“The Molfar OSINT agency has created its own register of foreign propagandists of the terrorist regime of the Russian Federation,” the agency states on its website. “On this page, the names and private data of propagandists are presented, for each person we have evidence of his or her propaganda activities in favor of Russia.”

The individuals on this list are considered national security threats by the agency, which advocates for their removal from public positions, sanctions, investigations, or even targeted assassinations in some cases.

Senator Vance, who has been outspoken about his views on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, was added to the list due to his past comments. His profile on the list cites comments made in 2022 when Vance stated that he “really doesn’t care what happens to Ukraine,” a remark that has drawn significant criticism from the country.

Vance’s profile also points out that he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin an “evil man,” but notes that he has condemned Ukraine as a “corrupt nation run by oligarchs.” More recently, in 2023, Vance expressed the opinion that “it is in America’s interest to accept that Ukraine will have to cede some territory to Russia.”

Molfar’s list includes 153 individuals labeled as Russian foreign propagandists, among them prominent politicians, journalists, and businessmen. Notable figures on the list include Senator Rand Paul, Representative Thomas Massie, and conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, who previously interviewed Putin.

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Nabil Boudi, Khelif’s attorney, told Variety that both figures had been named in the complaint filed with the anti-online hatred center of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office on Friday. Khelif won a gold medal the same day. “[Donald] Trump tweeted, so whether or not he is named in our lawsuit, he will inevitably be looked into as part of the prosecution,” he added.

The “National Center for the Fight Against Online Hatred,” part of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed that it had received the complaint and had launched an investigation.

“On Aug. 13, (The National Center for the Fight Against Online Hatred) contacted the OCLCH (Central Office for the Fight Against Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes) to conduct an investigation into the counts of cyber harassment due to gender, public insult because of gender, public incitement to discrimination and public insult because of origin,” the office said.

According to the Daily Mail, possible punishments for cyberbullying offenses in France include prison sentences of between two to five years and fines reaching £39,000. If prosecuted as online hate speech, fines increase to up to £214,000.

The lawsuit was issued against X, which according to French law means that it was filed against “unknown persons.” Boudi said that this ensures the “prosecution has all the latitude to be able to investigate against all people,” including those who may have posted under pseudonyms.

He said that while the complaint mentioned names, “What we’re asking is that the prosecution investigates not only these people but whoever it feels necessary. If the case goes to court, they will stand trial.”

In regards to the lawsuit being leveled at X, Boudi said it was aimed at users on the platform and not the platform itself. “It’s the responsibility of lawmakers to issue sanctions to platforms, not ours.”

Pedro Diaz, Khelif’s coach, told Variety that the controversy that surrounded Khelif being able to compete “incredibly affected her” and “everyone around her.”

“The first time she fought in the Olympics, there was this crazy storm outside of the ring,” he said, adding that “I had never seen anything so disgusting in my life.”

Khelif came into the spotlight after winning a bout against Italy’s Angela Carini in just 46 seconds after the fighter withdrew from the bout. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association’s world championships after the sports body said that Khelif as well as another fighter failed gender eligibility testing. The International Olympic Committee said that Khelif had met all criteria to compete on the world stage in Paris.

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A diving instructor, identified only as Volodymyr Z, allegedly dove 80 meters to place the explosives that caused four gas leaks in the pipelines, rendering them inoperable, according to The Guardian. The Nord Stream pipelines, which transport gas from Russia to Germany beneath the Baltic Sea, were critically damaged at a time when European countries were seeking to reduce their reliance on Russian energy due to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The explosion also damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which had not yet become operational as Germany had suspended its certification process when the war began.

The suspect is believed to have lived in Poland. German authorities requested his arrest in June, but he reportedly went into hiding. On Wednesday, Polish authorities confirmed that they had received a European arrest warrant for Volodymyr Z. However, the Polish public prosecutor’s office stated that “Ultimately, Volodymyr Z was not detained, as he left the territory of Poland at the beginning of July this year, crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border.”

There is currently no reported evidence linking Volodymyr Z to the Ukrainian government. Russia had previously accused the US of being behind the explosion, a claim the US has denied. In March 2023, German media reported that a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the attack, though the Ukrainian government denied any involvement.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a conflicted individual. Influenced at a young age through a Harvard-sponsored China teaching-tourism program, Walz maintains a lifelong dedication to China fueled by fun experiences in his youth. His early dreams for China’s liberation from communist rule have not worked out, yet he has plodded along through the last 30 years in deference to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in his business and political dealings. In other words, he is the perfect VP pick to produce an America-last, doublethinking, emotionally invested, China-forward agenda.

Already a member of the Army National Guard, Walz sought and was one of the first-ever to receive a year-long WorldTeach job in China in 1989. He felt that “China was coming.” Somehow, the Army National Guard permitted this extended trip to a non-allied country during Walz’ contract, and did not recall him even after the Tiananmen Square massacre in the months leading to Desert Shield.

Walz was bought off with trinkets. He noted of his initial time in China as a school teacher that “they gave me more gifts than I could bring home. It was an excellent experience,” blithely unaware that he was in the process of being groomed and won over. “No matter how long I live, I’ll never be treated that well again,” Walz noted eerily about the overseas stint during a time of historic unrest.

Walz selects tasteful attire for chaperoning school children.

In a critique of the CCP, Walz said at the conclusion of the teaching gig of China that “if they had the proper leadership, there are no limits on what they could accomplish.” A fine hypothesis in 1990, but the fundamental leadership under the CCP has not changed. Accordingly, nothing else about China’s circumstances has meaningfully changed. Yet Walz pressed ahead in doing business with the same adversarial communist government of China.

He soon formed a business in 1994 accompanying school children to see the China of poor “leadership.” The CCP, evidently overlooking Walz’s disapproval, welcomed his business “with a special invitation from the Chinese government.” Remarkably, Walz was able to create this politically fraught venture at the age of 30, with no prior business experience in China, or in general. That the Chinese government “paid a large part of the cost” of these trips suggests strong endorsement and control of the activities.

Walz revealed logical contradictions in explaining his intentions for these student trips. He told the Nebraska Star-Herald in 1993 that he wanted the Chinese people oppressed under communism to “see what’s on the outside” by meeting his American students. But he also advised his students before embarking to “downplay their American-ness” to “avoid stereotypes the Chinese have that every American is rich.” Apparently to Walz, to be American is to be “rich,” and that is a bad thing – even if the goal is for Chinese to witness what America’s about.

One of the trips escorting students doubled as his honeymoon. Fitting; he chose the 5^th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre for his wedding day as “he wanted to have a date he’ll always remember.” Gwen Whipple was either a very understanding bride-to-be, or into it. Walz would go on to co-sponsor Congressional resolutions condemning China’s censorship of events related to Tiananmen Square. Evidently a bloody mass murder event was great enough for his wedding date but terrible enough to censure in contradiction of a big portion of his professional past.

Also: since the CCP has had a long record of censoring any reference to the Tiananmen Square event including imprisoning violators, why would it sponsor and endorse a business led by a man who publicly memorialized the event with his own wedding? This dispensation for Walz can only be explained by special status, dismissal in the court of public opinion as an un-serious person, or both.

Walz is proud of his China ties, citing his experience as credentials for dealing with the CCP. In an extended video shared by Michael Sobolik on X, Walz says of the CCP that “if we’re on the same sheet of music, two of the world’s great super-powers… there’s many collaborative things we can do together.” Walz uses CCP-friendly rhetoric by lumping the US and China together as “two great super-powers.” As well, Walz in this remark has abandoned his rejection of the CCP 35 years ago, and feels that it is possible to be on the “same sheet of music” with the same CCP now.

On an archived page from Walz’ Congressional website from the period of 2007-2019, he noted that he has “many concerns about China’s poor human rights record. China’s brutal suppression of pro-democracy advocates, Falun Gong practitioners, Christians, and other critics of the ruling Communist Party is an affront to basic human decency. Additionally, I strongly believe in the need to establish rule of law, freeing the Chinese people from facing imprisonment based on the whims of party leaders.” This is the place Walz saw fit to bring school girls from 1994 to 2003, allowing them to independently “see what they want to see, do what they want to do and get there on their own bicycles”?

As Minnesota Governor since 2019, Walz lately finds himself begging for Chinese investment. He noted in the same year that his state’s “farmers remain in desperate need of a U.S. trade deal with China,” upon returning empty-handed from a trade mission there. However history shows that the CCP only wants to sell to us, or profit from our land, but not buy from us.

Natalie Winters broke the story on X that in 2019, Governor Walz was a headline speaker at the national convention of the US China Peoples Friendship Association (USCPFA). This event was hosted in Minnesota, likely because of the strong ties Minnesota has with China.

The national USCPFA was established in 1974; the Minnesota chapter, one of the oldest, was incorporated in the same year. China-oriented “friendship associations” have been identified through think tank studies as influence organizations working through the CCP’s United Front to capture foreign elites.

The Minnesota USCPFA spawned a “Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society” in 2005 to pursue the creation of a China Friendship Garden, ultimately funded with $50k of Minnesota taxpayer dollars in 2014 through Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. This is an example of how CCP-linked influence organizations marshal US money to spread pro-CCP messaging.

St. Paul, Minnesota has had a sister-city relationship with Changsha, China since 1988. Sister-city relationships are starting to be recognized by lawmakers as governed by the CCP’s United Front; Indiana recently passed a bill banning sister-city relationships with China, but Governor Walz has yet to do so for Minnesota. In fact, the friendship garden funded with taxpayer money is called the “St.Paul – Changsha China Friendship Garden,” both named after and reinforcing the sister-city agreement.

Representative, and then Governor, Walz could have reflected and subsequently rejected any of these arrangements, as all of the Governors have been warned (and some have since opted) to do. But Governor Walz has not, and so he owns it.

Tim Walz is a truly captured elite, the ideological product of the CCP’s tourism-based charm offensive. He contributed to the system with his own company, which was in turn endorsed and subsidized by the CCP. Walz has given up on his early criticisms of the CCP simply because the CCP did not give up first, and because it’s the easier path. This is the destructive path down which he would let this country slide as VP.
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It is appropriate, therefore, that Kamala Harris’ idea-free campaign (literally, there’s no policy page on her website at all) has resorted to invoking the concept of “joy” as their campaign theme. In what should be a record for irony (and gall), Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) told The Hill that Harris and her running mate Tim Walz are “the happy warriors that are out there fighting a good cause. … It’s not about personal character destruction or having to tear someone down.” To which we only have two responses:

Firstly, no character destruction? Really? This from the campaign that has resorted to calling its opponents “weird” like the sociopathic Queen Bee Regina George in Mean Girls (someone who their own supporter Megan Thee Stallion openly admires)? This from the campaign that has been doing its damnedest, through the captured media, to paint Trump’s vice-presidential selection J.D. Vance as a closet Nazi (even as actual antisemites flock to the Left)? Yeah. Sure. Whatever.

But secondly, and more importantly, okay, you say they’re happy warriors. Some of us remember when Republicans always used to demand that in their politicians, until 2008 and 2012 came along and that presentation ran into an obvious question: If you’re a happy warrior, then what, exactly, are you happy about?

That’s not a rhetorical question. We genuinely want to know. What, exactly, does Kamala Harris have to be happy about, besides the fact that she gets to run for president without the indignity of a primary? What part of the current administration – in which, you’ll recall, she’s the number two leader – is she happy about? The stock market crashing? Record high border crossings? Inflation getting so consistently bad that experts are now forecasting a recession? A former president being shot because his Secret Service detail acts like the cast of Big Brother? Crime spiking? Anemic job growth? Their own infrastructure projects melting down to the tune of $84 billion? Seriously, Democrats: what possible on-the-ground reality suggests that “joy” is the appropriate response right now?

To be clear, the problem isn’t that this campaign theme is contentless, though it is. Barack Obama won two terms on the back of “hope” and “change,” which had about as much definition as the average Antifa protester’s arms. But the thing about “hope” and “change” is that they at least acknowledge the emotional reality which most voters felt in 2008 and 2012. After all, you don’t need “hope” when things are good, and you don’t want “change” unless the status quo isn’t working. The genius of Obama’s slogans was that, in acknowledging that voters needed hope and change, they allowed the voters’ imaginations to fill in whatever their definition of positive change was when pulling the lever for the Obama campaign. Granted, for most people, that turned out to be something quite different from what Obama had in mind, but by the time he was president, it was too late.

Does “joy” work the same way? Well, again, what do the voters have to be happy about? We know what Kamala’s most partisan supporters have to be happy about – the fact that they get to vote for the cool wine aunt who has #brat vibes and also isn’t being visibly mummified before our eyes unlike their last candidate – but come on, how much pull does that version of happiness have beyond TikTok and Mrs. Frazzled? The problem with “joy” is that it invites every voter who’s sitting at their kitchen table trying to make ends meet and realizing they’re buying less for more money to take one look at Kamala’s gyrating, contentless vibes campaign and wonder, perhaps even woundedly, “what does she have to be happy about? She’s one of the people who got us into this mess.”

Moreover, unlike “hope” and “change,” “joy” is an emotion which inherently favors the status quo. No one who’s happy wants to change anything and harsh their vibe. So, if Kamala’s theme is “joy,” then doesn’t that mean she just wants to keep doing more of the same? Actually, that’s not even a question. We know she wants to keep doing more of the same, not just in terms of policy (where her woke bona fides are obvious), but also in terms of the campaign trail. That is to say, what the theme of “joy” is really about, when you cut through the code, is the fact that Kamala’s team wants nothing to change between now and November. She wants to go on smiling her way through speeches in front of friendly audiences, with as few debates, as few interviews, and as few unscripted moments as she can possibly get away with. And like the overgrown Spring Fling Queen she is, she thinks just snapping “Ugh, why are you so sad” at anyone who dares to ask questions or point out her record is enough to get through the election, when everyone will (presumably) just pull the lever for her in order to keep the vibes going, regardless of whether it will actually improve their own circumstances.

Will it work? If we were talking about an election in peacetime, with a roaring economy and a contented populace, then yeah, it probably would. But that’s not the world we live in. No one, including Kamala Harris’ own voters, has much of anything to be happy about outside of the minor dopamine hit Kamala’s campaign is providing them on social media, which will fade before long. In fact, not only will it fade, but to most Americans who aren’t afflicted with Kamala’s brand of yassified brain rot, it’ll seem shockingly unempathetic. To borrow from Robert De Niro in Joker, the average voter will eventually think, “I’m struggling to feed my family and you’re laughing?”

Well, yes, they are. Because the thing is, the Democrats have nothing else. They can’t offer a plan for how to make people happy; that would require them to be honest about their goals – goals no American actually wants to vote for. They just have to keep grinning like the Joker himself and praying no one notices how hard they’re clenching their teeth or how hard their muscles are straining to maintain the rictus. Fortunately, the GOP is not so afflicted. Which is why the candidate of “joy” is going to learn the same lesson as Joy herself in “Inside Out”: yes, people do come to help because of sadness. And one person in particular is going to help.

His name is Donald J. Trump.
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