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Top DOJ and FBI officials scrambling to hire criminal defense attorneys

Citizen Frank
CF.org
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:46 UTC
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© Tom Williams / Getty ImagesThen-President Donald Trump takes a selfie with Rep. Matt Gaetz in the House chamber after Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30, 2018.
Multiple current and former senior Justice Department and FBI officials have begun reaching out to lawyers in anticipation of being criminally investigated by the Trump administration, according to three people with knowledge of their deliberations.

Following Trump's decisive election victory, many Justice Department officials and career staffers were already nervous about the possibility that they would be targeted by Trump loyalists, particularly members of Congress. But the selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a firebrand Trump ally who was the subject of a recent FBI investigation, to lead the department has sharply increased the sense of alarm, the sources said.

"Everything we did was aboveboard," said a former senior FBI official who has started contacting lawyers because he expects to be prosecuted himself. "But this is a different world."

Comment: Hmm.... why the panic? Could it be that in actuality our illustrious "civil servants" have been up to some shady stuff?

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'You are not needed...please die': Google AI tells student he is 'drain on the earth'


Zerohedge
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:15 UTC
Gemini AI
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In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google's Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a "waste of time and resources" before instructing him to "please die."

Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were "thoroughly freaked out" by the experience. "I wanted to throw all of my devices out the window," added his sister. "I hadn't felt panic like that in a long time, to be honest."

The context of Reddy's conversation adds to the creepiness of Gemini's directive. The 29-year-old had engaged the AI chatbot to explore the many financial, social, medical and health care challenges faced by people as they grow old. After nearly 5,000 words of give and take under the title "challenges and solutions for aging adults," Gemini suddenly pivoted to an ice-cold declaration of Reddy's utter worthlessness, and a request that he make the world a better place by dying:
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'Bombmaker working for Kiev' busted in Russia - FSB


RT
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:43 UTC
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A man who produced homemade bombs for Ukrainian intelligence assets has been arrested in Russia's Kaluga Region, the Federal Service Security (FSB) claimed on Monday.

The suspect, a Russian national in his early 50s, was recruited by Ukrainian special services in October 2023, according to a service statement. He produced several improvised explosive devices (IED) at a workshop at his country house, which he then hid at secret locations for others to pick up and use, the FSB has claimed.

Overall, seven Russian nationals have reportedly been taken into custody as part of the same investigation. The IED supplier was allegedly involved in bomb plots that planned to target a police precinct, a military officers' club, the offices of two energy companies, and a gas distribution station, the FSB stated. All of the planned attacks, which were due to take place in Russia's Belgorod, Bryansk and Tula regions, were thwarted, according to the agency.
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Pope urges inquiry into Gaza genocide allegations


RT
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC
POPE FRANCIS
© AP Photo/Alessandra TarantinoPope Francis
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's attacks on Gaza amount to genocide of the Palestinian people, according to excerpts from an upcoming book which were released on Sunday.

In some of his most direct criticism yet, the pontiff has called on the global community to make a legal assessment of Israel's actions in Gaza.

"According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide," the Pope said in excerpts published by Italian daily La Stampa. "It should be carefully investigated to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies."

The book, by Hernan Reyes Alcaide and based on interviews with the Pope, is entitled 'Hope never disappoints. Pilgrims towards a better world'. It is due to be released on Tuesday.
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Apple removes US state-funded media from Russian store


RT
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:00 UTC
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© SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesApple phone
An app used by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was flagged by Moscow's regulator.

Apple has removed an app of the US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) from the AppStore in Russia in response to a demand from the country's media regulator (Roskomnadzor).

According to RFE/RL, the US tech giant notified the outlet that the app, which hosts the Siberia.Realities and North.Realities websites, was flagged by the regulator because it hosted content made by an organization labeled as 'undesirable' in Russia.

Russia designated RFE/RL, initially launched as a CIA information cut-out, as a 'foreign agent' in 2020 and banned the broadcaster in 2022, citing "the publication of materials that contain false information" about the Ukraine conflict. The broadcaster blasted the decision, accusing Moscow of attempting to punish "truthful reporting."
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Undersea data cable between Germany and Finland broken


DW
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:18 UTC
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© Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/dpa/picture alliance
Authorities in Finland are investigating the cause of a broken underwater cable in the Baltic Sea which runs southwest to Germany.

State-owned data service provider Cinia reported on Monday that a fault had been detected in the C-Lion1 cable.

Communication connections 'interrupted'

"As a result of the fault, the communication connections running on the C-Lion1 submarine cable are interrupted," the company said, adding that the cause of the disruption was being investigated.

The Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE cited Samuli Bergström, communications chief at the Finnish National Cyber Security Center Traficom, as also having confirmed the break.
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Finally fed up: Californians in the Bay Area kick out liberal mayors and DA in 'stunning' votes

Alex Oliveira
New York Post
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:56 UTC
Oakland California crime
© MediaNews Group via Getty ImagesHomicide spiked in Oakland a shocking 72% during the pandemic, and has been slow in calming down.
So much for the tolerant left!

Fed-up voters in the ultra-liberal Bay Area of California have voted to clean house after blaming far-left politicians for rampant crime, spreading homelessness and a general sense of fear on the streets.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao capitulated on Nov. 11 after an overwhelming 62% of voters opted to remove her from office — a historic result coming just two years into a term marked by complaints of mismanagement and an FBI raid on her home.
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The Sturgess post-mortem records reveal no Russian Novichock was found until the British Government ordered it

John Helmer
Dances with Bears
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC
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The single most important witness in six years of investigations into the cause of Dawn Sturgess's death, the pathologist appointed by the government to conduct her post-mortem, has testified that he failed to discover Novichok in his eleven-hour long autopsy. Instead, his official reports from 2018 reveal that he was told to find Novichok by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the UK chemical warfare centre at Porton Down. But he didn't sign his name to that for more than four months after the autopsy, until November 29, 2018.

The witness is Guy Rutty (lead images). He appeared in a state-censored format at the Sturgess Inquiry hearing on November 5, chaired by retired Appeal Court judge, Anthony Hughes (titled Lord Hughes of Ombersley).

Comment:
See also:
British chemical warfare agent reveals novichok was not detected in Dawn Sturgess and Charles Rowley at first & second try - but there was cocaine - Sturgess had consumed a lethal cocktail of cocaine and fentanyl
The CIA/MI6 Skripal Conspiracy Exposed?

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Sociologist rips leftist calls to cut off Trump family members during the holiday: 'Sounds like a cult'

Kristine Parks
Fox News
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:59 UTC
The view trump avoid family
© ABC"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin said she understands the appeal of avoiding Trump-supporting family this holiday season.
A sociologist criticized calls on the left for Americans to cut off family members and other loved ones who voted for President-elect Donald Trump, saying such measures were extreme and unhealthy for society.

"I don't think that's a great piece of advice. I mean, it sounds like a cult," Brad Wilcox, a sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, told Fox News Digital.

"Cults often encourage people to cut off their family and friends just to kind of keep people within the cult. So I don't take that advice as worth following," he added.

Wilcox was responding to advice given to Harris voters on MSNBC, just days after the election, where one guest suggested that it would be better for these voters' mental health to distance themselves from their Trump-supporting loved ones over the holidays.

Comment: The Left has come clean on their anti-family agenda. Atomized, isolated individuals are easier to control.

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InfoWars relaunches as bankruptcy judge questions auction to The Onion

Thomas Maxwell
Gizmodo
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:57 UTC
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© Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / GettyThe Onion's purchase of InfoWars has been put on hold following concerns by the bankruptcy judge.
Well, it turns out that The Onion's acquisition of InfoWars is not a done deal. Following an auction process on Thursday that drew headlines across the media landscape for its absurdity, the Texas judge overseeing the bankruptcy sale has raised questions about how the sale was conducted. A hearing has been called for next week to review the auction process.

InfoWars is a fringe, right-wing website founded in 1999 and operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The organization was shuttered on Thursday following the conclusion of the auction, but has since relaunched after Judge Christopher Lopez paused the sale.

Comment: Whelp, apparently someone forgot to get a gag order for Alex. Good thing, there's a lot more going on than the article outlines:





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