Chief Justice Roberts Refuses To Ask Rand Paul’s Question With Alleged Whistleblower’s Name – Paul Walks out and Blumenthal threatens sanctions by the Senate…
January 30, 2020
As the Senate reconvenes, GOP Sen. Rand Paul says that he will insist that his question about the whistleblower be asked at the start of the trial... "The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted," Chief Justice Roberts says. Paul then walks out of the Senate chamber.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal told us just moments ago... "I think that kind of irresponsible and reprehensible action should be sanctioned by the Senate, if any of our members disclose the name of the whistleblower," .DOJ relents, says it would accept probation for Michael Flynn as he moves to withdraw guilty plea…
January 30, 2020
Just weeks ago, the DOJ said it would seek up to six months of prison time for the retired Army lieutenant general who spent just 24 days at his post in the Trump administration... While the DOJ's stance is technically the same -- it is seeking a sentence of zero-to-six months -- the department's new filing makes clear that it would not oppose a sentence imposing zero jail time if that is what the judge decides... The DOJ made clear in its Wednesday filing, however, that it was opposed to granting Flynn a sentence lighter than probation...
US forces block another Russian military convoy in northeast Syria…
January 30, 2020
Despite the obstruction, the Russian military rerouted their convoy and made their way to Tal Tamr from another entrance. The U.S. military has now blocked the Russian Armed Forces on at least nine occasions since the start of the new year, with most of these obstructions taking place along the International Highway (M-4) near Tal Tamr...
Royal Air Force To Release Secret UFO Files For The First Time…
January 30, 2020
While the RAF is prepared to disclose its UFO files, the U.S. Navy has stated the opposite—that it would be a national security threat to tell the truth...
“Racist” Video Shows Commuters Covering Their Faces Near Chinese Woman…
January 30, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has prompted innumerable warnings about “racism” as many authorities seem more concerned about people being offended than the actual spread of the epidemic...
Mohammed Nuru, head of SF Public Works, arrested by the FBI over a series of suspected pay-to-play schemes…
January 30, 2020
Nuru, 57, and Bovis, 56, allegedly attempted to bribe an airport commissioner to help win a bid for a restaurant lease at San Francisco International Airport in exchange for an envelope full of cash and an apparent vacation.
The alleged kickback scheme was just one of five that federal authorities described in a complaint released Tuesday after surveilling Nuru and Bovis with FBI wiretaps and undercover operators since at least 2018...
Meteor Streaks Across Southern California Sky…
January 30, 2020
Carter Page files suit against DNC over dossier…
January 30, 2020
Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court against the Democratic National Committee, law firm Perkins Coie and its partners tied to the funding of the unverified dossier that served as the basis for highly controversial surveillance warrants against him. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois’ Eastern Division Thursday morning, and was described by his attorneys as the “first of multiple actions in the wake of historic” Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse... He added: “This is only the first salvo. We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, no matter how high. … The rule of law will prevail.”
Genetically engineered moths have been released into the wild…
January 30, 2020
Scientists have released male moths genetically engineered with a destruct gene into the wild to wipe out females. They say is the first open-field release of a self-limiting diamondback moth... The study, published in Frontiers, used male diamondback moths (or Plutella xylostella), whose DNA had been tweaked with a self-limiting gene. When this gene is passed onto female offspring, it prevents the caterpillar from surviving into adulthood and thus, from reproducing.
Facebook settles lawsuit over its use facial recognition for $550 million…
January 30, 2020
Last year it agreed to stop turning on the tech to scan photos by default, which built a template of your facial data, and automatically suggested tags in photos based on it. During an earnings call on Wednesday afternoon to announce that Q4 profits grew to $7.3 billion giving it a profit of over $18 billion for 2019, CFO David Wehner gave a one-line mention to the fact that they have a settlement in principle to pay $550 million to resolve the suit. Plaintiffs sued based on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, arguing that its service did not receive "explicit consent" from users before collecting their data.
US reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus…
January 30, 2020
Health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The latest patient is married to the Chicago woman who got sick after she returned from a trip to China.
Trump Superbowl Ad: Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous…
January 30, 2020
U.S. Economic Growth Hit 2.1 Percent in Fourth Quarter. That was in line with economists’ forecasts…
January 30, 2020
Wilbur Ross Says China’s Coronavirus Outbreak Will “Help Bring Jobs Back To America”…
January 30, 2020
"I don't want to talk about a victory lap over a very unfortunate very malignant disease..."
The Steele Trump-Russia Dossier Was “Completely Fabricated”, Leading British Spy Expert…
January 30, 2020
Nigel West, a leading British spy writer, has published a report claiming the dossier is a work of "fabrication", The Sunday Times has reported. It says that "lapses" in the dossier "bear the hallmarks of invention", before concluding:"There is... a strong possibility that all Steele’s material has been fabricated".
Clinton Refuses to be Served Tulsi Gabbard’s Defamation Lawsuit…
January 30, 2020
Hillary Clinton has now twice snubbed a process server attempting to deliver the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, according to Gabbard’s attorney... Dunne said their process server first attempted to effect service at Clinton’s house in Chappaqua on Tuesday afternoon — but was turned away by Secret Service agents. The agents directed the server to Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall, who on Wednesday claimed at his Washington, DC, firm, Williams & Connolly, that he was unable to accept service on Clinton’s behalf, said Dunne.
British police may reopen investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s inner circle…
January 30, 2020
London’s Met Police previously admitted it never held a “full criminal investigation” into the claims that Epstein trafficked girls to the UK “for sexual exploitation”... The pressure, along with new details against the late pedophile’s global activities, is making Britain’s top force reconsider its 2016 decision not to investigate, the Sun said, citing documents from a Freedom of Information application.
Nigel Farage’s dramatic final speech at the European Parliament ahead of the Brexit vote. Extra salt at the end…
January 30, 2020
China says will punish officials who slack off in fighting virus…
January 30, 2020
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on its website that anyone who doesn’t effectively carry out President Xi Jinping’s instructions in the fight against the virus would be punished. CCDI also said it would punish those who are derelict in their duty and misappropriate rescue funds and materials.
An endangered orca – L41 – that fathered nearly two dozen others may be dead, spelling trouble for a family of whales…
January 30, 2020
The whale, born in 1977, was not seen during an encounter with its family by the center’s researchers on Friday... If L41 remains missing, that would bring the population of southern resident orcas to only 72, the second-lowest since the center first began its population census 45 years ago... The orcas are struggling for survival against three main threats: lack of adequate food, particularly chinook salmon; vessel noise and disturbance by boats; and contaminants...