LA County Fires Sheriff as Head of Emergency Ops Center … During an Emergency

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has come in for some harsh criticism by this writer for his bungling of what should have been an easy call to keep gun stores open during the COVID-19 pandemic—at a time when law enforcement is stretched thin, there's a heightened fear of civil unrest, and the sheriff is freeing criminals from the jails and reducing arrests.

Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to remove Villanueva as the head of the County Emergency Operations Center – during an international emergency.

Villanueva chalked up his firing at this time to his handling of the gun stores debacle. And why wouldn't he think that? Even he knows it's been an abject disaster.

But Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said it really wasn't about the sheriff, “I respectfully say to the sheriff, this is not about him. This is about the safety of the residents of L.A. County.”

An after-action report following the huge Woolsey Fire, before Villanueva took office, recommended that the sheriff's office be removed as the head of the EOC because other counties use their executive, civilian staff to oversee their emergency centers. Communications were also identified as a big fail by the LA Sheriff's Office and other responders during the fire that hit LA County near Malibu, Calabasas, and into Ventura County in 2018.

But do you really remove the head of the Emergency Ops Center during an existential crisis? You do if you're LA and this guy's in charge. It was definitely a vote of no confidence.

Villanueva said the move will leave a bean-counter in charge instead of a law enforcement officer.

“This will impact public safety and public health. They’re going to reassign the job to a financial analyst, and not a first responder with experience managing natural disasters and man-made. We’re in the middle of a global public health crisis.”

Villanueva has been conspicuously absent from the county's coronavirus news conferences, choosing to hold his own, where he consistently has berated the supervisors. But he was allowed to come Tuesday, a short time after the supervisors had removed him as the head of the EOC.

He played it classy, saying he would leave his personnel in place until the county installed its new people.

But make no mistake, his job performance made it easy for them to clear him out of this job.

Now it's up to the voters to find a person who knows something about the law to be sheriff.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/la-county-fires-sheriff-as-head-of-emergency-ops-center-during-an-emergency/

Are Zionists Running Medical Simulation in NY & NJ and Lying About Their Numbers?

https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/04/01/unrig-video-239-are-zionists-running-medical-simulation-in-ny-nj-and-lying-about-their-numbers/

Biden Calls For Remote 'Virtual' Voting in 2020 Elections

Biden on Tuesday night called on secretaries of state to begin securing remote ‘virtual’ voting capabilities “now” for the 2020 elections.

We knew this was coming.

The Democrats are using the Coronavirus as an excuse to increase absentee ballot voting, ‘remote virtual voting’ and ballot harvesting which of course increases the chances of voter fraud because it breaks the chain of custody.

The Democrat Iowa caucuses were a total train wreck after the Hillary-linked “Shadow” app failed to properly count the vote totals.

Now Biden is calling for virtual voting in the 2020 elections — what could possibly go wrong?

“God forbid we’re still dealing with this in November. God forbid we’re dealing with some kind of a regional or climate rebound of this in November. Do you think it’s incumbent upon the secretaries of state in all 5o states to ensure this is the one election with secure, remote voting possibility?” MSNBC’s Brian Williams asked.

Biden responded, “Yes. I think they should be doing that now. I think they should be doing that now, planning on it….It may mean you have a circumstance where you have drive-in voting, literally…”

WATCH:

Drive-thru voting? A virtual Democratic convention? @JoeBiden talks about the changes we could see to the 2020 election because of #coronavirus.

Learn more: https://t.co/4eJZK3ti2L#11thHour pic.twitter.com/5DOeH56qvG

— 11th Hour (@11thHour) April 1, 2020

Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton recently sounded the alarm and said the left is using the Coronavirus panic to push vote-by-mail in order to try to steal elections.

In one example of how vote-by-mail helped the Democrats for the primaries was clearly shown a couple weeks ago in Florida.

Biden won the Florida Democrat primary against Bernie Sanders 62% to 23%.

According to the state of Florida, 693,219 Democrats returned their mail-in ballots for the 2020 primary, a whopping 27% increase of mail-in ballots from the 2016 Florida primary.

In addition to vote-by-mail, 438,949 Democrats also voted early in the 2020 Florida primary, a 19% increase from 2016, reported FiveThirtyEight.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/here-we-go-biden-calls-for-remote-virtual-voting-in-2020-elections-video/

Turkish Navy Joins Battle In Libya, Launches Missiles At Warplanes Supporting LNA

The Turkish Navy has officially joined the battle in Libya by targeting warplanes supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA).

On April 1 morning, a warship of the Turkish Navy parked off the coast of the town of Sabratah to the west of capital, Tripoli, launched a RIM-66E-05 missile, reportedly at an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) supporting the LNA.

Libyan sources shared photos of the missile’s remains as well as of the warship, which appears to be a G-class frigate. Eight frigates of this type, which is an extensively modernized versions of ex-Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates of the US Navy, are in active service with the Turkish Navy.

Some sources claimed that the Rim-66E-05 medium-range missile shot down one of the UAE’s UAVs operating in Libya. However, this is yet to be verified.

A Brig. Gen. Ahmad al-Mesmari, a spokesman of the LNA, confirmed that a Turkish Navy warship opened fire. However, he claimed that the missiles launched by the frigate targeted the town of Ajaylat, near Sabratah. These claims are most likely false, as the RIM-66E-05 is not known to has a ground-attack capability.

Turkey began a military intervention in Libya a few months ago to support the Government of National Accord (GNA). Ankara deployed heavy weapons, air-defense systems, combat drones and thousands of its proxies in Libya. However, the situation is still in favor of the LNA, which is leading to more direct involvement by the Turkish military.

https://southfront.org/turkish-navy-joins-battle-in-libya-launches-missiles-at-warplanes-supporting-lna-photos/

Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham Executes Former Member Of Syrian Parliament

On April 1, al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) executed a former member of the Syrian Parliament who was accused of spying for the government’s intelligence service.

The former MP, Rifaat Mahmoud al-Daqqah, was executed by HTS personnel in an unknown location in Greater Idlib. Opposition activists shared images showing the MP’s dead body. HTS is yet to announce the execution.

Al-Daqqah, originally from the town of al-Janoudiyah, “defected” from the Syrian Parliament in 2011 in the early days of the crisis. Back then, militants pressured many local Syrian officials and service members to defect by threatening their families or business.

HTS arrested many civilians after accusing them of spying for the Syrian or the Russian intelligence over the last year. In no case a real evidence was presented to back these accusations. Most of these detainees end up executed in an ISIS-like style.

These executions are an example of HTS’ dictatorial rule over Greater Idlib. All of this is happening under the eyes of the Turkish military, which maintains a large force in the Syrian region.

https://southfront.org/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-executes-former-member-of-syrian-parliament-photos/

Epic Of Alteration 2: New ISIS Video Release Documents Horrifying Attacks On Syrian Army In Homs

On March 31, ISIS released a 28-minute video documenting a series of attacks by its remaining cells in Syria’s Homs desert on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies.

The video, titled “Epic of Alteration 2,” opens up with footage from an attack on a convoy of the al-Quds Corps, a pro-government Palestinian group. The attack took place near the town Resafa in Raqqa. The convoy was targeted with heavy weapons. Some vehicles were destroyed and two fighters were captured and executed on the spot.

MORE

https://southfront.org/epic-of-alteration-2-new-isis-video-release-documents-horrifying-attacks-on-syrian-army-in-homs/

ISRAEL GAVE AIR SUPPORT FOR ISIS

Syrian Air Defense Forces Respond To Israeli Airstrikes. Over 10 Missiles Launched

On March 31 evening, the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on targets in the Syrian province of Homs. Israeli warplanes launched at least 10 missiles from Lebanese airspace at Syria’s Shayrat Airbase.

https://youtu.be/y6N2ZsXfOBc

https://southfront.org/syrian-air-defense-forces-respond-to-israeli-airstrikes/