Brand new luxury apartment building is now open for the homeless in Los Angeles, with 278 units in the Weingart Tower
Each unit costs $600,000 in the $165 million project.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1803560794870722815
NY AG Tish James Threatened Doctors For Prescribing Ivermectin to Covid Patients
New York Attorney General Letitia James is a bully. She abuses her authority as New York’s top prosecutor to target her opposition.
During the Covid plandemic, her office allegedly sent letter to doctors prescribing the life-saving drug known as ivermectin to Covid-19 patients. In the letter, her office tells doctors they face prosecution if the write out prescriptions for ivermectin.
https://breannamorello.substack.com/p/exclusive-ny-ag-tish-james-threatened
12 Years of DACA: 68K Illegal Aliens Awarded DACA Despite Prior Arrests
Twelve years ago, in 2012, former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program via executive order, which has allowed close to a million illegal aliens to avoid deportation from the United States.
Standards for DACA, championed by President Joe Biden, were set so low that tens of thousands of illegal aliens with prior arrest records for crimes including murder, rape, kidnapping, and sex abuse were able to secure deferred deportation status and work permits to stay in the United States.
Federal records published in November 2019 by former President Donald Trump’s administration reveal the scale to which illegal aliens with prior arrests were able to apply for and be granted DACA.
As of October 2019, the federal government had granted DACA to nearly 68,000 illegal aliens with prior arrest records, while fewer than 30,000 illegal aliens with prior arrests were denied DACA or had their DACA status terminated as a result.
More than 25,000 illegal aliens were granted DACA despite having been arrested for drunk driving, along with roughly 3,300 previously arrested for assault, nearly 1,500 previously arrested for burglary, almost 600 previously arrested for hit-and-run, 259 previously arrested for sex abuse or child rape, more than 170 previously arrested for kidnapping, 62 previously arrested for rape, more than 30 previously arrested for animal cruelty, 15 previously arrested for murder, five previously arrested for manslaughter, and two previously arrested for having child pornography.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month, Center for Immigration Studies Director of Policy Jessica Vaughan warned lawmakers against passing amnesty for the roughly 800,000 illegal aliens enrolled in DACA today.
“There are legitimate concerns about the lack of rigor in the vetting process for DACA,” Vaughan said:
The lenient eligibility criteria and ‘lite and lean’ background checks that were directed under then-USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas meant that many individuals with criminal histories were able to obtain DACA. According to a USCIS report, about 12 percent of DACA applicants had arrest records, includ[ing] assault, battery, rape, murder and driving under the influence, and 85 percent of those applicants were approved.
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In one case, DACA illegal alien Luis Perez of Mexico was sentenced in 2023 to five consecutive life sentences for murdering 38-year-old Steven Marler, 23-year-old Josh Hampton, and a woman accused of being an accomplice to Marler and Hampton’s murders.
In 2018, DACA illegal alien Francisco Javier Rios-Covarrubias of Mexico was sentenced to 35 years for brutally terrorizing and sexually abusing a three-year-old girl in Arizona in a case that shocked investigators.
To celebrate DACA’s 12th anniversary, Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called on Congress to pass an amnesty that would reward such illegal aliens with green cards and, eventually, naturalized American citizenship.
“On day one of my administration, I sent a comprehensive immigration reform plan to Congress to protect DREAMers and their families,” Biden said. “While Vice President Harris and I will continue fighting for our DREAMers, only Congress can provide permanent and lasting stability for them and their families. Congress must still act.”
The term “DREAMers” refers to those illegal aliens who are eligible and enrolled in the DACA program who would receive amnesty from the DREAM Act.
Mayorkas, who oversaw the program during his time in the Obama administration, said “Congress needs to act” to pass a DACA amnesty.
“Until they do, we will continue to advocate for, defend, and work with DREAMers to ensure they have the support and security they need to thrive,” Mayorkas said. “We will continue the work we started 12 years ago today.”
https://12ft.io/proxy
Toyota president apologises to shareholders for fraudulent vehicle testing
The irregularities in the certification tests by Toyota Motor came to light on June 3, and the carmaker has suspended production of three models produced by its group companies.
TOYOTA, AICHI – Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato apologized to shareholders for fraudulent certification tests for vehicles at the annual shareholders meeting held at the company’s headquarters in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Tuesday.
“We sincerely apologize for the great inconvenience caused to our customers and shareholders,” Sato, who chaired the meeting, said at the beginning of the meeting.
The irregularities in the certification tests by Toyota Motor came to light on June 3, and the carmaker has suspended production of three models produced by its group companies.
Before the revelations, irregularities in certification testing were found at Daihatsu Motor Co. and Toyota Industries Corp, both of which are members of the Toyota Group.
“We sold [the models] without following the correct procedures to obtain certification,” Sato said. “Chairman Akio Sato is working on making improvements at the workplaces. I’ll work with him to prevent recurrence.”
Proposals to appoint 10 members to the board of directors, including Toyoda and Sato, were approved at the shareholders’ meeting.
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a U.S. voting advisory firm, recommended against the proposal to appoint Toyoda as a director, saying that he is the one ultimately responsible for the certification irregularities.
Some institutional investors, including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the United States, have stated that it voted against the proposal.
https://asianews.network/toyota-president-apologises-to-shareholders-for-fraudulent-vehicle-testing/
US billionaire eyes TikTok takeover to save internet from Big Tech
Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children.
In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, while in Europe he is the current proprietor of storied football club Olympique de Marseille that counts French President Emmanuel Macron among its fans.
For years, McCourt has railed against the power of the big tech platforms, accusing them of harming children and helping send the world off the rails.
"We are being manipulated by these big platforms. And that's why we see in free societies everywhere, there's sort of the world on fire, right?" McCourt told AFP at the Collision tech conference in Toronto.
He cited political upheaval in France, where the far-right could secure a decisive victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as the latest example.
"There's a lot of agitation, a lot of chaos, a lot of polarization. Well, you know what, the algorithms are working well. They're keeping us in that constant state. It's time for change."
McCourt said he was initially motivated to act by the threat posed by social media to his own seven children.
"This internet is predatory. It's doing a lot of damage to kids. We see the anxiety, the depression, and an epidemic now of children taking their lives," he said.
To address the problem, McCourt is campaigning for a "new internet" which, he claims, would wrest control of the web away from major platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or X.
"These platforms have hundreds of thousands of individual attributes about each of us. And it's not just where we shop or what we like to eat or where we physically are present. It's about how we think, how we emote, how we react, how we behave," he said.
McCourt envisions a new internet that he describes as an open-source, decentralized protocol where users control their own data, regardless of the social media app they use.
Acquiring TikTok would give his project known as Project Liberty a whole new scale, bringing in its legions of users, mostly younger people, he said.
Project Liberty counts internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee as a supporter, along with Jonathan Haidt, an NYU professor whose latest book, "The Anxious Generation," argues that the effects of social media on young people have been devastating.
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McCourt is not alone in eyeing the Chinese-owned platform, with Trump's former secretary of the treasury, Steve Mnuchin, also advancing a bid.
These plans, which some say are far-fetched, follow a bill signed by US President Joe Biden in April that gives TikTok 270 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the country.
However, it is hardly a sure thing that TikTok will end up being for sale.
The company is fighting the law in US courts, and the Chinese government has said it would not accept the divestment of one of the country's most successful tech brands.
"The US government's concern is that the data of 170 million Americans is being scraped and sent to China," which "of course" poses a national security threat, McCourt said.
However, he added, "I hope that this TikTok issue will make that light bulb go off for people, and they'll realize (that even on other platforms) their data is being scraped and shipped somewhere."
"Maybe it's not going to China, but it's going somewhere controlled by someone who has everything about you, and that's not correct. That's undemocratic," he said.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-billionaire-eyes-tiktok-takeover-142107562.html?guccounter=1
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