Two MSC Gayane Crew Members Sentenced for Conspiracy to Smuggle $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine into the United States

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/two-msc-gayane-crew-members-sentenced-conspiracy-smuggle-1-billion-worth-cocaine-united

United States Attorney's Office For The Eastern District Of Oklahoma Obtains Twenty-Eight Indictments From Federal Grand Juries

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/united-states-attorneys-office-eastern-district-oklahoma-obtains-twenty-eight

Federal Jury Convicts Massachusetts Man On Five Counts Of Child Exploitation Related Offenses

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtn/pr/federal-jury-convicts-massachusetts-man-five-counts-child-exploitation-related-offenses

Philadelphia Man Charged With Forcible Sex Trafficking of Multiple Victims Including a Minor

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/philadelphia-man-charged-forcible-sex-trafficking-multiple-victims-including-minor

Psaki: Joe Biden is “Keeping the Option Open” For More Covid Restrictions

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday said Biden is “keeping the option open” for more Covid restrictions and he floods the US with Covid-infected illegals.

A reporter on Monday asked Psaki about Biden’s response to a reporter on Friday asking if Americans can expect more Covid restrictions.

“In all probability,” Biden said Friday as he rattled off the number of people who received the Covid vaccine this week.

“What’s on the table?” the reporter asked Psaki.

“The president is keeping the option open of making sure that he is…that the CDC and our public health officials can make recommendations on what’s needed to keep the American people safe,” Psaki said.

The Biden Admin is “keeping the American people safe” by making sure tens of thousands of Covid-infected illegal aliens are allowed into the US every month.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/psaki-joe-biden-keeping-option-open-covid-restrictions-video/

Surveillance Video Counters St. Louis County Health Director’s Claims Of Racial Slurs, Assault At County Council Meeting

Some critics say surveillance video counters claims from St. Louis County Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan that he was physically pushed and had racial slurs shouted at him during a contentious county council meeting Tuesday.

https://breaking911.com/surveillance-video-counters-st-louis-county-health-directors-claims-of-racial-slurs-assault-at-county-council-meeting/

Florida Sheriff's Office Now Notifying People It Will Be Inflicting Its Pre-Crime Program On Them

The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff's Office has been swamped with negative press coverage centering on its predictive policing program. The Office claims it's not "predictive policing," but rather "intelligence-led policing." Whatever you call it, it sucks.

The Sheriff's Office may have some lofty goals that involve stopping crime before it starts, but the supposedly forward-looking policing program does little more than subject past offenders (along with friends, families, and acquaintances) to sustained harassment by law enforcement officers. What's supposed to keep crime down by directing resources to possible serious criminal activity has manifested as multiple visits from officers who do little more than try to coerce people into consenting to unlawful searches and write out nuisance citations for things like missing mailbox numbers or uncut grass.

The Sheriff's Office has since spun this off to include students at public schools, presumably to prep kids for a future of pointless harassment by law enforcement officers simply because they have the misfortune of living in Pasco County.

Thanks to some lawsuits and investigations, the Sheriff's Office is being a bit more proactive on the notification front. According to this ongoing investigation by the Tampa Bay Times, targets of the "intelligence" program are now being informed they've been blacklisted by the Sheriff's Office.

It starts like an offer of admission from a prestigious university.

“We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected…” it says.

But the four-page letter from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office goes on to tell recipients they will be facing enhanced police scrutiny under the agency’s controversial intelligence program.

“You may wonder why you were enrolled in this program,” the letter continues. “You were selected as a result of an evaluation of your recent criminal behavior using an unbiased, evidence-based risk assessment designed to identify prolific offenders in our community. As a result of this designation, we will go to great efforts to encourage change in your life through enhanced support and increased accountability.”

It all sounds so positive. While there's really no evidence this is actually "evidence-based" or "unbiased," at least the Sheriff's Office is willing to "encourage change in your life." It sounds nice but "encouragement" probably just means "constant harassment" and "enhanced support" is probably a euphemism for suspicionless searches. "Increased accountability" may be part of this program, but it won't be applied to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Nope, there's a really good chance "increased accountability" means more fines, more citations, more arrests, and more jail time.

It's definitely an attempt at a lighter touch.

The new letter to so-called “prolific offenders” says its purpose is to communicate the agency’s “sincere desire” to help recipients “begin a new path.”

“We are committed to your success,” it says.

But is it sincere? All evidence points to "no." The stated goal of the Sheriff's "pre-crime" program was, in the department's own words, to make targets so miserable they either moved or sued the Sheriff's Office. Now that some targets have done both, the Office appears to be trying to rein things in just a bit, or at least pretend the program is not solely about vindictive, unjustified harassment of certain Pasco County residents.

After all the sweet things about wanting to help people live their best lives, the letter [PDF] gets down to business. If program targets can't meet the standards the Office doesn't bother detailing in this letter, they can expect even more law enforcement interaction in the future.

“Our desire to help you will not hinder us from holding you fully accountable for your choices and actions.”

It then says the Sheriff’s Office will share recipients’ names and criminal histories with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure “the highest level of accountability” for any future crimes they commit.

External pressure may have forced the Sheriff's Office to reconsider its "intelligence-led policing" program. But this letter shows it didn't get much further than sanding down the edges of some of its sharper words. The changes appear to be limited to giving residents heads up on their impending misery.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210724/15223647236/florida-sheriffs-office-now-notifying-people-it-will-be-inflicting-pre-crime-program-them.shtml

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21016013-pasco-precrime

BUSTED: Pelosi Met With Police Officers Who Gave Shockingly Partisan Testimony About January 6

Handpicked?

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Capitol and Metro Police officers who testified before the congressional “January 6 Commission,” where the officers delivered shockingly partisan and widely-doubted accounts of the protest events. Pelosi personally invited Harry Dunn, a Capitol police officer, and Metro police officers Daniel Hodges and Michael Fanone to the House gallery for a vote back in June, making it clear that Pelosi had those three officers handpicked. Here is a photo of Pelosi meeting with Dunn, Fanone, and Hodges, alongside fellow leftist Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell.

NATIONAL FILE REPORTED: Harry Dunn, the Capitol Hill Police Department officer who claimed, without evidence, during Tuesday’s Congressional hearing that he was called a “n****r” by Jan. 6 Trump supporters, is a devout left-wing activist who frequently posted about his hatred for conservatives and his association with black supremacists on Twitter.

“Racism is so American, that when you protest it, people think that you are protesting America! #RacistInChief #racism #leaveittowhitestotellblackswhatisntracist #IStandWithIlhanOmar #squad,” Dunn tweeted in July 2019, expressing his feelings about “whites” and his love for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

In May, Dunn posted a picture of a tattoo that he had gotten to show off his support for black grievance politics. “The eye is crying blood, the black heart represents the struggle of black people. Blood tears for all the bloodshed in the struggle for equality while getting in ‘good trouble’. The red lightning is chaos all around #goodtrouble #JohnLewis,” Dunn wrote in support of dead politician and political avtivist John Lewis.

“If me talking about racism makes you uncomfortable, then thats [sic] exactly why I’m doing it,” Dunn declared in April. He also narrated an anti-Trump political video for liberal organization The Lincoln Project.

During the June 2020 George Floyd riots, Dunn, who has been held up as a model police officer who represents the collective feelings of law enforcement, retweeted a post attacking police officers.

https://nationalfile.com/busted-pelosi-met-with-police-officers-who-gave-shockingly-partisan-testimony/

Biden Regime Says Federal Government Will Impose ‘Requirements’ on Unvaccinated, Including Masks, Social Distancing

"If you want to do business with the federal government, get your workers vaccinated."

The Biden White House Coronavirus Response Director has said that the federal government will impose requirements on anyone unvaccinated who works for them, including masks, social distancing, and travel restrictions.

Last week, the Biden administration, in an effort to encourage people to take the vaccine, encouraged state and local governments to give $100 to people to take it. Jeff Zients, who succeeded Deborah Birx as Coronavirus Response Director for the White House when the Biden administration took office this year, spoke during a press conference with Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and said that “if financial incentives like these help us get more shots in arms, then we should use them.”

However, he also said that along with the carrot must come the stick. “In addition to incentives, it’s time to impose some requirements, based on the realities of different risks unvaccinated individuals pose versus those who have been vaccinated,” Zients said. Last week, the Department of Veterans Affairs made it mandatory for all healthcare personnel to take the shot. “This is in lockstep with many healthcare employers around the country who are requiring vaccinations, and will protect our veterans when they get medical care,” he continued.

The Biden regime had also previously announced that every federal government employee must “attest” to their vaccination status, with stringent restrictions on the unvaccinated put in place. “Any federal employee who does not attest, or who is not vaccinated, will be required to mask, no matter where they work, get tested once or twice a week, socially distance, and generally will not be allowed to travel for work,” Zients said. “We’re taking steps to apply similar standards to all federal contractors. It’s simple. If you want to do business with the federal government, get your workers vaccinated.”

The Department of Defense are moving forward with a similar arrangement, requiring all civilian and military personnel to either take the vaccine or be subject to the same requirements. While the COVID vaccine is not yet on the list of required vaccines for military personnel, the DoD is now “looking into how and when” they will add it to the list, Zients confirmed. National File reported in June that cadets at West Point academy who do not take the vaccine are being put into solitary confinement, with more stringent restrictions on those who tested positive for the virus.

https://nationalfile.com/breaking-biden-regime-says-federal-government-will-impose-requirements-on-unvaccinated-including-masks-social-distancing/

Democrat Michigan County Clerk Obstructs Investigation Into Dominion Voting Machines — Says It Will Proceed ‘Over My Dead Body’

Far-left county and city clerks in Barry County, Michigan are impeding a private inquiry into Dominion voting machines, demonstrating how far these so-called public servants are ready to go to assist cover-up potential voter fraud in the 2020 election.

This is in response to Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf’s efforts to lead an independent investigation of Dominion voting devices. Pamela Palmer, the Barry County Clerk, has emerged as a ruthless opponent of the probe, vowing to fight it tooth and nail.

“They’re trying to find out if the machines have the ability to switch votes,” Palmer complained to MLive.

“We ran a perfectly balanced election in November of 2020. We had no issues with the machines or anything. The canvassers didn’t find any issues, it was a clean election. And now, nine months later, there’s a group that our sheriff is heading up, that is investigating to see if they can find that there was any fraud,” she added.

Bigleaguepolitics.com reports: Palmer claims that the Dominion machines work fine, there is no capacity for them to ever be hacked, and the 2020 election was perfectly on the up-and-up. She intends to obstruct and attempt to prevent any investigation from happening.

“I thought to myself, ‘Over my dead body,’” Palmer said about responding to the investigation initiated by Sheriff Leaf.

Big League Politics has reported on how Sheriff Leaf is one of the very few men who has been exercising their authority to stop the steal and combat the stunning and unprecedented amount of electoral fraud that occurred in Nov. 2020:

“It has been revealed that Barry County, Mich. Sheriff Dar Leaf attempted to rally fellow constitutional sheriffs after last year’s vote steal to seize controversial Dominion voting machines.

Bridge Michigan obtained emails through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Leaf’s attorney showing how the constitutional sheriff snapped into action following last year’s fraud and began rallying sheriffs to push back against the alleged culprits.

“It is our job to investigate all acts of voter fraud,” Leaf said.

Emails show that Carson Tucker, an Ann Arbor attorney who represented leaf, reached out to Carissa Keshel at the Fight Back Foundation requesting details on “counties that have been potentially compromised” during the election.

“My client Barry County Sheriff and several other county sheriffs in Michigan would like to consider issuing probable cause warrants to sequester Dominion voting machines if there is evidence of criminal manipulation,” Tucker wrote.

“Constitutional Sheriffs have a legal obligation and duty to ferret out criminal activity in the county on behalf of the citizenry,” Tucker added. “And they are the chief law enforcement officers.”‘

The city and county clerks have much to hide. The extent of the corruption goes deep. The foundations of American democracy are rotten to their very core.

https://en-volve.com/2021/08/02/democrat-michigan-county-clerk-obstructs-investigation-into-dominion-voting-machines-says-it-will-proceed-over-my-dead-body/