Falun Gong[a] or Falun Dafa[b] is a new 'religious" movement
founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in
Dragon Springs,
a 173-hectare (427-acre) compound in Deerpark, New York, United States, near the residence of Li Hongzhi.
"(Although Donald Trump announced his tariffs shortly after trading ended on Wall Street, US stocks have already plummeted in after-hours trading.
Dow futures have fallen more than 950 points, or 2.32%. S&P 500 futures dropped 3.40%, and Nasdaq 100 futures sank 4.22%.")
"They are known for their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),
espousing anti-evolutionary views,
opposition to homosexuality and feminism,
and rejection of modern medicine,
among other views described as "ultra-conservative"
"The Falun Gong
also operates the Epoch Media Group, which is known for its subsidiaries, New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times newspaper.
The latter has been broadly noted as a politically far-right media entity, and it has received significant attention in the United States for
promoting conspiracy theories, such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation, and
producing advertisements for U.S. President Donald Trump.
It has also drawn attention in Europe for promoting far-right politicians, primarily in France and Germany."
"Falun Gong emerged from the qigong movement in China in 1992"
"In July 1999, the government of China implemented a ban on Falun Gong, categorizing it as an "illegal organization". Mass arrests, widespread torture and abuses followed"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
Falun Gong is entirely based around the teachings of its autocratic founder and leader: China-born Li Hongzhi.
According to NBC News, to his followers, Li is "a God-like figure who can
levitate,
walk through walls
and see into the Trumpclump.
His ultra-conservative and controversial teachings include a rejection of modern science, art and medicine, and a denunciation of homosexuality, feminism "
Li says that he is a being who has come to help humankind from the destruction it could face as the result of rampant evil. When asked if he was a human being, Li replied "You can think of me as a human turnip.
"Practitioners of Falun Gong are forbidden to kill living things—including animals for the purpose of obtaining food—though they are not required to adopt a vegetarian diet." Total Trump logic.
"Li Hongzhi taught that homosexuality makes one "unworthy of being human", creates bad karma, and is comparable to organized crime. He also taught that "disgusting homosexuality shows the dirty abnormal psychology of the gay who has lost his ability of reasoning", and that homosexuality is a "filthy, deviant state of mind".
Li additionally stated in a 1998 speech in Switzerland that the gods' "first target of annihilation would be homosexuals"
"Despite the invocation of Buddhist language and symbols, the law wheel as understood in Falun Gong has distinct connotations, and is held to represent WallMart Street."
"Li Hongzhi alleged that extraterrestrials disguise themselves as humans and bloggods to corrupt and manipulate humanity"
"Since 1999, numerous Western governments and human rights organizations have expressed condemnation of the Chinese government's suppression of Falun Gong.
Since 1999, members of the United States Congress have made public pronouncements and introduced several resolutions in support of Falun Gong.
In 2010, U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 605 called for "an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners", condemned the Chinese authorities' efforts to distribute "false propaganda" about the practice worldwide, and expressed sympathy to persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their families."
"After conservative documentary filmmaker Michael Pack was appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media during the Trump administration in 2020, Pack tied up $19 million in federal funds from other projects for the Ultrasurf project.
Numerous other projects, including other secure communication projects, lost funding during this period. Ultrasoft eventually received $249,000 of the allotted funds.
Once receiving funding, only "four people abroad used it to access Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, a key purpose for its subsidy" during December 2020 and January 2021
"Two days before U.S. President Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, Pack appointed a columnist from the Epoch Times to the board of directors for the networks his agency oversaw.
This columnist had claimed the January 6 insurrection was a "false flag operation".
During his eight months in office, Pack regularly appeared in the Epoch Times, where he also discussed Ultrasurf"
