Look at any totalitarian state and you’ll find that the leaders initiated some kind of system where ordinary people acted as state informants.
Mussolini had his Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism (OVRA), Hitler his Gestapo, Stalin his People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (which later became the KGB), Mao his Red Guards, Castro his Dirección de Inteligencia (DI), and California Governor Gavin Newsom has his CA vs Hate (CVH).
The California legislature passed legislation creating the new No Hate hotline, where citizens can report all the hateful freedom-loving kulaks, and Newsom signed it into law to the tune of $110 million.
“Here in California, we are sending an unequivocal message that hate will not be tolerated,” said Governor Newsom. “We stand firm for a California for All and it is important that we hold perpetrators accountable for their actions and provide resources for those individuals victimized by hate crimes. Now, Californians have another tool to ensure that not only justice is served, but that individuals have access to additional resources to help deal with the lingering wounds that remain after such a horrendous crime occurs.”
The announcement said the law was needed because reported hAte cRiMeS were on the rise.
The hate acts can be reported in 15 different languages through the online portal and in over 200 languages when calling the hotline.
So just what can be reported?
According to the online portal, EVERYTHING!
A hostile expression or action committed, in whole or in part, because of a person’s actual or perceived identity(ies) or characteristic(s), including race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender, including gender identity, and/or because that person is a part of a protected group.
There are two main kinds of hate incidents – (1) acts of hate that are not crimes but violate civil rights laws, and (2) acts of hate that may not violate the law. Both types cause significant harm to communities.
Some examples of hate incidents can include: derogatory name calling, bullying, hate mail, and refusing service.
Under California law, a hate crime is a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim: disability, gender, gender identity, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation; or because of the person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
By the time the lines and website are bogged down with reports, California will look like the most hate-filled state in the nation.
And they’ll be able to get those prisons they emptied out during the pandemic full again. Only this time, they’ll be full of people who oppose the state’s agenda.
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That’s some perk for a “private citizen.”
First son Hunter Biden was driven to and from the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del., in a motorcade comprising about half a dozen SUVs Wednesday, drawing outrage from conservatives.
The first son’s appearance was intended to cement a controversial plea arrangement for misdemeanor tax violations and a felony firearm charge.
That went awry following a dispute between prosecutors and defense attorneys over the possibility of future charges for Hunter — including potential unregistered foreign lobbying.
But the elaborate security detail accompanying the 53-year-old triggered Twitter grousing over taxpayers footing the bill for the convoy.
Other detractors also questioned whether the security detail was necessary. Hunter Biden was guided to court by a motorcade of black SUVs. Saquan Stimpson – CNP The first son entered the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, Wednesday. AP There was a robust security presence in the area.Getty Images
“Hunter Biden seriously has a motorcade? Is that normal or do they just help transport his coke?” self-described TikTok influencer Sarah Sizzle tweeted.
“Tax payers just funded Hunter Biden’s motorcade arrival to his court appearance where he’s expected to admitted he didn’t pay his taxes. The DOJ just spit in your face and told you it was raining,” Breanna Morello, a producer at “The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson,” alleged on Twitter.
“Why Hunter Biden’s taxpayer paid for secret service motorcade only proves a father’s love for his son,” conservative commentator and contributing editor for the Spectator Stephen L. Miller tweeted, riffing off fawning headlines about the relationship between President Biden and his offspring.
“Remember, Hunter Biden is a ‘private citizen’ … who keeps appointments in a six-car, taxpayer-funded motorcade, and his criminal enterprise has nothing to do with his corrupt father whose name he used to extort shakedown payments from foreign oligarchs,” a user named Cruadin tweeted.
“‘I’m just not gonna get into anything that’s related to Hunter Biden. He’s a private citizen’ – Karine Jean-Pierre[.] A ‘private citizen’ with a motorcade and a security detail and lives at the WH and..,” wrote commentator Sean Agnew, quoting the White House press secretary.
“Why does Hunter Biden have a motorcade?” user Karli Bonne simply pondered.
“Let’s do this what is Hunter Biden’s secret service code name?” user Dr. Richard Harambe tweeted.
“Where’s Hunter? In one heck of a motorcade paid for by taxpayers,” Sen. Ted Cruz’s former communications adviser Steve Guest tweeted.
At the top of her briefing Wednesday, Jean-Pierre declined to speak on the first son’s chaotic court appearance.
“Hunter Biden is a private citizen and this was a personal matter for him. As we have said, the president, the first lady, they love their son, and they support him as he continues to rebuild his life,” she said. “This case was handled independently — as all of you know — by the Justice Department under the leadership of a prosecutor appointed by the former president, President Trump.”
Shortly after Hunter Biden entered the courtroom, the hearing descended into chaos as both sides attempted to salvage the plea deal.
By Wednesday afternoon, the first son pleaded not guilty as a pro forma step while US District Judge Maryellen Noreika put the deal on hold. Hunter Biden’s hearing did not go the way many observers expected and he wound up pleading not guilty. REUTERS Security was very tight during his appearance in court.AP
Republican critics such House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) panned the initial agreement as a “slap on the wrist” deal.
GOP congressional investigators have been examining IRS whistleblower accusations that the federal probe of Hunter Biden was rife with favoritism toward the first son.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/hunter-biden-stirs-uproar-for-motorcade-entourage-to-court/
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a recent interview with NBC News, pushed back on comments from Republican politicians who are hesitant to keep bolstering Ukraine’s military against Russia.
Zelenskyy joined NBC News to talk about Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive and his requests for additional weapons and aircraft for Ukrainian forces. During the Thursday interview, NBC correspondent Richard Engel asked Zelenskyy to respond to Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s characterization of the Ukraine-Russia conflict as a “territorial dispute” and fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump’s vow to quickly end the conflict and sue for peace between the two countries.
“If any candidate thinks supporting Ukraine is too costly, are they ready to go to war? Are they ready to fight? Send their children? Die?” Zelenskyy said. “They will have to do it anyway if NATO enters this war, and if Ukraine fails and Russia occupies us, they will move on to the Baltics or Poland or some other NATO country. And then the U.S. will have to choose between keeping NATO or entering the war.”
Zelenskyy said Ukraine continuing to fight is to the benefit of NATO nations like the United States.
“I wonder if those candidates realize the price Ukraine is paying in this war,” the Ukrainian president said.
Engel asked Zelenskyy whether he was worried if certain candidates winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election raised concerns for Ukraine.
“The American people will choose the most worthy president and we will support this choice. And that’s normal and fair,” Zelenskyy replied. “Of course some statements from representatives of specific groups and politicians calling for diminished support of Ukraine, yes that does worry us. I think that’s a big risk for Ukraine. It’s not the person at the top, it’s the change of policy we want to avoid. I believe that won’t happen.”
Rather than continuing to arm and fund Ukraine’s military, Trump and DeSantis have both called for a peaceful cessation of hostilities.
In a March response to a questionnaire from then Fox News host Tucker Carlson, DeSantis said the United States has many pressing national security concerns but “becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them” and “peace should be the objective.”
Following his initial comments about Ukraine, DeSantis told Fox News host Piers Morgan that the Russian decision to invade Ukraine was “wrong” and labeled Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal,” but stood by his position that the United States should not get further involved in the conflict.
DeSantis also questioned the idea that Russia poses a threat beyond Ukraine, chalking up Russia’s progress so far in the war to a “loss.”
“I do not think it’s going to end with Putin being victorious. I do not think the Ukrainian government is going to be toppled by him and I think that’s a good thing,” DeSantis told Morgan in March.
Last month, DeSantis again addressed the Ukraine-Russia conflict, reiterating calls for a peaceful settlement.
Trump has repeatedly called for a peaceful settlement to the conflict, including during a contentious town hall interview with CNN in May. When CNN host Kaitlin Collins asked whether he wants Ukraine to win the war, Trump said, “I think in terms of getting it settled so we [can] stop killing all these people—Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying.”
During the CNN interview, Trump said he could bring about a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. Trump also refused to call Putin a war criminal, saying that label “should be discussed later” but that doing so too soon would make it “a lot tougher to make a deal to make this thing stopped.”
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also called for a peaceful conclusion to the war in Ukraine.
“We will offer to withdraw our troops and nuclear-capable missiles from Russia’s borders. Russia will withdraw its troops from Ukraine and guarantee its freedom and independence,” Kennedy’s campaign website states. “[United Nations] peacekeepers will guarantee peace to the Russian-speaking eastern regions [of Ukraine]. We will put an end to this war. We will put an end to the suffering of the Ukrainian people. That will be the start of a broader program of demilitarization of all countries.”
During his interview with NBC, Zelenskyy also questioned Trump’s claim that he could reach a peace agreement within 24 hours.
“I don’t think there’s a single person in this world who could convince Putin to end the war. I don’t believe that’s possible,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine and Russia have been at odds since at least 2014, when then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from power. Yanukovych was on generally friendly terms with neighboring Russia, and pro-Russian Ukrainians in the eastern Donbas region sought to separate from Ukraine with support from Russia. Forces of the post-Yanukovych Ukrainian government have been involved in low-level fighting in the Donbas region since then. Putin cited a need to protect these pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as part of his reason for invading Ukraine in February of last year.
Prior to Yanukovych’s ouster, Ukraine had also given Russia access to the Crimean port of Sevastopol. After Yanukovych’s ouster, Russian forces annexed Crimea with relatively minimal resistance.
While relatively low-level fighting between separatists and Ukrainian government forces continued in the Donbas region throughout his presidency, Trump has said Russia would not have invaded Ukraine the way it did in February of last year had he still been in office.
From NTD News
Fmr Ukraine Prosecutor Gen. Victor Shokin on #BidenBribery:
“The transcripts of Biden’s telephone conversations with Poroshenko is where the truth will show itself.
Americans must demand it.
And if they do, they will see, broad as day, Joe Biden was illegally influencing foreign officials in order to protect his son Hunter and shield illegal money laundering activities.”
Just 1 yr after this interview in Kiev, I found the recordings and reported on it.
Shokin confirmed their authenticity.
@OANN
Watch the 2019 interview here:
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President Biden issued an official proclamation declaring that transgender Americans “shape our nation’s soul” and established a holiday relating to the group this week.
Biden issued the proclamation Thursday to mark March 31, 2023, as the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day some transgender activists have renamed to “day of vengeance.”
“Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul — proudly serving in the military, curing deadly diseases, holding elected office, running thriving businesses, fighting for justice, raising families, and much more,” Biden wrote in the Thursday morning proclamation.
“Today, too many transgender Americans are still denied…rights and freedoms,” the president’s statement continued. “A wave of discriminatory state laws is targeting transgender youth, terrifying families and hurting kids who are not hurting anyone. An epidemic of violence against transgender women and girls, in particular women and girls of color, has taken lives far too soon.”
President Biden issued a proclamation declaring March 31, 2023 to be the Transgender Day of Visibility. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Biden’s statement went on to tout what he outlined as his administration’s efforts in supporting the American transgender community. The president also pointed to his decision to allow transgender people to serve in the military once again, as well as his efforts to include what he described as “gender markers” on U.S. passports.
Several states, including West Virginia and most recently Kentucky, have joined together with nine other states in banning or restricting transgender surgeries and other care for minors — something Biden and his administration have attacked as being discriminatory and cruel.
Federal judges have blocked related laws in states including Alabama and Arkansas from taking effect, and nearly two dozen other states are said to be considering bills this year that would restrict or ban transgender medical treatments.
Fox News’ Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-transgender-people-shape-nations-soul-official-proclamation
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