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oe Rogan says he would be “IN JAIL” if podcasters called people plague rats and pushed dangerous medical products while the mainstream media urged people to be wary of potential side effects. This is how you know you are on the right side of history: Rogan says, “If all these people that are dropping dead, all these people with strokes, all these people with heart attacks” were because podcasters told them to take a dangerous medical product, then there would be a “very good argument for ending podcasts” and “prosecuting people.” But that’s not happening. THEY were the ones who pushed the dangerous medical products, which is why the subject of “died suddenly” hardly makes the evening news. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/KBwNaW8j800?si=eYJ-tzZrkDZq1RYM

Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China pleads guilty in a Honolulu courtroom HONOLULU --- A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade pleaded guilty Friday in a federal courtroom in Honolulu. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 72, has been in custody since his arrest in August 2020. The Justice Department said in a court filing it amassed “a war chest of damning evidence” against him, including an hourlong video of Ma and an older relative --- also a former CIA officer — providing classified information to intelligence officers with China’s Ministry of State Security in 2001. The video shows Ma counting the $50,000 received from the Chinese agents for his service, prosecutors said. During a sting operation, he accepted thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for past espionage activities, and he told an undercover FBI agent posing as a Chinese intelligence officer that he wanted to see the “motherland” succeed, prosecutors said. The secrets he was accused of providing included information about CIA sources and assets, international operations, secure communication practices and operational tradecraft, charging documents said. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Ma pleaded guilty Friday to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government. The deal calls for a 10-year sentence, but a judge will have the final say at Ma’s sentencing scheduled for Sept. 11. Without the deal, he faced life in prison. Ma was born in Hong Kong, moved to Honolulu in 1968 and became a U.S. citizen in 1975. He joined the CIA in 1982, was assigned overseas the following year, and resigned in 1989. He held a top secret security clearance, according to court documents. Ma lived and worked in Shanghai, China, before returning to Hawaii in 2001. He was hired as a contract linguist in the FBI’s Honolulu field office in 2004, and prosecutors say that over the following six years, he regularly copied, photographed and stole classified documents. He often took them on trips to China, returning with thousands of dollars in cash and expensive gifts, such as a new set of golf clubs, prosecutors said. In court Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson revealed that Ma’s hiring as a part-time contract linguist was a “ruse” to monitor his contact with Chinese intelligence officers. In 2006, while Ma was living in Hawaii, Chinese intelligence officers sent him photos of people they wanted to know the identifies of, Sorenson and Ma contacted the co-conspirator relative and convinced him to reveal at least two of the identities. Ma, in pleading guilty, said everything Sorenson described is true. Ma said he had signed non-disclosure agreements that he knew would be in effect even after leaving the CIA and that he knew the information he was providing to the Chinese intelligence officials could harm the United States or help a foreign nation. In 2021, Ma’s former defense attorney told a judge Ma believed he was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and was having trouble remembering things. A defense motion noted that Ma’s older brother developed Alzheimer’s 10 years prior and was completely disabled by the disease. The brother is referred to as the co-conspirator in the indictment against Ma, but prosecutors didn’t charge him because of his incompetency due to Alzheimer’s, the motion said. The co-conspirator is now dead, Sorenson said in court Friday. Last year a judge found Ma competent and to not be suffering from a major mental disease, disorder or defect. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ex-cia-officer-accused-spying-china-pleads-guilty-honolulu-courtroom-rcna154018

Multiple dead in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border region At least four people were killed and over a dozen injured in a series of attacks on Belgorod Region, the local governor has reported The Ukrainian forces launched multiple drone raids and artillery strikes on the city of Belgorod and several villages near the Russia-Ukraine border, which claimed the lives of four civilians while many others, including children, suffered shrapnel injuries, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said. The Russian border region suffered a spate of strikes, with almost 30 incoming projectiles shot down from the skies over the course of Saturday evening and early Sunday morning, according to Gladkov. However, despite the interceptions, the attack resulted in multiple casualties. “To much grief, the number of civilian deaths increased to 4 people,” the official wrote on Telegram. Three of the victims were killed as a result of rocket artillery strikes on the Oktyabrsky settlement shortly before 7pm. Two of them died on the spot, while another man succumbed to “shrapnel wounds to his lower extremities” in a hospital a few hours later. Another woman “was killed as a result of a direct hit in the yard of a private residential house in the village of Dubovoye,” Gladkov wrote around 9pm, adding that she “was in a greenhouse at the time of the attack and died of her injuries before the ambulance arrived.” While there were no casualties in the city of Belgorod itself, at least two apartment buildings suffered heavy damage as a result of direct artillery hits. Two schools were damaged by blasts and shrapnel, while several commercial buildings also had their facades, windows and roofs partially destroyed. Several vehicles were damaged and were burned entirely, according to videos from the scene. By midnight, the number of those injured across the region reached at least 16 people, including at least two children. A 8-year-old boy who was wounded in the shelling of the Oktyabrsky settlement suffered a “blast injury and external trauma to the lumbar back region,” Gladkov wrote, adding that the child’s “condition has been characterized as of medium severity.” In another incident, a 9-year-old girl was injured when a “moving car was attacked by a drone on the highway between the village of Borisovka and the hamlet of Plotvyanka in the Volokonovsky district,” Gladkov added. https://www.rt.com/russia/598246-belgorod-ukraine-strike-victims/

Netanyahu Issues Warning To US Leaders Over ICC Arrest Warrants: 'You're Next' Mr. Netanyahu said the warrants against himself and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the country’s conduct in its fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip set a “dangerous” precedent for other democratic countries, including Israel’s allies. “Israel is given here a bum rap. I think it’s dangerous. Basically, it’s the first democracy being taken to the dock when it is doing exactly what democracies should be doing in an exemplary way,” he told CNN in a televised interview. “It endangers all other democracies. Israel is first, but you’re next. Britain is next. Others are next, too.” Also in the interview, Mr. Netanyahu asserted that the ICC claims were “false, dangerous, and outrageous,” and that chief prosecutor Karim Khan is only exacerbating the problem. It’s also false to see Israel and Hamas as equals, he added. “He’s equating the democratically elected leaders of Israel with the terrorist tyrants of Hamas. That’s like saying, well, I’m issuing arrest warrants for FDR and Churchill but also for Hitler. Or I’m going to issue arrest warrants for George W. Bush but also for [Osama] bin Laden. That’s absurd,” Mr. Netanyahu said. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-issues-warning-us-leaders-over-icc-arrest-warrants-youre-next

Firearm Industry Agrees With Former President Trump: #Gunvote Is Critical In 2024 on May 24, 2024 by F Riehl, Editor in Chief Former President Donald J. Trump gave the keynote address at the recent NRA Annual Meeting in Dallas and had some important words for those in attendance. He urged attendees to get excited, go back home and spread the word, get active ahead of the upcoming national election and -- most importantly – to vote. Just before speaking to the crowd, the former president -- the presumptive 2024 Republican party nominee for The White House – received the endorsement of the NRA. While giving his remarks, Former President Trump exclaimed, “You’ve got to get all your friends and all the gun owners they have to go in, they have to vote. If they vote, there’s nobody that can beat us!” The firearm industry couldn’t agree more and it’s an effort that we’ve been focused on for many years with the #GUNVOTE® voter registration, education and mobilization campaign. Criticism and Warning The former president had plenty to say about the Biden administration and its never-ceasing attack on the Second Amendment. After all, President Joe Biden deemed the firearm industry “the enemy” from the debate stage in 2019 and has done all he can to punish us ever since. Former President Trump reiterated that the liberties and Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans are “under siege” and that those rights will be on the ballot in November. He warned convention-goers that the current president will “come for your guns -- 100 percent,” if he wins a second term. Contrasting his approach to that of President Biden’s, the former president declared, “I promise you this, with me at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, no one will lay a finger on your firearms --- just as took place for four years when I was your president.” On the other hand, former President Trump warned, “If President Joe Biden gets four more years they are coming for your guns, 100 percent certain.” He continued by reminding attendees that the president, “has a 40-year-record of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.” “We have to have a Second Amendment that is meaningful,” the former president wrapped up. “Gun owners must vote. We want a landslide. So, I think you’re a rebellious bunch, but let’s be rebellious and vote this time.” Industry Walks the Walk The firearm industry agrees with those sentiments. It’s why NSSF launched the #GUNVOTE initiative to ensure those casting ballots at the ballot box are informed of how to register to vote, and when and where to cast a ballot and to make the most impactful decisions to safeguard their rights and freedoms. #GUNVOTE will help voters figure out when and where to cast their vote. Early voting and absentee voting differ from state to state, but #GUNVOTE conveniently lists out all U.S. states with links to their respective Secretary of State’s website where more details about the process can be found. For those who wait until election day to cast their ballot, #GUNVOTE will also tell voters of their polling place so that exercising the right to vote is as easy as possible…. https://www.ammoland.com/2024/05/firearm-industry-agrees-with-former-president-trump-gunvote-is-critical-in-2024/#axzz8bFuk8zB0

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes island nation of Vanuatu off the coast of Australia Residents on one of Australia’s closest island neighbours have been rocked by a massive earthquake. Vanuatu, one of Australia’s closest island neighbours, has been rocked by a massive magnitude 6.4 earthquake. The undersea quake occurred north of Port Villa, Vanuatu’s capital, about 09:23am local time at a depth of 32km, the government-run Geoscience Australia portal states. The Bureau of Meteorology has stated there is no tsunami risk to Australia. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/magnitude-64-earthquake-strikes-island-nation-of-vanuatu-off-the-coast-of-australia/news-story/b00531f40ccced9c61f05ef9898d7248

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/25/muslim-activists-lead-abandon-biden-movement-in-9-swing-states-to-thwart-presidents-reelection/ Muslim Activists Lead ‘Abandon Biden’ Movement in 9 Swing States to Thwart President’s Reelection A national Muslim activist group called “Abandon Biden” is organizing operations in nine swing states to prevent President Joe Biden from winning reelection in November as punishment for his handling of the Israel and Hamas war, according to a report. Minneapolis-based newspaper the Star Tribune reported Sunday of the group’s efforts to keep Biden from a second term, even if it results in a Trump presidency:Abdel Salam, 48, is among a group of Muslim activists, including several Minnesotans, who are organizing in nine swing states in opposition to Biden’s re-election.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/26/no-deal-w-h-o-fails-to-secure-global-pandemic-treaty/ No Deal: W.H.O. Fails to Secure Global Pandemic Treaty 10

Water systems warn Americans could soon see major rate hikes to filter out toxic ‘forever chemicals’ >extortion https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4685181-pfas-forever-chemicals-water-systems-rate-hikes-filtration-epa-rule In exchange for cleaner water, Americans around the nation may soon have to pay hefty prices. Water systems are starting to warn residents of massive rate hikes as they prepare to install technology to filter out toxic chemicals in a family known as PFAS. Utilities from South Florida to upstate New York have warned customers that they could see significant price increases after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated that they remove the substances, which have been linked to a number of cancers and other diseases, from their systems. Last month, the EPA said it will require utilities whose water systems contain high levels of six types of PFAS to remove them from the water. PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of thousands of chemicals that have been used to make a variety of nonstick and waterproof products and firefighting foam. The substances have also become ubiquitous in the environment, due in part to the fact that they tend to persist for a long time instead of breaking down. Exposure to these so-called forever chemicals has been linked to increased risks of prostate, kidney and testicular cancers, weakened immune systems, high cholesterol, and developmental issues in children. Now, for the first time, utilities around the nation will be required to get them out of their drinking water to prevent customers’ exposure. But that will come at a price. Last month, officials with Broward County, a populous South Florida locale, warned residents that those on county water could see “double or triple water rates for users.” Alan Garcia, director of Broward County Water and Wastewater Services, told The Hill an average monthly bill for water is currently around $26. He agreed that amount could “potentially triple” as the county filters out PFAS --- though he said it’s not clear whether rates will actually increase by that much. His utility has 66,000 accounts — representing an estimated 230,000 people.