Primer: A 2.6 acre parking lot designated by Governor DeSantis, formerly now part of Miami Dade College has to approved votes to proceed to build the Trump library adjacent to the Freedom Tower. Meanwhile, there is this money scandal surrounding the Obama Library in Chicago…. NYP in part:Donations to the Obama Foundation, set up by the former president to build a 19-acre campus including a museum, athletic facility and fruit and vegetable gardens in Chicago, totaling $2 million were instead sent on to Tides Foundation in 2022 and 2023, according to its latest available federal tax filings. The cash was earmarked to “support local organizations that are working to reduce violence in communities,” according to the nonprofit’s filings. Tides Foundation — also funded by Democratic mega-donor George Soros — is a network that operates as a fiscal sponsor for groups that have not registered with the IRS as charities. The third-party ...

Primer: 2025 – Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine ‘widespread’, Dutch defence minister says Add in the U.S. State Department report in 2024 *** Posted in full and a big hat tip to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (in full) Key Findings

• Maria Oleinikova and her children run businesses in Spain dedicated to Spanish cuisine, but they are also being investigated for supplying banned chemicals to Russia.
• The investigation, called “Operation Test Tube,” has named nine suspects, including Oleinikova, her two children, and executives from a Spanish company called Scharlab. No charges have yet been brought in the case.
• Separately, import data reviewed by reporters shows that a Russian company majority-owned by Oleinikova, Catrosa Reactiv, has received dozens of shipments of sanctioned chemicals from companies under investigation in Spain.
• While it is not known what then happened to the chemicals, leaked transaction data shows Catrosa Reactiv’s clients include ...
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It was a very real condition until just hours ago where the United States Secret Service found the threat. W can only hope it has been neutralized and there is no more threat…but read on… After checking several sources for as much complete information, below are some terrifying details. There are likely more to be revealed in coming days as the investigation continues. Per the Secret Service website:
NEW YORK – The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency’s protective operations. This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites. In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a ...

There are nine naval assets in the Caribbean due to Venezuela and Nicolas Maduro and his position as a drug king pin. the assets include destroyers, amphibious assault ships, reconnaissance, fighter aircraft, a submarine and drones. Newsweek has a great map of the deployments and ship descriptions. Included in the Newsweek piece is the following: The deployment reflects the Trump administration’s assertive approach to countering drug trafficking while signaling pressure on the Venezuelan government. Late on Tuesday, U.S. forces in the region launched a missile strike that destroyed a suspected drug boat linked to Venezuela, killing those on board, Trump said on his Truth Social platform. By positioning advanced warships and long-range aircraft near Venezuelan waters, Washington is seeking to demonstrate both tactical capability and political resolve. In response, Venezuela is mobilizing troops and military assets, raising the prospect of a direct standoff in the southern Caribbean. What is likely not revealed by ...

One has to understand the FBI had serious domestic cases during the tenure of then Director Louis Freeh. No one was paying enough attention to counter-terrorism cases  and the same could be said for the CIA. This link from a Penn State investigator and summarized by Reuters takes us back to the cases that consumed the Bureau and hence Saudi operatives were not on the priority mission set. The 9/11 survivors and families are still in the fight to resolve the matter of complicity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What does that look like yu ask? A big hat tip to investigative journalist Catherine Herridge for her work on interviews and documents, newly discovered that the 9/11 Commission either ignored or missed. We are at a time where after 24 years, nothing should be redacted or embargoed. Herridge reports: JUST IN: We have confirmed that the @FBI is aware ...

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As Putin continues to bomb and add more destruction and death to/of Ukraine, it is clear he has no interest in any meetings or peace…here are two additional reasons to add that are unreported. source Source  Putin has added an additional war front and that is Belarus, which is actually a client state of Russia. Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, a confirmed puppet of Putin has warned his country to prepare for war. Putin has placed Oreshnik missiles with Iskanders in Homel, Belarus where they are in striking distance not only in western Ukraine, but other NATO countries as well. In addition, Belarus will also have advanced air defense and reconnaissance systems and even nuclear strike capabilities. Meanwhile, just recently, a Russian reconnaissance drone violated the Lithuanian airspace over Vilnius before crashing in a Lithuanian training ground. Of additional importance is thee Zapad military training exercises scheduled for September, which ...

We need more feel-good stories than we think we do and here is one for you. History buffs and World War ll historians will love this one… In full from the Military Times: One man’s trash is the National Archives’ treasure. After more than 80 years, an old logbook containing the initial descriptions of U.S. vessels after the Japanese attack on Navy Yard Pearl Harbor in 1941 was recovered, the National Archives recently announced. The logbook covers the 16 months before and after the attack that was the catalyst for the U.S. entry into World War II. Its whereabouts can be traced back to the moment it was plucked from a trash bin in the 1970s at the old Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, by Oretta Kanady, The Washington Post first reported. In an interview with the Post, Kanady’s son, Michael William Bonds, said she found it in the ...

If NYC chooses Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor, the collapse of the city is assured…but you can bet this will have real consequences for other cities and states across the country….there will be a real exodus of people and business…so read on for why this is simply dangerous. In part from FNC: NYIC has close ties to and has taken money from the Vera Institute for Justice, a group that received a significant amount of support in the form of contracts from the Biden administration to assist illegal immigrants in avoiding deportations. Additionally, NYIC has taken in $175,000 from the sprawling George Soros nonprofit network. Soros is also tied to another key Mamdani advisor, Patrick Gaspard, who has served in several high-profile political positions, including advising former President Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign, serving as the Democratic National Committee’s executive director, and was tapped as the Center for American ...

ProPublica is not one of my ‘go-to’ sites but they get a hat tip for this one.… the enemy foreign and domestic has burrowed in…anyone really paying enough attention? One could argue CISA has failed as has  the NSA and Microsoft….. Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found. The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal government’s cloud computing business a decade ago, relies on U.S. citizens with security clearances to oversee the work and serve as a barrier against espionage and sabotage. But these workers, known as “digital escorts,” often lack the technical expertise to police foreign engineers with far more advanced skills, ProPublica found. Some are former military personnel with ...

For 150 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been faithful to the religious doctrine, that is until the Obama administration sued them in 2014. The Obama Department of Justice forced the healthcare plan of the Little Sisters of the Poor to use subsidized drugs for contraception and abortion. And so it goes even today…another appeal is underway… A federal court has ruled against the Little Sisters of the Poor in their long-running legal dispute over government contraception mandates, dealing a blow to the religious order of sisters even after multiple court victories, including at the Supreme Court. The legal advocacy group Becket said on Aug. 13 that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of both New Jersey and Pennsylvania in finding that the federal government had not followed protocol when issuing exemptions to contraceptive requirements, including for the Little Sisters. The district court said that ...