Jeffrey Epstein’s Fortune May Be More Illusion Than Fact…
July 11, 2019
Mr. Epstein is routinely described as a billionaire and brilliant financier... he promoted himself as a financial wizard who used arcane mathematical models... He told potential clients that they had to invest a minimum of $1 billion. At his peak in the early 2000s, a magazine profile said he employed 150 people, some working out of the historic Villard Houses on Madison Avenue... Mr. Epstein’s wealth may have depended less on his math acumen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a notorious fraudster later convicted of running a $460 million Ponzi scheme, and Leslie H. Wexner, the billionaire founder of retail chains including The Limited and the chief executive of the company that owns Victoria’s Secret.
Mr. Hoffenberg was Mr. Epstein’s partner in two ill-fated takeover bids in the 1980s, including one of Pan American World Airways, and would later claim that Mr. Epstein had been part of the scheme that landed him in jail — although Mr. Epstein was never charged. With Mr. Wexner, Mr. Epstein formed a financial and personal bond that baffled longtime associates of the wealthy retail magnate, who was his only publicly disclosed investor...
Chinese military vehicles are deployed on European soil for the first time as Xi’s People’s Liberation Army takes part in war games in Germany…
July 11, 2019
Military personnel and armoured vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army are readying themselves for the joint exercise called Combined Aid 2019. The military exercise is focused on helping prepare Chinese and German troops with medical service units so they are better disposed to respond to a humanitarian crisis...
Japan spacecraft completes asteroid landing…
July 11, 2019
Japan's space agency says data transmitted from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft indicated it successfully landed on a distant asteroid to complete its mission of collecting underground samples in hopes of finding clues to the origin of the solar system.
Hayabusa2 had created itself a landing crater earlier. Thursday's mission was to land inside that crater to collect scattered samples that scientists believe contain more valuable scientific data.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said it has confirmed data showing Hayabusa2 touched down and rose safely. JAXA is analyzing further details.
The asteroid, named Ryugu after an undersea dragon palace in a Japanese folktale, is about 300 million kilometres from Earth...
Russian and Turkish state sources confirmed Wednesday that deliveries of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems are now underway, with parts for the advanced Russian systems already having arrived in Turkey via transport planes with a team of Russian specialists…
July 11, 2019
"If someone attacks us, we will use these air defense systems," Erdogan declared Wednesday.
BET Founder Praises ‘A+’ Trump; Says Democrats Have ‘Moved Too Far To The Left’…
July 11, 2019
"African-American unemployment is at its lowest level… I give the president a lot of credit for moving the economy in a positive direction..."
Lockheed Martin to keep Pennsylvania plant open at Trump’s request…
July 11, 2019
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky helicopter plant in Coatesville, which last month was scheduled to be shut down by year’s end, will stay open, saving 465 jobs, CEO Marillyn Hewson confirmed Wednesday night.
Statement from our CEO after her conversation with @POTUS pic.twitter.com/BE5GQvTtQL
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) July 10, 2019
Labor Secretary Acosta defends his handling of Epstein case…
July 11, 2019
Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question…
July 11, 2019
President Trump will announce an executive action to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census, two senior administration officials have confirmed to CBS News. Mr. Trump announced he will give a statement on the topic Thursday afternoon. The anticipated 5 p.m. announcement comes as the president exhibits frustration over the Supreme Court decision that his administration failed to provide adequate justification for adding the question. Multiple legal battles over the question are still playing out in lower courts.
It isn't yet clear exactly what kind of executive action the president will take. Mr. Trump initially described his announcement as a news conference, but the updated White House schedule only described the event as remarks — meaning reporters might not have an opportunity to ask questions.
The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today. Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2019
FBI Makes Major Arrests in Puerto Rico In Last 24hrs…
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July 11, 2019
A federal grand jury indicted for conspiracy to commit fraud, theft, electronic fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to launder money to Julia Keleher, Ángela Ávila, and Alberto Veláquez Piñol.. Keleher, secretary of Education from January 2017 to April of this year under the gorbenation of Ricardo Rosselló, faces seven criminal charges. Ávila, who was director of the Health Insurance Administration (ASES), faces six charges. Velázquez Piñol, a government subcontractor and accounting firm BDO Puerto Rico, faces ten charges.Also accused is the president of the accounting and consulting firm, BDO, Fernando Scherrer Caillet, with six counts of electronic fraud, conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to launder money...
- The managing partner of global accounting firm BDO in Puerto Rico, Fernando Scherrer
- The ex-secretary of PR Health and Human Services (ASES in Spanish), Angela Avila
- The ex-secretary of PR Dept of Education, Julia Keleher
NASA shake-up in new race to the moon…
July 11, 2019
As NASA scrambles to meet U.S. President Donald Trump’s mandate to return humans to the moon by 2024, two longtime heads of NASA’s human exploration wing were demoted Wednesday in a slew of administrative shakeups, officials said in an internal memo...
The biggest change to rock the agency is the demotion of Bill Gerstenmaier, who was leading the efforts to return humans to the lunar surface. He has been with the agency since 1977, led some of its most high profile programs and was the head of the human exploration office in a 14-year tenure...
Cartoonist Ben Garrison Disinvited From White House Summit After Cries Of Anti-Semitism…
July 11, 2019
Official Statement from Ben Garrison on the White House Social Media Summit pic.twitter.com/4UVbpi0uRK
— GrrrGraphics Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) July 10, 2019
Federal judge destroys key Mueller report claim of “sweeping and systematic” Russian meddling in the 2016 US election…
The order, which was unsealed on July 8, is available here...
July 11, 2019
... a federal judge ruled that his indictment of a ‘troll farm’ is not actual proof of it. Mueller’s charges against Concord Management & Consulting, the Russian company accused of running a “troll farm” and “sowing discord” on US social media in 2016, do not establish a link between that private company and the Russian government, US District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich pointed out. Yet the special counsel’s much-publicized final report claims to have “established” and “confirmed” Russian government activities based in part on the indictment against Concord, which is a breach of prosecutorial rules, Friedrich said.
Oversight Committee Democrats announced they will hold hearings on Alex Acosta’s handling of Epstein plea deal…
July 11, 2019