Link: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/09/usps-spied-on-maga-protesters-right-wing-groups-gun-rights-activists-documents-show/

The U.S Postal Service spied on ‘MAGA’ protesters, gun rights activists and other right-wing groups between late 2020 and early 2021, according to records obtained by The Washington Times . Patrick Eddington, at the Cato Institute, obtained heavily redacted files detailing the USPS’ surveillance activities from September 2020 to April 2021, which included a secret effort to surveil social media known as the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP).

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63348

A lawyer and recurring guest on MSNBC and CNN has come under fire after claiming in a viral tweet that Doug Mastriano supporters were giving 'a Nazi salute' during a Sunday campaign rally in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63353

The Belgian government is shutting down a major nuclear power plant amid a record power crunch and skyrocketing energy costs to "appease" Green parties who oppose nuclear power.

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63349

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization in an address broadcast Wednesday and warned the West that he would respond in kind if Russian forces were attacked with tactical nukes.

Link: https://anti-empire.com/germany-confiscates-3-russian-owned-refineries-worth-4-6-billion/

German government said it was seizing control of Rosneft’s stakes in three German refineries — PCK in Schwedt, north-east of Berlin, MiRo in Karlsruhe and Bayernoil in the Bavarian town of Vohburg. The trigger for the takeover was the looming EU ban on imports of Russian oil, which comes into force on January 1 and could put massive pressure on Germany’s refining industry. Russia has already severed natural gas supplies to Germany threatening a deep recession in the country this winter.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/562160-italy-energy-imports-cost-double/

The cost of energy imports into Italy are expected to double to €100 billion, Reuters reports on Saturday, citing the country’s Economy Minister Daniele Franco. the increase of nearly €60 billion, compared to Italy’s net energy-imports cost of €43 billion recorded last year, will amount to roughly 3% of the country’s GDP in 2022. The wild surge is expected to wipe out the net surplus in exchanges with the rest of the world Italy recorded in recent years,

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/562159-kiev-referendum-jail-time/

Ukrainian citizens risk criminal prosecution and a jail time of up to 12 years if they participate in referendums on joining Russia, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk warned on Saturday.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/562133-west-bank-foreigners-relationship-formalize/

Foreigners in Israel will be required to inform the Defense Ministry if their romantic relationship with a resident of the West Bank is getting serious – including plans to live together, get engaged or marry – in order to receive or extend an entry permit. The restrictions do not apply to those visiting Israeli settlements.

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63307

Bank of America this week announced a new racial spoils program involving handing out "zero down payment, zero closing cost" mortgage advances for first-time homebuyers targeted specifically at "certain Black/African American and/or Hispanic-Latino neighborhoods."

Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3626478-violent-threats-against-lawmakers-have-congress-on-edge/

Number of menacing threats against sitting members of Congress has ballooned, forcing the Capitol Police to launch thousands of investigations; prompting a flood of new funding for lawmaker security back home and in Washington; and impelling lawmakers to take remarkable precautions to ensure they don’t become the next target of political violence. Over the past half-decade, the number of threat investigations launched by U.S. Capitol Police has skyrocketed, from 3,939 in 2017 to 9,625 in 2021 The spike in lawmaker threats has coincided with increasingly personal and bitter attack lines stemming from the Trump era

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/exorbitant-rise-energy-prices-forces-europes-top-steelmaker-close-plants

Germany, the largest economy in the bloc, still faces historically high energy costs that have forced cuts in industrial output. World's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal blamed the coming smelter shutdowns on "the exorbitant rise in energy prices," which is devastatingly impacting the company's "competitiveness of steel production." The decision to reduce metal output was also based on "weak market demand and a negative economic outlook" as energy hyperinflation risks sending Europe into a deep recession.

Link: https://www.theblaze.com/news/michigan-voting-machine-goodwill-ebay

A Michigan voting machine recently went missing. An Uber driver from Ohio was able to purchase the Dominion voting machine from a Goodwill store for $8. , Michigan officials are investigating how the voting machine used in the 2020 presidential election was able to be sold online.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/09/full-time-employment-collapses-as-multiple-jobholders-hit-new-all-time-high.html

the US has been swept by near-record layoffs, on par with those observed during the peak of the covid crisis jump in Household Survey employment was entirely the result of rising part-time jobs, which surged by 413K in August, full-time jobs declined by 242K.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/09/worst-has-yet-to-come-civil-unrest-set-to-surge-worldwide-as-socioeconomic-pressure-builds-report-warns.html

Soaring food, energy, and shelter inflation have led to what could be a new era of civil unrest worldwide. Pockets of unrest have been observed in Sri Lanka, Peru, Kenya, Ecuador, Iran, and Europe. New research forecasts a broader wave of discontent is just ahead.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/562090-pentagon-taiwan-arms-sales/

The Biden administration sent formal notifications to the US Congress on Friday of the intent to sell radars, anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to Taiwan. The total value of the equipment and maintenance contracts adds up to just over $1.1 billion. Its most expensive component is a SRP surveillance radar system, valued at $665.4 million, followed by 60 Harpoon anti-ship missiles worth $355 million and 100 Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles worth $85.6 million. The contracts also include related equipment, parts and maintenance.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/562118-italy-energy-poverty-crisis/

One in six Italians, or up to nine million people, could sink into energy poverty due to soaring bills across the EU, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Italian General Confederation of Crafts.Households are considered to be in energy poverty if they cannot afford to regularly heat their homes in winter or use air conditioning in summer, and are forced to stop using high-energy household appliances, or severely limit their use.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561974-us-limits-chip-sales-russia-china/

Washington has imposed restrictions on the sale of certain high-tech computer chips to Russia and China, a number of US media outlets reported on Thursday, citing two major US chipmakers, Nvidia and AMD. Washington says US chip producers will now require special export licenses to sell these types of chips as, due to their specifications, they can be used by Russia and China for weapons development and intelligence gathering.

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/561994-ukraine-conflict-paid-bloody-sport/

From Zelensky bobbleheads to dolls and custom Lego figures to “Saint Javelin” stickers sponsoring painted bombs, people are being lured into the conflict as a form of perverse entertainment people are being lured into the conflict as a form of perverse entertainment Those who’ve bought into the narrative proudly sport the team colors of the blue and yellow and indulge themselves in the merchandise promoting their team – all from the safety of their monitors.There’s a certain level of audacity to be so involved in a conflict between two countries, one of which (the one you are rooting for) many couldn’t even identify on a map six months ago.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/562095-alaska-troops-trouble-days-off/

An Army commander in Alaska has promised a reward if soldiers refrain from getting busted for drunk driving or failing drug tests They will earn extra time off if their company can simply go 90 days without having any drunk-driving arrests or failed drug tests. Major General Brian Eifler, commander of the 11th Airborne Division, offered the new incentive in a policy memo last month,

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/irs-publishes-confidential-information-120000-taxpayers-online-blames-human-coding-error/

Officials from Treasury Department announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had accidentally published confidential information pertaining to approximately 120,000 taxpayers’ retirement accounts on its website. Names, contact details, and financial data pertaining to IRA income were among the details that were “inadvertently” made public.