Horowitz: President Trump should read Black Lives Matter the Riot Act – and the Insurrection Act

The hallmark of a first-world country is not that violence never occurs within its borders, but that once it does, the damage is mitigated immediately and the perpetrators are punished and future criminals deterred. Yet here we are, over 80 days into this national insurrection by terrorist groups like Back Lives Matter and Antifa, and there is no end in sight. Trump is president today, not just after November 4. It's time for him to use his inherent power to put down the insurrection.

The fact that crowds can celebrate about shooting a Trump supporter in cold blood, rampage through Oakland and chant "death to America," and burn down Kenosha until it looks like Beirut demonstrates that we are no longer dealing with belligerent protests or even rioting, but with deadly terrorism. Our tactics – both at the state and federal levels – must comport with this reality.

On the state level, the notion that somehow police must stand back and allow "protests" to fester until they get out of hand and uncontrollable is absurd. When there is clear and present danger that gatherings lead to violence, they can be dispersed. As the Supreme Court said in Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940), "When clear and present danger of riot, disorder, interference with traffic upon the public streets, or other immediate threat to public safety, peace, or order appears, the power of the State to prevent or punish is obvious." Thus, any discussion of "right to protest" is out the window, especially after an 80-day track record and trail of devastation in its wake.

Then there is the federal role. The notion that the Constitution and statute somehow keep the federal government neutral or removed from an organized insurrection is misguided and dangerous. From the early days of the Whiskey Rebellion through the Civil War-era insurrections, the federal government has been at the forefront of restoring peace when states are either inherently incapable or unwilling to protect civil liberties and punish violent forces, especially when they cross state lines and are national in scope.

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/09/horowitz-president-trump-should-read.html

FDA Nears Approval of Injectable Biochip Implants for COVID Detection, Linked to Computers

Backed by funding from Defense Department, and Bill Gates

The Department of Defense, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have partnered with a Silicon Valley company, Profusa, to implement a technology which could control our minds and bodies. What may seem like science fiction, is in fact happening in real-time.

A permanent chip made of an advanced material called hydrogel irreversibly ties humans to the Internet “cloud.” The chip, about the size of a grain of rice, provides feedback to a database on changes in body chemistry and other biometrics. The company says technology will be used to detect COVID in the general population, before symptoms show.

The latest revised CDC overall survival rate for the COVID virus is 99.8%, versus 99.9% for the common flu. Nevertheless, nearly 150 days after governments proclaimed that 15 days of “lockdowns” and social distancing would be necessary to “flatten the curve” so that hospitals would not be overwhelmed, US governors still exert emergency powers based on the announcement of “new cases.”

A defense industry website Defense One reports that the chip implant could win FDA approval by early 2021:

“Profusa, says the sensor is on track to try for FDA approval by early next year.”

The industry magazine writes effusively:

“Why are pandemics so hard to stop? Often it’s because the disease moves faster than people can be tested for it. The Defense Department is helping to fund a new study to determine whether an under-the-skin biosensor can help trackers keep up — by detecting flu-like infections even before their symptoms begin to show.”

The hydrogel chip, which is injected with a syringe, could be injected along with any COVID vaccination. Mandatory vaccination would be the key to any widespread deployment of the project.

Along with with the advent of in-body nanotechnology, and sensors which tie the human body to an artificial intelligence platform, the possibilities for misuse by totalitarian governments has not been lost on technology watchdogs. With advanced biosensors, artificial intelligence may be able to read the subject’s every mood and activity, heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, even sexual activity.

Technology critic Adam Keiper write in The New Atlantis:

“Nanotechnology could theoretically be used to make mind-control systems, invisible and mobile eavesdropping devices, or unimaginably horrific tools of torture.”

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency which is an arm of the Department of Defense, partnered with Profusa, an Emoryville, CA-based biotech company, to develop the technology in 2011. 2011 is the same year that Occupy Wall Street sprang into being.

http://tapnewswire.com/2020/08/fda-nears-approval-of-injectable-biochip-implants-for-covid-detection-linked-to-computers/

'People we didn't elect are running our country': Murray

Sky News host Paul Murray says when it comes to COVID-19, people nobody elected are running our country.

Mr Murray said under the cover of COVID-19, the health bureaucrats, are not only giving advice, but have been giving elected leaders, not only advice, but permission to make decisions.

In the past week, Australian chief health officers rejected Agriculture Minister David Littleproud’s code allowing agricultural workers to freely cross the border if they needed to do so for work purposes.

“Under cover of COVID, who actually runs the joint has changed,” Mr Murray said.

“We need to tell the people that we elect, that our role is not just as the idiot tax payer, we are the people who want to see our families, who want to mourn our dead, who want to support other businesses, who want to be able to freely move to do our businesses.

“Who is in charge of this country right now.”

Sky News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn57ZD94Zxw

Politico Reporter Questions Whether It’s Legal To Post Security Footage Of Pelosi At Salon Since California Is A ‘Two-Party Consent’ State

After it was reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) broke coronavirus lockdown rules to visit a salon, Politico reporter Carla Marinucci came to the top Democrat’s defense by suggesting it might have been illegal to post security camera footage of Pelosi at the San Francisco salon.

“Have to ask upon seeing this: Is it legal in CA – a “two party consent” state – to videotape someone in a private home or business without their consent?” Marinucci asked while linking to a Fox News report about Pelosi’s salon visit.Attorneys quickly pointed out that it is legal to post security camera footage.

Had Marinucci been correct, it would have meant California businesses wouldn’t be allow to even install security cameras without posting some sort of statement suggesting that by entering the store, customers consent to be taped.

On Tuesday night, a San Francisco salon owner accused Pelosi of breaking the city’s coronavirus lockdown order to get a blowout. The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce reported:

Security footage taken from the small business and provided to Fox News appears to confirm the salon owner’s allegation, showing the leading House Democrat with wet hair and no mask walking through the shop on Monday. Hair salons across the city were allowed to open for outdoor services only on Monday for the first time since March.

“It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can’t work,” Erica Kious, owner of eSalon, told Fox News. “We’re supposed to look up to this woman, right? … It is just disturbing.”

Salons in San Francisco have been able to reopen at limited capacity, but only for outdoor services. They are “not supposed to blow dry hair,” according to the coronavirus guidelines, and masks are mandated inside at all times.

As Pearce reported, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammil denied the allegations made by Kious, telling Fox News that “the speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements.”

Security footage showed otherwise, and Pelosi quickly admitted to breaking lockdown order, but claimed she didn’t know she had done anything wrong. The Daily Wire’s Amanda Prestigiacomo reported that Pelosi blamed the salon for her breaking lockdown orders.

“This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business,” Hammill said. “The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment.”

“I was like, are you kidding me right now? Do I let this happen?” Kious, the salon owner, said of message from one of the stylists concerning Pelosi’s request.

“We have been shut down for so long, not just me, but most of the small businesses and I just can’t – it’s a feeling – a feeling of being deflated, helpless and honestly beaten down,” she added. “I have been fighting for six months for a business that took me 12 years to build to reopen.”

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/09/politico-reporter-questions-whether-its.html

Charges Were Dropped Against Man At Portland Riot. He Later Stabbed Multiple People To Death, Police Say.

A man accused of stabbing two people to death in Portland in June was previously arrested during a riot in downtown Portland a week prior to the killings but the charges were dropped when progressive District Attorney Mike Schmidt reportedly decided to not pursue charges.

“Cassy Leaton, 22, and Najaf ‘Nate’ Hobbs, 39, were stabbed on June 16 near Northeast Davis Street. Police arrested Phillip Lawrence Nelson, 39, two days later,” KOIN News reported Tuesday. “He faces two murder charges and is being held without bail. Just days before he allegedly killed Leaton and Hobbs, though, Nelson was taken into custody at a protest in downtown Portland. Court records show he was arrested on charges of interfering with a peace officer. Those charges were dismissed the next day.”

Journalist Andy Ngo noted that the charges from the “violent antifa protest” were dropped because the case “wasn’t pursued by the DA.”

The report from the local CBS affiliate says that investigators believe that the two victims were murdered as part of a dispute they had with Nelson over a renting issue.

“Leaton and Hobbs’ roommate told police that they were originally renting the unit in a fourplex from Nelson, who claimed to be the owner of the building, according to court records,” the outlet reports. “When the three roommates found out Nelson was actually just squatting there, they changed the locks to their unit, angering Nelson, records state.”

Sheriffs in Oregon have cited the fact that so many rioters in Portland have had their criminal charges dropped as reason that they will not be sending any deputies to the city to quell the nightly violence as part of a plan put together by the state’s governor.

Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown said she will be asking sheriff’s deputies from Clackamas and Washington county and Gresham to help Portland Police gain control of the embattled city. “The governor is convening a community forum on racial justice and police reform, which will include Black protest organizers and community leaders, as well as Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler,” KATU News reported.

Clackamas Sheriff Craig Roberts responded:

On Sunday, August 30th, I read that Governor Kate Brown announced a new plan to address the lawlessness happening in Portland. I was surprised to read that the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office was part of the plan since the Governor’s Office never contacted me.

Had Governor Brown discussed her plan with my office, I would have told her it’s about changing policy not adding resources. Increasing law enforcement resources in Portland will not solve the nightly violence and now, murder. The only way to make Portland safe again, is to support a policy that holds offenders accountable for their destruction and violence. That will require the DA to charge offenders appropriately and a decision by the Multnomah County Presiding Judge not to allow offenders released on their own recognizance, and instead require bail with conditions. The same offenders are arrested night after night, only to be released by the court and not charged with a crime by the DA’s Office. The next night they are back at it, endangering the lives of law enforcement and the community all over again.

For all of us in law enforcement, keeping our community safe is our first priority. Had Governor Brown asked me, I would have told her that no amount of human resources will stop the “cycle of violence” (her term) that is making Portland unsafe. For that to occur, the criminal justice system will need do its part and hold offenders accountable.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/09/charges-were-dropped-against-man-at.html

Report: Hunter Biden still profiting off stake in Chinese surveillance company sanctioned for alleged involvement in Uighur persecution

Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, holds a stake in a Chinese surveillance company sanctioned by the U.S. for its alleged involvement in the country's systematic repression of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, the Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday.

The news raises further questions about the Biden family's controversial business dealings in China and casts doubt on Democratic nominee Joe Biden's ability to stand up to China on the world stage should he be elected president.

In the report, the Free Beacon noted:

Bohai Harvest RST Shanghai Equity, an investment firm that Hunter Biden owns a stake in, initially invested in Megvii, a sanctioned Chinese tech company that specializes in facial recognition software, in 2017, according to the company's website. The firm holds a nearly 2 percent stake in Megvii through two holding companies, according to a prospectus filed by Megvii as part of its application for a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange last year.

Megvii, known for its core product, Face++, was added to a the U.S. Commerce Department blacklist last year for "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang."

Hunter Biden's investment in the company was confirmed as part of a new bombshell documentary on BlazeTV, titled "Riding the Dragon: Uncovering the Bidens' Chinese Secrets." The documentary unveils largely unreported details about Hunter Biden's business ventures in China — which even benefitted the Chinese military — while his father, then the vice president, led U.S. policy efforts in the country.

The film highlights a 2019 report by journalist Lee Fang at The Intercept that details Hunter Biden's lucrative investment in the company through his private equity firm, Bohai Harvest.

He's still profiting

The Free Beacon notes that though Biden has since stepped down from the board of the firm, "he still owns a 10 percent stake in the investment firm through his U.S.-based limited liability company Skaneateles LLC, according to corporate records from China's official company database."

While Biden has no legal obligation to divest from Megvii, the fact that he may be aiding the persecution of minorities in China by funding technology sanctioned for human-rights abuses is a cause for concern — especially as his father campaigns for president.

"Riding the Dragon" is available for viewing to subscribers on BlazeTV.com and will also be released to the general public in eight 10-minute "Chapters" on the BlazeTV YouTube channel throughout the week. Those who subscribe to BlazeTV's YouTube channel and click on the notification bell will receive notifications when each chapter is released.

http://www.tathasta.com/2020/09/report-hunter-biden-still-profiting-off.html

WATCH: Kanye West Says Planned Parenthood Kills Blacks ‘Strategically And On Purpose’

Continuing his crusade against Planned Parenthood, Kanye West said that the abortion giant has been killing black people for the past 50 years “strategically and on purpose.”

Speaking with Nick Cannon on his podcast “Cannon’s Class,” West laid out some searing facts about abortion in America, noting that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was a white supremacist.

“In 50 years, there’s been 22 million — over 22,500,000 — black people aborted strategically and on purpose. Planned Parenthood was set up and placed in minority communities to kill black people,” he said.

Playing devil’s advocate, Cannon, who has himself been critical of Planned Parenthood in the past, said that PP supporters would argue that the organization has evolved from the racist roots of its founder to become a force for good in the United States. West slapped that notion down by citing the fact that one of Sanger’s specific goals was to reduce the American black population.

As West relayed the statistics about black abortion, the facts were undeniable that abortion kills more black people in the United States than any other cause.

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, abortion kills more black people than HIV, homicide, diabetes, accidents, cancer, and heart disease — watch this one — combined,” West asserted. “Three thousand shootings in Chicago a year, 700 murders, you’ve got to put that with heart disease, you’ve got to put that with HIV, you’ve got to put that with diabetes, you’ve got to put that with just accidents, and put that with cancer, and it doesn’t add up to specifically abortions. If you think about that number, 1,000 black babies are aborted each day.”

“It’s funny because I’ve sent this to people, and there are some people that say, ‘wow, that touches me.’ Some people say, ‘I feel that,'” he said. “And an overwhelming amount of people that I send it to and their response was, ‘Thank you for sending that.'”

“With no emotion,” Cannon added.

“Thank you for sending? Why would you thank anyone for sending that?” West wondered aloud.

West sparked ire from Planned Parenthood supporters this past July when he told Forbes that the abortion giant is a tool of white supremacists to eliminate black babies.

“Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work,” he said.

“I am pro-life because I’m following the word of the Bible,” he later added.

Planned Parenthood then issued a forceful response to West, accusing him of promoting a “black genocide” conspiracy theory that infantilizes blacks.

“Black women are free to make our own decisions about our bodies and pregnancies, and want and deserve to have the best medical care available,” said Nia Martin-Robinson, the organization’s Director of Black Leadership and Engagement. “Any insinuation that abortion is Black genocide is offensive and infantilizing.”

http://www.cuzzblue.com/2020/09/watch-kanye-west-says-planned.html

Chicago Faces Record $1.2 Billion Budget Shortfall Following ‘Catastrophic’ Economic Collapse, Riots, And Violence

Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, announced Tuesday that the city is facing a historic $1.2 billion budget shortfall for the fiscal year 2021, following what the mayor called a “catastrophic” economic collapse caused by the coronavirus pandemic and by widespread rioting and looting that did an estimated $60 million in physical damage to the city’s downtown and untold damage to its tourism industry.

“Saying Chicago faces ‘a crisis unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetimes,’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot painted a grave financial picture for the city on Monday, detailing a projected $1.2 billion budget shortfall in the 2021 fiscal year,” Chicago’s public broadcasting station, WTTW reported.

“On top of that colossal shortfall, the city’s financial picture worsened significantly during the past three months because of an ‘economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus pandemic,’” Lightfoot said according to the outlet. “The city’s budget for the current fiscal year is now $799 million in the red, she said.”

Lightfoot added that “all options are on the table,” though she refused to get into specifics. In the past, the city has proposed a computer lease tax, a streaming services tax, and a higher restaurant and entertainment tax as stopgap measures for budget shortfalls. This shortfall, though, is so unprecedented, the city is likely to consider more extreme measures, like a property tax hike.

“The reality is that life will be different for the foreseeable future, impacting how services are provided and how departments are structured, and we must adjust to meet that reality,” Lightfoot said. “Some painful choices will need to be made, including the likely necessity of personnel reductions.”

Lightfoot is also pressing for a federal bailout for Chicago and, on a larger scale, Illinois, as part of the fourth coronavirus relief package being discussed now in Congress. Democrats passed bailouts for cities and states impacted by COVID-19-related shutdowns and did not specify that the economic damage being addressed had to be the direct result of the pandemic. Republicans, however, have said there will be no bailout for cities and states — especially those like Chicago and Illinois, whose budget woes long predate coronavirus.

Chicago did get an estimated $470 million in federal funding from the third, bipartisan coronavirus relief bill, the CARES Act, passed back in early May.

The mayor is likely addressing the city’s budget woes now because information came to light, late last week, indicating that Chicago’s city government, which had pledged $10 million in grants to help address damage to private business from the two looting campaigns in June and August, doled out just over $200,000 to help city residents rebuild, per the Chicago Tribune.

Damages from just August’s riots and looting are estimated at around $60 million, and that’s without considering economic losses. Several major retail chains, including Macy’s, which anchors the city’s “Magnificent Mile” shopping district, are now considering dropping their leases and moving their flagship stores outside of the city.

The coronavirus pandemic, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, likely cost the city “in excess of $500 million.”

http://www.madnesshub.com/2020/09/chicago-faces-record-12-billion-budget.html

Lawyer Posts Phone Message From Kyle Rittenhouse From Jail

Bainbridge lawyer John Pierce, who is defending 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, released a phone message of the teen from behind bars.

Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was charged last Wednesday with first-degree murder following his alleged involvement in a two-part shooting last Tuesday night that left two dead and one injured during far-left rioting and chaos in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Pierce has claimed that his client was acting in self-defense against repeated attacks from a “potentially deadly mob,” stating that the teen was failed by local and state politicians who allowed the chaos and destruction to overtake Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake.

“KYLE RITTENHOUSE SPEAKS!!!!!!” Mr. Pierce captioned a video of his taped phone conversation with Rittenhouse (post below). “THIS MUST BE THE TWEET HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!”

Speaking from county jail, Rittenhouse addressed supporters, “I just want to thank every single one of you from the bottom of my heart for the underlying support, it’s just amazing,” he said. “I want to thank all of you for the mail I’ve been receiving, it’s been really helpful.”

“I just wanna let you all know that I’m gonna be out of here soon,” he added. “Just stay strong, and I hope to see you guys soon.”

Pierce, with Rittenhouse still on the line, added that his client was acting in “self-defense.”

“This is 100% self-defense,” the lawyer emphasized. “If this is not self-defense for Kyle Rittenhouse under these circumstances, then no one can protect themselves, no one can protect their family, and no one can protect their country.”

“This is a watershed moment in American history,” Pierce continued, “a very bright line has been crossed. The right to self-defense is a God-given right, and we’re not gonna allow a prosecutor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to take it away from Kyle Rittenhouse.”

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/09/lawyer-posts-phone-message-from-kyle.html

Black Billionaire Hypocrite: Oprah Threatens That America Cannot Move Forward Until “Racial Injustice” And “Betrayal Of Blacks” Is Acknowledged

America cannot achieve “restoration” unless the nation acknowledges “racial injustice” and a “betrayal” of black Americans, said billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey in the most recent episode of her eponymous Apple TV series, The Oprah Winfrey Conversation, Breitbart reports.

The episode featured Winfrey’s interview Bryan Stevenson, a graduate of Harvard Law School and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, an organization with a focus on “racial justice.” Stevenson repeatedly described America as a nation plagued by an “ideology of white supremacy.”

Black Lives Matter is not a radical left group that sprung up over racial injustice, that is what they want you to believe but it is simply not true. Black Lives Matter is a corporation whose real name is Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. The following information is on their web site. It is a nationwide corporation! BLMGNF has chapters in Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Lansing, Long Beach, Memphis, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, South Bend and in Canada in Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo.

Proof that this is not about racial injustice or defund the police, but rather a corporation paying people to cause chaos, riot an loot. So it should come as no surprise that Oprah, a billionaire who donates to BLM and has been very open about her dislike of white people and her beliefs that America is a white nation.

Winfrey repeatedly described the death of George Floyd as a racially-motivated murder, using the terms “modern-day lynching” and “public lynching.”

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/09/02/black-billionaire-hypocrite-oprah-threatens-that-america-cannot-move-forward-until-racial-injustice-and-betrayal-of-blacks-is-acknowledged/

United Airlines To Slash 16,370 Jobs As Air Travel Sinks

United Airlines joined American Airlines in the latest round of massive job cuts as the virus pandemic continues to batter the travel and tourism industry.

United said, in an internal memo, seen by Fox Business, that it will furlough 16,370 workers on Oct. 1. This includes 2,850 pilots, 6,920 flight attendants, and 2,010 technicians.

The Chicago-based carrier has over 90,000 workers and initially warned in July that 36,000 jobs were at risk of being lost as a demand crisis in air travel persisted through summer.

"The pandemic has drawn us in deeper and lasted longer than almost any expert predicted, and in an environment where travel demand is so depressed, United cannot continue with staffing levels that significantly exceed the schedule we fly," the company memo to employees said. "Sadly, we don't expect demand to return to anything resembling normal until there is a widely available treatment or vaccine."

Airlines were infused with $25 billion in stimulus in March from the federal government to keep tens of thousands of workers employed through September. With the bailout funds depleted, air travel recovery that could take a couple years, and some airlines warning that if more bailout money is not seen shortly, another round of massive layoffs could be seen. President Trump has responded to the crisis earlier this week and said his adminstration will support struggling carriers.

"We've got four executive actions that actually the president took, we're going to take a few others," White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said last week. "Because if Congress is not going to work, this president is going to get to work and solve some problems. So hopefully, we can help out the airlines and keep some of those employees from being furloughed."

In July, United's CEO Scott Kirby said air travel won't recover until there's a proven vaccine for COVID-19. With no proven vaccine insight, just optimsic headlines from Trump to pump the stock market, Kirby had to defer all new aircraft deliveries due in 2022.

The latest International Air Transport Association report in mid-August suggested that passenger demand might not return to 2019 levels until 2024.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/united-airlines-slash-16370-jobs-air-travel-sinks

Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes

A group of senators wants to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper for service members, as the organization faces being totally defunded before the year is out.

The bipartisan group, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), on Wednesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper to preserve the "historically significant publication," which only requires "a tiny fraction" of the Defense Department's annual budget, according to the lawmakers.

"Stars and Stripes is an essential part of our nation's freedom of the press that serves the very population charged with defending that freedom," the 15 senators said in the letter. "Therefore, we respectfully request that you rescind your decision to discontinue support for Stars and Stripes and that you reinstate the funding necessary for it to continue operations."

The Pentagon in February proposed cutting all of the newspaper's funding roughly $15.5 million annually to reallocate those dollars toward other high-profile programs, such as space, nuclear and hypersonic systems, Esper said at the time. The Senate version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act does not contain funding for the paper; lawmakers will convene this fall to develop a joint version of the bill.

"We trimmed the support for Stars and Stripes because we need to invest that money, as we did with many, many other programs, into higher-priority issues," he said during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, following DoD's $740 billion budget submission to Congress. Stars and Stripes is published in print and online.

While the paper, which is distributed to U.S. troops stationed at bases worldwide, maintains editorial independence, it receives federal funding as part of the Pentagon's Defense Media Agency. About $8.7 million of the subsidy comes through operations and maintenance (O&M) funding, and about $6.9 million from contingency operations funds, Stripes said. The remainder of the Stripes annual budget comes from advertising, subscriptions and sales.

The senators warned that the deadline for the paper's operation to disband is fast approaching.

"We understand that DoD plans to cease publication of Stars and Stripes on September 30, 2020 and completely dissolve the organization by January 31, 2021 as a result of the proposed termination of funding in the fiscal year 2021 President's budget," they said. "We urge you to take steps to preserve the funding prerogatives of Congress before allowing any such disruption to take place."

In July, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a Marine veteran, introduced an amendment during the House Armed Services Committee markup that would allocated the necessary $15.5 million to keep Stars and Stripes afloat.

"Thousands of troops around the globe rely on them for the kind of news that just isn't covered elsewhere – stories from American bases, the latest Department of Defense news, and transparency coverage that cuts through political and military brass BS talking points," Gallego said. "It's exactly the type of honest coverage that our armed forces need, and we weren't going to let the Administration stifle these voices without a fight."

The lawmakers on Wednesday noted that because of language within the previous year's continuing resolution, passed to sustain funding levels, DoD also cannot legally terminate a program "until a full-year appropriations bill is enacted."

"It was Stars and Stripes that revealed the Defense Department's use of public relations firms that profiled reporters and steered them toward favorable coverage of the war in Afghanistan," the lawmakers said.

"Most recently, the paper brought to light the failure of schools on U.S. military installations to shut down during the pandemic, despite Japanese public schools doing so. These stories illustrate why Stars and Stripes is essential: they report on stories that no one else covers."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/02/senators-esper-reverse-your-decision-kill-stars-and-stripes.html

Apple And Google Now Modifying Phones To Include Full Contact Tracing

Apple and Google power almost every smartphone on earth and now they have jointly agreed to build a full contact tracing app into their core operating systems. This means that an Android phone can ‘rat’ on an iPhone, and vice versa. The door is now wide open for a ubiquitous global command and control system for every person on earth.

Last May, both Google and Apple rolled out changes to their core operating system that included hooks for App developers to build tracing apps. App developers are now summarily excluded from this market. Furthermore, both software giants are collaborating with governments to activate the software within states and regions.

For those of you who will not comply, your choices are few and sub-optimal. You should immediately investigate Faraday bags that block all incoming and outgoing signals from your phone. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood

The tech giants will allow state health agencies to use the software without creating a customized app

Apple and Google said Tuesday they’re expanding coronavirus warning software so that state health agencies can participate without having to create customized apps.

The new option, called “exposure notifications express,” removes one of the key barriers to adoption that led to a slow start to the software, which can warn people when they come in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. So far, only six U.S. states have created apps that work with Apple and Google’s software.

The software, which is built into the operating systems on Google’s Android phones and Apple’s iPhones, uses Bluetooth to tell whether people have spent significant time near one another. If a participant in the exposure notification program tests positive for the coronavirus, that person’s close contacts may get a notification.

“I would say this is an improvement,” said Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Kahn, who has been studying the use of technology to fight the virus, said states have been hamstrung by indecision around which technology vendors they should use to build their apps, among other issues. He said this may help speed up adoption, but shouldn’t be considered a magic bullet. “It’s still not probably serving all the interests that public health would want, but it’s better than nothing,” he said.

https://www.activistpost.com/2020/09/apple-and-google-now-modifying-phones-to-include-full-contact-tracing.html

INSANE Minnesota Mayor Interferes with Traffic Stops, Gets Warnings, Gets Arrested By Police

This is the type of story that I needed to see on my Wednesday afternoon. A radical mayor who the leftist mob of course claims is a “conservative” in Minnesota, arrested for breaking the law, harassing our law enforcement officers, and interfering with a traffic stop.

The insane mayor of Nisswa, Minnesota was arrested for obstruction and disorderly conduct, and it was all caught on video for the world to see. If leaders are doing this to disrespect our hard working men and women in blue, they deserve to be arrested. This insanity must stop!

The mayor of Nisswa, Minnesota, was arrested over the weekend, with his apprehension by police caught on camera and shared on the popular video app TikTok.

Fred Heidmann was arrested for obstruction of a peace officer and disorderly conduct, following an incident in which he seems to have confronted officers carrying out a traffic stop on a vehicle that was not his own.

According to a report from Pequot Lakes PD sent to BMTN, Heidmann started recording officers carrying out a traffic stop as part of the department’s work in the Toward Zero Deaths traffic safety program.

He then allegedly began to cross the highway towards the vehicle, with officers telling him he could record but must do so from a safe distance, at which point Heidmann allegedly “became belligerent and argued with the officers and then left the scene,” only to return a short time later “with the same demeanor.”

Video shared by the TikTok user Mill333 – who said Heidmann “tried to make sure we were okay” – catches a snippet of the conversation, with Heidmann saying: “You know what? And you know what? You’re not qualified to do this kind of work, you should be patrolling the streets.”

It’s at this point that the officer arrests Heidmann, placing an arm around his neck as Heidmann tries to move away, before putting Heidmann’s arm behind his back, and placing him face down on the hood of the car as another officer comes to help.

You can watch the full video unfold below.

https://thedcpatriot.com/watch-insane-minnesota-mayor-interferes-with-traffic-stops-gets-warnings-gets-arrested-by-police/

COMEY Cashes in BIG on TV Series ‘The Comey Rule’ — Jeff Daniels-Led Drama on FBI Boss “May Be Most Important Drama Of This Election Year”

“Useful idiot” is a pretty self-explanatory term the Kremlin has long used to describe expendable assets that they develop and deploy but never respect.

It is also a pretty applicable phrase to sum up the current President of the United States, at least according to Showtime’s excellent and deeply unsettling The Comey Rule which airs September 27-28.

The fact is, coming after years of convoluted and compromised probes like the Mueller Report and a failed impeachment, the Jeff Daniels- and Brendan Gleeson-led The Comey Rule may prove the most important drama in a year that clearly has had no shortage of drama.

With a strong bench that includes Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy and the consistently on point Michael Kelly, The Comey Rule vividly depicts an administration lurching towards lawlessness even before Donald Trump took office and investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election burgeoned.

Based in part on the pink slipped ex-FBI director James Comey’s memoir A Higher Loyalty, the two-parter does jump around a lot in time and political space. To that end, policy wonks and partisans may find their favorite tidbit of the far-reaching bureaucratic battle left out. I get that reaction, but I also say get over it. This is Showtime, not C-SPAN.

Similar to the state of the union the past several years, it has been a turbulent ride for the series written and directed by Billy Ray. At one point, The Comey Rule was pushed to the post-election scheduling graveyard. Pushback from Ray and others saw Showtime parent ViacomCBS change its mind and set the late September dates for the small-screen showdown between the Daniels-portrayed Comey and Trump.

https://truepundit.com/comey-cashes-in-big-on-tv-series-the-comey-rule-jeff-daniels-led-drama-on-fbi-boss-may-be-most-important-drama-of-this-election-year/

Facebook removes GOP lawmaker's post for inciting violence

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) suggested in a Facebook post on Tuesday that armed demonstrators in his state should be met with force, leading the social media platform to remove it for breaking its policies against inciting violence.

In the post on his campaign account, Higgins attached a photo of Black men with guns and wrote: "One way ticket fellas. Have your affairs in order. Me?… I wouldn't even spill my beer. I'd drop any 10 of you where you stand."

"Nothing personal. We just eliminate the threat. We don't care what color you are. We don't care if you're left or right. If you show up like this, if We recognize threat… you won't walk away," Higgins continued.

Higgins further warned people "aggressively natured and armed in my presence" that "[t]hat is where your journey will end."

A Facebook company spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the post from Higgins was removed "for breaking our Violence and Incitement policies."

Higgins also confirmed in a subsequent post that he had not removed his original message.

"No, I did not remove my post. America is being manipulated into a new era of government control. Your liberty is threatened from within," Higgins wrote.

"Welcome to the front lines, Ladies and Gentlemen. I suggest you get your mind right. I’ll advise when it’s time gear up, mount up, and roll out," he added.

The photo in Higgins's since-removed post was from a demonstration this summer in Louisville, Ky., where a Black militia group was protesting the death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot by police in March.

Higgins is a vocal gun rights advocate, and his state allows people to openly carry firearms.

The Facebook posts from Higgins came amid protests in Lafayette, La., over the death of Trayford Pellerin, a Black man who was killed by police on Aug. 21.

Roughly 40 to 50 armed members of a right-wing militia group — who appeared to be all or mostly white men — showed up at a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration on Tuesday night outside Lafayette City Hall, according to the Acadiana Advocate.

It's not the first time Higgins has drawn scrutiny for inflammatory social media posts.

In 2017, Higgins apologized for filming and posting a video inside a former gas chamber in the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/514814-facebook-removes-gop-lawmakers-post-for-inciting-violence

Biden: Officer who shot Jacob Blake should be charged

Democratic nominee Joe Biden said Wednesday that the police officers who shot Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor should be charged with crimes.

Speaking at a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Biden was asked if the officers should face charges in separate incidents that have touched off racial justice protests across the country.

“I think we should let the judicial system work its way,” Biden said. “I do think at a minimum they need to be charged.”

Biden on Thursday will visit Kenosha, Wis., which has been at the epicenter of racial and civil unrest following Blake’s shooting.

Blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. The officers had been called to the scene by a woman who had previously accused Blake of sexual assault.

Taylor was killed in her apartment in March after the police entered with a no-knock warrant while she was sleeping. Taylor’s boyfriend fired on the officers, believing they were intruders. The officers returned fire, killing Taylor.

Both incidents have sparked racial justice protests and demands for police reform.

Biden: Officer who shot Jacob Blake should be charged

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Democratic nominee Joe Biden said Wednesday that the police officers who shot Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor should be charged with crimes.

Speaking at a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Biden was asked if the officers should face charges in separate incidents that have touched off racial justice protests across the country.

“I think we should let the judicial system work its way,” Biden said. “I do think at a minimum they need to be charged.”

Biden on Thursday will visit Kenosha, Wis., which has been at the epicenter of racial and civil unrest following Blake’s shooting.

Blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. The officers had been called to the scene by a woman who had previously accused Blake of sexual assault.

Taylor was killed in her apartment in March after the police entered with a no-knock warrant while she was sleeping. Taylor’s boyfriend fired on the officers, believing they were intruders. The officers returned fire, killing Taylor.

Both incidents have sparked racial justice protests and demands for police reform.

Pence calls Blake shooting 'tragic' but says investigation must play…

Jacob Blake's father says family has been threatened

Trump visited Kenosha earlier this week to highlight businesses that had been destroyed during the protests.

Biden said he would look to “bring people together” during his visit on Thursday.

“There’s been overwhelming requests that I do come,” Biden said. “We have to heal, we have to put things together, bring people together.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514811-biden-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-should-be-charged

US places sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Bensouda

Pompeo: US won’t abide ICC’s ‘illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction’ with Afghanistan probe; court also looking at charging Israel, Hamas with war crimes

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and one of her top aides for continuing to investigate war crimes allegations against Americans.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the moves as part of the administration’s pushback against the tribunal, based in The Hague, for investigations into the United States and its allies such as Israel. The sanctions include a freeze on assets held in the US or subject to US law, and target prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the court’s head of jurisdiction, Phakiso Mochochoko.

Pompeo had previously imposed a travel ban on Bensouda and other tribunal employees because of its investigation into allegations of torture and other crimes by Americans in Afghanistan.

“The United States has never ratified the Rome Statute that created the court and we will not tolerate its illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction,” Pompeo said during a press conference at the State Department.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-places-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court-prosecutor-bensouda/

Does Pompeo do anything besides work for ISRAEL?

11 indicted for alleged Eilat gang rape, several of them minors

Four suspects accused of rape, others of indecent acts and failure to help victim, who says she was assaulted in hotel room while intoxicated

Prosecutors filed indictments Wednesday against 11 suspects for the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl last month, with more charges expected to be brought later against others.

The group of defendants charged at the Beersheba District Court includes both adults and minors.

Four suspects were charged with rape and the rest with other crimes including committing an indecent act, abetting a rape, conspiracy to commit a crime and failing to assist the 16-year-old alleged victim.

Of the four rape suspects, two are men aged 27 from the northern city of Hadera — named Wednesday as Issi Raphaelov and Ilizir Meirov — and the other two are teenage brothers from a community in the south of the country.

“The defendants treated the plaintiff as an object, as a tool to satisfy their desires and none of the defendants tried to stop what was happening and provide any sort of help,” a statement from prosecutors said.

According to the indictment, Raphaelov and Meirov broke into a room at the Red Sea Hotel and brought the girl there while she was drunk, with Raphaelov claiming he was a medic and offering to help her.

“Afterwards, the defendants, for an hour, one after another brutally committed sexual offenses against the girl, while losing their humanity and with demonstrated disregard for her distress, until the the girl was taken out of the room by another defendant at the request of her friend,” the indictment said.

Prosecutors are expected to file further indictments against other suspects in the case, Hebrew media reported.

During the hearing, a crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse calling for justice to be served.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/11-indicted-for-alleged-eilat-gang-rape-several-of-them-minors/

Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Signs Antitrust Cooperation Framework With Australia, Canada, New Zealand, And United Kingdom

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/assistant-attorney-general-makan-delrahim-signs-antitrust-cooperation-framework-australia

ICE arrests 122 individuals in Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Montana in latest operation targeting criminal aliens

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-122-individuals-utah-nevada-idaho-and-montana-latest-operation-targeting

ICE arrests 63 individuals in Colorado and Wyoming in latest operation targeting criminal aliens

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-63-individuals-colorado-and-wyoming-latest-operation-targeting-criminal

National ICE efforts result in more than 300 local arrests

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/national-ice-efforts-result-more-300-local-arrests

ICE arrests 125 individuals in central and south Texas during latest operations targeting criminal aliens

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-125-individuals-central-and-south-texas-during-latest-operations-targeting

Kenosha Protesters Sue Authorities, Claim Curfew Violates Free Speech

Four people arrested in Kenosha for curfew violations have filed a lawsuit against city and county authorities, claiming constitutional violations of free speech and equal protection rights.

Documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Aug. 28 as part of a class action lawsuit against the City of Kenosha and Kenosha County show that the plaintiffs allege violations of the First Amendment and Equal Protection rights.

The equal protection rights claim refers to the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The clause essentially mandates that states must apply the law impartially, not based on arbitrary distinctions between citizens. The plaintiffs claim this is not the case in the law enforcement response in Kenosha, which saw an outbreak of violence amid largely peaceful protests in the wake of the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a suspect in a felony sexual assault who was shot while resisting arrest.

“In Kenosha, there are two sets of laws—one that applies to those who protest police brutality and racism, and another for those who support the police,” the complaint states, referring to pro-police demonstrators and armed citizen patrols that have sprung up in response to destructive riots, which they refer to as “militias.”

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Police officers stand guard inside of a fenced area that surrounds several government buildings in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 27, 2020. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“Over the past 9 days, the Kenosha City Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department have arrested over 150 peaceful protesters for violating the County imposed curfew order, yet in spite of the presence of pro-police protesters and militias, NOT A SINGLE PRO-POLICE demonstrator has been arrested,” the suit contends, adding that authorities have used the curfew “to silence the voices of those who peacefully demonstrate against police brutality while allowing pro-police activists and militias to roam the streets without fear of arrest.”

“Plaintiffs bring this action to protect their right and the rights of others to protest police brutality free of retaliation and free from fear that they will be arrested solely on the basis of the content of their message,” the complaint adds.

The four plaintiffs said they were arrested while protesting in Kenosha, adding that they believe that as they plan to continue protesting, they will be either arrested in the future or “will be chilled from participating in such protests for fear of arrest.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/kenosha-protesters-sue-authorities-claim-curfew-violates-free-speech_3485426.html

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