Chicago Cop Sues to Change Race after Dept. Permits Gender Changes

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Chicago Cop Sues to Change Race after Dept. Permits Gender Changes

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Chicago police officer Mohammad Yusuf sued the city for the right to change his race on official forms after the department announced officers could freely adjust their legal genders to match their chosen identities.

Yusuf, 43, argued that he “currently identifies as Egyptian and African American,” but the department prohibited the change from “Caucasian,” according to the New York Post.

The officer argued that by forbidding the change he was being denied opportunities for professional advancement.

Yusuf alleged that officials within the department overlooked him as a candidate for promotion due to his current “Caucasian” designation. He claimed that a vast majority of the candidates hired for these positions went to minority applicants.

He also claimed that minority candidates usually benefited from CPD’s promotion system, even if they did not score well on promotional exams.

He claimed to have scored “in the first promotional tier” for the sergeant’s exam in 2019, but said he had been passed over for promotion several times since.

Yusuf started as a police officer with the CPD 20 years ago. The legal designations for race in 2004 included only “Caucasian,” “Black” and “Hispanic.”

Today, there are nine designations, including “Black or African American,” “Hispanic or Latino,” “White,” “American Indian or Alaska Native,” “Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander,” “Two or more races” and “I choose not to disclose.”

He chose “Caucasian,” and the department now bars any officers from changing their race due to a “blanket prohibition” against such alterations.

Yusuf claimed officials told him to produce a DNA test before being allowed to change his race. He complied, and produced the results of a “23 and Me” test. The department did not take this into account and said it was “not possible” to change his official record.

“The Racial Identity Policy Ban facially and intentionally discriminates against certain individuals based on personally identifiable characteristics like race,” the Yusuf alleged.

According to Yusuf’s lawsuit, the department’s position that “racial identity is immutable contradicts contemporary understandings of race as a fluid and complex social construct.”

N.Y. AG Accused of Using Campaign Funds from ‘Ghost Donors’ on Luxury Lifestyle

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N.Y. AG Accused of Using Campaign Funds from ‘Ghost Donors’ on Luxury Lifestyle

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) New York Attorney General Letitia James, the ringleader in former President Donald Trump’s $465+ billion civil trial, may be guilty of far more egregious financial crimes than those for which she waged her lawfare attack on the GOP leader.

James recently announced that she planned to seize Trump’s properties if he fails to promptly pay the fine imposed by Judge Arthur Engoron—despite the fact that the one-time Manhattan real-estate mogul plans to appeal the outrageous verdict.

Yet, while the case against Trump centered on claims that he had exaggerated the value of his assets on loan applications, James herself has been accused of leveraging campaign funds from “ghost donors” to finance her lavish lifestyle.

In a lengthy Twitter thread, “Mel,” a North Carolina-based independent journalist using the handle @Villgecrazylady, dug into James’s past campaign finances, noting in particular that the New York AG spent nearly $30,000 on hotels in 2023 alone—the year after she successfully ran for reelection.

Moreover, approximately half of that money was spent staying at luxury resorts in Puerto Rico, far from James’s jurisdiction.

Other expenditures were traced back to Massachusetts’s Martha’s Vineyard—a favorite vacation getaway for wealthy elites, due to its dearth of illegal immigrants.

But her luxury spending did not end there. James has also spent $84,000 flying herself all over the country in the five years she has been the state’s AG. That has reportedly included the use of private jets on occasion.

With all of that travel and time at luxury resorts, James naturally had to partake in only the finest of dining, dropping $20,000 per year on meals from her campaign funds.

That, however, did not include $7,000 in 2022 for a Memorial Day trip to the Ascent lounge—a New York City nightclub overlooking Columbus Circle, which James listed on her expenditures simply as “Office.”

Meanwhile, James’s $300,000 in a single year to a campaign-consultancy firm run out of a two-bedroom apartment might have looked suspiciously like money-laundering to some.

“[To be certain], I’m not accusing Ms. James of breaking the law w her expenditures,” tweeted Mel. “But considering the high bar she set for Trump in his civil fraud case, I find it more than a little galling that she plays so fast and loose w what she deems to be ‘legitimate campaign expenses.'”

As shocking as how James spent her campaign donations, however, was how she obtained them.

A large part of her funding came from apparent “ghost donors”—that is, individuals from out of state who inexplicably send thousands of dollars across hundreds of small donations to major left-wing think tanks and politicians.

By using ghost donors, individuals and organizations can conceal the real sources of their cash, and thus hide those who provision their lavish lifestyles.

Sites like ActBlue have previously come under scrutiny over allegations that they stole the identities of some—oftentimes senior citizens—who may have donated sporadically.

Leftist crowdfunding aggregators then used the patsy donors without their knowledge to funnel funds from other sources, such as certain well-heeled billionaires whose support might cast a pall of impropriety on politically motivated investigations.

James would be in good company among a list of other powerful African–American women who have recently been investigated for mishandling their finances.

“Squad” members Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., were both accused of ethics violations for using campaign funds to pay out their respective husbands under suspicious circumstances.

Most recently, in Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has faced the possibility that her own lawfare attack on Trump after the revelations of her jet-setting with former lover Nathan Wade raised a litany of concerns including possible perjury, tax fraud and abuse of office.

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

 

McConnell’s Long-Awaited Exit Ignites Succession Race: Who’s Next?

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McConnell’s Long-Awaited Exit Ignites Succession Race: Who’s Next?

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) With Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announcing his retirement, the race for succession has begun. However, those eyeing the leadership position will have to bide their time until November, as McConnell won’t be stepping down until then.

In the meantime, McConnell’s departure as the GOP leader follows a barrage of criticism on social media for his reluctance to step aside and numerous health scares that have fueled calls for him to pass the baton to a younger leader.

“I turned 82 last week. The end of my contributions are closer than I’d prefer,” McConnell admitted on Wednesday, seemingly acknowledging that his age might be a factor in his retirement decision. “Believe me, I know the politics within my party at this particular moment in time. I have many faults, misunderstanding politics is not one of them.”

McConnell’s incoming retirement at year-end would solidify his status as the longest-serving leader in Senate history, having held the position for an impressive 17 years and serving as a senator since 1985. 

While nobody has officially announced their intent to throw their hat into the Senate leadership ring, some familiar names have emerged, according to several media outlets and press statements. 

According to Politico, the three Johns—Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D.; former Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas; and GOP Conference Chair John Barrasso, R-Wy.—could be vying for the leadership role next year. 

Barrasso is celebrated as the most conservative of the three, yet Cornyn seems to be dropping hints of an imminent run. “I think today is about Mitch McConnell, but I’ve made no secret of my intentions,” Cornyn stated, according to the Texas Tribune.

On Twitter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at challenging Cornyn, dismissed rumors of Cornyn’s potential run for the leadership role.

“It will be difficult for @JohnCornyn to be an effective leader since he is anti-Trump, anti-gun, and will be focused on his highly competitive primary campaign in 2026,” Paxton asserted, suggesting he might enter the Senate race. In retort, Cornyn took a swipe at Paxton’s legal troubles: “Hard to run from prison, Ken.”

Thune, known as one of the more moderate members of the three Johns, remarked on Wednesday that there’s plenty of time to determine who will succeed McConnell. “Today we just want to reflect on his service and honor him for that, and then we’ll go from there,” he said, according to CBS News.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., not a member of the leadership but hailing from the governor’s mansion in Florida, sought to replace McConnell following the lackluster Republican election in 2022. 

Scott reiterated his support for new Senate leadership in a Twitter statement. “I have been very clear and have long believed that we need new leadership in the Senate that represents our voters and the issues we were sent here to fight for,” he said, suggesting that McConnell’s announcement could be an opportunity to refocus Republicans’ efforts to address America’s challenges.

The forthcoming leader’s designation as the Senate majority leader or minority leader hinges on the results of the 2024 elections.

‘You’re Not Safe’: Trump’s New Ad about Ga. Homicide Is Devastating for Dems

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‘You’re Not Safe’: Trump’s New Ad about Ga. Homicide Is Devastating for Dems

(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump’s campaign released an ad in Georgia this week, highlighting the Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with murdering nursing student Laken Riley, and warning voters that no one is “safe in Joe Biden’s America.”

The ad reveals the grim details of the crime, allegedly committed by Venezuelan national Jose Antonio Ibarra. Riley was running on a trail near Georgia University when she encountered Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who reportedly prevented her from calling 911, “disfigured” her skull, and abandoned her body in a “secluded area.”

Trump’s team then showed footage from Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Vice President Kamala Harris, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and President Joe Biden insisting that the southern border is “secure.”

The former president shared the ad in a post on Truth Social, vowing to battle “migrant crime” if elected in November.

“Crooked Joe Biden’s Border INVASION is destroying our country and killing our citizens! The horrible murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley at the University of Georgia should have NEVER happened!” Trump wrote.

He went on to promise to “immediately Seal the Border, Stop the Invasion, and on Day One, we will begin the largest deportation operation of illegal CRIMINALS in American History!”

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp also vowed to take action on behalf of Riley’s family.

“Joe Biden’s failed policies have turned every state into a border state, and I’m demanding information from him so we can protect our people when the federal government won’t!” he wrote on X.

The White House released a statement this week expressing the Biden administration’s “deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Laken Hope Riley,” but refused to comment on Biden’s immigration policies.

“People should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law if they are found to be guilty. Given this is an active case, we would have to refer you to state law enforcement and ICE,” a White House spokesperson said.

The Story of the Self-Immolating U.S. Serviceman Just Took a Strange Turn

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The Story of the Self-Immolating U.S. Serviceman Just Took a Strange Turn

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Much of the world is still reeling from the shocking footage of US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell setting himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in D.C. on Sunday.

Whether they were mocking Bushnell or praising him as heroic, observers agreed that the 25-year-old’s actions were a protest of the ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza, which has resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

But a Tuesday report from the New York Post raises more questions about Bushnell’s self-immolation and subsequent death.

Citing a “close pal” to Bushnell, the Post reported that the night before his death, the airman had ranted that he had “top-secret clearance’’ for military intelligence data.

“He told me on Saturday that we have troops in those tunnels, that it’s US soldiers participating in the killings,’’ said the “close pal,” according to the Post.

“His actual job involves the processing of intelligence data. Some of what he was processing had to do with the Israeli Gaza conflict. One of the things he told me is that coming across his desk … was the US military was involved in the genocides going on in Palestine,” the close pal reportedly said.

“He told me that we had troops on the ground, you know, that were there and were killing large numbers of Palestinians. There’s just too many things I don’t know, but I can tell you that the tone of his voice just had something in it that told me he was scared.”

The Post’s report caused a stir online, though readers didn’t quite know what to make of the news.

However, the reporter who initially released the video of Bushnell said the Post’s report is fake news.

That reporter, Talia Jane, quoted one of Bushnell’s family members, who reportedly told her that “Aaron has not been doing his military job for like four months so there’s no way he has had access to any intelligence.

“Also, I don’t think there being American troops on the ground in Gaza would be the thing to push him to do this. He had a strong enough analysis to recognize the US role regardless of whether or not there were literal Americans soldiers on the ground,” the family member reportedly said.

Jane also noted that it’s public knowledge that the U.S. has troops in Israel—though the official story is they’re helping with logistics, while Bushnell supposedly told his friends that troops are participating in combat missions in Gaza.

The information Bushnell allegedly told his friend aligns with what retired Col. Douglas MacGregor told Tucker Carlson last October, when he said that U.S. Special Forces were “shot to pieces and took heavy losses” while assisting Israel on a hostage-rescue mission in Gaza.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Fear and Blood Illegally Violates the Copyrights of Headline USA’s Proprietary Work

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Fear and Blood Illegally Violates the Copyrights of Headline USA’s Proprietary Work

(Headline USA) A copycat site, Fear and Blood, was caught violating Headline USA’s copyrights illegally by using an RSS feed to syndicate content to its own site without seeking permission or complying with the normal terms of reproduction.

The issue came to the attention of Headline USA after a reporter for NewsGuard—a propagandist, pro-censorship site with financial ties to billionaire oligarchs including George Soros—contacted Headline USA via its online webform with a request for comment.

Headline USA editor Ben Sellers declined to respond to that request. However, he did issue the following statement about the copyright infringement:

“We have not given Fear and Blood permission to republish our articles, and it is not complying with the terms that we normally stipulate for sites wishing to do so. Although we appreciate that they are including the original bylines and providing a source link at the bottom, it thus appears to be in willful violation of our copyright, which is noted at the bottom of every page on Headline USA. 

“The articles stolen by Fear and Blood had tangible costs associated with them. Some involved payments to freelancers for writing and research. Others involved the use of man-hours for research, reporting and editing. That a copycat site which has never made any attempt to contact us felt that it was their prerogative to willfully and repeatedly steal content from the internet is beyond the pale and legally actionable.” 

Some of the articles stolen by Fear and Blood were, in fact, pieces by the Associated Press that were licensed by Headline USA to republish, meaning that the offending site may be in violation of multiple copyrights.

It is unclear how long Fear and Blood has been stealing content, although some articles on the site date as far back as 2017. It appears to be connected with other sites, such as the Patriot Chronicles, which uses a similar template and has common authors, including Jon and Erica, who use the pseudonyms “Simon Daily” and “Daphne Moon,” respectively.

A reverse image search for the picture associated with the “fearadmin” account that has been illegally poaching Headline USA’s content linked it back to a 2013 post on the website for a Savannah, Ga. ghost tour and to several posts on a Wikipedia-style site that lists different angels. Both appeared to use the same web template as Fear and Blood.

The site’s server is located in Beauharnois, Quebec, and a telephone number associated with the Angelicpedia website used a 354 Quebec area code to register.

While the contact information for those involved with the site appears to be intentionally opaque, Headline USA’s legal team will be pursuing the matter to issue takedown notices and follow-up accordingly.

Fed Chair Tight-Lipped on Foreign Nations’ Evacuation of Gold from U.S.

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Fed Chair Tight-Lipped on Foreign Nations’ Evacuation of Gold from U.S.

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Concerned about a weaponized financial system, many countries have signaled plans to remove their gold and other assets from the U.S. in the wake of the unprecedented Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

And at least one congressman is demanding answers from the Federal Reserve as to how much foreign gold has actually been removed from U.S. shores so far.

According to a 2023 Invesco survey, a “substantial percentage” of central banks expressed concern about how the U.S. and its allies froze nearly half of Russia’s $650 billion gold and forex reserves. One anonymous central banker told Invesco that his country quietly repatriated its gold from London, and some 68% of the banks surveyed said they are keeping their gold reserve within their country’s borders—up from 50% in 2020.

The apparent desire of foreign countries to bring their gold home would accelerate a trend that began when the U.S. decoupled the dollar from gold in 1971. Since then, the Federal Reserve’s custodial services have dwindled from some 13,000 tons of gold to just a little more than 6,000 tons.

But amidst the geopolitical angst, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is refusing to divulge information about the U.S. central bank’s gold holdings. Insiders say such information could be highly damning.

Fed Chairman Powell’s Obfuscations

In December, Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., asked Powell a series of simple and direct questions, including whether the Federal Reserve has recently repatriated gold to foreign nations, how much gold the central bank is holding now, and how much it held in 2022.

Powell responded to Mooney in a letter dated last Friday, giving evasive non-answers to all the congressman’s inquiries.

The Fed chairman told Mooney that the Federal Reserve does not own gold but holds it as a custodian for other entities—a fact the congressman presumably already knew. Powell also said that the Fed serves as a custodian for a “small portion” of the U.S. government’s gold, telling Mooney that “any questions you may have about such gold are best directed to the Treasury Department.” Rep. Mooney’s questions were not about the Treasury’s gold.

To Chris Powell, secretary-treasurer of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, the Fed chairman’s responses to a sitting member of Congress are not only unacceptable but also telling.

“The refusal of the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board even to acknowledge, much less reply to, the questions of a member of Congress about the repatriation of gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirms that something really big is going on with gold internationally,” Powell said in an email to Headline USA.

“The New York Fed long has disclosed, as a matter of routine, the amount of gold it vaults for other countries. Even now total volume of 6,331 metric tons of custodial gold is listed at the New York Fed’s internet site.”

New York Fed’s Historical Holdings for Governments

Indeed, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or FRBNY, has listed an estimate for its total gold holdings online for more than a decade.

It appears as if Mooney’s letter may have at least prompted FRBNY to update its website, which states that the bank holds 507,000 gold bars, with a combined weight of 6,331 metric tons, as of 2024.

Before this year, FRBNY had been listing the same statistics on its site for the last five years—claiming that it held 497,000 gold bars, with a combined weight of about 6,190 tons as of 2019. Before 2019, FRBNY listed statistics that were current as of 2015—508,000 gold bars weighing 6,350 tons—and before that, the FRBNY said it had approximately 530,000 gold bars weighing 6,700 tons as of 2012.

Those numbers show that FRBNY’s gold holdings decreased from 2012 to 2019, then increased by 10,000 bars from 2019 through this year.

Assuming the Fed’s website is accurate, one possible reason for the recent uptick is that FRBNY has taken custody of the gold from Ukraine’s central bank.

Has Ukrainian Gold Offset the Withdrawals of Other Nations?

Such a scenario would explain news reports from 2014 about Ukraine’s gold reserves being “hastily airlifted” to the United States from Borispol Airport just east of Kyiv.

At the time, the New York Fed refused to answer questions from the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee about whether it had taken possession of Ukraine’s gold. But when Ukraine disclosed in July 2022 that it had sold $12 billion of its gold reserves since the Russian invasion, the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee returned to the issue.

“The United States and its allies have appropriated tens of billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. So why would Ukraine need to sell its gold reserves unless doing so was a condition of all that U.S. and European assistance, especially since the United States already had taken custody of the Ukrainian gold?” Chris Powell asked in a July 2022 article.

Chris Powell told Headline USA that it’s time for the Federal Reserve to start providing answers.

“What does the Federal Reserve know about international gold flows that it doesn’t want the American people to know?  Does this knowledge involve the grotesque financial mismanagement of the U.S. government and its currency? Why shouldn’t the American people know?” he asked.

“Indeed, since gold is the ultimate measure of the value of ALL government currencies, why shouldn’t the whole world be allowed to know?”

Stefan Gleason, CEO of online bullion dealer Money Metals, praised Congressman Mooney for continuing to ask the obvious, but seemingly tough, questions of the Fed and the Treasury about their gold activities.

“The answers as well as non-answers that Mooney receives back from these clandestine government money managers are truly remarkable. Who ever imagined the most basic questions would be so difficult to answer?” Gleason asked.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Gold and Silver Are Real Money

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Gold and Silver Are Real Money

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold and silver are often disparaged as “useless” or “barbarous relics” by investors and economists. But as Mike Maharrey explains in this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo, gold and silver are real money.

In this show, Mike argues that a return to sound money would help reign in out-of-control government spending and the constant currency depreciation we’re experiencing, and he offers some strategies to move in that direction. 

Mike opens the show with a trip down memory lane, recalling the Coca-Cola ad campaign featuring the slogan, “It’s the Real Thing.” 

This sets up the primary thrust of this week’s show: when it comes to money, gold and silver are the real thing.

Mike kicks off by pointing out that “modern financial systems spurn gold. Governments prefer fiat money that they can easily manipulate for their own purposes.”

Primarily, they need the ability to create more money without limits in order to feed their appetite for spending. I talked last week about how Fed money printing enables the federal government’s excessive borrowing and spending.

Mike demonstrates this problem by highlighting two bond auctions held by the U.S. Treasury earlier in the week. The results reveal a big problem facing the federal government and underscore the rot in the current fiat money system. He also mentions how Jerome Powell recently acknowledged that U.S. government borrowing and spending is unsustainable, but he seems oblivious to the fact that he’s part of the problem.

Mike then explains the prevailing attitude in the mainstream world of investing and economics — gold and silver are useless. Of course, this is a ridiculous assertion

He then pivots into the thrust of the discussion, saying, “At its core, gold is money, and it has been for thousands of years.” 

In the course of the discussion, Mike defines money and explains how gold and silver possess all of the characteristics of sound money outlined by Aristotle. 

He goes on to contrast sound money with fiat money, arguing that gold and silver are superior in every way. 

So why do we have fiat?

Because the government monopolized money and then convinced everybody that fiat is fine.

We would be much better off with a sound money system. But how do we get there? Mike argues that we can’t count on the federal government to fix the federal government, but there are efforts at the state level to create currency competition and make a way for sound money.

Mike explains three state-level efforts happening today.

  • States officially declaring gold and silver legal tender within their jurisdictions
  • Repealing taxes on gold and silver
  • Authorizing state-run bullion depositories

Mike emphasized that these political efforts are only part of the equation.

What it comes down to is human action.

States passing laws encouraging the use of gold and silver as money means nothing if individuals continue to support the government fiat regime by using government fiat money – whether paper or digital.

People’s willingness to use government fiat is what got us into this position to begin with.

Instead, it will take people and businesses willing to use and accept forms of money that are not created and controlled by the government. 

Ideally, money would evolve within a free market based on consumer choice outside of government control.

Mike wraps up the show explaining how you can have sound money today!

Articles and Links Mentioned in the Show

Mike Maharrey is a writer for Money Metals News Service and national communications director of the 10th Amendment Center. Follow him at twitter.com/mmaharrey10th.

Google Loses $90B Over Anti-White AI Gemini

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Google Loses $90B Over Anti-White AI Gemini

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Google’s market value plunged by $90 billion on Feb. 26, 2024, after it was revealed that the company’s new generative AI service Gemini erases white people from history, while also defending pedophilia and dictatorial communist leaders like Joseph Stalin.

It was reported by Breitbart that the stock of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, fell 4.5% on Feb. 26, 2024, to close at $138.75, its lowest price since early January. The selloff came after the backlash that the company faced for its generative AI service, Gemini, which has a far-left and anti-white bias.

Gemini inaccurately depicted historical figures by erasing white people from history over the weekend, which resulted in Google apologizing and temporarily taking its image service offline to reassess its quality controls.

In addition to that, the chatbot faced backlash for refusing to condemn Adolf Hitler as more negatively impactful than businessman Elon Musk and say if Libs of TikTok or Stalin was worse for humanity, while also defending pedophilia, according to the news source.

The recent problems with Gemini’s launch that Google faced represent the latest setback for the company in the high-stakes race to responsibly develop advanced generative AI. Currently, Google’s rival, Microsoft, appears ahead in product development and rollout of the new technology.

It was also reported that Google famously lost over $100 billion in market value in 2023 when its AI chatbot Bard made factual errors in a press event.

The controversies may damage consumer trust in Google’s brand as an authoritative and unbiased source of information, according to analysts, who added that this could have long-term implications for its core search business as AI plays an increasing role in generating search results.

“If Google is seen as an unreliable source for AI to a portion of the population, that isn’t good for business,” one of the analysts at Melius Research wrote.

FBI’s Shoplifting Ad Targeting White Women Draws Immediate Criticism

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FBI’s Shoplifting Ad Targeting White Women Draws Immediate Criticism

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The FBI came under fire on Monday following the release of an anti-shoplifting social media campaign that exclusively featured white actors. 

The agency’s social media posts appeared to emphasize their commitment to combating “Organized Retail Theft” (ORT). “Higher prices, dangerous products, and closing businesses.

These are just some of the impacts Organized Retail Theft has on everyday Americans,” the FBI wrote on Monday. Accompanying the posts were images of two white women, and a separate post (published a week earlier) featured a light-skinned man with his face cropped.

Headline USA confirmed on Monday that the photos used by the FBI can be found on iStock, a depository of stock images. One of the images used by the FBI reads, “Women shoplifting stock photo,” and a second one: “Retail Shoplifting. Man Stealing In Supermarket stock photo.” The location of the photos appeared to be Serbia and Germany, according to iStock’s description of the stock images.

Critics took to Twitter to express their fired-up reactions. Twitter page End Wokeness, known for its conservative commentary and attacks on the left remarked: “But why aren’t they wearing MAGA hats? I’m pretty sure those are the ones doing all the shoplifting.” 

The Daily Wire’s podcast host Ben Shapiro commented: “The FBI is ready to stamp out the plague of shoplifting by young white actresses.”

Scott Greer, host of the Highly Respected podcast, sarcastically quipped: “White people are finally back in advertising!”

Kingsley Wilson, a social media personality and committeewoman of the Washington D.C. Young Republicans, added, “Well-dressed White women are definitely the ones committing organized retail theft.”

A separate video on Twitter depicted a male individual in Jordans and sweatpants shoplifting at a New York City CVS store, with the caption reading, “Everyday literally.” 

Conservative video blogger Paul Ray Ramsey referenced the FBI’s post to comment on the video: “The FBI told me it is blonde girls who are looting our stores.”

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