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‘500 victims!!’ Eyes on Pete Buttigieg when his protégé sentenced to 30 years for child porn
Eyes turned toward Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as his “mentee” was hit with a decades-long prison sentence in child pornography charges related to more than 500 victims.
“Any comment?”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/21/500-victims-eyes-on-pete-buttigieg-when-his-protege-sentenced-to-30-years-for-child-porn-1414388/
Be Prepared for Thanksgiving with the Family…
Woman Convicted for Voter Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Sioux City, Iowa, convicted an Iowa woman today for a voter fraud scheme during the Iowa 2020 primary and general elections.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, perpetrated a scheme to fraudulently generate votes for her husband in the primary election for Iowa’s 4th U.S. Congressional District in June 2020. After Taylor’s husband lost in the primary, he ran for Woodbury County Supervisor in the 2020 general election and Taylor again engaged in ballot fraud, causing absentee ballots to be fraudulently requested and cast. Taylor submitted or caused others to submit dozens of voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information. Taylor completed and signed voter forms without voters’ permission and told others that they could sign on behalf of relatives who were not present.
The jury convicted Taylor of 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration, and 23 counts of fraudulent voting. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each count. A sentencing date will be set after a presentence report is prepared. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Timothy T. Duax for the Northern District of Iowa, Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel of the FBI Omaha Field Office, and Acting Inspector in Charge Brad Mahs of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Denver Division made the announcement.
The FBI Omaha Field Office and USPIS Denver Division investigated the case.
Trial Attorneys Richard B. Evans and Lauren M. Castaldi of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Timmons for the Northern District of Iowa are prosecuting the case.
Updated November 21, 2023
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/woman-convicted-voter-fraud-scheme
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2023-11-21/woodbury-county-supervisors-wife-found-guilty-of-52-counts-of-voter-fraud
From the Tucson Airport bathroom - and just in case you were wondering, there was no one in the other stalls. That would’ve been kind of weird.🫢
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North Korea fires rocket, entry of payload into orbit not confirmed
North Korea on Tuesday launched a rocket after saying it planned to send a satellite into space, but the Japanese government said the projectile split into multiple parts after flying over the southern prefecture of Okinawa.
Pyongyang's official news agency said Wednesday it had succeeded in sending a spy satellite into orbit, but Tokyo said it has not confirmed whether the payload entered into space.
Japan lodged a protest via its embassy in Beijing over the launch, which violated relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban North Korea's use of ballistic missile technology. The United States condemned North Korea over the flight of "a space launch vehicle."
North Korea notified Japan of its plan to launch a satellite during a nine-day window that commenced on Wednesday, but it fired the projectile before the start of the period.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said an assumed military satellite was launched in a southward direction from Tongchang-ri in North Korea's northwest at around 10:43 p.m.
No damage was reported in Japan as a result of the launch, Tokyo's top government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsuno, said.
One part of the missile fell into the East China Sea, some 350 kilometers off the Korean Peninsula, at around 10:50 p.m., while another piece dropped into the Pacific Ocean around 1,200 kilometers southwest of Japan's southernmost Okinotori Island at around 10:57 p.m., according to the chief Cabinet secretary.
Japan is still analyzing whether the launch has succeeded, according to Senior Vice Defense Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa.
Japan's J-Alert warning system said that the missile apparently flew over the Pacific Ocean around 10:55 p.m. It issued a warning to residents in Okinawa to take shelter but lifted it a short time later.
"It is a serious situation in which the safety of our people has been endangered," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters at his office.
"We have already sternly protested to North Korea and condemned the launch in the strongest possible terms," he said, adding that Japan will coordinate closely with South Korea and the United States in their response.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/11/2bc2742c2d3e-bulletin-n-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-satellite-launch-window-japan.html
Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anne Eshoo is retiring
SAN JOSE, Calif. - For the first time in two decades, a Silicon Valley congressmember is poised to retire and shake up the South Bay's political landscape – with many local Democrats reportedly eyeing the seat.
Rep. Anna Eshoo plans to end her three-decade congressional career at the end of her term in 2024. She posted a video announcing her retirement on Tuesday.
Eshoo, who earned notoriety for spearheading cybersecurity, innovation and high-tech legislation, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992 after serving on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for a decade.
Her retirement marks a monumental shift in Silicon Valley politics. Eshoo is a powerhouse politician who rose through the ranks as a senior member earning coveted committee assignments in Washington on health care, energy and commerce. As news spread about Eshoo's decision to call it quits late Monday, speculation circled about who will run for the competitive seat to represent District 16.
The district includes a large swath of Santa Clara County, including parts of San Jose, and San Mateo County.
Candidates rumored for the seat include California Sen. Josh Becker, Assemblymember Evan Low, Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/silicon-valley-congresswoman-anne-eshoo-is-retiring
Cross-dressing Roman Emperor was transgender, woke Hertfordshire museum declares: Elagabalus, the savage teenage hedonist who once set leopards and snakes on dinner guests for a prank, 'must be referred to as she'
A Roman emperor has been branded transgender by a British museum, provoking uproar among historians.
The North Hertfordshire Museum has decided to refer to the 3rd-century AD ruler Elagabalus as 'she' to be 'sensitive' to his pronoun preferences in a display.
The council-run museum in Hitchin, which consults with the LGBT charity Stonewall, owns a coin minted in the reign and uses it in LGBT-themed displays.
The decision is based on the account of Roman chronicler Cassius Dio, who claims that Elagabalus was 'termed wife, mistress and queen', told one lover 'Call me not Lord, for I am a Lady', and asked for female genitalia to be fashioned for him.
But Dio served the emperor Severus Alexander, who took the throne following the murder of Elagabalus, and historians believe the accounts were simply a character assassination.
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, a Cambridge classics professor, told The Telegraph: 'The Romans didn't have our idea of "trans" as a category, but they used accusations of sexual behaviour "as a woman" as one of the worst insults against men.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12772931/Roman-Emperor-Elagabalus-transgender-referred-museum.html
Biden Wants Voters to Freak Out Over Right to Carry Reciprocity
In a memo shared first with The Hill titled “Trump’s America in 2025: More Guns, More Shootings, More Deaths,” the Biden campaign cited Trump’s past comments to argue the Republican front-runner would allow more firearms in schools and push for a national concealed carry law.
“A Donald Trump presidency will mean more guns in schools and more guns in the hands of criminals, all because he thinks being pro-gun makes him look tough,” Biden campaign spokesperson Seth Schuster said in a statement. “But his refusal to stand up to the gun lobby to protect our kids makes him weak and a coward.”
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/11/20/biden-wants-voters-to-freak-out-over-right-to-carry-reciprocity-n77509