Vandals desecrated churches in Utah and eastern Turkey. Meanwhile, Antifa militants in France attacked Catholics at a service commemorating the martyrs of the 1871 Paris Commune.
In other news, the war memorial in Providence, Rhode Island was vandalized on Memorial Day.
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Eurozone Inflation Hit Two Per Cent in May
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eurozone inflation rose to 2.0% in May, driven higher by rising oil prices as other inflationary pressures appeared to remain subdued.
The modest price rise in Europe compares with a much stronger jump in the US that has led to discussion about the inflationary impact of stimulus and relief policies from government spending and central banks.
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2nd Man Pleads in Destruction of Police Car Amid Protests
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A second western Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car set afire during last year’s protests over the death of George Floyd.
Da’Jon Lengyel, 23, of McKees Rocks pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding” and “unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that when asked by a federal judge whether he had done what he was accused of, he said “I did, your honor.”
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Court Documents Show Google Admits Privacy is Almost Impossible on Android
Unredacted court documents revealed Google employees admitting the company makes it difficult for Android users to keep their location data private. Google executives admitted the same thing in court testimonies.
Last year, the Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of unlawfully collecting Android users’ location data, even for users that have opted out. Last week, a judge ordered Google to unredact some sections of documents submitted in court, at the request of digital rights groups News Media Alliance and Digital Content Next. The groups argued un-redacting the documents was in the interest of the public, pointing out that Google was using its substantial legal resources to hide its questionable data collection practices.
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FBI Agent Accused of Shooting Metro Passenger Released by Judge
An FBI agent accused of shooting a Metro passenger last December has turned himself in after facing charges of second-degree murder.
A judge released an FBI agent accused of shooting a Metro passenger last December — on good faith he returns in two weeks to face charges of second-degree attempted murder.
Eduardo Valdivia turned himself in Tuesday on charges stemming from a Dec.15 shooting in Montgomery County, Maryland, on a Red Line train, his attorney Robert Bonsib said.
Last week, a grand jury indicted Valdivia, 37, on charges of attempted second-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment and felony use of a firearm.
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Feds: Seattle Man Arrested Trying to Join ISIS Terror Group
SEATTLE (AP) — A 20-year-old Seattle man is facing a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.
Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as he checked in for a flight to Cairo, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
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GOP Rep’s Home Vandalized With Profanity and Anarchist Symbols
South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace’s home was vandalized in the early hours of Memorial Day Monday with vile insults and anarchist graffiti.
Photos posted to her Twitter show the street, sidewalks, and foundation of her house spray painted with the phrases “f*ck you Nancy,” “pass the pro act,” “no gods, no masters,” and “all politicians are b*stards,” along with the anarchy “A” symbol.
“In the early morning hours of Memorial Day, my home, where I’m raising my two children, was vandalized with Antifa symbols and profanity,” wrote Mace.
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A student at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, claims she had been the victim of racist incidents, including arson. However, police discovered that the alleged victim of framed hate crimes was the one caught on surveillance video starting the fire in the university’s residence hall.
Viterbo University student Victoria Unanka is reported to have texted a friend on April 18, claiming that a small fire started in the girl’s residence hall must have been directed towards herself because it began in the next room over.
When police investigated the fire and reviewed security footage, authorities discovered that it was the same student who set the fire.
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Infamous DeSantis Conspiracy Theorist Announces Run for Florida Governor
Democrat Nikki Fried, who serves as Florida’s Agricultural Commissioner, is primarying to become the state’s governor.
Fried made the announcement via a Twitter video. In addition to an English version she made alternates with Spanish and Haitian subtitles.
It’s unclear why Nikki Fried didn’t fully commit to speaking Spanish and Haitian in these versions. “Those in power will do whatever harm it takes to stay there,” Fried says in English.
This statement alludes to the controversial background of Fried’s political career.
As the Daily Caller points out, Nikki Fried comes with an airport’s worth of baggage and history.
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Maryland Governor Announces End of Enhanced Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Amid Worker Shortages
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that the state will be ending enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits and reinstating the job search requirements as early as next month amid an uptick in COVID-19 vaccinations and worker shortages.
Via press release, Hogan stated that the combination of reaching the 70 percent vaccination-rate threshold in the state and the 12 consecutive months of job growth brought about the discontinuation of the program.
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Nearly All COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Today marks the turning of a new page, taking a major step towards post-pandemic life.
At 12:01 this morning, area businesses, bars, restaurants, places of worship, and more — all got the green light from the state to return to a sense of normalcy.
Pennsylvania lifted many of its COVID-19 restrictions, bringing a much needed semblance of normalcy to residents and businesses who have spent more than a year abiding by ever-changing rules.
Expect to see more people at gyms, salons, theaters — and don’t expect to see spaced out tables at restaurants.
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New York Times writer Margaret Renkl scolded Americans in a Memorial Day weekend column who “refused” to give up social gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but alternatively celebrated gatherings of Black Lives Matter protestors in various columns she wrote last year.
The liberal writer seemingly ignored her past writings lauding the number of people attending Black Lives Matter protests amid the early months of the pandemic. She blasted those Americans she sarcastically referred to as “patriots,” blaming them for the lack of “another kind of Memorial Day,” in which the lives saved from the coronavirus by Americans joining together in a commitment to national service may have otherwise been known.
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Ogden Church Target of Three Different Acts of Vandalism
OGDEN, Utah — The Potter’s House Christian Center in Ogden is facing thousands of dollars in repair costs after being the target of vandalism on three separate occasions — each of the three attacks happening in the span of less than one month.
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Police Chief Pleads Guilty After Allegedly Threatening Arrest of Citizen Over a Facebook Post
A Police Chief in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation charge after threatening a private citizen who posted negative comments about him and his department with “fake arrest.”
The private citizen, Paul DeLorenzo, posted critical comments on Facebook about the West Hazleton Police Department and its Chief Brian Buglio because of the slow response to make an arrest in a case involving him, according to the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s US Attorney’s Office. In his posts, DeLorenzo also accused Buglio of “committing a violent crime.”
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Pontiac Stabbing Victim Jumps Out of Second Floor Window to Escape Attacker
A 49-year-old man who had been stabbed Monday escaped from his attacker by jumping out of his Pontiac home’s second floor window, officials said.
Oakland County deputies and medics were called about 11 a.m. Monday to a home in the 300 block of South Jessie Street near Woodward and Auburn for a report of an assault with a knife, according to authorities.
The caller told deputies a man who lived nearby came to his house for help and claimed to have jumped out of a second story window. The caller said the man had been stabbed and said his girlfriend was being sexually assaulted.
Deputies found the victim with multiple stab wounds. Medics rendered aid to the victim.
Deputies said the screen from a second story bedroom window was in the driveway next to a pair of shoes. They also saw blood on the home’s vinyl siding below the window.
During an interview with the male victim and his 37-year-old girlfriend, they told deputies they were at a Detroit laundromat earlier when they asked a man they knew as “Steve Sleeves” for a ride home.
After they arrived at their home, they said that man helped them carry their laundry to an upstairs bedroom where he demanded sex from the woman, officials said. Her boyfriend came to her aid, police said, and he was stabbed multiple times during the struggle.
The female victim told police she threw a lamp at the man and fled the home to get help as her boyfriend jumped out of the window. Deputies said the man fled the home in his vehicle.
The wounded victim was taken to a hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Rhode Island War Memorial Vandalized on Memorial Day
Police in Providence, Rhode Island, are investigating after the Providence War Memorial was vandalized on Memorial Day.
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A seemingly crazed man punched a 55-year-old Asian woman in the face in Chinatown Monday evening so hard that she collapsed to the ground in what police are describing as an ‘unprovoked’ attack.
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Shooting Reported at Los Angeles County Fire Station
At least one person was shot Tuesday morning at a Los Angeles County fire station in Agua Dulce, California, CBS LA reported. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the shooting at Fire Station 81 and was airlifted to the hospital.
Investigators were also responding to a second scene where a home was ablaze about 10 miles away in Acton, the station reported. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the fire was linked to the shooting.
The L.A. County Fire Department said the shooting occurred at 10:55 a.m. local time. “The [department] is still in the process of gathering additional information & are cooperating with law [enforcement] throughout this ongoing incident,” the department said on Twitter.
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Washington Court Rules YouTubers Aren’t Members of the News Media
The Washington State Supreme Court rules that YouTubes are not a member of the “News Media,” and therefore do not qualify for press privileges. The ruling shows how existing legislation works against individual and independent journalists whose medium is online platforms.
In the Green vs. Pierce County case, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the YouTuber is not a member of the “News Media.” Green runs a news YouTube channel called “Liberty’s Champion,” which has more than 18k subscribers. He submitted a public records request to Pierce County after he had a disagreement with a security guard employed by the county. The purpose of the request was to get more information about the county’s security force.
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Students in Washington DC eagerly signed a fake petition to ‘cancel Memorial Day’, agreeing that the holiday “celebrates American Imperialism.”
Campus Reform reporter Addison Smith conducted the experiment to get an idea of how many students would happily forget about the day of remembrance for fallen US heroes.
Smith managed to get 50 signatures in a short time, with some condemning the holiday before even reading the petition.
One student said “I don’t think Memorial Day should be a thing that we celebrate… I feel like it’s a celebration of U.S. imperialism and colonialism.”
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Watch: Tlaib Demands Banks Stop Financing Oil Refineries Because of ‘Environmental Racism’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) wants to hold megabanks accountable to racial equity. Tlaib asked gathered CEOs of banks “Do you know what environmental racism is? Yes or no.” She said this as though “environmental racism” is actually a thing.
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‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do. No One is Celebrating, ‘ Supt. Brown Says
After one of the least deadly Memorial Day weekends in recent years, the city’s top cop on Tuesday praised his officers as well as community outreach workers for making the difference.
“They are out there until 2, 3 and 4 in the morning with our Chicago police officers, intervening in ways that Chicago police officers can’t to reduce the violence,” Supt. David Brown said during a briefing at police headquarters.
Three people were killed and 34 others suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds over the weekend.
While the overall tally was the same, this weekend was less deadly than in 2018 when seven were killed and 30 others wounded. Last year, 10 people were shot dead and 39 others wounded over the holiday weekend.
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Police in Alberta, Canada, have illegally jailed three religious leaders since the start of the year for holding worship services in violation of public health guidelines. Other churches have had their services illegally disrupted, and all have been hit with heavy fines. These actions highlight an intensifying campaign against religious freedom in Canada.
International headlines picked up on one of the most dramatic of these stories. Artur Pawlowski, pastor of a church near Calgary, Alberta, became famous after a viral video from April 4 in which a health inspector, accompanied by police officers without a warrant, interrupted his Easter service. The video shows the pastor confronting the police and telling them to leave the property, calling them “Communists” and “gestapo.”
“I grew up under communism and my grandparents lived under the Nazis,” Pawlowski told the Toronto Sun. “My family escaped the Communists in Poland and first went to Greece and then to Canada to get away from it.”
Yet this was not the end of Mr. Pawlowski’s ordeal.
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COVID Jails Legal Battle: Rebel News, JCCF Suing to End Mandatory Quarantine Program
Today in federal court in Toronto, lawyers for Rebel News, alongside lawyers from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, are suing the federal government to put an end to Justin Trudeau’s illegal and unconstitutional COVID jail system.
Healthy Canadians arriving by air, who already tested negative for COVID before flying, have been required to quarantine for three days at the cost of thousands of dollars while they await a second PCR test upon landing in Canada. Upon the results of that second PCR test, these healthy COVID-free people are then required to finish out a 14-day quarantine at home.If travellers don’t submit to arbitrary COVID detention, which appears to be up to the discretion of the health agents at the border, or a second COVID test upon arrival, these law-abiding Canadians then face thousands of dollars in fines and possible jail time. Completely healthy people are being arrested, detained and — as we found out today in court — denied the knowledge that they have a right to contact a lawyer, all in the name of “two weeks to flatten the curve.”
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Jewish-Owned Toronto Business Targeted by Anti-Semitic Graffiti Referencing Holocaust
The Jewish owner of a Kensington Market, Toronto business is speaking out after his business was defaced by anti-Semitic graffiti earlier this month, CP24 reports.
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Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole released a statement on Tuesday calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release documents related to a possible security breach in Canada’s top microbiology lab.
“Today, Canada’s Conservatives are demanding that Justin Trudeau release the secret documents he has been hiding from Canadians. These documents are about the transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019, and Drs. Xiangguo Qiu and Keding Cheng, who had their security clearances revoked and were fired after the transfer.
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Powerful: Pastor Art Returns to Street Church to Celebrate Public Baptism in Calgary
This past Sunday, I attended Street Church in Calgary, after Pastors Peter Reicher and Derek Reimer — who have been filling in for Pastor Artur Pawlowski — were served papers under a May 6 court order that could lead to jail time for individuals organizing and attending illegal social gatherings in Alberta.
This week, a surprise guest showed up: Pastor Artur Pawlowski.
Pastor Artur preached briefly and said his hellos, but had actually come to baptize his daughter in the Bow River.
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The Quebec Curfew is Finally Over!
It’s over, it’s finally over! After almost five months the “four-week” curfew has finally come to an end!
Much like two weeks to flatten the curve has taken over 15 months (and counting), the Quebec curfew lasted for almost five months. The curfew was enforced with heavy-handed policing; if you were caught outside at night without valid paperworkto prove your exemption, and sometimes even if you had those papers, you got a $1,550 fine.
The curfew was arbitrary and served no purpose. All it established was that the political class had complete control over the people.
[Comment: Article dated May 31, 2021.]
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Toronto Hosts a Deciding NHL Playoff Game 7 — and Its First-Ever Vaccine-Passport Event
On Monday, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Montreal Canadiens at the Scotiabank Arena in Game 7 of their opening round playoff series (spoiler alert: the game ended in traditional Hogtown fashion: the Leafs lost — and lost badly).
But more fascinating than what was happening down on the ice was what was occurring up in the stands.
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Belgium: 5 Suspects Detained for Raping and Sexually Abusing Girl Who Later Took Her Own Life
Three minors and two adults have been detained on suspicion of the rape and sexual assault of a teenage girl. The girl from Gavere in East Flanders later took her own life. The girl’s father tells of the horrific events in an interview with Tuesday morning’s edition of the daily ‘Het Nieuwsblad’. However, due to the sensitivity of the case the East Flemish Judicial Authorities are providing little if any information about their investigation.
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Demographic Crisis: Newborn Numbers in Romania Drop to 90-Year Low
The demographic crisis is deepening in Romania, with recent data from the National Statistics Institute (INS) showing that the number of citizens in the under-18 age cohort dropped by one-percentage point last year.
Those under the age of 18 now make up 17.6 percent of the population registered as residents in Romania, but this number also includes a significant proportion of those who in fact live abroad.
Last year, 178,609 live births were registered in the country, 24,500 less than in 2019. In comparison, the number of deaths in 2020 approached 300,000. The last time so few children were born in the country was in 1930, the INS pointed out. The Statistical Institute has no data for the period between 1941 and 1945.
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France: Antifa Militants Attack Catholics Commemorating Martyrs in Paris
Far-left Antifa militants physically attacked a group of Roman Catholic believers commemorating the martyrdom of Catholics by leftist extremists during the Paris commune in 1871, leaving one man hospitalised.
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France: Pizza Deliveryman Ambushed by Teens in ‘Lawless’ Paris Neigborhood
A pizza deliveryman was brutally beaten by a group of young males in a Paris district described as ‘lawless,’ according to reports.
On Saturday night, a Domino’s employee named Cheikh carried over 100 euros (~$125) of pizza to an address on avenue de Verdun, a ‘sensitive neighborhood’ in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital.
‘Sensitive’ regions can alternatively be described as de facto ‘no-go zones’ due to large migrant populations and high crime along with reduced law enforcement, in general.
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Germany: Hamburg Police Shoot Attacker With Knife Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
While shouting “Allahu Akbar”, a man in Hamburg attacked car drivers with a knife in Hamburg on Friday afternoon last week. The police were unable to pacify the man with a taser and pepper spray, and the intervention unit eventually shot the attacker, reports the Bild daily.
The incident took place around 4:00 p.m. near Hamburg’s city park in the Winterhude district. The unknown man threatened drivers and stabbed cars while shouting “Allahu Akbar”. As he approached the police with a knife, one of them fired at him. The attacker died of his injuries.
According to police spokeswoman Sandra Levgrün, a religious motivation behind the attack has to be considered.
[Comment: It’s getting to be where I’m not sure if I had submitted such news stories to the newsfeed already.]
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A number of fines were handed to individuals who partied on a beach in Sliema over the weekend, Lovin Malta is informed.
A large gathering near Exiles Beach saw police issue a number of fines to revellers for breaking Covid-19 restriction measures.
The beach party was captured on video and shared online, with many condemning the actions of the youths who showed a complete disregard for current social distancing measures.
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Map of Islam Project Leads to Controversy and Death Threats in Austria
In Austria, an interactive map of Islam displaying over 600 mosques, prayer houses, and Muslim associations operating in the country is sparking controversy and leading to those behind the project to require protective police custody.
According to the creators, it is intended to provide an overview of those locations which spreads a potentially dangerous interpretation of Islam. However, some domestic and foreign critics claim the map is racist despite the fact that it only has to do with religion and not ethnicity.
The map of Islam was prepared by the Documentation Center for Political Islam (Dokumentationsstelle Politischer Islam), established last year by the current government of ÖVP and the Greens, in collaboration with theologians from the University of Vienna. The goal is to “scientifically document and research” political Islam.
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Pakistani Girl Feared Dead in Italy After Refusing Arranged Marriage With Cousin
Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after refusing an arranged marriage.
The girl’s parents, an uncle and two cousins are under investigation for murder, lieutenant colonel Stefano Bove of the Carabinieri police said on Saturday.
All “are supposed to have taken part in the crime”, he told reporters, while officers were combing through farmland to find the missing girl, Saman Abbas.
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The EU’s COVID Digital Pass System Has Gone Live
The European Union’s pan-EU “digital pass,” a digital certificate for verifying COVID-19 vaccination and test status, went live this week, with several member states already connected to the system’s gateway, with more expected to follow suit. The system’s full launch is slated for July 1.
The union’s COVID-19 verification certificate will provide a single system for citizens in member countries to prove their COVID-19 status as they cross borders within the region. The digital pass uses digital signatures and QR codes, with a public key cryptography to prevent forging. Those without smartphones can get paper-based certificates.
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UK Records Zero COVID Deaths, Pro-Lockdown Adviser Told to “Shut Up”
On the day that the UK recorded ZERO coronavirus deaths for the first time since before the first lockdown over a year ago, a government adviser who wants lockdown restrictions to remain in place says he is being told to “shut up”.
Maybe he should take their advice.
After recording just one COVID death yesterday, the whole of the UK reported no deaths whatsoever today.
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UK: Build Back Better: Vaccinate the ‘Whole World’ By 2022, Says Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for the leading economic powers to help vaccinate the entire world against the Chinese coronavirus by the end of next year and said that the G7 nations should craft a global pandemic preparedness treaty to enshrine vaccine passports and other measures.
Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Cornwall, England later this month, the British Prime Minister said that he will be looking to come to agreements with heads of state of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the European Union to confront future pandemics, officially codify global coronavirus measures, and to ship coronavirus vaccines to the developing world.
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Five people were killed in London between late Thursday night and Monday, with one Metropolitan Police superintendent describing the “relentless” demand in the capital over the Bank Holiday for law enforcement not normally seen outside of New Year’s.
Just before the beginning of the Bank Holiday, at 10 pm on Thursday, a 42-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in Cheam, south London. One man has since been charged with her murder.
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Horrified families have shared their experiences of a ‘night of chaos’ after over 100 partygoers descended on an £800-a-night Airbnb for an illegal rave in a quiet village.
Police were called to the swish four-bed house in the sleepy Kent village of Bearsted after a fight broke out during the party.
It is believed a group of young people rented out the £800-a-night party pad, which features a jacuzzi and movie room, despite the Airbnb listing stating no parties or events were allowed.
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1. If this were someone whom the British government claimed was a “right-wing extremist,” do you think he would be released from prison four-and-a-half years early? Neither do I.
2. Do you think the British government has the slightest concern for the safety and welfare of British citizens? Neither do I.
“Jihadi who joined Syrian terror group plotting to kill Brits ‘will be freed from prison four-and-a-half years early,’“ by Milly Vincent, MailOnline, May 30, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace).
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UK: Oil Terminal Blocked in ‘Greenwash’ Protest by Extinction Rebellion Activists
A BP oil terminal which supplies petrol stations across the south of England is being blockaded by Extinction Rebellion activists highlighting Government and fossil fuel industry “greenwash” policies
Four protesters locked to oil barrels are lying across the entrance to the facility in Hamble, Hampshire, preventing tanker lorries from accessing the site.
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UK: Police Officers Under Investigation for Lockdown Party
EXCLUSIVE: Police turning up to break up an illegal lockdown party were aghast to find their own colleagues flouting covid regulations inside.
Brighton police were called to a party in Hove on the evening of Saturday, May 15 — two days before people were allowed inside each other’s houses.
A number of off duty officers are now being investigated by Sussex Police’s professional standards department.
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UK: Stink Device Activated at Lloyd’s HQ
Insurance Rebellion has this afternoon taken part in another nationwide protest with Extinction Rebellion, visiting the main entrance of Lloyd’s of London and setting off a stink device. The protest is the latest to highlight the group’s demands that the UK Government and insurance industry stop supporting the West Cumbria coal mine and all other fossil fuel projects.
In an accompanying Press release, Insurance Rebellionnoted that: “The stink devices, which emitted a very strong smell of sulfur, represent the stink of the sulfur-rich coal mine, as well as the fact that the plan to build a coal mine in a climate emergency stinks.”
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Google’s Global Lead in Diversity Called Israelis ‘Jewish Extremists’ Hungry for Violence
A new story from the Free Beacon unearthed a 2007 blog post from someone who is now Google’s Head of Diversity Strategy, Kamau Bobb.
He wrote as if he was a Jewish man in modern times. Bobb mentions that it was nearly 80 years after Kristallnacht in order to make a loose comparison to the Jewish identity.
“If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself. Self defense is undoubtedly an instinct, but I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering [of] others. My greatest torment would be that I’ve misinterpreted the identity offered by my history and transposed spiritual and human compassion with self righteous impunity.”
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Church Attacked and Desecrated in Eastern Turkey
05/14/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) —International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on May 11, 2021, it was discovered that Marta Shimoni Church in Turkey’s village of Mehr was attacked and desecrated by unknown persons. This is the same village where the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest were kidnapped last year. The wife, Simoni Diril, was later found deceased. Her husband, Hormoz Diril, remains missing.
Marta Shimoni is a cave church built into the mountains, and thus cannot be destroyed in the same way as other churches. Video footage obtained by ICC shows that the destruction was primarily against the Christian items and relics inside the church. Crosses, pictures of Jesus, and rosaries were strewn across the path leading away from the mountain church’s entrance.
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Saudi Arabia to Jail People Who Post “Misinformation” About Weather
Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have decided to start clamping down on what they see as weather and climate-related “misinformation” shared on social networks.
The new rules, which will come into force in six months’ time in one of Middle East’s largest social media markets, envisage draconian punishment for those found guilty of breaking them: up to 10 years in jail, or a fine of over $500,000.
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Surah al-Fath was read, which is the 48th chapter of the Qur’an. “Indeed, we have given you a clear conquest…” (Qur’an 48:1)
“568th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest marked with visual feast,” by Kaan Bozdogan, Anadolu Agency, May 29, 2021.
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Indonesia: Muslims Murder Four Christian Farmers Who Were Working on Their Coffee Harvest
One of them was beheaded. “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4)
“ISIS-linked militants kill four farmers in Indonesian village,” AFP, May 12, 2021:
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Belgium Recalls Ambassador to South Korea After Wife Attacked Workers
Belgium has recalled its ambassador to South Korea after his wife allegedly assaulted two employees of a shop in Seoul, an incident that elicited widespread public anger in South Korea.
According to the AP, the Belgian Embassy said Foreign Affairs Minister Sophie Wilme’s had decided that it was in the best interest of bilateral relations to terminate Ambassador Peter Lescouhier’s tenure as Belgium’s ambassador to Seoul, a position he has held for three years. It’s been said that he will depart this summer, but an exact date hasn’t been released.
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Appearing on CBS News’ ‘Face The Nation’ Sunday, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb pointed out that “definitive” proof that a coronavirus outbreak occurred in the Wuhan lab could be found in blood samples from workers who are now known to have fallen sick and been hospitalised in November 2019.
When asked if he believes China knows where the virus really originated, Gottlieb replied “They would know the answer to the question because they would have blood samples from the workers in that lab.”
“And that’s the evidence that they haven’t made public,” he continued, adding “If, in fact, the blood samples show that a high prevalence of people in that lab have been exposed to this virus, that’s pretty definitive proof that this coursed through that lab.”
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Japanese Researchers Use Soybean Compound to Turn Male Fish Into Females
A team of researchers in Japan has succeeded in using a compound found in soybeans similar in effect to female hormones to turn male catfish into females.
“The team, from Kindai University’s Aquaculture Research Institute and based at the institute’s Shingu Station in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, used isoflavone — a compound found in soybeans similar in effect to female hormones — to create the all-female groups of catfish. The feat is a Japan first, according to the university,” reports The Mainichi.
The technique is being applied in order to boost production efficiency because females grow quicker to a required shipping weight of around 600 grams.
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Revealed: Peter Daszak Previously Thanked Dr. Fauci for Calling Wuhan Lab Leak Theory a ‘Myth’
The backlash against the main public figurehead of America’s response to the COVID pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, continues to intensify this week.
The situation overall renewed its traction after Fauci publicly flip-flopped late last month on the theories about where COVID came from.
For someone who is attempting to stay vague and hold on to some ignorance, he’ll be having a harder time with that thanks to newly uncovered evidence.
Today we’re learning of the close relationship between Peter Daszak and Fauci.
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Time Magazine Takes Money From Chinese State-Run Media Outlet to Run Articles on DJI, US Criticisms
As part of a $700,000 advertising deal with the Chinese state-run media outlet China Daily, Time Magazine published numerous articles praising the Chinese Communist Party’s latest five year plan, and promoting the controversial drone manufacturer that used its products to surveil Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
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Video: Senator Cotton Says China “Hasn’t Paid Enough Yet for Unleashing This Plague on the World”
Appearing on Fox News Monday, Senator Tom Cotton declared that it is “reasonable” to conclude that China is covering up a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, given the country’s previous actions and its refusal to cooperate with investigations.
“I think all of the evidence points towards those labs in Wuhan, and if we find out that that’s the origins of this virus, then China really needs to pay,” Cotton urged.
“They haven’t paid enough yet for unleashing this plague on the world,” the Senator added.
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Australia’s Drug Regulator Considers Referring Vaccine Hesitant Facebook Posts to Police
Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is considering referring Facebook posts containing claims about COVID vaccine deaths to the police after a post showing Labor backbencher Julian Hill getting his vaccine was met with mass pushback from vaccine skeptics.
The post was ratioed with almost twice the number of comments to engagements — a common sign that a post is unpopular.
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Billionaire Riyu Li bought up big in the Gold Coast hinterland but is now looking to sell, beginning with the recent sale of the scenic Wirlinga Park cattle farm for $5.35 million.
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China has indicated plans to pull the pin on Australia’s biggest earning export and diversify its iron ore supplies as tensions with Australia continue to simmer.
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Muslim Gouges Out Wife’s Eye in Front of Their Children, Tells Them She ‘Looks Like Dajjal’
Dajjal: “Narrated ‘Abdullah: Ad-Dajjal was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet. The Prophet said, ‘Allah is not hidden from you; He is not one-eyed,’ and pointed with his hand towards his eye, adding, ‘While Al-Masih Ad— Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a protruding grape.’“ (Bukhari 9.97.7407)
Amputated fingers: “When your Lord inspired to the angels, ‘I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.” (Qur’an 8:12)
There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures. So to post this is just “Islamophobic,” right? Wrong: there is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction.
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Victoria’s COVID-19 Lockdown Will be Extended Past the Weekend After Nine New Infections
Victoria’s snap-seven day lockdown is to be extended for another week, as Dan Andrews’ cabinet holds crisis talks after nine new infections.
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It’s clear what side the Nigerian government is on. It’s clear what side the international political and media establishment is on. What chance do Nigeria’s Christians have?
“Herdsmen Attacks Kill 37 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria,” Morning Star News, May 26, 2021.
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Contrast this with the Nigerian government’s resolute inaction in the face of near-daily jihad murders of Christians, at the hands of Fulanis and Boko Haram. Would the army and police ever raid a mosque to march away a group of jihadis? What do you think?
“EXCLUSIVE: Army, Police Invade Enugu Church, March 50 Members Away Over Alleged IPOB Membership,” Sahara Reporters, May 30, 2021.
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Archbishop Justin Badi Arama called for “an end to this senseless violence by the few in a country where Christians and Muslims live side by side.”
One wonders if the archbishop is familiar with Qur’anic teachings regarding the necessity to wage war against Christians and subjugate them under the rule of Islamic law.
“Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29)
“Primate of South Sudan urges prayer for Bishop of Abyei after ‘barbaric attack’ at Dungob Alei,” ACNS, May 18, 2021.
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mam Imran Hosein, an Islamic scholar from Trinidad and Tobago said that the Zionists manufactured the coronavirus in order to wipe out the Arabs from the Holy Land. He made these remarks in a video that was posted on his official YouTube account on May 5, 2021. Hosein claimed that the virus was designed to target only Arab DNA and not Jewish DNA.
Imran Hosein: “Those who are behind this virus… it’s not from nature, it is from a laboratory. And they are in fact pursuing biological warfare. This could not have come from nature. This is my first point, that it is in conflict with our [inaudible] that the virus could then reach all of mankind at the same time. That’s not possible, from the truth which has come from the Quran. If the virus has come from a laboratory, it’s manufactured, it constitutes, as I said, biological warfare. I have given the analyses many, many times so far in this last one year or so that we’ve been living with the virus, that we can recognize the end game. The end game is located in the holy land. And so this virus has Zionist roots in it.
[Comment: This virus has roots in a Chinese lab.]
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15 Dutch Mayors Unite Against Parallel Societies
The mayors of 15 Dutch cities, including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and the Hague, are calling for a national recovery plan to curb the emergence of parallel societies in migrant communities in the Netherlands. The mayors’ proclamation was published online by the Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad under the title “Bridge the gap”.
The politically correct term of “vulnerable districts”(“kwetsbare wijken”) used in the Netherlands to describe the phenomenon typically associated with the living areas of non-Western immigrants is often seen as a term that translates to poverty, crime, and unemployment. A similarly vulnerable district is the eastern part of Leeuwarden, whose mayor is also among the petitioners.
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Breaking: Texas Governor Declares State of Emergency Amid Ongoing Biden Border Crisis
In response to the escalating immigration crisis facing the Biden administration, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration along the state’s southern border with Mexico to provide additional resources and strategies to combat the ongoing influx of illegal aliens entering the United States.
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So when more Muslim migrants arrive, apparently they will be allowed to ignore French law and implement Sharia to the fullest extent. Sharia sanctions stoning for adultery, amputation for theft, the execution of apostates from Islam, and the beating of disobedient women. What could possibly go wrong? Celebrate diversity!
“‘Changing perceptions and minds’: from South Africa, Macron’s very political message to young people,” translated from ““Changer les regards et les esprits” : depuis l’Afrique du Sud, le message tre’s politique de Macron à la jeunesse,” by Pauline Théveniaud, Le Parisien.
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France: Illegal Migrants Arrested for Robbing and Raping 69-Year-Old Woman
A 69-year-old French woman was robbed and raped after two Algerian illegal migrants broke into her home.
The 20— and 21-year-old illegals broke into the victim’s home in Palaiseau, Essonne, at around 3 am on May 21st after entering through the garage. The victim saw the two men and was threatened with a knife, taken to her room, and raped by one of the Algerians.
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Employment data shows that it is a myth that immigration to France has economic benefits, French author and academic Jean-Paul Gourévitch said in an interview with Radio Sud.
“I have studied this topic extensively and today everyone in France, from the left to the right agrees that immigration costs more than it brings in,” Gourévitch said. “There is a major difference between left and right (oriented) economists regarding the costs: the leftist economists say the deficit is six to ten billion [euros per year], while those on the right say it is 40 to 44 billion. My own scientific research shows that the deficit is 20 to 25 billion [euros].”
Gourévitch also spoke about the debate in Europe and France whether worsening demographic figures should be improved via immigration or domestic demographic incentives.
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Nearly 570 Boat Migrants Land in UK in Four Days, Highest Number of 336 Land in One Day
The Home Office has confirmed that 568 illegals crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach Britain in just four days.
A total of 336 people in 19 boats crossed the channel from France on Friday, the highest figure for a single day so far this year. Another 144 made the same journey in seven boats the following day.
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Spain: 92% of Contacted Moroccan Families Don’t Want Their Children Back From Ceuta
On May 17, there was a rush for the Spanish border by thousands of migrants, including many minors. Now, despite Spanish authorities reaching out to parents whose children illegally crossed the border to reach Spain, these Moroccan parents have little interest in having their children return home.
Last week, authorities in the Spanish city of Ceuta began to focus on the issue of more than a thousand unaccompanied Moroccan minors left in Ceuta in the wake of the migration crisis unleashed on May 17. As El Faro Ceuta reported, there are still hundreds of young people who remain on the streets. The local administration already has 1,125 minors sheltered, and police are reviewing the status of another 920 individuals.
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Spanish Coast Guard Travelling Hundreds of Miles to Fetch African Boat Migrants
Migrants departing from African shores are being picked up at sea by Spanish authorities and transported long distances to European soil, according to reports.
Spain’s Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Maritima (Maritime Safety and Rescue Society) has reportedly been executing costly and complex missions to fetch boat migrants and bring them to the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa.
Evidence compiled by political analyst Rubén Pulido indicates Salvamento Maritimo is sending ships and planes hundreds of miles from the Canaries in search of migrants.
Pulido asserts the government agency is effectively colluding with ‘mafias’ to facilitate an ongoing migrant invasion of Europe.
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Florida Gov DeSantis Signs Bill to Protect Women’s and Girls’ Sports From Trans Lobby
We believe in the state of Florida of protecting the fairness and the integrity of women’s athletics,” said DeSantis.
DeSantis said that women’s sports “provides our young girls with opportunities that really teach them lessons that last a lifetime,” adding that competing in sports has provided many girls the opportunity to pursue higher education.
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Why You Should Boo ‘Take a Knee’
BLM is a hateful, divisive, extremist, violent organization that has worsened race relations immeasurably. With full establishment support.
Booing ‘take a knee’ is a moral duty. Everyone should do it!
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UK: You can now be imprisoned for simply having the wrong thoughts.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KdvuF9K9LD4
53 yo man, who lives with his mother, is imprisoned for 5½ years, for simply having the wrong thoughts. He committed no crimes whatsoever. Nor did he threaten to.
An old white man.
Recall, MUSLIM Anjem Choudry, who for 20 years called for JIHAD against the west, recruited ISIS terrorists, trained the man who beheaded Lee Rigby, a soldier in London, served only 2 years.
Marxist English Justice System.
@Ned Kelly
It would seem we are in the process of forming an intersectional Top Trumps judicial system.
Judges, police even, will require a card of ethno/religious/skin colour charts (with access to suspect’s drug use, tough upbringing etc which can mitigate his behaviour – an idea we’ve seen that played to the max in France, when a joint-smoking jihadi murdered an old Jewishwoman and was not held criminally responsible).
The Sentencing Council in the UK (judges and courts are bound to follow its guidelines) has suggested that non-white youths could be treated more leniently, essentially to make up for racism.
Of course another way of looking at this is that young white people should be treated more harshly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4288278/Youths-ethnic-minorities-softer-sentences.html
No equality before the law in other words (and as we’ve learnt in several instances the truth is no defence).
Muslim girls suffer more than non-Muslim girls when they have been subjected to the heinous crime of rape according to one judge.
However when white or Sikh girls for example suffered racist rapes at the hands of Muslim-background males, while enduring forced drugging, at times torture and branding, then co-erced into life of prostition, while authorities blamed them for decades and did nothing, suffer less apparently….oh and according to another judge these gang-rapes weren’t ‘hate-crimes’ at all.
It seems in no small way our police force, (if not already), IS on its way to becoming systemically racist, just not in the way leftists would have us believe.
Dont forget the brave Border Farce
https://twitter.com/Steve_Laws_/status/1399688134254866433
The more violent the Muslim the more violent the Muslim. On and on.
UK adverse reactions to the injections:
The figures are helpfully shown at https://www.ukcolumn.org, under “Yellow Card”.
As at 19th April:
Adverse reactions………859,451
Deaths …………………………1,213
Dutch Mayors against “parallel societies”.
This is a needed initiative.
Memo to the Mayors:
They are not parallel: they are on a collision course.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/07/islam-is-government/
Authorities in Denmark have shut down much of the country’s access to video platform Bitchute in the name of preventing the spread of “dangerous information” about COVID.
https://summit.news/2021/06/02/danish-authorities-shut-down-access-to-bitchute-over-dangerous-covid-19-information/
ah, the mass murdering criminal masquerading as doctor is finally being exposed. But like thousands of government workers he will never be held accountable for his criminal actions.
Although the free market is going to give it a shot…. The criminal’s payday spigot is being turned off.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/faucis-upcoming-book-scrubbed-amazon-barnes-and-noble-amid-backlash
Science told us since the 1950’s masks don’t prevent viral spread.
Science told us since the 1950’s asymptomatic viral spread doesn’t happen…….
and yet I was labelled the science denier; even got a Facebook ban for posting the actual science, even when I posted articles and links back to the actual science research and reports, not just opinion links. Or that many people made ludicrous statements that didn’t have any science backing up their claims – that I was going to be responsible for getting millions sick by not wearing a mask, not social distancing or just traveling whenever and wherever I pleased. You can’t get anyone sick unless you are actually symptomatic with COVID-19.
When I was following the science and rejecting “mask” wearing despite over 60 years of scientific research that hasn’t changed regarding the common cold and even with the coronavirus’s newest variant COVID-19….. the masks were pushed by Fauci strictly as a form of kabuki theater to interfere and control peoples lives.
When I was following the science and rejecting “social distancing” that with over 20 years of scientific research that a bare minimum indoors is 32 feet and over 20 feet in the outdoors, even with regards to the common cold and the coronavirus’s newest variant COVID-19….. the social distancing was pushed by Fauci strictly as a form of kabuki theater to interfere and control peoples lives.
When I was following the science and rejecting “asymptomatic” spread despite over 100 years of scientific research that hasn’t changed regarding the common cold and even with the coronavirus’s newest variant COVID-19….. the fear mongering of “asymptomatic” spread was pushed by Fauci strictly as a form of kabuki theater to interfere and control peoples lives.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/thousands_of_pages_of_fauci_emails_released.html
https://www.documentcloud.org/app?q=fauci
https://summit.news/2021/06/02/email-researcher-who-funded-wuhan-lab-admitted-to-manipulating-coronaviruses-thanked-fauci-for-dismissing-lab-leak-theory/