thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Supreme Court Denies Texas Lawsuit – It’s Something They Are Supposed To Hear! (Video)

The US supreme Court has elected to not hear the Texas lawsuit , but it is one of the very reasons they exist under the Constitution .
Briskly rejecting a long-shot but high-stakes case , the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the Texas lawsuit that had become a vehicle for Republicans across the country to contest President-elect Joe Biden ’ s victory .
In a few brief sentences , the high court said it would not consider the case for procedural reasons , because Texas lacked standing to bring it .
Texas this week sued to challenge the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michigan and Wisconsin on the basis that those states implemented pandemic-related changes to election procedures that , Texas claimed , were illegal and cast into question the election results .
Those battleground states shot back , in harsh reply briefs , that Texas had no business challenging the election protocols of other states .
Legal experts warned that if Texas succeeded , the case would set a dangerous precedent of allowing states to intervene in each others ’ affairs — and allowing courts to overturn settled , certified election results .
“ Let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pennsylvania wrote in the state ’ s reply brief .
“ Texas invites this Court to overthrow the votes of the American people and choose the next President of the United States .
That Faustian invitation must be firmly rejected.
” Both conservative and liberal legal experts alike said the lawsuit had a fatal flaw , because Texas had no authority to claim that it was injured or that its own voters were affected in any way by election procedures in another state .
Pennsylvania made that point in urging the court to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not suffered harm simply because it dislikes the result of the election , and nothing in the text , history , or structure of the Constitution supports Texas ’ s view that it can dictate the manner in which four other states run their elections , ” Pennsylvania said .
The other battleground states said allowing the lawsuit to proceed would invite lawsuits over virtually any future federal election .
“ Texas proposes an extraordinary intrusion into Wisconsin ’ s and the other defendant states ’ elections , a task that the Constitution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state said in its response to the suit .
“ Wisconsin has conducted its election and its voters have chosen a winning candidate for their state .
Texas ’ s bid to nullify that choice is devoid of a legal foundation or a factual basis.
” Of course , those pundits are working for the same people to push the same agenda .
The real issue is a constitutional one and effects every single state due to the requirements of Article II , Section 1 , which constitutional scholar KrisAnne Hall explains quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical of President Trump , the fact of the matter is that voter fraud has been occurring for decades in the US .
We have people on video admitting to it .
We have a plethora of affidavits .
We have testimony by computer programmers of hacking and the like .
Now , it looks like the people are going to have to stop their political idolizing and complaining and band together under the Constitution and do their duty to eliminate the corruption .
If this hasn ’ t woken you up for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t interested in understanding how you have been played .

The US supreme Court has elected to not hear the Texas lawsuit, but it is one of the very reasons they exist under the Constitution.
The Texas Tribune reports:
Briskly rejecting a long-shot but high-stakes case, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the Texas lawsuit that had become a vehicle for Republicans across the country to contest President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
In a few brief sentences, the high court said it would not consider the case for procedural reasons, because Texas lacked standing to bring it.
Texas this week sued to challenge the election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin on the basis that those states implemented pandemic-related changes to election procedures that, Texas claimed, were illegal and cast into question the election results. Those battleground states shot back, in harsh reply briefs, that Texas had no business challenging the election protocols of other states. Legal experts warned that if Texas succeeded, the case would set a dangerous precedent of allowing states to intervene in each others’ affairs — and allowing courts to overturn settled, certified election results.
“Let us be clear,” attorneys for Pennsylvania wrote in the state’s reply brief. “Texas invites this Court to overthrow the votes of the American people and choose the next President of the United States. That Faustian invitation must be firmly rejected.”
NBC reported:
Both conservative and liberal legal experts alike said the lawsuit had a fatal flaw, because Texas had no authority to claim that it was injured or that its own voters were affected in any way by election procedures in another state.
Pennsylvania made that point in urging the court to dismiss the case.
“Texas has not suffered harm simply because it dislikes the result of the election, and nothing in the text, history, or structure of the Constitution supports Texas’s view that it can dictate the manner in which four other states run their elections,” Pennsylvania said.
The other battleground states said allowing the lawsuit to proceed would invite lawsuits over virtually any future federal election.
“Texas proposes an extraordinary intrusion into Wisconsin’s and the other defendant states’ elections, a task that the Constitution leaves to each state,” the state said in its response to the suit. “Wisconsin has conducted its election and its voters have chosen a winning candidate for their state. Texas’s bid to nullify that choice is devoid of a legal foundation or a factual basis.”
Of course, those pundits are working for the same people to push the same agenda. The real issue is a constitutional one and effects every single state due to the requirements of Article II, Section 1, which constitutional scholar KrisAnne Hall explains quite well below.
While I have been critical of President Trump, the fact of the matter is that voter fraud has been occurring for decades in the US. We have people on video admitting to it. We have a plethora of affidavits. We have testimony by computer programmers of hacking and the like. Now, it looks like the people are going to have to stop their political idolizing and complaining and band together under the Constitution and do their duty to eliminate the corruption. If this hasn’t woken you up for real, then you simply aren’t interested in understanding how you have been played.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Vaccine Rollout, Adverse Effects, Data Manipulation & Deception

The vaccine rollout began this week in the United Kingdom .
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The vaccine rollout began this week in the United Kingdom. It’s expected to push into “warp speed” here in the States shortly, but what have you been told about the “studies” concerning these vaccines? I’ll inform you of a few items that have largely either not been reported in the media or buried in their stories.
Articles, videos and documents referenced in this episode.
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--You Can’t Sue Them – But World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Is Suing Man For Saying COVID-19 Vaccine Inju

You Can ’ t Sue Them – But World ’ s Largest Vaccine Maker Is Suing Man For Saying COVID-19 Vaccine Injured Him See how this works in fascism ?
You are not permitted to recoup damages from Big Pharma pimps when they harm you or your loved ones , but they sure are looking to take you down for telling the world they harmed you .
The latest example is in the form of a new lawsuit filed by the world ’ s largest manufacturer Serum Institute of India ( SII ) , in association with multinational pharmaceutical giant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep people ’ s mouths shut about the harm their products do to individuals .
In filing a INR 1 billion ( $ 13.5 million ) defamation case , the firm rejected the charges by the 40-year-old businessman , from the southern Indian city of Chennai , as “ malicious ” .
The firm has also said the man ’ s illness had nothing to do with the vaccine trials .
“ The volunteer is falsely laying the blame for his medical problems on the COVID vaccine trial , ” said a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world ’ s biggest vaccine manufacturer by the number of doses produced and sold globally .
The lawyers of the vaccine volunteer have called the defamation suit an “ intimidation attempt.
” The participant alleged that undergoing the trials caused a “ neurological and psychological ” breakdown that impaired his cognitive abilities .
“ Our client states that the severe trauma he went through from 11th October 2020 , because of the ‘ Acute Neuro Encephalopathy ’ that he suffered , is an extreme side-effect of the test vaccine that he took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the anonymous participant ’ s legal representative in a notice .
The man is demanding a compensation of INR 50 million ( $ 676,000 ) from the Serum Institute , and has asked for the trials to be halted immediately .
According to the wife of the businessman , he “ lost the ability to do simple tasks ” such as making online payments , as well as lost his “ creativity and confidence ” .
After participating in the trial study , the yet to be named volunteer flagged severe neurological and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injection .
Symptoms which were then diagnosed as acute neurological encephalopathy , resulting in memory loss , lapses in cognitive functions such as reasoning , and changes in personality .
A legal notice had been sent to ICMR , DCGI , AstraZeneca and Oxford University to stop testing , manufacturing and distributing the vaccine .
The plaintiff filed a suit after the notice failed to receive response .
SII then filed a countersuit , worth $ 13.5 million , for defamation after alleging that the volunteers illness had nothing to do with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was also backed up by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board ( DSMB ) and DCGI ( Drugs Controllor General of India ) .
However , these assertions have been challenged by independent researcher Dr. Anant Bhan , the former President of the International Association of Bioethics and current professor at India ’ s Yenepoya Medical University .
Dr. Bhan notes that both of these institutions are government entities directly affiliated with SII , and stresses that transparency should be the top priority given that the parties vested financial interests .
Speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he claims that the countersuit is totally “ uncalled for ” , and called for transparency , stating — “ It ’ s an unusual response , because the reasons for volunteers to participate are altruistic .
If there is a concern that a volunteer has , it ’ s good to engage with them and understand what those concerns are , and to make efforts to try and address them .
It ’ s in the interest of the sponsor , and is also a signal to other participants already in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( It ) could spook a few people , if and when a vaccine becomes available .
When you do get into these situations , it ’ s better to be open and transparent , ” “ It ’ s quite possible that everything they ’ re saying is true .
But that doesn ’ t change the fact that there ’ s a conflict of interest , ” said Bhan .
“ The regulator is being paid taxpayer money to be able to provide adequate oversight in these circumstances .
The expectation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and speak on the issue.
” It has also been alleged , both by the plaintiff ’ s attorneys , and spokesman for the AIDAN ( All India Drug Action Network ) , that the countersuit amounts to “ an attempt of intimidation.
” In a statement released by the former participants legal team , they say — Spokesman for the AIDAN also said in a press release — As I theorized on The Sons of Liberty Radio ’ s morning show on Friday , I suspect that there is quite a bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as many of these vaccine manufacturers do in order to keep their alleged liability at a minimum .
Just remember , you , the American government , have allowed this to occur .
The Wall Street Journal reported : The U.S. government paid out $ 4.4 billion over more than 30 years covering injuries relating to a host of vaccines—from flu to polio—but payouts for potential injuries from Covid-19 vaccines will be covered by a far less-generous program .
Covid-19 vaccine injuries will be covered under a program known as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was set up in 2010 to cover harm resulting from vaccines for a flu pandemic , or drugs to treat an anthrax or Ebola outbreak , for example .
This year , Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said the countermeasures fund should also cover injuries from Covid-19 vaccines , giving drug companies immunity from potential liability lawsuits .
But the fund isn ’ t expected to offer much of a remedy to the public , according to lawyers and vaccine experts .
Since it began processing claims , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on 29 claims , averaging $ 207,000 per person , compared with $ 585,000 on average per person for an older vaccine injury fund .
The fact of the matter is that most of these vaccine manufacturers are having all sorts of problems with their vaccines and the truth .
Live Mint reported that Bharat Biotech International , another Indian drug maker conducting COVID-19 vaccine trial , had a volunteer that had to be hospitalized due to adverse effects during a first phase trial in August .
Also , keep in mind that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim is 90 percent effective , was initially shown to only be 70 percent effective .
The company blamed it on a “ dose error , ” but given the padding of numbers of the CONvid , along with the wrongheadedness of using the PCR test in the manner it is being used does make me wonder who is manipulating things .
Via concludes the real dangers are being covered up : Even at the time of writing this , a new report has come out of yet more volunteer injuries taking place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time resulting in facial paralysis , and including a document from the FDA which indicated 84 % of participants experienced some sort of adverse reaction .
And a separate report released by the FDA on the same day confirming two post-vaccine deaths in yet another trial .
But fret not , Reuters fact checked these claims and assures us there is nothing to worry about .
Furthermore these concerns are compounded with the well-documented history of malfeasance by every major manufacturer involved and it ’ s production ( see here , here , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , specifically AstraZeneca in the case of this SII lawsuit , who is already exempt from liability of any potential damages caused by their current Covid-19 vaccine in development .
The ethical struggle to maintain bodily autonomy and freedom of choice via informed consent may be the new battle of our generation .
On a final note : Since literally billions of dollars are passing hands from fascists in government to fascists in Big Pharma and the people are kept from obtaining any justice when it comes to being harmed in these studies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advertising or in research in development ?
I sure don ’ t .
It ’ s why I would never take their vaccine , never be involved in a study and demand the representatives in government , every single rep and the president , be held accountable for their unlawful use of the American people ’ s money to not only advance the fraud that is CONvid but also to enrich the Big Pharma pimps .
People are not just being lied to and harmed , some are even dying .
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You Can’t Sue Them – But World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Is Suing Man For Saying COVID-19 Vaccine Injured Him
See how this works in fascism? You are not permitted to recoup damages from Big Pharma pimps when they harm you or your loved ones, but they sure are looking to take you down for telling the world they harmed you. The latest example is in the form of a new lawsuit filed by the world’s largest manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII), in association with multinational pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, seeks to set the standard to keep people’s mouths shut about the harm their products do to individuals.
VICE reports:
In filing a INR 1 billion ($13.5 million) defamation case, the firm rejected the charges by the 40-year-old businessman, from the southern Indian city of Chennai, as “malicious”. The firm has also said the man’s illness had nothing to do with the vaccine trials.
“The volunteer is falsely laying the blame for his medical problems on the COVID vaccine trial,” said a statement issued by the Serum Institute, the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer by the number of doses produced and sold globally.
The lawyers of the vaccine volunteer have called the defamation suit an “intimidation attempt.”
The participant alleged that undergoing the trials caused a “neurological and psychological” breakdown that impaired his cognitive abilities.
“Our client states that the severe trauma he went through from 11th October 2020, because of the ‘Acute Neuro Encephalopathy’ that he suffered, is an extreme side-effect of the test vaccine that he took on 1st October 2020,” said the anonymous participant’s legal representative in a notice. The man is demanding a compensation of INR 50 million ($676,000) from the Serum Institute, and has asked for the trials to be halted immediately.
According to the wife of the businessman, he “lost the ability to do simple tasks” such as making online payments, as well as lost his “creativity and confidence”.
Don Via, Jr. adds:
After participating in the trial study, the yet to be named volunteer flagged severe neurological and psychological symptoms 10 days after the first injection. Symptoms which were then diagnosed as acute neurological encephalopathy, resulting in memory loss, lapses in cognitive functions such as reasoning, and changes in personality. A legal notice had been sent to ICMR, DCGI, AstraZeneca and Oxford University to stop testing, manufacturing and distributing the vaccine. The plaintiff filed a suit after the notice failed to receive response.
SII then filed a countersuit, worth $13.5 million, for defamation after alleging that the volunteers illness had nothing to do with the vaccine trial. This is a statement which was also backed up by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and DCGI (Drugs Controllor General of India). However, these assertions have been challenged by independent researcher Dr. Anant Bhan, the former President of the International Association of Bioethics and current professor at India’s Yenepoya Medical University. Dr. Bhan notes that both of these institutions are government entities directly affiliated with SII, and stresses that transparency should be the top priority given that the parties vested financial interests.
Speaking to Indian national news outlet Firstpost, he claims that the countersuit is totally “uncalled for”, and called for transparency, stating —
“It’s an unusual response, because the reasons for volunteers to participate are altruistic. If there is a concern that a volunteer has, it’s good to engage with them and understand what those concerns are, and to make efforts to try and address them. It’s in the interest of the sponsor, and is also a signal to other participants already in the trial, and potential participants.” “(It) could spook a few people, if and when a vaccine becomes available. When you do get into these situations, it’s better to be open and transparent,” “It’s quite possible that everything they’re saying is true. But that doesn’t change the fact that there’s a conflict of interest,” said Bhan. “The regulator is being paid taxpayer money to be able to provide adequate oversight in these circumstances. The expectation is for the regulator to come forward and speak on the issue.”
It has also been alleged, both by the plaintiff’s attorneys, and spokesman for the AIDAN (All India Drug Action Network), that the countersuit amounts to “an attempt of intimidation.”
In a statement released by the former participants legal team, they say —
“This is a clear attempt to intimidate our client. Why else will they file a Rs.100 crore defamation suit. Our client is merely asking for Rs.5 crore compensation for the health problems he is facing and to take care of his family.” “Moreover, if you look at their statement it is clear that they are unwilling to even investigate what exactly happened and if the side-effects are due to the vaccine. Our client wants the manufacturing of the vaccine to be stopped because he fears others could get affected the same way,” says advocate NGR Prasad, a practicing attorney of over five decades.
Spokesman for the AIDAN also said in a press release —
“Instead of explaining why they have been silent about the reports of the SAE, Serum Institute is attempting to divert public scrutiny of its trial. Bear in mind that in Serum’s Phase 2/3 trial, safety is one of the primary endpoints in addition to immunogenicity.” explained AIDAN. “Given that the SAE took place in October, it is of serious concern that CDSCO did not pause the trial to investigate the SAE when it was reported. The silence from the CDSCO which granted permission for the trial is deafening.”
As I theorized on The Sons of Liberty Radio’s morning show on Friday, I suspect that there is quite a bit that the Food and Drug Administration, as well as many of these vaccine manufacturers do in order to keep their alleged liability at a minimum.
Just remember, you, the American government, have allowed this to occur. The Wall Street Journal reported:
The U.S. government paid out $4.4 billion over more than 30 years covering injuries relating to a host of vaccines—from flu to polio—but payouts for potential injuries from Covid-19 vaccines will be covered by a far less-generous program.
Covid-19 vaccine injuries will be covered under a program known as the “countermeasures injury” compensation fund, which was set up in 2010 to cover harm resulting from vaccines for a flu pandemic, or drugs to treat an anthrax or Ebola outbreak, for example.
This year, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said the countermeasures fund should also cover injuries from Covid-19 vaccines, giving drug companies immunity from potential liability lawsuits.
But the fund isn’t expected to offer much of a remedy to the public, according to lawyers and vaccine experts. Since it began processing claims, the fund has paid out $6 million on 29 claims, averaging $207,000 per person, compared with $585,000 on average per person for an older vaccine injury fund.
The fact of the matter is that most of these vaccine manufacturers are having all sorts of problems with their vaccines and the truth.
Live Mint reported that Bharat Biotech International, another Indian drug maker conducting COVID-19 vaccine trial, had a volunteer that had to be hospitalized due to adverse effects during a first phase trial in August.
Also, keep in mind that AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which they claim is 90 percent effective, was initially shown to only be 70 percent effective. The company blamed it on a “dose error,” but given the padding of numbers of the CONvid, along with the wrongheadedness of using the PCR test in the manner it is being used does make me wonder who is manipulating things.
Via concludes the real dangers are being covered up:
Even at the time of writing this, a new report has come out of yet more volunteer injuries taking place during another CV19 vaccine trial. This time resulting in facial paralysis, and including a document from the FDA which indicated 84% of participants experienced some sort of adverse reaction. And a separate report released by the FDA on the same day confirming two post-vaccine deaths in yet another trial.
But fret not, Reuters fact checked these claims and assures us there is nothing to worry about.
No causal relationship was established between the vaccine and the two deaths, which occurred in line with the normal death rate for the general population. *** Four cases of Bell’s Palsy (partial facial paralysis) were also not considered to necessarily be caused by the vaccine but the symptom will be under surveillance when the vaccine is distributed.
Furthermore these concerns are compounded with the well-documented history of malfeasance by every major manufacturer involved and it’s production (see here, here, here, here, & here), specifically AstraZeneca in the case of this SII lawsuit, who is already exempt from liability of any potential damages caused by their current Covid-19 vaccine in development.
The ethical struggle to maintain bodily autonomy and freedom of choice via informed consent may be the new battle of our generation.
On a final note: Since literally billions of dollars are passing hands from fascists in government to fascists in Big Pharma and the people are kept from obtaining any justice when it comes to being harmed in these studies, does one really expect truth in advertising or in research in development? I sure don’t. It’s why I would never take their vaccine, never be involved in a study and demand the representatives in government, every single rep and the president, be held accountable for their unlawful use of the American people’s money to not only advance the fraud that is CONvid but also to enrich the Big Pharma pimps.
People are not just being lied to and harmed, some are even dying.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--The World Economic Forum:  Corporate Propaganda & Indoctrination Into The Great Reset

The World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , through its corporate partnerships , has a plan to indoctrinate every citizen on its Great Reset agenda .
According to the WEF , we must all live sustainable lives , with equality in all aspects of life , and that as a result , life will be much better for all .
What isn ’ t mentioned is that it will be corporations , elitists , and most importantly technocrats who will be making the decisions on exactly how this utopian world will work .
Corporate propaganda and indoctrination have been prepping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , enough to the point where the masses have bought into this group think about sustainability .
Created by the United Nations ( UN ) in 1992 , Agenda 21 , and its expansion through the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG ) , have led to WEF ’ s ability to execute its Great Reset initiative .
Global corporations that are members of both the UN and WEF are fully on board to advance this initiative .
Through corporate influence , smaller businesses will be forced to comply .
If not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , currently underway .
There are eighteen WEF platforms covering every aspect it intends to change in the world , one of which is Shaping the Future of Media , Entertainment and Sport .
This is the platform used for propaganda on sustainability , how society needs to reset their lives and what needs to change for sustainable living , and what WEF predicts for the future .
Other ominous aspects to this platform are the censoring , banning , and revision of information , not only through corporate advertising but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Facebook , Google , the New York Times , and many others .
In July 2020 , the WEF released a white paper , Building Back Better : An Action Plan for the Media , Entertainment and Culture Industry , outlining its objectives .
Described as an “ ecosystem ” industry , emphasis is placed on businesses being responsible for accelerating their digital transformation which meets the WEF 4th Industrial Revolution goals .
In turn , the “ global ” SDGs will be supported by building “ sustainable partnerships ” that will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essence , this document is a blueprint for media and entertainment industries and how sustainable ideology is incorporated into business practices .
Multi-national companies joined together to form the World Federation of Advertisers ( WFA ) .
Its leaders are from various industry sectors , with many of its corporate members already WEF partners .
WFA is closely aligned with the UN as well , including the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
As an example , WFA and WHO have worked together , manipulating advertising that targets children ’ s eating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Advertisers ( ANA ) is also a WFA member .
Regulatory actions for privacy and data protection for key markets are even being discussed between the WFA and the United States .
If it has ever been pondered where ideological advertising originates , look no further than the WFA .
All of this advertising has been strategically designed to influence society on sustainable living based on the SDGs while influencing other businesses to do the same .
WFA isn ’ t the only nefarious advertising group in this cartel , it also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( GARM ) which is championed by the ANA CMO Growth Council for societal good , which will scale up WEF efforts in Shaping the Future of Media , Entertainment and Sports Platform .
In particular , this partnership addresses “ harmful and misleading media while protecting consumers and brands ” and “ ensure that consumers and their data are protected online within a healthier media ecosystem.
” In other words , they will be the watchdog and control what information is allowed for publication and what the public is allowed to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies and platforms , and industry organizations , and will also address harmful media environments including disinformation .
Through its media partnerships , this control over information is already occurring with censorship , banning , and fact-checking .
Not to be left out , the WEF has its own Global Digital Content Safety project that highlights “ best practices for processes of categorizing , detecting , reporting , and governing content ” , again for “ social good “ .
One WEF project that highlights these efforts is on vaccine information as vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public health , businesses , and the economy .
Business leaders will have a critical role in building vaccine literacy and confidence in the public .
Expect more difficulty in finding vaccine information contrary to what the WEF believes you should know .
WFA believes that that GARM is the best vehicle for “ driving lasting change in the behaviour ” and conditioning society to adopt the SDGS .
The whole purpose of this initiative is just for these reasons .
In its 2019 annual report , WFA lists global corporations involved in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is probably as good as by Joseph Goebbels or Ministry of Truth in 1984 .
Instead , it will now be the WFA and its partners , under the direction of the WEF , providing media governance and guardianship .
Information and reality will now be governed by WEF with its corporate and advertising partners .
Already involved with the UN , at an early age Sesame Street will begin teachung children about the Great Reset .
Children in elementary and secondary education will receive further propaganda through Pearson , a UN and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SDG and Great Reset ideology into textbooks .
WEF has a McGraw Hill board member to influence content in those texts .
Along the way for everyone , other forms of media will contribute to the spread of the Great Reset propaganda .
Print magazines such as Time have already begun the task of promoting the Great Reset while the New York Times assists in spreading the word .
Others such as News Corp , UN Global Compact , and UN World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD ) members and partners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word isn ’ t the only media outlet being used , there is also Netflix , Comcast NBCUniversal corporation , and AT & T owned CNN outlets that ensure only proper information is given to the public .
WEF controls entertainment messaging and what news will be embellished or even allowed .
It is already known YouTube is banning videos , expect more banning in the future .
Meanwhile , in Congress , the WEF is firmly embedded .
Congressmen Adam D. Kinzinger , Mark Meadows and Senators Brian Schatz , Susan Collins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just a few of the quislings that are stabbing America in the back .
In the WEF Forum of Young Global Leaders Congressional members Dan Crenshaw , Tulsi Gabbard , and Joseph Kennedy III have joined the insurrection .
As with brainwashing children , this organization has a mission “ to create a dynamic global community of exceptional people with the vision , courage and influence to drive positive change in the world.
” It is disheartening that veterans , who swore an oath to the Constitution , and who have influence in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an organization that undermines and bypasses the very foundation of the Constitution .
It isn ’ t the biased media that is the problem , it is the WEF through its control of media that is driving the narrative , the new Ministry of Truth .
Corporate partners are just the vehicle by which the propaganda is delivered , the new pseudo-Winston Smith .
As seen during this tumultuous year , America ’ s history is slowly being dissolved , and there will come a point in time where those who are old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will no longer be present to pass it on .
What will be left is only WEF words on the world being created for us .
A virus has been far more successful in advancing this agenda than climate change , and the WEF will never allow any return to “ normal “ .
The masses have been deceived successfully and we are now at a crossroads of either protecting America from further extermination or fighting for its survival .

The World Economic Forum (WEF), through its corporate partnerships, has a plan to indoctrinate every citizen on its Great Reset agenda. According to the WEF, we must all live sustainable lives, with equality in all aspects of life, and that as a result, life will be much better for all. What isn’t mentioned is that it will be corporations, elitists, and most importantly technocrats who will be making the decisions on exactly how this utopian world will work. Corporate propaganda and indoctrination have been prepping the common people on this for years, enough to the point where the masses have bought into this group think about sustainability.
Created by the United Nations (UN) in 1992, Agenda 21, and its expansion through the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), have led to WEF’s ability to execute its Great Reset initiative. Global corporations that are members of both the UN and WEF are fully on board to advance this initiative. Through corporate influence, smaller businesses will be forced to comply. If not, those smaller businesses will be forced out, currently underway.
There are eighteen WEF platforms covering every aspect it intends to change in the world, one of which is Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Sport. This is the platform used for propaganda on sustainability, how society needs to reset their lives and what needs to change for sustainable living, and what WEF predicts for the future. Other ominous aspects to this platform are the censoring, banning, and revision of information, not only through corporate advertising but also through its partnerships with media outlets such as Facebook, Google, the New York Times, and many others.
In July 2020, the WEF released a white paper, Building Back Better: An Action Plan for the Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry, outlining its objectives. Described as an “ecosystem” industry, emphasis is placed on businesses being responsible for accelerating their digital transformation which meets the WEF 4th Industrial Revolution goals. In turn, the “global” SDGs will be supported by building “sustainable partnerships” that will establish “sustainable governance”. In essence, this document is a blueprint for media and entertainment industries and how sustainable ideology is incorporated into business practices.
Multi-national companies joined together to form the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). Its leaders are from various industry sectors, with many of its corporate members already WEF partners. WFA is closely aligned with the UN as well, including the World Health Organization (WHO). As an example, WFA and WHO have worked together, manipulating advertising that targets children’s eating habits. The United States Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is also a WFA member. Regulatory actions for privacy and data protection for key markets are even being discussed between the WFA and the United States. If it has ever been pondered where ideological advertising originates, look no further than the WFA. All of this advertising has been strategically designed to influence society on sustainable living based on the SDGs while influencing other businesses to do the same.
WFA isn’t the only nefarious advertising group in this cartel, it also founded the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) which is championed by the ANA CMO Growth Council for societal good, which will scale up WEF efforts in Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Sports Platform. In particular, this partnership addresses “harmful and misleading media while protecting consumers and brands” and “ensure that consumers and their data are protected online within a healthier media ecosystem.” In other words, they will be the watchdog and control what information is allowed for publication and what the public is allowed to know.
GARM members include advertisers, media companies and platforms, and industry organizations, and will also address harmful media environments including disinformation. Through its media partnerships, this control over information is already occurring with censorship, banning, and fact-checking. Not to be left out, the WEF has its own Global Digital Content Safety project that highlights “best practices for processes of categorizing, detecting, reporting, and governing content”, again for “social good“. One WEF project that highlights these efforts is on vaccine information as vaccine resistance is considered a major threat to public health, businesses, and the economy. Business leaders will have a critical role in building vaccine literacy and confidence in the public. Expect more difficulty in finding vaccine information contrary to what the WEF believes you should know.
WFA believes that that GARM is the best vehicle for “driving lasting change in the behaviour” and conditioning society to adopt the SDGS. The whole purpose of this initiative is just for these reasons.
In its 2019 annual report, WFA lists global corporations involved in this propaganda effort, using methodology that is probably as good as by Joseph Goebbels or Ministry of Truth in 1984. Instead, it will now be the WFA and its partners, under the direction of the WEF, providing media governance and guardianship.
Information and reality will now be governed by WEF with its corporate and advertising partners. Already involved with the UN, at an early age Sesame Street will begin teachung children about the Great Reset. Children in elementary and secondary education will receive further propaganda through Pearson, a UN and WEF partner, by integrating both the SDG and Great Reset ideology into textbooks. WEF has a McGraw Hill board member to influence content in those texts.
Along the way for everyone, other forms of media will contribute to the spread of the Great Reset propaganda. Print magazines such as Time have already begun the task of promoting the Great Reset while the New York Times assists in spreading the word. Others such as News Corp, UN Global Compact, and UN World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) members and partners capture most other media.
The written word isn’t the only media outlet being used, there is also Netflix, Comcast NBCUniversal corporation, and AT&T owned CNN outlets that ensure only proper information is given to the public. WEF controls entertainment messaging and what news will be embellished or even allowed. It is already known YouTube is banning videos, expect more banning in the future.
Meanwhile, in Congress, the WEF is firmly embedded. Congressmen Adam D. Kinzinger, Mark Meadows and Senators Brian Schatz, Susan Collins, and former Senator John McCain are just a few of the quislings that are stabbing America in the back. In the WEF Forum of Young Global Leaders Congressional members Dan Crenshaw, Tulsi Gabbard, and Joseph Kennedy III have joined the insurrection. As with brainwashing children, this organization has a mission “to create a dynamic global community of exceptional people with the vision, courage and influence to drive positive change in the world.” It is disheartening that veterans, who swore an oath to the Constitution, and who have influence in the federal government, are participating in an organization that undermines and bypasses the very foundation of the Constitution.
It isn’t the biased media that is the problem, it is the WEF through its control of media that is driving the narrative, the new Ministry of Truth. Corporate partners are just the vehicle by which the propaganda is delivered, the new pseudo-Winston Smith. As seen during this tumultuous year, America’s history is slowly being dissolved, and there will come a point in time where those who are old enough to remember America’s history will no longer be present to pass it on. What will be left is only WEF words on the world being created for us. A virus has been far more successful in advancing this agenda than climate change, and the WEF will never allow any return to “normal“.
The masses have been deceived successfully and we are now at a crossroads of either protecting America from further extermination or fighting for its survival.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Facebook’s “Independent Fact-Checker” Exposed As Hillary Clinton Supporter

The fact-checkers are finally being exposed !
Facebook ’ s “ independent ” fact-checker ( who suggests which posts get censored and removed ) has been exposed as not being “ independent.
” In fact , she ’ s a Hillary Clinton supporter .
International Fact-Checking Network certifier and American University School of Communication professor Margot Susca is unashamedly politically biased but she was responsible for issuing 19 fact-check licenses or reviews for organizations to become fact-checkers , according to Sky News .
Facebook fact-checkers have been hired and given extraordinary powers to censor news stories they disagree with , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets entirely .
And they are far from “ independent , ” by any sense of the word .
Susca has issued “ licenses ” to “ fact check ” to outlets such as This includes the Associated Press , Check Your Fact , Decrypteurs , Lead Stories , Media Wise , and The Dispatch .
She has also appeared on Russia Today to criticize President Trump and has tweeted that it would be a “ dereliction of duty ” to broadcast his speeches , reported Sky News .
In 2019 , Susca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate Hillary Clinton where she admitted “ I ’ ve been on Team Hillary since 08 tbh ” and said she was disappointed her likability did not resonate with the public in 2016 .
“ My boyfriend was her nuclear policy fellow for a year when she was in the Senate , ” she wrote .
“ Says she ’ s the smartest , wittiest , most likable person .
It just never came through I guess .
So F**king sad.
” Facebook Vows To Ramp Up Censorship Of Vaccine Information People are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually do any fact-checking .
They simply censor ideas that go against their narrative and try to keep information that doesn ’ t fit the official narrative of slavery and control from the minds of public .
We knew this from the beginning , though .
“ Censorship is to society as cancer is to the human body.
” -Brain , High Impact TV

The fact-checkers are finally being exposed! Facebook’s “independent” fact-checker (who suggests which posts get censored and removed) has been exposed as not being “independent.” In fact, she’s a Hillary Clinton supporter.
International Fact-Checking Network certifier and American University School of Communication professor Margot Susca is unashamedly politically biased but she was responsible for issuing 19 fact-check licenses or reviews for organizations to become fact-checkers, according to Sky News.
Facebook fact-checkers have been hired and given extraordinary powers to censor news stories they disagree with, demonetize news organizations, and ban news outlets entirely. And they are far from “independent,” by any sense of the word.
Susca has issued “licenses” to “fact check” to outlets such as This includes the Associated Press, Check Your Fact, Decrypteurs, Lead Stories, Media Wise, and The Dispatch. She has also appeared on Russia Today to criticize President Trump and has tweeted that it would be a “dereliction of duty” to broadcast his speeches, reported Sky News. In 2019, Susca posted a happy snap with failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton where she admitted “I’ve been on Team Hillary since 08 tbh” and said she was disappointed her likability did not resonate with the public in 2016. “My boyfriend was her nuclear policy fellow for a year when she was in the Senate,” she wrote. “Says she’s the smartest, wittiest, most likable person. It just never came through I guess. So F**king sad.”
Facebook Vows To Ramp Up Censorship Of Vaccine Information
People are finally realizing that fact-checkers don’t actually do any fact-checking. They simply censor ideas that go against their narrative and try to keep information that doesn’t fit the official narrative of slavery and control from the minds of public. We knew this from the beginning, though.
“Censorship is to society as cancer is to the human body.” -Brain, High Impact TV
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Americans Said No to Coronavirus Contact Tracing Spy Apps

When the NHS , Britain ’ s socialized medicine system , debuted its contact tracing app , six million eagerly rushed to download it .
After a few days , 10 million had downloaded and installed the app , and after a month , around 40 % of smartphone users had put a monitoring device on their phones that would trace their social interactions and could tell them to isolate at any moment .
In October , Governor Cuomo launched a New York contact tracing app based on technology from Google and Apple , and some assistance from Bloomberg ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to not only bring contact tracing to a new level , ” Cuomo boasted , while claiming that it wouldn ’ t violate anyone ’ s privacy .
Few New Yorkers seemed to believe him .
Despite being available in Spanish , Chinese , Bengali , Korean , Russian , Haitian Creole , and , even more unexpectedly , English , the app hasn ’ t taken off and Cuomo ’ s regime has refused to reveal the data that would actually show if it ’ s tracking positive cases .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second biggest story about Cuomo ’ s mismanagement of the pandemic , after the deaths of 11,000 nursing home residents when his administration forced nursing homes to accept infected patients .
The numbers are likely higher , but the Cuomo administration , in its typical fashion , is refusing to release the data .
After a month , only 5 % of New Yorkers have downloaded Cuomo ’ s spy app .
That ’ s far short of the 60 % that ’ s needed for contact tracing to work .
Even Europeans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ target .
Few outside Communist China have .
Apple and Google claimed that they needed at least 15 % .
Only a few states in America hit that bar and they tend to have small populations that lean leftward .
Most Americans have opted out .
Governor Murphy launched his state ’ s contact tracing app to great fanfare , urging a , “ shared sense of personal responsibility to support our contact tracing efforts ” .
Only 4 % of New Jersey residents decided to take up the former Goldman Sachs tycoon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Cuomo , had forced nursing homes to accept infected coronavirus patients .
Some of the state ’ s deadliest outbreaks had also taken place in state hospitals for veterans .
Pennsylvania ’ s Governor Wolf and Secretary of Health Richard Levine , debuted their contact tracing app in September .
“ We won ’ t know who has downloaded the app , who has received notifications and who used symptom check , ” Richard ( Rachel ) Levine , who had taken his mother out of a nursing home and into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take in infected patients , assured Pennsylvanians .
Only 4 % of Pennsylavanians were convinced .
Richard Levine has begun pleading with 13-year-olds to download the app .
If there ’ s anything that ’ s bound to reassure state residents , it ’ s a strange man in a blonde wig urging their children to download an app to monitor them .
Contact tracing app adoption in America isn ’ t likely to get much better even with more time .
Governor Northam rolled out a contact tracing app in Virginia back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the state has passed Google ’ s 15 % bar with an estimated 19 % of smartphone owners having installed the app .
But few people are actually using it .
Only 553 people submitted their positive results out of 100,000 positive tests in the state .
While Democrat governors and their European counterparts have brandished download figures , many people download apps and then uninstall them .
Or leave them on and then pay no further attention to them .
The actual utilization of contact tracing apps is laughably miniscule .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ still only comes out to 553 people submitting results .
That ’ s why Governor Cuomo in New York and the NHS in the UK refuse to release their impact numbers .
Considering the performance of contact tracing apps in Europe , it ’ s not hard to guess what they ’ re hiding .
Italy ’ s Immuni app was downloaded by 14 % of the population , but only had 155 positive results submitted in three months .
In France , after 2.3 million downloads , only 72 risk contacts were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be badgered into passively downloading an app , but when it comes time to upload their results and have the system notify everyone they ’ ve been around , they just as passively choose not to do it and the system fails .
After a year of touting contact tracing as the answer , the assault on privacy has stalled .
Contact tracing apps have failed miserably in New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania .
California only got around to launching its contact tracing app now .
The numbers are worse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country with only 8 million Americans actually using contact tracing apps .
Trust is the biggest factor in the adoption of contact tracing apps .
And very few Americans trust Big Tech , the government and its public health experts with tracking their lives and the lives of those around them .
The NHS app intends to start asking users about their personal lives to “ score ” their lifestyles for coronavirus risk .
It ’ s easy enough to see this sort of thing as not only a privacy violation , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public surveillance and social credit system .
In a socialized medicine system where people are already penalized for their risk factors by being denied access to medical care , leaving them with few options except emigration or death where age or obesity can mean a denial of medical care , and where babies can be killed because saving them is not deemed to be the best use of resources , a “ score ” isn ’ t just a score .
Few people want to be denied medical treatment because they failed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most likely to see the downside of such calculations and the more conservative parts of the United States have the lowest utilization rates of contract tracing apps .
Nevada ’ s contact tracing app was only downloaded 70,000 times , as of last month , and zero exposures were registered in September .
In Wyoming , its app only managed 5,000 downloads .
South Carolina ’ s legislature banned the use of contact tracing apps by government agencies .
But all of that may be about to change if the Democrats succeed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White House .
Biden ’ s team is filled with Big Tech lobbyists and strongly favors a national contact tracing app infrastructure .
While the Trump administration allowed states to define their own policy , the Democrat plan has been to nationalize the crisis and control the response .
Key to their plans is the creation of a national server that would store information across state lines , and allow national authorities to monitor everyone ’ s movements even if they leave a state .
Ten states have already moved their codes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Association of Public Health Laboratories .
Another five are following suit .
As of now , virtually every state and area , such as D.C. , with a contact tracing app , is on the National Key Server .
That includes heavily populated states such as California , New York , and Michigan .
The hodgepodge of apps and approaches will be replaced by one system to rule them all .
Scott Becker , the CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories , has also been touting Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national server will make a national contact tracing app much easier to implement .
Google , which is also involved in the national server using its own cloud system , has , along with Apple , rebranded “ contact tracing ” as “ exposure notification ” .
Big Tech decided that people were leery of “ contact tracing ” so they gave it a new name .
Meanwhile , Biden ’ s people have been coordinating with the Rockefeller Foundation on testing plans .
“ Policy makers , ” the Rockefeller Foundation had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ status of most Americans to be accessed and validated in a few required settings and many voluntary ones.
” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently warned that the “ pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty ” .
Despite that , under President Trump , Americans have still enjoyed an oasis of human rights compared to the brutal restrictions and measures in the rest of the world .
Red states were able to choose less restrictive and abusive routes for tackling the pandemic , even while blue states relentlessly violated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public health emergency .
All of that may be coming to an end .
The near future may be a mandatory national app based either on the existing Apple or Google architecture embedded into virtually every smartphone , or , worse , GPS tracking like Norway ’ s app which was withdrawn after being panned by Amnesty International , linked to the National Key Server , which will serve as a key element of a national pandemic social credit system .
Americans rejected contact tracing , but a Biden administration won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @

When the NHS, Britain’s socialized medicine system, debuted its contact tracing app, six million eagerly rushed to download it. After a few days, 10 million had downloaded and installed the app, and after a month, around 40% of smartphone users had put a monitoring device on their phones that would trace their social interactions and could tell them to isolate at any moment.
In October, Governor Cuomo launched a New York contact tracing app based on technology from Google and Apple, and some assistance from Bloomberg’s organization.
“It’s going to not only bring contact tracing to a new level,” Cuomo boasted, while claiming that it wouldn’t violate anyone’s privacy.
Few New Yorkers seemed to believe him. Despite being available in Spanish, Chinese, Bengali, Korean, Russian, Haitian Creole, and, even more unexpectedly, English, the app hasn’t taken off and Cuomo’s regime has refused to reveal the data that would actually show if it’s tracking positive cases. The lack of data transparency has been the second biggest story about Cuomo’s mismanagement of the pandemic, after the deaths of 11,000 nursing home residents when his administration forced nursing homes to accept infected patients. The numbers are likely higher, but the Cuomo administration, in its typical fashion, is refusing to release the data.
After a month, only 5% of New Yorkers have downloaded Cuomo’s spy app. That’s far short of the 60% that’s needed for contact tracing to work.
Even Europeans haven’t hit that 60% target. Few outside Communist China have.
Apple and Google claimed that they needed at least 15%. Only a few states in America hit that bar and they tend to have small populations that lean leftward. Most Americans have opted out.
Governor Murphy launched his state’s contact tracing app to great fanfare, urging a, “shared sense of personal responsibility to support our contact tracing efforts”. Only 4% of New Jersey residents decided to take up the former Goldman Sachs tycoon on his modest proposal.
Murphy, like Cuomo, had forced nursing homes to accept infected coronavirus patients. Some of the state’s deadliest outbreaks had also taken place in state hospitals for veterans.
Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf and Secretary of Health Richard Levine, debuted their contact tracing app in September.
“We won’t know who has downloaded the app, who has received notifications and who used symptom check,” Richard (Rachel) Levine, who had taken his mother out of a nursing home and into a hotel, while forcing nursing homes to take in infected patients, assured Pennsylvanians.
Only 4% of Pennsylavanians were convinced. Richard Levine has begun pleading with 13-year-olds to download the app. If there’s anything that’s bound to reassure state residents, it’s a strange man in a blonde wig urging their children to download an app to monitor them.
Contact tracing app adoption in America isn’t likely to get much better even with more time.
Governor Northam rolled out a contact tracing app in Virginia back in August. After half a year, the state has passed Google’s 15% bar with an estimated 19% of smartphone owners having installed the app.
But few people are actually using it.
Only 553 people submitted their positive results out of 100,000 positive tests in the state.
While Democrat governors and their European counterparts have brandished download figures, many people download apps and then uninstall them. Or leave them on and then pay no further attention to them. The actual utilization of contact tracing apps is laughably miniscule.
Virginia’s 800,000 plus downloads figure still only comes out to 553 people submitting results.
That’s why Governor Cuomo in New York and the NHS in the UK refuse to release their impact numbers. Considering the performance of contact tracing apps in Europe, it’s not hard to guess what they’re hiding.
Italy’s Immuni app was downloaded by 14% of the population, but only had 155 positive results submitted in three months. In France, after 2.3 million downloads, only 72 risk contacts were flagged.
A lot of people can be badgered into passively downloading an app, but when it comes time to upload their results and have the system notify everyone they’ve been around, they just as passively choose not to do it and the system fails.
After a year of touting contact tracing as the answer, the assault on privacy has stalled.
Contact tracing apps have failed miserably in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. California only got around to launching its contact tracing app now. The numbers are worse in much of the rest of the country with only 8 million Americans actually using contact tracing apps.
Trust is the biggest factor in the adoption of contact tracing apps. And very few Americans trust Big Tech, the government and its public health experts with tracking their lives and the lives of those around them. The NHS app intends to start asking users about their personal lives to “score” their lifestyles for coronavirus risk. It’s easy enough to see this sort of thing as not only a privacy violation, but as an echo of China’s public surveillance and social credit system.
In a socialized medicine system where people are already penalized for their risk factors by being denied access to medical care, leaving them with few options except emigration or death where age or obesity can mean a denial of medical care, and where babies can be killed because saving them is not deemed to be the best use of resources, a “score” isn’t just a score.
Few people want to be denied medical treatment because they failed the social credit system.
Conservatives are the most likely to see the downside of such calculations and the more conservative parts of the United States have the lowest utilization rates of contract tracing apps.
Nevada’s contact tracing app was only downloaded 70,000 times, as of last month, and zero exposures were registered in September. In Wyoming, its app only managed 5,000 downloads.
South Carolina’s legislature banned the use of contact tracing apps by government agencies.
But all of that may be about to change if the Democrats succeed in their plan to place Biden in the White House. Biden’s team is filled with Big Tech lobbyists and strongly favors a national contact tracing app infrastructure. While the Trump administration allowed states to define their own policy, the Democrat plan has been to nationalize the crisis and control the response.
Key to their plans is the creation of a national server that would store information across state lines, and allow national authorities to monitor everyone’s movements even if they leave a state.
Ten states have already moved their codes to Microsoft’s National Key Server maintained for the Association of Public Health Laboratories. Another five are following suit. As of now, virtually every state and area, such as D.C., with a contact tracing app, is on the National Key Server. That includes heavily populated states such as California, New York, and Michigan.
The hodgepodge of apps and approaches will be replaced by one system to rule them all.
Scott Becker, the CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, has also been touting Biden’s plans for app contact tracing. A national server will make a national contact tracing app much easier to implement. Google, which is also involved in the national server using its own cloud system, has, along with Apple, rebranded “contact tracing” as “exposure notification”.
Big Tech decided that people were leery of “contact tracing” so they gave it a new name.
Meanwhile, Biden’s people have been coordinating with the Rockefeller Foundation on testing plans.
“Policy makers,” the Rockefeller Foundation had urged, must “allow the infection status of most Americans to be accessed and validated in a few required settings and many voluntary ones.”
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently warned that the “pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty”.
Despite that, under President Trump, Americans have still enjoyed an oasis of human rights compared to the brutal restrictions and measures in the rest of the world. Red states were able to choose less restrictive and abusive routes for tackling the pandemic, even while blue states relentlessly violated civil rights under the guise of a public health emergency.
All of that may be coming to an end.
The near future may be a mandatory national app based either on the existing Apple or Google architecture embedded into virtually every smartphone, or, worse, GPS tracking like Norway’s app which was withdrawn after being panned by Amnesty International, linked to the National Key Server, which will serve as a key element of a national pandemic social credit system.
Americans rejected contact tracing, but a Biden administration won’t take no for an answer.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Treason: YouTube Employs Chinese Communist ‘State Secrecy Bureau’ Software Engineers

YouTube , in submission to Communist China ’ s preferences , announced they will be censoring all videos about 2020 Election Fraud .
YouTube – the Google-owned video platform making headlines for vowing to censor all content flagging “ election fraud or errors ” – employs software engineers with ties to the Chinese Communist Party , The National Pulse can reveal .
A host of software engineers for the platform have formerly worked for Chinese Communist Party-run institutions , raising the question as to why a revolving door exists between YouTube and the China-based universities .
A software engineer for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Tai Jinjiang , previously worked as a project manager for Guanghzou Shian Technology .
Jinjiang detailed his work for the China-based firm as playing a “ major role in successful PLA certification of ShiAn terminal by Ministry of Public Security , State Secrecy Bureau , and IT Evaluation Center.
” In other words , Jinjiang led software efforts on behalf of the PLA – appearing to reference China ’ s People ’ s Liberation Army – and a host of Chinese government-led intelligence bodies .
What ’ s more , he notes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excellent performance.
” Additionally , Xiao Chen – who lists himself as a software engineer at YouTube since November of 2020 – previously served as a Research Assistant at Sun Yat-Sen University .
The university – which recently dispatched a researcher to the U.S. who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) over ties to China – has also seen its Supercomputing Center on the U.S. government ’ s entity list since 2015 – a “ list of people and companies the U.S. government deems a national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xifei Huang , has worked at YouTube since February 2014 despite previously working as a Developer for Beijing-based Peking University .
Peking University – which has also seen its researchers sentenced by the FBI for stealing intellectual property and failing to disclose Chinese Communist Party ties – is funded and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party .
The university also counts former and current party apparatchiks among its leadership , including its leader : a former head of the country ’ s spy agency ’ s Beijing branch .
Fan Yang , another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interned for China Telecom , labeled by the U.S. Department of Defense as collaborating with the Chinese military for over two decades .
Yang later served as a research assistant at Fudan University , which recently cut “ freedom of thought ” from its charter under Chinese Communist Party demands .
During Yang ’ s Fudan stint , five Chinese military-linked hackers based out of Fudan University were indicted for stealing U.S. secrets .
The unearthed ties cast YouTube ’ s decision to ban all content disputing a victory for Joe Biden – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate – in an interesting light .
It similarly calls into question reports of YouTube automatically deleting Chinese-language phrases critical of the Chinese Communist Party , which the platformer attributed to “ an error in our enforcement systems.
” The revelations also add to a growing list of American tech corporates hiring Chinese Communist Party-linked individuals including Facebook and Twitter .
Twitter appointed Dr. Fei-Fei Li as an advisor despite her attendance at several Chinese Communist Party-backed conferences and cooperation with a “ leading artificial intelligence research body at Tsinghua University , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AI research for the Chinese military .
”

YouTube, in submission to Communist China’s preferences, announced they will be censoring all videos about 2020 Election Fraud.
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube Employs Chinese Communist ‘State Secrecy Bureau’ Software Engineers
By: Natalie Winters, National Pulse, December 10, 2020
YouTube – the Google-owned video platform making headlines for vowing to censor all content flagging “election fraud or errors” – employs software engineers with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, The National Pulse can reveal.
A host of software engineers for the platform have formerly worked for Chinese Communist Party-run institutions, raising the question as to why a revolving door exists between YouTube and the China-based universities.
A software engineer for the video platform since May of 2019,Tai Jinjiang, previously worked as a project manager for Guanghzou Shian Technology.
Jinjiang detailed his work for the China-based firm as playing a “major role in successful PLA certification of ShiAn terminal by Ministry of Public Security, State Secrecy Bureau, and IT Evaluation Center.”
In other words, Jinjiang led software efforts on behalf of the PLA – appearing to reference China’s People’s Liberation Army – and a host of Chinese government-led intelligence bodies. What’s more, he notes he “garnered numerous staff awards for excellent performance.”
Jinjiang’s job description.
Additionally, Xiao Chen – who lists himself as a software engineer at YouTube since November of 2020 – previously served as a Research Assistant at Sun Yat-Sen University.
The university – which recently dispatched a researcher to the U.S. who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over ties to China – has also seen its Supercomputing Center on the U.S. government’s entity list since 2015 – a “list of people and companies the U.S. government deems a national security risk.”
Chen’s employment history.
Another software engineer, Xifei Huang, has worked at YouTube since February 2014 despite previously working as a Developer for Beijing-based Peking University.
Peking University – which has also seen its researchers sentenced by the FBI for stealing intellectual property and failing to disclose Chinese Communist Party ties – is funded and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
The university also counts former and current party apparatchiks among its leadership, including its leader: a former head of the country’s spy agency’s Beijing branch.
Fan Yang, another YouTube software engineer since April 2017, interned for China Telecom, labeled by the U.S. Department of Defense as collaborating with the Chinese military for over two decades.
Yang later served as a research assistant at Fudan University, which recently cut “freedom of thought” from its charter under Chinese Communist Party demands. During Yang’s Fudan stint, five Chinese military-linked hackers based out of Fudan University were indicted for stealing U.S. secrets.
Yang’s employment history.
The unearthed ties cast YouTube’s decision to ban all content disputing a victory for Joe Biden – the Chinese Communist Party’s preferred candidate – in an interesting light. It similarly calls into question reports of YouTube automatically deleting Chinese-language phrases critical of the Chinese Communist Party, which the platformer attributed to “an error in our enforcement systems.”
The revelations also add to a growing list of American tech corporates hiring Chinese Communist Party-linked individuals including Facebook and Twitter. Twitter appointed Dr. Fei-Fei Li as an advisor despite her attendance at several Chinese Communist Party-backed conferences and cooperation with a “leading artificial intelligence research body at Tsinghua University, a prestigious Chinese academic institution that also conducts AI research for the Chinese military.”
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--Attorneys Demand Supreme Court Restrain Government From Meddling In Church Affairs – Abide By First

Attorneys Demand Supreme Court Restrain Government From Meddling In Church Affairs – Abide By First Amendment’s Establishment Clause

WASHINGTON , D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the government from meddling in church affairs .
In weighing in before the Court in Episcopal Church v. The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth , Rutherford Institute attorneys warn against a trend in which state courts have attempted to second-guess church decisions on inherently religious matters by relying on so-called “ neutral principles.
” In their amicus brief , Institute attorneys argue that such rulings violate the First Amendment ’ s strict prohibition on government interference in religious matters .
The case involves an attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so-called “ neutral principles ” to a dispute by factions of the Episcopal Church over who should own and control church property .
Attorney Tejinder Singh of Goldstein & Russell , P.C.
, in Bethesda , Md.
, assisted The Rutherford Institute in advancing the arguments before the Supreme Court .
“ The Constitution establishes a neutral playing field for all viewpoints and requires the government to remain equally impartial and not favor or disfavor one religion over another , or favor or disfavor religion over non-religion , ” said constitutional attorney John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute and author of Battlefield America : The War on the American People .
“ When it comes to matters involving church doctrine , church governance and the internal workings of religious institutions , however , the government needs to stay clear of that wall of separation between church and state , and resist the urge to meddle altogether.
” The Episcopal Church is a hierarchical religious denomination organized to include over 100 local dioceses which must accede to the authority of the General Church .
In response to a 1979 Supreme Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state courts to apply “ neutral principles ” of law in resolving property disputes arising from schisms within churches , the Episcopal Church amended its canons to make clear that all property held by Episcopal Church entities is held in trust and for the General Church .
In the mid-2000 ’ s , doctrinal disagreements led to factions of a diocese in Ft. Worth and a parish in San Angelo to break away from the Episcopal Church .
In connection with the splits , the breakaway factions took steps , such as amending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of church property , including houses of worship .
When the breakaway factions refused to recognize the Episcopal Church ’ s claims to the property in accordance with church canons , the Episcopal Church brought two legal actions in Texas state courts to recover the property .
Although a trial court in each case found that Texas law requires deference to the decision of the Episcopal Church that church property belonged to the factions loyal to the church , in appeals brought by the breakaway factions the Texas Supreme Court held that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of law to resolve the property disputes and reversed .
After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Episcopal Church ’ s appeal , the case was sent back to the state courts , which again applied “ neutral principles ” to deny the Episcopal Church ’ s claims to the property .
The Episcopal Church again sought review by the U.S. Supreme Court , arguing that lower courts are inconsistent in their approach to resolving church property disputes and that the “ neutral principles ” method of doing so is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection of religious liberty .
In filing a brief in support of the Episcopal Church ’ s petition , Institute attorneys argue that permitting a secular court to decide these issues without deference to church authorities is tantamount to replacing church governance with the state or federal government , a proposition that threatens free exercise as well as the establishment of religion .
The Rutherford Institute , a nonprofit civil liberties organization , provides legal assistance at no charge to individuals whose constitutional rights have been threatened or violated and educates the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their freedoms .
The amicus brief in The Episcopal Church v. The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the government from meddling in church affairs. In weighing in before the Court in Episcopal Church v. The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth, Rutherford Institute attorneys warn against a trend in which state courts have attempted to second-guess church decisions on inherently religious matters by relying on so-called “neutral principles.” In their amicus brief, Institute attorneys argue that such rulings violate the First Amendment’s strict prohibition on government interference in religious matters. The case involves an attempt by the Texas Supreme Court to apply so-called “neutral principles” to a dispute by factions of the Episcopal Church over who should own and control church property.
Attorney Tejinder Singh of Goldstein & Russell, P.C., in Bethesda, Md., assisted The Rutherford Institute in advancing the arguments before the Supreme Court.
“The Constitution establishes a neutral playing field for all viewpoints and requires the government to remain equally impartial and not favor or disfavor one religion over another, or favor or disfavor religion over non-religion,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People . “When it comes to matters involving church doctrine, church governance and the internal workings of religious institutions, however, the government needs to stay clear of that wall of separation between church and state, and resist the urge to meddle altogether.”
The Episcopal Church is a hierarchical religious denomination organized to include over 100 local dioceses which must accede to the authority of the General Church. In response to a 1979 Supreme Court ruling allowing, but not requiring, state courts to apply “neutral principles” of law in resolving property disputes arising from schisms within churches, the Episcopal Church amended its canons to make clear that all property held by Episcopal Church entities is held in trust and for the General Church. In the mid-2000’s, doctrinal disagreements led to factions of a diocese in Ft. Worth and a parish in San Angelo to break away from the Episcopal Church. In connection with the splits, the breakaway factions took steps, such as amending articles of incorporation, to take control of church property, including houses of worship. When the breakaway factions refused to recognize the Episcopal Church’s claims to the property in accordance with church canons, the Episcopal Church brought two legal actions in Texas state courts to recover the property. Although a trial court in each case found that Texas law requires deference to the decision of the Episcopal Church that church property belonged to the factions loyal to the church, in appeals brought by the breakaway factions the Texas Supreme Court held that the lower courts should apply “neutral principles” of law to resolve the property disputes and reversed. After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Episcopal Church’s appeal, the case was sent back to the state courts, which again applied “neutral principles” to deny the Episcopal Church’s claims to the property. The Episcopal Church again sought review by the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that lower courts are inconsistent in their approach to resolving church property disputes and that the “neutral principles” method of doing so is inconsistent with the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty. In filing a brief in support of the Episcopal Church’s petition, Institute attorneys argue that permitting a secular court to decide these issues without deference to church authorities is tantamount to replacing church governance with the state or federal government, a proposition that threatens free exercise as well as the establishment of religion.
The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization, provides legal assistance at no charge to individuals whose constitutional rights have been threatened or violated and educates the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting their freedoms.
The amicus brief in The Episcopal Church v. The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth
Article posted with permission from John Whitehead


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-11--48% Of US Small Businesses May Be Forced To “Shut Down Permanently”

48 % Of US Small Businesses May Be Forced To “ Shut Down Permanently ” What would the United States look like if we lost half of our small businesses ?
The reason I ask that question is because approximately half of all small business owners in the entire country believe that they may soon be forced to close down for good .
Not even during the Great Depression of the 1930s did we see anything like this .
The big corporate giants with extremely deep pockets will be able to easily weather another round of lockdowns , but for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter of life and death .
Every day we are seeing new restrictions being implemented somewhere in the nation , and the politicians that are doing this are killing the hopes and dreams of countless small business owners .
According to a recent Alignable survey , 48 percent of U.S. small business owners fear that they could be forced to “ shut down permanently ” in the very near future… Based on this week ’ s Alignable Q4 Revenue Poll of 9,201 small business owners , 48 % could shut down permanently before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this number jumped from 42 % just two months ago , demonstrating how several factors have converged to devastate small businesses : COVID resurgences , forced government reclosures , elevated customer fears , and a surge in online shopping at Amazon and other national ecommerce giants .
When a small business with only a few employees closes down forever , it never makes any national headlines .
But the truth is that small businesses are the heart and soul of our economy , and we are losing more of them with each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from actual small business owners that took part in the Alignable survey… • “ COVID has raised its ugly head again .
I ’ m a caterer and I ’ ve had no work in November and my clients are cancelling for Dec .
This is so sad .
I have worked so hard to build my business the last 14 years .
My business has gone from half a million to not even 200,000 .
This is devastating for any business.
” • “ COVID closings are killing this country !
My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walks or gallery openings , and I can ’ t even open my studio .
Everything ’ s online.
” • “ Because therapeutic massage is so ‘ up close and personal , ’ I have only come back to about 40 % of my previous clientele .
I am afraid that the governor will shut us down again , which will be the end of my business .
I also believe the ‘ ruling elite ’ does not care about small businesses.
” How would you feel if you spent years putting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to make it successful , only to have the politicians come along and completely destroy it ?
And every time a small business has to let workers go , it just makes the unemployment crisis in this country even worse .
On Thursday , we learned that another 853,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week… I have been warning that the new lockdowns would make the numbers worse , and that is precisely what is happening .
And one expert that was interviewed by CNBC says that this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the unemployment losses are starting to stack up for the economy .
It ’ s not going to be a good month , ” said Chris Rupkey , chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank .
“ You ’ re starting the first week of the month on a bad note , and it ’ s probably going to be all downhill from here .
It feels like the lockdowns are intensifying .
It ’ s closer to reality for those forecasts that look for the economy to go negative in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to remember that there are many Americans that have been unemployed for so long that they are no longer eligible to receive benefits .
One of those long-term unemployed workers is 35-year-old Sarah Groome… What do you say to someone in her position ?
It ’ s heartbreaking to hear stories like that , and more people are being laid off with each passing day .
And as our new economic depression gets progressively deeper , an increasing number of Americans are becoming very desperate .
In fact , many have already become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoplifting… Shoplifting is up markedly since the pandemic began in the spring and at higher levels than in past economic downturns , according to interviews with more than a dozen retailers , security experts and police departments across the country .
But what ’ s distinctive about this trend , experts say , is what ’ s being taken – more staples like bread , pasta and baby formula .
“ We ’ re seeing an increase in low-impact crimes , ” said Jeff Zisner , chief executive of workplace security firm Aegis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole lot of people going in , grabbing TVs and running out the front door .
It ’ s a very different kind of crime – it ’ s people stealing consumables and items associated with children and babies.
” Everywhere we look , our society is starting to break down all around us .
Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits more than 70 million times this year , the number of homeless in New York City has reached an all-time record high , and civil unrest continues to erupt all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politically , conditions are going to continue to deteriorate as we head into 2021 .
Of course , the mainstream media is boldly proclaiming that the new vaccines will pull us out of this tailspin and that life in America will soon return to normal .
You can believe the mainstream media if you want , but in the end , the “ hope ” that they are promising will turn out to be a complete mirage .

48% Of US Small Businesses May Be Forced To “Shut Down Permanently”
What would the United States look like if we lost half of our small businesses? The reason I ask that question is because approximately half of all small business owners in the entire country believe that they may soon be forced to close down for good. Not even during the Great Depression of the 1930s did we see anything like this. The big corporate giants with extremely deep pockets will be able to easily weather another round of lockdowns, but for countless small businesses this is literally a matter of life and death. Every day we are seeing new restrictions being implemented somewhere in the nation, and the politicians that are doing this are killing the hopes and dreams of countless small business owners. According to a recent Alignable survey, 48 percent of U.S. small business owners fear that they could be forced to “shut down permanently” in the very near future…
Based on this week’s Alignable Q4 Revenue Poll of 9,201 small business owners, 48% could shut down permanently before year’s end. In fact, this number jumped from 42% just two months ago, demonstrating how several factors have converged to devastate small businesses: COVID resurgences, forced government reclosures, elevated customer fears, and a surge in online shopping at Amazon and other national ecommerce giants.
When a small business with only a few employees closes down forever, it never makes any national headlines.
But the truth is that small businesses are the heart and soul of our economy, and we are losing more of them with each passing day.
Here are some quotes from actual small business owners that took part in the Alignable survey…
“COVID has raised its ugly head again. I’m a caterer and I’ve had no work in November and my clients are cancelling for Dec. This is so sad. I have worked so hard to build my business the last 14 years. My business has gone from half a million to not even 200,000. This is devastating for any business.”
“COVID closings are killing this country! My business is on hold — no art walks or gallery openings, and I can’t even open my studio. Everything’s online.”
“Because therapeutic massage is so ‘up close and personal,’ I have only come back to about 40% of my previous clientele. I am afraid that the governor will shut us down again, which will be the end of my business. I also believe the ‘ruling elite’ does not care about small businesses.”
How would you feel if you spent years putting everything you had into a small business in order to make it successful, only to have the politicians come along and completely destroy it?
And every time a small business has to let workers go, it just makes the unemployment crisis in this country even worse.
On Thursday, we learned that another 853,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week…
First-time claims for unemployment insurance totaled 853,000, an increase from the upwardly revised 716,000 total a week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting 730,000.
I have been warning that the new lockdowns would make the numbers worse, and that is precisely what is happening.
And one expert that was interviewed by CNBC says that this is just the beginning…
“It looks like the unemployment losses are starting to stack up for the economy. It’s not going to be a good month,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank. “You’re starting the first week of the month on a bad note, and it’s probably going to be all downhill from here. It feels like the lockdowns are intensifying. It’s closer to reality for those forecasts that look for the economy to go negative in the first quarter.”
It is also important to remember that there are many Americans that have been unemployed for so long that they are no longer eligible to receive benefits.
One of those long-term unemployed workers is 35-year-old Sarah Groome…
For six months, she received unemployment benefits from the government – but those payments shrank as the programmes wound down this summer. Since October, she’s received nothing. “I don’t know what I’m going to do financially,” she says. “I’m applying to jobs and I’ve probably applied to over 100 at this point and I’ve had one interview.” “It’s scary,” she says. “I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
What do you say to someone in her position?
It’s heartbreaking to hear stories like that, and more people are being laid off with each passing day.
And as our new economic depression gets progressively deeper, an increasing number of Americans are becoming very desperate.
In fact, many have already become so desperate that they are turning to shoplifting…
Shoplifting is up markedly since the pandemic began in the spring and at higher levels than in past economic downturns, according to interviews with more than a dozen retailers, security experts and police departments across the country. But what’s distinctive about this trend, experts say, is what’s being taken – more staples like bread, pasta and baby formula. “We’re seeing an increase in low-impact crimes,” said Jeff Zisner, chief executive of workplace security firm Aegis. “It’s not a whole lot of people going in, grabbing TVs and running out the front door. It’s a very different kind of crime – it’s people stealing consumables and items associated with children and babies.”
Everywhere we look, our society is starting to break down all around us. Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits more than 70 million times this year, the number of homeless in New York City has reached an all-time record high, and civil unrest continues to erupt all over America.
No matter what happens politically, conditions are going to continue to deteriorate as we head into 2021.
Of course, the mainstream media is boldly proclaiming that the new vaccines will pull us out of this tailspin and that life in America will soon return to normal.
You can believe the mainstream media if you want, but in the end, the “hope” that they are promising will turn out to be a complete mirage.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder