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FBI: Extremist threatened Trump, Obama in online posts

John Flesher
The Washington Times
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Barry Croft
© Delaware Department of Justice via APBarry Croft charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
A man charged in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor also made threatening online comments about President Donald Trump, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and other prominent political figures, an FBI agent said in a federal court filing.

Barry Croft, a Delaware resident, railed against numerous present and former elected leaders in private Facebook posts, special agent Kristopher Long said. Croft is one of six purported members of an extremist paramilitary group accused of scheming to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because of her shutdown orders to control the coronavirus.

Long described the posts in an affidavit supporting a request for a warrant to search an account that Croft allegedly created Sept. 2 and closed Sept. 26. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the document Wednesday after The Detroit News reported its contents.

It said one Facebook post in May showed an image of Trump with a caption reading, "True colors shining through, wanna hang this mf'er too!!!%" Another post the next day said, "I say we hang everything currently governing us, they're all guilty!!% And what a deterrent, Rope!!!%"
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High rate of symptomless COVID-19 infection among grocery store workers: study says

British Medical Journal
Medical press
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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Grocery store employees are likely to be at heightened risk of COVID-19 infection, with those in customer-facing roles 5 times as likely to test positive as their colleagues in other positions, suggests the first study of its kind, published in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

What's more, among those testing positive, three out of four had no symptoms, suggesting these key workers could be an important reservoir of infection, say the researchers.

Published research focusing on essential/key workers has largely focused on healthcare workers. To try and plug this knowledge gap and find out how COVID-19 has affected the health and wellbeing of other key workers, the researchers studied 104 employees of one grocery store in Boston, Massachusetts.

Each employee was tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 infection, in May this year as part of a mandatory testing policy across Boston.

But before doing so, they completed detailed questionnaires on: their lifestyle; medical history; employment history; working patterns and role at the store; commuting to and from work; and the protective measures they were able to take against infection at work.

Comment: Bogeyman alert: One time, one place, one dubious study with no references does not warrant new rules, and never mind the virus has not affected these workers. It is a baseless scare tactic aimed at employees and the public, targeting sources for food and supply chain essentials.

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Leftists fear Trump may take Minnesota, plot post-election 'mass mobilization'

Joshua Klein
Breitbart
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:59 UTC
minneapolis protests riots
© John Minchillo / APProtesters demonstrate outside of a burning Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
A leaked confidential document obtained by Breitbart News reveals that a coalition of left-wing groups in Minnesota, fearing a possible Trump win, is preparing for post-election mass unrest while planning to execute wide scale "strategic disruption."

Led by TakeAction Minnesota, described as a "hub for Minnesota's progressive movement," the groups warn of a need for mass mobilization in a recently leaked highly confidential document circulating among the group's leadership and intended as a prep guide for the coming weeks.

Comment: The plan is no joke. Millie Weaver brings an undercover report on other groups who are working along similar lines. The 'resisters' include employees of various US government departments, and contract security personnel:



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How tweet it is: Twitter backs down, unlocks Post's account - UPDATES

Bruce Golding
New York Post
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 06:01 UTC
new york post twitter
Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account after a two-week stalemate over the Hunter Biden exposé.

The move came after The Post refused Twitter's demand that it delete six tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were based on hacked information.

The Post never budged, and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff — even as Twitter obscured them from view.

In a series of tweets, the social-media giant said it was revising its "Hacked Materials Policy" and "updating our practice of not retroactively overturning prior enforcement."

"Our policies are living documents," said one of the tweets from @TwitterSafety.

"We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public."

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UPDATE 30/10/2020: CNN's Jake Tapper just couldn't help himself, chiming in on shaming the NYP's refusal to bow to Twitter:
Tapper reportedly spoke with a Twitter executive about the decision, but merely shrugged at Twitter's excuse for the blatant censorship.

"Since Twitter has locked out the NYPost for violating rules that no longer stand as rules (but Twitter won't revisit past enforcement decisions) the NY Post COULD end this standoff by deleting the tweets that broke the rules (thus unlocking its account) then tweet them out again," he wrote.

"I asked a Twitter exec if this was possible, he said yes and it would end the whole thing. Probably take 15 seconds," Tapper continued.

In a robust validation of the 'Streisand Effect' as reported above, the Post gained more than 190K followers while it was locked out of its Twitter account:
That number represents a 10.6 percent increase in just about two weeks, according to analytics tool Social Blade.

The spike came as Twitter blocked the news organization from posting during that time period.
new york post twitter followers
© Society Blade
A tweet announcing The Post's return to the social media site on Friday evening quickly went viral, racking up more than 17,000 retweets and close to 50,000 likes in about an hour.

The move came after The Post refused Twitter's demand that it delete six tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were based on hacked information.

The Post never budged, and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff.


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Kyle Rittenhouse sent to Wisconsin to face charges in Kenosha protest shootings

Dan Hinkel
Chicago Tribune
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:28 UTC
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Lake County authorities on Friday afternoon handed off Kyle Rittenhouse to police in Wisconsin, where he faces charges stemming from the fatal shooting of two men and the wounding of a third during August protests in Kenosha, officials said.

Shortly after a judge ruled the Antioch 17-year-old should be extradited, Lake County sheriff's deputies drove him to the border and passed him to deputies from the Kenosha County sheriff's department, said Sgt. Christopher Covelli, of the Lake County sheriff's office.

Rittenhouse — who is charged with murder and several other counts — was booked into the jail in Kenosha shortly after that, said Sgt. David Wright of the Kenosha County sheriff's department. Rittenhouse's lawyers had voiced concerns for his safety in an adult lockup, but Wright said the teen would be held in a cell for juvenile detainees at the facility.

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Dr Mike Yeadon: Three Coronavirus facts No 10's experts got wrong

Dr Mike Yeadon
The Daily Mail
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:07 UTC
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Earlier this week, my wife and I were congratulating ourselves on being in France, far from the draconian Covid restrictions now spreading throughout Britain.

Then, on Thursday, with less than 24 hours' notice, President Emmanuel Macron announced his plan to plunge the French into a second national lockdown for at least a month.

And if everything I hear and read about the UK is to be believed, this country is heading in the same direction.
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Ohio: 109 victims rescued after statewide anti-human trafficking operation

Kaylyn Hlavaty , Mike Brookbank
News 5 Cleveland
Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:54 UTC
handcuffed perp
More than 100 human trafficking victims were rescued following a statewide anti-human trafficking crack down called "Operation Autumn Hope," Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday.

The operation was made up of over 50 police departments in Ohio and social service agencies that provided resources to the victims.

"Operation Autumn Hope" carried out four key priorities:
  • Rescuing victims of human trafficking and referring them to social services
  • Recovering missing and exploited children
  • Apprehending those seeking to have sex with a minor
  • Arresting male johns seeking to buy sex

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Snakes in Suits

New Zealanders vote 'yes' to euthanasia, 'no' to legalising cannabis

James Massola
Sydney Morning Herald
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:40 UTC
new zealand vote
© GettyA person casts their referendum vote during election day on October 17.
Two-thirds of New Zealand voters have chosen to legalise euthanasia, but a push to legalise marijuana for recreational use has been narrowly defeated.

The country's election commission on Friday released the preliminary results of two referendums held on the same day as the October 17 parliamentary election.

Of the 2,415,547 people who cast ballots, 65.2 per cent voted to support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 — the euthanasia bill — which will now come into effect on November 6, 2021.

Comment: See also: New Zealand overtakes UK's record with most gay MPs in parliament

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FBI warns of 'imminent cybercrime threat to US HOSPITALS,' sending media & pundits into overdrive to blame 'Russian hackers'


RT
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:25 UTC
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© Reuters / Bing Guan; Reuters / Kacper Pempel
Federal agencies have warned of an impending wave of cyber attacks on US hospitals they say could affect operations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as corporate media outlets race to find ways to blame Moscow free of any evidence.

The FBI, CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a joint statement on Wednesday sounding alarms over the "imminent" hacking operations, assessing that "malicious cyber actors are targeting the [Healthcare and Public Health] Sector with Trickbot malware, often leading to ransomware attacks, data theft, and the disruption of healthcare services."
These issues will be particularly challenging for organizations within the Covid-19 pandemic; therefore, administrators will need to balance this risk when determining their cybersecurity investments.

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Two dead after oxygen supply booth explodes at ICU in Chelyabinsk, Russia


The Siberian Times
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:00 UTC
Chelyabinsk explosion ICU
© social media ChelyabinskChelyabinsk prosecutor Vitaly Lopin said that 2 patients died after oxygen was cut by the explosion.
Sixteen ambulances were working at the site, transporting all patients of Chelyabinsk number 2 hospital to other hospitals, and to a building of the nearby Yelesina football ground.

'There were 158 patients at the hospital, 3 of them on artificial lung ventilation. Ambulances are taking these patients now', a Chelyabinsk city hall representative said.

At least 75 of the patients were Covid-19 positive, some of them were taken to Chelyabinsk city clinical hospital number 1.
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