April, 2020

Newsom wasn’t revealing details of the $1 billion deal, which as John Myers of the Los Angeles Times noted, “will cost taxpayers 30 percent more than the governor’s January budget allotted for infectious diseases for the whole fiscal year.”... The day after Newsom’s MSNBC appearance, San Francisco Democrat Phil Ting, chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, told reporters, “We don’t have any information as to how many masks we’re buying, who we’re buying them from, at what price. What are we obligated? For how long are we obligated?”

Ryan Jaselskis, 23, pleaded guilty in December to arson and assault on a police officer. The latter charge stemmed from a fight he had with a US Park Police officer who detained him at the Washington Monument.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has been working on a digital yuan for the past few years but has made clear that it has not yet officially launched.

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Hong Kong Satellite Television reported that Kim was dead, though there has been no confirmation from U.S. sources at this point.

"While the U.S. continues to monitor reports surrounding the health of the North Korean Supreme Leader, at this time, there is no confirmation from official channels that Kim Jong Un is deceased," a senior Pentagon official not authorized to speak on the record told Newsweek

Gedlu pleaded guilty in December 2019 for making threats against Trump. According to plea papers, he admitted that he threatened on social media to kill the president, having written on YouTube: “I’m waiting for Trump to visit Dallas before I attempt to assassinate him.” Prosecutors pointed out during court proceedings that on May 31, 2018, Gedlu was spotted across the street from Dallas’ Adolphus Hotel about 30 minutes before Trump arrived at the hotel for a fundraising event.

...some have gone on the record saying that the department’s numbers don’t correspond to what they are seeing.

“There’s a discrepancy in the numbers,” Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said Thursday. “I’m not saying there’s something going on ... I’m not a conspiracy theory guy. But accuracy is important. It’s a matter of public safety.”

JUST IN! Unbelievable FBI Raids medical facility that was providing high dose IV VITAMIN C THERAPY for #COVID19 patients. https://t.co/NzgPThrKnz

— Dr.SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT PhD. Inventor of Email (@va_shiva) April 24, 2020

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Remember the Shadow Brokers, the mysterious group that stole and leaked a collection of NSA files in 2016? Well, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. A security researcher claims to have unearthed a previously-unknown APT group after reading over some of the dumped files.

The three countries still need to wrap up certain requirements in the next two months, but the move triggers the clock for the deal to enter into effect in July.

Broumand allegedly accepted bribe payments averaging approximately $10,000 per month... The complaint outlines cash deposits to several banks accounts, as well as various gifts, including hotels, transportation and escort services, that total well over $200,000.
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“Broumand and CW1 conspired and agreed that Broumand would perform official acts and omit to do acts, query law enforcement databases, provide CW1 with non-public law enforcement sensitive information and protection, and assist CW1 in CW1’s efforts to evade detection by law enforcement,” according to the affidavit in support of the complaint.

Some police officers have awoken to the world they are leaving for their children and are standing with the people against tyranny. While these instances are still few and far between, it’s a good sign that at least a few may be realizing what kind of world they are enforcing at this point in human history.

Lt. Gen. Flynn also tweeted today for the first time since 2017:

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— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) April 25, 2020

Massive turnout at the #ReopenAmerica Protest in Madison, Wisconsin. #endthelockdown pic.twitter.com/dqPvu4jCFB

— Reopen the Economy Now (@ReopenEconomy) April 24, 2020

Working with the Defense Digital Service, which its director Brett Goldstein refers to as a “SWAT team of nerds that operates in the Pentagon,” they came up with Hack-a-Sat, a space security program that invites hackers and security researchers in to find the same bugs and flaws that the enemy wants to exploit.