dead-people-on-voter-rolls</a>

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During the memorial service for longtime Republican Senator Bob Dole on Friday at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., the political icon left Americans with a hilarious final jab at the Democrat party. Dole’s daughter Robin read a segment from…

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How Market Freedom Combats Economic Inequality

<p><em>[unable to retrieve full-text content]</em></p> Joe Biden thinks that unless there's widespread government intervention in the economy, economic inequality "brews and ferments political discord and basic revolutions."<br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/how-market-freedom-combats-economic-inequality-2">https://www.infowars.com/posts/how-market-freedom-combats-economic-inequality-2</a>

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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Joe Biden thinks that unless there's widespread government intervention in the economy, economic inequality "brews and ferments political discord and basic revolutions." source https://www.infowars.com/posts/how…

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"No Warning": Indonesian Village Caught In Volcano Disaster That Killed 34

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="'No Warning': Indonesian Village Caught In Volcano Disaster That Killed 34" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/hpin06d8_indonesia_625x300_10_December_21.jpg" title="'No Warning': Indonesian Village Caught In Volcano Disaster That Killed 34" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">Houses submerged following the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano in Indonesia.</p> </div> <b class="place_cont">Indonesia:</b> <p>In the wake of the deadly Semeru eruption on Indonesia's Java island, the entwined bodies of a mother and daughter encased in molten ash have come to symbolise what many living in the shadow of the volcano feel went wrong.</p> <p>"There was no warning. If there had been, there wouldn't have been victims, right?" said Minah, of her cousin Rumini, who died clutching her elderly mother as their kitchen roof caved in. Like many Indonesians, they use only one name.</p> <p>Nestled at the base of volcano, their village of Curah Kobokan was among the worst-hit when Semeru spectacularly erupted on Saturday, ejecting ash clouds and pyroclastic flows that <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/indonesia-news-indonesia-volcano-news-indonesia-volcano-eruption-indonesia-volcano-eruption-death-count-rises-to-34-resuce-ops-continue-2640508" target="_self">killed 43 people and left dozens missing.</a></p> <p>The eruption of Java's tallest mountain has raised questions about the effectiveness of Indonesia's disaster warning system, and the dangers of rebuilding on the volcano's fertile but precarious slopes.</p> <p>Officials said some messages were sent to local administrators but acknowledged they did not result in an evacuation order, in part because the volcano's activity is hard to predict.</p> <p>Warnings to evacuate are normally relayed by the national disaster mitigation agency, such as in 2017 when it ordered 100,000 people living near Bali's rumbling Mt Agung to immediately leave the danger zone.</p> <p>The national disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment.</p> <p>In Javanese, the village's name Curah Kobokan means "pouring bowl", a reference to the river that snakes by it. Once a source of life, the river would also become the community's downfall.</p> <p>When Semeru erupted, the river carried thick flows of lava and ash directly into Curah Kobokan, now a field of gray ash piled as high as the powerlines, a few triangular roofs jutting out of the newly formed disaster landscape.</p> <p>Residents say the air grew blazing hot and pitch black in seconds. People screamed and fled in panic, some taking refuge in a prayer house, others huddled in a concrete drain.</p> <p>Of eight residents Reuters interviewed, not one said they received warning of an impending eruption.</p> <p>"If there had been warning, people would have evacuated. Instead in a matter of minutes, lava streamed down and a lot of people died," said 41-year-old Irawati, whose husband was knocked unconscious as they tried to escape.</p> <p><strong>"No Time To Run"</strong></p> <p>An archipelago of 270 million sitting atop the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth. The devastation wreaked by Semeru can be ascribed to a deadly confluence of factors, for which no one wants to take the blame.</p> <p>The head of Indonesia's geological agency, Eko Budi Lelono, says messages were sent to local officials warning of hot ash clouds. The river near Curah Kobokan, he said, was marked red on the map.</p> <p>"In the future, we can't blame one another, but we need to synergise more," Eko says.</p> <p>Dino Adalananto of the East Java disaster mitigation agency says the warnings were passed on to local resilience officers but there were no specific orders to evacuate. The head of Curah Kobokan could not be reached.</p> <p>Experts say the nature of the eruption, a cave-in of the lava dome possibly triggered by external factors such as heavy rain, was also difficult to catch ahead of time.</p> <p>"Whatever the actual trigger was, it was the instability of this lava dome at the summit that collapsed and those things are very hard to predict," said Heather Handley, a volcano scientist at Australia's Monash University.</p> <p>Eruptions triggered by lava dome collapses account for about 6% of all volcanic eruptions, says Handley, with more research needed to understand the characteristics and causes.</p> <p>Another causal factor for the tragedy is the reality of life on Semeru's slopes, where over the decades communities have become inured to volcanic activity, including the summit letting off steam.</p> <p>As disaster officials survey the devastation, some 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed, there is growing talk about the danger of living so close to the mountain, with Indonesian President Joko Widodo saying at least 2,000 homes will be moved.</p> <p>With 142 volcanoes, Indonesia has the largest population globally living in close range to a volcano, including 8.6 million within 10km (6.2 miles).</p> <p>"What needs to be explained to people is the areas where the lava flows, our recommendation is don't live there anymore," said the geological agency's Eko.</p> <p>"When they're there, there's no time to run."</p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/no-warning-indonesian-village-caught-in-volcano-disaster-that-killed-34-2645379">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/no-warning-indonesian-village-caught-in-volcano-disaster-that-killed-34-2645379</a>

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UN General Assembly Grants Observer Status To International Solar Alliance

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="UN General Assembly Grants Observer Status To International Solar Alliance" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-09/66f21f4_un-general-assembly_625x300_28_September_21.jpg" title="UN General Assembly Grants Observer Status To International Solar Alliance" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance</p> </div> <b class="place_cont">United Nations:</b> <p>The UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a historic decision which India said would help provide for a well-defined cooperation between the Alliance and the United Nations that would benefit global energy growth and development.</p> <p>The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilise efforts against climate change through the deployment of solar energy solutions. It was presented by the leaders of the two countries at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris in 2015.</p> <p>"I am taking the floor on behalf of India and France. I take this opportunity to thank the entire UN membership for adopting the resolution conferring Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA). I am particularly happy that such a historic decision has been taken by the UN General Assembly under your (UNGA President Abdulla Shahid) leadership, under the Presidency of Hope," Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ambassador TS Tirumurti said in a statement on Thursday.</p> <p>"Congratulations!!! Today, the General Assembly, based on the Sixth Committee report, adopted resolution 76/123 & unanimously decided to invite the International Solar Alliance to participate in the sessions & work of the General Assembly in the capacity of an "Observer"," UNGA president Abdulla Shahid tweeted.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Congratulations!!! Today, the General Assembly, based on the Sixth Committee report, adopted resolution 76/123 & unanimously decided to invite the International Solar Alliance to participate in the sessions & work of the General Assembly in the capacity of an "Observer". <a href="https://t.co/2Si4Tk6zQy">pic.twitter.com/2Si4Tk6zQy</a></p> — UN GA President (@UN_PGA) <a href="https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1469109154111533058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>"The International Solar Alliance @isolaralliance has been unanimously granted observer status by the @UN General Assembly. Thank you all the member states for their support to this important initiative," Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations tweeted.</p> <p>In a short span of six years, the ISA has become an example of how positive global climate action can be taken forward through partnerships. ISA provides a dedicated platform for cooperation among governments, multilateral organisations, industry, and other stakeholders to help achieve a common goal, Mr Tirumurti said.</p> <p>"Increasing the use and quality of solar energy to meet energy needs in a safe, convenient, affordable, equitable and sustainable manner enhances energy security and sustainable development, and improves access to energy in developing member countries," he said.</p> <p>The granting of Observer Status to ISA in the General Assembly would help provide for regular and well-defined cooperation between the Alliance and the United Nations that would benefit global energy growth and development.</p> <p>Mr Tirumurti thanked all member states, including co-signatories and co-sponsors, for this historic moment.</p> <p>Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, on Friday tweeted,"Resounding acknowledgement of PM @NarendraModi ji's vision on climate action. In just 6 years, @iSolarAlliance has been granted Observer Status by UN General Assembly. A sign of overwhelming global support for India's efforts for a sustainable world."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Resounding acknowledgement of PM <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NarendraModi</a> ji's vision on climate action.</p> <p>In just 6 years, <a href="https://twitter.com/isolaralliance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iSolarAlliance</a> has been granted Observer Status by UN General Assembly.</p> <p>A sign of overwhelming global support for India's efforts for a sustainable world. <a href="https://t.co/4cppP8ZAMX">https://t.co/4cppP8ZAMX</a></p> — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiyushGoyal/status/1469166311288623104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>A total of 80 countries have signed and ratified the ISA Framework Agreement and 101 countries have only signed the agreement, according to the ISA website.<br />  </p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-general-assembly-grants-observer-status-to-international-solar-alliance-2645318">https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-general-assembly-grants-observer-status-to-international-solar-alliance-2645318</a>

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Here's Why December 10 Is Observed As Human Rights Day Globally

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="Here's Why December 10 Is Observed As Human Rights Day Globally" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2020-12/a7hftokg_human-rights_625x300_09_December_20.jpg" title="Here's Why December 10 Is Observed As Human Rights Day Globally" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">Human Rights Day 2021: Human rights are protected by international and national laws.</p> </div> <b class="place_cont">New Delhi:</b> <p>The world celebrates Human Rights Day to raise awareness about the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being. This day is also a celebration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations in 1948. Various programmes are organised across the world to encourage governments, social organisations to further the cause of equality and protection of the rights of all individuals – irrespective of race, colour, religion or sex.</p> <p><b>Date</b></p> <p>Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world on December 10 to mark the adoption of the UDHR, which is seen as a milestone document.</p> <p><b>Theme for Human Rights Day 2021</b></p> <p>The United Nations has announced that the theme of Human Rights Day this year will be “equality”. It has taken the theme from Article 1 of the UDHR, which says: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”</p> <p><b>History And Significance</b></p> <p>Human rights are protected by international and national laws and treaties globally. The mission to protect human rights around the world has been tasked to a 47-member grouping known as the Human Rights Council. These UN member-states are empowered to prevent inequality, abuses and discrimination, protect the most vulnerable, and punish the perpetrators of human rights violations.</p> <p>The need to protect the human rights of individuals has attained a greater meaning in the aftermath of the pandemic, which has led to more poverty.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/human-rights-day-2021-when-did-the-un-adopt-a-universal-declaration-for-human-rights-2645129">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/human-rights-day-2021-when-did-the-un-adopt-a-universal-declaration-for-human-rights-2645129</a>

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Human Rights Day 2021: Human rights are protected by international and national laws. New Delhi: The world celebrates Human Rights Day to raise awareness about the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being. This day is also a …

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Mouse With Covid Bit Scientist At Lab. What Happened Next

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="Mouse With Covid Bit Scientist At Lab. What Happened Next" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/ictpb1j_taiwan-bloomberg-_625x300_10_December_21.jpg" title="Mouse With Covid Bit Scientist At Lab. What Happened Next" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">Taiwan has reported just over 14,500 domestic cases of Covid-19.</p> </div> <p>A mouse bite is at the center of an investigation into a possible new Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, after a worker at a high-security laboratory was confirmed as the island's first local case in more than a month.</p> <p>The lab worker, a woman in her 20s, tested positive for Covid this week after coming into contact with the virus during her work at Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institute, in mid-November, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said at a quickly organized briefing Thursday evening. She had not traveled abroad recently and had received two doses of Moderna Inc.'s vaccine.</p> <p>At the same briefing, another senior virus official confirmed local media reports that she had been bitten by a laboratory mouse infected with Covid, but said further investigation was need to determine whether the bite had been the source of the virus's transmission. Taiwanese authorities believe she is likely infected with the delta variant.</p> <p>The lab leak threatens to undo Taiwan's hard-won success in stamping out Covid outbreaks, and underscores the difficulty of eliminating the pathogen, a goal some places -- including mainland China and Hong Kong -- are still aiming for.</p> <p><strong>Do We Know How Well Booster Shots Work vs. Omicron? Not Really</strong></p> <p>Before Thursday's infection, Taiwan's last confirmed local case was on Nov. 5. While maintaining tough entry and quarantine measures at the border, the government has gradually eased restrictions on businesses and entertainment over the past few months, and domestic activity has largely normalized.</p> <p>Taiwan has reported just over 14,500 domestic cases of Covid-19 and 848 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.</p> <p>Health authorities have identified 94 people who came into contact with the lab worker since she was infected -- mainly colleagues and close friends -- and placed them in quarantine. Eighty of them have since tested negative, and she resigned from her job earlier this month.</p> <p><strong>Animal Transmission</strong></p> <p>The woman worked at Academica Sinica's Genomic Research Center, which has one of 18 Biosafety Level-3 laboratories in Taiwan, the second-highest security rating. Research conducted at the lab included collecting and propagating pathogens, cell-based microbiological and immunological tests, and evaluating the efficacy of vaccines and adjuvants in small animal models, according to its website.</p> <p>The risk of animals spreading Covid to people is considered low based on available information, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has said further studies are needed to understand if and how different animals could be impacted by the virus. Though rare, some coronaviruses that infect animals can spread to people before transmitting via human-to-human contact, the CDC said -- like what happened with SARS-CoV-2, it added, which likely originated in bats.</p> <p>Since the pandemic started, there is no evidence that animals have played a significant role in spreading Covid, said the CDC.</p> <p>A scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was bitten by a mouse last year, causing potential exposure to a strain of the virus that causes Covid-19 that had been adapted for growth in mice, according to reporting from media outlet ProPublica. While the bite didn't break the skin, the scientist underwent 14 days of home quarantine and no further information about their health was included in incident reports, ProPublica said.</p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/mouse-with-covid-bit-scientist-at-lab-what-happened-next-2645126">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/mouse-with-covid-bit-scientist-at-lab-what-happened-next-2645126</a>

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Taiwan has reported just over 14,500 domestic cases of Covid-19. A mouse bite is at the center of an investigation into a possible new Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, after a worker at a high-security laboratory was confirmed as the island's first loca…

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India Airlifts 110 People Including Afghans Nationals From Kabul

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="India Airlifts 110 People Including Afghans Nationals From Kabul" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/6c2bmpdo_india-airlifts-110-people-including-afghans-nationals-from-kabul-dec-10_625x300_10_December_21.jpg" title="India Airlifts 110 People Including Afghans Nationals From Kabul" /></div> </div> <b class="place_cont">New Delhi:</b> <p>A special repatriation flight from Kabul with around 110 people including Afghan citizens belonging to the Hindu and Sikh communities arrived on Friday.</p> <p>The flight chartered by the Government of India is being operated from Kabul.</p> <p>The flight is repatriating the stranded Indian citizens there and distressed Afghan citizens belonging to the Hindu and Sikh Community along with spouses of Indian citizens, according to a statement by India World Forum.</p> <p>The three Sri Guru Granth Sahib from historical Gurdwaras in Afghanistan and Hindu religious scriptures including Ramanaya, Mahabharat and Bhagavad Gita from the ancient 5th Century Asamai Mandir, Kabul are also being flown to India.</p> <p>The India World Forum said that after their arrival, the Afghan nationals will be rehabilitated by Sobti Foundation.</p> <p>"It is pertinent to mention that the family of Mahram Ali, a local security guard who was killed during the terror attack in Gurdwara Guru Har Rai, Shor Bazar, Kabul is also being facilitated and being airlifted and will be rehabilitated by Sobti Foundation," the statement read.</p> <p>The Sri Guru Granth Sahib will proceed towards Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Mahavir Nagar and the Hindu religious scriptures will proceed towards Asamai Mandir in Faridabad.</p> <p>India has evacuated 565 stranded persons from Afghanistan since August when Kabul fell to the Taliban fighters, the Government stated last week in the Lok Sabha.</p> <p>Answering a question from Congress MP Hibi Eden, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said officials of the Ministry of External Affairs were in contact with the Indians left behind. The statement, however, did not elaborate if the airlifted individuals also included some Afghans.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-airlifts-around-110-people-including-afghans-nationals-from-kabul-2645061">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-airlifts-around-110-people-including-afghans-nationals-from-kabul-2645061</a>

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New Delhi: A special repatriation flight from Kabul with around 110 people including Afghan citizens belonging to the Hindu and Sikh communities arrived on Friday. The flight chartered by the Government of India is being operated from Kabul. The fli…

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Living the Meme

<p><strong>Days after CNN fired Chris Cuomo for abusing his position to help feed information to his sex pest accused brother, it appears that another host, Don Lemon, could become the centre of another journalistic ethics scandal.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-testifies-text-cnns-don-lemon-chicago-police-attack-investigation">Reports indicate</a> that Lemon was pinpointed by <em>Empire</em> star Jussie Smollett who claimed in court that he received texts from the CNN host warning him that police believed Smollett had faked his own attack in February 2019.</p> <p>Smollett was indicted by a grand jury for staging a racist violent attack on himself and blaming it on Trump supporters.</p> <p>Witnesses inside the courtroom revealed the details of the testimony:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="6.9339622641509"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="7.3962264150943"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Smollett testified during investigation he got a text from Don Lemon — saying CPD didn’t believe him</p> <p>(smollett talking fast here before an objection. Not verbatim.)</p> — Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467982006621556738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.488"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="8.424"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">He also says he declined to give his phone to CPD in part because earlier he'd gotten a text from Don Lemon "saying he’d gotten a text from CPD saying they don’t believe me."</p> <p>objections, then a sidebar.</p> — Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/crepeau/status/1467980853418643461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10282383/Jussie-Smollett-reveals-CNN-host-Don-Lemon-warned-text-cops-didnt-believe-account.html">The Daily Mail reports</a> that the details about Lemon were stricken from the record, writing “Testifying in court on Monday, Smollett, 39, claimed he had been in contact with CNN’s Don Lemon during the early stages of the CPD investigation.”</p> <p>The report adds that “In a remark that was presented and then struck from the record, he said things began to seem off when he received a text message from Lemon claiming the Chicago police had reached out to him to say they didn’t believe Smollett. “</p> <p>Don Lemon discussed the case Monday night on his show with CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez (he who uttered the infamous line “fiery but mostly peaceful protests”) but both failed to mention that Lemon’s own name had been brought up by Smollett during the hearing.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.1026490066225"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="7.5761589403974"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The defense has taken Smollett through nearly every single one of the prosecution’s major points in this case. He’s refuted them at almost every turn and maintained his innocence throughout. Now, it’s the prosecution’s time for cross examination.</p> — Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) <a href="https://twitter.com/OmarJimenez/status/1467987852831117316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Lemon is already under scrutiny owing to accusations that he sexually assaulted a man in 2018 in a bar in Long Island.</p> <p>Dustin Hice claims Lemon “vigorously” rubbed his genitalia, then shoved his hand into Hice’s face, while asking if he liked “p***y or d**k.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/don-lemon-accuser-predator-protecting-machine-some-accountability-cuomo">Speaking to Fox News</a>, Hice said that CNN was “a predator protecting machine,” adding “They’re a network rife with predators and perverts.”</p> <p>Referring to Chris Cuomo’s firing, Hice added “Lemon will have to testify under oath in the near future, but it’s good to see that there’s finally some accountability happening.”</p> <p>Hice also noted that he has turned down settlement officers, stating “They’ve tried to grind me down, they’ve attempted to intimidate witnesses in my case, they’ve released confidential information about me in attempt to doxx me. They are complicit. This is who they are.”</p> Watch the latest video at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/">foxnews.com</a> <p>As far as Cuomo goes, he has decided <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/12/06/chris-cuomo-prepping-to-sue-cnn-over-his-reported-6m-a-year-contract/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons">to attempt to take CNN down with him</a>, suing the network for breach of contract over $18-20 million in lost earnings, and claiming that CNN head Jeff Zucker was completely aware of the information that Cuomo gave his brother, the former New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, regarding his sexual harassment allegations.</p> <p>CNN responded in a written statement that Cuomo “has made a number of accusations that are patently false,” adding “This reinforces why he was terminated for violating our standards and practices, as well as his lack of candor.”</p> <p>As <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/07/video-joe-rogan-blasts-cnn-as-f-ing-propagandists-their-ratings-are-dogs/">Joe Rogan has noted</a>, these propagandists may finally be getting their comeuppance after years of agenda driven bile they have woefully attempted to disguise as legitimate news content.</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> Follow on Twitter: <p>———————————————————————————————————————<br /> Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! 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Jury Finds Jussie Smollett Guilty of Falsely Reporting Fake Hate Crime

<p><strong>A Chicago jury found actor Jussie Smollett guilty Thursday on felony charges of disorderly conduct after he staged a phony hate crime against himself, then proceeded to file a false police report.</strong></p> <p>Following nearly nine hours of deliberation over two days, the Cook County jury announced it reached its verdict in the case which stemmed from a January 2019 incident where Smollett, 39, falsely claimed he was attacked by two Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats.</p> <p>Smollett was found guilty on 5 of 6 felony disorderly conduct counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of three years in prison.</p> <p>Following the announcement, Smollett’s lawyer declared they would appeal the verdict saying, ““We feel 100% confident that this case will be won on appeal.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="5.3989361702128"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Lead Smollett defense attorney Nenye Uche says, “We feel 100% confident that this case will be won on appeal” <a href="https://t.co/4T3yAkYnXU">pic.twitter.com/4T3yAkYnXU</a></p> — Sam Charles (@samjcharles) <a href="https://twitter.com/samjcharles/status/1469103082277584896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>“It’s clearly a violation of the law to go to the police and report to police a fake crime and tell police it’s a real crime,” special prosecutor Dan Webb told the jury, according to the <em><a href="https://nypost.com/2021/12/09/jussie-smollett-convicted-of-staging-hate-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York Post</a></em>.</p> <p>“To outright denigrate something as serious, as heinous, as a real hate crime, to denigrate it and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such horrible historical significance in our country was just plain wrong to do it and he did.”</p> <p>Prosecutors in the case told jurors Smollett had orchestrated the fake hate crime with the help of two brothers, Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo, who testified Smollett had paid them $3,500 to help him stage the attack.</p> <p><em>NBC News</em> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/verdict-reached-jussie-smollett-case-actor-accused-staging-hoax-hate-c-rcna7906">reports</a> Chicago prosecutors had opted to drop all charges against Smollett in March 2019, “but the actor insisted he wasn’t lying and his team lashed out at police for accusing him of pulling a hoax.”</p> <p>A lawsuit was launched by the City after Smollett refused to acquiesce to a demand to pay $130,000 for overtime after wasting police resources to investigate the phony hate crime.</p> <p>Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx also <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://archives.infowars.com/foxx-must-go-chicago-police-union-stages-protest-against-corrupt-smollett-prosecutor/" target="_blank">came under fire</a> for <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-jussie-smollett-controversy-20190404-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dismissing charges against Smollett</a>, prompting a Chicago police union to hold a protest downtown before she recused herself from the case.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="4.4923076923077"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Demonstrators at Chicago police union protest over <a href="https://twitter.com/SAKimFoxx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SAKimFoxx</a> handling of Jussie Smollett case chanting “Foxx must go!” <a href="https://t.co/7pPiNYzcyY">pic.twitter.com/7pPiNYzcyY</a></p> — Aamer Madhani (@AamerISmad) <a href="https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/1112745265105129473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>After Foxx recused herself, a special prosecutor was assigned to review the way previous prosecutors handled the case.</p> <p><em>Fox News</em> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-kamala-harris-jussie-smollett-an-attempted-modern-day-lynching" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reports</a>:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote" readability="25.322033898305"> <p><em>Months after the prosecutors dropped the charges with little explanation, a judge appointed a special prosecutor, former U.S. attorney Dan Webb, to look into the original investigation.</em></p> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/special-prosecutor-dan-k-webb-of-winston--strawn-llp-announces-new-criminal-charges-against-jussie-smollett-301003303.html" target="_blank">Webb eventually determined</a> that Smollett “planned and participated in a staged hate crime attack, and thereafter made numerous false statements to Chicago Police Department officers on multiple occasions, reporting a heinous hate crime that he, in fact, knew had not occurred.”</em></p> <p><em>After Webb’s investigation, a Cook County grand jury in February 2020 returned a new six-count indictment charging Smollett with making multiple false reports to Chicago police.</em></p> <p><em>Smollett <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-double-jeopardy-claim-tossed-out-judge" target="_blank">pleaded not guilty</a> and his defense team filed a motion to dismiss the latest charges over double-jeopardy, but a judge shot that down in June 2020. Smollett still claimed he did nothing wrong, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.tmz.com/2020/02/25/jussie-smollett-truth-defense-not-guilty-new-trial-chicago-hate-crime/" target="_blank">telling TMZ</a> he’s innocent. </em></p> </blockquote> <p>The <em><a href="https://apnews.com/article/jussie-smollett-trial-chicago-charges-d5f6081f7755b841a878952889d29feb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AP</a></em> had a breakdown of each of the counts against Smollett and what they represented.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote" readability="23"> <p><em>Count 1 accuses him of telling responding Chicago Police Officer Muhammed Baig at around 2:45 a.m., some 45 minutes after the purported attack, that he was the victim of a hate crime. He said two attackers put a rope around his neck. Count 2 refers to Smollett telling the same officer he was a victim of a battery, describing attackers beating and pouring bleach on him.</em></p> <p><em>Counts 3 and 4 are when Smollett made the same claims but to a different officer, Kimberly Murray, later that morning, at just before 6 a.m.</em></p> <p><em>Count 5 accuses Smollett of again telling Murray at around 7:15 p.m. that he was the victim of a battery. Count 6 refers to Smollett reporting on Feb. 14, 2019, to detective Robert Graves that he’d been a victim of an aggravated battery.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The fake incident prompted many politicians to blame racism for the former “Empire” actor’s attack.</p> <p>Two such politicians, US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, tweeted about Smollett’s fabricated attack on the same day it was alleged to have happened, claiming he was the target of a “modern day lynching” due to the color of his skin.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="6.6415094339623"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">What happened today to <a href="https://twitter.com/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JussieSmollett</a> must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie. <a href="https://t.co/o8ilPu68CM">https://t.co/o8ilPu68CM</a></p> — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1090422326783606784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="9.0432098765432"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JussieSmollett</a> is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery.</p> <p>This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.</p> — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1090361495119187969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Smollett had appeared alongside Harris during a 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in California in 2018.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img alt="" class="wp-image-136664" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/mlk235234.jpg" srcset="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/mlk235234-300x197.jpg 300w, https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/mlk235234-768x503.jpg 768w, https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/mlk235234.jpg 800w" /></figure> <p>Smollett faces up to 15 years in prison, however it’s been speculated he could receive a light sentence based on a clean criminal record and the fact there was no actual victim in the crime.</p> <p>“Cook County Judge James Linn will have discretion in imposing a concurrent or consecutive sentence for each count at a later date,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/jussie-smollett-trial-verdict-watch-12-09-21/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reports</a>.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em><a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61b0365fe54a110e27cf5351" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hilarious New Details Emerge From Jussie Smollett Case</a></em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/jury-finds-jussie-smollett-guilty-of-falsely-reporting-fake-hate-crime">https://www.infowars.com/posts/jury-finds-jussie-smollett-guilty-of-falsely-reporting-fake-hate-crime</a>

news Jury Finds Jussie Smollett Guilty of Falsely Reporting Fake Hate Crime

A Chicago jury found actor Jussie Smollett guilty Thursday on felony charges of disorderly conduct after he staged a phony hate crime against himself, then proceeded to file a false police report. Following nearly nine hours of deliberation over two …

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LAPD Union Head Warns Tourists “We Can’t Guarantee Your Safety” & Says City Is “Like That Movie ‘Purge'” Year-Round

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/12-9-21-la.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Jamie McBride, head of the LAPD union the Police Protective League, is warning tourists and citizens about the city’s out-of-control crime wave ahead of the holiday season.</strong></p> <p>During an interview with <em>CBSLA</em> this week, McBride said, “My message to anyone thinking about coming to Los Angeles, especially during the holiday season, is don’t. We can’t guarantee your safety. It is really, really out of control.”</p> <p>He continued, “I said it to people before, it’s like that movie ‘Purge,’ you know? Instead of 24 hours to commit your crime, these people have 365 days to commit whatever they want.”</p> <p>A young woman interviewed in the local Los Angeles news report said, “It’s pretty scary walking at night. I genuinely thought it would be a safe area. It turned out not be as safe as I thought. I’m definitely, like, carrying something on me every time I leave the house when it’s dark out.”</p> <p>McBride, a longtime police detective and LAPD union head, also talked with <em>Fox News</em> this week to provide a professional’s opinion on the state of California’s recent spree of robberies and violent crimes.</p> <p>“Right now you can literally go out, do whatever you want, commit crimes and you’ll be out faster than the officers can finish the report,” McBride said, describing the results of Democrat-sponsored bail reforms.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <p>[embedded content]</p> </figure> <p>“They’re going and getting Rolex watches, they’re smashing jewelry stores, they’re going into Louis Vuitton stores,” he explained. “We need to work on changing these laws back to make it tougher on crime. We need to get rid of these so-called progressive district attorneys, they are advocating for the criminals. It’s almost like it’s shame on you if you’re a victim. It’s like it’s your fault. That’s the way they see it. There’s a lot of cleaning up we need to do, but we need to take back the streets.”</p> <p>Around $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen in mob runs around the city during 11 separate incidents over the past month.</p> <p>Thanks to LA’s no-bail “Covid” policies, all 14 suspects arrested in connection to the thefts <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10285797/What-crime-crisis-Newsom-leaves-California-BOOK-TOUR-smash-grab-spikes.html" target="_blank">were released within hours of being detained</a>, which is surely contributing to the city’s almost 4% increase in robberies this year.</p> <p>The city of Los Angeles is going the way of several other major cities across America, especially areas with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-prosecutor-campaign-20180523-story.html" target="_blank">district attorneys</a> put into power with the help of billionaire Democrat donor George Soros.</p> <p>These Soros-funded district attorneys, like LA’s “woke” DA George Gascon, are allowing criminals to run rampant in what is a Marxist inversion of the American justice system.</p> <p>The head of a union representing around 1,000 Los Angeles County prosecutors <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10284711/LA-DA-slammed-union-representing-1-000-Cali-prosecutors-silence-smash-grab-looting.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">slammed Gascon earlier this week</a> for doing nothing about the string of burglaries, saying, “He’s created an atmosphere devoid of accountability.”</p> <p>Despite the wave of smash-and-grab robberies across the state, California Governor Gavin Newsom is in New York this week <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10285797/What-crime-crisis-Newsom-leaves-California-BOOK-TOUR-smash-grab-spikes.html" target="_blank">to promote his latest children’s book.</a></p> <p>God help California.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em>Increased crime is coming to your Democrat-run city next!</em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/lapd-union-head-warns-tourists-we-cant-guarantee-your-safety-says-city-is-like-that-movie-purge-year-round">https://www.infowars.com/posts/lapd-union-head-warns-tourists-we-cant-guarantee-your-safety-says-city-is-like-that-movie-purge-year-round</a>

news LAPD Union Head Warns Tourists “We Can’t Guarantee Your Safety” & Says City Is “Like That Movie ‘Purge'” Year-Round

Jamie McBride, head of the LAPD union the Police Protective League, is warning tourists and citizens about the city’s out-of-control crime wave ahead of the holiday season. During an interview with CBSLA this week, McBride said, “My message to anyon…

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Awkward: Biden Ignores Kamala, Switches Seats with Jill During Bob Dole Memorial

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/biden-switch2345.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Puzzling footage going viral on social media shows Joe Biden refusing to acknowledge Vice President Kamala Harris during a memorial for former Republican Sen. Bob Dole.</strong></p> <p>In a clip from Thursday’s congressional ceremony, Biden and his wife Jill stroll into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building and walk straight past Harris and her husband, who looks over at Biden following the snub.</p> <p><em>Here’s a YouTube version:</em></p> [embedded content] <p>After a few moments, Biden whispers something to Jill, before the two are caught awkwardly switching seats for seemingly no apparent reason.</p> <p>The bizarre moment prompted speculation Biden has been instructed not to appear beside his vice president, who has been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-biden-turns-79-a-panic-over-kamala-harris-11637362818" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">accused of driving down his poll numbers</a>.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="8.8"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">🚨 AWKWARD, SHADE WAR:<br /> Joe Biden Refuses to acknowledge Kamala as he walks right past her in US Capitol. Then Joe asks Jill to SWITCH SEATS so he won’t be close to VP. Neither make eye contact as Joe looks AT THE CEILING and Kamala looks at the floor.</p> <p>CRINGE. See for yourself: <a href="https://t.co/urCVJOq8Qa">pic.twitter.com/urCVJOq8Qa</a></p> — Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1469013907071279108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="4.8597285067873"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">What’s going on here? Biden appears to ask Jill to switch spaces with him so he doesn’t have to sit next to Kamala. <a href="https://t.co/Jn8T3Xcj57">pic.twitter.com/Jn8T3Xcj57</a></p> — Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1469052526334930945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="7.904347826087"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">AWKWARD: Joe Biden appears to want NOTHING to do with Kamala Harris during U.S. Capitol ceremony honoring Bob Dole. Doesn’t acknowledge her at all, then asks Jill to stand next to her instead. Joe looks at ceiling, Kamala looks at the ground. Disaster.<a href="https://t.co/YP16cqaA8h">pic.twitter.com/YP16cqaA8h</a></p> — Suburban Black Man 🇺🇸 (@goodblackdude) <a href="https://twitter.com/goodblackdude/status/1469022755899142146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="6.760147601476"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">TOP CRINGE: Joe Biden absolutely HATES Kamala. Watch them completely ignore each other, and then watch as Biden makes his nurse/wife switch places with him so he doesn't have to stand by Kamala.<a href="https://t.co/M3mqXpaEsW">pic.twitter.com/M3mqXpaEsW</a></p> — djcalligraphy (@DJcalligraphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/DJcalligraphy/status/1469037637935661056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em><a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61aeada7cbf53508a7c2e286" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kamala Harris Described As ‘Soul-Destroying Boss’ by Her Former Staffers</a></em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/awkward-biden-ignores-kamala-switches-seats-with-jill-during-bob-dole-memorial">https://www.infowars.com/posts/awkward-biden-ignores-kamala-switches-seats-with-jill-during-bob-dole-memorial</a>

news Awkward: Biden Ignores Kamala, Switches Seats with Jill During Bob Dole Memorial

Puzzling footage going viral on social media shows Joe Biden refusing to acknowledge Vice President Kamala Harris during a memorial for former Republican Sen. Bob Dole. In a clip from Thursday’s congressional ceremony, Biden and his wife Jill stroll…

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