Haiti Gang Seeks $1-Million per Person for Kidnapped Missionaries

Seventeen members of a the Christian Aid Ministries, 16 Americans and one Canadian, including five children as young as 8-months old, were kidnapped in Haiti and are being held on a $17 million ransom demand. Authorities accused the 400 Mawozo gang of the kidnappings and the FBI and the US State department are negotiating with the crime gang. Kidnappings have become more brazen and commonplace in Haiti amid a growing political and economic crisis, with at least 628 incidents in the first nine months of 2021 alone. Five priests and two nuns were abducted in April, and were later released after a ransom was paid for two of the priests. Haitians mounted a nationwide strike to protest gang crime and kidnappings, which have been on the rise for years and have worsened since the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million – or $1 million each – to release them, according to a top Haitian official.

Justice Minister Liszt Quitel told Reuters that talks were under way with kidnappers to seek the release of the missionaries abducted over the weekend outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, by a gang called 400 Mawozo.

The minister confirmed the ransom fee, telling Reuters: “They asked for $1 million per person.” The fee was first reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day.

CNN reported earlier on Tuesday the kidnappers first called Christian Aid Ministries – the group to which the victims belonged – on Saturday and immediately conveyed the price tag for the missionaries’ release. The FBI and Haitian police were advising the group in negotiations, the minister said.

Several calls between the kidnappers and the missionary group have taken place since their disappearance, the minister told CNN.

The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries called for prayers for the “Haitian and American civil authorities who are working to resolve this situation.”

Among the 16 Americans and one Canadian are five children, including an 8-month-old baby, the missionary organization said. They were abducted in an area called Croix-des-Bouquets, about 8 miles (13 km) outside the capital, which is dominated by the 400 Mawozo gang.

The U.S. government is “relentlessly focused” on the kidnapping and in constant communication with Haitian police and the missionaries’ church, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told journalists in Quito, where he met with that country’s president and foreign minister.

“Unfortunately, this is also indicative of a much larger problem and that is a security situation that is quite simply unsustainable,” Blinken said, referring to gangs that he said control parts of Port-au-Prince.

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NBC News:   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/haitian-gang-blamed-kidnapping-us-canadian-missionaries-rcna3166




Senator Ron Johnson Says there Is No Point to Vaccine Mandates, 16,766 people Have Died from the Vaccines in 10 Months

Senator Ron Johnson said that there is no point to vaccine mandates whatsoever as fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected, and they can reportedly transmit the disease. They are being hospitalized and getting seriously ill, and they are dying. The CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has recorded 16,766 deaths from the experimental Covid vaccines over the past 10 months. Over 5,400 of these deaths occurred within 2 days of taking the vaccine. Senator Johnson pointed out that deaths and injuries are greatly under-reported.

Link for video:   https://rumble.com/vnv15x-sen-johnson-no-point-to-mandate-with-covid-vaccine-weve-had-16766-deaths.html

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning.

Senator Johnson is one of the few lawmakers openly speaking out on the historic dangers of the COVID vaccines.

On Sunday Sen. Johnson had this to say on the mandates, “The mandates are pointless. Now that we know that fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected, they can transmit the disease. Unfortunately, they are being hospitalized, they’re getting seriously ill, they’re dying. There’s no point to the mandate, whatsoever.

On the dangers of the vaccines, Senator Johnson added, “They’re completely ignoring the vaccine injuries. And Maria, people really need to understand this because it’s not being reported. It’s being suppressed. But over 25 years with the flu vaccine there were a little less than 1,700 deaths reported on the Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS). That’s CDC’s early surveillance security system… With the COVID Vaccine, we’ve had 16,766 deaths in 10 months administering this vaccine.”

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90% of San Diego Police Officers Are Opposed to the City’s Covid Vaccine Mandate

A recent poll of more than 700 San Diego Police officers showed that 90% are opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates and about 65% of them said they would consider leaving their jobs if the experimental shots are required. The City of San Diego is experiencing a surge of violent crime under the leadership of Democrat Mayor Todd Gloria. The Mayor and the San Diego City Council enacted the dangerous vaccine mandate that will terminate 1,000 city employees, putting the citizens of San Diego in jeopardy, leaving the city open to rampant violence and crime. The mandate will terminate about 500 San Diego Police Department officers, 100 San Diego Fire Department firefighters, 20 radio 911-Dispatchers and several hundred civilian employees including trash collectors, city maintenance workers, librarians, water plant engineers, and dozens of other categories of employees who make the City of San Diego function daily.

Excerpt from an article written by a San Diego police officer:

The city is clearly not in its collective right mind. City leaders have not considered the fiscal impact of losing 1,000 employees. The average employee with 10 years of service has approximately $100,000 in their respective retirement accounts. These accounts are managed by the city like a bank manages a customer’s account. The money is played in the stock market in hopes of capital gains, with the city benefitting.

Imagine if one thousand employees take their retirements upon termination. Then image if those employees file class action lawsuits for Civil Rights violations and wrongful termination. Can the city really afford that financial burden? It would likely be in the hundred of millions of dollars.

At a time with increased homeless population, rising crime, including gun-related crime, gang-related crime, shootings, stabbings, and rampant drug use on the streets, the City of San Diego will be in ruins if a thousand employees are cut.

Losing 500 police officers, 100 firefighters and 20 911-Dispatchers will increase response time and cause very long delays when citizens call for help. Police will not have the staffing to respond to property crimes including burglaries, vehicle thefts, and trespassing.

San Diego is currently experiencing violent crimes in its tourist locations like the Gaslamp District, Balboa Park, Belmont Park and Petco Park. The city will likely raise taxes to offset the lack of tourism.

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New York City Judge Revoked Unvaccinated Father’s Rights to See His 3-Year old Daughter in Custody Case

New York City Judge Matthew Cooper officially took away a Long Island father’s right to see his young daughter in person because he has not taken the experimental Covid-19 vaccine. Now in order to see his 3-year-old, the father must either get vaccinated or present PCR and antigen tests each week. The judge called the father a “danger” to the child and specifically cites “conspiracy theories,” “misinformation,” and “muddled notions of individual liberty” as the bogus reasoning behind stripping his rights away. This is the second time in recent months that a radical left-wing judge has taken away visitation rights for an unvaccinated parent during a custody battle. The last time this happened, Judge James Shapiro of Cook County, Illinois, restricted an unvaccinated mother from seeing her son in person. Shapiro recused himself from the case after public backlash.

A New York City judge has officially taken away a Long Island father’s right to see his young daughter in person because he has not taken the experimental Covid-19 vaccine. Now in order to see his 3-year-old, the father must either get vaccinated or present a weekly PCR test in addition to a biweekly antigen test within 24 hours of a scheduled visit.

The judge – Matthew Cooper – who is presiding over the bitter custody dispute, called the yet-to-be-named father a “danger” to the child and specifically cites “conspiracy theories,” “misinformation,” and “muddled notions of individual liberty” as the bogus reasoning behind stripping his rights away.

“Here, in-person parental access by the defendant is not in the child’s best interests, and there are exceptional circumstances that support its suspension.

The dangers of voluntarily remaining unvaccinated during access with a child while the COVID-19 virus remains a threat to children’s health and safety cannot be understated.

Unfortunately, and to my mind, incomprehensibly, a sizable minority, seizing upon misinformation, conspiracy theories, and muddled notions of ‘individual liberty,’ have refused all entreaties to be vaccinated.”

The father has already had Covid-19 and recovered – which has been proven to provide better immunity than taking any of the rushed vaccines – but Judge Cooper did not factor that into his decision before handing down his ruling. Instead, Cooper was too busy playing political activist from the bench. The only ones trafficking in misinformation are the crazed leftists who are pushing these vaccine mandates and denying that natural immunity exists.

Not to mention, the person being “protected” from her father is three years old – children have effectively zero risk of death to this virus. In fact, they are the least affected group of people, with a recovery rate that is around 99.5-99.9%.

But, according to Bolshevik Judge Cooper, this father is a “danger,” and a conspiracy theorist.

Lloyd Rosen, the attorney representing the father, fired back after Cooper’s decision and explained the father’s reasoning behind not taking the vaccine.

“My client is not a conspiracy theorist. He has concerns about the vaccine. He’s heard about side effects. He once had a bad reaction to the flu vaccine.

This judge must feel that 80 million Americans who aren’t vaccinated are placing their children at imminent risk or harm and, therefore, the courts should intervene and remove those children from their parents. That is an absurd position to take.”

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Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Was Fully Vaccinated, But Died from ‘Covid-19 Complications’

General Colin Powell, 84, died due to complications from Covid 19. His family stated that he was fully vaccinated. It is unknown which vaccine he received. He had been treated for multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that affects the body’s ability to fight infections. He was the chairman for Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush and and led the first Gulf War that was a failure. Powell acted as US Secretary of State under former President George W. Bush and was responsible for asserting that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in a speech to the United Nations to make the case for war on Iraq. But the US State Department had flagged the claims that Powell presented as a threat as being “WEAK”. Powell blamed the false speech on a “great intelligence failure.” Tens of thousands of people, including about 5,000 US service members, died in the war, which lasted from 2003 until 2011.

  • Colin Powell, the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from Covid complications at the age of 84.
  • “Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell. He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam,” former President George W. Bush said.
  • Powell argued for the U.S. invasion of Iraq before the United Nations, using intelligence that later turned out to be mostly wrong.
  • Powell had a weakened immune system following his struggle with multiple myeloma, a cancer that directly affects the body’s ability to fight infections.

WASHINGTON – Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and statesman, has died from Covid complications at the age of 84.

Powell, who was fully vaccinated against Covid, had several underlying conditions. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and had been treated recently for multiple myeloma, according to a Powell family spokesperson.

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections. Fully vaccinated people with weakened immune systems make up a large proportion of hospitalized breakthrough cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Powell had also undergone surgery for prostate cancer when he was secretary of State nearly two decades ago.

Powell and his wife, Alma Powell, tested positive for Covid a week ago. Alma Powell, who will soon turn 84 herself, has been suffering Covid symptoms and was recovering at home, the spokesperson said.

Colin Powell had planned to get a booster shot last week, but he wasn’t feeling well enough to get it, the spokesperson added.

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Mother Jones:   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/leadup-iraq-war-timeline/

HuffPost:   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colin-powell-wmd-iraq-war_b_2624620




Military, Federal Employees and Contractors File Class-Action Lawsuit against Pentagon over Vaccine Mandates

Two dozen military members, including Navy Seals, Green Berets and high-ranking officers, along with federal employees and federal civil contractors, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense over Biden’s vaccine mandate. The Liberty Council, a Christian legal firm, filed the suit on behalf of the 24 plaintiffs who oppose the vaccines due to religious beliefs and have been denied exemption or accommodation for their beliefs. The lawsuit argues that the mandate violates the First Amendment freedom of religion, that the vaccines were developed using aborted fetal cells, and that the mandate is unenforceable because it has only been issued an Emergency Use Authorization. The FDA approved Comirnaty, which is not available in the US.

Link for video:   https://warroom.org/2021/10/21/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-vaccine-mandates/

Service members from all five branches of the U.S. military, federal employees, and federal civilian contractors have joined in a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense over its COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The 24 plaintiffs “face a deadline under the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs, and have been refused any religious exemption or accommodation,” according to Liberty Counsel, the Christian legal firm that filed the lawsuit.

The lawsuit (pdf), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, lists President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as defendants.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to issue a temporary restraining order (pdf) to prevent the COVID-19 vaccine mandates from taking effect, and ultimately issue an injunction to prevent the Pentagon from enforcing the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Biden on Sept. 9 issued an executive order requiring almost all federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment. Regular testing isn’t an option. Civilian federal employees and contractors have until Nov. 22 to be fully vaccinated.

Austin issued a memorandum on Aug. 24 saying that all military service members must receive a COVID-19 vaccine, after which all the branches of the military announced various deadlines for its troops to be fully vaccinated, regardless of whether they had previously survived a bout of COVID-19, and threatening suspensions or other disciplinary actions if service members don’t have a pending exemption request or fail to comply.

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Not Mainstream News:    https://notmainstreamnews.us/biden-pentagon-face-massive-class-action-lawsuit-over-vaccine-mandate-on-federal-employees-and-military-members/

From the Tatum Report:

Deadlines are as follows:

Active Duty

  • U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps- November 28
  • U.S. Army- December 15
  • U.S. Air Force- November 2

Reserve

  • U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps- December 28
  • National Guard (Army)- June 30, 2022
  • U.S. Air Force- December 2

All service personnel of the United States Coast Guard have until November 22 to get vaccinated.

Tatum Report:    https://tatumreport.com/pentagon-faces-class-action-lawsuit-military-vaccine-mandates/




Nearly 40% of California State Workers are Unvaccinated against COVID Despite Newsom Order

Only about 62% of California state workers, from a sample of 213,000 of the state’s 238,000 employees, were vaccinated as of October 7. An estimated 52% of California Highway Patrol employees, 60% of Department of Motor Vehicles employees and 60% of prison employees have received the shots. Despite an order from a federal judge that all prison employees get vaccinated, Newsom’s administration is defending state prison employees’ ability to choose whether they get vaccinated and is appealing the court ruling. California’s prison guard union made a $1.75 million donation to Newsom’s anti-recall election committee over the summer, showing that the governor’s mandate has little to do with health.

While the Newsom administration mandated shot-or-test rules for state workers, the governor imposed more stringent requirements on health care workers, who must get vaccinated unless claiming a religious or medical exemption.

The COVID-19 vaccination rate is lower among California state workers than among the state’s general population, according to data from the state Human Resources Department.

Fewer than two-thirds of state workers — about 62% — were vaccinated as of Oct. 7, according to preliminary figures provided by department spokeswoman Camille Travis. That compares to a rate of about 72% among all Californians, according to state data.

The employee data is incomplete, accounting for about 213,000 of the state’s 238,000 employees, Travis said. But the relatively low rate identified so far suggests many workers weren’t moved by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s July orders to workers to get vaccinated or submit to regular testing.

Several of the largest state departments shared vaccination rates for their staff: 52% of California Highway Patrol employees, 60% of Department of Motor Vehicles employees and 60% of prison employees have received the shots. Caltrans reports a higher rate, with 70% of its employees vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Newsom administration’s shot-or-test rules for state workers are less stringent than those the governor imposed on health care workers, who must get vaccinated unless claiming a religious or medical exemption.

Newsom’s administration also is defending state prison employees’ ability to choose whether they get vaccinated. The Democrat’s administration is appealing a ruling from federal judge who ordered the state to ensure that all prison employees are vaccinated against the virus.

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