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When is it right to allow genetic testing?

Now Hunter is trying to set his deposition is done!

UNESCO released a plan to combat "misinformation" by creating what it calls the "Internet of Trust." If you think it sounds Orwellian, you're not alone. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations established with the goal of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in the fields of education, the sciences, and culture. If you think that sounds broad, you're also not alone. That broad job description gives them access to ring in on just about every aspect of human life. The report claims to safeguard free speech while figuring out how to censor it. They claim to need to create this Internet of Trust in order to deal with "dis- and misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories." What they suggest is an international standard for speech censorship which would apply to every UN member state, regardless of its sovereignty. This would include "online moderators" in all languages. Who will pay these moderators? Who will decide the parameters for moderation? The document also suggests a need for “election integrity.” How will they decide what information is shared during open and free elections? Obviously there are too many problems with this idea to count.

Movie Sound of Freedom in 2023 update https://lists.epochnewsletter.com/links/l8yQkrykwy/zQ0JLnks4/UbUfFCebGhd/0YMfvwzjDwh

And now A Non-political Video for your lady show off the year.

Really? Is a Democrat city doing this?

How is the collective west going to steal $300 Billion?

A recent poll found that in the 2020 election, 1 in 5 people who voted by mail committed some type of voter fraud. And that is, by the way, according to these people’s own admission. The details of this poll are wild. 🔵 Poll Results Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: One-in-Five Mail-In Voters Admit to Committing at Least One Kind of Voter Fraud During 2020 Election – The Heartland Institute

Will the DOJ use a double standard?

Would You Let Your Kids Play Here?

Democrat School Board President Sworn In https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/07/democrat-school-board-president-sworn-in-on-sexually-explicit-books/

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/02/1216716034/bethlehem-in-the-occupied-west-bank-will-skip-christmas-festivities-this-year#:~:text=Bethlehem%2C%20long%20revered%20as%20the,with%20the%20people%20of%20Gaza. While the Grinch could not stop Christmas from coming, who has stopped it?

CHARLESTON, S.C. just had a upset election and hasn't done this since 1877!

https://reason.com/2021/12/21/leana-wen-cloth-mask-facial-decorations-covid-cdc-guidance/ A new study out of Norway found that people who wore masks during the Covid pandemic were more likely to get Covid by about 75%! This is a cross-sectional study and it was based on self-reporting of both mask-wearing and Covid diagnosis. Yet it points to the need for further examination when coupled with several other studies showing that masking may not work. None of this was new to health officials when they instated mask mandates. In fact, some studies suggested that mask wearing could cause the virus to go deeper into the body and cause a more severe case of Covid. This is called the Foegen effect. The Norwegian study says that the increased Covid cases in mask wearers was “likely due to unobservable and hence nonadjustable differences between those wearing and not wearing a mask.” Meaning it may not be the mask itself but other factors that differentiate the mask wearer from the non-mask wearer. Like the Covid vaccine, which we also know increases the risk of contracting Covid?

The White House Office of Digital Strategy is worried that a viral $16 McDonalds meal is hurting the President’s image and trying to counter this “misinformation.” If endless wars and debt don't hurt the administration, an overpriced value meal sure will!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/key-swing-county-sounding-alarm-bells-on-voting-machines-ahead-of-2024-election/ar-AA1kyJqR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=8cbcc8fcaffc43e482a37dd422427507&ei=35 Troubles with electronic voting machines in a key county of an important swing state have many voters and officials worried about the reliability of the coming 2024 elections. According to reports, voters in Northampton County in Pennsylvania have now experienced at least two elections when voting machines glitched on them, and many are calling for answers ahead of the contentious 2024 elections. The machines reportedly glitched with fraudulent votes in a 2019 race for judge in the county, and while that experience did not become a big deal for many, the problem cropped up again this year. Now, with two glitches in only a few years, county officials are scrambling to reassure voters that the machines are still secure and reliable, Politico reported. "We’re at the peak of mistrust of one another, but until that subsides, counties like ours need to be nearly perfect, and I think this system allows us to do that," County Executive Lamont McClure stated. For his part, Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, attempted to pivot on the machine glitches to claim that the detractors are the problem, not the machines. "The broader concern is that an incident like this would be misused to undermine confidence in our electoral process," Schmidt told Politico. Politico went on to note that the 2019 election was the first year Northampton County rolled out the touchscreen machines made by Election Systems & Software. The rollout, though, was troubled when votes for a Democratic candidate for judge were seriously undercounted. There were also problems in a local election for judges in Nov. 7 of this year when voters reported that the paper printout of their votes did not match what they chose on the touchscreen machine. Apparently, the machines switched some votes to a different candidate on the paper printout of the ballot. Despite these problems, McClure claimed that there are more than enough safeguards built into the machines. "One of the things I’ve learned through ‘19 and ‘23 is that the machines that we have have a great deal of redundancy built in," he stated. Despite McClure's assurances, though, voters, poll workers, and election security watchers said that the problems seen now in two recent elections had caused a lot of confusion on Nov. 7 and the issue has undermined trust residents of Northampton County have in the Election Systems & Software systems. "Since 2019, the theory has been well, that was a big mistake, but we caught it and we’ve implemented new processes to make sure nothing like that would ever happen again," said the chair of the Northampton County Democratic Party, Matthew Munsey. "I don’t know how we can restore trust with these machines," he added. McClure countered the concerns with his claim that the vote switching was an error programmed into the machines by an ES&S employee when testing the machines ahead of the election. But voters say that when the glitch in 2019 occurred -- which county officials also claimed was an "employee error" -- they were told not to worry about it because the paper ballots were recording the real vote when the touchscreen seemed to show something different. But this year, the issue was the mirror reverse of the 2019 problem, yet they are still being told not to worry about it. "In 2019, when the issues came up with the touchscreens, we were told, 'Don’t worry about it. The cards are recording the votes,'" said Northampton County Republican Committee Chair Glenn Geissinger. "OK, you’re telling me now, in 2023, 'Don’t worry about what’s printed on the card?'" County officials also tried to ally fears by noting that the problem was quickly discovered and resolved, so the issue was isolated and had no chance to affect the outcome of the election. But distrust of the machines abounds. "They were saying, ‘Don’t trust the thing that’s supposed to validate your ballot,'" Northampton poll worker John Walker told Politico. "That doesn’t instill confidence in the system at a time when it has never been more important to do so." Calls for change are also being issued by political parties, elected officials, and activist groups. Democrat and Republican officials are calling for the county to dump the machines and other groups are calling for a more thorough backup system to be devised and implemented before the 2024 elections. Yet McClure and other officials insist there is nothing seriously wrong with the machines or their backup procedures. And Schmidt has waived off the issues in Northampton, saying, "No voting system is immune to human error." Ultimately, many are not mollified by the assurances of state and county officials. Kevin Skoglund, president and chief technologist of Citizens for Better Elections, had a typical reaction by finding the whole situation to be exasperating. "Our concerns kept getting dismissed by people," he said.

The wife of a Woodbury County, Iowa, supervisor was convicted Tuesday of all 52 counts related to a voter fraud scheme during the 2020 primary and general elections in Iowa. Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, is married to Jeremy Taylor, who unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District to replace Rep. Steve King in 2020. She was found guilty of perpetrating a scheme to generate votes for her husband during the 4th Congressional District election and again later when he ran for Woodbury County supervisor in 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release. The DOJ states that Ms. Taylor had submitted or caused others to submit voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information. She was arrested in January. The DOJ said that the jury convicted Ms. Taylor of 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration, and 23 counts of fraudulent voting. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each count. According to the press release, Ms. Taylor allegedly "completed and signed voter forms without voters’ permission and told others that they could sign on behalf of relatives who were not present." Her husband has not faced any charges so far but has been named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case. Mr. Taylor finished in third place after garnering just over 6,400 votes in the GOP primary for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. However, he was successful in the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors race and currently serves as the board's vice chairperson.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1214092698/javier-milei-a-radical-libertarian-populist-elected-president-of-argentina https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/20/who-is-javier-milei-argentina-new-president-far-right-what-does-he-stand-for

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/court-limits-ability-to-bring-race-based-lawsuits-against-congressional-maps-5532897?utm_source=News&src_src=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2023-11-21-1&src_cmp=breaking-2023-11-21-1&utm_medium=email&est=ToAGawCygnuOSxrTFk1%2FbdE6g2vLGOaa1s8djdaKikuR2N05FvULzcikhRvk9JSB A federal appeals court has issued a key ruling that prohibits private citizens and entities from filing lawsuits under a section of the Voting Rights Act that has been used extensively to bring legal challenges to redistricting processes on the premise that they're racist. In a 2–1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled on Nov. 20 that only the federal government can bring legal challenges under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, upholding an earlier ruling by an Arkansas judge that private citizens or civil rights groups cannot bring Section 2 lawsuits. The vast majority of lawsuits filed under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act—which prohibits discrimination based on race—have been brought by private individuals and groups who did not represent the U.S. government. In legal terms, the ability of non-government entities to bring lawsuits is called a "private right of action," also referred to as a "private cause of action." In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled that only the Department of Justice (DOJ) can bring Section 2 lawsuits, which private entities have for decades filed on the premise that moves like redistricting or other elections processes disenfranchised voters of color. Mr. Rudofsky's ruling was appealed, resulting in the Nov. 20 decision that bars "private right of action" in relation to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the seven states under the jurisdiction of the 8th Circuit appeals court. "For much of the last half-century, courts have assumed that [Section 2] is privately enforceable. A deeper look has revealed that this assumption rests on flimsy footing," wrote Circuit Judge David Stras, a Trump appointee, in the majority opinion in which he was joined by Judge Raymond Gruender, an appointee of former President George W. Bush. Chief Circuit Judge Lavenski Smith, another Bush appointee, issued a dissenting opinion. "Until the [Supreme] Court rules or Congress amends the statute, I would follow existing precedent that permits citizens to seek a judicial remedy. Rights so foundational to self-government and citizenship should not depend solely on the discretion or availability of the government's agents for protection," Mr. Smith wrote. While the full 8th circuit could be asked to review the three-judge decision, a number of legal observers expect that the case will be brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. More Details The case stems from a challenge brought in 2021 by the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Arkansas Public Policy Panel over Arkansas' state House map, with the plaintiffs arguing that a redistricting plan put forward by Republicans diluted the voting power of black people. Racial vote-dilution claims are typically brought on the premise that electoral map drawers "packed" a given state's minority voters into a smaller number of districts and "cracked" them among other districts in order to weaken the overall voting power of the block. In the Arkansas lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed that five additional majority-black state House districts could be drawn across the state in order to more accurately reflect the state's black population. Specifically, the lawsuit cited 2020 census data showing that 16.5 percent of Arkansas' population is black but only 11 out of the state's 100 state House districts in the GOP-led redistricting plan were majority-black districts. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, meant to protect against race-based vote dilution, has been widely leveraged by private individuals and groups against federal, state, and local electoral maps. But with the Nov. 20 decision, the 8th Circuit court has effectively ruled that there is no "private right of action" for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling drew mixed reactions, with some conservatives taking to X to call for the abolishment of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act entirely. Some argued that the provision is applied to the benefit of every race except whites. Others, including the left-leaning Democracy Docket, expressed opposition to the Nov. 20 ruling against the "private right of action." "This is a catastrophic decision that will impact organizations' ability to use Section 2 to protect voters from racial discrimination in voting in all the states under the 8th Circuit's jurisdiction: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota," the Democracy Docket account wrote in a post on X. Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard Law School professor, also raised objections. "The brazenness of this decision is something else," he wrote in a post on X. "The thousands of litigants who have brought Section 2 claims? The thousands of courts who have decided these cases? Somehow they all missed what these two judges, in their infinite wisdom, finally saw." The case is widely expected to head to the U.S. Supreme Court, which recently ruled in favor of a Section 2 lawsuit brought by private entities in a legal challenge to Alabama's congressional map. The Supreme Court ruled on June 8 to affirm a district court's ruling that Alabama's congressional map drawn in 2021 likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, requiring the state to redraw its congressional map to include an additional majority-black district. At the same time, the Supreme Court rejected Alabama's "race-neutral" approach to Section 2 litigation, essentially affirming that race can be considered in the redistricting process. There are numerous legal challenges across the country to congressional district maps, including Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

The latest NBC News poll shows President Joe Biden’s lowest approval rating ever at 40%, with 57% disapproving, marking a significant drop from earlier in the year. The poll also indicates a shift in foreign policy approval, particularly related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Notably, the poll suggests that Donald Trump is leading among potential Republican nominees for the next election, with significant momentum for Nikki Haley. In a potential 2024 rematch, Trump is shown to be ahead of Biden by a small margin, marking a shift from previous polls. “As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, it is having a transformative impact on our politics. We have a brand new NBC News poll out this morning, which shows the toll it is taking on the president,” said NBC’s Kristen Welker. Steve Kornacki agreed, saying, “I think you’re right to set it up that way. What’s happening in the Middle East really does seem to be connecting with what’s happening domestically in our politics. Let’s start with the bottom line here. President Biden, what is his job approval rating? We measure it now at 40%, with 57% disapproving.” “The significance is that is the lowest President Biden has ever measured in our poll in terms of job approval. Just look at the sea change from the start of this year. Recall, remember, Democrats coming off strong from the 2020 midterms, he was almost even. Now he’s 17 points underwater.” “If you look by party, it’s significant for two reasons. One, independents, obviously, more than two to one disapprove. You don’t want to be there as an incumbent president. But equally significant, no surprise, 7% of Republicans approve of Joe Biden’s job performance, but three times as many Democrats, 21%, more than one in five, say they disapprove.” “You need much more unified support in your own party than if you’ll have a successful re-election campaign. We mentioned the drop in that approval rating and the connection of the Middle East. Here it is: on foreign policy, 33% approve of Joe Biden’s job performance. Just in September, we asked the same question, and it was 41-53.” “These numbers surprised our own pollsters with one saying he cannot remember a time when a foreign entanglement that didn’t involve U.S. troops had the power to transform the electorate, and that’s not the case in this poll,” Welker said. “To go a step further, this jumps out at you, too,” Kornacki added. “Overall, this is the handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It kind of measures overall with Biden’s foreign policy approval, but look at this. Among the oldest group of voters, 65+, there’s a majority that approve how Biden is handling this, that’s +12. Look at the youngest group of voters: 20 approve, 70% disapprove — he’s 50% underwater with the youngest voters. That’s a 62-point net swing between youngest and oldest on this topic of Israel and Hamas.” Additionally, there’s a notable change in the likability ratings between Biden and Trump, as well as a shift in support among younger voters. The poll also indicates a significant shift in support when Biden is pitted against an unnamed Republican, suggesting a potential challenge for Bidem. _

What is Israel offering Hamas?

A TV network in Ireland showed a fictitious news broadcast about global warming and it plays out like a globalist checklist. It is called “Tomorrow Tonight: Ireland 2050.” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29889035/ It’s meant to be a cautionary warning about the climate but it is plays out more like a warning about totalitarian governments. The broadcast shows people eating bugs and synthetic milk, answering to “green helmet” police to enforce climate action, and living in small controlled cities. They present it as an awesome solution to climate change. Researcher Ivor Cummins takes an in-depth look at this and it’s worth watching. He calls it a globalist Bingo and vile propaganda. Watch for yourself. https://twitter.com/FatEmperor/status/17255220787climate

Zombie’ deer disease confirmed at Yellowstone — officials warn to avoid wildlife! Yellowstone National Park officials are warning travelers to steer clear of wildlife after a “zombie” deer was found dead near Yellowstone Lake, a hotspot inside the heavily-visited natural landmark. The deceased adult mule deer suffered from chronic wasting disease, or CWD, a contagious and fatal sickness that infects deer, reindeer, elk and moose, causing zombie-like symptoms including excessive drooling, drooping ears, head tremors, teeth grinding, and reluctance to move. There is currently no vaccine or known treatment for the disease. The deer, previously captured and tagged by the state’s Game and Fish Department (WGFD) in March, died sometime in October, according to its GPS collar. Officials collected the carcass for testing at the Wildlife Health Laboratory where samples tested positive for CWD. The rare disease has been detected in free-ranging and captive animals in at least 31 US states, two Canadian provinces, South Korea, and in Europe, where it so far has impacted reindeer and moose. CWD has been spreading through Wyoming since the ’80s and currently infects 10 to 15 percent of mule deer in Wyoming, but has never before been recorded in the national park. Animals can contract the disease through direct animal-to-animal contact, or indirectly by contact with an infected environment such as feces, soil or vegetation. It can take more than a year for animals to develop symptoms and some animals may die without ever fully showing signs of the disease. experts warn that infected meat should not enter the food chain.

The New York Times has admitted that school closures during the pandemic “may prove to be the most damaging disruption in the history of American education.” And yet the Times was an advocate for pandemic lockdowns and censorship of people who criticized them. That’s interesting, right? This is an opinion piece but one that would have been unimaginable during the pandemic. It is an admission that the learning loss during the pandemic will effect this generation for a lifetime with “diminished lifetime earnings and become a significant drag on the economy." This also points to the problem of “chronic absenteeism,” which has persisted in the two “normal” years since pandemic closures. This shows students falling off what is called a “school engagement cliff, at which point they no longer care.”

Investors are selling out of ESG stocks because ESGs are a gimmick. An ESG is a label for investments referring to their “environmental, social and corporate-governance” rating. It means about as much as a “natural” label on packaged foods. According to the Wall Street Journal, investors have pulled more than $14 billion out of ESG funds to put their cash flow into the red. Is this because investors don’t care about a “good cause”? No. It’s because these funds did not perform well. It also could be because ESG is a dubious distinction of “social good.” With this label, you have no idea what you’re getting or what criteria these companies were evaluated on. The SEC has begun cracking down on these labels and in September, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay a $25 million fine for “misstatements regarding its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment process.”