May 9, 2026

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‘Unsatisfactory:’ Judge Rebukes DOJ for Lack of Answers on Press Protections in Jan. 6 Case Against Infowars Host

From www.law.com
2021-08-24 19:59:52

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A U.S. magistrate judge castigated federal prosecutors on Tuesday for providing an “unsatisfactory” response to the judge’s questions on whether a right-wing internet host charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a member of the news media.

Judge Zia Faruqui said in an order that officials in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia had refused to state in their pleadings or put on the record how they determined Owen Shroyer, an online host for the Infowars website, was not acting as a reporter on Jan. 6.

 

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That Time Star Wars Almost Created a War Between Tunisia and Libya

Mark Clouse- In 1976, Star Wars was being shot in the desert of Tunisia at a time when tensions were high between Tunisia and its neighbor Libya.  The Libyans, seeing the filming from a distance, mistook the vehicles of Star Wars for military vehicles and almost attacked Tunisia over it.

How Star Wars nearly sparked a real-life war between Tunisia and Libya

From winteriscoming.net
2021-08-23 12:30:00

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With its blazing sun and unspoiled sand dunes, the Tunisian desert was perfect, and principal photography began on March 22, 1976….

Libya was ruled by dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Relations between Gaddafi’s Libya and almost everyone else in the world were tense. The colonel was undoubtedly nervous following a failed coup against him just the year before. Libyan relations with Tunisia were particularly poor, with Libya expelling thousands of Tunisian workers the same month that principal photography on Star Wars began in the desert. The situation only worsened when Tunisia claimed to have uncovered a plot targeting high-ranking officials, and that Libya was involved. They even alleged that Gaddafi was plotting to assassinate then-Prime Minister Hadi Nouira.

And now we go back to Star Wars. You see, from a distance, Sandcrawlers can look quite like military vehicles…

 

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Afghan Refugees Welcome Say 81 Percent of Americans

Over 80 percent of Americans polled have expressed support for bringing in refugees from the collapsed Afghanistan.  It seems Americans have a sense of responsibility for the problems that have befallen these Afghanis thanks to American action in their lands.

New poll shows 81% support for welcoming Afghan allies who aided U.S.

From www.dailykos.com
2021-08-23 21:00:17
Gabe Ortiz
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“The broad bipartisan support for resettling Afghan allies is part of a broader public opinion trend in favor of immigrants and immigration, which grew stronger during the past four years,” immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice said on Monday in response to the polling.

The organization noted Gallup polling from last July that showed near-record high support among Americans who believe more immigration is good. Recent Data for Progress polling also shows overwhelming support for a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, temporary status holders, and essential workers. “A deep and broad majority of Americans support resettling our Afghan allies, see immigration as a good thing, and want Congress to formally recognize undocumented immigrants as the Americans they already are,” said America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry.

“Meanwhile, the ultranationalist right in America is working overtime to scare the American people into…

 

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Former Giuliani Ukraine Crony Set To Change Plea In Manhattan Federal Prosecution

From feedproxy.google.com
2021-08-23 20:23:50
Josh Kovensky
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Igor Fruman, a former Rudy Giuliani associate who aided the campaign to squeeze Ukraine into providing dirt on Joe Biden, is set to change his plea this week from his current plea of not guilty.

A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Fruman’s criminal case, where Manhattan federal prosecutors accuse Fruman and his associate Lev Parnas of campaign finance violations related to a scheme to remove the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

Since their October 2019 indictment, Fruman and Parnas have proclaimed their innocence, albeit in different ways and for different reasons.

Fruman has been mostly tight-lipped since charges were brought. Parnas, with his attorney Joseph Bondy, embarked in November 2019 on a strategy to expel as much discovery material from the case into the then-ongoing impeachment saga as possible. The House Intelligence Committee obtained and released reams of texts and emails from Parnas, showing his role in the scheme to pressure the…

 

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US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

From abcnews.go.com
2021-08-23 13:48:05

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The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety. More than 200 million Pfizer doses already have been administered in the U.S. — and hundreds of millions more worldwide — since emergency use began in December.

“The public can be very confident that this vaccine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product,” said acting FDA Commissioner…

 

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Parker Davis- AG Schmitt Joins 20 State Coalition Fighting Unlawful Rewrite of Federal Gun Laws

From www.einnews.com
2021-08-23 21:18:00

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a 20-state coalition led by West Virginia and Arizona in arguing against the Biden administration’s proposed regulation of firearm parts. In addition to joining the coalition’s comment letter, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed a separate, but similar, comment letter.

The coalition’s comment letter can be found here: https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2021-08-19-atf-comments.pdf?sfvrsn=ca8075ff_2

Missouri’s separate comment letter can be found here: https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2021-8-19-ltr-lange.pdf?sfvrsn=70b90b8a_2

The attorneys general contend a proposed rule set forth by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) exceeds authority granted to the bureau under the Gun Control Act of 1968.

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Black Man Gets CRT Cancelled from His California School District

PGC – The American standards of the Bill of Rights are under direct assault as DNC operatives and their fanatical true believers attempt to coercively unleash on American chidlren an ideology of hate and bigotry that promises to end evil by perpetuating worse evil than the evil they profess to be fighting.  It will be our immigrants, it will be our very disenfranchised that will see more clearly than the white suburban ‘allies’ could ever see, just how dangerous it is to go down the road of defining humans based on their race,their gender, their sexual orientation, etc.

One person that fits into that category is the black man, who has faced centuries of real discrimination that has performed habits of action that continuously diminishes their agency and their humanity.  One black man sees that the ones promising him relief from this real injustice are worst than the injustice he actually faces.  This black man went to a school board meeting in his California School District and layed out just how damanging this ideology of hate and fear is not just to the people it allegedly targets (white heterosexual males and cisgendered females) but it also diminishes the agency and humanity of the people it allegedly is seeking to rescue.

If Whie Americans were as truly “woke” (not Orwellian woke, as the CRT folks are), then this whole awful experiment would be over, and we could get to the adult business of actually righting the injustices of the past, and the ones still occuring.

Black Father’s Impassioned Plea on Critical Race Theory Leads School District to Ban It – RedState

From redstate.com
2021-08-22 11:45:16

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And another one bites the dust.

A black father in Colorado delivered an emotional speech in which he thoroughly destroyed Critical Race Theory during a school board meeting last week — for which he earned a standing ovation from other parents. Moments later, the board members voted to ban CRT in the district.

Coincidental? Dunno.

But I do know the number of school boards — and states — banning CRT continues to increase, as more and more angry parents speak out against the radical-left orthodoxy, which teaches (indoctrinates) that “virtually all white people contribute to racism” — simply and solely by virtue of the color of their skin, and as a result must spend their entire lives atoning to people of color for the “sin” of being born white.

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FBI Warns Silicon Valley that Chinese Spies Are Among Their Ranks

FBI to Silicon Valley firms: your Chinese and Russian workers are spying on you

From boingboing.net
2021-08-19 13:35:09
Rob Beschizza
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There are your conclusions about the extent of the threat from foreign governments, but then there’s your government’s conclusions about the extent of the threat from them, you and the people you associate with. The FBI is reportedly warning Silicon Valley companies—in secret—that their Chinese and Russian workers may be forced to (or simply paid to) spy on them.

But the risk to tech companies is real, the FBI says: Employees are being persuaded, or more typically, coerced by foreign autocracies into stealing information or handing over login credentials. In one case [FBI special agent Nick] Shenkin worked on, Chinese government agents threatened to deny an employee’s mother dialysis back in China if he didn’t steal proprietary information from a large hardware/software company.

“This is a quotidian activity,” Shenkin told Protocol in an interview. “This is a massive fundamental activity that bolsters and is one of the mainstays of many autocratic countries and their…

 

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Elon Gets Probed by US After Tesla Autopilot Crashes

US opens probe into Tesla Autopilot software after several crashes, Auto News, ET Auto

From auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com
2021-08-16 14:51:00

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San Francisco: The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot software, to assess the technologies and methods used to monitor, assist and enforce the driver’s engagement with the dynamic driving task during Autopilot operation.

There have been several Tesla Autopilot-related crashes, currently under investigation by the US NHTSA.

In a statement, the agency said that the probe will cover Tesla Models Y, X, S, and 3 vehicles released from 2014 through 2021.

“Most incidents took place after dark and the crash scenes encountered included scene control measures such as first responder vehicle lights, flares, an illuminated arrow board, and road cones,” the NHTSA said.

“The involved subject vehicles were all confirmed to have been engaged in either Autopilot or Traffic Aware Cruise Control during the approach to the…

 

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Sntiches Get Crypto, US Government Says

US Government Now Offers Informants Crypto Rewards in Addition to Bank Wires, Suitcases Full of Cash – Bitcoin News

From news.bitcoin.com
2021-08-16 15:30:07
Jamie Redman
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Attendees of the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas were introduced to a new advertisement crafted by the U.S. State Department. According to individuals who accessed the government advertisement via an open Wi-Fi network called “#Rewardsnotransoms” they discovered the U.S. government is offering to pay crypto rewards to individuals who give up information concerning malicious, state-backed hackers.

US State Department Advertises ‘Rewards for Justice’ at Black Hat 2021 in Las Vegas

The never-ending war on terror continues as the United States government is focused on state-backed cybercriminals that have attacked U.S. infrastructure or have created terrorist organizations. Last week, reporters and attendees of the Las Vegas hacker conference called “Black Hat” explained that the U.S. government, specifically the State Department, was advertising a new program called “<a…

 

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