PEDO BUN 1 July 21

Woonsocket Man Sentenced for Possessing 50,000 Images of Child Pornography

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/woonsocket-man-sentenced-possessing-50000-images-child-pornography

Harahan Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/harahan-man-pleads-guilty-receipt-child-pornography

Federal Jury Convicts Local High School Janitor Of Secretly Filming Students In Bathroom Stall

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/federal-jury-convicts-local-high-school-janitor-secretly-filming-students-bathroom

Lakeland Man Sentenced To More Than 9 Years In Federal Prison For Downloading And Possessing Child Sex Abuse Videos From The Darkweb

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/lakeland-man-sentenced-more-9-years-federal-prison-downloading-and-possessing-child-sex

Greeley Police Department: Child enticement operation results in 11 arrests

https://www.fortmorgantimes.com/2021/07/01/greeley-police-department-child-enticement-operation-results-in-11-arrests/

81 arrested, 31 rescued from human trafficking operation out of Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A major operation has resulted in the arrest of 82 people while rescuing 31, including a child as young as four years old.

A statement released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security details the result of the operation, which happened from June 17-26 in Kansas City, Independence and Wichita.

Out of the 31 people rescued, 17 were adults, and 14 were missing children.

Officials intend to charge those arrested with a slew of trafficking-related crimes, according to the statement. Those include soliciting prostitution, commercial sex trafficking, sodomy, narcotics violations and sex offender registry violations, among other charges.

The names of those arrested have not yet been release, pending charges.

Homeland Security Investigations Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Kansas City, James Wright announced the results. He was joined by Heartland Anti-Trafficking Rescue Taskforce partners.

The results come from a massive, multi-agency operation, including: HSI Kansas City along with, HSI Wichita, Wichita Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Highway Patrol, Health and Human Services, United States Marshal’s Service, Platte County Sheriff’s Office, Independence Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, and the Hutchinson Police Department.

https://fox4kc.com/news/81-arrested-31-rescued-from-human-trafficking-operation-out-of-kansas-city/

'How Much for the Little Girl?': Man Arrested After Asking to Purchase 8-Year-Old Girl

A man was arrested in Dixon, California, on Wednesday after he had asked a mother to buy her daughter from her.

The incident took place at Dixon Charity Shop, the shop that mother Samantha Porto owns. The question was directed at her 8-year-old daughter.

CBS 13 reported that 29-year-old Matthew Allen Brauer, who Dixon police believed to be homeless, walked up to the door of the shop, where Porto said her daughter was sitting beside two of her employees and asked if they were the "little white girl kidnapping crew?"

He then allegedly asked, "How much for the little girl?"

"I ran after him and gave him a few choice words and let him know 'don't come back near my daughter or my store,'" Porto said on Tuesday, according to CBS 13.

The creepy exchange was caught on the store's surveillance video, and Porto even took a picture of Brauer as she went to confront him. Police arrested the man, and he is now facing charges of misdemeanor nuisance.

Porto also told CBS 13 Dixon police only decided to take action after they found Brauer allegedly did the same thing to a different child that night.

Newsweek reached out to Dixon Police Department for further comment but has yet to receive a response.

https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-little-girl-man-arrested-after-asking-purchase-8-year-old-girl-1606078

Human trafficking sting in Kansas City region arrests dozens, rescues 14 missing kids

A Homeland Security Investigations-led operation into human trafficking in Kansas and Missouri arrested 82 suspects and rescued 31 victims of sexual exploitation, officials announced in a news release Thursday.

Of the total victims rescued, 14 were missing children with the youngest child being four years old, according to James Wright, deputy special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Kansas City. The other 17 victims were adults.

The operation, which included the Heartland Anti-Trafficking Rescue Taskforce from the region, took place June 17-26 in Wichita, Independence and Kansas City.

Those who were arrested face charges that include soliciting prostitution, commercial sex trafficking, sodomy, narcotics violations, felony assault on a police officer, sex offender registry violations and outstanding warrants.

Both the Kansas City and Wichita offices of Homeland Security Investigations worked with Wichita police, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Highway Patrol, Health and Human Services, U.S. Marshal’s Service, Platte County Sheriff’s Office, Independence police, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri Highway Patrol, Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office and Hutchinson police to conduct the operation.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252500323.html#storylink=cpy

Regional politician arrested over in child sex trafficking ring

Sri Lanka Police arrested three more suspects including the Deputy-Chairman of the Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha on Wednesday night (Jun. 30), in connection with the case of procuration and sexual trafficking of a 15-year-old girl in Mount Lavina.

https://srilankamirror.com/news/23605-regional-politician-arrested-over-in-child-sex-trafficking-ring

Undercover operation ends in arrest of Youngstown man on child sex charges

SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) – A Youngstown man is facing charges after police say he tried to meet up with a teen for sex.

Charles Schell, 43, was charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, importuning and possession of criminal tools.

Schell’s bond was set at $25,000. A preliminary hearing is set for July 8.

The investigation was conducted by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.

According to the Morning Journal, police say Schell thought he was talking to a teen when he arranged the setup with an undercover agent. They say he showed up with condoms at a pre-determined location on Pershing Street where he was arrested.

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/undercover-operation-ends-in-arrest-of-youngstown-man-on-child-sex-charges/

Court Jails 10 for Child Trafficking in Ivory Coast Cocoa Sector

BOUNA, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday sentenced 10 people found guilty of child trafficking to 10 years in jail, part of an effort to clamp down on organised networks that smuggle children to work in cocoa plantations.

Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, and the companies that buy its cocoa are facing international pressure to tackle child labour and put measures in place to guarantee sustainable farming.

The group of suspects, which included transporters and smugglers, all came from Ivory Coast's northern neighbour Burkina Faso, prosecutors said during the trial in Bouna, a town near the two countries' border. They all pleaded not guilty.

They were arrested in April while transporting about 40 minorsbetween the ages of 10 and 17-years old. The children were being ferried via two main routes to work in plantations in the central and southern parts of Ivory Coast's cocoa belt.

The children have since been released and returned to Burkina Faso.

Deputy Prosecutor Edgar Damoi told the court that Ivory Coast is stepping up repression of child labour and trafficking in the cocoa sector in order to discourage would-be abusers undeterred by years of light sentencing.

"Our economy is based on agriculture, we must ensure that the products, especially cocoa and coffee, are never the result of child labour," Damoi said.

The transport license of the company whose coaches were used to transport the children has been suspended, he added.

European Union lawmakers have called for Ivory Coast to pass legislation by the end of the year to prevent the import of commodities and products linked to deforestation and human rights abuses.

The law could hurt Ivory Coast's main export, which accounts for around 40% of its export earnings. A recent study showed that child labour had risen in cocoa farms in both of the world's two top producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-07-01/court-jails-10-for-child-trafficking-in-ivory-coast-cocoa-sector

Queens couple indicted for sex trafficking teenage girl: DA

A Queens couple was indicted by a grand jury for the sex trafficking of a teenage girl, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Jamael “Tiny Biz” Whittingham, 32, and Shanea “China” James were arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on June 17 on charges of sex trafficking of a child, promoting prostitution and other crimes after they allegedly arranged for strangers to have sex with the 16-year-old victim in Queens, New Jersey and North Carolina throughout November 2020.

Despite promising the teenager that she would earn large sums of money, the defendants kept the money for themselves, according to Katz.

As alleged, James met the 16-year-old girl in early November 2020 and promised she could make a lot of money if they worked as a team with Whittingham. James bought the teen clothes, shoes and a phone and arranged for the girl to meet with customers in New Jersey for sex in exchange for cash. Around Nov. 16, James allegedly took the girl to the JFK Hotel in Jamaica and booked a room to use for sexual encounters.

According to the charges, the victim, who was urged to earn no less than $500 a day, had sex with strangers for cash that she turned over to James. She was repeatedly told that she had to make more money and if she resisted the pair refused to give her food.

Around Nov. 25, per the charges, the teen was taken to North Carolina by the defendants, and made to work in motels there. After several days, she told the defendants she no longer wanted to prostitute herself, but they allegedly replied that she owed them money and had to continue. She was eventually brought back and dropped off on a street in East New York, Brooklyn.

Wittingham was arrested on June 15, 2021, after he was found in a Queens hotel, according to the DA, and was arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone on an eight-count indictment charging them with sex trafficking of a child, sex trafficking, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

James became aware of a warrant for her arrest and fled the jurisdiction. She was found in Annapolis, Maryland where she was taken into custody. She waived extradition and was returned to Queens where she was arraigned on the same indictment before Justice Vallone.

“As alleged, the two defendants is this case used a teenager below the age of consent to enrich themselves by pushing her to earn at least $500 a day having sex with strangers,” Katz said. “The female defendant has been transported back to New York after fleeing the state and the male defendant was recently apprehended here in Queens. Sadly, this is yet another example of why I created a Human Trafficking Bureau when I became DA.”

Justice Vallone set the return date for both defendants on July 21. If convicted, Willingham and James each face up to 25 years in prison.

https://qns.com/2021/07/queens-couple-indicted-for-sex-trafficking-teenage-girl-da/

4-Year-Old Among 31 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued in Kansas, Missouri

A 4-year-old child was among a group of 31 human trafficking victims recently rescued by authorities in Kansas and Missouri.

The victims rescued were sexually exploited, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The 4-year-old was the youngest victim rescued in the group of 31 human trafficking victims, which included 14 missing children and 17 adults.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that, "The operation took place June 17 -26, 2021 in Wichita, Kansas, Independence, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri."

"The results of the operation were announced by Homeland Security Investigations Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Kansas City, James Wright," the statement read. "He was joined by Heartland Anti-Trafficking Rescue Taskforce partners from across the region in making the announcement."

https://www.newsweek.com/4-year-old-among-31-human-trafficking-victims-rescued-kansas-missouri-1606128

694 human trafficking survivors receive assistance under ‘Ashshash’ project

A total of 694 families of distressed trafficking survivors received foods and household items under the ‘Ashshash’ project by Winrock International in Bangladesh this week.

The aid was provided by PRAN-RFL Group to the ‘Ashshash’ project as the group inked a deal with Winrock that supports trafficking survivors, according to a press release, issued on Thursday.

Pran-RFL has undertaken this initiative under ‘Pashe Asi Bangladesh’ programme as a part of its corporate social responsibility during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The beneficiaries of the project received a variety of essential food and household items across five key-districts of operations for the project – Khulna, Satkhira, Jashore, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.

The ‘Ashshash’ project aims to eventually eradicate all circumstances relating to human trafficking in Bangladesh by setting an inaugural goal to enroll 4,500 men and women under its counselling and training processes, whilst engaging 250,000 individuals from various community-levels via awareness-raising activities.

https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/694-human-trafficking-survivors-receive-assistance-under-ashshash-project-1625139222

Putin’s Annual Q&A: Hard line on NATO, Black Sea & Zelensky

https://theduran.com/putins-annual-qa-hard-line-on-nato-black-sea-zelensky/

Doc: Foreign Student Visa Holder Tried To Leave US With Sensitive Military Intel

DHS memo comes as feds scrutinize Chinese visa holders

Law enforcement officials identified a foreign national in the United States on a student visa who attempted to leave the country while carrying sensitive military intelligence, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

During the week of June 12, the individual tried to leave the United States with photographs and data from a defense-related research laboratory, according to the confidential document. There was no mention of whether the suspected spy was arrested or is being held in detention, but law enforcement is sure of one thing: The person was in the United States on a Student and Exchange Visitor Program visa.

The identification of the foreign national is part of a broad effort by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials to focus on Chinese students and researchers brazenly stealing classified information from universities and labs partnered with the American military. Reports on such activity are regularly circulated throughout the federal government, including in President Biden's National Security Council.

The intelligence community has revamped efforts to scrutinize the travels of Chinese nationals with student and research visas, including many who changed their travel itineraries as the coronavirus spread in China. Nearly 400 individuals have been identified by the intelligence community for suspicious travel plans, which were modified just before then-president Trump instituted his travel ban on Jan. 31, 2020.

Thousands of Chinese nationals have been flagged by federal officials as potential spies in just the last year. On June 14, 2020, the Free Beacon reported that at least 54 National Institutes of Health grant recipients were fired for not disclosing their ties to foreign governments, including China. According to the Department of Justice, roughly 80 percent of all economic espionage cases revolve around criminality related to China. Chinese nationals or individuals with ties to China are the subject of about 60 percent of all trade secret theft prosecutions.

In 2018, the Department of Justice launched its China Initiative, which prioritizes the "countering [of] Chinese national security threats." A major focus of the federal strategy is developing "an enforcement strategy concerning non-traditional collectors (e.g., researchers in labs, universities and the defense industrial base) that are being coopted into transferring technology contrary to U.S. interests."

The Biden administration did not return a request for comment.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/doc-foreign-student-visa-holder-tried-to-leave-us-with-sensitive-military-intel/

Emails: Judicial Watch YouTube Video Censored at Request of California Government Officials

Judicial Watch announced today that it received 165 pages of new documents from the office of the Secretary of State of California showing the office directly emailing Google employees to remove a Judicial Watch video on election integrity. The video titled, “ELECTION INTEGRITY CRISIS Dirty Voter Rolls, Ballot Harvesting & Mail-in-Voting Risks!” was removed within three days. The censored video featured Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discussing vote-by-mail and a Judicial Watch lawsuit settlement that resulted in Los Angeles County agreeing to remove up to 1.6 million inactive voters from its voting rolls.

The release also reveals an email exchange wherein Sam Mahood, Press Secretary of the Secretary of State’s office, reaches out to Kevin Kane, of the Public Policy Department at Twitter, to have a tweet removed after Twitter had found it to have not been in violation of their terms of service, and a Google form filled out by the consulting firm that was advising both California and the Biden Campaign which flagged two tweets that criticized the California election.

In an email exchange beginning on September 24, 2020, Social Media Coordinator Akilah Jones of the California Secretary of State’s office contacts Civics-outreach@google.com and copies four Google employees with the subject line, “REPORT VIDEO: ELECTION INTEGRITY CRISIS Dirty Voter Rolls, Ballot Harvesting & Mail-in-Voting Risks!”

Jones’ email falsely characterizes Judicial Watch video in her email:

Hi YouTube Reporting Team,

I am reporting the following video because it misleads community members about elections or other civic processes and misrepresents the safety and security of mail-in ballots.

Thank you for your time and attention on this matter.

All the best, Akilah.

The next day, on September 25, 2020, Andrea Holtermann, a Google employee, replies to Jones:

Hi Akilah,

Thanks for reaching out. We will look into this and get back to you as soon as we can.

Best,

On September 27, 2020, Google/YouTube confirms it censored the video:

Hi Akilah,

Circling back on this. Thank you for raising this content to our attention, this has been removed from the platform for violating our policies. Please do not hesitate to reach out if there are any other questions or concerns you may have.

Best,

In an email exchange beginning on January 15, 2020, Sam Mahood, press secretary for the California Secretary of State’s office, forwards an email to Twitter Public Policy Department’s Kevin Kane asking that he review a tweet that Twitter support had determined to not be in violation of their terms of service. Mahood copies Deputy Secretary of State Paula Valle and Chief Counsel Steve Reyes on the email.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/emails-judicial-watch-youtube-video-censored-at-request-of-california-government-officials/

Ten Defendants in Synthetic Identity Fraud Ring Convicted of Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Related Charges

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/ten-defendants-synthetic-identity-fraud-ring-convicted-bank-fraud-wire-fraud-and

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science

Who We Are and a Call to Action

We are a group of doctors, dentists and scientists who are concerned about the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine to the general population, along with the implication from the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Dental Council of New Zealand of incompetence if we do not fully support the COVID-19 vaccination program, or indeed get vaccinated ourselves.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/new-zealand-doctors-speaking-out-science/5749065

https://nzdsos.com/

Makow - Biden Admin's "Inclusiveness" Omits Non-Jews

Let me simplify things for you. Obviously, the issue isn't "white supremacy." The issue is (Organized) Jewish supremacy.

How many countries does Organized Jewry (Rothschilds) need? They already have Israel. Clearly from the list below, they have the United States. Apparently they need every country. This is the meaning of "globalism" aka "the New World Order."

GLOBALISM = COMMUNISM = CABALISM = SATANISM = JUDAISM

They are out to destroy Western Civilization which was based on Christianity, a vision based on everyone fulfilling their Divine potential. They are replacing this with Cabalism (Communism, Freemasonry) a vision based on enslaving, depopulating and dispossessing humanity. This is why the covid scam and lockdowns will never end.

The promotion of the scamdemic, diversity, homosexuality, feminism, transgenderism, migration, BLM, antifa, migration, cancel culture are all designed to DESTROY the West.

https://henrymakow.com/2021/07/biden-inclusiveness-doesnt-extend.html

Trump Advisor Jason Miller Launches “Non-Bias” Social Media Network: GETTR

GETTR will "allow anyone to express their opinion freely"

GETTR, a new “non-bias” social media network, was quietly launched by top Trump advisor Jason Miller on Thursday, and claims it will “allow anyone to express their opinion freely.”

On the Apple App Store, GETTR is described as “a non-bias social network for people all over the world” that “tried the best to provide best software quality to the users, allow anyone to express their opinion freely.” Highlighted features include “post, repost, comments”, “multi-language support” and “news sharing”. In a mission statement, GETTR declares that it is “fighting cancel culture, promoting common sense, defending free speech, challenging social media monopolies, and creating a true marketplace of ideas.”

The app seems to follow the same general layout as Twitter, or its two Alt-Tech challengers, Gab and Parler, greatly resembling the latter in general design choices. While the app was properly launched on Thursday, it had been live on both the Apple App Stores and Google Play stores since mid-June. It has received over 1,000 reviews, the vast majority of them being positive.

Jason Miller, the top Trump advisor, is leading the platform, according to media reports. The platform, although unconfirmed, may be an attempt to get President Trump back onto social media, with his advisors having attempted to find a method to get him back into interacting with the masses after his permanent ban from Twitter in January this year. Miller was behind the failed “Desk of Donald J Trump,” which although touted as a new social media platform, consisted solely of posts from President Trump that could be reshared on Big Tech platforms. It was shuttered after being operational for less than a month.

Gab founder and CEO Andrew Torba previously claimed that top Trump advisors, including Jared Kushner, had attempted to get President Trump onto the platform, although they both requested an equity stake within the country and the banning of certain speech they deemed to be distasteful, including “anti-Semitic” and anti-Israel rhetoric, which Torba refused.

https://nationalfile.com/trump-advisor-jason-miller-launches-non-bias-social-media-network-gettr/

https://nationalfile.com/trump-advisor-jason-miller-launches-non-bias-social-media-network-gettr/

14 ‘dangerous’ gang members busted in Brooklyn gun violence takedown

More than a dozen reputed gangbangers eyed in a series of shootings were swept up in a massive takedown in Brooklyn Thursday — with police officials calling them “as dangerous a group as they come.”

Fourteen alleged members of the Babiiez street gang — a Flatbush-based subset of the Insane Crips — face charges in an 81-count indictment including conspiracy to commit murder and weapons possession.

Some of the suspects, also associates of the Bergen Fam gang, were arrested in pre-dawn raids — two of which were witnessed by The Post in Brooklyn.

Inspector Jason Savino, commanding officer of the Gun Violence Suppression Division, said the busted gangbangers “were as dangerous a group as they come.”

https://nypost.com/2021/07/01/14-dangerous-gang-members-busted-in-nyc-gun-violence-takedown/

US Hits 17 Nations for Not Combating Human Trafficking

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Thursday designated 17 countries as not doing enough to combat human trafficking and warned them of potential U.S. sanctions. The administration also called out several U.S. allies and friends, including Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and Turkey, for backsliding in their efforts.

The designations came in the State Department’s annual “Trafficking in Persons” report, which cited the coronavirus pandemic as a cause for a surge in human slavery between 2020 and 2021. The report covering 188 nations and territories said the outbreak had put millions more people at risk for exploitation and distracted some governments from efforts to stem human trafficking.

The report classified the 17 mostly authoritarian nations as “Tier 3” for failing to meet minimal standards to stop what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called an “inhumane cycle of discrimination and injustices.” The designation means that without a presidential waiver those countries could lose some U.S. assistance, although decisions on such penalties will not be made until later this year.

Newcomers to the Tier 3 category are Malaysia and Guinea-Bissau, both of which had been on a watchlist for a downgrade for three years and were ineligible to avoid the designation because they had failed to take steps to improve their anti-human trafficking efforts.

They join Afghanistan, Algeria, Burma, China, Comoros, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela in the worst offender category. Most of those countries are already subject to U.S. sanctions for other reasons.

Meanwhile, six valued U.S. partners and friends—Cyprus, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland—were downgraded from the top Tier 1 category to Tier 2. That means they don’t meet international standards for fighting trafficking but are making significant efforts to do so. No penalties are attached to a Tier 2 designation.

https://www.ntd.com/us-hits-17-nations-for-not-combating-human-trafficking_636099.html

Parents arrested in Virginia after boy’s body found in freezer

Two parents in Virginia have been arrested after the remains of their son were found in a freezer in their garage, police said.

Kassceen Weaver, 49, and Dina D. Weaver, 48, of Chesterfield, were charged with conspiracy to conceal the body of their son, Eliel Adon Weaver, who was believed to be under the age of 5 at the time of his death, news station WRIC reported Wednesday.

Investigators received a tip to search the couple’s home on May 4 and discovered the boy’s body in a freezer in the garage, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

Police have yet to determine the cause or manner in which the child died.

But authorities said they believe the boy, whom the family refers to as Adon, may have died sometime between two and five years ago, WRIC reported.

Chesterfield Police Major Mike Louth said the state medical examiner’s office “had to bring in some specialists — forensic anthropologists — to determine a way to ‘thaw’ those remains out so we didn’t lose anything, or do any damage to the remains, so we’d still be able to determine whether there was anything of evidentiary value.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen anything like this. It’s a heartbreaking case to observe,” Louth told reporters.

Both parents have also been charged with failing to render aid to a child, police said.

Kassceen has been also been charged with domestic assault and malicious wounding of an adult female who is known to him — but police haven’t released any details about the circumstances surrounding the additional charges.

The parents have been released on bond and are expected to appear in court on Aug. 5, the Richmond Dispatch reported.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/01/kassceen-weaver-49-and-dina-d-weaver-48-of-chesterfield-were-charged-with-conspiracy-to-conceal-the-body-of-their-son-eliel-adon-weaver/

Supreme Court bans California from forcing nonprofits to reveal donors’ identities

A coalition of organizations crossing ideological lines argued the law violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of association by creating a 'chilling effect' on political donations.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday that California violated the U.S. Constitution by requiring nonprofits to reveal the names of major donors.

California wanted charities to submit their IRS 990 Schedule B forms to the state in the name of “critical law enforcement purposes,” claiming the records will remain private. A coalition of organizations crossing ideological lines — including Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Thomas More Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Campaign, and Council on American-Islamic Relations — argued the law violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of association by creating a “chilling effect” on political donations.

“We do not doubt that California has an important interest in preventing wrongdoing by charitable organizations,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority opinion, agreed to by all the Court’s Republican appointees. “There is a dramatic mismatch, however, between the interest that the Attorney General seeks to promote and the disclosure regime that he has implemented in service of that end.” He added that “assurances of confidentiality may reduce the burden of disclosure to the State, [but] they do not eliminate it.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the Democrat-nominated jurists’ dissent, claiming the majority failed to require “that plaintiffs demonstrate an actual First Amendment burden before demanding that a law be narrowly tailored to the government’s interests, never mind striking the law down in its entirety.”

Despite efforts by outlets such as the New York Times to frame the ruling as siding with “conservative groups,” the outcome is a victory for advocacy groups across the entire political spectrum, whose current and potential future donors would otherwise fear reprisals for their political positions, whether from state governments directly or from private citizens acting on leaked personal information.

In particular, many conservatives doubt the defendant’s assurances that donors’ privacy would have been secure in light of the Golden State’s recent track record on individual rights, from discrimination against churches in COVID restrictions to colluding with social media companies to silence disfavored speech.

The ruling also offers conservatives some assurance that, despite a series of disappointing outcomes from Republican-appointed justices, including former President Donald Trump’s appointees to the Supreme Court, those appointees still represent a significant net difference compared to Democrat judicial nominees.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/supreme-court-bans-california-from-forcing-nonprofits-to-reveal-donors-identities?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard

Calif. Man Convicted Of Sex Crimes With Children Sentenced To 280 Years

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – District Attorney Dan Dow announced that Jason Robert Porter (49) has been sentenced to 280 years-to-life plus 5 years for his conviction on 16 felony counts, including multiple sex crimes against four child victims and possession of child pornography. Porter was also convicted of 36 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized invasion of privacy.

On June 2, 2021, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Barry T. LaBarbera found Porter guilty of the charges after Porter waived his right to a jury trial and the matter was heard by the judge. Judge LaBarbera likewise imposed today’s lengthy sentence.

The judge considered evidence that between February 2008 and June 2016 Porter sexually abused four female child victims between the ages of 1 and 13 and videotaped 36 victims without their knowledge. The crimes for which he was convicted began when Porter was 36 years old.

Parents of the young victims addressed the Court and the defendant describing the painful impact of Porter’s criminal conduct.

“We sincerely applaud the courage of these young survivors in reporting the abuse, and the parents of the survivors who appeared in court today to face the defendant and express the very real impact of his terrible crimes,” said District Attorney Dan Dow. “This sentence sends a clear message that we will prosecute child sexual predators to the maximum extent of the law.”

This case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Melissa Chabra who is assigned to the District Attorney’s Office Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit. “I am pleased that after five long years I was able to be a part of the team to finally deliver justice to all of the survivors involved. The young victim’s bravery while testifying in court in front of her abuser inspires me to continue my work on these cases and fight for justice for all survivors of sexual abuse in our county,” said Deputy District Attorney Melissa Chabra. Child sexual abuse cases are among the most emotional and complex prosecutions handled by law enforcement and prosecutors.

A copy of the charging document can be found here.

https://breaking911.com/calif-man-convicted-of-sex-crimes-with-children-sentenced-to-280-years-to-life/

Network Of Drug Dealers And Gun Traffickers Dismantled In NYC; 21 Arrested

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by the New York City Police Department, announced Wednesday that a group of 21 people have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury.

The defendants are variously charged in five separate indictments with allegedly running and/or possessing guns and dealing drugs in the Redfern H Far Rockaway and surrounding neighborhoods between November 2019 and March 2021.

District Attorney Katz said, “Attorneys from my Office and members of the NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Division worked tirelessly for months, focusing our investigation where drugs and guns have been a toxic combination for far too long, made so by individual drivers of crime. Police recovered firearms, cocaine, heroin, heroin laced with fentanyl and other illicit drugs during this operation. My Office is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to make certain no community is held hostage to those who seek to profit from human misery.”

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said, “This investigation highlights our joint responsibilities in eradicating shootings, illegal firearms and the violence of the narcotics trade that tear at the fabric of life in our City. Our NYPD officers, with our partners in the Queens district attorney’s office, have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure that those who live and work in the Far Rockaway neighborhood can be safe — and we embrace these charges as a measure of justice.”

Utilizing surveillance techniques, undercover buys and other investigative tools, the District Attorney’s Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau, working in conjunction with the Gun Recidivist Investigation Program (GRIP – part of the NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Division) conducted a long-term investigation to uncover gun running and illicit narcotics sales in Queens County.

District Attorney Katz said this investigation began in November 2019 with a Court-authorized eavesdropping warrant on a cell phone belonging to defendant Antoine Nance, 35, who has been charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, conspiracy and other crimes.

Monitoring this defendant’s calls led to the discovery of a network of two groups of alleged dealers in Far Rockaway, Queens. Law enforcement intercepted both narcotics and firearm-related communications between Nance and many of the other defendants.

https://breaking911.com/network-of-drug-dealers-and-gun-traffickers-dismantled-in-nyc-21-arrested/

US, UK Intelligence Accuse Russia's GRU of 'Brute Force' Campaign of Cyberattacks Worldwide

Western countries have spent years accusing Moscow of carrying out an array of hack attacks targeting everything from government servers and businesses to power grids and even election-related infrastructure. Russian officials have repeatedly asked for but never received publicly concrete evidence in support of such allegations.

The intelligence services of the United States and the United Kingdom issued a joint advisory on Thursday about the alleged devious hacking activities of Russia's GRU military intelligence, which they suggest constitutes a "global" "brute force" campaign.

"The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a Cybersecurity Advisory today exposing malicious cyber activities by Russian military intelligence against US and global organisations, starting from mid-2019 and likely ongoing," a press release accompanying the advisory says.

The eight-page document of technical guidelines goes into detail about the methods allegedly used by the GRU for its criminal cyber operations, suggesting the GRU's cyber division has "targeted hundreds of US and foreign organisations using brute force access to penetrate government and private sector victim networks."

The advisory includes a compilation of tactics, techniques and procedures said to be used to access systems, collect data and exfiltrate it, and is presented as a guide for system administrators to curtail attacks.

The document also warns that the campaign is "almost certainly ongoing" and that actors in the US and Europe are the primary targets -among them government agencies and militaries, defence contractors, energy firms, education and logistics organisations, law firms, media, political parties and think tanks.

While the words "Russia" and "GRU" are each mentioned nine times in the advisory, the document provides no evidence that the Eastern European country or its military intelligence service are involved in the alleged nefarious activities.

https://sputniknews.com/world/202107011083286489-us-uk-reportedly-accuse-russian-military-intelligence-of-hundreds-of-cyberattacks-worldwide/

Sen. Bill Hagerty: The United States Must Increase Support for Israel’s Iron Dome

It’s a dangerous time for the United States and our other allies in the Middle East. Terrorists and terror-sponsoring regimes are threatening our security and testing our resolve.

That’s why I visited Israel over Memorial Day—to stand unequivocally with Israel after Hamas and other Iran-backed terrorists in Gaza spent 11 days indiscriminately launching more than 4,000 rockets against Israeli civilians. I also wanted to assess firsthand the aftermath of the worst sustained terrorist assault against Israel in years.

My findings on the ground only reaffirmed my belief that the United States must reverse its current trajectory and take immediate steps to help our allies better defend themselves and our common interests amid grave and gathering threats.

It was awe-inspiring to see up close Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which shot down over 90 percent of the Hamas rockets that it targeted.

It was heartbreaking to witness the damage that the few rockets that penetrated the Iron Dome inflicted on Israeli communities. I walked among the ruins of a house destroyed by a Hamas rocket that injured the elderly woman who lived there and killed her caretaker.

And it was humbling to meet the men and women of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) who responded with precision strikes against terrorist targets in Gaza and went to great lengths to minimize civilian casualties. Although a fringe of the American left has tried to draw a false moral equivalency between Hamas and Israel, there’s no comparison between the terrorists bent on murdering civilians and IDF service members using discriminate force to defend civilians.

I also met with senior leaders—including then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, Knesset members, and members of the business community—to discuss what our nations can do to strengthen cooperation.

For Israel, the first priority is to resupply and expand its Iron Dome rocket defenses. This priority was made abundantly clear after the Iranian regime announced that it will help Hamas and other terrorists restock and improve their weapons for future attacks, Israeli leaders recognize that they must reload their defenses to stay ahead of the terrorist threat.

It’s critical for the United States to increase support for Iron Dome. Toward that end, I discussed with Israeli officials the Emergency Resupply for Iron Dome Act (S. 1751), my bill to authorize the Executive Branch to redirect foreign assistance away from Hamas-controlled Gaza and toward efforts to replenish and upgrade Israel’s Iron Dome interceptors. So long as the Palestinian Authority engages in “pay-for-slay” funding for terrorism and Hamas continues to divert foreign aid intended for rebuilding, we should not allow American tax dollars to flow into them.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2021/07/01/exclusive-sen-bill-hagerty-the-united-states-must-increase-support-for-israels-iron-dome/

WOW! Arizona Election Audit Volunteers Being Targeted by Biden DOJ, Threats of Arrest

https://rumble.com/vjax8h-wow-arizona-election-audit-volunteers-being-targeted-by-biden-doj-threats-o.html

>>14031713

yep. Does fuck all for the US but goes public for his masters

AZ Audit Update: Ballots and Machines Moved Out of Coliseum as They Evacuate – Hoping For a Statement SOON

On Thursday, Arizona Audit volunteers prepared the 2020 election ballots and machines to be transported out of The Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The auditors and their support team are vacating the coliseum after completing both the hand recount and paper evaluation of nearly 2.1 million ballots.

The ballots are being moved using a forklift, placed onto a truck, and driven to a secure onsite location. They are taking extreme measures to ensure the ballots and machines are secure and protected.

Before transporting a pallet, audit workers recheck the boxes on the pallet with chain of custody, wrap the boxes together with stretch-wrap, and load them onto the forklift.

Tabulation machines are in the same casing that they were received in and audit officials have guaranteed they were protected and not compromised.

The trucks with ballots and machines are escorted by police and other officials across the parking lot to another secure location.

Auditors are still working around the clock to continually recheck their work and certify that all evidence is in the exact same condition it was received.

The full forensic report is still not expected at least until August but we are hoping to see a preliminary report or a statement of some kind from the Arizona Senate.

Yesterday The Gateway Pundit reported that Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jack Sellers released a statement where he said “Release the report and be prepared to defend it.”

Audit officials and the Arizona Senate are still awaiting the subpoenaed routers and passwords from Maricopa County.

We are still hoping for a statement regarding the total number of ballots this week or next week.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/az-audit-update-ballots-machines-moved-coliseum-evacuate-hoping-statement-soon/

>>14031823

sure looks that way

Marine Corps Official Sentenced to Prison for Taking $100,000 In Bribes in Exchange for Directing Over $2,000,000 Worth of Transportation Contracts to Associate

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/marine-corps-official-sentenced-prison-taking-100000-bribes-exchange-directing-over

Three Arrested For Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar “Silver Lease” Investment Fraud

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/three-arrested-orchestrating-multimillion-dollar-silver-lease-investment-fraud

Guilford County Man Sentenced for Distribution of Child Pornography

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdnc/pr/guilford-county-man-sentenced-distribution-child-pornography

Section 817 Of The Patriot Act Authorize The US To Engage In Massive Depopulation

SEC. 817. EXPANSION OF THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS STATUTE.

Chapter 10 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 175—

(A) in subsection (b)—

(i) by striking ‘‘does not include’’ and inserting

‘‘includes’’;

(ii) by inserting ‘‘other than’’ after ‘‘system for’’; and

(iii) by inserting ‘‘bona fide research’’ after ‘‘protective’’;

(B) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and

(C) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly possesses any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system of a type or in a quantity that, under the circumstances, is not reasonably justified by a prophylactic, protective, bona fide research, or other peaceful purpose, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. In this subsection, the terms ‘biological agent’ and ‘toxin’ do not encompass any biological agent or toxin that is in its naturally occurring environment, if the biological agent or toxin has not been cultivated, collected, or otherwise extracted from its natural source.’’;

(2) by inserting after section 175a the following:

28 USC 509 note.

Ver Date 11-MAY-2000 19:15 Nov 05, 2001 Jkt 099139 PO 00056 Frm 00115 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL056.107 APPS24 PsN: PUBL056115 STAT. 386 PUBLIC LAW 107–56—OCT. 26, 2001

https://amg-news.com/archives/13614

>>14031280 81 arrested, 31 rescued from human trafficking operation out of Kansas City

Surely this is notable