The Wuhan Lab Will Receive U.S. Taxpayer Funding Through 2024

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The Wuhan Institute of Virology is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research until January 2024, the National Institute of Health told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The WIV is at the center of widespread speculation that COVID-19 could have entered the human population in China due to an accidental lab leak. Researchers at the lab were studying bat-based coronaviruses prior to the outbreak, a project partially backed by $600,000 in U.S. taxpayer funds routed to the lab through the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance.

The president of EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, was the sole U.S. member of the World Health Organization delegation that investigated the origins of the pandemic on the ground in China in January and February. While the WHO delegation has yet to release a report on their findings, Daszak said the White House should blindly accept their conclusion that it’s highly unlikely the virus could have leaked from the WIV.

Daszak also said American intelligence, which indicates researchers at the WIV became infected with COVID-like symptoms before the first known cases in December 2019, shouldn’t be trusted. (Read more from “The Wuhan Lab Will Receive U.S. Taxpayer Funding Through 2024” HERE)

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Trump Impeachment Lawyer Describes in-Fighting During Trial

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team got him acquitted of the charges he faced in the Senate, but days after, one of them is providing insight into the team’s dysfunction.

David Schoen, one of Trump’s lead attorneys for the case, criticized his former co-counselor in an interview with Jewish Insider published on Monday, arguing that former acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Bruce Castor assumed outsize influence even though he was supposed to play a supporting role.

“[Trump’s team] asked me if I would work with [Castor], if I would take the lead and so on, but then, [Castor] would help me, and he has a firm that can help and all that,” he said. “I’m not sure that message was communicated to him clearly enough because he never seemed to quite understand that I was supposed to be the lead in the case.”

Castor’s blueprint called for Schoen to focus on the Senate’s jurisdiction in the matter, which would leave him largely sidelined after the first day of the trial. Stepping into the lead role himself, Castor “jumped in” to present the defense’s case on the first day of trial. The presentation was disparaged by Schoen, who said Castor’s argument was “like a filibuster” and “not a good presentation.”

Trump, who reportedly asked Schoen to join the team first in a lead role, was also unimpressed by Castor’s performance and called on Schoen to play a more active role in his defense. (Read more from “Trump Impeachment Lawyer Describes in-Fighting During Trial” HERE)

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Bill Gates: ‘All Rich Nations Should Move to 100% Synthetic Beef’ to Combat Climate Change

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Bill Gates wants wealthier nations around the globe to ditch eating beef and instead switch to lab-grown or plant-based alternative “meats” in an effort to combat climate change. . .

The Microsoft cofounder sat down with MIT Technology Review to plug his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” and provided his views on what possible solutions might be viable — or not.

One area where Gates has become more optimistic is in the idea of transitioning folks away from beef, since cows are notoriously viewed as damaging to the environment due to emissions from their flatulence.

On this topic, Gates told MIT, “In terms of livestock, it’s very difficult. There are all the things where they feed them different food, like there’s this one compound that gives you a 20% reduction [in methane emissions]. But sadly, those bacteria [in their digestive system that produce methane] are a necessary part of breaking down the grass. And so I don’t know if there’ll be some natural approach there. I’m afraid the synthetic [protein alternatives like plant-based burgers] will be required for at least the beef thing.”

Gates went on to plug a number of firms he invests in that produce meat alternatives, such as Memphis Meats, Beyond Meat, and Impossible Foods, noting that “as for scale today, they don’t represent 1% of the meat in the world, but they’re on their way.” (Read more from “Bill Gates: ‘All Rich Nations Should Move to 100% Synthetic Beef’ to Combat Climate Change” HERE)

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Texas’s ‘Nightmare’ Energy Situation Is a Warning to the Rest of America

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Millions of Texans have lost power in the middle of a cold snap that brought below-freezing temperatures across the state. Struggling to keep warm in homes that are poorly insulated, some are turning to unsafe methods that will likely get them killed. One resident told The Washington Post that after only eight hours without power in Houston it was like an “apocalypse,” and she feared they’d “see a nightmare situation in the next few days.”

Commenting on the blackout in his home state, former Energy Secretary Rick Perry pointed out how important it is to have a diverse energy landscape. In recent years, however, reliance on coal has declined while renewable energy sources have been increasing.

How’s that working out? We’re seeing it play out now, Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said Monday during his monologue.

“The windmills froze, so the power grid failed. Millions of Texans woke up Monday morning having to boil their water because with no electricity, it couldn’t be purified,” he commented, noting the Green New Deal has arrived.

“The ironically named Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which oversees the grid, had no solution to any of this. They simply told people to stop using so much power to keep warm,” Carlson continued. “So in Houston, hundreds of shivering Texans headed to the convention center like refugees to keep from freezing to death. Some Texans almost certainly did freeze to death. Later this week, we’ll likely learn just how many more were killed as they tried to keep warm with jury-rigged heaters and barbecues and car exhaust.” (Read more from “Texas’s ‘Nightmare’ Energy Situation Is a Warning to the Rest of America” HERE)

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Comey Admitted He Had Nothing to ‘Sufficiently Corroborate’ Steele Dossier but Signed a Spy Warrant Anyway

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On the same day he approved a FISA surveillance warrant application verifying reporting by Christopher Steele, former FBI Director James Comey admitted in an email to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper that he was “not able to sufficiently corroborate the reporting” provided in Christopher Steele’s now-disproved dossier.

“We are not able to sufficiently corroborate the reporting,” Comey wrote.

In a report published on Monday, JustTheNews outlined how Comey emailed Clapper on Jan. 12, 2017, to object to his line stating “the [Intelligence Community] has not made any judgment that the information in the document is reliable and we did not rely on it in any way for our conclusions.” In his reply, Comey explained he took issue with the statement because he believed the FBI “concluded that the source is reliable and has a track record with us of reporting reliable information.” This determination, however, he admitted, had no other supporting proof in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

“It might be better to say ‘we have not been able to sufficiently corroborate the information to include it in the body of Russia report but, for a variety of reasons, we thought it important to include it in our report to our senior-most audience,’” Comey concluded.

Even though Comey admitted the lack of corroboration for the dossier, the bureau head signed a renewal FISA warrant to allow for extended spying on Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page on the same day, opening up the door for a longer Russia collusion investigation into information he was already forewarned about. Later-declassified documents suggest Comey decided to sign the warrant — even after he was alerted by the CIA that Page was not a Russian spy but was actually assisting U.S. intelligence efforts, after he was warned that Steele may not be a reliable source of information, after Steele was fired for leaking confidential information to corporate media outlets, and after recommendations to cancel the probe into incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn “for lack of evidence.” (Read more from “Comey Admitted He Had Nothing to ‘Sufficiently Corroborate’ Steele Dossier but Signed a Spy Warrant Anyway” HERE)

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Ghislaine Maxwell Claims She Was Abused by Prison Guard

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Ghislaine Maxwell was physically abused by a jail guard during a pat down search and is “withering to a shell” behind bars, dropping weight and losing her hair, an attorney for the accused madam said in court papers filed Tuesday.

In the letter to Judge Alison Nathan, Maxwell’s attorney complained about conditions she faces at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, including sleep deprivation, inedible food and the alleged abuse by a jail guard.

The letter states Maxwell is subject to constant searches — about four per day — and surveillance by jail guards, which she claims is to make up for the Bureau of Prisons’ failure to protect her alleged cohort, Jeffrey Epstein, from killing himself in 2019.

“Ms. Maxwell continues to be at the mercy of a revolving group of security officers who are used to guarding hundreds of inmates but now focus their undivided attention exclusively on one respectful, middle-aged female pretrial detainee,” Maxwell’s attorney, Bobbi Sternheim, wrote.

“Recently, out of view of the security camera, Ms. Maxwell was placed in her isolation cell and physically abused during a pat down search. When she asked that the camera be used to capture the occurrence, a guard replied ‘no.’ When Ms. Maxwell recoiled in pain and when she said she would report the mistreatment, she was threatened with disciplinary action,” Sternheim added. (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell Claims She Was Abused by Prison Guard” HERE)

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White House Asks Illegal Aliens: Please Don’t Rush the Border, as ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Ends

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The White House on Tuesday urged potential Central American asylum seekers not to rush the US-Mexico border as President Biden ends former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.

The 2018 policy required asylum seekers arriving at the Mexico border to await a decision on their claims before entering the US. . .

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and his deputy Liz Sherwood-Randall said in a statement that the initial rollback of “Remain in Mexico” will apply only to the 71,000 asylum seekers who are already part of the program.

“If you seek entry into the US and do not have an active MPP case, you will be immediately expelled and will not be permitted to remain in the United States,” they said. (Read more from “White House Asks Illegal Aliens: Please Don’t Rush the Border, as ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Ends” HERE)

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Israel Suggests It May Ignore Joe Biden on Iran, After Biden Ignores Netanyahu

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Israel may ignore U.S. President Joe Biden in dealing with Iran if he pushes toward reviving the nuclear deal, according to Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan.

Biden campaigned on restoring the Iran deal, even though it allowed the regime to pursue nuclear weapons after roughly a decade, and did not include provisions preventing Iran’s development of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles or its support for terrorist proxies in the region and around the world.

Israel may be forced to pursue its own strategy, according to a report in Israel Hayom on Tuesday:

Israel held out the possibility on Tuesday that it would not engage with US President Joe Biden on strategy regarding the Iranian nuclear program, urging tougher sanctions and a “credible military threat.”

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“We will not be able to be part of such a process if the new administration returns to that deal,” Ambassador Gilad Erdan told Israel’s Army Radio.

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Harris Takes Customary Role of President by Calling Several Heads of State

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Vice President Kamala Harris has recently called multiple heads of state, a task that is normally done by the president.

Harris spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, the White House said.

Harris “expressed her commitment to strengthening bilateral ties between the United States and France and to revitalizing the transatlantic alliance,” a readout said. She and Macron “agreed on the need for close bilateral and multilateral cooperation to address COVID-19, climate change, and support democracy at home and around the world.”

“They also discussed numerous regional challenges, including those in the Middle East and Africa, and the need to confront them together,” according to the readout.

There was no mention of President Joe Biden. (Read more from “Harris Takes Customary Role of President by Calling Several Heads of State” HERE)

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Liar Hayden, Ex-NSA Director, and Obama Generals File Suit Over Gender Equity of Military Draft

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The former National Security Agency director and nine prominent retired general and flag officers have signed on to legal brief asking that the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the military draft is unconstitutional.

Their filing is in support of a petition that argues the Selective Service System is unconstitutional because it applies only to men ages 18 to 26 and not women.

Former Director of the National Security Agency Michael Hayden, a retired Air Force four-star, and retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal top the list of supporters on the legal brief.

The group’s attorneys filed their brief Wednesday to support the petition filed by the National Coalition for Men, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Selective Service System on Jan. 8.

The original claim argues that the high court should overturn a ruling it made in 1981 when the same challenge was made. At the time the justices ruled that the draft was constitutional because its primary function was to ensure combat ready forces for defense of the nation. At the time, women were excluded from combat roles. (Read more from “Liar Hayden, Ex-NSA Director, and Obama Generals File Suit Over Gender Equity of Military Draft” HERE)

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