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Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4M in 2020, used only $550,000 on the charity's mission of preventing child abuse
The Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4 million in 2020 but only spent some $550,000 on protecting children from abuse - what it states is its mission, according to tax filings. The Delaware-based foundation pulled in $3.9 million in 2020, including a $1.8 million infusion from The Biden Foundation, according to tax filings. It also took in a $225,000 donation from a top political donor to President Joe Biden, 79. Despite the extra $2 million, the charity only spent $544,961 toward its mission of protecting children from abuse. The foundation - which started less than a month after he died in 2015 - only spent about 58 percent of its budget on its mission in 2020, according to CharityWatch, a watchdog group. The group said top-rated non-profits typically spend around 75 percent the budget on programs.
https://www.sott.net/article/466008-Beau-Biden-Foundation-raked-in-nearly-4M-in-2020-used-only-550000-on-the-charitys-mission-of-preventing-child-abuse
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Hillary Clinton's State Department spokesman just called for me to be financially investigated
In response to a Twitter thread I made about the mounting evidence that the Ukraine war was deliberately provoked by the US empire to orchestrate regime change in Moscow, a former Obama administration State Department spokesperson has called on his followers to investigate my funding. In a since-deleted Twitter post, Ian Kelly, who has held various White House positions under the Obama and Trump administrations including a year as State Department spokesperson under Hillary Clinton, posted the request "Somebody please follow her money" as a quote tweet to my aforementioned thread.
https://www.sott.net/article/466009-Hillary-Clintons-State-Department-spokesman-just-called-for-me-to-be-financially-investigated
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Kiev's war crimes against Russian POWs discredit the US-led West's cause
There's no doubt that their MSM will suppress this incident and then shamelessly spin it however they think is necessary in order to downplay what happened and ultimately distract their audience into focusing on something else in the very near future, but those who've already been made aware of what just occurred know what they saw with their own eyes. As George Orwell wrote in his famous 1984: "The party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Shocking but not unsurprising footage has circulated across social media in recent days showing Kiev's fighters committing war crimes by torturing Russian prisoners of war (POW), some of whom seemed to have even died while these atrocious acts were being recorded. Russia immediately launched an investigation as did Kiev after senior presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych described it as "absolutely unacceptable behavior." Despite the latter's condemnation of these crimes, it's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466010-Kievs-war-crimes-against-Russian-POWs-discredit-the-US-led-Wests-cause
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Our elites need to recognize that America's 'unipolar moment' is over
Writing in the current Washington Examiner, Anne Pierce suggests that the United States is today confronted by a new "Axis of Evil" composed of Russia, China, and Iran, which poses an existential threat to U.S. security. Pierce contends that American policymakers mistakenly pivoted to Asia when their focus should have been Russia and Europe. She calls on the Biden administration to wage economic warfare against Russia while providing Ukraine with whatever military material its leaders request, and to catalog Russian atrocities "with the aim of prosecuting Russia for war crimes." To refuse to do this, she writes, would be a "moral, strategic, and military failure of historic proportions." One could be forgiven for thinking that Pierce, who is the author of A Perilous Path: The Misguided Foreign Policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry, believes that we are still operating in America's "unipolar moment." Her article suggests that the United States could and should...
https://www.sott.net/article/466011-Our-elites-need-to-recognize-that-Americas-unipolar-moment-is-over
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India ready to bypass dollar in trade with Russia
A system allowing direct rupee-ruble payments in trade between Russia and India could be launched this week, the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), A Sakthivel, told CNBC on Wednesday. The arrangement would allow India and Russia to carry out financial operations bypassing the US dollar. Russia is effectively blocked from using US currency due to Western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine. According to the official, the Indian government is working on a proposal to allow up to five nationalized Indian banks to be engaged in the rupee-ruble trade mechanism, and discussions between the central bank governor, the finance minister, and the banks on the matter have already been held. The arrangement would let Indian exporters continue doing business with Russia despite sanctions banning, among other things, international payment mechanisms in the country, such as SWIFT. It would also let India continue buying Russian energy exports and other goods.
https://www.sott.net/article/466012-India-ready-to-bypass-dollar-in-trade-with-Russia
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Russia says West not welcome in peace talks
Russia is eager for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, but it won't accept any Western mediation during its talks with Kiev, the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. "We're ready to give diplomacy a chance. That's why we agreed to the talks, which are resuming in Istanbul." The discussions are scheduled to continue on Tuesday. The Turkish government, which has good ties with both Russia and Ukraine, has put a great deal of effort into getting the two sides around the negotiating table. However, there's no need to include the EU or the US - which support Kiev in the conflict - in the peace process, according to the minister. He opined: "There are many examples of times when the achievements of diplomacy were shattered by Western colleagues. They can't be trusted anymore. I wouldn't want to see any shuttle diplomacy from our Western partners, because they've already done their 'shuttling' - in February 2014 in Ukraine and in February 2015 in Minsk."
https://www.sott.net/article/466013-Russia-says-West-not-welcome-in-peace-talks
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Biden's reckless words underscore the dangers of the U.S.'s use of Ukraine as a proxy war
As grave of a threat as deliberate war is, unintended escalation from miscommunication and misperception can be as bad. Biden is the perfect vessel for such risks. The central question for Americans from the start of the war in Ukraine was what role, if any, should the U.S. government play in that war? A necessarily related question: if the U.S. is going to involve itself in this war, what objectives should drive that involvement? Prior to the U.S.'s jumping directly into this war, those questions were never meaningfully considered. Instead, the emotions deliberately stoked by the relentless media attention to the horrors of this war — horrors which, contrary to the West's media propaganda, are common to all wars, including its own — left little to no space for public discussion of those questions. The only acceptable modes of expression in U.S. discourse were to pronounce that the Russian invasion was unjustified, and, using parlance which the 2011 version of Chris Hayes correctly...
https://www.sott.net/article/466014-Bidens-reckless-words-underscore-the-dangers-of-the-U-Ss-use-of-Ukraine-as-a-proxy-war
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German minister tells people to wear a sweater to cope with soaring energy prices
Baden-Württemberg Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection Peter Hauk has backed a complete German ban on importing gas and oil from Russia in response to Moscow's military assault on Ukraine. Hauk supported the response to Russia's actions despite the impact it could have on his country's own citizens, who are already struggling with soaring energy prices that make it challenging for them to heat their homes. "You can withstand 15 degrees [Celsius] in winter in a sweater. No one dies of it. But people are dying elsewhere," Hauk said, referencing the toll Russia has inflicted on Ukraine.
https://www.sott.net/article/466015-German-minister-tells-people-to-wear-a-sweater-to-cope-with-soaring-energy-prices
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Russian liberal newspaper suspends publication 'until Ukraine operation ends' after 2nd 'foreign agent' warning from regulator
The Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta newspaper has announced it will suspend its operations from Monday, after receiving the second notice in a row from the Russian media watchdog. "We received another warning from Roskomnadzor. After that, we are suspending the publication of the newspaper on the website, in [social] networks and in print - until the end of the 'special operation on the territory of Ukraine'," the outlet said in a brief statement. The outlet received the second warning from the regulator in a week on Monday. The notice came after the newspaper mentioned an unspecified "foreign agent" entity in one of its articles without identifying it as such, TASS reported. The first warning was lodged by Roskomnadzor last Tuesday over a similar issue related to coverage by "foreign agents."
https://www.sott.net/article/466016-Russian-liberal-newspaper-suspends-publication-until-Ukraine-operation-ends-after-2nd-foreign-agent-warning-from-regulator
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Attacks on Russians in Germany skyrocket to 200 cases each week
Russian speakers in Germany are assaulted on a daily basis as hate crimes against both Russians and Ukrainians have spiked in the country, reaching a staggering 200 cases every week, according to Germany's police chief. "There are criminal offenses against members of our society of Russian origin as well as against members of Ukrainian origin. We are currently counting a good 200 such crimes a week, the majority of which are anti-Russian," Holger Münch, the president of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, said. "We will continue to experience new highs in the area of politically motivated crime in the face of new social challenges," the police chief concluded, in the same interview with German newspaper RND. Comment: Indeed. The government-media propaganda complex bears much of the responsibility; last year it was turning the public against those who question lockdowns, this year it's against Russia. Although anti-Russia hysteria has been in the works for many years now.
https://www.sott.net/article/466017-Attacks-on-Russians-in-Germany-skyrocket-to-200-cases-each-week
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UAE energy chief reaffirms commitment to Opec alliance with Russia
The United Arab Emirates' energy minister on Monday reaffirmed an oil alliance with Russia, as governments across the globe shun Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Comment: 'Governments across the globe' highlighted in yellow, is technically correct: Suhail al-Mazrouei, a former president of the oil alliance, said that Russia, which exports roughly 10 million barrels of oil a day, is an important member of the global Opec energy alliance and no producer could substitute its production. "Unless someone is willing to come and bring 10 million barrels, we don't see that someone can substitute Russia," Mazrouei said during the Atlantic Council's global energy forum in Dubai.
https://www.sott.net/article/466018-UAE-energy-chief-reaffirms-commitment-to-Opec-alliance-with-Russia
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Unhinged American psychos condemn India for not supporting war against Russia
The United States government is the king of the entire earth. They can force anyone to do anything, because of the strength of their values. No one is allowed to disagree with American wars. If people try to disagree with democracy wars, we will threaten and destroy them. That's not just our values - that's who we are. RT India's refusal to cast aside its longstanding friendship with Russia over the war in Ukraine is "unsatisfactory," US diplomat Mira Rapp-Hooper told an online conference hosted by the School of Advanced International Studies, while admitting it was also "unsurprising." Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific region on the White House's National Security Council, was specifically referring to India's recent votes at the United Nations, where it has declined to come out against Russian actions in Ukraine and remained silent in the Security Council votes on the matter. "I think we would certainly all acknowledge and agree that when it comes to votes at the UN,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466019-Unhinged-American-psychos-condemn-India-for-not-supporting-war-against-Russia
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Ukraine pleads with Red Cross not to open office near its border in Russia
The ICRC says it has no data on Kiev's "forced evacuations" claims and its office in Rostov-on-Don would help all people in need Ukraine has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) not to open an office in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, located near its eastern border, so it doesn't support what Kiev claims is the "abduction" and "forced deportation" of Ukrainians to Russia. The ICRC, commenting on Kiev's appeal on Sunday, told Reuters it had no first-hand information about reports of forced evacuations to Russia from Ukraine and did not facilitate any such operations. It said it was planning to open an office in Rostov-on-Don to increase its ability to help those in need. "Our priority is to reach victims of armed conflict, wherever they are, in order to assist them," the ICRC said. The decision to open an office in the city was taken by the charity following the visit to Russia of its president, Peter Maurer, from March 23 to 24.
https://www.sott.net/article/466020-Ukraine-pleads-with-Red-Cross-not-to-open-office-near-its-border-in-Russia
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US doubts Ukraine poisoning claim - media
American officials don't believe Roman Abramovich poisoning story, Reuters claims. Within hours of a claim from Bellingcat, on Monday, that Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators may have been poisoned by Moscow to stall peace talks in Ukraine, the US government has reportedly voiced doubt. Intelligence indicates that the symptoms allegedly suffered by Abramovich and two Ukrainian officials involved in peace talks with Russia may be due to environmental factors instead, Reuters reported, citing a US government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
https://www.sott.net/article/466021-US-doubts-Ukraine-poisoning-claim-media
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Ukrainian mayor appeals to Germans: Russia is bombing graves of your grandfathers
Chernihiv leader seeks stronger support from Berlin, citing graves of Nazi soldiers killed in World War II. A Ukrainian mayor has reportedly suggested that protecting the graves of Nazi soldiers might be reason enough for Germany to be more supportive in helping Kiev to fight off Russia's attack. Chernihiv Mayor Vladislav Atroshenko appealed to German media outlets on Saturday, urging them to tell their country's leaders of the special interest they should have in the attacks on his besieged city, according to Ukraine's UNIAN news agency. After detailing such perils as civilian casualties and struggles to evacuate the wounded, he noted that German soldiers killed during World War II are buried in the city.
https://www.sott.net/article/466022-Ukrainian-mayor-appeals-to-Germans-Russia-is-bombing-graves-of-your-grandfathers
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Madison Cawthorn says DC is orgy-filled, cocaine-fueled 'House of Cards'
Rep. Madison Cawthorn says his fellow lawmakers have invited him to take part in orgies in Washington and snorted lines of cocaine right in front of him. Cawthorn, a 26-year-old Republican from North Carolina, was asked in an interview last Thursday about whether the former Netflix series "House of Cards," which chronicles a corrupt representative from South Carolina in DC played by Kevin Spacey, was fiction or more like a documentary. "The only thing that's not accurate in that show is that you could never get a piece of legislation about education passed that quickly," Cawthorn said on the Warrior Poet Society podcast on YouTube.
https://www.sott.net/article/466023-Madison-Cawthorn-says-DC-is-orgy-filled-cocaine-fueled-House-of-Cards
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SOTT FOCUS: Objective:Health - Coming Soon to Your Dinner Plate: Genetically Modified Beef
In a recent bold move, the FDA in the US stream-lined the normally lengthy approval process for gene-edited animals for Recombinetics' beef cattle, granting it a 'low-risk determination,' the first intentional genomically altered animal to receive this status. What this means is that in as little as two years, Americans could be grilling their first genetically modified steaks on their BBQs. The FDA, of course, said the frankenbeef doesn't raise any safety concerns because the gene-edited cattle don't have any genome alterations that aren't found in other species of cow. While theoretically this may be true (or what was intended), they are essentially ignoring the fact that the gene-editing process is highly prone to accidental insertions and mutations that are completely unpredictable. All of this is completely predictable - the BioTech industry offering what amounts to an unnecessary mutated food species that the regulatory bodies put their stamp of approval on without really...
https://www.sott.net/article/466024-Objective-Health-Coming-Soon-to-Your-Dinner-Plate-Genetically-Modified-Beef
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How Bulgarian weapons were exported to Ukraine between 2019 & 2021
Documents reveal that tons of Bulgarian weapons were exported to Ukraine via Poland and the Czech Republic in 2021 and 2020. Bulgaria officially denies that Bulgarian weapons were exported to Ukraine, although the use of Bulgarian weapons was well documented on the front line in Ukraine. Weapons originating from the Balkans are often seen in war zones including in the hands of terrorists in Syria and Yemen. Although local governments have always denied such exports documents prove otherwise. Weapons from the Balkans have been used for years for illicit arms supplies to war zones around the world. Documents revealed that 350 diplomatic flights carried weapons to terrorists in Syria. Leaked documents also exposed a secret US Special Operations Command unit code named Task Force Smoking Gun. It had been deployed in Croatia since 2017 and tasked with diverting tons of arms and ammunition from Europe to Syria.
https://www.sott.net/article/466025-How-Bulgarian-weapons-were-exported-to-Ukraine-between-2019-2021
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Hundreds of mammals yet to be discovered, analysis of biodiversity data suggests
At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles. These unknown mammals are hidden in plain sight partly because most are small and look so much like known animals that biologists have not been able to recognize they are actually a different species, said study co-author Bryan Carstens, a professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at The Ohio State University.
https://www.sott.net/article/466026-Hundreds-of-mammals-yet-to-be-discovered-analysis-of-biodiversity-data-suggests
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The current Ukrainian government's Nazism, and the torture of Russian POWs
Sadism is a marked feature of racist fascism, or "nazism," and it's proudly displayed in today's Ukraine, such as in this string of cellphone videos. It was posted as a string of tweets during March 20-22 by a "Juan Sinmiedo", whose account then became "suspended" by Twitter, because it was publicly exposing truths about Ukraine that mega-corporate America assiduously suppresses U.S.-and-allied publics from knowing. The tweets by Sinmiedo (probably a pseudonym in order to reduce the likelihood of his being imprisoned or even killed by government-agents) introduced them (as is shown in the archived copies that had been made of the string, and which are linked-to here, including some of his individual tweets here) by saying "Hundreds of civilians have been punished for diverse reasons in Ukraine by paramilitary groups and National guard. Strong footage. Tortures, abuses, humiliation, even of kids and girls." Displayed there are painful humiliation rituals that treat victims as if...
https://www.sott.net/article/466027-The-current-Ukrainian-governments-Nazism-and-the-torture-of-Russian-POWs
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Food export ban & tracking gold during population migration
We are now at the 11th country restricting food exports to tackle run away food inflation and shortages. Gas prices and inflation sending the masses to silver and gold, but the World Gold Council wants to track and trace all gold. Can you prepare acorns for an edible food ?
https://www.sott.net/article/466028-Adapt-2030-Ice-Age-Report-Food-export-ban-tracking-gold-during-population-migration