Slap On The Fani: Fulton DA Told She Can Stay On Trump Case If Lover Pulls Out, Trump Attorney Slams

An Atlanta judge, who donated to Fani Willis when she was running for office, ruled on Friday that the highly conflicted Fulton County DA simply has to break up with her lover, Nathan Wade, who she hired to the tune of $600,000 to work on the Trump election interference case.

If Willis dumps Wade the case can continue, according to Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton Superior Court, who also had the option of removing Willis over the giant conflict of interest which included lavish vacations with Wade that were effectively at the taxpayer's expense.

According to McAfee, while he found the "appearance of impropriety," no "disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available," adding "that the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the State selects one of two options."

Either "the District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office," or "Wade can withdraw."

Robin Yeartie is relegated to one sentence. One sentence!

McAfee says Yeartie's testimony "lacked context and detail."

But this isn't true. Yeartie provided context and detail: observations of the romance, admissions from Fani Willis, etc.

All purposefully ignored. pic.twitter.com/fLOenoD8QV

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) March 15, 2024

McAfee also found that there was no "actual conflict" brought about due to the relationship, a finding that would have required him to disqualify Willis.

"This finding is by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney’s testimony during the evidentiary hearing. Rather, it is the undersigned’s opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices — even repeatedly — and it is the trial court’s duty to confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it."

"Without sufficient evidence that the District Attorney acquired a personal stake in the prosecution, or that her financial arrangements had any impact on the case, the Defendants’ claims of an actual conflict must be denied," he wrote.

"As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed."

Willis and Wade - whose divorce from his wife has yet to be finalized, admitted to the affair, but were caught lying about when it started.

Update (1050ET): Trump's lead defense counsel in the case, Steve Sadow, slammed the ruling.

"While respecting the Court’s decision, we believe that the Court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of Willis and Wade, including the financial benefits, testifying untruthfully about when their personal relationship began, as well as Willis’ extrajudicial MLK ‘church speech,’ where she played the race card and falsely accused the defendants and their counsel of racism," he said in a statement.

While the decision is a blow to Trump and his co-defendants, this leaves Willis tainted by weeks of embarrassing hearings and national headlines that could influence the views of a jury.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/slap-fani-fulton-da-told-break-nathan-wade-or-trump-case-stalls-out

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued formal approval for the Israel

Defense Forces (IDF) to go into Rafah while announcing the rejection of the "still absurd" Hamas demands which were presented this week in ceasefire talks.

"The IDF is prepared for the operation and to evacuate the [civilian] population," the prime minister's office said in a statement. "He also approves an IDF plan of operation to enter the southern Gaza city of Rafah," the PM's office affirmed to the Times of Israel.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-greenlights-rafah-offensive-rejects-still-absurd-hamas-ceasefire-plan

Boeing Whistleblower: "If Anything Happens to Me, It's Not Suicide"

62-year-old John Barnett died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Charleston County coroner’s office in South Carolina said earlier this week.

Barnett had previously raised concerns about the company’s production issues having worked for the company for 32 years before leaving in 2017.

According to his attorneys, Barnett had “exposed very serious safety problems with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and was retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment” and was in the middle of a legal deposition against Boeing.

“He was in very good spirits and really looking forward to putting this phase of his life behind him and moving on. We didn’t see any indication he would take his own life. No one can believe it,” said the attorneys.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/boeing-whistleblower-if-anything-happens-me-its-not-suicide

‘Neo-Nazi Kiev regime’ tried to disrupt Russian elections – Putin

Russia’s president has vowed retaliation for the ongoing Ukrainian attacks on border regions

The continuing Ukrainian attacks and strikes on the Russian border regions are primarily aimed at disrupting the ongoing election in the country, President Vladimir Putin has said.

The president made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with permanent members of the Russian National Security Council. Putin condemned the efforts made by Kiev to disrupt the ongoing election, vowing retaliation for the attacks.

In order to disrupt the voting process and intimidate people, at least in the regions bordering Ukraine, the Kiev neo-Nazi regime has conceived and is trying to carry out a series of “demonstrative criminal armed actions,” Putin stated.

The effort includes continuous indiscriminate drone and artillery strikes, as well as a concentrated effort to breach the country’s border, launched by Ukrainian forces earlier this week, the president explained, describing Kiev’s actions as “senseless from the military, and criminal from a humanitarian standpoint.”

The escalation may also be used as a PR stunt for Kiev to show the Ukrainian public and its Western backers some military gains, Putin suggested. As for trying to intimidate the Russian people, the Ukrainian leadership will never achieve such a goal, with the country’s people responding to such actions only with “further consolidation,” he added.

“Another possible goal of such actions is to divert the attention of their own people and the public in other countries, whom the Kiev regime is trying to beg for money and all sorts of handouts, to divert attention from the real situation on the front line,” the president said.

According to Moscow’s estimates, the Ukrainian military has deployed over 2,500 servicemen, some 35 tanks and around 40 other armored vehicles to attack multiple locations along the border, Putin noted. All the attacks have been repelled, with the Ukrainians sustaining heavy personnel and material casualties.

https://www.rt.com/russia/594325-nazi-regime-attack-putin/

Biden Admin Hands Out $500 Million For Oil Drilling… In The Middle East?

The Biden administration is providing financing for oil development in the Middle East after taking numerous steps to restrict domestic production, according to Bloomberg News.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank — a nominally independent government entity that aims to boost the American economy “by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services” — approved a $500 million loan guarantee for oil and gas development in Bahrain on Thursday, according to Bloomberg News. The funding follows the Biden administration’s decisions to release the most restrictive offshore oil and gas leasing schedule in American history and cancel seven previously-issued oil and gas leases in Alaska, among other actions intended to rein in domestic oil production.

The Export-Import Bank’s loan guarantee will “increase the production of oil and the availability of gas to meet the future energy demands” of Bahrain, the institution told Bloomberg News. The $500 million of financing was about five times larger than what some lawmakers were anticipating.

Six Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, wrote a Tuesday letter to the Export-Import Bank in which they implored the agency to not move forward with $100 million of financing because of potential negative ramifications for the climate. After the $500 million loan guarantee was announced, Merkley proceeded to describe the Export-Import Bank as a “rogue agency,” according to Bloomberg News.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/15/biden-administration-500-million-bahrain-domestic-oil/

Major U.S. corporations are relying on illegal migrants for cheap labor

Many Americans are under the impression that people who enter the country illegally do not have the right to work here, but a federal government loophole facilitated by the Biden administration means that all illegal immigrants are permitted to work in the U.S. while awaiting their asylum or deportation proceedings – a process that can take as long as five years.

This helps explain why and how all of the new jobs created in this country since 2018 have gone to foreign-born workers and has effectively flooded the American labor market with millions of legally eligible workers who have no bargaining power when it comes to their wages because they are illegal immigrants.

Their employment pursuits have been facilitated by a non-governmental organization known as the Tent Partnership for Refugees, according to a report by Zero Hedge. Founded by Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish billionaire who serves as the CEO of Chobani yogurt, this NGO is made up of 400 major multinational corporations, many of which will be very familiar to Americans and all of which have committed to hiring "refugees."

Some of the companies that are taking part in the Tent Partnership for Refugees include Delta Airlines, Etsy, Bloomberg, Door Dash, Shopify and Red Roof Inn.

Tyson hired tens of thousands of migrants and is seeking more

Another company that is working with the group is Tyson Foods, who is looking to hire tens of thousands of migrants through the Tent Partnership. The meat packing company, which already counts 42,000 migrants as part of its 120,000-employee workforce, has made no secret of the fact that it's looking to hire even more migrants to support its business.

Bloomberg reports that the company once hired 17 asylum seekers in a single day for roles at its plant in Tennessee and hired another 70 a short time later. The workers came from countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela.

https://www.stationgossip.com/2024/03/major-us-corporations-are-relying-on.html

Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data

Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into

A French government department - responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people - is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to 43 million citizens.

France Travail announced on Wednesday that it informed the country's data protection watchdog (CNIL) of an incident that exposed a swathe of personal information about individuals dating back 20 years.

The department's statement reveals that names, dates of birth, social security numbers, France Travail identifiers, email addresses, postal addresses, and phone numbers were exposed.

Passwords and banking details aren't affected, at least.

That said, CNIL warned that the data stolen during this incident could be linked to stolen data in other breaches and used to build larger banks of information on any given individual.

It's not clear whether the database's entire contents were stolen by attackers, but the announcement suggests that at least some of the data was extracted.

"The database allegedly extracted illicitly contains the personal identification data of people currently registered, people previously registered over the last 20 years as well as people not registered on the list of job seekers but having a candidate space on francetravail.fr," the statement reads, which was translated electronically from French.

"It is therefore potentially the personal data of 43 million people which have been exfiltrated."

The Cybercrime Brigade of the Paris Judicial Police Department is heading up the investigation into the breach, which it says was carried out between February 6 and March 5.

French citizens are urged to remain on heightened alert and vigilant to any phishing attempts in the coming days, weeks, and months. Checking all passwords are strong and not easily crackable is another of the key recommendations.

"Reports indicate the data includes personal identity data, social security numbers, and other physical address data," Joe Hancock, non-lawyer partner and head of the cybersecurity and investigations practice at Mishcon de Reya told The Reg.

"This would seem to have value for identity theft and fraud and is of obvious concern. Often though it is difficult to link a specific breach to actual harm, and individuals may never know if they are impacted.

"It's not clear how the attack happened apart from reports that the attackers posed as members of Cap Emploi. This could indicate some kind of social engineering over a more technical attack, or likely the two together."

Cap Emploi, is a similar department that looks after disabled people looking for work.

France Travail will soon undertake the mammoth task of directly informing those affected by email or by other means, and has apologized for the incident.

"The security of data entrusted by job seekers and companies is a constant concern for us. Faced with the threat of cyberattacks which increasingly weighs on companies and organizations at national and European levels, we must continually strengthen our protection systems, procedures, and instructions," it said.

"Also, as soon as we became aware of this intrusion, we took additional measures with the Cap emploi network to strengthen our systems for protecting access to our applications by our partners."

This data breach is a real stinker for France Travail, which seems to be unable to catch a break. In August last year, it was caught up in an incident at a service provider that also compromised the data of an estimasted 10 million French citizens.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/14/mega_data_breach_at_french/

FBI And DHS Partner With Gaming Companies And Forums To Crackdown On ‘Extremist Gamers’ And ‘Conspiracy Theories’

Some of these alleged terrorist threats include things based on “conspiracy theories, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.”

The United States government is partnering with a number of gaming companies and social media platforms to clampdown on what they are referring to as “extremist gamers.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a report by the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO), published in January and recently released to closeout the month of February, are now working to monitor and mitigate supposed language that promotes “extremism.”

The report titled “Countering Violent Extremism: FBI and DHS Need Strategies and Goals for Sharing Threat Information with Social Media and Gaming Companies,” suggests “domestic terrorists often use online platforms—such as social media and gaming—to communicate radical ideas to a wide audience and mobilize likeminded people.”

Domestic violent extremists use social media and gaming platforms for several purposes, including to reach wide audiences; to insert their extremist ideas into the mainstream; and to radicalize, recruit, and mobilize others, according to government reports and experts GAO spoke with (see figure). Experts noted that violent extremists generally use a variety of platforms for different purposes, depending on available features, audiences, and content moderation practices.

The GAO study revealed cites interviews conducted with five gaming and social media companies that include Roblox, a popular online metaverse game; Discord, a social media app geared towards gamers; the forum discussion site Reddit; including another gaming and social media company that requested to remain anonymous.

GAO additionally noted:

https://winepressnews.com/2024/03/14/fbi-and-dhs-partners-with-gaming-companies-and-forums-to-crackdown-on-extremist-gamers/

Senate Intel Chair Warner: US forces could be ‘in combat’ if Congress doesn't OK $61B in Ukraine aid

Warner suggested Russia might next go after Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland

Democrat Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that U.S. forces could be “in combat” if Congress fails to pass $61 billion in aid to Ukraine.

"Ukrainians in two years have been really remarkable," Warner said on a press call Thursday. "They've literally destroyed 87%. Russia's pre-existing ground forces have either been killed or wounded or are basically out of the conflict, and now the world is waiting to see whether the United States is going to honor its commitment to Ukraine."

The Virginia lawmaker said he "fears" that if the U.S. doesn't pass additional war funding for Ukraine, Russia leader Vladimir Putin will win his war against Ukraine and move on to invade other countries.

"Not only will Putin win, but I fear that American troops could be in conflict within two to three years because Putin will not stop at Ukraine's border," he said.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-intel-chair-says-us-forces-could-be-combat-without-61b-ukraine-aid

Ben Shapiro: It's an 'Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory' to Say Congress Banning TikTok for Israel

It's an "anti-Semitic conspiracy theory" to quote the Wall Street Journal and members of Congress themselves stating that they're banning TikTok to silence criticism of Israel, according to The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro.

Shapiro hailed the proposed ban/forced divestment on Thursday as a rare moment of "bipartisan sanity."

UFC legend Jake Shields ratioed Shapiro in response stating, "Ben Shapiro stands against free speech when it helps [Israel]."

"I didn't think you could somehow magic opposition to a Chinese-owned psyop into an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, but I underestimated you. Truly, you have a dizzying intellect," Shapiro fired back.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64336