Barr taps network of prosecutors to review Russia-Ukraine cases

Attorney General Bill Barr has tapped a growing number of federal prosecutors across the country to review high-profile Russia probes involving Trump associates and consider emerging allegations tied to Ukraine, in a bold but risky move that comes as he faces mounting criticism and even resignation calls from congressional Democrats who allege he's protecting the president.

On Friday, Fox News reported that Barr appointed Jeff Jensen, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, to review the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Justice Department officials told Fox News Jensen would be working hand-in-hand with Brandon Van Grack, the lead prosecutor in the case. It marked the latest example of Barr bringing on a federal prosecutor to examine a politically charged case.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TAPS OUTSIDE PROSECUTOR TO REVIEW HANDLING OF MICHAEL FLYNN CASE

Flynn’s case has gone through years of twists and turns, with sentencing postponed repeatedly over the last two years. Flynn’s supporters have insisted he is innocent but was forced to plead guilty when his son was threatened with prosecution and he exhausted his financial resources.

Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his communications with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak as part of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

But Barr’s move to tap Jensen comes after Flynn and his attorney Sidney Powell last month moved to withdraw his guilty plea, citing “the government’s bad faith, vindictiveness and breach of the plea agreement.” The move to withdraw his plea came just days after the Justice Department reversed course to recommend up to six months of prison time for him, alleging he was not fully cooperating or accepting responsibility for his actions. The DOJ later backed down.

The announcement of Jensen’s appointment came at the end of a dramatic week at the Justice Department related to another Trump associate—Roger Stone.

Federal prosecutors last week recommended a sentence of between 87 and 108 months in prison for Stone after he was convicted on seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress on charges that also stemmed from Mueller’s probe.

But in a stunning reversal, as Fox News first reported, the DOJ overruled the prosecutors on the case, scaling back the proposed sentence for Stone, which immediately led Democrats to accuse Trump of interfering in the process by earlier tweeting about his displeasure with the Justice Department. Trump denied it.

Barr, though, spoke up for DOJ independence when he urged Trump against tweeting on justice matters and said it makes it “impossible” for him to do his job.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-taps-network-of-prosecutors-to-review-russia-ukraine-investigations

Pier 1 Imports Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Now For Sale

Decision Comes a Month After Pier 1 Announced Closure of 450 Stores

Weeks after an announcement to shutter hundreds of stores across the United States, Pier 1 Imports announced it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has the approval for lenders to purchase the Texas-based retailer.

“We are moving ahead in this process with the support of our lenders and are pleased with the initial interest as we engage in discussions with potential buyers,” Chief Executive Officer Robert Riesbeck said in a statement.

The filing, he said, is designed to provide Pier 1 with more flexibility—and time—as it works to go ahead with a sale, Riesbeck explained, adding that his firm will “work to unlock additional value for our stakeholders.”

Last month, the firm said it would close about 450 stores across the United States, and it will also shut down distribution centers. Layoffs were also announced at its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, reported The Associated Press.

At the time, the chain named Riesbeck as its CEO.

Pier 1 will also initiate bankruptcy proceedings in Canada. It will close all its stores across the country.

In its Monday statement, the chain said it “received a commitment of approximately $256 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Bank of America N.A., Wells Fargo National Association, and Pathlight Capital LP.” The move will give it “ample liquidity” to support its operations and sale process.

Riesbeck added, “We will continue to serve our customers regardless of how and where they shop with the style, value and selection of merchandise they want as we move through this process, and we are committed to working seamlessly with our vendors and partners. We appreciate the ongoing dedication of our associates, whose efforts in providing our loyal customers with the experience they expect from our brand are critical to our success and the future of Pier 1.”

Pier 1 expects the deadline to submit qualified bids to be around March 23, impacting chains like Payless, Walgreens, Family Dollar, and Fred’s.

It comes after about 9,300 stores closed across the United States in 2019, according to a report (pdf). Coresight Research, which released its year-end report on the closing stores, said that 5,844 stores closed in 2018. In 2019, 9,302 stores were reported to have been shut down or were going to be shut down, which is a 59 percent increase over 2018. Payless ShoeSource suffered the worst, closing 2,100 stores.

The report found that 4,392 new stores opened across the United States. Dollar General opened up nearly 1,000, Dollar Tree opened 348, Family Dollar opened 202, Aldi opened 159, and a number of other aforementioned brands that shuttered stores also opened new locations, according to the report.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/pier-1-imports-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-now-for-sale_3240641.html

Tesla Gigafactory Germany Suspended, Is Elon Musk Ruining The Environment?

Tree felling for Giga Berlin will have to wait after a state court ordered a temporary halt to tree-clearing operations

Giga Berlin is expected to begin operations by July 2021

Tesla will invest $4.3 billion to build Giga Berlin, its first factory on the European continent

A German environmental group has succeeded in temporarily halting ground work for the new Gigafactory Berlin, or Giga Berlin, being built by Tesla Inc. on the outskirts of the German capital city.

The Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ordered Tesla to stop clearing forest land at Gruenheide, a town with a population of 8,600 persons southeast of Berlin, while awaiting to decide a complaint filed by the environmental activist group, "Gruene Liga Brandenburg" (Green League of Brandenburg). Berlin is located within the state of Brandenburg.

The court said it issued the order to stop the tree-felling because it would have only taken three more days for Tesla to complete the work. If it hadn't done so, the clearance would have been completed before judges made a final decision on the complaint.

“It should not be assumed that the motion seeking legal protection brought by the Green League lacks any chance of succeeding,” said the court in a statement.

The court's ruling was received after the Brandenburg State Office for Environment (the state environmental office) gave Tesla the go-ahead to clear 92 hectares of forest for Giga Berlin.

Also called Gigafactory 4, Giga Berlin is 35 km (20 miles) southeast of central Berlin on the Berlin–Wrocław railway, which forms the north border of the site. Projected cost for Giga Berlin comes to $4.3 billion (€4 billion).

When operational by July 2021, Giga Berlin will assemble the Tesla Model Y electric compact crossover utility vehicle (CUV) and the affordable Model 3 executive sedan. It will also manufacture batteries, battery packs, powertrains and seats.

Giga Berlin will do casting, stamping, painting, drivetrain assembly and final assembly of Model 3, Model Y and future models. The Model Y, however, will be the first Tesla EV assembled at the factory. Giga Berlin will have an annual capacity of 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs). Tesla CEO Elon Musk also announced the establishment of a new design and development center in nearby Berlin.

Tesla approved the contract to buy the land for $44 million, and signed the contract that Brandenburg notarized on January 29. The site, however, presents unique challenges for Tesla.

The area's water supply can only support the assembly of 250,000 Tesla EVs. The company will have to look for alternative water supplies later on. There are also potential problems with the local wildlife and proper wastewater disposal.

https://www.ibtimes.com/tesla-gigafactory-germany-suspended-elon-musk-ruining-environment-2923471

'Obama Personally Asked the FBI to Investigate Someone on Behalf of George Soros,' Says Alan Dershowitz

In an interview with Breitbart News, Alan Dershowitz claimed he is in possession of documents that will show Barack Obama asked the FBI to investigate an unnamed person on behalf of George Soros. Those documents, he says, will come out during a lawsuit that will be filed in the future. Dershowitz said the only difference between Trump and other presidents influencing the Department of Justice is that Trump is open about it while the others "whispered."

"I have some information as well about the Obama administration, which will be disclosed in a lawsuit at some point, but I'm not prepared to disclose it now, about how President Obama personally asked the FBI to investigate somebody on behalf of George Soros, who was a close ally of his," he said. Dershowitz was responding to the over-the-top hand-wringing going on in the media after Donald Trump tweeted out his disgust at the sentencing recommendation of up to nine years for Roger Stone, which was announced by prosecutors at the Justice Department.

"We've seen this kind of White House influence on the Justice Department virtually in every Justice Department," continued Dershowitz. "The difference is this president is much more overt about it. He tweets about it. President Obama whispered to the Justice Department about it." Dershowitz then went on to give historical context and claimed that while not advisable, it's perfectly constitutional for the president to completely control the Department of Justice, as has been done before. "The president could make a decision to really decide to control the Justice Department…Thomas Jefferson did it."

https://pjmedia.com/trending/obama-personally-asked-the-fbi-to-investigate-someone-on-behalf-of-george-soros-says-alan-dershowitz/

Amie Harwick, Drew Carey’s Ex-Fiancé, Murdered In California; LAPD Releases New Details

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Amie Harwick, the former fiancé of actor and television host Drew Carey, was allegedly killed by her former boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse.

The LAPD released the following statement: The suspect (former boyfriend) has been identified as, 41-year-old Gareth Pursehouse, a resident of Playa Del Rey, and was arrested for Murder, 187 PC.

On Saturday, February 15, 2020, around 1:16 a.m. Hollywood patrol officers responded to a radio call of a, “Woman Screaming”, in the 2000 block of Mound Street in Hollywood Hills. When officers arrived, they were met by a roommate who was in the street. He informed officers that the victim was being assaulted inside of her residence. The roommate had jumped a wall and went to neighboring residences to call for help.

When officers went to make entry, they found the victim on the ground beneath a third story balcony. The victim was gravely injured. She suffered significant injuries consistent with a fall. The victim was unresponsive. The Los Angeles Fire Department transported the victim to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries.

The investigation revealed possible evidence of a struggle in the upstairs as well as forced entry to the residence. A canvass of the area located further evidence of an intruder (suspect) entering the property and leaving after the murder.

Detectives learned that victim had recently expressed fear about a former boyfriend and had previously filed a restraining order against this person. The restraining order had expired and the victim had seen this former boyfriend two weeks ago.

On February 15, 2020, around 4:30 p.m., FBI-LAPD Fugitive Task Force members arrested the suspect outside of a residence in the 8100 block of Cabora Drive in Playa Del Rey.

This is an ongoing investigation and this case will be presented to the District Attorney for filing consideration on Wednesday, February 19, 2020.

https://breaking911.com/amie-harwick-drew-careys-ex-fiance-murdered-in-california-lapd-releases-new-details/

China Now Has the Power to Kill Millions of Americans Without Firing a Shot — By Withholding Medications

Over Half in US take Prescription Drugs

Add to that 150 million people all our residents that take supplements and you have a pretty good idea what our exposure is to China weaponizing medications. Nearly all of our supplements and medications are made from ingredients procured from China. They’ve killed Americans before with tainted meds, and that was supposedly an accident.

If China just shuts off our access to these ingredients and medications they manufacture, our US hospital and community pharmacies will run out within two months, with no alternatives.

China has a stranglehold on 90 percent of our medicine

When you have powerful career politicians like Shanghai Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, and a host of others in bed with your enemies, this is what happens. For over thirty years politicians have been taking bribes to give away our nation via trade agreements, and no one has ever been caught or punished.

Now that the world is in a panic about the coronavirus and medications which may be needed to combat it here in the US, we discover that China not only infected untold thousands across the globe, they control 90 percent of the medication ingredients needed to produce a cure!

This from NBC News:

“China could potentially “weaponize our medicines. They can sell us medicines without any medicine in them. They can sell medicines that have lethal contaminants in it.”

“We can’t make penicillin anymore,”….. “The last penicillin plant in the United States closed in 2004.”

“Contaminated supplies of the blood thinning drug Heparin in 2008 led to the deaths of 149 Americans”

From the Seattle Times:

Millions of Americans are taking medicines made in China — medications sold in big box stores and pharmacies, administered in hospitals, and used by Veterans Affairs and military facilities around the world.

Over the past 30 years, much of the U.S. drug manufacturing industry has relocated offshore

The U.S. has virtually no capacity to make generic antibiotics used to treat ear infections, strep throat, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, Lyme disease and other illnesses

In five to 10 years, the U.S. will have largely lost its capacity to manufacture most generic drugs.

From Politico:

Rosemary Gibson: “Medicines can be used as a weapon of war against the United States,”

A single factory in China made the active pharmaceutical ingredient for a common blood pressure medicine, valsartan, that was found to contain a cancer-causing chemical that has been used to make liquid rocket fuel.

“Millions of Americans, including service members, rely on drugs to stay healthy — yet the United States imports a significant portion of these drugs’ components from China,”

From the NY Post re dirty factory conditions:

US factories no longer make generic antibiotics. So, if US-China tensions worsen, China could cut off antibiotic exports, throwing our hospitals into turmoil.

The GAO found that the FDA inspects Chinese drug manufacturing plants infrequently, at best, and some may never get inspected.

Even now, it has only 29 staff dedicated to inspecting more than 3,000 foreign manufacturing facilities.

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/02/17/china-now-has-the-power-to-kill-millions-of-americans-without-firing-a-shot-by-withholding-medications/

CDC Begins Testing Americans for the Coronavirus—But How?

As my readers know, I’ve been presenting evidence AGAINST the idea that the China “epidemic” is caused by a new coronavirus. (archive here)

Of course, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control are relentlessly pushing the idea that: this is a spreading epidemic, and it is caused by COVID-19, a new human coronavirus.

Now, the US Centers for Disease Control is rolling out a program to test Americans (e.g., travelers who have been to China). As time passes, the program will likely pull larger numbers of Americans into that net.

The CDC program immediately raises two problems: why bother testing for a virus if it isn’t really causing human disease; and what kind of test is being done?

In this article, I’m focusing on the type of test, and whether it’s accurate, even if you assume the coronavirus is causing disease.

Reading through CDC literature (see also here), I believe the two most prevalent US testing methods are: antibody, and PCR.

Antibody tests are notorious for cross-reactions. This means factors in no way relevant to a given virus can make the test read positive. In that case, the patient would be falsely told he “has the coronavirus.” But it gets worse. Traditionally, antibody tests reading positive were taken as a good sign for the patient: his immune system had contacted a germ and defeated it. Then, starting in 1984, the science was turned upside down: a positive test was, astoundingly, taken to mean the patient was ill or would soon become ill.

The PCR test (which requires excellent technicians who will not make any number of possible mistakes) takes a tissue sample from a patient which might contain a tiny virus particle(s) much too small to be observed—and blows it up many times, so it can be seen. However, the test says nothing reliable about HOW MUCH virus is in the patient’s body. Why is that important? Because millions and millions of replicating virus in the body are necessary to even begin talking about actual illness. A positive PCR test, nevertheless, will be taken to mean the patient “has the epidemic disease.” —An even deeper issue: where is the PRIOR PROOF that the PCR is testing for a virus that actually causes disease?

The prospect of these two tests being done on Americans is not comforting, to say the least. People will be roped into believing they are “epidemic cases,” and therefore need to be isolated, and treated with highly toxic antiviral drugs.

In the event they become ill, from the drugs, they’ll be told “the coronavirus is doing the damage.” In some cases, this will result in even further dosing with the same drugs, at higher levels—a disaster.

A very small percentage of doctors are aware of the profound shortcomings of these two diagnostic tests. Most of them will shrug off their doubts and perform the tests anyway, because refusal would endanger their careers and medical licenses.

This is the sordid drama now unfolding in the American landscape.

It’s not just America. The same tests are being done all over the world.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/02/cdc-begins-testing-americans-for-the-coronavirus-but-how.html

>>8164838

Some meds tho if you go cold turkey it can kill you, long term you are right

‘Empire of Hackers’: China Calls US World’s Biggest Cyberspy Amid Technology Theft Battle

Last week, media revealed that US and West German intelligence secretly owned the world’s leading private manufacturer of encryption devices during the Cold War, with the CIA and NSA having direct access to the secrets of over 120 countries. Meanwhile, Washington has launched a fresh battle against Chinese companies accused of industrial espionage.

The United States is the world’s biggest cyberspy and can be described as an “empire of hackers", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang has said.

“The facts have once against shown that the United States is the largest state eavesdropper in international cyberspace and an empire of hackers in the full sense of the term. Their wiretapping activities have reached a level of real thuggishness, lawlessness, and mayhem", the spokesman said, speaking to reporters on Monday.

Geng’s remarks come in the wake of a report by The Washington Post last week revealing that Swiss encryption device manufacturer Crypto AG was secretly owned by the CIA, the NSA, and West German spy agency BND for many decades, giving them the ability to spy on countries ranging from India, Pakistan, and Iran to Latin America and the Vatican.

Sanctions 'Mistake'

Geng also commented on sanctions introduced last week against six Chinese companies over their alleged violations of US legislation regarding the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The spokesman noted that China “strongly opposes unilateral sanctions and the principle of extraterritorial jurisdiction which the US is using on the basis of its national laws".

“We urge the US to correct this mistake as soon as possible and to lift the sanctions", the spokesman said.

On Thursday, the US State Department announced that about a dozen Chinese, Russian, Iraqi, and Turkish companies, entities and individuals had been targeted by US sanctions over their alleged violation of non-proliferation measures against Iran, North Korea, and Syria. The targeted entities included three Russian arms makers. The US State Department did not clarify which specific non-proliferation measures the entities supposedly "violated".

https://sputniknews.com/world/202002171078335179-empire-of-hackers-china-calls-us-worlds-biggest-cyberspy-amid-technology-theft-battle/

CCP doing it's Cabal masters bidding, push for war

STILL No White Deaths from Coronavirus - Why Won't the Media Talk About This?

"When it comes to “race” (the Chinese Government) is honest to a degree that should Americans public officials and journalists blush. And China’s honesty only confirms that this is not a virus from which white people die."

"If we want to avoid future suffering, panic and and death—whether due to viruses or whatever else—we must be like the Chinese, able to talk frankly about race."

The story so far: There is still no confirmed case of the Coronavirus killing anyone other than ethnic East Asians. The Drudge Report today (February 15) features FRANCE REPORTS FIRST DEATH OUTSIDE ASIA… but the underlying story, from Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance, says the victim was an “80-year-old Chinese tourist.” Drudge, of course, is just scaring up clicks. But why does the rest of the Main Stream Media, and the medical Establishment, want to suppress a possibility that could relieve fears around the world: that the Coronavirus disproportionately impacts, and perhaps only kills, East Asians?

Now read on.

Taking the exact opposite tack to me, CNN Medical Talking Head Dr Sanjay Gupta recently asserted that Corona “doesn’t discriminate based on race. Why do we?”

Gupta put this most Woke of questions to CDC director Dr Robert Redfield in response to the Trump Administration’s having decided to, in Redfield’s words “temporarily suspend travel into the United States from individuals who were not Americans or permanent residents who had been in the hot zone in the last 14 days.” [‘It’s Coming’: CDC Director Warns Coronavirus To Become Widespread Throughout United States, ‘Probably Beyond 2020’, By Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, February 14, 2020].

Now, obviously, it’s paranoid nonsense to claim that this Trump policy is discriminating based on “race.” Chinese-Canadians will have no problem entering the U.S. so long as they haven’t been in the “hot zone” or the last two weeks. In contrast, white British people who have been in the “hot zone “in the last fortnight, will be denied access to the U.S.

https://russia-insider.com/en/still-no-white-deaths-coronavirus-why-wont-media-talk-about/ri28302

This looks fake, imagesfags???

Airstrikes destroy IRGC Quds Force HQ, warehouse at Damascus airport

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites at Damascus International Airport were heavily damaged due to airstrikes.

ImageSat International (ISI) reported on Monday evening that heavy damage was inflicted upon Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites at Damascus International Airport on February 13. Airstrikes appear to have hit warehouses, a shelter, headquarters and infrastructure.

More

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Airstrikes-destroy-IRGC-Quds-Force-HQ-warehouse-at-Damascus-airport-617882

Jerusalem chief rabbi locked out of his office in internal quarrel

Religious services minister reprimands Jerusalem Local Religious Council chair over incident

Jerusalem's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern was locked out of his office by the head of the Jerusalem Local Religious Council Yehoshua Yishai on Monday due to internal disputes between the two figures.

Yishai replaced the lock to Stern’s office on Sunday night, but did not tell him he had done so.

Stern went to his office Monday morning but found that he was locked out, and as of Monday afternoon had still not received the new key.

Yishai has frequently opposed Stern’s activities as chief rabbi, and Stern’s office is now accusing him of acting maliciously towards the Jerusalem chief rabbi by having switched the locks on his office.

“This is not behavior that should be done in relation to rabbis, and we hope he will come to his senses and behave,” said Stern’s spokesman of Yishai.

Yishai is yet to respond to a request for comment.

Stern recently reached the age of 75, which is the age of retirement for rabbis in state-paid positions. However, he is seeking an extension to his tenure until the formation of a new government when a new chief rabbi can be appointed.

However, the extension has been held up, and Religious Services Minister Yitzhak Vaknin of Shas has still not signed off on approving it.

Vaknin did, however, claim that he had reprimanded Yishai over the incident and protested “the honor of Rabbi Stern.”

The minister also called the chief rabbi himself, and said that while the Justice Ministry is deliberating the change in ministry regulations to extend Stern’s tenure, “no one will harm the rabbi.”

Vaknin’s spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on whether Yishai will face disciplinary procedures or not.

Two months ago, it appeared that Stern’s extension would be granted quickly, with the deputy attorney-general and the legal adviser to the Religious Services Ministry writing that the request was reasonable and justifiable.

It appeared that Vaknin was preparing to sign off on the extension, but he subsequently said that he does not want the change in regulations to pertain specifically to Stern but to other rabbis in the same situation as well.

Karmiel's Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Malka, 80, is in a similar situation to Stern, and it seems that Vaknin will not approve the extension for Stern unless an extension for Malka is approved by the Attorney-General’s Office and the Justice Ministry, which appears unlikely.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-chief-rabbi-locked-out-of-his-office-in-internal-quarrel-617869

Idlib Militants Use Turkish Uniforms In Attempt To Terrify Syrian Troops. Spoiler: They Failed

Members of Idlib militant groups are using Turkish uniforms in an attempt to terrify Syrian troops and prevent Syrian Army attacks on their positions, according to a video released by journalist Lindsey Snell.

The journalist claimed that the video was filmed on February 10 in western Aleppo. Nonetheless, by February 17, Syrian government forces had liberated the entire western Aleppo countryside. Furthermore, the Syrian Army advance is developing.The filmed militants are now reportedly dead. So, apparently, this trick did not help.

https://southfront.org/idlib-militants-use-turkish-uniforms-in-attempt-to-terrify-syrian-troops-spoiler-they-failed/

>>8164958

Because the Jews who tell him what to do wont allow it. They also told him to publicly support Turkey, which he did, who is openly supporting the terrorists in Syria. He has to to toe the line atm

Farmer Refuses to Roll, Rips Lid Off IRS Behavior

Strapped with pistols and carrying government IDs, two Treasury agents walked onto a Maryland farm on a cold winter morning in 2012, and asked for the owner - Randy Sowers. It was a blur of badges and questions, but Sowers’ four-year legal nightmare was only just beginning. “My story could belong to any farmer or business owner,” Sowers says. “People have almost no idea what the feds will do when they want to hurt you. What kind of power-hungry bureaucrats do we have when guilt or innocence plays no role in the system?”

Sowers was caught in the hooks of a law intended to capture crime lords and money launderers, and tagged with a bank deposit breach—a paperwork infraction with a sledgehammer penalty. Although the Frederick County producer wasn’t suspected of drug dealing, tax evasion, or criminal enterprise, Internal Revenue Service investigators wedged Sowers into a legal vise with almost no chance of escape. Sowers’ wife had made a series of bank deposits—all less than $10,000 cash and gleaned from farmers’ markets—and in response, IRS was baying for proverbial blood. “They seized almost $70,000 of our money, had us scared and thinking we were going to prison, and maybe losing all we’d worked for,” Sowers explains. “Roll over and shut up—that’s the game I was supposed to play.”

Instead, Sowers spoke to the press, raised Cain and refused to dance to the federal tune, and his actions eventually helped rip the lid off IRS’ “seize first, question later” tactics involving millions of dollars in private property grabs across the U.S. Within three years of the Treasury agents’ visit, Sowers would walk up Capitol steps and testify before House and Ways Committee members disgusted by IRS behavior, regain his money, and become a key catalyst for the passage of 2019 legislation limiting federal power. In short, Sowers became the dairy farmer who dared: “What was I going do when I felt like somebody was threatening my wife with jail and my livelihood? I was never, never going to give up.”

Upside Down

Sowers and his wife, Karen, are the owners of South Mountain Creamery in Middletown, Md., roughly 60 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. In 2012, Sowers had 320 dairy cows and grew 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans on the flat ground of a valley floor, consistently logging 16-hour workdays: “When things got tight, I’d work up to 20 hours a day, but I’m not complaining—I did it because I loved it. We were like a lot of Americans, working hard and grateful for what we had.”

https://www.agweb.com/article/farmer-refuses-roll-rips-lid-irs-behavior?fbclid=IwAR0pIHbd32As5SK8CIYU0GB09pqdLDoqhvyrGCANMZ1aJD3xVsGvCnNk0NU

Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here's how to find and delete it

Everything you do online when you're signed into Google, and even some stuff when you aren't, becomes a part of your Google profile, but you can wipe the slate clean with these steps.

Find out what private information Google considers 'public'

Chances are, Google has your name, a photo of your face, your birthday, gender, other email addresses you use, your password and phone number. Some of this is listed as public information (not your password, of course). Here's how to see what Google shares with the world about you.

1. Open a browser window and navigate to your your Google Account page.

1. Type your Google username (with or without "@gmail.com").

1. From the menu bar, choose Personal info and review the information. You can change or delete your photo, name, birthday, gender, password, other emails and phone number.

1. If you'd like to see what information of yours is available publicly, scroll to the bottom and select Go to About me.

1. You can then back out and make changes. There's currently no way to make your account private.

Google has adapted its privacy-control dashboard easier for mobile devices.

Google has adapted its privacy-control dashboard for mobile devices as well as desktop browsers.

Google

Take a look at Google's record of your online activity

If you want to see the motherlode of data Google has on you, follow these steps to find it, review it, delete it or set it to automatically delete after a period of time.

If your goal is to exert more control over your data but you still want Google services like search and maps to personalize your results, we recommend setting your data to autodelete after three months. Otherwise, feel free to delete all your data and set Google to stop tracking you. For most of the day-to-day things you do with Google you won't even notice the difference.

1. Sign into your Google Account and choose Data & Personalization from the navigation bar.

1. To see a list of all your activity that Google has logged, scroll to Activity controls and select Web & App Activity.

1. If you want Google to stop tracking your web and image searches, browser history, map searches and directions, and interactions with Google Assistant, uncheck both boxes. Otherwise, move on to step 4.

1. Next, click Manage Activity. This page displays all the information Google has collected on you from the activities mentioned in the previous step, all the way back to the day you created your account.

1. To set Google to automatically delete this kind of data either every three or every 18 months, select Choose to delete automatically and pick the timeframe you feel most comfortable with. Google will delete any current data older than the timeframe you specify, for example, if you choose three months, any information older than three months will be deleted immediately.

1. If you'd rather delete part of all of your activity history manually, on the navigation bar choose Delete activity by and choose either Last hour, Last day, All time or Custom range.

1. Once you choose an autodelete setting or manually select which data you want deleted, a popup will appear and ask you to confirm. Select Delete or Confirm.

To make sure your new settings took, head back to Manage Activity (step 4) and make sure whatever's there (if you deleted it all there should be nothing) only goes back the three or 18 months you selected in step 5.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/google-keeps-a-scary-amount-of-data-on-you-heres-how-to-find-and-delete-it/

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Requests Interviews With Crossfire Hurricane Officials

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-SC, is requesting interviews with FBI and DOJ officials linked to the handling of the July 31, 2016 Crossfire Hurricane probe, according to a letter the Chairman sent to Attorney General William Barr Friday.

In the letter, Graham also requests clarity on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant and its renewals used to spy on former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page. Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s December, 2019 report found seventeen significant inaccuracies or omissions in those secret federal surveillance applications.

Page told The Sara Carter Show last month that he’s “encouraged and appreciative” for Inspector General Michael Horowitz, but warned that the findings were just “the tip of the iceberg.”

Graham’s letter requests that the following individuals testify: Supervisory Special Agent 1, Case Agent 1, Case Agent 2, Case Agent 3, Staff Operations Specialist, Supervisory Intelligence Analyst, Supervisory Special Agent 2, Supervisory Special Agent 3, OGC Unit Chief, Intel Section Chief, Stephen Laycock, Kieran Ramsey, Jennifer Boone, Bruce Ohr, Dana Boente, Deputy Section Chief, NSD and Gabriel Sanz-Rexach.

Read the full letter below:

021420 LOG to AG Barr Re Crossfire Hurricane Transcribed Interviews by Sara on Scribd

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https://saraacarter.com/senate-judiciary-committee-requests-interviews-with-crossfire-hurricane-officials/

Windows 10’s latest update fail could be its most serious yet

Windows 10’s seemingly never-ending run of faulty updates is continuing to impact users, with reports emerging that Windows 10 KB4532693 is deleting files on some people’s PCs.

We’ve previously reported that KB4532693 was causing some serious issues for Windows 10 users, with people's Start menus and desktops reverting to their default states.

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However, it seems that issue is even more serious than first thought, as it appears that it is deleting any files saved on the desktop as well.

Some people have been able to restore their files – it appears the update is renaming and moving their user profile – but it seems that many people have found they are unable to restore the files that were deleted.

While changing the user profile back to its default settings is annoying, if an update is faulty enough that it’s actually deleting users’ files, then this is very serious indeed.

We don’t know how widespread this issue is, with Windows Latest quoting several users on Microsoft’s forums, and Microsoft itself has yet to comment. Hopefully this is cleaned up quickly.

Update pulled

We also reported that the Windows 10 KB4524244 update was causing issues for users, and it’s now been pulled by Microsoft – so the update will no longer be automatically downloaded.

This update was causing issues with HP devices because of its Sure Start Secure Boot Key Protection.

This is yet another example of a faulty Windows 10 update, and Microsoft needs to act fast to fix these problems and ensure future updates are not affected.

https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10s-latest-update-fail-could-be-its-most-serious-yet

Pro-abortion Trudeau is ‘not a friend to Africa’: African pro-life leader

Obianuju Ekeocha criticized Trudeau’s commitment to killing pre-born African babies through his oversees funding of abortion.

February 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A leading African pro-life advocate says Canada’s prime minister should not have been allowed to speak in her continent because of his commitment to funding the killing of pre-born African babies.

“Simply put, Justin Trudeau is not a friend to Africa,” says Culture of Life Africa founder and president Obianuju Ekeocha, creator of the documentary Strings Attached and author of the book Target Africa: Ideological Neo-colonialism of the Twenty-First Century.

Trudeau wrapped up an eight-day tour Friday that focused on winning African support for Canada’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council for a one-year term beginning in 2021.

His trip comes after a number of years of Canada’s Liberal government implementing “reprehensible anti-life and anti-family foreign policies,” Ekeocha told LifeSiteNews in an email.

“As an African woman, it has been painful to watch this Trudeau tour through my continent, making speeches at our most important Summit of the year – the African Union Summit – endearing himself to African leaders by donating even more million of dollars, having get-togethers with our leaders, and even doing photo-ops at a former slave trading post in Senegal,” she said.

“Given his unapologetic anti-life, pro-abortion legacy, Justin Trudeau should not have been given the platforms and special treatment that he got among African leaders, because this is a man whose policies have directly supported the killing of Africa’s youngest and most vulnerable – our preborn babies – and a man who is responsible for bankrolling the importation of a toxic form of feminism from the West,” added the Nigerian-born pro-life advocate, who now lives in the U.K.

Trudeau is featured front and center in the trailer for Strings Attached, Ekeocha’s documentary exosing the brutality, deception and criminality that underlies the Western world’s exporting of abortion and contraception to Africa.

Since Trudeau’s 2017 announcement of Canada’s $650 million pledge over three years to fund abortion in developing countries as part of its international aid — including bankrolling campaigns to overturn national laws protecting the child in the womb — the Liberals’ projected funding has burgeoned to a staggering $7.1 billion over the next 10 years.

Canada’s national pro-life, pro-family lobbying group Campaign Life Coalition tweeted that the prime minister is directly involved in pushing the “Western abortion culture” to Africa:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-trudeau-is-not-a-friend-to-africa-african-pro-life-leader