newswars--2020-01-26--Report: Basketball Star Kobe Bryant Dies In Helicopter Crash

UPDATE 3 : 2:40 PM PT — Officials say they believe 9 people were on board — 1 pilot and 8 passengers — and there were no survivors .
Still unclear why the chopper crashed but an investigation is under way .
UPDATE 2 : 12:49 PM PT — President Trump just tweeted about Kobe ’ s death … saying , “ Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California .
That is terrible news !
” UPDATE : 12:35 PM PT — Kobe ’ s daughter Gianna Maria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on board the helicopter and died in the crash … reps for Kobe tell TMZ Sports .
She was 13 .
We ’ re told they were on their way to the Mamba Academy for a basketball practice when the crash occurred .
The Academy is in nearby Thousand Oaks .
Kobe Bryant died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas Sunday morning … TMZ Sports has confirmed .
Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down .
A fire broke out .
Emergency personnel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
5 people are confirmed dead .
We ’ re told Vanessa Bryant was not among those on board .
Eyewitnesses also tell us that they heard the helicopter ’ s engine sputtering before it went down .
The cause of the crash is under investigation .
Kobe has famously used a helicopter to travel for years — dating back to when he played for the Lakers .
He was known for commuting from Newport Beach , CA to the STAPLES Center in DTLA in his Sikorsky S-76 chopper .
KB is survived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four daughters — Gianna , Natalia and Bianca and their newborn Capri .
Kobe has recently been spotted out at NBA games with his daughter Gianna — a rising star basketball player herself .
Their youngest daughter , Capri , was just born in June 2019 .
Kobe is widely considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time — making 18 All-Star teams during his 20 year career with the Lakers .
He was a first-round pick in the 1996 draft , winning 5 NBA championships , 2 NBA Finals MVPs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ 08 .
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UPDATE 3: 2:40 PM PT — Officials say they believe 9 people were on board — 1 pilot and 8 passengers — and there were no survivors. Still unclear why the chopper crashed but an investigation is under way.
UPDATE 2: 12:49 PM PT — President Trump just tweeted about Kobe’s death … saying, “Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!”
Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020
UPDATE: 12:35 PM PT — Kobe’s daughter Gianna Maria Onore — aka GiGi — was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash … reps for Kobe tell TMZ Sports. She was 13.
We’re told they were on their way to the Mamba Academy for a basketball practice when the crash occurred. The Academy is in nearby Thousand Oaks.
Original story appears below:
Kobe Bryant died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas Sunday morning … TMZ Sports has confirmed.
Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are confirmed dead. We’re told Vanessa Bryant was not among those on board.
Eyewitnesses also tell us that they heard the helicopter’s engine sputtering before it went down. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Kobe has famously used a helicopter to travel for years — dating back to when he played for the Lakers. He was known for commuting from Newport Beach, CA to the STAPLES Center in DTLA in his Sikorsky S-76 chopper.
KB is survived by his wife Vanessa, and their four daughters — Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and their newborn Capri.
Kobe has recently been spotted out at NBA games with his daughter Gianna — a rising star basketball player herself. Their youngest daughter, Capri, was just born in June 2019.
Kobe is widely considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time — making 18 All-Star teams during his 20 year career with the Lakers. He was a first-round pick in the 1996 draft, winning 5 NBA championships, 2 NBA Finals MVPs and he was the league MVP in ’08.
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newswars--2020-01-26--Kaitlin Bennett Takes On Brainwashed Liberals At The Women’s March

Kaitlin Bennett is greeted by “ fans ” at the Women ’ s March in Washington D.C. as she covers @ @ @ @ @ about the patriarchy .

Kaitlin Bennett is greeted by “fans” at the Women’s March in Washington D.C. as she covers their bizarre antics and rants about the patriarchy.


newswars--2020-01-26--Schiff: ‘Wrathful and Vindictive’ Trump Threatened Me With Tweet Saying I Should ‘Pay The Price’

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff ( D-Calif. ) said he feels threatened by a tweet sent by President Trump alluding to legal punishment for him over dragging the country through the Democrats ’ dangerous impeachment crusade based on lies .
“ Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN , and probably a very sick man .
He has not paid the price , yet , for what he has done to our Country !
” Trump tweeted Sunday .
Schiff brought up Trump ’ s tweet on NBC ’ s “ Meet The Press ” when host Chuck Todd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump would have Republican senators ’ heads “ on a pike ” if they voted to convict him in the impeachment trial .
“ I don ’ t think it was personal to refer to the CBS story .
What may be personal , though , and I think I have to be very candid about this , is I made the argument that it ’ s going to require moral courage to stand up to this president , ” Schiff told Todd .
“ It is going to be very difficult for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this president .
It really is .
There ’ s just no question about it , ” Schiff continued .
“ I want to acknowledge that , and I don ’ t want to acknowledge it in a way that is offensive to them , but I do want to speak candidly about it.
” “ I don ’ t think there ’ s any doubt about it , and if you think there is , look at the president ’ s tweets about me today saying that I should ‘ pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adding Trump was “ wrathful and vindictive president.
” “ Do you take that as a threat ?
” NBC ’ s Chuck Todd asked .
This comes after Trump ’ s legal team completely “ shredded ” Schiff ’ s case for impeachment on Saturday , which has cratered his credibility among Republican senators who the Democrats need on their side if they hope to convict Trump .
David Knight analyzes the lies of Adam Schiff in real-time during the Senate impeachment hearings .

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he feels threatened by a tweet sent by President Trump alluding to legal punishment for him over dragging the country through the Democrats’ dangerous impeachment crusade based on lies.
“Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” Trump tweeted Sunday.
Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020
Schiff brought up Trump’s tweet on NBC’s “Meet The Press” when host Chuck Todd asked about his Friday remarks warning that Trump would have Republican senators’ heads “on a pike” if they voted to convict him in the impeachment trial.
“I don’t think it was personal to refer to the CBS story. What may be personal, though, and I think I have to be very candid about this, is I made the argument that it’s going to require moral courage to stand up to this president,” Schiff told Todd.
EXCLUSIVE: @RepAdamSchiff: “Look at the president’s tweets about me today saying I should pay a price..”@chucktodd: “Do you take that as a threat?”@RepAdamSchiff: “I think it is intended to be.” pic.twitter.com/8KUqaoJcS3 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 26, 2020
“It is going to be very difficult for some of these senators to stand up to this president. It really is. There’s just no question about it,” Schiff continued. “I want to acknowledge that, and I don’t want to acknowledge it in a way that is offensive to them, but I do want to speak candidly about it.”
“I don’t think there’s any doubt about it, and if you think there is, look at the president’s tweets about me today saying that I should ‘pay a price,’” Schiff said, adding Trump was “wrathful and vindictive president.”
“Do you take that as a threat?” NBC’s Chuck Todd asked.
“I think it’s intended to be,” Schiff responded.
This comes after Trump’s legal team completely “shredded” Schiff’s case for impeachment on Saturday, which has cratered his credibility among Republican senators who the Democrats need on their side if they hope to convict Trump.
David Knight analyzes the lies of Adam Schiff in real-time during the Senate impeachment hearings.


newswars--2020-01-26--Unborn Lives Matter – March For Life 2020

Millennial Millie attended the March For Life event held in Washington , DC .
Thousands and thousands of pro-life advocates @ @ @ @ @ for the unborn and to see President Trump speak as the first President ever to @ @ @ @ @

Millennial Millie attended the March For Life event held in Washington, DC. Thousands and thousands of pro-life advocates came to show their support for the unborn and to see President Trump speak as the first President ever to attend a pro-life march.


newswars--2020-01-26--5 Million Potential Carriers Have Left Wuhan As Coronavirus Appears To Mutate Into ‘More Transmissab

5 Million Potential Carriers Have Left Wuhan As Coronavirus Appears To Mutate Into ‘More Transmissable’ Form

Over the weekend , there were numerous media reports published in hopes of easing fears that the coronavirus spread was uncontained , and informing the general public just how seriously China takes its quarantine of no less than 17 cities and roughly 60 million people .
Take this report from AFP , according to which Police at a roadblock on the outskirts of Wuhan turned away cars trying to leave the virus-stricken epicenter on Saturday , as other anxious residents trapped inside spent the Lunar New Year stocking up on masks and medical supplies .
“ Authorities have prevented anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 million people at the heart of the viral outbreak which has so far infected nearly 1,300 people and killed 41 others ” AFP writes adding that its reporters saw “ a steady trickle of cars approaching the roadblocks around 20 kilometres ( 12 miles ) east of the city centre on Saturday morning , only for police in fluorescent jackets wearing masks to tell them to turn around.
” The barricade , at one of the tolls for highways exiting the city , was blocked with red and yellow plastic barriers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just one problem : the much needed quarantine and lockdown were far too late , because as Wuhan ’ s mayor Zhou Xianwang revealed on Sunday during a press conference , about 5 million residents had already left Wuhan before the lockdown because of the deadly coronavirus epidemic and the Spring Festival holiday .
As the SCMP reports , many of Wuhan ’ s residents had already left the city for the holiday , while others rushed out after the lockdown was announced on Wednesday night .
As a result , only 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the lockdown , with roughly a third of it , including countless cases of coronavirus , having already spread across China .
Meanwhile , in Chinese health officials warned the virus ’ ability to spread was getting stronger , and in the worst possible news for China , Ma Xiaowei , the minister in charge of China ’ s National Health Commission ( NHC ) , told a press conference that battling the outbreak had become especially complicated , after it was discovered that the new virus could be transmitted even during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Sars ( severe acute respiratory syndrome ) .
In other words , as many as tens if not hundreds of thousands of Coronavirus carriers quietly fled , and may have infected as many as 3-4 other people each , depending on the R0 of the virus .
“ From observations , the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period , ” Ma said , adding that the incubation period lasted from one to 14 days .
“ Some patients have normal temperatures and there are many milder cases .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As for the piece de resistance , Ma said also that the virus had adapted to humans and appeared to have become more transmissible : “ There are signs showing the virus is becoming more transmissible .
These walking ‘ contagious agents ’ [ hidden carriers ] make controlling the outbreak a lot more difficult.
” Even China ’ s authorities sounds like they are giving up : Li Bin , deputy minister of the NHC said the authorities that the severe measures they had taken to control the spread of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and locking down cities – would at least delay the peak and “ buy time to combat the next stage of the outbreak ” , according to SCMP .
Yes , China is already bracing for “ the next stage of the outbreak.
” To help tackle the epidemic , which has closed off 17 cities , Ma said that 2,360 military and civilian doctors and nurses had been sent to Wuhan , the city in which the outbreak was first detected at the end of last month .
As the pressure has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the medical system has moved ever closer to collapse .
Many people who developed feverish symptoms were turned away by hospitals earlier in the week because there were not enough beds , local residents said earlier .
Medical practitioners are also running seriously short of protective kits and are being forced to recycle goggles and masks .
Ma said 2,400 hospital beds had been added in Wuhan , and the government was planning to add 5,000 more over the next three days .
Wang Jiangping , China ’ s vice-minister of industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the capacity to produce a maximum of 30,000 protective outfits per day , but that was less than a third of what was needed in Hubei .
Meanwhile , the hunt for the real source of the pandemic continues .
China imposed a nationwide ban on wildlife trade on Sunday , as the outbreak was originally suspecteded to have originated at a seafood market in Wuhan , which also sold wild animals .
However , a research paper published by medical journal The Lancet on Saturday said the first confirmed case of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been to that market .
Which begs the question we asked on Saturday : Did China Steal Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponize It ?
Harrison Smith reports on the latest from the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan , China .
How it began , where it came from , how China is dealing with the outbreak , as well as conspiracy theories circulating around the virus .

Over the weekend, there were numerous media reports published in hopes of easing fears that the coronavirus spread was uncontained, and informing the general public just how seriously China takes its quarantine of no less than 17 cities and roughly 60 million people. Take this report from AFP, according to which Police at a roadblock on the outskirts of Wuhan turned away cars trying to leave the virus-stricken epicenter on Saturday, as other anxious residents trapped inside spent the Lunar New Year stocking up on masks and medical supplies.
“Authorities have prevented anyone from leaving Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the heart of the viral outbreak which has so far infected nearly 1,300 people and killed 41 others” AFP writes adding that its reporters saw “a steady trickle of cars approaching the roadblocks around 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the city centre on Saturday morning, only for police in fluorescent jackets wearing masks to tell them to turn around.”
The barricade, at one of the tolls for highways exiting the city, was blocked with red and yellow plastic barriers and cones.
“Nobody can leave,” a policeman told AFP.
Yet, but… there is just one problem: the much needed quarantine and lockdown were far too late, because as Wuhan’s mayor Zhou Xianwang revealed on Sunday during a press conference, about 5 million residents had already left Wuhan before the lockdown because of the deadly coronavirus epidemic and the Spring Festival holiday. As the SCMP reports, many of Wuhan’s residents had already left the city for the holiday, while others rushed out after the lockdown was announced on Wednesday night.
As a result, only 9 million people were remaining in the city after the lockdown, with roughly a third of it, including countless cases of coronavirus, having already spread across China.
Due to the Chinese Lunar New Year and the #WuhanCoronavirus, more than 5 million people left Wuhan and 9 million people remain in the city which is under lockdown: Wuhan mayor pic.twitter.com/hi2NwsHmou — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) January 26, 2020
Meanwhile, in Chinese health officials warned the virus’ ability to spread was getting stronger, and in the worst possible news for China, Ma Xiaowei, the minister in charge of China’s National Health Commission (NHC), told a press conference that battling the outbreak had become especially complicated, after it was discovered that the new virus could be transmitted even during incubation period, which did not happen with Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
In other words, as many as tens if not hundreds of thousands of Coronavirus carriers quietly fled, and may have infected as many as 3-4 other people each, depending on the R0 of the virus.
“From observations, the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period,” Ma said, adding that the incubation period lasted from one to 14 days. “Some patients have normal temperatures and there are many milder cases. There are hidden carriers,” he said.
As for the piece de resistance, Ma said also that the virus had adapted to humans and appeared to have become more transmissible: “There are signs showing the virus is becoming more transmissible. These walking ‘contagious agents’ [hidden carriers] make controlling the outbreak a lot more difficult.”
Even China’s authorities sounds like they are giving up: Li Bin, deputy minister of the NHC said the authorities that the severe measures they had taken to control the spread of the virus – such as issuing travel bans and locking down cities – would at least delay the peak and “buy time to combat the next stage of the outbreak”, according to SCMP.
Yes, China is already bracing for “the next stage of the outbreak.”
To help tackle the epidemic, which has closed off 17 cities, Ma said that 2,360 military and civilian doctors and nurses had been sent to Wuhan, the city in which the outbreak was first detected at the end of last month. As the pressure has mounted on the city’s hospitals, the medical system has moved ever closer to collapse.
Many people who developed feverish symptoms were turned away by hospitals earlier in the week because there were not enough beds, local residents said earlier. Medical practitioners are also running seriously short of protective kits and are being forced to recycle goggles and masks. Ma said 2,400 hospital beds had been added in Wuhan, and the government was planning to add 5,000 more over the next three days.
Wang Jiangping, China’s vice-minister of industry and information technology, said China had the capacity to produce a maximum of 30,000 protective outfits per day, but that was less than a third of what was needed in Hubei.
Meanwhile, the hunt for the real source of the pandemic continues. China imposed a nationwide ban on wildlife trade on Sunday, as the outbreak was originally suspecteded to have originated at a seafood market in Wuhan, which also sold wild animals. However, a research paper published by medical journal The Lancet on Saturday said the first confirmed case of the viral infection was a person who had not been to that market.
Which begs the question we asked on Saturday: Did China Steal Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponize It?
Harrison Smith reports on the latest from the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan, China. How it began, where it came from, how China is dealing with the outbreak, as well as conspiracy theories circulating around the virus.


newswars--2020-01-26--CNN’s Don Lemon & Panelists Mock Trump’s ‘Boomer Rube’ Voters

CNN host Don Lemon burst into laughter as his guests ridiculed the intellect of both President Trump and his “ boomer rube ” supporters .
During CNN Tonight on Saturday , Lemon touched on reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to quiz NPR anchor Mary Louise Kelly by asking her to find Ukraine on a map .
“ First of all , Kelly has a masters degree in European Studies from Cambridge University .
Also , he ( Mike Pompeo ) doesn ’ t really say that she couldn ’ t identify Ukraine on a map , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s just a petty attempt to put her down , right ?
Is that what this is ?
” he asked Republican strategist Rick Wilson .
Wilson responded by deriding the intelligence of Trump and his base .
“ Of course — of course .
He ’ s just trying to demean her , and obviously it ’ s false , ” Wilson said .
“ And , look , he also knows , deep In his heart , that Donald Trump couldn ’ t find Ukraine on a map if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the picture of an actual physical crane next to it .
He knows that this is a , you know , an administration defined by ignorance of the world , and so that ’ s part of him playing to their base and playing to their audience , you know , the credulous boomer rube demo that backs Donald Trump — that wants to think that ‘ Donald Trump ’ s the smart one , and y ’ all — y ’ all elitists are dumb ! '
” Lemon barreled over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wajahat Ali took turns bashing Trump supporters .
“ You elitists with your geography and your maps and your spelling !
” Ali said .
“ Yeah , your reading , you know , your geography , knowing other countries , sipping your latte !
” “ All those lines on the map !
” Wilson said .
“ Only them elitists know where Ukraine is !
” Ali said .
After Lemon wiped the tears from his face , he said : “ Oh , my God !
Hold on — hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good , sorry .
Rick , that was a good one — I needed that.
” This is just par for the course for the left , who think that mocking half the country is the path forward to winning a presidential election .
Owen Shroyer is removed from Drake University after complaints from CNN crew .

CNN host Don Lemon burst into laughter as his guests ridiculed the intellect of both President Trump and his “boomer rube” supporters.
During CNN Tonight on Saturday, Lemon touched on reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to quiz NPR anchor Mary Louise Kelly by asking her to find Ukraine on a map.
“First of all, Kelly has a masters degree in European Studies from Cambridge University. Also, he (Mike Pompeo) doesn’t really say that she couldn’t identify Ukraine on a map, he insinuates it’s just a — it’s just a petty attempt to put her down, right? Is that what this is?” he asked Republican strategist Rick Wilson.
Wilson responded by deriding the intelligence of Trump and his base.
“Of course — of course. He’s just trying to demean her, and obviously it’s false,” Wilson said. “And, look, he also knows, deep In his heart, that Donald Trump couldn’t find Ukraine on a map if you had the letter “U” and the picture of an actual physical crane next to it. He knows that this is a, you know, an administration defined by ignorance of the world, and so that’s part of him playing to their base and playing to their audience, you know, the credulous boomer rube demo that backs Donald Trump — that wants to think that ‘Donald Trump’s the smart one, and y’all — y’all elitists are dumb!'”
Lemon barreled over laughing as Wilson and liberal CNN contributor Wajahat Ali took turns bashing Trump supporters.
“You elitists with your geography and your maps and your spelling!” Ali said.
“Your math and your reading!” Wilson replied.
“Yeah, your reading, you know, your geography, knowing other countries, sipping your latte!”
“All those lines on the map!” Wilson said.
“Only them elitists know where Ukraine is!” Ali said.
After Lemon wiped the tears from his face, he said: “Oh, my God! Hold on — hold on — hold on. That was good, sorry. Rick, that was a good one — I needed that.”
This is just par for the course for the left, who think that mocking half the country is the path forward to winning a presidential election.
2016 presidential loser Hillary Clinton sure thought so!
Owen Shroyer is removed from Drake University after complaints from CNN crew.


newswars--2020-01-26--‘We All Knew’: John McCain’s Widow Comments on Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Charges

The death of American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein , who committed suicide this August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges , raised many questions among the public due to the disgraced financier ’ s close acquaintance with a number of powerful figures , including British royal Prince Andrew .
Cindy McCain , American philanthropist and widow of deceased Arizona Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain , has landed in hot water after indirectly admitting that America ’ s most-powerful individuals were aware of Jeffrey Epstein ’ s sex crimes against minors .
Speaking at a human trafficking event in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was quite familiar with Epstein ’ s wrongdoings as one girl from her daughter ’ s high school was actually among the financier ’ s underage victims , then suddenly acknowledging that she “ knew ” about his crimes .
“ It ’ s like everything .
It hides in plain sight .
Epstein was hiding in plain sight .
We all knew about him .
We all knew what he was doing , but we had no legal aspect that would go after him ” , Senator McCain ’ s widow said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For whatever reason , they were afraid of him .
All of a sudden , someone said ‘ BS , we ’ re not afraid of you anymore and what you ’ re doing is not only wrong , but illegal ’ .
It ’ s like a house of cards .
It ’ s going to start tumbling ” , she added .
Although it is unclear who Cindy McCain meant by using pronouns “ we ” and “ they ” , social media users soon rushed to express their consternation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family of complicity and concealment of Epstein ’ s crimes .
Jeffrey Epstein was convicted on charges related to sex-trafficking in 2008 but then was released after only 13 months in custody following a plea deal with the government .
He has been under investigation for many years over other alleged sex crimes , dying in his jail cell last August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges .
His death , which was ruled a suicide , raised many questions due to his association with a number of the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trumps and Clintons , as well as British royal , Prince Andrew .
Alex Jones exposes the Pedophile connections to the elite power structure after the mainstream media finally acknowledges Bill Clinton ’ s connection to Epstein and his pedophile network .

The death of American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide this August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, raised many questions among the public due to the disgraced financier’s close acquaintance with a number of powerful figures, including British royal Prince Andrew.
Cindy McCain, American philanthropist and widow of deceased Arizona Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain, has landed in hot water after indirectly admitting that America’s most-powerful individuals were aware of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes against minors.
Speaking at a human trafficking event in Florida, McCain revealed that her family was quite familiar with Epstein’s wrongdoings as one girl from her daughter’s high school was actually among the financier’s underage victims, then suddenly acknowledging that she “knew” about his crimes.
“It’s like everything. It hides in plain sight. Epstein was hiding in plain sight. We all knew about him. We all knew what he was doing, but we had no legal aspect that would go after him”, Senator McCain’s widow said.
“They were afraid of him. For whatever reason, they were afraid of him. All of a sudden, someone said ‘BS, we’re not afraid of you anymore and what you’re doing is not only wrong, but illegal’. It’s like a house of cards. It’s going to start tumbling”, she added.
Although it is unclear who Cindy McCain meant by using pronouns “we” and “they”, social media users soon rushed to express their consternation and resentment, accusing McCain’s family of complicity and concealment of Epstein’s crimes.
What the Hell??? Cindy McCain says “Epstein hiding in plain sight… we all knew what he was doing.” Victims should sue her and John McCain estate. Disgusting. https://t.co/59nVjAkpli — Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) January 24, 2020
You are all compliant! — Moe Scrapper🇺🇸 (@MoeScrapper) January 25, 2020
I call that #complicit she said nothing, young girls were harmed and she new it, yet she said nothing!!! — CT (@CTomme2) January 24, 2020
Shame on you Cindy McCain! — SY (@SY31231373) January 24, 2020
Wow! @cindymccain, how could you all know and not say a word about it? Your husband was powerful enough to get an investigation started. — kerri clemons (@clemons_kerri) January 25, 2020
The people in the room had to be wondering if they had just heard what they thought they did.
McCain was one of the most powerful men in the country & he couldn’t do anything about it??
Unfuckingbelievable! — Snoop Bailey – text TRUMP to 88022 (@vol80) January 25, 2020
Jeffrey Epstein was convicted on charges related to sex-trafficking in 2008 but then was released after only 13 months in custody following a plea deal with the government. He has been under investigation for many years over other alleged sex crimes, dying in his jail cell last August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
His death, which was ruled a suicide, raised many questions due to his association with a number of the world’s most well-known figures and families, including the Trumps and Clintons, as well as British royal, Prince Andrew.
Alex Jones exposes the Pedophile connections to the elite power structure after the mainstream media finally acknowledges Bill Clinton’s connection to Epstein and his pedophile network.


newswars--2020-01-26--Breaking: Coronavirus Hits 15% Fatality Rate, 83% Infection Rate For Those Exposed

BREAKING : The U.S. news media is currently running about one to two days behind the Chinese media in covering the bombshell revelations surrounding the coronavirus pandemic .
Natural News has Chinese-speaking investigators on the ground in Taiwan , and they ’ re scanning the Chinese media for the most important announcements .
Earlier today , the Taiwan media began reporting on a new mainland Chinese study that specifically looked at the individuals involved in this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak .
We have a partial translation and link below .
According to this news , which is widely circulating in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study published in The Lancet , the Wuhan coronavirus fatality rate has leaped to 15 % , and the infection rate among those exposed is 83 % .
These numbers are virtually unheard of in the world of microbiology and infectious disease transmission .
It means that 15 out of every 100 infected people will die .
It also means that 83 out of 100 exposed people will become infected and able to transmit the disease to others .
So for every 100 people who are exposed , around 12 will die ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only criticism of this study is that its sample size was relatively small , given that it ’ s still very early in the outbreak of this disease .
The study looked at 41 cases of individuals who were exposed .
If the infection rate stands at 83 % , this pandemic will be impossible to contain The story is from TaiwanDaily.net and says this ( translated ) : Hong Kong and Chinese researchers published the latest research on “ New Coronavirus 2019 ” ( referred to as “ Wuhan pneumonia ” ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the 24th .
Chinese experts pointed directly to the disease .
The [ fatality ] rate is fifteen percent .
Hong Kong experts confirmed for the first time that Wuhan pneumonia can be transmitted from person to person , and patients may not have surface symptoms .
Taking a Shenzhen seven-person home with six people as an example , the analysis shows that the attack rate is as high as 83 % and the incubation period is three to six days It is expected that a large number of cases will break @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the next two weeks will be a crucial period to prevent any place from becoming “ another Wuhan ” .
The same article also reveals the recorded rate of symptoms among those who are infected : Overall , 98 % of the symptoms were fever , 76 % coughing , 44 % muscle pain or feeling tired .
With 98 % showing fever , this means that one out of 50 people infected will show no fever and therefore easily bypass current screening methods that are practiced by health officials .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get through screening that ’ s primarily looking for fever and respiratory symptoms , it means this outbreak is highly unlikely to be contained .
The article from Taiwan also describes the slow progression of symptoms , in some cases taking as long as eight days to appear : As a result , one person had fever and diarrhea in Wuhan one day ; many relatives they visited also began to have fever and cough on the fourth day ; another did not go to Wuhan , but lived with four family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the eighth day also began Found physical discomfort and confirmed the illness .
The Lancet publishes the study : More details As we were working on this story , The Lancet study appeared , providing more details and a direct link to the research article .
You can find it here : By Jan 2 , 2020 , 41 admitted hospital patients had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection .
Most of the infected patients were men ( 30 [ 73 % ] of 41 ) ; less than half had underlying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , including diabetes ( eight [ 20 % ] ) , hypertension ( six [ 15 % ] ) , and cardiovascular disease ( six [ 15 % ] ) .
Median age was 49·0 years ( IQR 41·0–58·0 ) .
27 ( 66 % ) of 41 patients had been exposed to Huanan seafood market .
One family cluster was found .
Common symptoms at onset of illness were fever ( 40 [ 98 % ] of 41 patients ) , cough ( 31 [ 76 % ] ) , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % ] ) ; less common symptoms were sputum production ( 11 [ 28 % ] of 39 ) , headache ( three [ 8 % ] of 38 ) , haemoptysis ( two [ 5 % ] of 39 ) , and diarrhoea ( one [ 3 % ] of 38 ) .
Dyspnoea developed in 22 ( 55 % ) of 40 patients ( median time from illness onset to dyspnoea 8·0 days [ IQR 5·0–13·0 ] ) .
26 ( 63 % ) of 41 patients had lymphopenia .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on chest CT .
Complications included acute respiratory distress syndrome ( 12 [ 29 % ] ) , RNAaemia ( six [ 15 % ] ) , acute cardiac injury ( five [ 12 % ] ) and secondary infection ( four [ 10 % ] ) .
13 ( 32 % ) patients were admitted to an ICU and six ( 15 % ) died .
Compared with non-ICU patients , ICU patients had higher plasma levels of IL2 , IL7 , IL10 , GSCF , IP10 , MCP1 , MIP1A , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused clusters of severe respiratory illness similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and was associated with ICU admission and high mortality .
Major gaps in our knowledge of the origin , epidemiology , duration of human transmission , and clinical spectrum of disease need fulfilment by future studies .
Note the language saying there are “ major gaps in our knowledge ” about the “ duration of human transmission.
” Also note the more detailed list of symptoms offered by The Lancet : Also note it took eight days to develop dyspnoea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 12 % suffered “ acute cardiac injury ” which means permanent damage to the heart .
Sadly , through policies such as open borders , filthy liberal cities and biosludge “ recycling ” of human sewage onto food farms , humanity has created the “ perfect storm ” for a pandemic wipeout that can not be stopped : Infowars reporter Rob Dew shows the patent number to the Coronavirus which is currently ravishing China .

BREAKING: The U.S. news media is currently running about one to two days behind the Chinese media in covering the bombshell revelations surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Natural News has Chinese-speaking investigators on the ground in Taiwan, and they’re scanning the Chinese media for the most important announcements.
Earlier today, the Taiwan media began reporting on a new mainland Chinese study that specifically looked at the individuals involved in this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. We have a partial translation and link below. According to this news, which is widely circulating in the Taiwan press and is based on a study published in The Lancet, the Wuhan coronavirus fatality rate has leaped to 15%, and the infection rate among those exposed is 83%.
These numbers are virtually unheard of in the world of microbiology and infectious disease transmission. It means that 15 out of every 100 infected people will die. It also means that 83 out of 100 exposed people will become infected and able to transmit the disease to others.
So for every 100 people who are exposed, around 12 will die (15% of 83).
The only criticism of this study is that its sample size was relatively small, given that it’s still very early in the outbreak of this disease. The study looked at 41 cases of individuals who were exposed.
If the infection rate stands at 83%, this pandemic will be impossible to contain
The story is from TaiwanDaily.net and says this (translated):
Hong Kong and Chinese researchers published the latest research on “New Coronavirus 2019” (referred to as “Wuhan pneumonia”) in the medical journal “Lancet” on the 24th. Chinese experts pointed directly to the disease. The [fatality] rate is fifteen percent. Hong Kong experts confirmed for the first time that Wuhan pneumonia can be transmitted from person to person, and patients may not have surface symptoms. Taking a Shenzhen seven-person home with six people as an example, the analysis shows that the attack rate is as high as 83% and the incubation period is three to six days It is expected that a large number of cases will break out in China within a week, and the next two weeks will be a crucial period to prevent any place from becoming “another Wuhan”.
The same article also reveals the recorded rate of symptoms among those who are infected:
Overall, 98% of the symptoms were fever, 76% coughing, 44% muscle pain or feeling tired.
With 98% showing fever, this means that one out of 50 people infected will show no fever and therefore easily bypass current screening methods that are practiced by health officials.
If one in 50 infected people is able to get through screening that’s primarily looking for fever and respiratory symptoms, it means this outbreak is highly unlikely to be contained.
The article from Taiwan also describes the slow progression of symptoms, in some cases taking as long as eight days to appear:
As a result, one person had fever and diarrhea in Wuhan one day; many relatives they visited also began to have fever and cough on the fourth day; another did not go to Wuhan, but lived with four family members who were subsequently diagnosed, and the eighth day also began Found physical discomfort and confirmed the illness.
The Lancet publishes the study: More details
As we were working on this story, The Lancet study appeared, providing more details and a direct link to the research article. You can find it here:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
The findings:
By Jan 2, 2020, 41 admitted hospital patients had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection. Most of the infected patients were men (30 [73%] of 41); less than half had underlying diseases (13 [32%]), including diabetes (eight [20%]), hypertension (six [15%]), and cardiovascular disease (six [15%]). Median age was 49·0 years (IQR 41·0–58·0). 27 (66%) of 41 patients had been exposed to Huanan seafood market. One family cluster was found. Common symptoms at onset of illness were fever (40 [98%] of 41 patients), cough (31 [76%]), and myalgia or fatigue (18 [44%]); less common symptoms were sputum production (11 [28%] of 39), headache (three [8%] of 38), haemoptysis (two [5%] of 39), and diarrhoea (one [3%] of 38). Dyspnoea developed in 22 (55%) of 40 patients (median time from illness onset to dyspnoea 8·0 days [IQR 5·0–13·0]). 26 (63%) of 41 patients had lymphopenia. All 41 patients had pneumonia with abnormal findings on chest CT. Complications included acute respiratory distress syndrome (12 [29%]), RNAaemia (six [15%]), acute cardiac injury (five [12%]) and secondary infection (four [10%]). 13 (32%) patients were admitted to an ICU and six (15%) died. Compared with non-ICU patients, ICU patients had higher plasma levels of IL2, IL7, IL10, GSCF, IP10, MCP1, MIP1A, and TNF?.
Interpretation:
The 2019-nCoV infection caused clusters of severe respiratory illness similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and was associated with ICU admission and high mortality. Major gaps in our knowledge of the origin, epidemiology, duration of human transmission, and clinical spectrum of disease need fulfilment by future studies.
Note the language saying there are “major gaps in our knowledge” about the “duration of human transmission.”
Also note the more detailed list of symptoms offered by The Lancet:
Fever: 98%
Cough: 76%
Fatigue: 44%
Sputum production: 28%
Headache: 8%
Haemoptysis: 5%
Diarrhea: 3%
Also note it took eight days to develop dyspnoea, or difficulty breathing.
Also notice that 12% suffered “acute cardiac injury” which means permanent damage to the heart.
Sadly, through policies such as open borders, filthy liberal cities and biosludge “recycling” of human sewage onto food farms, humanity has created the “perfect storm” for a pandemic wipeout that cannot be stopped:
Infowars reporter Rob Dew shows the patent number to the Coronavirus which is currently ravishing China.


newswars--2020-01-26--Xi says China faces ‘grave situation’ as virus death toll hits 42

President Xi Jinping said China was facing a “ grave situation ” as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ Lunar New Year celebrations that began on Saturday .
With more than 1,400 people infected @ @ @ @ @ in China , Hong Kong declared a virus emergency , scrapped celebrations and restricted links @ @ @ @ @ confirmed its first four cases and Canada its first on Saturday , after Malaysia confirmed @ @ @ @ @ ’ s first cases on Friday , as health authorities around the world scrambled to @ @ @ @ @ Adams joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the corrosion of society and how @ @ @ @ @ is .
“ We are steadily pushing forward the disease control and prevention … But @ @ @ @ @ an extremely severe public health crisis , ” Hu Yinghai , deputy director-general of the @ @ @ @ @ a news briefing .

President Xi Jinping said China was facing a “grave situation” as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42, overshadowing Lunar New Year celebrations that began on Saturday.
China also announced further transport restrictions.
With more than 1,400 people infected worldwide, most of them in China, Hong Kong declared a virus emergency, scrapped celebrations and restricted links to mainland China.
Australia confirmed its first four cases and Canada its first on Saturday, after Malaysia confirmed four and France reported Europe’s first cases on Friday, as health authorities around the world scrambled to prevent a pandemic.
Mike Adams joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the corrosion of society and how close the reality of collapse is.
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“We are steadily pushing forward the disease control and prevention … But right now we are facing an extremely severe public health crisis,” Hu Yinghai, deputy director-general of the Civil Affairs Department, told a news briefing.
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newswars--2020-01-26--Coronavirus Kills Man In Shanghai As China Confirms Nearly 2,000 Cases

• Toronto health officials to announce first ‘ presumptive case ’ of coronavirus in Canada • President Xi said China faces a ‘ grave situation ’ as the spread is ‘ accelerating ’ • US and Russia planning evacuation of citizens from Wuhan • Australia and Malaysia join the list of global nations with nCoV cases , in addition to France , Pakistan , Singapore , the US and Nepal • Chinese President Xi Jinping empowered local governments and said teams from Beijing will be sent to severely impacted areas to strengthen front-line prevention and containment • The US and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationals in containment zones • The director of the CDC says she expects cases of human-to-human transmission in the US • China banned all domestic tour groups immediately and overseas group tours from Jan 27 • Starbucks and China said they were closing some stores in China • Wuhan is building a second emergency hospital , this one with 1300 beds • 3 doctors in Beijing who visited Wuhan are confirmed to have the virus Whispers about the top brass in Beijing and their displeasure with the local authorities on the ground in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a day .
Now , the South China Morning Post has confirmed that President Xi is planning to throw local health officials under the bus .
In order for it to look like China ’ s leaders were simply caving to the public ’ s demands , doctors and the state-controlled press have lined up to criticize Wuhan ’ s top brass for not foreseeing and moving to prevent the severe shortages of supplies , workers and space that is now prompting China to build two massive hospitals in the span of 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scene in Wuhan are calling for the local leaders – who were not named in the SCMP story – to “ immediately step down ” .
Tom Pappert reveals why Xi Jinping is not the “ amazing glorious leader ” that Xi pretends to be !
It ’ s early Sunday morning in Beijing , and with the new day comes a new batch of disheartening reports : Hubei province reported 13 new deaths , and the first death was reported in Henan province , bringing the total number of virus-linked deaths outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese state media has reported a death from the virus in Shanghai .
The reports have since been corroborated by the Western press .
In such a densely populated city , it ’ d be difficult to imagine a virus with this much infectious potential would spread like wildfire .
It would be like Wuhan , but worse .
In an attempt to make it look like Beijing is taking responsibility for the sluggish response ( remember , China basically did nothing for three weeks after the first cases became symptomatic ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state-controlled Global Times , tweeted that China should have been better prepared for the outbreak .
More Chinese cities are limiting or closing public transit , with Tianjin preparing to shut down all inter-province shuttle buses starting…Monday .
Some discrepancies have appeared in the tally of case : The WHO is saying it has confirmed 1,320 cases , while the SCMP .
New coronavirus scares have emerged in India , where nearly 100 people are under observation , according to India Today .
Seven people are reportedly showing symptoms of the virus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moscow , South Korea just confirmed its third case , and Toronto health officials have confirmed their first case .
For some reason , the WHO number is significantly short of the numbers being reported by the Western press : Reuters has just confirmed another death , bringing the total to 56 , and the total number of confirmed cases at 1,975 .
• DEATH TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA AT 56 AS OF JAN 25 – STATE MEDIA – [ RTRS ] • TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN CHINA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MEDIA – [ RTRS ] Will we have 2,500 cases confirmed by tomorrow afternoon ?
Or will there be even more ?
* * * Update ( 1723ET ) : Canadian news website Global News is reporting that Toronto health officials are about to announce that a “ presumptive case ” of coronavirus has been confirmed at Toronto ’ s Sunnybrook hospital .
Two cases of the virus have been confirmed in the US , but after several scares , no cases have yet been confirmed in Mexico , although testing is still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jalisco .
Update ( 1530ET ) : Now that the market is closed , local authorities apparently feel it ’ s safe to start dribbling out the real numbers .
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases soared on Saturday as China confirmed roughly 500 new cases .
The number of cases outside China has also grown as Japan , Hong Kong , Macau , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia and Australia have all confirmed new cases .
Meanwhile , another death has been confirmed , bringing the total to 42 .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hong Kong newspaper that has been keeping probably the most comprehensive tally of confirmed nCoV cases around the world , put the total number at 1,497 Saturday afternoon in New York .
Three doctors in Beijing who visited Wuhan have been confirmed to have the virus .
During a meeting of China ’ Politburo on Saturday , President Xi not only urged disparate ethnic groups to work together and suppress the virus , but added that the “ grave situation ” seemed to be “ accelerating , ” according to the BBC and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beijing has dispatched medics and other medically-trained PLA soldiers to Wuhan and other cities to help the overwhelmed hospitals .
This headline passed without much scrutiny from the Western media , but we wouldn ’ t be surprised to learn that the situation on the ground is closer to a PLA takeover of all the hospitals in Wuhan .
In China , one doesn ’ t simply send in the PLA to ‘ help with the logistics ’ .
Why wouldn ’ t China want to tell the world that its massive military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hot zone ?
Well , we ’ ll let you figure that one out .
As for Wuhan , it ’ ll soon be under complete lock down : Beginning Sunday private vehicles will be banned from its streets .
To enforce that kind of a ban , one would need more than just the local police .
All events have been canceled , travel into and out of the city has been shut down , and , as we showed below , crude roadblocks have been set up to essentially seal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 million people – off from the rest of China .
At least some form of travel restrictions are in place in some 18 cities in central Hubei .
Restrictions include cutting off access to public transit and highways .
Already , the economic fallout from the outbreak is being estimated in percentage points of local GDP , as we ’ ve previously discussed .
The disruption of the holiday travel season will hammer China ’ s tourism industry , possibly even worse than 17 years ago during the SARS outbreak .
Horrifying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have popped up on Twitter .
As the situation grows increasingly serious , the senior Communist Party leadership , which has formed a group of top officials to oversee the crisis response , is giving local authorities carte blanche to take any necessary action to ensure hospitals remain fully staffed and supplied .
There has reportedly been talk of punishing local officials who may have been slow to respond to the crisis during its early days .
After confirming its fifth case , Hong Kong has declared a state of emergency – the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the HKFP .
“ Today I declare the lifting of the response level to emergency , ” chief executive Carrie Lam told reporters .
She is under pressure to limit arrivals from the Chinese mainland .
Right now , anybody arriving from the mainland in Hong Kong must sign a ” health declaration form ” , though it ’ s not clear how that will stop patients carrying the virus who may be asymptomatic.However , schools in the city will not reopen until at least Feb. 17 and transportation to and from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On the mainland , tour groups have been cancelled until at least mid-week .
Oh , and so much for that mask ban Lam declared that the city will invest necessary to prevent the spread of disease , including increasing the supply of surgical masks after several cases of extreme price gouging were reported .
South Korea , which has confirmed at least two cases of the virus , said Saturday that it would declare all of China a “ coronavirus watch zone ” as local public health officials work to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Several dozen people have already been tested for the virus in SK and come back negative , per Korea Times .
What a way to kick off the four-day lunar new year holiday .
As we move into Saturday evening on the ground in Wuhan , it ’ s becoming increasingly obvious to the broader global community that China ’ s authoritarian government has failed to contain this viral outbreak .
Chinese authorities expanded the travel restrictions on Saturday to cover 56 million Chinese , Al Jazeera reports .
At least 18 cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least some level of travel restrictions .
Unsurprisingly , some of the roadblocks remind us of ‘ Mad Max ’ .
In Wuhan , the situation looks grim .
The number of confirmed cases is exploding : another 300 were announced on Saturday , while the death toll is steady at 41 .
Yesterday , videos flooded western social media ( after being assiduously removed from Weibo and the rest of the Chinese Internet ) purporting to show bodies piling up in hallways in Wuhan , with rumors that a doctor had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have now been confirmed : A doctor who worked at a hospital in Wuhan , China , where coronavirus patients are being treated died Saturday morning , according to the Wall Street Journal .
Meanwhile , a two-year-old Chinese girl has become the youngest to be diagnosed with the virus .
Doctor Liang Wudong , of the ENT department of Hubei Xinhua Hospital , died Saturday while fighting on the front lines to suppress the virus .
As it has all week , the South China Morning Post has kept an up-to-date running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As of 10 am ET on Saturday , the total number stood at exactly 1400 .
A map of the various cases shows the spread , though even the most up-to-date maps by Western news agencies appear to already be out of date , including this one by BBG .
Though China has pledged transparency , some suspect that the true tally of cases within Wuhan is much higher .
With the epidemic spiraling out of control , President Xi called a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee , a group of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discuss a response to the virus .
At the meeting , the Communist Party set up a group to manage the response to the virus .
The group will comprise members of the Party ’ s Central Committee , while being directed by the Standing Committee .
During the meeting , President Xi said various ethnic groups must work together to contain the spread of the deadly virus .
Xi also ordered party authorities to ensure that there are enough medical supplies in Wuhan – the capital of Hubei province and a city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of London and bigger than any US city .
China ’ s National Health Commission announced on Saturday a nationwide plan to identify suspected cases of the deadly virus on trains , airplanes and buses .
Inspection stations will be set up and passengers with suspected pneumonia will be “ immediately transported ” to a medical center .
In the city of Haikou , the authorities said they would set up a 14-day observation center for all tourists who came from Hubei .
They will not be allowed to leave the hotels where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ additional military and medical personnel have been deployed in Hubei to help with the situation .
Following reports last night of a suspected case in Sydney , Australian authorities have confirmed the first case of the virus .
Yesterday , several cases were also identified in France .
But that ’ s not all : Malaysia has confirmed that three cases of the virus have been detected .
Japan is now up to three cases , all Chinese nationals , according to the Nikkei Asian Review .
Interfax reported Saturday afternoon that seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ detected in Moscow .
The individuals are all said to be suffering from high temperatures .
These would be the first confirmed cases in Russia after a nCoV scare involving a Chinese national in St. Petersburg was found to be negative , per TASS .
Following reports that the virus may have originated from people eating bats or rats , the party has ordered more inspections of agricultural products , and has temporarily banned the trade in wild animals .
It has also shut down movie theaters , LNY-related events and other mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people should avoid coming together en mass until the outbreak is contained .
Qinghai province in northwestern China confirmed its first case on Saturday , leaving Tibet as the only administrative area of China that remains virus-free .
In Wuhan , the horror stories are getting worse : One woman told the SCMP that her husband was turned away by several hospitals despite coughing up blood , a sign of very advanced pneumonia .
The rapid rise in the number of cases doesn ’ t necessarily mean the outbreak is getting worse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Instead , it could reflect better monitoring and intervention by government authorities .
As far as determining the severity of the epidemic , it ’ s still too early to say .
Video from inside Wuhan , a city that has been nearly entirely sealed off from the outside world , the situation appears increasingly dire .
A lot of attention has been paid in the Western press about the effort to build a new , 1,000 bed hospital in Wuhan as the city ’ s current health-care infrastructure has been completely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finish the building in under a week , an astonishing pace .
State media reported Saturday that a second hospital will also be built .
Foreign governments including the US and Russia are hatching plans to air-lift their citizens out of Wuhan .
This could include journalists covering the outbreak , meaning the flow of information out of the city could soon slow to a trickle .
Meanwhile , scientists are scrambling to determine the virus ’ s infectious potential before victims start showing symptoms .
If it ’ s confirmed that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that would make full containment virtually impossible .

Summary
First nCoV death reported in Shanghai
South Korea confirms third case
Toronto health officials to announce first ‘presumptive case’ of coronavirus in Canada
1975 Cases Worldwide; 56 deaths (still about a 3% mortality rate)
18 Chinese cities – 56 million people – quarantined
President Xi said China faces a ‘grave situation’ as the spread is ‘accelerating’
US and Russia planning evacuation of citizens from Wuhan
Australia and Malaysia join the list of global nations with nCoV cases, in addition to France, Pakistan, Singapore, the US and Nepal
Chinese President Xi Jinping empowered local governments and said teams from Beijing will be sent to severely impacted areas to strengthen front-line prevention and containment
The US and France chartered planes to evacuate diplomats and nationals in containment zones
The director of the CDC says she expects cases of human-to-human transmission in the US
China banned all domestic tour groups immediately and overseas group tours from Jan 27
Starbucks and China said they were closing some stores in China
Wuhan is building a second emergency hospital, this one with 1300 beds
3 doctors in Beijing who visited Wuhan are confirmed to have the virus
* * *
Update (1934): Let the scapegoating begin.
Whispers about the top brass in Beijing and their displeasure with the local authorities on the ground in Wuhan have been circulating for at least a day. Now, the South China Morning Post has confirmed that President Xi is planning to throw local health officials under the bus.
In order for it to look like China’s leaders were simply caving to the public’s demands, doctors and the state-controlled press have lined up to criticize Wuhan’s top brass for not foreseeing and moving to prevent the severe shortages of supplies, workers and space that is now prompting China to build two massive hospitals in the span of 10 days. Doctors and journalists on the scene in Wuhan are calling for the local leaders – who were not named in the SCMP story – to “immediately step down”.
Tom Pappert reveals why Xi Jinping is not the “amazing glorious leader” that Xi pretends to be!
It’s early Sunday morning in Beijing, and with the new day comes a new batch of disheartening reports: Hubei province reported 13 new deaths, and the first death was reported in Henan province, bringing the total number of virus-linked deaths outside Wuhan to three.
More alarmingly, Chinese state media has reported a death from the virus in Shanghai. The reports have since been corroborated by the Western press.
#BREAKING Shanghai govt reports city’s first death from China virus pic.twitter.com/kT8e4XTaA7 — AFP news agency (@AFP) January 26, 2020
In such a densely populated city, it’d be difficult to imagine a virus with this much infectious potential would spread like wildfire. It would be like Wuhan, but worse.
SHANGHAI REPORTS FIRST DEATH IN CORONAVIRUS-RELATED CASE ON JAN 25 – STATE MEDIA — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) January 26, 2020
In an attempt to make it look like Beijing is taking responsibility for the sluggish response (remember, China basically did nothing for three weeks after the first cases became symptomatic), Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-controlled Global Times, tweeted that China should have been better prepared for the outbreak.
Forbidden City announced Thursday to close over fear of coronavirus, followed by other museums nationwide. Beijing cancelled temple fairs &other Spring Festival activities, prompting other cities to cancel large scale events. Spring Festival economy is taking a big hit this year. — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) January 24, 2020
More Chinese cities are limiting or closing public transit, with Tianjin preparing to shut down all inter-province shuttle buses starting…Monday.
Some discrepancies have appeared in the tally of case: The WHO is saying it has confirmed 1,320 cases, while the SCMP. New coronavirus scares have emerged in India, where nearly 100 people are under observation, according to India Today. Seven people are reportedly showing symptoms of the virus. Russia has reported several suspected cases in Moscow, South Korea just confirmed its third case, and Toronto health officials have confirmed their first case.
For some reason, the WHO number is significantly short of the numbers being reported by the Western press: Reuters has just confirmed another death, bringing the total to 56, and the total number of confirmed cases at 1,975.
DEATH TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA AT 56 AS OF JAN 25 – STATE MEDIA – [RTRS]
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN CHINA AT 1,975 AS OF JAN 25- STATE MEDIA – [RTRS]
Will we have 2,500 cases confirmed by tomorrow afternoon? Or will there be even more?
* * *
Update (1723ET): Canadian news website Global News is reporting that Toronto health officials are about to announce that a “presumptive case” of coronavirus has been confirmed at Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital.
#BREAKING: Ontario health officials are expected to announce that a “presumptive case” of coronavirus has been confirmed in Toronto.https://t.co/9y6sJGpvfO — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) January 25, 2020
Two cases of the virus have been confirmed in the US, but after several scares, no cases have yet been confirmed in Mexico, although testing is still underway for a trio of cases in Jalisco.
* * *
Update (1530ET): Now that the market is closed, local authorities apparently feel it’s safe to start dribbling out the real numbers. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases soared on Saturday as China confirmed roughly 500 new cases. The number of cases outside China has also grown as Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia have all confirmed new cases. Meanwhile, another death has been confirmed, bringing the total to 42.
According to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper that has been keeping probably the most comprehensive tally of confirmed nCoV cases around the world, put the total number at 1,497 Saturday afternoon in New York. Three doctors in Beijing who visited Wuhan have been confirmed to have the virus.
During a meeting of China’ Politburo on Saturday, President Xi not only urged disparate ethnic groups to work together and suppress the virus, but added that the “grave situation” seemed to be “accelerating,” according to the BBC and SCMP.
“Party committees and governments at different levels have to make proper plans to contain the virus under the guidance of the Central Committee,” he was quoted as saying. “Hubei province has to regard virus prevention work as the most important task, and enforce stricter measures to stop the virus from spreading inside the province and spilling out into other areas. Isolation treatment should be provided for all infected patients.”
As we mentioned earlier, Beijing has dispatched medics and other medically-trained PLA soldiers to Wuhan and other cities to help the overwhelmed hospitals. This headline passed without much scrutiny from the Western media, but we wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the situation on the ground is closer to a PLA takeover of all the hospitals in Wuhan. In China, one doesn’t simply send in the PLA to ‘help with the logistics’.
Why wouldn’t China want to tell the world that its massive military machine has temporarily taken over hospitals in the hot zone? Well, we’ll let you figure that one out.
As for Wuhan, it’ll soon be under complete lock down: Beginning Sunday private vehicles will be banned from its streets. To enforce that kind of a ban, one would need more than just the local police.
All events have been canceled, travel into and out of the city has been shut down, and, as we showed below, crude roadblocks have been set up to essentially seal off the city – a city of 11 million people – off from the rest of China. At least some form of travel restrictions are in place in some 18 cities in central Hubei. Restrictions include cutting off access to public transit and highways. Already, the economic fallout from the outbreak is being estimated in percentage points of local GDP, as we’ve previously discussed. The disruption of the holiday travel season will hammer China’s tourism industry, possibly even worse than 17 years ago during the SARS outbreak.
Horrifying images of patients infected with the virus have popped up on Twitter.
As the situation grows increasingly serious, the senior Communist Party leadership, which has formed a group of top officials to oversee the crisis response, is giving local authorities carte blanche to take any necessary action to ensure hospitals remain fully staffed and supplied. There has reportedly been talk of punishing local officials who may have been slow to respond to the crisis during its early days.
After confirming its fifth case, Hong Kong has declared a state of emergency – the highest tier of public alert, according to the HKFP.
“Today I declare the lifting of the response level to emergency,” chief executive Carrie Lam told reporters. She is under pressure to limit arrivals from the Chinese mainland. Right now, anybody arriving from the mainland in Hong Kong must sign a”health declaration form”, though it’s not clear how that will stop patients carrying the virus who may be asymptomatic.However, schools in the city will not reopen until at least Feb. 17 and transportation to and from Wuhan will be canceled until further notice. On the mainland, tour groups have been cancelled until at least mid-week. Oh, and so much for that mask ban Lam declared that the city will invest necessary to prevent the spread of disease, including increasing the supply of surgical masks after several cases of extreme price gouging were reported.
The #HongKong Centre for Health Protection shares advice to prevent pneumonia and respiratory tract infection. https://t.co/Zgoq3I2PuP pic.twitter.com/qUty2NCXMT — Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) January 25, 2020
South Korea, which has confirmed at least two cases of the virus, said Saturday that it would declare all of China a “coronavirus watch zone” as local public health officials work to protect the public and suppress the virus. Several dozen people have already been tested for the virus in SK and come back negative, per Korea Times.
What a way to kick off the four-day lunar new year holiday.
* * *
As we move into Saturday evening on the ground in Wuhan, it’s becoming increasingly obvious to the broader global community that China’s authoritarian government has failed to contain this viral outbreak.
Chinese authorities expanded the travel restrictions on Saturday to cover 56 million Chinese, Al Jazeera reports. At least 18 cities in central Hubei are now dealing with at least some level of travel restrictions.
Unsurprisingly, some of the roadblocks remind us of ‘Mad Max’.
In order to control the Chinese virus, rural Hubei is conducting such a road closure… #CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/LwMvSFniRc — Corona vírus News (@NoticiasVirus) January 25, 2020
In Wuhan, the situation looks grim. The number of confirmed cases is exploding: another 300 were announced on Saturday, while the death toll is steady at 41. Yesterday, videos flooded western social media (after being assiduously removed from Weibo and the rest of the Chinese Internet) purporting to show bodies piling up in hallways in Wuhan, with rumors that a doctor had succumbed to the virus.
Those rumors have now been confirmed: A doctor who worked at a hospital in Wuhan, China, where coronavirus patients are being treated died Saturday morning, according to the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, a two-year-old Chinese girl has become the youngest to be diagnosed with the virus.
Doctor Liang Wudong, of the ENT department of Hubei Xinhua Hospital, died Saturday while fighting on the front lines to suppress the virus.
As it has all week, the South China Morning Post has kept an up-to-date running total of the confirmed cases & deaths. As of 10 am ET on Saturday, the total number stood at exactly 1400.
A map of the various cases shows the spread, though even the most up-to-date maps by Western news agencies appear to already be out of date, including this one by BBG.
Though China has pledged transparency, some suspect that the true tally of cases within Wuhan is much higher. With the epidemic spiraling out of control, President Xi called a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee, a group of China’s top leaders, to discuss a response to the virus. At the meeting, the Communist Party set up a group to manage the response to the virus. The group will comprise members of the Party’s Central Committee, while being directed by the Standing Committee. During the meeting, President Xi said various ethnic groups must work together to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Xi also ordered party authorities to ensure that there are enough medical supplies in Wuhan – the capital of Hubei province and a city of 11 million five times the size of London and bigger than any US city.
“Party committees and governments at different levels have to make proper plans to contain the virus under the guidance of the Central Committee,” he was quoted as saying.
China’s National Health Commission announced on Saturday a nationwide plan to identify suspected cases of the deadly virus on trains, airplanes and buses. Inspection stations will be set up and passengers with suspected pneumonia will be “immediately transported” to a medical center. In the city of Haikou, the authorities said they would set up a 14-day observation center for all tourists who came from Hubei. They will not be allowed to leave the hotels where they are staying. At least 450 additional military and medical personnel have been deployed in Hubei to help with the situation.
Following reports last night of a suspected case in Sydney, Australian authorities have confirmed the first case of the virus. Yesterday, several cases were also identified in France. But that’s not all: Malaysia has confirmed that three cases of the virus have been detected. Japan is now up to three cases, all Chinese nationals, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
Interfax reported Saturday afternoon that seven suspected cases of the virus have been detected in Moscow. The individuals are all said to be suffering from high temperatures. These would be the first confirmed cases in Russia after a nCoV scare involving a Chinese national in St. Petersburg was found to be negative, per TASS.
Following reports that the virus may have originated from people eating bats or rats, the party has ordered more inspections of agricultural products, and has temporarily banned the trade in wild animals. It has also shut down movie theaters, LNY-related events and other mass gatherings across the country, warning that people should avoid coming together en mass until the outbreak is contained.
Qinghai province in northwestern China confirmed its first case on Saturday, leaving Tibet as the only administrative area of China that remains virus-free.
In Wuhan, the horror stories are getting worse: One woman told the SCMP that her husband was turned away by several hospitals despite coughing up blood, a sign of very advanced pneumonia.
“I have nothing. No protective clothing, only a raincoat, and I am standing outside the hospital in the rain,” said the woman, who gave her name as Xiaoxi. “I am desperate, I have lost count of time and days. I don’t know if we will both live to see the new year.”
The rapid rise in the number of cases doesn’t necessarily mean the outbreak is getting worse, according to a spokesman from the WHO. Instead, it could reflect better monitoring and intervention by government authorities. As far as determining the severity of the epidemic, it’s still too early to say.
“It’s still too early to draw conclusions about how severe the virus is because, at the beginning of any outbreak, you would focus more on the severe cases,” said Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesman for the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Video from inside Wuhan, a city that has been nearly entirely sealed off from the outside world, the situation appears increasingly dire.
A lot of attention has been paid in the Western press about the effort to build a new, 1,000 bed hospital in Wuhan as the city’s current health-care infrastructure has been completely overwhelmed. They’re hoping to finish the building in under a week, an astonishing pace. State media reported Saturday that a second hospital will also be built.
Foreign governments including the US and Russia are hatching plans to air-lift their citizens out of Wuhan. This could include journalists covering the outbreak, meaning the flow of information out of the city could soon slow to a trickle. Meanwhile, scientists are scrambling to determine the virus’s infectious potential before victims start showing symptoms. If it’s confirmed that the virus spreads in this way, than that would make full containment virtually impossible.


newswars--2020-01-26--New Research Casts Doubt Coronavirus Epidemic Started At Wuhan Food Market

The South China Morning Post reports that a team of researchers at Wuhan ’ s Jinyintan hospital have retraced the movements of the first individual who was diagnosed with the virus .
They determined that he had no links to a shady seafood market selling live snakes and bats for human consumption .
The development comes despite practically all of the western media reports from the city of Wuhan having claimed that the city ’ s hospitals have been completely overwhelmed by cases of pneumonia as more cases of the Wuhan coronavirus are confirmed .
Amazingly , SCMP caveated its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the earliest cases had “ continuous exposure to the market , ” which was shut down on Jan. 1 by Wuhan authorities over fears that its trade in wild animals was linked to the viral outbreak .
Authorities have since banned the selling of live animals at markets .
The researchers , seven of whom work at Wuhan ’ s Jinyintan hospital , designated for patients with the illness , revealed on Friday in The Lancet medical journal that symptoms of the new disease were first reported on December 1 – much earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announcement on December 31 of 27 cases of the pneumonia-like infection .
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’ According to the report , the first patient had no exposure to the Huanan seafood market which was shut down on January 1 over fears – later confirmed – that the new virus was linked to its trade in wild animals .
The researchers added that none of the patient ’ s family had developed fever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also no epidemiological link between the first patient and the later cases , they found .
The researchers analysed data from 41 patients with confirmed infections who had showed an onset of symptoms up to January 2 .
Six of those patients died , putting the fatality rate of the group at 15 per cent .
The researchers noted that clinical presentations of the patients greatly resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome .
The first patient to die from the new coronavirus had continuous exposure to the market before he was admitted to hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cough and breathing difficulties , according to their report .
Doctors also identified 13 other patients who had no contact with the market , which helps build the case for human to human transmission .
The absence of a link to the seafood market is one of the indicators for human-to-human transmission of the virus and the researchers identified another 13 patients who also had no direct exposure to the market .
“ Taken together , evidence so far indicates human transmission for 2019-nCoV , ” the report said .
“ We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability for efficient human transmission , ” the researchers added , along with a strong recommendation for precautions such as fit-tested N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment .
Much to Beijing ’ s chagrin , a team of Chinese scientists on Friday revealed that symptoms of the virus first emerged as early as Dec. 1 , much earlier than the Wuhan government ’ s initial announcement of the first 27 cases on Dec. 31 .
The notion that the virus may have been transmitted to humans via consuming bats , rats , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Western press , even by CNN .
Though the possibility of zoonotic transmission hasn ’ t been entirely ruled out , these researchers apparently believed that there ’ s reason to doubt that the fish market was the source of the virus .
However , the situation is still very much in flux , and it remains true that some of the other patients did have contact with the market .
Either way , do the researchers findings lend more credence to the other conspiracy theory about the virus ’ s origin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participate in China ’ s bio-warfare program , as Radio Free Asia first reported , and a handful of US outlets , including the Washington Times , have picked up the story .
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The South China Morning Post reports that a team of researchers at Wuhan’s Jinyintan hospital have retraced the movements of the first individual who was diagnosed with the virus.
They determined that he had no links to a shady seafood market selling live snakes and bats for human consumption.
The development comes despite practically all of the western media reports from the city of Wuhan having claimed that the city’s hospitals have been completely overwhelmed by cases of pneumonia as more cases of the Wuhan coronavirus are confirmed.
Amazingly, SCMP caveated its report by claiming that other patients among the earliest cases had “continuous exposure to the market,” which was shut down on Jan. 1 by Wuhan authorities over fears that its trade in wild animals was linked to the viral outbreak. Authorities have since banned the selling of live animals at markets.
The researchers, seven of whom work at Wuhan’s Jinyintan hospital, designated for patients with the illness, revealed on Friday in The Lancet medical journal that symptoms of the new disease were first reported on December 1 – much earlier than the Wuhan government’s initial announcement on December 31 of 27 cases of the pneumonia-like infection.
Alex Jones breaks down the real reasons behind Amazon’s decision to ban his monumental film ‘Endgame: Blueprint For Global Enslavement.’ According to the report, the first patient had no exposure to the Huanan seafood market which was shut down on January 1 over fears – later confirmed – that the new virus was linked to its trade in wild animals. The researchers added that none of the patient’s family had developed fever or any respiratory symptoms. There was also no epidemiological link between the first patient and the later cases, they found. The researchers analysed data from 41 patients with confirmed infections who had showed an onset of symptoms up to January 2. Six of those patients died, putting the fatality rate of the group at 15 per cent. The researchers noted that clinical presentations of the patients greatly resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome. The first patient to die from the new coronavirus had continuous exposure to the market before he was admitted to hospital with a seven-day history of fever, cough and breathing difficulties, according to their report.
Doctors also identified 13 other patients who had no contact with the market, which helps build the case for human to human transmission.
The absence of a link to the seafood market is one of the indicators for human-to-human transmission of the virus and the researchers identified another 13 patients who also had no direct exposure to the market. “Taken together, evidence so far indicates human transmission for 2019-nCoV,” the report said. “We are concerned that 2019-nCoV could have acquired the ability for efficient human transmission,” the researchers added, along with a strong recommendation for precautions such as fit-tested N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment.
Much to Beijing’s chagrin, a team of Chinese scientists on Friday revealed that symptoms of the virus first emerged as early as Dec. 1, much earlier than the Wuhan government’s initial announcement of the first 27 cases on Dec. 31. The notion that the virus may have been transmitted to humans via consuming bats, rats, badgers or snakes was widely reported in the Western press, even by CNN.
Though the possibility of zoonotic transmission hasn’t been entirely ruled out, these researchers apparently believed that there’s reason to doubt that the fish market was the source of the virus. However, the situation is still very much in flux, and it remains true that some of the other patients did have contact with the market.
Either way, do the researchers findings lend more credence to the other conspiracy theory about the virus’s origin? Wuhan reportedly has two labs that participate in China’s bio-warfare program, as Radio Free Asia first reported, and a handful of US outlets, including the Washington Times, have picked up the story.
Was CoV manufactured by the real-world equivalent of Umbrella Corp?


newswars--2020-01-26--20,000 US Troops Have Surged Into Mideast Since Last Spring To ‘Counter Iran’

The Associated Press reports a staggering surge of US troops into the Middle East since last Spring .
“ Over the past eight months , the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the escalating threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.
” This despite President Trump ’ s multiple prior pledges to “ bring the troops home ” especially related to Syria and Iraq .
Following the Soleimani assassination and subsequent Iranian ballistic missile retaliation on Ayn al-Assad airbase , where Friday it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brain injuries ( a dramatically increased figure up from the prior 11 ) , this trend in force build-up looks to continue .
Here ’ s breakdown of the staggering numbers via the AP : The top commander for US forces in the Middle East told a gathering of Marines and sailors during a speech aboard the USS Bataan on Thursday they could be there for “ quite a while ” .
Gen. Frank McKenzie addressed the question of any near-term potential draw down of the extra forces : “ we ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said .
French history textbook dropped a truth bomb about 9/11 .
And the Pentagon has trillions in accounting issues — again .
Underscoring the Iran constitutes a serious “ threat ” he admitted : “ I ’ m not sure how long you ’ re going to stay in the theater .
We ’ ll work that out as we go ahead .
Could be quite a while , could be less than that , just don ’ t know right now.
” On the Iran threat specifically , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that they are deterred right now , at least from state-on-state actions by our response .
And so I think that while that threat remains , I think we ’ re in a period where they ’ re certainly not seeking to escalate anything.
” Ironically Gen. McKenzie ’ s words were given a day before possibly up to one million Iraqis protested across the country Friday demanding an end of America ’ s military presence .
An initial AP report merely put the anti-American forces protest at a mere “ hundreds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least hundreds of thousands : Later , international reports acknowledged that hundreds of thousands were protesting in major cities , especially Baghdad , after a call to action by popular Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr .
“ Get Out America ” signs were featured in the massive street protests : Though hard to confirm , a top official with the Iraqi Federal Police Forces Jaffar al-Batat has announced that the total number of demonstrators who came out Friday against the US occupation exceeded one million .

The Associated Press reports a staggering surge of US troops into the Middle East since last Spring.
“Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the escalating threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.”
This despite President Trump’s multiple prior pledges to “bring the troops home” especially related to Syria and Iraq.
Following the Soleimani assassination and subsequent Iranian ballistic missile retaliation on Ayn al-Assad airbase, where Friday it was reported that 34 soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries (a dramatically increased figure up from the prior 11), this trend in force build-up looks to continue. Here’s breakdown of the staggering numbers via the AP:
The top commander for US forces in the Middle East told a gathering of Marines and sailors during a speech aboard the USS Bataan on Thursday they could be there for “quite a while”.
Gen. Frank McKenzie addressed the question of any near-term potential draw down of the extra forces: “we’ll work that out as we go ahead,” he said.
French history textbook dropped a truth bomb about 9/11. And the Pentagon has trillions in accounting issues — again.
Underscoring the Iran constitutes a serious “threat” he admitted:
“I’m not sure how long you’re going to stay in the theater. We’ll work that out as we go ahead. Could be quite a while, could be less than that, just don’t know right now.”
On the Iran threat specifically, he said further, “I do believe that they are deterred right now, at least from state-on-state actions by our response. And so I think that while that threat remains, I think we’re in a period where they’re certainly not seeking to escalate anything.”
Ironically Gen. McKenzie’s words were given a day before possibly up to one million Iraqis protested across the country Friday demanding an end of America’s military presence.
An initial AP report merely put the anti-American forces protest at a mere “hundreds” – yet widely circulated photographs showed at least hundreds of thousands:
Hundreds of supporters of an influential, radical Iraqi Shiite cleric gather in central Baghdad to demand that American troops leave the country. https://t.co/EZ3goJSQ8f — The Associated Press (@AP) January 24, 2020
Later, international reports acknowledged that hundreds of thousands were protesting in major cities, especially Baghdad, after a call to action by popular Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
“Get Out America” signs were featured in the massive street protests:
Huge protests against the US presence in #Iraq. Main theme ‘Get out #America‘. 24 January 2020. Video from https://t.co/l0Nu2KApDj pic.twitter.com/kTDlcdzjV0 — tim anderson (@timand2037) January 24, 2020
Though hard to confirm, a top official with the Iraqi Federal Police Forces Jaffar al-Batat has announced that the total number of demonstrators who came out Friday against the US occupation exceeded one million.


newswars--2020-01-26--Obama called Trump a ‘fascist’ during phone call, Sen. Kaine says in new Clinton film

Barack Obama called Donald Trump a “ fascist ” in a phone conversation with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia during the 2016 presidential election , Kaine says in a video clip featured in an upcoming documentary about Hillary Clinton .
Kaine , Clinton ’ s running mate on the Democratic ticket , recounts the call during an exchange with Clinton that was caught on camera in 2016 .
Kaine ’ s wife , Anne Holton , was also present .
“ President Obama called me last night and said : ‘ Tim , remember , this is no time to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got to keep a fascist out of the White House , ’ ” Kaine says before adding with a laugh that Obama “ knows me and he knows that I could tend to err.
” She then puts her hands to her chest and says , “ But that ’ s really — the weight of our responsibility is so huge.
” The clip appears in an episode of “ Hillary , ” a four-part documentary series that will be available on Hulu on March 6 .
The docuseries , which premieres at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a screening Clinton was scheduled to attend , chronicles her early life , rise to national prominence and political career .
Owen Shroyer makes his first public statement after being arrested for the crime of holding a sign in Washington , DC .
He explains he was held in the worst cell block of an already bad jail for 26 hours before the charges were dismissed .
Then , Tom Pappert discusses the latest developments surrounding Coronavirus , before Republican House candidate DeAnna Lorraine joins the show to blast impeachment .

Barack Obama called Donald Trump a “fascist” in a phone conversation with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia during the 2016 presidential election, Kaine says in a video clip featured in an upcoming documentary about Hillary Clinton.
Kaine, Clinton’s running mate on the Democratic ticket, recounts the call during an exchange with Clinton that was caught on camera in 2016. Kaine’s wife, Anne Holton, was also present.
“President Obama called me last night and said: ‘Tim, remember, this is no time to be a purist. You’ve got to keep a fascist out of the White House,’” Kaine says before adding with a laugh that Obama “knows me and he knows that I could tend to err.”
Clinton replies, nodding, “I echo that sentiment.”
She then puts her hands to her chest and says, “But that’s really — the weight of our responsibility is so huge.”
The clip appears in an episode of “Hillary,” a four-part documentary series that will be available on Hulu on March 6. The docuseries, which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday at a screening Clinton was scheduled to attend, chronicles her early life, rise to national prominence and political career.
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Owen Shroyer makes his first public statement after being arrested for the crime of holding a sign in Washington, DC. He explains he was held in the worst cell block of an already bad jail for 26 hours before the charges were dismissed. Then, Tom Pappert discusses the latest developments surrounding Coronavirus, before Republican House candidate DeAnna Lorraine joins the show to blast impeachment.