HAKE NEWS 08/30/21 Mon. Twitter Suspends Vaxx Critic Alex Berenson
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Hake News for The Jesse Lee Peterson Show, Monday, August 30, 2021
End of Hour 1: Twitter Permanently Suspends Alex Berenson Over Viral COVID-19 Tweets // YouTube Channel Restored for Big Tech, Pandemic Coverage Critic Naomi Wolf //
End of Hour 2: Hurricane Ida Ravaging Louisiana With ‘Catastrophic’ Winds as 450,000 Lose Power // US Airstrike SUPPOSEDLY Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport //
After JLP, catch The Hake Report.
08/30/21 Mon. Hour 1
Twitter Permanently Suspends Alex Berenson Over Viral COVID-19 Tweets //
YouTube Channel Restored for Big Tech, Pandemic Coverage Critic Naomi Wolf //
Twitter Permanently Suspends Alex Berenson Over Viral COVID-19 Tweets
(The Epoch Times) Twitter has permanently suspended former New York Slimes journalist and author Alex Berenson (AlexBerenson.com, written about in leftist magazine The Atlantic as “The Pandemic's Wrongest Man” this past April) — Berenson is an outspoken critic of CCP virus mandates and lockdowns—as well as Big Tech censorship.
So now he’s just on Substack (his recent post has a screenshot of his pinned tweet that went viral and downplayed the effectiveness of so-called vaccines). His tweet stated:
“It doesn’t stop infection. Or transmission. Don’t think of it as a vaccine. Think of it - at best - as a therapeutic with a limited window of efficacy and terrible side-effect profile that must be dosed IN ADVANCE OF ILLNESS. And we want to mandate it? Insanity.”
Before deleting the tweet and banning Alex’s account, Twitter flagged the statement with a fact check, stating: “This tweet is misleading. Learn why health officials recommend a vaccine for most people.” And presumably they link to their curated coverage of blue checkmark verified journalist and government tweets saying that it does help prevent severe infection in most, or whatever.
“I expected this day was coming,” Berenson wrote. “And Twitter can’t touch my Substack (in fact, it reportedly tried to buy Substack last year, but Substack fortunately said no).”
Berenson also hinted at possibly filing a lawsuit against Twitter over the suspension.
BACKGROUND
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies have said that China Virus vaccines “are safe and effective” and side effects are rare. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walenksy and others have cited studies saying that the vaccines don’t necessarily prevent transmission of COVID-19, but have stated that the shots limit the severity of the illness.
Berenson worked for The New York Times from 1999 until 2010 before becoming a full-time author.
In July, Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisers, criticized Berenson for his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
“It’s horrifying. … I just don’t get that. I mean, and I don’t think that anybody who is thinking clearly can get that,” he said of the crowd’s response to Berenson’s speech.
Before his suspension, Berenson had often cited the results of a preprint Israeli study that found that previous COVID-19 infection provides better protection against the Delta variant than any of the COVID-19 vaccines.
YouTube Channel Restored for Big Tech, Pandemic Coverage Critic Naomi Wolf
She’s a liberal woman. (The Epoch Times) YouTube has abruptly restored liberal skeptic Naomi Wolf’s DailyClout video channel, after an article in The Epoch Times drew attention to its sudden deletion last week.
Wolf, a co-founder of the DailyClout website, is a widely published journalist, bestselling author, and former Bill Clinton advisor.
Earlier this summer, Twitter banned Wolf, who has been critical of vaccine passports and media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, as The Epoch Times reported at the time. Twitter said Wolf had disseminated vaccine misinformation in violation of their policies, which she denies.
Wolf said she was deplatformed by Twitter after sharing with 146,000 followers UNC senior researcher Dr. Ralph Baric’s resume, which shows that his work on gain-of-function research had been funded by the federal government, a fact already reported in the media.
The Epoch Times reported last week that the civic-minded, informational DailyClout channel was deleted by YouTube sometime on Aug. 24 after a video was posted that featured Wolf conducting an interview with Leslie Manookian, president and founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc., a prominent critic of mandatory mask policies in schools.
08/30/21 Mon. Hour 2
Hurricane Ida Ravaging Louisiana With ‘Catastrophic’ Winds as 450,000 Lose Power //
US Airstrike SUPPOSEDLY Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport //
After JLP, catch The Hake Report.
Ida
Hurricane Ida Ravaging Louisiana With ‘Catastrophic’ Winds as at least 450,000 Lose Power
(The Epoch Times) Per the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ida made landfall a couple places in southeastern Louisiana, the first early afternoon yesterday, Sunday, Aug 29.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour and a minimum central pressure of 930 millibars (WHATEVER THAT MEANS).
Later afternoon Ida was moving northwestward over southeastern Louisiana, bringing “catastrophic” storm surge (a rise in ocean level), flash flooding, and “extreme winds” (130 mph).
The 150 mph winds were stronger than Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm, when it made landfall in southeastern Louisiana 16 years ago. (And the blacks blamed Bush.) (Ida’s a Cat 4!)
Biden: ‘Whole of Government’ Will Respond to Hurricane Ida
“This is going to be a devastating hurricane,” he said at FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) headquarters. (The Epoch Times)
He said it will “take a long time” for power to be restored in some areas. THAT’S RIGHT, KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW, SLEEPY JOE! The National Hurricane Center warned of 12 to 20 inches of heavy rain.
The administration also deployed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deal with power restoration, provide temporary housing, and debris response.
Biden previously issued emergency declarations for Louisiana and Mississippi ahead of the storm’s arrival. DON’T LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE!
Gas Prices to Rise as Hurricane Ida Shuts Down 95 Percent of the Gulf’s Oil Production
(The Epoch Times) Regulators suggested the Category 4 storm will have a significant impact on energy supply and gas prices.
The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (NEVER HEARD OF IT! ANOTHER DEEP STATE COMMIE BUREAUCRACY!) confirmed the stop in oil production, with firms suspending 1.74 million barrels per day in oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Colonial Pipeline confirmed Sunday they’d temporarily shut down two pipelines between Houston, TX, and Greensboro, NC, “as a precautionary and routine safety measure.”
Afghanistan
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport
(The Epoch Times) A military spokesman claimed an airstrike targeted a suicide bomber who tried to attack the Kabul airport on Sunday, Aug. 29 amid the evacuation at the airport.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the main Taliban spokesman, first told the media about the strike.
Unnamed U.S. officials claimed the strike targeted a possible suicide car bomber. Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion, and footage showed black smoke rising into the sky.
The attack was later claimed by a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesman.
“US military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport,” Capt. Bill Urban, CENTCOM spokesman, told reporters.
“We are confident we successfully hit the target. Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. We are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time.”
The Pentagon also claimed they killed two ISIS-K terrorists in Afghanistan over the weekend.
That airstrike came in retaliation to a bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. military members and numerous other civilians last week. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the blast.
NOTE: Many on Twitter were incredulous about these claims by the U.S. “leadership,” and possible claims that there were civilian children casualties, accusing Biden’s admin of war crimes.
08/30/21 Mon. Hour 3
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