thewashingtonstandard--2020-10-08--FACT CHECK: “It’s a rosary that Biden wears that belonged to his son Beau Biden”

he night of the first Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on September 29th created viral controversy over whether Joe Biden was wearing some sort of device on his left wrist , or the rosary from his deceased son Beau who passed away on May 30 , 2015 .
The mainstream media quickly flooded the narrative with headlines about right-wing conspiracy theorists while exclaiming , “ it ’ s his dead son ’ s rosary ” and the social media trolls quickly pounced the scene to discredit anyone alleging otherwise .
But the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t his dead son ’ s rosary – and the evidence is below .
CLAIM by Reuters : “ The object on his wrist appears to be a pen or a rosary that he wears to honor his late son , ” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly .
CLAIM by USA Today : “ It ’ s much more likely that object is a rosary , ” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly .
CLAIM by AP News : “ In fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s rosary beads on his wrist .
Photos and video from the debate show the rosary peeking out of his cuff , ” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly .
CLAIM by Snopes : “ It ’ s a rosary that Biden wears that belonged to his son Beau Biden , who died in 2015 of cancer , ” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly .
CLAIM by Social Media Trolls : “ It ’ s his dead son ’ s rosary idiot !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrist and never takes it off , ” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly .
CLAIM by Joe Biden : On November 13 , 2017 in the Megyn Kelly interview for the opening night of his book tour , that all mainstream news cited , Biden claimed “ I have not taken off the rosary Beau was wearing when he passed since then , but it ’ s my connection with him.
” Whereas Biden may very well have been wearing his rosary , tucked away beneath his watch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t wear the rosary as often as people may think , he lied to Megyn Kelly on November 13 , 2017 , and at no point in time over the past five years has the rosary actually stuck out of his cuff in a vertical fashion , up his wrist .
By the way , the Biden ’ s made $ 2.7 million in book deals after leaving the White House .
From reviewing 4200 Photos plus a dozen videos between May 30 , 2015 when Beau passed away , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debate took place .
3 Events revealed Biden was wearing the rosary he wore in the interview with Megyn Kelly 3 Events revealed an entirely different bracelet he was wearing , which he later referred to as Beau ’ s rosary as well 1 Event where Biden revealed an entirely different piece of jewelry that he kept in his pocket , referring to it as Beau ’ s rosary as well 10 Events revealed he wasn ’ t wearing the rosary or the other bracelet at all 3,900 Photos revealed it can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if he was wearing it , it never stuck out beyond his cuff 0 Photos revealed the rosary sticking out of the cuff in a vertical fashion – GRAVITY The Trick & Why This Is So Important The Biden campaign and media ’ s main emphasis was to squash the wrist object as quickly as possible , by directing people ’ s attention to the interview with Biden talking about his dead son ’ s rosary , so as to put a lid on it by shaming and guilting people .
They spent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discrediting claims of a wire under the lapel and smart contact lenses because these are easier to disqualify .
It would be impossible to prove the contact lenses , and the video of the alleged wire under the lapel is in fact a shadow , making it an easy target to discredit .
If one watches the video from several news channels , you can clearly see the hard-lined shadow shift and evaporate .
Unfortunately , this left people quickly discrediting the object on the wrist , which is quite significant .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all too familiar with by now , it is the guilt and shame narrative they attach to every agenda to trick everyone into silence .
They ’ ve been doing it for decades with the LGBTQ movement while exploiting transgenders to further their agendas .
They do the same with racism , while trying to shame white people into believing they are racist , even when they ’ re not .
They even do it with their abortion agenda , and try to make people feel bad for pedophiles as though it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victim .
How dare you question a man who is wearing a rosary that belonged to his dead son ?
!
It ’ s the oldest trick in the book to keep people silent , and it even worked on some conservatives who were too afraid to be deemed a “ conspiracy theorist , ” while letting their own eyes deceive them , or bothering to dig into photo and video evidence .
This isn ’ t about a man who lost his son .
This is about a man that has shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implicated in very serious crimes , is notorious for lying , and is running to be the President of the United States of America .
This is a man who has lied about the night of a presidential debate , telling people that the strange object under his left cuff was a rosary , and the mainstream news covered for him .
This same man used teleprompters for tv interviews because he can ’ t remember what he is talking about from moment to moment .
This is a man who refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the debate .
This is a man who took a knee for BLM , a Marxist organization rooted in communism .
This is a man who calls Antifa “ an idea ” and will not condemn them for burning cities , looting , and committing murder , which was all witnessed during the debate .
They are attempting to install this man so that the far left communists can take over and run this country into the ground , because he is definitely not fit to run a country .
Are you willing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rosary , or do you want the truth exposed ?
All mainstream news sources are pointing to this interview the Bidens did with Megyn Kelly to kick off their book tour back on November 13 , 2017 , over two years after Beau ’ s passing on May 30 , 2015 .
This is what Joe Biden said about the rosary : To be clear , on that day in November 2017 , Biden claimed he had not taken off his son ’ s rosary since May 30 , 2015 .
Watch this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rosary .
Joe Biden wears one of two bracelets on his left wrist , and always wears it behind his watch .
He moved it in front of his watch here for people to see while they were discussing it .
Notice that the bracelet always runs horizontal across the wrist , and as the wrist moves , the beads and charm all drop .
At no point does any part of this bracelet go up his wrist in a vertical fashion .
GRAVITY .
The last picture above consists of different beads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from it .
July 30 , 2015 Exactly two months after Beau ’ s passing , Biden was golfing with former president Barack Obama .
He was not wearing the rosary , despite telling Megyn Kelly and the public in November 2017 that he hasn ’ t taken it off since Beau passed away .
September 7 , 2015 Four months after Beau ’ s passing , he was not wearing the rosary .
October 7 , 2016 Biden was wearing a completely different bracelet , one with a squared off wood cross @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of with Megyn Kelly .
Here you can see where a portion of it slid up above his watch .
Again , it does not protrude in a vertical fashion up his wrist .
Gravity .
November 2 , 2016 This is the bracelet in the above photos .
He generally wears his bracelets behind his watch , when he does actually wear them .
Again , this is not the rosary he told Kelly he hasn ’ t taken off since Beau ’ s death .
March 2017 The bracelet with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arm is raised , the bracelet droops downward , not upward .
Gravity .
July 2017 Four months before going on air with Megyn Kelly , he was not wearing the rosary .
September 29 , 2017 Two months before going on air with Megyn Kelly , he was not wearing the rosary .
September 30 , 2017 Two months before going on air with Megyn Kelly , he was not wearing the rosary .
This makes 8 events where he was not wearing the rosary .
At this point , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the interview with Megyn Kelly on November 13 , 2017 , which is the video all media sources are using to make their claim about the debate .
He lied about never having taken off his dead son ’ s rosary .
January 23 , 2018 Two months after being on with Megyn Kelly , he was not wearing the rosary , in this video at the Council on Foreign Relations .
June 29 , 2018 Seven months after being on with Megyn Kelly , he was still not wearing Beau ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thirteen months after being on with Megyn Kelly , he was not wearing the rosary .
May 2019 One and a half years after the interview with Megyn Kelly , Biden can be seen here wearing the rosary , tied tightly behind his watch .
When he raises his arm , the charm drops and the rosary stays behind his watch .
June 1 , 2020 When Biden attended Bethel AME Church in Wilmington , Delaware , he was not wearing the rosary .
June 2 , 2020 It ’ s important to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frequently when speaking .
After reviewing over 4200 photos and numerous videos , it is clear that he wears a watch 99.99 % of the time .
He seldom wears the bracelet with the wood cross , and is seen wearing the rosary that he told Megyn Kelly was his son Beau ’ s , only once since that date in November , 2017 .
The only photos , from the 4200 reviewed , that show the bracelet or rosary even popped out of his cuff , are in this report .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview with CNN ’ s Gloria Borger , she asked Joe Biden , “ Is it true you keep Beau ’ s rosary with you ?
” Biden ’ s response was , “ got it in my pocket .
I keep it all the time.
” He pulled it out of his pocket and said , “ it was more gold , you can see it ’ s worn.
” Borger went on to tell her cohosts , “ I ’ m sure he ’ s going to have it in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” This is not the rosary he showed to Megyn Kelly back in 2017 , nor is it the other bracelet with the wood cross that he wore a handful of times .
So the original rosary that Beau wore , that Biden claimed to never have taken off back in 2017 , has changed to a bracelet with a wood cross , and again to a small metal ring with a metal cross that he keeps in his pocket .
Just so those facts are clear when people are referencing “ Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 For only the second time in a long time , Biden can be seen wearing the rosary he had worn in the interview with Megyn Kelly , however , there is now a section that appears to hang out longer than seen before .
Notice how it drapes and swings – GRAVITY .
Also notice how it has a small silver ring at the end of it , which is not seen on the vertically protruding object in the night of the debate .
Sept 16 , 2020 Biden is seen wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he may have been wearing it during the debate , but by no means is the object observed in the debate video footage representative of this rosary or the other bracelet he wears .
Sept 29 , 2020 The Presidential Debate – The Controversy Over The Rosary vs Device He is wearing his Omega watch .
There is no visible bracelet or rosary above the watch .
Therefore , if he is wearing it , he has it tucked behind his watch .
Notice his cuff is slightly worn and frayed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as you can see the button holes , so the theory that his rosary got caught on his cuff links , would not be the case , nor is it in line with where the object at the interior of the wrist protruded .
Right out the gate , at the beginning of the debate , when the first question was asked , Biden turned and coughed , and a strange object vertically protruded up his wrist , and out of his cuff .
It does not have the silver ring at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as seen in photos above .
This can be seen at 2:08:15 from the full debate video .
Video clip of object extending up his wrist .
Notice that the rosary below has a bead and a silver ring at the end of it , unlike the object above , and it falls out of the cuff .
GRAVITY .
Now watch what happens at 57:17 when 2 new objects protrude upward out of his cuff .
Watch the interior center point of the wrist , and the side at about 90 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up vertically , one appearing to be encased in some sort of clear material .
The one at the interior of the wrist arcs and pulls on the skin at the top of the wrist , then straightens back out and rapidly drops , leaving the skin slightly puckered outward .
Clip of this segment at regular speed .
Watch the bottom right corner .
Now watch it again in slow motion .
Below are closeups of still shots from the video .
These two objects vertically shoot up from his cusp in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the interior of the wrist appears to be encased in some sort of transparent casing .
The one at 90 degrees is more difficult to discern , but they seem to be operating in unison .
The object at the interior of his wrist , extends further up before arcing around the very top of his wrist , and the skin extrudes out from his wrist , clinging to this object .
There almost appears to be a thin wire with a reflective ball at the tip .
After it rapidly descends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains extruding , as though something had pinched it and pulled it away from the bone .
What was just witnessed , was NOT the rosary , the charm , the other bracelet , the wood cross , or the metal ring that he keeps in his pocket .
It would defy gravity , for starters .
So what did Joe Biden do , since he already told the media that he was in fact wearing the rosary the night of the debate , but didn ’ t seem to deny there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
He wore BOTH bracelets to his visit to Little Haiti on October 5th , and rolled up his sleeves for everyone to see .
Out of 4200 photos , plus video footage , this is the only time he has visibly worn a bracelet on each wrist .
It looks as though he even added a longer extension to the rosary to give the appearance that it could have poked out of the cuff , beyond his watch , the night of the debate .
The only problem is… GRAVITY .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrist , nor does it tug at his skin and retract down at rapid speed .
On September 29 , 2020 , the night of the first presidential debate , Joe Biden was wearing some sort of device around his wrist that appears to be intelligent in nature , had the ability to quickly protrude in a vertical fashion , then arc and tug on the skin at the top of his wrist , leaving the skin pinched outward away from the bone , and then rapidly retracted into his cuff .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of medical device , like a tens unit ?
Is it meant to trigger or stimulate ?
Without seeing the device up close it would be impossible to say exactly what it is for certain .
But , it is most certainly not the rosary .
Biden ran a campaign ad in 2019 that used the death of his former wife , daughter , and son to promote the Affordable Care Act .
Many would find this rather distasteful .
He changed what he referred to as his son ’ s rosary , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kelly when he told her that he had not removed the rosary since Beau ’ s death , as evidenced in photos above .
He is running for the President of the United States of America , and requires teleprompters , 9am lids , and medical devices to keep him moving forward .
He had knowledge and involvement in spying on President Trump before Trump became president , during the 2016 run .
His cohorts want to install him so they can run the show and run this country into communism .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are willing to commit voter fraud to do so .
There are currently two affidavits filed at the Texas Supreme Court by a former FBI agent and former police officer who allege to have video , documents , and witnesses to prove that Joe Biden ’ s political director in Texas is running an illegal ballot-harvesting operation .
The next presidential debate is October 15th , and Joe Biden needs to be inspected for devices , and drug tested .
These people are not messing around , and their game is to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and headed to a new world order of communism , under the guise of COVID-19 .
But don ’ t take my word for it , the World Economic Forum spells it all out for you .
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn , originally posted at CoreysDigs.com

he night of the first Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on September 29th created viral controversy over whether Joe Biden was wearing some sort of device on his left wrist, or the rosary from his deceased son Beau who passed away on May 30, 2015. The mainstream media quickly flooded the narrative with headlines about right-wing conspiracy theorists while exclaiming, “it’s his dead son’s rosary” and the social media trolls quickly pounced the scene to discredit anyone alleging otherwise. But the fact of the matter is – it wasn’t his dead son’s rosary – and the evidence is below.
CLAIM by Reuters: “The object on his wrist appears to be a pen or a rosary that he wears to honor his late son,” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly.
CLAIM by USA Today: “It’s much more likely that object is a rosary,” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly.
CLAIM by AP News: “In fact, Biden was wearing his late son Beau’s rosary beads on his wrist. Photos and video from the debate show the rosary peeking out of his cuff,” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly.
CLAIM by Snopes: “It’s a rosary that Biden wears that belonged to his son Beau Biden, who died in 2015 of cancer,” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly.
CLAIM by Social Media Trolls: “It’s his dead son’s rosary idiot! He always wears it on his left wrist and never takes it off,” and they linked to the 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly.
CLAIM by Joe Biden: On November 13, 2017 in the Megyn Kelly interview for the opening night of his book tour, that all mainstream news cited, Biden claimed “I have not taken off the rosary Beau was wearing when he passed since then, but it’s my connection with him.”
RATING:
Whereas Biden may very well have been wearing his rosary, tucked away beneath his watch where he typically wears it, he doesn’t wear the rosary as often as people may think, he lied to Megyn Kelly on November 13, 2017, and at no point in time over the past five years has the rosary actually stuck out of his cuff in a vertical fashion, up his wrist. By the way, the Biden’s made $2.7 million in book deals after leaving the White House.
FACTS
From reviewing 4200 Photos plus a dozen videos between May 30, 2015 when Beau passed away, and September 29, 2020 when the presidential debate took place.
3 Events revealed Biden was wearing the rosary he wore in the interview with Megyn Kelly
3 Events revealed an entirely different bracelet he was wearing, which he later referred to as Beau’s rosary as well
1 Event where Biden revealed an entirely different piece of jewelry that he kept in his pocket, referring to it as Beau’s rosary as well
10 Events revealed he wasn’t wearing the rosary or the other bracelet at all
3,900 Photos revealed it can’t be seen under his sleeve and if he was wearing it, it never stuck out beyond his cuff
0 Photos revealed the rosary sticking out of the cuff in a vertical fashion – GRAVITY
The Trick & Why This Is So Important
The Biden campaign and media’s main emphasis was to squash the wrist object as quickly as possible, by directing people’s attention to the interview with Biden talking about his dead son’s rosary, so as to put a lid on it by shaming and guilting people. They spent the majority of their words focusing on discrediting claims of a wire under the lapel and smart contact lenses because these are easier to disqualify. It would be impossible to prove the contact lenses, and the video of the alleged wire under the lapel is in fact a shadow, making it an easy target to discredit. If one watches the video from several news channels, you can clearly see the hard-lined shadow shift and evaporate. Unfortunately, this left people quickly discrediting the object on the wrist, which is quite significant.
If there is one tactic people should be all too familiar with by now, it is the guilt and shame narrative they attach to every agenda to trick everyone into silence. They’ve been doing it for decades with the LGBTQ movement while exploiting transgenders to further their agendas. They do the same with racism, while trying to shame white people into believing they are racist, even when they’re not. They even do it with their abortion agenda, and try to make people feel bad for pedophiles as though it is a mental illness and they are a victim. How dare you question a man who is wearing a rosary that belonged to his dead son?! It’s the oldest trick in the book to keep people silent, and it even worked on some conservatives who were too afraid to be deemed a “conspiracy theorist,” while letting their own eyes deceive them, or bothering to dig into photo and video evidence.
This isn’t about a man who lost his son. This is about a man that has shown clear signs of dementia, has been implicated in very serious crimes, is notorious for lying, and is running to be the President of the United States of America.
This is a man who has lied about the night of a presidential debate, telling people that the strange object under his left cuff was a rosary, and the mainstream news covered for him. This same man used teleprompters for tv interviews because he can’t remember what he is talking about from moment to moment. This is a man who refused to be checked for ear devices prior to the debate. This is a man who took a knee for BLM, a Marxist organization rooted in communism. This is a man who calls Antifa “an idea” and will not condemn them for burning cities, looting, and committing murder, which was all witnessed during the debate. They are attempting to install this man so that the far left communists can take over and run this country into the ground, because he is definitely not fit to run a country. Are you willing to play the shame game over a rosary, or do you want the truth exposed?
The Evidence
All mainstream news sources are pointing to this interview the Bidens did with Megyn Kelly to kick off their book tour back on November 13, 2017, over two years after Beau’s passing on May 30, 2015. This is what Joe Biden said about the rosary:
“Beau wore these. Hunt got these for Beau and me and ah, at Lady of Guadalupe down in Mexico, and we all wore them. I’m a practicing Catholic and Beau was a devout Catholic as well and it was more, both of us found solace in the elements of the church. It’s almost like meditation for us. And so, I have not taken off the rosary Beau was wearing when he passed, since then, but it’s my connection with him.”
To be clear, on that day in November 2017, Biden claimed he had not taken off his son’s rosary since May 30, 2015.
Watch this short clip where Biden talks about the rosary.
Full video of interview
CLOSEUPS: Gravity & Facts
Joe Biden wears one of two bracelets on his left wrist, and always wears it behind his watch. He moved it in front of his watch here for people to see while they were discussing it. Notice that the bracelet always runs horizontal across the wrist, and as the wrist moves, the beads and charm all drop. At no point does any part of this bracelet go up his wrist in a vertical fashion. GRAVITY.
The last picture above consists of different beads, but with the same charm hanging from it.
PHOTO EVIDENCE
July 30, 2015
Exactly two months after Beau’s passing, Biden was golfing with former president Barack Obama. He was not wearing the rosary, despite telling Megyn Kelly and the public in November 2017 that he hasn’t taken it off since Beau passed away.
September 7, 2015
Four months after Beau’s passing, he was not wearing the rosary.
October 7, 2016
Biden was wearing a completely different bracelet, one with a squared off wood cross, rather than the one he spoke of with Megyn Kelly. Here you can see where a portion of it slid up above his watch. Again, it does not protrude in a vertical fashion up his wrist. Gravity.
November 2, 2016
This is the bracelet in the above photos. He generally wears his bracelets behind his watch, when he does actually wear them. Again, this is not the rosary he told Kelly he hasn’t taken off since Beau’s death.
March 2017
The bracelet with the cross is seen here again. When the arm is raised, the bracelet droops downward, not upward. Gravity.
July 2017
Four months before going on air with Megyn Kelly, he was not wearing the rosary.
September 29, 2017
Two months before going on air with Megyn Kelly, he was not wearing the rosary.
September 30, 2017
Two months before going on air with Megyn Kelly, he was not wearing the rosary. This makes 8 events where he was not wearing the rosary.
At this point, it is well established that Joe Biden lied in the interview with Megyn Kelly on November 13, 2017, which is the video all media sources are using to make their claim about the debate. He lied about never having taken off his dead son’s rosary.
January 23, 2018
Two months after being on with Megyn Kelly, he was not wearing the rosary, in this video at the Council on Foreign Relations.
June 29, 2018
Seven months after being on with Megyn Kelly, he was still not wearing Beau’s rosary.
December 13, 2018
Thirteen months after being on with Megyn Kelly, he was not wearing the rosary.
May 2019
One and a half years after the interview with Megyn Kelly, Biden can be seen here wearing the rosary, tied tightly behind his watch. When he raises his arm, the charm drops and the rosary stays behind his watch.
Aug 20, 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
June 1, 2020
When Biden attended Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, he was not wearing the rosary.
June 2, 2020
It’s important to take note that Biden raises his hands frequently when speaking. After reviewing over 4200 photos and numerous videos, it is clear that he wears a watch 99.99% of the time. He seldom wears the bracelet with the wood cross, and is seen wearing the rosary that he told Megyn Kelly was his son Beau’s, only once since that date in November, 2017. The only photos, from the 4200 reviewed, that show the bracelet or rosary even popped out of his cuff, are in this report.
On August 21, 2020, in an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger, she asked Joe Biden, “Is it true you keep Beau’s rosary with you?” Biden’s response was, “got it in my pocket. I keep it all the time.” He pulled it out of his pocket and said, “it was more gold, you can see it’s worn.” Borger went on to tell her cohosts, “I’m sure he’s going to have it in his pocket tonight when he addresses the convention.”
This is not the rosary he showed to Megyn Kelly back in 2017, nor is it the other bracelet with the wood cross that he wore a handful of times. So the original rosary that Beau wore, that Biden claimed to never have taken off back in 2017, has changed to a bracelet with a wood cross, and again to a small metal ring with a metal cross that he keeps in his pocket. Just so those facts are clear when people are referencing “Biden’s rosary.”
September 15, 2020
For only the second time in a long time, Biden can be seen wearing the rosary he had worn in the interview with Megyn Kelly, however, there is now a section that appears to hang out longer than seen before. Notice how it drapes and swings – GRAVITY. Also notice how it has a small silver ring at the end of it, which is not seen on the vertically protruding object in the night of the debate.
Sept 16, 2020
Biden is seen wearing it again the following day. Again, he may have been wearing it during the debate, but by no means is the object observed in the debate video footage representative of this rosary or the other bracelet he wears.
Sept 29, 2020
The Presidential Debate – The Controversy Over The Rosary vs Device
He is wearing his Omega watch. There is no visible bracelet or rosary above the watch. Therefore, if he is wearing it, he has it tucked behind his watch. Notice his cuff is slightly worn and frayed. He was not wearing cuff links, as you can see the button holes, so the theory that his rosary got caught on his cuff links, would not be the case, nor is it in line with where the object at the interior of the wrist protruded.
Right out the gate, at the beginning of the debate, when the first question was asked, Biden turned and coughed, and a strange object vertically protruded up his wrist, and out of his cuff. It does not have the silver ring at the end of it as his rosary does, as seen in photos above.
This can be seen at 2:08:15 from the full debate video.
Video clip of object extending up his wrist.
Notice that the rosary below has a bead and a silver ring at the end of it, unlike the object above, and it falls out of the cuff. GRAVITY.
Now watch what happens at 57:17 when 2 new objects protrude upward out of his cuff.
Watch the interior center point of the wrist, and the side at about 90 degrees. Suddenly, two objects shoot up vertically, one appearing to be encased in some sort of clear material. The one at the interior of the wrist arcs and pulls on the skin at the top of the wrist, then straightens back out and rapidly drops, leaving the skin slightly puckered outward.
Full debate video – watch at 57:17
Clip of this segment at regular speed. Watch the bottom right corner.
Now watch it again in slow motion.
Slow motion video
Below are closeups of still shots from the video.
These two objects vertically shoot up from his cusp in an almost animated fashion. The one at the interior of the wrist appears to be encased in some sort of transparent casing. The one at 90 degrees is more difficult to discern, but they seem to be operating in unison.
The object at the interior of his wrist, extends further up before arcing around the very top of his wrist, and the skin extrudes out from his wrist, clinging to this object. There almost appears to be a thin wire with a reflective ball at the tip.
After it rapidly descends back into the cuff, the skin remains extruding, as though something had pinched it and pulled it away from the bone.
What was just witnessed, was NOT the rosary, the charm, the other bracelet, the wood cross, or the metal ring that he keeps in his pocket. It would defy gravity, for starters.
So what did Joe Biden do, since he already told the media that he was in fact wearing the rosary the night of the debate, but didn’t seem to deny there was some sort of device around his wrist? He wore BOTH bracelets to his visit to Little Haiti on October 5th, and rolled up his sleeves for everyone to see. Out of 4200 photos, plus video footage, this is the only time he has visibly worn a bracelet on each wrist. It looks as though he even added a longer extension to the rosary to give the appearance that it could have poked out of the cuff, beyond his watch, the night of the debate. The only problem is… GRAVITY. It extends downward, not vertically up his wrist, nor does it tug at his skin and retract down at rapid speed.
Assessment
On September 29, 2020, the night of the first presidential debate, Joe Biden was wearing some sort of device around his wrist that appears to be intelligent in nature, had the ability to quickly protrude in a vertical fashion, then arc and tug on the skin at the top of his wrist, leaving the skin pinched outward away from the bone, and then rapidly retracted into his cuff. What is it? Is it some sort of medical device, like a tens unit? Is it meant to trigger or stimulate? Without seeing the device up close it would be impossible to say exactly what it is for certain. But, it is most certainly not the rosary.
Biden ran a campaign ad in 2019 that used the death of his former wife, daughter, and son to promote the Affordable Care Act. Many would find this rather distasteful. He changed what he referred to as his son’s rosary, three times. He lied to Megyn Kelly when he told her that he had not removed the rosary since Beau’s death, as evidenced in photos above.
He is running for the President of the United States of America, and requires teleprompters, 9am lids, and medical devices to keep him moving forward. He had knowledge and involvement in spying on President Trump before Trump became president, during the 2016 run. His cohorts want to install him so they can run the show and run this country into communism. They want him in so bad, they are willing to commit voter fraud to do so. There are currently two affidavits filed at the Texas Supreme Court by a former FBI agent and former police officer who allege to have video, documents, and witnesses to prove that Joe Biden’s political director in Texas is running an illegal ballot-harvesting operation.
The next presidential debate is October 15th, and Joe Biden needs to be inspected for devices, and drug tested. These people are not messing around, and their game is to keep this country locked down, masked up, and headed to a new world order of communism, under the guise of COVID-19. But don’t take my word for it, the World Economic Forum spells it all out for you.
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn, originally posted at CoreysDigs.com


thewashingtonstandard--2020-10-08--Flashback:  Parents Catch FBI In Plot To Force Mentally Ill Son To Be “Right Wing Terrorist”

It ’ s become a near-weekly occurrence .
Somewhere in some state , the FBI will announce that they ’ ve foiled yet another terrorist plot and saved lives .
However , as the data shows , the majority of these cases involve psychologically diminished patsies who ’ ve been entirely groomed , armed , and entrapped by FBI agents .
Simply put , the FBI manufactures terror threats and then takes credit for stopping them .
While many of these cases have garnered attention and been exposed in the alternative media , a recent case out of Oklahoma sets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how insidious these plots can be .
Through the hundreds of ‘ foiled terror plots ’ the FBI has ‘ busted ’ over the years , many of them have been focused on people of Middle Eastern descent or people associated with ISIS or Al Qaeda .
This time , in the case of Jerry Drake Varnell , the 23-year-old diagnosed schizophrenic , accused of attempting to bomb a bank , the FBI fomented terror from a right wing dialogue .
In a June meeting with the agent , according to FBI documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in “ Three Percenter ” ideology , a right wing group claiming to be committed to standing against and exposing corruption and injustice .
According to federal documents , Varnell drove what he believed was a stolen van containing a 1,000-pound ammonium nitrate bomb on Saturday morning to blow up an Oklahoma City bank .
Vile , indeed .
However , if we backtrack just a bit , to when the FBI began grooming their would-be right wing militia terrorist , the vileness comes directly from the government .
“ The FBI knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s parents declared on Wednesday in an open letter bravely published by NewsOK .
“ Underneath his condition , he is a sweet-hearted person and we are extremely shocked that this event has happened .
However , what truly has us flabbergasted is the fact that the FBI knew he was schizophrenic .
The State of Oklahoma found him mentally incompetent and we , his parents have legal guardianship over him by the Court .
These documents are sealed from the public , which is why no news media outlet has been able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew that he was schizophrenic because they have gathered every ounce of information on him.
” Yet they knowingly continued to groom him , despite the clear immoral implications .
When they began grooming him , according to the family , the FBI knew that Varnell was declared mentally unfit to live by himself and that he was a paranoid schizophrenic .
Without their criminal informant and the FBI tactics playing mind games with this vulnerable man , the idea of him committing an act of terror would have likely never materialized .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at is the fact that the FBI gave our son the means to make this happen .
He has no job , no money , no vehicle , and no driver ’ s license , due to the fact that he is schizophrenic and we ; his parents do everything we can possible to keep him safe and functional…..
He has suffered through countless serious full-blown schizophrenic delusional episodes and he has been put in numerous mental hospitals since he was 16 years old .
The FBI came and picked him up from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vehicle , gave him a fake bomb , and every means to make this happen none of which he had access to on his own .
The parents noted that during the setup , they suspected something was going on and Jerry ’ s father told the informant to stay away from their son .
However , according to the parents , the informant “ continued to sneak onto our residence .
The FBI paid him to continue this operation and I believe they have cleared his criminal record.
” Because they knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI should have had stopped their plans to do this and immediately sought an option of hospitalization .
However , they pressed on .
Knowing a sane person would likely never attempt to blow up a bank , the FBI deliberately targeted a severely delusional and mentally ill person .
This is wrong on so many levels .
Will the next mass murderer they groom come directly from a mental institution ?
“ The FBI should have filed conspiracy on our son and had him committed to a mental institution .
They should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schizophrenic to commit this act .
There are many more facts that I will not make public that will support my son and the disturbing acts made by the FBI .
I realize that many will say my son could have found another person to commit this act .
Yet , any person that has access to the materials and the state of mind necessary to bomb a building would not have any need for a schizophrenic who has no resources to contribute.
” Clifford and Melonie Varnell , Jerry ’ s parents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — other than the FBI — would ’ ve attempted to get a schizophrenic man with nothing to contribute to do their bidding as it would most likely be a futile effort — unless you are the FBI looking for an easy patsy to keep fear alive .
David Steele , a 20-year Marine Corps intelligence officer , the second-highest-ranking civilian in the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence , and former CIA clandestine services case officer , had this to say about these most unscrupulous operations :

It’s become a near-weekly occurrence. Somewhere in some state, the FBI will announce that they’ve foiled yet another terrorist plot and saved lives. However, as the data shows, the majority of these cases involve psychologically diminished patsies who’ve been entirely groomed, armed, and entrapped by FBI agents. Simply put, the FBI manufactures terror threats and then takes credit for stopping them.
While many of these cases have garnered attention and been exposed in the alternative media, a recent case out of Oklahoma sets a new low for FBI and exposes how insidious these plots can be.
Through the hundreds of ‘foiled terror plots’ the FBI has ‘busted’ over the years, many of them have been focused on people of Middle Eastern descent or people associated with ISIS or Al Qaeda. This time, in the case of Jerry Drake Varnell, the 23-year-old diagnosed schizophrenic, accused of attempting to bomb a bank, the FBI fomented terror from a right wing dialogue.
In a June meeting with the agent, according to FBI documents, Varnell described himself as a believer in “Three Percenter” ideology, a right wing group claiming to be committed to standing against and exposing corruption and injustice.
According to federal documents, Varnell drove what he believed was a stolen van containing a 1,000-pound ammonium nitrate bomb on Saturday morning to blow up an Oklahoma City bank. Vile, indeed.
However, if we backtrack just a bit, to when the FBI began grooming their would-be right wing militia terrorist, the vileness comes directly from the government.
“The FBI knew he was schizophrenic,” Varnell’s parents declared on Wednesday in an open letter bravely published by NewsOK.
“Underneath his condition, he is a sweet-hearted person and we are extremely shocked that this event has happened. However, what truly has us flabbergasted is the fact that the FBI knew he was schizophrenic. The State of Oklahoma found him mentally incompetent and we, his parents have legal guardianship over him by the Court. These documents are sealed from the public, which is why no news media outlet has been able to obtain them. The FBI clearly knew that he was schizophrenic because they have gathered every ounce of information on him.”
Yet they knowingly continued to groom him, despite the clear immoral implications.
When they began grooming him, according to the family, the FBI knew that Varnell was declared mentally unfit to live by himself and that he was a paranoid schizophrenic. Without their criminal informant and the FBI tactics playing mind games with this vulnerable man, the idea of him committing an act of terror would have likely never materialized.
“What the public should be looking at is the fact that the FBI gave our son the means to make this happen. He has no job, no money, no vehicle, and no driver’s license, due to the fact that he is schizophrenic and we; his parents do everything we can possible to keep him safe and functional….. He has suffered through countless serious full-blown schizophrenic delusional episodes and he has been put in numerous mental hospitals since he was 16 years old. The FBI came and picked him up from our home, they gave him a vehicle, gave him a fake bomb, and every means to make this happen none of which he had access to on his own.
The parents noted that during the setup, they suspected something was going on and Jerry’s father told the informant to stay away from their son. However, according to the parents, the informant “continued to sneak onto our residence. The FBI paid him to continue this operation and I believe they have cleared his criminal record.”
Because they knew Varnell had severe mental disabilities, the FBI should have had stopped their plans to do this and immediately sought an option of hospitalization. However, they pressed on.
Knowing a sane person would likely never attempt to blow up a bank, the FBI deliberately targeted a severely delusional and mentally ill person. This is wrong on so many levels. Will the next mass murderer they groom come directly from a mental institution?
“The FBI should have filed conspiracy on our son and had him committed to a mental institution. They should not have aided and abetted a paranoid schizophrenic to commit this act. There are many more facts that I will not make public that will support my son and the disturbing acts made by the FBI.
I realize that many will say my son could have found another person to commit this act. Yet, any person that has access to the materials and the state of mind necessary to bomb a building would not have any need for a schizophrenic who has no resources to contribute.”
Clifford and Melonie Varnell, Jerry’s parents make a powerful point. No one — other than the FBI — would’ve attempted to get a schizophrenic man with nothing to contribute to do their bidding as it would most likely be a futile effort — unless you are the FBI looking for an easy patsy to keep fear alive.
David Steele, a 20-year Marine Corps intelligence officer, the second-highest-ranking civilian in the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence, and former CIA clandestine services case officer, had this to say about these most unscrupulous operations:
“Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services. In the United States, every single terrorist incident we have had has been a false flag, or has been an informant pushed on by the FBI. In fact, we now have citizens taking out restraining orders against FBI informants that are trying to incite terrorism. We’ve become a lunatic asylum.”
Indeed, we’ve become a lunatic asylum.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-10-08--Bill Gates:  The US Should “Brainstorm” Ways To Reduce “Vaccine Hesitancy”

Bill Gates is warning that there will soon be a hardcore propaganda push in the United States in order to convince people to take the coronavirus vaccine .
Gates says the U.S. should brainstorm ways to reduce “ vaccine hesitancy.
” Gates is not the only technocrat who wants to use a harsh propaganda campaign with totalitarian forced compliance undertones of control disguised as “ voluntary.
” Coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci hinted back in June that he was already on the task of pushing vaccine propaganda , revealing the government had a “ public relations blitz ” planned in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relate to in the community.
” These “ relateable people ” will be “ sports figures , community heroes , people that they look up to ” and will aid the federal government in the spread of the pro-vaccine gospel .
Gates had harsh words for both people who don ’ t want to be controlled and manipulated and the social media platforms he believes enable them , complaining about free access to opinions and information .
Gate whined that “ very titillating things ” like the notion that “ somebody intentionally made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s some conspiracy ” spread online “ so much faster than the truth , which is that it comes from a bat , ” according to a report by RT .
Gates called on social media to censor information and use their power to silence others to promote things such as the face mask .
He said he wants to “ slow down or annotate things that actually cause huge damage , like not wearing masks or not being willing to take the vaccine if it proves that it is this key tool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we aren ’ t ever going back to normal , Those elites and the ruling class puppets have already said the vaccine is not going to give us a free pass to return to normal , so what ’ s the point ?
In case you haven ’ t figured it out yet , the point is authoritarian control over everyone .
WHO Says We Won ’ t Return To “ Normal ” After The Vaccine Is Released Tyrants : “ Prepare To Wear Masks & Socially Distance Even After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the punishment for not taking the vaccine “ voluntarily ” will be harsh .
A prominent medical journal ( funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ) stated that a straight-up mandate would probably be challenged and nullified in court .
So the journal suggested earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine should first focus on “ at-risk populations ” and those who refuse should be threatened with punishments such as job loss for failure to get vaccinated .
Australian PM Scott Morrison similarly had to walk back comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as possible ” after intense public outcry .
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised the military with delivering a vaccine to the public .

Bill Gates is warning that there will soon be a hardcore propaganda push in the United States in order to convince people to take the coronavirus vaccine. Gates says the U.S. should brainstorm ways to reduce “vaccine hesitancy.”
Gates is not the only technocrat who wants to use a harsh propaganda campaign with totalitarian forced compliance undertones of control disguised as “voluntary.”
Coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci hinted back in June that he was already on the task of pushing vaccine propaganda, revealing the government had a “public relations blitz” planned in which “people [vaccine-hesitant Americans] can relate to in the community.” These “relateable people” will be “sports figures, community heroes, people that they look up to” and will aid the federal government in the spread of the pro-vaccine gospel.
Gates had harsh words for both people who don’t want to be controlled and manipulated and the social media platforms he believes enable them, complaining about free access to opinions and information. Gate whined that “very titillating things” like the notion that “somebody intentionally made this virus, or that there’s some conspiracy” spread online “so much faster than the truth, which is that it comes from a bat,” according to a report by RT. Gates called on social media to censor information and use their power to silence others to promote things such as the ritualistic shame muzzle face mask. He said he wants to “slow down or annotate things that actually cause huge damage, like not wearing masks or not being willing to take the vaccine if it proves that it is this key tool to getting back to normal.”
Except we aren’t ever going back to normal, Those elites and the ruling class puppets have already said the vaccine is not going to give us a free pass to return to normal, so what’s the point? In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the point is authoritarian control over everyone.
WHO Says We Won’t Return To “Normal” After The Vaccine Is Released
Tyrants: “Prepare To Wear Masks & Socially Distance Even After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine”
Medical tyrants are also suggesting that the punishment for not taking the vaccine “voluntarily” will be harsh. A prominent medical journal (funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) stated that a straight-up mandate would probably be challenged and nullified in court. So the journal suggested earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine should first focus on “at-risk populations” and those who refuse should be threatened with punishments such as job loss for failure to get vaccinated. Australian PM Scott Morrison similarly had to walk back comments that vaccination should be “as mandatory as possible” after intense public outcry.
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised the military with delivering a vaccine to the public.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-10-08--Democrats Want You to Pay the Media’s Bills:  While Small Businesses Go Under, They’re Seeking To Ba

Democrats Want You to Pay the Media ’ s Bills : While Small Businesses Go Under , They ’ re Seeking To Bail Out The Media The media is dying .
Its business model is defunct .
Its bias has alienated most of the country .
In the latest Pew survey , the only group that still trusts the media are Democrats .
And while so many millions are out of work , Democrats are bailing out the media .
The wave of consolidations and bankruptcies is sweeping like a fire through major papers .
Cable news will be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bundling .
The end of network television is less than a decade away .
Brand names like CNN and MSNBC will soon be where Time , Newsweek , and other news magazines ended up once subscriptions collapsed .
The media is dying , but it ’ s not about to die gracefully .
It just needs to find money .
Lots of it .
Big Tech billionaires have bought classic newspapers and magazines like Time , The Washington Post , and The New Republic , but those are vanity projects and even Jeff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to subsidize the entire ossified infrastructure of the media .
But the only people who have more money than the Amazon CEO are the American people .
The media ’ s Plan A has been sponging off Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook , pressuring them to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into its operations .
Its Plan B is blurring the line between lefty activist non-profits and its newsrooms with organizations like Report for America being funded by Facebook and Google to embed activists into local newspapers .
Is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bills ?
No .
That ’ s why there ’ s Plan C. And Plan C is you .
H.R .
7640 : The Local Journalism Sustainability Act was introduced in Congress , backed by a coalition that includes Report for America and the National Newspaper Association , and would offer tax credits for newspaper subscriptions and tax credits for paying the salaries of the radical activists working there .
There ’ s also a $ 5,000 tax credit for advertising in newspapers .
At a time when millions of Americans are out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with losing their homes and businesses , Democrats have decided that they should aggressively subsidize a dying industry at the expense of everyone else whose jobs are seen as “ non-essential ” .
The countless stores , gyms , bars , salons , and other small businesses going out of business in the epidemic of Democrat lockdowns and lootings could use this kind of bailout .
But the Democrats insist that their media messaging operations are vital and should be subsidized .
While Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick , who introduced the bill , claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , those local newspapers are largely owned by national operations and hedge funds .
While actual local businesses go out of business , Democrats are proposing a bailout for media investors .
Rep. Kirkpatrick ’ s press release touts support from the News Media Alliance whose board is stacked with the heads of McClatchy and USA Today , huge national chains with a combined thousands of papers , not to mention the CFO of the New York Times , and a VP at the Washington Post .
Are these the local small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Local Journalism Sustainability Act has over 40 Democrat sponsors and nearly 20 Republican sponsors .
Democrat sponsors include some of the House ’ s most extreme figures like Rep. Ted Lieu , Rep. Raul Grijalva , Rep. Eric Swalwell , and Rep. Andre Carson .
H.R .
7640 would be an outrage at any time , it ’ s a particular outrage when so many Americans are out of work and so many small businesses are going under that Democrats and some Republicans want to provide a $ 250 tax credit for newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of $ 50,000 salaries for media hacks , and $ 5,000 credits for advertising in newspapers .
Companies that own dozens , hundreds , and thousands of papers are lobbying Congress .
They keep claiming that the bill will help save “ local journalism ” .
But how does the Local Journalism Sustainability Act define local journalism ?
Not based on the paper , but the readers .
As long as 51 % of the paper ’ s readers live in the same state , it ’ s considered a local paper .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a national chain whose real headquarters is in New York or D.C. Or alternatively , they live within 200 miles of each other .
Depending on how you measure , Washington Post readers in New York and New York Times readers in D.C. would be “ local ” .
That ’ s some “ local ” journalism .
And it ’ s no accident that it was written this way .
There ’ s nothing local about this bailout .
It will mostly go to subsidize the huge newspaper chains that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and readers to fund their failed business model .
Even while Democrats are destroying businesses with viable business models , they ’ re trying to keep the media alive by exclusively offering tax credits for their political allies .
It ’ s sleazy , it ’ s slimy , and it ’ s just the beginning .
Democrat organizations like Acronym ’ s Courier Newsroom have been setting up fake local papers while Report for America has been hollowing out papers by embedding radical activists into newsrooms .
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media into a bunch of political non-profits backed by taxpayers and lefty donors .
Beyond media associations , backing for the Local Journalism Sustainability Act comes from Report for America , and the American Journalism Project , which is advocating the transformation of the media to a non-profit model .
Report for America is an initiative of the GroundTruth Project which is backed by the Knight Foundation , the MacArthur Foundation , and the Ford Foundation .
The Ford Foundation is a leading backer of Black Lives Matter .
While these donors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operations , proposals like the Local Journalism Sustainability Act allow the media to ease into the transition by having it both ways , maintaining corporate ownership , while having their operations subsidized by tax credits .
As the Left sets up new complex interplays between corporate media and its non-profits , the line between journalism and political advocacy blurs into a strange twilight zone in which non-profits subsidize media operations and taxpayers subsidize corporate chains as if they were non-profits , while creating something that looks very much like a state media operation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the separate parts of the media , and it doesn ’ t pay the bills .
The ads and subscriptions that funded local newspapers were wiped out by the internet .
Streaming dooms cable channels and local news , leaving behind a lot of online video .
But even digital media is being crushed by social media .
Vox , Vice , the Huffington Post , and all the digital lefty outlets were hit with layoffs after facing the impossibility of actually turning a profit .
The media can ’ t survive on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is defunct .
Its shakedown strategies aimed at Google and Facebook have silenced countless conservative voices , while pushing social media to spam its content , but won ’ t preserve the media as a viable institution .
The hedge funds and private equity firms that own the media will cut costs , consolidate , and dump .
The tech and communications firms that come into possession of media outlets will shrink and then dispose of them .
That doesn ’ t mean that the media will die .
It will ‘ Pravdaize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Huffington Post will be deemed “ essential ” forms of journalism that must be protected by subsidizing their operations , much as newspapers would be subsidized .
The media will become a public institution .
Its funding will come from taxpayers in a thousand different ways and the Local Journalism Sustainability Act is the least of it .
Media activists have been cooking up a large package of tax credits , subsidies , law changes , tax code restructurings , and assorted proposals to transform the media from corporate properties into state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out media tycoons while Americans go hungry .
If Americans want local papers , they can buy them .
And if they aren ’ t , maybe it ’ s time that the big chains asked why they ’ re losing subscribers and why Americans aren ’ t buying what they ’ re selling .
A majority of Americans don ’ t like and don ’ t trust the media .
They ’ ve divested from it .
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act wants to bribe Americans to read the paper with their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be to have the media pay its taxes and let Americans keep their money .

Democrats Want You to Pay the Media’s Bills: While Small Businesses Go Under, They’re Seeking To Bail Out The Media
The media is dying. Its business model is defunct. Its bias has alienated most of the country. In the latest Pew survey, the only group that still trusts the media are Democrats.
And while so many millions are out of work, Democrats are bailing out the media.
The wave of consolidations and bankruptcies is sweeping like a fire through major papers. Cable news will be a casualty of demographics and the end of bundling. The end of network television is less than a decade away. Brand names like CNN and MSNBC will soon be where Time, Newsweek, and other news magazines ended up once subscriptions collapsed.
The media is dying, but it’s not about to die gracefully. It just needs to find money. Lots of it.
Big Tech billionaires have bought classic newspapers and magazines like Time, The Washington Post, and The New Republic, but those are vanity projects and even Jeff Bezos doesn’t have enough money to subsidize the entire ossified infrastructure of the media.
But the only people who have more money than the Amazon CEO are the American people.
The media’s Plan A has been sponging off Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, pressuring them to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into its operations. Its Plan B is blurring the line between lefty activist non-profits and its newsrooms with organizations like Report for America being funded by Facebook and Google to embed activists into local newspapers.
Is that going to pay the media’s bills? No. That’s why there’s Plan C. And Plan C is you.
H.R. 7640: The Local Journalism Sustainability Act was introduced in Congress, backed by a coalition that includes Report for America and the National Newspaper Association, and would offer tax credits for newspaper subscriptions and tax credits for paying the salaries of the radical activists working there. There’s also a $5,000 tax credit for advertising in newspapers.
At a time when millions of Americans are out of work, when families are faced with losing their homes and businesses, Democrats have decided that they should aggressively subsidize a dying industry at the expense of everyone else whose jobs are seen as “non-essential”.
The countless stores, gyms, bars, salons, and other small businesses going out of business in the epidemic of Democrat lockdowns and lootings could use this kind of bailout. But the Democrats insist that their media messaging operations are vital and should be subsidized.
While Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, who introduced the bill, claims that it will fund “local newspapers”, those local newspapers are largely owned by national operations and hedge funds. While actual local businesses go out of business, Democrats are proposing a bailout for media investors.
Rep. Kirkpatrick’s press release touts support from the News Media Alliance whose board is stacked with the heads of McClatchy and USA Today, huge national chains with a combined thousands of papers, not to mention the CFO of the New York Times, and a VP at the Washington Post. Are these the local small businesses Democrats want to subsidize?
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act has over 40 Democrat sponsors and nearly 20 Republican sponsors. Democrat sponsors include some of the House’s most extreme figures like Rep. Ted Lieu, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Rep. Andre Carson.
H.R. 7640 would be an outrage at any time, it’s a particular outrage when so many Americans are out of work and so many small businesses are going under that Democrats and some Republicans want to provide a $250 tax credit for newspaper subscriptions, a tax credit covering half of $50,000 salaries for media hacks, and $5,000 credits for advertising in newspapers.
Companies that own dozens, hundreds, and thousands of papers are lobbying Congress.
They keep claiming that the bill will help save “local journalism”. But how does the Local Journalism Sustainability Act define local journalism? Not based on the paper, but the readers. As long as 51% of the paper’s readers live in the same state, it’s considered a local paper. Even if the paper is a subsidiary of a national chain whose real headquarters is in New York or D.C.
Or alternatively, they live within 200 miles of each other. Depending on how you measure, Washington Post readers in New York and New York Times readers in D.C. would be “local”.
That’s some “local” journalism. And it’s no accident that it was written this way.
There’s nothing local about this bailout. It will mostly go to subsidize the huge newspaper chains that are lobbying for it, while bribing businesses and readers to fund their failed business model.
Even while Democrats are destroying businesses with viable business models, they’re trying to keep the media alive by exclusively offering tax credits for their political allies.
It’s sleazy, it’s slimy, and it’s just the beginning.
Democrat organizations like Acronym’s Courier Newsroom have been setting up fake local papers while Report for America has been hollowing out papers by embedding radical activists into newsrooms. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act is testing the business model for converting the media into a bunch of political non-profits backed by taxpayers and lefty donors.
Beyond media associations, backing for the Local Journalism Sustainability Act comes from Report for America, and the American Journalism Project, which is advocating the transformation of the media to a non-profit model. Report for America is an initiative of the GroundTruth Project which is backed by the Knight Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation is a leading backer of Black Lives Matter.
While these donors already back a network of radical messaging operations, proposals like the Local Journalism Sustainability Act allow the media to ease into the transition by having it both ways, maintaining corporate ownership, while having their operations subsidized by tax credits.
As the Left sets up new complex interplays between corporate media and its non-profits, the line between journalism and political advocacy blurs into a strange twilight zone in which non-profits subsidize media operations and taxpayers subsidize corporate chains as if they were non-profits, while creating something that looks very much like a state media operation.
The internet has been slowly digesting the separate parts of the media, and it doesn’t pay the bills. The ads and subscriptions that funded local newspapers were wiped out by the internet. Streaming dooms cable channels and local news, leaving behind a lot of online video. But even digital media is being crushed by social media. Vox, Vice, the Huffington Post, and all the digital lefty outlets were hit with layoffs after facing the impossibility of actually turning a profit.
The media can’t survive on its own terms. Its business model is defunct. Its shakedown strategies aimed at Google and Facebook have silenced countless conservative voices, while pushing social media to spam its content, but won’t preserve the media as a viable institution. The hedge funds and private equity firms that own the media will cut costs, consolidate, and dump. The tech and communications firms that come into possession of media outlets will shrink and then dispose of them. That doesn’t mean that the media will die. It will ‘Pravdaize’.
CNN, MSNBC, and the Huffington Post will be deemed “essential” forms of journalism that must be protected by subsidizing their operations, much as newspapers would be subsidized.
The media will become a public institution. Its funding will come from taxpayers in a thousand different ways and the Local Journalism Sustainability Act is the least of it. Media activists have been cooking up a large package of tax credits, subsidies, law changes, tax code restructurings, and assorted proposals to transform the media from corporate properties into state media.
Imagine PBS and NPR multiplied by a million.
Congress should not be bailing out media tycoons while Americans go hungry. If Americans want local papers, they can buy them. And if they aren’t, maybe it’s time that the big chains asked why they’re losing subscribers and why Americans aren’t buying what they’re selling.
A majority of Americans don’t like and don’t trust the media. They’ve divested from it. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act wants to bribe Americans to read the paper with their own money.
A better idea might be to have the media pay its taxes and let Americans keep their money.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-10-08--The Political Left: Perpetual Merchants Of Death

Just a few weeks after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and we ’ ve had a lovely object lesson illustrating the difference in character between those on the political left and , well , everybody else .
Despite standing in stark opposition to everything Ginsburg stood for , numerous politicos and pundits articulated gracious and even glowing reviews of her life and work , rather than expressing glee that this stalwart leftist had “ left the building ” forever .
The difference in character of which I speak was of course exemplified last week when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his wife , Melania , had tested positive for COVID-19 .
Almost immediately , liberals across the country expressed glee at the diagnoses , with countless individuals voicing the sentiment : “ I hope they both die !
” As pro-Trump crowds gathered outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where the president was being treated earlier this week , confrontations occasionally broke out between these groups and groups of detractors who taunted the Trump supporters and chanted their hope that the president would languish and die .
As anyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week will be aware , that bunch has been even more vociferous as regards expressing the same sentiment .
There ’ s far more to this disagreeable dynamic than a widespread demonstration of juvenile or vindictive character , however , and it is vitally important that we recognize and acknowledge same .
For some time now – although I ’ m tempted to say “ once upon a time ” – we in America have held the sanctity of human life in extremely high regard .
Some of this has been due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but a great deal had to do with the evolutive nature of our society .
Somewhere along the line – and to our credit – we became aware of the value of each and every human life .
As the founders of our nation inculcated into our collective worldview , when you steal a person ’ s freedom , in many respects it is analogous to taking their life .
If we ’ re being honest , we ’ ll have to admit that the pogroms of socialist and communist regimes of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) went a long way toward cementing our belief that every life has value , from the unborn to the near-dead .
Consequently , we went from a nation in which viewing the public execution of criminals was a form of community recreation , to one in which many people of conscience don ’ t believe that any life should be taken , even those of unrepentant convicted murderers .
As one might expect – and as we are seeing play out before our eyes – this has changed in an insidious and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and its sibling , liberalism .
While many leftists oppose the death penalty as a point of their anti law-and-order stance , they obviously take no issue with the half-million to million-plus abortions that are performed in the U.S. annually , nor with euthanasia ( in the form of assisted suicide ) , nor with the thousands who die violently each year in deeply dysfunctional , Democrat-controlled enclaves .
Even socialized medicine – for which leftists advocate and toward which we gravitated significantly with the passage of Obamacare – invariably imposes expedient and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the individual .
Finally , despite the left ’ s ceaseless admonitions that their opponents on the right are the intolerant , hateful and potentially violent ones , we can now see that they have no compunction as regards committing acts of violence in order to attain what they desire .
The contrived violent demonstrations that continue to plague our cities further illustrate the left ’ s penchant for murder and mayhem .
For those of us who ’ ve seen this coming for a long time and who are well-versed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is old hat .
In real numbers , socialists and communists maimed , murdered and enslaved close to a half billion people during the 20th century , with quite a few in the latter group still suffering enslavement .
Many will recall the controversy surrounding former President Obama ’ s relationship with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers .
His revolutionary group , the Weather Underground , was once recorded discussing the prospect of having to kill off around 25 million nonconformists in order to secure communist ascendancy in America .
That the political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at this point , a self-evident proposition .
This proclivity for rejoicing at an opponent ’ s death or the prospect thereof simply reflects leftists ( as individuals ) having abandoned notions relating to the sanctity of life , and thoroughly embraced that culture of death .
In light of this , continuing to deny the left ’ s penchant for killing whilst shrinking at their accusatory invective – which is calculated to engender passivity on our part – could prove to be a demonstrably fatal mistake .

Just a few weeks after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and we’ve had a lovely object lesson illustrating the difference in character between those on the political left and, well, everybody else. Despite standing in stark opposition to everything Ginsburg stood for, numerous politicos and pundits articulated gracious and even glowing reviews of her life and work, rather than expressing glee that this stalwart leftist had “left the building” forever.
The difference in character of which I speak was of course exemplified last week when the White House announced that President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, had tested positive for COVID-19. Almost immediately, liberals across the country expressed glee at the diagnoses, with countless individuals voicing the sentiment: “I hope they both die!”
As pro-Trump crowds gathered outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where the president was being treated earlier this week, confrontations occasionally broke out between these groups and groups of detractors who taunted the Trump supporters and chanted their hope that the president would languish and die. As anyone who has frequented social media over the last week will be aware, that bunch has been even more vociferous as regards expressing the same sentiment.
There’s far more to this disagreeable dynamic than a widespread demonstration of juvenile or vindictive character, however, and it is vitally important that we recognize and acknowledge same.
For some time now – although I’m tempted to say “once upon a time” – we in America have held the sanctity of human life in extremely high regard. Some of this has been due to our foundation in the Judeo-Christian ethos, but a great deal had to do with the evolutive nature of our society. Somewhere along the line – and to our credit – we became aware of the value of each and every human life.
As the founders of our nation inculcated into our collective worldview, when you steal a person’s freedom, in many respects it is analogous to taking their life. If we’re being honest, we’ll have to admit that the pogroms of socialist and communist regimes of the 20th century (such as the Holocaust) went a long way toward cementing our belief that every life has value, from the unborn to the near-dead.
Consequently, we went from a nation in which viewing the public execution of criminals was a form of community recreation, to one in which many people of conscience don’t believe that any life should be taken, even those of unrepentant convicted murderers.
As one might expect – and as we are seeing play out before our eyes – this has changed in an insidious and sinister fashion with the rise of socialism and its sibling, liberalism. While many leftists oppose the death penalty as a point of their anti law-and-order stance, they obviously take no issue with the half-million to million-plus abortions that are performed in the U.S. annually, nor with euthanasia (in the form of assisted suicide), nor with the thousands who die violently each year in deeply dysfunctional, Democrat-controlled enclaves.
Even socialized medicine – for which leftists advocate and toward which we gravitated significantly with the passage of Obamacare – invariably imposes expedient and even draconian measures that devalue the life of the individual. Finally, despite the left’s ceaseless admonitions that their opponents on the right are the intolerant, hateful and potentially violent ones, we can now see that they have no compunction as regards committing acts of violence in order to attain what they desire. The contrived violent demonstrations that continue to plague our cities further illustrate the left’s penchant for murder and mayhem.
For those of us who’ve seen this coming for a long time and who are well-versed in the way socialists and communists operate, this is old hat. In real numbers, socialists and communists maimed, murdered and enslaved close to a half billion people during the 20th century, with quite a few in the latter group still suffering enslavement.
Many will recall the controversy surrounding former President Obama’s relationship with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. His revolutionary group, the Weather Underground, was once recorded discussing the prospect of having to kill off around 25 million nonconformists in order to secure communist ascendancy in America.
That the political left embraces a culture of death is, at this point, a self-evident proposition. This proclivity for rejoicing at an opponent’s death or the prospect thereof simply reflects leftists (as individuals) having abandoned notions relating to the sanctity of life, and thoroughly embraced that culture of death.
In light of this, continuing to deny the left’s penchant for killing whilst shrinking at their accusatory invective – which is calculated to engender passivity on our part – could prove to be a demonstrably fatal mistake.
Article posted with permission from Erik Rush


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Declassified Docs: Handwritten Notes From John Brennan, 2016 CIA Referral On Clinton’s Collusion Hoax, Obama Fully Briefed Prior

This is incredible , made only more so by the fact that no one has been indicted .
It will happen again .
But next time — vanishing point .
Imagine rogue intel and law enforcement agencies using their immense power to take down political rivals .
Third World America .
It ’ s the biggest , most sinister political scandal in American history .
On Tuesday , Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified and released to Congress handwritten notes from former CIA Director John Brennan as well as a CIA investigative referral to James Comey and Peter Strzok @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hillary Clinton ’ s anti-Trump collusion smear operation .
Top U.S. intelligence officials were so concerned heading into the 2016 election that the Russians were aware of and potentially manipulating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ’ s plans to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent that they personally briefed President Barack Obama on the matter , newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documents show .
CIA officials also requested that the FBI investigate Russian knowledge of the Clinton campaign ’ s collusion smear operation .
Newly declassified handwritten notes from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. intelligence community knew in 2016 that Russian intelligence was actively monitoring , and potentially injecting disinformation into , Clinton ’ s anti-Trump collusion narrative .
The intelligence concerning Russia ’ s knowledge of Clinton ’ s campaign plans was so concerning to Brennan and other national security officials that they personally informed Obama of the matter in the Oval Office in the summer of 2016 .
The handwritten notes from Brennan were declassified by Director of National Intelligence ( DNI ) John Ratcliffe and provided to Congress on Tuesday afternoon .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the U.S. intelligence community knew months prior to the 2016 election that the collusion smear was the result of a campaign operation hatched by the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton .
“ We ’ re getting additional insight into Russian activites from [ REDACTED ] , ” Brennan ’ s handwritten notes state .
“ Cite alleged approval by Hillary Clinton–on 26 July–of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [ sic ] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been prepared by Brennan to memorialize a meeting held at the White House with the president and his top national security advisers .
Included in Brennan ’ s notes are the responses of other participants in the briefing — including those of former White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice , former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough , and former DNI James Clapper , but those responses are redacted .
At one point , Obama asked whether there was any evidence of collaboration between the Trump campaign and Russia , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Brennan ’ s notes is redacted .
Moreover , the CIA and other intelligence agencies also suspected early on that many of the key claims underpinning the collusion narrative could themselves be the product of deliberate Russian disinformation .
Last week , Ratcliffe released a declassified memo , based in part on Brennan ’ s notes , noting that Russian intelligence was aware of the Clinton campaign ’ s plan , increasing the likelihood that it would be tainted by Russian disinformation .
While the Clinton campaign hired Christopher Steele , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctioned Russian oligarch , to concoct a dossier of allegations against Trump , the primary source of the most salacious and damning allegations of treasonous collusion came from a suspected Russian spy named Igor Danchenko .
Last month , Attorney General William Barr informed Congress that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) was so concerned about Danchenko , who had been dubbed the “ Primary Sub-Source ” used by Clinton campaign sub-contractor Christopher Steele in his thoroughly debunked Steele dossier , that it had previously deemed him a national security threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a Russian spy .
The bureau called off the investigation once Danchenko left the United States and was no longer within the purview of the FBI ’ s domestic counterintelligence mission .
Although Democratic lawmakers have claimed , without evidence , that the latest declassifications are themselves the product of Russian disinformation , multiple senior intelligence officials told The Federalist that the CIA remains convinced that Russian intelligence sincerely believed as early as summer of 2016 that the Clinton campaign launched its anti-Trump collusion smear operation to distract from Clinton ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the top lawyer for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee finally confessed publicly that he had personally hired the Democrat opposition research firm Fusion GPS , which paid Steele to peddle allegations that Trump was a secret Russian agent working on behalf of Vladimir Putin .
Ratcliffe also declassified on Tuesday portions of a formal CIA investigative referral sent on Sept. 7 , 2016 , to fired former FBI Director James Comey and fired former counterintelligence official Peter Strzok asking them to investigate the Clinton campaign ’ s anti-Trump collusion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s knowledge of the plan and the likelihood it could be tainted by deliberate Russian disinformation .
Rather than act on the CIA investigative referral in the same manner they had launched a full-blown counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign , Strzok and Comey refused to initiate an investigation .
“ Per FBI verbal request , CIA provides the below examples of information the CROSSFIRE HURRICANE fusion cell has gleaned to date , ” the memo states .
“ An exchange [ REDACTED ] discussing US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ’ s approval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering US elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of private e-mail server.
” The cover note of the memorandum stated that the information within was provided to the FBI “ for the exclusive use of your Bureau for background , investigative action , or lead purposes , as appropriate.
” There is no evidence the FBI ever took any action to ensure that Russian knowledge of Clinton ’ s plans did not lead to infiltration of that campaign ’ s operation by Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specifically its reference to a “ CROSSFIRE HURRICANE fusion cell , ” suggests that the Obama administration ’ s anti-Trump investigation may not have been limited to the FBI , but may have included the use of CIA assets and surveillance capabilities , raising troubling questions about whether the nation ’ s top spy service was weaponized against a U.S. political campaign .

This is incredible, made only more so by the fact that no one has been indicted.
It will happen again. But next time — vanishing point.
Imagine rogue intel and law enforcement agencies using their immense power to take down political rivals. Third World America.
It’s the biggest, most sinister political scandal in American history.
BREAKING: DNI Declassifies Handwritten Notes From John Brennan, 2016 CIA Referral On Clinton Campaign’s Collusion Operation
On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified and released to Congress handwritten notes from former CIA Director John Brennan as well as a CIA investigative referral to James Comey and Peter Strzok requesting that they investigate Russian knowledge of Hillary Clinton’s anti-Trump collusion smear operation.
By: Sean Davis, The Federalist, October 6, 2020
Top U.S. intelligence officials were so concerned heading into the 2016 election that the Russians were aware of and potentially manipulating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plans to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent that they personally briefed President Barack Obama on the matter, newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents show. CIA officials also requested that the FBI investigate Russian knowledge of the Clinton campaign’s collusion smear operation.
Newly declassified handwritten notes from former CIA Director John Brennan show that the U.S. intelligence community knew in 2016 that Russian intelligence was actively monitoring, and potentially injecting disinformation into, Clinton’s anti-Trump collusion narrative. The intelligence concerning Russia’s knowledge of Clinton’s campaign plans was so concerning to Brennan and other national security officials that they personally informed Obama of the matter in the Oval Office in the summer of 2016. The handwritten notes from Brennan were declassified by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe and provided to Congress on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the declassified notes, Brennan and the U.S. intelligence community knew months prior to the 2016 election that the collusion smear was the result of a campaign operation hatched by the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“We’re getting additional insight into Russian activites from [REDACTED],” Brennan’s handwritten notes state. “Cite alleged approval by Hillary Clinton–on 26 July–of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [sic] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security services.”
The notes appear to have been prepared by Brennan to memorialize a meeting held at the White House with the president and his top national security advisers. Included in Brennan’s notes are the responses of other participants in the briefing — including those of former White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice, former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, and former DNI James Clapper, but those responses are redacted.
At one point, Obama asked whether there was any evidence of collaboration between the Trump campaign and Russia, but any response that may have been recorded in Brennan’s notes is redacted.
Moreover, the CIA and other intelligence agencies also suspected early on that many of the key claims underpinning the collusion narrative could themselves be the product of deliberate Russian disinformation. Last week, Ratcliffe released a declassified memo, based in part on Brennan’s notes, noting that Russian intelligence was aware of the Clinton campaign’s plan, increasing the likelihood that it would be tainted by Russian disinformation.
While the Clinton campaign hired Christopher Steele, a foreign agent in the pocket of a sanctioned Russian oligarch, to concoct a dossier of allegations against Trump, the primary source of the most salacious and damning allegations of treasonous collusion came from a suspected Russian spy named Igor Danchenko. Last month, Attorney General William Barr informed Congress that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was so concerned about Danchenko, who had been dubbed the “Primary Sub-Source” used by Clinton campaign sub-contractor Christopher Steele in his thoroughly debunked Steele dossier, that it had previously deemed him a national security threat and investigated him to determine if he was a Russian spy. The bureau called off the investigation once Danchenko left the United States and was no longer within the purview of the FBI’s domestic counterintelligence mission.
Although Democratic lawmakers have claimed, without evidence, that the latest declassifications are themselves the product of Russian disinformation, multiple senior intelligence officials told The Federalist that the CIA remains convinced that Russian intelligence sincerely believed as early as summer of 2016 that the Clinton campaign launched its anti-Trump collusion smear operation to distract from Clinton’s e-mail scandal. In October of 2017, the top lawyer for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee finally confessed publicly that he had personally hired the Democrat opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which paid Steele to peddle allegations that Trump was a secret Russian agent working on behalf of Vladimir Putin.
Ratcliffe also declassified on Tuesday portions of a formal CIA investigative referral sent on Sept. 7, 2016, to fired former FBI Director James Comey and fired former counterintelligence official Peter Strzok asking them to investigate the Clinton campaign’s anti-Trump collusion smear operation in light of Russia’s knowledge of the plan and the likelihood it could be tainted by deliberate Russian disinformation. Rather than act on the CIA investigative referral in the same manner they had launched a full-blown counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign, Strzok and Comey refused to initiate an investigation.
“Per FBI verbal request, CIA provides the below examples of information the CROSSFIRE HURRICANE fusion cell has gleaned to date,” the memo states. “An exchange [REDACTED] discussing US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s approval of a plan concerning US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering US elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of private e-mail server.”
The cover note of the memorandum stated that the information within was provided to the FBI “for the exclusive use of your Bureau for background, investigative action, or lead purposes, as appropriate.”
There is no evidence the FBI ever took any action to ensure that Russian knowledge of Clinton’s plans did not lead to infiltration of that campaign’s operation by Russian intelligence agents. The CIA referral, specifically its reference to a “CROSSFIRE HURRICANE fusion cell,” suggests that the Obama administration’s anti-Trump investigation may not have been limited to the FBI, but may have included the use of CIA assets and surveillance capabilities, raising troubling questions about whether the nation’s top spy service was weaponized against a U.S. political campaign.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller