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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20799911 (301611ZAPR24) Notable: “Americans deserve to see the Uniparty on full display. I’m about to give them their coming out party!”

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Bradley Jaye

@bradleyajaye

Coalition Government Begins: House Democrats Announce They Will Save Speaker Johnson

@RepMTG

implies she’ll force a MTV vote: “Americans deserve to see the Uniparty on full display. I’m about to give them their coming out party!”

https://twitter.com/bradleyajaye/status/1785333617473777860

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/coalition-government-begins-house-democrats-announce-they-will-save-speaker-johnson/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20799971 (301634ZAPR24) Notable: Refresher: Israel’s spy agency Mossad played a role in this divide-and-rule game in the occupied territories.

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Israel’s spy agency Mossad played a role in this divide-and-rule game in the occupied territories. In a 1994 book, “The Other Side of Deception,” Mossad whistleblower Victor Ostrovsky contended that aiding Hamas meshed with “Mossad’s general plan” for an Arab world “run by fundamentalists” that would reject “any negotiations with the West,” thereby leaving Israel as “the only democratic, rational country in the region.” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official involved in Gaza for over two decades, told a newspaper interviewer in 2009 that, “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/11/21/world/israel-failed-policy

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20799978 (301637ZAPR24) Notable: Fitts: Ukraine depop

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https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1785326737871548924

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20799979 (301638ZAPR24) Notable: Gold Eyez in Skyz

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Czech AF CEF05F A319 in at Toronto after Boston depart

German AF GAF686 GL5T inbound from Luftwaffe home base in Koln/Bonn depart

92-9000 747 done with certs at Greensboro-Piedmont Triad Airport and back to JBA

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20799989 (301642ZAPR24) Notable: China Publishes World's First High-definition Lunar Geologic Atlas

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China Publishes World's First High-definition Lunar Geologic Atlas

Apr 22, 2024

China on Sunday released a geologic atlas set of the global moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million, which is the first complete high-definition lunar geologic atlas in the world, providing basic map data for future lunar research and exploration.

This geologic atlas set, available in both Chinese and English, includes the Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe and the Map Quadrangles of the Geologic Atlas of the Moon, according to the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

"The geologic atlas of the moon is of great significance for studying the evolution of the moon, selecting the site for a future lunar research station and utilizing lunar resources. It can also help us better understand the Earth and other planets in the solar system, such as Mars," said Ouyang Ziyuan, who is a CAS academician and a well-known lunar scientist.

"The world has witnessed significant progress in the field of lunar exploration and scientific research over the past decades, which have greatly improved our understanding of the moon. However, the lunar geologic maps published during the Apollo era have not been changed for about half a century, and are still being used for lunar geological research. With the improvements of lunar geologic studies, those old maps can no longer meet the needs of future scientific research and lunar exploration," said Liu Jianzhong, a senior researcher from the Institute of Geochemistry of the CAS.

Since 2012, Ouyang Ziyuan and Liu Jianzhong have led a team of scientists and cartographers from relevant research institutions in compiling this atlas.

With a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the origin and evolution of the moon, the team compiled the atlas based on scientific exploration data gained from China's Chang'e lunar exploration program and other research results from both Chinese and international missions, Liu said.

This atlas set not only provides basic data and scientific references for the formulation and implementation of scientific goals in China's lunar exploration program, but also fills the blank in China's compilation of geologic maps of the moon and planets, contributing to the study of the origin and evolution of the moon and the solar system, Liu said.

Based on the perspective of lunar dynamic evolution, Chinese researchers creatively established an updated lunar geological time scale, objectively depicting the geological evolution of the moon, and clearly showing the characteristics of lunar tectonic and magmatic evolution.

A total of 12,341 impact craters, 81 impact basins, 17 types of lithologies and 14 types of structures all over the moon are mapped in the atlas.

This atlas set has been integrated into the digital lunar cloud platform built by Chinese scientists, and will serve lunar scientific research, science education, as well as landing site selection, lunar resource exploration and path planning for China's future lunar exploration projects, Liu said.

He mentioned that China's upcoming Chang'e-6 mission is expected to collect samples in the Apollo Basin within the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon, which means materials ejected from ancient terrain may be collected in the process. "Our map can provide a macroscopic geologic background to improve the purpose and efficiency of the sample research," Liu explained.

The compilation of this map was an immense task, which required the organization and cooperation of many well-informed researchers over many years to be able to achieve a consistent and complete result, commented Gregory Michael, a senior scientist from the Free University of Berlin in Germany.

"This map, in particular, is the first on a global scale to utilize all of the post-Apollo era data. It builds on the achievements of the international community over the last decades, as well as on China's own highly successful Chang'e program. It will be a starting point for every new question of lunar geology, and become a primary resource for researchers studying lunar processes of all kinds," Michael added.

https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/cas_media/202404/t20240422_660730.shtml

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800073 (301710ZAPR24) Notable: Dow drops 400 points to close out losing April as Fed decision looms (Yawn)

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Dow drops 400 points to close out losing April as Fed decision looms (Yawn)

(Oil and Natty gas down too with Au down 1.56% and Ag down over 2.5%)

Stocks tumbled on Tuesday to close out a losing month after higher-than-expected wage data raised fresh inflation concerns ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 edged down by 0.9% and was set to snap a 5-month winning streak with a 3% loss for April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 408 points, or 1%, bringing its losses for the month to 4.3%. The Nasdaq Composite shed 1.1% to cap a 3% decline for the month.

The Labor Department said Tuesday the employment cost index, a measure of wages and benefits, added 1.2% in the first quarter, above the 1% consensus estimate from economists polled by Dow Jones. Treasury yields jumped following the data,with the 2-year yield topping 5%.

The Fed will make its interest rate decision Wednesday afternoon and officials are likely to express a reluctance to lower interest rates anytime soon as inflation data continues to point to elevated price pressures. The new labor cost report is “not a number that will incline the Fed to change their ‘there is no rush to ease’ stance,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, managing director for global market insights at R.J. O’Brien and Associates. Despite the April setback, the S&P 500 is still up more than 25% from its low last October as investors bet the economy could withstand higher rates and piled into AI plays like Nvidia. Data in the past month raised questions about whether stubborn inflation was weakening the economy while keeping the Fed in a restrictive mode. McDonald’s

in its quarterly report Tuesday warned about a more selective consumer due to higher prices. Nvidia traded into the red on Tuesday as it closed out April with a 3% decline. The favorite AI play of investors was up for five months straight before this month. Shares of Amazon, another big winner of the bull market, dipped before its quarterly update after the bell Tuesday. Following the Fed’s decision Wednesday, investors will next need to grapple with the April jobs report Friday.

Copper headed for worst day of the year Copper prices are down 2.38%, on pace for the largest daily decline since December 4, 2023 when prices fell -2.44%. If Copper ends the day down more than -2.44% it will be the worst day since Oct 2, 2023 when copper fell -2.57% Month to date, copper is up 13.9%, marking its best month since February 2021, when copper advanced 15.09%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/29/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd02y

https://www.cnbc.com/us-markets/

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodities

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800074 (301710ZAPR24) Notable: This is good, Willis and Friends sued for RICO

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Fulton Co. lawmaker files lawsuit against DA Fani Willis’ office, county commissioner, ethics board

Story by Sam Sachs April 28, 20241/2(This is good, Willis and Friends sued for RICO)

State Rep. Mesha Mainor, representing part of Fulton County, is suing District Attorney Fani Willis, Commissioner Marvin Arrington, and multiple departments of the county government. Mainor announced the lawsuit itself on Friday, saying she’d be holding a news conference on Tuesday morning at the State Capitol.

According to the announcement,Mainor said she’ll also be addressing oversight of Georgia prosecutors and statistics regarding Fulton County Jail inmates waiting for prosecution beyond a 90-day threshold after being denied bond.

“Citizens and family members must know they have a right to file a motion for a bond and thejudge must grant the bond if they have been confined to jail more than 90 days and District Attorney Fani Willis has failed to prosecute,” Mainor said in a statement.

Mainor, a Fulton County Republican lawmaker, was a Democrat before recently switching parties. She filed the lawsuit on April 2, according to court records.The lawsuit names Willis and Arrington in both their individual and official capacities, as well as the overall Fulton County government, the Fulton County Ethics Board and the Fulton County D.A.’s Office.

In the civil filing, Mainor requested a jury trial andalleges the defendants deprived her of certain rights while acting under the color of state law. Part of the lawsuit ties back to a series of incidents while Rep. Mainor was running for office in 2019, according to the lawsuit. At that time, Mainor’s suit says she hired a man named Corwin Monson as a campaign volunteer.

Before working together on the campaign, Mainor’s lawsuit said the two were friends for several years with many friends in common.Mainor said she was forced to fire Monson from his volunteer position with her campaign “after witnessing his unruly, belligerent behavior.” Afterward, Mainor said Monson started to stalk her, showing up uninvited to campaign events, joining Mainor’s church and sitting outside of her home.

Monson also is said, according to Mainor’s lawsuit, to have called her from several phone numbers and left multiple voicemails, with “Monson later turn[ing] these voicemails into a song.” He also told Mainor he was in love with her and arrived at her home to propose in front of her children, who were minors, according to the lawsuit. In June 2019, Monson was cited for criminal trespass at Mainor’s home after refusing to leave her property. The following August, Mainor filed a temporary protective order against him, which a judge granted.

Monson was arrested in September 2019 and September 2020 for violating the temporary protective order, the lawsuit says. In September 2020, Monson was indicted for aggravated stalking by the Fulton County DA’s Office, as well as violating the protective order, the record says.

At the start of 2021, Monson was indicted by the Fulton DA again for a second aggravated assault charge, where Mainor was the victim. The lawsuit says Monson faced up to 20 years in prison due to the cases.

Mainor’s lawsuit says Monson is a “close friend and associate of Defendant Commissioner Arrington.” The commissioner was hired as Monson’s defense attorney for the September 2020 aggravated stalking case, according to Mainor’s lawsuit. Mainor’s lawsuit says an Assistant District Attorney “informed Plaintiff Mainor of the influence Defendant Commissioner Arrington wielded” in the D.A.’s office and thathe “used his influence to circumvent the office policies of the District Attorney’s office.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fulton-co-lawmaker-files-lawsuit-against-da-fani-willis-office-county-commissioner-ethics-board/ar-AA1nLJva

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800077 (301710ZAPR24) Notable: Despite U.S. warnings, Netanyahu doubles down on invading Rafah

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Despite U.S. warnings, Netanyahu doubles down on invading Rafah

https://justthenews.com/government/security/despite-us-warnings-netanyahu-doubles-down-invading-rafah?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw

From justthenews.com

12:34 PM · Apr 30, 2024

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Earlier this month, Netanyahu confirmed that a date had been set for the Israel Defense Forces to enter the city amid hostage negotiations with Hamas.

By Ben Whedon

Published: April 30, 2024 12:32pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday indicated he would move forward with an operation against Rafah, a critical border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt to which many refugees have fled amid the Israeli invasion.

The Israeli government and the Biden administration have openly feuded over plans to assault the city, with Netanyahu indicating he would ignore Washington's "red line" on doing so.

"The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there – with or without a deal, in order to achieve the total victory," he said in a statement on Tuesday.

Israel invaded the Gaza Strip in response to an Oct. 7 Hamas raid in a bid to oust the group from power, though Jerusalem has faced international outcry over its tactics in the densely populated area and the reported civilian death toll.

Earlier this month, Netanyahu confirmed that a date had been set for the Israel Defense Forces to enter the city amid hostage negotiations with Hamas.

His handling of the matter has prompted considerable scrutiny from high-ranking Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who in March urged the country to hold elections.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800092 (301715ZAPR24) Notable: This is good, Willis and Friends sued for RICO

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Fani Willis no-show for Fulton County DA debate

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opted not to take part in a debate against Attorney Christian Wise Smith sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club.

Posted April 28, 2024 10:22pm EDT

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/1447979

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800113 (301719ZAPR24) Notable: Unseenlabs Announces Next-Generation Satellite Constellation for 2026 to Monitor Sea, Land, and Space Environments from Space

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Unseenlabs Announces Next-Generation Satellite Constellation for 2026 to Monitor Sea, Land, and Space Environments from Space

April 30, 2024 09:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time

RENNES, France(BUSINESS WIRE)Unseenlabs, a pioneer and global leader in radio frequency (RF) intelligence from space, is set to redefine global surveillance standards once again with the scheduled launch of a new satellite constellation in 2026. Founded in 2015 by a group of visionary entrepreneurs and headquartered in Europe (France), Unseenlabs has consistently led the way in technological innovation in space-based RF detection.

Since 2019, Unseenlabs operates a cutting-edge satellite constellation specifically designed for maritime surveillance. This constellation has dramatically improved the detection, tracking, and characterization of maritime activities, leveraging a fleet of thirteen monosatellites, with four additional units slated for launch in 2024. These satellites have been pivotal in providing critical intelligence to combat illegal fishing, piracy, and other maritime threats, effectively covering vast areas at sea.

Building on this success, Unseenlabs is expanding its surveillance capabilities to include terrestrial and space environments in addition to maritime with its upcoming constellation. This new fleet, comprising advanced 150-kilo satellites, is tailored to monitor a wider range of emissions across all domains, enhancing global security and compliance capabilities.

Reflecting on the expansion, Clément Galic, CEO & Cofounder of Unseenlabs, stated: “The launch of our next-generation satellite constellation marks a pivotal moment in our journey. This expansion into terrestrial and space surveillance embodies our commitment to pioneering comprehensive global monitoring solutions. We are not just extending our reach; we are setting new standards for the industry.”

Unseenlabs' unique and patented RF monosatellite technology sets it apart from traditional tri-satellite systems used by competitors. Its innovative approach allows a single satellite to perform RF intelligence collections independently, providing a resilient, cost-effective solution with significant operational savings. This technological edge ensures persistent, global coverage and continuous operation under any weather conditions, 24/7.

Jonathan Galic, Unseenlabs’ CTO and Cofounder, elaborated on the technical advancements, saying: “Our new constellation will leverage cutting-edge monosatellite technology to deliver unparalleled accuracy and flexibility across multiple domains. With this next-generation capability, we will monitor and analyze RF emissions more efficiently than ever, ensuring swift and precise intelligence delivery in near real-time conditions.”

The 2026 constellation will capitalize on Unseenlabs’ proven monosatellite technology, extending its surveillance reach to include land and space, in addition to maritime. This expansion is designed to meet evolving global security needs, offering unprecedented coverage and detection capabilities of many more multidomain targets. On land, the constellation will track crucial emissions from devices such as satellite phones and jammers, while also enhancing existing maritime surveillance prowess.

The effectiveness of Unseenlabs' current constellation in maritime surveillance has demonstrated its capability to significantly reduce illegal activities and economic losses, particularly in the fishing industry, which suffers an estimated $36 billion annually due to illegal operations. Unseenlabs' technology’s unique RF fingerprinting ability enables accurate identification and tracking of vessels, providing vital Intelligence for enforcement and conservation efforts. Unseenlabs also serves a wide array of private sector stakeholders. These include insurers requiring accurate intelligence for risk assessment and claim management, shipowners in need of dependable vessel tracking, and companies in the oil & gas and offshore industries seeking advanced monitoring and security solutions.

With the introduction of its new constellation, Unseenlabs will continue to offer unmatched surveillance intelligence capabilities, interoperability with other Earth observation systems, and rapid delivery of mission-critical intelligence with sub-kilometer accuracy. Its solutions are designed for both current needs and future challenges, ensuring that Unseenlabs remains the leader in RF detection from space.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430686877/en/Unseenlabs-Announces-Next-Generation-Satellite-Constellation-for-2026-to-Monitor-Sea-Land-and-Space-Environments-from-Space

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800147 (301729ZAPR24) Notable: This is good, Willis and Friends sued for RICO

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Fani Willis Rival Warns Focus on Trump Leaves Many People 'Vulnerable'

Published Apr 28, 20241/2

Fani Willis 'Inconsistencies' Discovered by Department of JusticeBy Gabe Whisnant

Attorney Christian Wise Smith, a Democrat running against Fani Willis for Fulton County district attorney, said on Friday that his rival's focus on former President Donald Trump's election interference case leaves people "vulnerable" and "many priorities neglected" in Georgia's largest county.

Willis, also a Democrat, has become a prominent national figure due to leading the investigation that led to indictments against Trump and 18 of his allies for allegedly attempting to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, has maintained his innocence in the case.

Meanwhile, Willis has recently been embroiled in a scandal pertaining to a romantic relationship she had with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired in the Trump case.

Willis was given the green light to remain on Trump's election interference case last month by Judge Scott McAfee, who presided over hearings regarding claims by one of Trump's co-defendants that Willis and Wade's relationship caused a conflict of interest in the investigation. Attorneys for the defendant, Mike Roman, said in a filing in January that the district attorney had been "profiting personally from this prosecution" by using taxpayers' money to fund vacations taken by Willis and Wade. Willis, however, denied the allegations and said the relationship began after Wade was hired and that she should not be disqualified.

McAfee ruled that Willis could remain on the case as long as Wade stepped down. The judge also criticized the prosecutors' relationship while issuing his decision, calling it a "tremendous lapse in judgment." Wade ultimately resigned from the case.

In an interview with Atlanta's NBC affiliate, 11 Alive,Wise Smith contended that Willis' focus on the Trump case and her monthslong fight over her own disqualification from it has led other pressing issues in Fulton County to fall by the wayside.

"Right now, she's focused on Trump, and rightfully so, but that leaves so many people in Fulton County vulnerable," Wise Smith told reporter Jennifer Bellamy. "That leaves a lot of things being neglected by so much focus, energy, resources and manpower going toward one case."

Newsweek reached out to Willis' office via email on Saturday afternoon. This story will be updated with any provided statements.

In his interview, Wise Smith also pointed to a recent lawsuit brought against Willis by the Barred Business Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of the incarcerated. The organization is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Georgia (ACLU-GA)…

https://www.newsweek.com/fan-willis-rival-christian-wise-smith-warns-focus-trump-case-leaves-fulton-vulnerable-1894876

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800196 (301742ZAPR24) Notable: Killery Panic

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https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1785348329334833386

If Donald Trump becomes president again, it wouldn't be as bad as it was last time.

It would be much, much worse.

Read about his plans, as he describes them in new TIME interviews, and take them seriously. https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/

12:39 PM · Apr 30, 2024

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What emerged in two interviews with Trump, and conversations with more than

a dozen of his closest advisers and confidants, were the outlines of an imperial

presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world. To carry out a

deportation operation designed to remove more than 11 million people from

the country, Trump told me, he would be willing to build migrant detention

camps and deploy the U.S. military, both at the border and inland. He would let

red states monitor women's pregnancies and prosecute those who violate

abortion bans. He would, at his personal discretion, withhold funds

appropriated by Congress, according to top advisers. He would be willing to fire

a U.S. Attorney who doesn't carry out his order to prosecute someone, breaking

with a tradition of independent law enforcement that dates from America's

founding. He is weighing pardons for every one of his supporters accused of

attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, more than 800 of whom have pleaded

guilty or been convicted by a jury. He might not come to the aid of an attacked

ally in Europe or Asia if he felt that country wasn't paying enough for its own

defense. He would gut the U.S. civil service, deploy the National Guard to

American cities as he sees fit, close the White House pandemic-preparedness

office, and staff his Administration with acolytes who back his false assertion

that the 2020 election was stolen.

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FY 2025 Central Intelligence Agency Budget Request (CLOSED)

House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117244

https://intelligence.house.gov/

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'Empty podium is doing better than her': Fani Willis mocked for 'declining' to attend primary debate with Democratic challenger

Story by Conrad Dias 4/28/24

WASHINGTON, DC: Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, did not attend the county's first Democratic Party debate on Sunday, April 28, making her opponent speak in front of an empty platform, according to The Hill. Notably,Christian Wise Smith, an author and attorney, was Willis' Democratic opponent in the debate, which was hosted by the Atlanta Press Club. Smith was the only person on stage.

Fani Willis skips primary debate with Democratic challenger

Willis "declined to participate in the debate and is represented by an empty podium", the debate moderator stated following a quick introduction regarding Smith. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Willis co-hosted Atlanta's annual 'Self Care Fair' in observance of Crime Victims' Rights Week. Willis is currently pursuing a comprehensive case alleging election interference against former President Trump and his allies.

Notably, Willis is "not doing interviews that include discussion of t

he substance of high-profile cases the office is prosecuting, particularly the election interference prosecution and the ongoing trial of alleged YSL defendants", her reelection campaign said earlier in April to Atlanta News First, referring to the rapper Young Thug and his associates' ongoing trial.

The moderator allowed Smith to pose a question to Willis and provide a counterargument to his evaluation of her answers during what was meant to be the candidates' Q&A session.

Smith said, "==My question for you is:

• Where are you?

• You know I'm here because I care about the citizens and the families of Fulton County.

• But it's my understanding that you may have attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

• You might be fundraising across the country, but what about us here in Fulton County?

• What are you doing to address the issues in the jail?

• What are you doing to address the backlog? Where are you, Ms Willis?"

When asked whether he had a counterargument,Smith stated that "her absence is all the response that we need", but he could not speak for Willis. Moreover, he also attacked the scandal that arose from Willis' amorous past with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor who left the Trump case in March 2024 due to a court decision.

In Willis' racketeering lawsuit against Donald Trump, Judge Scott McAfee determined in March that there appeared to be a conflict of interest between Wade and Willis. If Wade left, Willis was free to stay on the case. McAfee's decision to permit her to do so has been challenged by Trump and eight of his co-defendants.

Smith said when asked if he would carry on pursuing Willis' lawsuit against Trump and using the state's racketeering legislation, "That issue is important to us here in Fulton County and a lot of people across the country."

He added, "We all heard the call, we all saw what happened on Jan 6, 2021,but you have to do things differently. When you pay one attorney nearly a million dollars to handle one case, that leaves the rest of us vulnerable. That hurts everyone else in Fulton County."

Notably, Smith lost his race against Willis four years ago. On May 21, the two will compete in a primary. The only Republican to meet the requirements by the deadline was Courtney Kramer, who claimed to have worked as an intern for three months in 2018 in the White House Counsel's office under Trump, according to The Associated Press.

Internet trolls Fani Willis for skipping primary debate with Democratic challenger

• People online slammed Fani Willis as she missed the county's first Democratic Party debate, making her opponent speak in front of an empty platform.

• A user wrote on X, "Fani is going to jail" while one added, "LOL.. Fani is unbelievable!! Hope she loses!!!!"

• A person also wrote, "The empty podium is doing better than she will ever do."

• A person also stated, "As a Georgia Resident and Voter …I'm surprised that she's even allowed a law license at this point !" whereas one mentioned, "I think the empty podium was probably smarter."

• A user also stated, "How absolutely insulting. When is she up for reelection? Hopefully Fulton county will do better."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/empty-podium-is-doing-better-than-her-fani-willis-mocked-for-declining-to-attend-primary-debate-with-democratic-challenger/ar-AA1nUuXb

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800229 (301748ZAPR24) Notable: SpaceX vet's startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode

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SpaceX vet's startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode

April 30, 2024

A spaceflight startup with some serious bona fides has just come out of stealth mode.

Portal Space Systems announced its existence today (April 30), revealing that it has snagged more than $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for the development and launch of its new Supernova satellite bus.

Portal's CEO is Jeff Thornburg. He previously served as senior director of propulsion engineering at SpaceX, where he led the development of Raptor, the brawny next-gen engine that powers the company's Starship megarocket. Thornburg was also head of mechanical engineering and manufacturing for Project Kuiper, Amazon's planned satellite-internet constellation.

Supernova will be far more maneuverable than currently operational satellites, thanks to its new solar-thermal propulsion technology, company representatives said.

"The space industry hasn't fundamentally improved satellite bus technology in decades. Our nation is developing sixth-generation fighter aircraft technology but still uses first-generation satellite buses," Thornburg said in a statement.

"Our novel solar-thermal propulsion system and bus design, combined with our compatibility to support any customer payload, sets us apart," he added. "We provide an over 50x improvement in current spacecraft mobility. For our customers, that means the ability to have spacecraft on orbit that are able to respond in real time to events in any orbital regime."

Supernova will be able to move from low Earth orbit (LEO) — the realm within 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) of our planet's surface — to geostationary orbit, which lies 22,235 miles (35,786 km) up, in just hours, company representatives said. And it will be capable of making the trek from LEO to the region around the moon in a matter of days.

Portal has received "significant support" from the U.S. Space Force, the Seattle-based startup wrote in the same statement. That's not terribly surprising; the Space Force has repeatedly stressed the importance of boosting the nation's flexibility and responsiveness in the final frontier, all the way out to the moon.

Supernova has not flown yet; Portal is currently eyeing late 2025 for the spacecraft's debut launch.

https://www.space.com/portal-space-systems-startup-out-of-stealth-mode

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800238 (301751ZAPR24) Notable: Gold Eyez in Skyz

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>>156429 (pb)

Special forces plane returning after a short visit to Gitmo….

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800240 (301751ZAPR24) Notable: Delta 4 :46

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The :46 line

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800348 (301820ZAPR24) Notable: Gold Eyez in Skyz

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SPAR24 C40C arriving at JBA from Scott AFB,IL-picking up someone for overseas flight

>>156437

Germans went to Indianapolis

>>156405 pb

Those TREK C130s 01/02 from earlier out of Wilmington now heading west over Dallas

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800357 (301823ZAPR24) Notable: International Space Station

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International Space Station

@Space_Station

5h

The Exp 71 septet spent Tuesday completing a series of training and conducting ongoing health research to help scientists on Earth better understand the effects of spaceflight on the human body. More…

go.nasa.gov/4beIhwQ

Apr 30, 2024 · 1:19 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1785297864782164299

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800365 (301824ZAPR24) Notable: China’s Shenzhou-17 crew return to Earth

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China’s Shenzhou-17 crew return to Earth

April 30, 2024

China’s Shenzhou-17 crew returned to Earth Tuesday following six months aboard the Tiangong space station.

Astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin had been operating the Tiangong space station since October. The crew departed the station at 8:43 p.m. Eastern April 29 (0043 UTC on April 30) and landed at Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region near Jiuquan spaceport at 5:46 a.m. Eastern (0946 UTC) April 30.

Recovery crews were on the scene moments after the return capsule touched down. Commander Tang Hongbo was first out of the capsule. “I feel so proud for my country. I departed in autumn and came back in spring and I feel I have experienced the most beautiful seasons,” Tang said.

“Flying for over 180 days in the space station, I finished all the tasks, but at the same time, I miss my home everytime I fly over my homeland.”

Shenzhou-17 launched Oct. 25 Eastern, 2023, taking over control of Tiangong from the outgoing Shenzhou-16 crew days later. Tang Hongbo and his colleagues welcomed the incoming Shenzhou-18 crew aboard Tiangong April 25.

The two crews participated in a handover ceremony April 28. Tang handed over the hatch key as a symbolic handing of the baton to Shenzhou-18 mission commander Ye Guangfu.

The Shenzhou-17 crew embarked on two spacewalks to conduct repair and maintenance work on the station’s solar arrays. The panels had suffered damage from micrometeoroid strikes.

The trio also oversaw the arrival of the Tianzhou-7 cargo resupply mission in January. The astronauts also sent live lunar new year’s greetings to television viewers on Earth and participated in electroencephalogram (EEG) tests, which focused on the human brain in space.

They return having conducted 84 in-orbit experiments with more than 200 samples produced, according to China Central Television (CCTV), and have brought back over 400 material samples retrieved after being exposed to space outside the Wentian experiment module.

The Shenzhou-18 crew will carry out more than 90 experiments aboard Tiangong. They will conduct two to three extravehicular activities and six cargo outbound deliveries via the station’s cargo airlock during their six-month-long mission.

Shenzhou-17 was the sixth crew to visit Tiangong. While crewed missions and handovers have apparently become routine for China, the country is advancing its human spaceflight ambitions.

China is close to selecting a fourth batch of astronauts which will be trained to travel to, and work aboard, Tiangong. The new batch may also be involved in training for China’s crewed lunar plans.

China approved its space station plan in 1992 and began building the three-module, T-shaped low Earth orbit outpost in 2021.

China is preparing to expand Tiangong in the coming years. The first move will be sending a multi-functional expansion module with six docking ports to the orbital outpost. This expansion could allow for greater possibilities for international, tourist and commercial visits without disrupting core operations.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-shenzhou-17-crew-return-to-earth/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800409 (301835ZAPR24) Notable: DJT & Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

This Judge has taken away my Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH. I am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED. This whole “Trial” is RIGGED, and by taking away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THIS HIGHLY CONFLICTED JUDGE IS RIGGING THE PRESIDENTIAL OF 2024 ELECTION. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!

Apr 30, 2024, 2:09 PM EST

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800412 (301835ZAPR24) Notable: Plane faggin' with Blinken & Jordanian leadership

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>>156467

SAM688Blinkenarrived at Tel Aviv from Amman, Jordan stop and Riyadh depart prior (WEF Mtg)

Still with that ubiquitous stoopid wave to no one

Blinken Says He Will Press Netanyahu on Gaza Aid Measures

https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/blinken-says-he-will-press-netanyahu-on-gaza-aid-measures/ar-AA1nWoe2

Blinken, Jordanian leaders push for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

https://www.voanews.com/a/blinken-cites-improvement-in-gaza-aid-says-israel-must-do-more-/7589058.html

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Safadi

https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-meeting-with-jordanian-minister-of-foreign-affairs-safadi/

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Kaag

https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-meeting-with-un-senior-humanitarian-and-reconstruction-coordinator-for-gaza-kaag-2/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800456 (301846ZAPR24) Notable: IT WAS ALL A SETUP: Trump Slams Jack Smith After Bombshell Documents Prove Coordinated Legal Assault by Biden DOJ, NARA

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IT WAS ALL A SETUP: Trump Slams Jack Smith After Bombshell Documents Prove Coordinated Legal Assault by Biden DOJ, NARA

President Trump on Tuesday slammed Jack Smith in remarks outside of a courthouse in New York City.

Trump went after Jack Smith in a Truth Social post on Saturday night after bombshell documents revealed the Biden DOJ coordinated with the National Archives (NARA).

“Wow! It looks like Deranged Jack Smith, a sick PSYCHO, got caught. BIG “STUFF!” See story in Rob Schmitt opening on NEWSMAX. AMAZING — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump continued his attack against Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday morning in remarks outside the New York State courthouse.

“You probably saw last night that Jack Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. It was released late last night and it’s a big story,” Trump said. “The documents case is a hoax, created by them for election interference purposes. That one looks like it’s going asunder.”

Trump continued, “The whole thing is a hoax. All of them are hoaxes, including the civil cases. They’re controlled by the White House, they’re controlled by Democrat judges and prosecutors… and the people are getting it.”

“The public has figured it out because the poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been,” he added.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/trump-slams-jack-smith-after-bombshell-documents-prove/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800464 (301847ZAPR24) Notable: China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey

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China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey

April 30, 2024

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is backing a new suite of diverse, cutting edge missions, advancing its ambitious agenda in space science.

The initiatives—spanning lunar farside astronomy, astrophysics, exoplanets and heliophysics—aim to place China at the forefront of astronomical research and space exploration. Wang Chi, director of the National Space Science Center (NSSC) under CAS, revealed the missions at the annual Zhongguancun Forum meeting April 27.

Selected missions include Discovering the Sky at the Longest Wavelength (DSL), the Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission, and the ExoEarth Survey, an exoplanet-hunting spacecraft. Another mission will see a spacecraft sent to observe the solar poles. The Taiji mission will use three satellites to detect gravitational waves.

The missions are separate from the China National Space Administration’s planetary and lunar exploration programs. These are known as Tianwen and Chang’e respectively.

The eXTP mission will be a powerful X-ray observatory to monitor the sky and enable multi-messenger studies for gravitational waves and neutrino sources. It will also study the universe under extreme states of matter density, gravity and magnetism.

DSL will consist of an array of 10 small satellites sent into lunar orbit. The nine spacecraft and one mother spacecraft will use the moon as a shield against Earthly electromagnetic interference to enable it to pick up faint, ultra-long wave signals from the early universe.

The ExoEarth Survey, likely a mission also referred to as “Earth 2.0,” or ET, will use the transit, photometry and microlensing methods to search for terrestrial planets and rogue planets. The selected solar mission appears to refer to the previously proposed Solar Polar-orbit Observatory (SPO). This aims to study poles of the Sun, orbiting at an inclination of greater than 80 degrees with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.

Taiji will consist of three spacecraft in heliocentric orbit, building on earlier experimental missions. These will create an ultra-long baseline of 3 million kilometers to detect medium and low-frequency gravitational waves. It is centered on research into the nature of gravity and space-time.

The missions largely come from an earlier round of 2022 candidate missions as part of an expected third Strategic Priority Program (SPP III) to be initiated by CAS.

Of the 13 proposals, 5-7 missions were expected to be selected. It appears however that a new space science program is being created, though still selecting from proposals under SPP III.

None of the missions proposed under the pillar of planetary and earth science appear to be selected. However, there remains the possibility that one or more these are selected under a separate track of missions. A mission to Venus, as proposed by a team SPP III, remains of great interest to China’s planetary science community.

The new missions will follow the first and second round of Strategic Priority Program on Space Science missions. The first included the DAMPE dark matter probe, HXMT X-ray observatory, Shijian-10 recoverable satellite and Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) missions. launched across 2015-2017.

SPP II missions include the Einstein Probe which launched early this year and the upcoming Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) in collaboration with the European Space Agency. The Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) and the Advanced space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) were also launched in recent years.

Meanwhile China is set to launch its Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return mission from Wenchang spaceport May 3.

https://spacenews.com/china-selects-new-space-missions-including-lunar-far-side-astronomy-and-terrestrial-exoplanet-survey/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800470 (301848ZAPR24) Notable: $3.5 Billion Slipped Into Ukraine-Israel Aid Bill To 'Supercharge Mass Migration From The Middle East'

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$3.5 Billion Slipped Into Ukraine-Israel Aid Bill To 'Supercharge Mass Migration From The Middle East'

Tucked away in the $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is a $3.5 billion slush fund to open new processing centers for Muslim migrants, in what Sen. Eric Schmitt described as a bid to "supercharge mass migration from the Middle East."

And as Breitbart points out, the $95 billion package does not include any funds to help rebuild America's border defenses against illegal migration - but it does contain $481 million to settle migrants in US cities, and of course, the $3.5 billion to expand migration programs worldwide.

The $3.5 billion was granted to the Department of State, which works with many international groups that feed and transport migrants on their way to the United States.

Biden’s deputies are now using the refugee programs as an adjunct to their diversity-expanding “equity” migration policy. For example, Biden’s deputies used the program in March to import 3,009 migrants from the safe and democratic countries of El Salvador and Guatemala.

They are also using the refugee funds to expand migration routes from many African and Muslim countries. In March, they pulled in 12,018 people from the Congo, plus 16,732 migrants from the Muslim countries of Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, and Eritrea, according to a report by Stacker.com. -Breitbart

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/35-billion-slipped-ukraine-israel-aid-bill-supercharge-mass-migration-middle-east

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800542 (301906ZAPR24) Notable: "Jack Smith Is Trying To Interfere With 2024 Election": Stefanik Files Ethics Complaint Against Special Counsel

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"Jack Smith Is Trying To Interfere With 2024 Election": Stefanik Files Ethics Complaint Against Special Counsel

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, in which she accuses the prosecutor overseeing federal investigations into Donald Trump of trying to "interfere with the 2024 election and stop the American people from electing" the former president.

"At every turn, he has sought to accelerate his illegal prosecution of President Trump for the clear (if unstated) purpose of trying him before the November election," Stefanik wrote in a Tuesday morning tweet. "Smith’s conduct has brought disrepute to the Department of Justice and the entire federal government, and the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility should impose the discipline that such conduct warrants."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jack-smith-trying-interfere-2024-election-stefanik-files-ethics-complaint-against-special

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800560 (301910ZAPR24) Notable: Big loss for Democrat attorney Marc Elias, 3 Circuit Court denies review of date requirement for absentee ballots

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Mollie

@MZHemingway

Democrat attorney Marc Elias, who ran the Russia collusion scam of 2016 and the 2020 effort to get rid of anti-fraud measures, said that this was one of the most importance cases of the year. Big loss for him and his people.

JUST IN: On a 9-4 vote, 3rd Circuit denies en banc review in PA case about whether date requirement for absentee ballots is enforceable Doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.121431/gov.uscourts.ca3.121431.265.0.pdf 3rd Cir Panel held 2-1 last month it is enforceable under federal law https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/233166p.pdf

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1785372805086826985

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20800576 (301913ZAPR24) Notable: Witnesses in Trump hush money trial slam Michael Cohen one after another

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The Hill

@thehill

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Witnesses in Trump hush money trial slam Michael Cohen one after another

Follow live: trib.al/2FWzlOI

Apr 30, 2024 · 7:06 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1785385186445742295