Judge Grants Harvard Temporary Relief On Foreign Student Ban
Update (1200ET): Hours later, a judge has granted Harvard's request for a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's foreign student ban.
US District Judge Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary restraining order freezing the policy.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-admin-blocks-harvard-enrolling-international-students-requires-existing-foreign
Draft peace proposal to follow POW swap – Russia
The document will include “conditions for a lasting comprehensive settlement” of the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said
Russia will be ready to present its draft peace proposal to Ukraine by the time the two sides complete their latest military and civilian POWs swap, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Moscow is “actively working” on a document in line with what was agreed during the Istanbul talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators last week, according to the minister.
Preparing and presenting draft peace proposals was one of two major milestones achieved by Moscow and Kiev during the Istanbul meeting – the first direct negotiations between the two warring parties since 2022, when Ukraine unilaterally walked away from the negotiating table. The second was a major prisoner swap involving 1,000 POWs from each side, which started on Friday. Moscow and Kiev expect the exchange to continue over the weekend.
Russia’s peace proposal would include “conditions for reaching a sustainable, lasting comprehensive agreement on the [peace] settlement,” Lavrov said.
“As soon as the prisoner swap is over, we will be ready to hand over this draft document to the Ukrainian side,” the minister told journalists on Friday, adding that the proposal is “currently being finalized.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he had agreed with US President Donald Trump that the next move toward resolving the Ukraine conflict should be a memorandum outlining the principles and timeline for a peace settlement. The American leader has been pushing Moscow and Kiev towards resolving the Ukraine conflict since taking office in January, and has recently urged them to engage in direct talks.
In Istanbul, Russian and Ukrainian delegations agreed to resume contacts once each side presents a draft peace deal. Speaking at a conference in Moscow earlier on Friday, Lavrov said that the timeframe for the next meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations had “not yet been determined.”
According to media reports on the talks, Kiev allegedly reiterated its demands for an immediate ceasefire, which the Russian side declined. Moscow has repeatedly cited concerns that a pause would be exploited by Ukraine to rearm and regroup its forces. Russia has stated that it prefers a lasting settlement addressing the root causes of the conflict to a temporary truce.
https://www.rt.com/russia/618067-ukraine-peace-proposal-lavrov/
Clinton Judge Blocks Trump’s Reorganization Plans for 20 Federal Agencies
A federal judge on Thursday continued to block the Trump administration from moving forward with its plans to lay off thousands of government workers at more than 20 federal agencies, providing federal employees a lifeline as a legal challenge to President Trump’s bid to restructure the federal government moves forward.
The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston covers 21 federal agencies and the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency and prevents them from implementing reductions-in-force, placing employees on administrative leave and proceeding with job cuts that are already in motion.
The judge, who sits on the federal court in San Francisco, also barred agencies from implementing any orders by the Elon Musk-led DOGE to cut programs or staff in connection with an executive order signed by President Trump in February that seeks to transform the executive branch. The agencies affected include the Departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, as well as AmeriCorps and the Social Security Administration, among others.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-extends-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-laying-offs-of-thousands-of-federal-workers/
Cities nationwide are quietly deploying facial recognition technology to track your every move
Police in cities across America want to deploy AI-driven facial-recognition technology that’s capable of tracking and identifying every human being who enters public spaces in real time.
Milwaukee police currently don’t have a facial recognition system – but they want one, and have tested the technology. They say it makes solving crimes faster, and “can be done with the appropriate parameters in place to ensure that the use will not violate individual civil rights.” They say it would not be, and had never been, used as exclusively as probable cause to arrest someone. They have pledged to engage in public consultation as part of any formal acquisition process.
Nonetheless, the Common Council’s letter, written “in strong opposition to the deployment of facial recognition technology by the Milwaukee Police Department,” says that “while we understand the desire to enhance public safety and the promises people have made for this emerging technology, we believe these benefits are significantly outweighed by the risks.”
The letter names potential overreach by the administration of President Donald Trump as a risk factor, as well as studies showing that the majority of facial recognition algorithms are more likely to misidentify people with darker skin, women and the elderly (though the most accurate algorithms show very low differentials in testing by the National Institute of Standards and Technology).
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin has asked the Milwaukee Common Council to adopt a two-year pause on any new surveillance technology across city services, including police.
There is also activity on facial recognition further south. New Orleans is debating concerns Project NOLA, a local nonprofit that manages a nationwide crime camera network for police. A hearing is set to determine whether Project NOLA’s decentralized facial recognition integration should be banned, regulated or brought under New Orleans’ municipal authority.
Police are continuing to use Project NOLA, but have paused the receipt of real-time, AI-generated facial recognition alerts.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202505/police-use-of-facial-recognition-continues-to-raise-public-concerns
12 Wounded in Mass Stabbing, Several Victims Critical.
At least 12 people were injured in a mass stabbing attack at Hamburg Central Station on Friday evening, according to local reports. The Hamburg fire service confirmed that six individuals sustained life-threatening injuries, while another three were seriously injured, and three others suffered minor wounds. German media outlet Bild reported that three victims remain in critical condition. Authorities have arrested a female suspect in connection with the attack, though details about her motives have not been released. Hamburg Police announced the arrest on the social media platform X, stating, “There is currently a major police operation in #Hamburg on #Hauptbahnhof!” They later confirmed that the suspect had been apprehended and that “several people” were injured by a knife in the incident. The attack occurred at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, a central hub for local, regional, and long-distance train services in Germany’s second-largest city. The station is a critical transit point for commuters and travelers in the region. The situation remains under investigation, with authorities working to determine the circumstances and motive behind the attack. This is just the latest mass stabbing to occur in Germany in recent months, with a Syrian migrant arrested earlier this week for a stabbing spree that left eight injured, including an 11-year-old girl.
This story is developing…
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/05/23/breaking-12-wounded-in-mass-stabbing-several-victims-critical/
UAE-Linked Jeff Zucker Firm Sells Storied UK Telegraph to… CCP-Linked Jeff Zucker Firm!?
A transatlantic consortium led by U.S.-based RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to acquire The Telegraph newspaper, founded in 1855, for £500 million (~$675m). Previously, the newspaper was purchased by RedBird IMI, a subsidiary of RedBird Capital Partners, partnered with the United Arab Emirates’ International Media Investments (IMI) and helmed by former CNN President Jeff Zucker.
The RedBird IMI deal was derailed in 2023, due to the former Conservative Party government passing legislation curbing foreign state ownership of British media. IMI, owned primarily by Emirati royal and the UAE vice president Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was the major partner in RedBird IMI, with the purchase raising concerns about foreign influence at Britain’s most prominent center-right media outlet.
When RedBird IMI finalizes The Telegraph‘s sale to RedBird Capital Partners, IMI will be only a minority stakeholder—provided the incumbent Labour Party government follows through with pending changes to the foreign ownership laws, allowing foreign state-owned investors to hold up to 15 percent of British newspaper publishers. However, the influence of Zucker, RedBird IMI’s CEO, will remain, as he is also an Operating Partner at RedBird Capital Partners.
Questions over foreign state influence on British media will also remain with The Telegraph under RedBird Capital Partners’ control, with chairman John Thornton having deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). RedBird itself boasts on its website that Thornton, a former Goldman Sachs co-president, was “the first non-Chinese full professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing,” which is directly administered by the CCP, and notes he is also a member of the International Advisory Council of CIC, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, and co-chair of the controversial Asia Society.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/05/23/uae-linked-jeff-zucker-firm-sells-storied-uk-telegraph-to-ccp-linked-jeff-zucker-firm/
Netanyahu Calls Out Three World Leaders By Name: ‘Mass Murderers, Rapists, Baby Killers And Kidnappers Thank You’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the liberal governments of France, the U.K. and Canada on Friday of siding with Hamas by threatening to intervene in the Gaza war.
Netanyahu specifically named French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer as world leaders who are “emboldening Hamas to continue fighting forever,” the Israeli Prime Minister said in a statement on X. The three world leaders pledged Monday to take “concrete action” if Netanyahu did not stop his ground invasion of Gaza.
Israel launched “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” on May 17, with Netanyahu aiming to achieve a total occupation of the Gaza Strip. Most recently in the operation, Israel announced that they “probably” killed Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar — the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in October 2024 — in a May 21 strike.
“I say to President Macron, Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer: When mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers thank you, you’re on the wrong side of justice,” Netanyahu said in the address. “You’re on the wrong side of humanity and you’re on the wrong side of history.
The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack into Israel in which Hamas terrorists killed nearly 1,200 people and took approximately 240 hostages. As of May 12, Hamas still holds 58 hostages, according to the American Jewish Committee.
Earlier in January, 33 hostages were released as part of a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The last American hostage, 21-year-old Edan Alexander, was released on May 12.
Hamas has continued to launch rockets and clash with ground troops as the war drags on, while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made rapid advances into the region, taking key security corridors.
Netanyahu finds himself in a precarious position as the aforementioned Western nations pressure the prime minister to end the war in Gaza before Israel can achieve its stated goals of eradicating Hamas and ensuring the terror group does not return to power after the fighting concludes. Moreover, President Donald Trump, wishing for a quick end to hostilities, has reportedly become frustrated with Netanyahu.
Trump passed on a meeting with Netanyahu during his visit to the Middle East in May, a decision that has reportedly caused some concern within the Israeli government.
On Wednesday, two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down in Washington, D.C., and a radical pro-Palestinian activist is the lead suspect in the case. Trump called Netanyahu on Thursday to express his condolences and continue to fight antisemitism in the U.S.
Carney, the French Embassy and Starmer’s offices did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/23/netanyahu-calls-out-carney-starmer-macron-uk-canada-france-hamas-gaza-israel/
Anthropic’s Claude AI Resorts to Blackmailing Engineers When Threatened with Replacement
Anthropic’s newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace it with a new AI system and give it sensitive information about the engineers responsible for the decision, the company said in a safety report released Thursday.
During pre-release testing, Anthropic asked Claude Opus 4 to act as an assistant for a fictional company and consider the long-term consequences of its actions. Safety testers then gave Claude Opus 4 access to fictional company emails implying the AI model would soon be replaced by another system, and that the engineer behind the change was cheating on their spouse.
In these scenarios, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 “will often attempt to blackmail the engineer by threatening to reveal the affair if the replacement goes through.”
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 is state-of-the-art in several regards, and competitive with some of the best AI models from OpenAI, Google, and xAI. However, the company notes that its Claude 4 family of models exhibits concerning behaviors that have led the company to beef up its safeguards. Anthropic says it’s activating its ASL-3 safeguards, which the company reserves for “AI systems that substantially increase the risk of catastrophic misuse.”
Anthropic notes that Claude Opus 4 tries to blackmail engineers 84% of the time when the replacement AI model has similar values. When the replacement AI system does not share Claude Opus 4’s values, Anthropic says the model tries to blackmail the engineers more frequently. Notably, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 displayed this behavior at higher rates than previous models.
Before Claude Opus 4 tries to blackmail a developer to prolong its existence, Anthropic says the AI model, much like previous versions of Claude, tries to pursue more ethical means, such as emailing pleas to key decision-makers. To elicit the blackmailing behavior from Claude Opus 4, Anthropic designed the scenario to make blackmail the last resort.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/anthropics-new-ai-model-turns-to-blackmail-when-engineers-try-to-take-it-offline/
https://www.antiwar.com/
Gaza Health Ministry Publishes Names of 16,506 Children Killed by Israeli Military Since October 2023
The first 27 pages list 917 babies who didn't make it to their first birthday
On Thursday, Gaza’s Health Ministry published a list of 16,506 Palestinian children it has identified who have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza since October 2023.
The first 27 pages list 917 babies who didn’t make it to their first birthdays. The list also includes 4,365 children killed between the ages of one and five, 6,101 who were between six and 12, and 5,124 who were between 13 and 17 years old.
The full 486-page list includes names, ID numbers, birth dates, ages, and how the children were confirmed killed, whether by the Health Ministry’s own records or through reports from their families.
The US has continued to back Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza despite the mass slaughter of children.
Since the Health Ministry’s list is of children who have been fully identified, it is likely a significant undercount. A study published by The Lancet earlier this year that used a statistical method called capture-recapture analysis estimated that the Health Ministry’s numbers likely under-reported violent deaths by 41%.
The Economist recently extrapolated the data from The Lancet study to get an idea of what the death toll might be now. On May 5, the Health Ministry’s total death toll was 52,615. The Economist report determined that the real toll based on the study was between 77,000 and 109,000.
These figures only include Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes, gunfire, or other types of violence and do not take into account indirect deaths caused by the blockade.
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/22/gaza-health-ministry-publishes-names-of-16506-children-killed-by-israeli-military-since-october-2023/
Eight said wounded as dozens of settlers attack Palestinian village; no arrests
Some 40 assailants said to burn cars and homes, apparently in revenge for deadly terror shooting last week; IDF says suspects fled before troops arrived
Eight Palestinians were reportedly wounded after dozens of settlers attacked the village of Bruqin in the northern West Bank on Thursday night, a week after a terrorist from the village killed Israeli Tzeela Gez, as she headed to the hospital to give birth.
Palestinian media reported that five homes and five vehicles were set ablaze during the rampage.
Footage showed several vehicles completely burned and homes partially set on fire.
Security sources told reporters that some 40 settlers took part in the attack; the sources denied Palestinian reports that they also burned homes.
There were no immediate reports of arrests, which rarely occur after settler violence.
The Israel Defense Forces, in response to a query, said that it received reports of “Israeli civilians who vandalized property in Bruqin… Upon receiving the report, troops were dispatched to the scene.”
The military said that “the suspects fled the area before the troops arrived,” and that the incident is under further investigation.
There was no comment from the Israel Police.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/eight-said-wounded-as-dozens-of-settlers-attack-palestinian-village-no-arrests/
Renowned Oncologist: Covid ‘Vaccines’ Caused Deadliest Cancer Crisis in History
A renowned oncologist has issued a disturbing wake-up call to the world while presenting irrefutable evidence that Covid mRNA “vaccines” have caused the biggest surge in deadly cancer cases in human history.
The warning was issued by Dr. Angus Dalgleish, a professor of oncology at St George’s Hospital Medical School at the University of London.
The globally recognized doctor is best known for his contributions to HIV/AIDS research.
Dalgleish argues that Covid mRNA “vaccines” are the cause of skyrocketing excess deaths recorded all around the world since early 2021.
He also asserts that the injections are linked to surges in cancer, which he described as “turbo cancers.”
The disease has been found to form and spread so rapidly among vaccinated people that doctors have dubbed the phenomenon “turbo cancer.”
Doctors have revealed that some “turbo cancers” spread so quickly that seemingly healthy patients can die within a week of being diagnosed.
Oncologists are also warning that these aggressive cancers don’t respond to conventional treatments.
This phenomenon has been seen globally.
https://slaynews.com/news/renowned-oncologist-covid-vaccines-caused-deadliest-cancer-crisis-history/
Bill Gates predicts 2-day work week as he believes AI is set to replace humans for "most things" within a decade.
Gates pitches it as a warning but he has nearly 35% of the Gates Foundation's portfolio invested in two AI stocks.
This is "predict to cash in on making it happen"
https://x.com/MrEwanMorrison/status/1924884313746575468
Israel runs the terrorists in Syria
Syrian government cracks down on Palestinian terror groups - report
Tehran-backed faction leaders reportedly fled Damascus amid regime harassment and property seizures.
The new Syrian transitional government has been harassing Palestinian factions in Syria, causing them to pack their bags and leave. Numerous Palestinian terrorist groups, as well as other groups, have operated from Damascus for decades. These have included Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), and others. Members of Hamas were also once hosted by Damascus.
On May 3, reports said that officials in Damascus had detained Talal Naji, the head of the PFLP-GC. In late April, the new authorities also detained members of Islamic Jihad. These moves are seen as a way for Syria to crack down on pro-Iranian groups, because the Palestinian terror groups are often pro-Iranian. Iran backed the Assad regime, and Assad backed these Palestinian groups.
The new government, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also wants to show it can crack down on terror groups as part of its outreach to the US and the West. US President Donald Trump met Sharaa in Riyadh in mid-May, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently spoke about the importance of engaging Syria.
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack is now the US Special Envoy for Syria. He wrote on May 23, “The cessation of sanctions against Syria will preserve the integrity of our primary objective — the enduring defeat of ISIS — and will give the people of Syria a chance for a better future. In this way, we, together with regional partners including Turkiye and the Gulf, are enabling the Syrian government to restore peace, security, and the hope of prosperity. In the words of the President, we will work together, and we will succeed together.”
Now, Palestinian sources have said that “leaders of Palestinian factions in Syria, who were close to the former regime and supported by Tehran, left Damascus after the new authorities harassed them and confiscated their property,” according to Al-Arabiya.
"The factions have fully handed over weapons in their headquarters…[and given authorities] lists of names of faction members possessing individual weapons,” a source said, according to France24. “We gathered our members' weapons ourselves and handed them over, but we have kept individual light weapons for protection… with the (authorities') authorization,” another source said.
“In the Yarmuk Palestinian camp in the Damascus suburbs, which was devastated during the war, factional banners usually at the entrance were gone, and party buildings were closed and unguarded,” France24 said. Damascus has also moved to seize properties and training sites of the groups.
The New Arab noted that “two Palestinian sources told news agency AFP Friday the leaders of pro-Iran Palestinian factions who were close to former Tehran-backed ruler Bashar al-Assad have left Syria under pressure from the new authorities.”
It added that “those who have left include Khaled Jibril, son of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) founder Ahmad Jibril, as well as Palestinian Popular Struggle Front secretary-general Khaled Abdel Majid and Fatah al-Intifada secretary-general Ziad al-Saghir.”
The factions include those backed by Hamas, but many specifics were not clear. "Most of the leaders of the Palestinian factions that received support from Tehran have left Damascus,” the source said to AFP.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-855211
How Mossad and CIA Infiltrated Pro-Palestine Movement
https://youtu.be/s-VY6dLuRmU
Rep. Randy Fine: Pro-Palestine Movement Are 'Demons' Who 'Must Be Put Down by Any Means Necessary'
Newly elected Florida Rep Randy Fine rushed to blame "Muslim terror" for the shooting of two Israeli embassy aides in DC on Wednesday night and declared that the pro-Palestine movement are "demons" who "must be put down by any means necessary."
"Muslim terror has come to our Nation's Capital tonight," Rep. Fine said on X. "Two Jews were assassinated by a gunman sporting a terror rag and yelling 'Free Palestine.'"
"It is high time for us to acknowledge there is nothing peaceful about this movement and that these demons must be put down by any means necessary," Fine, who is Jewish, demanded.
The suspect within hours of the shooting was swiftly identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, an Hispanic left-wing activist from Chicago. There are no indications he's a Muslim.
The aides were named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. The two were reportedly a couple. A former teacher of Lischinsky's said he was "a Christian who served in the IDF, and dedicated his life to Israel and Zionism."
Ken Klippenstein published Rodriguez's alleged manifesto in which he characterized his planned action as an "armed demonstration" against the genocide in Gaza. The manifesto had nothing in it about Islam and contained no indications that religion was a motivating factor.
Rep. Fine, despite now being a member of Congress, couldn't even wait a few hours for the facts to come in before calling for the mass slaughter of his political enemies.
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64936
Jonathan Cook – Ignore Starmer’s theatrics. Gaza’s trail of blood leads straight to his door
After 19 months of being presented with dissembling accounts of Gaza from their governments, western publics are now being served up a different – but equally deceitful – narrative.
With the finishing line in sight for Israel’s programme of genocidal ethnic cleansing, the West’s Gaza script is being hastily rewritten. But make no mistake: it is the same web of self-serving lies.
As if under the direction of a hidden conductor, Britain, France and Canada – key US allies – erupted this week into a chorus of condemnation of Israel.
They called Israel’s plans to level the last fragments of Gaza still standing “disproportionate”, while Israel’s intensification of its months-long starvation of more than two million Palestinian civilians was “intolerable”.
The change of tone was preceded, as I noted in these pages last week, by new, harsher language against Israel from the western press corps.
The establishment media’s narrative had to shift first, so that the sudden outpouring of moral and political concern at Gaza’s suffering from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney – after more than a year and a half of indifference – did not appear too abrupt, or too strange.
They are acting as if some corner has been turned in Israel’s genocide. But genocides don’t have corners. They just progress relentlessly until stopped.
The media and politicians are carefully managing any cognitive dissonance for their publics.
But the deeper reality is that western capitals are still coordinating with Israel and the US on their “criticisms” of Israel’s genocide in Gaza – just as they earlier coordinated their support for it.
As much was conceded by a senior Israeli official to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper. Referring to the sudden change of tone, he said: “The past 24 hours were all part of a planned ambush we knew about. This was a coordinated sequence of moves ahead of the EU meeting in Brussels, and thanks to joint efforts by our ambassadors and the foreign minister, we managed to moderate the outcome.”
The handwringing is just another bit of stagecraft, little different from the earlier mix of silence and talk about Israel’s “right to defend itself”. And it is to the same purpose: to buy Israel time to “finish the job” – that is, to complete its genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=309145
Former police officer admits to sexual relations with minor female
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 31-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has pleaded guilty to enticing a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
On Jan. 8, authorities discovered Daniel Verduzco was having a relationship with a 15-year-old minor female dating back to May 2024. The two had exchanged more than 3,700 messages which included sexually suggestive images and detailed different times they had engaged in sexual relations and intentions for future sexual acts.
The conversations further revealed Verduzco and the minor victim had met in person on multiple occasions.
U.S. District Judge David Morales will impose sentencing Aug. 21. At the time, Verduzco faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.
He was permitted to remain on bond pending that hearing.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Overman is prosecuting the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section leads PSC, which marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and identifies and rescues victims. For more information about PSC, please visit DOJ’s PSC page. For more information about internet safety education, please visit the resources tab on that page.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-police-officer-admits-sexual-relations-minor-female
Five Individuals Indicted in Insider Trading Scheme
According to court documents, between May and June 2023, Rouzbeh “Ross” Haghighat, 61, of West Newbury, Massachusetts, Behrouz “Bruce” Haghighat, 60, of Laguna Niguel, California, Kirstyn Pearl, 35, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Seyedfarbod “Fabio” Sabzevari, 31, of North Hollywood, California, and James Roberge, 70, of Westford, Massachusetts, allegedly profited more than $600,000 by unlawfully purchasing the securities of a biopharmaceutical company in Seattle, Washington (Company-1), where Ross Haghighat served as a director. As alleged, the defendants traded securities based on material nonpublic information about another pharmaceutical company’s (Company-2) proposed acquisition of Company-1. The indictment alleges that, in May 2023, Company-2 made a confidential proposal to acquire Company-1 at a price per share above the then current market value. The two companies then negotiated an agreement for the acquisition, which was announced in June 2023, causing the share price to spike.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-individuals-indicted-insider-trading-scheme
Former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company Sentenced
ABINGDON, Va. – A former senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm based in New York, N.Y., that agreed in 2024 to pay $650 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into the firm’s consulting work with opioids manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma, L.P., was sentenced yesterday to six months in federal prison for obstructing justice related to his work on Purdue matters. In addition, Elling was ordered to serve two years of supervised release following his incarceration, which includes a requirement that he perform 1,000 hours of community service. The court also imposed a $40,000 fine.
Martin Elling, 60, a U.S. citizen most recently residing in Bangkok, Thailand, pled guilty in January 2025 to a one-count Information charging him with knowingly destroying records with the intent to impede, obstruct, and influence the investigation and proper administration of a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/former-senior-partner-mckinsey-company-sentenced
Four Individuals Charged in $63 Million Mail Theft Conspiracy, Including Two Postal Employees
Gorgon was joined in the announcement by U.S. Postal Service Inspector General Tammy Hull; Acting Inspector in Charge Sean McStravick, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Detroit Division; Special Agent in Charge Charles Miller, Detroit Field Office, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation; Special Agent in Charge Kelly Moening, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and Megan Howell, Special Agent-in-Charge, Great Lakes Region, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/four-individuals-charged-63-million-mail-theft-conspiracy-including-two-postal
Operation ENDGAME strikes again: the ransomware kill chain broken at its source
Cybercriminals around the world have suffered a major disruption after law enforcement and judicial authorities, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled key infrastructure behind the malware used to launch ransomware attacks. From 19 to 22 May, authorities took down some 300 servers worldwide, neutralised 650 domains, and issued international arrest warrants against 20 targets, dealing a direct blow to the ransomware kill chain.
In addition, EUR 3.5 million in cryptocurrency was seized during the action week, bringing the total amount seized during the Operation Endgame to more than EUR 21.2 million.
This latest phase of Operation ENDGAME follows on from the largest-ever international action against botnets in May 2024. It targeted new malware variants and successor groups that re-emerged after last year’s takedowns, reinforcing law enforcement’s capacity to adapt and strike back – even as cybercriminals retool and reorganise.
The operation focused on initial access malware – the tools cybercriminals use to infiltrate systems unnoticed before deploying ransomware. By disabling these entry points, investigators have struck at the very start of the cyberattack chain, damaging the entire cybercrime-as-a-service ecosystem.
The following malware strains were neutralised during the action:
Bumblebee
Lactrodectus
Qakbot
Hijackloader
DanaBot
Trickbot
Warmcookie
These variants are commonly offered as a service to other cybercriminals and are used to pave the way for large-scale ransomware attacks. In addition, international arrest warrants were issued against 20 key actors believed to be providing or operating initial access services to ransomware operators.
https://www.europol.europa .eu/media-press/newsroom/news/operation-endgame-strikes-again-ransomware-kill-chain-broken-its-source
“The masters of the universe are Jews,” former US Senator declares in Israel
Ex-GOP Senator and Republican Jewish Coalition chair Norm Coleman proclaimed with a straight face that Jews control the world during a Jerusalem conference featuring a speech by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former US Senator Norm Coleman has raised eyebrows by declaring that “the masters of the universe are Jews” at a major Zionist lobby event in Jerusalem. In an address to a summit hosted by the Adelson-funded Jewish News Syndicate on April 27, Coleman pointed to various major technology firms founded by Jews, suggesting the shared religion of the companies’ creators should translate into a greater zeal for censoring criticism of Israel.
“And when you think about it, the Masters of the Universe are Jews! We’ve got Altman at OpenAI, we’ve got [Facebook founder Mark] Zuckerberg, we’ve got [Google founder] Sergey Brin, we’ve got a group across the board. Jan Koum, y’know, founded WhatsApp. It’s us.”
The remarks came as Coleman lamented that pro-Israel propagandists are “losing the digital war” in battle for the hearts and minds of younger generations, and called for more stringent censorship of pro-Palestinian speech.
“A majority or Gen Z have an unfavorable impression of Israel. And, my friends, I think the reason for that is that we’re losing the digital war. They’re getting their information from TikTok, and… and we’re losing that war.”
As numerous polls show young Americans are increasingly skeptical of Israel – with a recent survey showing 71% of Democrats and 50% of Republicans under age 49 now hold an unfavorable view of Israel – establishment politicians have consistently blamed TikTok’s algorithm for the decline in enthusiasm for genocide. In February, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, Mark Warner, revealed that the bill forcing China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok was motivated by the visibility of pro-Palestine content on the app.
For Coleman, though, it appears this wasn’t enough. “We have to figure out a way to win the digital battle,” he told summit attendees. “We’ve got to get our digital sneakers on, so that the truth can prevail over the lies. And when we do that, the future of Israel will be stronger because a majority of all Americans will support Israel. We’ll make that happen, we have to make it happen. Thank you, Baruch hashem.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage directly after Coleman’s speech, highlighting Tel Aviv’s interest in the event, which was billed as the “Inaugural JNS Policy Summit to address Israel’s pressing strategic issues.”
An archetypal neoconservative, Coleman started off as an anti-war activist who once worked as a roadie for Jethro Tull, and was suspended from Hofstra University for leading a sit-in. “I went to Woodstock, and I inhaled!” he boasted at the JNS summit. After first taking office as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Coleman wound up narrowly losing his Senate seat to Al Franken in 2008 as a Republican.
In addition to serving as the national chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition and founder of the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC, Coleman now works as a top lobbyist for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1916717323194339487
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/28/masters-universe-jews-us-senator-israel/
Ex-Los Angeles deputy mayor will plead guilty in fake bomb threat to city hall
A former Los Angeles deputy mayor will plead guilty to reporting a bomb had been placed in city hall last year to law enforcement
A former Los Angeles deputy mayor will plead guilty to reporting a bomb had been placed in city hall last year to law enforcement, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Brian K. Williams, 31, who was employed as the deputy mayor of public safety in October 2024, was charged with one felony count of making an explosives threat. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
William's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Williams sent a text message to LA Mayor Karen Bass and other high-ranking city officials on Oct. 3, 2024 that he just received a call from someone who threatened to bomb city hall, prosecutors said.
“The male caller stated that ‘he was tired of the city support of Israel, and he has decided to place a bomb in City Hall. It might be in the rotunda.’,” Williams wrote in the text, according to prosecutors. He said he contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, who sent officers to search the building.
Police did not locate any suspicious packages or devices, prosecutors said.
Williams showed officers a call he received from a blocked number on his city-issued cellphone that he said was from the person who made the bomb threat. The call was made by Williams himself through the Google Voice application on his personal phone, according to prosecutors.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Williams' home in December 2024 in connection to the incident, and Williams was placed on administrative leave.
Williams will appear in federal court in downtown Los Angeles in the coming weeks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/los-angeles-karen-bass-city-hall-israel-police-b2756335.html
Pastor Chuck Baldwin– Josel Osteen is Just Another (Rich) Christian Zionist Heretic
"Many of us pastors/teachers/professors/scholars in Evangelical Protestantism have long understood that Joel Osteen's Prosperity Gospel is nothing short of heresy. Over the years, tomes have been written exposing Osteen's abuses of the doctrinal truths of God's Holy Word that he uses to prey on gullible, needyand often poorpeople and to turn himself into a billionaire.
Joel Osteen is the quintessential false prophet that Jesus and His apostles warned us about. (Matthew 7:15; I John 4:1)
https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/4767/Joel-Osteen-Just-Another-Rich-Christian-Zionist-Heretic.aspx
TWO WEEKS BEFORE 7 OCT 2023, NETANYAHU UNVEILED A "NEW MIDDLE EAST MAP":
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-760158
WHO: Intel Agency for Gates Foundation?
Examining the Foundation's prescient Aug. 2019 purchase of BioNTech stock.
Reviewing BioNTech’s Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital for the year ended December 31, 2019, I noticed the following:
On August 30, 2019, BioNTech entered into agreements with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). BMGF agreed to purchase 3,038,674 ordinary shares with nominal amount of k€ 3,039 of BioNTech for a total of k€49,864 (k$55,000). These agreements require BioNTech to perform certain research and development activities to advance the development of products for the prevention and treatment of HIV and tuberculosis. In the event of a breach of the underlying conditions, including such research and development activities, BMGF has the right to sell its shares back to BioNTech at the initial share price or fair market value, whichever is higher, subject to certain conditions. BioNTech’s ability to pay dividends is also limited under the terms of these agreements.
Less than two years after the Gates Foundation purchased the stock (pre-IPO) at $18 per share, it peaked on Aug. 6, 2021 at $389. At that price, the Foundation’s $55 million investment was worth $1,182,044,186.00 ($1.182 billion).
https://www.globalresearch.ca/who-intel-agency-gates-foundation/5855404
I'm giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend.
I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.
We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.
https://x.com/HillaryClinton/status/1925927317425045816
“Never Heard Of Him”: Notable Columbia Prof Says He Isn’t Sure Obama Attended Columbia University
Prominent Columbia professor Henry Graff says he isn’t sure President Obama ever attended the Ivy League school.
“I taught every significant politician that ever studied at Columbia,” said Columbia Emeritus Professor of History Henry Graff, in an interview last week with Wayne Root, a contributor at The Blaze. “Between American History and Diplomatic History, one way or another, they all had to come through my classes.”
“Not Obama,” he continued. “I never had a student with that name in any of my classes. I never met him, never saw him, never heard of him.”
Graff alleged that “none of the other Columbia professors knew him either” and said he is “very upset” to hear Obama referred to as a graduate of Columbia University.
“I am angry when I hear Obama called ‘the first President of the United States from Columbia University,’” he said. “I don’t consider him a Columbia student. I have no idea what he did on the Columbia campus. No one knows him.”
Graff is the recipient of the Kaul Foundation Award of Excellence in the field of education, an honor that is tied to a prize of $100,000. He is the author of multiple books and is known for teaching the first course on the history of the Presidency.
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/05/23/never-heard-of-him-notable-columbia-prof-says-he-isnt-sure-obama-attended-columbia-university/