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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455366 (291955ZAUG23) Notable: Marine veteran Sarah Feinberg who tried to stop Booz Allen defense contractor from defrauding taxpayers is awarded $69 MILLION of the $377 million

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Marine veteran Sarah Feinberg who tried to stop Booz Allen defense contractor from defrauding taxpayers is awarded $69 MILLION of the $377 million restitution the firm is ordered to pay under little-known law

Marine veteran Sarah Feinberg who tried to stop Booz Allen defense contractor from defrauding taxpayers is awarded $69 MILLION of the $377 million restitution the firm is ordered to pay under little-known law

Sarah Feinberg, 39, (main) was working as a financial analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton when she discovered the firm was overcharging the U.S. Government to the tune of $100 million a year. The military contractor last week settled to pay the United States $377 million to resolve the allegations - and Feinberg and her lawyers received $69 million for her part, thanks to the little-known qui tam procedure. The qui tam move allows an insider to sue on behalf of the U.S. and then recover between 15 and 30 percent of any settlement or judgment. Of the $69 million settlement, Feinberg was personally awarded $40 million for reporting her employer's alleged behavior - $12 million of which she intends to donate to charity. 'I've got three kids, and I tell them, "doing the right thing is the right thing, no matter what the outcome is," she said. The former Marine said she spent nine months trying to convince older, mostly male executives at the company to stop what she told them was fraud but bosses reportedly called it a 'gray zone' and claimed Defense Department auditors were 'too stupid' to figure it out and demand repayment.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12455355/Marine-veteran-Sarah-Feinberg-tried-stop-Booz-Allen-defense-contractor-defrauding-taxpayers-awarded-69-MILLION-377-million-restitution-firm-ordered-pay-little-known-law.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455367 (291954ZAUG23) Notable: C40 Leadership Standards 2021-2024, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU - C40 CITIES GLOBAL PLAN

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https://www.c40.org/about-c40/

C40 Leadership Standards 2021–2024:

Plan. City has adopted a resilient and inclusive climate action plan aligned with the 1.5˚C ambition of the Paris Agreement, and updates it regularly;

Deliver. In 2024, city remains on track to deliver its climate action plan, contributing to increased resilience, equitable outcomes and halving C40’s overall emissions by 2030;

Mainstream. City uses the necessary financial, regulatory and other tools at their disposal to address the climate crisis and mainstreams their equitable climate targets into the most impactful city decision-making processes;

Innovate. City innovates and starts taking inclusive and resilient action to address emissions beyond the direct control of the city government, such as associated with goods and services consumed in their city;

Lead. Mayor and the city demonstrate global climate leadership and inspire others to act in support of the Paris Agreement.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455426 (292008ZAUG23) Notable: Milley: US Forces Will Remain in the Middle East for Years to Come

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US General Mark Milley: US Forces Will Remain in the Middle East for Years to Come

America’s top general said that Washington plans to maintain its force posture in the Middle East. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley stressed the region’s “significant” importance to America’s foreign policy.

In an interview with Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV on Thursday, Milley said,

“I can’t imagine that the United States would ever walk away from the Middle East. I think we’ll remain committed for many, many years and decades to come.”

“We have very close friendships and partnerships. And we want to make sure that the region is stable. Obviously, the region is a primary source of oil and energy resources for other parts of the world.” Milley added that the region is “very important and very significant to the United States for a lot of reasons.”

For decades, Washington has used its military in an attempt to control the Middle East. The US has spent trillions of dollars and killed millions of people in dozens of military campaigns conducted over the last 30 years.

The wars have failed to accomplish America’s stated goals: to bring peace, stability and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, Washington’s wars and financing of various militaries have stoked sectarian tensions. Additionally, the US has armed a multitude of tyrannical governments, enabling them to brutally oppress their citizens.

Washington currently has thousands of soldiers in various countries across the region, including hundreds of troops in Syria. Milley said,

“There are still fighters in small groups in and around Syria and around Iraq…and if we were to somehow suddenly withdraw, [Islamic State] could reconstruct themselves. So the situation is much, much better than it was.” He continued, “But it still requires a level of commitment. So we’ve got some modest amount of forces in Syria and we’ve got forces in Iraq.”

However, American troops in Iraq and Syria often find themselves in conflict with forces supporting the Syrian government, not jihadists. Additionally, American warplanes in Syria have regularly had near misses with Russian fighter jets.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/gen-milley-us-forces-remain-middle-east-years/5830640

Forever wars

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455446 (292011ZAUG23) Notable: Aussie: 'Tradie', 46, on parole for child sex charges was allowed to live NEXT DOOR to a daycare centre and a kid's playground where he's accused of filming himself raping a 14-year-old girl, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Billy Smith: 'Tradie', 46, on parole for child sex charges was allowed to live NEXT DOOR to a daycare centre and a kid's playground where he's accused of filming himself raping a 14-year-old girl in a public toilet

Teenage girl was allegedly raped at Sydney park

A man on parole for child sex offences was allowed to live next door to a kid's playground where he is accused of filming himself raping a 14-year-old girl in a public toilet.

Billy Smith, 46, has been charged with multiple child sex offences including aggravated sexual intercourse child aged under-16, using a child aged over-14 to make child abuse material and producing child abuse material.

Smith allegedly took the cognitively impaired girl into a toilet block and sexually assaulted her at Pole Depot Park in Penshurst in Sydney's south between 7:30am and 8:30am on Monday.

Police launched a manhunt to find him after the girl reported the alleged assault.

Smith is a registered sex offender and was on parole serving a prison sentence for similar offences at the time of the alleged crime.

He had been released from jail back in May but was permitted to live in a unit block next door to a daycare centre and the children's park where the attack is alleged to have occurred, according to court documents.

Police attended the park a short time after the girl made the report, established a crime scene and arrested Smith at his unit about 5pm Monday.

NSW Police on Tuesday released a photo of Smith donning hi-vis work gear and handcuffs while he was being escorted away by officers.

Detectives allege Smith not only raped the teenager but also filmed the alleged assault.

He was taken to Kogarah Police Station and also charged with breaching a prohibition order relating to the parole matter.

Smith spent the night in custody and appeared in Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday, where he was formally refused bail.

He will remain behind bars until his next court appearance in Downing Centre Local Court on October 26.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12456293/Billy-Smith-Tradie-parole-allowed-live-play-filming-raping-14-year-old-girl-public-toilet.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455457 (292013ZAUG23) Notable: ‘Bring it’: Adm. Aquilino open to greater directed-energy trials

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‘Bring it’: Adm. Aquilino open to greater directed-energy trials

https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/2023/08/28/bring-it-adm-aquilino-open-to-greater-directed-energy-trials/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455529 (292021ZAUG23) Notable: More than 100 ex-Clarence Thomas clerks sign letter defending his integrity

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More than 100 ex-Clarence Thomas clerks sign letter defending his integrity

The group outlined Thomas's professional and personal history and acknowledged his impact on their on lives.

By Ben Whedon

Updated: August 29, 2023 - 3:43pm

More than 100 former clerks for Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas have signed on to a letter defending his integrity and judicial independence amid ongoing criticism of him over his longstanding relationship with a GOP megadonor.

Earlier this year, reports highlighted Harlan Crow's financing of joint luxury vacations with the Thomases, which the justice did not disclose. Thomas has denied any wrongdoing. Additional reporting revealed that Crow had paid for the education of one of their relatives.

"As his law clerks, we offer this response. Different paths led us to our year with Justice Thomas, and we have followed different paths since," they wrote, according to Fox News. "But along the way, we all saw with our own eyes the same thing:His integrity is unimpeachable. And his independence is unshakable, deeply rooted seven decades ago as that young child who walked through the door of his grandparents’ house for a life forever changed."

The group outlined Thomas's professional and personal history and acknowledged his impact on their on lives.

"His grandfather's sayings become our sayings. His chambers become our chambers – a place fueled by unstoppable curiosity and unreturned library books, all to get every case just right," they continued. "And yet, the stories most often told of Justice Thomas are not these. The Justice is ever the subject of political headlines taking aim at his character, his judicial philosophy, his marriage, even his race. They attempt to write over his actual story."

Scrutiny of Thomas, along with recent reports involving Associate Justice Samuel Alito, has fueled calls from the political left to reform the Supreme Court and to require that it formulate ethics guidelines regarding disclosures.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has defended Thomas amid the push for reform legislation and asserted that Chief Justice John Roberts is able to adequately address any ethics issues.

"Look, the Supreme Court, in my view, can’t be dictated to by Congress. I think the chief justice will address these issues," he said in June. "Congress should stay out of it, because we don’t, I think, have the jurisdiction to tell the Supreme Court how to handle the issue."

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/more-100-ex-clarence-thomas-clerks-sign-letter-defending-his-integrity

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455534 (292021ZAUG23) Notable: Jim Jordan on Tuesday wrote to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the pair account for reports that a staffer in special counsel Jack Smith's office repeatedly met with Biden White House officials., MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Jim_Jordan_GettyImages_1228189300_1_.jpg

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday wrote to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the pair account for reports that a staffer in special counsel Jack Smith's office repeatedly met with Biden White House officials.

Jordan contended that contact between the White House and the office of an officially independent prosecutor pursuing multiple cases against President Joe Biden's chief political opponent had called the probe's integrity into question. Smith has brought two cases against former President Donald Trump related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/jordan-presses-white-house-over-meetings-jack-smith-staffer

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455540 (292023ZAUG23) Notable: Aussie: More than 100 students and staff at University of Sydney victims of sexual assault, harassment

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More than 100 students and staff at University of Sydney victims of sexual assault, harassment

A leading Australian university has revealed it received 121 reports of sexual misconduct last year.

More than 100 staff and students from the University of Sydney reported sexual misconduct last year, according to an inaugural annual report.

The University of Sydney report, released on Monday, revealed it had received 121 reports of sexual misconduct in 2022, including 74 cases of sexual assault and 47 cases of sexual harassment.

Referrals for sexual harassment had increased by 105 per cent, while sexual assault referrals had increased by 34 per cent in 2022 compared to 2021; a rise that aligned with the return of students to campus after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Of the 121 incidents reported, 55 were categorised as “university-related conduct”, meaning it either happened on campus, or during university activities (at an event, student exchange, or internships), or was perpetrated by a student or staff member.

Another 66 incidents were categorised as “non-university related conduct”, meaning those which had “no connection” to the university beyond it being reported by a student or staff member.

The report is part of the university’s commitment to “increased transparency and accountability” in addressing issues of sexual misconduct on campus and within the university community.

Australian universities have been under pressure to improve their handling of sexual misconduct in the years since the Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark Change the Course report in 2017.

Alarmingly, by 2022, the high rates of sexual violence perpetrated at campuses around the country had barely shifted according to the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS).

The NSSS – which was a key recommendation of the report and was commissioned by peak body Universities Australia in 2021 – found one in six students had been sexually harassed since starting university, while one in 20 students had been sexually assaulted since commencing their studies.

In response to the 2017 report, all 39 Australian universities promised to be transparent about their handling of sexual harm on campus; but as of April this year, the Australian Human Rights Institute found 29 of them either weren’t reporting them in an accessible way, or at all.

University of Sydney Vice Chancellor Mark Scott told the Nine newspapers the university’s report reaffirmed the institution’s commitment to improve support for victim-survivors, “given the considerable doubt surrounding the university’s efforts in this area”.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/more-than-100-students-and-staff-at-university-of-sydney-victims-of-sexual-assault-harassment/news-story/d49751bb71ed6e3ba785a586da446f6c

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455598 (292030ZAUG23) Notable: More than 100 ex-Clarence Thomas clerks sign letter defending his integrity, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png, ClipboardImage.png, ClipboardImage.png

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Copy of the Clerks letter in defense of Judge Clarence Thomas

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-100-former-clerks-justice-thomas-sign-open-letter-defending-his-integrity-independence

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455632 (292036ZAUG23) Notable: Lobbying spending 'shattered' records last year. These are the top spenders, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Lobbying spending 'shattered' records last year. These are the top spenders

New York may face fiscal trouble in the next few years, but its lobbying industry is healthier than ever. Lobbying spending soared to $331 million in 2022, “shattering” previous records, according to a report released Monday by the state’s ethics commission.

muh paywall: https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics/new-york-lobbying-spending-hit-record-331m-2022-top-spenders

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455639 (292038ZAUG23) Notable: Aussie: Former FOI boss drops some truth bombs about his old agency

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Former FOI boss drops some truth bombs about his old agency

Anyone who wandered into the Senate hearing on Australia’s freedom-of-information regime on Tuesday must have thought they’d entered some ghastly Utopia-style nightmare. And that’s even by Senate hearing standards.

In what is surely a public servant dummy spit for the ages, ex-FOI commissioner Leo Hardiman spoke of a culture of gaslighting, incompetence and resistance to reform that may actually wring a few drops of sympathy from anyone who’s ever waited on the other end of an FOI request.

When Hardiman quit the FOI commission in March, less than a year into the gig, he mentioned its whopping FOI request backlog and measly resources.

Turns out his budget was so tight, a frugal Hardiman was forced to catch the bus from Sydney every time he needed to visit Canberra. (Having repeatedly made that infamous trek up in the Hume in a Murrays bus, CBD really does sympathise.)

“Ridiculous was the word used,” Hardiman told senators on Tuesday. News would come nearly every day of another government cash splash (or expensive jet trip if you’re a certain Defence minister), and here was Hardiman, asking for just “a few million bucks”.

Not only were the purse strings tight, but what few staff Hardiman had were constantly diverted to obscure side tasks, he said. That included a revolving door of “process changes” that staff saw as a push by their overlords to “progress a narrative something was being done” when it wasn’t. Not to mention, “cycles of panic” that rippled down from on high related to Senate estimates hearings – or even more terrifying – fronting notorious FOI warrior Senator Rex Patrick. There was so much staff turnover, some spent most of their time onboarding newbies, Hardiman said.

Australia’s FOI regime is notoriously brutal. Take this case in 2018 when one concerned punter, requesting documents on “what happens when the Queen dies” was made to wait five years – after the Queen had actually died – only to be told the single document they’d requested was “unavailable”.

When the ex-commissioner tried to push through reform to fix things, a “flabbergasted” Hardiman said he was told not to involve himself in the running of his own commission.

Candidates must be knocking down the door.

Still, the suitably flustered government officials who had to follow Hardiman’s act at the hearing said they’d been “surprised” by the commissioner’s resignation. A new appointment “will be finalised in the coming months”.

Candidates must be knocking down the door.

But, as for the requests for information senators levelled at those government reps on Tuesday, it will surprise no one to hear that often the answers were “unavailable”.

Expect a response in three to five … years?

https://www.smh.com.au/cbd/former-foi-boss-drops-some-truth-bombs-about-his-old-agency-20230829-p5e0fo.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455660 (292040ZAUG23) Notable: Shocked by Niger coup, Victoria Nuland appeared “desperate” during Africa tour, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png, ClipboardImage.png

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Shocked by Niger coup, Victoria Nuland appeared “desperate” during Africa tour

A veteran South African official detailed meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about.

When US Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, traveled to South Africa on July 29, her reputation as a blunt instrument of Washington’s hegemonic interests preceded her.

According to a veteran South African official who attended meetings with the senior US diplomat in Pretoria, however, Nuland and her team were demonstrably unprepared to grapple with recent developments on the African continent — particularly the military coup that removed Niger’s pro-Western government hours before she launched her multi-stop tour of the region.

“In over 20 years working with the Americans, I have never seen them so desperate,” the official told The Grayzone, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Pretoria was well aware of Nuland’s hawkish reputation, but when she arrived in Pretoria, the official described her as “totally caught off guard” by winds of change engulfing the region. The July putsch that saw a popular military junta come to power in Niger followed military coups in Mali and Burkina Faso that were similarly inspired by mass anti-colonial sentiment.

Though Washington has so far refused to characterize developments in the Nigerien capital of Niamey as a coup, the South African source confirmed that Nuland sought South Africa’s assistance in responding to regional conflicts, including in Niger, where she emphasized that Washington not only held significant financial investments, but also maintained 1,000 of its own troops. For Nuland, the realization that she was negotiating from a position of weakness was likely a rude awakening.

Serving both parties and advancing empire, one regime change op at a time

Throughout the past decade and a half, Victoria Nuland has established herself as one of the most heavy-handed – and effective – agents of Western-directed regime change ops within the State Department. As the wife of the arch-neoconservative strategist, Robert Kagan, who advised both Republican presidential contender, Mitt Romney, and Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Nuland embodied the interventionist consensus that prevailed across both parties in the pre-Trump era. In fact, her first high-level job came under the watch of Vice President Dick Cheney, when he appointed her to serve as his deputy chief of staff.

When Nuland returned to government as a Russia specialist in Obama’s State Department, she spearheaded the covert campaign to destabilize Ukraine, driving the 2014 Maidan Coup that sparked the country’s ensuing civil conflict and, ultimately, a Western proxy war with Russia that rages to this day.

“Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, the United States has supported Ukrainians as they build democratic skills and institutions,” Nuland, then Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, boasted during a December 2013 talk before the US-Ukraine Foundation in Kiev, flanked by a promotional panel for the Chevron corporation.

“We’ve invested over five billion dollars to assist Ukraine in these and other goals,” she continued, articulating Washington’s support for what she described as Ukraine’s “European aspirations.”

Nuland repeated the unintentionally revealing boast during a 2014 interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/29/niger-coup-victoria-nuland-africa-tour/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455697 (292046ZAUG23) Notable: Taibbi: YouTube Demonetizes Montage Of Election-Denying Dems Under "Dangerous Organizations" Policy, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Taibbi: YouTube Demonetizes Montage Of Election-Denying Dems Under "Dangerous Organizations" Policy

When you know you’re being censored, you can protest. But what to do about silent editorial punishment, dished without announcement, by tech platforms that appear to be learning fast how to avoid public outcry?

A year ago, this site had to throw a public fit to resolve a preposterous controversy involving videographer Matt Orfalea and YouTube. The issue centered around the above video, “‘Rigged’ Election Claims, Trump 2020 vs. Clinton 2016,” which despite total factual accuracy was cited under its “Elections Misinformation” policy. YouTube in July of last year demonetized Orf’s entire channel over his content, saying “we think it violates our violent criminal organizations policy.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taibbi-youtube-demonetizes-montage-election-denying-dems-under-dangerous-organizations

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455698 (292048ZAUG23) Notable: Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine

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Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine

On March 4, a Union Pacific train in Ogden, Utah released magnesium chloride. On March 8, a CSX train spilled diesel fuel into a West Virginia river. On March 30, a BNSF train crashed and burst into flames, igniting ethanol and forcing midnight evacuations in Minnesota. On June 26, molten asphalt spilled into the Yellowstone River in Montana after a bridge collapsed. And in a four-day span in July, freight trains in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin, all with hazardous materials on board, derailed.

These were just a few of the 59 freight train derailments in the six months following the East Palestine disaster that were significant enough to be reported in local or national news, according to data compiled by Motherboard. Fifteen of those derailments involved cars with hazardous materials. By contrast, there were 33 freight train derailments reported in local and national media in the six months prior to East Palestine, which thrust freight rail safety issues into the national spotlight. (Part of this difference is probably attributable to the attention the East Palestine disaster got, making outlets more likely to cover derailments.) Motherboard did not include passenger rail derailments or derailments caused by extreme weather or vehicles on the tracks in the data.

By: MikeRivero

Tags: OHIO & OTHER DERAILMENT

Posted on: Aug 29 10:53

(not linking to vice bro)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455769 (292107ZAUG23) Notable: Grassley X - 43 consecutive yrs of my #99countymeetings U kno what I hv to celebrate with, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 20230829_150414.jpg

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Grassley

https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1696628597845327913

43 consecutive yrs of my #99countymeetings U kno what I hv to celebrate with

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455842 (292125ZAUG23) Notable: Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: asx.png

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First Minneapolis, now NYC

Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit.

The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity.

Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.

The police department’s community affairs bureau will work with mosques to communicate the new guidelines and ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels, Adams said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/muslim-call-to-prayer-can-now-be-broadcast-publicly-in-new-york-city-without-a-permit/ar-AA1fXiqM

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455850 (292127ZAUG23) Notable: JIMMY DORE: Government Installs BLACK FENCING Encircling Lahaina!

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JIMMY DORE: Government Installs BLACK FENCING Encircling Lahaina!

9 min

posted 2 hrs ago

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455851 (292126ZAUG23) Notable: PF Reports, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: TEAL73_HurricaneHunter.png

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leeeroy jeeenkins.....

TEAL73

TYPE: WC-130J

Flyin' into the Storm at 10,0000 ft

Squawking 7271

hope the cap posts. if not, check her out!

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455857 (292128ZAUG23) Notable: FBI scrambling to track OVER A DOZEN of Uzbek nationals who entered US with help of ISIS-linked smuggler..

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Chuck Callesto

@ChuckCallesto

6h

BREAKING REPORT: FBI scrambling to track OVER A DOZEN of Uzbek nationals who entered US with help of ISIS-linked smuggler..

Aug 29, 2023 · 2:29 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1696530545503850706

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455881 (292134ZAUG23) Notable: First-Ever Spike Detox Protocol Appears in US Medical Journal: Here’s How You Can Get Better, Per Dr. Peter McCullough

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First-Ever Spike Detox Protocol Appears in US Medical Journal: Here’s How You Can Get Better, Per Dr. Peter McCullough

• Nattokinase: 2000 fibrin units (100 milligrams) orally twice a day without food

• Bromelain: 500 milligrams orally once a day without food

• Curcumin: 500 milligrams orally twice a day (nano, liposomal, or with piperine additive suggested)

Read/share the full breakdown of the detoxification protocol here:

https://vigilantnews.com/post/first-ever-spike-detox-protocol-appears-in-medical-journal-heres-how-you-can-get-better

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455894 (292137ZAUG23) Notable: More than 1,600 scientists, including two Nobel laureates, declare climate 'emergency' a myth

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More than 1,600 scientists, including two Nobel laureates, declare climate 'emergency' a myth

The global coalition of scientists say that politics and a journalistic frenzy has propelled a doomsday climate change hysteria. The signatories also ask other scientists to "address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming."

Updated: August 29, 2023 - 10:36am

A coalition of 1,609 scientists from around the world have signed a declaration stating “there is no climate emergency” and that they “strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy” being pushed across the globe. The declaration does not deny the harmful effect of greenhouse gasses, but instead challenges the hysteria brought about by the narrative of imminent doom.

The declaration, put together by the Global Climate Intelligence Group (CLINTEL), was made public this month and urges that “Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific.”

CLINTEL is an independent foundation that operates in the fields of climate change and climate policy. CLINTEL was founded in 2019 by emeritus professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and science journalist Marcel Crok.

“Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures,” the declaration says.

Of the 1,609 scientists who have signed the declaration, two signatories are Nobel Prize laureates. The most recent to sign is Nobel Prize winner Dr. John F. Clauser, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. In an announcement from CLINTEL, Clauser is quoted as saying "Misguided climate science has metastasized into massive shock-journalistic pseudoscience. In turn, the pseudoscience has become a scapegoat for a wide variety of other unrelated ills. It has been promoted and extended by similarly misguided business marketing agents, politicians, journalists, government agencies, and environmentalists."

The underlying report that engendered the declaration lays out a series of statements challenging many of the common climate claims. For example, one of the most common claims – and repeated without question by many – is that the earth will soon pass "tipping points that will lead to catastrophic environmental damage, including dangerous sea level rise, entire species going extinct, and even greater suffering in many nations, especially the poorest."

The sense of immediate crisis has been repeated constantly by mainstream media, including The New York Times, which said flatly, "Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade."

In 2009, former vice president Al Gore famously predicted that "the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013." Gore had three years earlier published "An Inconvenient Truth" the subtitle of which was "The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It." A documentary film based on the book earned $24,146,161 in gross receipts that year.

Celebrity activist Greta Thunberg tweeted in 2018 – five years after Gore's doomsday prediction – that "climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years."

Last week, John Kerry, President Biden's ", saying that "scientists who have spent a lifetime tracking this human-made crisis described themselves as 'alarmed' and 'terrified.' As one said unequivocally, “we are now in uncharted territory.”

"So now, humanity is inexorably threatened by humanity itself—by those seducing people into buying into a completely fictitious alternative reality where we don’t need to act and we don’t even need to care," Kerry added.

The signatories to the CLINTEL declaration say that global warming is “far slower than predicted,” and that “inadequate models” often guide climate policy.

The CLINTEL declaration comes at a time when recent claims abound that natural disasters such as the wildfires in Maui and Canada, the heatwaves across the globe and other events are driven by climate change. The declaration goes on to challenge the ever-ready blame on climate change, stating “There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent.”

As President Biden and countless world leaders push heavily for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 the scientists assert that this is not only “unrealistic,” but harmful to world economies.

“There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050,”the paper reads, proposing “adaptation instead of mitigation.”

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455919 (292142ZAUG23) Notable: Swarm of drones attacks airport in Russian city near NATO state - governor (RT)

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Swarm of drones attacks airport in Russian city near NATO state – governor

Unconfirmed reports spoke of a drone attack on Pskov, close to the Estonian border

The Russian city of Pskov, near the territory of NATO members Estonia and Latvia, was reportedly under attack by a swarm of drones in the early hours of Wednesday. There was no official confirmation, but videos showing an explosion and air defenses lighting up the night sky are making rounds on social media.

According to several Russian Telegram channels, over a dozen drones have targeted the Pskov airport and the air defenses were engaging additional UAVs. Social media footage showed what looked like an explosion, accompanied by the sound of small arms fire.

The Russian outlet Readovka claimed about 15 Ukrainian drones targeted the Pskov airport and were shot down, including with small arms fire. Something appeared to have crashed or exploded at the airport, and emergency services responded to the scene. There were no reports of casualties.

The Mash Telegram channel reported that one of the drones may have struck a fuel depot and set it on fire, causing “thick black smoke” to rise above the city.

Pskov is about 700 kilometers north of Ukraine, but only 30 kilometers from the Estonian border. Latvia is about 60 kilometers southwest. Both are NATO member states. To reach the city, drones launched from Ukraine would have to fly over eastern Belarus.

https://www.rt.com/russia/582061-pskov-gunfire-explosions-reports/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455952 (292149ZAUG23) Notable: A jury determined Tuesday that pro-life activist Lauren Handy and her associates are guilty of violating federal law by obstructing access to an abortion clinic, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Jury Reaches Verdict In Major Pro-Life Case

A jury determined Tuesday that pro-life activist Lauren Handy and her associates are guilty of violating federal law by obstructing access to an abortion clinic, according to WUSA9, a local media outlet.

Handy, along with activists John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, Will Goodman and Herb Geraghty, was charged in March 2022 by the Department of Justice for violating the Freedom of Access To Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services,” according to the law. The trial began on Aug. 16 and after nearly two days of deliberating, the jury determined that Handy, Hinshaw, Idoni, Goodman and Geraghty were guilty on all counts, WSUA9 reported.

“We are, of course, disappointed with the outcome,” Martin Cannon, senior counsel with the Thomas More Society, said in a prepared statement. “Ms. Handy has been condemned for her efforts to protect the lives of innocent pre-born human beings, something she should never have been arrested for. We are preparing an appeal and will continue to defend those who fight for life against a Biden Department of Justice that seems intent on prosecuting those who decry abortion and present it as it is—the intentional killing of children in utero.”

The jury found each defendant guilty of two counts of conspiracy against rights and violating the FACE Act, according to WUSA9. Handy and the others now face a potential “maximum sentence of of 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $350,000,” according to the DOJ.

In 2020, Handy gained access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., by reportedly scheduling an appointment under the name “Hazel Jenkins,” according to WUSA9. Handy and several other activists then proceeded to chain and rope off the entrance to the clinic in order to prevent abortions from taking place.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sanjay Patel argued during the trial that the whole event, which he called an “invasion” and a “blockade,” was orchestrated by Handy, according to WUSA9. The judge had to remind the gallery on multiple occasions to not interfere with the jury or speak with witnesses, according to WUSA9. One individual attempted to make the sign of the cross at a witness and said “Hail Mary” to her in a hallway.

Attorneys with the Thomas Moore Society wanted to make the argument that she was acting out of a desire to defend unborn children. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, however, said in her decision on Aug. 7 that the claim was not “legally viable” and that she would not condone citizens donning a “vigilante’s hood.”

https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/29/jury-verdict-major-pro-life-case/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455953 (292149ZAUG23) Notable: Kyle Rittenhouse Sued by Estate of Criminal He Shot in Self-Defense, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Web_capture_29_8_2023_164918_https_texasscorecard_com.jpeg

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Kyle Rittenhouse Sued by Estate of Criminal He Shot in Self-Defense

https://texasscorecard.com/state/exclusive-kyle-rittenhouse-sued-by-estate-of-criminal-he-shot-in-self-defense/

EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Rittenhouse Sued by Estate of Criminal He Shot in Self-Defense

The estate of Joseph Rosenbaum has filed a lawsuit on the third anniversary of the Kenosha incident.

OOn August 25, 2020, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, in self-defense during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Now, the estate of Joseph Rosenbaum is suing Rittenhouse, Kenosha officials, local Sheriff’s departments, the City of Kenosha, the City of West Allis, and several counties for “compensatory and punitive damages” for the “wrongful death” of Rosenbaum.

During the Kenosha incident, Rosenbaum confronted and chased Rittenhouse, eventually throwing a sack of items at him. According to witness testimony, Rosenbaum reached for Rittenhouse’s gun. Rittenhouse then fired four times, killing Rosenbaum. Ultimately, Rosenbaum’s death set off a chain of events that led to another death and injury as Rittenhouse protected himself from a mob of protestors.

During Rittenhouse’s trial, Rosenbaum’s fiancee testified to his extensive mental health issues. It was also uncovered that Rosenbaum spent most of his adult life in prison for sexual contact with five preteen boys.

Rittenhouse was acquitted of all criminal charges in 2021 and has since moved to Texas.

“These lawsuits are making it harder and harder for me to move on with my life,” Rittenhouse told Texas Scorecard. “It is extremely difficult to go outside without fear of being harassed or assaulted because of the lies spread in these lawsuits. No one should have to continue to defend the fact that they acted in self defense.”

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19455983 (292155ZAUG23) Notable: DOJ foia library just released 22 pages of fairly interesting (but overly redacted) documents regarding the @GenFlynn and @RogerJStoneJr prosecutions, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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DOJ foia library just released 22 pages of fairly interesting (but overly redacted) documents regarding the @GenFlynn and @RogerJStoneJr prosecutions, and political cases generally near the end of the Trump Administration.

Link here: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/08.25.23.%20-%20Various%20Records%20Including%20Re%20Jessie%20Liu%20-%20Supplemental.pdf

https://x.com/15poundstogo/status/1696639406889730186?s=46

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456030 (292203ZAUG23) Notable: Chutkan RIGS 2024 Trump Trial; GOP to DEFUND Trump Prosecutions; Congress Investigates GARLAND

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Chutkan RIGS 2024 Trump Trial; GOP to DEFUND Trump Prosecutions; Congress Investigates GARLAND

Robert Gouveia

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456033 (292203ZAUG23) Notable: PF Reports

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there was one E6 west bound just off the coast of CA a few minutes ago.

dropped off ADSB now.

there is a KC-10A in the vicinity of Sacramento, CA.

BATES64 is the call sign

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456206 (292240ZAUG23) Notable: Greg Kelly claims he has an incriminating tape of Biden

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GREG KELLY SAID A TAPE OF JOE BIDEN SAYING SOMETHING SO INCRIMINATING THAT HE’LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RESIGN IS GOING TO BE RELEASED BETWEEN 9/5 AND 10/31!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT YOU GUYS!

IT’S LITERALLY HAPPENING!!!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456235 (292244ZAUG23) Notable: MAUI dig: HOW ARE THE MAUI FIRE, HAWAII EMERGENCY HOUSING PLANS AND UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS RELATED??

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...Scraped from last bread. Take 'em or leave 'em.

NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS

#23894 >>>/qresearch/19455295

>>65052, >>65054, >>65074, >>65084 PF Reports

>>65057 US announced $250 million security aid package for Ukraine

>>65061, >>65064 More than 100 ex-Clarence Thomas clerks sign letter defending his integrity

>>65062 Jim Jordan on Tuesday wrote to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the pair account for reports that a staffer in special counsel Jack Smith's office repeatedly met with Biden White House officials.

>>65070 Grassley X - 43 consecutive yrs of my #99countymeetings U kno what I hv to celebrate with

>>65071 New Tapes coming out about Biden which will reportedly cause him to drop out.

>>65076 Want their full attention? Convention of the States, call for one

>>65079 Swarm of drones attacks airport in Russian city near NATO state - governor (RT)

>>65080 Jury Reaches Verdict In Major Pro-Life Case

>>65082 DOJ foia library just released 22 pages of fairly interesting (but overly redacted) documents regarding the @GenFlynn and @RogerJStoneJr prosecutions

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456250 (292247ZAUG23) Notable: Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for International Scheme That Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims

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Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for International Scheme That Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

A dual U.K.-Nigerian national who was extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom was sentenced to 90 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. With today’s sentencing, all three defendants who were extradited from the United Kingdom in connection with this matter have been sentenced.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nigerian-national-sentenced-prison-international-scheme-defrauded-elderly-us-victims

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456255 (292248ZAUG23) Notable: House Repubs Launch Investigation Into Jack Smith’s Office Meeting with Biden WH Officials

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House Republicans Launch Investigation Into Jack Smith’s Office Meeting with Biden White House Officials

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/just-house-republicans-launch-investigation-jack-smiths-office/

Another circle jerk that will go for years then quietly be shutdown

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/19456261 (292249ZAUG23) Notable: EPA curtails protections for more than 60% of currently protected wetlands

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EPA announces new waters rule after Supreme Court decision weakening protections

8/29/23 12:44 PM ET

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a new rule that could curtail protections from more than 60 percent of protected lands, in response to a May Supreme Court ruling that curtailed which waters are subject to federal Clean Water Act protections.

The revised Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule breaks from longstanding federal waters protections to require that protected wetlands have a clearer link to waterways like oceans and rivers.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4176945-epa-announces-new-waters-rule-after-supreme-court-decision-weakening-protections/

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