Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:31 a.m. No.18218585   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8587 >>8604

Spooks in Silicon Valley: Flow of U.S. intelligence analysts into Big Tech jobs raises alarm

 

Those who once served to protect the nation are now using their intel smarts to regulate speech in America.

 

As Congress and the courts delve deeper into federally sanctioned censorship by Big Tech, a troubling revolving door has emerged between the U.S. intelligence community and the Big Tech giants on the front lines of one of the fiercest battles over free speech in modern American history.

 

A Just the News review of LinkedIn employment histories of senior Big Tech executives found that at least 200 former workers of the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, National Security Council and Homeland Security Department have landed Silicon Valley jobs, many within content moderation units regulating supposed "disinformation" and disproportionately throttling news and opinion deviating from approved, left-tilting norms.

 

These individuals range from Aaron Berman, who spent a decade and a half as a CIA analyst before joining Facebook parent Meta as product policy manager for disinformation, to James Baker, the former FBI general counsel recently fired by Elon Musk as Twitter's chief lawyer over a spat about prior review of "Twitter Files" releases exposing past censorship by the platform. Baker was one of the key FBI figures involved in obtaining a FISA warrant based on the now-debunked Steele dossier to surveil onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

 

The spooks-to-Silicon-Valley pipeline has sent an army of federal agents, intel analysts and even psychological operations experts once trained with taxpayer money to fight foreign enemies or capture big criminals into higher-paying private sector jobs where those same skills now target Americans' opinions in the name of fighting "disinformation."

 

None of the former intel world employees contacted by Just the News returned phone or email requests for comment. But in videos posted online, some acknowledged they are part of a new vanguard of Big Tech censors operating in a world where there is little consensus about what should be done and what is legal.

 

"There is very little agreement whether we should be leaving more content up or taking more content down," Berman said in a video posted on Meta's site. "With any particular rule or issue that we're looking at where something has come up, where the rules are not 100 percent clear, we're not going to make everybody happy."

 

Berman, whose LinkedIn biography boasts he used to prepare the presidential daily brief at the CIA, acknowledged there is some discomfort in the power he now wields in his new role in Big Tech to decide the difference between "harmful content" and free speech.

 

"It's a balance," he said in the video. "I think it should make me uncomfortable, and all of us who do this work."

 

Some of the federal intel veterans are less inhibited about expressing biases. For example, Nick Rossmann, former CIA analyst and current senior manager of Trust & Safety at Google, overtly supported defeated 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner should be strangled and declared, "Anti-vaxxers are like Nazis."

 

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/former-agents-cia-fbi-dhs-nsa-defecting-big-tech-and-big-censorship

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:35 a.m. No.18218589   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit for FBI Documents on Big Tech Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story

 

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for records of communications between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and social media sites regarding foreign influence in elections, as well as the Hunter Biden laptop story (Judicial Watch Inc. v U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:23-cv-00079)).

 

Judicial Watch filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the FBI failed to respond fully to an August 28, 2022, FOIA request for:

 

All alerts, notifications, advisories, foreign threat indicators, or similar records provided by any official or employee of the FBI to any officer or employee of Meta (formerly Facebook), Twitter, or any other social media company regarding the threat of disinformation disseminated by foreign actors related to any U.S. election.

 

All records of communication between any official or employee of the FBI and any officer or employee of Meta, Twitter, or any other social media company regarding the laptop reportedly used by Hunter Biden, any news media reporting regarding the laptop and/or its contents, and/or the provenance of any information contained in any such reporting.

 

In October 2020, in the run-up to the presidential election, the New York Post was able to confirm that Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was abandoned at a Delaware computer shop, contained embarrassing and possibly incriminating information about the Biden family. The Post story was censored by Twitter and other social media platforms despite its accuracy. Recent “Twitter files” released by Elon Musk show that FBI pressure on “Russian disinformation” led to the censorship:

 

San Francisco FBI agent Elvis Chan “[sent] 10 documents to Twitter’s then-Head of Site Integrity, Yoel Roth, through Teleporter, a one-way communications channel from the FBI to Twitter,” the evening before the release of the Post story.

 

Other “Twitter files” show the FBI pushed Twitter to also censor countless Twitter users who tweeted concerns (and jokes) about election integrity just before the 2020 election.

 

“The FBI was literally paying Twitter to censor Americans just before the 2020 election!” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The FBI seems to have interfered in the 2020 election to help Joe Biden by encouraging Big Tech to censor Americans about the Hunter Biden laptop and other debates. And to add to the scandal, they are now covering up their misconduct.”

 

Through FOIA Judicial Watch is investigating other instances of censorship.

 

Judicial Watch is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for all records of communications between the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA), a division of DHS, and the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), which was created to flag online election content for censorship and suppression.

 

In September 2022, Judicial Watch sued the Secretary of State of the State of California for having YouTube censor a Judicial Watch election integrity video.

 

In May 2022, YouTube censored a Judicial Watch video about Biden corruption and election integrity issues in the 2020 election. The video, titled “Impeach? Biden Corruption Threatens National Security,” was falsely determined to be “election misinformation” and removed by YouTube, and Judicial Watch’s YouTube account was suspended for a week. The video featured an interview of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Judicial Watch continues to post its video content on its Rumble channel (https://rumble.com/vz7aof-fitton-impeach-biden-corruption-threatens-national-security.html).

 

In April 2021, Judicial Watch published documents revealing how California state officials pressured social media companies (Twitter, Facebook, Google (YouTube)) to censor posts about the 2020 election.

 

https://www.judicialwatch.org/hunter-biden-laptop-story/

 

JW v DOJ Meta Hunter Biden complaint 00079

https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JW-v-DOJ-Meta-Hunter-Biden-complaint-00079.pdf

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:37 a.m. No.18218590   🗄️.is 🔗kun

CIA helped Israeli Mossad agents escape complicated mission abroad - Pompeo

 

News revealed in former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's new book. Israeli intelligence sources deny operation was Iran nuclear archive heist.

 

Former CIA director and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, in his new book, Never Give An Inch, reveals that during his term, the CIA rescued Mossad agents in imminent peril at the personal request of then-Mossad director Yossi Cohen.

 

Israeli intelligence sources repeatedly denied to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday afternoon that the operation in question was the February 2018 heist of the century - seizing Iran's secret nuclear archive from under its nose near the heart of Tehran - though Pompeo in his book specifically says that the operation was "one of the most significant clandestine operations ever conducted."

 

These sources also would not specify what other operation could have reached the level of significance as described by Pompeo, but were adamant that Americans were not involved in the 2018 Tehran archive operation.

 

Describing one of several interactions with then Mossad director Yossi Cohen, but without giving the exact date, Pompeo recounts hearing from an aide, "Mr. Director, [Mossad] Director [Yossi] Cohen needs to speak with you immediately."

 

"The call from Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, arrived shortly after I had stepped off a plane in a European capital. I turned around and went back onboard, where we had communications equipment suitable for a classified conversation with the leader of Israel's intelligence agency," writes Pompeo.

 

Next, Pompeo says, "The voice on the other end was calm but serious: 'Mike, we just had a team complete a very important mission, and now I'm having a bit of trouble extracting some of them. Can I get your help?'"

 

"Whenever Yossi called, I took it. He did the same for me…I was there to help our friends, no questions asked, no matter the risks. My people swung into action across the world. We connected with his team, and within twenty-four hours we had guided them to safe houses. Within the next two days, they were back in their home countries without the world ever knowing that one of the most significant clandestine operations ever conducted was now complete," recounts Pompeo.

 

Although Pompeo does not name the operation or the time period, his description of "one of the most significant clandestine operations ever conducted" would seem to be spot on with the 2018 Iran nuclear archives operation.

 

Moreover, Cohen has previously said that while all of the dozens of Mossad agents involved eventually escaped safely, there were situations where their lives were in peril and where Iranian security forces were not far behind catching them in a wild chase.

 

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729447

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:39 a.m. No.18218591   🗄️.is 🔗kun

First Australian university adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

 

Jewish community officials in Australia hope the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism will cause a chain reaction, encouraging others in the country to do the same.

The University of Melbourne announced that it adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism on Tuesday. In doing so, it has become the first Australian university to adopt the definition. The adoption of the Working Definition is particularly relevant at University of Melbourne given the offensive and discriminatory motions passed by the university’s student union last year.

“The University of Melbourne expects that students, staff, visitors and our partners of all ethnicities, nationalities and faiths feel welcome, safe and that they belong,” according to the university’s website. “To support the safety and inclusion of these members of our community within the University, the University will adopt a definition of Islamophobia, following consultation with Muslim students and staff, and adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism.’”

 

Jewish organizations in Australia have praised the decision: The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) said it “welcomes the University of Melbourne’s adoption of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.” ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “This move is a strong step forward in the fight against antisemitism on campus and in society as a whole.”

 

Leibler concluded by stating that “by becoming the first Australian university to adopt the IHRA Working Definition, the University of Melbourne has demonstrated the leadership expected of Australia’s top-ranked university. We call on other universities to follow its lead and adopt the IHRA Working Definition.”

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) also welcomed the decision. AIJAC Executive Director Dr. Colin Rubenstein said, “This is a very welcome and much-needed step towards combating rising antisemitism at university campuses across Australia. The Australian, NSW and Victorian governments have already adopted the definition, which is a non-legally binding tool to identify, educate about and help prevent antisemitism.”

 

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-729466

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:45 a.m. No.18218595   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Moderna Millions: How the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Company Profited from the COVID Vaccine through Corruption & Fraud

 

The story begins 13 to 14 years ago, with the formation of a company called Theleme. One of the co-founders of Theleme is a man named Rishi Sunak. Who just so happens to now be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

 

The company quickly made a “wise” investment, putting millions of dollars into a small biotech firm called Modern.

 

At the time, Moderna only had a handful of employees, but Theleme apparently saw the potential for growth.

 

Years passed, and the UK government suddenly found itself in need of a reliable Covid-19 vaccine whilst Sunak was Chancelor of the Exchequer.

 

When Moderna claimed that its vaccine candidate was 94.5% effective, the government immediately struck a deal to purchase 5 million doses.

 

As time passed, Theleme’s investment in Moderna continued to pay off.

 

By June 2022, Theleme had amassed over 6 million shares of Moderna stock, making it the company’s largest shareholder.

 

The UK government also coincidentally announced a 10-year partnership with Moderna within two months of Sunak becoming Prime Minister of the UK.

 

This deal has a huge financial benefit for Theleme, the company co-founded by Sunak. The partnership and increased demand for Moderna’s vaccines has caused the company’s stock price to skyrocket, resulting in a significant profit for Theleme, thanks to its large holding of Moderna shares.

 

Is this all just a coincidence, or does this 10-year deal struck with Moderna stink of corruption, lining the pockets of the UK Prime Minister at a cost to both the British Taxpayers’ wallets/purses and their health?

 

https://expose-news.com/2023/01/24/sunak-theleme-moderna-corruption-profit/

 

https://expose-news.com/2023/01/24/sunak-theleme-moderna-corruption-profit/

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:52 a.m. No.18218661   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former DeSales University Priest Sentenced

 

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that William McCandless, age 59, of Elkton, Maryland, a former DeSales University priest, was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release. He is also required to register pursuant to the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.

 

On May 27, 2022, McCandless pleaded guilty to access and attempted access with intent to view child pornography. In 2017, McCandless searched for images of young boys and accessed over 3000 web pages depicting and offering child sex abuse images. He also accessed dozens of stories which graphically detailed and described the sexual torture of young boys.

 

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

 

“Those in positions of power and trust should never put the safety of our children in peril,” said U.S. Attorney Romero. “The actions taken by the defendants in Project Safe Childhood cases cause trauma and heartache for the victims and their families. Our office will continue pursuing these cases to help ensure our communities are safe.”

 

“For a priest and university faculty member to violate his position of trust by engaging in the depraved activity for which he previously pled guilty is reprehensible,” said William S. Walker, Special Agent in Charge for HSI Philadelphia. “Homeland Security Investigations and our law enforcement partners around the world will continue to coordinate closely to ensure our communities are protected from child predators who exploit vulnerable victims.”

 

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the High Technology Investigative Unit of the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sherri A. Stephan.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-desales-university-priest-sentenced

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:52 a.m. No.18218662   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former Energy Company Executive Sentenced for $15 Million Investment Fraud

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-energy-company-executive-sentenced-15-million-investment-fraud

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:53 a.m. No.18218664   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/medical-director-baltimore-county-pain-management-clinic-sentenced-conspiracy-distribute

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 10:55 a.m. No.18218665   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Former Homeland Security Investigations Agent Sentenced for Theft from Agency

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/former-homeland-security-investigations-agent-sentenced-theft-agency

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 4:07 p.m. No.18218741   🗄️.is 🔗kun

51 things they should teach in school, but don’t

https://hackspirit.com/things-they-should-teach-in-school-but-dont/

 

51 things they should teach in school, but don’t

1) Physical survival skills

2) Mental survival skills

3) How to cultivate healthy relationships

4) How to cook

5) Managing personal finances

6) Cleaning and household organization

7) The importance of honesty

8) Farming and growing food

9) Basic home and tool repair

10) Looking critically at the media

11) Looking after our planet

12) How to get along with family

13) Nutrition and self-care

14) Basic First Aid

15) The limits of police power

16) Different views of history

17) Critical study of foreign policy

18) Negotiation skills

19) Focus on learning languages

20) Caring for animals

21) Practicing interpersonal and communication skills

22) Learning moral values

23) Climbing, kayaking, and outdoor sports

24) Learn more about basic construction

MORE

https://hackspirit.com/things-they-should-teach-in-school-but-dont/

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 4:08 p.m. No.18218750   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8769

Downtime notes

 

Bill Gates Predicts Another Pandemic Which Could be Man-Made and Worse than COVID-19

https://youtu.be/038__DssSv0

 

Top Zelensky aide, 9 others resign as Ukraine cracks down on corruption

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-rocked-corruption-scandal-wave-top-official-resignations-sports-cars-mansions

https://nypost.com/2023/01/24/top-zelensky-aide-9-other-other-ukrainian-officials-resign/

 

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Perverse Honey-Pot Sex Trafficking Operation

https://www.bitchute.com/video/tD1s9wnrWKHy/

 

Ukraine run by CIA, MI-6 specialists, not Zelensky — former PM

Ukraine’s former Prime Minister (2010-2014) Nikolai Azarov said the Ukrainian authorities are fulfilling ready-made plans "under supervision from Western specialists"

https://tass.com/world/1566051

 

Spooks in Silicon Valley: Flow of U.S. intelligence analysts into Big Tech jobs raises alarm

Those who once served to protect the nation are now using their intel smarts to regulate speech in America.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/former-agents-cia-fbi-dhs-nsa-defecting-big-tech-and-big-censorship

 

Moderna Millions: How the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Company Profited from the COVID Vaccine through Corruption & Fraud

https://expose-news.com/2023/01/24/sunak-theleme-moderna-corruption-profit/

 

EU Commissioner threatens @ElonMusk

with "sanctions" at World Economic Forum if he doesn't "behave" and put a stop to free speech on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1617873778339639296

 

Former DeSales University Priest Sentenced

On May 27, 2022, McCandless pleaded guilty to access and attempted access with intent to view child pornography. In 2017, McCandless searched for images of young boys and accessed over 3000 web pages depicting and offering child sex abuse images. He also accessed dozens of stories which graphically detailed and described the sexual torture of young boys.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-desales-university-priest-sentenced

 

Warning of Imminent Gaza War, Ben-Gvir Calls to Reinforce Police, Launch National Guard

The national security minister held a press conference alongside the police commissioner and hinted that another nationwide wave of violence akin to the one experienced in Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab cities in 2021 is to be expected in case of another military conflict in Gaza

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-24/ty-article/.premium/warning-of-imminent-gaza-war-ben-gvir-calls-to-reinforce-police-launch-national-guard/00000185-e4cb-d322-ab8d-edeba10a0000

 

THE SMOKING GUN: The 20 Point Email of Classified Information from His Father that Hunter Biden Sent to Burisma Board Member in April 2014

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/smoking-gun-20-point-email-classified-information-father-hunter-biden-sent-burisma-board-member-april-2014/

 

Pope Benedict XVI Publishes Posthumous Book, Says Some Seminaries Have Homosexuality, Pornography Problems

Benedict reportedly criticized progressive aspects of modern-day Catholicism and claimed various seminaries are accepting of pornography usage and homosexual relations, which contrasts with basic Catholic teaching.

https://nationalfile.com/pope-benedict-xvi-publishes-posthumous-book-says-some-seminaries-have-homosexuality-pornography-problems/

https://twitter.com/pope_head/status/1617590986179215389

 

Murdoch Scraps Fox, News Corp Merger After Investor Pushback

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/murdoch-scraps-fox-news-corp-merger-after-investor-pushback

 

Wuhan Collaborator EcoHealth Alliance Gets Fresh $3 Million Grant From DoD

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_HDTRA12310006_9761

 

Bill Cooper explains very well the Mystery Babylon

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Pl9MZv3xlks8/

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 4:14 p.m. No.18218791   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8899

Deep dive into the new narratives being constructed

 

If the report on Iran isn't out yet and is composed of submissions from anyone - who is influencing this report? How do ABC have advanced copies? Who is leaking?

 

Israel works with the Iranian Government and Rothschild thru it's lackeys at Chatham House Lord Levy and coABC fails to mention that Israel has back doored all the intel chips and can hack and plant evidence on any device and make it look like someone else did it.

 

Human rights implications of recent violence in Iran

On 27 October 2022 the Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 February 2023.

Submission closing date extended to 31 December 2022.

ABC are narrative building for the Israeli government who are now talking of open warfare in Palestine and are having enormous simulation drills of attacking Iran with the Biden Gov.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/HumanRightsinIran

 

but ignore this:

Another Israeli Exploit Developer Caught Selling Malware To Blacklisted Countries

The Israeli government is partly to blame. It worked closely with NSO Group (and presumably others in the same business) to broker deals with human rights abusers: diplomacy via malware sales.

Israel’s Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the Asian nation’s February 2021 military coup, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/20/another-israeli-exploit-developer-caught-selling-malware-to-blacklisted-countries/

 

Warning of Imminent Gaza War, Ben-Gvir Calls to Reinforce Police, Launch National Guard

The national security minister held a press conference alongside the police commissioner and hinted that another nationwide wave of violence akin to the one experienced in Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab cities in 2021 is to be expected in case of another military conflict in Gaza

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-24/ty-article/.premium/warning-of-imminent-gaza-war-ben-gvir-calls-to-reinforce-police-launch-national-guard/00000185-e4cb-d322-ab8d-edeba10a0000

 

The narrative is also being set that anyone opposing Israel's wars of aggression will be labelled and anti-semite

First Australian university adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Jewish organizations in Australia have praised the decision: The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) said it “welcomes the University of Melbourne’s adoption of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.” ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “This move is a strong step forward in the fight against antisemitism on campus and in society as a whole.”

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-729466

 

Israel is provoking a war

Israelis drink alcohol & urinate in Al-Aqsa compound

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230120-israelis-drink-alcohol-urinate-in-al-aqsa-compound/

TV report claims joint US-Israel air drill will bomb ‘Iranian nuke sites’ in Negev

But IDF has not briefed reporters, and American officials leading maneuver say no mockups of Iranian targets during Juniper Oak 2023

https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-report-claims-joint-us-israel-air-drill-will-bomb-iranian-nuke-sites-in-negev/

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 4:32 p.m. No.18218908   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8915 >>8930 >>8938 >>8940 >>8959

Arizona’s Katie Hobbs Halts Executions of Over 100 Murderers – Here’s Who She’s Sparing

 

Arizona’s first Democratic governor in over a decade spent no time proving she was every bit a Democrat by putting the state’s executions on hold — sparing more than 100 murderers on the state’s death row, including a man who kidnapped and brutally killed his girlfriend’s ex-husband.

 

Gov. Katie Hobbs, the victor in a contentious race with Republican challenger Kari Lake, ordered the hold on Friday “due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions,” according to The Associated Press.

 

In the executive order, Hobbs didn’t officially declare a moratorium on executions. However, she appointed a commissioner to oversee a review of how the death penalty is carried out — and the state’s new Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, has said she won’t be seeking court orders to execute prisoners while the review is underway.

 

“With the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry now under new leadership, it’s time to address the fact that this is a system that needs better oversight on numerous fronts,” Hobbs told reporters.

 

The executive order spells out the purview of the commissioner, who will review, among other things, “ADCRR procedures and protocols for conducting an execution by gas chamber and by lethal injection, including but not limited to setting lines for a lethal injection, transparency and media access, access to legal counsel for the inmate.”

 

The commissioner, who is yet unnamed, will deliver a report to the governor on ways to improve the death penalty process.

 

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Arizona has two methods of executing death row inmates: the gas chamber or lethal injection. Since the approval of lethal injection by voters in 1992, inmates have been able to choose which method by which they will be executed.

 

A botched 2014 execution and difficulties obtaining the drugs necessary to carry out lethal injections put an eight-year hold on the death penalty.

 

However, in 2020, Arizona announced it had found a compounding pharmacist to supply the necessary drugs, and the state announced in the spring of 2021 it had finally gotten a supply of the drugs.

 

Still, the three executions carried out under former Gov. Doug Ducey were not without controversy.

 

“Since resuming executions, the state has been criticized for taking too long to insert an IV into a condemned prisoner’s body in early May and for denying the Arizona Republic newspaper’s request to witness the last three executions,” the AP reported.

 

The report said 110 prisoners are currently on the state’s death row. The Arizona Republic published a list of them last year along with their photos and a summary of their horrifying crimes.

 

Take, for example, Joseph Clarence Smith Jr. It says he was “convicted in the 1975 murders of two teenage girls he had picked up while they were hitchhiking in Maricopa County. Both teens died of asphyxiation after Smith forced dirt into their mouths and nostrils and taped their mouths shut. He also stabbed each girl several times.”

 

OrPreston Strong. The Republic says he was “convicted in 2017 of the 2005 murder of his best friend, Luis Rios; Rios’ girlfriend, Adrienne Heredia; and Heredia’s four children, 13-year-old Andreas Crawford, 12-year-old Enrique Bedoya, 9-year-old Inez Newman and 6-year-old Danny Heredia III. He spent hours asphyxiating four of the victims and shot his best friend and the youngest boy.”

 

The stomach-churning list goes on and on.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/arizonas-new-dem-gov-katie-hobbs-halts-executions-100-murderers-sparing/

Anonymous ID: 5280b7 Jan. 24, 2023, 4:34 p.m. No.18218922   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8961 >>9023

Las Vegas Judge Commits Suicide After Facing Ethics Probe For Demanding An Investigation Into Alleged Sex Trafficking Ring

 

A former Las Vegas Judge committed suicide a year after she resigned from her position after facing an ethics investigation.

 

Per the Clark County coroner’s office, Judge Melanie Andress-Tobiasson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 

According to Andress-Tobiasson, she resigned in an attempt to avoid a complicated ethics investigation that started when she attempted to rescue her daughter from being allegedly sex trafficked.

 

Andress-Tobiasson troubles began when her 16 year old daughter started to work at Top Knotch, a clothing store that Andress-Tobiasso believed was running a prostitution ring that would recruit teenage girls.

 

In an act she believed would protect her daughter, Andress-Tobiasso reached out to local law enforcement to warn them about the store owner at the time, but she claimed she received no action.

 

 

The New York Post reported more details regarding the probe:

 

Andress-Tobiasson said she had to go to the FBI with the information after being ignored by local police — which resulted in officers investigating her for allegedly breaching judicial rules by making an allegation to federal agents.

 

A complaint filed against Andress-Tobiasson alleged that she failed to comply with and uphold the law, and allowed family interests and relations to influence her conduct, the Daily Mail reported.

 

Valentine the man behind the store Andress-Tobiasson believed was a prostitution ring would later be convicted of a burglary charge and be a person of interest in a double homicide.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/las-vegas-judge-commits-suicide-facing-ethics-probe-demanding-investigation-alleged-sex-trafficking-ring/

 

Uncovers a pedo ring then commits suicide hmmm where have I seen this before??????!!!!!!

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Josh Hawley Introduces ‘PELOSI Act’ to Ban Congress from Trading Stocks

 

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the “PELOSI Act” which would ban members of Congress, as well as their family members, from holding or trading stocks.

 

The legislation, known as the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act, references former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who was called out last year after her husband, Paul Pelosi, bought up to $5 million in stock in a semiconductor company right as the Senate was passing legislation to massively subsidize the semiconductor industry.

 

Pelosi was also among a group of Republicans and Democrats who beat the market in 2021 with hundreds of millions of dollars in stock trades. Others who faired the best include Reps. Austin Scott (R-GA), Brian Mast (R-FL), French Hill (R-AR), John Curtis (R-UT), and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX).

 

Hawley, who introduced similar legislation last year, said the practice must end.

 

“For too long, politicians in Washington have taken advantage of the economic system they write the rules for, turning profits for themselves at the expense of the American people,” Hawley said in a statement.

 

“As members of Congress, both Senators and Representatives are tasked with providing oversight of the same companies they invest in, yet they continually buy and sell stocks, outperforming the market time and again,” he continued.

 

Hawley’s PELOSI Act would ban members of Congress and their spouses from holding, acquiring, or selling stocks while in office. The legislation gives members and their spouses six months after taking office to divest stocks they hold or put them in a blind trust.

 

If members of Congress or their spouses are found to be in violation of the legislation’s rules, they would have to forfeit any profits to the United States Treasury. Violators would also be prohibited from deducting those losses on their income taxes.

 

The legislation gives the House and Senate ethics committees full power to fine members of Congress for such violations and would be required to publicize them to the American people. In accordance with the bill, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would be required to audit members of Congress to ensure they are complying with the rules.

 

“While Wall Street and Big Tech work hand-in-hand with elected officials to enrich each other, hardworking Americans pay the price,” Hawley said. “The solution is clear: we must immediately and permanently ban all members of Congress from trading stocks.”

 

Banning members of Congress and their family members from trading stocks is hugely popular among likely American voters.

 

Last year, a Trafalgar Group survey revealed that 76 percent believe Congress has an “unfair advantage” when it comes to the stock market. Only five percent support permitting congressional stock trading.

 

https://unusualwhales.com/politics/article/full

 

https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/LEW23036.pdf