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February 4, 2024
Crime

Former Trump Official Mike Gill Dies After DC Carjacking, Shooting.

Former Trump administration member, Mike Gill, has died following a violent carjacking on Monday night. Gill, who was known for his work as chief of staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was in his vehicle on the 900 block of K Street NW when at approximately 5:45 p.m., Artell Cunningham, the identified suspect, entered Gill’s vehicle and shot him. Gill was waiting to pick his wife up from work at the time.

It was reported that Cunningham, following the shooting of Gill, attempted to steal another vehicle roughly an hour later and subsequently shot and killed Alberto Vasquez, Jr., 35, at 3rd and N Street Northeast. Law enforcement ended Cunningham’s spree by subsequently shooting and killing him.

Gill’s wife, Kristina, released the news of her husband’s death to Fox 5 DC, stating, “His sudden departure has left a void in our lives that can never be filled.” She expressed profound sadness and gratitude for the outpouring love and support from the community. At the time of his demise, Gill was serving as a senior vice president for Capital Markets at the Housing Policy Council. Former chairman of the CFTC, Christopher Giancarlo, praised Gill, described him as a sincere, earnest, open-hearted individual and highlighted the tragedy of the loss.

In 2023, from January through November, D.C. police recorded 250 homicides, the highest number noted since 2003. Over the same period, there were 908 registered carjacking cases, with firearms involved in about 77 percent of the incidents. This year, since January 1, 53 carjackings were reported, involving firearms in 53 percent of cases, with only 10 cases resolved, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s records.

President Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday, “Wonderful and brilliant Mike Gill, a highly respected member of the Trump Administration, was ruthlessly and viciously shot in the head during a carjacking in Washington, D.C. He was a SPECIAL PERSON – His family and friends are devastated. The Federal Government must take over D.C. God bless Michael and his family!”

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Former Trump administration member, Mike Gill, has died following a violent carjacking on Monday night. Gill, who was known for his work as chief of staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was in his vehicle on the 900 block of K Street NW when at approximately 5:45 p.m., Artell Cunningham, the identified suspect, entered Gill's vehicle and shot him. Gill was waiting to pick his wife up from work at the time. show more
February 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Health
Immigration
News

POISONING THE BLOOD: Surge in Syphilis Amongst Women and Babies.

America is seeing a surge in syphilis, including a sharp rise among women. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures for 2022 show a 19.5 increase percent in female syphilis cases, accounting for around a quarter of cases overall — up from less than 15 percent five years ago.

The rise in syphilis among women has been accompanied by an increase in congenital syphilis — cases among babies who contract the disease from their mothers in the womb. Overall, syphilis cases are up by a remarkable 78.9 percent since 2018, but congenital syphilis cases have risen by an even more astonishing 183.4 percent.

“We know that syphilis in the heterosexual population and drug use, particularly methamphetamine use, are intersecting epidemics,” said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

Methamphetamine, or meth, is one of several dangerous drugs trafficked across America’s porous southern in large quantities, with officials intercepting a 63.8-pound shipment at Ysleta earlier this month.

Last year, Letitia Bligh, a CDC health communications specialist, admitted the CDC “does not track diseases by immigration status.” While migrants are supposed to be screened for diseases like syphilis, doctors doubt this is happening at scale.

“They are not being tested for COVID as they come across, much less for syphilis,” commented one veteran physician.

Donald Trump has warned the border crisis is “poisoning the blood” of the country, as people are “coming in with disease, people are coming in with every possible thing that you can have.”

Border sheriffs echo this view, saying they have encountered migrants with “all types of diseases like tuberculosis, scabies, COVID, hepatitis A and B, gonorrhea, syphilis, mumps, chicken pox, dengue fever, etc.”

Syphilis remains most prevalent among Native Americans and black Americans and predominantly affects homosexuals.

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America is seeing a surge in syphilis, including a sharp rise among women. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures for 2022 show a 19.5 increase percent in female syphilis cases, accounting for around a quarter of cases overall — up from less than 15 percent five years ago. show more
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February 3, 2024
News
Politics
TECH

Meta Oversight Board Member Says 2020 Election Meddling Was Not Enough, Will Do More In 2024.

Pamela San Martín, a member of Meta’s oversight board, suggested in an interview that Facebook did not do enough to control user speech during previous election cycles — Meta is the parent company of Facebook. Despite actions taken against the New York Post‘s distribution of news on Hunter Biden’s laptop and former President Donald Trump’s removal from both Facebook and Instagram, San Martín claimed that more needed to be done to address potential misuse of the platform, including coordinated campaigns and bot activity aimed at undermining electoral trust and stability.

In the run-up to the 2020 elections, measures were taken by Facebook to restrict the distribution of certain news and remove ads making false claims about voter fraud. Responses from Facebook included taking down posts, flagging content for fact-checking, and promising a ban on political ads making false claims, especially concerning voter fraud. Despite these efforts, San Martín insists these attempts to control user speech were insufficient.

San Martín praised Meta’s recent efforts to further control content related to election issues, including working with electoral authorities, adding labels to politically related posts, redirecting users to reliable information sources, and implementing message forwarding limits on WhatsApp. However, she emphasized a need for Facebook to continue capturing the impact of its own algorithms and recommendation systems on the democratic process, indicating she wants to see more of such efforts, not less. San Martín told Wired, “Social media platforms need to learn from past mistakes to be able to address them better this year.”

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Pamela San Martín, a member of Meta's oversight board, suggested in an interview that Facebook did not do enough to control user speech during previous election cycles — Meta is the parent company of Facebook. Despite actions taken against the New York Post's distribution of news on Hunter Biden's laptop and former President Donald Trump's removal from both Facebook and Instagram, San Martín claimed that more needed to be done to address potential misuse of the platform, including coordinated campaigns and bot activity aimed at undermining electoral trust and stability. show more
Bidenomics
February 3, 2024
William Upton
Economy
News
Politics

U.S. Faces Recession Risk In Second Half Of 2024.

The global head of credit for Vanguard — the second-largest global asset manager with $8.6 trillion in investments — has warned that there are signs the United States could slip into an economic recession in the second half of 2024. Chris Alwine, who leads the global credit team at Vanguard, says he believes the Federal Reserve hasn’t yet pulled off its ‘soft landing’ and that strong jobs numbers will likely delay any interest rate cuts until much later in the year.

“The challenge that the Fed has is that to be able to land that soft landing, which is always a low probability, they have to be able to ease policy at the exact correct time, which is difficult, and they need a little bit of luck,” Alwine said in a recent interview with Barron’s. He added that 2024 is likely to be “a tale of two halves” with greater economic risks emerging in the 3rd and 4th quarters.

“What would precipitate that shallow recession is that corporations are just not hiring, with a modest increase in layoffs,” Alwine noted.

Strong job market numbers over the past few months, cheered by the Biden government, will likely cause the Federal Reserve to push back an expected cut to interest rates until at least the 3rd quarter of 2024. With rates remaining elevated, layoffs in capital-intensive industries are likely to continue — eventually causing the hot job market to cool.

Despite the positive employment reports, voter confidence in the economy remains low. High interest rates, continued worries about inflation, sluggish GDP projections, and fears of a recession are all likely drivers of President Joe Biden’s low economic approval rating.

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The global head of credit for Vanguard — the second-largest global asset manager with $8.6 trillion in investments — has warned that there are signs the United States could slip into an economic recession in the second half of 2024. Chris Alwine, who leads the global credit team at Vanguard, says he believes the Federal Reserve hasn't yet pulled off its 'soft landing' and that strong jobs numbers will likely delay any interest rate cuts until much later in the year. show more
February 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
World

Poland’s New Globalist Govt Submits to EU Climate Diktats Contested by Conservative Predecessors.

Poland’s new government, a coalition of globalist parties led by former European Union (EU) chief Donald Tusk, is withdrawing several legal challenges to EU climate policies.

The previous, national populist Law and Justice (PiS) party government had been contesting EU policies, including a ban on new petrol cars from 2035 and the imposition of national carbon emissions targets at the European Court of Justice. Prime Minister Tusk, however, is now withdrawing the cases and moving to undermine the coal industry — still a key source of energy and employment in the former Soviet satellite.

“For Tusk’s people, the most important thing is… everyone in the EU likes them and pats them on the back,” commented Paweł Jabłoński, a lawmaker for Law and Justice.

“Will we pay more for petrol, electricity and heat? Whatever, whatever. Everyone in the EU loves Donald and that’s what counts,” he added.

Poland is facing a constitutional crisis under the new regime, which has disregarded the rulings of Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal judges appointed by Law and Justice, which governed from 2015 to late 2023.

The President, Law and Justice ally Andrzej Duda, has sent Tusk’s budget to be reviewed by the constitutional court, due to the fact it was passed by a legislature that excluded two Law and Justice lawmakers who were expelled after being imprisoned. This was done despite the pair being issued with presidential pardons, which Tusk-allied judges deemed illegitimate, though other judges ruled they were sound.

In Poland, the President is the head of state, while the Prime Minister, chosen from among the legislature rather than elected directly, is the head of government. Duda retains certain powers to veto and review legislation, however.

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Poland's new government, a coalition of globalist parties led by former European Union (EU) chief Donald Tusk, is withdrawing several legal challenges to EU climate policies. show more
February 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
News

POISONING THE BLOOD: Mexicans Caught Smuggling 500 Pounds of Fentanyl to U.S. Hidden in Bus Wheel.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 483 pounds of fentanyl last week from a bus being driven across the southern border by two Mexican drivers, along with $11,010 in cash.

The bus, which was en route to Los Angeles, California, was intercepted at the Dennis DeConcini port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, and the drugs were found in a rear wheel well by a sniffer dog. The cash was discovered stuffed in a plastic bag hidden under the dashboard.

Driver Martin Valencia Dessens denied all knowledge of the drugs and the cash to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), but agents noted he “did not seem surprised” when he was told the contraband had been found on his bus. Just two milligrams of fentanyl can kill an adult — the amount seized was enough to kill over 100 million people.

Dessens and relief driver Luis Eduardo Virgen Pena claimed they had been in Las Vegas before heading to Mexican Nogales and staying overnight, beginning their aborted trip to Los Angeles on January 27th. Pena is said to have received several alerts on his cellphone while in custody, possibly from a person or persons awaiting the bus’s arrival.

The pair have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and are due in court on February 5th.

Donald Trump believes illegal immigration and drug trafficking under Joe Biden are “poisoning the blood” of the United States, with enough fentanyl to kill every American citizen having been seized by the authorities in 2023.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 483 pounds of fentanyl last week from a bus being driven across the southern border by two Mexican drivers, along with $11,010 in cash. show more
February 2, 2024
Ed Kozak
News

Condi Rice Puzzled Guests By Playing Ukraine National Anthem at Secretive DC Club Dinner.

Condoleeza Rice, who served as President George W. Bush’s hawkish Secretary of State, is said to have befuddled attendees of this year’s secretive Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C. this week. The Spectator reports: “Condoleezza Rice left many members puzzled and dismayed as she led the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem on stage while she played piano, as the Ukrainian ambassador looked on approvingly.”

The Alfalfa Club is a D.C. political-social club that hosts a black tie dinner on the last Saturday of January every year. The club dates back to when four Southerners came together at the Willard Hotel to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. Bill Clinton famously boycotted the club for not allowing women in, while Barack Obama mocked the organization’s inception in 2009, stating: “This dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. If he were here with us tonight, the General would be 202 years old. And very confused.”

Tickets to the event cost at least $500, and the event is customarily apolitical. Club members were therefore “aghast” that Rice “turned the normally light-hearted, apolitical Alfalfa soirée into a Ukraine extravaganza,” Cockburn writes, and some attendees even left the room in protest. “Rice’s direct appeal to support Ukraine [was] a violation of the club’s norms,” Cockburn explains. “Ukraine supporters are at risk of becoming the ‘CrossFitters of politics’ for their inability to talk about anything else,” one source said.

Globalists and war hawks in both the Democratic and Republican Parties have long been calling for the U.S. to become more involved in the Russia-Ukraine War, which began two years ago this month. Members of the anti-Russian U.S. Establishment are working on tying aid for Ukraine to legislation designed to address the ongoing border crisis.

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Condoleeza Rice, who served as President George W. Bush’s hawkish Secretary of State, is said to have befuddled attendees of this year’s secretive Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C. this week. The Spectator reports: “Condoleezza Rice left many members puzzled and dismayed as she led the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem on stage while she played piano, as the Ukrainian ambassador looked on approvingly.” show more
February 2, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
News

ICE Arrests 171 Illegals Accused of Crimes Including Rape, Child Sex Abuse Over Two Weeks.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 171 illegal aliens convicted of crimes including first-degree murder and child rape in an operation running from January 16th to January 28th.

The agency did not name the migrants, arrested in locations from El Paso, Texas, to Tacoma, Washington, but identified several high-profile offenders by age and nationality. These included a Mexican convicted of murder and two Salvadorans convicted of felony child molestation, rape of a child, possession of child pornography, and other crimes.

“The results of this weeklong effort are a testament to [ICE officials’] commitment to protecting the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws,” said Patrick J. Lechleitner, the agency’s Deputy Director.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested 73,822 criminal aliens charged and convicted with 290,178 crimes over the last fiscal year. These included 1,713 charges or convictions for homicide, 4,390 for sex and sexual assaults, and 1,655 for kidnappings.

Last week, however, ICE officials held a meeting with the Detention Watch Network, which is campaigning to abolish immigration detention altogether.

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has estimated a 57 percent drop in arrests of criminal illegals under Joe Biden and a 67 percent drop in criminal illegals being deported.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 171 illegal aliens convicted of crimes including first-degree murder and child rape in an operation running from January 16th to January 28th. show more

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The full list of serious criminals highlighted by ICE in this operation was as follows: A 53-year-old citizen of El Salvador in Tacoma, Washington, convicted of felony child molestation in the first degree, child molestation in the second degree, and rape of a child in the third degree
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The full list of serious criminals highlighted by ICE in this operation was as follows: A 53-year-old citizen of El Salvador in Tacoma, Washington, convicted of felony child molestation in the first degree, child molestation in the second degree, and rape of a child in the third degree show more
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February 2, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Valued at $18m by NY Judge, Sold for $20m in 1981.

Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, valued at just $18 million by Judge Arthur Engoron in a civil fraud trial against the former president, sold for $20 million in 1981.

“In 1981, the New York Times reported that Mar-a-Lago was for sale for $20 million,” commented America First lawmaker Rep. Matt Gaetz, sharing a clipping of the story.

“Now, 43 years later New York Judge Engoron expects you to believe that Mar-a-Lago has not appreciated a cent and is actually worth $18 million.”

The discrepancy is even worse than Gaetz suggests, however, as $20 million in 1981 was the equivalent of roughly $70 million by 2023, due to decades of inflation.

The fraud case against Trump, brought by Democrat Attorney General Letitia James, hinges mainly on allegations Trump overvalued his business empire when applying for bank loans.

Engoron valuing Mar-a-Lago at just $18 million has been one of the most contentious events of the trial, with an expert witness valuing the property at over a billion dollars.

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Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, valued at just $18 million by Judge Arthur Engoron in a civil fraud trial against the former president, sold for $20 million in 1981. show more
February 2, 2024
Ed Kozak
Crime
News
UK

London Chemical Attack Suspect Is Asylum Seeker, Convicted Sex Offender.

The perpetrator of a chemical attack in Clapham, London, on Wednesday that left 12 people injured has been identified as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker who is also a convicted sex offender.

Ezedi, who resides in Newcastle, unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the U.K. twice before succeeding on his third attempt. In 2018, he was convicted of a “sexual offense” and handed a suspended sentence and two years probation, which expired in 2020.

The suspect, who also injured himself in the vicious alkaline attack, is believed to have traveled to London from Newcastle on the day of the assault. The targets of the attack, a 31-year-old mother and her two daughters, three years old and eight years old, sustained severe injuries and are still in hospital. After throwing the chemical, Ezedi picked up the 3-year-old girl and “threw her to the floor like a rag doll,” according to one eyewitness. Five officers who responded to the incident were also injured.

While a significant manhunt immediately followed the attack, authorities did not identify or release a description of the suspect until later on Thursday. British police have faced criticism in the past for refusing to identify criminals of migrant backgrounds due to ‘racism’ concerns. Last year, a Syrian asylum seeker in France went on a stabbing spree, targeting a group of children and injuring an elderly bystander.

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The perpetrator of a chemical attack in Clapham, London, on Wednesday that left 12 people injured has been identified as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker who is also a convicted sex offender. show more