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September 23, 2023

Joe Biden announces creation of first-ever federal gun control office – NaturalNews.com

President Joe Biden has announced the creation of the first-ever federal office for gun control, fulfilling a key demand from anti-gun activists who want an executive-level office supposedly for preventing gun violence.

The Office of Gun Violence Prevention will be overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris. Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden aide who previously worked on the Domestic Policy Council, will serve as the office’s first director. (Related: Study proves there is NO CORRELATION between gun control laws and mass shootings.)

“He believes that now is the moment to accelerate our work to reduce gun violence, which is why he is establishing this office,” said Feldman.

The office will coordinate anti-gun efforts across different federal agencies and will offer help and guidance to states struggling with increasing levels of gun violence. Furthermore, the office will also reportedly take the lead on implementing bipartisan gun legislation signed into law last year.

Harris added in her statement that, in her role as head of this office, she and her staff will be “engaging and encouraging Congressional leaders, state and local leaders and advocates to come together to build upon the meaningful progress that we have made to save lives.”

“This epidemic of gun violence requires urgent leadership to end the fear and trauma that Americans experience every day,” added Harris. “Our promise to the American people is this: We will not stop working to end the epidemic of gun violence in every community, because we do not have a moment, nor a life to spare.”

Biden claims gun control measures necessary to curb gun-related violence

The establishment of the office is an effort by the White House to keep the issue of gun violence front and center as his administration continues to push back against gun owners by demanding a ban on so-called assault weapons.

“I’ll continue to urge Congress to take common-sense actions that the majority of Americans support, like enacting universal background checks and banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” said Biden in a statement released by the White House. Biden has also consistently been calling for federal requirements for safe storage of guns and an end to the immunity from liability of gun manufacturers.

“But in the absence of that sorely-needed action, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, along with the rest of my Administration, will continue to do everything it can to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is tearing our families, our communities and our country apart,” he added.

The anti-firearm lobby has been extremely supportive of Biden, and his reelection campaign has already received early endorsements from different major gun violence prevention organizations. His creation of this office is seen as a result of extensive lobbying efforts by these groups.

One of Biden’s earliest actions supposedly to prevent gun violence was getting bipartisan support from Republicans to pass a package of modest gun safety measures last year, known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

The White House is expected to keep pushing its limits in terms of using its executive powers against guns and gun owners. Biden’s Department of Justice is expected to follow up the creation of this office by introducing new rules to expand background checks for new gun purchases.

Learn more about the threats to the Second Amendment coming from Democrats like Biden at SecondAmendment.news.

Watch this clip from “The Five” on Fox News discussing what happened when New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham attempted to implement an overreaching gun control measure in her state.

This video is from the News Clips channel on Brighteon.com.

Stop by and see for yourself! NYC Mayor Adams invites Biden to visit “migrant hotel” in Big Apple – NaturalNews.com

Stop by and see for yourself! NYC Mayor Adams invites Biden to visit “migrant hotel” in Big Apple

New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams has invited President Joe Biden to visit a hotel that has been turned into a migrant center so that he could see firsthand the consequences of an open-border policy.

Speaking to Spectrum News NY1, the mayor urged the chief executive to visit the Roosevelt Hotel. The hotel, which closed in 2020 because of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reopened three years later as an intake center for illegals. Currently, it serves as a “welcome center” for thousands of illegal aliens arriving by bus weekly to the self-proclaimed “sanctuary city.”

“There’s still an opportunity for him to look at the Roosevelt Hotel, like the Hispanic congressional delegation did,” Adams said. He referenced a visit by several congressmen spearheaded by Democratic New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerry Nadler and Adriano Espaillat. They were joined by other elected officials from Illinois, California, Texas and other states.

Protesters in front of the hotel did not take too kindly to the delegation, as they lobbied Biden to merely provide work permits to illegals released within the U.S. interior. In particular, the demonstrators drowned out Cortez’s speech by shouting “close the border.”

Adams later stressed that he was not the one avoiding a face-to-face discussion with the president. During a separate appearance on TV station PIX 11, he suggested that Biden’s reluctance to talk to him may have something to do with his “blunt rhetorical stylings.”

“I’m a New Yorker. We do not run away from things; we move toward them. You know my authentic style of communicating,” the mayor said. “I walk around with that New York communication style. You know, I don’t search through a thesaurus to find a politically correct way of saying, ‘You are hurting me. You are hurting my city.'”

Adams: Illegal immigration heavily impacting the Big Apple’s economy

The NYC mayor also stressed that Biden must understand the economic impact of illegal immigration on the Big Apple’s economy.

“I am hoping that he understands this beautiful city that’s the economic engine of this entire country is being saddled with $2 billion that we spent already, $5 billion we’re going to spend in this fiscal crisis [and] $12 billion in the next two budgetary cycles,” Adams said. “[NYC] doesn’t deserve this.”

His latest remarks followed an earlier warning he issued to New Yorkers that the influx of illegal immigrants will “destroy NYC.” Following that prediction, he announced that city services would be cut across the board. Adams directed every city agency to cut their budgets by five percent, so the Big Apple can afford the $12 billion needed to address the influx of illegals.

“Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this. This issue will destroy New York City,” warned Adams, stressing the last four words. (Related: NYC Mayor Eric Adams warns illegal immigrants will DESTROY the city.)

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has turned a deaf ear to Adams’ complaints – and has even pointed its finger at the mayor. Two staffers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) aired their concerns to NBC News over NYC’s handling of the illegal immigrant crisis.

One senior DHS official pointed out that the city has “no exit strategy” for the illegals that get bused from Texas. This strategy, they added, helps migrants find their way out of the city’s shelter system. “It’s not an operationally sound effort,” the official said.

A second federal official also shared their thoughts on the matter. They remarked that concerns regarding the migrant issue in NYC could overshadow accomplishments made by the Biden administration on immigration and other issues.

Visit Migrants.news for more stories about the ongoing migrant crisis burdening NYC.

Watch this news report about Democratic New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jerry Nadler being heckled during their visit to the Roosevelt Hotel.

This video is from the NewsClips channel on Brighteon.com.

Journalist Jack Posobiec the latest American added to Ukrainian website’s KILL LIST – NaturalNews.com

Journalist Jack Posobiec the latest American added to Ukrainian website’s KILL LIST

The infamous Ukrainian website Myrotvorets has added another another American to its kill list – journalist Jack Posobiec.

Human Events, which Posobiec oversees as senior editor, confirmed the development in a Sept. 18 article. The website accused him of being an “anti-Ukrainian propagandist” and “provocateur.” Prior to Posobiec, several American journalists, including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald were put on the list.

The Myrotvorets website, which is the Ukrainian word for “peacemaker,” calls for retribution against perceived enemies of Ukraine. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was included on the website for a short time before his profile was quietly removed.

Others listed on the site, such as Russian journalist Darya Dugina, weren’t so lucky. Dugina, who was assassinated in a car bombing in August 2022, has her Myrotvorets page marked as “liquidated.”

The threat did not faze the Human Events senior editor, who bravely responded: “After the collapse of his counteroffensive, [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky’s biggest threat isn’t me, it’s his own intelligence services.”

Posobiec then wished that the Ukrainian leader wouldn’t get included in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency‘s “early retirement plan.” He continued: “Drop the receipts on the Bidens and we’ll find you a nice McMansion in Sarasota.” (Related: Zelensky buys LUXURY MANSION in Egypt via his mother-in-law using Western aid money.)

Aside from Posobiec, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger also landed on the list over his comments. Myrotvorets accused the longtime diplomat of spreading “Russian-fascist propaganda” and acting as an “accomplice to the crimes of Russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens.”

Kissinger reportedly warned that the Western campaign to “inflict a crushing defeat” on Russia poses fatal risks to European and global stability. “Negotiations need to begin … before [the Russia-Ukraine war] creates upheavals and tensions that will not be easily overcome,” he said. “Ideally, the dividing line should be a return to the status quo ante.”

These remarks from Kissinger during the 2022 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland apparently drew the ire of those behind the so-called “kill list.”

Not just Americans: Other international figures also included in Myrotvorets

Posobiec and Kissinger aren’t the only ones included in Myrotvorets, which the Security Service of Ukraine allegedly curates. Several others, including the leaders of two sovereign nations, are also marked for liquidation for their alleged “crimes” against Kyiv.

Viktor Orban

The site accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of being an “accomplice of Russian war criminals” and an “anti-Ukrainian propagandist.” Specific “crimes” by Orban include his refusal to allow Ukraine-bound weapons to pass through Hungary; his refusal to reject Russian gas supplies; and his willingness to pay for the latter in rubles.

Zoran Milanovic

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic was accused of conducting “humanitarian aggression against Ukraine,” supporting and justifying “Russian aggression” and “spreading Kremlin propaganda.” The site referenced his February 2022 remarks stressing that Russia must be “a factor” in the “equation” of pan-European stability.

Roger Waters

Roger Waters of the rock group Pink Floyd also found himself on the Myrotvorets website, with its backers charging him of committing “anti-Ukrainian” offenses. According to the site, Rogers allegedly spread “anti-Ukrainian propaganda,” collaborated in efforts to legalize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and challenged Ukraine’s territorial integrity.”

Keir Simmons

NBC News journalist Keir Simmons visited Crimea and interviewed residents in the region, who told the reporter that they were pro-Russian and would fight every last Ukrainian who tried to invade. Myrotvorets put him on the site for simply reporting this development, accusing him of “attacking Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Visit UkraineWitness.com for more stories about the Myrotvorets “hit list” website run by Ukraine.

Watch Ben Armstrong of the New American magazine discussing Jack Posobiec’s inclusion on the Ukrainian Myrotvorets website.

This video is from The New American channel on Brighteon.com.

AG Garland invokes Holocaust to ‘defend his policies of persecuting, indicting and imprisoning his political opponents’ – NaturalNews.com

AG Garland invokes Holocaust to ‘defend his policies of persecuting, indicting and imprisoning his political opponents’

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday invoked the Holocaust during testimony before Congress to defend his policies of prosecuting and persecuting his political opponents and argued his Jewish “family background” means he’s immune to wrongdoing.

(Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com)

From The Gateway Pundit, “SICK! Lawless AG Merrick Garland Lectures on Holocaust to Defend His Policies of Persecuting, Indicting and Imprisoning His Political Opponents (VIDEO)”:

After indicting the leading presidential candidate in America on bogus, manufactured, partisan charges Merrick Garland had the nerve on Wednesday to compare his ancestors fleeing Eastern Europe during the Holocaust to his lawless targeting, indicting and imprisoning of conservative Americans.
[…] On Tuesday Merrick Garland choked up while talking about his ancestors as he destroys American democracy.
Merrick Garland: All of us recognize that with this work comes public scrutiny, criticism, and legitimate oversight. These are appropriate and important given the matters and the gravity of the matters that are before the Department. But singling out individual career public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous, particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of public servants and their families. We will not be intimidated.
We will do our jobs free from outside influence, and we will not back down from defending our democracy. Third, I want to explain why we approach our job in this way. The Justice Department was founded in the wake of the Civil War and in the midst of Reconstruction, with the first principal task of bringing to justice white supremacists and others who terrorize black Americans to prevent them from exercising their civil rights. The Justice Department’s job, then and now, is to fulfill the promise that it is at the foundation of our democracy that the law will treat each of us alike. That promise is also why I am here.
My family fled religious persecution in Eastern Europe at the start of the 20th century. My grandmother, who is one of five children born in what is now Belarus, made it to the United States, as did two of her siblings. The other two did not. Those two were killed in the Holocaust, and there is little doubt that. But for America, the same thing would have happened to my grandmother.

WATCH:

Garland also invoked the Holocaust to dodge a question from New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew on his FBI/DOJ targeting traditional Catholics as “violent extremists” and suggested his Jewish heritage means he’s incapable of wrongdoing.

“The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous — so absurd,” Garland scoffed.

“Mr. Attorney General, it was your FBI that did this,” Drew shot back. “It was your FBI that was sending — and we have the memos and we have the emails — that was sending undercover agents into Catholic Churches!”

.@Congressman_JVD EXPLODES on AG Garland For The ‘Anti-Catholic’ FBI Memo
VAN DREW: “Yes or no…Do you agree that Traditional Catholics are domestic extremists?”
GARLAND: “The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous… pic.twitter.com/zqwAHbuYNj
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 20, 2023

Garland’s goons did target Traditional Catholics and infiltrate their parishes and only backed off the program after they were exposed.

Though Garland claimed his Jewishness means he’s immune from wrongdoing and said he’s “appalled” by the memo, he told Drew he doesn’t even know if anyone was fired for drafting the memo.

Garland is the most extreme Attorney General in American history and has made a mockery of our justice system.

In a sane country, Garland would have been ousted from power a year ago and referred for criminal prosecution.

America Unhinged: Supposedly pro-free speech alternative platforms still beholden to Big Tech, says Jeff Dornik – Brighteon.TV – NaturalNews.com

America Unhinged: Supposedly pro-free speech alternative platforms still beholden to Big Tech, says Jeff Dornik – Brighteon.TV

So-called alternative social media platforms that espouse free speech are still indebted to Big Tech, according to podcaster Jeff Dornik.

During his Sept. 18 appearance on the Brighteon.TV program “America Unhinged,” Dornik told program host and theologian Dr. John Diamond that almost every social media platform relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run. These include supposedly pro-free speech alternatives like Gettr, Locals, Rumble and former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social.

According to Dornik, these platforms are only defending free speech to a certain point as they still have to play by Big Tech’s rules. “They are beholden to Big Tech in so many different ways,” he said.

“They position themselves as if they are going to be the platform that’s taking on Big Tech. But at the same time, they are relying on them. Whether it is for their servers in the app store; whether it’s Apple, Google, Amazon; whatever it is that you’re talking about.”

He zoomed in on Truth Social, which has been set up specifically to play by the rules of Big Tech, as an example. The platform under Trump had actually hired a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) firm to handle content moderation and censorship tasks.

This connection has resulted in the banning of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny on Truth Social. The host of the Brighteon.TV program “The Tenpenny Files, On Your Health” has been censored for repeatedly exposing the ties between the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines and the World Health Organization one too many times.

“The problem is that these social media platforms that are supposed to be free speech, supposed to be alternatives, they are still beholden to Big Tech even though they claim to be the people that are opposing Big Tech,” Dornik remarked. “It’s this weird relationship going on right now.”

Dornik: X (formerly Twitter) now a DATA COLLECTION platform

Meanwhile, Diamond said Big Tech has the power to monitor everything that people do. Given this, he added that it has the power to shut down anyone on the internet. “I don’t think people realize how much of their life is actually being under a total surveillance state with the technologies that they choose to use,” the America Unhinged” host remarked.

Jumping on Diamond’s remarks, Dornik warned that these alternative platforms are also collecting people’s information and sending those to Big Tech and intelligence agencies at the same time. He also pointed out how Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter and renamed it to X, appears to be running a psy-op and collecting all of the people’s data.

According to the host of “The Jeff Dornik Show,” Musk rebranded Twitter as a free speech platform. But his hiring of Linda Yaccarino as CEO, who has worked for the mainstream media and has direct ties with the globalist World Economic Forum, appears to contradict this branding. Yaccarino reportedly claimed that freedom of speech does not equate to freedom of reach, which means that people can say anything on X but it does not mean everyone can read it.

“What [X is] actually doing is collecting all of our data … that we’re posing, and then funneling that into the AI,” Dornik said. He continued that in this capacity, X is serving as an “aggregator … collecting all the information on the internet.” (Related: America Unhinged: Elon Musk bought Twitter for massive data that he can funnel into his AI company, says Jeff Dornik – Brighteon.TV.)

This data collection scheme, Dornik added, is part of Musk’s efforts through his xAI endeavor. To gain an advantage over ChatGPT, he plans to utilize X in order to make his chatbot the most relevant and up-to-date artificial intelligence on the planet.

Visit BigTech.news for more stories about Big Tech and the alternative platforms beholden to it.

Watch the Sept. 18 episode of “America Unhinged” below. “America Unhinged” with Dr. John Diamond airs every weekday at 9-10 a.m. and every Saturday at 8-9 a.m. on Brighteon.TV.

GLOBAL ENSLAVEMENT: G20 heralds launch of government-controlled CBDCs and digital IDs worldwide – NaturalNews.com

GLOBAL ENSLAVEMENT: G20 heralds launch of government-controlled CBDCs and digital IDs worldwide

The leaders of the 20 largest world economies, famously known as the Group of 20 nations (G20) have agreed to build the necessary infrastructure to implement digital currencies and digital IDs across their territories during the recent New Delhi Summit.

The G20, currently under India’s presidency, adopted a final declaration on the subject over the weekend in the Asian nation’s capital. However, this decision naturally incited major anxieties given its potential as a mechanism through which governments can keep tabs on their citizens’ spending habits and stifle opposition. According to the group, discussions are already underway to create international regulations for cryptocurrencies. However, many are alarmed by the potential grooming of said digital money through government-aided regulation, which could subsequently lead to the replacement of these decentralized digital currencies with state-controlled Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) that could override privacy and security attributes.

In the summit, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pushed for the necessity of a global construct to effectively map crypto assets regulation. She said: “India’s presidency of G20 has put on the table key issues related to regulating or understanding that there should be a framework for handling issues related to crypto assets.” In fact, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Stability Board (FSB) have submitted synthesis paper on crypto assets.

“Crypto is a threat as well as an opportunity. But crypto is also an example to say how unless global cooperation works out well, you are not going to be able to have a responsible financial ecosystem which can regulate it as well,” Sitharaman pointed out. However, critics are still skeptical of the idea of extensive monitoring of cryptocurrency and argue that this might grant governments the master keys to manipulate social credit scores and control the monetary spending of citizens.

Other important points deliberated during the gathering included technological public infrastructure, the digital economy, as well as crypto assets and digital currencies of central banks. Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of the IMF, tweeted on X, formerly Twitter, that the G20 “helped shape a global perspective on how policymakers should deal with crypto assets.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mirrored Sitharaman’s sentiments on the need for a global regulatory body for technological advancements like digital money as well as artificial intelligence (AI), and digital ID systems, akin to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine passports.

Moreover, the European Union is currently trying to introduce a bloc-wide “digital identity” application that would consolidate various personal information, including passports, driver’s licenses, and medical history. “The future is digital. I passed two messages to the G20. We should establish a framework for safe, responsible AI, with a similar body as the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] for climate. Digital public infrastructures are an accelerator of growth. They must be trusted, interoperable & open to all,” Von der Leyen posted on her social media account.

Survey: A diminutive 16% of Americans approve issuance of CBDC

Back in May, the Cato Institute 2023 CBDC National Survey found that only 16 percent of Americans support the adoption of a CBDC. They also found that twice as many of them oppose (34 percent) the Federal Reserve offering the digital payment system. Nevertheless, the plurality of Americans (49 percent) has not formed an opinion. This likely stems from the fact that only 28 percent of Americans are familiar with CBDCs and 72 percent are not. (Related: Only 16% of Americans would support adoption of CBDC, survey finds.)

Also based on the poll’s results, despite Americans regularly using digital dollars via credit cards, debit cards, and other digital platforms to purchase things, they think that digital money is more of a liability of the private commercial bank (e.g., Bank of America or Chase Bank) that issued them. However, a CBDC would be a liability of the government’s central bank, or the Fed. Thus, a CBDC would create a direct link between citizens and the government’s central bank.

While strong majorities of both Democrats and Republicans are unfamiliar with this form of currency, Republicans are slightly more familiar (34 percent) than Democrats (25 percent) and independents (25 percent). However, Democrats are about twice as inclined (22 percent) to support adopting a CBDC than Republicans (11 percent). Interestingly, a majority (53 percent) of Republicans oppose a CBDC, while most Democrats (56 percent) don’t have an opinion, and 22 percent are opposed. When benefits and risks are considered, both political parties are wary of a CBDC.

Meanwhile, men are about twice as likely (22 percent) as women (11 percent) to support it. Black Americans are nearly three times as likely (32 percent) as white Americans (13 percent) to accept it, who are more likely than Hispanic Americans at 20 percent. Also, the youth are about 10 times more supportive of a CBDC than those in their senior years. Nearly a third (32 percent) of people under age 30 support a CBDC compared to 25 percent of 30–44-year-olds, eight percent of 45–64-year-olds, and three percent of Americans over 65. While about half of all age groups don’t have enough information to support or oppose the United States adopting a CBDC, about half of Americans over age 55 oppose it.

Visit CryptoCult.news for more stories related to digital currencies.