Two Pinterest Directors Resign from Nextdoor Board of Directors in Response to Justice Department’s Ongoing Enforcement Efforts Against Interlocking Directorates
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-pinterest-directors-resign-nextdoor-board-directors-response-justice-departments-ongoing
14 Minneapolis Gang Members Charged with Possession of Machine Guns, Fentanyl Trafficking, and Firearms Violations
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/14-minneapolis-gang-members-charged-possession-machine-guns-fentanyl-trafficking-and
Former NYPD Officer Charged With Accessory After The Fact To Murder, Obstructing A Federal Gang Investigation, And Racketeering Conspiracy
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-nypd-officer-charged-accessory-after-fact-murder-obstructing-federal-gang
Confirmed: The "That MF isn't real" airplane lady works for the Department of Defense.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/YMxCqf69oGBo/
Orange County, CA Judge Was Drunk When He Shot His Wife Dead: Prosecutors
https://youtu.be/mEJYb0C0sfg
COVID variant with 'dozens of mutations' found in Israel
The significance of the variant is still unclear as other heavily mutated variants have often fizzled out.
A new novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variant with dozens of mutations has been detected in new samples collected from patients in Israel and Denmark, with some virologists and data scientists stressing that while it's too early to understand if the variant will spread effectively, it's unique enough to warrant monitoring.
The sample of the variant detected in Israel was recorded on July 31, while the two samples of the variant were detected in Denmark on July 24 and July 31. There are some minor differences between the samples in Israel and Denmark.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-754816
How NewsGuard Became The Establishment Guard Against Independent Media
Company makes a profit - including from US government funds - through a business model that leads to defunding and censoring of independent media…
As difficult as it is to run an independent media outlet, there’s a company making it substantially harder. Its name is NewsGuard. The company claims to rate online content, including from media outlets, for trustworthiness, but a closer look shows it does much more than that—its business model produces censorious pressure on news organizations. An investigation by The Epoch Times has revealed troubling questions regarding the quality of and the agenda behind NewsGuard's offerings.
Founded in 2018, NewsGuard dispatches its “analysts” to prepare reviews of online content creators and to issue ratings “to help readers have more context for the news they read online.” The ratings display as small badges with scores next to search results.
That, however, represents only a small part of the picture. The bigger picture shows that NewsGuard's most potent function stems from its relationships with advertising agencies, which have steered their clients to cut off advertising dollars for content creators disfavored by the company's "analyst" reviews. As it so happens, corporate, establishment-friendly media tend to receive high scores while independent media skeptical of the establishment tend to receive low scores, even if they adhere to high journalistic standards.
The Epoch Times emailed NewsGuard questions regarding its products, activities, personnel, and funding, but received no response.
Subjective Criteria
NewsGuard presents itself as objective and nonpartisan. Its ratings, the company says, measure media quality on nine criteria, including transparency of authorship and ownership and adherence to standard editorial practice, such as issuing corrections and labeling opinion pieces. In practice, however, most of the score boils down to whether the media present content that, in NewsGuard’s opinion, is truthful.
The first criterion specifically looks at whether the target repeatedly publishes false claims. Another examines whether it publishes news “responsibly.” But failing the first one means failing the second one, NewsGuard explains on its website. Yet another criterion is whether the target uses accurate headlines.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-newsguard-became-establishment-guard-against-independent-media
Federal Court: D.C. ‘Selectively’ Enforced Law to Arrest Pro-Lifers but Not BLM Protesters
A federal appeals court delivered a major free speech victory on Tuesday, ruling that Washington, D.C., officials “selectively” enforced statute to arrest pro-life activists but not Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.
In the summer of 2020, thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters flooded D.C., and over several weeks, they covered the streets, sidewalks, and storefronts with paint and chalk. While these markings violated the District’s defacement ordinance, no protesters were arrested. However, district police officers were quick to arrest two pro-life advocates in a smaller protest for chalking “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter” on a public sidewalk outside of a D.C. Planned Parenthood facility.
“The government may not enforce the laws in a manner that picks winners and losers in public debates,” reads the D.C. Circuit opinion penned by Judge Neomi Rao, reversing a lower court’s decision. “It would undermine the First Amendment’s protections for free speech if the government could enact a content-neutral law and then discriminate against disfavored viewpoints under the cover of prosecutorial discretion.”
“The First Amendment prohibits discrimination on the basis of viewpoint irrespective of the government’s motive,” the three-judge panel ruled: “
We hold the Foundation has plausibly alleged the District discriminated on the basis of viewpoint in the selective enforcement of its defacement ordinance. We therefore reverse the dismissal of the Foundation’s First Amendment claim and remand for further proceedings.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit on behalf of members of the Frederick Douglass Foundation and Students for Life of America. The three-judge panel was comprised of circuit judges Robert Wilkins, Neomi Rao, and Michelle Childs.
ADF Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, vice president of the ADF Center for Life and Regulatory Practice, who argued before the court on behalf of the pro-life organizations, said:
Washington officials can’t censor messages they disagree with. The right to free speech is for everyone, and we’re pleased the D.C. Circuit agreed that the Frederick Douglass Foundation and Students for Life should be able to exercise their constitutionally protected freedom to peacefully share their views the same as anyone else.
Every American deserves for their voice to be heard as they engage in important cultural and political issues of the day.
Frederick Douglass Foundation Virginia Chapter President J.R. Gurley issued a statement praising the court’s decision.
“The city shouldn’t allow some groups to participate in the public forum and shun others from doing so just because city officials disagree with their viewpoint,” Gurley said. “The First Amendment protects our right to peacefully share our pro-life message in Washington, D.C. without fear of unjust government punishment and thankfully, the D.C. Circuit agreed.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/16/federal-court-d-c-selectively-enforced-law-to-arrest-pro-lifers-but-not-blm-protesters/
Dianne Feinstein’s Daughter Says Her Mom Is Victim of Elder Abuse: Report
Katherine Feinstein, the daughter of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, alleged her mother is a victim of elder abuse against her mother in a recent court filing.
According to Katherine, the co-trustees of a trust associated with the senator’s late husband Richard Blum have failed to fund a trust created by the late businessman.
Blum died last February and was worth an estimated $1 billion at the time of his death.
SF Gate reported Sen. Feinstein’s daughter, who she recently surrendered a partial power of attorney to, went to a court on Aug. 8 to allege the men responsible for overseeing the fund have not made “required distributions” to her mother.
She has accused Michael Klein, Marc Scholvinck, and Verett Mims of financial elder abuse.
According to the court filing, Katherine Feinstein has accused the three of purposely withholding regular payments to her mother from the fund because she believes they hope to see most of it eventually go to Blum’s children.
The senator is the fund’s sole beneficiary of Blum’s fund. Katherine was a teenager when her mother married the wealthy investor.
She has asked a judge to suspend Klein, Scholvinck and Mims from managing the account.
An attorney for Klein and Scholvinck filed a motion on Aug. 10 in which he disputed Katherine’s claims of elder abuse.
“The trustees have acted ethically and appropriately at all times; the same cannot be said for Katherine Feinstein,” attorney Steven Braccini said.
According to SF Gate, Braccini also called Katherine’s allegation “unconscionable” and accused her of working for her own self-gain.
Allegations of elder abuse come as Sen. Feinstein faces calls to step down from her seat amid allegations she is too frail to adequately represent her constituents.
Feinstein, who is 90 and the country’s longest-serving senator, was absent due to health reasons from February until May.
For a time earlier this year, Senate Democrats were absent both Feinstein and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who was hospitalized for depression.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/dianne-feinsteins-daughter-says-mom-victim-elder-abuse/
News flash a Jewish lady claims another Jewish lady is a victim - never heard of before