George Bush Goes On Far-Left Today Show: Craps on Current GOP as “Isolationist” and “Nativist” and Pushes Amnesty

George W. Bush was always a dummy and turned out to be a patsy for the left — the same left that absolutely destroyed him.

George Bush brought the country Democrat super-majorities in the US House, US Senate and a Marxist America-hater as president.

Sit down, George.

On Tuesday George W. Bush went on the Today Show to crap all over the Republican Party.

Donald Trump ruined things for George and the other members of the GOP establishment.

Pathetic.

Former President George W. Bush described the modern-day GOP as “isolationist, protectionist, and to a certain extent, nativist” in an interview Tuesday that was packed with implicit criticism of the most recent Republican president.

“It’s not exactly my vision” for the party, Bush told NBC’s “Today” show in a rare live TV appearance. “But, you know, I’m just an old guy they put out to pasture.”

Still, Bush remained hopeful that a more moderate Republican — one who supported reasonable gun reform measures, increased public school funding and a path to citizenship for undocumented workers, among other policies — could succeed in the party’s 2024 presidential primary.

“I think if the emphasis is integrity and decency and trying to work to get problems solved, I think the person has a shot,” he said.

As for the Jan. 6 insurrection perpetrated by supporters of former President Donald Trump, “it did make me sick. I felt ill. And I just couldn’t believe it,” Bush said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/dummy-george-bush-goes-far-left-today-show-craps-current-gop-isolationist-nativist-pushes-amnesty/

“Now I’m Beginning to Wonder Why Would They Not Want to Prove That Their Election System Works?” – Karen Fann, President of the Arizona Senate on Maricopa County Supervisors

Arizona Republicans were on Spicer and Co. where they defended the audit that they have ready to go in Maricopa County. Sean appeared baffled by their efforts. Those who have followed this story have no questions about why it is needed.

Karen Fann, the President of the Arizona Senate, and Rick Gray, the Arizona Senate Majority Leader, joined Sean Spicer and Lyndsay Keith on Newsmax’s ‘Spicer & Co.’ last night.

Fann began the segment by responding to Spicer’s question asking, ‘Tell us what you are trying to accomplish with this audit.’:

Well, from the very get-go, we saw right, the day after the election, we were getting hundreds and hundreds of emails of people asking questions about the integrity of the election. Some of that was because our Secretary of State had made a deal to allow people to register four days after the election. We started hearing of things going around the nation, and I had asked the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to please expand their double-checking of their audit. And, it kind of just snow balled from there.”

Senator Gray responded to a similar question from Spicer after Spicer said, “you’ll recount the ballots and you’ll get the same number”:

We have a lot of concerned voters who don’t trust the system, so the whole purpose of this verifying to the voters that this system was accurate. And of course, it is the legislature’s responsibility to deal with election laws. So if there are any problems, we need to change some statutes and adjust to make sure what we are doing is appropriate.”

Fann then shared this:

Unfortunately and what is interesting is from the get-go it has been nothing but certifying election integrity. But the fact that we have been pushed back. They have sued us. They are threatening to sue us again. Maricopa County supervisors have done everything in their power to prevent us from doing this and now I’m beginning to wonder why would they not want to prove that their election system works, that it’s perfect. I don’t understand why we are getting threatened, sued and threatened, when all we want to do is election integrity here.”

Good luck on the audit and may you all be protected as you seek the truth in Arizona’s Maricopa County.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/now-beginning-wonder-not-want-prove-election-system-works-karen-fann-president-arizona-senate-maricopa-county-supervisors/

New Zealand throws support behind Five Eyes spy network 24 hours after raising concerns about increasing its remit

New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has committed to the nation’s “vital” partnership with the Five Eyes spy network a day after stating in a speech on China that she’s “uncomfortable” with expanding its remit.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Mahuta walked back her remarks, recommitting to the “security and intelligence partnership” with the other members of the Five Eyes intelligence network, describing it as vital to the nation’s defense.

New Zealand is a real beneficiary of the arrangement and will continue to actively engage with the Five Eyes alliance as we always have.

On Monday, the foreign minister told the New Zealand China Council that “we are uncomfortable with expanding the remit of the Five Eyes relationship,” seen as a condemnation of the group’s recent statements critical of China’s alleged human rights violations against Uighurs in Xinjiang and the crackdown in Hong Kong.

Beijing has responded to the criticism thrown at it by claiming that “the Five Eyes have taken coordinated steps to gang up on China,” opposing its intervention into the Asian nation’s domestic affairs.

New Zealand has, in the past, sought to distance itself from the Five Eyes network’s comments on activities in China, viewing it as being “out of the remit” of the group and risking the relationship between Wellington and Beijing.

On Wednesday, Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne will arrive in New Zealand to meet with Mahuta, the first time the pair will have engaged in a face-to-face meeting since their borders reopened after getting Covid under control.

Australia’s relationship with China has worsened since the pandemic began, after Canberra called for an inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, which Beijing took insult at.

https://www.rt.com/news/521585-new-zealand-defends-five-eyes-intelligence-network/

European Drug Regulator Slaps Safety Warning On J&J Jab Due To Blood-Clot Links

While Europe grapples with its own vaccine safety scandal, the EMA, the same EU pharma regulator that has insisted that the AstraZeneca-Oxford jab's benefits far outweigh its risk, has just poured cold water on J&J's vaccine.

Although the EMA said the reported combination of blood clots and low blood platelets is very rare, and the overall benefits of J&J's COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen in preventing COVID-19 outweighs the risks of side effects, the EMA has decided to affix a safety warning to the J&J jab - a warning that EMA neglected to impose on the AstraZeneca jab that is so critical to the Continent's vaccination program.

The EMA's safety committee, known as PRAC, determined that blood clots caused by the vaccine occurred mostly at unusual sites such as in veins in the brain (cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, CVST) and the abdomen (splanchnic vein thrombosis) as well as in the arteries. They're often accompanied with low levels of blood platelets and sometimes bleeding. The cases reviewed were very similar to the cases that occurred with the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, Vaxzevria, the committee said.

Healthcare professionals and people who will receive the vaccine "should be aware of the possibility of very rare cases of blood clots combined with low levels of blood platelets occurring within three weeks of vaccination," the committee added.

Mirroring comments from a top CDC doctor delivered at a press conference in the US last week which was called to discuss the blood clots tied to J&J, the PRAC said the blood clots were likely an autoimumune response to the jab. The response mirrors the reaction sometimes seen in patients treated with heparin, a blood-thinning agent, which is called heparin induced thrombocytopenia. Questions about the AstraZeneca jabs' link to these dangerous blood clots let US authorities to halt its Phase 3 trial for more than a month.

It's believed that the roots of the problem lie in the adenovirus platform upon which both J&J and AstraZeneca jabs were built.

The PRAC said it would make "further recommendations" about the J&J jab's safety once it finally finishes its accelerated safety review. Meanwhile, J&J jabs remain on hold in the US.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/european-drug-regulator-slaps-safety-warning-jj-jab-due-blood-clot-links

EU Walks Back Embarrassing Claim Of 150,000 Russian Troops Near Ukraine Border

Last week, Ukraine said Russia has 80,000 troops along the border, but how Kyiv determined the numbers is not clear

The European Union had to correct a claim made by its foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, concerning Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. Borrell told reporters on Monday that there were “over 150,000” Russian troops near the border. The number was corrected in a transcript of his briefing on the EU’s website to “over 100,000.”

Despite the change, it’s still unclear how the EU determined that there are over 100,000 Russian troops near the border. Russia has announced the deployment of additional forces near Ukraine in recent weeks, but nothing has indicated it sent over 100,000 troops to the region. Last week, a spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed there were 80,000 troops stationed along the border of Ukraine, with 40,000 of them in Crimea.

The fact that Russia has troops in Crimea is no surprise. Moscow had a military base in the peninsula even before Crimea joined the Russian Federation in 2014. An alarmist report from the Daily Mail published satellite images that it claims show a Russian military build-up at a base in Crimea. But the base is located in southern Crimea, nowhere near the conflict zone in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Demonstrating that the Daily Mail report lacks any credibility, it repeats Borrell’s original claim that 150,000 Russian troops have amassed as fact.

When asked about Borrel’s comments, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the situation is “concerning” to the US. “What I can tell you is, in general, we have continued to see this build-up increase. And again, that is concerning to us,” He said. While Kirby didn’t offer any numbers, he claimed the Russian troop deployment is “certainly bigger” than the 2014 deployment Kirby said resulted in a “violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/04/19/eu-walks-back-claim-of-150000-russian-troops-near-ukraine-border/

Goldman Analyst Barred From Securities Industry For Insider Trading

A former Goldman Sachs research analyst has just been barred from the securities industry for blatantly trading on insider information extracted from fellow analysts at Wall Street's most powerful firm.

According to a statement from Finra, Maguire bought shares in two companies via undisclosed trading accounts after seeing internal emails that the research analyst covering those companies was upgrading his ratings from "neutral" to "buy" in April and June 2020.

What's more, Maguire tried to cover up his insider trades by lying to Finra when it first started sniffing around. Jessica Hopper, Executive Vice President and Head of FINRA’s Department of Enforcement, released a statement about the decision on twitter: "Insider trading by securities industry professionals erodes the public trust in our capital markets. FINRA utilizes sophisticated surveillance tools to detect and remediate this type of misconduct. Ensuring market integrity is one of FINRA’s core missions and weeding out misconduct from within the industry will always be a priority for FINRA."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-analyst-barred-securities-industry-insider-trading

Steve Scalise takes Maxine Waters to task over her ‘incitement’: ‘I was shot because of this kind of dangerous rhetoric’

'Waters knew her rhetoric would incite violence … but she doesn't care'

Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise said Monday that California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters' "dangerous rhetoric" is the same kind of language that led to a dangerous shooting at a 2017 GOP congressional baseball practice.

Scalise and at least five other victims were treated for gunshot wounds following what appeared to be a targeted attack on Republican lawmakers and their aides.

What happened in that shooting?

Scalise was nearly killed in a hail of gunfire when accused gunman James Hodgkinson opened fire on the practice. Hodgkinson was fatally shot by police during the attack.

Hodgkinson previously expressed extreme opposition toward the Republican Party and former President Donald Trump before opening fire on the GOP baseball practice.

From a 2017 NPR report:

The alleged shooter expressed fervent opposition to the Republican Party and called for higher taxes on the rich, in statements on social media and letters to a local newspaper. He apparently volunteered for the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to the Vermont senator, who condemned the attack.

And what did Waters say?

During a weekend appearance in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Waters addressed the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces murder charges in the May death of George Floyd.

Waters insisted that people should "stay on the street" if the jury doesn't deliver a verdict to convict Chauvin on the related murder charges.

"[W]e've got to get more active," she told activists and demonstrators at the time. "[We've] got to get more confrontational. [We've] got to make sure that they know we mean business."

What's Scalise saying now?

Scalise argued that Waters' remarks were dangerously inflammatory.

On Twitter, the Louisiana Republican wrote, “Let's be clear: Maxine Waters knew her rhetoric would incite violence in Minneapolis — but she doesn't care, she just requests police escorts for herself. I was shot because of this kind of dangerous rhetoric. Where is the outrage from Dems & the media? They need to condemn this."

Let's be clear: Maxine Waters knew her rhetoric would incite violence in Minneapolis—but she doesn't care, she just… https://t.co/4RTCqyOXqE

— Steve Scalise (@Steve Scalise)1618872278.0

It isn't the first time Scalise has called out dangerous rhetoric from the left.

In 2018, the congressman implored liberals and Democrats to speak up and tamp down inflammatory speech following further threats to his life.

"You look at some of the liberal rhetoric that's coming out from the left. They're encouraging and inciting — in many cases — violence. And it's got to stop," Scalise warned at the time. "In fact, liberals need to call this out. They need to speak up, just as we're speaking up saying is there's no place for it on the Republican or Democrat side. I think people on the left need to be as vocal about calling out this kind of violence."

What are the leaders in Congress saying?

Calls to censure Waters for her remarks came from both the left and right, and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed to bring action against her if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did not.

For her part, Pelosi defended Waters' remarks, and said, "Maxine talked about confrontation in the manner of the civil rights movement. I myself think we should take our lead from the George Floyd family. They've handled this with great dignity and no ambiguity or lack of misinterpretation by the other side."

Pelosi also added that Waters should not have to apologize for the remarks.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/steve-scalise-maxine-waters-incitement

At least one believed to be killed, others injured in Long Island supermarket shooting

A busy Stop & Shop on Long Island erupted in bloodshed Tuesday when a gunman shot three people, including one fatally, inside the managers’ office — before possibly hopping on a bus to flee.

The killer — identified by cops as Gabriel deWitt Wilson, a 31-year-old current or former worker at the West Hempstead grocery store — used a handgun for his carnage and is still on the loose, police said.

Cops urged residents to stay indoors while the manhunt for Wilson, last seen in a black baseball cap and black sweatshirt, continued.

“The #NassauCountyPD is canvassing the area & nearby schools have been notified to lock down & secure their buildings,” the Nassau County Police Department said in a tweet a little after noon.

“The subject has not been apprehended yet & we ask that area residents remain indoors.”

The crime unfolded with about 100 people in the store — prompting screams and panic, authorities said.

The dead victim was a 49-year-old store employee, police said. The two wounded people were conscious and alert, authorities said.

The suspected shooter was last seen running toward Hempstead Turnpike and is believed to have gotten on a bus to flee, a local NBC-TV outlet reported.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/20/long-island-supermarket-shooting-at-least-one-person-killed/

President Biden says he’s ‘praying’ that jurors convict Derek Chauvin

President Biden says he’s “praying” that jurors convict former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder for killing George Floyd — less than 24 hours after the judge in the case called on elected officials to stop talking about the trial.

“I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict. Which is – I think it’s overwhelming in my view,” Biden told reporters at an unrelated Oval Office event Tuesday.

The blunt assessment by the nation’s top elected official comes the morning after the judge in the Chauvin case called on politicians to zip their lips.

Judge Peter Cahill said Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters ‘ (D-Calif.) remarks urging protestors to be more confrontational in the event of an acquittal could lead to the whole case “being overturned.“

He went on to say, “This goes back to what I’ve been saying from the beginning. I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law and to the judicial branch and our function.”

Biden said that he called Floyd’s family on Monday night after jurors began to deliberate in the case.

“I’ve come to know George’s family,” Biden said. “And his brother, both brothers.”

Biden said he waited to call Floyd’s family until closing arguments were done so that he wasn’t seen as applying pressure to jurors — as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) stands accused of doing.

“I waited until the jury was sequestered and I called,” Biden said, without directly mentioning controversy over inflammatory remarks from Waters, who told a protest crowd Sunday near Minneapolis, “We’ve got to get more confrontational” if Chauvin is acquitted.

Biden said Floyd’s family does not want violence if Chauvin is found not guilty.

“They’re a good family and they’re calling for peace and tranquility no matter what that verdict is,” Biden said.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/20/biden-says-hes-praying-that-jurors-convict-derek-chauvin/

Biden/Fauci COVID Comms Advisor Locks Twitter Account Following Exposé of Anti-Asian, Anti-White Tweets.

Following a National Pulse exposè revealing racist tweets from Clarke Humphrey, President Biden’s Deputy Digital Director for his COVID-19 Response team, she locked her Twitter account.

Among the anti-white tweets exposed by The National Pulse were calls to “ban white people,” instructing people to “don’t get in a car with white ppl,” and insisting “we truly do gotta get white men all the way outta here.”Additionally, National Pulse Investigative Reporter Natalie Winters shared two old posts from Humphrey referencing Asians on Twitter.

“Lol but i had to deal with all the asians with all that wic and they couldnt even speak english most of the time,” she tweeted in 2011. She also tweeted “lmao thats true though , ive witnessed it plentyyy of times at the stop and shop where i worked , #madddasians” in the same year.

The tweets appear to have prompted Humphrey to lock her Twitter account, but archived versions of the posts are still available.

The self-avowed “greatest online fundraiser in american history” has been involved in Democratic politics since 2014, beginning at the DNC before working for the Hillary Clinton campaign, then bouncing back to the DNC before departing for the Biden campaign.

Humphrey’s current role in the Biden White House also places her on the same COVID-19 Response Team as Dr. Anthony Fauci.

https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/clarke-humphrey-locks-twitter/

NYT Columnist Suggests Chinese Communist Party Runs Technology in… Idaho?

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman proposed allowing the Chinese Communist Party-tech firm Huawei – labeled a “national security threat” by the Trump administration and decades-long military collaborator by the Department of Defense – to implement its technology in the state of Idaho.

The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner advanced the bizarre proposal during an interview with the state-run media outlet China Global Television Network (CGTN):

“One of the things I’ve actually suggested is that say to Huawei we are going to let you wire a single state – Idaho say – for a couple of years, and we’ll see how it goes. We need to build a pathway for Huawei to become what we consider a good international actor.”

“China’s our economic peer. One day it may be our equal. One day it may be our superior for all I know,” he adds.

Huawei has extensive links to both the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army, prompting the U.S. State Department to identify it as an “arms of the state – or, more precisely, the Chinese Communist Party.” Labeled a “national security threat” by the Trump administration and a decades-long Chinese military collaborator by the U.S. Department of Defense, Huawei routinely provides the Chinese Communist Party backdoor access to its products, networks, and devices. The U.S. State Department also emphasized that the Chinese Communist Party uses Huawei as an “instrument not only for making money but also for pursuing the Party-State’s agenda and fulfilling its strategic objectives […] deeply enmeshed in Beijing’s system of oppression at home and its increasingly assertive strategic ambitions globally.”

The interview follows various Chinese state-run media outlets hyping the New York Times columnist’s writings and comments from an event at the state-run Center for China and Globalization. During the CGTN interview, the host also reveals she’s a “fan” of Friedman, who in turn reveals they are “old friends.”

In the interview, Friedman also calls for closer U.S.-China ties, insisting “I’m a romantic for that previous era of integration.”

“I want as many Chinese students in our universities as we can possibly fit. We have almost 350,000 to 400,000. I’d like to double it,” he asserts despite U.S. intelligence officials cautioning the potential for espionage and intellectual property theft. “I hope one of the first things that happens is that China lifts its restrictions on foreign journalists, that we lift our restrictions on Chinese journalists,” Friedman also reveals as one of his post-pandemic desires.

WATCH:

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/nyt-columnist-proposes-ccp-tech-in-idaho/

Yale, Columbia to Mandate CCP Virus Vaccinations for Students

Yale University and Columbia University are joining a growing list of institutions that will require students to be vaccinated for the fall semester.

The two universities posted notices on Monday stipulating that all students who plan to be on campus at the start of the fall 2021 semester must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

In its announcement, Yale University said it “will make reasonable accommodations for medical and religious exemptions from vaccination.” Columbia University in its announcement said it “will provide religious and medical exemptions, as we do for the influenza and measles vaccines, in accordance with New York State public health laws.”

Yale and Columbia universities said they will provide more information in the coming weeks, including how students should record their vaccinations if they receive them elsewhere, how students can seek exemptions, and also a list of vaccines that would satisfy Yale’s requirements. Both universities also have their own vaccination programs.

Yale also announced that it is considering whether to mandate the vaccines for faculty and staff, and that it has asked a working group to make recommendations, which will be expected in the coming weeks. The university will decide on the matter in June.

Two other Ivy League schools, Cornell University and Brown University, have already mandated CCP virus vaccines for students, alongside more than a dozen other universities and colleges.

Four Ivy League schools have not mandated the CCP virus vaccines. Harvard University and Princeton University both recommend students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 but have not made it a requirement.

Dartmouth College has also been encouraging students to get the shot, and has offered “privileges/freedoms” to those who have been vaccinated. The University of Pennsylvania is asking all eligible University faculty, staff, postdocs, and students to get vaccinated, noting that it has a vaccine clinic open on its campus.

https://www.ntd.com/yale-columbia-to-mandate-ccp-virus-vaccinations-for-students_600210.html

Biden Admin Announces ‘Strong Support’ For DC Statehood Bill, Says 51st State ‘Long Overdue’

President Joe Biden’s administration announced “strong support” for a Democratic push for D.C. statehood in a statement on Tuesday, putting its weight behind a long-time dream of the Democratic Party.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to bring the bill, H.R. 51, to a vote this week, where it will almost certainly pass. The bill faces much more robust opposition in the Senate, however. If signed into law, the bill would create “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” as the 51st state while maintaining a separate federal district.

“For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have been deprived of full representation in the U.S. Congress. This taxation without representation and denial of self-governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded,” the administration argues, adding that the representation is “long overdue.”

“Establishing the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth as the 51st state will make our Union stronger and more just,” the statement continued. “The Administration calls for the Congress to provide for a swift and orderly transition to statehood for the people of Washington, D.C.”

The push to declare certain areas of D.C. a new state is fraught with constitutional questions as well. The founders wrote into the constitution that the land ceded by Virginia and Maryland to become the U.S. Capital city should not exceed 10 square miles. Democrats argue that because the Constitution does not call for a minimum size, only a maximum limit, that certain areas of Washington could be turned into a state while maintaining a smaller federal district.

Republicans argue that the push for statehood is a partisan attempt to gain two additional Democratic senators in Congress as well as a Democratic representative in the House. They also argue turning D.C. into a state via legislation in Congress is unconstitutional on multiple counts.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/20/biden-dc-statehood-washington-capital/

Rosanna Arquette Defends Maxine Waters: She’s a ‘National Treasure’

Hollywood actress Rosanna Arquette has come to the defense of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), calling her a “national treasure” as the long-serving Congresswoman faces intense criticism after she encouraged protest mobs in Minnesota to become “more confrontational.”

Rosanna Arquette tweeted her support for Rep. Waters on Monday. “We love her,” the Desperately Seeking Susan star wrote, sharing a photo of the two women at the Womens March in Los Angeles.

Rep. Waters is facing growing heat over comments she made while visiting protestors in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, over the weekend in anticipation of a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

“We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active,” Waters said. “We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure they know we mean business.”

Waters, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said she was looking for a “guilty” verdict.

Republicans are calling for disciplinary action against Waters, with a possible House censure vote in the works. While GOP leaders are accusing Waters of stoking violence and fueling the fires of racial unrest, Waters has defended herself, claiming that she didn’t encourage violence and that “the whole Civil Rights movement is confrontation.”

The judge in the Chauvin trial said Waters’ comments were so serious in nature that they created grounds for possible appeal if Chauvin is convicted of murder or manslaughter.

“I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” Judge Peter Cahill told the defense.

Rosanna Arquette has used her Twitter account to repeatedly smear Republicans as bigots, recently tweeting that the “R” stands for “racist.”

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/04/20/rosanna-arquette-defends-maxine-waters-shes-a-national-treasure/

France Should Change Coming Elections to Prevent Right-Wing Victory Says Veteran Civil Servant

A former senior French civil servant has recommended that France change the order of coming elections to prevent a potential victory for populist-nationalist Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

Philippe Lazar, a former senior civil servant, admitted that there is a possibility for a victory for Ms Le Pen in next year’s presidential elections and said a way to prevent such a victory could be to have the French parliamentary elections held before the presidential election.

In an opinion article for the French newspaper Le Monde, Lazar stated that while Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) would likely increase its seats in a parliamentary election, it would not get at least half of the seats, and such a result could impact support for Le Pen as a presidential candidate.

“Emmanuel Macron knows full well that, even if he is re-elected, it will be by a small majority and that his supporters will not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly, which would make his second five-year term extremely difficult to manage,” Lazar said.

French parliamentary elections are typically held just a month after a presidential election and often see the party of the presidential winner perform well and win a majority in the parliament, as was the case in 2017 when Emmanuel Macron’s Le Republique en Marche! (LREM) and its allies won a majority in June of 2017.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/20/former-top-french-civil-servant-calls-for-election-change-stop-le-pen/

400K Fewer Young People Employed in Britain Since the Lockdowns Began

LONDON (AP) – The number of workers on U.K. corporate payrolls dropped by 0.2% in March as young people were hardest hit by coronavirus restrictions that closed bars, restaurants and hotels, according to the latest government statistics.

Company payrolls fell by 56,000 last month, pushing the decline since March of last year to 813,000, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.

Workers under 25 accounted for more than half the decline, with the number of young people on company payrolls dropping by 436,000 over the past year. Payrolls in the accommodation and food service industries, which employ large numbers of young people, fell by 355,000 workers.

Despite the drop in payroll figures, the unemployment rate for the three months through February fell to 4.9%, a decline of 0.1% from the November-January period. The figures don´t include furloughed employees, who continue to receive a portion of their wages under a government program designed to preserve jobs during the pandemic.

About 4.7 million workers across the U.K. were fully or partially furloughed during March, according to ONS figures released last month.

The U.K. has begun to relax restrictions imposed in December to limit the spread of COVID-19. Nonessential shops, hairdressers and gyms across England were allowed to reopen last week, while bars and restaurants were permitted to serve patrons outdoors. Indoor service is scheduled to resume May 17.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/20/400k-fewer-young-people-employed-in-britain-since-the-lockdown/

Furious UN Says UK Govt Report Denying Systemic Racism ‘Normalises White Supremacy’

The United Nations has slammed a black-led report on British race relations which found that “institutional” or “systemic” racism does not in fact exist, claiming it normalised “white supremacy”.

“In 2021, it is stunning to read a report on race and ethnicity that repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact, twisting data and misapplying statistics and studies into conclusory findings and ad hominem attacks on people of African descent,” read the astonishing intervention by the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, attached to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), against the findings of Britain’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.

“The report cites dubious evidence to make claims that rationalize white supremacy by using the familiar arguments that have always justified racial hierarchy,” the so-called experts alleged of the “reprehensible” British report — which was led by black academic Dr Tony Sewell.

“This attempt to normalize white supremacy despite considerable research and evidence of institutional racism is an unfortunate sidestepping of the opportunity to acknowledge the atrocities of the past and the contributions of all in order to move forward,” the UN officials railed.

They further alleged that the British report was “normalizing atrocity, in which the British state and institutions played a significant role” and referenced reparations for slavery.

Woke Cambridge Professor Compares Black Race Report Author to Goebbels https://t.co/aAmfaMmdqv

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 3, 2021

The Boris Johnson administration, which has hitherto not been especially strong in defending Dr Sewell’s team and their report from left-wing attacks, actually put up some fight against the UN officials, with the Prime Minister’s spokesman saying: “Our view is that [the UN] misrepresents the [British] findings. We remain proud of the UK’s long history as a human rights champion and we encourage everyone to read the original report in full.”

They did go on to strike a somewhat groveling note on the question of whether or not Dr Sewell’s report “normalises white supremacy”, however, emphasising how it actually “highlights that racism and inequality are still problems for our country.”

A former government minister who spoke to the MailOnline was more forthright, remarking sarcastically that “The UN, based in New York, would of course know a lot about race relations in the UK.”

The former minister added that they were impressed that the UN officials had been able to assess the state of race relations in the United Kingdom in spite of coronavirus-inspired restrictions on travel.

‘They Need Hanging’: BLM Radical Sasha Johnson Blasts ‘House Negroes’ After UK Race Report https://t.co/xBJaZJhr9V

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 1, 2021

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/20/un-says-uk-report-denying-systemic-racism-normalises-white-supremacy/

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Mexican Cartel Proofs of Human Smuggling Payments Litter South Texas Border

McALLEN, Texas — Telltale signs of cartel involvement in the human trafficking of migrants across the Rio Grande were evident in the past week. Scattered throughout the brushy areas along the riverbank lay multi-colored wristbands which demonstrate that migrants paid their “piso” or tax for the privilege of crossing through cartel turf.

The Gulf Cartel controls most of the crossing points in Reynosa to McAllen. They also hold control in Miguel Aleman despite recent skirmishes with the Cartel del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas, a rival. Although they are not exclusively in the business of human trafficking, they do control anyone trying to illicitly cross the border.

Cartels meticulously record how their instituted fees are paid by assigning each migrant a pin number or “clave.” The wristbands look like hospital tags. The bracelets inform foot guides that the migrant is authorized to cross.

In a study published in 2019 by the Rand Corporation, pisos paid to cartels were estimated between $300 and $700 per migrant. The fee only covers access to the immediate border area controlled by the cartel. Local guides may collect another fee for roughly $100 apiece to use their inflatable rafts. These fees are not inclusive of the journey from the home country.

The fees paid to the smugglers can be much higher if a migrant does not intend to surrender to Border Patrol with the family units and unaccompanied children. Single adults typically are not immediately released—creating a premium incentive for smuggling past the patrols. Estimates provided by a Border Patrol source indicate the fee for multiple crossing attempts may be as high as $3,000. Different color bracelets also evidence the crossing option.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/04/19/exclusive-photos-mexican-cartel-proofs-of-human-smuggling-payments-litter-south-texas-border/

US must prepare for nuclear war: Strategic Command warns today's unpredictable conflicts could escalate 'rapidly' where countries consider nuclear use as 'their least bad option'

US Strategic Command will warn in its annual posture statement that the 'spectrum of conflict today' could rapidly lead to nuclear war.

Commander Charles Richard will give testimony to the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Armed Services this week.

The posture review informs Congress on the state of Strategic Command and what it intends to do with its 2022 budget request.

It also determines the command's readiness for combat, its strategic vision and likely causes of conflict in the near future.

Strategic Command said in a preview of their statement on Monday: 'The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable.

'We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option.'

The testimony will be heard on Tuesday and Wednesday and will be delivered by Commander Richard alongside US Space Command's Commander James Dickinson.

Ahead of the review, he said his force has the difficult position of trying to prepare for a war that has never been fought before. The army general told The Hill: 'United States Space Command faces a unique dilemma in that we can't plan for future conflicts based on how we fought previous conflicts even if we were inclined to do so. Rather, we are preparing for the war not yet fought.

'Why do we need to prepare for such a conflict when space has traditionally been a peaceful domain, open to all for exploration, and whose benefits improve the lives of virtually every human being on Earth?

'As I will soon testify to Congress, the answer is because highly capable competitors realize the extraordinary military and economic advantages that space-based capabilities give to the United States and our allies.'

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2021/04/us-must-prepare-for-nuclear-war.html

U.S. to set aside 6,000 guest worker visas for Central Americans - sources

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s longtime leader has died of wounds suffered during a visit to front-line troops battling a little-known rebel group, the military announced Tuesday, just hours after he was declared the winner of a an election that would have given him another six years in power.

The military quickly announced President Idriss Deby Itno’s son as the central African nation’s interim leader, succeeding his 68-year-old father who ruled for more than three decades.

Some observers immediately questioned the chain of events leading up to Tuesday’s stunning announcement on national radio and television.

Ayo Sogunro, a Nigerian lawyer and fellow at the South Africa-based Center for Human Rights, said that under Chadian law the term of an incumbent president who dies is completed not by family members but by the National Assembly.

“The army seizing power and conferring it on the son of the president … is a coup and unconstitutional,” Sogunro tweeted Tuesday, calling for the African Union to condemn the transfer of power.

Deby’s 37-year-old son, Mahamat, is best known as a top commander of the Chadian forces aiding a U.N. peacekeeping mission in northern Mali. The military said Tuesday he now will head an 18-month transitional council following his father’s death.

The military called for calm, instituting a 6 p.m. curfew and closing the country’s land and air borders as panic kept many inside their homes in the capital, N’Djamena.

“In the face of this worrying situation, the people of Chad must show their commitment to peace, to stability, and to national cohesion,” Gen. Azem Bermandoa Agouma said.

The circumstances of Deby’s death could not immediately be independently confirmed due to the remote location of the fighting. The government has released few details of its efforts to put down the rebellion in northern Chad. The army said Tuesday that Deby had fought heroically but was wounded in a battle. He was then taken to the capital where he later died of unspecified wounds.

Some residents of the capital, though, said they feared there was more to the story of Deby’s demise.

“The rumors that are going around about the transitional council give me the impression that some information is false,” Thierry Djikoloum said. “They are already talking about dissolving parliament … So for me, I’d say it was a coup d’etat. He was killed.”

Some foreign observers also questioned how a head of state could have been killed, saying it cast doubt on his protective guard. The Chadian military has only acknowledged five deaths in weekend fighting in which it said it killed 300 rebels.

“We still don’t have the whole story,” Laith Alkhouri, a global intelligence adviser, told The Associated Press. “It raises concerns regarding the security forces’ assessment of the clashes and their intelligence regarding the severity of the situation.”

Other analysts pointed to Deby’s long history of visiting the battlefield as a former army commander-in-chief himself.

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2021/04/us-to-set-aside-6000-guest-worker-visas.html

'We're demonizing white people for being born:' Leaked audio captures headmaster of elite NYC school AGREEING with teacher who was banned from classroom for speaking out about white-shaming students

The math teacher who was pulled from his classes at Grace Church School after criticizing the school's anti-racism policies released audio Tuesday of an explosive phone call in which the head of school made an astonishing admission – that 'we're demonizing white people for being born.'

Paul Rossi, the teacher, released the audio on Twitter Tuesday morning of a phone conversation with George Davison that he said occurred March 2. The two are apparently talking about the whole woke movement in schools and how authority figures are making white students feel inherently racist.

'Let me ask you something, George, because I think there's something very different about having a single experience where you make sense of it, right, and having a teacher, an authority figure, talk to you endlessly, every year, telling you, that because you have whiteness you are associated with evils, all these different evils,' Rossi tells him on the excerpt he released.

'These are moral evils, it's not the same as taking a physical thing, because it doesn't affect your moral value. That's the problem.'

Davison replies, 'The fact is that I'm agreeing with you that there has been a demonization that we need to get our hands around, in the way in which people are doing this understanding.'

'So you agree that we're demonizing kids,' Rossi states.

'We're demonizing ki,' Davison says before cutting himself off. Then he adds, 'We're demonizing white people, for being born.'

'And are some of our students white people?' Rossi asks.

' Yes,' the head of school replies.

'Okay, so we're demonizing white kids,' Rossi says. 'Why don't you just say it?'

Davison replies, 'We are using language that makes them feel less than, for nothing that they are personally responsible for.'

http://www.madnesshub.com/2021/04/were-demonizing-white-people-for-being.html

Meningitis due to cerebrospinal fluid leak after nasal swab testing for COVID‐19

Francisco Jose Alberola‐Amores

Enrique Valdeolivas‐Urbelz

Marta Torregrosa‐Ortiz

Maria Álvarez‐Sauco

Jorge Alom‐Poveda

A 41‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency department, in October 2020, with holocraneal headache worsened by position changes and fever up to 37.7°C that started 12 h. She had no medical history of cephalea, visual loss or traumatic brain injury, or other secondary causes of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula. The patient had completed a nasal reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) COVID‐19 testing in March 2020 which came back negative. One week after, she developed unilateral continuous rhinorrhoea with metallic taste. She was then diagnosed of allergic rhinitis by her general practitioner, who prescribed antihistaminics and a short‐term antibiotherapy (amoxicillin‐clavulanic), with no resolution of the symptoms. In July 2020, a nasal drainage tested positive for β2‐transferrin and head computed tomography was performed identifying a CSF fistula at the lamina cribrosa.

Once at the emergency department, physical examination revealed subtle neck stiffness, with no papillary oedema or other neurological signs. There were no signs of encephalopathy at any time. A blood test revealed elevation of inflammatory markers with leukocytosis (13,850/l) and C‐reactive protein (101.3 mg/l).

Lumbar puncture revealed turbid CSF with a leukocyte count of 5480/μl, with predominance of polymorphonuclear cells (85%), 720 red cells/μl, proteins 776 mg/dl (normal value 12.00–60.00 mg/dl), lactic acid 10.3 mmol/l (normal value 0.00–2.30 mg/dl) and glucose 67 mg/dl (normal value 45.00–80.00 mg/dl). CSF antigens of neurotropic virus and bacteria were negative, and there was no growth in the germ culture. Head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was also performed identifying the presence of a left‐side frontonasal CSF fistula leaking into superior ethmoidal cells, with no other pathological findings (Figure 1).

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.14736

FBI informant describes her experience infiltrating the U..S. Communist Party — Hidden History

In the 1960s, former FBI informant Julia Brown explains communist riots & deception. She infiltrated the communist party for 9 years.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/fbi-informant-describes-her-experience-infiltrating-the-u-s-communist-party-hidden-history/

Four in ten transgender women have HIV

Four in 10 transgender women have HIV, which shows the urgent need to offer them more prevention and treatment services, according to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

In interviews with more than 1,600 transgender women in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle in 2019 and early 2020, researchers found that 42% of those with a valid HIV test result had HIV. Transgender women are those assigned male at birth and identify as female.

The report found significant racial and ethnic disparities. In all, 62% of Black transgender women and 35% of Hispanic transgender women had HIV, compared with 17% of white transgender women.

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed lived at or below the poverty level. Forty-two percent had been homeless in the past year.

"These data provide a clear and compelling picture of the severe toll of HIV among transgender women and the social and economic factors—including systemic racism and transphobia—that are contributing to this unacceptable burden," said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.

The report was released in advance of National Transgender HIV Testing Day on April 18.

"Reducing HIV in these communities will require that public health and other providers of social and prevention services design innovative and comprehensive status-neutral solutions to overcome barriers to whole person prevention and care," Daskalakis said in a CDC news release.

Status-neutral means continuous HIV prevention, care and treatment regardless of a person's HIV status.

"HIV testing is the gateway to all treatment and prevention, and expanding testing means more transgender women are aware of their status and can engage in the care they need—if we help them connect to appropriate and responsive care services," said Joseph Prejean, acting deputy director for surveillance, epidemiology and laboratory science in the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.

The report also assessed use of prevention services.

Only 32% of HIV-free respondents said they used pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is recommended for people who are at risk of HIV exposure from sex or injection drug use. Taken as prescribed, it is highly effective at preventing HIV.

Previous research has shown that low use of PrEP among transgender women may owe to several factors, including medical mistrust due to experiences of transphobia; lack of trans-inclusive marketing, and concerns about drug interactions between hormones and PrEP.

About 67% of the HIV-free transgender women who participated in the study were taking hormones for gender affirmation.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-ten-transgender-women-hiv.html

States Say ICE Stops Issuing Detainers for Illegal Immigrant Convicts, Revokes Them for Dozens

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has long complained about police in sanctuary cities that fail to honor its detainers, instead releasing serious criminals in the U.S. rather than turn them over to get deported. Now two states are suing the Homeland Security agency for failing to issue detainer requests for convicted felons in the country illegally, forcing local authorities to free them after completing their sentence rather than turning them over to the feds for removal. It seems that the tables have turned under the Biden administration, according to the lawsuit, filed this month by officials in Texas and Louisiana.

The states claim that ICE has reversed a Trump era policy and is not issuing detainer requests for dangerous illegal aliens imprisoned in their jurisdiction. “As a result, many convicted criminal aliens have been released to society after their sentences, contrary to Congress’s mandate that they be detained pending their removal from the United States,” according to their complaint, filed this month in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Victoria Division. Besides ICE, the defendants include the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and various officials at the DHS agencies. The lawsuit begins by stating that “the Biden Administration is refusing to take custody of criminal aliens despite federal statutes requiring it to do so.” Instead, the document reads, defendants “have issued and implemented unlawful agency memoranda that allow criminal aliens already convicted of felony offenses to roam free in the United States. Such aliens belong in federal custody, as Congress required.”

Adding insult to injury, officials in the Lone Star State reveal in the court document that the Biden administration has taken the extra step of revoking ICE detainer requests for a multitude of illegal immigrants convicted of felonies and serving sentences in prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Many were found guilty in a U.S. court of serious drug offenses, including possession, manufacturing, and sale. “President Biden’s outright refusal to enforce the law is exacerbating an unprecedented border crisis,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement announcing the lawsuit. “By failing to take custody of criminal aliens and giving no explanation for this reckless policy change, the Biden Administration is demonstrating a blatant disregard for Texans’ and Americans’ safety. Law and order must be immediately upheld and enforced to ensure the safety of our communities. Dangerous and violent illegal aliens must be removed from our communities as required by federal law.” In 2019 Texas housed nearly 9,000 undocumented criminal aliens at a cost of more than $152 million, according to the lawsuit.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/states-say-ice-stops-issuing-detainers-for-illegal-immigrant-convicts-revokes-them-for-dozens/

Four Philadelphians Charged With Sex Trafficking of Minors

The defendants allegedly advertised the minors online and harbored them in area hotels and properties

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/four-philadelphians-charged-sex-trafficking-minors

94 citations & arrests made in week-long sex offender sweep

It was one of the largest multijurisdictional enforcement efforts that the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has ever conducted.

And it was also the most fruitful.

Last week more than 100 law enforcement officers from more than a dozen agencies – local, state, and federal – conducted a week-long sweep targeting parole violators, child sex predators, human traffickers, sex offenders out of compliance, and those engaged in prostitution and the individuals that fund that enterprise.

In all there were 94 arrests and citations – 23 for attempting to meet a “minor” for sex, 18 for out-of-compliance sex offenders, 19 for solicitation of prostitution, 16 for prostitution, 6 for illegal possession of a firearm, four for pimping/pandering, four for traffic violations, and two for human trafficking.

The effort, according to Lathrop Police Chief Ryan Biedermann – who was on leave to spend time with his newborn child and returned specifically for the operation before going back to his family once it concluded – the effort was the most successful that the agency has conducted in years and represented the good working relationship between the multitudes of agencies that planned operation “More Than Adequate” for months before the sweeps began.

“We have had some success with these sweeps, and we added different facets this time – sex registrant checks, probation, parole, the fugitive task force,” Biedermann said. “Each one of those agencies has the ability to do things that we can’t do and having them involved was a force multiplier – it allowed us to target things that we wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to target.

“In addition to nearly every law enforcement agency in San Joaquin County as well as state and federal authorities we had the full weight of the sheriff’s office behind this – investigations, patrol, records, and even the custodial staff from the jail was involved. It was truly a team effort.”

While previous sex offender sweeps have been conducted primarily in the evening and nighttime hours and focused on weekends, having the manpower to run two shifts – one from 12 to 10 p.m. and the other from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. – allowed for the teams to focus on different facets of the operation while overlapping during what are typically the busiest hour for such enforcement.

And teamwork was the name of the game.

According to Biedermann, despite the litany of law enforcement agencies that came together for the effort – including federal agencies with much more power than local law enforcement agencies have – it was truly a team undertaking without any individual egos clouding the mission to protect children and the community that those that prey on them and other dangerous individuals.

The sweep was chosen for when many county schools are on their spring break and children are more vulnerable to predators online and in the community.

https://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/local-news/94-citations-arrests-made-week-long-sex-offender-sweep/

3 men arrested in Monroe on child sex trafficking charges

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Authorities have arrested three men connected to sex crimes against a juvenile.

According to court documents, on April 6, 2021, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office found a juvenile that had previously been reported missing.

During their search for the juvenile, deputies say they received information that lead them to the first suspect, Alonzo Markel Taylor of Monroe. The sheriff’s office says Taylor admitted to having intercourse with the juvenile at his home.

Investigators say two other suspects, Demario Randle and Leroy Abraham, were also arrested for their involvement. OPSO says Randle admitted to taking the juvenile and Taylor to Abraham’s home in Monroe. They say Abraham told them Taylor brought the juvenile to his home to “pimp her out.”

The juvenile was located at Abraham’s residence. They say Abraham admitted to having intercourse with the juvenile in exchange for room and board.

Markel, Randle, and Abraham were booked at the Ouachita Correctional Center on charges of trafficking children for sex.

https://www.knoe.com/2021/04/07/three-men-arrested-on-child-trafficking-charges-involving-a-missing-juvenile-in-monroe/

Arrests Made In Child Sex Trafficking Case

Lincoln Police make an arrest in an investigation that started in November of 2020 regarding the sex trafficking of children occurring out of an apartment in the 1600 block of N 56th Street. Two children, 14 years old and 15 years old were questioned and stated that two men had been trafficking them for sex in the apartment. The 14 year old stated another man had engaged in sex with her for money and drugs. He also attempted to traffic her as well.

Police were able to find evidence through interviews, phone records and digital evidence. On December 9th, 26 year old Jose Isreal Hernandez-Rivas was arrested for Sex Trafficking a Minor.

https://www.klin.com/2021/04/20/arrests-made-in-child-sex-trafficking-case/

Concord man pleads guilty to child sex trafficking

A 39-year-old Concord man pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking and related crimes last week in Contra Costa County Superior Court.

Manuel Gomez-Antonio entered the guilty plea, after an operation by the Contra Costa’s Human Trafficking and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces found him using an online dating service to offer money to someone he believed to be a 14-year-old boy to perform a sex act in Concord Park in January 2019.

The “boy” was an undercover police officer and Gomez-Antonio was arrested by officers when he drove to the pre-arranged meeting location by the tennis courts in the park.

Judge Leslie G. Landau accepted the plea agreement and sentenced the defendant to a three-year probation supervision, terms which include a 100-yard stay-away order from Concord Park, prohibitions against using or possessing any online dating applications, and search and seizure terms that include all digital devices.

This investigation was conducted by the multi-agency Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which is managed by the San Jose Police Department.

In Contra Costa County, the task force includes detectives and investigators from the Walnut Creek, Martinez, San Ramon, Danville, Pleasant Hill, Concord and Moraga Police Departments; the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office; United States Secret Service; Homeland Security Investigations; the Contra Costa County Probation Department; and inspectors from the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

https://sfbayca.com/2021/04/20/concord-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-trafficking/

Laredo CBP Officers Seize $790K in Cocaine Over the Weekend

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $790,000 in two separate, unrelated enforcement actions over the weekend.

“Drug trafficking organizations are persistent in their attempts to smuggle hard narcotics into the United States," said Acting Port Director Eugene Crawford, Laredo Port of Entry. "As these two seizures aptly illustrate, through hard work and vigilance, we will continue to intercept these dangerous drugs at our ports of entry before they can harm our communities."

Packages containing 75 pounds of cocaine seized by CBP officers at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge

Packages containing 75 pounds of cocaine seized by

CBP officers at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge.

The first seizure occurred on Friday, April 16th, at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2005 International tractor hauling an empty trailer for a secondary examination. The tractor was driven by a 27-year-old male Mexican citizen making entry from Mexico. Following a canine and non-intrusive imaging system examination, CBP officers discovered a total of 10 packages containing 27.77 pounds of alleged cocaine concealed within the driver’s belongings. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $214,200.

The second seizure occurred on Sunday, April 18th, at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu for a secondary inspection. The vehicle was driven by a 48-year-old male U.S. citizen traveling from Mexico. Following a canine and non-intrusive imaging system examination, CBP officers discovered a total of 40 packages containing 75.17 pounds of alleged cocaine concealed within the vehicle. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $579,700.

The narcotics combined have an estimated street value of $793,900.

CBP seized the narcotics, tractor and one vehicle. The drivers were arrested, and the cases were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) special agents for further investigation.

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/laredo-cbp-officers-seize-790k-cocaine-over-weekend

Hospital Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets and Sell to China

Defendant Will Pay More Than $2.6 Million in Restitution

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hospital-researcher-sentenced-prison-conspiring-steal-trade-secrets-and-sell-china

Two Senior Managers in Italy Charged with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests and Defraud U.S. Consumers

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-senior-managers-italy-charged-conspiracy-cheat-us-emissions-tests-and-defraud-us

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