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By: Becker News

Foreign hackers linked to the Chinese government allegedly stole at least $20 million in COVID-19 relief funds, according to the U.S. Secret Service.

The China-linked hackers, known as APT41, are “a notable player” among the 1,000-plus investigations into criminals defrauding public benefits programs, according to an NBC News report confirmed by the Secret Service to the Daily Caller News Foundation. It is unknown whether the Chinese government directed APT41 to steal taxpayer funds or simply looked the other way, but the threat is “dangerous” and has serious national security implications, an anonymous senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official told NBC News.

“I’ve never seen them target government money before,” John Hultquist, head of intelligence analysis at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, told NBC News. “That would be an escalation.”

The discovery of the hackers could be just the beginning, as unnamed officials and experts think it is likely that the hackers targeted all 50 states, according to NBC News. The experts and officials noted that other reported instances of COVID-19 fraud point back to foreign state-affiliated hackers.

“It would be crazy to think this group didn’t target all 50 states,” Roy Dotson, national pandemic fraud recovery coordinator for the U.S. Secret Service, told NBC News. The report marks the first time the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged state-sponsored cybercriminals stole pandemic relief.

https://beckernews.com/china-linked-hackers-stole-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-through-bidens-covid-relief-fund-48043/

By: Rachel Schilke

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/rachel-schilke

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Tuesday he'll seek to succeed Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) in the Senate.

Ricketts said his decision came down to a single question: "How can I best serve the people of Nebraska and advance our conservative values?"

>>"In Congress, we’re in a fight for the future of our nation, and it’s a fight we have to win," Ricketts said in a statement, according to KETV.

He added that his focus will be on cutting taxes and strengthening public safety and national security, among others.

Sasse submitted his letter of resignation on Monday, effective Jan. 8, because he is set to become the University of Florida's next president in February, according to the Nebraska Examiner.

Gov.-elect Jim Pillen is expected to appoint Sasse's replacement, who will serve until January 2025. All candidates seeking appointment to the vacant Senate seat have until Dec. 23 to apply, according to Pillen.

Sasse's appointment as the Florida university's president was met with protests from students, partly stemming from Sasse's history of opposing same-sex marriage. The senator has described the 2015 Supreme Court decision on Obergefell v. Hodges as a "disappointment."

The Nebraska senator was a major critic of former President Donald Trump. After the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, he was one of seven GOP members of the Senate who voted in favor of conviction in Trump's impeachment trial.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nebraska-governor-pete-ricketts-seeks-sasse-senate-seat

By: Jennie Taer

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is massively misreporting the number of illegal immigrants released into the country with GPS tracking technology by nearly 600%, according to an internal document exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

ICE disclosed privately to participants of a closed-door event about the agency’s “Alternatives to Detention” Thursday, attended by ICE Director Tae Johnson along with several agency officials and non-profits, that 8,118 illegal immigrants are monitored with GPS tracking through the program as of Nov. 14. Publicly, however, ICE says on its website that 56,805 illegal immigrants are monitored by GPS as of Nov. 19.

ICE implemented the “Alternatives to Detention” program in 2004 to monitor illegal migrants released into the country using ankle monitors, GPS tracking and cell phones.

https://www.wnd.com/2022/12/feds-massively-misreporting-number-illegal-aliens-released-gps-trackers/

By: Becky Vowler

We continue our occasional series of personal accounts by Covid-19 vaccine-injured men and women who, from the moment they started to suffer from and reported serious adverse reactions, have felt abandoned by the NHS, experts and the mainstream media. Today Becky Vowler, previously a dedicated young postwoman, recounts her existence since her Pfizer jab and the utter failure of the NHS to help with her continuing extreme symptoms.

THE last 15 months has been utter hell. In my ‘former’ life I was a postwoman working for Royal Mail with an attendance record of 100 per cent for five years. Now I am housebound and struggle to move from one room to another.

It all began in April 2021 when I fell and hit the back of my head. I heard a crack at the time but as I had no immediate symptoms I did not seek medical assistance. I just assumed that everything was fine. Next day, I couldn’t even lift my head off the pillow. Nevertheless, I went back to work after three days as fortunately Royal Mail had given me a three-day weekend (a rare occurrence). My neck was stiff but I was functional and improving. Towards the end of May 2021, my neck felt better. I thought I was healed.

Then I had the first Pfizer vaccine. The BBC was reporting the deaths of young persons in India from the arrival of the new ‘Delta’ virus. As an asthmatic, this scared me and was the reason behind my vaccination. Beforehand, I did research on the side-effects. Nothing appeared in the search results except for symptoms such as sore arm and fatigue. We were told it was safe and effective and that any symptoms would be temporary.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/i-was-a-happy-healthy-postwoman-two-jabs-later-my-life-is-hell/

By: Pedro Gonzalez

In the 2020 election cycle, OpenSecrets data revealed that pro-transgender groups spent $6.9 million supporting Democratic candidates, and $1.8 million of that sum was given to Joe Biden. For over a decade, hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate and foundation funding have poured into the LGBTQ cause every year. The movement has used this money to amass power, influence policy, and infiltrate the government. The ubiquitous LGBTQ acronym should add another letter — "P," for politics.

In January, the Biden administration announced support for medical intervention for minors to "change" their gender, citing research from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization focusing on transgender activism. IRS records show the AbbVie Foundation, a project of the biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, donated $50,000 to the Trevor Project. AbbVie manufactures Lupron, the puberty blocker most widely used on children in the early stages of transitioning.

So, the White House cited a study produced by a nonprofit organization that received thousands of dollars from companies that make drugs and medical products used in the gender transition process to argue in support of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and sex-reassignment surgeries for children. The conflict of interest is obvious, but it's only the tip of the trans-money-power iceberg.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues is a nonprofit group that acts as the collaborative nexus of 75 foundations, corporations, and funding institutions. Collectively, it awards more than $1 billion annually. According to its 2018 tracking report , the latest year on file, the top 10 funders by total dollar amount are George Soros's Open Society Foundations, Arcus Foundation, Ford Foundation, Mac AIDS Fund, and the Tides Foundation.

https://www.sott.net/article/474953-The-transgender-lobby-is-a-massive-and-well-funded-Leviathan

By: James Delingpole

ALZHEIMER’S is one of the plagues of modern ‘civilisation’. Anyone who has witnessed the hideous effects of the dementia condition on a beloved friend or relative will know that it is a fate worse than death.

Slowly, by cruel degrees, you are turned into a zombie. It’s an appalling affliction for those who suffer from it. But it’s possibly even worse for the partners of those who have to live with it: The shell of their lifelong companion looking much the same as ever before, continually mocking them with the awareness of what they have lost. The light is still on, as they say, but inside there is nobody home.

When death finally comes – usually in an expensive care home – it’s often a blessed relief. It shouldn’t be that way. No one wants to be put in a position where they are yearning for a loved one to die. But the burden, both financial and emotional, becomes insupportable.

I’ll spare you the scatalogical horror of a relative’s experience when she had her Alzheimer’s husband home on day release. Suffice to say that when you hear stories like this, you start to understand the sentiment that leads people to consider Dignitas-style death clinics.

Imagine, then, how wonderful it would be if someone were to find a cure for this dreadful condition! Or if, failing that, they at least were to discover its likely origins and find ways of both halting its advancement and preventing future cases. And imagine, better still, if it were capable of treating or alleviating a whole host of other conditions, from Parkinson’s to childhood autism.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/scandal-of-hope-filled-alzheimers-therapy-shelved-to-save-big-pharmas-profits/

By: Travis

In spite of Joe Biden’s best efforts, the House is set to repeal the military’s unconstitutional COVID-19 mandate.

House democrats are siding with republicans on this year’s defense policy bill.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would repeal the vaccine mandate for service members.

This bipartisan bill would be a big defeat for the Biden Administration.

While this would result in removing the mandate itself, it would not reinstate those who were discharged for refusing the experimental vaccine.

This is something many hope changes.

https://welovetrump.com/2022/12/06/house-democrats-go-against-biden-on-militarys-vaccine-mandate/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-democrats-go-against-biden-on-militarys-vaccine-mandate

By: Jim Hoft

The family of a young woman from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma has revealed that their 18-year-old healthy daughter died unexpectedly on November 9 from an unknown cause.

Trista Deane Martin, a 2022 graduate of Broken Arrow High School, died suddenly months after receiving the Pfizer shot.

“I woke up this morning & for that split second before I was totally awake, I thought it was all just a horrible dream… then reality came crashing down around me, drowning me, crushing me, you are gone,” Trista’s mother, Taylor Martin, wrote on her Facebook account. “Why??? None of this makes any sense. I’m lost. I’m broken.”

Taylor was devastated by the loss of her daughter and couldn’t understand what had happened.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/family-blames-pfizer-shot-18-year-old-healthy-daughter-dies-suddenly-unknown-cause/

By: Will Jones

A major new autopsy report has found that three people who died unexpectedly at home with no pre-existing disease shortly after Covid vaccination were likely killed by the vaccine. A further two deaths were found to be possibly due to the vaccine.

The report, published in Clinical Research in Cardiology, the official journal of the German Cardiac Society, detailed autopsies carried out at Heidelberg University Hospital in 2021. Led by Thomas Longerich and Peter Schirmacher, it found that in five deaths that occurred within a week of the first or second dose of vaccination with Pfizer or Moderna, inflammation of the heart tissue due to an autoimmune response triggered by the vaccine had likely or possibly caused the death.

https://www.sgtreport.com/2022/12/major-new-autopsy-report-reveals-those-who-died-suddenly-were-likely-killed-by-the-covid-vaccine/

By: Ben Whedon

https://justthenews.com/ben-whedon

Bill Cosby and NBCUniversal are facing yet another legal battle over "The Cosby Show" star's alleged sexual misconduct, with multiple plaintiffs filing a sexual assault and battery suit in New York on Tuesday.

>>"Each plaintiff was sexually assaulted and battered by defendant Bill Cosby in the same or similar manner when he used his power, fame, and prestige… to misuse his enormous power in such a nefarious, horrific way," the filing reads.

Plaintiffs further allege that the studio actively "enabled and aided" Cosby in these alleged sexual assaults to preserve their financial stake in his celebrity.

>>"Over the course of several decades, Bill Cosby engaged in the serial sexual assault of dozens of women for his sexual gratification while the co-defendants enabled and aided these sexual assaults to benefit financially by their association with Bill Cosby," the suit alleges.

The suit lists "sexual assault, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment," among many of the alleged torts Cosby committed. They further assert that NBCUniversal Media and the other co-defendant firms did not investigate Cosby's actions or attempt to intervene.

While the alleged incidents occurred beyond the statute of limitations, plaintiffs are able to bring the suit by virtue of the New York Adult Survivors Act, which has created a one-year window suspending those limits to allow victims to come forward, Deadline reported.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/bill-cosby-nbcuniversal-face-new-sexual-assault-suit-cosby-show-actresses

By: Charlotte Hazard

https://justthenews.com/charlotte-hazard

Former Trump foreign policy adviser Dr. Walid Phares says that the Iranian regime is cracking down on protests against government corruption and the mistreatment of women and girls.

>>"Iran has a militia that deals with women — making sure that Iranian women are basically forced to wear the hijab, which is not just a religious symbol, but really a political symbol, in this case for the jihadist regime in Iran," Dr. Phares said on Monday's edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show.

In September, a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, was murdered by Iran's "morality police" because she showed her hair in violation of the country's hijab rules. This resulted in a lethal beating and subsequent protests all over Iran.

>>"What happened is that these protests were growing so large and so strong that the international community came out in support of these women and girls," Dr. Phares stated.

Dr. Phares said that due to these protests, there appears to be chaos in the regime amid international support for the ongoing protests.

>>"In my view, there is some sort of indecision or even chaos inside the regime, because they're not even able to stop this demonstration," Dr. Phares said later. "There are people who have been killed and wounded and tortured and are in jail. But this is a process that this regime is not going to stop unless it commits war crimes."

The foreign policy expert has written a book titled Iran: An Imperialist Republic and US Policy which goes into further detail about the conflicts and protests in Iran.

The book comes out Dec. 10, 2022.

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By: Madeleine Hubbard

https://justthenews.com/madeleine-hubbard

Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Tuesday mounted his second challenge in less than a month against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for GOP congressional leadership.

>>"The left wants to see a McCarthy speakership," Biggs, former chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, the chamber's most conservative wing, wrote in an op-ed published by the Daily Caller.

>>"Establishment Republicans want to see a continuation of the swamp," he said, "Leader McCarthy is about to eviscerate our leverage for the balance of the Biden presidency. And here we have an establishment candidate for speaker of the House."

Biggs challenged McCarthy for House GOP leader last month. McCarthy subsequently won the House election 188-31.

While Republicans are projected to have 221 seats next Congress, internal GOP disagreements may make it difficult for McCarthy to secure the 218 votes needed in a final floor vote to be elected speaker.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/biggs-challenges-mccarthy-house-leadership-again

By: Madeleine Hubbard

https://justthenews.com/madeleine-hubbard

Texas Secretary of State John Scott has announced his resignation after what he called a "successful" 2022 General Election, which followed a rocky primary in which counties threw out nearly 23,000 mail ballots as a result of voters' struggling to navigate new mail-in voting requirements.

>>"With a successful 2022 General Election in the rear view mirror … I write to inform you that I intend to return to my private law practice at the beginning of the New Year," Scott said Monday, making his resignation effective on Dec. 31, 2022.

Republicans passed a sweeping new voting law just weeks before Scott's Oct. 2021 appointment. Scott faced immediate scrutiny for having been briefly part of former President Trump’s legal team that challenged the results of the 2020 election, though Scott said he never dispute Democrat Joe Biden was the winner, according to the Associated Press.

Scott also said he's retiring amid a soon-to-be-released audit of the state's 2020 election results, but it's unclear whether the findings will be made public before he officially leaves office.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who appointed Scott announced Tuesday that he plans on filling the open position with state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican who decided to not run for reelection this year after serving in the Texas Senate for 30 years.

https://justthenews.com/government/state-houses/top-texas-elections-official-resign

By: Ben Whedon

https://justthenews.com/ben-whedon

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has fired company general counsel James Baker over his possible role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story.

>>"In light of concerns about Baker's possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today," Musk wrote in response to a Tweet from alternative journalist Matt Taibbi that included an article on Baker's history with federal investigations.

Baker was formerly the FBI's general counsel and was one of several federal officials to push the now-discredited Steele Dossier as part of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

The Tesla founder went on to assert that he had given Baker a chance to explain himself, but that "[h]is explanation was …unconvincing."

Musk and Taibbi have recently begun to release the "Twitter Files," a series of internal documents and communications outlining the platform's censorship practices, to which Democrats enjoyed preferential access. Beginning last Friday, Taibbi started posting screenshots of email conversations between Twitter executives and political groups in which they coordinated the deletion of posts with which said groups took issue.

Part of that document dump was a series of emails, including Baker, in which top-level Twitter executives discussed their censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story. The New York Post, ahead of the 2020 presidential election, published an article that included damaging information on the Biden family recovered from Hunter's laptop.

In the released documents, Baker advocated that the firm should assume the information came from hacked materials, but asserted that the platform needed more information to justify its throttling of the article.

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By: Katie Pavlich

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich

A jury in New York City has found the Trump Organization and Trump Payroll Corporation guilty on a number of tax charges Tuesday afternoon.

>>"The Trump Organization’s two affiliate companies on trial in New York City were found guilty of all tax fraud and related crimes on Monday, as jurors ended a long trial with a swift verdict against the former American president’s corporate empire," the Daily Beast first reported. "The Manhattan jury concluded that former President Donald Trump’s eponymous companies dodged taxes by playing accounting games: showering their executives with benefits, reducing their official salary, and paying them at times as if they were 'independent contractors.'"

The penalty for the conviction is a fine of $1.6 million.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/12/06/breaking-trump-org-n2616820