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Sidney Powell - Defending The Republic Newsletter
Good News Friday: 10/27/23
Dear Patriots,
Seemingly from nowhere a man emerged to become the U.S. Speaker of the House. He was elected unanimously by Republicans.
Call us crazy, but we are giving credit for this to divine intervention.
The first act of then Speaker Designate Johnson was to gather the Republican caucus and pray.
We beseech you to add this man to your prayers. He will be besieged by evil and negativity from The Swamp. Pray that he be protected, made strong and wise.
With a backdrop of heartbreaking situations in the USA and the world, we offer a little respite of better news.
1- Learn more about Speaker Johnson here. Of course, it was more than just luck that won this day.
John Fund At NYPost
Mike Johnson lucked into speaker job — but he has talent to pull it off
2- This is such good news. No more worry over the global warming and climate change, right? Take that item OFF your worry list!!
Issues & Insights
The Latest On Global Warming Is … There Is No Global Warming
3- Every baby saved is good news for the world.
The Epoch Times
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds State's 'Heartbeat' Abortion Law
4- Accountability for hurting youth is always a goal to move toward.
Breitbart
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Sued by 42 States for Harming Young People with Addictive Facebook, Instagram Features
5- It's a drop in a big bucket but, it is still fun to see the rich make very bad investments in social fads.
Daily Caller
Not Even Our Overlord Can Save Bud Light! Bill Gates Losing MILLIONS After Huge Investment Into Anheuser-Busch
6- Here is your good read for the weekend. A little history of a man you may not know about and his gift of optimism.
His optimism has been proven to be worthwhile and correct time after time.
Jane Shaw Stroup at Jane Takes On History at Substack
Julian Simon, Vindicated Again
7- Take a deep breath and go for a walk. To make it extra worthwhile, take a child you love along.
Inside Hook
Why Neighborhood Walks Are Better (and Easier) With Kids
https://truthsocial.com/@realSidneyPowell
https://defendingtherepublic.substack.com/p/good-news-friday-102723-c7a
San Francisco drug dealers could now face MURDER charges for opioid deaths as city cracks down on open-air drug markets
UPDATED: 15:51 EDT, 27 October 2023
Drug dealers in San Francisco could now face murder charges over deaths from opioid overdoses as the city attempts to crackdown on its growing drug crisis.
Law enforcement agents in San Francisco and California have teamed up to set up a task force which will finally address the city's open-air drug market and hold drug dealers accountable.
Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor London Breed, San Francisco’s district attorney Brooke Jenkins and police chief Bill Scott announced plans on Friday to begin investigating opioid-related deaths as homicides and could bring charges starting next year.
'The opioid crisis has claimed too many, and fentanyl traffickers must be held accountable including, as appropriate, for murder,' Newsom said.
It comes as San Francisco is on track to record it's highest-ever number of drug overdose deaths this year.
The new task force will include the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the California Highway Patrol and the California National Guard.
It was investigate fatal overdoses using the same evidence-gathering procedure and techniques as homicide cases.
But murder charges won't be brought to all of them and authorities will focus on opioid cases which provide them with enough evidence to trace back the drugs to the dealer where homicide or other charges are brought against them.
The task force is expected to begin operations early next year but it is not clear how much it will cost.
Governor Newsom previously announced in April that the California Highway Patrol and National Guard would help law enforcement officers in San Francisco take action against the rampant open-air drug dealing.
But critics see the focus on arresting street drug dealers as a return to 'war-on-drugs- policies which have failed in the past and won't help those struggling with addiction.
They have argued that the city's drug crisis should be treated like a public heath emergency as it is hard for those suffering from addiction to find the right treatment.
Newsom believes he has been forced to bring harsher consequences as the number of drug-related deaths continues to spiral.
'This task force is fighting for those affected by this crisis — for victims and loved ones who deserve peace,' he said.
'Working together, we will continue providing treatment and resources to help those struggling with substance use — and secure justice for families who have lost loved ones.'
Police and prosecutors have been calling for harsher consequences to drug dealing which has plagued cities across California.
A dealer in Placer County was convicted of second-degree murder this year after a 15-year-old girl died from fentanyl.
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Local prosecutors described this as the state's first conviction of its kind.
While Santa Clara County prosecutors charged a 16-year-old with murder in another death caused by fentanyl last year.
San Francisco District Attorney Jenkins said last year that she would consider charging fentanyl dealers with murder in overdose cases.
She said the new task force would give the city a 'deeply necessary investigative ability' by allowing it to look at overdose death investigations in the same way as homicides.
'Now, working together we will be able to investigate fatal fentanyl overdoses where evidence may be collected to establish a connection to the person who provided the drugs that killed someone so that they can possibly be charged with murder,' she said.
'Drug dealers and traffickers have caused the death of far too many individuals in our community and this new tool will give us a better chance to hold them accountable for the true dangerousness of their conduct.'
Mayor Breed said: 'Fentanyl is deadlier than any drug we've ever seen on our streets.
'We must treat the trafficking and sale of fentanyl more severely and people must be put on notice that pushing this drug could lead to homicide charges.'
Authorities have made 364 arrests related to drug dealing since May and 82 of them have involved fentanyl and around 18.5 kilograms of fentanyl has been seized.
San Francisco's overdose deaths continue to rise with an additional 54 deaths in September, with 48 of them involving fentanyl.
August was the deadliest month since 2021 with 84 deaths, 66 involving fentanyl.
More than 849 people are expected to die of drug overdoses in 2023, on pace to exceed the current record of 720 deaths in 2020 when substance abuse treatment programs were forced to reduce capacity or shut down during the pandemic.
The city has struggled with an overdose epidemic partially driven by the spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and lethal even in very small doses.
Open-air drug markets, overdose deaths, prolific shoplifting and violence have characterized the coastal city's 'doom loop' as companies shut down stores and tech employees opt to work from home.
San Francisco Police have attempted to shut down drug markets in the hard-hit Tenderloin and SoMa areas of the city where Mayor Breed declared an official state of emergency in December 2021.
Fentanyl was involved in 73 percent of accidental overdose deaths in 2020, most often in combination with other drugs.
The synthetic opioid, which is manufactured in labs, is 'often added to other drugs because of its extreme potency, which makes drugs cheaper, more powerful, more addictive and more dangerous,' according to the CDC.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12680529/San-Francisco-drug-dealers-murder-opioid-fentanyl.html
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