/qnotables21/ - ===Q Notables 2021===

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63307 (152134ZJUN21) Notable: Big-money managers back Fed's belief that inflation is 'transitory'

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Big-money managers back Fed's belief that inflation is 'transitory'

The majority of big-money managers are in agreement with the Federal Reserve's assessment that inflation is temporary as the central bank readies its latest policy decision.

A net 72% of respondents say inflation is "transitory" and that it will dissipate as supply-chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 subside, according to Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager Survey. Another 23% of those surveyed believe inflation is permanent.

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender surveyed 207 participants with $645 billion in assets between June 4 and June 10. Investors are "bullishly positioned for permanent growth, transitory inflation & a peaceful Fed taper via long commodities, cyclicals & financials," wrote Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bank of America.

Prices have in recent months been climbing at the fastest annual pace in over a decade. The annual readings have been skewed by "base effects" that were a result of prices falling at the onset of the pandemic, but market participants continue to debate whether those increases are temporary. This as the Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. While no changes are expected, investors will be paying close attention to any hints the central bank will soon begin tapering its asset purchase program and raising interest rates.

Sixty-three percent of respondents expect the Fed to signal a taper in August or September. Approximately 12% think the signal will come sooner. A net 64% of investors say inflation will be higher in 12 months, down 19 percentage points from May. Inflation and a bond market "taper tantrum" were seen as the top "tail risks," each being mentioned by 30% of survey respondents. Despite the perceived increasing threat of a Fed taper, a net 75% of survey respondents expect the U.S. economy to strengthen further, down nine percentage points versus last month. Sixty-eight percent of investors say no recession before 2024.

Long commodities, a popular trade to protect against inflation, was deemed the "most crowded" trade by a net 26% of respondents after not being mentioned in May.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/inflation-transitory-federal-reserve-big-money-investors

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63309 (152138ZJUN21) Notable: Three armed F-22 fighters launched Sunday from Honolulu at request of FAA

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Officials today would not disclose why three missile-armed Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 fighters were scrambled Sunday afternoon for an “irregular air patrol” requested by the Federal Aviation Administration.

“The 154th Fighter Wing launched two F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at approximately 4 p.m.,” Pacific Air Forces said in an email. “A third was launched at approximately 5 p.m.”

The Hickam-based Air Force command added that the FAA requested that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command “conduct an irregular air patrol and the situation resolved, prompting the fighters and a KC-135 Stratotanker (a refueling plane) to return to base. We cannot discuss further specifics of the situation.”

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/06/14/breaking-news/three-armed-f-22-fighters-launched-sunday-from-honolulu-at-request-of-faa/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63312 (152143ZJUN21) Notable: Byrd?

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https://sfcmac.com/capitol-cop-who-murdered-ashli-babbitt-identified-as-michael-leroy-byrd/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63314 (152147ZJUN21) Notable: Tongue Out Tuesday PF updates

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99-6143 USAFSOC C-32B sw from Bragg ground stop-looks like back to Eglin AFB

Likely a bumpy descent to Eglin (red dot)

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63318 (152202ZJUN21) Notable: Hero pilot "Sully" Sullenberger

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Hero pilot "Sully" Sullenberger who safely landed his US Airways jet in the Hudson River is nominated for an ambassador post by Biden Administration.

Other appointments just announced by the White House include Ambassadors to Mexico, Israel and others

https://twitter.com/adamlongoTV/status/1404885456236523522

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63319 (152203ZJUN21) Notable: Myanmar coup latest: Temporary ceasefire in ravaged Kayah State

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Myanmar coup latest: Temporary ceasefire in ravaged Kayah State

Another death in custody within hours; Aung San Suu Kyi trial on June 21

Wednesday, June 16

1:10 a.m. The U.S. and the European Union "intend to work together to promote a swift return to democracy in Myanmar," leaders from both sides say in a statement following a summit in Brussels.

Tuesday, June 15

7:15 p.m. A militia group in Kayah State announces a halt to attacks on military targets on Tuesday, after appeals from local communities to cease fighting that has damaged homes and displaced more than 100,000 people, Reuters reports. The Karenni National Defense Force, among the largest of several militias formed in recent weeks to oppose a Feb. 1 military coup, said it had temporarily suspended offensives but remains vehemently opposed to the military takeover.

7:00 p.m. Radio Free Asia's Burmese service reports that a farmer accused of killing a junta informant died in Taungtha Township, Mandalay Region, on Sunday while in custody just hours after being arrested. His funeral was held on Monday. As of June 11, 22 people have been reported dead in custody, more than half of whom were killed within 24 hours of their arrest, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a human rights group.

6:50 p.m. At a court in Naypyitaw, the capital, plaintiffs were heard in two cases against ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer Min Min Soe told Nikkei Asia. Deposed President Win Myint and Myo Aung, chair of the Naypyitaw Council, appeared alongside. The trial will take place on June 21.

2:45 a.m. The United Nations secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, meets with U.N. General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir. Schraner Burgener visited Southeast Asia in April, meeting junta leader Min Aung Hlaing during her trip.

Monday, June 14

5:30 p.m. Prosecutors on Monday began examining witnesses in the trial of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a special court set up in the capital Naypyitaw, while the military appears to be taking steps to outlaw Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. Read more here.

2:30 p.m. U.S. citizen Nathan Maung has been released from detention in Myanmar and is due to fly out of the country on Tuesday, Reuters reports, citing his lawyer Tin Zar Oo. A court dismissed the case against the editor at Kamayut Media after the plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit, Tin Zar Oo said on Monday.

12:10 p.m. Htar Htar Lin, former head of Myanmar's COVID-19 immunization program, was arrested on June 10 on charges of high treason, the state-run Global New Light newspaper reports. The junta mouthpiece says Htar Htar Lin and other doctors formed a core part of the Civil Disobedience Movement. It further claims she associated with "terrorists," the junta's label for the National Unity government.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Coup/Myanmar-coup-latest-Temporary-ceasefire-in-ravaged-Kayah-State

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63320 (152207ZJUN21) Notable: latest creation

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63322 (152211ZJUN21) Notable: Garland Announces DAG Lisa Monaco Will Lead DOJ Effort to Frame Political Opposition as Domestic Terrorists

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AG Merrick Garland Announces DAG Lisa Monaco Will Lead DOJ Effort to Frame Political Opposition as Domestic Terrorists, Equates January 6th DC Protest to 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing

The coordination of narrative engineering across all agencies of the U.S. government is quite remarkable. Today Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Deputy AG Lisa Monaco (Obama crew) will lead a “whole of government” effort to label any political opposition to the Biden regime as “domestic terrorists”.

To facilitate that objective, Garland announced that DAG Monaco is reconstituting “the domestic terrorism executive committee“, an investigative agency process used in the aftermath of the Oklahoma bombing in 1995. Additionally, Garland is noting the January 6th Capitol Hill protest was the current equivalent of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people and injured 680. The Domestic Terrorism committee, led by Monaco, will focus their efforts at ensuring the center of U.S. government is never again put at risk.

You only need to watch the first 4 minutes of the video below to see the framework of the narrative being deployed. Garland’s statements align with Nancy Pelosi’s legislative demand to weaponize a January 6th Commission for the same political intents and purposes. [White House Announcement Here]

As announced the Biden administration will use the opportunity of the protest against the 2020 election outcome to set into place various multi-agency monitoring systems to “identify threats”, “monitor behaviors” and “conduct surveillance” on all Americans, in effort to identify the “domestic extremists”. This, they hope, will help eliminate any political push-back in the upcoming 2022 mid-term election.

The purpose of this announcement should be crystal clear to everyone. We discussed and outlined the background previously. {Go Deep 1} and {Go Deep Two}

In the background of these maneuvers Big Tech and Corporate Media have been instructed to push the “domestic extremist” narrative; and any truth-tellers are considered subversive, ie. against the interests of the U.S. government.

The January 6th DC protest is being used as evidence for that narrative. Deplatforming, censorship and ultimately control of voices who would warn of the larger issues continues daily.

Let me be very clear… stop and hear the drums… Something is about to happen. Approximately 100 million American voters are considered dissidents now.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/06/15/ag-merrick-garland-announces-dag-lisa-monaco-will-lead-doj-effort-to-frame-political-opposition-as-domestic-terrorists-equates-january-6th-dc-protest-to-1995-oklahoma-city-bombing/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63323 (152213ZJUN21) Notable: Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California, NY judge rules

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Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California, NY judge rules

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1404893986666450951

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63325 (152221ZJUN21) Notable: Foreigners Dump The Most US Stocks Since 2019

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Foreigners Dump The Most US Stocks Since 2019

Having broken its 4-month streak of buying in March (the longest streak since 2017), China sold US Treasuries for the second straight month in April (the latest TIC data available), down to fall to $1.096trn in April from $1.100trn in March. But, Japan’s holdings increased in April by $36.4b to $1.277t. But, perhaps the most notable aspect of today's TIC data was that for the first time since April 2020, Foreigners sold US equities in April... (and that was the biggest net selling since August 2019 when we had the repo crisis and NOT QE)... Additionally, the last twelve months' transactions in TSYs by foreign central banks just turned positive for the first time since Feb 2015...

Overall in April:

*Foreign net buying of Treasuries at $49.6b

*Foreign net selling of equities at $13.3b

*Foreign net buying of corporate debt at $10.1b

*Foreign net buying of agency debt at $46.8b

And finally, despite the 12mth net buying, the recent trend of rotation into Treasury reserves from gold may have just reverted.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/foreigners-dumped-us-equities-april-first-time-year

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63326 (152226ZJUN21) Notable: Fresh Charges in 1MDB Case

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Fresh Charges in 1MDB Case

Two individuals implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal were charged on Thursday with engaging in a “back channel lobbying campaign” to influence the Trump administration and the U.S. Justice Department to drop the investigation and “have a Chinese dissident sent back to China.”

1MDB, a scheme that largely revolved around Malaysian businessman and fugitive Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), saw an estimated US$4.5 billion stolen from a state-owned development fund in Malaysia. The scheme implicated a number of high-ranking officials including Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, who was sentenced last year to 12 years in jail and fined $49.4 million. The superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia, also alleged that Jho Low and U.S. singer and entertainer Prakazrel “Pras” Michel conspired to “commit money laundering related to the foreign influence campaigns,” while Michel was also accused of “witness tampering and conspiracy to make false statements to banks.”

The investigation, which has been ongoing since 2015 and led by the Justice Department and the FBI, also found that the pair allegedly used “straw donors” to funnel millions of dollars into the U.S. presidential election as “purportedly legitimate campaign contributions, all while concealing the true source of the money,” for which they were charged in 2019.

If the latest allegations are found to be true, Low could face a maximum penalty of 5 to 10 years in prison, whereas Michel would face a range of maximum penalties from five to 20 years in prison.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14628-fresh-charges-in-1mdb-case

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63331 (152250ZJUN21) Notable: Leslie's Inc sold by L Catterton L.P.:$362.09m-June 14

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Leslie's Inc sold by L Catterton L.P.:$362.09m-June 14

Sold through holdco Bubbles Investor Aggregator

Leslie's Inc. is direct-to-consumer pool and spa care brand. The Company offers its products under the brand Jacuzzi, Hayward, Natural Chemistry, Dolphin, Zodiac, Nature2, Pentair and Waterway. The Company offers its products under various categories, which include pool chemicals, pool equipment, pool maintenance, lifestyle, covers, pools, spas and parts. The Company’s offered products include sanitizers, water balancers, specialty chemicals, algae control, water testing, automatic pool cleaners, pool filters, pumps, heating and cooling, lighting, pool closing, solar covers, liners, spa chemicals and spa accessories and products. The Company markets its products through more than 900 physical locations and multiple digital platforms. The Company serves residential, professional, and commercial consumers. Number of employees : 3 700 people.

https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/LESLIE-S-INC-114402860/company/

Mr. Chu is a Global Co-CEO and the co-founder of L Catterton. Prior to forming L Catterton, Mr. Chu held a variety of senior positions with First Pacific Company, a Hong Kong-based publicly listed investment and management company, which he joined in 1983. His positions at First Pacific included Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, First Pacific (Hong Kong); Director of Finance, Hagemeyer N.V. (Netherlands); Vice President and Treasurer, Hibernia Bank (San Francisco); Chief Operating Officer, Comtrad, Inc. (New York); and Chief Operating Officer, Doyle Graf Raj (New York), an advertising firm. Mr. Chu received a B.A. with highest honors in Psychology and Economics from Bates College, where he served for 18 years as a member of its Board of Trustees.

He is also a member of the Committee of 100, the leading Chinese-American philanthropic organization and on the board of 9 other companies.

Committee of 100 is a non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts. The concept of founding the Committee came from the renowned architect, the late I.M. Pei and Dr. Henry Kissinger, 56th U.S. Secretary of State in 1988. Kissinger discussed with Pei the notion of organizing an influential group of Chinese Americans to address issues of international concern between the United States and China. Later in June of 1989, I.M. Pei became inundated with calls from reporters seeking his reaction as an influential Chinese American to the Tiananmen events. Pei felt that no single individual could adequately represent the Chinese American perspective. With a sense of urgency to build bridges between China and the United States, Pei teamed with master cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Henry S. Tang, Oscar Tang, Shirley Young and Chien-Shiung Wu to recruit distinguished Chinese Americans from the arts, business, academia, public service, and the sciences to serve on the Committee of 100.

https://www.committee100.org/mission-history/

Mr. Chu previously held the position of Assistant Treasurer at BANK OF AFRICA - UGANDA Ltd., Principal at BANK OF AFRICA - UGANDA Ltd., Vice President of First Pacific Co. Ltd., Finance-Director at Hagemeyer NV and Principal at Hibernia Bank (Old).

https://www.lcatterton.com/People.html#!/bio/Chu-Michael

https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1829133&tc=7&b=2

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63332 (152250ZJUN21) Notable: Garland Announces DAG Lisa Monaco Will Lead DOJ Effort to Frame Political Opposition as Domestic Terrorists

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Another weakness in the "terrorist" Jan 6 narrative is FBI refusal to give info on pipe bomber - as discussed by TechnoFog on June 8:

By now, the FBI certainly has the DC Pipe Bomb suspect's height, weight, and shoe size.

We asked the FBI if they would provide this info to the public.

The FBI Responded: "The FBI has no further information to supply on this matter."

https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-dc-pipe-bomb-suspect

https://t.me/techno_fog/171

in the end, it's ALL gotta come out.

ALL THE LIES must be exposed

And those who tell them, prosecuted.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63335 (152300ZJUN21) Notable: The Hobbgobblin is busy composting

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The Hobbgobblin is busy composting

Opinion by Katie Hobbs

June 14, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. MST

Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is Arizona’s secretary of state. She is running for governor in 2022.

PHOENIX — Democracy is under siege in Arizona. As part of the “big lie” that Republicans have been pushing about electoral fraud, they’re conducting an “audit” in our largest county, Maricopa, to dig up nonexistent evidence. It’s an absurd spectacle. The proliferation of conspiracy theories is staggering: ballots are being disqualified because of Sharpies; ballots were shipped in from China; ballots were burned in a chicken-farm fire.

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My office won a court order to send impartial observers to the audit, and I try to keep the public informed about its dangers. For insisting on straightforward truths, I and my family have received death threats. Armed protesters have shown up at my home. Twice, I’ve been assigned a security detail to protect me.

Most Arizonans — Democrats, Republicans and independents — understand that the audit is a farce. They saw the 2020 election with their own eyes, and they don’t want their ballots scrutinized by a shadowy, partisan company.

But Republicans aren’t just protesting the results of our most recent presidential election; they are laying the groundwork to steal the next one. They are sowing doubt about our electoral process to justify a crackdown on voting rights: The 2020 election was insecure, they say, and so our next election must be airtight. This twisted logic has propelled voter-suppression laws across the country, in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Montana and other states.

Here, Republicans just got rid of one of Arizona’s most effective voting measures: the Permanent Early Voter List. Previously, anyone who signed up for the list would automatically receive a mail-in ballot at their home for each election they are eligible to vote in. This law, enacted by a Republican-controlled state legislature in 2007, is hugely popular: Some 75 percent of eligible voters relied on the list to receive their mail-in ballots in 2020, and nearly 80 percent decided to vote by mail.

Last month, though, Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed legislation that removes people from the list if they do not vote by mail in two election cycles — even if they choose to vote by other methods. This subtle adjustment — changing the Permanent Early Voter List to the Active Early Voter List — could prevent more than 100,000 Arizonans from receiving their ballots. And Republicans will not stop there. Several other bills, each designed to further restrict access to voting, are under consideration in the Arizona legislature.

I am working with our legislators to defeat those bills, many of which are designed to depress turnout of minority and lower-income voters. But with Republicans in control of both chambers of our legislature, my options on a state level are limited. So I am sounding the alarm and appealing to my Democratic colleagues in Washington for help.

The U.S. Senate is currently considering two voting rights bills. One, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, would prevent states from passing further measures to restrict ballot access that disproportionately target minority voters. But that legislation would do nothing to roll back anti-voting laws that are already on the books. Republicans have instituted 22 voter-suppression laws in 14 states so far this year. To simply let these regressive measures stand would be to abandon our duty as public officials.

Another federal bill, the For the People Act, would strike down the senseless restrictions that Republicans have rushed to impose. What’s more, the bill includes many long overdue, common-sense ideas that would expand voting rights such as automatic national voter registration. Passing these provisions would be a huge victory — not for Democrats specifically but for democracy.

Moar...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/14/arizona-secretary-state-voting/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63337 (152314ZJUN21) Notable: Three armed F-22 fighters launched Sunday from Honolulu at request of FAA

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BOXER98 was on hold prior to arriving at Hickam when dat going on

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63339 (152321ZJUN21) Notable: Platinum Equity Strikes Deal to Buy McGraw Hill From Apollo

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Platinum Equity Strikes Deal to Buy McGraw Hill From Apollo

Deal for the textbook publisher is valued at about $4.5 billion, including debt

Private-equity firm Platinum Equity has struck a deal to buy McGraw Hill from Apollo Global Management Inc.

The deal for the textbook publisher and educational-technology company, announced Tuesday following an earlier report by The Wall Street Journal, is valued at about $4.5 billion, including debt.

Apollo agreed in 2012 to buy the education unit of McGraw-Hill Cos. for about $2.5 billion, including debt. After the sale was completed, the remaining parent company changed its name to McGraw Hill Financial Inc., later changing it again to S&P Global Inc. The Apollo-owned company retained the McGraw Hill name.

McGraw Hill provides textbooks and digital-learning tools and platforms for higher education, grade-school districts and a variety of other academic institutions and companies. Its products are distributed in more than 100 countries around the world.

The company became less print-centric under Apollo’s ownership, completing six acquisitions of digitally focused companies since 2013. It now brings in $1 billion in annual revenue from digital, accounting for more than 60% of its top line, compared with less than 25% in 2013.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/platinum-equity-strikes-deal-to-buy-mcgraw-hill-from-apollo-11623788101

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63341 (152327ZJUN21) Notable: Tongue Out Tuesday PF updates

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ROCKY25 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed JBA after arriving from Brussels earlier as TITAN25

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BOXER45 USAF C-40C inbound to JBA from it's Palm Springs Int'l ground stop-departed Hickam AFB earlier today

See above linkys for additional info on this AC

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63348 (152340ZJUN21) Notable: HHS Inspector General Launches Probe Into NIH Grant Program

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HHS Inspector General Launches Probe Into NIH Grant Program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday the agency’s watchdog would be launching an investigation into the grant program under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after the NIH funded a research entity sending money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

From 2014 to 2019, the NIH approved a five-year annual grant of $600,000 to the New York-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance which in turn, went to study bat coronaviruses that could infect humans at the WIV, a suspected origin site of the novel Wuhan coronavirus.

According to the State Department, the WIV worked in collaboration with the Chinese military and engaged in high-risk “gain-of-function” research, wherein scientists extract viruses from the wild and engineer them to infect humans to study potential therapeutics such as vaccines. This form of research is so dangerous the U.S. government banned its funding in 2014 while HHS implemented processes to evaluate grant proposals before the moratorium was lifted three years later.

Earlier this month, House Republican Reps Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin launched the first congressional investigation into HHS itself for its failure to properly review the grant to EcoHealth Alliance under the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a sub-agency of NIH directed by Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Dr. Fauci has been a longtime defender of gain-of-function research, writing in a 2012 paper the study was worth the risk of a pandemic.

While Dr. Fauci conceded the existence of the $600,000 annual grant to EcoHealth before lawmakers earlier this year, internal documents obtained by Judicial Watch show the amount may have been even higher, as much as $826,000.

On Tuesday, Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst unveiled the NIH as the June recipient of her monthly “Squeal Award” where the senator identifies sources of wasteful government spending. Ernst also unveiled the Stop the Outlay of Payments (STOP) Act aimed to cut funding from groups that refuse transparency over its projects.

In a Tuesday meeting with reporters, The Federalist asked whether we would ever have known that EcoHealth Alliance was funneling money to the WIV in the Hubei Province absent a pandemic, Sen. Ernst said it was “doubtful.”

When asked by The Federalist how her bill would correct that, Ernst pointed to its rejection of federal money from organizations that don’t comply with transparency measures.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/15/hhs-inspector-general-launches-probe-into-nih-grant-program-over-wuhan-lab-funding/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63351 (152342ZJUN21) Notable: Ariz. Gov. Signs Executive Order Banning Schools From Requiring Vaccines, Masks, COVID Tests

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Ariz. Gov. Signs Executive Order Banning Schools From Requiring Vaccines, Masks, COVID Tests

PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today issued an Executive Order protecting access to Arizona’s public universities and community colleges for all students.

Under the Executive Order, students cannot be mandated to take the COVID-19 vaccine or submit COVID-19 vaccination documents. Students also cannot be mandated to be tested or wear masks in order to participate in learning.

The Executive Order provides exemptions for students participating in medical or clinical training. It does not prevent institutions of higher learning from encouraging vaccinations, providing testing or having voluntary mask usage, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control.

“The vaccine works, and we encourage Arizonans to take it. But it is a choice and we need to keep it that way,” said Governor Ducey. “Public education is a public right, and taxpayers are paying for it. We need to make our public universities available for students to return to learning. They have already missed out on too much learning. From K-12 to higher education, Arizona is supporting in-person learning.”

https://breaking911.com/breaking-ariz-gov-signs-executive-order-banning-schools-from-requiring-vaccines-masks-covid-tests/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63353 (152349ZJUN21) Notable: Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California, NY judge rules

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63355 (152357ZJUN21) Notable: Tx Gov Cease and desist notice is step 1

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https://t.me/praying_medic/2012

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63356 (160003ZJUN21) Notable: Tx Gov Cease and desist notice is step 1

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Cease and desist notice is step 1

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1404836819087380481

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63357 (160007ZJUN21) Notable: FBI is creating Q groups on telegram to attract 'white supremacists.'

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General McInerney, [15.06.21 10:38]

False Flag to be blamed on Trump supporters.

Stay away from large gatherings for the meantime.

Do not type anything on your social media which can be used against you.

Remove your pictures from your telegram profiles.

FBI is creating Q groups on telegram to attract 'white supremacists.'

You've been warned. Be smart and stay vigilant.

https://t.me/GeneralMcInerney/1145

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63358 (160010ZJUN21) Notable: Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California, NY judge rules

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General McInerney, [15.06.21 11:43]

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63369 (160030ZJUN21) Notable: 21 House Republicans vote NO on bill to award congressional gold medals to Jan. 6 police, up from 12 in March.

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NEW: 21 House Republicans vote NO on bill to award congressional gold medals to Jan. 6 police, up from 12 in March.

https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1404914664111329281

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63371 (160032ZJUN21) Notable: 45 on border

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The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in U.S history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in U.S history. It’s an unmitigated disaster zone.

https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/106416984584519920

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63372 (160032ZJUN21) Notable: 45 on DOJ

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The DOJ was clearly wrong here. Of course that’s an abuse of power - the same way it was an abuse of power for Schiff and Swalwell to seize Rep. Nunes phone data and publish it without a warrant. We should call out those who do it equally and work to stop these abuses.

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1404918675115806723

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63373 (160034ZJUN21) Notable: 45 ot visit border on June 30

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Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America.

I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation’s decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in U.S history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in U.S history. It’s an unmitigated disaster zone.

We went from detain-and-remove to catch-and-release. We went from having border security that was the envy of the world to a lawless border that is now pitied around the world. Biden and Harris have handed control of our border over to cartels, criminals, and coyotes. Drug dealers, MS-13 gang members, human smugglers, sex traffickers, and the criminal elements of the world now have free reign. Hospitals and schools are getting crushed and public health is being sacrificed all in service of a radical left anti-borders agenda. Our brave border agents and courageous ICE officers have been illegally stopped from doing their jobs. Our Nation is now one giant sanctuary city where even dangerous criminals are being cut loose and set free inside the U.S interior on a daily basis.

If this weren’t bad enough, Biden and Harris won’t even tour the scenes of the wreckage they created, or come down and visit with the Border Patrol and ICE heroes risking their lives to defend our Nation at a time when the White House is doing everything it can to make their job totally impossible.

What Biden and Harris have done, and are continuing to do on our border, is a grave and willful dereliction of duty.

My visit will hopefully shine a spotlight on these crimes against our Nation-and show the incredible people of ICE and Border Patrol that they have our unshakeable support.

Media credentialing information will be provided at a later date.

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https://t.me/georgenews/1517

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63374 (160036ZJUN21) Notable: And unlike the current admin, the media will have ACCESS to this visit!

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And unlike the current admin, the media will have ACCESS to this visit!

https://twitter.com/JennPellegrino/status/1404924079006785538

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63375 (160037ZJUN21) Notable: ICYMI: "McLaughlin Poll: 64% Say Biden Won't Run in 2024, Trump Beats Harris"

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GEORGENEWS, [15.06.21 15:27]

SAVE AMERICA

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

JUNE 15, 2021

BEDMINSTER, NJ

ICYMI: "McLaughlin Poll: 64% Say Biden Won't Run in 2024, Trump Beats Harris"

Read the full article by Charlie McCarthy for Newsmax here.

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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-harris-biden-mclaughlin/2021/05/19/id/1021965/

https://t.me/georgenews/1516

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63376 (160039ZJUN21) Notable: 45 on Liz Harrington/reaching millions

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Donald J. Trump

Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

Donald J. Trump is pleased to announce Liz Harrington, a strong Republican conservative voice for America and who has represented conservative policies so well over the years, as our new spokesperson for Save America and Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America. Liz will be taking the place of Jason Miller, who will be leaving to enter the private sector. "I greatly thank Jason for his service—he is outstanding!" said President Donald J. Trump.

“Liz Harrington is a fighter,” said President Trump. “She was an important part of our receiving more votes than any incumbent President in U.S. history, far more than we received the first time we won.”

“It is an honor of a lifetime to represent President Trump and to stand for the truth,” said Harrington. “At such a critical time for our country, President Trump’s fighting spirit is needed now more than ever. We will not stand idly by and let America fall to the Radical Left-Wing Mob.”

Harrington is the former national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, editor-in-chief of WarRoom.org, and senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon. She has long been a staunch supporter of President Trump.

https://t.me/s/real_DonaldJTrump

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63377 (160040ZJUN21) Notable: 45 on Liz Harrington/reaching millions

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Donald J. Trump

ICYMI: "Trump May Be Banned From Facebook, But He’s Still Reaching Millions..."

"...Trump’s message can reach social media audiences comparable in size to those he commanded while still on Twitter and Facebook, a New York Times analysis published Monday found. In fact, the outlet found 11 of the 89 statements Trump has published online since he was banned from mainstream social media sites have attracted 'as many likes or shares as the median post before the ban, if not more.'"

Read the full article by Jemima McEvoy for Forbes

Donald J. Trump

ICYMI: "McLaughlin Poll: 64% Say Biden Won't Run in 2024, Trump Beats Harris"

Read the full article by Charlie McCarthy for @NewsmaxTV

https://t.me/s/real_DonaldJTrump

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63378 (160042ZJUN21) Notable: pb U.S. Space Force successfully launches first tactically responsive launch mission-spaceforce.mil

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Hush-hush military satellite ready to ride Pegasus rocket into orbit

June 12, 2021

A small U.S. military satellite named Odyssey, designed and built in less than a year by a secretive new Space Force special projects unit, is set to launch early Sunday from an aircraft off the coast of California aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket.

The mission’s goal is to demonstrate how the military can develop and launch satellites on faster timescales. The small spacecraft, which a Space Force spokesperson said is named Odyssey, is buttoned up inside the nose cone of a Pegasus XL rocket.

The solid-fueled Pegasus launcher is mounted under the belly of an L-1011 carrier jet awaiting takeoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The triple-engine aircraft is expected to take off about an hour before launch time, which the Space Force said is set for 4:11 a.m. EDT (1:11 a.m. PDT; 0811 GMT) Sunday.

Northrop Grumman and the Space Force do not plan to provide a live webcast of the launch.

There is a 60% chance of acceptable weather for Sunday’s launch opportunity, primarily driven by a thick marine cloud layer at Vandenberg that could prevent the L-1011 aircraft, named “Stargazer,” from taking off.

The 55-foot-long (17-meter) Pegasus XL rocket is capable of placing a payload of up to 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) into low Earth orbit, according to Northrop Grumman. The rocket consists of a winged first stage and two additional solid-fueled motors.

The L-1011 carrier jet, crewed by two pilots, a flight engineer, and two launch operators, will head west from Vandenberg to the Pegasus drop box about 150 miles (250 kilometers) off the coast.

“At this point, we’re pretty much ready to go,” said Kurt Eberly, director of Northrop Grumman’s launch vehicles division. “We are monitoring the weather. The marine layer has been moving in at night, and this launch is scheduled for early morning. So we’ll be monitoring that for some of the aircraft constraints in terms of ceiling minimums and visibility minimums, and hopefully we can get clear on that.”

The mission launching Sunday is known as TacRL-2, and is part of the Space Force’s “Tactically Responsive Launch” program.

Military officials have released few details about the Odyssey satellite.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/12/hush-hush-military-satellite-ready-to-ride-pegasus-rocket-into-orbit/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63379 (160045ZJUN21) Notable: Federal judge blocks Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

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Federal judge blocks Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana, who ordered that plans be resumed for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states. Doughty’s ruling granting a preliminary injunction to those states said his order applies nationwide.

The 13 states said the administration bypassed comment periods and other bureaucratic steps required before such delays can be undertaken. Doughty heard arguments in the case last week in Lafayette.

The moratorium was imposed after Democratic President Joe Biden on Jan. 27 signed executive orders to fight climate change. The suit was filed in March. The states opposing the suspension said it was undertaken without the required comment periods and other bureaucratic steps.

Federal lawyers also argued that the public notice and comment period doesn’t apply to the suspension, that the lease sales aren’t required by law and that the Secretary of the Interior has broad discretion in leasing decisions.

Although Landry and the lawsuit’s supporters said the moratorium has already driven up prices and endangered energy jobs, Biden’s suspension didn’t stop companies from drilling on existing leases.

“No existing lease has been cancelled as a result of any of the actions challenged here, and development activity from exploration through drilling and production has continued at similar levels as the preceding four years,” lawyers for the administration argued in briefs.

A long-term halt to oil and gas sales would curb future production and could hurt states like Louisiana that are heavily dependent on the industry that has contributed to global warming.

The lawsuit notes that coastal states receive significant revenue from onshore and offshore oil and gas activity. Stopping leases, the lawsuit argues, would diminish revenue that pays for Louisiana efforts to restore coastal wetlands, raise energy costs and lead to major job losses in oil-producing states.

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/15/federal-judge-blocks-bidens-pause-new-oil-gas-leases/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63381 (160053ZJUN21) Notable: Tongue Out Tuesday planefaggin

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>>140495 pb

SPIT79 USAFSOC C-32B on descent for Hickam AFB from JB Lewis-McChord overnight

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RCAF CFC01 Airbus CC-150 MRTT on ground at Ottawa Int'l from Brussels depart earlier

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63383 (160106ZJUN21) Notable: Federal judge blocks Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

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tyb

how can i out do the big tanks lb?

(do dey have tanks on other planets?)

just got bak from cleaning the garage, kekked to see notable tanks

>>140548

>Feds didn't allow for required comment periods

Imagine that

i'd forgotten that "the People" once had comment periods

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63386 (160111ZJUN21) Notable: G7 leaders discuss dangerously high rising sea levels...

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from ResignationAnon

https://t.me/Resignation_Anon/155

forwarded from Bob G

G7 leaders discuss dangerously high rising sea levels....[on a beach where sea level is the same as a century ago]

WHOOPS.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/63387 (160111ZJUN21) Notable: Twitter Becomes First American Platform to Lose its Coveted ‘Legal Shield’ in India

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Twitter Becomes First American Platform to Lose its Coveted ‘Legal Shield’ in India

Twitter became the first American platform to lose its legal shield in India for 3rd party content.

Twitter failed to appoint statutory officers under the new IT rules by May 25 and ignored the “one last notice” issued on June 5.

The Times of India reported:

NEW DELHI: Twitter has lost the coveted “safe harbour” immunity in India over its failure to appoint statutory officers on the company’s role in line with the new IT rules, and its top executives, including the country managing director, could now face police questioning and criminal liability under IPC over ‘unlawful’ and ‘inflammatory’ content posted on the platform by any user.

With this, Twitter becomes the only American platform to have the protective shield – granted under Section 79 of the IT Act, even though others such as Google, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram remain protected, official sources said.

Last month the Delhi Police Special Cell raided offices of Twitter in Delhi and Gurgaon in connection with their “Toolkit” probe.

Police sent a letter to Twitter India after the social media giant labeled BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra’s tweet as “manipulated media.”

The BJP party (right-wing) is one of the two major political parties in India.

“We want to know what information Twitter has about the toolkit and why they chose to give the ‘manipulated media’ label. Our team is conducting raids at their Delhi office in Mehrauli and their Gurgaon office on Golf Course Road,” said the officer.

Read more from the Times of India here.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/twitter-becomes-first-american-platform-lose-coveted-legal-shield-india/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/twitter-loses-legal-shield-in-india-for-3rd-party-content/articleshow/83556056.cms