Day: December 5, 2023

Arizona border crossing closed due to ‘unprecedented’ surge of migrant arrivals

Officials with Customs and Border Protection announced on Dec. 1 their decision to temporarily suspend operations at the Lukeville Port of Entry, in order to "redirect personnel to assist the U.S. Border Patrol with taking migrants into custody."

Lukeville border crossing now closed as migrant crossing surge

A look at border wall as thousands of migrants wait

Border crossing overrun by single adult men from mutiple countries, including South America, Africa, China, etc.: 'Completely unsustainable'

CBP shutting down Lukeville, Arizona border crossing due to surge of migrants

Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf discusses the Arizona border patrol in disarray, Texas' border buoys and government funding for the border.

Should Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs send the National Guard to Lukeville and open the port of entry?

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.

Over One Million Muslim Americans Favor a Global Terrorist, and More Disturbing News

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SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/12/over-one-million-muslim-americans-favor-a-global-terrorist-and-more-disturbing-news;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

On October 20, 2023, the polling company Cygnal released a report on Americans’ views about the early October Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. The report was titled Survey of General Population: Israel -Hamas Awareness and Attitudes.[1] The survey presented the same questions to six different groups: Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, Evangelicals, Republicans, Independents, and Democrats, with the results being shown for each.

One of the disturbing results of this survey came in response to this question:

Below you will read a list of names of various people mentioned in the news recently. For each one, please indicate if you have heard of the person, and if you have, whether you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the person. If you don’t recognize a name, choose so.

The name given was Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, and 38.6% of Muslim Americans had a favorable impression of him (of the other five groups, the closest favorable rating came from Democrats at 14.9%). There are an estimated 3.45 million Muslim Americans in the United States. This survey indicates that around 1.3 million Muslim Americans have a favorable impression of Haniyeh.

This is disturbing for two reasons. On October 8, 1997, the United States designated Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. And in January 2018, the U.S. State Department designated Ismail Haniyeh as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

This favorable impression of Haniyeh was not due to a lack of information among Muslim Americans. The survey showed that when asked how closely they had followed events in Israel since the attack by Hamas on October 7th (“Hamas Awareness”), 30.9% of Muslim Americans responded “Somewhat Closely,” and 44.9% responded “Very Closely.”

When asked about being informed with regard to “Fatah, Hamas and Palestinian politics,” 65.4% of Muslim Americans considered themselves “Informed,” and 7.3% considered themselves “Expert.”

The survey showed that Muslim Americans were also aware of the following events regarding the October 7th attack by Hamas:

  1. “Over 1,200 people were killed in Israel, including women, infants, the elderly, and Holocaust survivors.” Very Aware: 36.4%, and Somewhat Aware: 41.9%
  2. “Over 250 people who were attending an all-night music festival were killed in Israel.” Very Aware: 33.7%, and Somewhat Aware: 42.7%
  3. “Over 100 people, incljuding women and young children, were abducted from Israel and are bing held hostage in Gaza.” Very Aware: 36.9%, and Somewhat Aware: 44.4%
  4. “Hamas militants decapitated young children during their attack in Israel.” Very Aware: 25.9%, and Somewhat Aware: 40%

So despite the extent of the knowledge among Muslim Americans about the above incidents, around 1.3 million Muslim Americans still had a favorable impression of Haniyeh, and by inference, HAMAS. It would have been very interesting to see the results if Cygna had asked the Muslim Americans their opinions on the above incidents.

Another disturbing result came from the same question about favorability being asked, but this time the name was Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He is a man with whom the chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” are closely associated. 31.3% of Muslim Americans had a favorable impression of Khamenei (of the other five groups, the closest favorable rating came from Democrats at 15.9%). So a little over one million Muslim Americans have a favorable impression of Khamenei.

Just as disturbing was the response to this question:

The Biden administration acknowledges that Hamas is nothing but a proxy for Iran and is funded and supported by Iran. Would you be more or less likely to vote for a political candidate who supports releasing billions of dollars in frozen assets for Iran to use any way it chooses?

32.6% of Muslim Americans were “More Likely” to vote for such a candidate (of the other five groups, the closest “More Likely” rating came from Democrats at 18.6%).

28.3% of Muslim Americans were “More Likely” to “vote for a political candidate who supports allowing Iran to evade sanctions and earn billions of dollars from oil sales” (of the other five groups, the closest “More Likely” rating came from Democrats at 15.9%).

And 44.7% of Muslim Americans support the recent pro-Palestinian protests and demonstrations across multiple cities in the United States (of the other five groups, the closest “Support” rating came from Democrats at 25.2%).

Conclusion

The results of this survey show a generally inverse relationship between the responses of Muslim Americans and the responses of the other five groups. In theory, there is nothing wrong with public differences in opinion, and that is one of the freedoms we cherish in the United States. However, it is a different matter when survey results reveal one group’s massive support for a global terrorist (and by inference, the foreign terrorist organization that he heads), massive support for the leader of a terrorist-supporting country in which the chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” are regular features, and massive support for that particular country to evade sanctions and receive billions of dollars in frozen assets to be used anyway that country chooses.

I have already shown in my book Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials,[2] that core tenets of Islamic Doctrine are in direct, irreconcilable conflict with the United States Constitution. The attitudes and beliefs of around one million or more Muslim Americans regarding terrorists and the support of terrorists shown in this survey raise serious questions about the security of the United States. This is especially so when considering that in fiscal year 2023, the Border Patrol encountered and released over 900,000 illegal aliens into the United States, and also estimated that during that same time period there were over 600,000 unidentified “gotaways” who had evaded the Border Patrol and entered the United States.[3] How many are unidentifed HAMAS or Iranian terrorists, and what kind of welcome might they be receiving?

Dr. Stephen M. Kirby is the author of six books about Islam. His latest book is Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials.

[1]           https://www.cygn.al/new-national-poll-muslim-americans-say-hamas-was-justified-in-attacking-israel-majority-of-americans-say-iran-should-be-held-accountable-majority-support-israels-right-to-self-defense/

[2]           Stephen M. Kirby, Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials (Washington D.C.: Center for Security Policy Press, 2019). A PDF copy of this book is available for download at https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kirby_Islamic_Doctrine.pdf.

[3]           Adam Shaw, “Mayorkas confirms over 600,000 illegal immigrants evaded law enforcement at southern border last fiscal year,” Fox News, October 31, 2023, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-confirms-over-600k-illegal-immigrants-evaded-law-enforcement-southern-border.

“Needle-Free” Vaccines Pushed by Gates Foundation, U.S. Government

  • by Marco Cáceres
microarray vaccine patch

The pharmaceutical industry is continuing to receive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. government to develop vaccines that can be administered without using a syringe. Last month, the Gates Foundation awarded a $23.6 million grant to Micron Biomedical, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to manufacture needle-free vaccines. This was followed by two separate $3 million grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Orlance, Inc. of Seattle, Washington to create needle-free vaccine delivery systems, and a $5.5 million grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) to Lumen Bioscience, Inc. of Seattle to make needle-free shots.1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A Child Can Be Vaccinated “Within Minutes” Using Needle-Free Technology

The grant to Micron Biomedical is for the mass production of dissolvable microneedles attached to the skin on a “patchlike device” that would make it more efficient to transport, store and administer vaccines than use of traditional syringes to inject vaccines. According to the company, its dissolvable “microarray technology” will be applied specifically to measles-rubella (MR) vaccine and “reduces the need for a cold chain and allows a community health worker to vaccinate a child within minutes by applying the technology to the skin and pressing a button that confirms administration.”1 2 3

Micron Biomedical notes that another advantage to its product is that it makes the process of vaccination “virtually pain-free” and can be self-administered. The “peal and stick” microneedle patch essentially works like a Band-Aid.2 8 9

Gates Foundation Awards Millions to Speed Up Development of Needle-Free Vaccines

The Gates Foundation has previously given money to Micron Biomedical to develop its needle-free vaccine technology. On June 1, 2017, the organization gave Micron $2.2 million to fund the first clinical trial of its new vaccine delivery technology on children. Micron received another $900,000 from the Gates Foundation in 2022 to design manufacturing facilities to make needle-free vaccines.2 10 11

In recent years, the Gates Foundation has awarded millions of dollars to other pharmaceutical companies to develop needle-free vaccines, including Vaxess Technologies, Inc. of Boston, SK bioscience Co. Ltd. of South Korea and Vaxxas Pty. Ltd. of Australia.12 13 14

NIH Awards Grants to Drug Companies to Manufacture Microparticle “Gene Gun” Vaccine Delivery Systems

NIH has also given millions of dollars to pharmaceutical companies for development of needle-free vaccines. The two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to Orlance on Nov. 28 were to help advance development aned production of a microparticle “gene gun” technology for a universal influenza vaccine and a vaccine against melanoma. The vaccines would deliver DNA or RNA vaccine-coated microparticles directly into cells of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis).4 5

Last year, NIH awarded a grant worth more than $800,000 to PharmaJet, Inc. of Golden, Colorado to evaluate needle-free delivery system for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. NIH has also been working closely with PharmaJet for several years on a needle-free Zika vaccine.15 16 17

DoD Awards Grants to Drug Companies to Make Needle-Free Malaria, Anthrax and Encephalitis Vaccines

DoD’s grant to Lumen Bioscience on Nov. 29 was to support development of a Module Dual Scaffolded Adjuvent (MoDuSA) needle-free vaccine technology which builds on Lumen research that is creating an intranasal malaria vaccine against. “This new technology could expand access and ease vaccine production, storage and administration in future public health emergencies,” said Nhi Khuong, vice president of preclinical development at Lumen.6 7 18

In the past, DoD has awarded a grant of $943,856 to Iomai Corp. of Gaithersburg, Maryland to help develop a needle-free anthrax vaccine. DoD has also been working with PharmaJet on development of a needle-free DNA Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) vaccine. On Mar. 17, 2020, PharmaJet received a $9.6 million multi-year contract from the Joint Science and Technology Office of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for work on the VEE vaccine.19 20 According to a PharmaJet press release:

DTRA, through the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC), is funding the use of needle-free technology to further progress promising nucleic acid vaccines, while also funding the development of PharmaJet’s next generation needle-free devices.21

COVID Pandemic Fuels Research to Fast Track Creation of Needle-Free Vaccines

For several decades, scientists have been developing needle-free vaccines, specifically microarray patches (MAPs) that are applied to the skin, but it appears now that the COVID-19 pandemic has given this effort more urgency. Needle free vaccine research is on a fast track, fueled at least in part by government public health policies promoting mass use of new vaccines that support the strategic business interests of the pharmaceutical industry.

Officials at the public-private business partnership known as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance believe that the COVID pandemic experience has “reinvigorated interest and investment in the [MAP] technology.” It is anticipated that the first pre-licensure clinical studies for vaccine MAPs could begin by 2026 and that the first of these needle free biological products could be made available for public distribution by 2028.22

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1 Pharmaceutical Technology. Micron Biomedical receives funds to produce needle-free vaccines. Nov. 17, 2023.
2 Press Release. Micron Biomedical Receives $23.6 Million to Accelerate Commercial Manufacturing of Needle-Free Vaccines and to Help Eradicate Measles. Micron Biomedical Nov. 16, 2023.
3 Rigby J. No more needles? Gates Foundation funds patch-style vaccine technology. Reuters Nov. 16, 2023.
4 Orlance. Orlance Inc. Awarded NIH SBIR Grant for Next Generation Gene-Gun Delivered DNA and RNA Immunotherapeutic Vaccines for Melanoma. Cision PR Newswire Nov. 28, 2023.
5 Orlance. Orlance Inc. Awarded Pivotal $3M NIH SBIR Grant for Advancing MACH-1™ Needle-Free, Powdered Universal Influenza Vaccine to the Clinic. Cision PR Newswire Nov. 28, 2023.
6 Cameron I. Lumen Bioscience bags $5.5 million to develop needle-free vaccines. BioPharma Reporter Nov. 30, 2023.
7 Press Release. Lumen Bioscience Announces $5.5 Million Funding to Support New Research Program for Mucosal Vaccine Platform Technology. Lumen Bioscience Nov. 29, 2023.
8 Beanz T, Edwards M. Gates-Funded Needle-Free Drugs & Vaccines Are On The Horizon. The Highwire May 30, 2023.
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10 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Micron Biomedical, Inc. June 2017.
11 Press Release. Micron receives $2.2M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Micron Biomedical June 1, 2017.
12 SK bioscience. SK bioscience and Vaxxas Enter Joint Development Agreement for Needle-Free Patch Delivery of Typhoid Vaccine. Cision PR Newswire Aug. 23, 2023.
13 Transnational Research Institute. Aussie Invention Propelling Needle-Free Vaccine Delivery. Sept. 10, 2020.
14 TVR Staff. Needle-Free Vaccines Backed by Gates Foundation. The Vaccine Reaction Mar. 21, 2017.
15 Whooley S.  PharmaJet wins NIH grant to evaluate needle-free delivery of HPV immunization. Drug Delivery Business News Nov. 29, 2022.
16 Business Wire. Using PharmaJet In DNA Vaccine Clinical Trial For Zika Virus. BioSpace Aug. 9, 2016.
17 Press Release. NIH Zika Vaccine Initial Trial Results Encouraging. PharmaJet Jan. 4, 2017.
18 Lumen Bioscience. Lumen Bioscience Announces Publication in NPJ Vaccines of Preclinical Data Demonstrating Needle Free, Spirulina-produced Vaccination Offering Protection Against Malaria. Cision PR Newswire Oct. 4, 2022.
19 Schnirring L. DoD funds development of anthrax vaccine patch. CIDRAP Apr. 8, 2008.
20 PharmaJet. First Human Clinical Study to Assess U.S. Department of Defense DNA Vaccine Candidate against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Delivered with PharmaJet Precision Delivery Systems. Business Wire Nov. 16, 2023.
21 Press Release. PharmaJet Received Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Award to Support Next-Generation Needle-free Delivery Devices. PharmaJet Mar. 17, 2020.
22 Geddes L. Needle-free vaccines could be available within five years, but investment is needed. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance May 17, 2023.