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JUST IN: Feds Drop Campaign Finance Charge Against Crypto Scammer Sam Bankman-Fried Due to ‘Procedural Failing’ By Cristina Laila
Jul. 27, 2023 10:45 am – Federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped another charge against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
The feds dropped a campaign finance charge against the crypto scammer and Democrat donor due to a ‘procedural failing.’
Sam Bankman-Fried, a 30-year-old Democrat darling, spent more than $40 million to fund the midterms with his Ponzi scheme through the crypto exchange he founded (FTX).
Up to $2 billion is ‘missing’ after FTX collapsed last year.
Sam Bankman-Fried is Biden’s second biggest donor and he was funneling money through Ukraine – and that money sent to Ukraine was in turn used to fund the Democrats.
This is our ‘justice system’ at work.
Sam Bankman-Fried is still facing wire fraud and securities fraud charges.
Prosecutors told the judge they were dropping the campaign finance charge because they “failed to obtain permission from the government of the Bahamas for that charge when Bankman-Fried was extradited from the island nation in December.” – CNBC reported.
CNBC reported:
Supreme Court allows construction of Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline to resume By Addison Smith
The decision vacates the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ previous stay on the pipeline.
July 27, 2023 – The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Mountain Valley Pipeline may resume construction.
The ruling vacates a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision earlier this month that halted the completion of the pipeline that called for a review of authorizations by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service for the pipeline to be finished.
The natural gas pipeline when completed would extend 300 miles from southern Virginia to northwest West Virginia.
Hunter goes to court TIERNEY’S REAL NEWS
JUL 27, 2023 – Hunter Biden showed up in court for his plea agreement in a large motorcade and secret service protection and tried to intimidate the Judge into approving his plea agreement. Judge Maryellen Noreika would have none of it.
https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1684315753934102529?s=20
GIULIANI: Remember—this is a JOE BIDEN SCANDAL. This isn’t even really about HUNTER as much as JOE used his drug-addicted son to enrich the Biden crime family.
Rudy says the Bidens are no different than the New York mob. They are in the protection racket and coerce our allies and enemies to pay them money to “protect” them from the US Government. They’ve been doing that for decades. That’s why Obama CHOSE Biden for VP.
Looks like Hunter’s lawyers and the DOJ structured the “plea deal” on the tax charges to give Hunter [and the Biden crime family] total immunity against all future charges related to being a “foreign agent” or gun violations or money laundering or other treasonous criminality!
The Judge put a stop to that.
Judge Maryellen Noreika denied Hunter Biden’s plea deal after she questioned the constitutionality of the immunity Hunter would receive. Looks like Hunter Biden is now going to trial.
The fact that the DOJ and the defense even got to the point where Hunter would be immune from *future* crimes shows that the DOJ is corrupt.
Chase Shuts Down Bank Accounts of Mercola and Key Employees Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Chase Debanks Dr. Mercola, Targets Staff and Families
July 27, 2023 – JP Morgan Chase Bank terminated company and personal bank accounts at Mercola. Dr. Mercola, his CEO, CFO, and their respective spouses all received letters informing them of this irreversible decision, without any explanation
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- July 13, 2023, JP Morgan Chase Bank informed me they are closing all of my business accounts, along with the personal accounts of my CEO, my CFO and their respective spouses and children
- My CEO was informed his young children also will never be allowed to bank with Chase in the future
- No reason for the decision was given, other than there was “unexpected activity” on an unspecified account
- This is what the new social credit system looks like, and what every soul on the planet can expect from the central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that are being rolled out. Go against the prevailing narrative of the day, and your financial life will be deleted
- It’s difficult enough trying to navigate this hurdle today. Once everything is digitized, cash eradicated and the social credit system completely integrated and automated, this kind of retaliatory action for wrongthink could be a death sentence for some people
Belief in God Reaches All-Time Low Among Americans By Pamela Geller
July 25, 2023 – It explains a lot. A godless world is ….. hell.
Belief in God, Angels Reaches All-Time Low Among Americans
Christian Headlines: The percentage of Americans who believe in God, heaven and angels hit a record low in a new Gallup survey that also found belief in hell and the devil reaching a record low, too. The new survey, released Thursday, found that 74 percent of Americans say they believe in God, a decline from 79 percent in 2016 and 90 percent in 2004 who answered that way. Similarly, 69 percent of Americans say they believe in angels and 67 percent in heaven – both significant declines from earlier polls (Christian Headlines).
Gallup: At the same time, nearly three in 10 U.S. adults do not believe in the devil or hell, while almost two in 10 do not believe in angels and heaven, and 12% say they do not believe in God. Frequent churchgoers, Protestants and Republicans are the most likely subgroups to say they believe in the five spiritual entities (Gallup).
[Ed.: Psssst: God isn’t dead at all, last time I checked, so relax!.]
Project Veritas Dumps 8gigs of Documents Showing Chinese Govt State-Owned Business Plans By Ben Wetmore
Jul. 26, 2023 2:40 pm – The stated Chinese goal is to become the sole global superpower.
Project Veritas CEO Hannah Giles told the Gateway Pundit:
“These are the business plans the Chinese government is utilizing to grow their technological and military infrastructure. Project Veritas released these internal Chinese Communist Party plans to the public because transparency is the greatest weapon in pursuit of the truth.”
FTX Scandal: Prosecution Asks for the Pre-Trial Arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried for Witness Tampering – Judge Issues Gag Order for Disgraced ‘Crypto Bro’ and Will Consider His Incarceration By Paul Serran
Jul. 26, 2023 5:30 pm – The recent FTX scandal and bankruptcy have exposed the underbelly of the once-exciting market of the cryptocurrencies.
It also introduced many to ‘the shambolic 30-year-old former multibillionaire’ Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The ‘Crypto bro’, who was always a darling of the DNC media, is now called ‘scammy’, ‘crypto crook’, ‘fraudster’.
The incredibly successful SBF was shown to be highly controversial figure, caught in a web of drugs, free sex and a whole host of financial crimes.
Bankman-Fried is – perhaps not coincidentally – the second-biggest donor to the Democrats, after George Soros. [Emphasis added]
Breaking: Judge Rejects Hunter Biden Plea Deal; Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Charges By Kristinn Taylor
Jul. 26, 2023 12:29 pm – Judge Maryellen Noreika has rejected the sweetheart plea deal for Hunter Biden. The plea deal had covered Biden’s tax issues from 2014 to 2019, drug use and a gun charge that were to be pled as two misdemeanors for the tax charges and a diversion on the gun charge. The judge left the door open for a revised pleas deal, asking for briefs from both sides on issues she has with the deal, especially raising constitutional questions about her proposed role in adjudicating the gun charge diversion. The judge also questioned the tax charges plea, saying it just made her role a “rubber stamp,” leaving her no room to question whether the deal is acceptable.
[Ed.: Here comes da Judge! (Bless her heart.)]
Shocking Video: Mitch McConnell Stops Speaking, Freezes, During Senate Press Conference… Pulled Away From Podium By Cassandra Macdonald
Jul. 26, 2023 1:24 pm – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze and appeared unwell while speaking at a press conference before being dragged away from the podium by his staff.
McConnell was mid-sentence when suddenly he stopped speaking.
Judge Sets ‘Conditions of Release’ For Hunter Biden – Orders Him to Get a Job, Submit to Drug Testing – READ THE FULL LIST HERE By Cristina Laila
Jul. 26, 2023 3:20 pm – Hunter Biden arrived at court today in Delaware to agree to a sweetheart deal by the Biden Department of Justice on his years of criminal drug use, trafficking prostitutes, and multi-million dollar pay-for-play and bribery schemes with foreign officials from China, Ukraine, Romania, etc.
Hunter was only charged with two misdemeanors related to tax fraud and he will avoid prison time on the gun charge.
According to the DOJ’s sweetheart deal, Hunter Biden would receive immunity from future charges.
This is unprecedented.
The judge was not having it!
Prosecutors tried to quietly slip immunity into Hunter’s plea deal so the deal blew up on Wednesday.
Hunter pleaded not guilty to the charges so the case is ongoing.
Delaware judge Maryellen Noreika, a Trump appointee, set new ‘conditions of release’ for Hunter Biden.
If Hunter does not comply with any part of the judge’s order, he can be arrested.
HUNTER IS REQUIRED TO:
[Ed.: Creeping up behind you…]
Judge Sets ‘Conditions of Release’ For Hunter Biden – Orders Him to Get a Job, Submit to Drug Testing – READ THE FULL LIST HERE By Cristina Laila
Jul. 26, 2023 3:20 pm – Hunter Biden arrived at court today in Delaware to agree to a sweetheart deal by the Biden Department of Justice on his years of criminal drug use, trafficking prostitutes, and multi-million dollar pay-for-play and bribery schemes with foreign officials from China, Ukraine, Romania, etc.
Hunter was only charged with two misdemeanors related to tax fraud and he will avoid prison time on the gun charge.
According to the DOJ’s sweetheart deal, Hunter Biden would receive immunity from future charges.
This is unprecedented.
The judge was not having it!
Prosecutors tried to quietly slip immunity into Hunter’s plea deal so the deal blew up on Wednesday.
Hunter pleaded not guilty to the charges so the case is ongoing.
Delaware judge Maryellen Noreika, a Trump appointee, set new ‘conditions of release’ for Hunter Biden.
If Hunter does not comply with any part of the judge’s order, he can be arrested.
HUNTER IS REQUIRED TO:
1500 Scientists Say “Climate Change Not Due to CO2” – The Real Environment Movement Was Hijacked By Mark Keenan
June 17, 2023 – Many people worldwide are concerned about climate change and believe there is a climate emergency. For decades we have been told by the United Nations that Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activity are causing disastrous climate change. In 2018, a UN IPCC report even warned that ‘we have 12 years to save the Earth’, thus sending millions of people worldwide into a frenzy.
Thirty-five years ago, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the (World Meteorological Organization) WMO established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide scientific advice on the complex topic of climate change. The panel was asked to prepare, based on available scientific information, a report on all aspects relevant to climate change and its impacts and to formulate realistic response strategies. The first assessment report of the IPCC served as the basis for negotiating the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Governments worldwide have signed this convention, thereby, significantly impacting the lives of the people of the world.
However, many scientists dispute with the UN-promoted man-made climate change theory, and many people worldwide are confused by the subject, or are unaware of the full facts. Please allow me to provide some information you may not be aware of.
[Ed.: Well pop my ballon! Well, rain on my parade! Isn’t THAT special!] I want my CO2!]
Robert Kennedy Schools Sean Hannity on US Interference in Ukraine and the War with Russia – FOX Audience Agrees (VIDEO) By Jim Hoft
Jul. 26, 2023 9:30 am – On Tuesday night Democrat presidential candidate joined Sean Hannity on FOX News for a town hall event.
During the hour-long show, Kennedy continued to gain the approval of the FOX News audience that repeatedly broke out in applause to his positions and ideas for America’s future.
At one point Sean Hannity began grilling Robert Kennedy on the US support for the War in Ukraine. And, once again, the crowd was on his side.
Kennedy pointed out that it was the US and Biden administration that thwarted several attempts for a a peace agreement with Russia. Hannity disagreed. But it was Kennedy who won this debate with the audience.
Did You Know That Russia Has Lost In Ukraine? By Larry Johnson
Jul. 25, 2023 7:00 am – Big news day. According to Joe Biden and Antony Blinken — the tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber of the U.S. Government — Russia has lost in Ukraine. They say it is so, so it must be true. Right? This is but one of subjects that Judge Napolitano and I discussed today. Biggest surprise for me? General Milley told the truth for once. Must be getting a serious case of short-timers attitude:
It appears that the “Russia has lost” meme being pushed by Biden and his lackeys is to create an excuse for the United States to declare victory in Ukraine and walk away basking in the knowledge of “Mission Accomplished.” Based on what has transpired over the last 18 months, with the media refusing to ask any tough questions and frantically pushing pro-Ukrainian propaganda, I think the Biden national security team genuinely believes they can put the shine on Ukrainian military debacle by shouting victory over and over. They are firm believers in the power of spin.
But the usually servile U.S. media is starting to show some signs of doing some actual journalism. A CNN reporter ventured to the front lines of a Ukrainian outpost and came back with a pretty somber picture of a faltering Ukrainian counter-offensive:
[Ed.:
“Operation Reason” Attempts to Turn the Tide Using WTC Evidence AE911Truth Staff
July 24, 2023 – 2023 is a year like no other in the history of our organization!
The potential disastrous consequences of the United States’ post 9/11 foreign policy, and possibility of nuclear war has underlined the importance of our work more than ever before.
As our nation is pushed closer to the precipice, we’re expanding our outreach efforts so that we can do our part to turn the tide by aggressively reaching out to those in key positions within our government with the WTC evidence and holding them accountable for their responses!
FLASHBACK: Former Bush/Clinton White House Chef Drowned in 2015 By Anthony Scott
Jul. 24, 2023 8:05 pm – The recent drowning of former White House and Obama personal chef Tafari Campbell marks the second time a former White House chef has died by drowning within the last decade.
Back in 2015, Former White House chef for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Walter Scheib went missing while hiking outside the city of Taos, New Mexico.
According to authorities, Scheib went missing after hiking in the Taos Ski Valley, located about 10 miles outside of Taos.
After several days of searching, Scheib’s dead body was found by an emergency rescue team and a state medical examiner confirmed it was likely he died by drowning.
[Ed.: VERY interesting!]
BREAKING UPDATE: 43-Year-Old Black Man Drowns Off Obama’s Martha Vineyard Home – Obama’s Personal Chef Tafari Campbell Identified as Victim By Jim Hoft
Jul. 24, 2023 5:00 pm – A body of a 43-year-old paddle boarder was found in a pond on Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard mansion on Sunday night.
The Chicago Sun Times identified the victim as Obama’s Chef Tafari Campbell.
Obama’s Chef Found Dead In Pond Near Residence OAN’s Noah Herring
3:09 PM – Monday, July 24, 2023 – The body of an Obama staffer who went missing while paddle boarding in a pond behind Barack Obama’s vineyard estate on Martha’s Vineyard was recently discovered.
It was reported that Tari Campbell, 45, was out with another paddle boarder in Edgartown Great Pond, Massachusetts, before he eventually went missing on Sunday evening. Emergency crews were dispatched to Obama’s residence.
Witnesses say that Campbell, Obama’s personal chef, went underwater but then briefly reappeared before sinking once more as he struggled to stay afloat at around 7:46 p.m.
A massive joint-agency search was scheduled for Sunday night in hopes of discovering the man’s body. He was last seen wearing all black attire without a life jacket.
BREAKING: Dead Body Found Near Obama’s Martha Vineyard Home, Police Dispatched To Obama’s House By Andi
Jul 24, 2023 – A dead body was found in a pond near former President Barack Obama’s home in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts on Monday morning.
On Sunday night Massachusetts state police received a 911 call of a man on a paddle board struggling to stay afloat.
Shortly after police received the call police officers and rescue teams were dispatched to Barack Obama’s address.
Massachusetts state police in a statement stated “The victim is a 43-year-old male. His name is not being released at this time; we expect to release his name later today.”
[Ed.: No, it wasn’t his...]
Grandfather Education Report by Michael Hodges (email)
– Testing Standards –
Compared to the 8th Grade Test in 1895
Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?
Probably Not…Take a Look
This is a sub section of the Grandfather Education Report, a chapter of the comprehensive Grandfather Economic Report series of mini-reports with dramatic pictures on critical subjects proving serious threats facing the economic future of our young, compared to prior generations. Poor education quality is a major threat to our nation, partly caused by unacceptable teaching methods, and dumbed-down textbooks and test standards.
This is about test standards, compared to the past.
REPOST: PSYOP-MUSK and the X “Everything App” 2ND SMARTEST GUY IN THE WORLD
APR 11, 2023 – Now that Elon Musk has folded Twitter into the “X Corp” it is time to revisit this substack’s earlier article predicting this Deep State con inevitability.
Tweets as of this posting no longer embed into Substack, so here is a screenshot that is linked to the fraudster’s announcement:
This substack previously exposed Elon Musk as a total fraud and CIA/DARPA creation.
Musk also happens to be a WEF young global leaders class of 2008 alumni.Though he never created PayPal or Tesla or Space-X or Neuralink or any other company, Musk was embedded into all of his ventures by the Deep State, and as such he will be the face that helps push out the CBDC.
The Musk mythos is predicated on preying on the human desires for technological progress, adventure, exploration and innovation. It is all a ruse and a Psyop; in fact, let’s call this technocratic puppet what he really is: PSYOP-MUSK.
PSYOP-MUSK and his X “Everything App” is the social credit score system setup. [Emphasis added]
The X “Everything App” will be the hip and cool way that the CBDC will be sold to all of the mindless minions that may not trust the State, but believe that Musk is what the Mockingbird MSM tells them that he is.
You are now being primed for the X Great Reset CBDC horror show because how can anyone not look up to Tony Stark, or not support PSYOP-CLIMATE-CHANGE?
Tesla was always sold as the “climate change” company despite each car over its lifespan generating far more CO2 and requiring more abiotic fuel inputs than any ICE vehicle. Every Tesla on the road represents a net loss to the company ex-ZEV credits and other taxpayer theft handouts.
And toxic and unsustainable lithium and cobalt will never supply current worldwide EV requirements because they will never have to; to wit:
[Ed.: Now is a prudent moment to get your name out of Twitter / X before you inadvertently incorporate into the Devil’s clutches.]
US Creates Permanent New Pandemic Agency For Decade Of Vaccines
July 23, 2023 – The US has created a permanent new pandemic agency called the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy in anticipation of future pandemics and the Decade of Vaccines. President Joe Biden has appointed a retired Air Force general to take charge of spearheading the project.
[Ed.:
FARGO “AMBUSH”: Muslim Migrant Who Who Shot 4 Cops Had 1,800 Rounds of Ammo, “Absolute Arsenal,” Was Planning a Jihad Massacre at Street Fair By Pamela Geller
July 21, 2023 – The story disappeared when it was revealed the mass murder was a Muslim. [Emphasis added]
Mohamed Barakat who shot and killed by a Fargo police officer Friday, was armed with explosives, guns, a homemade grenade and 1,800 rounds of ammunition.
He was a Syrian national who arrived in the US on an asylum request.
Barakat searched online for area public events along with the terms “kill fast” and “mass shooting events” before he ambushed police responding to a car crash, firing nearly 40 rounds, killing one officer and seriously injuring two others and a civilian before he was killed.
Mohamed Barakat, the man shot and killed by a Fargo police officer Friday, was armed with explosives, guns, a homemade grenade and 1,800 rounds of ammunition.
Inside Barakat’s car, they found what Schneider described as an “absolute arsenal,” 1,800 rounds, multiple guns and a homemade hand grenade, along with gasoline containers and two propane tanks filled with explosive materials built in his home. The tanks were detonated by a bomb squad, and proved to be very powerful.
Attorney General Drew Wrigley just said if 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat was able to carry out his “murderous barrage” planned for the city of Fargo “there would not have been enough medical personnel in a three state area.”
Fargo Police officers were investigating routine traffic accident on 25th Street and 9th Avenue South when the suspect, 37-year-old Mohamed Barakat, started firing at officers. Three of the officers were shot, including Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes. Shots were also fired at firefighters responding to the crash and, fortunately, none of them were hit. Zibolski says a Fargo Fire truck was hit by gunfire during the shootout.
[Ed.: (Psssst:) Musloids must kill us because it is their religious belief.]
Leaked Report Confirms Myocarditis Cases Spiked in US Military Following Forced COVID Shots – As Gateway Pundit Has been Reporting now for Over 2 Years By Jim Hoft
Jul. 22, 2023 9:15 am – Back in September 2021 the Gateway Pundit reported on a shocking new study that was conducted by researchers at Canada’s University of Ottawa Heart Institute found that one out of every thousand(1/1000) mRNA Covid-19 vaccinations causes heart inflammation(myopericarditis) to develop rapidly in otherwise healthy individuals.
The study looked at over 32,000 individuals who had received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines and monitored them for heart-related conditions between June 1, 2021, and July 31, 2021.
32 of the study subjects were admitted into the hospital with heart and chest-related symptoms.
“There were 15,997 doses of Moderna vaccine, and 16,382 doses of Pfizer vaccine administered over the study period, for a total of 32,379 doses. Note that these numbers represent a mixture of first and second doses.
Therefore, if our cohort captured all cases in the Ottawa area, then the incidence of myocarditis would be 0.1% of all vaccine doses (32 cases/32,379 doses x 100), or 10 cases of myocarditis for every 10,000 doses of vaccine.”
Researchers found that the symptoms show up extremely quickly after vaccination, usually after the patient’s second dose. On average, people who were affected developed the condition after just 1.5 days.
Scientific Details of the Linen Frequency Study RED PILL CONSPIRACY
‘The human body has a signature frequency of 100, and organic cotton is the same – 100. The study showed that if the number is lower than 100, it puts a strain on the body.’
JUL 22, 2023 – In 2003, a study was done by a Jewish doctor, Heidi Yellen, on the frequencies of fabric. According to this study, the human body has a signature frequency of 100, and organic cotton is the same – 100. The study showed that if the number is lower than 100, it puts a strain on the body. A diseased, nearly dead person has a frequency of about 15, and that is where polyester, rayon, and silk register. Nonorganic cotton registers a signature frequency of about 70. However, if the fabric has a higher frequency, it gives energy to the body. This is where linen comes in as a super-fabric. Its frequency is 5,000. Wool is also 5,000, but when mixed together with linen, the frequencies cancel each other out and fall to zero. Even wearing a wool sweater on top of a linen outfit in a study collapsed the electrical field. The reason for this could be that the energy field of wool flows from left to right, while that of linen flows in the opposite direction, from right to left.
In an email dated 2/10/12, Dr. Yellen explained the process of this study:
“Frequency was determined by a technician [named] Ivanne Farr who used a digital instrument designed by a retired Texas A&M professor called the Ag-Environ machine. We had a public demonstration with an audience at internationally known artist Bob Summers home.
“Bob Graham, the inventor, told us that his machine was created to analyze the signature frequencies of agricultural commodities to aid the farmer in determining the right time of harvest growth. The gentleman identified signature frequencies that identified illness also and had turned to helping people get well. Bob Graham stated that it was a ‘signature frequency of that plant’s species identity.’ The mHz is different, we were suggested that it would be the same as Rose essential oil.
THE BIDENS’ CARTEL CONNECTIONS: PART THREE MIKE MCCORMICK
OPERATION ANVIL: MURDEROUS DEA RAMPAGE IN HONDURAS FOLLOWED JOE’S MARCH 2012 MYSTERIOUS VISIT
JUL 22, 2023 – Vice President Joe Biden Greets Soto Cano Air Base Commanders, March 6th, 2012. Public Domain Photo by Martin Chahin.
One month after Joe Biden returned from a clandestine side trip to Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, the U.S. State Department and Drug Enforcement Administration in Honduras collaborated with Honduran law enforcement on a drug interdiction effort code named Operation Anvil.
Civilian deaths, cartel cooperation, and brazen cocaine smuggling into the United States by associates of the Honduran government were the result.
But none of this was publicly disclosed until President Donald Trump’s administration.
In the aftermath of Operation Anvil, the ObamaBiden Department of Justice, State Department, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lied about their involvement, stonewalled investigators, and covered up the truth for the duration of Obama’s administration.
Sound familiar?
One Russian journalist killed, three others injured in Ukrainian cluster-bomb attack LEO HOHMANN
This marks yet another step in the escalation of the war
JUL 22, 2023 –Russian journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev (pictured above) has been killed and three other journalists injured near the front line in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia region, Russia’s defense ministry said, as Moscow accused Kiev of using cluster munitions supplied by the United States this month in the attack.
Zhuravlev, a war correspondent for Russia’s RIA news agency, was killed and three other Russian journalists were wounded in a Ukrainian artillery attack on Saturday, July 22, the Russian defense ministry said, adding that they were evacuated from the battlefield but Zhuravlev died during the journey.
Zhuravlev was under the employ of Russia’s RIA Novosti when he, along with several others on the team, came under heavy shelling.
A statement was issued by the Russian news agency TASS as follows:
“Those who were involved in the brutal attack on Russian journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev will be held accountable, and responsibility will also be shared by the suppliers of cluster bombs to Kiev, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Saturday.
“The perpetrators of the brutal attack on the Russian journalist will inevitably face deserved punishment. The entire extent of responsibility will also be shared by those who have sent cluster munitions to their Kiev proteges,” the diplomat said.
“As a result of a strike by the Ukrainian army using cluster munitions, four journalists were wounded in various levels of severity,” the Russian army said in a statement, adding that the other correspondents have wounds of “medium severity.”
Iranian Oil Stolen by the US Stuck on a Tanker Off the Coast of Texas by Dave DeCamp
US companies are hesitant to unload the oil over concerns of retaliation from Iran in the Persian Gulf
July 19, 2023 – US federal prosecutors are struggling to sell off a shipment of stolen Iranian oil being carried by a Greek tanker off the coast of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The US Justice Department seized the Greek tanker Suez Rajan in April under the pretext of sanctions enforcement and forced the ship to head for Texas instead of China. The Suez Rajan is carrying 800,000 barrels of stolen oil and is currently off the coast of Galveston.
According to the Journal, the US can’t sell the oil because the companies that would unload the oil are worried about Iranian retaliation in the Persian Gulf. “Companies with any exposure whatsoever in the Persian Gulf are literally afraid to do it,” a Houston-based energy executive involved in the matter told the paper.
The executive said that several companies contacted about the oil declined to unload the cargo. After the US stole the Iranian oil shipment, Iran seized two tankers in the Persian Gulf, which was likely retaliation.
Since then, the US has announced several measures to increase its military presence in the region to prevent more Iranian seizures in the Persian Gulf that it provoked in the first place.
The US has a history of seizing tankers and stealing Iranian cargo. In 2021, the Biden administration sold off two million barrels of Iranian oil taken from a tanker that was seized off the coast of the UAE. During the Trump administration, the US seized ships carrying Iranian gas bound for Venezuela and discharged some of the cargo in New York.
[Ed.: I’ll buy it! I just need the name and number of the seller…]Daily Shmutz | NEWS | 7/25/23
