lifesitenews--2020-11-17--1,643 more Trump votes discovered in Georgia as election questions linger

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FLOYD COUNTY , Georgia , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Another handful of votes for President Donald Trump that initially went uncounted were discovered in Georgia on Monday , and while they are insufficient to reverse former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s lead in the state , they continue to fuel a wave of distrust in the initial results of the 2020 presidential election .
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that after an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stopped working in Floyd County , a portion of the ballots from that machine went unrecorded , because election officials failed to upload the votes from the machine ’ s memory card .
The roughly 2,600 votes contained 1,643 for Trump and 865 for Biden .
Georgia voting system manager Gabriel Sterling called it an “ amazing blunder ” that “ requires a change at the top of their management side , ” meaning the resignation of Floyd County ’ s elections director , Chief Clerk Robert Brady , who has not publicly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same time , Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the audit has not found other significant discrepancies with the original numbers , suggesting that the state will not flip for Trump absent a separate major development .
When the Fulton County votes are adjusted , Trump will still trail Biden in Georgia by nearly 14,000 votes .
Separate concerns remain over more systemic issues , such as the counting of ballots without adequate verification .
Just the News reported that Georgia rejected just 0.2 percent of mail-in ballots ( for flaws such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or addresses ) in 2020 , a rate more than 30 times lower than the rejection rate of 6.4 percent in 2016 ( rejection rates were similarly lower in Michigan , Nevada , North Carolina , and Pennsylvania ; Biden won all but North Carolina ) .
University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith says this is simply because the “ cure rate ” – contacting absentee voters to resolve discrepancies before their ballots have to be tossed – was “ much higher.
” However , Breitbart ’ s Joel Pollak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be higher if not for a consent decree the state settled with Democrats in March which , he argued , made meaningful signature matching dramatically less likely by not only requiring any election official who finds a potential mismatch to consult with two colleagues before acting ( “ With hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted , it is difficult to pull additional officials off their assignments to examine a signature ” ) , then requiring all three to sign their own names to the rejected envelope ( potentially subjecting themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Further , The Federalist ’ s John Daniel Davidson added , “ instead of having to match the signature on file with eNet , the absentee ballot signature only had to match the signature on the absentee ballot application .
The key word in the settlement was ‘ any.
’ That is , an absentee ballot can only be rejected if it doesn ’ t match ‘ any ’ of the signatures on file — either in eNet or the signature on the absentee ballot application.
” This means that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ application , that same person could then sign the absentee ballot itself , and since the two signatures would match , the ballot would be accepted , ” Davidson warned .
Most national news networks have called the presidential election for Biden , though election results have not been officially certified yet .
The Trump campaign says it ’ s still pursuing legal challenges in Michigan and Pennsylvania , and has until 5 p.m. Wednesday to decide if it will pay the $ 7.9 million cost of a recount in Wisconsin .
Help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has created “ Defend Your Ballot ” to report election issues .
Report fraud here or call 888-630-1776 .
Project Veritas is also accepting voter fraud tips here .
The FBI says to report suspected instances of voter suppression/fraud to your local FBI field office or at tips.fbi.gov .

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FLOYD COUNTY, Georgia, November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Another handful of votes for President Donald Trump that initially went uncounted were discovered in Georgia on Monday, and while they are insufficient to reverse former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in the state, they continue to fuel a wave of distrust in the initial results of the 2020 presidential election.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that after an optical scanner used to record early votes stopped working in Floyd County, a portion of the ballots from that machine went unrecorded, because election officials failed to upload the votes from the machine’s memory card. The roughly 2,600 votes contained 1,643 for Trump and 865 for Biden.
NEW–@GabrielSterling just released the official vote breakdown from the ballots previously uncounted in Floyd County:
Trump–1,643
Biden–865
Jorgensen–16
TOTAL–2,524@FOX5Atlanta — Claire Simms (@Claire_FOX5) November 17, 2020
Georgia voting system manager Gabriel Sterling called it an “amazing blunder” that “requires a change at the top of their management side,” meaning the resignation of Floyd County’s elections director, Chief Clerk Robert Brady, who has not publicly commented on the incident.
At the same time, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the audit has not found other significant discrepancies with the original numbers, suggesting that the state will not flip for Trump absent a separate major development. When the Fulton County votes are adjusted, Trump will still trail Biden in Georgia by nearly 14,000 votes.
Separate concerns remain over more systemic issues, such as the counting of ballots without adequate verification.
Just the News reported that Georgia rejected just 0.2 percent of mail-in ballots (for flaws such as missing or mismatched signatures, dates, or addresses) in 2020, a rate more than 30 times lower than the rejection rate of 6.4 percent in 2016 (rejection rates were similarly lower in Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania; Biden won all but North Carolina). University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith says this is simply because the “cure rate” – contacting absentee voters to resolve discrepancies before their ballots have to be tossed – was “much higher.”
However, Breitbart’s Joel Pollak suggested the curing and rejections would still be higher if not for a consent decree the state settled with Democrats in March which, he argued, made meaningful signature matching dramatically less likely by not only requiring any election official who finds a potential mismatch to consult with two colleagues before acting (“With hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted, it is difficult to pull additional officials off their assignments to examine a signature”), then requiring all three to sign their own names to the rejected envelope (potentially subjecting themselves to retaliation for “voter suppression”).
Further, The Federalist’s John Daniel Davidson added, “instead of having to match the signature on file with eNet, the absentee ballot signature only had to match the signature on the absentee ballot application. The key word in the settlement was ‘any.’ That is, an absentee ballot can only be rejected if it doesn’t match ‘any’ of the signatures on file — either in eNet or the signature on the absentee ballot application.”
This means that “if someone fraudulently filed an absentee ballot application, that same person could then sign the absentee ballot itself, and since the two signatures would match, the ballot would be accepted,” Davidson warned.
Most national news networks have called the presidential election for Biden, though election results have not been officially certified yet. The Trump campaign says it’s still pursuing legal challenges in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has until 5 p.m. Wednesday to decide if it will pay the $7.9 million cost of a recount in Wisconsin.
Help stop voter fraud: Project Veritas is accepting voter fraud tips here.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--French president accuses American media of ‘legitimizing violence’

PARIS , France , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — After the recent surge of Islamic terror attacks in France , President Emmanuel Macron complained that American media have sought to “ legitimize violence ” in the way they frame their reports .
Speaking with a reporter for The New York Times last Thursday , Macron voiced his frustration with the dominant narrative of U.S. media outlets that focuses on the grievances of those they view as “ oppressed minorities.
” The reluctance of American journalists to “ express solidarity ” with the European nation during last month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with their bias and “ obsession with racism , ” has raised the ire of the leader .
In October , three Catholics were murdered during an Islamic attack in a church in Nice .
The entire country has been plagued by Islamic terror for years .
Macron accused American media of distorting his views on Islam by failing to note his distinction between the religion itself and the radicalized version of it that he calls “ Islamist.
” He told Ben Smith of the New York Times that “ after the attacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on failures in France ’ s policy toward Muslims rather than on the global terror threat.
” Among other offending pieces suggesting that France is guilty of provoking the violence it has experienced is an AP article that was initially titled , “ Why France incites such anger in Muslim world.
” Macron ’ s spokeswoman Anne-Sophie Bradelle complained to the French journal Le Monde that the media framed these stories to make it seem “ as though we were in the smoking ruins of ground zero and they said we had it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leveled against American media in their coverage of the domestic violence perpetrated by Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters .
The Associated Press has issued a new set of guidelines discouraging journalists from referring to riots as “ riots , ” urging them to use the term “ unrest ” instead .
The new advice follows months of the mainstream media working to downplay violence that has accompanied Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) protests across the United States , from arson to looting to assault and more .
When not downplaying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news sources have sought to justify it , particularly with respect to the destruction of property .
An article at The Nation , for instance , defends the destruction of property and calls on the left to “ redefine ” the meaning of the term .
“ This moment calls for the left to define violence and nonviolence for itself — to decide what nonviolence means in the face of overwhelming state brutality and structural economic and racial injustice , ” the article stated .
“ Failure to do so results in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and political consequences : Property destruction is not synonymous with the violence that is being protested.
” Macron sees the dominant narrative of “ structural economic and racial injustice , ” which guides much of the American media ’ s commentary , as a departure from the values of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution , saying that “ when I see them legitimizing this violence , and saying that the heart of the problem is that France is racist and Islamophobic , then I say the founding principles have been lost .
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PARIS, France, November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — After the recent surge of Islamic terror attacks in France, President Emmanuel Macron complained that American media have sought to “legitimize violence” in the way they frame their reports.
Speaking with a reporter for The New York Times last Thursday, Macron voiced his frustration with the dominant narrative of U.S. media outlets that focuses on the grievances of those they view as “oppressed minorities.” The reluctance of American journalists to “express solidarity” with the European nation during last month’s wave of attacks, together with their bias and “obsession with racism,” has raised the ire of the leader.
In October, three Catholics were murdered during an Islamic attack in a church in Nice. The entire country has been plagued by Islamic terror for years.
Macron accused American media of distorting his views on Islam by failing to note his distinction between the religion itself and the radicalized version of it that he calls “Islamist.” He told Ben Smith of the New York Times that “after the attacks, English and American outlets immediately focused on failures in France’s policy toward Muslims rather than on the global terror threat.”
Among other offending pieces suggesting that France is guilty of provoking the violence it has experienced is an AP article that was initially titled, “Why France incites such anger in Muslim world.” Macron’s spokeswoman Anne-Sophie Bradelle complained to the French journal Le Monde that the media framed these stories to make it seem “as though we were in the smoking ruins of ground zero and they said we had it coming.”
Similar charges could also be leveled against American media in their coverage of the domestic violence perpetrated by Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters.
The Associated Press has issued a new set of guidelines discouraging journalists from referring to riots as “riots,” urging them to use the term “unrest” instead. The new advice follows months of the mainstream media working to downplay violence that has accompanied Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests across the United States, from arson to looting to assault and more.
When not downplaying the violence of the protests, many mainstream news sources have sought to justify it, particularly with respect to the destruction of property. An article at The Nation, for instance, defends the destruction of property and calls on the left to “redefine” the meaning of the term.
“This moment calls for the left to define violence and nonviolence for itself — to decide what nonviolence means in the face of overwhelming state brutality and structural economic and racial injustice,” the article stated. “Failure to do so results in a confusion of terms that has serious ethical and political consequences: Property destruction is not synonymous with the violence that is being protested.”
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Macron sees the dominant narrative of “structural economic and racial injustice,” which guides much of the American media’s commentary, as a departure from the values of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, saying that “when I see them legitimizing this violence, and saying that the heart of the problem is that France is racist and Islamophobic, then I say the founding principles have been lost.”
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--Trump hails ‘big victory’ as commission throws out local election results in Nevada

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LAS VEGAS , Nevada , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — President Donald Trump celebrated a “ [ b ] ig victory ” on Monday over Clark County commissioners in Nevada refraining from certifying the results for a local county commission race .
However , this decision does not directly impact the county ’ s presidential election results , which had been certified the same day .
In a tweet , the president said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State of Nevada .
The all Democrat County Commissioner race , on same ballot as President , just thrown out because of large scale voter discrepancy .
Clark County officials do not have confidence in their own election security .
Major impact !
” Steven Nelson of the New York Post reports the “ Clark County Commission , which governs the Las Vegas area , certified the results of the Nov. 3 election with the exception of county commissioner for District C , which was divided by 10 votes.
” “ District C @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 76,576 for Republican Stavros Anthony , ” Nelson wrote .
In explaining the issue further , Joe Gloria , the registrar of voters in the county , relayed to commissioners , “ We have found discrepancies that we can ’ t explain that would cast a doubt on whether or not that margin of victory is solid.
” They had identified “ 139 discrepancies in District C , including six people who voted twice , ” according to Nelson .
With regards to a rerun for the District C race , Gloria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to be repeated as “ that ’ s the only race in the entire election we have any concern related to the outcome .
And it ’ s because of the margin.
” Trump lost the state of Nevada to Democrat challenger Joe Biden by 33,596 votes , according to the Associated Press .
As reported by local journalist Megan Messerly , 2,243 provisional ballots were rejected in the election due to various reasons , including over 1,900 by individuals who were not registered to vote , and 115 who had voted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ General , and co-chair of the Trump campaign in the state , Adam Laxalt , tweeted , “ The Clark County Commission just threw out an election that represents almost 1/6 of the total votes cast in Clark County because there were too many ‘ discrepancies ’ to be sure that that the results in that election can be certain .
153K votes in this election.
” This uncertain result comes in the wake of numerous reports of Democrats in swing states pursuing policies to undermine election integrity which resulted , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ massive … effort to steal this election from we the people of the United States of America.
” In a statement made November 7 , after the media had projected Democrat challenger Joe Biden to be the winner , without any results yet officially certified , President Trump pledged , “ I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.
” Trump-team lawyer : When only real votes are counted , Trump ‘ will win ’ election How massive voter fraud was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Georgia , and Nevada How Dems are using ‘ Biden vote dumps , ’ late ballots to steal election : New analysis at The Federalist Help stop voter fraud : The Trump Campaign has created “ Defend Your Ballot ” to report election issues .
Report fraud here or call 888-630-1776 .
Project Veritas is also accepting voter fraud tips here .
The FBI says to report suspected instances of voter suppression/fraud to your local FBI field office or at tips.fbi.gov .

PETITION UPDATE (1/15/2021) -
The events of the past month, and especially the past 10 days, have shaken the faith Americans have in their elected and appoint officials.
We continue to call for investigations to be made into allegations of election fraud. Texas is in the process of prosecuting one political operative for illegal ballot harvesting, and multiple state legislatures have called for investigations, too.
However, the judiciary has severely let down the American electorate.
As we have said all along, the integrity of the election is much bigger than President Trump. Election integrity is at the heart of republican democracy, and if we don't have it, we no longer have a functioning republic.
Therefore, we continue to seek the truth for the election outcome. Perhaps that will only be known in the future when state or federal commissions are established to investigate the instances of election fraud which were witnessed and sworn to, by thousands of Americans of all political persuasions.
In the meantime, you may still sign this petition. Thank you!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20) -
On Wednesday, President Trump tweeted: "We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"
He is referring to the lawsuit which the state of Texas has filed against Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia in the Supreme Court over changes those states made to their election rules, claiming they violated the U.S. Constitution in the process.
Here is the central part of the argument: if Texas were to allow possible voter fraud to go unchecked in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, it would be akin to committing fraud upon the people of Texas, who cast their ballots within the framework of the law.
Indeed, this would apply equally to all citizens who voted within the framework of the law across the United States!
President Trump also tweeted that this case is, "very strong...ALL CRITERIA MET."
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, now.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/7/20) - Since this petition was launched, President Trump's legal team, as well as other concerned citizens, have discovered what appears to be irrefutable evidence of voter fraud in several of the key battleground states, and have initiated legal challenges in six states.
While the situation continues to evolve, this remains a hugely important petition which we encourage you to SIGN and SHARE.
Below, please WATCH and READ about the mounting evidence of voter fraud and how the mainstream media seem determined to ignore even the most egregious instances of vote tampering. Then, please SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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LifeSite supports President Trump with this petition because we believe he is trying to defend the Constitution, ensuring that electoral fraud does not taint the result of the 2020 general election.
But, since starting this petition, we have launched a separate petition related to the disputed election outcome, calling on the Department of Justice to 'do their job' and engage in meaningful investigations of the mounting evidence of voter fraud.
We believe that conducting forensic audits of ballots and voting machines, as well as issuing subpoenas to collect more evidence, would be a good start.
Thankfully, some of the state started to demand investigations independent of federal agencies. But we still believe that the DoJ needs to use its enormous fact-finding resources to help resolve allegations of election fraud.
Thank you for continuing to SIGN and SHARE all our election-related petitions.
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Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition which calls on all Americans to Stand With President Trump as he uses every legitimate means to find out if voter fraud played any role in the election outcome.
Amid allegations of voter fraud, and at a time when the situation with COVID has been used by many of the states to facilitate the use of mail-in ballots on a massive scale, we need to be very careful in dismissing the possibility of voter fraud.
The fact is, the possibility of wide-spread fraud with mail-in ballots is significant.
But, this is not about Donald Trump or Joe Biden! This about whether or not the sanctity of the ballot box has been tampered with!
Please Stand With President Trump as he attempts to defend the integrity of this election, as well as well as the right to vote itself!
Indeed, this is so important, not so much because one election hangs in the balance, but because our democracy, itself, hangs in the balance.
Americans not only have a right to know, but should demand that every legitimate means be used to discover the truth about these elections!
Please SIGN this petition and Stand With President Trump to ensure that these elections were conducted freely and fairly!
While most all Americans believe in playing by the rules, we also know that some very devious, politically-motivated operatives have been trying to harm the Trump administration from before he even took the oath of office.
This fact should lead us to question how some allegations of voter fraud can be so easily dismissed by state election authorities.
We demand to know the truth, and, for the sake of our democracy, we demand that President Trump keep fighting to learn the truth.
Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING this petition today!
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--Bolivia’s fraudulent 2019 elections show remarkable similarities to 2020 US presidential election

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November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – With 83.76 % of the vote already reported , everything pointed to a rejection of the leftist politician 's candidacy .
Then , suddenly , the reporting of election results was stopped for several hours .
Contradictory explanations were given by election authorities for the sudden blackout , but when the reporting resumed , the late-arriving ballots from areas that favored the leftist candidate gave him just enough votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many of these late-arriving districts , friendly to the leftist politician , election officials reported the type of lopsided 90 % + margins that are only seen in countries like Iran .
Audit reports also found significant evidence of forged signatures .
Now , you may be thinking that we are describing what happened on the night of the 2020 presidential election in the United States , but you would be partly mistaken .
We are actually describing the findings of the reports by the Organization of American States , and the European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential elections of 2019 in Bolivia .
Yet , the description also seems to fit the events of November 3 and 4 in the United States .
In the U.S. , the same type of statistically improbable , middle-of-the-night resurrection of the leftist candidate followed several mysterious breaks in reporting .
The graphs showing the sudden jump in the vote precisely at the time when vote reporting blackouts occurred .
Take a good look at the following graphs .
The first shows the share of the vote between President Donald Trump and former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wisconsin , with the vertical climb in votes for Biden coinciding with massive dumps of mail-in ballots for Biden from Milwaukee .
In comparison , the second graph shows a similar and sudden break that jumped in favor of left-wing Socialist party candidate , Evo Morales , in Bolivia ’ s 2019 presidential elections .
This occurred just as updates to the public were halted .
An audit conducted by the Organization of American States ( OAS ) reported that , “ the first-round victory of Evo Morales was statistically improbable and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the number of votes for MAS in the final 5 % of the votes counted ...
The size of the breaks is extremely unusual and calls into question the credibility of the process.
” According to paginesiete.co , “ a police report revealed that the 2019 electoral fraud was perpetrated with the alteration of electoral records and through computer manipulation ... [ W ] hen [ Morales ’ Socialist party ] realized that they were not going to win the elections , [ they ] interrupted the transmission of data to `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal server.
” In the U.S. , reports were interrupted in almost all key swing states on election night for hours at a time .
Trump was leading several key battleground states by large percentage points at 11 p.m. on election night , which led to an impromptu victory speech .
Those large leads , however , dwindled overnight and two of those states were actually called for Joe Biden the following day .
In Fulton County , Georgia , a “ broken water pipe ” delayed absentee ballot counting for at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occurred in Pennsylvania , Michigan , Wisconsin , and North Carolina .
A “ fact check ” by USA Today denied claims that ballots ever stopped being counted .
They explained delays in results were due to the amount of mail-in ballots to count .
However , the fact-checkers offered no explanation for why Allegheny County , Pennsylvania took the day off for “ administrative work ” on Thursday after elections and did not resume counting until Friday .
“ Bethany Hallam , a member of the county elections board … [ said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ answer as to why , ” Politifact reported .
“ The only state that stopped counting votes overnight on Nov. 3 was North Carolina — but that doesn ’ t mean it ’ s done counting votes , and the halt had nothing to do with Trump being ahead in the state.
” A team of auditors discovered a bizarre algorithm in voting outcomes of four Michigan precincts .
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai , an MIT-trained data scientist ; Bennie Smith , a Democrat and software engineer , data analyst and an election commissioner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and data analyst , found something extremely unusual in their audit .
The more a precinct leaned Republican , the more votes for Trump declined in linear fashion – as if an algorithm in the machines was switching Trump votes to Biden votes .
“ The odd ‘ shape ’ of the algorithm ’ s impact on the vote tally cries ‘ fraud ’ from the rooftops .
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In the U.S., the same type of statistically improbable, middle-of-the-night resurrection of the leftist candidate followed several mysterious breaks in reporting.
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November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – With 83.76% of the vote already reported, everything pointed to a rejection of the leftist politician's candidacy. Then, suddenly, the reporting of election results was stopped for several hours. Contradictory explanations were given by election authorities for the sudden blackout, but when the reporting resumed, the late-arriving ballots from areas that favored the leftist candidate gave him just enough votes to pull off the win. In many of these late-arriving districts, friendly to the leftist politician, election officials reported the type of lopsided 90% + margins that are only seen in countries like Iran. Audit reports also found significant evidence of forged signatures.
Now, you may be thinking that we are describing what happened on the night of the 2020 presidential election in the United States, but you would be partly mistaken. We are actually describing the findings of the reports by the Organization of American States, and the European Union's electoral observer missions during the presidential elections of 2019 in Bolivia. Yet, the description also seems to fit the events of November 3 and 4 in the United States.
In the U.S., the same type of statistically improbable, middle-of-the-night resurrection of the leftist candidate followed several mysterious breaks in reporting. The graphs showing the sudden jump in the vote precisely at the time when vote reporting blackouts occurred. Take a good look at the following graphs. The first shows the share of the vote between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in Michigan and Wisconsin, with the vertical climb in votes for Biden coinciding with massive dumps of mail-in ballots for Biden from Milwaukee.
In comparison, the second graph shows a similar and sudden break that jumped in favor of left-wing Socialist party candidate, Evo Morales, in Bolivia’s 2019 presidential elections. This occurred just as updates to the public were halted.
An audit conducted by the Organization of American States (OAS) reported that, “the first-round victory of Evo Morales was statistically improbable and the result of a massive and inexplicable increase in the number of votes for MAS in the final 5% of the votes counted …The size of the breaks is extremely unusual and calls into question the credibility of the process.”
According to paginesiete.co, “a police report revealed that the 2019 electoral fraud was perpetrated with the alteration of electoral records and through computer manipulation…[W]hen [Morales’ Socialist party] realized that they were not going to win the elections, [they] interrupted the transmission of data to “bomb” information from an external and illegal server.”
In the U.S., reports were interrupted in almost all key swing states on election night for hours at a time.
Trump was leading several key battleground states by large percentage points at 11 p.m. on election night, which led to an impromptu victory speech. Those large leads, however, dwindled overnight and two of those states were actually called for Joe Biden the following day.
In Fulton County, Georgia, a “broken water pipe” delayed absentee ballot counting for at least four hours. Similar pauses in reporting occurred in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. A “fact check” by USA Today denied claims that ballots ever stopped being counted. They explained delays in results were due to the amount of mail-in ballots to count.
However, the fact-checkers offered no explanation for why Allegheny County, Pennsylvania took the day off for “administrative work” on Thursday after elections and did not resume counting until Friday.
“Bethany Hallam, a member of the county elections board …[said]…she did not have an answer as to why,” Politifact reported. “The only state that stopped counting votes overnight on Nov. 3 was North Carolina — but that doesn’t mean it’s done counting votes, and the halt had nothing to do with Trump being ahead in the state.”
A team of auditors discovered a bizarre algorithm in voting outcomes of four Michigan precincts. Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, an MIT-trained data scientist; Bennie Smith, a Democrat and software engineer, data analyst and an election commissioner; and Phil Evans, an engineer and data analyst, found something extremely unusual in their audit. The more a precinct leaned Republican, the more votes for Trump declined in linear fashion – as if an algorithm in the machines was switching Trump votes to Biden votes. “The odd ‘shape’ of the algorithm’s impact on the vote tally cries ‘fraud’ from the rooftops.”
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--Report shows Cdl. Nichols prioritised reputation of Pope Francis over allegations of child sex abuse

LONDON , U.K , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – An independent inquiry into the Catholic Church ’ s response to child sex abuse in England and Wales , has given a damning report on Cardinal Vincent Nichols as well as the role played by the Holy See and the papal nuncio .
It also sheds further light on the cover-up of the investigation of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O ’ Connor ’ s alleged sexual abuse .
Just hours before the McCarrick report was released , the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ( IICSA ) released its 150 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s response to child sex abuse in England and Wales .
It gave explicit details of the nature of such abuse , particularly outlining the failings of Nichols .
Nichols currently serves as the Archbishop of Westminster , a post he has held since 2009 .
He was previously auxiliary bishop of Birmingham between 1991-2000 and then Archbishop of Birmingham from 2000-2009 .
In 2018 he was accused of covering up allegations of sexual abuse during his time as Archbishop of Birmingham .
The new IICSA report states that between 1975 and 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wales “ received more than 900 complaints involving over 3,000 instances of child sexual abuse against more than 900 individuals connected to the Church , including priests , monks and volunteers .
In the same period , there were 177 prosecutions resulting in 133 convictions.
” Between April 2014 and July 2019 there were a further 203 allegations of child sexual abuse reported .
The report notes that , historically , abuse “ was swept under the carpet ” and that more recently , “ weaknesses in leadership were significant in the failures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the inquiry , Professor Alexis Jay , stated that “ [ i ] t is clear that the Church ’ s reputation was valued above the welfare of victims , with allegations ignored and perpetrators protected.
” However , the IICSA singles out Nichols , giving extensive evidence that he had a “ misplaced desire to give priority to the protection of the reputation of the Church , the Pope and Cardinal Murphy-O ’ Connor , ” instead of properly dealing with victims of abuse .
It further mentions “ nor did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent cases which we examined.
” Richard Scorer , a solicitor for Slater and Gordon , who represented 32 victims , said : “ This is an absolutely damning report .
It highlights the shocking scale of abuse , the disgraceful slowness of the church ’ s response , the abject failures of leadership by Cardinal Nichols , and the Vatican ’ s appalling refusal to cooperate properly with the inquiry .
Cardinal Nichols needs to resign right away – in any other walk of life he would be gone immediately.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Nichols , of which one details a woman , dubbed RC-A710 , who claimed to have been abused in the 1960 ’ s by Father Michael Hill .
In 2008 , she then also stated that Cardinal Cormac Murphy O ’ Connor had been involved in the abuse .
Murphy-O ’ Connor was named Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 1977 , and then made Archbishop of Westminster from 2000 until 2009 , when he was succeeded by Nichols .
Murphy-O ’ Connor was an old friend of Cardinal Bergoglio and also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which led to him being tasked with prepping Bergoglio for the group ’ s plan to elect him , as well as lobbying cardinals to support Bergoglio .
In a book detailing the election of Pope Francis , Murphy-O ’ Connor was described as a “ kingmaker.
” He later died in 2017 .
When questioned by police , Murphy O ’ Connor denied the abuse allegations levelled against him , although in a 2018 article , LifeSiteNews ’ s Maike Hickson and John-Henry Western , noted that “ the police took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cardinal Murphy-O ’ Connor himself ‘ under caution , ’ which means that they made it clear to him that his answers could be used against him in court.
” The police left the case open , awaiting further evidence .
In 2011 , the case then went to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ( CDF ) , but when asked by the CDF about the case , Nichols said that it “ should now be regarded as completed and closed.
” The CDF agreed with Nichols .
Despite this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an English source close to the case previously told LifeSiteNews that Portsmouth and Northampton Dioceses “ complained to Rome ” in 2013 , to re-open the investigation .
Both bishops knew the woman personally , as confirmed by the IICSA hearings .
Maike Hickson reported for LifeSiteNews that in 2013 Pope Francis directly told Cardinal Müller , then head of the CDF , to cease the newly opened investigations regarding the allegations RC-A710 made against O ’ Connor .
When questioned about the incident , Cardinal Müller affirmed the investigation had been stopped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the Pope ’ s approval .
This event was corroborated by Archbishop Viganò in his September 27 , 2018 letter .
The IICSA reports that in September 2018 RC-A710 ’ s confidential details were then leaked to media , resulting in the story being widely reported in Europe and the U.S. Bishop Egan of Portsmouth Diocese wished to apologise to the woman , but was told by Nichols to do nothing , and that Westminster would handle the case .
Furthermore , the communications director of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to issue any statement .
Nichols then pressured Bishop Egan and Bishop Doyle of Northampton , to say nothing .
The two bishops again wrote to Nichols in May 2019 , requesting that the case be re-opened , to which Nichols did not reply .
Egan stated that he believed Nichols refused to take action , due to his concerns that such a statement could be linked to the testimonies of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò , and be used to attack Pope Francis .
Despite Cardinal Nichols ’ denial that such was his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Bishop Egan , Bishop Doyle , the Portsmouth safeguarding commissioner , and by the IICSA report itself , which states : “ the primary focus of Cardinal Nichols ’ concern was the impact of Bishop Doyle ’ s statement on the reputation of the Church and the Pope.
” Doyle wrote to the victim , saying that there would be no public statement of apology issued to her , as Nichols believed it “ would be used by sections of the media internationally to get at Pope Francis.
” LifeSiteNews was specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both in Doyle ’ s letter , and in Nichols ’ s hearing .
The IICSA noted that when questioned , Nichols still refused to “ accept that he had let her down or left her without support.
” He is quoted as saying , “ I think she ’ s had substantial , fundamental , unfailing support given in the name of the Church.
” The report summarizes : “ he was particularly concerned about the impact the leak would have on the reputation of Cardinal Murphy-O ’ Connor , rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s personal information had on her .
In the 13 months between the leak and the final public hearing , RC-A710 had not received an apology from Cardinal Nichols .
It appears that he did not do so as a result of his misplaced desire to give priority to the protection of the reputation of the Church , the Pope and Cardinal Murphy-O ’ Connor.
” Criticism of the Holy See The IICSA report also commented on the response to the inquiry from the Papal Nuncio to the U.K as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted that “ [ d ] espite efforts by the Inquiry , very limited information was forthcoming.
” The IICSA desired the Holy See to give a witness statement , as well as other information relevant to the investigation .
After much contact , even through official government channels , “ the Holy See belatedly confirmed it would not provide a witness statement.
” As for the information which the Holy See did send the inquiry , the report described it as doing “ little more than confirm the bishops ’ authority within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within the public domain.
” The report also criticised the Holy See heavily , stating that the actions of the Holy See in relation to the inquiry , were in contrast to the Pope ’ s 2019 words promising more action to resolve child sexual abuse : “ the Holy See ’ s stance was contrary to the spirit of its public statements.
” In sum , the report concluded that : “ The Holy See ’ s limited response on this matter manifestly did not demonstrate a commitment to taking action .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Previously , in the IICSA 2019 investigation into Ealing Abbey , Nuncio Adams had been approached for a statement , but , after much attempted contact with the Vatican “ no information was provided ” from either party prior to the hearing .
Just the day before the IICSA report was released , Nichols released a letter saying that his resignation as Archbishop of Westminster had been accepted by Pope Francis due to his age , although he was to remain in office until “ other provision is made.
” However , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his message when responding to calls for his resignation in the wake of the IICSA report : “ I sent my resignation into Pope Francis and I have received a very unequivocal reply , and that is that he tells me to stay in office here…I do what I ’ m told .
The Holy Father put me here and he tells me to stay here - that ’ s enough for me.
” U.K. media outlets even reported that Nichols had suggested that Francis had turned down the cardinal ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the report , Nichols spoke to victims of abuse , claiming “ I understand something , something of what you live with , of what you ’ ve gone through.
” The BBC noted that one victim of sexual abuse who testified in the inquiry , said that “ thousands of pounds have been spent by the Diocese of Westminster in employing lawyers to keep me at arm ’ s length.
” U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported that “ [ o ] ne survivor represented by Slater and Gordon who gave evidence before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nichols will retire with a full pension – meanwhile , the victims that he denied justice to have to live on , still suffering .
“ The fact is Nichols is a serial protector of paedophiles and he is the person that you should least expect it from , ” they continued .
“ The head of a church should have the greatest morals of all but instead they were sending paedophiles to other areas of the country – and America – in an attempt to cover the abuse up.
” A lawyer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report contains “ some of the most severe criticisms of a public figure ever made by a public inquiry , ” and that it “ comes close to concluding that Cardinal Nichols misled the inquiry.
” Noting that Nichols was described as lacking moral leadership , Deacon Nick Donnelly , a prominent commentator on Catholic news , described the report as a “ [ d ] amning conclusion about someone who claims to be a successor of the apostles & follower of Christ.
” Deacon Donnelly added , it “ exposes the sham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take clergy sex abuse of children seriously .
Lying comes easily in the Empire of Dirt.
” Cardinal pressured bishops to stay quiet on abuse case so as not to harm Pope ’ s image

A solicitor for Slater and Gordon, who represented 32 victims, said: 'Cardinal Nichols needs to resign right away – in any other walk of life he would be gone immediately.'
LONDON, U.K, November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – An independent inquiry into the Catholic Church’s response to child sex abuse in England and Wales has given a damning report on Cardinal Vincent Nichols as well as the role played by the Holy See and the papal nuncio. It also sheds further light on the cover-up of the investigation of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor’s alleged sexual abuse.
Just hours before the McCarrick report was released, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) released its 150-page report, detailing the Church’s response to child sex abuse in England and Wales. It gave explicit details of the nature of such abuse, particularly outlining the failings of Nichols.
Nichols currently serves as the Archbishop of Westminster, a post he has held since 2009. He was previously auxiliary bishop of Birmingham between 1991-2000 and then Archbishop of Birmingham from 2000-2009. In 2018 he was accused of covering up allegations of sexual abuse during his time as Archbishop of Birmingham.
The new IICSA report states that between 1975 and 2015, the Catholic Church in England and Wales “received more than 900 complaints involving over 3,000 instances of child sexual abuse against more than 900 individuals connected to the Church, including priests, monks and volunteers. In the same period, there were 177 prosecutions resulting in 133 convictions.”
Between April 2014 and July 2019 there were a further 203 allegations of child sexual abuse reported.
The report notes that, historically, abuse “was swept under the carpet” and that more recently, “weaknesses in leadership were significant in the failures to address child sexual abuse.”
Chair of the inquiry, Professor Alexis Jay, stated that “[i]t is clear that the Church’s reputation was valued above the welfare of victims, with allegations ignored and perpetrators protected.”
However, the IICSA singles out Nichols, giving extensive evidence that he had a “misplaced desire to give priority to the protection of the reputation of the Church, the Pope and Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor,” instead of properly dealing with victims of abuse. It further mentions “nor did he demonstrate compassion towards victims in the recent cases which we examined.”
Richard Scorer, a solicitor for Slater and Gordon, who represented 32 victims, said: “This is an absolutely damning report. It highlights the shocking scale of abuse, the disgraceful slowness of the church’s response, the abject failures of leadership by Cardinal Nichols, and the Vatican’s appalling refusal to cooperate properly with the inquiry. Cardinal Nichols needs to resign right away – in any other walk of life he would be gone immediately.”
Cardinal Nichols, Cardinal Murphy O’Connor, and Pope Francis
The report records two specific cases of neglect by Nichols, of which one details a woman, dubbed RC-A710, who claimed to have been abused in the 1960’s by Father Michael Hill. In 2008, she then also stated that Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor had been involved in the abuse.
Murphy-O’Connor was named Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 1977, and then made Archbishop of Westminster from 2000 until 2009, when he was succeeded by Nichols.
Murphy-O’Connor was an old friend of Cardinal Bergoglio and also a member of the Saint Gallen Mafia, which led to him being tasked with prepping Bergoglio for the group’s plan to elect him, as well as lobbying cardinals to support Bergoglio. In a book detailing the election of Pope Francis, Murphy-O’Connor was described as a “kingmaker.” He later died in 2017.
When questioned by police, Murphy O’Connor denied the abuse allegations levelled against him, although in a 2018 article, LifeSiteNews’s Maike Hickson and John-Henry Western, noted that “the police took the case so seriously that they interviewed Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor himself ‘under caution,’ which means that they made it clear to him that his answers could be used against him in court.” The police left the case open, awaiting further evidence.
In 2011, the case then went to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), but when asked by the CDF about the case, Nichols said that it “should now be regarded as completed and closed.” The CDF agreed with Nichols.
Despite this declaration from the CDF in 2011, an English source close to the case previously told LifeSiteNews that Portsmouth and Northampton Dioceses “complained to Rome” in 2013, to re-open the investigation. Both bishops knew the woman personally, as confirmed by the IICSA hearings.
Maike Hickson reported for LifeSiteNews that in 2013 Pope Francis directly told Cardinal Müller, then head of the CDF, to cease the newly opened investigations regarding the allegations RC-A710 made against O’Connor. When questioned about the incident, Cardinal Müller affirmed the investigation had been stopped, and added that it did not have the Pope’s approval. This event was corroborated by Archbishop Viganò in his September 27, 2018 letter.
The IICSA reports that in September 2018 RC-A710’s confidential details were then leaked to media, resulting in the story being widely reported in Europe and the U.S.
Bishop Egan of Portsmouth Diocese wished to apologise to the woman, but was told by Nichols to do nothing, and that Westminster would handle the case. Furthermore, the communications director of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales also told the bishops not to issue any statement. Nichols then pressured Bishop Egan and Bishop Doyle of Northampton, to say nothing.
The two bishops again wrote to Nichols in May 2019, requesting that the case be re-opened, to which Nichols did not reply. Egan stated that he believed Nichols refused to take action, due to his concerns that such a statement could be linked to the testimonies of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, and be used to attack Pope Francis.
Despite Cardinal Nichols’ denial that such was his chief motive, his statement was contradicted by Bishop Egan, Bishop Doyle, the Portsmouth safeguarding commissioner, and by the IICSA report itself, which states: “the primary focus of Cardinal Nichols’ concern was the impact of Bishop Doyle’s statement on the reputation of the Church and the Pope.”
Doyle wrote to the victim, saying that there would be no public statement of apology issued to her, as Nichols believed it “would be used by sections of the media internationally to get at Pope Francis.” LifeSiteNews was specifically mentioned as one such media outlet, both in Doyle’s letter, and in Nichols’s hearing.
The IICSA noted that when questioned, Nichols still refused to “accept that he had let her down or left her without support.” He is quoted as saying, “I think she’s had substantial, fundamental, unfailing support given in the name of the Church.”
The report summarizes: “he was particularly concerned about the impact the leak would have on the reputation of Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, rather than the impact the disclosure of RC- A710’s personal information had on her. In the 13 months between the leak and the final public hearing, RC-A710 had not received an apology from Cardinal Nichols. It appears that he did not do so as a result of his misplaced desire to give priority to the protection of the reputation of the Church, the Pope and Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor.”
Criticism of the Holy See
The IICSA report also commented on the response to the inquiry from the Papal Nuncio to the U.K as well as the Holy See itself.
The report noted that “[d]espite efforts by the Inquiry, very limited information was forthcoming.” The IICSA desired the Holy See to give a witness statement, as well as other information relevant to the investigation. After much contact, even through official government channels, “the Holy See belatedly confirmed it would not provide a witness statement.”
As for the information which the Holy See did send the inquiry, the report described it as doing “little more than confirm the bishops’ authority within their own dioceses and provide documents already within the public domain.”
The report also criticised the Holy See heavily, stating that the actions of the Holy See in relation to the inquiry, were in contrast to the Pope’s 2019 words promising more action to resolve child sexual abuse: “the Holy See’s stance was contrary to the spirit of its public statements.”
In sum, the report concluded that: “The Holy See’s limited response on this matter manifestly did not demonstrate a commitment to taking action. Their lack of cooperation passes understanding.”
Previously, in the IICSA 2019 investigation into Ealing Abbey, Nuncio Adams had been approached for a statement, but, after much attempted contact with the Vatican “no information was provided” from either party prior to the hearing.
Nichols’s response
Just the day before the IICSA report was released, Nichols released a letter saying that his resignation as Archbishop of Westminster had been accepted by Pope Francis due to his age, although he was to remain in office until “other provision is made.”
However, the next day Nichols presented a different interpretation of his message when responding to calls for his resignation in the wake of the IICSA report: “I sent my resignation into Pope Francis and I have received a very unequivocal reply, and that is that he tells me to stay in office here…I do what I’m told. The Holy Father put me here and he tells me to stay here – that’s enough for me.”
U.K. media outlets even reported that Nichols had suggested that Francis had turned down the cardinal’s resignation.
In a video response to the report, Nichols spoke to victims of abuse, claiming “I understand something, something of what you live with, of what you’ve gone through.”
The BBC noted that one victim of sexual abuse who testified in the inquiry, said that “thousands of pounds have been spent by the Diocese of Westminster in employing lawyers to keep me at arm’s length.”
U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported that “[o]ne survivor represented by Slater and Gordon who gave evidence before the inquiry” stated: “Vincent Nichols will retire with a full pension – meanwhile, the victims that he denied justice to have to live on, still suffering.
“The fact is Nichols is a serial protector of paedophiles and he is the person that you should least expect it from,” they continued.
“The head of a church should have the greatest morals of all but instead they were sending paedophiles to other areas of the country – and America – in an attempt to cover the abuse up.”
A lawyer for Slater and Gordon noted that the report contains “some of the most severe criticisms of a public figure ever made by a public inquiry,” and that it “comes close to concluding that Cardinal Nichols misled the inquiry.”
Noting that Nichols was described as lacking moral leadership, Deacon Nick Donnelly, a prominent commentator on Catholic news, described the report as a “[d]amning conclusion about someone who claims to be a successor of the apostles & follower of Christ.”
Deacon Donnelly added, it “exposes the sham of the Vatican’s claim to take clergy sex abuse of children seriously. Lying comes easily in the Empire of Dirt.”
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--Canadian university expels medical student for anti-abortion, conservative Facebook posts

MANITOBA , Canada , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A Christian medical student in Manitoba , Canada , has been expelled from university for expressing anti-abortion and pro-gun views on Facebook .
Rafael Zaki is a Coptic Christian , who left Egypt along with his parents , in order to be able to practise their religion freely .
His parents are both very successful in medicinal careers , The Post Millennial ( TPM ) reports , and as Zaki aimed to follow in their footsteps , he entered the Max Rady College of Medicine in the University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now expelled Zaki due to his anti-abortion , as well as for his pro-gun beliefs , which he had expressed on his personal Facebook page .
In February 2019 , eighteen anonymous complaints were filed against him , alleging that his writings on Facebook made others feel “ unsafe.
” The writings referred to were pro-gun posts and a long anti-abortion essay , which had previously been composed for Zaki ’ s Sunday School .
Following a resulting investigation , Zaki was ordered to attend seven meetings with Dr. Ira Ripstein , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TPM records that Zaki had to pen a total of ten letters to both teachers and students , apologizing for any offence caused through stating his views on Facebook .
The original posts were later deleted by Zaki , less than twenty-four hours after the original allegations .
Ripstein ’ s meetings , and the subsequent letters , were supposedly a way for Zaki to avoid any disciplinary action being taken against him .
But TPM reports that “ [ a ] ccording to Dr. Ripstein , the apologies were insufficiently remorseful and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testimony to a change in [ Zaki ’ s ] beliefs ” .
Both Ripstein and other students persisted to state that they felt unsafe with Zaki , and Ripstein claimed that the apologies were even insincere , since “ they did not include testimony to a change in his beliefs.
” In his posts online , Zaki had compared abortion to the Holocaust , and continued , in line with his Christian faith , to hold that abortion was a moral evil .
Due to not changing his beliefs , Zaki was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of August , 2019 , under the “ Student Non-Academic Misconduct and Concerning Behaviour Procedure.
” Zaki was allowed to continue attending his lectures until any appeals were finished , but his subsequent appeals against the decision failed .
In an affidavit as part of the appeal process , Zaki declared that the university had violated its own procedures .
The policyunder which he was expelled , states that the university may not control a student ’ s social media unless “ matters regarding the University are a significant focus of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The university also violated its principles in other areas , notably by not properly informing Zaki of the complaints against him , as well as all the evidence and identities of the complainants .
The Post Millennial mentions that Zaki has still not learnt the identities of those who complained against him .
In July of this year , the university decreed that “ on the balance of probabilities , Zaki had committed an act of Non-Academic Misconduct in the form of professional misconduct.
” Furthermore , the disciplinary committee stated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hostile to women , ” thus causing a “ negative impact on the learning and work environment.
” The university ’ s disciplinary committee also declared that “ a change in the Appellant ’ s behaviour was essential in order to meet the professionalism standards set by the UGME policies.
” Dr. Ripstein was involved as “ a principal in decision-making at every stage of the case up to the last appeal.
” Zaki ’ s affidavit noted that Ripstein ’ s own views of abortion and gun rights , “ alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the policy under which Zaki was originally expelled , the decision also violated the University of Manitoba ’ s Disclosure and Complaints Procedure .
That document includes “ Religion or creed , or religious belief , ” as well as “ Political belief , political association or political activity , ” as “ Protected Characteristic [ s ] ” which are to be protected from any discrimination .
Zaki ’ s religious beliefs pertaining to the immorality of abortion , and his political views in favour of gun ownership , should thus have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ university ’ s own policies .
The U.K based Society for the Protection of Unborn Children , ( SPUC ) , issued a statement on Zaki ’ s expulsion : “ The bigoted treatment of Rafael Zaki is an appalling and blatantly anti-Christian violation of free speech .
His family fled Egypt to escape this sort of persecution.
” SPUC continued , “ According to the university ’ s college of medicine , it can not admit any student who is against abortion .
Not only does this constitute persecution of pro-lifers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learning medicine .
This is a classic case of a kangaroo court violating a man ’ s right to free speech and free practice of religion.
” The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship also responded to the university ’ s decision , calling it a rejection of the “ long-standing democratic freedom ” to express one ’ s beliefs , and “ opening the door to the imposition of other non-academic tests for university membership.
” Zaki has set up a fundraising page , to raise funds to continue his legal battle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respectful communications to the Max Rady College of Medicine in the University of Manitoba can be found here .

According to the associate dean for undergraduate medical studies, the student's apologies were 'insufficiently remorseful and sincere, as they did not include testimony to a change in beliefs.'
MANITOBA, Canada, November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A Christian medical student in Manitoba, Canada, has been expelled from university for expressing anti-abortion and pro-gun views on Facebook.
Rafael Zaki is a Coptic Christian, who left Egypt along with his parents, in order to be able to practise their religion freely. His parents are both very successful in medicinal careers, The Post Millennial (TPM) reports, and as Zaki aimed to follow in their footsteps, he entered the Max Rady College of Medicine in the University of Manitoba.
But the university has now expelled Zaki due to his anti-abortion, as well as for his pro-gun beliefs, which he had expressed on his personal Facebook page.
In February 2019, eighteen anonymous complaints were filed against him, alleging that his writings on Facebook made others feel “unsafe.” The writings referred to were pro-gun posts and a long anti-abortion essay, which had previously been composed for Zaki’s Sunday School.
Following a resulting investigation, Zaki was ordered to attend seven meetings with Dr. Ira Ripstein, the associate dean for undergraduate medical studies.
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Justice for Manitoba med student expelled for expressing pro-life views! Show Petition Text 8289 have signed the petition. Let's get to 9000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition A Coptic Christian immigrant to Canada has been expelled from the University of Manitoba's College of Medicine for refusing to change his personal beliefs about the value of life from conception and the right to own firearms. Rafael Zaki, who emigrated from Egypt with his parents to escape religious persecution, has wound up being subjected to another form of persecution...this time, in Manitoba. Indeed, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees Rafael's fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and the freedom of religion. Please SIGN this petition to Manitoba's Minister of Economic Development and Training, Mr. Ralph Eichler, asking him to initiate an independent investigation into Rafael's case, and to remedy the situation as soon as possible. Justice for Rafael must be swift and commensurate with the persecution he has endured at the hands of the University of Manitoba's College of Medicine. The trouble for Rafael began in 2019, when anonymous accusers claimed that pro-life and pro-gun rights posts on his personal Facebook account made them feel "unsafe." Unbelievably, these anonymous accusers even equated Zaki's being pro-life to his being "misogynistic and hostile to women" when nothing could be further from the truth! But, an investigation of Zaki's posts was then undertaken, and he was ordered to attend seven "remediation" sessions with the College's Associate Dean for Undergraduate medical education, Dr. Ira Ripstein. Immediately after he was notified of the accusations, Zaki removed the post which other people found unacceptable. Then, he issued TEN apologies, five to his peers and five to his professors. But, even after removing the posts and apologizing profusely, and attending the seven "remediation" sessions, Dr. Ripstein still wasn't impressed by Zaki's apparent contrition because he surmised that the young med student had not changed his beliefs. And, why should he change his beliefs?!? It is Rafael's right to hold pro-life and pro-gun rights views and express them publicly, as long as he did not bring university business into the conversation - which he did not. And, the university has absolutely no right to insist that one of its students change his or her sincerely held beliefs which are not objectively hateful or incite violence. But, in the end, Rafael was expelled from the University of Manitoba's College of Medicine, with Dr. Ira Ripstein seeming to act as Rafael's judge, jury and executioner. So, right now, it is essential that Manitoba's Minister of Economic Development and Training, Ralph Eichler, launch an independent investigation into the treatment of Rafael Zaki at the hands of the College's administration. We are calling for swift justice for Rafael Zaki so that he doesn't lose another minute of medical study to these chilling attacks on his freedom of speech and religion. SIGN and SHARE this petition and stand up for Rafael now! Then, please politely contact Minister Eichler's office to politely ask for justice to be done for Rafael Zaki. Please use this contact information: Minister's Office
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TPM records that Zaki had to pen a total of ten letters to both teachers and students, apologizing for any offence caused through stating his views on Facebook. The original posts were later deleted by Zaki, less than twenty-four hours after the original allegations.
Ripstein’s meetings, and the subsequent letters, were supposedly a way for Zaki to avoid any disciplinary action being taken against him.
But TPM reports that “[a]ccording to Dr. Ripstein, the apologies were insufficiently remorseful and sincere, as they did not include testimony to a change in [Zaki’s] beliefs”.
Both Ripstein and other students persisted to state that they felt unsafe with Zaki, and Ripstein claimed that the apologies were even insincere, since “they did not include testimony to a change in his beliefs.” In his posts online, Zaki had compared abortion to the Holocaust, and continued, in line with his Christian faith, to hold that abortion was a moral evil.
Due to not changing his beliefs, Zaki was then expelled from Rady College at the end of August, 2019, under the “Student Non-Academic Misconduct and Concerning Behaviour Procedure.”
Zaki was allowed to continue attending his lectures until any appeals were finished, but his subsequent appeals against the decision failed.
In an affidavit as part of the appeal process, Zaki declared that the university had violated its own procedures. The policyunder which he was expelled, states that the university may not control a student’s social media unless “matters regarding the University are a significant focus of the communication,” which they were not.
The university also violated its principles in other areas, notably by not properly informing Zaki of the complaints against him, as well as all the evidence and identities of the complainants.
The Post Millennial mentions that Zaki has still not learnt the identities of those who complained against him.
In July of this year, the university decreed that “on the balance of probabilities, Zaki had committed an act of Non-Academic Misconduct in the form of professional misconduct.” Furthermore, the disciplinary committee stated that Zaki’s statements were “misogynistic and hostile to women,” thus causing a “negative impact on the learning and work environment.”
The university’s disciplinary committee also declared that “a change in the Appellant’s behaviour was essential in order to meet the professionalism standards set by the UGME policies.”
Dr. Ripstein was involved as “a principal in decision-making at every stage of the case up to the last appeal.” Zaki’s affidavit noted that Ripstein’s own views of abortion and gun rights, “alleged further wild accusations.”
Aside from violating the policy under which Zaki was originally expelled, the decision also violated the University of Manitoba’s Disclosure and Complaints Procedure. That document includes “Religion or creed, or religious belief,” as well as “Political belief, political association or political activity,” as “Protected Characteristic[s]” which are to be protected from any discrimination.
Zaki’s religious beliefs pertaining to the immorality of abortion, and his political views in favour of gun ownership, should thus have been free from discrimination according to the university’s own policies.
The U.K based Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, (SPUC), issued a statement on Zaki’s expulsion: “The bigoted treatment of Rafael Zaki is an appalling and blatantly anti-Christian violation of free speech. His family fled Egypt to escape this sort of persecution.”
SPUC continued, “According to the university’s college of medicine, it cannot admit any student who is against abortion. Not only does this constitute persecution of pro-lifers, but it also bars devout Christians from learning medicine. This is a classic case of a kangaroo court violating a man’s right to free speech and free practice of religion.”
The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship also responded to the university’s decision, calling it a rejection of the “long-standing democratic freedom” to express one’s beliefs, and “opening the door to the imposition of other non-academic tests for university membership.”
Zaki has set up a fundraising page, to raise funds to continue his legal battle with the university.
Contact information for respectful communications to the Max Rady College of Medicine in the University of Manitoba can be found here.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-17--Biden family’s work directly benefited the communist Chinese government: US senator

WASHINGTON , D.C. , November 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley ( R-IA ) has made the explosive claim that the work of Democrat Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter Biden , and his brother , James Biden , for CEFC China Energy Co. “ directly benefited the communist Chinese government thereby making them potential agents of that government.
” In a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General William Barr , Grassley laid out some of the evidence of the Bidens ’ ties to communist China via their business partnership with CEFC , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign principal as defined by the Foreign Agents Registration Act ( FARA ) .
” Grassley wrote , “ The records also show that CEFC was an extension of the Chinese government and that CEFC intended to alter U.S. policy and public opinion to its benefit and that the Chinese government would be the principal beneficiary of those actions.
” “ The apparent relationships came to light not through proper FARA registration but only through the work of my oversight activities and through recent media revelations , ” he continued .
Many mainstream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media , had suppressed the reporting first done by the New York Post .
FARA “ requires individuals to register with the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) if they act , even through an intermediary , ‘ as an agent , representative , employee , or servant ’ or ‘ in any other capacity ’ at the behest of a foreign principal , including a foreign political party , government , or corporation , for purposes of engagement with a United States official to influence U.S. policy or the public.
” Grassley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ texts as revealing “ significant connections to CEFC.
” Just this October , Rudy Giuliani alleged that Hunter Biden ’ s laptop hard drive , which was in Giuliani ’ s possession , revealed that the Bidens “ have been business partners with the Chinese communist government , ” and provided “ clear evidence of crime ” by the Biden family .
About a week later , Tony Bobulinski , who had worked with the Bidens as CEO of their entity Sinohawk , revealed that Sinohawk partnered with what had been described to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CEFC China Energy.
” Bobulinski ’ s testimony implicated not only Hunter Biden , but Joe Biden as well , in the CEFC partnership .
Bobulinski claimed he received an email in 2017 that said ten percent of Sinohawk ’ s equity was “ held by H for the ‘ Big guy.
’ ” “ In that email , there ’ s no question that H stands for Hunter , big guy for his father , Joe Biden , ” said Bobulinski .
Bobulinski thereafter provided Senate Committee members and the FBI with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims .
Although , as Grassley noted , CEFC “ reportedly remained a private company until state-owned enterprises assumed control of it in 2018 , ” there were many indicators that prior to that time , it was , for all intents and purposes , owned by the Chinese government .
“ Reporting in 2017 indicated that it received financing from the China Development Bank , ‘ hired a number of former top officials from state-owned energy companies , ’ and had ‘ layers of Communist Party committees across its subsidiaries — more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” wrote Grassley .
“ Records state that CEFC is ‘ dedicating itself to serving China ’ s national energy strategy.
’ ” Grassley claimed that in fact Ye Jianming , the chairman of CEFC and a close business associate of the Bidens , was shown in a recent report to be connected “ not just to the communist party in China , but also China ’ s People ’ s Liberation Army , the armed forces of the Chinese communist party.
” In remarks he gave in July , FBI Director Christopher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ middlemen ” and the “ private ” sector play in the Communist Chinese government ’ s efforts to influence foreign powers : “ China is engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign , and its methods include bribery , blackmail , and covert deals .
Chinese diplomats also use both open , naked economic pressure and seemingly independent middlemen to push China ’ s preferences on American officials , ” said Wray .
“ Many of the distinctions that mean a lot here in the United States are blurry or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m talking about distinctions between the government and the Chinese Communist Party , between the civilian and military sectors , and between the state and the ‘ private ’ sector.
” “ For one thing , an awful lot of large Chinese businesses are state-owned enterprises — literally owned by the government , and thus the Party .
And even if they aren ’ t , China ’ s laws allow its government to compel any Chinese company to provide any information it requests — including American citizens ’ data , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Chinese companies of any real size are legally required to have Communist Party ‘ cells ’ inside them to keep them in line .
Even more alarmingly , Communist Party cells have reportedly been established in some American companies operating in China as a cost of doing business there.
” A bombshell revelation made by Grassley regarding CEFC and Hunter Biden raises further questions about the nature of Biden ’ s association with the Chinese : “ Chi Ping Patrick Ho , a business associate of Ye ’ s and CEFC , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and money laundering offenses stemming from his work for the CEFC-backed China Energy Fund Committee .
After his arrest , his first call was reportedly to James Biden .
Hunter Biden reportedly represented Patrick Ho for a period of time and received at least $ 1 million for his representation , ” said Grassley .
“ According to recent reporting , the federal government obtained at least one FIFSA warrant on Patrick Ho , indicating his potential counterintelligence threat to the United States .
Indeed , Hunter Biden was well aware of Patrick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese government , specifically its intelligence services , ” the Senate Finance Committee chairman pointed out .
“ According to records reportedly released from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop , Hunter Biden said … , ‘ I have another New York Times reporter calling about my representation of Patrick Ho — the f***ing spy chief of China who started the company that my partner , who is worth $ 323 billion , founded and is now missing.
’ ” Grassley said that Hunter Biden ’ s reference to his “ partner ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who The New York Times has since described as “ [ wanting ] access to the corridors of power in Washington.
” “ Before Ye disappeared , he and CEFC had been looking to do business in the United States .
In order for Ye to succeed with future business in the United States , he had to , as The New York Times stated , ‘ build influence.
’ Based on the recently released records , that is exactly what Hunter Biden and James Biden were supposed to do for CEFC , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it appears that Hunter and James Biden , based on their family name and political influence , were agents of CEFC , as both had planned roles with CEFC ’ s investment vehicles and engaged in efforts to seal financial deals for Ye and CEFC , which would ultimately benefit the communist Chinese government.
” In fact , Hunter Biden ’ s correspondence shows he was concerned about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA ) .
Grassley wrote , “ On May 1 , 2017 , Hunter Biden reportedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CEFC , ‘ No matter what it will need to be a US company at some level in order for us to make bids on federal and state funded projects .
Also we [ sic ] don ’ t want to have to register as foreign agents under the FCPA which is much more expansive than people who should know choose not to know .
James has very particular opinions about this so I would ask him about the foreign entity.
’ ” Grassley didn ’ t shy away from tough questions for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bidens .
He requested that Barr answer a series of questions “ no later than November 23 , 2020 , ” including , “ What actions has the DOJ taken to assess whether Hunter Biden , James Biden , and their corporate entities or employees should have registered under FARA for work on behalf of the Chinese government or other foreign governments or foreign principals ?
” “ The American public deserves to know when foreign entities are operating in and attempting to influence U.S. policy and public opinion , ” Grassley said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sen. Grassley ’ s letter to Attorney General Barr at the DOJ :

‘The American public deserves to know when foreign entities are attempting to influence U.S. policy and public opinion,’ wrote Sen. Chuck Grassley.
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has made the explosive claim that the work of Democrat Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, and his brother, James Biden, for CEFC China Energy Co. “directly benefited the communist Chinese government thereby making them potential agents of that government.”
In a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Grassley laid out some of the evidence of the Bidens’ ties to communist China via their business partnership with CEFC, which Grassley said is “clearly a foreign principal as defined by the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).”
Grassley wrote, “The records also show that CEFC was an extension of the Chinese government and that CEFC intended to alter U.S. policy and public opinion to its benefit and that the Chinese government would be the principal beneficiary of those actions.”
“The apparent relationships came to light not through proper FARA registration but only through the work of my oversight activities and through recent media revelations,” he continued. Many mainstream media outlets, as well as social media, had suppressed the reporting first done by the New York Post.
FARA “requires individuals to register with the Department of Justice (DOJ) if they act, even through an intermediary, ‘as an agent, representative, employee, or servant’ or ‘in any other capacity’ at the behest of a foreign principal, including a foreign political party, government, or corporation, for purposes of engagement with a United States official to influence U.S. policy or the public.”
Grassley cited “recently released” emails and texts as revealing “significant connections to CEFC.” Just this October, Rudy Giuliani alleged that Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive, which was in Giuliani’s possession, revealed that the Bidens “have been business partners with the Chinese communist government,” and provided “clear evidence of crime” by the Biden family.
About a week later, Tony Bobulinski, who had worked with the Bidens as CEO of their entity Sinohawk, revealed that Sinohawk partnered with what had been described to him as the “Chinese state-owned enterprise CEFC China Energy.”
Bobulinski’s testimony implicated not only Hunter Biden, but Joe Biden as well, in the CEFC partnership. Bobulinski claimed he received an email in 2017 that said ten percent of Sinohawk’s equity was “held by H for the ‘Big guy.’”
“In that email, there’s no question that H stands for Hunter, big guy for his father, Joe Biden,” said Bobulinski.
Bobulinski thereafter provided Senate Committee members and the FBI with devices showing correspondence to back up his claims.
Although, as Grassley noted, CEFC “reportedly remained a private company until state-owned enterprises assumed control of it in 2018,” there were many indicators that prior to that time, it was, for all intents and purposes, owned by the Chinese government.
“Reporting in 2017 indicated that it received financing from the China Development Bank, ‘hired a number of former top officials from state-owned energy companies,’ and had ‘layers of Communist Party committees across its subsidiaries — more than at many private Chinese companies,” wrote Grassley. “Records state that CEFC is ‘dedicating itself to serving China’s national energy strategy.’”
Grassley claimed that in fact Ye Jianming, the chairman of CEFC and a close business associate of the Bidens, was shown in a recent report to be connected “not just to the communist party in China, but also China’s People’s Liberation Army, the armed forces of the Chinese communist party.”
In remarks he gave in July, FBI Director Christopher Wray shed light on the role that “middlemen” and the “private” sector play in the Communist Chinese government’s efforts to influence foreign powers:
“China is engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign, and its methods include bribery, blackmail, and covert deals. Chinese diplomats also use both open, naked economic pressure and seemingly independent middlemen to push China’s preferences on American officials,” said Wray.
“Many of the distinctions that mean a lot here in the United States are blurry or almost nonexistent in China — I’m talking about distinctions between the government and the Chinese Communist Party, between the civilian and military sectors, and between the state and the ‘private’ sector.”
“For one thing, an awful lot of large Chinese businesses are state-owned enterprises — literally owned by the government, and thus the Party. And even if they aren’t, China’s laws allow its government to compel any Chinese company to provide any information it requests — including American citizens’ data,” he continued.
“On top of that, Chinese companies of any real size are legally required to have Communist Party ‘cells’ inside them to keep them in line. Even more alarmingly, Communist Party cells have reportedly been established in some American companies operating in China as a cost of doing business there.”
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A bombshell revelation made by Grassley regarding CEFC and Hunter Biden raises further questions about the nature of Biden’s association with the Chinese:
“Chi Ping Patrick Ho, a business associate of Ye’s and CEFC, was charged and convicted of international bribery and money laundering offenses stemming from his work for the CEFC-backed China Energy Fund Committee. After his arrest, his first call was reportedly to James Biden. Hunter Biden reportedly represented Patrick Ho for a period of time and received at least $1 million for his representation,” said Grassley.
“According to recent reporting, the federal government obtained at least one FIFSA warrant on Patrick Ho, indicating his potential counterintelligence threat to the United States. Indeed, Hunter Biden was well aware of Patrick Ho’s links to the communist Chinese government, specifically its intelligence services,” the Senate Finance Committee chairman pointed out.
“According to records reportedly released from Hunter Biden’s laptop, Hunter Biden said …, ‘I have another New York Times reporter calling about my representation of Patrick Ho — the f***ing spy chief of China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing.’”
Grassley said that Hunter Biden’s reference to his “partner” is an apparent reference to Ye, “who The New York Times has since described as “[wanting] access to the corridors of power in Washington.”
“Before Ye disappeared, he and CEFC had been looking to do business in the United States. In order for Ye to succeed with future business in the United States, he had to, as The New York Times stated, ‘build influence.’ Based on the recently released records, that is exactly what Hunter Biden and James Biden were supposed to do for CEFC,” Grassley continued.
“Accordingly, it appears that Hunter and James Biden, based on their family name and political influence, were agents of CEFC, as both had planned roles with CEFC’s investment vehicles and engaged in efforts to seal financial deals for Ye and CEFC, which would ultimately benefit the communist Chinese government.”
In fact, Hunter Biden’s correspondence shows he was concerned about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Grassley wrote, “On May 1, 2017, Hunter Biden reportedly said in reference to his work for CEFC, ‘No matter what it will need to be a US company at some level in order for us to make bids on federal and state funded projects. Also we [sic] don’t want to have to register as foreign agents under the FCPA which is much more expansive than people who should know choose not to know. James has very particular opinions about this so I would ask him about the foreign entity.’”
Grassley didn’t shy away from tough questions for the DOJ regarding its investigation of the Bidens. He requested that Barr answer a series of questions “no later than November 23, 2020,” including, “What actions has the DOJ taken to assess whether Hunter Biden, James Biden, and their corporate entities or employees should have registered under FARA for work on behalf of the Chinese government or other foreign governments or foreign principals?”
“The American public deserves to know when foreign entities are operating in and attempting to influence U.S. policy and public opinion,” Grassley said.
Readers may voice their support for Sen. Grassley’s letter to Attorney General Barr at the DOJ:
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