REPORT: Code Pink Sells Out to China

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REPORT: Code Pink Sells Out to China

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) Code Pink, the left-wing activist organization perhaps best known for showy disruptions of congressional hearings, is now allegedly cheerleading for China, despite that country’s disdain for fundamental civil liberties.

The nonprofit Code Pink group describes itself, in part, as “a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. warfare and imperialism, support peace and human rights initiatives…”

Code Pink is apparently now okay, however, with the imperialism and human right abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party.

In an expose, the far-left New York Times, interestingly enough, revealed how a Shanghai-based U.S. millionaire tech mogul, along with his bank account, allegedly function as the conduit between Code Pink and pro-China propaganda.

That magnate, Neville Roy Singham, “known as a socialist benefactor of far-left causes,” married Code Pink co-founder and ex-Democrat operative Jodie Evans in 2017, the Times reported, which seems to be a year with significance.

“What is less known, and is hidden amid a tangle of nonprofit groups and shell companies, is that Mr. Singham works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide,” the Times explained.

“Since 2017, about a quarter of Code Pink’s donations — more than $1.4 million — have come from two groups linked to Mr. Singham, nonprofit records show,” the news outlet asserted.

Code Pink founder Evans “has organized around progressive causes like climate change, gender and racism. Until a few years ago, she readily criticized China’s authoritarian government,” but the script has since flipped, the Times insinuated.

“Ms. Evans now stridently supports China. She casts it as a defender of the oppressed and a model for economic growth without slavery or war.”

Perhaps following her lead, Code Pink itself backs the policies of China’s CCP-controlled government.

“Code Pink once criticized China’s rights record but now defends its internment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs, which human rights experts have labeled a crime against humanity,” the Times indicated in its report.

Singham, “who “has long admired Maosim,” denies that he works with China or any other government. Evans similarly denied following the direction of any government, political party, or even her husband.

The Trump era, in particular, has brought into focus the degree to which elements of the public, private and nonprofit sectors in the West have allowed themselves to be corrupted by China cash.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R – Fla., has called upon the Justice Department to launch an investigation into Singham’s purported linkage to nine different organizations, including Code Pink, that allegedly are under the sway of the CCP, activity which he says potentially violates the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Reacting to the Times article, Cornell University Law Professor William Jacobson, the proprietor of the Legal Insurrection website, implied that the China connection is hardly the first time that Code Pink has engaged in hypocritical virtue signaling.

“While preaching peace Code Pink has embraced anti-western warmongers in all forms, from Palestinian terrorists to the Mullah regime and now the Chinese Communist Party.”

He added that “It’s good that Code Pink has been revealed for the ‘peace’ fraud it always has been. They are not for peace, and they never have been.”

Jacobson concluded that “Perhaps most important, it’s becoming even more clear how much of the western leftist activism is funded by and influenced by China to undermine our society.”

Judge Orders Religious Liberty Training for 3 Southwest Lawyers

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Judge Orders Religious Liberty Training for 3 Southwest Lawyers

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A federal judge ordered three lawyers employed at Southwest Airlines to attend “religious-liberty training” after the firing of a flight attendant for her pro-life beliefs.

U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr prescribed the training at the Alliance Defending Freedom, describing the Christian organization as “particularly well-suited” to provide the legal refresher to the three attorneys.

Starr also claimed that the lawyers did not adequately understand federal protections for religious freedom, the Daily Caller reported.

The airline fired 20-year employee Charlene Carter after she posted on social media criticizing a union boss, a fervent abortion supporter who attended the Women’s March in 2017.

The company let Carter go shortly after the posts; she filed a lawsuit and recently received $5.1 million in restitution.

Southwest Airlines will likely appeal the decision, including the training for the legally illiterate lawyers. The National Right to Work Foundation, who represented Carter in the initial case, offered to continue their representation pro-bono.

Legal professionals, such as director of the law and religion clinic at University of Texas Austin Steven Collins, questioned whether the judge stepped outside of his purview by assigning the training.

“I do think it’s questionable ordering that training to be done by a group that is clearly partisan on issues related to religious freedom,” Collins said. “He could have avoided criticism by ordering this from someone who is a little more neutral … use an academic instead.”

Douglas Laycock, a retired law professor at the University of Virginia, claimed that Southwest could argue that the Alliance Defending Freedom was a radical, fringe movement and would give distorted training.

Despite the obvious leftward tilt at the airline, Southwest continues to tout “inclusion” and “welcoming.”

“Inclusion has always been at the Heart of Southwest,” the company website reads. “Our Company was founded on the principle of putting People first, and we’ve never wavered from that commitment. That means all People.”

FBI Intimidating People to Remove Stories about Pentagon Leaks

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FBI Intimidating People to Remove Stories about Pentagon Leaks

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI is visiting the homes of people who posted stories about the recently leaked Pentagon documents in an “intimidating” attempt to remove such content from the internet, according to a report from SpyTalk.

SpyTalk reported Sunday that one of its readers, former U.S. Army “information warfare expert” Paul Cobaugh, was visited by the FBI last week over an article he posted on his LinkedIn account about the Pentagon leaks in April.

The Pentagon leaks, also known as the Discord leaks, are the trove of internal Defense Department documents allegedly leaked by 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira. The documents show, among other things, that the U.S. has boots on the ground in Ukraine, that the U.S. the Biden administration spied on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that the war there was going worse for Ukraine that officials were saying publicly—while shoveling more than $100 billion toward that effort.

The White House initially asked media to refrain from reporting on the leaks in April, and now the FBI is apparently making house calls to ask the same.

According to SpyTalk, the FBI visited Cobaugh’s house last Wednesday and asked him to take down an article about the leaks. Cobaugh said he complied.

“I gave him my phone and said, ‘Here, you find it—you know better how to look for it than me.’  So I gave him my phone. I don’t have anything to hide,” he told SpyTalk.

SpyTalk asked the FBI agent who visited Cobaugh’s home whether the bureau was reaching out to everyone who had re-posted photos of the Discord leaks and asking them to take them down.

“That’s correct,” the FBI agent, whose name was withheld, told SpyTalk. It was a project of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program, he said.

Cobaugh said the FBI agents’ visit “scared the hell out of my wife and still does.”

“I believe it was a message of sorts,” he told SpyTalk, adding that he refuses to be intimidated.

“Me, I’m too damn old and stubborn to quit the fight for truth and integrity,” he said.

Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI counterintelligence chief, told SpyTalk that the bureau’s visit to Cobaugh’s home isn’t unusual.

“As for the FBI trying to contain further publication, even though the docs may be out there, it’s not uncommon [to investigate the continuing publication of classified documents],” Figliuzzi said. “This is particularly true when there is a pending prosecution.”

SpyTalk also suggested that the FBI specifically visited Cobaugh’s home because he is a former federal employee with security clearances. The publication explained that all federal employees are forbidden to download or even read classified documents, even if they have been widely published.

“So I’m not surprised they went to somebody who was a veteran, not just because he was likely to comply,  but because they arguably had an ax that they [could hold] over his head,” former FBI agent Mike German said of the bureau’s visit to Cobaugh.

The FBI declined to comment on the matter. Meanwhile, a trial date for Teixeira has yet to be set. He remains incarcerated.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Biotech Company Accused of Stealing ‘Immortal’ DNA Used in COVID-19 Vaccines

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Biotech Company Accused of Stealing ‘Immortal’ DNA Used in COVID-19 Vaccines

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) It’s widely known as the “immortal” gene—a cell line taken from a black woman in the 1950s that can grow indefinitely, be frozen for decades, divided into different batches and shared among scientists.

Some 70 years after its discovery, U.S. biotech firm Ultragenyx continues to profit from the theft of the immortal DNA, according to the family from which the cell line came.

The family—the relatives of immortal gene holder Henrietta Lacks—sued Ultragenyx over the matter last Thursday in federal court, seeking damages for what they say is the unlawful use of the Lacks DNA. Lawyers for the family told the Associated Press they plan to bring a series of lawsuits against various entities that continue to reap rewards from the “racist medical system” that took advantage of Lacks.

The lawsuit included the history of the immortal gene, beginning with recounting how Lacks and her family were living outside Baltimore when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital saved a sample of her cancer cells collected during a biopsy—without her knowledge or consent.

“The cells taken from Henrietta Lacks have unique properties. While most cell samples die shortly after they are removed from the body, Mrs. Lacks’s cells survived and reproduced in the laboratory,” the lawsuit explained.

“This exceptional quality meant that it was possible to cultivate Mrs. Lacks’s cells into a cell line that could reproduce indefinitely in laboratory conditions—animmortal cell line. Indeed, Mrs. Lacks’s cells were the first known immortalized human cell line,” the lawsuit added.

“Medical researchers refer to Henrietta Lacks’s cultivated cell line as the HeLa cell line, using the first letters of Mrs. Lacks’s first and last names.”

Lacks died at age 31 in the hospital’s “colored ward,” but her genetic material lived on, the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes.

Lacks’ cells have since become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic mapping and even COVID-19 shots. Her story is documented in a bestselling book by Rebecca Skloot, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” which was published in 2010. Oprah Winfrey portrayed her daughter in an HBO movie about the story.

The complaint said Ultragenyx has made a fortune by using HeLa cells to develop gene therapy products. The company offers treatments for “orphan diseases,” which are diseases that only affect a small population of people.

“Following the announcement of promising top-line data from Ultragenyx’s gene therapy trial utilizing the HeLa PCL platform, Ultragenyx’s share price surged of 27% within a single day,” the lawsuit said.

“Subsequently, in February 2021, following the FDA’s clearance of Ultragenyx’s application for UX701, an investigational gene therapy, the stock price rose about 20% within a span of 10 days.”

Ultragenyx has yet to respond to the lawsuit. The company did not immediately respond to request for comment from the Associated Press.

Last Thursday’s lawsuit comes on the heels of the Lacks family settling another case with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. over similar allegations.

The terms of that settlement have not been disclosed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Records Reveal Fauci Made More Than $300M from COVID Pandemic

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Records Reveal Fauci Made More Than $300M from COVID Pandemic

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) When many Americans were struggling to pay their bills under government mandates during the COVID pandemic, authoritarians like Dr. Anthony Fauci profited from the pandemic through royalty checks.

Leaders of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, including Fauci, made big bucks from the pandemic, according to information from OpenTheBooks. More than 1,500 unredacted records uncovered the disturbing truth that officials profited from the virus that has killed thousands of people, Town Hall reported. 

Fauci collected 58 royalty payments for allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines, which in return was developed with funding from U.S. taxpayers by private pharmaceutical firms, the news outlet noted.

Fauci, who directed funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to research the Coronavirus, also collected 37 payments from three different entities between 2010 and 2021, including 15 from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. The names and license numbers for each payment were not initially released, which could indicate potential conflicts of interest. Furthermore, Fauci did not donate his royalties to charity, despite making a promise to do so.

“As the most recognized official at NIH, Dr. Anthony Fauci was the face of the third-party royalties controversy. But our investigation was about a lot more than any single scientist,” OpenTheBooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski said in a statement.

Through the Freedom of Information Act, 56,000 transactions were recorded, tallying over $325 million paid to the so-called experts. Moreover, scientists from the National Institutes of Health earned in excess of $325 million in royalties from Chinese and Russian entities, as well as pharmaceutical companies, in the span of a decade, the New York Post reported.

“The NIH continues to refuse to voluntarily divulge the names of scientists who receive royalties and from which companies over the period of time from 2010 to 2016, 27,000 royalty payments were paid to 1800 NIH employees,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in 2022.

Paul also referred Fauci to the Department of Justice for lying to Congress regarding government funding of Chinese labs. He recently asked the Senate to mandate royalty disclosures from federal employees. But was shot down in committee by Democrats and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

“Taxpayers and Congress itself are left in the dark when trying to assess conflicts of interest,” Paul said in a July Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing. 

 

Data Analysis Shows Media Frequently Mislead on Number of Mass Shootings

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Data Analysis Shows Media Frequently Mislead on Number of Mass Shootings

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A comprehensive data analysis of the Gun Violence Archive showed that 97% of “mass shootings” in the first half of 2023 were not  “active shooter” situations under the law.

Democrats’ continued push for stricter gun regulations would do nothing to address the majority of shootings with more than four victims, according to the Daily Caller.

The new laws only adressed 38 of the 1,768 people killed or injured in shootings with more than four victims. The remainder of the casualties did not meet the requirement of premeditated or ideologically charged active shooter scenarios.

Between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023, there were 335 mass shootings with 1,768 fatalities. Investigators found that “mass shooters” were likely mass murderers targeting innocent people—often with ideological motivations and possibly a history of mental illness—or at the center of a random criminal event.

The latter usually took place in a bar or a club, late in the evening and were often gang related.

“I think we’ve seen also an increase in gun violence gun deaths over the past three years, sort of homicide, and essentially mass shootings as GVA defines it, largely because there is less social control being exercised formally and informally, over the small subset of the population,” said Charles Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

The Pew Research Center, CNN, The New York Times, the National Institute of Health and several other mainstream government and news outlets used data from the GVA in their reporting—indicating the mass dissemination of misinformation.

The media also attempted to paint all of the 335 shootings as radically conservative, Nazi-adjacent extremists targeting innocent people. According to the report, only four shootings possibly fit this scenario.

The remaining 97% of shootings were results of public disagreements outside of bars and clubs.

“The term ‘mass shooting’ has been grossly manipulated by the media and politicians to distract from the real crisis: the Biden Crime Wave,” said National Rifle Association spokesman Billy McLaughlin. “This national crisis is caused by coddling criminals and not prosecuting and punishing them.”

In March, President Joe Biden signed an executive order winding bureaucratic red tape around American’s right to bear arms—including increased background checks and bans on particular rifles.

It Begins: 1st Dem. Rep. Officially Calls for Biden to ‘Pass the Torch’

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It Begins: 1st Dem. Rep. Officially Calls for Biden to ‘Pass the Torch’

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As President Joe Biden’s incompetence is reluctantly  recognized by the mainstream media, some on the Left have begun calling for the president to hand off his job to younger, more capable hands, Slay News reported.

Most recently, Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., called for Biden to step aside and “pass the torch” to someone else.

That may make the vulnerable Gopher State lawmaker the first Democrat in Congress to officially back the embattled president’s resignation as Biden’s ties to foreign influence-peddling, bribery, corruption and a litany of other scandals grow harder to defend—along with his advanced age, frequent gaffes and declining physical and cognitive well-being.

Phillips made his comments in a recent appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press.

According to the congressman, Americans want to move on from the Trump–Biden conflict, which seems increasingly likely to play out again in 2024.

Most Americans are ready “to move on,” despite the fact that Biden is “a wonderful and remarkable man” with an “extraordinary legacy,” Phillips claimed.

“You don’t want him to run for reelection?” Meet the Press host Chuck Todd followed up.

Phillips confirmed in late July that he has been approached by Democrat donors urging him to wage a primary challenge.

But with many leftists circling the wagon around their addled leader, for fear of re-election former President Donald Trump, those within their party who have floated the possibility of a serious challenge have often been vilified worse than Republicans themselves.

Political scion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and centrist Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia are among those facing the threat of lawfare and smear attacks over their refusal to step in line with the demands of the Democratic National Committee.

It remains to be scene whether Dean’s viability as a primary contender could help create the cascade effect needed for others in the party to follow suit in abandoning Biden.

“I believe what’s in the best interest of the country—and by the way, this is not how everybody thinks, but I do believe the majority wants to move on,” he told Todd, adding that he spoke with “normal Americans every day.”

Dean denied that Biden’s age could be a problem for some people, suggesting that it was more about his leadership—or lack thereof.

“This is about how people feel,” he said.

“It’s about how people feel—people want to turn the page, I think that’s fair to say,” he continued. “As a Democrat, I adore Joe Biden. He saved this country.”

Phillips also pushed aside the recent evidence presented against Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, saying, incorrectly, that there is no evidence of corruption in the Biden administration.

The congressman has been making media rounds for nearly a year now arguing that Biden needs to leave office after this term.

For instance, last September he told the media that, though Biden is “a man of decency, of good principle, of compassion, of empathy, and of strength,”  the country would be “well-served by a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats who step up.”

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

‘What a Scumbag’: Beachbum Biden’s ‘No Comment’ on Hawaii Deaths Stir Backlash

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‘What a Scumbag’: Beachbum Biden’s ‘No Comment’ on Hawaii Deaths Stir Backlash

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In the wake of the devastating wildfires that have swept through Hawaii, President Joe Biden’s response has sparked intense backlash, with critics denouncing his apparent lack of empathy for the victims.  

The president’s terse “No comment” in response to a question from a reporter has ignited a firestorm of criticism from various quarters. 

Justin Sink, a White House correspondent for Bloomberg, reported that during an encounter on Rehoboth Beach, Biden was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii caused by the raging fires.  

Without elaborating or offering condolences, Biden simply responded with a curt “No comment.”

The response drew ire from political figures, media personalities and commentators alike.

Political strategist Steve Guest described the incident as “embarrassing,” while political commentator Stephen Miller questioned Sink’s actions and predicted a potential cover-up by the White House. 

Podcast host Matt Walsh went further, labeling the President a “scumbag.” Radio host Erick Erickson drew a comparison between the media’s treatment of President Bush during Hurricane Katrina and their response to Biden’s handling of the wildfires. 

Stephen Miller, a former Trump advisor, took to social media to express his astonishment. Fox News guest host Katie Pavlich commented on the President’s lack of compassion, echoing the sentiment shared by many critics.

While Biden refused to elaborate any comments on Sunday, the White House issued a statement on August 9, offering his condolences to the families affected by the wildfires in Maui. 

In the press statement, Biden said, “Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the wildfires in Maui, and our prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed.” 

Top Dem. Finally Admits Hunter Did ‘Really Unlawful and Wrong Things’

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Top Dem. Finally Admits Hunter Did ‘Really Unlawful and Wrong Things’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., made a shocking admission regarding the Bidens’ alleged criminal activities in a Sunday interview on ABC News’s This Week. 

Raskin candidly referred to Hunter Biden’s questionable business dealings and bribery scandal as “really unlawful and wrong things,” diverging from his previous attempt to maintain Hunter’s innocence, despite mounting evidence showing otherwise.

When questioned about the ongoing scrutiny of the presidential son’s business involvements, Raskin conceded, “I am concerned about it.” The Maryland lawmaker later delved into allegations of former President Donald Trump’s foreign business dealings.

Pressed on whether he would endorse a thorough investigation into Hunter Biden’s activities, Raskin replied, “Yes, of course, we would and we’re going to release a report about all of the foreign governments, millions of dollars we can document Donald Trump pocketed at the hotels, at the gulf courses through business deals when he was president.”

Repeating a frequent Democrat talking point, Raskin falsely claimed that the Republican-led House Oversight Committee had not found any evidence of President Joe Biden profiting of his role as president. 

Raskin acknowledged Hunter’s conduct, remarking, “We all see clear this guy [Hunter Biden] was addicted to drugs and did an amount of really unlawful and wrong things and we’ve said, ‘Let the justice system run its course.’” 

But Raskin’s assertions contradict his past actions. In recent months, Raskin attempted to undermine mounting damning evidence connecting President Biden to his son’s activities.

Notably, IRS whistleblowers and Devon Archer, a former business associate, have disclosed longstanding allegations contradicting Biden’s claims that he had never discussed his business dealings with his son. 

Earlier this year, former Attorney General Bill Barr refuted Raskin’s contentions that an inquiry into the allegations of a $10 million bribery scheme involving both Biden and his son had been terminated by the Trump administration. 

Similarly, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., has tried to shield the president by attributing false quotes to Archer, who confirmed in closed-door testimony that Biden had been on the phone at least 20 times while his son was handling business. 

Journalist Andy Ngo Speaks Out on Antifa Brutes Trial and Juror Fear

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Journalist Andy Ngo Speaks Out on Antifa Brutes Trial and Juror Fear

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Journalist Andy Ngo broke his silence about the recent legal loss against Antifa radicals in an interview with Fox News’s Ingraham Angle on Friday. 

Ngo began the interview by recounting alleged threats against the jurors made by Michelle Burrows, one of the attorneys representing the Antifa members defendants.

“[S]he mentioned that resistance is not peaceful and that she was going to be getting a shirt that declares ‘I am Antifa’ and that she is retiring and will remember all of the faces of the jurors,” Ngo said.

“The jurors expressed to the court, who then expressed to the parties that they were really afraid for their safety because of repeated incidents that were happening both in and outside of the courtroom, courthouse,” Ngo added. 

The trial stemmed from a violent assault that occurred during an Antifa protest in June 2019 in Portland, Oregon, where Ngo was working as a reporter. 

According to Ngo, the trial was mired by repeated security threats from violent Antifa members leading to heightened security measures and a near media blackout.  

Ngo explained that jurors expressed their fear for safety both within and outside the courthouse. The court even ordered the sealing of jurors’ identities before deliberations commenced due to concerns of attempts to identify them.

Eric Sell, Ngo’s attorney, expressed his disappointment at the jury’s not-guilty verdict, citing the substantial evidence presented, including a now-viral video of the violent assault.

“It’s truly remarkable the amount of evidence that the jury must have discounted to reach its not guilty verdict or its verdict here, that the defendants here weren’t liable,” Sell noted.

He underscored that this outcome raised concerns about the integrity of the legal system and the undue influence that intimidation might have exerted.

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