Huh?

So, Ms. Baez is another victim of the circumstance of a government that allows citizens into the Capitol when the electoral votes are being counted. Sure, sure and I am Whistler's Grandmother.

Why then did the Capitol Police line up to prevent entry when in fact if the doors were swinging wide open for citizens didn't they greet everyone with a MAGA hat as a symbol of consolation?

The Capitol had been closed to visitors. I guess everybody has got to try.

Some of these insurgents need to do lots of community service every election year going from town to town to tell everyone they had been duped by Donald John Trump by the isolation of information on FOX News and the Trump YouTube Channel. Trump was a big spender to reach those folks by having a YouTube channel. Amazing.

The difference (click here) between metropolitan average household income and nonmetro average household income, 2009–2019

Remember those payments Trump was handing out to the farmers? Did they ever get them or did the poor Wall Street bozos get them when they didn't have commodities to sell to China anymore? The income gap widened incredibly during the Trump years. I am assuming this graph reflects the income with the subsidies.

I wish Democrats would have viable candidates in the local and state levels as well as federal for every Republican-dominated state. This information alone should be turning their heads. They are similar to coal miners. They actually believe the Republicans are the only ones that care about them. When did Moscow Mitch actually add jobs to the coal industry that resulted in the boom of "the good 'ole days." Never. Yet Republicans will come out of elections as if they were the only ones that voted for The Farm Bill. The Republicans have some of the best propaganda machines in this country and the MidWest and farms show it. The number of farms in the USA keeps shrinking. That plays into the idea the USA can no longer feed the world, so why not hunker down with Russia and eat Chinese Rice.

Look, why not classify Trump as a terrorist. The classical definition of a terrorist is one that uses a country's infrastructure against them. That is exactly what Trump did for four years in allowing Russia free access to all kinds of information. He used the USA government to OPPRESS information, lie and deceive through agencies like the EPA and destroyed precious records related to decades of truth about scientific investigation and the widening divide between Ag and Non-Ag incomes.

June 4, 2021
By Dominique Mosbergen

Stephanie Baez, (click here) a woman who was recorded saying on Jan. 6 that she wanted to “find me a Proud Boy,” referring to the white supremacy group, has been arrested in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that day.

Baez was arrested Friday in Alabama for her alleged involvement in the riot. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Justice Department, she was among the throng of Donald Trump supporters who violently forced entry into the Capitol in an attempt to stop the tally of Electoral College votes that affirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election....

...She denied that she had been in the building unlawfully

“The defendant … stated that everyone was calm and no one had any reason to believe that they were not allowed inside,” the complaint said.

“The defendant further stated that some people were just following groups and she feels like it is insane not to take that into consideration,“ it added.

To date, the Department of Justice has arrested more than 465 people in connection with the Capitol riot.

“The Department of Justice’s resolve to hold accountable those who committed crimes on January 6th has not, and will not, wane,” the Justice Department said in a statement Friday.

When does the abuse of our minority citizens stop? This is unconcionable. It is all corruption. All of it.

I cannot believe the level of abuse and lack of respect for life that chronically surfaces with Flint, Michigan. These people were tested when the lead was first found. Any testing with this scanner needs to be removed as evidence ANYWHERE. 

What is going on already? Lawyers want a full third of the settlement and now the people remaining to receive the monies have to be exposed to the abuse of lawyers wanting to illegitimately disqualify them. Where does it stop? The State of Michigan Justice Department should be all over these people.

June 3, 2021
By Paul Egan

Lansing - The manufacturer of a handheld lead scanner (click here) wrote to a Flint law firm in May and told the lawyers to stop using the device on Flint residents because the company has not certified that it is safe to do so.

But the device has already been used on likely thousands of Flint residents seeking a share of the proposed $641.25-million proposed settlement — with the state of Michigan and other defendants — of the Flint water crisis civil litigation.

“The safety instructions contained in the … User’s Guide explicitly instruct all users to ‘(n)ever point your analyzer at yourself or anyone else when the shutter is open,’” Thermo Fisher Scientific Vice President and General Manager Chloe Hansen-Toone said in the May 12 letter to the Napoli Shkolnik law firm, obtained by the Free Press.

“All users are expected to abide by the safety instructions, except under specific circumstances (not present here) that require adequate assurances regarding safety.”...

Thermo Fisher Scientific (click here)  The only lead scanner I found available from this company was to detect lead paint.

This is corruption. There is no other word for it. As a matter of fact, the accused and their lawyers need to demand a second grand jury of peers. These tactics are so outrageous I would be surprised that any crime charged of anyone with a one-person grand jury in Michigan would receive an acquittal.

Our justice system is based on the Rule of Law and the idea that a jury of the accused peers would pass judgment. This one-person grand jury should never have been tolerated in Michigan or any other state. One person can indict a citizen and ruin their life. Ridiculous. How many people over how many years?

May 30, 2021
By Oe Guillen and Elisha Anderson

The ongoing Flint water case (click here) against former Gov. Rick Snyder is relying on an investigative tactic so rarely used that some legal experts aren’t familiar with it.

Known as a one-person grand jury, the process is cloaked in secrecy.

It involves the appointment of a single judge to review evidence out of public view and decide whether charges should be brought. In contrast to the way most criminal charges are brought, using a one-person grand jury alters how evidence is turned over to defense attorneys and delays their ability to cross-examine witnesses.

Prosecutors call the one-person grand jury an essential tool for fighting crime and compelling reluctant witnesses to testify. Defense attorneys of the accused decry its use because they have no official role during the grand jury proceedings, which they say is a denial of due process.

The tactic now is under attack in one of the most high-profile political cases in years: the state’s prosecution of Michigan’s former governor and a slew of his former aides for their alleged criminal roles in the poisoning of Flint’s drinking water supply....

It is time to clean up the mess!

Unions are a beautiful thing. I was a member and a shop steward at one time. My family are union people. We stand for the right things. Fair wages and benefits define the quality of life for Americans. It is right to be union members. It is completely wrong to be a union official and exploit the worker's membership dues.

June 3, 2021
By Robert Snell and Riley Beggins

Detroit - Prosecutors (click here) want former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones to spend more than two years in federal prison for helping steal as much as $1.5 million from union members.

Prosecutors revealing the desired 28-month prison term Thursday also requested Jones pay $550,000 in restitution to the UAW, $42,000 to the IRS and a forfeiture of $151,377.

Jones's lawyer is also expected to ask U.S. District Judge Paul Borman for a preferred sentence later Thursday for his role in a conspiracy that undermined members' faith in union leadership and led to prolonged government oversight....

President Biden calls for strong reform of the filibuster. It is currently abused by Republicans that support the insurgency.

It is about time the Democrats got serious about their constituency. The DNC should scrutinize the voting records of those they fund for a Senate office. What good is a democrat for Congress if they do the bidding of the Republicans? President Biden as the leader of the Democratic Party has the right and a duty to call the shots the way he sees them. This was long overdue. 

If Manchen and Sinema cannot support the return of filibuster rules that were originally intended for the minority to be heard and not controlling the outcome of a vote, then what use are they. Any vote with Republicans is supporting the insurgency. There is no reason to see it any other way. 

June 2, 2021
By Savannah Behrman and Jorey Garrison

Washington - President Joe Biden (click here) appeared to single out two moderate Democratic senators as obstacles to passing parts of his agenda, yet the White House insisted Biden was not being critical of them.

On Tuesday, Biden referenced Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, while he discussed his support for the For the People Act voting rights bill during remarks commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre in Oklahoma.

Though he didn't mention them by name, Biden referred to “two members of the Senate who vote more with my Republican friends."

"I hear all the folks on TV saying, ‘Why doesn’t Biden get this done?’” Biden said. “Well, because Biden only has a majority of effectively four votes in the House and a tie in the Senate, with two members of the Senate who vote more with my Republican friends. But we're not giving up."...

Britian is hosting the G7 post pandemic.

The Democrats can put through the minimum global corporate tax with the next budget after the G7 passes it into law.

May 31, 2021
By Jan Strupczewski

General view of a working session during the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Chantilly, near Paris, France, July 17, 2019.

Finance ministers from the group of seven rich nations (G7) (click here) will vow this week to support their economies as they emerge from the pandemic and reach an "ambitious" deal on a minimum global corporate tax in July, a draft communique showed.

G7 officials, set to meet in London on June 4-5, will also say that once the recovery is well established, they will need to "ensure long-term sustainability of public finances", which is understood to be code for a gradual withdrawal of stimulus.

The G7 comprises the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada.

"We commit to not withdrawing policy support too soon and investing to promote growth, create high-quality jobs and address climate change and inequalities," the draft communique, seen by Reuters, said....

It is called corruption and the US Congress needs to hold hearings about it.

The gambling at race tracks may have to be curtailed if the industry cannot treat the horses humanly and the races are not run according to the rules. 

This is not Baffert's first scandal. He doesn't the horses. He doesn't love their running heritage. He wants winners. He wants winners at any cost. That is a trainer that cannot be trusted with some of the best horses in their generations. There is no excuses left for Baffert, he has been a trainer far longer than he should have and he knows all the ethical practices with thoroughbred race horses. This was not an oversight, it was a manipulation of Medina Spirit and the cold will never be known to his real capacity as a race horse. As a horse that will be bred, his reputation is scarred for the rest of his career.

June 2, 2021
By Jason Frakes

The New York Times (click here) reported Wednesday a split sample of Medina Spirit’s drug test following the Kentucky Derby confirmed the presence of betamethasone, further jeopardizing the horse’s status as the winner of the Run for the Roses.

The New York Times’ Joe Drape reported lawyer Clark Brewster, who represents Medina Spirit owner Amr Zedan, said the laboratory at the University of California-Davis confirmed the presence of betamethasone, a corticosteroid.

While legal as a therapeutic aid for horses, betamethasone is illegal when found in the blood on race day because it’s considered a possible performance-enhancer.

Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert announced May 9 — eight days after the Kentucky Derby — that Medina Spirit had tested positive for 21 picograms of betamethasone....

Additionally, Santa Anita still had racehorse deaths in the year 2020. Each dead horse had a life insurance policy. Their policy is worth more than their running careers.

There are many people within the thoroughbred industry that sincerely loves the horses, their heritage, and the nitch they have in providing a pastime for Americans. Jockeys put their lives on the line every time they mount a horse to race in some of the best ideas of the sport, but, they are little valued for their sportsmanship or dedication to a breed of horse that has seen its species nearly gone due to the corruption in the industry. Trainers and managers were producing winners that should not be in the winner circles and going on to breed offspring that continued the diminished vitality of the thoroughbred racehorse.

Congress needs to hold hearings on this sport and it's link to gambling and whether or not that endangers the animals as well as the people that like to watch them run and follow a horse's and jockey's career. The public needs to know they are going to a race track with a good reputation and wagering on horses that are honestly displaying their odds to win.

NO MORE DEAD RACEHORSES WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO DIE OTHERWISE.

December 16, 2020
By John Cherwa

Southern California’s main thoroughbred tracks (click here) had their first racing or training fatality in more than three months when an unraced 2-year-old filly suffered life-ending injuries during morning training at Santa Anita on Wednesday.

Penelope Rose had not run a race and was galloping on the main track when she fractured her right front humerus, the bone that joins the shoulder to the elbow, while galloping. Radiographs showed that the injury was unrecoverable and she was euthanized. As is standard, a necropsy will be performed and reviewed by the California Horse Racing Board.

It was the second training death this year for trainer Eddie Truman. Miss Romania, a 3-year-old filly, died on Feb. 12, also of a fractured humerus....

McCarthy expected another minion for Trump. Evidently, Meijer knows the constitution is at risk with them.

May 31, 2021
By Orlandar Brand-Williams

U.S. House (click here) Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has endorsed Peter Meijer in the Republican primary for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District. Pictured is Meijer during a Republican debate at Noto's Old World Italian Dining in Cascade Township on Dec. 2, 2019.

Freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Meijer (click here) appeared to blast some Trump conservatives as "treacherous snakes" in his Memorial Day observances on social media as the military veteran slammed those "salivating for civil war."

Meijer, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a non-commissioned officer and was a conflict analyst in Afghanistan, issued a three-tweet barrage Monday about the holiday. It included his "struggle with Memorial Day" due to "browing-beating from the holier-than-thous."

But the 33-year-old congressman from Grand Rapids Township also acknowledged the sacrifices of veterans for whom Memorial Day holiday was created 50 years ago....

Definitely unethical...

 ...and my be illegal. 

Governor Abbott of Texas is attempting to use fear of intimidation to force his agenda on the Texas Democrats by withholding food and beverages to demonstrators and legislators. Will they stop at nothing?

This Illinois legislation needs to be federal law.

May 31, 2021

By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

Parents and nonprofit groups (click here) are suing districts for teachers isolating students improperly in school isolation rooms.

Illinois lawmakers (click here) took sweeping action Sunday to limit the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, following through on promises made after a 2019 Tribune-ProPublica investigation revealed that school workers had regularly misused the practices to punish students.

The House voted unanimously to pass legislation barring school workers from locking children alone in seclusion spaces and limiting the use of any type of isolated timeout or physical restraint to when there’s “imminent danger of physical harm.” The legislation requires schools that receive state funding to make a plan to reduce — and eventually eliminate — the practices over the next three years. Schools that develop plans more quickly can receive priority for new grant funding for staff training....

The FCC needs to do something about FOX News and their commentators.

Their programming recently featured the headline that violence in USA cities was picking up as if that is actually news. I think most Americans recognize the violence that has broken out in this country because of incompetent leadership in 2020. But, it wasn't even that they recognized the increased violence in cities, they had a former I.C.E. executive on the program to talk about it. The segment I watched was intended to imply the increased violence was due to illegal immigrants and of course some of the worst-hit cities were sanctuary cities. There were no facts, it was a segment built on the inspiration of hate of illegal immigrants. 

Additionally, I saw a segment from Hannity designed to disgrace President Biden as an aged-old coot that is incompetent in his responsibilities as president. The segment was nothing but Age Discrimination. There were segments of President Biden as a young Senator and then there were segments of him as he aged and then of course as President Biden is now. There were no real facts to state that in an annual physical certain deficit turned up that raised question of his competency. It was pure age discrimination and buffoonery. 

This is not entertainment or infotainment, it is pure unadulterated slander.

After January 6, 2021, it is the FCC's responsibility to take action against such performances that are intended to promulgate hate. FOX News and its commentators do nothing by promoting the hate of others. It is time to call them out and do something about it.

Some time ago the American people decided to ostracize a word was a good idea. There was a recent column about it. And why did that occur?? It stigmatized people and as a society and country, we could not get past the negativity of that word. We are at the same crossroads as the infotainment industry. They dictate the hate people should feel for others and it is time to end that practice. No different than a stigmatizing word, the industry involved is not journalism. As a country, we have tolerated this too long and it has hurt our democracy. 

Enough. I do not believe infotainment, as it is practiced by FOX News and other right-wing extremist channels, is freedom of speech. That is true of organizations such as White Supremacists that tantalized young minds with power and hate to become extremists themselves. And now, we see the product of those organizations carrying weapons of war to the streets of the USA and killing at will. Even the sanctity of churches is not safe anymore. 

Enough. We as a society have been slapped in the face too many times and it is time to end this debate about freedom of speech as related to right-wing extremism. They are cruel people that hate freedom and democracy. They only want to hate and kill others that are different from them. It is time to end the infotainment industry's stranglehold on power and hate and return this country back to a place of domestic peace.

April 30, 2021
By John McWhorter

...In 1934, Allen Walker Read, (click here) an etymologist and lexicographer, laid out the history of the word that, then, had “the deepest stigma of any in the language.” In the entire article, in line with the strength of the taboo he was referring to, he never actually wrote the word itself. The obscenity to which he referred, “fuck,” though not used in polite company (or, typically, in this newspaper), is no longer verboten. These days, there are two other words that an American writer would treat as Mr. Read did. One is “cunt,” and the other is “nigger.” The latter, though, has become more than a slur. It has become taboo....

Oh, one more thing. When it comes to President Biden, he is the best President for our time, and harassment such as the kind the "hate-entertainment" industry hands out is giving our country a black eye internationally.

When President Biden sits down with Putin and speaks of human rights, the entire country should be behind him.

There needs to be similar legislation as a federal law as adopted in Illinois.

Ya know real freedom of speech such as attending government meetings and even meetings of citizens with similar interests is the hallmark of democracy. It is protected by the First Amendment and Freedom to assemble. This action by police regarding citizens is appalling. There needs to be a further investigation of the people targeted by the police and whether they were actually kept silent and if so what transpired with a government that should not have. The legislation is the first step, there need to be more investigations and quite possibly charges filed. 

May 31, 2021

By Jeremy Gorner, Gregory Pratt, and Dan Petrella

Illinois lawmakers approved a bill (click here) that makes it illegal for police to access at least one commonly used law enforcement database to perform criminal background checks on citizens who sign up to speak at public meetings.

A previous version of the measure was introduced in the House by state Rep. Kam Buckner, a Chicago Democrat, in 2019 after the Tribune disclosed how the Chicago Police Department ran secret background checks for more than a decade on several hundred citizens who signed up to speak at public meetings before the Chicago Police Board....

This Veteran's Day military families need to be recognized as well.

There is an association that is supposed to help military families during deployments and when their family is serving at home. I think there should be a monument that is recognized for the service families provide along with their soldiers. Dr. Jill Biden served the interest of military families when she was Second Lady. Perhaps she can capture that spirit in asking for a monument to military families in appreciation of their sacrifice to this country.

Alexandria, VA — The National Military Family Association (click here) Board of Governors is delighted to announce Besa Pinchotti as the Association’s new Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Pinchotti steps into this position after having served most recently as Acting Executive Director and Senior Director for Advancement at the National Military Family Association (NMFA).

“In her eight years at NMFA, Besa has demonstrated unparalleled leadership, enthusiasm and commitment to the Association, its people, and the community we serve,” said Tina Jonas, Chairman of the Board of Governors. “The Board is excited to strengthen its support of military families under Besa’s continued leadership.”

As Executive Director, Pinchotti brings years of leadership at NMFA, a deep understanding of the military community, and strong partner relationships. She is an award-winning journalist and marketer whose passion for our military began during her time as a reporter and television news anchor. From Jacksonville, NC to Kosovo, her assignments opened her eyes to the post-9/11 military experience, and its cycles of deployment, redeployment, and constant transition....

This was a good initiative to stem corruption. That is something every state should be doing since the 4 years of Trump.

May 4, 2021
By Craig Mauger

Lansing - The Michigan House (click here) voted unanimously Tuesday to place new limits on separation agreements between agencies and departing state employees two months after revelations of secret deals roiled the Capitol.

Most notably, Robert Gordon, the former state health director, received nine months of pay after he resigned on Jan. 22, and Steve Gray, the former unemployment director, got nearly seven months of pay when he left on Nov. 5. Both deals required Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration and the ex-officials to maintain confidentiality about the circumstances of the departures....

Americans need to know who sincerely cares about them.

The map to the left is from the New York Times' continuous coverage of the virus.

Risk for unvaccinated people based on cases and test positive. (click here) The color key is at the news article. Orange is a high risk, red is very high risk and purple is extremely high risk.

May 27, 2021

By Lance Lambert and Nicolas Rapp

...These 24 states (click here) all have Republican governors who argue that the federal enhanced benefit—which is paid on top of state benefits—is incentivizing jobless Americans to not go back to work. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce agrees. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp expressed that view recently on Fox News: "We’re not doing away with regular unemployment...We’re just taking away this federal subsidy that’s encouraging people not to get in the workforce."

The White House doesn't agree with the assessment. Instead, the Biden administration cites school and daycare closures and low wages for many jobs as bigger contributors to the increasingly tight labor market....

The $300 per week was to assist in the gap when SAFE employment wasn't available. No American should be choosing between being safe and being dead. We have seen incidents like that, with a meatpacking plant and other restaurant businesses where people have gone back to work out of necessity and subsequently became ill and died. The $300 subsidy allows Americans to be protected from a financial burden that accumulates due to UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS.

Life and death in the USA are all political. Guns, Covid, and now unemployment benefits. If Americans are  in a red state their longevity could be cut short because of their Governor. It is the lower population density of the Red States involved that allows Governors to shirt the issue without too much damage to their political careers. The southeast USA just doesn't vote for their own best interest and it shows.

Have a better Memorial Day. Until later, good night.

 

Beto O'Rourke is correct. The Republican voting bill in Texas changes the QUALITY of evidence.

It is an unconstitutional law. It is not only unconstitutional, it changes the basis of our democracy is proving a crime.

May 8, 2021
By David Montgomery

...“This is the single greatest attack on our democracy, (click here) not just in our lifetime, but perhaps in the lifetime of this very democracy,” said former Representative Beto O’Rourke, who was a Democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential primary....

The Texas law is so dangerous it cannot be allowed to stand. The quality of evidence it calls for lowers the standard of "beyond a shadow of a doubt." Only a preponderance of the evidence is required. That is more than ridiculous because voting is about numbers. Voting is about the majority of voting being successful in turning out the vote. The basis of the USA democracy is based in "the majority" when it comes to winning elections. There would have to be a greater number of "preponderance votes" than the number the winning candidate drew to his election. But, the elections these days are often won by a small majority, even a few votes. So, the idea a preponderance will overturn an election is real. But, that isn't the worst aspect of this law. Introducing the word "preponderance" changes the quality of evidence needed for the conviction of a crime. The word "preponderance" hacks away at our Rule of Law.

The Texas legislature has a majority of crooks voting in laws in Texas. The entire paradigm of Texas' legislature is a threat to human life and not just a democracy. It is based in the superiority of protecting private concerns over that of the public. The utility laws that killed so many people this past year is clear proof of the leanings of the power structure in Texas. This new initiative is a real threat to a democracy whereby the Rule of Law demands proof of a crime beyond a shadow of a doubt and not simply the preponderance of the evidence. It puts too much power in the hands of a few officials and not enough power in the power of the people.

Anyone voting for this bill hates democracy and prefers dictatorial powers.

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address:

...But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The morality of the government we elect lies in his words that every American shall cherish.

This legislature is an assault on our democracy seeking to change the quality of evidence upheld by the Rule of Law. We cannot allow it, nor tolerate those that create and defends it.

Ukraine was determined to get rid of Russian corruption and the pursuit is still engaged.

Another name for this is "Russian Mission Creep." It is intentional and measured. The Republicans think Moscow Mitch is nothing to worry about, I beg your pardon. How can the USA demand corruption to be stemmed and ended in Ukraine and not expect the same of Moscow Mitch McConnell?

January 6, 2021, occurred partly because of the backing Trump received from Russia in whichever way it could leverage power over the USA. 

The Kentucky steal plant should be condemned for it's pollution and the land returned back to the authority of Kentucky.

Trump was compromised by Russia during his entire presidency and he didn't care.

President Donald Trump (click here) sparked widespread concern within the US and Israeli intelligence communities earlier this year when he disclosed details of a highly classified Israeli operation to Russian officials, according to a new Vanity Fair report....

...Their target: (click here) an ISIS cell that was racing to get a deadly new weapon thought to have been devised by Ibrahim al-Asiri, the Saudi national who was al-Qaeda’s master bombmaker in Yemen....

The information Trump supplied to the Russians was treason. He exposed the military operations of an ally. End of discussion. And the US Senate acquitted him of his impeachment charges. Excuse me?

May 25, 2021
By Alice Yurchenko

Pro-Kremlin lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk (click here, then English at the top of the page and Google Translate) took hold of a lucrative 800-kilometer pipeline by colluding with Ukrainian authorities, according to new tapes published on May 24 by the Bihus.info investigative journalism project.

This is the second part of Medvedchuk’s wiretapped conversations published by the project.

On the tapes, Medvedchuk discusses with Nikolay Tokarev, head of Russia’s state-controlled oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, how they can help Transneft take control of the Ukrainian Prikarpatzahidtrans pipeline. Medvedchuk says he’ll discuss the question with “the head.”

Journalists allege that “the head” is then-President Petro Poroshenko.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the pipeline was acquired by Russia but later a court transferred it to the Ukrainian government.

However, in 2015, after the alleged conversations between Medvedchuk and Tokarev, a local court gave the pipeline back to Transneft....

January 6, 2021

I think this Memorial Day when we remember the Fallen is an excellent time to reflect on the brevity of the January 6th Insurrection. 

We will never forget!

These monies go directly to the city of Flint, not the victims.

May 11, 2021
By Matt Franklin

Flint - The U.S. Treasury (click here) released final allocation numbers for the American Recovery Plan, outlining $94.7 million for the City of Flint, according to a new release from the city.

The release goes on to say, Mayor Sheldon Neeley has invited residents to weigh in on their top priorities for how these dollars should be spent in the City of Flint. The Treasury release updates an estimate of $99 million released previously by the federal government.

“These pennies from heaven are truly a blessing. This funding will be a game-changer for our community,” Mayor Neeley said. “Through prayer, planning and partnership, we are working to make sure these dollars are invested in a way that reflects the community’s priorities.”

Other local entities also are set to receive dollars through the American Recovery Plan, including $78.8 million for Genesee County and $6.5 billion for the state of Michigan. Flint schools previously were estimated to receive $114 million....

Homicides in Flint have increased 30 percent in the past year. (click here) I think there has been an uptick in violence across the country. 

May 28, 2021
By Christine Kanerva

Flint - Last month, ABC12 told you about some teens (click here) who are sick of the violence in Flint and took action. Now, we’ve learned their calls for change has reached the halls of Congress.

“I wanted to join this to make a least a little bit of a difference,” said Guadalupe Gurrola, a 16-year-old from Flint.

Behind closed doors, a group of teens and community members met with Representative Dan Kildee at the Church Without Walls in Flint to talk about ending violence in their community.

“I want to hear the perspective of these young people. Because you know, they live this life every single day, and they’re the experts their life experience,” said Representative Kildee (D-MI), fifth district....

Flint is not isolated in the increase in violence in 2020.

December 30, 2020

By Josiah Bates

...This year, (click here) many Americans have experienced significantly higher levels of violence both wrought on and within their communities. Gun violence and gun crime has, in particular, risen drastically, with over 19,000 people killed in shootings and firearm-related incidents in 2020. That’s the highest death toll in over 20 years, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), an online site that collects gun violence data, and the Britannia Group’s non-partisan site procon.org....

Moscow Mitch, the American communist, wants control over January 6th.

An independent counsel was the correct path to take in investigations of the Insurrection of January 6, 2021. Moscow Mitch is still protecting Trump in allowing “The Big Lie” to exist.

There is every indication Moscow Mitch and his Kentucky Oligarch are loyal to the Russian interference in our election, that continues even today, and the permission Donald John Trump gave for the insurrection.

“The Big Lie” has to be defeated at every turn and where it exists in politics exploited to educate Americans about the truth of the Republican Party.

There are insurrectionists in the GOP like that of Hawley who was raised and educated to do exactly what he is doing now, destroy the USA Constitution. There are Americans like Hawley raised and educated to carry out agendas that don’t exactly fit the definition of American freedom. 

An independent council would have brought all those truths to be exposed. Moscow Mitch doesn’t want that, he wants to be famous for instilling right-wing extremist governance over the Rule of Law of the USA Constitution. Moscow Mitch twice defeated the will of the people in removing Trump from office. The second time it was deliberate manipulation.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/mitch-mcconnell-trump-republicans

McConnell along with every other Senator who voted down the independent investigation is automatically suspicious of agendas to undermine the USA Constitution. We know it is true with McConnell who prefers the status quo of the oppression of the people. He caters to his family’s business in China and Russian Oligarchs that build very polluting steal plants in Kentucky. 

It is NOT time for the American people to “move on” from the modern day insurrection master minded by Trump and supported even today with this Senate vote.

Joe Biden is correct in background our allies regardless of a gas pipeline.

To begin, I would like President Biden to demand President Alexei Navalny of Free Russia come to the Geneva Summit so he could talk with Putin, the communist leader of Russia and the president of Free Russia, Alexei Navalny at the same time.

That said, all President Biden can do in relation to climate is bring about change in the gas guzzling nation of the USA. There is much to be done in the world to tackle the climate crisis. One of the biggest climate insults in the world in every country are methane leaks. The climate crisis has brought about all kinds of negative loops to ending it, but, methane is a big one.

As an example, Russia has developed huge holes that leak methane or actually have burning pits of leaking methane. Those holes have to be closed and the only way to do it is set of small nuclear explosions deep in Earth to close them. No matter how it is looked at they are a danger to life on Earth.

Countries, like India, need to seal leaks in their drilling. That goes for every other country that is practicing fracking. Hydraulic fracturing is a fool’s dream. It destroys the very land where the trapped gas lies. The best example is the fool hearty fracking Capitol of the world, the state of Oklahoma. There is land that can no longer be lived on or have crops grown there because the land has become unstable and polluted with methane and will ultimately be destroyed by land liquifaction. The instability in Oklahoma is so bad it sent an earthquake all the way to Iowa and cracked the North American carton.

Earth is a gift of life that few seem to value. Earth has been stable because the forces of men were not overwhelming and it stood strong. But, Earth’s atmospheres are deteriorating because of human pollution into the gaseous layers that protects life. Some question how long can humans pollute Earth until it becomes to dangerous and have to stop. That is a completely unreasonable question. Earth’s axis has tilted because the caps are melting and the trillion of pounds of water released had redistributed the water’s weight. My concern is not that the axis has tilted wrongly away from sunlight, but, more what happens when the polar weights no longer balance Earth’s rotation at all?

Earth has limits. Humans don’t respect that. 

President Biden is the most dedicated president to date in regard to righting the climate. The USA has to do the heavy lifting. There is no choice in this. The truth released by NOAA and NASA is finally making it to our allies and Germany is changing it’s trajectory to 2045 from 2050. Other countries are rethinking their projections and conferencing among their scientists, diplomats and leaders.

The pipeline will be built but at great financial loss when the climate finally wins over greed and  the pipeline had no use in the future. President Biden knows this and stands with allies in their decision rather than lose them to foes who don’t care about Earth so much as building nuclear and hypersonic weapons of war.

For everyone trying to propagandize the COVID-19 virus as germ warfare...

 ...it only shows how stupid you are.

I suppose China is responsible for all the variants in the world, too, right? China has all these idiots with variants setting COVID fires everywhere. Why I betcha Donald John Trump has the latest intel on all of it.

The SARS virus was observed during the George W. Bush administration. It came right out of China and traced back to the impoverished peoples’ wild animal markets.

The SARS virus is the epitome of the most dangerous virus in the world because it is a coronavirus that can mute to match it’s victims with mRNA.

I don’t expect every American to understand the way coronavirus multiply and mutate, but, I do expect every American to accept the findings of scientists that were brave enough to visit China and explore the potential of germ warfare vs. viral mutation in wild animals in China that then cross species lines and became deadly dangerous.

There are mutations now in the second tier of seriousness when it comes to being a killer without a cure. There are three tiers of ranking deadly virus. At least two of the variants are second tier. If they hit third tier there is nothing to be done but go in complete shutdown to END THE SPREAD! Those two variants are in the USA. No surprise there considering the number exposed and dead.

The USA and the world have not seen a nightmare scenario like the Plague in modern day. But, if Americans are not serious about these variants and protecting from them, the nightmare will be far worse than the original SARS-CoV-2. No hospital will have a cure and people will die once exposed.

I am concerned about the inflammatory heart DISEASE resulting in teens given the Pfizer vaccine. Moderna is only beginning the approval process. I think Moderna is also looking to vaccinate babies eventually.

The inflammatory response in children has been significant when they contracted the virus. Now, we are seeing that response from the Pfizer vaccine. The doses are too large. There needs to be three or four doses and not two.

Children are very different than adults. They have growth plates, their internal organs and brain and spinal cord are still growing. The hormones are different and do not act so much as steroids to protect against natural and artificial inflammation, but, are utilized in the growth regime.

Any reaction in children should not be tolerated as an anomaly UNLESS the anomaly can be definitively identified without ANY doubt.

I am personally surprised that Pfizer’s vaccine is causing this inflammation reaction with an mRNA as it’s active ingredient. I would expect a dead virus vaccine such as J&J to cause such a reaction, but, not mRNA. This is new and worrisome and needs to be understood far better than it is. We don’t need child variants either.

To return one more time to China, one of the scientists that succumbed to the virus was calling attention to its discovery long before it had spread far and wide. It was China’s top down communist authoritarian government that completely ignored those within its borders that wanted the virus to end its spread than kill people in Wuhan. 

Enough of this nonsense about germ warfare.