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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Senior Staffer in Pentagon Suspected of Leaking Classified Documents Has Iranian Ties

This is treason. YNetNews: A senior staffer in the office of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was identified as the leaker of the classified documents dealing with the Israeli preparations for an attack on Iran… The suspected staffer was identified as Ariane Tabatabai, an Iranian American who works as the Bureau Chief to Austin’s aid for special operations and was authorized to have access to very secret information (YNetNews). Mario Nawfal: The FBI is investigating this MAJOR breach, which has sent shockwaves through Washington and raised concerns about U.S. intelligence security (X). Washington Free Beacon: Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), a senior member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to provide Congress with biweekly briefings on the status of its investigation into an explosive intelligence leak detailing Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran (Washington Free Beacon). Pundit Cheryl E: In case anyone is interested, here is the congressional letter sent to Lloyd Austin last September relating to the grave concerns about Ariane Tabatabai and her direct and known relationship with the IRGC. There is NO excuse for her to even still be in the job nevertheless have her full security clearances, and that failure rests solely with Lloyd Austin and the President (X).

Joe Biden on Trump: “We gotta lock him up”

Daily Mail: President Joe Biden sparked fury Tuesday night by suggesting Donald Trump should be in jail just 14 days out from the presidential election. ‘We gotta lock him up’, the 81-year-old president said at event in New Hampshire. Biden appeared to realize what he said, and tried to correct himself by saying ‘we need to politically lock him up. Lock him out. That’s what we have to do.’ It comes after Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris takes care to try to shut down ‘lock him up’ chants that have popped up at her campaign rallies. She routinely says to leave the matter up to the courts (Daily Mail). Charlie Kirk: 14 days before the presidential election, Joe Biden calls for the incarceration of Donald Trump: “We gotta lock him up.” This is the “tell” as to why the Democrat machine has been feverishly working to imprison Trump. It’s all been intentional (X).

CNN Contributor Claims White People Need to Be Held Accountable for Not Voting for Kamala Harris

Daily Wire: A CNN contributor stated that “white folks” should vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, otherwise they would “escape the accountability that they must face for not showing up to save democracy themselves.” Angela Rye, co-host of the “Native Land Pod” along with failed Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Tiffany Cross, expressed that view on CNN’s “First of All with Victor Blackwell” (Daily Wire). Journalist Tom Elliot: Angela Rye: “What I think is a mistake is to let white folks escape the accountability that they must face for not showing up to save democracy … The responsibility of saving democracy should be on the largest demographic in this country, that is white men & white women (X).

Kamala Harris’ Townhall Event Only Allowed Pre-Screened Questions

Daily Wire: Vice President Kamala Harris held an event in Michigan on Monday that was billed as a “town hall” — but when attendees asked if their questions were going to be answered, host Maria Shriver admitted that all of the questions had already been pre-determined (Daily Wire). Trump War Room: The host admits the audience can’t actually ask questions at Kamala’s fake “town hall” with Loser War Hawk Liz Cheney because the questions are “pre-determined” (X).

Los Angeles Times Declines to Endorse Kamala Harris

Newsweek: Vice President Kamala Harris has been dealt a blow by a key newspaper in her home state of California after the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times was reportedly blocked from endorsing her by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong… The Los Angeles Times has endorsed the Democratic candidate for president in every previous election since 2008, although it had issued no presidential endorsements for several decades up to that point. The editorial board had reportedly been “preparing” to endorse Harris when the decision to block the endorsement was made (Newsweek). Hugh Hewitt: What in the world (X)!

British Censorship Group Works With Democrats to “Kill Musk’s Twitter”

Journalists Matt Taibbi, Paul Thacker: The British are coming, to meddle in our elections! In an explosive leak with ramifications for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate—whose founder is British political operative Morgan McSweeney, now advising the Kamala Harris campaign—show the group plans in writing to “kill Musk’s Twitter” while strengthening ties with the Biden/Harris administration and Democrats like Senator Amy Klobuchar, who has introduced multiple bills to regulate online “misinformation” (DisInformation Chronicle). Paul Thacker: Internal Center for Countering Digital Hate document shows their annual objective is “Kill Musk’s Twitter.” This is their internal monthly planner. Their goal is to also trigger regulatory action, although they are a tax-exempt nonprofit (X). KanekoaTheGreat: Leaked documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate reveal their primary goal is to “Kill Musk’s Twitter” by targeting advertising and leveraging EU regulations (X). Elon Musk: CCDH is a criminal organization (X).

UN Watchdog Denounces Antisemitic UN Official’s Visit to the United States

Daily Caller: Human rights group UN Watch called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and the U.S. Tuesday to sanction Palestinian representative Francesca Albanese for allegedly “inciting antisemitism and supporting terrorism,” as well as deny her entry into the country. Albanese was appointed to the position of “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” in the United Nations in 2022 and has since been condemned by numerous world leaders for her alleged antisemitism and support of Hamas terrorism, according to the memo. Albanese is set to speak in front of the United Nations in the U.S. on Oct. 30 as well as at Georgetown University on Oct. 26 and Princeton on Oct. 29, which UN Watch warns sparks the “possibility of inciting jihadi terrorism and antisemitism on campuses.” Albanese has been condemned by the governments of France and Germany and by multiple German, Canadian and U.S. lawmakers (Daily Caller). Hillel Neuer: UN official Francesca Albanese compares Israel’s PM to Hitler. She believes “the Jewish lobby” controls America, BBC has “the Israeli lobby inside your veins” & Hamas has a “right to resist.” We call on all democracies to demand her immediate removal (X).

California Forced to Acknowledge They Cannot Retaliate Against Satirical Political Content

Alliance Defending Freedom: Less than one month after Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a lawsuit challenging two California laws that censor online content, including political satire and parody, California officials agreed they cannot enforce one of those laws against The Babylon Bee and Kelly Chang Rickert, a California attorney and blogger, after a federal district court ruled that the law likely violates the First Amendment. The Babylon Bee and Rickert are now free to post their political content online during the current election season without fear of violating the law while the case continues. ADF attorneys representing The Babylon Bee and Rickert filed the lawsuit after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the two laws, AB 2839 and AB 2655, that censor freedom of speech by using vague standards to punish people for posting certain political content online, including political memes and parodies of politicians. Because one of those laws, AB 2839, went into effect immediately, The Babylon Bee and Rickert—as well as a plaintiff in another case—asked the federal judges to immediately put that law on hold. That law applies around election time to censor digitally edited content that is “materially deceptive” and addresses candidates, elected officials, and other election material related to California elections. The law also forces speakers to include a disclaimer when posting satire and imposes severe penalties, allowing anyone who sees the content to sue and obtain attorneys’ fees, costs, and damages (Alliance Defending Freedom).

UCLA Antisemitism Task Force Concludes Jewish Students, Staff Were Attacked by Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Wall Street Journal: Jewish students and staff at the University of California, Los Angeles, were harassed, threatened and assaulted as pro-Palestinian protests spread on campus, according to a new report from a task force at UCLA created to combat antisemitism. The 93-page report said Jewish people at UCLA were subject to “blatant antisemitic” incidents, including a swastika drawn on a classroom chalkboard and a sign on campus that said, “Israelis are native 2 hell.” The task force said UCLA prioritized free speech over stopping protesters, even when some of them broke school rules, such as setting up tents on campus and making antisemitic remarks (Wall Street Journal).

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BLM Mobilizes Outside Courthouse to Attack Daniel Penny for Subduing Antagonistic Train Passenger

Townhall: Black Lives Matter protestors mobilized Monday to jeer at Daniel Penny, who’s on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, as his trial kicked off in the fatal 2023 chokehold case. Dozens of “Justice for Jordan Neely” demonstrators — about 50 of them — rallied outside the Manhattan courthouse prior to Penny’s arrival. Wearing “Malcolm X” merch, some held signs that read “End Racist Vigilantism Now!” while others accused the Marine veteran of “White Supremacist Violence.” One poster demanded that the jury “Convict Daniel Penny” for “This Modern Lynching.” Several anti-police activists called on the city to “Abolish Police” (Townhall). Pro NYC: Demonstrators chant “No Justice, No Peace” outside Manhattan Criminal Court, where jury selection begins this morning in the trial against Daniel Penny, who’s charged with choking former street performer Jordan Neely to death on the subway last year (X). Reporter Oliya Scootercaster: Daniel Penny arrives to NYC court amid protest, “This is a race thing, because if Jordan Neely was white, he would not be dead” Hawk Newsome of Greater BLM NY spoke as group chanted “Justice For Jordan Neely” (X).