Leftist Media Ignores Court Docs Alleging Bill Clinton Visited Epstein Island
The corporate and left-wing media has largely ignored details in newly released court documents about the Jeffrey Epstein case, in which one of Epstein’s victims alleged that former President Bill Clinton was seen on the deceased sex offender’s private island in the company of two young girls.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/02/leftist-media-ignores-court-docs-alleging-bill-clinton-visited-epstein-island/
Revolutionary Communist Party Endorses Democrat Joe Biden For President
The founder and leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA announced on Monday that they were backing presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden for president.
Bob Avakian made the endorsement of Biden an email to supporters, saying, “Biden is not ‘better’ than Trump, in any meaningful way — except that he is not Trump and is not part of the move to consolidate and enforce fascist rule, with everything that means,” The Washington Times reported.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/revolutionary-communist-party-endorses-democrat-joe-biden-for-president
Pro-Police Groups Paint Nation's First 'Back the Blue' Street Mural in Tampa
A group of volunteers in Tampa Bay, Florida, banded together to paint the nation’s first “Back the Blue” street mural over the weekend.
The massive message stretches across the street in front of the Tampa Police Department. The mural took over four hours to paint with the help of more than 40 people, many of whom jumped in to assist as they happened to walk by.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelinepeltzer/2020/08/03/first-back-the-blue-street-mural-appears-in-tampa-n2573632
FTC investigating Twitter for alleged misuse of user data
Twitter is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for alleged privacy violations, another setback for a company that has struggled in recent years to protect private user data and account security.
The FTC is probing the company for using phone numbers uploaded for security purposes to target people with advertising — a potential violation of a 2011 consent decree in which Twitter agreed to better protect personal data, the company said Monday in a regulatory filing. The probe may lead to a "probable loss" of $150 million to $250 million, the San Francisco-based company said.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/ftc-investigating-twitter-for-alleged-misuse-of-user-data-1.639920
Detained 'Drug-Smuggling Cat' Escapes Sri Lanka Prison
A cat detained at Sri Lanka's main prison while allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and cell phone SIM cards has escaped, media reports said Monday.
https://9gag.com/gag/aXgP8W2
Air Force major dies after being hit by truck during Alaska cycling trip
An Air Force squadron commander died Saturday after the bicycle he was riding was hit by a truck northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Maj. Michael “Cal” Gentry, commander of the 354th Contracting Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, died at the scene on Steese Highway, the Air Force said in a statement Monday.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/air-force-major-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-during-alaska-cycling-trip-1.639916
Iran Accidentally Sinks Fake Aircraft Carrier In Wrong Place
The saga of Iran’s fake aircraft carrier, intended as a propaganda coup, is turning into an own goal. The Iranian armed forces, particularly the IRGC-N (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy) delight in attacking the mock U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. It makes their war games more dramatic. And it may be intended to symbolize that they could, if called upon, sink an American carrier. The carrier itself, actually an elaborate target barge, is not intended to sink, however.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/03/iran-accidentally-sinks-fake-aircraft-carrier-in-wrong-place/#6f2aca6bfe75
USS Theodore Roosevelt's Leadership Changes Hands for The Second Time in Four Months
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has a new commanding officer for the third time since March, four months after a Western Pacific deployment marred by a coronavirus outbreak that ended with a diversion to Guam, a leadership crisis and the death of a sailor.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/03/uss-theodore-roosevelts-leadership-changes-hands-second-time-four-months.html
German regulator examines auditor EY over Wirecard accounts
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German body in charge of regulating auditors is examining the work of EY, the auditor that approved the books of collapsed payment services firm Wirecard, the German Economy Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry said Auditors' Regulator (Apas) had upgraded a preliminary investigation that had been running since October 2019, when the Financial Times first reported allegations of fraud at Wirecard, into a full formal regulatory inquiry.
The ministry gave no further details.
https://wincountry.com/news/articles/2020/aug/03/german-regulator-to-examine-auditor-ey-over-wirecard-accounts-handelsblatt/1045726/