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Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change

An individual identified as Edward Fredrick Wackerman from Mariposa, California, has been apprehended by authorities on charges of aggravated arson.

The arrest follows an investigation into a significant fire that engulfed Yosemite National Park in July 2022, resulting in the destruction of numerous homes and injuries to multiple firefighters. Democratic politicians had previously attributed the blaze to climate change.

According to government records, Wackerman, the alleged arson suspect, has made political contributions totaling $1,775 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2020.

New York DA Alvin Bragg Sued For Refusing To Release Trump Records

***(Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images | Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)***

Two lawsuits have been filed against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, accusing him of non-compliance with state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.

The requests sought information regarding potential communications between Bragg’s office and the Justice Department, White House, and Democratic lawmakers in relation to Bragg’s prosecution of former President Trump.

In March, Bragg brought forth 34 felony charges against Trump for allegedly falsifying business records in the first degree.

YouTube Deletes ANOTHER Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Interview, This Time With Dr. Jordan Peterson

A torrent of opinions gushed in the podcast, as Peterson lambasted vaccine mandates, accusing them of sowing seeds of fear and demoralizing the young “to a degree that’s almost incomprehensible.”

Kennedy furnished a 2010 University of California, Berkeley study that cited the influence of atrazine, an endocrine disruptor, on fertility.

To paint a vivid picture, he mentioned its impact on frogs, as it “will chemically castrate and forcibly feminize every frog in there and 10 percent of the frogs—the male frogs—will turn into fully viable females able to produce viable eggs.” The extrapolation to the human realm was no leap of faith for Kennedy Jr., who spoke of atrazine’s ubiquity in the water supply.

Mike Tyson Posts Censored Interview With RFK JR. On Rumble After YouTube Censorship

In a bold move against YouTube’s content censorship, Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion, has taken the gloves off.

Tyson’s “Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson” posted an interview with US Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Rumble, a growing video-sharing platform that respects free speech, after tech giant YouTube removed the original video.

Context: YouTube took down a podcast interview between Tyson and Kennedy that had been on the platform since 2020.

The takedown happened this month and was noticed by video journalist Matt Orfalea. Additionally, another interview featuring Kennedy, this time with comedian Theo Von, vanished from YouTube around the same period.

New Docs Reveal DHS Plot to Assign Social Credit-Like Scores to Americans

The Brennan Center for Justice procured these documents through a public records request, and Motherboard was the first to report on them. Project Night Fury aimed at utilizing automation to detect and evaluate social media accounts for connections to terrorism, illegal opioid distribution, but also disinformation campaigns.

The DHS document stated, “The Contractor shall develop these attributes to create a methodology for developing a ranking, or ‘Risk Score,’ associated with the identified accounts.”

Project Night Fury had also planned on incorporating involvement from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide “cross-mission operational context,” according to one of the documents.

Teachers trade tips on transitioning kids without telling parents

DailyMail.com gained access to an online session hosted by the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP), which is funded by the Department of Education, attended by some 30 teachers from Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois and beyond.

In the four-hour workshop, they discussed helping trans students in the face of new laws in Republican-run states on gender, pronouns, names, parents’ rights, bathroom access, and sports teams.

Some teachers said they followed the rules, but others discussed being ‘subversive,’ how their personal ‘code of ethics’ trumped laws, and how to ‘hide’ a trans student’s new name and gender from their parents.

Exposing the Vaccine ‘Military Machinery’ Behind the Global COVID Response: Sasha Latypova

“They’re using the military machinery to distribute these non-compliant products, including biologicals, chemicals, all kinds of ingredients we don’t really understand very well, & call it ‘public health.'” – @sasha_latypova

Judge: Trump Can’t Review Evidence in Documents Case Unsupervised

The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart also put strict conditions on Trump’s access to the materials.

“The Discovery materials, along with any information derived therefrom, shall not be disclosed to the public or the news media, or disseminated on any news or social media platform, without prior notice to and consent of the United States or approval of the Court,” the order filed on Monday said.

It also specified that Trump “shall not retain copies” and that he may only review case materials “under the direct supervision of Defense Counsel or a member of Defense Counsel’s staff.”

The order granted a motion filed last week by prosecutors who had asked the court to put conditions on how the defense stores and uses the documents.

Full Measure – June 18, 2023: FBI Whistleblower

The FBI has been mired in controversy. An FBI lawyer — caught doctoring documents to spy on a Donald Trump campaign supporter.

Former FBI Director James Comey — given a pass after being referred for criminal charges. He’d allegedly mishandled documents in a campaign to smear Trump.

The FBI misdirecting the public on the Hunter Biden laptop just before the election. And, of course, the FBI’s Russia collusion probe of Trump, ginned up by the Clinton campaign.

All this time we’ve heard little to nothing publicly from FBI insiders. Until now.

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Military Monitors Social Media for Mean Posts About Generals

The U.S. Army’s Protective Services Battalion (PSB), the Department of Defense’s equivalent of the Secret Service, now monitors social media to see if anyone has posted negative comments about the country’s highest-ranking officers.

Per a report by the Intercept, the PSB’s remit includes protecting officers from “embarrassment,” in addition to more pressing threats like kidnapping and assassination.

An Army procurement document from 2022 obtained by the Intercept reveals that the PSB now monitors social media for “negative sentiment” about the officers under its protection, as well as for “direct, indirect, and veiled” threats.

Obama Suggests Digital Fingerprints For Internet Access

Former President Barack Obama spoke in a video about the importance of journalism against threats towards democracy in celebration of World Press Freedom Day.

Former President Barack Obama suggested in a new interview the development of “digital fingerprints” to combat misinformation and distinguish between true and misleading news for consumers.

Obama sat down with his former White House senior adviser David Axelrod for a conversation on the latter’s podcast, “The Axe Files,” on CNN Audio. During the interview, Axelrod noted he’s seen “misinformation, disinformation, [and] deepfakes” targeting Obama.

Critics were quick to point out that Obama promoted the debunked narrative that former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election and that Obama infamously won Politifact’s “Lie of the Year” in 2013 by telling Americans, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” referring to the Affordable Care Act.

Report: U.S. ‘Outlier’ Among Western Nations in Transgender ‘Care’ for Children

Described by many Democratic politicians as “gender-affirming care” for “trans kids,” puberty-blocking drugs and sex reassignment surgeries at a young age may not reduce psychological distress, and may have long-term and irreversible consequences that children cannot factor into their decision-making at a young age.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday:

The U.S. is becoming an outlier among many Western nations in the way its national medical institutions treat children suffering from distress over gender identity.

UPS union strike looms after Teamsters and the company can’t agree on deal | LiveNOW from FOX

Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters over a new contract for the roughly 350,000 unionized workers at UPS are moving ahead as the threat of a potential strike later this summer hangs over the economy.

Patients who regret sex-change ops, sue doctors pose legal challenges for health care industry

Two Californians – Kayla Lovdahl and Chloe Cole – are now suing Kaiser Permanente for “gender affirming” procedures performed on them as minors, alleging “medical negligence” and ignorance of a large body of research on the risks of medicalized transitions.

Preceding them last summer, Oregon’s Camille Kiefel sued the mental health professionals whom she alleges rushed and falsified evaluations authorized her, as an adult, for a taxpayer-funded double mastectomy despite red flags in her mental health history.

Congress is closely following the issue as well.

9 Fox News Staffers Dump Network to Join Tucker Carlson’s Team

In a series of tweets, Carlson’s biographer Chadwick Moore claimed that multiple Fox News employees have now jumped ship.

“My sources have now told me *NINE* former Tucker Carlson Tonight staffers have left Fox News to join Tucker on his next venture,” he wrote on Saturday.

Last week, Carlson mocked Fox after the network fired a producer who took responsibility for an anti-Biden chyron.

World News:

Haiti Hell: World’s Most Dangerous City Imploding In Civil War

**A man stands in front of a burning barricade during a day of protests in Haiti**Credit: EPA

Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, is currently witnessing a dire situation as armed gangs have brought the city under siege, resulting in smoldering bodies lining the streets, sniper rounds being fired from rooftops, and terrified children’s screams filling the air.

In the midst of this already perilous environment, a new and grisly group of vigilantes has emerged, taking matters into their own hands to pursue criminal gangs through the city’s streets.

Port-au-Prince has transformed into a battleground, with open warfare prevailing. Haiti has long grappled with the distinction of being the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and more recently, it has been recognized as the most hunger-stricken.

UK Government Plans To “Unlock The Power Of Location Data,” Surveil Population Movements

The UK government has published its Geospatial Strategy 2030, an update to the one unveiled a decade ago – and the focus now is on “unlocking the power of location data,” as well as surveillance of population movements.

The document, prepared by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s Geospatial Commission, set up five years ago, claims that the implementation of the new strategy will “unlock” billions of pounds via “location-powered innovation,” thanks to using AI, satellite imaging and real time data.

Those behind the strategy are selling it as a way to better public services, create higher-paying jobs, and spur economic growth.

Belarus to introduce chemical castration of pedophiles

***The Belarus Prosecutor-General’s Office in capital Minsk. © Sputnik / Andrey Aleksandrov***

Belarus is planning to include chemical castration in the program for treating pedophiles as part of an action plan to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, the General Prosecutor’s Office said.

The agency announced the steps on Telegram on Monday following approval from the Belarusian government.

Amendments to the country’s criminal code were prepared by the interior ministry envisaging “compulsory treatment of persons suffering from pedophilia,” in addition to their court sentence, the statement read.

Hostilities intensify following ambush on Israeli force; Iran-SA to deepen ties TV7Israel News 19.06

1) Hostilities intensified in the West Bank district of Samaria – with dozens of wounded and at least five Palestinian gunmen killed – after a premeditated ambush by Hamas-affiliated terrorists drew a vigorous Israeli response.

2) Israel asserts that it is vehemently opposed to any emerging arrangement between the United States and Iran on the latter’s nuclear program.

3) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran jointly announce their intention to deepen relations aimed at deescalating tensions.

Israel speaks out on Ukraine lionizing Nazi collaborators

Kiev votes to name street after WW2 Waffen-SS commander

Israel disagrees with Kiev’s honoring of WWII-era perpetrators of the Holocaust as national heroes, but the dispute should not pose a threat to Israeli support of the Ukrainian government, the country’s envoy there, Ambassador Michael Brodsky, has said.

The senior diplomat addressed the issue on Saturday in an interview with Iton TV, an Israeli Russian-language online outlet. Brodsky said in Israel the perception of historic figures, including Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevich or Andrey Melnik, was very different than that in Ukraine.

“Those people supported the ideology of Nazism. They wanted to see Ukraine without Jews as part of their struggle for independence, as well as without Poles, communists and probably many others,” he mused.

Submersible at Titanic wreck goes missing

A submersible which takes tourists to see the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing, Sky News understands.

Kyiv Retakes Southern Village, Touts ‘De-Occupation Steps’ As Russia Reports Cross-Border Shelling

***Ukrainian forces hold up flags in celebration of liberating the village of Pyatykhatky in the Zaporizhzhya region on June 19.***

Intense battles were continuing on June 19 as Russian forces reportedly focused on Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and Kyiv tried to dislodge Russian troops from southern areas, with Ukrainian officials confirming they have retaken their first village in Zaporizhzhya, a region that hosts a major nuclear power plant.

The confirmation that Ukraine’s troops retook the village of Pyatykhatky came hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed in his regular nightly video address that his country would retake all its territory as Kyiv continues its “de-occupation steps.”

Malyar said Ukrainian troops liberated 113 square kilometers in two weeks.

The Ukrainian General Staff on June 19 cited 24 “combat clashes” with Russian forces in eastern Ukraine over the previous day.

Video purports to show Russian ‘kamikaze tank’ attack

A video circulating online purportedly shows Russian troops deploying a captured Ukrainian tank after converting it into a powerful Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED). Other similar incidents have been reported since the start of the conflict in Ukraine.

The footage of the “kamikaze tank” – which could not be independently verified – was allegedly filmed this month in Donbass, near the frontline settlement of Maryinka, to the west of the Russian city of Donetsk.

The tank was said to be loaded with six tons of explosives and sent back towards Ukrainian positions without a driver.

Greek boat tragedy: Pakistan officials arrest 11 involved in human trafficking

A boat carrying approximately 750 people capsized in open seas off Greece on Wednesday. Many Pakistanis are feared dead although the exact number has not yet been officially confirmed. Photograph:(Twitter)

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Riaz Mughal told Dawn newspaper that 10 “sub-agents” were arrested in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir during the last 24 hours.

“The arrests were made after the police chalked out an effective strategy in the light of the information shared by the families of the victims about the persons who had trapped the victims into landing them in Europe against millions of rupees,” he was quoted as saying.

The accused have been booked under Sections 418 (cheating with the knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to a person whose interest offender is bound to protect), 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), and 322 (punishment for murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Car Explosion Injures Russian-Imposed Official Of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Region

***The Zaporizhzhya region is home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, and has been controlled by Russian forces since early 2022.***

Volodymyr Epifanov, an aide to the Russian-imposed deputy minister of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya region, and his two associates were injured when his car exploded in Russian-annexed Crimea on June 19.

Russian-installed officials of Crimea said Epifanov, his secretary, and bodyguard were hospitalized with burns on 30 percent of their bodies after a gas tank exploded in their car at 4 a.m. All three were hospitalized.

The information could not be independently verified.

Since Russia launched its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in February last year, several Moscow-installed officials have been killed or injured in explosions that Kyiv has not commented.

Report: Fulani Jihadists Slaughter 700 Christians as ‘Farewell’ to Nigeria’s Buhari

Emeka Umeagbalasi, a Catholic human rights activist and chairman of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, declared in a June 12 report that Plateau State was the worst hit, accounting for the murders of 350 Christians, while another 110 Christians were massacred in Benue State.

Going back slightly further, the report notes that at least “1,100 defenseless Christians were hacked to death by Nigerian Government backed Islamic Jihadists in the past 60 days or between 12th April and 12th June 2023,” an ongoing slaughter translating to a “daily average of 17 Christian deaths.”

The period under review represents “one of the bloodiest in anti-Christian attacks in Nigeria,” the report added.

Regarding the year-to-date, 2,150 Christians “have been slaughtered by non-state actors/Nigerian Government backed Islamic Jihadists in the past 160 days, 1st Jan to 12th June 2023,” it said, while another “1,400 others were abducted.”

Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad Official Warns Islam Will ‘Conquer’ Europe

“And indeed, Mehmed II the Conqueror came and conquered Constantinople,” he added.

Drawing on the fulfillment of that alleged prophecy, Zaqout turned to another — this time involving the entirety of Europe.

“The Prophet Muhammed also foretold the conquest of Rome and of Europe,” he explained. “This and everything else that was foretold by the Prophet Muhammed will happen at its destined time.”

The message comes as Europe faces a sudden surge of mass migration, with many Western nations seeing near-record numbers of boat migrants arriving on their shores in recent months.

Earlier this month, a 31-year-old Syrian refugee with permanent Swedish residency entered a children’s playground with a knife and stabbed four young children and two adults in a French Alps park.

Ottawa starts $25 million entrepreneurship program for ‘gender diverse’ businesses

Ottawa continues to give sexual minorities special treatment at our expense — this time, a $25 million entrepreneurship program.

The feds aim to bolster procurement, financing and mentorship opportunities available to ‘gender diverse’ business owners.

Small Business Minister Mary Ng said Thursday the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce would oversee the funding disbursement.

CGLCC CEO Darrell Schuurman intends to increase corporate and government procurement opportunities available to ‘gender diverse’ businesses through the entrepreneurship program.

NATO summit will not formally invite Ukraine to join alliance -Stoltenberg

***NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a statement on the day of a NATO defense ministers’ meeting at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on June 15.***

BERLIN, June 19 (Reuters) – NATO leaders will not issue an invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance at a summit in Vilnius in mid-July, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.

“At the Vilnius summit and in the preparations for the summit, we are not discussing to issue a formal invitation,” he told reporters after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, adding leaders would talk about how to move Ukraine closer to NATO.

At the same time, Stoltenberg warned against accepting a frozen conflict in Ukraine in return for an end to the war.

Politics:

Video Captures Biden Officials Meeting With Iranians Eager To Open Obama Deal

According to the J-Street Symposium report, the March Roundtable participants included U.S. Iran Envoy Robert Malley, J-Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami, Ryan Costello from the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), an organization with ties to current and former Islamic Republic officials, as well as other experts and scholars from Left-leaning institutions.

“It is troubling that Rob Malley had plenty of time to address a group of analysts but has avoided testifying before Congress for two months now,” Noronha told The Foreign Desk. The Foreign Desk has viewed the YouTube video of the two-hour symposium.

Hunter Biden and Burisma set up an account with a corrupt foreign bank

Hunter Biden and his Ukrainian gas firm employer were involved in setting up an account with a foreign bank that was shut down after a money laundering investigation.

Burisma, the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas firm that hired the President’s son in 2014, set up an account with him in Malta at a bank that later closed following a financial crimes probe, bombshell emails show.

The revelation that the First Son and Burisma are linked to a bank accused of flouting money laundering rules, comes after claims made by a longstanding FBI informant revealed this month by lawmakers, that Burisma’s owner sent $10 million to Hunter and his father using a complex web of offshore transactions.

Matthew Whitaker: The Biden family is corrupt | Wake Up America

On Monday’s “Wake Up America,” former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker discusses Rep. James Comer’s plans to bring in more witnesses for the Biden family influence-peddling probe.

The DOJ Treats Donald Trump One Way, Hillary and Biden Another

James Comer to Mark Levin: The ‘deep state’ is in on this

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., breaks down the committee’s investigation into bribery allegations against President Biden.

US must unleash ‘the great American’ economy, ingenuity, technology

US must unleash ‘the great American’ economy, ingenuity, technology: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., argues the Biden administration has ‘misread’ tensions with China.

‘He needs to be shot’: Democrat quickly walks back on-air comment about Trump

Plaskett’s comment was made during an MSNBC interview Sunday on Trump’s recent indictment, where she said that the former President having “not only… the codes, but now having the classified information for Americans” in Mar-a-Lago for “anyone and everyone,” she continued “should be terrifying to all Americans and he needs to be shot– stopped,” she said.

After correcting herself, Plaskett said Trump will “have his day in court,” but called it “propaganda” to claim that Biden’s FBI and DOJ are carrying out a two-tiered system of justice evidence by arresting Trump, Biden’s chief political rival for 2024.