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May 24, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

DeSantis’s Net Worth is Only $320k. How Does He Keep Taking Private Jets to Give Speeches?

Questions are being raised about how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been paying for the private jets that have whisked him around the world on his unofficial campaign to be nominated the Republican candidate for President in 2024.

DeSantis is currently running down rival Donald Trump behind the scenes despite still not having officially thrown his hat in the ring – a “candidate-in-limbo status” that has “allowed him to work around rules intended to keep donors from wielding secret influence,” The New York Times has observed.
The newspaper has conducted an investigation the spate of private jet flights enjoyed by the Floridian, who “has worked in public service his entire career and reported a net worth of $319,000” – no mean sum to working Americans, but not sufficient to support his expensive travel habits for any length of time.
They report the jets were provided chiefly by a newly-formed Michigan nonprofit, And To The Republic, whose executive director Tori Sachs “would not say how much was spent on the flights or who paid for them.”
“Voters deserve this information because they have a right to know who is trying to influence their elected officials and whether their leaders are prioritizing public good over the interests of their big-money benefactors,” said Trevor Potter, a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who currently serves as President of the Campaign Legal Center, in comments to the NYT.
“Governor DeSantis, whether he intends to run for President or not, should be clearly and fully disclosing who is providing support to his political efforts,” he added.
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Questions are being raised about how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been paying for the private jets that have whisked him around the world on his unofficial campaign to be nominated the Republican candidate for President in 2024. show more
black lives matter
May 24, 2023
News

Black Lives Matter Verges on Bankruptcy.

The organization known as Black Lives Matter (BLM), which presided over an unprecedented level of riotous damage across America in 2020, now risks going bankrupt after its Marxist founders plundered the group for their personal enrichment.

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation ran an $8.5 million deficit and saw the value of its investment accounts plummet by nearly $10 million in the most recent tax year, financial disclosures show. The group logged a $961,000 loss on a securities sale of $172,000, suggesting the charity weathered a staggering 85 percent loss on the transaction. These troubles didn’t stop BLM from doling out seven-figure contracts to friends and family of its former executive director Patrisse Cullors, who once said charity financial disclosures were “triggering” and “deeply unsafe.”

The group has blown through two-thirds of the $90 million it raised in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the summer of 2020.

BLM spent about $12 million of those funds on luxury homes in Los Angeles and Toronto. That profligacy did not abate in the 2022 fiscal year, when the charity dropped more than $10.5 million on contractors, much of which went to companies linked to Cullors’s friends and family.

In recent months, the idea of reparations has become mainstream amongst far-left Democrats who first backed BLM. The vice chairman California’s “reparations task force” demanded an $800 billion “sin bill” for slavery. It is unclear how much of that money would be spent on waterfront properties for Marxist leaders.

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The organization known as Black Lives Matter (BLM), which presided over an unprecedented level of riotous damage across America in 2020, now risks going bankrupt after its Marxist founders plundered the group for their personal enrichment. show more
france
May 24, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Climate Lockdown: France Bans Short-Haul Flights.

France has announced an unprecedented ban on short-haul flights in the name of climate change. Where train journeys of less than two-and-a-half hours exist as an alternative in an effort to ‘reduce carbon emissions,’ air travel will be prohibited.

As an example, the ban will prohibit flights between cities such as Paris and Nantes, and Lyon and Bordeaux.

The decision was implemented two years after French legislators first agreed to the restrictions. The initial proposal was to ban all short-haul flights where train journeys existed within four hours.

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France’s Minister for Transport, Clément Beaune, stated the decision is “an essential step and a strong symbol in the policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

The ban is a “global first that is fully in line with the government’s policy of encouraging the use of modes of transportation that emit fewer greenhouse gases,” Beaune added.

According to Laurent Donceel, interim head of Airlines for Europe (A4E), “banning these trips will only have minimal effects” on CO2 output. France should find “real and significant solutions” to the problem instead, Donceel adds.

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France has announced an unprecedented ban on short-haul flights in the name of climate change. Where train journeys of less than two-and-a-half hours exist as an alternative in an effort to 'reduce carbon emissions,' air travel will be prohibited. show more
north face
May 24, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

North Face Deploys Drag Queen Yelling ‘COME OUT’ to Sell LGBTQ+ Apparel to Kids.

Leading outdoor apparel brand The North Face has partnered with a “drag queen” in advance of LGBTQIA2s+ Pride Month, even selling children’s clothing daubed in gay rainbow colors, as part of its “Out in Nature” collection.

“Hi, it’s me, Pattie Gonia, a real-life homosexual,” a mustachioed man says in their new ad, as he announces the Summer of Pride tour for The North Face, a subsidiary of the VF Corporation which also owns brands such as Supreme, Vans, and Timberland.

Mr. Gonia opens the ad – in part directed at children – by offering “an invitation to come out…” with a long, suggestive pause, and the words “COME OUT” flashing on screen.

The ad, featured on the North Face’s Instagram page, is replete with references to homosexuality, and invites people to join Mr. Gonia on their tour stops: Salt Lake City, UT; Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR; Denver, CO; Columbus, OH; and San Francisco, CA.

“Last year, we gay sashayed across the nation, and celebrated Pride across the nation with hundreds of you,” he says, referring to a 2022 partnership with The North Face which saw him garbed in an elaborate dress shaped like an open tent, with a man laying underneath.

“We roar. We heal. We become,” the corporation declares, adding: “Mother Nature guides us to where we need to be – and we dress up to honor her.” Customers are then invited to pay up to $165 for multicolored shoes, amongst other apparel, including kids clothes.

The news comes after Americans backed a boycott of Bud Light and its affiliated products for its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

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Leading outdoor apparel brand The North Face has partnered with a "drag queen" in advance of LGBTQIA2s+ Pride Month, even selling children's clothing daubed in gay rainbow colors, as part of its "Out in Nature" collection. show more

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surveil
May 24, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Britain Re-Ups Plans to Surveil Millions of Citizens.

The British government is ‘expanding and developing’ its plans to surveil the online activities – including the browsing histories – of millions.

Under the new program, internet connection records (ICRs) can be collected against anyone and that information stored for up to 12 months by internet and phone providers if the government demands.

ICRs “contain information on all sites visited or apps accessed by a user, as well as details of the device used and the time and date of the visit.”

According to Wired, official documents and reports over the past year have judged the initial testing phases of the program a success, and authorities are now considering a national rollout.

Earlier this year, a Home Office review on the operation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 reported that UK’s National Crime Agency found a “significant operational benefit” by collecting ICRs as they assisted in tracking a number of people illegally entering sites with child pornography.

“The possible expansion of ICR collection in the UK comes as governments and law enforcement agencies globally try to gain access to increasing amounts of data, particularly as technology advances.”

The UK government was provided with these powers by the Investigative Powers Act (2016), also known as the “Snoopers’ Charter,” which gave public authorities access to ICRs for the first time.

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The British government is 'expanding and developing' its plans to surveil the online activities – including the browsing histories – of millions. show more
adam schiff
May 23, 2023
News

Rep. Luna Files $16M Fine & Censure Motion Against Adam Schiff.

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has filed a motion to censure, condemn, and even fine her colleague Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in peddling the debunked Russia collusion hoax.

Tweeting on Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Luna said: “I just filed a privileged resolution, H. Res. 437, to censure, condemn, & fine Rep. Adam Schiff $16 million (1/2 the cost of Russia investigation) for his egregious abuse of trust. I, with my GOP colleagues, look forward to an imminent vote to hold this feckless man accountable.”

The text of the motion (in full, below) establishes that Rep. Schiff abused his position to lend credence to the Steele dossier, falsely prompted a FISA warrant application, encouraged surveillance of Americans, and cost the taxpayer in excess of $32 million on the investigations that followed.

The Congressional Research Services notes that fining a member has precedent in the House of Representatives, with Deschler’s Precedents stating that under the constitutional authority of the House at Article I, Section 5, clause 2: “A fine may be levied by the House against a Member pursuant to its constitutional authority to punish its Members.”

It goes on to establish that the ability has been backed by the Supreme Court (Kilbourn v. Thompson) and precedents “appear to involve the repayment or restitution of funds misused or wrongfully received, as opposed to fines merely or strictly for ‘punishment’.”

Ethics Committee rules state that the House “sets forth general guidelines and does not limit the authority of the Committee to recommend other sanctions.”

Read the full resolution:

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Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has filed a motion to censure, condemn, and even fine her colleague Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in peddling the debunked Russia collusion hoax. show more
ukraine
May 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

‘New Oligarchs Will Appear’: Ukraine Politicians Use Russia War to ‘Plunder Rivals’.

Ukrainian officials have been using the war with Russia as a smokescreen by which to enrich themselves by “extorting, plundering and weakening commercial rivals” to create a new political elite, reports POLITICO.

Julia Kiryanova, CEO of Smart Holding – one of Ukraine’s largest investment conglomerates – told POLITICO the company had up to $96 million in assets, the deeds to 40 companies, and 30 natural gas wells seized by Ukraine’s security services. The raids were conducted on hazy security concerns, they claim.

And Smart Holding was not alone. Parimatch, an international sports betting company, was sanctioned in March this year without any “formal communication [or] explanation,” despite emphasizing its Ukrainian ownership and donating over $40 million in humanitarian aid related to the war.

The Ukrainian government’s aim, according to Kiryanova, is to strip the wealth of the “old elite” to give to a new one. “New oligarchs will appear soon,” she added, “nobody’s safe.”

“When the country and people need unity the most, some of the very powerful are using the cloud of war to rape businesses,” said another corporate executive to POLITICO.

Ukrainian corruption concerns go beyond the seizure of private company assets. Seymour Hersch recently reported a grand scheme that saw Ukraine embezzling more than $400 million of U.S. taxpayers’ funds. Last year, Germany even delayed the distribution of financial aid due to corruption concerns.

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Ukrainian officials have been using the war with Russia as a smokescreen by which to enrich themselves by "extorting, plundering and weakening commercial rivals" to create a new political elite, reports POLITICO. show more
boris johnson
May 23, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Boris Johnson Flown to USA by Arms Industry Group to Lobby Republicans for More War.

Former Prime Minister and pseudo-Brexiteer Boris Johnson has been deployed to Texas by his war lobby friends as part of a “mission” to push Republicans to support the Ukrainian war. Former Prime Minister Johnson left office having accelerated mass migration, increased taxes, and failed to deliver on Brexit.

Johnson – whose domestic legacy was political scandal, pandemic lockdowns, and mass migration – was flown to Dallas to dine with “leading conservative figures, including politicians, donors and captains of industry” by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

CEPA – a non-government organization funded by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, NATO, and the U.S. State Department – wanted to “take his energetic, pro-conservative case for the war out of metropolitan D.C. and deep into Republican territory,” according to POLITICO.

“You are backing the right horse. Ukraine is going to win. They are going to defeat Putin,” said Johnson, despite robust claims to the contrary by European leaders who are still in charge of their countries, rather than performing as lobbyists for major corporations.

“I just urge you all to stick with it,” Johnson said in what POLITICO, which also attended the luncheon, described as a “grand, wood-paneled dining room in downtown Dallas”.

Dallas was only a “stopover” for Johnson, ahead of a Las Vegas fintech conference, “where he will be paid an expected six-figure sum for a scheduled speech.” He will appear alongside Mike Pompeo, Bill Barr, Karl Rove, and Gary Cohn this week at the Bellagio hotel.

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Former Prime Minister and pseudo-Brexiteer Boris Johnson has been deployed to Texas by his war lobby friends as part of a "mission" to push Republicans to support the Ukrainian war. Former Prime Minister Johnson left office having accelerated mass migration, increased taxes, and failed to deliver on Brexit. show more

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kari lake
May 23, 2023
News

WATCH: Kari Lake Presser With Announcement on U.S. Elections.

Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is holding a press conference at 4pm EST, where she is expected to make an announcement about her involvement in future elections.

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Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is holding a press conference at 4pm EST, where she is expected to make an announcement about her involvement in future elections. show more