wearechange--2020-04-15--What You’re Not Being Told About The HUGE Transfer Of Wealth Happening Now

The banksters are screwing us over worse than 2008 !
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The banksters are screwing us over worse than 2008!
Stimulus Checks: Fact vs Fiction
Luke and Tim dive into today’s economic developments.
WHO Lost the Power?
Luke and Tim get into more crazy news from today, focusing on the debate about the president cutting funding from the WHO.


wearechange--2020-04-14--Trump Halts US Funding of the WHO Over Handling of Coronavirus Pandemic

Just as he threatened last week , and was threatened back with “ body bags , ” President Trump tonight confirmed he will halt US funding for The World Health Organization , while US reviews virus warnings regarding China .
“ The reality is the WHO failed to obtain , vet and share information in a timely fashion , ” Trump said Tuesday at a White House press conference .
“ The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable.
” “ Tremendous amounts of time ” were “ lost ” due to what Mr Trump called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is explaining his reasoning at today ’ s press conference : Additionally , Trump accused the world body of “ mismanaging ” and “ covering up ” the coronavirus , and failing to obatin timely information on the virus , causing a 20-fold increase in deaths around the world : Trump criticized the international agency ’ s response to the outbreak , saying : “ one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations.
” “ Fortunately , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from China saving untold numbers of lives , ” he said .
President Trump said his administration plans to redirect dollars meant for the WHO to work with countries on health issues “ in other ways.
” The decision comes after President Trump suggested on Friday that he may place a hold on US funding for the World Health Organization , which has consistently carried water for Beijing during the coronavirus outbreak – insisting that the communist regime had the disease under control , while peddling Chinese propaganda about the transmissibility of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also opposed Trump ’ s late-January travel ban , saying “ We reiterate our call to all countries not to impose restrictions that unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade .
Such restrictions can have the effect of increasing fear and stigma , with little public health benefit.
” The US has contributed approximately $ 893 million to the WHO ’ s operations druing the last two years , according to the organization , while China has contributed around $ 86 million .

Just as he threatened last week, and was threatened back with “body bags,” President Trump tonight confirmed he will halt US funding for The World Health Organization, while US reviews virus warnings regarding China.
“The reality is the WHO failed to obtain, vet and share information in a timely fashion,” Trump said Tuesday at a White House press conference. “The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable.”
“Tremendous amounts of time” were “lost” due to what Mr Trump called the WHO’s slowness.
Trump is explaining his reasoning at today’s press conference:
Additionally, Trump accused the world body of “mismanaging” and “covering up” the coronavirus, and failing to obatin timely information on the virus, causing a 20-fold increase in deaths around the world:
“So much death was caused by the WHO mistakes…”
Trump criticized the international agency’s response to the outbreak, saying:
“one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations.” “Fortunately, I was not convinced and suspended travel from China saving untold numbers of lives,” he said.
Remember Tedros’ warning…
.@WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesuson attacks Trump for noting the org bends over backwards to protect China: “Stop pointing fingers” unless you “want more body bags … it’s like playing with fire” pic.twitter.com/mTwFPqpBdE — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 8, 2020
President Trump said his administration plans to redirect dollars meant for the WHO to work with countries on health issues “in other ways.”
The decision comes after President Trump suggested on Friday that he may place a hold on US funding for the World Health Organization, which has consistently carried water for Beijing during the coronavirus outbreak – insisting that the communist regime had the disease under control, while peddling Chinese propaganda about the transmissibility of the virus.
WHO Director-General Tedros Ahanom Ghebreyesus also opposed Trump’s late-January travel ban, saying “We reiterate our call to all countries not to impose restrictions that unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade. Such restrictions can have the effect of increasing fear and stigma, with little public health benefit.”
The US has contributed approximately $893 million to the WHO’s operations druing the last two years, according to the organization, while China has contributed around $86 million.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-04-14--The US Government Knew What Was Happening In The Wuhan Bio Lab

You won ’ t believe what they knew about this back in 2018… Let ’ s Not Forget : Cui @ @ @ @ @ Follow the Money Luke and Tim dive into the economics news for the last couple @ @ @ @ @ finance authorities abound , but are we headed for the next great depression ?
Or @ @ @ @ @ blip on the radar ?

You won’t believe what they knew about this back in 2018…
Let’s Not Forget: Cui Bono. Who Benefits? Follow the Money
Luke and Tim dive into the economics news for the last couple of days. Discrepancies between finance authorities abound, but are we headed for the next great depression? Or will this be just a blip on the radar?


wearechange--2020-04-13--Microsoft Does NOT Want You To See This Video!

Microsoft just took down their new “ commercial ” featuring Marina Abramovic .
This Makes My Blood BOIL !
It @ @ @ @ @ Luke and Tim dive into the latest news about worldwide police efforts to stop the @ @ @ @ @ Watch Luke and Tim discuss the ongoing war of the words between world leaders .
@ @ @ @ @ of whether a government official is getting fired ?

Microsoft just took down their new “commercial” featuring Marina Abramovic.
This Makes My Blood BOIL! It’s Getting Ridiculous.
Luke and Tim dive into the latest news about worldwide police efforts to stop the spread of the sickness.
A War of Words: Fire Trump or Fire Fauci???
Watch Luke and Tim discuss the ongoing war of the words between world leaders. Is Twitter really an indicator of whether a government official is getting fired?


wearechange--2020-04-13--Twitter Suspends Steve Bannon’s “War Room: Pandemic” Account

Twitter has banned yet another news outlet providing ‘ non-approved ’ information about COVID-19 , this time banning Steve Bannon ’ s “ War Room : Pandemic ” account without explanation .
Launched in January , Bannon ’ s podcast covered immense ground concerning the coronavirus – including the theory that the disease leaked from a Chinese laboratory which was experimenting with bat coronavirus ; a theory Zero Hedge suggested in January which similarly earned us a permanent ban from Twitter .
Of note , CNBC , the Daily Mail , Rutgers biologist Richard H. Ebright , and several others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same , obvious theory .
Twitter , meanwhile , still won ’ t remove a Chinese official ’ s conspiracy theory that the US Army secretly infected Wuhan with COVID-19 last October .
Bannon ’ s podcast , featuring co-hosts Jason Miller , Raheem Kassam , and Jack Maxey , has been critical of China and the World Health Organization ’ s subterfuge and lies in response to the coronavirus outbreak .
Guests have included Dr. Steven Hatfill , Bill Gertz , and given a voice to anti-CCP dissidents , among others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much impact on Jack Dorsey ’ s team and their decisions they should come out and say so outright .
That ’ s the only explanation .
We don ’ t promote fake news or conspiracy theories .
We simply point the fingers of responsibility squarely at the Chinese Communist Party , ” said a War Room spokesman .
War Room podcasts have been downloaded nearly 6 million times , and streamed millions of more times across various platforms , according to their website .

Twitter has banned yet another news outlet providing ‘non-approved’ information about COVID-19, this time banning Steve Bannon’s “War Room: Pandemic” account without explanation.
Launched in January, Bannon’s podcast covered immense ground concerning the coronavirus – including the theory that the disease leaked from a Chinese laboratory which was experimenting with bat coronavirus; a theory Zero Hedge suggested in January which similarly earned us a permanent ban from Twitter. Of note, CNBC, the Daily Mail, Rutgers biologist Richard H. Ebright, and several others have posited, implied, or entertained the same, obvious theory.
Twitter, meanwhile, still won’t remove a Chinese official’s conspiracy theory that the US Army secretly infected Wuhan with COVID-19 last October.
Bannon’s podcast, featuring co-hosts Jason Miller, Raheem Kassam, and Jack Maxey, has been critical of China and the World Health Organization’s subterfuge and lies in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Guests have included Dr. Steven Hatfill, Bill Gertz, and given a voice to anti-CCP dissidents, among others.
“If the CCP has that much impact on Jack Dorsey’s team and their decisions they should come out and say so outright. That’s the only explanation. We don’t promote fake news or conspiracy theories. We simply point the fingers of responsibility squarely at the Chinese Communist Party,” said a War Room spokesman.
War Room podcasts have been downloaded nearly 6 million times, and streamed millions of more times across various platforms, according to their website.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-04-13--Child Sexual Abuse is Sharply on the Rise as Americans Ordered to Stay at Home

As the United States and the entire world become enveloped in the worst pandemic in a century , many have embraced self-isolating and sheltering in place as a basic responsibility to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus .
However , for many of the most vulnerable—such as children—home can be the most unsafe place due to domestic violence and abuse Nothing is more important for the development of children into well-functioning , responsible , and healthy adults than a secure and nurturing home .
But the crisis unleashed by CoViD-19 has posed an acute risk of sexual abuse to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Since March , the Rape , Abuse and Incest National Network ( RAINN ) has noticed a sharp increase in minors reporting sexual violence , according to RAINN President Scott Berkowitz .
The rise in sexual abuse coincides with the period in which most state governments implemented shelter-in-place measures .
Much of the problem is due to the fact that children who normally rely on other adults as safety insurance against abusers simply can ’ t escape their homes .
Over half of those calling RAINN ’ s hotline in March were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of those children , 67 percent accused a family member of sexually assaulting them while 79 percent of that group said that they lived with the perpetrator .
The group ’ s victim service programs assist 25,000 people per month , on average .
The group fears that cases of child sexual abuse will trend upwards as people indefinitely stay at home during the fight to curb the pandemic .
Over 93 percent of sexually abused children face sexual violence at the hands of someone close to them .
While the perpetrators are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children such as siblings or cousins can also be the abuser , according to American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children ( APSAC ) Executive Director Dr. Janet Rosenzweig .
Over one-third of child sexual abuse cases involve a minor committing the abuse .
However , with many parents preoccupied with their Zoom meetings and other online home office tasks , potentially abusive minors can often be put in charge of taking care of their younger peers .
On Tuesday , independent human rights monitors from the United Nations issued an urgent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safeguard the welfare of children who are vulnerable to violence , sexual abuse , trafficking , and exploitation amid the CoViD-19 pandemic .
In a statement , Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children Maud de Boer-Buquicchio said : Additionally , the rights experts warned against online pedophilia , live-streamed sexual abuse , and the distribution of video depictions of child rape—a problem requiring the collaboration of law enforcement and private companies .
But with state budgets and agencies stretched to paper-thin capacity by the pandemic , child protection services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very little consistency on a state-to-state level , APSAC officials said .
For now , advocates are hoping to include provisions that specifically address child protection needs in the next Coronavirus Aid , Relief , and Economic Security ( CARES ) Act—which won ’ t be presented to Congress for some time , if ever .
Kiersten Stewart , the director of public policy and advocacy for Futures Without Violence , told Huffington Post : In the meantime , APSAC head Rosenzweig stressed the need for healthy adults to play a positive role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close to .
She said : However , the positive intervention of civil society and social services remain important in addressing the problem .
Stressing the important of a new CARES bill that supports the prevention of sexual violence , Stewart said :

As the United States and the entire world become enveloped in the worst pandemic in a century, many have embraced self-isolating and sheltering in place as a basic responsibility to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. However, for many of the most vulnerable—such as children—home can be the most unsafe place due to domestic violence and abuse
Nothing is more important for the development of children into well-functioning, responsible, and healthy adults than a secure and nurturing home. But the crisis unleashed by CoViD-19 has posed an acute risk of sexual abuse to children, child advocates told Huffington Post.
Since March, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) has noticed a sharp increase in minors reporting sexual violence, according to RAINN President Scott Berkowitz. The rise in sexual abuse coincides with the period in which most state governments implemented shelter-in-place measures.
Berkowitz said:
“Last month, for the first time ever, a majority of RAINN’s sexual abuse hotline users were minors.”
Child Sex Abuse Reports Spike As Country Shelters In Place, Advocates Say In March, for the first time, the majority of RAINN’s sexual abuse hotline users were minors.https://t.co/iOPWK9CpRV — Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) April 8, 2020
Much of the problem is due to the fact that children who normally rely on other adults as safety insurance against abusers simply can’t escape their homes.
Berkowitz explained:
“So many minors are now locked at home with their abuser, in the same house … The safety net that they had?the parents and teachers and coaches that they would see every day who were likely the first people to notice signs of abuse?children no longer have contact with those people right now.”
Over half of those calling RAINN’s hotline in March were minors under the age of 18. Of those children, 67 percent accused a family member of sexually assaulting them while 79 percent of that group said that they lived with the perpetrator. The group’s victim service programs assist 25,000 people per month, on average.
#DoDSafeHelpline supports survivors of sexual assault in the DoD community today and every day. Connect with Safe Helpline anytime, anywhere at https://t.co/svDMXfqd8S or 877-995-5247 #SAAPM2020 pic.twitter.com/D76nFJ4z2k — RAINN (@RAINN) April 8, 2020
The group fears that cases of child sexual abuse will trend upwards as people indefinitely stay at home during the fight to curb the pandemic.
Over 93 percent of sexually abused children face sexual violence at the hands of someone close to them. While the perpetrators are often older relatives or adults, other children such as siblings or cousins can also be the abuser, according to American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Executive Director Dr. Janet Rosenzweig. Over one-third of child sexual abuse cases involve a minor committing the abuse.
Rosenzweig said:
“By now, people have all heard about the pedophiles that groom children and that’s a very true way to describe adult offenders. But with kids, it’s usually predicated by sexual arousal meeting poor impulse control, and an opportunity.”
However, with many parents preoccupied with their Zoom meetings and other online home office tasks, potentially abusive minors can often be put in charge of taking care of their younger peers.
On Tuesday, independent human rights monitors from the United Nations issued an urgent appeal for governments across the world to safeguard the welfare of children who are vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, and exploitation amid the CoViD-19 pandemic.
Children may be at higher risk of abuse during #coronavirus lockdowns, say independent @UN experts CC: @UN_SPExperts https://t.co/niLejOeIfo — UN News (@UN_News_Centre) April 8, 2020
In a statement, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children Maud de Boer-Buquicchio said:
“Globally, confinement measures and the disrupted provision of already limited child protection services exacerbate the vulnerability of children living in psychiatric and social care institutions, orphanages, refugee camps, immigration detention centers and other closed facilities.”
Additionally, the rights experts warned against online pedophilia, live-streamed sexual abuse, and the distribution of video depictions of child rape—a problem requiring the collaboration of law enforcement and private companies.
The UN experts added:
“We should all make significant efforts to support frontline operators in the child protection services, neighborhood and community watchdogs and law enforcement.”
A3 Calling these images ‘pornography’ may help to normalize them. Countering the ways sexual harm and child sexual exploitation has become “normalized” is a critical component of the effort to protect children from exploitation. #NCAPM — Prevention Coalition (@PreventTogether) April 6, 2020
But with state budgets and agencies stretched to paper-thin capacity by the pandemic, child protection services have largely been disrupted and there is very little consistency on a state-to-state level, APSAC officials said.
For now, advocates are hoping to include provisions that specifically address child protection needs in the next Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—which won’t be presented to Congress for some time, if ever.
Kiersten Stewart, the director of public policy and advocacy for Futures Without Violence, told Huffington Post:
“Additional resources to help vulnerable children and families is our number one ask for the next CARES bill. “
In the meantime, APSAC head Rosenzweig stressed the need for healthy adults to play a positive role in the lives of children they are close to. She said:
“If there is a child or parent you love, call those kids and spend a half an hour on the phone or FaceTime. Give the kids another grown-up to talk to. If all of us do that, we’re going to give parents a break and we may find a kid out there that needs our help.”
However, the positive intervention of civil society and social services remain important in addressing the problem. Stressing the important of a new CARES bill that supports the prevention of sexual violence, Stewart said:
“There was a mistaken view that if we just handle job loss and health care that it would solve all of the potential child abuse problems and that’s just not true. More still needs to be done and it needs to be done intentionally to support families and children.”
A4: RAINN has info for parents on warning signs, starting the sexual abuse conversation with children, and more: https://t.co/p9aejqprRr We also developed comics especially for children: https://t.co/d2ikrUqiDd #NCAPM #SAAPM https://t.co/PF1yp2SblK pic.twitter.com/cIKuxAcL5G — RAINN (@RAINN) April 6, 2020
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-04-12--The Bio Lab In China Got US Funding! What You Should Know

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wearechange--2020-04-12--Explosive Report: Wuhan Bio Lab Captured Bats From Caves Traced to COVID-19, Had US Funding

Recent findings regarding the origin of COVID-19 continue to support our January reporting that the disease may have originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology – which was experimenting with bat coronavirus found to be 96 % genetically identical to COVID-19 .
On Saturday , the Daily Mail added an important piece to the puzzle ; the institute was experimenting on mammals captured over 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – which is particularly notable because genetic analysis of COVID-19 ’ s genome has traced it to horseshoe bats found in Yunnan ’ s caves .
Also disturbing is that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a $ 3.7 million grant from the US government .
The Mail on Sunday has learned that scientists there experimented on bats as part of a project funded by the US National Institutes of Health , which continues to licence the Wuhan laboratory to receive American money for experiments .
Results of the research were published in November 2017 under the heading : ‘ Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus.
’ The exercise was summarised as : ‘ Bats in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ captured and sampled for coronaviruses used for lab experiments .
All sampling procedures were performed by veterinarians with approval from the Animal Ethics Committee of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
’ –Daily Mail “ Bat samplings were conducted ten times from April 2011 to October 2015 at different seasons in their natural habitat at a single location ( cave ) in Kunming , Yunnan Province , China .
Bats were trapped and faecal swab samples were collected , ” the paper continues .
In April , 2018 , a similar study was published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin , ” which reveals “ Following a 2016 bat-related coronavirus outbreak on Chinese pig farms , bats were captured in a cave and samples were taken .
Experimenters grew the virus in a lab and injected it into three-day-old piglets .
Intestinal samples from sick piglets were ground up and fed to other piglets as well.
” According to the Mail , Senior Ministers can no longer rule out that the virus first spread to humans after leaking from a Wuhan laboratory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last week that Ministers here now fear that the pandemic could have been caused by a virus leaking from the institute .
Senior Government sources said that while ‘ the balance of scientific advice ’ was still that the deadly virus was first transmitted to humans from a live animal market in Wuhan , an accident at the laboratory in the Chinese city was ‘ no longer being discounted ’ .
According to one unverified claim , scientists at the institute could have become infected after being sprayed with blood containing the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the local community .
–Daily Mail Meanwhile , Cao Bin , a soon-to-be-disappeared doctor at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital has highlighted research showing that 13 of the first 41 patients diagnosed in Wuhan had zero contact with the ‘ wet market ’ commonly described as ground zero for the outbreak .
“ It seems clear that the seafood market is not the only origin of the virus , ” he said .
In response to news that the US was partially funding the institute , Rep. Matt Gaetz ( R-CA ) said “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for years the US government has been funding dangerous and cruel animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute , which may have contributed to the global spread of coronavirus , and research at other labs in China that have virtually no oversight from US authorities.
” We ’ re sure the Daily Mail will be banned from Twitter any moment now .

Recent findings regarding the origin of COVID-19 continue to support our January reporting that the disease may have originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology – which was experimenting with bat coronavirus found to be 96% genetically identical to COVID-19.
On Saturday, the Daily Mail added an important piece to the puzzle; the institute was experimenting on mammals captured over 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – which is particularly notable because genetic analysis of COVID-19’s genome has traced it to horseshoe bats found in Yunnan’s caves.
Also disturbing is that the lab had been operating in part on a $3.7 million grant from the US government.
The Mail on Sunday has learned that scientists there experimented on bats as part of a project funded by the US National Institutes of Health, which continues to licence the Wuhan laboratory to receive American money for experiments. Results of the research were published in November 2017 under the heading: ‘Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus.’ The exercise was summarised as: ‘Bats in a cave in Yunnan, China were captured and sampled for coronaviruses used for lab experiments. All sampling procedures were performed by veterinarians with approval from the Animal Ethics Committee of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.’ –Daily Mail
“Bat samplings were conducted ten times from April 2011 to October 2015 at different seasons in their natural habitat at a single location (cave) in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Bats were trapped and faecal swab samples were collected,” the paper continues.
In April, 2018, a similar study was published by the institute titled “fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin,” which reveals “Following a 2016 bat-related coronavirus outbreak on Chinese pig farms, bats were captured in a cave and samples were taken. Experimenters grew the virus in a lab and injected it into three-day-old piglets . Intestinal samples from sick piglets were ground up and fed to other piglets as well.”
According to the Mail, Senior Ministers can no longer rule out that the virus first spread to humans after leaking from a Wuhan laboratory.
It comes after this newspaper revealed last week that Ministers here now fear that the pandemic could have been caused by a virus leaking from the institute. Senior Government sources said that while ‘the balance of scientific advice’ was still that the deadly virus was first transmitted to humans from a live animal market in Wuhan, an accident at the laboratory in the Chinese city was ‘no longer being discounted’. According to one unverified claim, scientists at the institute could have become infected after being sprayed with blood containing the virus, and then passed it on to the local community. –Daily Mail
Meanwhile, Cao Bin, a soon-to-be-disappeared doctor at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital has highlighted research showing that 13 of the first 41 patients diagnosed in Wuhan had zero contact with the ‘wet market’ commonly described as ground zero for the outbreak. “It seems clear that the seafood market is not the only origin of the virus,” he said.
In response to news that the US was partially funding the institute, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-CA) said “I’m disgusted to learn that for years the US government has been funding dangerous and cruel animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute, which may have contributed to the global spread of coronavirus, and research at other labs in China that have virtually no oversight from US authorities.”
We’re sure the Daily Mail will be banned from Twitter any moment now.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-04-12--China Begins Mass Deletion of Online Research on Coronavirus Origins

From perfectly-natural Chinese bat-soup to American bio-engineered depopulation bombs , the origins of COVID-19 ( Kung Flu , the Chinese Virus , CCPandemic , or whatever name is no politically-correct ) remain a riddle , wrapped in a propagandized mystery , inside an increasingly opaque enigma of facts and fallacies .
However , one thing seems clear , as The Epoch Times specifically noted , the rumors aren ’ t by accident and are a one-way street from Chinese officials mouths to western media ’ s ears : The CCP has been actively engaging in a disinformation campaign , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the propaganda .
As a result , entire nations have been operating under false information as they try to battle the pandemic within their borders .
Many countries have accepted China ’ s narrative and “ they ’ re getting duped , ” Joshua Philipp said .
And just in case you were in any doubt about China ’ s efforts to hide the truth – whatever that truth may be – none other than the western establishment ’ s most righteous mouthpiece , The Guardian , is reporting that mass deletions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus suggest China ’ s efforts to control the narrative are escalating wildly : China is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus , in what is likely to be part of a wider attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic , documents published online by Chinese universities appear to show .
Two websites for leading Chinese universities appear to have recently published and then removed pages that reference a new policy requiring academic papers dealing with Covid-19 to undergo extra vetting before they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the origins of the virus is particularly sensitive and subject to checks by government officials , the notices posted on the websites of Fudan University and the China University of Geosciences ( Wuhan ) said .
Both the deleted pages were accessed from online caches .
From the beginning , the CCP has not been forthcoming : Additionally , Prof Steve Tsang , director of the SOAS China Institute in London , said the Chinese government had had a heavy focus on how the evolution and management of the virus is perceived since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ In terms of priority , controlling the narrative is more important than the public health or the economic fallout , ” he said .
“ It doesn ’ t mean the economy and public health aren ’ t important .
But the narrative is paramount.
” “ If these documents are authentic it would suggest the government really wants to control the narrative about the origins of Covid-19 very tightly , ” said Tsang of the reports of new regulations .
It goes deeper , however , as a separate document obtained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be independently verified , appears to be from the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and also said publication of research into the origins of Covid-19 would need approval from the science and technology ministry .
Another notice , which appears to have been published on 9 April by the school of information science and technology at Fudan University in Shanghai , called for “ strict and serious ” management of papers investigating the source of the outbreak .
A source who alerted the Guardian to cached versions of the websites , and who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said they were concerned by what appeared to be an attempt by Chinese authorities to intervene in the independence of the scientific process .
The person said researchers submitting academic papers on other medical topics did not have to vet their work with government ministries before seeking publication .
A technical analysis of the cached websites indicated that the posts were published on verified university websites before they were removed .
Finally , this escalation is notable in the context of comments from now outspoken China critic Kyle Bass , who tweeted : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if China is now anxiously deleting ( or banning before issuance ) any research on the origins of the deadly pandemic , it appears to be pretty clear what those origins are likely to have been… no matter how many people get permanently banned from social media for mentioning such a blasphemy .
Kevin Carrico , a senior research fellow of Chinese studies at Monash University , said :

From perfectly-natural Chinese bat-soup to American bio-engineered depopulation bombs, the origins of COVID-19 (Kung Flu, the Chinese Virus, CCPandemic, or whatever name is no politically-correct) remain a riddle, wrapped in a propagandized mystery, inside an increasingly opaque enigma of facts and fallacies.
However, one thing seems clear, as The Epoch Times specifically noted, the rumors aren’t by accident and are a one-way street from Chinese officials mouths to western media’s ears: The CCP has been actively engaging in a disinformation campaign, and media outlets around the world have parroted the propaganda. As a result, entire nations have been operating under false information as they try to battle the pandemic within their borders.
Many countries have accepted China’s narrative and “they’re getting duped,” Joshua Philipp said.
“And, of course, this is because they don’t understand the Chinese Communist Party, they don’t understand how [the CCP] works, and, even as we speak right now, the Chinese Communist Party is claiming it’s over in China when it’s not.”
And just in case you were in any doubt about China’s efforts to hide the truth – whatever that truth may be – none other than the western establishment’s most righteous mouthpiece, The Guardian, is reporting that mass deletions of online research related to the origins of the coronavirus suggest China’s efforts to control the narrative are escalating wildly:
China is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus, in what is likely to be part of a wider attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic, documents published online by Chinese universities appear to show. Two websites for leading Chinese universities appear to have recently published and then removed pages that reference a new policy requiring academic papers dealing with Covid-19 to undergo extra vetting before they are submitted for publication. Research on the origins of the virus is particularly sensitive and subject to checks by government officials, the notices posted on the websites of Fudan University and the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) said. Both the deleted pages were accessed from online caches.
From the beginning, the CCP has not been forthcoming:
“We don’t know what’s there, but the fact that the Communist Party is covering this up should trouble us deeply,” China affairs columnist Gordon Chang said.
Additionally, Prof Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute in London, said the Chinese government had had a heavy focus on how the evolution and management of the virus is perceived since the early days of the outbreak.
“In terms of priority, controlling the narrative is more important than the public health or the economic fallout,” he said. “It doesn’t mean the economy and public health aren’t important. But the narrative is paramount.” “If these documents are authentic it would suggest the government really wants to control the narrative about the origins of Covid-19 very tightly,” said Tsang of the reports of new regulations.
It goes deeper, however, as a separate document obtained by the Guardian, which could not be independently verified, appears to be from the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and also said publication of research into the origins of Covid-19 would need approval from the science and technology ministry.
Another notice, which appears to have been published on 9 April by the school of information science and technology at Fudan University in Shanghai, called for “strict and serious” management of papers investigating the source of the outbreak.
A source who alerted the Guardian to cached versions of the websites, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they were concerned by what appeared to be an attempt by Chinese authorities to intervene in the independence of the scientific process. The person said researchers submitting academic papers on other medical topics did not have to vet their work with government ministries before seeking publication.
A technical analysis of the cached websites indicated that the posts were published on verified university websites before they were removed.
As The Guardian’s Beijing bureau chief Lily Kuo tweeted:
“Where the coronavirus originated is becoming more and more political…”
Finally, this escalation is notable in the context of comments from now outspoken China critic Kyle Bass, who tweeted:
“Secretary Xi is in trouble within China. According to my sources within, the party elite want Xi gone. The Guangdong elite (Uncle Deng’s family) are beginning to rattle the cages of change against the supposed ’emperor for life’. #XiJinping #china #ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied”
And, to be brutally frank, if China is now anxiously deleting (or banning before issuance) any research on the origins of the deadly pandemic, it appears to be pretty clear what those origins are likely to have been… no matter how many people get permanently banned from social media for mentioning such a blasphemy.
Kevin Carrico, a senior research fellow of Chinese studies at Monash University, said:
“There is a desire to a degree to deny realities that are staring at us in the face… that this is a massive pandemic that originated in a place that the Chinese government really should have cleaned up after SARS.”
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-04-11--“Papers, Please!”: Dr. Fauci Agrees Gates’ “COVID Immunity Card” Idea “Has Merit”

Talks of COVID immunity cards have certainly been a hot subject in the last several weeks from high-ranking Western officials .
It could be the means to reopen crashed economies seen across Europe and the US .
Dr. Anthony Fauci , America ’ s top infectious disease expert , told CNN “ New Day ” host Alisyn Camerota that people could soon carry ‘ cards ’ proving their immunity to COVID-19 .
“ Can you imagine a time where Americans carry certificates of immunity ?
” Camerota asked Fauci during an interview Friday .
“ It ’ s one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we want to make sure that we know who the vulnerable people are and not.
” He continued , “ This is something that ’ s being discussed .
I think it might actually have some merit , under certain circumstances.
” The rollout of immunity cards would be dependent on the success of antibody testing , which could be unveiled in April : We noted the proposal of immunity cards first appeared in Europe , with Germany , Italy , and the UK all calling for some form of documentation that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease to travel freely .
Imagine stepping into an airport , and an official says , “ papers please !
” – while referring to a passport , you might also need your COVID immunity card .
Talk of these specialized health passports surfaced in American politics several weeks ago when House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart called on Tennessee Gov .
Bill Lee to implement an “ Immunity Certificate ” for first responders and healthcare professionals .
Last week , Senator Bill Cassidy pitched the creation of an online registry that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ negative .
And for more confirmation that immunity passports are going to be the next big thing in the Western world , or maybe across the globe .
Here is Bill Gates on March 24 , giving a 50-minute interview to Chris Anderson , the Curator of TED , the non-profit that runs the TED Talks .
Right at 34:14 , Gates discussed how the future in a post-corona world would be .
He said : We ’ ve noted , immunity passes and “ intermittent lockdowns ” could become a reality in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for some time -– as the virologists at JPMorgan believe the virus could unfold in several waves , similar to 1918 Spanish flu pandemic .
“ Here , JPM believes that next waves could be at a smaller amplitude with lower mortality rate potential compared to the current first wave .
This is due to ( 1 ) strong risk awareness among stakeholders ; ( 2 ) faster government response potential at the infection tipping point ; and ( 3 ) enhanced risk manual at the containment stage .
However , even a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 3 and 4 ) , suggest that ongoing economic shutdowns will be a recurring feature of life for quarters if not years !
” we said last week .
And as Gates said : “ So eventually there will be this digital immunity proof that will help facilitate the global reopening up.
” It appears Fauci and Gates are on the same page .
In a post-corona world , the surveillance state will thrive as your freedoms erode .
Big Brother is watching you , and the new means of control is @ @ @ @

Talks of COVID immunity cards have certainly been a hot subject in the last several weeks from high-ranking Western officials. It could be the means to reopen crashed economies seen across Europe and the US.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, told CNN “New Day” host Alisyn Camerota that people could soon carry ‘cards’ proving their immunity to COVID-19.
“Can you imagine a time where Americans carry certificates of immunity?” Camerota asked Fauci during an interview Friday.
“You know, that’s possible,” Fauci responded.
“It’s one of those things that we talk about when we want to make sure that we know who the vulnerable people are and not.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Within a period of a week or so, we’re going to have a rather large number of [antibody] tests that are available.”https://t.co/Klsiktp7fq pic.twitter.com/9LdH5CHOFc — New Day (@NewDay) April 10, 2020
He continued, “This is something that’s being discussed. I think it might actually have some merit, under certain circumstances.”
The rollout of immunity cards would be dependent on the success of antibody testing, which could be unveiled in April:
“If their antibody test is positive, one can formulate strategies about whether or not they would be at risk or vulnerable to getting re-infected,” Fauci said.
We noted the proposal of immunity cards first appeared in Europe, with Germany, Italy, and the UK all calling for some form of documentation that would allow people who were immune to the disease to travel freely. Imagine stepping into an airport, and an official says, “papers please!” – while referring to a passport, you might also need your COVID immunity card.
Talk of these specialized health passports surfaced in American politics several weeks ago when House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to implement an “Immunity Certificate” for first responders and healthcare professionals. Last week, Senator Bill Cassidy pitched the creation of an online registry that would help to identify who tested positive and negative.
And for more confirmation that immunity passports are going to be the next big thing in the Western world, or maybe across the globe. Here is Bill Gates on March 24, giving a 50-minute interview to Chris Anderson, the Curator of TED, the non-profit that runs the TED Talks.
Right at 34:14, Gates discussed how the future in a post-corona world would be. He said:
Eventually what we’ll have to have is certificates of who’s a recovered person, who’s a vaccinated person… …Because you don’t want people moving around the world where you’ll have some countries that won’t have it under control, sadly.
We’ve noted, immunity passes and “intermittent lockdowns” could become a reality in the months or quarters ahead and last for some time -– as the virologists at JPMorgan believe the virus could unfold in several waves, similar to 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
“Here, JPM believes that next waves could be at a smaller amplitude with lower mortality rate potential compared to the current first wave. This is due to (1) strong risk awareness among stakeholders; (2) faster government response potential at the infection tipping point; and (3) enhanced risk manual at the containment stage. However, even a substantially reduced amplitude of wave 2 (and 3 and 4), suggest that ongoing economic shutdowns will be a recurring feature of life for quarters if not years!” we said last week.
And as Gates said: “So eventually there will be this digital immunity proof that will help facilitate the global reopening up.” It appears Fauci and Gates are on the same page.
In a post-corona world, the surveillance state will thrive as your freedoms erode. Big Brother is watching you, and the new means of control is through immunity cards.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-04-11--Is A Bigger Conflict Ahead? History Says Yes

Will the economic downturn lead to war ?
Why the HECK is the Stock Market RISING Right Now ?
Today @ @ @ @ @ John Sneisen ( The Economic Truth ) dive into why the stock market is rising @ @ @ @ @ doing worse .
When Will I Get My STIMULUS CHECK ?
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You Probably @ @ @ @ @ , Luke and returning guest John Sneisen ( The Economic Truth ) address one of @ @ @ @ @ concerns : When they ’ ll get their stimulus check .

Will the economic downturn lead to war?
Why the HECK is the Stock Market RISING Right Now?
Today, Luke and recurring guest John Sneisen (The Economic Truth) dive into why the stock market is rising despite other economic factors all doing worse.
When Will I Get My STIMULUS CHECK??? You Probably Won’t!
Today, Luke and returning guest John Sneisen (The Economic Truth) address one of American’s most prevalent concerns: When they’ll get their stimulus check.


wearechange--2020-04-11--Snowden: Governments Using Pandemic to Build “Architecture of Oppression” Surveillance

In addition to quarantines and lockdowns , some governments like those in China , Taiwan , and South Korea have been using a surveillance strategy called “ contact tracing ” to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus .
While each country ’ s contact tracing program has slight variations , all of them are essentially cell phone apps that keep a running record of the user ’ s heath and the health records of all the people they come into contact with .
If a cell phone comes in close contact with someone who might have the virus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them and then instructing them to self-quarantine for 14 days .
However , the quarantine is not necessarily voluntary , depending on where you live .
In some countries , phones have been used as a sort of house arrest ankle-bracelet that will notify authorities if the person being monitored leaves the house for any reason .
These apps are being touted as the way to end the shut down in both Italy and the UK and it appears that officials are going to be taking things in that direction .
At face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be a useful strategy in preventing the spread of disease , but privacy advocates and tech experts are concerned that this information could be misused and that the unprecedented surveillance capabilities could be kept and held by corrupt governments long after the pandemic is over .
In a recent interview with Vice , NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden expressed his concerns about the coming surveillance program , calling it the “ architecture of oppression.
” Snowden recognized that the virus was a serious threat and said that the intelligence community was well aware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time before a massive pandemic crippled the country , even back when he was working in the NSA .
“ There is nothing more foreseeable as a public health crisis in a world where we are just living on top of each other in crowded and polluted cities , than a pandemic .
And every academic , every researcher who ’ s looked at this knew this was coming .
And in fact , even intelligence agencies , I can tell you firsthand , because they used to read the reports had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Snowden questioned the positive numbers that have come out of China in recent weeks and pointed out that the Chinese government has been credited with reducing the spread of the illness because they took such draconian measures during the lockdown .
Perhaps their extreme strategy is not working as well as they say it is , but since the government maintained tight control of any information coming out of the country , it is impossible to say for sure .
In a statement published on Friday , Apple and Google announced that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partnership to develop compatible contact tracing apps , which they claim will work on an “ opt-in ” basis .
However , according to Bloomberg , the companies are planning to eventually build the contact tracing into the device ’ s updates .
Apple and Google insist that you will still be able to opt-out of the program if you don ’ t want to participate , but it is possible that rankings on these apps could be used to gain entry into grocery stores or larger businesses and events once the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spreads , as emergency laws proliferate , as we sacrifice our rights , we also sacrifice our capability to arrest the slide into a less liberal and less free world , ” Snowden warned .

In addition to quarantines and lockdowns, some governments like those in China, Taiwan, and South Korea have been using a surveillance strategy called “contact tracing” to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus.
While each country’s contact tracing program has slight variations, all of them are essentially cell phone apps that keep a running record of the user’s heath and the health records of all the people they come into contact with.
If a cell phone comes in close contact with someone who might have the virus, the user receives a text message informing them and then instructing them to self-quarantine for 14 days.
However, the quarantine is not necessarily voluntary, depending on where you live. In some countries, phones have been used as a sort of house arrest ankle-bracelet that will notify authorities if the person being monitored leaves the house for any reason.
These apps are being touted as the way to end the shut down in both Italy and the UK and it appears that officials are going to be taking things in that direction.
At face value, it may appear that this could be a useful strategy in preventing the spread of disease, but privacy advocates and tech experts are concerned that this information could be misused and that the unprecedented surveillance capabilities could be kept and held by corrupt governments long after the pandemic is over.
In a recent interview with Vice, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden expressed his concerns about the coming surveillance program, calling it the “architecture of oppression.”
“Do you truly believe that when the first wave, this second wave, the 16th wave of the coronavirus is a long-forgotten memory, that these capabilities will not be kept? That these datasets will not be kept? No matter how it is being used, what’ is being built is the architecture of oppression,” Snowden said.
Snowden recognized that the virus was a serious threat and said that the intelligence community was well aware that it was only a matter of time before a massive pandemic crippled the country, even back when he was working in the NSA.
“There is nothing more foreseeable as a public health crisis in a world where we are just living on top of each other in crowded and polluted cities, than a pandemic. And every academic, every researcher who’s looked at this knew this was coming. And in fact, even intelligence agencies, I can tell you firsthand, because they used to read the reports had been planning for pandemics,” he said.
Snowden questioned the positive numbers that have come out of China in recent weeks and pointed out that the Chinese government has been credited with reducing the spread of the illness because they took such draconian measures during the lockdown.
Perhaps their extreme strategy is not working as well as they say it is, but since the government maintained tight control of any information coming out of the country, it is impossible to say for sure.
“If you’re looking at countries like China, where cases seem to have leveled off, how much can we trust that those numbers are actually true? I don’t think we can. Particularly, we see the Chinese government recently working to expel Western journalists at precisely this moment where we need credible independent warnings in this region,” Snowden said.
In a statement published on Friday, Apple and Google announced that they were teaming up in a rare partnership to develop compatible contact tracing apps, which they claim will work on an “opt-in” basis.
However, according to Bloomberg, the companies are planning to eventually build the contact tracing into the device’s updates.
Apple and Google insist that you will still be able to opt-out of the program if you don’t want to participate, but it is possible that rankings on these apps could be used to gain entry into grocery stores or larger businesses and events once the economy opens up again.
“As authoritarianism spreads, as emergency laws proliferate, as we sacrifice our rights, we also sacrifice our capability to arrest the slide into a less liberal and less free world,” Snowden warned.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-04-10--Papers Please! The Bigger Threat Might Be Government Now

Get ready to show your papers !
This won ’ t end well… Hedge Fund Billionaire Wants to STOP Bailing @ @ @ @ @ Tim remind us that unstable economic times also mean unstable social and political times .
@ @ @ @ @ ?
Underplayed or OVERHYPED ?
Luke and Tim get into some of the contradictory and @ @ @ @ @ .

Get ready to show your papers! This won’t end well…
Hedge Fund Billionaire Wants to STOP Bailing Out Other Billionaires
Luke and Tim remind us that unstable economic times also mean unstable social and political times.
How Bad Is It REALLY? Underplayed or OVERHYPED?
Luke and Tim get into some of the contradictory and misinformation circulating about the sickness.


wearechange--2020-04-10--Drone Footage Captures Workers in Hazmat Suits Burying Rows of Coffins on NYC’s Hart Island

It ’ s no secret that New York City morgues are running out of room amid the coronavirus pandemic that has completely transformed The City That Never Sleeps .
Refrigerated trucks line the streets surrounding some hospitals in the city as nearby residents watch body after body being brought out from the chaotic hospitals and into the cold trucks in an eerie illustration of the sharp contrast between the fight for one ’ s life and losing the battle .
After death , bodies are typically held in refrigerated storage for up to 30 days as they await being claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to its website , the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ( OCME ) will hold remains for only 14 days in what is yet another clue as to just how overwhelmed the city truly is .
Unclaimed or unidentified remains are buried on New York City ’ s Hart Island with the present situation reportedly being of no exception .
Disturbing rumors swirled on Monday after the chairman of the New York City Council health committee , Mark D. Levine , said on Twitter that temporary mass graves in public parks were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s tweet followed statements made by Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Monday news conference indicating that temporary burials were being considered in the event that city and hospital morgues became completely overwhelmed .
“ If we need to do temporary burials to be able to tide us over to pass the crisis , and then work with each family on their appropriate arrangements , we have the ability to do that , ” de Blasio said .
“ We may well be dealing with temporary burials so we can deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s mayor emphasized on Monday that rumors of using city parks for burials were “ totally false , ” adding , “ There will never , ever be anything like ‘ mass graves ’ or ‘ mass internment ’ in New York City ever.
” City Cemetery is located on Hart Island , an island located in Bronx with an unsettling and long history .
While the island may be small , measuring in at about 1 mile long and 0.33 miles wide , the remains of more than one million people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Hart Island has served as the location for United States Colored Troops training grounds , a prison camp , a tuberculosis sanatorium , a homeless shelter , a psychiatric institution , a jail , a drug rehabilitation center , a potter ’ s field , and more .
The first burials recorded on the island occurred during the American Civil War .
During World War II , the island ’ s prison population was moved to Rikers Island where it continues to be housed today .
The cemetery originally occupied one third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cemetery occupies 131 acres in what is one of the largest mass graves in the United States and the largest tax-funded cemetery in the country .
Inmates from Rikers Island are paid 50 cents per hour to bury bodies in trenches on Hart Island .
Babies , who are buried in coffins , are placed in groups of 1,000—around 20 rows that are five coffins deep .
Adults are buried in pine boxes that are placed in groups of 150—two rows that are three coffins deep .
Amputated body parts are also buried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s field was run by the New York City Department of Correction until last year when jurisdiction was transferred to the city ’ s Department of Parks and Recreation .
A March 31 report from the Intercept claimed that Rikers prisoners were being offered $ 6 an hour and personal protective equipment ( PPE ) to dig graves on the island .
According to the report , a spokesperson for the office of the mayor confirmed the claim but called the arrangement not “ Covid-specific.
” However , the sharp increase in hourly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different picture .
In 2008 , the OCME selected Hart Island as a site for mass burials in the event of a flu pandemic .
The 2008 Pandemic Influenza Surge Plan For Managing In- and Out-of-Hospital Deaths notes that the OCME will hold bodies “ for approximately 14 days before directing a City burial , which is typically conducted at Hart Island.
” The plan also indicates that the OCME “ will arrange to have Body Collection Points ( BCPs ) placed at eligible HCFs , to temporarily increase their storage capacity.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing in New York City right now .
The plan notes that “ a significant number of decedents will not have a known identity.
” According to the plan , the OCME “ will direct temporary interment at the Hart Island Cemetery ” when RSFs are at or near capacity and additional cold storage units are unavailable .
As of 2007 , the island had two sites able to accommodate 19,200 bodies as well as undeveloped sites if needed .
The third tier approach involves utilizing public and private cemeteries for temporary burials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporary mass burial method .
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across much of the world , stressing some hospitals to the breaking point , drone footage has surfaced showing bodies being buried in mass graves on Hart Island .
While it remains unclear whether these burials are as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic , it isn ’ t a stretch to assume a connection despite de Blasio ’ s previous statement that “ there will never , ever be anything like ‘ mass graves ’ , ” especially considering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usual 25 per week to about 24 per day .
The chilling footage shows pine boxes being buried in a trench by workers wearing what appear to be hazmat suits .
Despite previous reports , the city has hired contract laborers rather than employ Rikers Island inmates to do the work .
Jason Kersten , a spokesman for the Department of Correction , said : On Thursday a refrigerated truck containing about 24 bodies was seen arriving to the island on a barge .
Also on Thursday , New York City reported its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % over the previous day .

It’s no secret that New York City morgues are running out of room amid the coronavirus pandemic that has completely transformed The City That Never Sleeps. Refrigerated trucks line the streets surrounding some hospitals in the city as nearby residents watch body after body being brought out from the chaotic hospitals and into the cold trucks in an eerie illustration of the sharp contrast between the fight for one’s life and losing the battle.
After death, bodies are typically held in refrigerated storage for up to 30 days as they await being claimed by family. But now, according to its website, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) will hold remains for only 14 days in what is yet another clue as to just how overwhelmed the city truly is.
Unclaimed or unidentified remains are buried on New York City’s Hart Island with the present situation reportedly being of no exception.
Disturbing rumors swirled on Monday after the chairman of the New York City Council health committee, Mark D. Levine, said on Twitter that temporary mass graves in public parks were being considered as an option. Levine’s tweet followed statements made by Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Monday news conference indicating that temporary burials were being considered in the event that city and hospital morgues became completely overwhelmed.
“If we need to do temporary burials to be able to tide us over to pass the crisis, and then work with each family on their appropriate arrangements, we have the ability to do that,” de Blasio said. “We may well be dealing with temporary burials so we can deal with each family later.”
New York City’s mayor emphasized on Monday that rumors of using city parks for burials were “totally false,” adding, “There will never, ever be anything like ‘mass graves’ or ‘mass internment’ in New York City ever.”
“ If a decedent has not been claimed within 14 days, the decedent will be transferred for temporary interment at City Cemetery .” According to Business Insider, hospitals can determine their own time limits for storage of unclaimed bodies, leaving room for even shorter storage times. However, OCME’s website states:If a decedent has not been claimed within 14 days, the decedent will be transferred for temporary interment at City Cemetery
City Cemetery is located on Hart Island, an island located in Bronx with an unsettling and long history. While the island may be small, measuring in at about 1 mile long and 0.33 miles wide, the remains of more than one million people are buried there.
Throughout its history, Hart Island has served as the location for United States Colored Troops training grounds, a prison camp, a tuberculosis sanatorium, a homeless shelter, a psychiatric institution, a jail, a drug rehabilitation center, a potter’s field, and more. The first burials recorded on the island occurred during the American Civil War. During World War II, the island’s prison population was moved to Rikers Island where it continues to be housed today.
The cemetery originally occupied one third of the island. Today, the cemetery occupies 131 acres in what is one of the largest mass graves in the United States and the largest tax-funded cemetery in the country.
Inmates from Rikers Island are paid 50 cents per hour to bury bodies in trenches on Hart Island. Babies, who are buried in coffins, are placed in groups of 1,000—around 20 rows that are five coffins deep. Adults are buried in pine boxes that are placed in groups of 150—two rows that are three coffins deep. Amputated body parts are also buried on the island.
The potter’s field was run by the New York City Department of Correction until last year when jurisdiction was transferred to the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
A March 31 report from the Intercept claimed that Rikers prisoners were being offered $6 an hour and personal protective equipment (PPE) to dig graves on the island. According to the report, a spokesperson for the office of the mayor confirmed the claim but called the arrangement not “Covid-specific.” However, the sharp increase in hourly pay and promise of PPE paints a different picture.
In 2008, the OCME selected Hart Island as a site for mass burials in the event of a flu pandemic. The 2008 Pandemic Influenza Surge Plan For Managing In- and Out-of-Hospital Deaths notes that the OCME will hold bodies “for approximately 14 days before directing a City burial, which is typically conducted at Hart Island.”
The plan also indicates that the OCME “will arrange to have Body Collection Points (BCPs) placed at eligible HCFs, to temporarily increase their storage capacity.” Which is not unlike what we are seeing in New York City right now. The plan notes that “a significant number of decedents will not have a known identity.”
According to the plan, the OCME “will direct temporary interment at the Hart Island Cemetery” when RSFs are at or near capacity and additional cold storage units are unavailable. As of 2007, the island had two sites able to accommodate 19,200 bodies as well as undeveloped sites if needed.
The third tier approach involves utilizing public and private cemeteries for temporary burials using the Department of Defense’s temporary mass burial method.
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across much of the world, stressing some hospitals to the breaking point, drone footage has surfaced showing bodies being buried in mass graves on Hart Island. While it remains unclear whether these burials are as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, it isn’t a stretch to assume a connection despite de Blasio’s previous statement that “there will never, ever be anything like ‘mass graves’,” especially considering the sharp increase in burials from the usual 25 per week to about 24 per day.
This drone footage captures NYC workers burying bodies in a mass grave on Hart Island, just off the coast of the Bronx. For over a century, the island has served as a potter’s field for deceased with no known next of kin or families unable to pay for funerals. pic.twitter.com/wBVIGlX6aK — NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 9, 2020
The chilling footage shows pine boxes being buried in a trench by workers wearing what appear to be hazmat suits. Despite previous reports, the city has hired contract laborers rather than employ Rikers Island inmates to do the work.
Jason Kersten, a spokesman for the Department of Correction, said:
“They added two new trenches in case we need them. For social distancing and safety reasons, city-sentenced people in custody are not assisting in burials for the duration of the pandemic.”
On Thursday a refrigerated truck containing about 24 bodies was seen arriving to the island on a barge.
Also on Thursday, New York City reported its 4,778th death, an increase of 12% over the previous day.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-04-16--Attorney General Barr Quietly Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Families of Victims

Months after President Donald Trump promised to open FBI files to help families of the 9/11 victims in a civil lawsuit against the Saudi government , the Justice Department has doubled down on its claim that the information is a state secret .
In a series of filings just before a midnight court deadline on Monday , the attorney general , William Barr ; the acting director of national intelligence , Richard Grenell ; and other senior officials insisted to a federal judge in the civil case that further disclosures about Saudi connections to the 9/11 plot would imperil national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court filings that even its justification for that secrecy needed to remain secret .
Four statements to the court by FBI and Justice Department officials were filed under seal so they could not be seen by the public .
An additional five , including one from the CIA , were shared only with the judge and can not be read even by the plaintiffs ’ lawyers .
Barr insisted to the court that public discussion of the issue “ would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What the various security agencies are trying to hide remains a mystery .
Since the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 , their primary focus has been on the relationship between the hijackers and relatively low-level Saudi officials .
Those include at least two Saudis who crossed paths in Southern California with the first two Al Qaeda operatives who were sent to the United States by Osama bin Laden in January 2000 .
Yet the broad outlines of the hijackers ’ connections to those two Saudi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Los Angeles consulate and a suspected Saudi spy living as an exchange student in San Diego — have been publicly known for years .
The FBI shared thousands of pages of its files on the plot with the bipartisan 9/11 Commission , which explored them in its 2004 report .
“ The extraordinary lengths that they ’ re going to here suggest that there must be some deep , dark secret that they ’ re still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years , ” said a lawyer for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But who are they protecting ?
Something might be a Saudi government secret .
But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time ?
” The Justice Department has declassified some information about the Saudi role in 9/11 and shared it with lawyers for the plaintiffs under a protective order that allows them to read it but not make it public .
But the department has not asked the lawyers to obtain security clearances to view other material , as is fairly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and foreign citizens whose constitutional rights are at issue .
The chorus of senior national security officials who wrote in support of the Trump administration ’ s secrets claim appeared to respond in part to Justice Department guidelines set down by the Obama administration in 2009 .
Those rules were intended to restrain overly aggressive use of the privilege , which the administration of George W. Bush had often cited after 9/11 to block legal challenges to its policies on torture , extraordinary rendition and warrantless surveillance .
Barr cited those more restrictive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court , noting that they prohibited the government from asserting a state secrets claim in order to conceal illegalities or potential embarrassment .
He assured the magistrate judge in the case , Sarah Netburn , that those guidelines had been met .
At a ceremonial gathering at the White House last Sept. 11 , representatives of the families of those killed in the attacks repeatedly asked Trump for fuller access to the FBI ’ s secret files in the case .
According to more than a half-dozen people who were at the meeting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would help .
“ He looked us in the eye on 9/11 , he shook our hands in the White House and said , ‘ I ’ m going to help you — it ’ s done , ’ ” recalled one of those present , Brett Eagleson , a banker whose father was killed in the World Trade Center .
“ I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing .
He ’ s too beholden to the Saudis.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment on the families ’ characterizations of the meeting .
One day after that encounter , Justice Department officials agreed to release the name of one mid-level Saudi religious official who had been tied to the case in an FBI document that had been partially declassified earlier .
At the same time , however , Barr asserted the state secrets privilege to protect other FBI documents sought by the families .
The latest flurry of statements supporting that claim responded to challenges from the plaintiffs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States and the Saudi kingdom has survived countless moments of tension , it has frayed in recent months in ways that could prove helpful to plaintiffs in the 9/11 lawsuit .
In recent weeks , Republican senators from states that have been hard hit by the collapse of world oil prices have criticized the Saudi government with growing intensity .
On March 25 , before the Trump administration negotiated a cut in Saudi oil production , Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska cited the law under which the 9/11 families were allowed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the levers of pressure that the United States could use if the kingdom did not take account of American concerns .
In a letter on Monday , three other influential senators asked the Justice Department ’ s inspector general to examine in depth why the FBI has refused to disclose more information about Saudi connections to the plot in response to a subpoena filed by the 9/11 families in 2018 .
Those senators , Charles Grassley , the Iowa Republican , and two Democrats , minority leader Charles Schumer of New York and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent investigative report by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine that raised new questions about the FBI ’ s inquiry into the Saudi role in the attacks .
“ The September 11 attacks represent a singular and defining tragedy in the history of our Nation , ” the senators wrote to the Justice Department inspector general , Michael Horowitz .
“ Nearly 20 years later , the 9/11 families and the American public still have not received the full and transparent accounting of the potential sources of support for those attacks to @ @ @ @ @ @

Months after President Donald Trump promised to open FBI files to help families of the 9/11 victims in a civil lawsuit against the Saudi government, the Justice Department has doubled down on its claim that the information is a state secret.
In a series of filings just before a midnight court deadline on Monday, the attorney general, William Barr; the acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell; and other senior officials insisted to a federal judge in the civil case that further disclosures about Saudi connections to the 9/11 plot would imperil national security.
But the administration insisted in court filings that even its justification for that secrecy needed to remain secret. Four statements to the court by FBI and Justice Department officials were filed under seal so they could not be seen by the public. An additional five, including one from the CIA, were shared only with the judge and cannot be read even by the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Barr insisted to the court that public discussion of the issue “would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent.”
What the various security agencies are trying to hide remains a mystery.
Since the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017, their primary focus has been on the relationship between the hijackers and relatively low-level Saudi officials. Those include at least two Saudis who crossed paths in Southern California with the first two Al Qaeda operatives who were sent to the United States by Osama bin Laden in January 2000.
Yet the broad outlines of the hijackers’ connections to those two Saudi officials — a diplomat at the kingdom’s Los Angeles consulate and a suspected Saudi spy living as an exchange student in San Diego — have been publicly known for years. The FBI shared thousands of pages of its files on the plot with the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, which explored them in its 2004 report.
“The extraordinary lengths that they’re going to here suggest that there must be some deep, dark secret that they’re still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years,” said a lawyer for the families, Steven Pounian. “But who are they protecting? Something might be a Saudi government secret. But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time?”
The Justice Department has declassified some information about the Saudi role in 9/11 and shared it with lawyers for the plaintiffs under a protective order that allows them to read it but not make it public. But the department has not asked the lawyers to obtain security clearances to view other material, as is fairly common in national security cases involving American and foreign citizens whose constitutional rights are at issue.
The chorus of senior national security officials who wrote in support of the Trump administration’s secrets claim appeared to respond in part to Justice Department guidelines set down by the Obama administration in 2009. Those rules were intended to restrain overly aggressive use of the privilege, which the administration of George W. Bush had often cited after 9/11 to block legal challenges to its policies on torture, extraordinary rendition and warrantless surveillance.
Barr cited those more restrictive guidelines in his statement to the district court, noting that they prohibited the government from asserting a state secrets claim in order to conceal illegalities or potential embarrassment. He assured the magistrate judge in the case, Sarah Netburn, that those guidelines had been met.
At a ceremonial gathering at the White House last Sept. 11, representatives of the families of those killed in the attacks repeatedly asked Trump for fuller access to the FBI’s secret files in the case. According to more than a half-dozen people who were at the meeting, he assured several of them he would help.
“He looked us in the eye on 9/11, he shook our hands in the White House and said, ‘I’m going to help you — it’s done,’” recalled one of those present, Brett Eagleson, a banker whose father was killed in the World Trade Center. “I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing. He’s too beholden to the Saudis.”
The White House press office did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment on the families’ characterizations of the meeting. One day after that encounter, Justice Department officials agreed to release the name of one mid-level Saudi religious official who had been tied to the case in an FBI document that had been partially declassified earlier. At the same time, however, Barr asserted the state secrets privilege to protect other FBI documents sought by the families. The latest flurry of statements supporting that claim responded to challenges from the plaintiffs.
Although the close alliance between the United States and the Saudi kingdom has survived countless moments of tension, it has frayed in recent months in ways that could prove helpful to plaintiffs in the 9/11 lawsuit.
In recent weeks, Republican senators from states that have been hard hit by the collapse of world oil prices have criticized the Saudi government with growing intensity. On March 25, before the Trump administration negotiated a cut in Saudi oil production, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska cited the law under which the 9/11 families were allowed to sue the Saudi government as one of the levers of pressure that the United States could use if the kingdom did not take account of American concerns.
In a letter on Monday, three other influential senators asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to examine in depth why the FBI has refused to disclose more information about Saudi connections to the plot in response to a subpoena filed by the 9/11 families in 2018.
Those senators, Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican, and two Democrats, minority leader Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, cited a recent investigative report by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine that raised new questions about the FBI’s inquiry into the Saudi role in the attacks.
“The September 11 attacks represent a singular and defining tragedy in the history of our Nation,” the senators wrote to the Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz. “Nearly 20 years later, the 9/11 families and the American public still have not received the full and transparent accounting of the potential sources of support for those attacks to which they are entitled.”
Republished from ProPublica.org under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-04-16--Ghislaine Maxwell and Les Wexner Walk Free After Judge Upholds Epstein’s “Sweetheart Deal”

On Tuesday , a 2-1 majority rejected an appeal from one of the victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein which would have thrown out a non-prosecution agreement that provided immunity to Epstein , his aides , and unnamed “ co-conspirators.
” Epstein ’ s escapades became front page news in the summer of 2019 when he was arrested and faced charges for abusing dozens of young girls at his homes in Florida , New Mexico , New York , and Paris .
Epstein died of an alleged suicide on August 2019 while in custody on new sex-crime charges filed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overturn Epstein ’ s arrangement with Florida prosecutors was filed by Courtney Wild , who says she was sexually abused by Epstein at his Palm Beach mansion at the age of 14 .
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Wild ’ s appeal , stating that despite the government ’ s attempts at shielding Epstein from harm , the Crime Victims ’ Right Act ( CVRA ) does not allow for relief for victims who are mistreated by prosecutors prior to a formal charge being filed .
“ Claiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act , women abused by Epstein in their youth have been fighting in court since 2008 to overturn his and his aides ’ federal immunity , to obtain grand jury records and hold Florida public hearings where they can air their grievances against the Justice Department .
‘ Despite our sympathy for Ms. Wild and others like her , who suffered unspeakable horror at Epstein ’ s hands , only to be left in the dark—and , so it seems , affirmatively misled—by government lawyers , we find ourselves constrained to deny her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevin Newsom , an appointee of President Donald Trump , wrote for the majority.
” After the decision , Courtney Wild stated , “ The government intentionally misled the victims but found a way to get away with it by working with a child molester to get around the law .
The judges ruled in their favor .
How ?
” The two judges who ruled against Wild claimed that overturning the original non-prosecution agreement could potentially infringe on prosecutors and law enforcement officials decision making process if they feel their decisions may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Circuit Judge Frank Hull , the one dissenting vote , said the other judges decisions ignores the terms of the CVRA .
“ The majority ’ s contorted statutory interpretation materially revises the statute ’ s plain text and guts victims ’ rights under the CVRA .
Nothing , and I mean nothing , in the CVRA ’ s plain text requires the majority ’ s result , ” she wrote .
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Wild ’ s attorney Paul Cassell told Courthouse News that it ’ s “ clear that the [ Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even before an indictment is filed.
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Cassell said that Wild plans to file for an en banc rehearing before the full 11th Circuit .
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If that rehearing is rejected , the claim could eventually make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court .
Despite rejecting Wild ’ s appeal , the judges acknowledged that , “ mysteries still exist about how Epstein and his co-conspirators escaped federal prosecution for multiple sex-trafficking crimes against over 30 minor girls in Florida.
” This is not the first time the controversial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2008 , following Epstein ’ s plea agreement , attorney Bradley Edwards filed suit against the U.S. government claiming the feds failed to involve the victims in the settlement , an obligation required by the Crime Victims ’ Rights Act .
Edwards was one of the lawyers representing the women who brought the original suit against Epstein .
In 2015 , U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra sided with the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office and Epstein in asserting that 15,000 pages of documents must remain private .
The women behind the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connections helped him get his “ sweetheart ” prison deal .
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Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom was appointed by Donald Trump should not be ignored .
Trump was an associate of Epstein throughout the 1990 ’ s and the 2000 ’ s .
And after becoming President , Donald Trump appointed Alexander Acosta to U.S. Labor Secretary .
Acosta is the same attorney who helped seal Epstein ’ s non-prosecution agreement .
In the spring of 2017 , Acosta , who was at that time serving as the Miami @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and approved by the U.S. Congress .
When Acosta was questioned during his nomination hearing regarding his role in Epstein ’ s deal , he downplayed the collusion and claimed that there might not be enough evidence to convict Epstein .
Acosta also wrote that he was subject to “ a year-long assault on the prosecution and the prosecutors ” by “ an army of legal superstars ” who investigated him and his family looking for any way to disqualify him .
Whether he was a willing participant or strong armed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plea deal that allowed him to get away with the victimization of dozens of young girls .
In 2015 Politico reported that court documents released through litigation appeared to show prosecutors cooperating with Epstein ’ s lawyers to keep the deal secret .
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña used her personal Gmail account to suggest to one of Epstein ’ s lawyers that they file legal papers in a different jurisdiction as a way to “ hopefully cut the press coverage significantly.
” Villafaña told Epstein ’ s attorney that she would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all criminal liability and I will mention ‘ co-conspirators , ’ but I would prefer not to highlight for the judge all of the other crimes and all of the other persons that we could charge.
” Edwards and Paul Cassell filed a court document in response to the revelations , stating that “ the victims ’ allegations of a conspiracy between the Government and Epstein ’ s attorneys to conceal the existence of a broad non-prosecution agreement are not mere speculation , but appear to be well supported.
” The suspicion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons these women and Bradley Edwards have fought for this lawsuit for the last 12 years .
The closing of yet another case against Epstein and his co-conspirators will likely continue to fuel theories that Epstein was working for an as yet unnamed intelligence agency .

On Tuesday, a 2-1 majority rejected an appeal from one of the victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein which would have thrown out a non-prosecution agreement that provided immunity to Epstein, his aides, and unnamed “co-conspirators.”
Epstein’s escapades became front page news in the summer of 2019 when he was arrested and faced charges for abusing dozens of young girls at his homes in Florida, New Mexico, New York, and Paris. Epstein died of an alleged suicide on August 2019 while in custody on new sex-crime charges filed in New York.
The latest attempt to overturn Epstein’s arrangement with Florida prosecutors was filed by Courtney Wild, who says she was sexually abused by Epstein at his Palm Beach mansion at the age of 14. ???The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Wild’s appeal, stating that despite the government’s attempts at shielding Epstein from harm, the Crime Victims’ Right Act (CVRA) does not allow for relief for victims who are mistreated by prosecutors prior to a formal charge being filed.
Courthouse News reports:
“Claiming rampant violations of the Crime Victims Rights Act, women abused by Epstein in their youth have been fighting in court since 2008 to overturn his and his aides’ federal immunity, to obtain grand jury records and hold Florida public hearings where they can air their grievances against the Justice Department. ‘Despite our sympathy for Ms. Wild and others like her, who suffered unspeakable horror at Epstein’s hands, only to be left in the dark—and, so it seems, affirmatively misled—by government lawyers, we find ourselves constrained to deny her petition,’ U.S. Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote for the majority.”
After the decision, Courtney Wild stated, “The government intentionally misled the victims but found a way to get away with it by working with a child molester to get around the law. The judges ruled in their favor. How?”
The two judges who ruled against Wild claimed that overturning the original non-prosecution agreement could potentially infringe on prosecutors and law enforcement officials decision making process if they feel their decisions may be later overturned. Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Frank Hull, the one dissenting vote, said the other judges decisions ignores the terms of the CVRA. “The majority’s contorted statutory interpretation materially revises the statute’s plain text and guts victims’ rights under the CVRA. Nothing, and I mean nothing, in the CVRA’s plain text requires the majority’s result,” she wrote. ??
Wild’s attorney Paul Cassell told Courthouse News that it’s “clear that the [Act] as written by Congress can apply even before an indictment is filed.”?? Cassell said that Wild plans to file for an en banc rehearing before the full 11th Circuit. ??If that rehearing is rejected, the claim could eventually make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Despite rejecting Wild’s appeal, the judges acknowledged that, “mysteries still exist about how Epstein and his co-conspirators escaped federal prosecution for multiple sex-trafficking crimes against over 30 minor girls in Florida.”
A History of Cover Ups
This is not the first time the controversial plea deal has been discussed in court. In 2008, following Epstein’s plea agreement, attorney Bradley Edwards filed suit against the U.S. government claiming the feds failed to involve the victims in the settlement, an obligation required by the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Edwards was one of the lawyers representing the women who brought the original suit against Epstein.
In 2015, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra sided with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Epstein in asserting that 15,000 pages of documents must remain private. The women behind the suit state they believe Epstein’s connections helped him get his “sweetheart” prison deal.
The fact that U.S. Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom was appointed by Donald Trump should not be ignored. Trump was an associate of Epstein throughout the 1990’s and the 2000’s. And after becoming President, Donald Trump appointed Alexander Acosta to U.S. Labor Secretary. Acosta is the same attorney who helped seal Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement.
In the spring of 2017, Acosta, who was at that time serving as the Miami U.S. Attorney, was nominated by Donald Trump and approved by the U.S. Congress. When Acosta was questioned during his nomination hearing regarding his role in Epstein’s deal, he downplayed the collusion and claimed that there might not be enough evidence to convict Epstein.
Acosta also wrote that he was subject to “a year-long assault on the prosecution and the prosecutors” by “an army of legal superstars” who investigated him and his family looking for any way to disqualify him. Whether he was a willing participant or strong armed into the agreement, Acosta helped Epstein reach a plea deal that allowed him to get away with the victimization of dozens of young girls.
In 2015 Politico reported that court documents released through litigation appeared to show prosecutors cooperating with Epstein’s lawyers to keep the deal secret. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña used her personal Gmail account to suggest to one of Epstein’s lawyers that they file legal papers in a different jurisdiction as a way to “hopefully cut the press coverage significantly.” Villafaña told Epstein’s attorney that she would “include our standard language regarding resolving all criminal liability and I will mention ‘co-conspirators,’ but I would prefer not to highlight for the judge all of the other crimes and all of the other persons that we could charge.”
Edwards and Paul Cassell filed a court document in response to the revelations, stating that “the victims’ allegations of a conspiracy between the Government and Epstein’s attorneys to conceal the existence of a broad non-prosecution agreement are not mere speculation, but appear to be well supported.” The suspicion of improper deal-making is one of the key reasons these women and Bradley Edwards have fought for this lawsuit for the last 12 years.
The closing of yet another case against Epstein and his co-conspirators will likely continue to fuel theories that Epstein was working for an as yet unnamed intelligence agency.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-04-16--Pennsylvania Senate Votes to Override Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order

The Pennsylvania senate has passed a measure which would partially reopen the state by lifting the lockdown on most of the state ’ s businesses imposed by Gov .
Tom Wolf ( D ) , according to The Hill .
Passed by the Senate 29-21 on Wednesday , SB 613 would require Wolf ’ s office to align state policy with federal guidelines in determining which businesses will be allowed to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Businesses which can safely operate with mitigation strategies in line with the CDC and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ’ s guidelines would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ language in the bill approved by the Republican senate .
The measure was sent to Wolf ’ s desk for his signature or veto .
He has given no indication what he will do – however earlier this week he joined a coalition of northeastern governors from Delaware , New York , Rhode Island and Connecticut , who are developing a plan to determine when it would be appropriate to reopen , and how it would be done .
Needless to say , PA Democrats aren ’ t pleased with SB 613 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ history of passing irresponsible legislation , but even I ’ m surprised they ’ ve stooped so low , ” said Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Jessica Post in a statement .
“ Republicans have sent the message loud and clear : they don ’ t care about Pennsylvania families or the lives that will be lost should this legislation become law .
The GOP ’ s focus should be on saving lives , not saving the stock market.
” Republican state Rep. Mike Jones told WGAL that the process which businesses could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I think the waiver process has been extremely inefficient .
We ’ re concerned it ’ s been very unfair .
The problem is it ’ s also not been made public , ” said Jones , adding “ Those are the big three that virtually every other state in the nation , including many of the surrounding states , continue to operate , and it ’ s coming at the expense of our state .
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The Pennsylvania senate has passed a measure which would partially reopen the state by lifting the lockdown on most of the state’s businesses imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf (D), according to The Hill.
Passed by the Senate 29-21 on Wednesday, SB 613 would require Wolf’s office to align state policy with federal guidelines in determining which businesses will be allowed to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Businesses which can safely operate with mitigation strategies in line with the CDC and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s guidelines would be allowed to operate, according to language in the bill approved by the Republican senate.
The measure was sent to Wolf’s desk for his signature or veto. He has given no indication what he will do – however earlier this week he joined a coalition of northeastern governors from Delaware, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut, who are developing a plan to determine when it would be appropriate to reopen, and how it would be done.
Needless to say, PA Democrats aren’t pleased with SB 613.
“The Pennsylvania GOP has a storied history of passing irresponsible legislation, but even I’m surprised they’ve stooped so low,” said Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Jessica Post in a statement. “Republicans have sent the message loud and clear: they don’t care about Pennsylvania families or the lives that will be lost should this legislation become law. The GOP’s focus should be on saving lives, not saving the stock market.”
Republican state Rep. Mike Jones told WGAL that the process which businesses could follow to apply for waivers was unclear.
“I think the waiver process has been extremely inefficient. We’re concerned it’s been very unfair. The problem is it’s also not been made public,” said Jones, adding “Those are the big three that virtually every other state in the nation, including many of the surrounding states, continue to operate, and it’s coming at the expense of our state.”
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission