'Moderate' Texas Democrat James Talarico Flat-Out Opposes Voter ID. Period.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico represents a swing-state House district, HD 52. It’s north of Austin, comprised of suburbs and communities in Travis and Williamson counties. Tallarico has billed himself as a moderate Democrat. The seat was held by state Rep. Larry Gonzales (R) for several terms before he retired.

But this week, Talarico fled Texas along with his fellow radicals to block a popular voter-integrity bill that’s up for consideration in the legislature’s special session.

He went on Fox News on Wednesday and admitted that he opposes voter ID. Take a look.

“Pete I just said, I oppose voter ID. It’s currently the law in Texas but I oppose that law,” Talarico admitted to a clearly surprised Pete Hegseth.

That’s a startling admission. Talarico will likely “revise and extend” his comments before long, but he was crystal clear: State Rep. James Talarico, alleged moderate Democrat of House District 52, does not want secure elections in Texas. He opposes voter ID, which is supported by about 80% of Texans, including, presumably, just as strong a majority in District 52.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/07/15/texas-democrat-james-talarico-opposes-voter-id-n1462082

Amazon Lawsuit: Why 420,000 Products Are Under Scrutiny By Federal Regulators

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amazon (AMZN) to force the online retail giant to recall and accept responsibility for more than 420,000 “potentially hazardous” products sold on its website.

The federal agency claimed in its suit that the products are defective and pose a serious injury risk or could even cause death to consumers. The CPSC also contends that Amazon is legally responsible for recalling the products.

The lawsuit names numerous children’s sleepwear items, which the CPSC said are made of flammable fabric - a safety violation that poses a risk of burn injuries to children.

There were also 24,000 carbon monoxide detectors named in the complaint that the agency said are faulty as they fail to alarm, and nearly 400,000 hairdryers, which have been sold without the required immersion protection device that prevents shock and electrocution.

The products were all sold by third-party retailers on Amazon’s marketplace.

Some of the products have since been removed from the platform by Amazon, and customers were notified about the products’ hazards and offered a refund. But CPSC said that the actions by the e-commerce giant are not sufficient, Bloomberg reported.

CPSC spokesman Joe Martyak told Bloomberg that Amazon “did not want to have this be called a recall, and they did not want to be considered legally responsible for these products. That’s the dealbreaker here. We think you are responsible for this.”

An Amazon spokeswoman Cecilia Fan told the Washington Post, “ We are unclear as to why the CPSC has rejected that offer or why they have filed a complaint seeking to force us to take actions almost entirely duplicative of those we've already taken.”

Shares of Amazon were trading at $3,684.30 as of premarket hours on Thursday, up $2.62, or 0.07%.

https://www.ibtimes.com/amazon-lawsuit-why-420000-products-are-under-scrutiny-federal-regulators-3252509

Pennsylvania County Refuses Participation in New 2020 Election Audit

At least one of three counties targeted for a forensic investigation of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election has said it will not allow access to its voting machines.

Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano, chair of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, sent letters to election officials in three Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia, York, and Tioga, requesting access to voting machines and information to be used as evidence in a forensic analysis of the 2020 election.

Tioga County Commissioners decided not to provide access after receiving a directive from the Pennsylvania Department of State ordering county boards of elections not to provide any access to third parties seeking to examine the systems or system components.

It further warned that if counties do allow access, the voting equipment will be considered no longer secure or reliable to use in future elections. The department would decertify the expensive election equipment and counties would have to buy new voting machines on their own.

“We’ve been given the directive that we cannot give access or they will decertify our machines,” Tioga County Solicitor Christopher Gabriel told the Epoch Times. “The state did two audits after the election. Nothing of significance was found.”

York and Philadelphia counties have not made their intentions public yet; each county has until July 31 to respond in writing to the request for access.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/pennsylvania-county-refuses-participation-in-new-2020-election-audit_3903454.html

ALERT: Select Neutrogena, Aveeno Sunscreen Recalled For Cancer Risk

Johnson & Johnson is recalling five Neutrogena and Aveeno aerosol sunscreen product lines to the consumer level. Internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples of the products.

The sunscreen products impacted are aerosol products, specifically:

NEUTROGENA® Beach Defense® aerosol sunscreen,

NEUTROGENA® Cool Dry Sport aerosol sunscreen,

NEUTROGENA® Invisible Daily™ defense aerosol sunscreen,

NEUTROGENA® Ultra Sheer® aerosol sunscreen, and

AVEENO® Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen.

Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure.

The recalled sunscreen products are packaged in aerosol cans. The products were distributed nationwide through a variety of retail channels.

Consumers should stop using these specific products and appropriately discard them. Consumers may contact the JJCI Consumer Care Center 24/7 with questions or to request a refund by calling 1-800-458-1673. Consumers should contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have any questions, concerns or have experienced any problems related to using these aerosol sunscreen products.

https://breaking911.com/alert-select-neutrogena-aveeno-sunscreen-recalled-for-cancer-risk/

Anti-lockdown protesters storm Melbourne hours after Daniel Andrews’ announcement

Melbourne has been plunged into “chaos” just hours before the state plunged into its fifth lockdown as hundreds of protesters took to the streets.

Melbourne has seen “chaos” just hours before the state plunged into its fifth lockdown as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in anger.

Residents marched in the CBD calling for an end to restrictions just hours after premier Daniel Andrews announced the state will enter a five-day snap lockdown from midnight.

“We’ve got to do this, otherwise it will get away with us and we, as more than any other part of our nation know, we don’t want this getting away from us and being locked down for months,” Mr Andrews said.

“We want to deal with this with a short, sharp, lockdown, decisive action, not waiting, not dawdling, now is our time.”

Currently the state has 18 cases while at least 6500 residents have been forced into isolation as close contacts. The state’s Department of Health announced new exposure sites overnight as the protesters filled Melbourne’s CBD to oppose the new lockdown rules at around 7pm.

Signs read “I have a choice” and “lockdown kills”, with face masks missing among the crowd.

7 News reporter Estelle Griepink posted footage of protesters chanting “sack Dan Andrews” on the steps of Flinders Street Station while some commuters “walked past shaking their heads”. They marched from Flinders Street Station to Parliament House chanting” freedom” accompanied by a large police presence.

“We’ve spoken to plenty of people today who say they are frustrated but understand these measures are necessary,” Griepink said.

One protester on social media described lockdown as “human rights abuses” and called it a “great turnout”, bragging there are a “couple thousand people here”, claiming they are “just regular every day people who have had enough.

“I’ve got friends who that are really frustrated and on the verge of their businesses going a really bad way.

“As it stands at the moment so many people have lost their businesses, their homes, their families ripped apart.

“We pay the price.”

In more footage, one speaker yells: “Here we go again. Once again, Daniel Andrews has jumped at his own shadow and thrown millions of people’s lives into chaos because he has no faith in his own contact tracers and no faith in our healthcare system. That’s the only possible explanation.”

Victoria Police told news.com.au no arrests or fines were issued and they are “yet” to identify the person responsible for lighting a flare.

“There was a protest at Flinders Street about 7pm this evening,” a spokesperson said.

“Protesters gave speeches and marched to Parliament.

“A flare was lit while the group moved from Flinders Street to Parliament.

“Police are yet to identify who was responsible.

“There were no arrests.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/antilockdown-protesters-storm-melbourne-hours-after-daniel-andrews-announcement/news-story/b8ddd8f95df6640bd0936add28f6d8f1

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Sapulpa Man Sentenced after Child Pornography Convictions

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/sapulpa-man-sentenced-after-child-pornography-convictions

Senior NASA Employee Sentenced for COVID-19 Related Loan Fraud

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/senior-nasa-employee-sentenced-covid-19-related-loan-fraud

DaVita Inc. and Former CEO Indicted in Ongoing Investigation of Labor Market Collusion in Health Care Industry

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/davita-inc-and-former-ceo-indicted-ongoing-investigation-labor-market-collusion-health-care

'Russiagate' redux: The Guardian's spooky anonymous 'sources' claim Putin put Trump in power, but there's still no hard evidence

Ever since former US President Donald Trump’s shock 2016 election victory rocked the American political establishment, commentators and talking heads have been looking for someone to blame. The easy answer has always been Russia.

On Thursday, London’s Guardian newspaper delivered the latest installment in this long-standing ‘Russiagate’ tradition. Rolling out a series of supposed revelations, intended to shock readers with the scale of the alleged deception behind Trump’s win, journalist Luke Harding, who has previous experience in publishing fake stories on this theme, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally authorized a secret spy agency operation to support a ‘mentally unstable’ Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.”

The rationale for the move was apparently that a Trump White House would be more sympathetic to Russian interests, and would sow chaos in the country. Intelligence and security agencies were supposedly told they should use “all possible force” to put the then-Republican front-runner into office. If the plan existed, it backfired catastrophically, given that relations between Moscow and Washington deteriorated to almost unprecedented lows during the years that followed, with sanctions and political rows becoming a regular occurrence.

The bombshell expose is based entirely on “what are assessed to be leaked Kremlin documents,” of unknown origin. According to Harding and his colleagues, “The Guardian has shown the documents to independent experts who say they appear to be genuine.” Who these experts are, where their expertise lies, and why they have not been named remains unclear, despite requests by online commentators.

According to Harding, “Western intelligence agencies are understood to have been aware of the documents for some months,” giving a hint as to where his sources might lie. The article goes on to say that the papers “seem to represent a serious and highly unusual leak from within the Kremlin.” This, however, apparently did not merit a serious verification of their authenticity beyond pointing to some unknown experts, whoever they may be.

Even stranger is the manner in which the report is written up. One line on the purported Kremlin memo “says Trump is the ‘most promising candidate’ from the Kremlin’s point of view,” before going on to add that “the word in Russian is perspektivny.” Quite why, from a secret document presumably entirely written in Russian, the reader would need to know that particular translation is unclear. Maybe it is to reinforce the strange foreignness of the people said to have written it. Perhaps it is just to meet a word count. Or possibly Harding is trying to impress readers with his basic knowledge of Russian. Like those dimwits who say “Kah-Jay-Bay” when referring to the erstwhile KGB. We may never know

https://www.rt.com/russia/529318-guardian-sources-putin-trump-power/

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“There’s More to Come” – Jovan Pulitzer on the Arizona Maricopa County Election Audit

Today the Arizona Senate held a hearing on the current audit of the Maricopa County results in the 2020 Election.

The presentation today in Maricopa covered the process of the current election audit in the County but it also identified the following items.

This was a lot but Jovan Pultizer promises this was just a very small part of what will eventually be provided in regards to the audit.

In something this big, where there’s over 2 million ballots and you have 1,500 people working on them, think of that as a big spread, big feast that everything has to be dived into. What you saw today of course will make you drop your jaw. All I can say right now is don’t think today was it because you only got served the apertief which is the smallest of all the appertisers. There’s more to come.

This is going to get good.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/come-jovan-pulitzer-arizona-maricopa-county-election-audit-video/

==California Democrat-Led Legislature Approves First Ever State-Funded Guaranteed Income Plan=

The Democrat-led California state legislature on Thursday approved the first ever state-funded guaranteed income plan.

The state lawmakers approved of $35 million for monthly cash payments for pregnant women and “young adults who recently left foster care.”

There are no restrictions on how the recipients of the taxpayer-funded cash spend it.

The Associated Press reported:

The votes — 36-0 in the Senate and 64-0 in the Assembly — showed bipartisan support for an idea that is gaining momentum across the country. Dozens of local programs have sprung up in recent years, including some that have been privately funded, making it easier for elected officials to sell the public on the idea.

Local governments and organizations will apply for the money and run their programs. The state Department of Social Services will decide who gets funding. California lawmakers left it up to local officials to determine the size of the monthly payments, which generally range from $500 to $1,000 in existing programs around the country.

“Now there is momentum, things are moving quickly,” said Michael Tubbs, an advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was a trailblazer when he instituted a guaranteed income program as mayor of Stockton. “The next stop is the federal government.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/california-democrat-led-legislature-approves-first-ever-state-funded-guaranteed-income-plan/

Vaccinated people now make up almost 47% of all new Covid cases, symptom-tracking app claims amid signs Britain’s third Covid wave may have peaked already

King's College London scientists estimated 33,118 people were catching the virus every day last week

For comparison, they said 33,723 people were getting infected every day during the previous spell

Professor Tim Spector, who leads the app, said cases were 'plateauing' across the country

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790999/Symptom-tracking-app-claims-number-people-falling-ill-virus-day-FALLEN.html

Going after whistle blowers

Electronic devices are seized from two homes as data watchdog investigates leaking of bombshell CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing aide

Data watchdog has seized electronic devices in probe into Matt Hancock CCTV

Dramatic footage of then-Health Secretary in a clinch in office sparked downfall

Questions have been asked about how the highly-sensitive footage emerged

Electronic devices have been seized following searches of two homes in relation to the leaking of the CCTV footage that led to Matt Hancock's downfall, it was revealed today.

The Information Commissioner's Office said they had retrieved the kit as part of an investigation into how the material emerged.

The dramatic pictures of the then-Health Secretary in a clinch with Gina Coladangelo in his Whitehall office caused a storm.

After initially trying to hang on and being backed by Boris Johnson, he quit admitting he had breached social distancing rules.

But serious questions have been raised about how the highly sensitive footage came to be leaked.

New Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed that the CCTV in the office has since been disabled for 'security' reasons - although he has also made jokes at the expense of his predecessor.

The ICO said in a statement: 'EMCOR Group (UK) plc, which provides facilities management and CCTV services for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has submitted a breach report as a processor of personal data, alleging images were taken from the DHSC CCTV system without consent from either EMCOR Group (UK) plc or the DHSC…

'As part of the investigation, ICO teams searched two residential properties in the south of England on Thursday 15 July 2021.

'Personal computer equipment and electronic devices were seized as part of the operation and the ICO's enquiries into alleged breaches of section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018 continue.'

Steve Eckersley, Director of Investigations at the ICO said: 'It's vital that all people, including employees and visitors to public buildings, have trust and confidence in the protection of their personal data captured by CCTV.

'In these circumstances, the ICO aims to react swiftly and effectively to investigate where there is a risk that other people may have unlawfully obtained personal data. We have an ongoing investigation into criminal matters and will not be commenting further until it is concluded.'

Mr Hancock resigned his Cabinet post two day after the affair was revealed, even though Downing Street initially described the matter as 'closed.'

In a letter to the PM Mr Hancock said the government 'owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down'.

Mr Johnson said he was 'sorry' to receive the resignation, although he later suggested he had acted quickly to axe his senior minister.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9791755/Electronic-devices-seized-Matt-Hancock-CCTV-probe.html

Paedophile, 40, caught out in sting trying to give mobile phone to 14-year-old girl so she could take explicit pictures of herself is jailed for three years

Pedro Campos, 40, thought he was turning up to hand mobile phone to girl, 14

He had arranged the mobile so she could send explicit pictures to him

But he was in fact the target of a sting operation by paedophile hunters

Campos was jailed for three years for encouraging a child in sexual activity

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9791171/Paedophile-40-caught-sting-trying-mobile-phone-14-year-old-girl.html

Church of England braces for compensation claims from dozens of 'victims' of radical 90s cult-like group Nine O'Clock Service that collapsed 25 years ago after sex scandal

Former members of Nine O'Clock Service consider legal action against Church

Nine O'Clock Service was set up in Sheffield in 90s and attracted hundreds of younger worshippers but was shut down after allegations of abuse were made

Bishop of Sheffield says they received 'harrowing testimonies' from ex-members

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790459/Church-braces-claims-victims-Nine-OClock-Service-collapsed-sex-scandal.html

'Vampire' confesses to murdering ten children and sucking the blood from at least one victim during five-year killing spree in Kenya

Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, was arrested in Nairobi after two bodies were found

He confessed to killing the children, and eight others, in a five-year killing spree

Police said he was assisting officers and would face multiple counts of murder

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790925/Vampire-confesses-murdering-ten-children-five-year-killing-spree-Kenya.html

Tory councillor quits after criticism that he was working from his holiday home in Panama - 5,000 miles from his constituents

Andrew Atkinson is the lead member for Wrexham Council's children's services

But he has been performing his duties from 5,000 miles away in Panama

The long-distance working arrangement had been savaged by critics

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9788125/Tory-councillor-quits-criticism-working-holiday-home-Panama.html