(SNews) – Links have emerged between a notorious Russian spy and Bill Gates’ former young lover from a recently exposed extramarital affair.

As Slay News previously reported, Gates’ affair was recently made public after it was alleged that deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found out about the relationship and reportedly used it to bribe the Microsoft co-founder.

The Wall Street Journal found evidence to suggest that Epstein learned that Gates had an affair with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova in 2010.

When Gates shot down a donation request from Epstein, the sex trafficker sent him an email, reminding the Microsoft boss what he knew.

According to The Wall Street Journal: “The Microsoft co-founder met the woman around 2010 when she was in her 20s.

“Epstein met her in 2013 and later paid for her to attend software coding school,” the report adds.

Antonova first encountered Gates in the summer of 2009 when she was in her mid-20s.

Gates, who would have been 53 at the time and was still married to his now-ex-wife Melinda, supposedly had an affair with Antonova.

However, new information is now emerging that suggests Antonova has a strong connection to Chapman.

Chapman, the daughter of a former KGB officer, worked as a model and media personality in the United States.

She was arrested in June 2010 after investigators discovered that she was part of an illegal Russian espionage ring.

She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent and was deported to Russia along with nine other spies as part of a massive prisoner swap.

Sometime in late 2009 to early 2010, right before Chapman was arrested, she and Antonova took a picture together while strolling through a street in New York City.

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This suspicious photograph has raised questions regarding Antonova’s potential connection to the spying scheme or any other wrongdoing.

It also raises concerns about how implicated Gates is in this whole scandal.

The suspicious photograph of Antonova and Chapman resurfaced just days after the WSJ published a report showing pedophile Epstein blackmailing Gates over his affair with Antonova.

Epstein met Antonova in November 2013 when she and Boris Nikolic – a confidant of Gates who at the time worked as his chief advisor for science and technology – petitioned Epstein to help fund their business proposal.

Antonova claims that she did not know who Epstein was when they first met.

She said she believed that he was just a “successful businessman and wanted to help.”

While Epstein ended up not investing in Antonova’s business proposal, she did admit that the convicted pedophile lent her money to go to a software programming boot camp.

“Epstein agreed to pay and he paid directly to the school,” claimed Antonova.

“Nothing was exchanged. I don’t know why he did that.

“When I asked, he said something like, he was wealthy and wanted to help people when he could.”

Several years later, in 2017, emails uncovered by the WSJ show that Epstein contacted Gates about Antonova.

Years after the alleged affair had ended, Epstein asked Gates to reimburse him for what he spent on Antonova’s coding school.

People interviewed by the WSJ strongly suggested that the sum of Antonova’s schooling was immaterial.

The sources state that Epstein was more interested in blackmailing Gates for having the affair with her.

He was using the issue of the school fees as a way to let Gates know that he knew of the affair.

A spokesperson for Gates claims that the email came after the convicted sex offender struggled and failed to persuade Gates to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund that Epstein was trying to establish.

“Mr. Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes,” said the spokeswoman, who added that Gates did not pay Epstein.

“Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond these matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates.

“Mr. Gates had no financial dealings with Epstein.”

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(SNews) – The European Union (EU) has issued a threat to Elon Musk over Twitter’s failure to comply with demands to censor so-called “disinformation” on the platform.

The threat was made by the European Union’s Internal Markets Commissioner, Thierry Breton.

Breton confirmed that Twitter had ditched the EU’s code of practice on “fighting disinformation.”

In a post on Twitter, Breton warned that the platform cannot “hide” from obligations to censor content.

“You can run but you can’t hide,” Breton warned in a tweet.

“Beyond voluntary commitments, fighting disinformation will be a legal obligation under DSA as of August 25.

“Our teams will be ready for enforcement,” Breton threatened.

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Breton was referring to the censorship law, the controversial Digital Services Act (DSA).

The DSA is a new set of rules for social media platforms operating in Europe.

The rules require Big Tech companies to actively police and censor users’ speech or risk fines of up to 6% of global turnover.

The current code of practice is voluntary, however.

Until the DSA comes into practice, social media companies have obligations for social media to stop the monetization of “disinformation,” monitor political advertising, and allow third parties to access their algorithms.

In February, Twitter did not submit a report on its implementation of the code.

Despite it currently being voluntary, the EU was outraged.

Twitter was the only major platform to fail to submit the report.

But unlike the code of practice, the DSA is legally binding.

Large platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, and LinkedIn, will have to comply with it if they want to operate in Europe.

In previous tweets, Breton has indicated that he will hold Twitter owner Elon Musk to account for the platform’s failures to comply with the content rules in the EU.

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(CBrief) – A noted conservative author and contributing editor announced on Twitter Sunday that he’s been banned from appearing on any Fox News programs because he wrote a book about the network’s former top-rated host, Tucker Carlson.

“I’m not allowed on Fox anymore, because I wrote a book about @TuckerCarlson. I’ve been banned from the network,” Chadwick Moore, who is also a contributing editor to The Spectator, tweeted.

He went on to elaborate in a series of additional posts, some of which were in response to other users’ questions and remarks.

In another tweet, for instance, he said that he was “disinvited” from Fox late-night host Greg Gutfeld’s show as well, adding he was supposed to appear on Wednesday.

“This is FACT: Fox News has a new policy (aside from banning me): they won’t plug any book from a guest unless it was published by HarperCollins. You can’t be a guest on Fox unless you’re a Fox author…it’s all so hilarious and grotesque. Fox News will not let you promote your book unless your book is published by Fox News,” he wrote in another post.

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He then added: “Some Fox News people texted me tonight, re: my tweets. They were pissed off and petty. I don’t care. I think I wrote a good book. I’m proud of it.”

In another post, Moore responded to a user who pondered whether some of the other talents at the network were “as principled [as] they always appear to be.”

Moore replied: “They aren’t. I can assure you of that.”

In response to another user who suggested that in times of turmoil, “you sure find out who your friends are and were just pretending to be your friends,” Moore wrote: “Well, I’ve been canceled by liberal corporate media and now I’m canceled by corporate ‘conservative’ media. I think I’ll be fine. I couldn’t care less.”

As for which tweets allegedly led to angry replies from some Fox hosts, Moore said it was the one in which he announced that he’d been disinvited from Gutfeld’s show.

In a short video posted to his account last week, Moore claimed that despite denials from Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, Carlson’s firing was part of the massive defamation settlement with the company last month.

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Rolling Stone magazine reported the same thing in a story published last week.

“In the latest development to come three weeks after Carlson was removed from his role at the network on April 24, it has been reported that one of Fox Corp.’s eight board members was the one to tell the fired host that his ‘recent benching’ was the result of the secret condition in the Dominion settlement,” the outlet noted.

The report continued: “According to Variety, the conversation between Carlson and the board member took place on April 26 – two days after the network announced Carlson’s involuntary departure from the company. The board member also reportedly told Carlson that the secret condition ensuring Carlson’s canning would not be found in any of the $787.5 million defamation settlement documents because it was a verbal agreement.”

Meanwhile, The Drudge Report broke major news last week as well that Sean Hannity will take over Tucker Carlson’s old 8 PM ET timeslot. Jesse Watters, host of “Jesse Watters Primetime” will move from 7 PM ET to 9 PM ET. Greg Gutfeld’s “The Greg Gutfeld Show” will be moved from 11 PM to 10 PM.

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(CBrief) – Audio of a strategy session conducted by members of GOP presidential contender Ron DeSantis’ campaign held with several donors has leaked online.

The audio primarily featured a presentation by DeSantis pollster Ryan Tyson, who “assured donors gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami that DeSantis starts the race in good shape,” according to Florida Politics, which obtained the soundtrack.

The report said that the audio reveals the campaign’s enthusiasm over the Florida governor’s already growing national recognition and confidence that his standing, particularly in comparison to former President Donald Trump, will continue to strengthen over time.

“He’s known by as many Primary voters as the President is, and he’s better liked,” Tyson said. “That’s the first problem that Donald Trump, I feel like, has in these Primaries. His negatives are too high. And I will also say this. The No. 1 most effective and efficient driver of Donald Trump’s negatives is Donald Trump.”

Despite external polling indicating a growing lead for Trump over DeSantis in several early states, Tyson, in his remarks to donors, emphasized the image polling for both prominent GOP candidates. According to the data, DeSantis holds higher favorability ratings among likely primary and caucus participants in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, Florida Politics reported.

“The more that the Governor gets known to the few who don’t know who he is, we’re finding that the only voters who he is losing are left-of-center voters,” Tyson said, according to the report. “If those are voters in a Republican Primary, I’m more than happy to jettison them.”

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The report added:

Tyson’s polling shows voters believe DeSantis to be more conservative than Trump, an important metric with Primary voters. The percentage of voters classifying DeSantis as “very conservative” sits between 43% and 50% in the early states.

Perhaps more surprising, voters give DeSantis very high scores regarding his readiness to serve as President. About 62% of Iowa voters polled feel he’s ready now.

Net ratings on readiness for DeSantis exceed those for Trump, despite Trump having already served a term as President.

Tyson acknowledges that DeSantis faces some structural challenges. Approximately 35% of surveyed voters expressed that they would only consider voting for Trump. Furthermore, the “Never Trumpers,” who tend to lean left of center within the Republican voter base, view DeSantis as too similar to Trump and are reluctant to support him.

The pollster went on to say that even before DeSantis’ official launch, he found that a solid 25 percent of voters are ready to commit to the governor. And he added that while the field is filling with several GOP candidates, none of them are gaining traction with the Republican electorate and are not going to throughout the upcoming primaries.

“I would offer to you after my field research that voters fundamentally do not buy what those candidates are selling today,” he said. “They just don’t. You can see that in their messaging that they just don’t talk to actual Republican Primary voters in the country today.”

Tyson went on to suggest that DeSantis winning the nomination would also be good for the Republican Party in general during the 2024 election cycle.

“It’s not just about him,” Tyson said. “It’s about bringing folks along with the party and building back the party so we can win those state legislative seats, we can win those congressional seats, we can take back the Senate.”

He went on to suggest that the primary, if it is not decided early, could come down to Florida, where DeSantis as governor may have an advantage over Trump, who lives in the state.

At that, Tyson pointed to DeSantis’ nearly 20-point victory in last year’s reelection campaign.

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(CBrief) – Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney lent to further speculation about a potential 2024 presidential run during a commencement speech at her alma mater over the weekend.

Cheney “implored new college graduates to not compromise when it comes to the truth, excoriating her House Republican colleagues for not doing enough to combat former President Donald Trump” following the 2020 election, the Associated Press reported.

“In a commencement speech at Colorado College, the Wyoming Republican repeated her fierce criticisms of Trump but steered clear of talking about his 2024 reelection campaign or her own political future,” the AP noted.

Cheney, a political science graduate from Colorado College in 1988, reminisced about a time during her student years when she entered a campus building adorned with a Bible verse above the entrance that left a lasting impression: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

“After the 2020 election and the attack of January 6th, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie. They wanted me to say the 2020 election was stolen, the attack of January 6th wasn’t a big deal, and Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous,” Cheney said Sunday in Colorado Springs. “I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership.”

Still, with every public appearance and her fixation on Trump, speculation continues to grow that she is at least contemplating running against him for the 2024 GOP nomination, which would be the longest of long shots.

Cheney’s active schedule of speaking engagements and the topics she addresses have sparked speculation about her potential entry into the 2024 GOP presidential primary since leaving office. As candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley navigate their remarks on Trump, they aim to strike a balance, countering his criticisms while also maintaining the support of the base that propelled him to victory in the White House seven years ago, the AP noted.

In the meantime, Cheney accepted a new position at the University of Virginia as a professor of practice earlier this year.

“With democracy under fire in this country and elsewhere around the world, Liz Cheney serves as a model of political courage and leadership. Liz will send a compelling message to students about integrity. She’s a true profile in courage, and she was willing to pay the price for her principles — and democracy itself,” the university’s Center For Politics director, Larry Sabato, said in a statement at the time.

Cheney released a statement saying she hopes her work at the university will “contribute to finding lasting solutions that not only preserve but strengthen our democracy” at a time when “there are many threats facing our system of government.”

But NBC News noted an interesting detail about Cheney’s contract — her position will run through this year’s fall semester and includes the option to renew for one or more years, meaning she has the option to not teach in 2024 if she has other plans.

“Preserving our constitutional republic is the most important work of our time, and our nation’s young people will play a crucial role in this effort,” she said. “I look forward to working with students and colleagues at the Center to advance the important work they and others at the University of Virginia are doing to improve the health of democracy here and around the world.”

“She had said she was mulling a possible presidential run in 2024 and has repeatedly said she plans to do whatever it takes to defeat Trump to ensure he doesn’t serve a second term in the White House,” NBC News reported.

Also, CNN published a recent piece detailing “Republicans considering 2024 presidential run,” which included a profile on Cheney.

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(SNews) – A cartoon has emerged on Disney+ that seeks to push Marxist ideology onto preschool children.

In an episode of “Ready For Preschool” by Disney Junior called “Learn about Fairness,” kids are taught about the far-left theory of “equity.”

Not to be confused with “equality,” so-called “equity” promotes the idea that “some” should be given an advantage in life over others based on factors such as race, gender “identity,” or sexual preference.

The radical ideology is being used deceptively because it sounds a lot like a cherished principle, “equality,” but in practice means its opposite.

Equity contradicts and undermines the more traditional understandings of equality because the end requires that government and public policy deliberately favor some groups over others.

“In race-based Marxism, some groups are going to have to be given superior status to others, and discrimination is going to have to be practiced by the state to effectively redress the disparities caused by past discrimination,” as Bradley Gitz explains.

“One’s status before the law and possession of rights will therefore and inevitably be made contingent upon one’s race and ethnicity.”

In a minute and a half long cartoon, Disney explains the concepts of equality and equity using the classic characters, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy.

The episode explains that when equality isn’t enough to make things fair, equity is needed, noting that some may get help while others don’t.

It begins with the four characters on a picnic, explaining that in order for things to be fun, they must be equal.

Mickey gives his friends the same amount of food for lunch, explaining that equality is when everyone gets the same portions

“Some of the time equality just doesn’t make things fair,” the episode says.

“Like when we are at the orchard, picking apples we can share.

“While some of us are short, some of us are tall, so I might need a big boost, while you need none at all.

“When everybody gets whatever help they need to succeed, that’s called equity.”

In the next scene, Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto all stand on boxes under a tree to pick apples.

However, Pluto is unable to reach.

Goofy then gives his box to Pluto, and the show explains that in order for everyone to have what is fair, some may get help while others don’t.

Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Mickey then each have a basket of apples.

But Mickey has less than Minnie, the episode shows.

Minnie gives some of her apples to Mickey so they have the same amount because “fair equals fun.”

In the final scene, all the characters are riding bikes, but Pluto is pushing his bike and cannot keep up.

Goofy attaches a wagon to the back of his bike to pull Pluto instead.

“When we take a ride on our bikes, equity will make it right,” the show states.

“Because fair, fair, fair, equals fun.”

In 2022, Disney decided to stop using the phrases “boys and girls” or “ladies and gentlemen” in an effort to be more “inclusive.”

Later in the year, the “woke” corporation shut down the iconic “Splash Mountain” attraction, claiming it promotes “racial stereotypes.”

Disney has recently come under fire after claiming that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Parental Rights in Education bill, which prohibits lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation in Pre-K-12 classrooms, was not inclusive enough of the LGBTQ community.

Since then DeSantis has moved to limit the corporation’s self-governing privileges in the state.

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(SNews) – Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell has fired back at Liz Cheney after the former congresswoman claimed that President Donald Trump “is not qualified” to be POTUS.

Cheney had taken to Twitter to blast Trump after he recently pledged to pardon most of the Jan. 6 prisoners if reelected.

She responded by claiming that his promise of pardons means he “is not qualified to be President.”

Terrell, a regular Fox News contributor, shot back and humiliated Cheney by reminding her of the disastrous defeat she suffered in the 2022 primary.

Cheney lost her seat in Congress when she was beaten by Trump-endorsed Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY).

In a tweet, Cheney declared: “Any candidate who says they will pardon Jan. 6 defendants is not qualified to be President.”

Terrell responded to her post by telling Cheney: “You are not qualified to serve in Congress!

“That is why you lost by 60 percentage points!”

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Cheney’s comments were an apparent response to Trump saying earlier this month during the CNN Town Hall, “I am inclined to pardon many of them.”

“I can’t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably … got out of control.

He added that “most likely” he would pardon “a large portion of them … and it’ll be very early on.”

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has also hinted at pardons for the Jan. 6 prisoners.

However, DeSantis fell short of a promise, saying only that he’ll consider pardoning Jan. 6 defendants if elected to the White House.

DeSantis, who recently launched his 2024 presidential campaign, appeared on “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show” and was asked about pardoning defendants connected to Jan. 6.

“On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive in issuing pardons,” DeSantis said.

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(SNews) – Hollywood actress Jane Fonda blamed white men for the world’s problems and called to arrest and jail them during a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival with Deadline.

Jane said:

“We still have reason to be hopeful if we do everything right. But I’m saying this is serious. We’ve got about seven, eight years to cut ourselves in half of what we use of fossil fuels.

“And unfortunately, the people that have the least responsibility for it are hit the hardest — Global South, people on islands, poor people of color.

“It is a tragedy that we have to absolutely stop.

“We have to arrest and jail those men — they’re all men.

“It’s good for us all to realize, there would be no climate crisis if there was no racism.

“There would be no climate crisis if there was no patriarchy.

“A mindset that sees things in a hierarchical way.

“White men are the things that matter and then everything else is at the bottom.

“So when I say that I’m fighting the climate crisis, I also feel that I’m fighting patriarchy and racism.

“It’s important because we have to get out of the silos — feminists over here, environmentalists over here.

“That’s what I learned when I started being an activist around the Vietnam War.

“The more you go down any issue, whatever it is, you realize that it’s all connected.

“And if we solve the climate crisis and we haven’t solved those other things, we’re gonna be in trouble,” she said.

“Well, you know, you can take anything -– sexism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, whatever, the war, and if you really get into it, and study it and learn about it and the history of it and — everything’s connected.

“There’d be no climate crisis if it wasn’t for racism,” she said on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” in January.

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(CBrief) – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not have a good week either in Congress or at a town hall-style meeting in her New York district.

Several attendees from New York expressed their dissatisfaction with the congresswoman’s lenient position on illegal immigration, her stance on raising the debt ceiling, and her continuous support for extensive U.S. funding for Ukraine, reports said.

Among them, a man wearing a shirt with a Cuban flag and holding an American flag stood up during the event in Queens and approached the stage, loudly proclaiming, “American citizens should come first before migrants!”

“America first!” he added.

“‘We are on the verge of nuclear war with Russia. Are you going to stop this war?” said another, according to a video of the chaotic scene posted by the Freedom TV Twitter account.

“Where are you on the migrant issue?” the man in the Cuban flag shirt added as security came up to surround him, and others in the audience booed. “You’re a piece of s**t!”

“OK,” AOC said as he was being led away.

At another point, an Iraq War vet attempted to defend the Bronx native, saying, “Immigrants have nothing to do with vets, it’s just an excuse. We all, for the most part, came through Ellis Island.” But another attendee shouted in response: “Legally!”

“Stop funding this war, there’s a lot of communities that need help and need that money,” another woman shouted as she was being led out of the auditorium by security.

“America First. Vetted legal migrants only,” “Stop funding Ukraine,” “AOC: An Obvious Criminal,” and “AOC: Stop pushing drag queen story hour,” were among signs being held by several attendees.

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Earlier, during a House session, AOC thought she hit Republicans with a checkmate on the debt ceiling negotiations during a floor speech.

“They are accusing Democrats of saying we spend too much,” the New York representative said. “For anyone that wants to entertain that thought, I ask you to think about the last time a person has said in this country that the government does too much for them, that their social security check was too high, that teachers are paid too much.”

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) stood next to challenge her.

“My friend from New York, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, said, ‘I ask you think about the last time a person has said in this country that the government does too much for them. When was the last time anyone has heard or seen that,’” he said, quoting the congresswoman.

“I’ll say it right here. I don’t want the government doing most of the things that the government is doing to interfere with the ability of the American people to carry out their lives,” he said. “Federal, state, and local.

“When was the last time you had a bureaucrat show up and you said, ‘Oh joy, thank you, I’m really glad there’s a bureaucrat here?’” he said. “When was the last time you were thankful for 32 trillion dollars in debt, a hundred thousand dollars almost for every man, woman, and child in America? Anybody thankful for 32 trillion dollars in debt? Anybody thankful for a border that’s wide open being exploited by cartels while fentanyl comes in and kills our children? Anybody thankful for that Department of Homeland Security that doesn’t actually secure the Homeland? Anybody thankful for an FBI that went after Scott Smith and labeled him a domestic terrorist for daring to defend his daughter in a school board meeting because she was assaulted in a bathroom?” he said as he continued to tear into bureaucracy.”

“We have a government that is weaponized against the American people and is undermining our liberties and they want more of it,” he said, referring to Democrats. “My colleagues on the other side of the aisle want more government. They want more taxes, they want more spending, they want more bureaucrats knocking on your door.”

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A terrifying moment unfolded during the LSU Tigers’ visit to the White House on Friday. Freshman forward Sa’Myah Smith fainted during President Joe Biden’s speech as the Tigers celebrated their National Championship victory at the nation’s capital. She quickly recovered and is doing fine.

“Folks, it’s okay,” Biden said over the microphone. Watch video of the incident below after the advertisement plays.

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