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May 17, 2024 Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) discusses the major fight in last night's House Oversight Committee hearing.

May 17, 2024 The New York Times published a photo of the conservative Supreme Court justice's home with the American flag flying upside down in January 2021, shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. ABC 05/17/2024

The company Pipedream Labs has created an underground autonomous robot delivery system. Instead of using roads and highways, the company uses underground tunnels to deliver food. AP 05/17/2024

U.S. — Sports Illustrated has declared bankruptcy after trying to provide enough catering for their latest plus-size model photo shoot. Sources say the company ran out of money halfway through the shoot and was forced to file for Chapter 11 as the models were demanding more food. "We spent millions on food for these body-positive models, but we still ran out of food 15 minutes in," said SI photographer Fitz Bitzley. "In addition to professional catering companies, we also ordered from Chick-Fil-A, Pizza Hut, Steak Escape, Subway, Wing Stop, Popeye's, Burger King, and 378 other restaurants. They just kept demanding more and more. Now, they're shrieking and running after us like they're going to eat us. I'm terrified." Bitzley's statement was cut short after one of the models swallowed him whole along with all his camera equipment. "It's really sad that we weren't able to finish this photoshoot, because we're sure millions of people were looking forward to seeing these woman wearing tiny swimsuits," said a spokesman for Sports Illustrated. "Now the world may never see these photos. Sad!" Sources say the models weighed a combined 12 tons and included plus-size influencers Jessica Torres, Tess Holliday, and your mom. https://babylonbee.com/news/sports-illustrated-goes-bankrupt-trying-to-provide-enough-catering-for-cover-model-shoot Music by Spinal Tap

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to jail for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested outside PGA Championship https://archive.fo/rxcFT In a span of four hours, the top-ranked golfer in the world was arrested wearing gym shorts and a tee shirt, dressed in an orange jail shirt for his mug shot, returned to Valhalla Golf Club in golf clothes and made his 10:08 a.m. second-round tee time. “This morning, I was proceeding as directed by police officers,” he said in a statement released as he was warming up on the range. "It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do." MassLive 05/17/2024

May 16, 2024 Gold bars and stacks of cash highlighted the testimony of the first witness in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday, as prosecutor's sought to drive home for jurors the scale of the alleged bribes. Former federal prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni says the physical presence of the evidence could add significant weight to the prosecution's arguments in juror's minds. NJ Spotlight News The New Jersey Senator is expected in court on Monday for federal corruption charges, accused of accepting lavish gifts in exchange for doing favors for foreign governments.05/12/2024 Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges The New Jersey Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair had been under investigation for about a year. This is his second indictment since becoming a senator. https://archive.vn/lP7FZ Menendez received cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low- or no-show job, a luxury vehicle and other items of value, the filing said. Sen. Bob Menendez faces new charges accusing him of working for foreign government The superseding indictment alleges Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” https://archive.vn/NXeIB Gold bars featured in Sen. Menendez bribery case linked to briber businessman https://rumble.com/v3zstvs-gold-bars-featured-in-sen.-menendez-bribery-case-linked-to-briber-businessm.html Prosecutors present new details in (D) Senator Menendez corruption case https://rumble.com/v4dsgqc-prosecutors-present-new-details-in-dem-senator-menendez-corruption-case.html Co-defendants: Who allegedly bribed NJ's senior senator Bob Menendez ? https://rumble.com/v3ksl94-co-defendants-who-allegedly-bribed-njs-senior-senator-bob-menendez-.html

The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. The plan approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use. Iowa Local 5 News 05/16/23024

Medical Watch Digest for May 15 How masks hold up against Covid Face mask efficacy depended on the Covid variation. Wearing a face mask did not reduce the risk for infection after the first omicron wave. University of East Anglia researchers say initially face masks reduced the spread of covid. But after December 2021, there was a shift. The omicron variant was better able to infect the cells lining the upper respiratory tract than previous variants and so it became more transmissible even in the presence of nose and mouth shields. The study was funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research. WGN 05/15/2024 https://archive.fo/23G24

Daniel Perry was convicted last year of murder in the death of Garret Foster who he shot during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin.

Dashcam footage shows a semi-truck nearly plunging off a Louisville bridge. The footage was presented in court in a criminal case against a driver seen swerving in front of the semi. The semi-truck driver was rescued from the dangling cab by firefighters. 05/16/2024

CNN — The House Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The move is a major escalation in a dispute over the recordings between House Republicans and the executive branch that came after Biden asserted executive privilege over the files. ..... 05/16/2024 https://archive.fo/FPsm1

Authorities say a security guard trainee at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio was fatally shot by police after he tried to shoot his supervisor and later shot an officer. The initial shooting occurred Sunday at the warehouse. https://archive.fo/Eb9WB

May 13, 2024 KFOR Oklahoma Judge charged in drive-by shooting

ARCHIVE: Apr 23, 2012 upload to my youtube https://youtu.be/cmvYYaFZON8?si=87yfsoE5ear0FNhd Former banker turned congressional investigator talks about tax exempt foundations and their goals A 1982 interview http://gulagbound.com/1624/meet-your-mentor-mr-norman-dodd/ Poll says: Gop sucks - Is there a left wing agenda? http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_vast_left_wing_conspiracy_DT6558uEKTA57opvDZuqMN And these groups often see themselves as a private army of regulators working shoulder-to-shoulder with government ones. Staff lawyers for the environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council, says Laksin, describe their job as, "We're the shadow EPA; we make the EPA do its job." Bizarre as it is to contemplate the fortunes of supercharged capitalists like Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford being used to fight capitalism, isn't pointing this out merely conservative whining? Surely everyone is entitled to spend their money promoting whatever message they please. Correct, says Laksin. But these foundations' tax-exempt status depends on their being nonpartisan. He mentions that the head of Pew Trusts, Rebeca Rimmel, recently complained that the book falsely portrays Pew as a partisan group. "That's demonstrably false," Laksin says. "Pew Trusts spends millions funding radical environmental groups like Earth Justice and anarchist Ruckus Society. If that's non-partisan, then the term has no meaning. Foundations should be upfront about their political agendas." And lose their tax-exempt status. It was free-market apostle Adam Smith who said, "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public." Wary of business today, regulators observe it closely. But the blob of regulation, with its ability to draw on the public purse, the private foundations and its close relationship with like-minded media, grows by the day. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_vast_left_wing_conspiracy_DT6558uEKTA57opvDZuqMN#ixzz1zOaYOpHP Andrew Gavin Marshall the American robber barons of the 19th century and how they used tax-free foundations as a vehicle for transforming their vast fortunes into political and social control http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-348-andrew-gavin-marshall/

Thieves have switched up the vehicles they’re targeting most – and a social media trend may be to blame. WGN 05/13/2024

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Actor Steve Buscemi punched in the face in random attack in Manhattan https://archive.fo/7V6PI

GameStop’s shares more than doubled after ‘Roaring Kitty,’ a former marketer at an insurance firm credited with sparking the 2021 meme stock rally, returned to X after a three-year social media hiatus. 05/13/2024 https://archive.fo/97pF7

May 13, 2024 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees on Monday approved the transfer of $2.3 million in diversity and inclusion spending to public safety priorities in the 2024-25 budget. The trustees held a special meeting Monday morning. The board is scheduled to hold its regular meeting Wednesday and Thursday. The UNC System Board of Governors is expected to vote next week to eliminate diversity goals and jobs at member institutions, including UNC-Chapel Hill. A Board of Governors committee last month approved a complete rewrite of the system's existing diversity, equity and inclusion policy. The move is likely to create job losses at the Chapel Hill campus, said trustee Dave Boliek. The $2.3 million is money from state-appropriated dollars and trust fund money that were "immediately identified," Boliek said. The system office identified that money, he said. The university's operating budget in 2023-24 was $4.2 billion WRAL 05/13/2024

How did more than $3 million in Civil War era gold coins end up in a farm field, somewhere in Kentucky? Everyone from the Washington Post to USA Today to major TV news networks covered this story last summer when it first broke, but in this segment you’ll hear for the first time from the Lexington coin dealer who brokered the sale of the coins when he was first approached by the farmer who literally stumbled upon them. You’ll also hear from a UK professor about why she thinks the coins were buried in the first place, and from some modern-day treasure hunters here in Kentucky. Part 1 KET 05/11/2024 For the first time ever, hear insights from the farmer who found more than $3 million in gold coins in a Kentucky farm field. Learn about the moment he stumbled across what’s now known as the Great Kentucky Hoard, how his family has been searching for items from the past for generations, and his advice to treasure hunters looking to stumble across the next great discovery. Part 2

Months before his arrest in Russia, US Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his tour in South Korea to his daughter in Texas, but the call turned bloody when his Russian girlfriend pulled out a knife, said his wife Megan. Reuters 05/12/2024

Three masked Proud Boys members stand among a crowd of a few hundred people awaiting the arrival of Donald Trump at the East Schellenger Avenue entrance to the Wildwood boardwalk. NJ.com 05/11/2024 https://archive.fo/VLjwT

California approved a fixed rate billing system for electric utilities: What’s next https://archive.fo/W4Gur Californians will see lower electricity rates and a new fee that won’t vary with power use https://archive.fo/JH3hA

The New Jersey Senator is expected in court on Monday for federal corruption charges, accused of accepting lavish gifts in exchange for doing favors for foreign governments.05/12/2024 Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges The New Jersey Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair had been under investigation for about a year. This is his second indictment since becoming a senator. https://archive.vn/lP7FZ Menendez received cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low- or no-show job, a luxury vehicle and other items of value, the filing said. Sen. Bob Menendez faces new charges accusing him of working for foreign government The superseding indictment alleges Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” https://archive.vn/NXeIB Gold bars featured in Sen. Menendez bribery case linked to briber businessman https://rumble.com/v3zstvs-gold-bars-featured-in-sen.-menendez-bribery-case-linked-to-briber-businessm.html Prosecutors present new details in (D) Senator Menendez corruption case https://rumble.com/v4dsgqc-prosecutors-present-new-details-in-dem-senator-menendez-corruption-case.html Co-defendants: Who allegedly bribed NJ's senior senator Bob Menendez ? https://rumble.com/v3ksl94-co-defendants-who-allegedly-bribed-njs-senior-senator-bob-menendez-.html