pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--Israel: Corona Vaccine Gets US Patent

Israel: Corona Vaccine Gets US Patent

The patent covers a vaccine-making process that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus ’ structure , representing a key step for any new vaccine .
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ) granted a patent to Dr. Jonathan Gershoni of Tel Aviv University for an innovative vaccine design for the corona family of viruses , the university announced Sunday .
Gershoni , a professor of biology at the university ’ s School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology , is one of the first to get a corona-related patent as researchers worldwide work overtime to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic .
Using Gershoni ’ s technique , the potential vaccine targets the novel coronavirus ’ s Achilles ’ heel , its Receptor Binding Motif ( RBM ) , a critical structure that enables the virus to bind to and infect a target cell .
According to Prof. Gershoni , the vaccine would reconstruct the coronavirus ’ s RBM , a tiny feature of its “ spike ” protein .
Though the virus uses many different proteins to replicate and invade cells , the “ spike ” protein is the major surface @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a receptor — another protein that acts like a doorway into a human cell .
After the spike protein binds to the human cell receptor , the viral membrane fuses with the human cell membrane , allowing the genome of the virus to enter human cells and begin infection .
“ We have been working on coronaviruses for the last 15 years , developing a method of reconstructing and reconstituting the RBM feature of the spike protein in SARS CoV and subsequently in MERS CoV , ” explained Gershoni .
“ The moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published in early January 2020 , we began the process of reconstituting the RBM of SARS CoV2 , the virus that causes COVID-19 , and expect to have a reconstituted RBM of the new virus soon .
This will be the basis for a new vaccine , which could be ready for use within a year to a year and a half.
” The spike protein is quite large , containing about 1,200 amino acids .
Some researchers have limited their research to a region of the spike known as the receptor binding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 200 amino acids .
However , the problem is that these relatively large areas have a variety of targets , and the immune system produces antibodies for all of them indiscriminately – reducing the effectiveness of a potential vaccine .
Gershoni cautioned that while his development is a first step , functionally reconstituting the RBM would be very challenging , but it would be an extremely effective basis for a vaccine .
“ The smaller the target and the focus of the attack , the greater the effectiveness of the vaccine , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far-reaching measures to hide its RBM from the human immune system , but the best way to ‘ win the war ’ is to develop a vaccine that specifically targets the virus ’ s RBM.
” The university filed another patent application after Gershoni ’ s research team completed their initial steps toward reconstituting the new SARS CoV2 ’ s RBM , which could be used as a basis for a new vaccine .
“ We should be able to isolate RBM-based vaccine candidates in the next month or two , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a functional RBM for the new coronavirus is fundamental and critical for the production of the vaccine we propose.
” Gershoni concluded that successfully isolating a functional RBM would allow the pharmaceutical industry to incorporate it into a new vaccine .
Such a vaccine could be produced in a few months , but would then need to be tested in clinical trials that could take up to a year .

Mazel tov!
Corona Vaccine Design Earns Israeli Scientist a US Patent
The patent covers a vaccine-making process that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus’ structure, representing a key step for any new vaccine.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel, April 20, 2020:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a patent to Dr. Jonathan Gershoni of Tel Aviv University for an innovative vaccine design for the corona family of viruses, the university announced Sunday.
Gershoni, a professor of biology at the university’s School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, is one of the first to get a corona-related patent as researchers worldwide work overtime to develop potential vaccines and drugs to fight the pandemic.
Using Gershoni’s technique, the potential vaccine targets the novel coronavirus’s Achilles’ heel, its Receptor Binding Motif (RBM), a critical structure that enables the virus to bind to and infect a target cell.
According to Prof. Gershoni, the vaccine would reconstruct the coronavirus’s RBM, a tiny feature of its “spike” protein. Though the virus uses many different proteins to replicate and invade cells, the “spike” protein is the major surface protein that it uses to bind to a receptor — another protein that acts like a doorway into a human cell. After the spike protein binds to the human cell receptor, the viral membrane fuses with the human cell membrane, allowing the genome of the virus to enter human cells and begin infection.
“We have been working on coronaviruses for the last 15 years, developing a method of reconstructing and reconstituting the RBM feature of the spike protein in SARS CoV and subsequently in MERS CoV,” explained Gershoni. “The moment the genome of the new virus was published in early January 2020, we began the process of reconstituting the RBM of SARS CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and expect to have a reconstituted RBM of the new virus soon. This will be the basis for a new vaccine, which could be ready for use within a year to a year and a half.”
The spike protein is quite large, containing about 1,200 amino acids. Some researchers have limited their research to a region of the spike known as the receptor binding domain (RBD) that comprises some 200 amino acids. However, the problem is that these relatively large areas have a variety of targets, and the immune system produces antibodies for all of them indiscriminately – reducing the effectiveness of a potential vaccine.
Gershoni cautioned that while his development is a first step, functionally reconstituting the RBM would be very challenging, but it would be an extremely effective basis for a vaccine.
“The smaller the target and the focus of the attack, the greater the effectiveness of the vaccine,” he said. “The virus takes far-reaching measures to hide its RBM from the human immune system, but the best way to ‘win the war’ is to develop a vaccine that specifically targets the virus’s RBM.”
The university filed another patent application after Gershoni’s research team completed their initial steps toward reconstituting the new SARS CoV2’s RBM, which could be used as a basis for a new vaccine.
“We should be able to isolate RBM-based vaccine candidates in the next month or two,” he said. “The discovery and production of a functional RBM for the new coronavirus is fundamental and critical for the production of the vaccine we propose.”
Gershoni concluded that successfully isolating a functional RBM would allow the pharmaceutical industry to incorporate it into a new vaccine. Such a vaccine could be produced in a few months, but would then need to be tested in clinical trials that could take up to a year.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--WATCH: Moronic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For National Work Boycott Post-Coronavirus

Village idiot is dangerous .
The left will do and say anything and everything to destroy this country .
The good news is no one is listening to this moron no matter how much stroking press she gets .
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says We Shouldn ’ t Go Back to Work | Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a national work boycott , saying when businesses re-open people should refuse to go back to work .
In the first episode of Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas on Vice , Ocasio-Cortez says the American people should not return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the family after the coronavirus pandemic has been controlled .
“ When we talk about this idea of ‘ reopening society ’ you know , only in America- does the President , when the President tweets about liberation , does he mean go back to work .
When we have this discussion about going back or reopening , I think a lot people should just say “ no ” - we ’ re not going back to that .
We ’ re not going back to working 70 hour weeks just so that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not even feel any sort of semblance of security in our lives , ” Ocasio-Cortez said .
Ocasio-Cortez has made several statements throughout the pandemic which have caused controversy .
Last Wednesday she said she noticed a shift in the coronavirus narrative when the impact on the black community became clear .
Ocasio-Cortez , who went on ABC ’ s “ The View , ” made claims that warnings about smoking and drinking came only after the highest risk group changed from to elderly people to minority communities .
( RELATED : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Coronavirus Narrative When More Black People Started Dying ) The full segment of Ocasio-Cortez ’ s interview debuts Wednesday at 10 pm on VICE TV .

Village idiot is dangerous. The left will do and say anything and everything to destroy this country. The good news is no one is listening to this moron, no matter how much stroking press she gets.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For National Work Boycott Post-Coronavirus Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says We Shouldn’t Go Back to Work | By: Henry Rodgers, Daily Caller, April 22, 2020, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a national work boycott, saying when businesses re-open people should refuse to go back to work. In the first episode of Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas on Vice, Ocasio-Cortez says the American people should not return to work in order to provide for the family after the coronavirus pandemic has been controlled. “When we talk about this idea of ‘reopening society’ you know, only in America- does the President, when the President tweets about liberation, does he mean go back to work. When we have this discussion about going back or reopening, I think a lot people should just say “no”- we’re not going back to that. We’re not going back to working 70 hour weeks just so that we can put food on the table and not even feel any sort of semblance of security in our lives,” Ocasio-Cortez said. Ocasio-Cortez has made several statements throughout the pandemic which have caused controversy. Last Wednesday she said she noticed a shift in the coronavirus narrative when the impact on the black community became clear. Ocasio-Cortez, who went on ABC’s “The View,” made claims that warnings about smoking and drinking came only after the highest risk group changed from to elderly people to minority communities. (RELATED: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Says There Was A Shift In Coronavirus Narrative When More Black People Started Dying) The full segment of Ocasio-Cortez’s interview debuts Wednesday at 10 pm on VICE TV. https://youtu.be/94L6wkczNZQ
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--Police Have Started Revolting Against Authoritarian Coronavirus Edicts From Local Tyrants

We are witnessing an American movement against totalitarianism .
Police Have Started Revolting Against Draconian Coronavirus Edicts From Local Tyrants Police chiefs from Texas to Washington are standing up against draconian orders from local leaders demanding strict adherence to extreme social distancing measures to curb the spread of the novel Wuhan coronavirus .
The Houston Police Officers ’ Union declared Wednesday that its members would refrain from enforcing local County Judge Lina Hidalgo ’ s ruling deeming it mandatory for any individual over the age of 10 to wear a mask in public .
“ The Houston Police Officers ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask in public , in order to protect themselves from the virus and we are encouraging all of our officers to wear a mask , ” the union wrote in a statement .
“ However , we draw the line at the draconian measures Hidalgo has decided to engage in.
” “ Our officers work every single day to bridge the gap with our community and earn their trust , we will not stand idly by and allow Hidalgo to tear that bridge down , with her horrific leadership and echo chamber decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had contacted the state attorney general ’ s office to determine whether Hidalgo ’ s ruling was even constitutional , noting that until then , members were encouraged to use discretion in enforcement of the measure as resources are already stretched thin from the pandemic .
In Washington , Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney announced Tuesday that his officers would also abstain from enforcement of lockdown orders , joining Franklin County Sheriff J.D .
Raymond who said he would not stop churches and business from opening with reasonable distancing measures in place .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I have not carried out any enforcement for the current stay-at-home order , ” Fortney wrote on Facebook .
“ I will always put your constitutional rights above politics or popular opinion .
We have the right to peacefully assemble .
We have the right to keep and bear arms .
We have the right to attend church service of any denomination.
” Fortney challenged Democratic Washington Gov .
Jay Inslee ’ s lockdown orders as inconsistent , deeming some businesses essential over others .
While government construction projects may continue Fortney points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work .
“ As I arrive to work at the courthouse , I see landscapers show up each day to install new landscape and maintain our flowerbeds , ” Fortney wrote .
“ However , a father who owns a construction company and works alone while outdoors is not allowed to run his business to make a living to provide for his wife and children ?
” “ This contradiction is not okay and is bordering on unethical , ” said Fortney .
Further east in Michigan , four sheriffs in the northwest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week that they would refuse to enforce Democratic Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s lockdown orders which have been the most extreme in the country .
By the stroke of a pen , Whitmer has deemed it illegal for Michiganders to travel “ between residences ” or buy seeds while lottery tickets remain permitted to purchase .
Whitmer , the sheriffs said in a joint statement , “ has created a vague framework of emergency laws that only confuse Michigan citizens.
” “ As a result , we will not have strict enforcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrote .
“ We will deal with every case as an individual situation and apply common sense in assessing the apparent violation… We believe that we are the last line of defense in protecting your civil liberties.
” As the pandemic over the Wuhan coronavirus stretches into the next month , wreaking havoc on the American economy , an anxious public is losing its patience with increasingly strict lockdowns keeping millions out of work while models have proven inaccurate .
Since the start of the pandemic , more than 22 million Americans have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and protests against shelter-in-place orders have begun to appear nationwide .
Last week , several state governors announced they would allow shelter-in-place orders to expire either on or before April 30 with certain conditions in place to kickstart their stalled economies while keeping the virus at bay .

We are witnessing an American movement against totalitarianism.
Police Have Started Revolting Against Draconian Coronavirus Edicts From Local Tyrants
Police chiefs from Texas to Washington are standing up against draconian orders from local leaders demanding strict adherence to extreme social distancing measures to curb the spread of the novel Wuhan coronavirus.
The Houston Police Officers’ Union declared Wednesday that its members would refrain from enforcing local County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s ruling deeming it mandatory for any individual over the age of 10 to wear a mask in public.
“The Houston Police Officers’ Union believes everyone should be wearing a mask in public, in order to protect themselves from the virus and we are encouraging all of our officers to wear a mask,” the union wrote in a statement. “However, we draw the line at the draconian measures Hidalgo has decided to engage in.”
“Our officers work every single day to bridge the gap with our community and earn their trust, we will not stand idly by and allow Hidalgo to tear that bridge down, with her horrific leadership and echo chamber decision making.”
The police union said it had contacted the state attorney general’s office to determine whether Hidalgo’s ruling was even constitutional, noting that until then, members were encouraged to use discretion in enforcement of the measure as resources are already stretched thin from the pandemic.
In Washington, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney announced Tuesday that his officers would also abstain from enforcement of lockdown orders, joining Franklin County Sheriff J.D. Raymond who said he would not stop churches and business from opening with reasonable distancing measures in place.
“As I have previously stated, I have not carried out any enforcement for the current stay-at-home order,” Fortney wrote on Facebook. “I will always put your constitutional rights above politics or popular opinion. We have the right to peacefully assemble. We have the right to keep and bear arms. We have the right to attend church service of any denomination.”
Fortney challenged Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s lockdown orders as inconsistent, deeming some businesses essential over others. While government construction projects may continue Fortney points out, private contractors remain out of work.
“As I arrive to work at the courthouse, I see landscapers show up each day to install new landscape and maintain our flowerbeds,” Fortney wrote. “However, a father who owns a construction company and works alone while outdoors is not allowed to run his business to make a living to provide for his wife and children?”
“This contradiction is not okay and is bordering on unethical,” said Fortney.
Further east in Michigan, four sheriffs in the northwest part of the mitten also announced last week that they would refuse to enforce Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown orders which have been the most extreme in the country.
By the stroke of a pen, Whitmer has deemed it illegal for Michiganders to travel “between residences” or buy seeds while lottery tickets remain permitted to purchase.
Whitmer, the sheriffs said in a joint statement, “has created a vague framework of emergency laws that only confuse Michigan citizens.”
“As a result, we will not have strict enforcement of these orders,” the sheriffs wrote. “We will deal with every case as an individual situation and apply common sense in assessing the apparent violation… We believe that we are the last line of defense in protecting your civil liberties.”
As the pandemic over the Wuhan coronavirus stretches into the next month, wreaking havoc on the American economy, an anxious public is losing its patience with increasingly strict lockdowns keeping millions out of work while models have proven inaccurate.
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment over just four weeks and protests against shelter-in-place orders have begun to appear nationwide.
Last week, several state governors announced they would allow shelter-in-place orders to expire either on or before April 30 with certain conditions in place to kickstart their stalled economies while keeping the virus at bay.
States preparing partial reopenings include Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--Obama goon John Brennan suppressed high-quality intelligence that Putin wanted Clinton to win in 201

Obama goon John Brennan suppressed high-quality intelligence that Putin wanted Clinton to win in 2016

CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia ’ s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton ’ s election .
They also told Fred Fleitz that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts .
From the very first , John Brennan was Obama ’ s muscle who worked outside the law , to put it kindly .
Brennan handled the nasty things that needed to be done .
If you recall , during the presidential election , I ran a number of stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s passport at the Department of State .
There were always questions about Obama ’ s citizenship status and what kind of passport he used to he travel to Pakistan during his college years as a foreign student .
Back in March 2008 , the State Department launched an investigation of improper computer access to passport records of Barack Hussein Obama.The investigation was focused on John Brennan company ( here. )
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Brennan ’ s employee was accused of tampering with the passport files .
You will also recall that the key witness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murdered .
Shot in the head , in his car , in front of his church .
Fred Fleitz : Here ’ s what ’ s behind the Senate-House disputes on Russian meddling in 2016 election While the nation is focused on the coronavirus pandemic , the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a bipartisan report Tuesday that challenges House conclusions about former CIA Director John Brennan cooking intelligence for political purposes .
At issue is a controversial January 2017 intelligence community assessment that concluded that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supported the basic premise of the widely discredited Steele Dossier that , according to recently declassified FBI documents , contained Russian disinformation .
In March 2018 , the House Intelligence Committee issued a report saying the intelligence community assessment had been politicized to hurt Trump .
I am a former CIA analyst and House Intelligence Committee staff member who expressed such views in Fox News op-eds in January and May 2017 .
The report released Tuesday was the second Senate Intelligence Committee report contradicting the findings of the House and other intelligence experts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in July 2018 .
Naturally , the political establishment and anti-Trump journalists gloated about the new Senate Intelligence Committee report as bolstering their biases .
NBC reporter Ken Dilanian breathlessly tweeted that it “ confirmed the accuracy of the 2017 US intelligence assessment on Russian election interference , undercutting far right conspiracy theories.
” According to the latest Senate Intelligence Committee report , proper procedures were dutifully followed in drafting the intelligence community assessment .
The Committee did not discover any significant analytic tradecraft issues in the preparation or final presentation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , adding that “ The ICA reflects proper analytic tradecraft despite being tasked and completed within a compressed timeframe.
” However , the House Intelligence Committee came to a different conclusion in its March 2018 report , finding that the intelligence community assessment ’ s judgments on why Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election did not employ proper analytic tradecraft .
So who is right ?
Accusing the intelligence community of improper “ analytic tradecraft ” in analyzing Russia ’ s strategic intentions is an extremely grave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make .
In my opinion , there is no question the House Intelligence Committee is right for the reasons in its 2018 report and other subsequent findings .
The House committee found the intelligence community assessment violated protocols for drafting such assessments .
This major finding shows why America needs strong legislative oversight over the intelligence services .
For example , although the protocols require intelligence community assessments to be “ community products ” and vetted with all intelligence agencies and analysts with equities in a given subject , only three intelligence agencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CIA , National Security Agency and FBI .
With the 14 other intelligence agencies left out , the three participating agencies included only two dozen “ handpicked ” analysts .
Other intelligence agencies working on this issue , such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security , were excluded .
In addition , House Intelligence Committee staff revealed the actual drafting of the intelligence community assessment was done by three close associates of former CIA Director Brennan , who has proven to be the most politicized intelligence chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practice for controversial intelligence community assessments , Brennan ’ s team allowed no dissenting views or even an annex with reviews by outside experts .
These were extraordinary violations of intelligence community rules to ensure that analysis is accurate and trusted .
The Senate committee reports ignored these foundational violations .
The Senate Intelligence Committee report falsely claims that “ all analytical lines are supported with all-source intelligence ” and that analysts who wrote the intelligence community assessment consistently said they “ were under no politically motivated pressure to reach specific conclusions.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposite .
They told me there was conflicting intelligence evidence on Russian motivations for meddling in the 2016 election .
More gravely , they said that CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia ’ s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton ’ s election .
They also told me that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts .
House Intelligence Committee staff told me that after an exhaustive investigation reviewing intelligence and interviewing intelligence officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence suggesting that Putin actually wanted the more predictable and malleable Clinton to win the 2016 election .
Instead , the Brennan team included low-quality intelligence that failed to meet intelligence community standards to support the political claim that Russian officials wanted Trump to win , House Intelligence Committee staff revealed .
They said that CIA analysts also objected to including that flawed , substandard information in the assessment .
So why did the Senate and House Intelligence Committees come to such starkly different conclusions ?
Why would professional intelligence officers give different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their left-wing media allies claim the House Intelligence Committee ’ s findings are not credible because they were solely the work of what was then the Republican majority under then-Chairman Devin Nunes , R-Calif. On the other hand , the Democrats and their media allies contend that the Senate Intelligence Committee ’ s findings must be believed because they are bipartisan and endorsed by the committee ’ s Republican Chairman Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina .
First , I ’ ve carefully reviewed the unclassified House Intelligence Committee reports and spoken to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia investigations .
I found their work credible , aggressively researched , and soundly analyzed .
The unprecedented partisanship of the present chairman , Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Calif. , and his staff ’ s apparently authorized leaks , made a bipartisan report impossible .
It is unfair to reject the House Intelligence Committee report out of hand just because it was written by Republican members .
Second , it is more reasonable to regard any bipartisan report on this subject as suspicious .
Democratic lawmakers have been fanatically united in promoting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is impossible to believe that a Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee member would allow any references in the panel ’ s reports that intelligence was slanted and weaponized to undermine Trump ’ s presidency .
If information ever reached the Senate Intelligence Committee about Brennan suppressing intelligence in the intelligence community assessment that Putin favored Clinton instead of Trump , its Democratic members and staff certainly would have demanded that those crucial facts never be known .
Third , it is well known that Sen. Burr has been an extraordinarily weak Senate Intelligence Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the CIA oversees Burr , not the other way around .
Burr basically has allowed Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner , D-Va. , to run the committee .
Burr refused to cooperate with President Trump ’ s attempts to name a new director of national intelligence last summer because of Warner ’ s objections .
Finally , intelligence officers likely told different stories to Republican House Intelligence Committee and bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigators because of the strong political bias within intelligence agencies against President Trump .
The intelligence officers probably felt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about how the intelligence community assessment was weaponized .
But they would not level with the bipartisan Senate investigation because they worried that their honest assessments that countered the narrative would get back to their supervisors and damage their careers .
I witnessed this problem several times during more than two decades in government .
So what happens next ?
Acting Director of National Intelligence Rick Grenell is trying to get to the bottom of problems with the 2017 Russia intelligence community assessment .
He has asked to see all of the intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ importantly , federal prosecutor John Durham reportedly is looking into the drafting of the intelligence community assessment as part of his investigation of possible government wrongdoing before and after the last presidential election .
One anticipates that a tough lawman like Durham , with confidence from both sides of the political aisle , will finally answer whether the 2017 intelligence community assessment was rigged to hurt Trump politically .

CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia’s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton’s election. They also told Fred Fleitz that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts.
From the very first, John Brennan was Obama’s muscle who worked outside the law, to put it kindly. Brennan handled the nasty things that needed to be done. If you recall, during the presidential election, I ran a number of stories on the breach of Obama’s passport at the Department of State. There were always questions about Obama’s citizenship status and what kind of passport he used to he travel to Pakistan during his college years as a foreign student.
Back in March 2008, the State Department launched an investigation of improper computer access to the passport records of Barack Hussein Obama. The investigation was focused on John Brennan’s company (here). Brennan’s employee was accused of tampering with the passport files.
You will also recall that the key witness in the presidential passport tampering case was murdered. Shot in the head, in his car, in front of his church.
Fred Fleitz: Here’s what’s behind the Senate-House disputes on Russian meddling in 2016 election
While the nation is focused on the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a bipartisan report Tuesday that challenges House conclusions about former CIA Director John Brennan cooking intelligence for political purposes.
At issue is a controversial January 2017 intelligence community assessment that concluded that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump win. That assessment supported the basic premise of the widely discredited Steele Dossier that, according to recently declassified FBI documents, contained Russian disinformation.
In March 2018, the House Intelligence Committee issued a report saying the intelligence community assessment had been politicized to hurt Trump. I am a former CIA analyst and House Intelligence Committee staff member who expressed such views in Fox News op-eds in January and May 2017.
The report released Tuesday was the second Senate Intelligence Committee report contradicting the findings of the House and other intelligence experts. The first Senate report was issued in July 2018.
Naturally, the political establishment and anti-Trump journalists gloated about the new Senate Intelligence Committee report as bolstering their biases. NBC reporter Ken Dilanian breathlessly tweeted that it “confirmed the accuracy of the 2017 US intelligence assessment on Russian election interference, undercutting far right conspiracy theories.”
According to the latest Senate Intelligence Committee report, proper procedures were dutifully followed in drafting the intelligence community assessment.
The Committee did not discover any significant analytic tradecraft issues in the preparation or final presentation of the ICA,” the Intelligence Committee report says, adding that “The ICA reflects proper analytic tradecraft despite being tasked and completed within a compressed timeframe.”
However, the House Intelligence Committee came to a different conclusion in its March 2018 report, finding that the intelligence community assessment’s judgments on why Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election did not employ proper analytic tradecraft.
So who is right?
Accusing the intelligence community of improper “analytic tradecraft” in analyzing Russia’s strategic intentions is an extremely grave indictment for a congressional oversight committee to make. In my opinion, there is no question the House Intelligence Committee is right for the reasons in its 2018 report and other subsequent findings.
The House committee found the intelligence community assessment violated protocols for drafting such assessments. This major finding shows why America needs strong legislative oversight over the intelligence services.
For example, although the protocols require intelligence community assessments to be “community products” and vetted with all intelligence agencies and analysts with equities in a given subject, only three intelligence agencies were asked to draft this assessment: the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI.
With the 14 other intelligence agencies left out, the three participating agencies included only two dozen “handpicked” analysts. Other intelligence agencies working on this issue, such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, were excluded.
In addition, House Intelligence Committee staff revealed the actual drafting of the intelligence community assessment was done by three close associates of former CIA Director Brennan, who has proven to be the most politicized intelligence chief in American history.
Contrary to common practice for controversial intelligence community assessments, Brennan’s team allowed no dissenting views or even an annex with reviews by outside experts.
These were extraordinary violations of intelligence community rules to ensure that analysis is accurate and trusted. The Senate committee reports ignored these foundational violations.
The Senate Intelligence Committee report falsely claims that “all analytical lines are supported with all-source intelligence” and that analysts who wrote the intelligence community assessment consistently said they “were under no politically motivated pressure to reach specific conclusions.”
House Intelligence Committee staff members found the opposite. They told me there was conflicting intelligence evidence on Russian motivations for meddling in the 2016 election.
More gravely, they said that CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia’s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton’s election. They also told me that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts.
House Intelligence Committee staff told me that after an exhaustive investigation reviewing intelligence and interviewing intelligence officers, they found that Brennan suppressed high-quality intelligence suggesting that Putin actually wanted the more predictable and malleable Clinton to win the 2016 election.
Instead, the Brennan team included low-quality intelligence that failed to meet intelligence community standards to support the political claim that Russian officials wanted Trump to win, House Intelligence Committee staff revealed. They said that CIA analysts also objected to including that flawed, substandard information in the assessment.
So why did the Senate and House Intelligence Committees come to such starkly different conclusions? Why would professional intelligence officers give different accounts to these committees?
Democrats and their left-wing media allies claim the House Intelligence Committee’s findings are not credible because they were solely the work of what was then the Republican majority under then-Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
On the other hand, the Democrats and their media allies contend that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s findings must be believed because they are bipartisan and endorsed by the committee’s Republican Chairman Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina.
I strongly disagree for several reasons.
First, I’ve carefully reviewed the unclassified House Intelligence Committee reports and spoken to committee members and professional staff about their Russia investigations. I found their work credible, aggressively researched, and soundly analyzed.
The unprecedented partisanship of the present chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and his staff’s apparently authorized leaks, made a bipartisan report impossible. It is unfair to reject the House Intelligence Committee report out of hand just because it was written by Republican members.
Second, it is more reasonable to regard any bipartisan report on this subject as suspicious. Democratic lawmakers have been fanatically united in promoting the false Trump-Russia collusion narrative. So it is impossible to believe that a Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee member would allow any references in the panel’s reports that intelligence was slanted and weaponized to undermine Trump’s presidency.
If information ever reached the Senate Intelligence Committee about Brennan suppressing intelligence in the intelligence community assessment that Putin favored Clinton instead of Trump, its Democratic members and staff certainly would have demanded that those crucial facts never be known.
Third, it is well known that Sen. Burr has been an extraordinarily weak Senate Intelligence Committee chairman. Some on Capitol Hill quip that the CIA oversees Burr, not the other way around.
Burr basically has allowed Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., to run the committee. Burr refused to cooperate with President Trump’s attempts to name a new director of national intelligence last summer because of Warner’s objections.
Finally, intelligence officers likely told different stories to Republican House Intelligence Committee and bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigators because of the strong political bias within intelligence agencies against President Trump.
The intelligence officers probably felt free to level with Republican staff members about how the intelligence community assessment was weaponized. But they would not level with the bipartisan Senate investigation because they worried that their honest assessments that countered the narrative would get back to their supervisors and damage their careers.
I witnessed this problem several times during more than two decades in government.
So what happens next? Acting Director of National Intelligence Rick Grenell is trying to get to the bottom of problems with the 2017 Russia intelligence community assessment. He has asked to see all of the intelligence on which it is based.
More importantly, federal prosecutor John Durham reportedly is looking into the drafting of the intelligence community assessment as part of his investigation of possible government wrongdoing before and after the last presidential election.
One anticipates that a tough lawman like Durham, with confidence from both sides of the political aisle, will finally answer whether the 2017 intelligence community assessment was rigged to hurt Trump politically.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--WATCH Police Officer Wounded in Ramming-Stabbing Attack By Muslim Terrorist in Israel’s capital Jeru

WATCH Police Officer Wounded in Ramming-Stabbing Attack By Muslim Terrorist in Israel’s capital Jerusalem

Neither Coronavirus nor lockdowns nor social distancing stays these jihadis from the completion of their appointed acts of murder .
The Dems want to give your hard earned money to these savages , while Americans struggle to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Remember that in November .
A vote for a Democrat is a vote to finance Palestinian terrorism with your tax dollars .
YERUSHALAYIM – A Border Police officer was moderately wounded in a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack at a checkpoint near Abu Dis , east of Yerushalayim , on Wednesday morning .
According to police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the border guard at the Kiosk checkpoint in the Maaleh Adumim area , and then got out of the vehicle and attacked the officer before other officers at the scene neutralized him and shot him dead .
A pipe bomb was also found at the scene , which police said the terrorist apparently planned to throw at the officers .
Video footage of the incident shows a white van veering off a road onto the curb and ramming into the officer , hurtling him several feet back .
The terrorist is then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what looks like a pair of scissors and lunging at the injured policeman .
A scuffle ensues with the policeman retreating and the terrorist giving chase before other officers on the scene pursue him off camera .
Police said the other officers on the scene eventually shot the terrorist and killed him .
There were no other details about the identity of the terrorist .
Medics said the border guard sustained moderate wounds in the attack .
He was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for further treatment .
The identity of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terror attacks on police and military positions have been a frequent occurrence in recent years but have tapered off significantly in recent months , especially since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the region pushed many indoors .
However , earlier this week , Israeli forces thwarted a potential attack with Palestinians hurling firebombs at Israeli vehicles .
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Neither Coronavirus nor lockdowns nor social distancing stays these jihadis from the completion of their appointed acts of murder.
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Police Officer Wounded in Ramming-Stabbing Attack By Hamodia, April 22, 2020 YERUSHALAYIM – A Border Police officer was moderately wounded in a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack at a checkpoint near Abu Dis, east of Yerushalayim, on Wednesday morning. According to police, the Palestinian terrorist rammed his van into the border guard at the Kiosk checkpoint in the Maaleh Adumim area, and then got out of the vehicle and attacked the officer before other officers at the scene neutralized him and shot him dead. A pipe bomb was also found at the scene, which police said the terrorist apparently planned to throw at the officers. Video footage of the incident shows a white van veering off a road onto the curb and ramming into the officer, hurtling him several feet back. The terrorist is then seen jumping out of the vehicle with what looks like a pair of scissors and lunging at the injured policeman. A scuffle ensues with the policeman retreating and the terrorist giving chase before other officers on the scene pursue him off camera. Police said the other officers on the scene eventually shot the terrorist and killed him. There were no other details about the identity of the terrorist. Medics said the border guard sustained moderate wounds in the attack. He was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for further treatment. The identity of the terrorist was not immediately released. Palestinian terror attacks on police and military positions have been a frequent occurrence in recent years but have tapered off significantly in recent months, especially since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the region pushed many indoors. However, earlier this week, Israeli forces thwarted a potential attack with Palestinians hurling firebombs at Israeli vehicles.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--State of Missouri sues China over Wuhan coronavirus spread

Democrats are not going to be happy .
They want to sue Trump .
If China did have to defend the lawsuit , it would take the same approach as Democrats : It ’ s mostly Trump ’ s fault , not China ’ s .
On this issue , the Democrats and Communist Chinese read from the same page .
Maybe China will call Joe Biden as its first witness .
The State of Missouri , through its Attorney General Eric Schmitt , has sued the government of China , the Communist Party of China , the Wuhan Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entities over the damage from the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic .
You can read the Complaint here .
I ’ d like to see the government of China and the officials responsible for the cover-up , concealment , and lies that allowed what could have been a local issue to spread around the world , pay for what they did .
I doubt this lawsuit will achieve that goal .
China committed a crime against the world .
There isn ’ t a single person reading this who hasn ’ t been affected .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit will obtain justice and/or retribution .
The answer is political and economic , not judicial .
We need to reduce our dependency on Chinese manufacturing , we need to build coalition to slow China ’ s aggressive push for world domination , and we need to emphasize rebuilding the American economy .
Most of all , we need to encourage the good people in China to end the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party , which is responsible for more deaths , mostly of Chinese people , than all the other genocidal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Attorney General described the lawsuit : “ COVID-19 has done irreparable damage to countries across the globe , causing sickness , death , economic disruption , and human suffering .
In Missouri , the impact of the virus is very real – thousands have been infected and many have died , families have been separated from dying loved ones , small businesses are shuttering their doors , and those living paycheck to paycheck are struggling to put food on their table , ” said Attorney General Schmitt .
“ The Chinese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ danger and contagious nature of COVID-19 , silenced whistleblowers , and did little to stop the spread of the disease .
They must be held accountable for their actions.
” The lawsuit , filed this morning in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri , alleges , “ During the critical weeks of the initial outbreak , Chinese authorities deceived the public , suppressed crucial information , arrested whistleblowers , denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence , destroyed critical medical research , permitted millions of people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even hoarded personal protective equipment ( “ PPE ” ) —thus causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable.
” According to the lawsuit , by late December , Chinese health officials had serious evidence of human-to-human transmission .
Despite this evidence of human-to-human transmission , Chinese health officials did not report the outbreak to the World Health Organization until December 31 .
When Chinese authorities did inform the WHO of the outbreak , they denied the potential for human-to-human transmission .
The lawsuit also alleges that , despite having knowledge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to contain the spread .
According to data gathered by the New York Times , nearly 175,000 individuals left Wuhan on January 1 alone to travel for the Lunar New Year .
The Chinese government also continued with New Year celebrations , despite the risk for potential further infections .
Chinese officials ’ alleged coverup and silencing of whistleblowers is also noted in the lawsuit .
On January 1 or 2 , Wuhan police stated in a message that was broadcast across the country on CCTV that they had taken “ legal measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shared “ rumors ” online .
One of those eight is believed to be a doctor that shared information about the disease on a platform called WeChat .
One doctor in a Wuhan hospital emergency room was disciplined for instructing staff to wear masks , suspecting human-to-human transmission .
The lawsuit notes the immense negative impact that COVID-19 has had on Missourians , pointing out the unprecedented number of jobless claims , the impact on Missouri ’ s unemployment rate , and the impact on the State ’ s budget now and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Missouri ’ s nurses and doctors are forced to quarantine from their families , our elderly citizens are stuck in nursing homes away from loved ones , and more .
The lawsuit seeks relief on one count of public nuisance , one count of abnormally dangerous activities , and two counts of breach of duty .
Remedies could include civil penalties and restitution , abatement of the public nuisance , cessation of abnormally dangerous activities , punitive damages , and more .
The key factual allegations can be found here .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Complaint : 1 .
In this case , the State of Missouri seeks recovery for the enormous loss of life , human suffering , and economic turmoil experienced by all Missourians from the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted the entire world .
An appalling campaign of deceit , concealment , misfeasance , and inaction by Chinese authorities unleashed this pandemic .
During the critical weeks of the initial outbreak , Chinese authorities deceived the public , suppressed crucial information , arrested whistleblowers , denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions of people to be exposed to the virus , and even hoarded personal protective equipment—thus causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable .
Defendants are responsible for the enormous death , suffering , and economic losses they inflicted on the world , including Missourians , and they should be held accountable .
Professor Jonathan Turley has identified some possible legal obstacles to getting China to pay anything : The single advantage to private litigation is that it comes with evidentiary discovery if that is even allowed .
Such lawsuits are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for blocking depositions and document disclosures .
At least four class action lawsuits have recently been filed in the United States .
One lawsuit claims the coronavirus was designed as a biological weapon , an allegation that both experts and intelligence officials have rejected .
All of the lawsuits allege intentional or negligent acts .
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 extends blanket immunity to countries from most lawsuits in the United States .
The exceptions are rather narrow and rarely accepted by American courts , which read this statute as clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The United States can be sued just as easily in foreign courts and thus favors immunity as the general rule .
The most common exception under this law concerns commercial activities by foreign nations .
For that reason , some lawsuits have stretched the facts to suggest that the wet market or lab in Wuhan were commercial enterprises effectively run or directed by China .
That argument is likely to be far too attenuated for the courts .
One legal question could turn on Congress .
In 2008 , a lawsuit with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabia over the financing of the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 .
The kingdom had been accused of effectively releasing terrorists , rather than a virus , but the courts rejected those claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act .
Congress then amended it to allow for such lawsuits with the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act .
President Obama vetoed it , but Congress overrode his veto .
It is possible that Congress could do so again for this virus , which has now cost tens of thousands of lives and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are lots of jurisdictional obstacles facing this lawsuit ; the main one being that the Chinese govt is generally immune under US law from lawsuits in US courts .
But the Missouri AG has tried some interesting attempts here to get around this law .
1 ) Missouri suing not just Chinese govt entities , but the Chinese Communist Party itself , which may not be entitled to immunity since it is technically not part of the Chinese state .
So even if all of the other Chinese govt entities get immunity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As @ edswaine notes , Missouri is trying to invoke the commercial activity exception to sovereign immunity , alleging that the nefarious Chinese govt acts themselves “ commercial activities ” that have a direct effect on the U.S. ( this seems pretty tough to prove , factually ) .
3 ) Missouri is also alleging that the Chinese govt acts were noncommercial torts , which is also exempted from sovereign immunity .
This seems at odds with their claim that China is acting in a commercial way w/r/t the virus , but alternative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend .
4 ) Assuming it gets past the immunity obstacles , Missouri is invoking its sovereign powers to sue for a “ public nuisance ” , which is a potentially very broad cause of action used to force opioid manufacturers to settle recently… .
5 ) I am not optimistic about the Missouri ’ s chances here given the very tough jurisdictional obstacles this lawsuit is facing .
But it does pose , in a very pointed way , some totally legitimate qs for the Chinese govt .
Not sure I love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tho… 6 ) Another inside-baseball point : Will the Chinese govt appear in court to file a motion to dismiss ?
Almost certainly , yes ( although in has sometimes just demanded the US govt appear on its behalf , or file a letter on its behalf ) .
Would @ SecPompeo or Barr do that ?
7 ) Another inside-baseball point : will the Chinese Communist Party hire its own counsel to represent it , since it does have a slightly different argument to make here ?
Or will the Chinese govt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an arm of the Chinese govt and entitled to immunity ?
8 ) Final inside-baseball point : Which big-time US law firm will take on the Chinese Communist Party as their client ?
Jones Day ?
Sidley ?
Let the beauty contest begin !
9 ) Final , final point : Missouri ’ s lawsuit may be used to marshal even more support in the US Congress for lifting the Chinese govt ’ s immunity .
Is it a coincidence that Missouri ’ s junior senator @ HawleyMO has introduced a bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is unlikely to survive a motion to dismiss , at least against the government of China .
If China did have to defend the lawsuit , it would take the same approach as Democrats : It ’ s mostly Trump ’ s fault , not China ’ s .
On this issue , the Democrats and Communist Chinese read from the same page .
Maybe China will call Joe Biden as its first witness .

Democrats are not going to be happy. They want to sue Trump.
Missouri sues China over Wuhan coronavirus spread
By William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection, April 21, 2020:
If China did have to defend the lawsuit, it would take the same approach as Democrats: It’s mostly Trump’s fault, not China’s. On this issue, the Democrats and Communist Chinese read from the same page. Maybe China will call Joe Biden as its first witness.
The State of Missouri, through its Attorney General Eric Schmitt, has sued the government of China, the Communist Party of China, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and several other Chinese entities over the damage from the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. You can read the Complaint here.
I’d like to see the government of China and the officials responsible for the cover-up, concealment, and lies that allowed what could have been a local issue to spread around the world, pay for what they did. I doubt this lawsuit will achieve that goal.
China committed a crime against the world. There isn’t a single person reading this who hasn’t been affected.
But I am skeptical that such a lawsuit will obtain justice and/or retribution. The answer is political and economic, not judicial. We need to reduce our dependency on Chinese manufacturing, we need to build coalition to slow China’s aggressive push for world domination, and we need to emphasize rebuilding the American economy.
Most of all, we need to encourage the good people in China to end the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party, which is responsible for more deaths, mostly of Chinese people, than all the other genocidal regimes combined.
In a press release, the Attorney General described the lawsuit:
In a historical move, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit today against the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, and other Chinese officials and institutions, alleging that their actions to suppress information, arrest whistleblowers, and deny the contagious nature of the 2019 novel Coronavirus led to loss of life and severe economic consequences in Missouri.
“COVID-19 has done irreparable damage to countries across the globe, causing sickness, death, economic disruption, and human suffering. In Missouri, the impact of the virus is very real – thousands have been infected and many have died, families have been separated from dying loved ones, small businesses are shuttering their doors, and those living paycheck to paycheck are struggling to put food on their table,” said Attorney General Schmitt. “The Chinese government lied to the world about the danger and contagious nature of COVID-19, silenced whistleblowers, and did little to stop the spread of the disease. They must be held accountable for their actions.” The lawsuit, filed this morning in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges, “During the critical weeks of the initial outbreak, Chinese authorities deceived the public, suppressed crucial information, arrested whistleblowers, denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence, destroyed critical medical research, permitted millions of people to be exposed to the virus, and even hoarded personal protective equipment (“PPE”)—thus causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable.” According to the lawsuit, by late December, Chinese health officials had serious evidence of human-to-human transmission. Despite this evidence of human-to-human transmission, Chinese health officials did not report the outbreak to the World Health Organization until December 31. When Chinese authorities did inform the WHO of the outbreak, they denied the potential for human-to-human transmission. The lawsuit also alleges that, despite having knowledge of the disease, Chinese officials did little to contain the spread. According to data gathered by the New York Times, nearly 175,000 individuals left Wuhan on January 1 alone to travel for the Lunar New Year. The Chinese government also continued with New Year celebrations, despite the risk for potential further infections. Chinese officials’ alleged coverup and silencing of whistleblowers is also noted in the lawsuit. On January 1 or 2, Wuhan police stated in a message that was broadcast across the country on CCTV that they had taken “legal measures” against eight people who published and shared “rumors” online. One of those eight is believed to be a doctor that shared information about the disease on a platform called WeChat. One doctor in a Wuhan hospital emergency room was disciplined for instructing staff to wear masks, suspecting human-to-human transmission. The lawsuit notes the immense negative impact that COVID-19 has had on Missourians, pointing out the unprecedented number of jobless claims, the impact on Missouri’s unemployment rate, and the impact on the State’s budget now and in the future. On the human side – Missouri’s nurses and doctors are forced to quarantine from their families, our elderly citizens are stuck in nursing homes away from loved ones, and more. The lawsuit seeks relief on one count of public nuisance, one count of abnormally dangerous activities, and two counts of breach of duty. Remedies could include civil penalties and restitution, abatement of the public nuisance, cessation of abnormally dangerous activities, punitive damages, and more. The key factual allegations can be found here.
Here is the introductory and summary paragraph from the Complaint:
1. In this case, the State of Missouri seeks recovery for the enormous loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil experienced by all Missourians from the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted the entire world.
An appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction by
Chinese authorities unleashed this pandemic. During the critical weeks of the
initial outbreak, Chinese authorities deceived the public, suppressed crucial
information, arrested whistleblowers, denied human-to-human transmission
in the face of mounting evidence, destroyed critical medical research,
permitted millions of people to be exposed to the virus, and even hoarded
personal protective equipment—thus causing a global pandemic that was
unnecessary and preventable. Defendants are responsible for the enormous
death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on the world, including
Missourians, and they should be held accountable.
Professor Jonathan Turley has identified some possible legal obstacles to getting China to pay anything:
The single advantage to private litigation is that it comes with evidentiary discovery if that is even allowed. Such lawsuits are exceptionally difficult, and China is known for blocking depositions and document disclosures. At least four class action lawsuits have recently been filed in the United States. One lawsuit claims the coronavirus was designed as a biological weapon, an allegation that both experts and intelligence officials have rejected. All of the lawsuits allege intentional or negligent acts. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 extends blanket immunity to countries from most lawsuits in the United States. The exceptions are rather narrow and rarely accepted by American courts, which read this statute as clearly conveying the intent to discourage such lawsuits. The United States can be sued just as easily in foreign courts and thus favors immunity as the general rule. The most common exception under this law concerns commercial activities by foreign nations. For that reason, some lawsuits have stretched the facts to suggest that the wet market or lab in Wuhan were commercial enterprises effectively run or directed by China. That argument is likely to be far too attenuated for the courts. One legal question could turn on Congress. In 2008, a lawsuit with some interesting analogies was filed against Saudi Arabia over the financing of the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. The kingdom had been accused of effectively releasing terrorists, rather than a virus, but the courts rejected those claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Congress then amended it to allow for such lawsuits with the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. President Obama vetoed it, but Congress overrode his veto. It is possible that Congress could do so again for this virus, which has now cost tens of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars in losses.
Hofstra Law School Professor Julian Ku had this relevant Twitter thread:
There are lots of jurisdictional obstacles facing this lawsuit; the main one being that the Chinese govt is generally immune under US law from lawsuits in US courts. But the Missouri AG has tried some interesting attempts here to get around this law. 1) Missouri suing not just Chinese govt entities, but the Chinese Communist Party itself, which may not be entitled to immunity since it is technically not part of the Chinese state. So even if all of the other Chinese govt entities get immunity, the CCP may not. 2)As @edswaine notes, Missouri is trying to invoke the commercial activity exception to sovereign immunity, alleging that the nefarious Chinese govt acts themselves “commercial activities” that have a direct effect on the U.S. (this seems pretty tough to prove, factually). 3) Missouri is also alleging that the Chinese govt acts were noncommercial torts, which is also exempted from sovereign immunity. This seems at odds with their claim that China is acting in a commercial way w/r/t the virus, but alternative argmts are a litigator’s best friend. 4) Assuming it gets past the immunity obstacles, Missouri is invoking its sovereign powers to sue for a “public nuisance”, which is a potentially very broad cause of action used to force opioid manufacturers to settle recently…. 5) I am not optimistic about the Missouri’s chances here given the very tough jurisdictional obstacles this lawsuit is facing. But it does pose, in a very pointed way, some totally legitimate qs for the Chinese govt. Not sure I love using US courts to pose those questions tho… 6) Another inside-baseball point: Will the Chinese govt appear in court to file a motion to dismiss? Almost certainly, yes (although in has sometimes just demanded the US govt appear on its behalf, or file a letter on its behalf). Would @SecPompeo or Barr do that? 7) Another inside-baseball point: will the Chinese Communist Party hire its own counsel to represent it, since it does have a slightly different argument to make here? Or will the Chinese govt’s lawyers claim that the CCP is an arm of the Chinese govt and entitled to immunity? 8) Final inside-baseball point: Which big-time US law firm will take on the Chinese Communist Party as their client? Jones Day? Sidley? Let the beauty contest begin! 9) Final, final point: Missouri’s lawsuit may be used to marshal even more support in the US Congress for lifting the Chinese govt’s immunity. Is it a coincidence that Missouri’s junior senator @HawleyMO has introduced a bill to do just that?
The lawsuit is unlikely to survive a motion to dismiss, at least against the government of China. If China did have to defend the lawsuit, it would take the same approach as Democrats: It’s mostly Trump’s fault, not China’s.
On this issue, the Democrats and Communist Chinese read from the same page. Maybe China will call Joe Biden as its first witness.


422 Musical Moment

You ’ ll be getting one of these daily until the end of house arrest – it reflects my eccentric , life-loving mood during these surreal times .
This is the WBLS Frankie Crocker version .
I don ’ t know how many GR readers remember Frankie Crocker but he had all of New York singing this tune at 8 o ’ clock every night .
Frankie “ Hollywood ” Crocker was a disc jockey who helped grow WBLS , the iconic black music radio station in New York in the late twentieth century .
He signed off the air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Mood For Love ” by vocalese crooner King WBLS-FM broke Blondie , Madonna , Shannon , D Train , all Arthur Baker records , The System , Colonel Abrams , Alicia Myers and supermodel Grace Jones .
He made , “ Love is the Message ” by MFSB NYC ’ s unofficial anthem on the radio .
WBLS airplay made “ Ain ’ t No Stoppin Us Now ” by McFadden and Whitehead a favorite cookout , church , wedding and graduation song .
“ The Magnificent Seven ” by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Community .
He gave America exposure to an obscure genre called “ Reggae ” and a little known Jamaican rocker named Bob Marley .
[ 8 ] Fatback Band frontman Bill Curtis credited Crocker with breaking the group in New York .
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You’ll be getting one of these daily until the end of house arrest – it reflects my eccentric, life-loving mood during these surreal times.
This is the WBLS Frankie Crocker version. I don’t know how many GR readers remember Frankie Crocker but he had all of New York singing this tune at 8 o’clock every night.
Frankie “Hollywood” Crocker was a disc jockey who helped grow WBLS, the iconic black music radio station in New York in the late twentieth century. He signed off the air each night to the tune “Moody’s Mood For Love” by vocalese crooner King
WBLS-FM broke Blondie, Madonna, Shannon, D Train, all Arthur Baker records, The System, Colonel Abrams, Alicia Myers and supermodel Grace Jones. He made, “Love is the Message” by MFSB NYC’s unofficial anthem on the radio. WBLS airplay made “Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now” by McFadden and Whitehead a favorite cookout, church, wedding and graduation song. “The Magnificent Seven” by the Clash became a hot song in the Black Community. He gave America exposure to an obscure genre called “Reggae” and a little known Jamaican rocker named Bob Marley.[8] Fatback Band frontman Bill Curtis credited Crocker with breaking the group in New York.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--Top German paper demands $165 billion coronavirus reparations from China

A top German newspaper says China kept the “ world in the dark ” about the coronavirus — and should fork over $ 165 billion in reparations to the Fatherland because of it .
Good on the Germans .
On the other hand , the American media are a disgrace , pimps for China .
Good on the Germans .
A top German newspaper says China kept the “ world in the dark ” about the coronavirus — and should fork over $ 165 billion in reparations to the Fatherland because of it .
Bild ran the piece last week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China “ should pay for the massive economic damage the coronavirus is inflicting worldwide , ” according to Fox News .
“ You [ President Xi Jinping ] , your government and your scientists had to know long ago that coronavirus is highly infectious , but you left the world in the dark about it , ” Reichelt wrote in the piece titled “ What China owes us.
” “ Your top experts didn ’ t respond when Western researchers asked to know what was going on in Wuhan , ” the piece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bug originated .
“ You were too proud and too nationalistic to tell the truth , which you felt was a national disgrace , ” Reichelt said .
The paper then called for China to pay for what it calculated was roughly $ 165 billion in damages to Germany .
The Chinese embassy in Berlin denied the allegations in an open letter , which accused the paper of “ nationalism , prejudice , and hostility against China.
” “ Apart from the fact that we consider it a pretty bad style to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is affecting the whole world and then to present an explicit account of alleged Chinese debts to Germany , the article ignores some essential facts , ” the embassy wrote .
The Chinese officials continued saying , “ We note that many countries now struggling with COVID-19 have had time to prepare for the cross-border spread of the pathogen after China reported its outbreak under IHR [ World Health Organization ] guidelines.
” Some world leaders have questioned whether China has been transparent about the origin of the pathogen , which is believed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for China to be more forthcoming about the early days of the outbreak .
“ I believe the more transparent China is about the origin story of the virus , the better it is for everyone in the world in order to learn from it , ” Merkel said , according to Channel News Asia .

A top German newspaper says China kept the “world in the dark” about the coronavirus — and should fork over $165 billion in reparations to the Fatherland because of it. Good on the Germans. On the other hand, the American media are a disgrace, pimps for China. Good on the Germans.
Top German paper demands $165 billion coronavirus reparations from China
By NY Post, April 22, 2020:
A top German newspaper says China kept the “world in the dark” about the coronavirus — and should fork over $165 billion in reparations to the Fatherland because of it.
Bild ran the piece last week by editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt that questioned whether China “should pay for the massive economic damage the coronavirus is inflicting worldwide,” according to Fox News.
“You [President Xi Jinping], your government and your scientists had to know long ago that coronavirus is highly infectious, but you left the world in the dark about it,” Reichelt wrote in the piece titled “What China owes us.”
“Your top experts didn’t respond when Western researchers asked to know what was going on in Wuhan,” the piece continued, referring to the city where the bug originated.
“You were too proud and too nationalistic to tell the truth, which you felt was a national disgrace,” Reichelt said.
The paper then called for China to pay for what it calculated was roughly $165 billion in damages to Germany.
The Chinese embassy in Berlin denied the allegations in an open letter, which accused the paper of “nationalism, prejudice, and hostility against China.”
“Apart from the fact that we consider it a pretty bad style to blame a country for a pandemic that is affecting the whole world and then to present an explicit account of alleged Chinese debts to Germany, the article ignores some essential facts,” the embassy wrote.
The Chinese officials continued saying, “We note that many countries now struggling with COVID-19 have had time to prepare for the cross-border spread of the pathogen after China reported its outbreak under IHR [World Health Organization] guidelines.”
Some world leaders have questioned whether China has been transparent about the origin of the pathogen, which is believed to have emerged in late December in Wuhan.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for China to be more forthcoming about the early days of the outbreak.
“I believe the more transparent China is about the origin story of the virus, the better it is for everyone in the world in order to learn from it,” Merkel said, according to Channel News Asia.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-22--TWO NEW STUDIES: Stanford University and USC show coronavirus much less deadly than we’ve been told,

TWO NEW STUDIES: Stanford University and USC show coronavirus much less deadly than we’ve been told, with a fatality rate like a seasonal flu

The studies , conducted by public health officials and scientists at Stanford University and the University of Southern California , show the estimates of the number of people infected in those counties were far , far higher than the number of confirmed cases .
After adjustments intended to account for differences between the sample and the population of the county as a whole , the researchers estimated that the prevalence of antibodies was between 2.5 percent and a bit more than 4 percent .
The county ’ s population is 1.9 million .
The coronavirus may be much less deadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate more closely resembling that of a seasonal flu strain than a pandemic of profound lethality .
Coronavirus Infections May Not Be Uncommon , Tests Suggest Two preliminary efforts to survey citizens for antibodies to the virus have produced controversial results .
Two new studies using antibody tests to assess how many people have been infected with the coronavirus have turned up numbers higher than some experts had expected .
Both studies were performed in California : one among residents of Santa Clara County , south of San Francisco , and the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In both cases , the estimates of the number of people infected in those counties were far higher than the number of confirmed cases .
The studies , conducted by public health officials and scientists at Stanford University and the University of Southern California , have earned the ire of critics who questioned both the recruitment methods and the analyses .
In the Santa Clara County study , researchers tested 3,330 volunteers for antibodies indicating exposure to the virus .
Roughly 1.5 percent were positive .
After adjustments intended to account for differences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the county as a whole , the researchers estimated that the prevalence of antibodies was between 2.5 percent and a bit more than 4 percent .
The county ’ s population is 1.9 million .
That means that 48,000 to 81,000 people were infected with the coronavirus in Santa Clara County by early April , the investigators concluded .
If accurate , that would mean that 220,000 to 442,000 residents had been exposed .
By comparison , only 8,000 cases had been confirmed in the county by early April , when the testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Los Angeles County study , researchers used a random sample of email addresses and telephone numbers of residents to invite people to participate in what they said would be a Covid-19 survey .
The scientists set limits on participation , based on factors like ethnicity and age , in an effort to ensure the sample represented the county ’ s population .
About 1,100 people signed up to be tested .
The study in Santa Clara County found participants by advertising on Facebook .
Most of the first volunteers were in wealthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recruited from poorer areas .
As in the Los Angeles County study , the goal was to get a representative sample of the population .
“ It ’ s not perfect , but it ’ s the best science can do , ” said Dr. John Ioannidis , a professor of medicine at Stanford University and an author of the Santa Clara County report .
Antibody studies in other countries have produced similar figures , he noted .
If the numbers prove accurate , the coronavirus may be much less deadly than originally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely resembling that of a seasonal flu strain than a pandemic of profound lethality .
But there are questions about who was tested .
Among them : Were people who had reason to think they had been infected overrepresented among the volunteers ?
“ We tried to look into the possibility of bias influencing the results , ” Dr. Ioannidis said .
“ We asked for symptoms recently and in the last few months , and were very careful with our adjustments .
We did a very lengthy set of analyses .
”

The studies, conducted by public health officials and scientists at Stanford University and the University of Southern California, show the estimates of the number of people infected in those counties were far, far higher than the number of confirmed cases.
After adjustments intended to account for differences between the sample and the population of the county as a whole, the researchers estimated that the prevalence of antibodies was between 2.5 percent and a bit more than 4 percent. The county’s population is 1.9 million.
The coronavirus may be much less deadly than originally expected, with a fatality rate more closely resembling that of a seasonal flu strain than a pandemic of profound lethality.
Coronavirus Infections May Not Be Uncommon, Tests Suggest Two preliminary efforts to survey citizens for antibodies to the virus have produced controversial results. By Gina Kolata. NY Times, April 21, 2020: Two new studies using antibody tests to assess how many people have been infected with the coronavirus have turned up numbers higher than some experts had expected. Both studies were performed in California: one among residents of Santa Clara County, south of San Francisco, and the other among residents of Los Angeles County. In both cases, the estimates of the number of people infected in those counties were far higher than the number of confirmed cases. The studies, conducted by public health officials and scientists at Stanford University and the University of Southern California, have earned the ire of critics who questioned both the recruitment methods and the analyses. In the Santa Clara County study, researchers tested 3,330 volunteers for antibodies indicating exposure to the virus. Roughly 1.5 percent were positive. After adjustments intended to account for differences between the sample and the population of the county as a whole, the researchers estimated that the prevalence of antibodies was between 2.5 percent and a bit more than 4 percent. The county’s population is 1.9 million. That means that 48,000 to 81,000 people were infected with the coronavirus in Santa Clara County by early April, the investigators concluded. If accurate, that would mean that 220,000 to 442,000 residents had been exposed. By comparison, only 8,000 cases had been confirmed in the county by early April, when the testing was done. To find participants in the Los Angeles County study, researchers used a random sample of email addresses and telephone numbers of residents to invite people to participate in what they said would be a Covid-19 survey. The scientists set limits on participation, based on factors like ethnicity and age, in an effort to ensure the sample represented the county’s population. About 1,100 people signed up to be tested. The study in Santa Clara County found participants by advertising on Facebook. Most of the first volunteers were in wealthy ZIP codes, so the investigators also recruited from poorer areas. As in the Los Angeles County study, the goal was to get a representative sample of the population. “It’s not perfect, but it’s the best science can do,” said Dr. John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and an author of the Santa Clara County report. Antibody studies in other countries have produced similar figures, he noted. If the numbers prove accurate, the coronavirus may be much less deadly than originally expected, with a fatality rate more closely resembling that of a seasonal flu strain than a pandemic of profound lethality. But there are questions about who was tested. Among them: Were people who had reason to think they had been infected overrepresented among the volunteers? “We tried to look into the possibility of bias influencing the results,” Dr. Ioannidis said. “We asked for symptoms recently and in the last few months, and were very careful with our adjustments. We did a very lengthy set of analyses.”
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