Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council has said. The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls.
Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one
Over the last few years, Florida has basically been a giant trough for politically connected contractors eager to gorge on tax dollars. With few checks and balances " and zero audits " Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the name of an immigration "emergency." Some of it was dished out in no-bid deals. Some to companies that first made campaign donations to the governor and Republican Party. Read more
Israel's accelerating attempts toward annexation of the West Bank and to permanently remain in Gaza " and deny Palestinians political rights in both areas " are as morally reckless and demographically insane as would be the U.S. annexing Mexico. If it were just Israelis who were going to be hurt by the crazy fantasy that some seven million Israeli Jews can control about seven million Palestinian Arabs in perpetuity, I might be tempted to say that if Israel's leaders want to commit national suicide, I can't stop them. But the effects will not be confined to Israel. I believe that this messianically driven endeavor will make today's Israel permanently indistinguishable from apartheid South Africa and will have seriously detrimental implications for both American interests and the interests and security of Jews all over the world Read more
The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation into perceived adversaries of Donald Trump and the US government's response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
USDJ Aileen Cannon
US Capitol Police (USCP) officers surrounded and arrested a man who ran toward the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun.
Threat Reporting Against US Congressmen Increasing
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's young grandson wandered out of her house for the second time in seven months over the weekend. Her adult son is now facing a second child abuse charge as a result. Boebert, who represents Colorado's 4th Congressional District, told 9NEWS there's "no excuse" and that she's "very frustrated this happened."
Public reports tonight say the former aide to Congressman Tony Gonzales, who took her own life last year, had been having an affair with Gonzales, according to the San Antonio Express News. Regina Santos-Aviles died in September after setting herself on fire. The Express News reports a former staffer in Congressman Gonzales' district office who worked closely with Santos-Aviles, says she told him they had an affair in 2024, and that she went into a depression.
Hailing it as a "truly heartening" decision while Donald Trump acts with almost total impunity, legal expert Steven Lubet commended the disbarment recommendation against a MAGA lawyer for taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Writing for The Hill on Monday, Lubet, a professor emeritus at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law and prolific writer on the subject of legal ethics, relayed the story of Georgia-based lawyer, William McCall Calhoun Jr. Last month, Lubet explained, the state's nine Supreme Court Justices, including eight Republican appointees, unanimously issued an opinion that Calhoun must be disbarred for his participation in the Capitol Riots. Read more
"If a woman ever wins the presidency it will be after fighting the full might of the Epstein class." This sums it up.
Stephen Colbert is laying into his soon-to-be-former network over an axed interview with James Talarico, a Democrat and Trump critic.
The comedian criticized CBS, whose lawyers advised "The Late Show" that it could not air the Feb. 16 interview with the Texas state representative, who is running for Senate in a competitive primary against fellow Rep. Jasmine Crockett, "in no uncertain terms."
Boaz won't post it, so, I will.
What we know The crimes occurred in an underground storm shelter near a home in Brent, involving at least ten victims for at least two years. Those children's ages were between 3 to 15 years old. Officials believe there are more who may have been too drugged to remember. Officials are expecting more charges and arrests. The Department of Homeland Security is investigating potential gang connections and the immigration status of the suspects.
The crazed gunman who killed two people and critically injured three others at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island on Monday afternoon has been identified as a transgender dad who railed against anti-trans hate in family legal disputes and deranged social media rants. Robert Dorgan, 56 " who shot four family members and a family friend before he turned the gun on himself following the deadly rampage at the Pawtucket ice rink " used the female alias Roberta Esposito, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said during a press conference Monday night. "We have identified the person, the suspect, by a birth name, the birth name was Robert Dorgan," Goncalves said. "We have also learned that the person does go by the name of Roberta, also uses a last name of Esposito." Read more
When NYC taxi drivers went on strike in late 2021, NYS Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) supported them by going on a two-week hunger strike in front of City Hall. Meanwhile NYS Governor Mario Cuomo (D) was forced to resign because of NYS AG Letitia James' report about his horrendous sexual misconduct (published 3 Aug 2021), as well as his misrepresenting the number of COVID deaths in NYS nursing homes which resulted in him returning his cherished Emmy Award.
Principles, Morality, and Character
Retired US Army Colonel Kevin Charles Luke (62) was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by the Honorable US District Judge James Moody Jr for unlawfully disclosing classified information relating to the national defense of the US.
Another US Army Officer Jammed Up By a Siren
Blount County officials have arrested and charged Franc Maloney, a foreign national from Canada, with multiple counts of felony voter fraud. District Attorney Pamela Casey announced that a grand jury indicted Maloney for unlawfully voting in nine state and federal elections, despite not being a U.S. citizen. The elections in question date back to 2017 and include the November 2024 general election and the March 2024 Republican primary election, among others. Read more
