Today’s Top 5:
During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel that took place on Monday and was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Special Report,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump stated that while “there are people that say I saved 100 million lives” with the coronavirus vaccine, “I really don’t want to talk about it, because, as a Republican, it’s not a great thing to talk about, because, for some reason, it’s just not.” And that he does oppose mandates, but left the matter up to state governors. Trump also said that his 2024 rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed the vaccine before turning against it.
2.Wall Street Journal Claims China Plans to Build a Military Training Facility in Cuba
China and Cuba are holding advanced negotiations to establish a joint military training facility on Cuban soil, according to a report based on anonymous sources published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
The report cites current and former U.S officials, who expressed concerns that the prospective military training facility, which would allegedly be built on Cuba’s northern coast, could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security and intelligence operations just 100 miles off Florida’s coast and on the same island as a critical U.S. military facility.
3.Titanic Sub Company OceanGate Fired Director Who Demanded Safety Testing
OceanGate, the maritime exploration company behind the submersible Titan, which went missing with five people aboard during a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic, fired its director of marine operations after he demanded safety tests of the vehicle before it took passengers to the bottom of the Ocean. The company is also facing questions about other safety decisions, like the submersible lacking a safety beacon.
The Daily Mail reports that OceanGate remains embroiled in an ongoing crisis after its submersible, Titan, disappeared while on a trip to explore the Titanic’s wreckage with five people on board. Due to the incident, the company’s decision to fire a director who had previously voiced safety concerns about the submersible has come to light.
4.Report: Joe Biden Spills ‘Sensitive’ Intelligence about Chinese Spy Balloon to Campaign Donors
President Joe Biden spilled “sensitive” United States intelligence about China to campaign donors at a recent event in California, according to a report.
At the fundraiser in California, Biden revealed to attendees what the U.S. intelligence agencies had learned about the Chinese spy balloon incident earlier this year, reportedly surprising U.S. officials.
5.Durham: FBI Shouldn’t Have Launched Full Investigation Into Trump Campaign
The FBI shouldn’t have launched a full investigation into then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign based on unverified intelligence, special counsel John Durham said on June 21.
Within three days of receiving word from Australian officials in July 2016 that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos said Trump’s team had received a suggestion from Russia that it could help release information damaging to Democrats, the FBI opted to open a full investigation, rather than take a smaller step.
“Based on our investigation, it is not a legitimate basis to open a full investigation,” Durham said on June 21, speaking for the first time publicly about a report his team compiled.
WORLD NEWS
Doug Casey: The War On Farmers Could Trigger A Famine
Technocracy intends to control every aspect of human existence down to the molecular structure of your DNA. Energy, food and water are the three prime drivers of human activity; all three are experiencing man-made crisis designed for such control. Not breaking the shackles of Technocrat domination will mean global scientific dictatorship, aka Technocracy.
WATCH: Massive Explosion at Paris’ American Academy Leaves Dozens Injured
A strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving 24 injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over city monuments and prompted the evacuation of surrounding buildings, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.
The facade of a building in the 5th arrondissement, or district, collapsed, and emergency services were working to determine if anyone was still inside, a Paris police official said. The explosion happened near the historic Val de Grace military hospital.
Australia Removes Moderna Vaccine for Children Under 5
Health authorities in Australia have quietly removed Moderna’s paediatric COVID-19 vaccine for children five years and under, with both options offered by the company now no longer available in the country.
This comes after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) announced it would no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for individuals who are under five unless they have one of seven specific high-risk medical conditions that could place them in heightened-risk categories for severe COVID-19.
The seven conditions include severe primary or secondary immunodeficiency, including those undergoing treatment for cancer or those on immunosuppressive treatments; bone marrow or stem cell transplant or chimeric antigen T-cell (CAR-T) therapy; complex congenital cardiac disease, structural airway anomalies or chronic lung disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus, chronic neurological or neuromuscular conditions or a disability with significant or complex health needs.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
And more political theater … this time without the $16-million fine!
House Votes to Censure Rep. Adam Schiff
The House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on June 21, a week after an initial resolution to do so was tabled.
The measure passed along party lines on a vote of 213–209. Six Republicans voted “present.”
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), denounces Schiff, a Democrat, for allegedly perpetuating misinformation against former President Donald Trump. With the passing of the resolution, Schiff has been referred to the House Ethics Committee for investigation.
The resolution was privileged and therefore triggered a House vote. In last week’s vote, 20 Republicans joined 205 Democrats to table the initial resolution.
Ex-US Attorney Sounds Alarm on DOJ ‘Violating Its Own Internal Policies’
A former U.S. attorney accused the Department of Justice of violating its own internal policies when it came to an agreement with Hunter Biden to reach a plea deal on tax crime and gun charges.
The DOJ is “violating its own internal policies on this case,” former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman wrote. “The Ashcroft Memo requires they charge the ‘highest provable offense’ and seek consistent sentences with other cases brought by DOJ,” he said, referring to a directive handed down by former Attorney General John Ashcroft that requires federal prosecutors to charge and pursue the readily provable and most serious offenses supported by evidence and facts of a case.
“This prosecution is an absolute laughable joke,” Tolman wrote, adding that officials “are ignoring decades of policy and precedent to seek felonies not misdemeanors and seek sentences within the guideline range. The diversion agreement on the felony is offensive to everyone not politically connected who sought diversions and were literally laughed at by DOJ.”
Wray Says FBI Is Responding to Durham Report’s Criticisms
FBI Director Christopher Wray said his agency had responded extensively to the criticisms found in the report of special counsel John Durham. Released last month, it led some outraged Republicans to call for the shutdown of the storied federal investigation agency.
Durham’s report, after years of investigation, called the FBI’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign “seriously deficient.”
Durham said the agency, in its operation, code-named “Crossfire Hurricane,” failed to uphold its “important mission of strict fidelity to the law.”
“We cooperated with that investigation,” Wray said on June 20 in Atlanta at an event hosted by the Atlanta Press Club and the Commerce Club.
Pentagon Admits $6.2 Billion ‘Accounting Error’ in Military Aid for Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Defense on June 20 said it has overcounted the value of the weapons it sent to Ukraine over the past two years by $6.2 billion.
This error occurred because U.S. military officials didn’t count the actual value of what was pulled from the Pentagon’s weapons stockpile and sent to Ukraine but instead used the value of replacing those weapons, according to deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh. Newly produced weapons usually cost more than the excess old ones they replace.
“In a significant number of cases, services used replacement costs rather than net book value, thereby overestimating the value of the equipment drawn down from U.S. stocks and provided to Ukraine,” the spokeswoman said.
Trump Says China ‘Owned’ US Until He Took Office
Former president Donald Trump said his administration was not “owned” by communist China, unlike many of its predecessors.
“They owned us. Until I came along, they just owned every president, including the presidents I like,” Trump said about China in an interview with Fox News’s Brett Baier aired on June 19.
The former president pointed to his record of slapping tariffs on hundreds of billions’ worth of Chinese goods and having China sign a trade deal in January 2020. If elected president in 2024, Trump said he would maintain the China tariffs.
“I would keep the China tariffs on,” Trump said. “Absolutely. It is a tremendous power thing.”
Unlike his predecessors, who pursued a policy of engagement with China, Trump decided to confront the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head-on, pushing back against its malign and hostile behaviors.
Trump began hitting China with tariffs after a U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigation in 2018 found that the communist regime was engaging in illegal practices, including excessive government subsidies and intellectual property theft. Beijing retaliated by slappings tariffs on U.S. goods before the two sides signed a trade deal in January 2020.
Florida Town Quarantined to Eradicate Giant Invasive Snails
A community in Broward County, Florida, is under quarantine by state officials in a bid to eradicate a species of invasive giant African land snail that can transmit a parasite and also do massive amounts of agricultural damage.
The giant snails, which can grow up to 8 inches in length, were found in Miramar earlier in June, officials said. On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ordered the community to be placed under quarantine.
The agency says the snail species, Lissachatina fulica, doesn’t only transmit the parasite, but it poses a significant threat to local agriculture, wildlife, and even property. The agency noted the species is “one of the most damaging snails in the world, consuming at least 500 different types of plants” and can reportedly eat plastic, street signs, stucco, and other inorganic material. Their shells are reportedly able to puncture car tires.
White House Declines to Appeal Supreme Court on Transgender Surgery Mandate
The White House won’t seek a U.S. Supreme Court intervention for its requirement that health care organizations and hospitals perform and cover transgender medical procedures after it missed its deadline to file an appeal.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty legal group said in a statement that the Biden administration missed a June 20 deadline to appeal its case to the U.S. Supreme Court after multiple courts blocked the administration’s mandate. Both the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the mandate from going through in recent years.
“After multiple defeats in court, the federal government has thrown in the towel on its controversial, medically unsupported transgender mandate,” said Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which was representing the plaintiffs in the case.
Report: Four Children Found in Boston-Run Housing with Drag Queens, ‘Drugs, Sex Toys,’ and Dead Body
Four young children were found living in a Boston Housing Authority-run (BHA) apartment filled with drag queens, “alcohol, drugs, sex toys, and a dead man,” according to reports.
REPORT: At Least 3 Dead in Tornado that Ripped Through Texas Town
Reports indicate at least three people may have died in a tornado that ripped through a tiny town in West Texas. The tornado struck the town at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
A powerful storm, believed to be a tornado, struck the town of Matador, Texas, Wednesday evening, possibly leaving at least three people dead, according to the New York Times. Authorities also said they are searching for others trapped by debris.
Man Who Tased Police Officer on January 6 Sentenced to 12 Years
Daniel “DJ” Rodriguez, who tased a police officer during the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Describing him as “one of the most violent defendants on January 6, 2021,” prosecutors argued that Rodriguez actively used violence to achieve a political end that day as opposed to getting caught up in the moment.
2ND AMENDMENT
Montana Firearms Dealer Sticks to His Guns, Reopens Business After IRS Raid
20 ‘heavily armed’ agents seized thousands of documents containing personal information on his customers
A gun shop in Great Falls, Montana, is back up and running after 20 heavily armed IRS agents raided and searched the business on June 14, seizing thousands of documents containing private customer information.
Highwood Creek Outfitters owner Tom Van Hoose said agents of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) showed up carrying semi-automatic rifles and dressed in full tactical gear when he arrived to open the store at 7:30 a.m.
Van Hoose said he was just as perplexed by the federal search warrant stating he was under financial investigation by the IRS-CI.
“They somehow think a small mom-and-pop gun shop makes enough money to justify 20 heavily armed agents,” Van Hoose said.
“There is no justification for what happened.”
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Ralph Nader: Beware The Coming Flood Of Frankenstein Chatbots
Rick Claypool is a level-headed policy analyst and number-cruncher for Public Citizen, who is known for reporting the decline in corporate crime enforcement with each succeeding presidency. (Biden less than Trump). His latest report (with Cheyenne Hunt) clearly shows him in an unusually agitated state. Its title is “Sorry in Advance!” Rapid Rush to Deploy Generative AI Risks a Wide Array of Automated Harms.
Claypool is not engaging in hyperbole or horrible hypotheticals concerning Chatbots controlling humanity. He is extrapolating from what is already starting to happen in almost every sector of our society.
I challenge you to read his report without experiencing cognitive dissonance and throwing up your hands thinking the genie is already out of a million bottles. Claypool takes you through “…real-world harms [that] the rush to release and monetize these tools can cause—and, in many cases, is already causing.”
Claypool’s analysis takes you through five broad areas of concern, excluding the horrific autonomous weapons the Department of Defense (aka the Department of Offense) is deeply involved in developing. The various section titles of his report foreshadow the coming abuses: “Damaging Democracy,” “Consumer Concerns” (rip-offs and vast privacy surveillances), “Worsening Inequality,” “Undermining Worker Rights” (and jobs), and “Environmental Concerns” (damaging the environment via their carbon footprints).
SURVEILLANCE STATE
FTC Sues Amazon over Tricking Users with ‘Dark Patterns,’ ‘Sabotaging’ Cancellation Process
The FTC is suing Amazon, accusing the tech giant of using deceptive design tactics known as “dark patterns” meant to steer customers into making a specific choice, such as signing up for its Prime program, as well as sabotaging their attempts to cancel.
The FTC filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming Amazon violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act when it intentionally tricked millions of its consumers into signing up for Prime and then “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel, according to a report by CNBC.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Greta Thunberg’s Beginning of the End of the World Prediction Was for Today, June 21st
We had five years to stop using fossil fuels to prevent wiping out “all of humanity” from June 21st 2018, Greta Thunberg claimed in a now-deleted Tweet.
Today is the anniversary of a doomsday prediction made by Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg when she was just 15 years old June 21st 2018, stating the human race had five years to end fossil fuels or face certain death. She wrote then:
A top climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.
While these alarming, but later forgotten warnings with very definite and certain sounding timescales are a major part of green propaganda, this particular instance has taken on a life of its own due to the Streisand Effect, given as the deadline date approached Thunberg was caught having deleted the claim.
Half of Americans have faced ‘extreme’ weather in the last six weeks
Scientists tracking alerts sent by the National Weather Service say data underscores the risk of heatwaves and storms this summer
HEALTH
Manuka Honey: The Honey With the Most Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits
Honey not only adds sweetness to food and drinks but also offers a wide range of health benefits. In particular, Manuka honey stands out due to its potent antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
Manuka honey is predominantly found in New Zealand and Australia, where bees gather nectar from the Manuka tree to produce this distinctive honey. The indigenous populations in these regions have traditionally used the Manuka tree for its pain-relieving, fever-reducing, anti-inflammatory, and disinfectant properties. Subsequently, with early European settlers’ introduction of European honeybees, Manuka became a significant source of nectar for honey production.
The Wide-Ranging Health Benefits of Niacinamide
Niacinamide (aka nicotinamide) is a form of niacin (vitamin B3) that plays an important role in energy metabolism. Without it, your mitochondria cannot make energy
Niacinamide is also a precursor to NAD+, which is essential in the conversion of food to energy, maintaining DNA integrity and ensuring proper cell function. NAD+ is also a primary fuel for longevity proteins that become depleted with age
According to recent research, a century-long decline in our basic metabolic rate (BMR) can by itself account for the obesity epidemic. For some reason, we’re spending less energy (burning fewer calories) now, when resting, than people did in decades past
Consumption of polyunsaturated fats may be to blame for this BMR decline. Niacinamide has potent antiobesity effects and also helps inhibit release of inflammatory PUFAs from fat cells
Niacinamide can also help prevent neurodegeneration, kidney disease and heart failure, and reverse leaky gut
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Daily Breathing Exercises Could Reduce Heart Attack Risk
Using slow breathing methods to help you relax can lower your blood pressure, thereby reducing your risk of related heart attack, stroke and heart disease
Engaging in slow, deep breathing for just two minutes lowers systolic blood pressure by 8.6 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure by 4.9 mmHg among people with high blood pressure
Slow breathing refers to 10 breaths per minute or less “with prolonged, rhythmic, slow and deep expiratory periods”
Spending just five minutes on focused breath training can also help lower blood pressure
Slow breathing causes biochemical changes that induce relaxation, including increasing endorphins and lowering adrenaline and blood acidity, while deepening the volume of inspiration and expiration, maximizing the amount of oxygen entering the bloodstream
COVID RELATED NEWS
“Turbo cancer is something that wasn’t there, and all of a sudden, it’s everywhere. So it goes from being in one spot to [being] everywhere all at once.”
CANCEL CULTURE
President Joe Biden’s administration forced Social Security Administration (SSA) employees to complete a “mandatory” training that lectured employees on respecting their coworkers’ “sexual orientation,” and “gender identity,” The Sentinel reported.
The LGBTQ+ training warned that using preferred pronouns is compulsory and threatened investigations for those deemed noncompliant, according to audio recordings obtained by the Sentinel.
AMC Theatres Pulls Documentary About Detransitioners After Transgender Backlash
AMC Theatres has pulled screenings of an upcoming documentary critical of gender transitions after a transgender activist group launched a pressure campaign against the movie.
No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care was set open on July 21. But AMC, which is the country’s largest cinema chain, will no longer show the movie after a group called The Queer Trans Project mounted a campaign accusing the movie of promoting so-called “hateful” and “harmful content.”
GOOD NEWS
Young Man Fills His One-Bedroom Home With 1,400 Plants: ‘It Takes My Mind Off Overthinking’
Since a spider plant cutting from his grandmother sparked a deep passion for collecting houseplants ten years ago, a young man from England has filled every nook and cranny of his one-bedroom home with a 1,400-strong plant collection. He now shares his green-fingered expertise on his website, hoping to spark the joy of plants in others.
Joe Bagley, 23, lives opposite his grandmother in the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. Since moving out of his grandmother’s house, he now lives alone with his dog in a converted coach house, and his beautiful home is brimming with 1,400 individual houseplants that include 400 terracotta pots across every single room, even the stairs.
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