Did the US Court of Appeals rule that mRNA COVID-19 jabs are not vaccines?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : US Court Ruled That mRNA COVID-19 Jabs Are Not Vaccines!
Some people are sharing articles which claim or suggest that the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mRNA COVID-19 injections do not qualify as vaccines!
Alex Jones : Breaking! COVID mRNA Jabs Are NOT Vaccines, Court Rules
Truth : US Court Did Not Rule That mRNA COVID-19 Jabs Are Not Vaccines!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by anti-vaccine supporters, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Appeals Court Did Not Rule That mRNA COVID-19 Jabs Are Not Vaccines
First, let me just point out that the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit did not rule that the mRNA COVID-19 injections are not vaccines. You can read the court’s opinion for yourself – PDF.
In November 2021, the Health Freedom Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District, claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines are not actually vaccines, but are instead “medical treatments” and cannot be mandated.
That lawsuit was dismissed in 2022, so the case was never litigated. The Health Freedom Defense Fund appealed, which led to the June 7 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse that dismissal.
This does not mean that the Health Freedom Defense Fund won the lawsuit. Two Trump-appointed judged on that three-judge panel ruled that the lower court was wrong to dismiss the case and that the school district’s “pattern of withdrawing and then reinstating its vaccination policies was enough to keep this case alive.”
The court also said clearly that its decision to reverse the dismissal did not mean that the plaintiff’s allegations were true:
We note the preliminary nature of our holding. We do not prejudge whether, on a more developed factual record, Plaintiffs’ allegations will prove true.
To be clear – the US Court of Appeals did not rule that COVID-19 vaccines are not actually vaccines.
Fact #2 : Court Has To Legally Accept Plaintiff’s Claims As True
It is customary for appellate courts to assume that the plaintiff’s allegations are accurate, as fact-finding has not yet occurred when a case was dismissed. As Doris Reiss – a professor at the University of California’s Collage of the Law explains:
The court said that since it must assume the plaintiffs’ claims are true, and since they are claiming COVID-19 vaccines just mitigate symptoms and do not prevent transmission, the case can go on to fact-finding.
It did not directly rule on whether the vaccines prevent transmission or just ‘mitigate symptoms.’
Fact #3 : LAUSD Can Appeal Again, Or Proceed To Court
According to CalMatters, the LAUSD school district can appeal the ruling to a larger panel of judges on the 9th Circuit.
If they don’t or the new ruling stands, then the lawsuit returns to the US District Court for Central California in Los Angeles for further arguments.
Regardless of what the school district decides, it will be quite some time before this lawsuit is settled one way or another.
Fact #4 : Vaccines Are Meant To Prevent Diseases
The CDC defines a vaccine as a “preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases“.
COVID-19 vaccines are not a medical treatment because they have to be taken before you get infected, for the express purpose of training your immune system to build its own defences against an actual SARS-CoV-2 infection.
If COVID-19 vaccines are actually “medical treatments” as the plaintiffs are claiming, it would have been given after infection, not before.
The truth is – COVID-19 vaccines are true vaccines, and work by stimulating our body’s own immune system to create an immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Did WHO DG Tedros arrange for Robert Fico to be shot after failing to convince him to continue with the Pandemic Treaty?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WHO DG Had Robert Fico Shot Over Pandemic Treaty!
People are sharing a video of Meryl Nass, who appeared to suggest that WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus may have ordered the failed assassination of Robert Fico, after failing to convince its populist Prime Minister to continued with the Pandemic Treaty!
“[F]irst Tedros was there [in Slovakia], and then someone tries to assassinate him [PM Robert Fico]…I can’t guarantee you the two things are related, but it is extraordinary that every major newspaper claimed immediately that the assassination was the result of a ‘lone wolf.'”
Physician and writer Dr. Meryl Nass (@NassMeryl) describes during a May 16 Children’s Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) roundtable discussion with Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) et al. how it had been reported that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had visited Slovakia and tried to talk the country’s prime minister, Robert Fico, out of “breaking consensus” for the WHO’s so-called “Pandemic Treaty” and International Health Regulation (IHR) amendments before the PM was the victim of an assassination attempt.
“It had been reported, actually, that Tedros, the Director-General of the WHO, had gone to Slovakia and had tried to talk him out of quote-unquote ‘breaking consensus for the documents,” Nass tells the roundtable participants.
“So, first Tedros was there, and then someone tries to assassinate him [Fico]…I can’t guarantee you the two things are related, but it is extraordinary that every major newspaper claimed immediately that the assassination was the result of a ‘lone wolf.’ And how they knew that—they obviously didn’t know that—but they obviously were all instructed to say that.”
Truth : WHO DG Did Not Have Robert Fico Shot Over Pandemic Treaty!
This is yet another example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why!
Fact #1 : Dr. Tedros Did Not Fly To Slovakia To Meet Robert Fico!
Let me start by pointing out that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did not fly to Slovakia to speak with Prime Minister Robert Fico, in an attempt to convince him to continue with the Pandemic Treaty.
In fact, the last time Dr. Tedros flew to Slovakia was in June 2022 – almost two years ago, when he attended the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum, with Zuzana Čaputová, the President of the Slovak Republic.
Fact #2 : WHO DG Tedros Was In Paris + Geneva
Robert Fico was shot by a gunman while greeting people outside the House of Culture in Handlova, at around 2:30 PM local time on Wednesday, 15 May 2024.
A day before Fico was shot, WHO DG Tedros was in Paris, attending the Summit for Clean Cooking in Africa. He even posted photos of a high-level dialogue hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron that day!
After that, a WHO spokesperson confirmed that Dr. Tedros flew back to WHO headquarters in Geneva, where he posted his condemnation of the attempt assassination of Robert Fico, before hosting Francophone ambassadors in Geneva.
It would be a miraculous feat for Dr. Tedros to be in two places at the same time. Needless to say, neither Meryl Nass, nor the people sharing her video / claims, ever provide any evidence WHO DG Tedros was in Slovakia in May 2024…
Fact #3 : Robert Fico Did Not Reject WHO Pandemic Treaty
Claims that Robert Fico was shot because he rejected the WHO Pandemic Treaty is nonsense. Robert Fico did not recently formally and/or publicly reject the WHO Pandemic Treaty, as some people have claimed or suggested.
It was Peter Kotlár, the Slovak Government Plenipotentiary for the COVID-19 pandemic, who formally and publicly rejected the “current version” of the WHO Pandemic Treaty on 10 May 2024. Even that was not a final, conclusive rejection of the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
While Robert Fico himself appear to speak out against the WHO Pandemic Treaty, he did not actually say that he was rejecting the WHO Pandemic Treaty. He only said that the SMER party will not support expanding the powers of the WHO, at the expense of the state’s right to tackle future pandemics.
In other words, it very much sounds like he’s okay with WHO gaining more powers, as long as Slovakia still retains the right to tackle future pandemics its own way.
Fact #4 : Fico’s Ministers Called It Politically Motivated
In addition, claims that media outlets were instructed to claim that the shooting was committed by a lone wolf is equally nonsensical.
For one thing – the gunman, who was later identified as 71 year-old Juraj Cintula from Levice, was immediately detained by Fico’s security detail.
Then, both Defense Minister Robert Kaliňák and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok called the shooting “politically motivated,” with Šutaj Eštok saying that “the suspect made the decision to do it shortly after the presidential election,” which ended just last month – on 6 April 2024.
Juraj Cintula frequented events organised by the pro-Russian paramilitary group, Slovenski branci (Slovakian Recruits), and praised the group and its anti-immigration stance multiple times on social media.
There is no evidence that Juraj Cintula was inspired to shoot Robert Fico because he was against the WHO Pandemic Treaty. In fact – none of those who made those suggestions or claims ever provided any evidence to back them up!
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Will the WHO Pandemic Treaty threaten US sovereignty and its constitutional rights?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WHO Pandemic Treaty Will Threaten US Sovereignty!
People are sharing posts that claim or suggest that the WHO Pandemic Treaty will threaten US sovereignty and its constitutional rights!
US Senators Drop a Bombshell on the World Health Organization
The tide is turning.
In a shocking turn of events, all Republican senators (49), led by Senator Ron Johnson, have formally urged President Joe Biden to withdraw his support in expanding the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic authority.
The letter, sent ahead of the 77th World Health Assembly scheduled from May 27 to June 1, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland, argues that the WHO’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis underscores the need for major reforms rather than granting it more power.
The senators warn that such an expansion could threaten U.S. sovereignty and constitutional rights, emphasizing that any international agreement enhancing WHO’s authority should be treated as a treaty, requiring a two-thirds supermajority vote in the Senate for approval.
“THIS IS BIG NEWS!!!” wrote Dr. Meryl Nass on 𝕏.
“49 Senators (every Republican Senator) have told President Biden to withdraw US support for the Treaty and IHR amendments–but if the US does go forward, the treaty(s) will have to be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, requiring a 2/3 vote (which is an appropriate threat).”
These claims are based on a letter that Senator Ron Johnson and Senator Rick Scott sent to the Biden Administration:
Dear Mr. President:
Next month, during the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA), your administration is expected to commit the United States to two international agreements that would strengthen the World Health Organization’s (WHO) authority to declare public health emergencies of international concern and expand the WHO’s authority over member states during such emergencies. This is unacceptable.
The WHO’s failure during the COVID-19 pandemic was as total as it was predictable and did lasting harm to our country. The United States cannot afford to ignore this latest WHO inability to perform its most basic function and must insist on comprehensive WHO reforms before even considering amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) or any new pandemic-related treaty that would increase WHO authority. We are deeply concerned that your administration continues to support these initiatives and strongly urge you to change course.
Article 55 of the IHR requires the text of any IHR amendment to be communicated to member states at least four months before the WHA at which they are to be considered. As the WHO has still not provided final amendments text to member states, we submit that IHR amendments may not be considered at next month’s WHA. Some of the over 300 proposals for amendments made by member states would substantially increase the WHO’s health emergency powers and constitute intolerable infringements upon U.S. sovereignty. As such, it was essential that the WHO abide by the four-month notice period to allow member states time to ensure that no traces of such proposals were included in a final amendment package for consideration by the WHA. Having failed to do so, amendments are not in order.
The WHO’s most recent publicly available draft of its new pandemic response treaty is dead on arrival. Instead of addressing the WHO’s well-documented shortcomings, the treaty focuses on mandated resource and technology transfers, shredding intellectual property rights, infringing free speech, and supercharging the WHO. Moving forward with a new pandemic preparedness and response treaty ignores the fact that we are still unsure of COVID-19’s origins because Beijing continues to block a legitimate independent investigation. We strongly urge you not to join any pandemic related treaty, covenant, or agreement being considered at the Seventy-seventh WHA. Should you ignore this advice, we state in the strongest possible terms that we consider any such agreement to be a treaty requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senate under Article II Section 2 of the Constitution.
In light of the high stakes for our country and our constitutional duty, we call upon you to (1) withdraw your administration’s support for the current IHR amendments and pandemic treaty negotiations, (2) shift your administration’s focus to comprehensive WHO reforms that address its persistent failures without expanding its authority, and (3) should you ignore these calls, submit any pandemic related agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.
Sincerely,
Ron Johnson, United States Senator Rick Scott, United States Senator
Truth : WHO Pandemic Treaty Will Not Threaten US Sovereignty!
This is yet another example of fake news about the WHO Pandemic Treaty, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WHO Member States Want To Better Prepare For Future Pandemics
This claim is based on WHO member state discussions, which started in 2022, to amend existing International Health Regulations to strengthen the world’s preparedness against future global pandemics.
The International Health Regulations (IHR) were first adopted by member states in 1969, empowering the WHO to monitor global diseases. Those regulations have since been revised over the years, including in 2005 – after the SARS outbreak.
On 1 December 2021, world leaders agreed to kickstart the process to draft and negotiate an agreement or convention to “strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response“.
Fact #2 : Recommendations Came From WHO Member States
The proposed recommendations came from WHO member states, and not WHO itself. Among the more than 200 recommendations on how to better prepare for the next pandemic were:
sharing of data and genomic sequences on emerging viruses
a plan for equitable vaccine distribution
a ban on wildlife markets
incentives for reporting new viruses or variants
Fact #3 : Biden Administration Does Not Want A Binding Agreement
The European Union proposed that the changes be adopted in the form of a new treaty, a measure backed by Britain, Indonesia and Kenya, among other countries.
Despite what people are claiming on social media, the United States has opposed a binding treaty. India and Brazil are similarly reluctant about adopting a treaty.
The EU proposed the treaty and is its biggest backer, with support from Britain, Indonesia, Kenya and others.
The United States will take part in the talks but has opposed a binding treaty. India and Brazil have also voiced reservations.
Yet, all GOP senators are apparently insisting that the WHO Pandemic Treaty should be a binding treaty??? Do they want to maintain US sovereignty, or hand it over to the WHO???
Fact #4 : WHO Pandemic Treaty Is Unlikely To Be Binding
The zero draft of the proposed WHO agreement on preparing for future pandemics was released on 1 February 2023, and was the focus of the article by The Epoch Times.
If you download and read the zero draft, you will realise that the WHO is still calling it a “convention, agreement, or other international instruments“, clearly showing that member countries have not decided whether they want it to be binding or otherwise.
In the third point noted on the very first page of the draft, it was even pointed out that this is just a draft that is being used for “commencing negotiations“, and that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed“.
The INB (Intergovernmental Negotiating Body) further agreed that the zero draft would be considered at its fourth meeting as a basis for commencing negotiations at that meeting, it being understood that the zero draft will be without prejudice to the position of any delegation and following the principle that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”.
So it is ludicrous for anyone who read the first page of the zero draft to claim that the Biden Administration is planning to sign away US sovereignty to the WHO. Moreover, the Biden Administration does not want a binding agreement, while the GOP senators appear to be demanding for one!
More to the point – if the Biden Administration holds firm, the Pandemic Treaty will not be binding, as every country has to agree to these changes, or nothing changes.
Fact #5 : WHO Pandemic Treaty Does Not Affect Sovereignty!
If you download and read the zero draft, or any of the Pandemic Treaty’s draft agreements, you will realise that WHO Member States will continue to have the right to “determine and manage” their own healthcare initiatives, including how to tackle future pandemics!
In fact, the issue of sovereignty was addressed at least three times in the latest April 2024 draft:
… reaffirming the principle of sovereignty of States in addressing public health matters,
Recalling the sovereign right of States over their biological resources…
… the sovereign right of States to adopt, legislate and implement legislation, within their jurisdiction, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the WHO Constitution and the principles of international law, and their sovereign rights over their biological resources;
Only those who did not read any of the draft agreements will remain unaware that the WHO Pandemic Treaty would not affect any country’s sovereignty!
Fact #6 : WHO DG Dismissed Sovereignty Claim In May 2022
On May 17, 2022, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus dismissed the claim that countries signing up for this new agreement would be giving up their sovereignty.
The accord process is led by Member States with their own Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (called INB), representing all regions of the world. The INB has now started a two-year process that includes global public hearings with all stakeholders. This represents the world’s opportunity to plan together, detect pathogens quicker, share data broadly and collectively respond more effectively to the next diseases X or known pathogens.
Unfortunately, there has been a small minority of groups making misleading statements and purposefully distorting facts.
I want to be crystal clear. WHO’s agenda is public, open and transparent. WHO stands strongly for individual rights. We passionately support everyone’s right to health and we will do everything we can to ensure that that right is realized.
The first ever World Health Assembly, which took place soon after the WHO Constitution entered into force in 1948, was a watershed event in global public health. And like the proposed pandemic preparedness accord, this did not mean WHO usurped nations’ sovereignty; in fact it strengthened countries’ ability to fight diseases together.
WHO is an expression of Member States’ own sovereignty and WHO is entirely what the sovereign 194 Member States want WHO to be.
Every year, these sovereign governments come together at the World Health Assembly to set the health agenda for the world. Individually we can’t beat pandemics; our best chance is together.
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Was Bernie Sanders forced to rape a boy on tape 30 years ago?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Bernie Sanders Raped Boy On Tape 30 Years Ago!
People are claiming or suggesting on social media that Senator Bernie Sanders was forced to rape a boy on tape 30 years ago!
Stew Peters : Bernie Sanders has been identified as the member of congress who is on tape allegedly raping a little boy in a basement 30 years ago.
Matt Wallace : A victim just came forward saying Bernie Sanders is the Senator who participated in the forced rape of a young boy on tape 30 years ago
Patrick Webb (screenshot, original deleted?) : BREAKING: An alleged video of Bernie Sanders being blackmailed to rape a little boy in a New York basement 30 years ago exists, according to whistleblower Jennifer Guskin.
Patrick Webb : BREAKING: Epstein victim alleges they were filmed being raped by a U.S. congressman as a form of blackmail who was being threatened the lives of their family if they didn’t comply.
Patrick Webb : The alleged incident occurred over 30 years in New York, and the congressman was Bernie Sanders (alleged).
Leading Report : BREAKING: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been accused of an alleged r*pe from 30 years ago by a user on X, whose name is Jennifer Guskin, and alleges it was videotaped as a form of blackmail.
Guskin attempted to sue the government for these claims but failed to “allege a claim cognizable under the Court of Federal Claims’ jurisdiction,” which was deemed inexcusable.
Basira Press : Survivor of a p*dophilia blackmail ring claims that Bernie Sanders was among those who partook in the rape of children.
Sanders is a liberal Zionist who lived on a Kibbutz on stolen Palestinian land. If the allegations of rape are true, would anyone be surprised?
Truth : Bernie Sanders Did Not Rape Boy On Tape 30 Years Ago!
This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating online, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Bernie Sanders Was Never Formally Accused Of Rape
Let me start by pointing out that Senator Bernie Sanders has never been formally accused by anyone of rape.
These claims appear to originate from posts on X (formerly Twitter) by #Survivor – of Child Trafficking, who identified herself as Jennifer Guskin (archive):
#Survivor – of Child Trafficking : When I was a child, I was brought into a basement to be… violated. While I was being raped, a man was dragged downstairs, and was told to rape a boy that was bent over in front of him, or they would the man and his family, who were lined up along a wall, where there was also a man behind a camera on a tripod.
Someone else came up to him, and told him“If you don’t do it, they will kill your family, and nothing can undo that, but if you do it, it’ll be fine, because that boy is used to it, and no one has to die”
To date, that’s the hardest I’ve ever seen a grown man cry.That man is currently sitting in Congress.
There is a system of bribery and blackmail controlling the upper echelons of society. The question is if someone “Did the deed” with a smile on their face because they knew their fortunes would improve, or if they did it with a tear in their eye because they didn’t want to hurt the child.
The only way we will be able to expose it is if the blackmailed and the children come together to name those who forced us.
TheRazorPigKid : If this is true, who is the man that is sitting in congress?
Unfortunately, #Survivor – of Child Trafficking / Jennifer Gurkin never provided any evidence to back up her claims.
As shocking as these claims are, no one – neither #Survivor – of Child Trafficking / Jennifer Gurkin, nor the boy who was allegedly raped, or his family, ever filed a criminal complaint or lawsuit alleging rape by Bernie Sanders.
The original accusation claimed / suggested that Bernie Sanders and his family were dragged downstairs to the same basement where she was allegedly being raped. They lined up against the basement wall, and then Bernie Sanders allegedly raped the boy.
But in a later post (archive), the #Survivor – of Child Trafficking / Jennifer Gurkin said that Bernie Sanders family was in a van, and not in the basement. She also appears to suggest that she never actually saw Bernie Sanders rape the boy:
#Survivor – of Child Trafficking : I don’t believe his family was in the room for the actual rape, because after the man raping me was done, I went upstairs. Maybe 20 mins or so, Sanders came upstairs and was led out of a side door into a van where his family was.
Fact #3 : Bernie Sanders Lives In Vermont
Bernie Sanders has been living in Vermont since he married his first wife, Deborah Shiling Messing, in 1964.
Even after he married his second wife, Mary Jane O’Meara, in 1988, they lived in Vermont. They have a house in the New North End neighbourhood, and a lakefront summer house in North Hero. Bernie Sanders also owns a home in Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
What is certain is that Bernie Sanders does not live in New York. While it might be plausible for people to kidnap him and bring him to a New York basement, it is highly implausible they would be able to capture his entire family, as alleged, and transport all of them to New York.
Fact #4 : His Children Were Adults At That Time
Bernie Sanders’ alleged forced rape of a boy allegedly took place 30 years ago – so it would have been about 1994, or thereabouts.
His only biological son – Levi Sanders, would have been 25 years at that time. Even his second wife’s children were adults at that time – Heather Titus was 23 years old, Carina Driscoll was 20 years old, while Dave Driscoll was 19 years old.
In short – Bernie Sanders’ only son and step-children were likely living separately when the alleged rape took place. So it would be quite impossible for anyone to track them all down, kidnap them at the same time, and then transport them all the way to a New York basement to watch their father / stepfather rape a boy.
Can you see just how ludicrous these claims are???
Fact #5 : Gurkin Lawsuit Had Nothing To Do With Bernie Sanders
While there are suggestions or claims that Jennifer Gurkin sued the government over these rape claims, that does not appear to be accurate.
According to the appeal judgement (PDF) of Jennifer Ruskin v United States, she sued the US government to have her daughter returned to her, as well as [monetary] damages. Senator Bernie Sanders was never mentioned in that lawsuit.
Her case was dismissed by the Federal Court, and her appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals.
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Did US Senator Al Franken get a Jew call, warning of the 9/11 attacks before they happened?!
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : A Jew Call Warned Al Franken About 9/11 Attacks!
Conspiracy theorists keep claiming that former US Senator Al Franken received advance warning of the 9/11 attacks through “Jew call”.
Apparently, Al Franken himself claimed that a “Jew call” helped him escape getting killed when the Twin Towers collapsed, or was “demolished” by the Zionists.
One of the widely disseminated stories was that no Jews died in the collapse of the Trade Towers because they had received calls telling them not to go to work that day.
To tell you the truth, I got the Jew call. I had an office in the Trade Center where I used to do most of my writing. The call came from former New York mayor Ed Koch.
“Al,” he told me, “don’t go to work on the twenty-third day of Elul [September 11, 2001].
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them was a satirical piece on American politics, targeting Republicans and conservative personalities and media. Its subtitle “A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right” was actually a parody of the Fox News tagline – “Fair and Balanced“.
Fact #2 : Al Franken Writes A Lot Of Satire
Al Franken was not just a US Senator, he is also an American comedian, actor and writer. In fact, he was a regular writer and performer on Saturday Night Live in the 70s and 80s!
Fact #3 : Al Franken Was Satirising Jew Call Claims
Conspiracy theorists keep insisting that it was not clear that what Al Franken wrote was just satire. They keep telling everyone to “read between the lines“.
The truth is – anyone who even reads the book can clearly see that Al Franken never actually said he got a Jew call that gave him advance warning of the 9/11 attacks.
The conspiracy theorists merely cherry picked the part they wanted, and “conveniently” removed the rest. Take a look:
One of the widely disseminated stories was that no Jews died in the collapse of the Trade Towers because they had received calls telling them not to go to work that day.
To tell you the truth, I got the Jew call. I had an office in the Trade Center where I used to do most of my writing. The call came from former New York mayor Ed Koch.
“Al,” he told me, “don’t go to work on the twenty-third day of Elul [September 11, 2001].
Actually, I watched the events of that awful day from Minneapolis, where I was visiting my mom. Mom’s in a nursing home, so I was staying at a hotel.
That morning, as I grabbed some coffee, I noticed people huddled around the TV. A plane had hit the World Trade Center. Must have been a commuter plane. Maybe the pilot had a heart attack or something.
Then the second plane hit. It was sickening. Then came the Pentagon. We were under attack.
Somehow, I got through to my wife in Manhattan. She was fine at home on the Upper West Side about 5 miles north of the (World) Trade Center. My son was at school on the Upper East Side, my daughter away at college.
As I watched the first Tower collapse, I was stunned. But I still couldn’t register the magnitude of what was happening, even as the second one went down.
I spent the rest of the day at the nursing home watching TV with my mom.
As you can see, Al Franken was not even in New York at that time. He certainly did not receive any “Jew call”.
In fact, he was satirising the conspiracy theory that Jews did not die in the 9/11 attacks because they received a “Jew call” – an alert not to go to the Twin Towers.
Did these conspiracy theorists and bloggers lie about what Al Franken said in his book? Or were they blind to what he wrote?
Conspiracy theorists claim that no Jew died in the 9/11 attacks because they received the “Jew call” to avoid the Twin Towers on the 23rd of Elul (September 11, 2001).
However, at least 400 victims of the 9/11 attacks were either “confirmed or strongly believed to be Jewish“, according to The New York Times.
On the other hand, only 28 Muslims died in the Twin Towers, and another 3 Muslims were passengers on the two planes. If there was a conspiracy, you would expect the Zionists to do a much better job of protecting their kind, no?
Fact #5 : Al Franken Did Not Have Any WTC Office
Finally, I should point out that Al Franken did NOT have an office in any of the World Trade Center buildings.
So even if there was a Zionist conspiracy to demolish the Twin Towers and blame it on “the innocent Muslims”, there was no need for anyone to give him a “Jew call”.
He wouldn’t have gone to the World Trade Center on that September 11, 2001, or any other day for the matter, because he never had an office there!
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