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Monday, January 1, 2024

Bill Clinton to be unmasked as ‘Doe 36’ and IDd over 50 times in Jeffrey Epstein doc dump

Former President Bill Clinton will be identified as “John Doe 36” in a trove of court documents related to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein which are expected to be released this week, according to a report.

Clinton, 77, is mentioned more than 50 times across redacted documents related to a 2015 lawsuit from Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, according to ABC News.

Many of the references to Clinton are believed to stem from Giuffre’s attempts to compel the former president to testify against the late sex offender and his former paramour and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Other Clinton mentions are expected to be related to attempts from both Maxwell and Giuffre to make Epstein come clean in 2016 after he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during a deposition in that lawsuit.

The documents are not expected to implicate Clinton in any illegal activity, ABC reported.

The names of more than 170 people — known only as John and Jane Does previously — with ties to Epstein are expected to be revealed in the documents after Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska ruled just before Christmas they would be unsealed in the new year.

Because of the New Year’s Day holiday, the documents are expected to be released beginning on Jan. 2.

Several people identified in the documents have already had their association with Epstein or his vile sex-trafficking ring exposed.

Many accusers and alleged victims are expected to be named, along with people who worked for Epstein over the years, were a part of his inner circle, or allegedly participated in his crimes.

One such individual includes Prince Andrew, who Giuffre was allegedly told to have sex with by Maxwell and Epstein on numerous occasions.

Some of the documents are expected to include testimony from a woman known as “Jane Doe 162,” who testified about being with Prince Andrew at a 2001 party at Epstein’s NYC townhouse where Giuffre, then 17, alleged she was told to have sex with him.

The British royal has denied the allegations and has claimed he never met Giuffre, even though photos have emerged showing them together.

He eventually settled out of court a lawsuit brought by Giuffre.

Clinton, who was photographed with Epstein and flew on his private jet on numerous occasions, has denied having any nefarious connections with with sex offender.

Giuffre attempted to subpoena him to testify in her lawsuit, claiming she met the former president at Epstein’s private Caribbean Island, Little St. James, ABC reported.

Maxwell insisted Clinton never visited the island, and the ex-president declined to testify claiming he was never there.

Flight records appear to support the former president’s claims.

Representatives for Clinton did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.

https://nypost.com/2023/12/31/news/bill-clinton-to-be-identified-as-doe-36-and-named-over-50-times-in-upcoming-epstein-doc-dump/

Migrants use fake passports to pose as minors when crossing US border: Border Patrol

Border authorities in Arizona are seeing an uptick of migrants from the West African country of Guinea toting fake passports claiming that they are minors.

The new arrivals are altering their ages in order to pretend they are unaccompanied minors for a better chance at getting into the US, Fox News Digital said, citing an internal memo from the U.S Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector Intelligence Unit.

“Officials from the Guinean government may be advising people obtaining new passports they can change their age for them to have a better change of entering the United States as minors,” the alert cautioned, alongside examples of authentic and doctored Guinean passports.

“It’s suspected that Guinean passport issued in Conakry after June of 2023 are most likely fraudulent or altered,” the memo added.

One migrant also claimed that an “illicit group” stole several blank passport books from the ministry in Conakry and “has been selling and issuing the passports without proper procedures,” Border Patrol explained.The alert was released as hundreds of Guinean men have been crossing into the US through the Tuscon sector, Fox News claimed.

Nearly 170 Guinean nationals crossed through the area on Saturday alone, the outlet said, citing Border Patrol sources.

Former Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told “Fox & Friends” that the allegations surrounding faked passports were “very concerning” – particularly in the wake of December’s record number of migrants that crossed the southern border.

“Any time that you have such overwhelming numbers…it overwhelms the border patrol, and so the smugglers and the cartels, they know this,” Wolf explained.

“They’re coaching individuals how to get across that border, how to alter passports if they need to, so that they can be released into the country,” he added.

“The system is broken,” he lamented.

https://nypost.com/2024/01/01/news/migrants-use-fake-passports-to-pose-as-minors-when-crossing-us-border/

Thousands of doses of childhood vaccines enter Gaza -Palestinian health ministry

Thousands of doses of vaccines against childhood diseases including polio and measles have begun entering the Gaza Strip to help deal with a growing health emergency in the besieged enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.

Israel's ground offensive has effectively stopped normal health services in Gaza, including vaccinations against highly contagious childhood diseases that had been brought under control by mass immunization programmes.

The ministry said supplies, estimated to be sufficient to cover vaccinations for between 8 and 14 months, had entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt with the aid of Egyptian government cold storage facilities.

Israel announced on Friday that it would facilitate the entry of the vaccines to help prevent the spread of disease.

Yasser Bouzia, head of international relations in the health ministry in Ramallah, said there were estimated to be some 60,000 new born babies in Gaza, who would normally receive vaccination but who have been largely cut off from medical services.

He said administering the vaccines would be difficult because most of Gaza's population had been driven from their homes, with hundreds of thousands living in tents or other temporary accommodation.

The vaccines against diseases including rubella, polio, measles and mumps come from supplies purchased by the Palestinian health ministry and also donated by UNICEF, the United Nations children's fund, the ministry said.

https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-doses-childhood-vaccines-enter-110904677.html

More than 300 arrested on New Year’s Eve in Berlin as people shoot fireworks at police

Berlin police detained over 300 people on New Year’s Eve after at least 14 on-duty officers were injured as people shot fireworks at each other and police throughout the city.

One of the incidents occurred near Alexanderplatz where around 500 people were letting off fireworks at each other before police dispersed the group at the landmark Neptune Fountain, reported DW.

The crowd fired at police with pyrotechnics when they tried to check them for fireworks, according to the outlet.

Security was high across Germany ahead of the final night of the year, with police detaining three more suspects on Sunday in an alleged Islamist plot to attack Germany’s famed Cologne Cathedral on New Year’s Eve.

https://news.yahoo.com/more-300-arrested-eve-berlin-092547384.html

Dutch police arrest more than 200 during New Year riots

Dutch police on Monday said more than 200 people had been arrested on New Year's Eve during riots throughout the country, in which dozens of police officers were injured.

Police in several cities were attacked with fireworks and stones, in what a spokesman told broadcaster NOS was a night of serious incidents and "unacceptable" violence.

Police in Rotterdam said more than 100 cars and other vehicles had been set on fire there, while in Amsterdam, The Hague and other cities riot squads were needed to disperse violent crowds.

Riot squads were also used throughout the country to assist fire brigades who were attacked with fireworks while they tried to put out numerous fires.

In the city of Haarlem, a 19-year old man died of injuries he sustained in an incident with fireworks shortly before midnight on Sunday, police said.

https://news.yahoo.com/dutch-police-arrest-more-200-120142856.html

Long-Term Brain Issues In COVID Patients May Be Linked To Disease Severity, Not COVID Itself: Study

by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A new study reports that brain function can be impaired for 18 months after a person has recovered from COVID-19, especially if the individual was hospitalized. However, COVID-induced cognitive impairment is no more severe than impairment due to other diseases causing hospitalization.

The prospective cohort study, published in JAMA Network Open, suggests that the brain health of COVID-19 patients who were ill enough to go to the hospital suffered long-lasting neurological damage that included new psychiatric diagnoses, such as anxiety and depression, fatigue, and sleep issues. Previous studies showed these symptoms occurred among 12 percent to 50 percent of individuals one year after infection. Consistent with these findings, this study found that about 38 percent of study participants still had cognitive symptoms at the 18-month follow-up.

The results offer insight into long-COVID symptoms and how the virus can affect the brain over time. Although fewer people are being hospitalized for COVID-19, just over 20,000 Americans were hospitalized for the virus during the last week of December.

Disease Severity, Not Necessarily Type, May Influence Cognitive Impairment

Researchers looked at 120 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at two hospitals in Copenhagen between March 2020 and March 2021. The average patient was 61 years old, and over half of patients (58 percent) were men. The COVID patients were compared to a control group of hospitalized patients, which included 50 who had non-COVID pneumonia, 50 with myocardial infarction, and 25 in non-COVID-related intensive care.

Both the COVID patient group and the control group were assessed for cognitive impairment, underwent psychiatric interviews and neurological examinations, and were assessed for fatigue after they were released from the hospital.

When comparing the COVID group with the non-COVID hospitalized control group, the research team found both groups fared similarly in cognitive, psychiatric, and neurological tests 18 months after they left the hospital. However, the COVID group was worse off in overall executive function and sense of smell. Older patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk of cognitive impairment than healthy controls, the research team noted. COVID patients also experienced more psychiatric issues, sleep issues, and problems involving memory between the six-month and 18-month follow-up periods.

Despite COVID patients understandably experiencing more cognitive issues than healthy controls, those hospitalized both for COVID and non-COVID illnesses showed comparable cognitive impairment, leading researchers to theorize that cognitive impairment is determined more by illness severity and hospitalization than COVID-19.

The new study adds to a growing body of evidence that COVID-19 contributes to cognitive decline, including diminished memory and attention and sleep disturbances. A study conducted by Harvard Medical School in April 2022 noted that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had such trouble recalling words and paying attention that their cognitive decline equated to losing 10 IQ points. Patients who had to be intubated on ventilators experienced more brain fog, the study found.

COVID-19 Impacts Vital Brain Regions

According to a July 2023 article published in Frontiers in Neurology, scientists believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus damages vital brain regions such as the hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex. These parts of the brain are responsible for learning and memory, as well as other fundamental cognitive processes like decision-making, learning, and cost-benefit analysis.

How the virus damages the brain is still being studied. The Frontiers in Neurology article hypothesizes that COVID-19 creates neuroinflammation, disrupting neural circuits and connections; in other words, the virus short-circuits parts of the brain, especially the sympathetic nervous system, responsible for reacting to stress. A short-circuited sympathetic nervous system, combined with damaged cognitive function, can leave the brain vulnerable, according to researchers.

Understanding the mechanisms of how COVID-19 affects the brain can help doctors and physicians better treat those who suffer from long COVID, defined as experiencing COVID symptoms at least four weeks after initial infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Symptoms of long COVID often involve myriad mental health and brain-related issues, including tiredness or fatigue that interferes with daily life, depression, change in smell or taste, headache, and difficulty thinking or concentrating—sometimes called brain fog.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/long-term-brain-issues-covid-patients-may-be-linked-disease-severity-not-covid-itself-study

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