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Anonymous ID: 8a0aec Dec. 16, 2024, 6:37 a.m. No.22174684   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/why-it-so-difficult-get-terrorist-list

Why Is It So Difficult to Get Off a Terrorist List?

Anonymous ID: 8a0aec Dec. 16, 2024, 6:45 a.m. No.22174730   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4946 >>5366

https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/world-news/prisoner-filmed-by-cnn-being-freed-from-syrian-prison-was-actually-notorious-assad-regime-torturer-report/

Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad-regime torturer

Anonymous ID: 8a0aec Dec. 16, 2024, 6:56 a.m. No.22174786   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4789 >>4792

I’m not suggesting anyone should cause any physical harm to anyone but I do want people to know who is making their life harder, who is stealing from them, who is deciding that a couple more percentage points of profit is worth more than the life of your loved ones

Anonymous ID: 8a0aec Dec. 16, 2024, 7:32 a.m. No.22174949   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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“In that letter, you once again request information related to an ongoing prosecution for violations of Georgia law,” the prosecutor’s response reads. “After consultation with legal counsel, I wish to once again state my position, which has remained unchanged after a year of thoughtful correspondence between our offices. I cannot disclose documents that would compromise an ongoing investigation and prosecution by my office. Therefore, I cannot produce the documents requested by the House Judiciary Committee.”

Anonymous ID: 8a0aec Dec. 16, 2024, 8:03 a.m. No.22175142   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5215 >>5366

https://archive.is/YEttf

Adams denied matching funds in blow to re-election campaign

The city’s Campaign Finance Board denied public matching funds to Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign, dealing a blow to his bid by depriving him of millions of dollars he had counted on receiving — at least for the time being.

“After thoroughly reviewing all available information, including details of the indictment of Mayor Adams, the board has determined that there is reason to believe the Adams campaign has engaged in conduct detrimental to the matching funds program, in violation of law,” CFB board chair Frederick Schaffer said during a Monday morning meeting. Schaffer said Adams’ campaign has also failed to provide documentation that the board had asked for.

“Accordingly, Mayor Adams’ campaign for re-election has failed to demonstrate eligibility for public funds payment at this time,” Schaffer said. He did not elaborate about whether Adams could become eligible for public funds at some point before the June 2025 primary.

Adams had been expecting to receive more than $4 million through the program, which encourages grassroots contributions by providing an 8-to-1 match for all donations by New York City residents up to $250. The mayor stopped actively fundraising months ago, believing he had already secured the maximum $8 million he could legally spend for next year’s Democratic primary.

Now, Adams may need to start soliciting campaign money once again — while also fundraising for his legal bills. His campaign had no immediate comment.

Adams’ September indictment accused him of defrauding the matching funds program by soliciting money in the names of false “straw” donors for both his 2021 and 2025 campaigns. And the mayor has been accused of myriad other irregularities — CFB auditors have flagged his campaign for failing to properly report clusters of “bundled” donations and not disclosing required information about donors, among other issues.

Officials from the CFB had acknowledged in recent weeks that Adams might be denied matching funds. At a Dec. 4 City Council hearing where lawmakers pressed CFB to deny the mayor any taxpayer dollars, Paul Ryan, the board’s director, said he and his colleagues would make “judgment calls” when it came to certain campaigns.

Adams appeared to anticipate the CFB’s vote, hosting an event in Puerto Rico earlier this month that marked a return to the fundraising circuit. Notably, Politico reported, the Dec. 10 fundraiser encouraged guests to donate up to $3,700, which is more than the allowed maximum for campaigns receiving matching funds — suggesting Adams may opt out of the program and pivot to raising large-dollar donations instead.

Monday was the first of eight scheduled rounds of matching funds payments that CFB will dole out before the 2025 primary.

Only one of Adams’ mayoral challengers received a matching funds payment on Monday: former Comptroller Scott Stringer, who received $2 million. Current Comptroller Brad Lander announced last week that his campaign had missed a paperwork deadline and would not be eligible, but he said he expects to make up the difference when the CFB makes its next awards in January.

Other candidates have not yet raised the minimum $250,000 from at least 1,000 city residents to be eligible, City & State reported.