Month: April 2025

Preident Zelensky comes to Washington and insults, interrupts, and talks over President Trump.

Not one more dime to this ungrateful narcissist.

Volodymyr Zelensky is bragging to the press this week on how he lectured US Treasury Secretary Scott Bissent when he came to Ukraine to sign a rare minerals deal.

Zelensky said he told Bessent to quit tapping his finger and talk to Ukraine substantively.

As seen at Catturd2.

BREAKING- Stop tapping your finger and talk like an equal” — Zelensky tells US Treasury Secretary

President Zelensky revealed how he shut down Scott Bessent, after he tried to pressure Ukraine into signing a rare-earth metals deal before Zelensky’s White House visit.

“He…

— Futurist (@americasgreat) April 11, 2025

There will be no peace with Zelensky as president.

He doesn’t care about the young men being slaughtered in the meatgrinder.

Via RBC Ukraine.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, during his visit to Kyiv in February, expected Ukraine to immediately sign the subsoil deal. However, his approach was mistaken, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“I believe the problems lie in Mr. Bessent’s approach. What he brought with him and said, ‘You need to sign this now’… My colleagues know that tapping your finger on the deal and saying, ‘Now it has to be signed’—I could only tell him, ‘Stop tapping your finger and let’s talk substantively. He probably expected a different kind of dialogue, but I don’t consider Ukraine a third-rate country,’” Zelenskyy emphasized.

The president noted that he and Bessent were supposed to engage on equal terms, as citizens of Ukraine and the United States, with mutual respect. However, this approach “in some sense did not sit well with the American minister.”

He added that he would not disclose all the details of the negotiations with Bessent, but he was not afraid if the US Treasury Secretary decided to reveal the full details.

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After several years of government persecution Pete Schwarts was finally able to share the entire story with Jim Hoft.

The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft spoke with Pete Schwartz earlier this week. As many of your know through our previous reporting, Pete a January 6th participant who served four years in maximum security before his 14-year sentence was overturned. Pete shares his chaotic J6 experience, the harsh realities of prison, and his struggle to recover, while calling for justice and accountability. A raw tale of resilience and truth.

During our discussion Pete revealed that he was banned from phone use for nearly a year after he spoke with The Gateway Pundit and discussed the brutal violence he witnessed and endured in maximum security prison.

Pete described witnessing stabbings in the lunchroom and horrific violence.

The Biden administration did this to him. They wanted to destroy this man. Pete is still standing.

** Please help Pete by donating at his GiveSendGo account.

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has escalated its trade war with the United States by imposing a staggering 125% tariff on all American imports.

This move comes in direct response to President Donald Trump’s decisive action to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to an effective rate of 145%, aiming to counter Beijing’s longstanding trade abuses and intellectual property theft.

On Wednesday, Beijing foolishly retaliated against U.S. tariffs by imposing an 84% tariff on all American imports, a desperate move following President Trump’s earlier hike to 104% on Chinese goods.

But China severely miscalculated. Within hours, Trump raised tariffs to 125%, sending a clear message: America will not be bullied.

Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable.

Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

According to Yahoo, “the White House confirmed the total base tariff on China is actually 145%, an amount higher than the 125% previously reported… The confusion about the exact number stemmed from separate 20% duties on China over issues of fentanyl and illegal migration that Trump had imposed in February and March.”

On Friday, the CCP escalated its trade war with the United States by imposing a staggering 125% tariff on all American imports.

The CCP’s retaliatory tariffs, set to take effect on April 12, 2025, are a clear attempt to undermine the U.S. economy and pressure the Trump administration into backing down.

According to the statement released by the Ministry of Finance:

“On April 10, 2025, the US government announced that the “reciprocal tariff” on Chinese goods exported to the US would be further increased to 125%. The US’s arbitrary imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international economic and trade rules, disregards the post-World War II global economic order built by the US itself, and violates basic economic laws and common sense. It is completely a unilateral bullying and coercion. China strongly condemns this.

In accordance with the Tariff Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China and other laws and regulations and the basic principles of international law, and with the approval of the State Council, the State Council Tariff Commission has announced that the additional tariff rate stipulated in the “Announcement of the State Council Tariff Commission on Adjusting the Measures for Imposing Additional Tariffs on Imported Goods Originating in the United States” (Tax Commission Announcement No. 5 of 2025) will be adjusted from 84% to 125% from April 12, 2025.

Other matters shall be implemented in accordance with the “Announcement of the State Council Tariff Commission on Imposing Additional Tariffs on Imported Goods Originating in the United States” (Tax Commission Announcement No. 4 of 2025).

Even if the US continues to impose higher tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of world economy. At the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for US goods exported to China. If the US continues to play the tariff numbers game, China will ignore it. However, if the US insists on continuing to substantially infringe on China’s interests, China will resolutely counterattack and fight to the end.”

“Tariff and trade wars have no winners. China does not want to fight these wars but is not scared of them,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday in response to a question noting that the White House has confirmed many Chinese exports to the US now face… pic.twitter.com/VxObNNcfil

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) April 11, 2025

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President Donald Trump declared that the United States possesses secret military weaponry far beyond anything the world has ever seen, according to Trump.

Speaking from the resolute Resolute Desk, Trump didn’t mince words, touting America’s unmatched military might while slamming decades of weak leadership for allowing adversaries like China to exploit the U.S. economically.

Trump:
I think we’ll end up making a very good deal for both. But we’ve been treated so badly for so many years. Again, we allowed that to happen. We’ve been treated so badly for so many years. But no, I don’t expect that. I think President Xi is one of the very smart people of the world, and I don’t think he’d allow that to happen.

And we’re very powerful. This country is very powerful. It’s far more powerful than people understand. We have weaponry that nobody has any idea what it is, and it is the most powerful weapons in the world that we have—more powerful than anybody—not even close. Nobody’s going to do that.

WATCH:

President Donald Trump revealed to the press that the United States has secret weapons no one has ever heard of.

He confidently stated that the U.S. is stronger than most people understand.

Trump claimed the U.S. possesses the most powerful weapons in the world, more powerful… pic.twitter.com/2B26BAUdbg

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) April 10, 2025

What exactly this secret weapon is remains unclear — but President Trump appeared to allude to it during a 2020 interview with The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward.

According to Woodward, Trump claimed the United States had developed a groundbreaking weapon “that nobody’s ever had in this country before.”

“I have built a nuclear — a weapons system that nobody’s ever had in this country before,” while recounting how close the U.S. came to war with North Korea in 2017 per Fox News.

“We have stuff that you haven’t even seen or heard about. We have stuff that Putin and Xi have never heard about before. There’s nobody — what we have is incredible.”

Woodward later wrote that anonymous sources confirmed the existence of a classified weapons system.

With these revelations, Trump reaffirmed that under his command, the United States is not just back — it’s armed with weapons the world has never imagined and led by a president who refuses to bow.

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The same political party that hates big corporations, pushes for open borders, advocates for expanded government handouts, and demands a higher minimum wage—while supporting illegal immigration that suppresses wages for low-skilled workers—also wants you to believe that China and trade deficits are fine. But they aren’t.

President Trump’s tariff regimen, which has allies and adversaries feeling nervous, is a bold move to defend the American economy by confronting the U.S. trade deficit, which has hollowed out domestic manufacturing and threatens national sovereignty.

A trade deficit occurs when a country imports more goods and services than it exports. In simpler terms, it means the U.S. buys more from the world than it sells. While this might not seem like a problem on the surface—after all, we’re getting goods we want—persistent and growing trade deficits reflect deeper issues. They often indicate an erosion of industrial capacity, job losses, growing dependence on foreign debt, and economic vulnerabilities.

Two of the most glaring examples of U.S. trade imbalance are with China and Germany. In 2023, the U.S. goods trade deficit with China was approximately $279 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite decades of diplomacy and trade agreements, China continues to flood American markets with cheap products, while maintaining a labyrinth of tariffs, subsidies, and regulatory barriers that keep U.S. companies out of the Chinese market.

Meanwhile, Germany, under the umbrella of the European Union, had a goods trade surplus of around $67 billion with the U.S. in the same year. German cars and machinery dominate U.S. imports, while American exports are stifled by VAT taxes and complex EU regulations.

The imbalance isn’t the result of American failure—it’s the result of unfair trade practices abroad. Tariffs are a key part of this disparity. China imposes average tariffs of 7.5% on U.S. goods, while the U.S. average is only 2.5%. Automobiles and high-tech goods face Chinese tariffs as high as 15%.

Both Germany and China also use domestic subsidies, red tape, import quotas, and opaque certification processes to protect their home industries. China has repeatedly suppressed the value of its currency to make exports cheaper, undercutting American manufacturers. Foreign governments strategically invest in industries they deem essential, while the U.S. has largely abandoned industrial planning. Trump’s tariffs are a response to these practices, not a cause of economic turmoil. In fact, they represent the first serious attempt in decades to correct the problem.

The idea that trade deficits “don’t matter” is just wrong. Manufacturing as a share of U.S. GDP has declined from 25% in 1970 to under 11% today. Once a world leader in steel, semiconductors, and electronics, the U.S. has watched its factories move overseas. These are not just economic losses—they’re strategic vulnerabilities.

Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the U.S. has lost an estimated 3.7 million manufacturing jobs. These were high-paying, often union jobs that supported entire communities. The replacement jobs—often in service or retail—pay far less. To finance its trade deficit, the U.S. borrows or sells assets. Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt now exceed $7.6 trillion, with China alone holding $859 billion.

This gives strategic rivals enormous leverage over our economy and financial system. While the dollar remains strong for now, chronic trade deficits undermine its long-term value. A weakening dollar would drive up the cost of imports, trigger inflation, and erode the living standards of American families. The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global conflicts have revealed how dependent the U.S. is on foreign supply chains for essential goods—including medicines, semiconductors, and critical minerals. In a crisis, this dependence could prove catastrophic.

President Trump’s critics will scoff and claim he’s using tariffs as a political stunt. But the data makes it clear: America’s trade deficit is not just an accounting issue—it’s a national weakness. No country can remain great while losing its ability to produce, innovate, and defend itself. Trump’s approach is about restoring fairness.

If other countries want access to the American consumer, they should play by the same rules. That means lowering their tariffs, removing their barriers, and allowing American companies to compete on equal terms. Until they do, tariffs aren’t protectionist—they’re patriotic.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday that he is working with Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut the waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid. 

“We think we’re going to be able to identify it and eliminate it while, incidentally, protecting the Medicaid—while protecting the Medicaid program and improving services to our poorest Americans,” RFK Jr. told Fox’s Martha MacCallum on Thursday following a high-stakes Cabinet meeting.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, during the meeting, Kennedy announced that the federal government will identify the root cause of America’s spiraling autism crisis by September, following an unprecedented research initiative ordered by President Donald Trump.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Says by September We Will Know What Causes Autism Epidemic in the US

He later revealed to MaCaullum, “We have DOGE working with us, and they’ve been really extraordinary about finding fraud in all of the agencies.”

This comes as Democrats and Republicans spar over the budget resolution that passed in the House earlier Thursday. Democrats in the House accused Republicans of trying to cut Medicaid benefits, which House Speaker Mike Johnson says is a “lie,” pointing to the roughly $50 billion lost each year to Medicaid fraud.

Last week, it was revealed by a DOGE official that illegal aliens and even violent illegal aliens are accessing government benefits like Medicaid and also voting.

“We found in the benefit programs that every benefit program that was being accessed by these people, DOGE executive and founder of Valor Equity Partners, Antonio Gracias, said. “1.3 million of them are on Medicaid right now, today.”

Elon Musk previously blasted the media and Democrats’ fear-mongering over Medicaid cuts under President Trump after he revealed the massive fraud in Social Security and Medicaid received by illegal aliens. “DOGE will make sure you get your Medicaid. There will be no cuts to legitimate payments whatsoever,” Musk declared while speaking in Wisconsin ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Similarly, Kennedy said cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse will actually protect and improve Medicaid while saving the American tax dollars.

WATCH:

MaCaullum: You oversee the Medicaid program. Do you think—they’re looking for $880 billion in savings over 10 years. The fraud number is somewhere between 30 and $50 billion a year. Do you think that they can cut that money out of Medicaid, and is it something you support, those cuts?

RFK: I certainly support any cut of waste, or misuse, or fraud, and we’re in a very good position now to identify that and to eliminate it because we have DOGE working with us, and they’ve been really extraordinary about finding fraud in all of the agencies. And, you know, they’re being very helpful with us. So, we think we’re going to be able to identify it and eliminate it while, incidentally, protecting the Medicaid—while protecting the Medicaid program and improving services to our poorest Americans.

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This article originally appeared on White Collar Fraud and was republished with permission.

Letitia James, New York’s Attorney General, has built her career on exposing deception. But a quiet real estate transaction in Norfolk, Virginia—carried out just weeks before the Trump fraud trial she championed—now raises serious questions about her own compliance with New York law.

A declaration buried in legal filings states her intent to make a Virginia house her principal residence:

“I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.”

Those words appear in black and white in a Specific Power of Attorney, signed by James and filed in Norfolk on August 17, 2023, authorizing her relative Shamice Thompson-Hairston to act on her behalf in a transaction that included the declaration. They were not written by a lawyer acting on James’ behalf. They were her words. Her intent. Her signature.

This signed power of attorney is a smoking gun on its own, completely separate from how the mortgage might be interpreted. It stands as a clear declaration of intent from a sitting New York Attorney General to establish principal residency in another state.

While joint ownership arrangements sometimes involve owners with different primary residences, this case is different. The declaration in the power of attorney specifically states James’s intention to make the property her principal residence, and the mortgage requires both borrowers to establish residency. This raises questions about whether such a declaration was made primarily to secure preferential mortgage terms.

Importantly, this is not an isolated incident—discrepancies in James’s mortgage filings appear to follow a longer-term pattern, raising broader questions about disclosure consistency.

If James never intended to make the Norfolk property her principal residence despite signing a document explicitly stating that intention, the declaration may constitute misrepresentation under federal fraud statutes. This would be particularly problematic for someone who has prosecuted others for similar misrepresentations in property matters.

And this declaration came at a remarkable moment. Because on October 2—less than seven weeks later—James would take to the courtroom steps in Manhattan to announce the start of her landmark civil fraud case against Donald Trump. The trial would span months and dominate headlines. James would be in New York nearly every day.

The Facts

The Virginia property at 604 Sterling Street was purchased for $240,000 with a $219,780 mortgage. The deed lists James and Thompson-Hairston as co-owners in “joint tenancy with right of survivorship as at common law,” meaning both have equal ownership rights. The property is a 1,450 square foot single-family home with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, built in 1947.

The transaction was completed on August 30, 2023, with Thompson-Hairston signing the mortgage documents both for herself and as attorney-in-fact for James. What makes this transaction particularly troubling is that the mortgage documents require both borrowers to make the property their principal residence within 60 days (by approximately October 30, 2023) and maintain it for at least one year—placing the occupancy deadline squarely during the Trump trial.

This creates a direct conflict with James’ duties as New York Attorney General, where she maintained an active public presence throughout this period. The timing could not be more problematic—at the very moment she declared her intent to establish Virginia residency, she was preparing for her most high-profile case in New York.

The Legal Requirements

This isn’t simply a matter of having multiple homes. New York Public Officers Law § 3(1) is unambiguous: “No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall not… have resided in this state” for the required period. The State Constitution Article XIII, Section 13(a) specifically requires the Attorney General to be “a resident of the state for five years immediately preceding election.”

Furthermore, Public Officers Law § 30(1)(d) mandates that an office becomes vacant when the officeholder ceases “to be an inhabitant of the state.”

The consequences under New York law are immediate and severe: when an officeholder moves outside the required jurisdiction, they can no longer legally hold their position.

“When an officeholder removes his residence from the territorial limits required by statute, the office is rendered vacant.”

If James declared Virginia as her principal residence—which the power of attorney clearly shows was her intention—she may have triggered an automatic vacancy in the office of Attorney General under New York law—potentially invalidating her authority during the very period she was prosecuting her highest-profile case.

Financial Considerations

Beyond the legal implications, there are also financial questions surrounding this transaction. Standard mortgage requirements for owner-occupied properties, such as those documented in federal housing forms, typically offer substantially lower interest rates than investment properties—often 0.5-0.75 percentage points less, translating to thousands in savings on a $219,780 mortgage.

The financial motivation behind claiming a property as a primary residence is significant—and raises troubling questions about whether this declaration was made for financial benefit rather than reflecting actual living arrangements.

Disclosure Questions

The pattern of questionable documentation extends to James’ official disclosures. Her 2023 Financial Disclosure Statement includes an earlier Virginia property, 3121 Perrone Avenue, Norfolk from 2020, but nothing about the Sterling Street transaction. There is no reference to the Sterling Street property or the $219,780 mortgage in the 2023 FDS, despite its joint ownership and recent purchase date.

According to New York ethics guidelines, jointly owned real estate may be exempt from disclosure only if it is used solely as a primary or secondary residence and does not generate income. If the Sterling Street property is being rented or used as an investment, the omission could constitute a violation of public officers law.

The question becomes: How many undisclosed properties exist, and why the apparent effort to keep them off official records?

Why It Matters

The Attorney General holds a unique position of public trust. James won a $350 million verdict against Trump for misrepresentations in property valuations. The central claim in that case—that Trump misrepresented property values and usage for financial gain—bears a troubling similarity to the questions now surrounding James’s own real estate declarations.

These questions take on even greater weight considering James has already registered a campaign committee—James for NY 2026 – Attorney General (ID 308810)—and filed campaign finance disclosures as early as July 17, 2023 (before signing the power of attorney), with the most recent filed on January 15, 2025 (after signing the power of attorney). This demonstrates her clear intention to seek re-election both before and after declaring her intent to make Virginia her principal residence.

Under the New York State Constitution, candidates for Attorney General must have been residents of New York for five consecutive years immediately preceding the election. If James’s sworn declaration in 2023 reflected a change in domicile to Virginia, even temporarily, it could jeopardize her eligibility to run again in 2026.

Four key questions remain unanswered:

Why did James explicitly declare her intent to make Virginia her principal residence while serving as New York’s Attorney General?
Did she fulfill the 60-day occupancy requirement in her mortgage while simultaneously appearing in New York courts?
Can she document continued New York residency during this period sufficient to maintain her legal authority as Attorney General?
Will this affect her eligibility to run for re-election, which requires uninterrupted New York residency?

The evidence is unequivocal. The signature is there. The declaration is clear. The legal requirements are unambiguous. The people of New York, who depend on their Attorney General to uphold the highest standards of transparency and compliance, deserve an explanation. Is New York’s top watchdog playing by the same rules she enforces?

Written by: Sam Antar

© 2025 Sam Antar. All rights reserved

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The controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, practically begged the United States to rejoin the UN-run agency after President Trump made good on his vow to pull the plug on U.S. participation on his very first day back in office.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to formally withdraw the United States from the WHO, citing its failure to hold China accountable and its role in pushing radical globalist health agendas that undermine American sovereignty.

Trump’s executive order halted all U.S. funding to the WHO, redirecting those resources to domestic health initiatives that prioritize American interests and values.

WHO has long pointed to its mishandling of global health crises, its cozy relationship with China, and its dangerous push for vaccine mandates and digital health passports.

Recall that the Biden regime publicly affirmed their commitment to a “legally-binding” accord back in 2023, which will give the World Health Organization (WHO) control over U.S. pandemic policies, though work remains in certain areas.

Once a health emergency is declared every signatory, including the United States, must submit to the authority of the WHO. This includes caving to them on treatments, lockdowns and vaccine mandates along with government surveillance.

At a press conference in Geneva on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pleaded for the U.S. to rejoin the agency, desperately insisting that it was in America’s “best interest” to remain.

But for millions of Americans who watched the WHO bungle the COVID-19 pandemic, peddle Chinese propaganda, and push draconian mandates, Trump’s bold move was long overdue.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:
I hope there will be some formal engagement for a very honest and candid dialogue for the U.S. to come back to the World Health Organization. I’ve said it many times: the U.S. withdrawal from WHO is a lose-lose.

It’s in the best interest of the U.S. to stay in WHO. It’s a matter of health security — one that keeps the U.S. safe, and the rest of the world safe, by being part of the WHO

It also has many other benefits for the U.S. to remain within the WHO family. All the investments it has made are in its own best interest. That’s what we believe, and I hope they will reconsider and rejoin the WHO family.

But critics argue the only thing the WHO has kept safe is the Chinese Communist Party’s reputation.

During the COVID crisis, the WHO repeatedly misled the world: from claiming there was no human-to-human transmission, to flip-flopping on mask guidance, to praising China’s “transparency” while whistleblowers in Wuhan vanished.

​At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March 2020, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died.” Tedros added, “In comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected.”

The Gateway Pundit immediately debunked this inaccurate fatality rate of COVID-19, which led to global panic.

This 3.4% figure was derived by dividing the number of reported deaths by the number of confirmed cases globally.

However, early in the pandemic, testing was limited and primarily focused on severe cases, leading to an undercount of mild or asymptomatic infections. As a result, the CFR was likely an overestimate of the actual mortality risk.

A comprehensive meta-analysis by John Ioannidis, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, analyzed seroprevalence data from 51 locations worldwide. Ioannidis argued that the fatality rate could be as low as 0.1%–0.2%, especially in areas with wide undercounting of mild/asymptomatic cases.

Another systematic review and meta-analysis published in Nature estimated a global IFR of 0.68% (95% confidence interval: 0.53%–0.82%) during the first wave of the pandemic. ​

Also, ​in early 2021, a joint team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese experts conducted an investigation in Wuhan to determine the origins of COVID-19. After visiting various sites, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the team concluded that a laboratory origin of the virus was “extremely unlikely.”

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reported in January 2025 that a lab-related origin was “more likely” than a natural one.

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Here is the path of the Chinese spy balloon over US military bases in 2023. (Map by Jim Hoft)

In January 2022, the Biden administration knew about the Chinese spy balloon traversing across the continental United States, from Alaska to the Carolinas, but sought to conceal this from the American public.

A newspaper photographer first spotted the balloon over Montana.

The Chinese spy balloon first entered US airspace over Alaska in late January.

Joe Biden and Mark Milley knew the surveillance balloon was over the US, yet Biden chose to stand down.

The balloon soared over nuclear silos and military installations across the US with Joe Biden’s full approval.

In fact the Chinese spy balloon was using US parts and US internet as it crossed the US to spy on military installations and nuclear silos.

The balloon was shot down over the Atlantic just off the coast of the Carolinas.

According to the Pentagon, the spy balloon carried explosives to self-detonate, was 200 feet tall, and weighed thousands of pounds.

The Administration knew about the spy balloon but sought to conceal it from the American public.

The Biden regime did not even notify the Gang of Eight Congressional leaders about the security breach by the Communist Chinese.

Retired General Mark Milley knew about the Chinese balloon but followed the lead of the Biden regime and kept it from the public.

That was not the only lie told by Mark Milley.

General Milley also knew the spy balloon was collecting data as it flew over the continental US but kept this from the American public.

Now, there is evidence that Biden officials, including Secretary of State Tony Blinken, were holding private talks with the Chinese before the American public spotted the spy balloon in the sky.

And, the Biden officials were more worried about how the spy balloon would look to the American public and NOT about the unprecedented amount of data the Chinese were collecting on US military installations in the US.

It appears all of those bribes and financial gifts paid to the Biden Crime Family by China paid off in the end!

FOX News reported:

Biden administration State Department officials held private talks with Beijing counterparts about the Chinese spy balloon that intercepted U.S. airspace in 2023, and discussed the implications the balloon’s publicity would have on the relationship between the U.S. and China, according to Trump administration officials.

U.S. officials identified the spy balloon infiltrating U.S. airspace on Jan. 28, 2023, and an Air Force fighter jet shot down the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina Feb. 4, 2023, two days after the Pentagon issued a statement on the matter.

Biden officials held discussions with Beijing Feb. 1, 2023, about the balloon, and discussed the impact disclosing the balloon to the public could have on the relationship with China, internal State Department documents show, two Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital.

An internal State Department readout of the talks between Blinken and a top Chinese diplomat said Blinken stated that if the presence of the balloon were revealed publicly, it could have “profound implications for our relationship” with China, particularly amid efforts to stabilize the bilateral relationship with Beijing, two Trump administration officials familiar with the documents told Fox News Digital.

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The globalist empire of Big Tech is being dragged into the light, and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is leading the charge.

In a scathing letter sent Thursday, Hawley invited Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, following explosive testimony from a former Meta executive turned whistleblower.

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Sarah Wynn-Williams, who served as Facebook’s Director of Global Public Policy from 2011 to 2017, delivered a bombshell under oath: Meta didn’t just sell out American users — it surrendered to the Chinese Communist Party.

In her riveting testimony, Wynn-Williams exposed Meta’s secret project—code-named “Project Aldrin”—an initiative that allegedly handed China’s Communist regime access to sensitive U.S. artificial intelligence technologies.

Her most alarming claim? That Meta executives deliberately briefed Chinese officials on cutting-edge AI to give Beijing the upper hand over American companies.

“These briefings focused on critical emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence – explicit goal being to help China outcompete American companies,” said Wynn-Williams.

She warned that Meta’s LLaMA AI model is already being used by China in military applications and stated that the only reason the CCP doesn’t currently have unrestricted access to U.S. user data is because Congress intervened.

This is no longer just about privacy—it’s about national survival in the face of an aggressive foreign adversary, aided and abetted by America’s own Big Tech titans.

Wynn-Williams testified that Meta developed censorship software for the CCP in 2015 and, under Beijing’s orders, removed the account of Chinese dissident Guo Wengui—a man living on U.S. soil—just to placate the communists. Worse yet, Meta then lied to Congress about why they did it.

“Mark Zuckerberg pledged himself a free speech champion,” Wynn-Williams said. “Yet I witnessed Meta work hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party to construct and test custom-built censorship tools.”

She also confirmed that Meta pursued a sweetheart deal with the CCP to hand over user data from Hong Kong and China—and possibly even Americans—via Chinese-located servers.

Following Wynn-Williams’ bombshell testimony, Hawley told NOTUS, “They’re flying CCP officials to the United States and doing meetings, I mean, that is something. So I think it’s just the tip of the iceberg.”

“We may need to refer him to the Department of Justice. We’ll look and see if there are other instances that we need to be pursuing in that regard,” he added.

In his formal letter to Zuckerberg, Hawley cited the damning list of allegations—ranging from aiding China’s military AI ambitions to actively suppressing whistleblowers with gag orders and legal intimidation.

“The American people deserve to know the truth,” Hawley wrote. “Her testimony was filled with explosive allegations about your company’s willingness to jeopardize American national interests, betray American users and Chinese dissidents alike, and lie about it to Congress.”

“The public deserves to hear your response to these serious allegations, particularly since they pertain to American national security,” he added.

After yesterday’s shocking revelations, it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to come to Capitol Hill, take an oath, and answer to America for how he has sold out our country’s security for China profits pic.twitter.com/AWUib4bI9s

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 10, 2025

The upcoming hearing, aptly titled “A Time for Truth, Part II”, promises to be a political reckoning for Zuckerberg, Meta, and Big Tech’s cozy relationship with Communist China. If Hawley gets his way, this won’t be just another hearing—it’ll be a political earthquake.

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