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World & Nation
Biden Oval Officee Torch Passing
'Our republic is now in your hands': Biden appeals to Americans to 'preserve our democracy'
President
Joe Biden framed the decision to end his re-election campaign as a
"defense of democracy" in an Oval Office address Wednesday night.
"I
revere this office, but I love my country more. ... The defense of
democracy, which is at stake, is more important than any title," Biden
said. "I draw strength and find joy in working for the American people.
But this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me. It’s
about you. Your families. Your futures. It’s about ‘We the People.’”
It
is rare for a president to relinquish power voluntarily, without the
force of rejection by the electorate or the limits of the Constitution.
Biden, who acceded to heavy pressure from within his own party to step
aside as a candidate, cast his choice as one made in the interest of
the nation and called on Americans to join him to "preserve our
democracy."
Trump says Democrats used ‘coup’ to oust Biden: ‘They pushed him out’
Former
President Donald Trump on Thursday said top Democrats waged a “coup”
against Joe Biden and contended the president shouldn’t resign the
office, arguing his new opponent — Vice President Kamala Harris — would
be worse.
“You could see what was happening. They were trying to do a coup,” Mr. Trump told “Fox & Friends.” “They pushed him out.”
Mr.
Trump said that flattering comments about Mr. Biden from former House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama belied their
tough tactics behind the scenes.
Republicans say Interior Department refused request for more police for anti-Israel protests
The
Department of the Interior refused Wednesday to provide reinforcements
for U.S. Park Police officers as anti-Israel protesters ran amok
through Washington, congressional Republicans charged.
Protesters
toppled American flags and sprayed pro-Hamas messages on monuments
outside Union Station, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. That area is
controlled by the National Park Service, which is part of the Interior
Department.
Rep. Bruce Westerman, chairman of the House Natural
Resources Committee, demanded the department explain why it allowed the
protesters to “run wild.”
“It has come to my attention that,
despite specific requests by the USPP for additional resources, the
Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Park Service (NPS)
failed to provide adequate additional support for the USPP, such as
providing additional law enforcement units from within DOI to enhance
USPP’s presence within the National Capital Region,” the Arkansas
Republican wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Israeli Forces Retrieve Bodies of 5 Hostages From Gaza
Israeli
forces recovered Wednesday the bodies of five hostages killed in Hamas'
Oct. 7 attack and held in Gaza since, the Israeli military said.
Maya
Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarden teacher, was killed during the attack
on her kibbutz, Nir Oz, according to Israeli Army Radio, one of the
communities worst hit in the deadly attack in southern Israel that
triggered the devastating war.
The other four hostages were two
reserve soldiers and two conscript soldiers killed in combat during the
Oct. 7 attack, the military said.
Hunter's Legal Team Accused of 'False Statements'
A
federal judge accused Hunter Biden's attorneys of making "false
statements" in their motion asking to dismiss his federal tax
indictment.
U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi threatened to
sanction the lawyers for falsely claiming that U.S. Attorney David
Weiss did not bring charges against the president's son until after he
was appointed special counsel.
"These statements, however, are
not true, and Mr. Biden's counsel knows they are not true," Scarsi
wrote in a three-page order on Wednesday, The Hill reported.
Scarsi asked Biden's attorneys to "show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for making false statements in the motion."
The
judge gave the attorneys one week to explain themselves, or potentially
face sanctions, such as professional disciplinary proceedings or
monetary fines, CNN reported.
Russia, Chinese Nuclear-Capable Bombers Patrol Near US
Russian
and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers patrolled near the U.S.
state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic on Thursday, the two
countries said, a move that prompted the United States and Canada to
scramble fighter jets.
Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" strategic bombers
and Chinese Xi'an H-6 strategic bombers took part in patrols over the
Chukchi and Bering seas and the North Pacific, Russia's defense
ministry said.
"During the flight, Russian and Chinese crews
cooperated in the new area of joint operations during all stages of the
air patrol," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
"At some stages of the route, the air group was accompanied by fighters from foreign countries," it said.
FBI Director Wray: Shooter Searched for JFK Shooting Details
The
20-year-old man suspected of trying to kill former President Donald
Trump conducted an online search of the John F. Kennedy assassination
on the day he registered for Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, FBI
Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
"Analysis of a laptop
that the investigation ties to the shooter reveals that on July 6, he
did a Google search for -quote - 'how far away was Oswald from
Kennedy,'" Wray said in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
"That
is the same day that it appears that he registered for the Butler
rally," he said, adding that suspect Thomas Crooks had become "very
focused on President Trump and his rally" at the time.
Biden skirts messy criminal trials as presidency winds down
Hunter's legal troubles will continue unless dad pardons him
President
Biden has six months before he leaves office, and one of his legacies
is that he was able to avoid involvement in prominent criminal trials
involving his son and a big donor.
Take the prosecution of one
of the biggest American fraudsters in history. Sam Bankman-Fried was a
top-10 donor to Mr. Biden in 2020, shoveling over $11 million to
aligned super PACs (political action committees). The assumption is
that the $11 million — tapped from his crypto-money exchange FTX and
his Alameda Research hedge fund — was stolen from investors, all or in
part.
The Department of Justice charged Bankman-Fried with fraud
and money laundering. Tucked inside the indictment sat one count of
making unlawful political contributions and defrauding the Federal
Election Commission, which oversees the campaign donation industry.
U.S. Secret Service Failures Shocking
The
U.S. Secret Service has become "the face of incompetence," House
Oversight Chair James Comer told then-U.S. Secret Service Director
Kimberly Cheatle as she testified Monday before his committee.
The
day did not go well for Cheatle, who offered no good explanation as to
how 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to out-maneuver the
Secret Service, a $3 billion agency, and plant himself and his father's
AR-15 on a rooftop within range of Donald Trump as the former president
spoke at a Pennsylvania rally on July 13.
Cheatle admitted that
the failed assassination attempt, which wounded the GOP nominee and
left Trump supporter Corey Comperatore dead and two other rally
attendees seriously injured, was "the most significant operational
failure in the Secret Service for decades."
From the Archive....
TO KILL OR FEED A MOCKINGBIRD
By Geoff Metcalf
July 29, 2002
Two mutually exclusive and under reported stories have been troubling
me.
* The apparent penchant for political operatives to leak
classified information that jeopardizes national security.
* The generational control of information dissemination by
powerful controllers.
So we have another ‘Catch-22’.
The complicity of the mainstream media to spin, cover, and obfuscate
government abuse of power under the color of authority was not unique
to the Clinton administration. It may have been more ubiquitous,
and at times even clumsy, but it was not unique.
It has been reported that in June 1991 David Rockefeller allegedly told
a Bilderberg meeting in Baden Baden German, "We are grateful to the
Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great
publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected
their promises of discretion for almost forty years." He went on to
explain: "It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for
the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during
those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march
towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an
intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the
national autodetermination practiced in past centuries."
Some argue that quote is apocryphal urban legend. However,
although I have never been able to find three corroborating independent
sources for it, it IS consistent in content and tone with other
Bilderberg quotes I HAVE been able to confirm.
“If we had been subjected to the light of publicity….” Indicates the
one world, globalist, wannabe controllers were/are successful in
managing the message.
Operation ‘Mockingbird’ was a program supposedly conceived by a
brilliant Machiavellian State Department official, Frank Wisner.
Wisner selected Philip Graham, then publisher of the Washington Post to
manage the program. According to Deborah Davis, author of
‘Katharine the Great’, "By the early 1950s, Wisner 'owned' respected
members of the New York Times, Newsweek, CBS and other communications
vehicles, plus stringers, four to six hundred in all, according to a
former CIA analyst."
Over twenty five major newspapers and wire services became willing
house organs for the CIA media manipulation.
Investigators digging into MOCKINGBIRD have been flabbergasted to
discover FOIA documents in which agents boast (in CIA office memos)
of pride in having placed "important assets" inside every major
news publication in the country.
I know, this is the stuff of Ludlum novels conspiracy wackos, but not
until 1982 did the ‘Company’ finally concede that reporters on the CIA
payroll have been case officers to field agents.
I have too often observed, “Some people don’t like to be confused with
facts that contradict their preconceived opinions.” I have also
noted (and struggle to maintain) “It is not WHO is right or wrong…but
WHAT is right or wrong.”
Anyone with almost ‘any’ military experience has no doubt seen the once
ubiquitous posters cautioning “Loose Lips Sink Ships”. It is a
left over phrase from WWII and among “lessons learned”.
In the complex world of intelligence loose lips can and have cost lives.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, Senator Patrick Leahy (currently the
Senate Judiciary committee’s lead obstructionist) used to be the Vice
Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the mid 80s.
Leahy allegedly ‘inadvertently’ exposed a top-secret intercept of
Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak that led to the capture of the Achille
Lauro terrorists. That supposed slip of the tongue “cost the life
of at least one Egyptian operative.”
http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/1/31/85757
Loose Lip Leahy was forced to resign in disgrace 14 years ago in the
wake of having to acknowledge he leaked secret intelligence to the
press. However today he lords his power over the Senate
Judiciary committee. Congress’ institutional memory must be as
short as some of Jennifer Flowers former paramours.
In our contemporary environment in which whistleblowers have become in
many cases heroes it is important to make the distinctions between the
appropriateness of corporate and political whistleblowers and the idiot
or miscreant who leaks information with genuine national security
implications.
Currently the FBI is investigating national security leaks from
specifically the House and Senate Select Intelligence committees.
This is serious stuff.
Defenders of the indefensible will argue it is a political witch-hunt
by politicians in a heavy C.Y.A. mode. That is not true but a
convenient political spin job.
Sure it is true the white house is p.o.-ed over media reports that the
National Security Agency had received but not acted on two early
warning messages to 9/11. Dick Cheney reportedly went ballistic
and ripped congressional leaders. Both House and Senate Select
Intelligence committees asked the Attorney General to conduct an
investigation (and no doubt quietly prayed it would be botched).
Justice said in a statement, “…the appropriate department officials
will expeditiously review this matter and take any appropriate
action.” Not if congress has anything to say about it.
Don’t expect anything fast. Remember Leahy resigned in disgrace
14 years ago and today has the chutzpah to pontificate ad nauseum to
the Judiciary committee and stall any and all Bush judicial
appointments.
More on Operation Mockingbird
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/
