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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973620 (130319ZNOV24) Notable: NYC Mayor Eric Adams is REFUSING to rule out working with President Trump on deporting illegals

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Nick Sortor

@nicksortor

🚨 NEW: NYC Mayor Eric Adams is REFUSING to rule out working with President Trump on deporting illegals

HELL yes! 🔥

Adams said “voters communicated loudly and clearly: we have a broken immigration system. It needs to be fixed.”

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1856437658471518270

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973642 (130324ZNOV24) Notable: USS Boxer Leaves Western Pacific Ahead of San Diego Return - USNI News

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U.S. Naval Institute

@NavalInstitute

4h

USS Boxer Leaves Western Pacific Ahead of San Diego Return - USNI News

https://news.usni.org/2024/11/12/uss-boxer-leaves-western-pacific-ahead-of-san-diego-return

Nov 12, 2024 · 10:31 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1856464841562828946

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973643 (130324ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973646 (130325ZNOV24) Notable: Lady Gaga’s dad reveals their relationship has been ‘dicey’ since he ‘came out as a Republican’

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Lady Gaga’s dad reveals their relationship has been ‘dicey’ since he ‘came out as a Republican’

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-dad-reveals-relationship-195516078.html

Psst, she's Jewish.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973649 (130326ZNOV24) Notable: John Ratcliffe discussing UFOs

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MJTruthUltra

@MJTruthUltra

Say hello to John Ratcliffe… UFO DECLAS Incoming 👀

He says he wasn’t able to declassify things “quickly enough” before he left office…

But now that he’s been named the Director of the CIA… you can bet we’re going to learn what all those weird things flying around really are… 👀

“We don’t have good explanations on some of the things that we’ve seen… and when that information becomes declassified, I’ll be able to talk a little bit more about that….

Usually we have multiple sensors that are picking up on these things…

We’ve seen them all over the world… 🌎

https://rumble.com/v5op8f8-say-hello-to-john-ratcliffe-new-cia-director-ufo-declas-incoming-.html

https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1856475246280282621

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973659 (130328ZNOV24) Notable: Russia making moves in Uganda

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Sputnik

@SputnikInt 10m

🇺🇬🇷🇺 UGANDA WANTS TO DISCUSS BUILDING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH RUSSIA - FOREIGN MINISTER

Uganda wants to start talks with Russia on building a nuclear power plant in the country, Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

"As Africa grows, the demand for energy grows. It is particularly important for industrialization… We prioritize the opportunities of nuclear energy. And we look forward to discussions with any partner that could help us build such capabilities, including Russia," Odongo said.

While the talks themselves have not yet begun, Kampala has already conveyed its intentions to Moscow, Odongo said, adding that he may discuss the matter with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in December.

Nov 13, 2024 · 3:15 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1856536369218068560

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973661 (130328ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973686 (130332ZNOV24) Notable: Elon: All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.

Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!

We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining 🤣🤣

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856520760656797801

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973689 (130334ZNOV24) Notable: The IDF unveiled the sixth submarine in a festive ceremony in Germany - an Israeli Navy Ship named "Dragon"

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Raylan Givens

@JewishWarrior13 9h

🚨 The IDF unveiled the sixth submarine in a festive ceremony in Germany - an Israeli Navy Ship named "Dragon."The submarine is considered to be the most advanced that the Navy has ever owned, and it will be able to carry weapons and intelligence systems - as well as equipment for Special Forces units

Nov 12, 2024 · 5:44 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/JewishWarrior13/status/1856392722929562004

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973700 (130337ZNOV24) Notable: Scott Jennings on CNN backing Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary

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https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1856541229120401877

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973707 (130338ZNOV24) Notable: Trump planned to spend $770,000 to buy hotdogs for all 110,000 fans at a Penn State football game, but PSU did not allow him

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Leading Report

@LeadingReport 35m

BREAKING: Trump planned to spend $770,000 to buy hotdogs for all 110,000 fans at a Penn State football game, but PSU did not allow him.

This led to part of the reason he did not attend the game.

Nov 13, 2024 · 3:01 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/LeadingReport/status/1856532693808451962

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973722 (130341ZNOV24) Notable: Refresher: Andrew Breitbart died a year after this tweet

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973744 (130344ZNOV24) Notable: The IDF unveiled the sixth submarine in a festive ceremony in Germany - an Israeli Navy Ship named "Dragon"

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>>259194

They shamed the germans into paying for some of their subs.

kek!

https://besacenter.org/germany-israel-submarines/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973829 (130400ZNOV24) Notable: Kari Lake’s Husband Files Motion to Dismiss RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s Defamation Lawsuit

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Kari Lake’s Husband Files Motion to Dismiss RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s Defamation Lawsuit After He Destroyed Evidence, Refused to Comply With Discovery – FILING AND DEPOSITION INCLUDED

Kari Lake’s husband, Jeff Halperin, has filed a Motion to Dismiss in self-proclaimed “Anti-MAGA” RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s lawsuit against Lake, Halperin, and Lake’s campaign as a sanction for Richer’s repeated discovery violations in the ongoing lawsuit.

The filing begins by exposing the true motive behind this lawsuit by the anti-Lake official and Democrat operatives at Soros-backed Protect Democracy:

“This Maricopa County official seethed privately with a desire to ‘make life hell’ for Kari Lake. This Maricopa County official envied Lake’s name recognition and popularity because it was superior to his own. This Maricopa County official abandoned a run for U.S. Senate believing he could not beat Lake in a primary. This Maricopa County official was the subject of criticism, ridicule, and even death threats long before Lake uttered a single word about him. This Maricopa County official makes $76,600 annually but is represented by twelve lawyers: five from a Manhattan-based Am Law 200 law firm, four from a Washinton, D.C. nonprofit, two local counsel, and a Harvard Law School Professor who in 2021 was White House Counsel and Special Assistant to President Joseph R. Biden. This Maricopa County official also probably couldn’t afford the $25,345.50 he was ordered by the Court to pay to a third party subpoena recipient, but his lawyers have refused to disclose the financial terms of their engagement.”

The Gateway Pundit recently reported that deposition transcripts in the case reveal that Richer, a total Lake hater, contemplated running for Senate to “make life hell for Kari Lake” and admitted that he is “anti-MAGA,” according to private text messages.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/just-kari-lakes-husband-files-motion-dismiss-rino/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973832 (130401ZNOV24) Notable: 35 people killed as driver rams into crowd at a sports center in China

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35 people killed as driver rams into crowd at a sports center in China

HONG KONG — Thirty-five people were killed and 43 more were injured when a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports center in southern China, police said Tuesday.

A 62-year-old man was detained at the scene after he drove his small off-road vehicle into people exercising at Zhuhai Sports Center late Monday, the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau said in a statement, calling the incident “serious and vicious.”

Police identified the man by his last name, Fan. He was in a coma after he harmed himself with a knife in his car, police said, adding that he was still being treated and couldn’t be questioned.

Police said Fan was dissatisfied with the division of property after his divorce, according to an initial investigation.

Fan is under criminal detention. The 43 injured people are in non-life-threatening situations, police said.

Videos geolocated by NBC News show people lying on the ground covered in blood near the sports center and some people wailing.

In a relatively rare move, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for Fan to be “severely punished in accordance with the law,” state media Xinhua News reported.

Under Xi’s instructions, a central government working group has been set to the site to guide and oversee the response efforts, according to Xinhua.

The incident occurred on the eve of the Zhuhai air show, the country’s largest aerospace trade expo, where China debuted the J-35A jet, its latest model of stealth fighter jet.

News of the death toll sent shock waves through Chinese social media, although the topic ranked only 11th on Weibo, China’s X-like platform, which is subject to strict internet censorship.

“I’m utterly speechless aside from being shocked. I need a moment of silence to calm myself down,” a person wrote on Weibo.

China has experienced a number of recent attacks against civilians, including children and foreigners.

In September, a bus crushed into a group of students and parents outside a school in the eastern province of Shandong, killing at least 11 people.

The same month, a 10-year-old Japanese boy was killed when he was stabbed on his way to a Japanese school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

In October, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, three people were killed and 15 others were injured in a knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/zhuhai-china-car-ramming-driver-hits-crowd-sports-center-35-killed-rcna179732

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973843 (130402ZNOV24) Notable: Glycerin for hair and skin health

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I meant this stuff

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973864 (130406ZNOV24) Notable: Russia economy meltdown

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Russia economy meltdown as runaway inflation sees 64% potato price rise

Russian staples including potatoes, bread and dairy are soaring in price thanks to Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine.

Russia's soaring inflation is hitting basic supermarket staples with the price of potatoes rising a staggering 64%.

The increased cost of spuds has been put down to bad weather, rising production costs, wage increases and a shortage of labour amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Rosstat figures show Russians face widespread food price rises, with reports people are even stealing butter, the price of which has risen 27.5% this year, according to figures cited by Business Insider.

Vladimir Putin's continuing war against Ukraine has pushed inflation well above Russia's target levels.

Russia's central bank said seasonally adjusted inflation rose to 9.8% in September, up from 7.5% in August. In a desperate attempt to curb price rises, the central bank raised its headline interest rate to an all-time high of 21% in October.

Bread, dairy, chocolate and beer suppliers in Russia previously warned retailers of looming price increases up to 40%, according to business daily Kommersant.

German chocolate maker, Ritter Sport, which operates in Russia, announced plans to hike prices by 40% from last September while Mars warned of increases up to 19% on some of its products.

Russia's record high interest rates are putting firms at risk of defaulting on loans, including in the country's defence industry.

Oleg Kuzmin, an economist at Renaissance Capital, warned highly leveraged companies are particularly in danger, as they often rely on new loans to pay off old ones. But with record high interest rates, that option is becoming unaffordable.

Corporate bankruptcies have already risen by over 20% in the first nine months of this year compared to 2023, and there are fears it could soon rise even higher.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1975035/russia-economy-meltdown-runaway-inflation-potato-price-rise

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973873 (130408ZNOV24) Notable: 4B Libtard

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973877 (130409ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973888 (130411ZNOV24) Notable: Kamala spent 6 figures remaking the podcast studio in Washington, still didn't break 1 million views

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They spent 6 figure remaking the studio in Washington because Kamala didn't want to travel for this podcast that still didn't break 1 million views.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973906 (130414ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21973930 (130418ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974077 (130451ZNOV24) Notable: Top 10 Countries Most in Debt to the IMF

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Top 10 Countries Most in Debt to the IMF

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-10-countries-most-in-debt-to-the-imf/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974098 (130454ZNOV24) Notable: #26909

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DOUGH

https://pastebin.us/?8bdd1896bfa2516c#BqXSdoHWaSaFqUa5sFnc21qVm1zpNHTnMZiqG9drGnf3

can continue or defer

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974135 (130504ZNOV24) Notable: Fired FEMA official speaks out, and she's not making sense

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Citizen Free Press

@CitizenFreePres

Fired FEMA official speaks out - and she's not making sense.

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1856430286059245821

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974154 (130507ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974169 (130510ZNOV24) Notable: Memes

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974198 (130516ZNOV24) Notable: ETS, The College Board, ACT, and others were infiltrated by the CCP

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Times are tough at the Educational Testing Services company (ETS). Unnamed employees who were recently terminated say that ETS, The College Board, ACT, and others were infiltrated by theChinese Communist Party.

RUH-ROH.

[THEY] WILL NEVER SURVIVE OUR MOVEMENT TOMAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

LINK - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/graduate/2024/06/18/massive-downsizing-ets-legacy-assessment-company

ARCHIVE – https://archive.ph/vJu07

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More Downsizing at Beleaguered ETS

The former SAT administrator and owner of the GRE offered buyouts to most of its U.S. workforce Tuesday morning, kickstarting its second round of job cuts in under a year.

Educational Testing Service, the longtime administrator of the SAT, offered voluntary buyouts to every U.S. employee with more than two years of service on Tuesday morning.It’s the second major round of job cuts within the past year at the standardized testing pioneer, which has struggled to maintain its foothold in the shrinking assessment space.

In a video sent to employees and obtained by Inside Higher Ed, CEO Amit Sevak said that while the organization is “cash flow positive for the first time in five years,” a number of revenue challenges have put it under financial strain.

“ETS is at an inflection point, one that requires critical decisions to ensure our sustainability,” he said.

That inflection point comes after the organization inked a new contract with the College Board this month, under which ETS will no longer administer the SAT, a College Board spokesperson confirmed. A fiscal year 2023 audit of ETS showed that 30 percent of the organization’s revenue, or about $300 million, came from its College Board contract alone.

The move also follows years of steep test-taker declines for its marquee product, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

The news comes less than a year after ETS laid off 6 percent of its global workforce—about 150 people—in September, the second such downsizing in Sevak’s two-year tenure. The company also downsized in 2021; in fact, this is ETS’s fifth round of job cuts in five years.

Sevak said that by offering voluntary severance agreements, ETS was “putting this decision in [employees’] hands.” He encouraged anyone “on the fence” about staying at ETS to take the buyout, adding that the package is “above market practice” and that officials “do not plan to offer something similar again.” He also said that the pace of change at the organization would be “intense,” and that those who stay would be expected to give “110 percent.”

“The purpose is to reduce our staff in the most gracious way we can,” Sevak said. “This is an opportunity.”

A longtime ETS employee who received the buyout offer told Inside Higher Ed that judging from messages sent by colleagues following the announcement, that’s not how staff see it.

“This is affecting people who raised their families alongside their work at ETS, people who have spent lifetimes working on a single product,” said the employee, who requested anonymity to avoid backlash from the company. “It’s been an hour since the news broke and folks are earnestly sharing self-harm andsuicide-prevention hotlines.”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974371 (130604ZNOV24) Notable: China In U.S. Backyard: Beijing Funded “Largest Port” In Americas To Be Inaugurated By Xi Jinping

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China In U.S. Backyard: Beijing Funded “Largest Port” In Americas To Be Inaugurated By Xi Jinping

China’s President Xi Jinping will inaugurate its first mega port in Latin America next week, giving China a foothold in America’s backyard. Brazil, a founding member of BRICS, has so far refused to join China’s Border and Road Initiative but has been keen to connect to the Chinese-funded port in Peru.

Chancay Port in Peru has been constructed at an estimated cost of US$ 3.5 billion under Beijing’s flagship BRI project and has the potential to shape trade in South America. Also, it will develop as a crucial connection point between South America and the Indo-Pacific.

President Jinping will formally inaugurate the port on November 14 during his visit to Peru for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. Due to security concerns, President Jinping will open the port remotely using a video link from the Chinese Embassy in Lima.

China has been projecting the port as a win for Beijing even as its BRI faced a setback in South America, where Brazil refused to join it. Over the past decade, China and Latin America have become partners under the BRI. So far, 22 countries in the region have signed BRI cooperation documents with China. Brazil has stayed away from BRI but has not shied away from enjoying its fruits.

The inauguration also comes when Ecuador’s Coca Codo Sinclair dam, built under the BRI Project by Chinese contractors, has faced structural problems since its launch in 2018. This has taken off the sheen from the Chinese-led infrastructure initiatives in the area.

The Chancay port, located 50 miles north of Peru’s capital, Lima, is nearly complete and has four operational berths. The Chinese shipping giant COSCO will be the port’s sole operator.

COSCO intends to develop Chancay as a key logistics hub for trans-Pacific trade. Initially, COSCO will operate two 14,000 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) container ships weekly, connecting the port to Shanghai. Later the terminal will be expanded to accommodate larger vessels carrying up to 24,000 TEU.

The size of the port is far greater than the current trade volume between China and Peru, indicating that other countries will be connected to the port. Small vessels transporting containers to neighboring South American countries like Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador will also throng the port. Plans are afoot to use the terminal to supply regions of Brazil that are too far inland for Atlantic coast ports to reach properly.

Brazil does not have direct access to the Pacific Ocean, which justifies its interest in the Chancay port. The Brazilian Ministry of Planning has launched an initiative called the South American Integration Routes Project. The project links Brazil with other major South American trade and development hubs. Two of these routes will be linked to Peru, and Chancay port will play an important role in the connectivity.

Earlier, Brazil exported more to Argentina, the US, and Europe, but now China has emerged as its main partner. As it gets closer to the Pacific (through the port of Chancay), it also gets closer to Asia and China in particular. Brazil aims to export Lithium to China for its electric car chain. The mineral is also critical for batteries. Brazil also has rich deposits of cobalt and nickel, minerals vital for electric battery production.

China In America’s Backyard

China was a late entrant in Latin America. However, it has now emerged as the region’s major economic partner. Bilateral trade between the two stands today at more than USD 200 billion. China is also Peru’s largest trading partner.

Chancay port is 4,500 miles from San Francisco, but geopolitically, it is on America’s “20-yard line.” The US’s main concern is that Beijing would use the port for military purposes, giving it a deep-water port close to the US but far enough to survive in the event of any hostilities. Using the port as a naval facility is not inconceivable. The same has been seen in Sri Lanka with the Chinese-built Hambantota port.

The US Southern Command thinks that the deep-water port is suitable for Chinese military ships to dock here and can also be used by its survey vessels for intelligence gathering. After all, China operates one of the biggest fleets of survey vessels in the world, constantly mapping the depth of the oceans.

US Army General Laura Richardson, the top officer at Southern Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee that the Chinese activities are a “relentless march” to replace the United States as a leader in the region.

Chinese actions, like financing the port in Peru, establishing a space monitoring station near the Straits of Magellan in Argentina, and buying lithium mining operations in three South American nations, pose increasing risks to US security.

The Chinese Space Agency station in Argentina used to explore the dark side of the moon and track satellites that could also be used for targeting. This is one of China’s 11 satellite tracking stations across South America. These facilities, ostensibly used for space research and satellite tracking, could also track or interfere with US and other partner satellites. Some researchers have even argued that these sites could help the PLA guide hypersonic missiles, potentially boosting the PRC’s capability to strike the US.

Many countries in the region already use Chinese firms like Huawei in their 3G-4G networks. A Brazilian firm recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to build a prototype 5G network in a city there.

This is even though the US has cautioned other nations for several years about the security risks associated with relying on Huawei for advanced telecommunications because of its ties to the Chinese government.

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/china-in-u-s-backyard-beijing-funded/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974387 (130615ZNOV24) Notable: Kamala Harris Campaign Gave $500k to Al Sharpton’s Nonprofit Weeks Before Glowing Interview With Anti-Semitic MSNBC Host

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Kamala Harris Campaign Gave $500k to Al Sharpton’s Nonprofit Weeks Before Glowing Interview With Anti-Semitic MSNBC Host

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign donated $500,000 to Al Sharpton’s nonprofit organization just weeks before the anti-Semitic MSNBC host—who once said that "diamond merchant" Jews have the "blood of innocent babies" on their hands—conducted a friendly interview with Harris.

The campaign’s remittance to Sharpton’s National Action Network was part of a flurry of donations—$5.4 million in all—to black and Latino advocacy groups that seem aimed at winning Harris support from those constituencies. Harris’s campaign gave two payments of $250,000 to National Action Network on Sept. 5 and Oct. 1, according to campaign finance records.

On Oct. 3, Sharpton aired a video of Harris wishing him happy birthday on his MSNBC weekend show, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton. "Happy birthday, Rev," Harris said, using Sharpton’s nickname. "You have been over all of your years such an extraordinary leader. You have been a voice of truth, a voice of conscience."

Sharpton, 70, conducted a glowing interview with Harris on Oct. 20 in which he touted her "extraordinary historic campaign" while referring to Trump as "hostile and erratic." His questions lined up closely with messages that Harris sought to highlight on the campaign trail. Sharpton addressed concerns among black voters—especially black men—about Harris’s record as a prosecutor in California, where she was given the nickname "Kamala the Cop." Sharpton brought up Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, and one of Harris’s personal heroes, to put Harris’s candidacy in historical perspective. Sharpton asked Harris whether men who opposed her were "misogynistic."

Sharpton did not disclose payments from the Harris campaign during either segment with the candidate. National Action Network did not respond to requests for comment. MSNBC also did not respond to comment requests.

Harris’s donations to National Action Network and similar groups were part of a $1 billion spending spree that has sparked heartache and soul-searching within the Democratic Party, which lost the popular vote to a Republican candidate for the first time since 2004. The campaign, which ended $20 million in debt, leaned heavily on celebrities, influencers, and other high-profile Harris backers to make her case to voters. Her campaign gave $1 million to the production company of Oprah Winfrey, and paid a six-figure sum to create a set for Harris’s interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the Washington Examiner reported.

Team Harris donated to the National Urban League ($2 million), the Black Economic Alliance ($150,000), and Black Church PAC ($150,000). The campaign gave donations to lesser-known groups like the Haitian Ladies Fund ($30,000) and International Free and Accepted Modern Masons ($150,000), a black freemasons organization, according to campaign finance disclosures. The Black Economic Alliance hosted a video call for 5,000 attendees days before the election to urge black men to vote for Harris. Vote to Live Action Fund, which received $275,000 from the Harris campaign, launched a $4 million initiative in October to pressure black men to vote. Harris spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on an initiative to appeal to black church voters. Two of the organizations, Black Church PAC and the Institute of Church Administration and Management ($250,000), are linked to Frederick Haynes, an anti-Israel pastor who has worked with Harris for years on liberal causes.

The campaign gave to Casa in Action ($120,000), the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada ($105,000), and Somos Votantes ($120,000), to mobilize Latino voters in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and other swing states. The lavish giveaways seemingly failed given Harris’s historically poor performance with black and Latino voters.

Sharpton reportedly earns a seven-figure salary from MSNBC, and is paid handsomely by National Action Network, which he founded in 1991. The nonprofit paid Sharpton around $650,000 in 2021 out of $7 million in revenues, and spent another $940,000 that year for "transportation services" to the private jet firm Apollo Jets and the limousine company Carey International.

It’s not the first time Sharpton has faced conflict of interest concerns regarding donations to his group, which he launched in 1991. The tobacco company R.J. Reynolds has donated heavily to Sharpton’s network. Sharpton, for his part, has publicly opposed a ban on menthol cigarettes, raising concerns that the activist preacher is being paid off to promote a harmful product popular with black Americans.

Sharpton has become an influential figure in mainstream Democratic circles after rising to national prominence in the 1990s for his involvement in anti-Semitic causes. He once taunted Jews to "pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house." In 1991, he provoked the Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, one of the worst anti-Semitic outbursts in American history. In 1995, Sharpton protested against the Jewish owner of Freddy’s Fashion Mart, whom he called a "white interloper." A gunman who had attended Sharpton’s protests later murdered seven people in the store.

https://freebeacon.com/elections/kamala-harris-campaign-gave-500k-to-al-sharptons-nonprofit-weeks-before-glowing-interview-with-anti-semitic-msnbc-host/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974409 (130626ZNOV24) Notable: One of the world's richest people, Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, is moving to the US in the wake of Donald Trump's victory

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One of the world's richest people is moving after Trump's victory

One of the world's richest people has announced he is moving to the US in the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.

Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, who is a member of Trump's private Mar-a-Lago Club and has a net worth of around $12.3 billion, said he was granted a green card for permanent residency last month.

Pratt, who is ranked number 207 in Bloomberg's list of the 500 wealthiest people in the world, owns Australia-based paper and recycling company Visy.

He also owns Pratt Industries, a corrugated packaging company based in Conyers, Georgia.

Writing on LinkedIn, he said he had decided to make the move because all his family are US citizens, and because of his business prowess in the country.

Pratt's relationship with the President-elect was thrust into the spotlight in 2023 amid reports Trump had spilled secrets about US nuclear subs to him.

Trump disputed the reports at the time, calling them 'fake news' and branding Pratt a 'red haired weirdo.'

In the LinkedIn post announcing his move, Pratt wrote: 'Over the past 30 years we have invested to build 70 factories in America, creating 12,000 well-paying American manufacturing jobs.'

The 64-year-old billionaire added that he would remain chairman of Visy Australia and will return to the country regularly.

Visy is one of Australia's largest private firms, while Pratt Industries is the fifth-largest corrugated packaging company in the US.

In 2019, Pratt invited Trump to visit one of Visy's paper recycling plants in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

The group has annual sales of around $10 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

In 2023, ABC News first reported that Trump had discussed potentially sensitive information with Pratt shortly after he left office.

The outlet claimed that the businessman had gone on to share the information with several others following the revelations at Trump's private club, where he became a member in 2017.

The information was reported to have been about the number of nuclear warheads the US has, and how close they can get to Russian subs.

In response to the reports, Trump branded Pratt a 'red haired weirdo from Australia' in a post on his social media site Truth Social.

'I never spoke to him about Submarines, but I did speak to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that's what I'm all about - JOBS, A GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINANCE, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, LOW INTEREST RATES, and much more!,' Trump wrote in October 2023.

Pratt has since been interviewed by US law enforcement agencies, according to Bloomberg.

Pratt's move to the US comes following Trump's comeback victory in the presidential race against Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris.

The stock market has soared following the news, with two of America's main three stock indexes hitting record highs on Friday.

A sweeping Trump victory powered bets of a business-friendly agenda, with expectations of lower corporate taxes and looser regulations.

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has been tipped to join the Trump administration in some way, creating the suggestion that other tech and business leaders may join him.

Joe Lonsdale, founding partner of venture capital firm 8VC and co-founder of controversial data mining company Palantir, claimed last week America's business 'A-team' is going to reform government spending under a second Trump administration.

'We're seeing a lot of top talent going in to reform government,' the businessman, who endorsed Trump in the election, said on CNBC.

'There's a huge amount to cut, there's a huge amount to fix.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14072951/worlds-richest-people-moving-anthony-pratt-trump-victory.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/21974421 (130631ZNOV24) Notable: U.S. secures 200 million barrels of oil for strategic reserve

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U.S. secures 200 million barrels of oil for strategic reserve

Nov. 8 (UPI) - The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday that 200 million barrels of oil have been bought and delivered for the strategic oil reserve.

The last purchase of 2.4 million barrels will arrive in the spring, putting 20 million more than the 180 barrels sold in 2022 back into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

The final oil purchase is set to be delivered between April 1 and May 31. The average price, according to DOE, was $74.75 per barrel.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement, "With the awarding of these contracts, DOE has fully utilized all funding allocated for crude oil purchases following the sale of 180 million barrels in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and secured 20 million more barrels at a good price for taxpayers."

She added, "This milestone cements President Biden and Vice President Harris' commitment of putting the economic and energy security of the American people first with actions that steadied prices at the pump, provided certainty to industry, and maintained the SPR as the world's largest supply of emergency crude oil."

The last purchase contracts of the Biden-Harris administration for the SPR were awarded Nov. 7.

President Biden used 180 million barrels from the reserve using an emergency declaration following Russia' invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

According to DOE, the release was done to "address the significant global supply disruption caused by Putin's war on Ukraine and help keep the domestic market well supplied, ultimately helping to bring down prices for American consumers and businesses."

According to the Treasury Department, the oil releases from the SPR combined with coordinated releases from U.S. partners, reduced gasoline prices by as much as 40 cents per gallon.

The DOE announced in July that the 180 million barrels sold from the SPR were replenished when 140 million barrels were secured by working with Congress to cancel previously mandated sales.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-secures-200-million-barrels-204310539.html