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September 6, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
TECH

Popular Children’s Online Game Is a Haven for Predators.

The popular online game Roblox is allegedly a haven for child predators. A new report notes the platform documented over 13,000 incidences of child exploitation in 2023 alone.

The report claims that not only have Roblox users engaged in sexual behavior with children but that members of the Roblox staff, including developers and employees, have also been caught engaging in inappropriate behavior. In one disturbing case, a social media manager ran a pornographic website while still being a member of the Roblox staff.

In another case of child exploitation, a 12-year-old girl was abducted by a man who had used the platform to groom her, and despite being flagged for his activity, he was allowed to use the platform even on the day of the abduction itself.

On top of child abuse and child exploitation, some Roblox users have been victims of fraud on the platform, with fraudsters tricking children into giving away their details.

Concerns regarding Roblox have led to a lawsuit being filed earlier this year in San Francisco, which accused the platform of not doing enough to combat child sexual exploitation and the financial exploitation of children using the platform.

Child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, is also rife across much of social media. Thirty-one million reports of CSAM were made across Meta’s various platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, last year.

Meta accounted for 85 percent of the CSAM reported online in 2023. Still, CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is not being held to the same standard as Telegram‘s Pavel Durov, who was arrested in France last month over child sex crimes, fraud, and other illegal activity on his platform.

Image via Flickr.

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The popular online game Roblox is allegedly a haven for child predators. A new report notes the platform documented over 13,000 incidences of child exploitation in 2023 alone. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Immigration

Here’s How the Biden-Harris Open Border Has WILDLY Changed the U.S. Labor Market.

Data produced by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO)—and based on census numbers—is shedding more light on claims that a bulk of American job growth under the Biden–Harris government hasn’t gone to or benefited native-born Americans at all. The CBO numbers reveal that labor force participation among foreign-born residents has hit nearly 70 percent. Meanwhile, the rate among native-born Americans remains below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

While foreigners are becoming a larger share of the U.S. labor force, they’re also more likely than native-born American workers to lack a high school diploma. Additionally, the unemployment rate among immigrants remains almost double that of native workers. The CBO estimates support concerns that the U.S. economy is becoming increasingly overreliant on cheap imported labor, comprising an increasing share of the country’s lower economic class.

The open borders policies of the Biden–Harris government have fundamentally altered the U.S. labor market and the economy overall. Legal and illegal immigrants have become a source of cheap labor for countless American corporations. At the same time, Democratic Party leaders hope the relatively poor constituency will become a natural base for their candidate.

According to the data, a net 9 million immigrants—both legal and illegal—have entered the U.S. since the beginning of 2021. Of that number, over two-thirds are illegal immigrants. It should be noted that the CBO estimate is a net assessment that accounts for immigrants who have left the country over the same period.

Most recent immigrants have come from Central America, South America, or the Caribbean. Just over 14 percent of immigrants come from Venezuela, while nearly 13 percent come from Mexico. However, the number of immigrants from Asia and Africa is also growing compared to years past.

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Data produced by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO)—and based on census numbers—is shedding more light on claims that a bulk of American job growth under the Biden-Harris government hasn't gone to or benefited native-born Americans at all. The CBO numbers reveal that labor force participation among foreign-born residents has hit nearly 70 percent. Meanwhile, the rate among native-born Americans remains below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. show more
September 5, 2024
News

Feds Just Raided the NYPD Commissioner’s Home.

FBI agents conducted a series of raids targeting high-profile officials within the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams’s administration. Federal authorities searched NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s home as part of an ongoing corruption probe that has plagued Adams’s tenure.

The investigation also saw agents raid the homes of NYPD Chief Raul Pintos and two precinct commanders in Queens and Manhattan. Concurrently, federal agents targeted properties belonging to Sheena Wright in Hamilton Heights and Phil Banks in Hollis, Queens. Additionally, Terence Banks, former Metropolitan Transportation Authority official, and current lobbyist, was included in the scope of the investigation.

Mayor Adams’s aide Timothy Pearson reportedly had his phones subpoenaed. This follows a pattern of investigative actions involving Mayor Adams, whose cell phone and laptop were confiscated last November during a separate investigation into his 2021 campaign. The same operation also included a raid on the home of his campaign treasurer, Brianna Suggs.

The probe leading to the raid on Commissioner Caban’s residence is reportedly unrelated to the campaign financing investigation but signifies a broader effort to root out endemic corruption within the city.

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FBI agents conducted a series of raids targeting high-profile officials within the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams's administration. Federal authorities searched NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban's home as part of an ongoing corruption probe that has plagued Adams's tenure. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Media
NatSec
Politics

FLASHBACK: Kassam Explains How Foreign Cash Influences U.S. Media and Politics.

While much is being made of the Biden Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of two Russian nationals for allegedly enlisting a U.S. company and social media influencers to push pro-Russia propaganda on YouTube, corporate media has remained silent on far more complex and concerning foreign influence operations. The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, revealed five years ago in a video for Prager University that one of the most far-reaching foreign influence schemes has operated openly as a social media endeavor in the U.S. and continues to do so.

Owned by the Al Jazeera news network, AJ+ is funded by the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. Despite its deep foreign connections, the organization has received minimal scrutiny from the DOJ. However, multiple Members of Congress— including former Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY)—have raised the issue over the years.

TERRORIST TIES.

“AJ+ is bankrolled by the government of Qatar,” Kassam explains, continuing: “[Qatar] is a tiny Persian Gulf state with lots of oil money, billions of dollars they’re not afraid to spend causes they believe in. Causes like the terror group Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip.”

Kassam goes on to note that aside from Hamas, Qatar also funds the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, and Hezbollah. The Persian Gulf state promotes the interests of its terror clients through its funding of the Arab news network Al Jazeera. The network rolled out AJ+ following its failed 2013 attempt to launch a U.S. news network after purchasing a media company from former Vice President Al Gore.

FOREIGN INFLUENCE.

Under the AJ+ banner, Al Jazeera and Qatar target American youth, pushing far-left messaging in an effort to sow division and influence U.S. politics and elections. “The young and hip presenters at AJ+ depict America as racist through-and-through, past-and-present,” Kassas states, adding: “Black Lives Matter has no greater media ally than AJ+. Nor do avowed socialists, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”

While Qatar has primarily operated its foreign influence scheme through AJ+, the Persian Gulf state has also used other intermediaries, including former MSNBC host Mehdi Hassan, who now works for Al Jazeera. Additionally, Qatar has reportedly made a large investment in Newsmax through a member of its royal family.

The National Pulse reported in April this year that Joe Biden‘s brother, Jim Biden, also has concerning ties to Qatar—partnering with business interests controlled by the Persian Gulf state.

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While much is being made of the Biden Department of Justice's (DOJ) indictment of two Russian nationals for allegedly enlisting a U.S. company and social media influencers to push pro-Russia propaganda on YouTube, corporate media has remained silent on far more complex and concerning foreign influence operations. The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, revealed five years ago in a video for Prager University that one of the most far-reaching foreign influence schemes has operated openly as a social media endeavor in the U.S. and continues to do so. show more
September 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

Previously Deported Illegal Kept Young Boys Chained to Bed Near D.C.

Franklin Arquimedes Viera-Guevara, arrested alongside partner Wedni Del Cid Rodriguez for keeping two boys aged seven and nine chained near a sleeping cot in Virginia town near the Washington D.C. metro area, has been outed as an illegal alien deported under former President Donald J. Trump in 2018.

Viera-Guevara, 29, and Rodriguez, 47, told law enforcement they would only chain up the brothers occasionally to “scare them” into not leaving the apartment. However, a roommate said the boys were left shackled and unsupervised regularly, only being released when Viera-Guevara and Rodriguez were at home.

Police intervened after being contacted by the boys’ sister after one of them sent her a picture of his leg in chains. Officers heard a “chain rattling” when they approached the residence in Groveton, Fairfax County. They found the chain and identified marks on the boys’ ankles that appeared to match it.

Following his arrest, it has emerged that Viera-Guevara “unlawfully entered the United States near McAllen, Texas” in November 2018 and was “processed for expedited removal and removed from the United States to El Salvador [in] Feb. 1, 2019.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the Salvadoran “unlawfully re-entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location” and now faces “two counts of child abuse/neglect: reckless disregard for life, two counts of child endangerment while in one’s custody, and two counts of child abduction: by force.”

ICE has lodged an immigration detainer against the illegal with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

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Franklin Arquimedes Viera-Guevara, arrested alongside partner Wedni Del Cid Rodriguez for keeping two boys aged seven and nine chained near a sleeping cot in Virginia town near the Washington D.C. metro area, has been outed as an illegal alien deported under former President Donald J. Trump in 2018. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

IN BRIEF: The Russian Propaganda Indictment, and What it Means for Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin.

A sprawling federal investigation into an alleged Russian foreign influence operation in the United States has resulted in a lengthy indictment that names several prominent conservatives and right-leaning influencers as unwitting participants in the scheme. Released yesterday by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the 32-page indictment alleges two Russian nationals spearheaded an influence operation targeting an American audience to subtly push pro-Russia propaganda.

The DOJ claims that Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva—both employees of Russia Today—are at the center of a money laundering operation that spent nearly $10 million using a network of shell companies in the U.S. and Europe to influence and sow division among Americans. Russia Today—recently rebranded as RT—is a Russian state-controlled media outlet forced to register as a foreign agent in the United States in 2017 under former President Donald J. Trump.

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.

According to the indictment, the Russian operatives approached a Tennesee-based media company—widely understood to be Tenet Media—offering to finance a social media operation primarily centered on YouTube videos addressing hot-button American political issues. However, as part of the financial agreement, Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva would have a high degree of control over the content published. The two would use false identities in their interactions with content creators, directing them to unwittingly push Russian interests among more standard social media political commentary.

Tenet Media is owned by Canadian national and right-wing social media personality Lauren Chen and her husband, Liam Donovan. The DOJ indictment does not mention either by name, nor does it level criminal charges—as of now—against the couple. However, the charging document does allege that both Chen and Donovan were aware that they were working with and taking money from Russian operatives and appear to be complicit in pushing Russian propaganda.

UNWITTING PARTICIPANTS.

The indictment notes that while Tenet Media’s leadership appeared willing to participate in the Russian influence scheme, the company’s clients were unaware of the foreign connections. Tenet Media had relationships with a roster of conservative and right-leaning influencers, including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin.

“A year ago, a media startup pitched my company to provide content as an independent contractor. Our lawyers negotiated a standard, arms length deal, which was later terminated,” Johnson wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) responding to the indictment. He adds: “We are disturbed by the allegations in today’s indictment, which make clear that myself and other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme.”

Also, responding to the indictment, Dave Rubin wrote on X: “These allegations clearly show that I and other commentators were the victims of this scheme. I knew absolutely nothing about any of this fraudulent activity. Period.”

Rubin stresses that the DOJ has never contacted him regarding its investigation and subsequent indictment.

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A sprawling federal investigation into an alleged Russian foreign influence operation in the United States has resulted in a lengthy indictment that names several prominent conservatives and right-leaning influencers as unwitting participants in the scheme. Released yesterday by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the 32-page indictment alleges two Russian nationals spearheaded an influence operation targeting an American audience to subtly push pro-Russia propaganda. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

BREAKING–Hidden Camera Shows DOJ Spox Admitting Anti-Trump Lawfare Campaign Is Political ‘Perversion of Justice.’

A top public affairs official within Joe Biden‘s Department of Justice (DOJ) is admitting that the Democrat-led lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump is “a perversion of justice” and “a mockery of justice.” Nicholas Biase, who serves as the chief of public affairs for the DOJ’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), made the remarks on an undercover video released by Steven Crowder, in which he blasted the federal and state prosecutions of Trump as a “travesty.”

“The whole thing is disgusting,” Biase said in the undercover video, adding: “That’s why [Trump‘s] surging in the polls.” Biase states that even his colleagues in the Southern District of New York believe the prosecutions are politically motivated and a “perversion.”

ALVIN BRAGG’S NONSENSE CASE.

Addressing the business fraud case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Biase accuses the Democrat DA of essentially stitching together the flimsy case to further his political career and interfere in the 2024 presidential election. “[Alvin Bragg] was stacking charges and rearranging things just to make it fit a case,” the DOJ official states. Baise adds: “To be honest with you, I think the case is nonsense.”

“The state level is like the fucking wild west,” the SDNY spokesman says before continuing: “They’re like, idiots.”

“They don’t care. They’re all political,” Baise said, concluding: ” They’re going to try and lock [Trump] up. It’s going to be ugly.”

‘MOCKERY OF JUSTICE.’

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was not spared Biase’s criticism either. The SDNY chief public affairs office slammed the Georgia prosecutor and her case. “It’s a travesty of justice,” he says, continuing: “To put it mildly, its a mockery of justice. [Fani Willis] is a joke.”

“Like her and her boyfriend she was seeing, the whole thing is disgusting,” Baise argues, adding: “And they’re just out to get [Trump].”

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A top public affairs official within Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) is admitting that the Democrat-led lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump is "a perversion of justice" and "a mockery of justice." Nicholas Biase, who serves as the chief of public affairs for the DOJ's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), made the remarks on an undercover video released by Steven Crowder, in which he blasted the federal and state prosecutions of Trump as a "travesty." show more
September 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
Sports
World

UFC’s Conor McGregor Wants to Run for Irish Presidency, Throw Out ‘Charlatans’ in Legislature.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Conor McGregor is again teasing a run at the Irish presidency, suggesting he would summon the “charlatans” in the Dáil (legislature) and make them “answer to the people of Ireland.” In recent years, the former two-weight world champion has heavily criticized the European Union (EU) member’s globalist government, particularly over the Irish migration crisis.

“As President, I hold the power to summon the Dáil as well as dissolve it,” he asserted on X, formerly Twitter.

“So as [I] said before, I would have all the answers the people of Ireland seek from these thieves of the working man, these [disruptors] of the family unit, these destructors of small businesses, and on and on and on!” he continued.

“These charlatans in their positions of power would be summoned to answer to the people of Ireland and I would have it done by day end. Or I would be left with no choice but to dissolve the Dáil entirely… The people of Ireland deserve the answers they seek.”

The mixed-marital artist insisted, “Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland,” adding: “It is me. I am the only logical choice.”

However, the Irish presidency is relatively weak compared to, for instance, the American, French, or Russian presidencies, performing largely ceremonial functions. The President performs his constitutional functions mostly on the “advice” of the Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, with this advice being legally binding. The Taoiseach, drawn from among the legislature, also runs the government.

The political class also tightly controls who can run for the presidency, with candidates required to secure the backing of 20 legislators or four local governments to get on the ballot.

Image by Andrius Petrucenia.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Conor McGregor is again teasing a run at the Irish presidency, suggesting he would summon the "charlatans" in the Dáil (legislature) and make them "answer to the people of Ireland." In recent years, the former two-weight world champion has heavily criticized the European Union (EU) member's globalist government, particularly over the Irish migration crisis. show more
FBI
September 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
News

Georgia Shooter ‘Known to FBI’ for Over a Year.

The suspect in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School, 58 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, has been named as Colt Gray, 14. Two students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and two teachers, Richard Aspinwall, aged 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, are confirmed dead. Reports also indicated Gray was flagged to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and interviewed by law enforcement last year.

Gray, a student at Apalachee High School, allegedly used an “AR-platform style weapon” in the attack. Law enforcement apprehended him, and he is now in custody, facing charges as an adult.

The FBI confirms its National Threat Operations Center received anonymous tips about “online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time” in May 2023 and soon identified Georgia as their origin. Gray and his father were interviewed by Sheriff’s deputies in Jackson County, with the father confirming “he had hunting guns in the house, but [Gray] did not have unsupervised access to them.”

“The subject denied making the threats online. Jackson County alerted local schools for continued monitoring of the subject,” the FBI added, insisting “there was no probable cause for an arrest or to take any additional law enforcement action on the local, state or federal levels.”

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The suspect in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School, 58 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, has been named as Colt Gray, 14. Two students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and two teachers, Richard Aspinwall, aged 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, are confirmed dead. Reports also indicated Gray was flagged to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and interviewed by law enforcement last year. show more
September 5, 2024
Corruption
Crime
Election 2024

House Panel Subpoenas Walz Over $250M COVID Fraud.

Kamala Harris‘s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, faces a congressional subpoena in an investigation into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds. The House Education and the Workforce Committee demands documents related to the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) management of federal child nutrition programs (FCNP).

The probe centers on Feeding Our Future (FOF), a Muslim-run Minnesota nonprofit accused of a $250 million fraud scheme targeting hunger relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has called the scheme an exploitation of programs intended to feed children in need.

“As the chief executive and the highest ranking official in the state of Minnesota, you are responsible for the MDE and its administration of FCNPs,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote to Walz.

“Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s administration of the FCNP and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,” she added.

An Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) report has criticized MDE’s oversight of FOF, identifying it as “inadequate” and rife with opportunities for fraud.

Officials have issued subpoenas to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, and Agriculture Department Inspector General Phyllis Fong. They must all comply by September 18.

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Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Kamala Harris's running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, faces a congressional subpoena in an investigation into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds. The House Education and the Workforce Committee demands documents related to the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) management of federal child nutrition programs (FCNP). show more