Who is ISIS-K?

Who is ISIS-K?

Mark Clouse August 29, 2021

ISIS-K, the terror group that killed US troops in Kabul, and its complicated relationship with the Taliban

From www.washingtonexaminer.com
2021-08-26 20:11:35
Jerry Dunleavy
Excerpt:

The U.S. military says the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan was behind the deadly suicide bombing attacks in Kabul on Thursday that killed numerous U.S. service members, which won’t surprise Western intelligence officials or the ruling Taliban.

CENTCOM Commander, General Kenneth McKenzie said Thursday afternoon that 12 U.S. service members were killed and 15 more were injured, noting the suicide bombers are “assessed to have been ISIS fighters.” The general said he believed the suicide bomber made it through Taliban lines and was at a U.S.-controlled “interface point” when he detonated himself.

“We believe it is their desire to continue those attacks, and we expect those attacks to continue,” McKenzie warned. “If we can find out who is associated with this, we will go after them.”

He said the United States believed ISIS would like to conduct more walk-in suicide attacks, as well as suicide car bombs or rocket…

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Plea Dealer in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Faces Sentencing

Mark Clouse August 27, 2021

Here is just a look at how the MSM is covering the conviction of a Michigan man who took a plea deal where he had to admit being part of a plot to kidnap the Governor.

This is a case that, for a lot of reasons, we at the Freedomist have yet to break down, and information on the what’s what of the machinations going in in the courts from the filters, the media, and, for the most part, independent news blogs, whom overwhelmingly pitch the worst and best that conveniently affirms their factional will, so to speak.

What stands out for me is the lack of complete over-the-type vilification of the man, or any overt attempt to couple this man to the ‘far right’ or, even, to Donald Trump. This is worth taking note, though only if such a trend were to continue.

The last headline in this report brings the blood and bone reality of the plea this man made,

The defense says Garbin “will be particularly vulnerable to physical assault or even death in prison due to his cooperation in the case.” – michiganradio.org

Man sentenced to 6 years in prison for Michigan Governor kidnap plot

From www.usatoday.com
2021-08-26 11:45:22

Excerpt:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison Wednesday for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a significant break that reflected his quick decision to cooperate and help agents build cases against others.

Ty Garbin admitted his role in the alleged scheme weeks after his arrest last fall. He is among six men charged in federal court but the only one to plead guilty so far. It was a key victory for prosecutors as they try to prove an astonishing plot against the rest.

Garbin apologized to Whitmer, who was not in court, and her family.

“I cannot even begin to imagine the amount of stress and fear her family felt because of my actions. And for that I am truly sorry,” the 25-year-old aviation mechanic told the judge.

In his plea agreement, Garbin said the six men trained at his property near Luther, Michigan, constructing a “shoot house” to resemble Whitmer’s vacation home and “assaulting it…

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Admitted Whitmer kidnap plotter to be sentenced Wednesday

From www.michiganradio.org
2021-08-24 14:37:30

Excerpt:

One of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday.

25 year old Ty Garbin is the only federal defendant in the kidnapping case to plead guilty. He’s cooperating with the investigation, which is why prosecutors are asking the judge to only sentence Garbin to nine years in prison.

In the prosecution’s sentencing brief, they say Garbin “knew what he had done, knew it was wrong.”

Prosecutors say prior to taking part in the kidnapping plot, Garbin had been a law abiding, productive member of society.

Garbin’s defense attorney is asking for a sentence “well below the federal guidelines.”

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US Seeks 9-Year Prison Term For Gov. Whitmer Kidnap Plotter – CBS Detroit

From detroit.cbslocal.com
2021-08-20 05:00:42

Excerpt:

Federal prosecutors recommended a nine-year prison sentence Wednesday for a man who said he worked on a wild plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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Gov. Whitmer kidnapping plotter Ty Garbin deserves break, feds say

From www.detroitnews.com
2021-08-18 07:00:00

Excerpt:

A Hartland Township man who admitted plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer deserves a break for providing an insider’s view of a kidnapping conspiracy that involved weapons of mass destruction, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Ty Garbin, 25, should be credited for recounting conversations and criminal acts that happened outside the presence of at least a dozen informants and undercover FBI agents and for confirming the kidnapping plot was real, not merely tough talk, prosecutors said.

“Third, he dispelled any suggestion that the conspirators were entrapped by government informants,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler wrote in a court filing Wednesday. “Months before any of them began suggesting it in pretrial motions, Garbin testified that (Barry) Croft and (Adam) Fox were the ringleaders of the plot, and that he and the other conspirators joined it willfully.”

Garbin pleaded guilty in January, securing the first conviction in a high-profile case involving violent…

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Ty Garbin, Michigan Man Sentenced For Kidnapping Plot of Governor Whitmer – CBS Detroit

From detroit.cbslocal.com
2021-08-25 18:00:00

Excerpt:

Thursday, a Hartland Township man is learning his fate for his role in the kidnapping plot of Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

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US Army’s XM913 50mm Cannon to Get New Tank Platform

Mark Clouse August 27, 2021

Rheinmetall teams with US Army DEVCOM to explore OMFV weaponry

From www.shephardmedia.com
2021-08-26 17:00:00

Excerpt:

The OMFV programme is set to benefit from Rheinmetall’s work under CRADA. (Photo: American Rheinmetall Vehicles)

American Rheinmetall Vehicles has announced a partnership with US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Centre (DEVCOM AC) to conduct a series of R&D efforts.

The collaboration, dubbed Master Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), will allow DEVCOM and Rheinmetall to leverage their respective expertise to develop integrated combat vehicle weapons, fire control and ammunition technologies.

Rheinmetall said the efforts will include, but will not be limited to, digital engineering, modelling and simulation, and prototyping and testing.

The partners emphasised how the CRADA will enable exploration of integrating the US Army’s XM913 50mm cannon onto platforms currently competing for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme.

The 50mm XM913 chain gun is an experimental, modern version of the Northrop Grumman <a…

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DNC to Release Report on Covid-19 Origins

Mark Clouse August 26, 2021

The US deadline on reporting on the origins of the Covid-19 virus breakout that turned into a worldwide pandemic is almost here, and insiders are reporting that the Biden adminsitration is about to declare that the virus did, in fact, come from China, and, specifically, a leak in the Wuhan Lab.

If the Biden administration does follow through with this, or, more accurately, if the leaked reports are true, then this telegraphs the DNC’s attempts to limit the power that China currently has over them, as their de facto ally and inspirtation, but ultimately competitor for hegemony over the world. The DNC-CCP relationship is complicated, and while they still yet need one another, they also ultimately will have to compete with one another for control of the neo-fascistic-socialist model that China perfected and the DNC wants to emulate here in America.

The Biden administration will only follow through with this if they perceive they no longer need the CCP as much as they once did, specifically the Chinese market to fund their anti-American activities on our shores. If they release an equivocating report, it telegraphs that their need for that anti-american funding from a Chinese market is still very much needed.

Time is running out on speculation and soon we will see just where the DNC stands in its assessment of its power compared to that of the CCP, its frenemy.

U.S. intelligence report into COVID origins expected soon as China pushes back on lab leak theory

From www.cbsnews.com
2021-08-24 16:53:02

Excerpt:

President Biden’s 90-day deadline for an intelligence report into the origins of COVID-19 is fast approaching. But the American desire for a U.S.-led investigation is not shared by China – a country that continues to push the world, including CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio, to look outside of Wuhan for answers.

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Right to Repair Movement Spreads to Europe with New EU Laws

Mark Clouse August 26, 2021

In one of the few things this President has done so far in his short tenure that we at The Freedomist support, Biden issued an executive order that seeks to clamp down on efforts by corporations to create products that can only be repaired by their ‘experts.’ Since that EO, Europe has joined the fight by passing laws protecting certain appliances, like refrigerators, from falling to the same repair limitations that John Deere Tractors and Apple iPhones now have.

Europe Champions the Right to Repair – Are other regions next?

From spectrum.ieee.orgFrom
Excerpt:

….Europe’s new regulations demand that manufacturers of washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, and displays (including televisions) make spare parts and repair documentation available to professional third-party repairers, preventing the kind of repair monopolies that manufacturers might otherwise maintain. Manufacturers must be able to supply these repairers with spare parts within 15 business days, and depending on the class of product and type of part, must continue to offer such support for 7 to 10 years. Matching rules went into effect in the United Kingdom at the start of July.

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Taliban Deadline to be “Honored’ By Biden

Mark Clouse August 26, 2021

Joe Biden appears set to ‘honor’ the deadline of August 31st, 2021 for US troop withdrawal, a deadline set by the Taliban. He attempted to justify his decision by saying “the sooner we finish, the better.” In the announcement, Biden was asked by the press about the fate of those still left behind. Biden walked away without answering any questions.

Biden decides to keep August 31 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan: ‘The sooner we finish the better’

From rss.cnn.com
2021-08-24 21:59:15

Excerpt:

“We are currently on a pace to finish by August 31. I am determined to complete our mission,” Biden said in a much-delayed speech from the White House.

But, he added, “The completion by August 31 depends on the Taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transporting out and no disruptions to our operation.”

“The sooner we finish the better,” Biden said.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden relayed his decision in crisis talks of the Group of 7 on Tuesday morning, making clear the decision to stick to the withdrawal timeline was in large part driven by those security risks.

“The President conveyed that our mission in Kabul will end based on the achievement of our objectives,” Psaki said in a statement. “He confirmed we are currently on pace to finish by August 31st and provided an update on progress in evacuating Americans who want to come home, third-country nationals, and Afghans who were our allies during the war.”

Psaki said Biden…

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Now, Team Biden is Worried Iran will Have Nukes Soon

Mark Clouse August 26, 2021

As Israel’s new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, prepares to head to DC to talk to Biden about the Iran threat, the US Defense Secretarty, Lloyd Austin, is sounding alarms about the rapid pace that Iran is now currently moving towards being a nuclear arms power.

Before Bennett meet, US defense secretary warns of Iran’s ‘alarming nuclear steps’

From www.timesofisrael.com
2021-08-25 19:52:30

Excerpt:

Before his meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Pentagon, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stresses that Iran must be held to account for its regional activities, including attacks at sea.

“Iran must be held accountable for acts of aggression in the Middle East and on international waters,” he says, pointing the finger squarely at Tehran for the July 30 attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Gulf of Oman.

He underscores America’s commitment to Israel’s ability to defend itself against Iran and, notably, its armed proxy groups.

“The Department of Defense is also committed to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge, and to ensure that Israel can defend itself against threats from Iran, its proxies, and terrorist groups,” Austin says.

Austin notes Iran’s “alarming nuclear steps and continuing regional aggression.”

He adds that the “US is committed to strengthening its strategic relationship with Israel. The…

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Xi’s “Thoughts’ to Become State School Propaganda for Chinese Kids

Mark Clouse August 26, 2021

China introduces ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ onto curriculum for all age groups

From in.news.yahoo.com
2021-08-25 14:30:21

Excerpt:

China is all set to educate its youth on the version of “Marxist belief” espoused by its president by infusing “Xi Jinping Thought” into the national curriculum, its ministry of education announced on Tuesday.

Already enshrined in China’s Constitution in 2018, “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era” will be taught to thousands of students starting from primary school level up into university.

Aimed at establishing Marxist beliefs and a young age as well as loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, the introduction of “Xi Jinping Thought” in textbooks will help strengthen the “resolve to listen to and follow the party”, the state-run Global Times reported, citing an official statement.

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Federal Judge Willing to Sacrifice 1st Amendment Over “Disinformation” Threat

Mark Clouse August 25, 2021

In the name of protecting we children in adult bodies from ”disinformation,’ a North Caroilina judge is now advocating for censorship, abandoning the Constitution in favor of the feels of being safe from morons and the idiots that manipulate them. Nowhere in the Constitution do you find such a standard, yet this judge chose to side with the fale hope of security to justify the real terror of destroying liberty in a land whose union depends on it.

The judge in question is U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder, who chose to set a precedent that is being applied to a North Carolina patent trolling law, but will chill free speech so long as this anti-American ruling stands in our courts.

North Carolina Federal Judge Cites ‘Disinformation’ to Ratify State Censorship – RedState

From redstate.com
2021-08-24 15:30:57

Excerpt:

We are currently experiencing a mass expansion of government censorship.

Which government attempts to justify by saying they’re only censoring “disinformation,” “misinformation” or “fake news.”

Except….

Dog Memes, Fake News, Political Ads and Big Tech: Who Watches the Watchers?:

“(W)e have millions of highly influential American citizens looking to ban information – in the name of banning bad information.

“But you can not ban the adjective (bad) – without banning the noun (information)….

“In a free country – everyone speaks. And everyone decides for themselves what is real or fake.”

….

And here’s the really ironic part: North Carolina’s censorious law is predicated upon actual disinformation. Isn’t this fun?

N.C. Federal Court Upholds State’s Anti-‘Patent Troll’ Law

Except a “patent troll” is a fake thing. Made up by people who want to steal patents.

‘Patent Trolls’ – Don’t Actually Exist

While We’re Lost in The ‘Patent Troll’ Freakout, ‘Reformers’ Will Eviscerate Private Property Rights

When The Media Report ‘Patent Trolls’ – Think ‘People Protecting Their Private Property’:

“(W)hat exactly is a ‘patent troll?’ He or she is someone who owns a patent – which is private property. And is trying to protect their private property from unauthorized use by someone who doesn’t want to pay to use it.

“Is someone who owns a house and calls the police to roust squatters a ‘property troll?’ Is someone who reports their car stolen an ‘automobile troll?’”

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Kamala Harris Met by Strange Illness in Vietnam

Mark Clouse August 25, 2021

As Kamala Harris, the acting Vice President of the United States, entered Vietnam, American officials within were getting sick from a mysterious illness that at one point caused her plane to sit on a runway for 3 hours while they determined whether it was safe for Harris to visit.

US panic as mystery illness strikes down diplomats in Vietnam with Kamala Harris touring | World | News

From www.express.co.uk
2021-08-24 17:28:58

Excerpt:

The emergency was triggered just hours before US Vice-President Kamala Harris arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday. Very little is known about the Havana Syndrome and symptoms can include dizziness, nausea, migraines and memory lapses.

Josh Lederman from NBC News tweeted: “At least 2 US personnel in Hanoi, Vietnam will be medevacked out of country after Havana Syndrome incidents over the weekend.

“Hours before VP Harris arrived in Vietnam, US staff informed the incidents involved strange sounds, senior US officials tell me & @mitchellreports.”

Vice-President Harris arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday after a three-hour delay in Singapore.

The US Embassy in Vietnam blamed “a recent possible anomalous health incident” for the late departure.

The term is often used by the US government to describe Havana Syndrome.

The US Embassy said a decision was made to proceed with the foreign visit despite the health concerns.

It said in a statement: “The Vice-President’s office was made aware of a report…