National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG.

More than a million tonnes of radioactive wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant will be dumped in Pacific Ocean –Experts warn Japan is months away from dumping more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste on Australia’s doorstep. | 21 June 2023 | More than a million tonnes of radioactive wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima power plant in Japan will be dumped in the Pacific Ocean, and experts warn the first release is “imminent.” In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami that crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi plant, unleashing the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986… In 2021, Japan announced it planned to release 1.3 million tonnes of the wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, a move which horrified local fishing communities and our Pacific neighbours. Now, the operator of the wrecked plant has begun testing new facilities to treat and dilute the water to a point where it is no longer harmful, to be released into the Pacific Ocean in spring or summer next year — Australia’s autumn or winter. But University of Adelaide director of the Centre for Radiation Research, Education and Innovation Tony Hooker says the first release could come as soon as summer 2023. Since then, water has been used to keep the three damaged reactors from overheating, with the contaminated water being stored in about 1000 tanks at the site.

Train carrying ‘potential contaminants’ derails into the Yellowstone River | 24 June 2023 | A train carrying “potential contaminants” derailed on Saturday into the Yellowstone River located in Montana. The train was going over a bridge that collapsed, resulting in the derailment. As of now the officials are unsure of what started the incident, according to ABC News. Three of the derailed cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, the director of Emergency Management for Yellowstone County, KC Williams, told the news outlet. Williams said the drinking water has not been contaminated as of now. Officials in Montana have warned the public to stay away from parts of the Yellowstone River due to “potential contaminants.”

Rebel Wagner Mercenaries Agree to Halt Advance on Moscow | 24 June 2023 |The Belarus President’s Office has said that Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has agreed to stop the group’s lightning-fast advance toward Moscow and to deescalate the situation, with Prigozhin confirming the news in a social media post. Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has reportedly held talks with Prigozhin, according to Lukashenko’s press service. The Belarussian president’s office added that Lukashenko’s talks with Prigozhin had Putin’s blessing and that there’s a draft agreement on the table that would provide security guarantees for Wagner fighters. Russian state media TASS reported that a tentative deal has been reached that would halt Wagner’s advance toward Moscow, which sparked a pledge from Putin to crush any insurrection. 

We will defend our country from treason – Putin –Evgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is a “stab in the back” amid the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has said | 24 June 2023 | The attempted insurrection by the chief of the Wagner private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, amounts to a betrayal of Russia and its people, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation on Saturday morning. He also vowed that the country’s law enforcement agencies will take decisive actions to restore order. In a televised speech, Putin appealed to Russian service members and those “who have been drawn into this criminal gamble by deceit or threats,” without naming Prigozhin in particular. He noted that Moscow is engaged in a historic struggle to safeguard its future while “repelling aggression from neo-Nazis and their masters” in the West. “We are fighting for the lives and safety of our people, for our sovereignty and independence. For the right to be and remain Russia,” the president said, urging fellow citizens to join forces and put aside all the divisions that could be exploited by foreign adversaries. 

COVID-Vaccinated More Likely to Be Hospitalized: CDC Data | 15 June 2023 | COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization turned negative over time, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presented on June 15. The effectiveness against hospitalization plummeted to negative 8 percent for people who received one of the old COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from a CDC-run hospital network. A dose of one of the updated bivalent vaccines moved the protection above zero, to 29 percent, but the protection fell back to negative 8 percent beyond 89 days, the data show… Dr. Robert Malone, who helped invent the messenger RNA technology utilized by the vaccine companies in their vaccines, said that the negative effectiveness is consistent with prior data such as a study from the Cleveland Clinic that found each successive vaccine dose increased the risk of infection. 

Republican Lawmakers Question NYC Reporting of Unvaccinated Teachers to FBI | 23 June 2023 | A group of Republican U.S. House lawmakers are requesting info from New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks on the city’s practice of assigning “Problem Codes” to teachers who refused a COVID-19 vaccination and sending their data to the FBI, according to a letter sent by the lawmakers on Friday. “I am writing to request greater information about the New York City Department of Education’s (NYCDOE) practice of assigning ‘Problem Codes’ to the records of New York City educators who lawfully chose not to receive COVID-19 vaccinations,” the letter said. “Moreover, the Department sent educators’ fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the New York Criminal Justice Services.” The letter was signed by House members including Representatives Nicholas Langworthy, Andrew Garbarino and Elise Stefanik. Earlier this year, New York City officials incorrectly claimed that the Problem Codes are not part of a permanent personnel record and are not shared with any external organizations, the letter said. 

Beef Company CEO: ‘I’ll Shut Down the Company Before We Ship a Single Bag With mRNA-Injected Meat’ | 16 June 2023 | Quickly but quietly, Big Pharma and various state governments are working to inject beef and dairy cattle with mRNA “vaccines.” The practice has been happening with pork since 2018 and beef is next on the agenda. Jason Nelson, CEO of Whole Cows, has been watching the developments closely. His Texas company, which specializes in shelf-stable freeze-dried meat for long-term storage, has vowed to never allow gene therapied cattle to enter the food supply through their products. “I’ll shut down the company before we ship a single bag of mRNA-injected meat,’ he said… The pushes for both transparency and to halt the push for mRNA-jabbed beef have hit roadblocks recently. In Missouri, a bill that would have forced labeling of beef injected with mRNA vaccines [HB1169] was stalled in committee.

Insane in the membrane: Pentagon Discloses ‘Accounting Error’ Resulting in $6.2 Billion Surplus for Ukraine | 20 June 2023 | The Pentagon revealed on Tuesday that an overestimation in the value of weapons sent to Ukraine over the past two years has resulted in an extra 6.2 billion of U.S. taxpayers’ m-ney earmarked for the Eastern European country. This figure is approximately double what was originally estimated and allegedly will be utilized for future security packages.Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh provided clarification on the nature of the error, explaining that the military services had used the replacement cost rather than the book value of equipment pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine. According to Singh, the error was identified during a detailed review of the accounting process. 

Biden mulling ‘Israel model’ for Ukraine – NYT –Washington reportedly opposes offering NATO membership while the nation is at war but may vow to arm it for years to come | 14 June 2023 | Joe Biden’s administration is reluctant to offer Ukraine full NATO membership and is instead pushing for the “Israel model,” meaning a time-limited commitment to maintain the flow of Western weapons to the country, the New York Times has reported. The pledge would fall short of a collective defense guarantee, which Kiev and some Eastern European members of NATO are advocating, the newspaper said on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the deliberations. A possible commitment to Kiev would be shorter than the ten-year agreement that is signed with Israel, the report explained. Opponents of Ukraine’s accession to NATO are concerned it would further escalate the crisis with Moscow. They have argued that by joining the organization, Ukraine would play “into [the] Russian narrative” about the nature of the conflict, according to the report. Russian officials have described the hostilities in Ukraine as part of a U.S.-led proxy war against their country. Moscow has called NATO’s expansion in Europe one of the key causes of the conflict. 

Kiev intends to kill as many Russians as possible – top Zelensky aide | 15 Jun 2023 | Ukraine currently has only one plan, which is a campaign to kill the maximum number of Russians, Mikhail Podoliak, an advisor to the chief of President Vladimir Zelensky’s office [and Grade ‘A’ sociopath], said on the air during a telemarathon on Thursday. “There is only one plan: the most brutal advance with the maximum killing of Russians on this route,” he said, noting that Kiev “can’t just stop somewhere and say, ‘all right, let’s think and talk about something now.'” “The only possible scenario for Ukraine is to reach its 1991 borders,” he said. Back in May, Podoliak also proclaimed that his country hates Russia and those who represent it and vowed to “persecute” Russians “always and everywhere.” Earlier this week, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov revealed that Kiev had been instructed by its Western backers in the early days of the conflict to “kill as many Russians” as it could before surrendering. [WHY are we funding these war criminals, sociopaths, and terrorists?] 

U.S. knew Ukraine planned to destroy Kakhovka dam – Moscow –Kiev coordinates all targets for the HIMARS rocket launchers with Washington, a top Russian diplomat has said | 14 June 2023 | Washington was perfectly aware of Kiev’s plan to destroy the Kakhovka dam since US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were used in the attack, high-ranking Russian diplomat Konstantin Gavrilov said on Wednesday. HIMARS launchers are “high-precision systems that make use of the US GPS navigation system for targeting,” Gavrilov, who heads Russia’s delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said. Any targets picked out by Kiev for these systems are “coordinated with the Americans,” he added. According to the official, Ukrainian forces struck the Kakhovka dam with more than 300 HIMARS missiles over the summer and autumn of 2022. “The Americans knew about it. Yet, they did nothing to prevent the catastrophe,” Gavrilov said. 

Senate Report Shows China Company CEFC Sent Over $5 Million to Hunter Biden Related Firms Just Days After ‘I Am Sitting Here With My Father’ Text to Chinese Business Associate | 23 June 2023 | A Senate report from September 2020 titled “Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns” reports over 5 million was sent to two Hunter Biden related firms by the Chinese firm CEFC in early August 2017, which turns out to be just days after Hunter Biden sent a threatening WhatsApp text message on July 30, 2017, to Chinese business associate Henry Zhao that claimed Hunter’s father Joe Biden was “sitting here” with him.The WhatsApp message was revealed Thursday as part of a package of IRS whistleblower statements and evidence released by the House Ways and Means Committee. “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my directions. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.” 

DOJ told IRS not to interview Joe Biden’s grandchildren in Hunter probe to avoid ‘hot water’: whistleblower –IRS whistleblower says U.S. Attorney David Weiss was ‘constantly hamstrung, limited, and marginalized’ by other DOJ officials | 23 June 2023 | IRS whistleblowers told Congress that a Justice Department official dissuaded investigators from talking to President Biden’s grandchildren as part of the federal probe into Hunter Biden to avoid getting into “hot water.” On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee released transcripts of interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who claim decisions made during the probe by DOJ, FBI and IRS officials seemed to be “influenced by politics.” Testimony of IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley Jr., who oversaw the investigation, and an unnamed IRS special agent who claims to have opened the initial probe alleges investigators were told not to interview President Biden’s grandchildren. Investigators said interviewing the grandchildren would have been customary under normal circumstances because some of the payments Hunter Biden made that they were investigating involved his children, including a 30,000 tuition p-yment to Columbia University. 

Whistleblower Who Exposed Biden Bribery Scheme Found Dead | 15 June 2023 | New reports reveal the Burisma whistleblower that exposed the Biden bribery scheme has been found dead. Sean Hannity reported, “A Burisma whistleblower, wife of former Burisma owner Mykola Lisin who died under mysterious circumstances years ago, has been found dead.” The whistleblower was reportedly an accountant for Burisma’s “offshore bank accounts” and was ready to give up all the offshore accounts that included the Biden family’s account. 

Top Biden campaign aide’s connection to son Hunter revealed in bombshell scandal –David Wade has visited the Biden White House at least 5 times between 2021 and 2022 | 16 June 2023 | A top aide for Joe Biden’s re-[s]election campaign is married to a consultant who helped advise Hunter Biden as he was receiving increased public scrutiny regarding his lucrative position on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. Elizabeth Alexander, the communications director for first lady Jill Biden, went on temporary leave last month to help lead the messaging arm of Biden’s campaign. She previously served as the president’s [sic] spokesperson when he was in the Senate and when he was vice president. She also worked on the Biden’s 2020 campaign as a senior adviser for communications. Alexander got married in 2010 to David Wade…Wade left the [Obama] State Department on June 17, 2015, and started a consulting firm called GreenLight Strategies a couple months later, according to his LinkedIn. On September 14, 2015, Wade reached out to Eric Schwerin, the president of Hunter’s now-dissolved Rosemont Seneca Partners, about helping Hunter and the firm with “rapid response.” 

Kari Lake Attorney: Maricopa County’s Chain of Custody Docs Show 18,000 Illegal Ballots Were Injected the Day After the Polls Closed in 2020 | 13 June 2023 | Kari Lake attorney Bryan Blehm published a chain of custody document from the 2020 election in Maricopa County, which appears to show “18,000 illegal ballots were injected the day after the polls had closed on November 4, 2020.” Arizona’s November 3, 2020, presidential election in Arizona was decided by less than 10,500 votes. The same issues with missing chain of custody and late ballots that were accepted in the 2022 election that was stolen from Kari Lake. Lake is still fighting her lawsuit against the rigged election in Maricopa County, where 59% of machines failed on Election Day, targeting Republicans. 

Jeffrey Epstein was asked to help craft Virgin Islands sex offender law by first lady | 16 June 2023 | Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein allegedly helped the former U.S. Virgin Islands first lady draft language for a sex offender law, according to a bombshell new federal filing from JPMorgan Chase. Three years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage prostitute in Florida, Cecile de Johngh, the wife of then-Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh Jr., allegedly asked Epstein if he approved of specific changes to the sex offender monitoring laws. “This is the suggested language; will it work for you?” Cecile de Jongh allegedly wrote in May 2011. In Wednesday’s scathing filing, JPMorgan Chase attempted to turn the tables on the Caribbean islands’ government. 

U.S. Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica dead at 24 –Gasienica made his Olympic debut in Beijing in 2022 | 14 June 2023 | Patrick Gasienica, who represented the U.S. in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, died on Monday, USA Nordic Sport and U.S. Ski & Snowboard confirmed in a statement Tuesday. He was 24. His cause of death was not immediately known. [Pfizer?] Gasienica, who made his Olympic debut in Beijing, began his ski jumping career at the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, Illinois. He has represented the U.S. at multiple events, including at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in 2016 and 2017, and at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 2019. 

Guy gets accused of racism by his doorbell – Amazon shuts down his smart home | 13 June 2023 | …A significant number of Americans willingly invite in their homes these advanced devices that constantly eavesdrop on their conversations and actions. Yet, that’s become the norm with gadgets like Echo and Alexa, which feel like creepy spies sitting in the corner, recording every noise you make. Well, one guy learned the hard way just how risky that idea can be when his doorbell accused him of being “racist” and Amazon completely shut down his entire “smart home.” The guy’s name is Brandon Jackson, and he gave a detailed account of what went down that fateful day… Brandon was unable to access his “smart house” devices and figured he had been hacked. Little did he know what was about to happen, all thanks to the Amazon Supreme Court, the mighty deciders of who gets electricity and who doesn’t. As it turns out, there wasn’t even a racist comment made… So, instead, it’s apparently more acceptable to completely cut off someone’s access to their own home based on the mere possibility that they might be dirty, filthy, Trump-supporting racist. But here’s the bigger question: when did Amazon become the arbiter of free speech in the United States?