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Groups Behind Israel-Bashing Protests Backing Hamas Attacks Got $15M-Plus From George Soros
Far-left billionaire kingmaker George Soros has funneled more than $15 million since 2016 to groups behind this month’s pro-Palestine protests, where demonstrators openly cheered Hamas militants’ craven terrorist attacks on Israel.
A Post examination of Open Society Foundations records shows Soros’ grant-making network gave $13.7 million of the money through Tides Center, a deep-pocketed lefty advocacy group that sponsors several nonprofits who’ve justified Hamas’ bloody attacks while claiming Palestinians obsessed with the eradication of the Jewish state are the real victims.
The World Was Safer When America Was An Energy Superpower
Since the crumbling of the Iron Curtain and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, our leaders championed a New World Order. Hamas’s barbaric attack has many wondering if our leadership has instead delivered a “New World Disorder.”
Commentators blame the U.S. blundering in and out of wars in the Mideast: Libya, Iraq, and the dismal Afghanistan withdrawal. Appeasement of Iran by the Obama and Biden administrations, together with Trump’s “curious affection for autocrats,” are catalogued as causes of our unraveling world. Seldom mentioned is the abrupt decline of the U.S. oil and gas industry.
When Russia invaded Ukraine…, [Resident] Biden was confident that sanctions similar to those used by Trump so effectively against Iran would bring a quick end to the conflict. After over a year and a death toll in the hundreds of thousands, it is clear that sanctions cannot work without American energy dominance. Energy weakness also allowed Iran to evade previously effective sanctions to orchestrate the horrific Hamas attack on Israel.
Lawsuit Claims Abercrombie & Fitch Was Funding a Sex-Trafficking Operation
A lawsuit filed in New York has accused fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch of funding a sex trafficking operation.
The complaint claims that the company gave former CEO Mike Jeffries “unfettered access” to funds to support his “criminal enterprise.”
“It alleges he used A&F’s corporate resources including a jet, transportation, and unlimited amounts of cash to facilitate a sex-trafficking venture, which enabled him to accumulate ‘new victims at an alarming rate’ and he also had access to aspiring models,” the BBC reports.
Japan’s Collapse Imminent: Prime Minister Calls On BlackRock To “Invest In Japan”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might be opening up the country to ESG policies and further politicization or censorship as he called on BlackRock and others to invest in Japan.
BlackRock gives every company an ESG score, or an Environmental, Social, and Governance score.
For those not familiar, ESG acts like a “social credit score” for companies, and many western companies (especially in the entertainment industry) are kowtowing to it.
US Companies Increasingly Eliminate College Degrees As A Requirement Amid ‘Out-Of-Control’ School Costs
American businesses are increasingly eliminating college degrees as part of their requirements for corporate roles, which is part of a wider trend in the U.S. job market that is de-emphasizing the value of a four-year diploma, according to experts.
Michael Gibson, venture capitalist and author of the book, Paper Belt on Fire, is a proponent of alternatives to the higher education system in the United States and described the trend as promising, especially given the $1.6 trillion in U.S. student debt.
“I think that has hobbled the passions and dreams of a lot of people,” he said. “I think that’s why we see this political struggle to cancel the debt. But, the most aggravating part is that everyone’s paying attention to the poor students who are billed, but no one is blaming the universities themselves for teaching worthless things or not providing the sort of career advice that they should.”
“Netflix Effect” Is Back As Studios License Old Shows To Competitors Again
Some of Netflix’s competitors are reversing a streaming war tactic by licensing their old TV shows and movies to the streamer—boosting its programming offerings but also potentially squeezing its profit margins, analysts say.
Netflix relied heavily on programming that it licensed from other companies when it launched its streaming service in 2007. But after Walt Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount and the then-Time Warner launched their own streaming services, they pulled many of their shows from Netflix to avoid feeding a company that had grown into an arch-competitor.
With legacy media groups under pressure to produce streaming profits, however, licensing revenue is looking attractive again—even if it comes from Netflix. This summer, Warner Bros Discovery’s HBO network began licensing a handful of older shows to Netflix, including Insecure, Six Feet Under, Ballers, and Band of Brothers.
Pfizer, Moderna Stock Prices Down Considerably In 2023
Amid a decline in COVID-19 vaccinations, shares for two of the top mRNA vaccine manufacturers have dropped considerably this year.
Pfizer’s shares are down about 40 percent, and Moderna’s shares are down 55 percent for this year, coming as both companies recently released guidance on revenue projections. Novavax, which makes a COVID-19 vaccine that doesn’t use mRNA technology, has seen its stock drop by 63 percent for the year.
During the pandemic and after both companies introduced the widely used mRNA vaccines, shares of Moderna and Pfizer have seen steady increases. At one point in mid-September 2021, Moderna was worth nearly $450 per share but as of Friday, it’s down to about $80. For Pfizer, it peaked at around $59 per share in mid-December 2021, but it has dropped to around $30 as of Friday.
Cop Outted As OnlyFans Model After Pulling Over Subscriber: ‘I Saw You Have Sex’
A “well-respected cop” has some explaining to do after a man refused to be arrested when he determined that an officer who had pulled him over was actually an OnlyFans model.
The Daily Star reports that a driver had been subscribed to an OnlyFans account for five months when he ended up being pulled over by a model he watches quite frequently.
In just ten minutes, the driver was able to put two and two together, figuring out the secret identity of the Fourth Precinct officer, claiming that he had seen her make videos with her husband.
This Month In Fake News- Wins And Losses For Free Speech
Rise and grind! It’s the first of the month! I review articles from October 2023 and chronicle the ongoing collapse of Corporate Media. They’re striking back ruthlessly by way of Big Tech and government collusion, but Independent Media is winning the chess game. The battle between Freedom of Speech and Fake News hinges on economics and trust.
Disney Releases Data Showing Woke ESPN Has Lost 20% in Profits
Despite the wave of layoffs, it appears that woke ESPN’s profits had fallen by 20 percent over the first nine months of the year, according to the data released by the network’s owner, Disney.
“Revenues for Disney’s sports division were $13.2 billion over the first nine months of fiscal 2023, a 1.3% drop compared to the same period in FY 2022 ($13.37 billion),” according to Front Office Sports.
