DOJ Demands FBI Apply ‘Equity’ by Ignoring Stats in Criminal Investigations

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DOJ Demands FBI Apply ‘Equity’ by Ignoring Stats in Criminal Investigations

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) An inside source leaked a drafted proposal from the Department of Justice detailing its updated anti-discrimination policies, which, if implemented, would ban the use of crime statistics when enforcing the law for federal agencies such as the FBI.

The new rules would bar agents and other officials from discriminating based on protected characteristics, including the use of “facially neutral factors as a proxy” for specific characteristics.

If the policy is implemented, federal law enforcement could not use a person’s “actual or perceived race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, disability status, or gender identity” in “any degree.”

According to the Daily Caller, the ban would apply to all scenarios—even those where law enforcement could use protected characteristics lawfully.

The leaked document specifically mentioned the “aggressive law enforcement” in “high crime areas.”

Officers who use statistics to make common-sense assumptions about suspects must undergo a review of their reasoning and meet a specific set of criteria to avoid getting into trouble, it said.

“[O]fficers and agents should not use statistics about arrest rates in particular communities when making decisions about where and how to focus their activities,” the document said. “Current and historical patterns of discriminatory law enforcement have led to higher rates of arrest in certain communities, particularly African American communities.”

The DOJ policy explained the “inherently biased and unreliable” nature of crime statistics, claiming that using them “reproduces the very discrimination” the department sought to avoid.

The new policy also would require investigative efforts such as data collection and watch listing.

Recent statistics have shown that repeat offenders commit the majority of crimes in concentrated locations—usually large cities.

A report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research stated that less than 5% of the addresses in New York City were responsible for over 50% of the violent crimes.

The report indicated that the scenario is comparable in other cities as well.

Newly Released Bank Records Depict Biden Family’s Complex Money-Laundering Scheme

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Newly Released Bank Records Depict Biden Family’s Complex Money-Laundering Scheme

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The House Oversight Committee released new evidence Wednesday about President Joe Biden’s family receiving money from foreign nationals—revealing that more than 20 companies, 12 banks and nine Biden relatives were used in an alleged complex money-laundering scheme.

The evidence was presented in a 36-page report as well as a press conference Wednesday. Oversight Committee Chair presented evidence that wire payments were made from corrupt Romanian and Chinese officials to Hunter Biden through intermediary companies, which were formed while Joe Biden was still vice president.

This disproves Biden’s claim that his family did not take money from China and did not take money from foreign nationals while he was vice president, Comer said.

“Biden family members and business associates created a web of over 20 companies—most were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden’s vice presidency,” Comer said.

In one instance, Hunter Biden received 16 payments from a corrupt Romanian official while his father was still vice president.

More evidence of duplicity, according to Comer, is the fact that a network of apparent shell companies were used to direct the money from foreign nationals to the Bidens.

In one instance, Bladon Enterprises Ltd.—owned by Romanian official Gabriel Popoviciu, who was convicted of bribery in 2016—transferred $3 million to Robinson Walker LLC, which was controlled by Hunter’s business partner, Rob Walker. Walker then made a series of payments totaling about $1 million to Hunter between November 2015 and May 2017, according to Comer.

In another instance, Hunter’s company, Owasco P.C., received $100,000 from Chinese national Gongwen Dong through an apparent intermediary shell corporation.

Perhaps the most shocking revelation from the new info is that one of Joe Biden’s grandchildren was allegedly used in this scheme.

Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said this at the tail end of Wednesday’s press conference, when a reporter asked who all the Biden family members were to receive payments from foreign nationals.

The House Oversight Committee’s report had only named three of the Biden family members, leading the reporter to ask: “Where are the other six?”

Comer responded to the reporter: “Since you asked, I will tell you: Joe Biden’s son, Joe Biden’s brother, Joe Biden’s brother’s wife, Hunter Biden’s girlfriend or Beau Biden’s widow—however you want to write that—Hunter Biden’s ex wife, Hunter Biden’s current wife, and three children of the president’s son and the president’s brother.

“So, we’re talking about a grandchild. That’s odd. Most people’s grandchildren don’t get a wire from a foreign national.”

Comer ended the press conference on that note.

He said earlier during the press conference that his committee’s investigation is only getting started. The records about the 10-plus companies and slew of shady payments come from subpoenaing only four banks.

“We believe there are 12 banks. We’re in the beginning stages here. Many of you wrote we’d never get access to bank records or Treasury, but we have the records and are going to get more records. We went through associates—the people who were accepting the initial payments, then funneling them to the Bidens through LLCs,” Comer bragged.

“We got the bank records through the back door.”

Comer did admit that his probe has yet to find a smoking gun that Joe Biden himself received payoffs. But the chairman said he has no doubt that the president knew about the scheme and was complicit.

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

College Football Nat’l Champs U.Ga. Reject Biden Invitation to White House

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College Football Nat’l Champs U.Ga. Reject Biden Invitation to White House

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) In a surprising move, the University of Georgia Bulldogs announced on Tuesday that they had declined an invitation extended to them from President Joe Biden labeled “College Athlete Day,” the New York Post reported.   

The team received an invitation last week to visit the White House on June 12. However, “the date suggested is not feasible given the student–athlete calendar and time of year,” a team spokesperson said. 

According to U.Ga.’s academic calendar, the date coincides with the end of the school’s summer session, a time when many students are unlikely to be on campus, although it is uncertain whether that was the specific conflict being cited.

“We are appreciative of the invitation and look forward to other opportunities for Georgia teams moving forward,” the spokesperson said.

Earlier this year, fans and supporters were incensed by the postponed recognition of the team, who went 15-0 last season and won the NCAA’s College Football National Championship Trophy in January. The team also did not visit the White House after its championship in 2021 because of pandemic restrictions.

Supporters expressed their frustrations about the delayed recognition of the champions in January—and prompted the entire Georgia congressional delegation, led by Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, a Republican, to send a letter to the White House asking the team to be recognized “at your earliest convenience.”

The bipartisan group of Georgia’s congressional delegation suggested at the time that the team would welcome an invitation to visit the White House, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

“It is our hope that this repeat championship team can join the many teams prior that have been honored by the President,” they wrote.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host the Louisiana State University Tigers women’s basketball team and the University of Connecticut Huskies men’s basketball team on May 26 in two separate ceremonies honoring their respective national-championship titles.

The invitation came after Tigers star Angel Reese spoke out against the first lady’s controversial suggestion that both LSU and second-place team University of Iowa should be invited to the ceremony.

The first lady backed off the idea after receiving backlash from Reese and others, although Reese declined to accept her apology.

“I said what I said. You can’t go back on certain things that you say,” she responded in an interview, before suggesting that the LSU players would instead prefer to visit former first lady Michelle Obama.

Schools Fed Up w/ Student Phone Addictions

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Schools Fed Up w/ Student Phone Addictions

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) American schools and schoolteachers have had enough of the phone addictions that plague modern students, the Washington Post reported.

Although the problem of students using their devices inappropriately in class has existed for more than a decade, their phone dependency was exacerbated by the pandemic.

And with technology advancing—and cultural trends evolving—faster than teachers can keep pace, inattentive students are increasingly using their smartphones to peruse social media and YouTube during class, the Post reported.

In order to address the growing problem, schools in several states already have adopted policies banishing the devices from classrooms.

Elizabeth Lolli, the Dayton, Ohio Public Schools Superintendent, said that she had no choice but to crack down on the struggling students.

“We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” said Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed… if our students continue to sit on their phones.”

Nancy J. Hines, superintendent in the Penn Hills School District in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, said she was experimenting with  having students put their phones into locked pouches during the school day.

The San Francisco startup Yondr offers the pouches, relying on its patented technology, for about $15 to $30 per student and also provides extensive support programs for schools hoping to implement a no-phone policy.

Though it has had some success, Hines noted, it has not worked perfectly.

“Do we have 100% compliance? No,” she said. “But the majority of our teachers would say that it is much better. There are fewer distractions.”

In Kansas, teachers find phone usage so rampant that during their contract negotiations they have been asking administrators to find ways to stop cell phones from entering classrooms.

Mike Harris, a high-school teacher and union vice president, said that students already have access to enough technology in classrooms.

“They don’t need their cellphones to learn,” he said.

Parents and students, however, have resisted the rules, arguing that students need access to cell phones throughout the day in case of emergency.

Carin Unangst—a 49-year-old mother of two middle-school boys in Kalamazoo, Michigan— said that she has watched her husband, a teacher, try to stand against the rampant cell-phone usage in class to little avail.

Her husband and his colleagues, she said, were locked in a “never-ending fight with students and their parents regarding cellphones,” as well as other mobile devices like smart watches.

Though the problem is larger than just students’ time at school, new studies indicate that social media usage is even more harmful and pervasive than previously thought.

“There is now a great deal of evidence that social media is a substantial, not just a tiny, of depression and anxiety, and therefore of behaviors related to depression and anxiety, including self-harm and suicide,” wrote Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist at New York University-Stern.

McCarthy Sticks w/ Freshly-Indicted Rep. George Santos

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McCarthy Sticks w/ Freshly-Indicted Rep. George Santos

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., presiding over an already fractious and razor-thin legislative majority, said that he would not be giving the boot to Rep. George Santos, the embattled New York Republican who was indicted Tuesday on federal charges.

While the indictment remains under seal and specific charges unknown, they could be for a wide range of possibilities given Santos’s track record. CNN, which broke the indictment news, reported that FBI and Justice Department “public integrity prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign finance filings and other claims.”

Santos is expected to appear Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district. The freshman lawmaker has been under investigation since before he was elected and accused of everything from orchestrating an immigration marriage scheme and playing drag queen to campaign finance violations, bouncing checks as part of a bogus puppy scam and spewing outrageous serial lies about his education, work history and personal life.

Santos reportedly could not be reached for comment by a variety of outlets, and was apparently caught off guard when first informed of the indictment.

When asked if he would be standing by Santos, McCarthy gave a carefully couched statement that said little, other than the speaker was willing to stop short of asking for a resignation.

“As you know, with George Santos, I did not put him on any committees,” McCarthy said, adding that it’s not uncommon for lawmakers to maintain their duties during legal proceedings. To that end, he referenced Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who stood trial after being indicted on federal corruption charges and was still able to vote.

“I believe he’s the chairman of a committee today,” McCarthy quipped. Menendez, who had his charges dropped after a jury failed to reach a verdict, currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Menendez, unlike Santos, is a Democrat, a fact not lost on a flood of political pundits who noted how quickly Biden’s Justice Department moved to indict the Republican representative, while stonewalling myriad investigations into the Biden family.

“Compare and contrast how quickly the corrupt and politicized Biden DOJ moved against Republican Rep. George Santos with its softball treatment of the Democratic Biden gang,” wrote Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton.

“In America, we’ll just follow the same pattern we always have,” McCarthy said of his plan moving forward with Santos. “If a person is indicted and they’re not on committees, they have the right to vote, but they have to go to trial.”

As a parallel example, McCarthy referenced former GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who resigned after being convicted of campaign violations and other charges.

“Just like we had before with Jeff Fortenberry, he had the same ability, I removed him from committees, but he was found guilty and then I told him he needed to resign,” McCarthy said. “That is my policies and principles on this and I follow the same now.”

Biden Elevates Economist Who Complained Gas Prices Were ‘Too Low’

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Biden Elevates Economist Who Complained Gas Prices Were ‘Too Low’

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden recently appointed to a top White House position an economist who once complained that gas prices were “too low.”

Jared Bernstein, who was nominated this month to chair Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, whined in 2015 that gas prices were “too damn low.” Gas was, at the time, $2.09 per gallon, but Bernstein insisted that prices should be artificially inflated because “seriously under-priced” fuel costs have “scary consequences” for the environment, the Washington Free Beacon reported. He suggested a tax hike on gas to decrease demand for fossil fuels, even as he acknowledged how such a tax would devastate low-income families.

Bernstein has also come under criticism from Republicans for dismissing inflation as “transitory” in 2021.

Even after it became clear that inflation was not “transitory” — it would eventually reach a 40-year high – Bernstein defended his use of the word.

“When it comes to transitory I think the answer there is that we were careful when we were talking about that to consistently reference the forecasts that are out there, the view on inflation’s trajectory by not only pretty much every forecaster we could find, but of course the Federal Reserve as well,” Bernstein said in 2022.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., blasted Biden’s appointment of Bernstein last month, slamming the economist as arrogant.

“The American people probably know Mr. Bernstein best as a man who told them time and time again that inflation was ‘transitory’ — who later had the audacity to say the American people just didn’t understand the definition of transitory when inflation turned out not to be transitory,” Scott said during a Senate hearing last month.

“It is mind-boggling to me that inflation is at a 40-year high and yet the person who advised the president that inflation would be transitory is the very same person the president has nominated to be the chair of the CEA. It just doesn’t make sense.” 

Musk Mocks Kamala’s New ‘AI Czar’ Role

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Musk Mocks Kamala’s New ‘AI Czar’ Role

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Tesla owner Elon Musk took to Twitter to mock Vice President Kamala Harris over allegations that she is being named the “AI czar,” (the White House’s artificial intelligence expert).

Responding to a tweet from Amjad Masad, the CEO of an AI-related technology company, on whether Musk wanted late mathematician John von Neumann to regulate AI, Musk said, “Von Neumann … would obviously be a bridge too far, but maybe someone who can fix their own wifi router wouldn’t be too much to ask.”

Elon’s tweet quickly gained traction, reaching more than 2 million views. The famed Twitter owner mentioned Von Neumann, who was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician born in Hungary, famously known as one of the pioneers of computer science, according to Fox Business. 

Earlier this month, Harris was tapped to lead a budget of $140 million on AI innovation and regulation. 

Musk previously reacted to the news via Twitter with a simple, “Really?” 

Harris had faced previous criticism from several conservatives for failing several national agendas, most notably handling the border crisis in 2021. Two years later, the Biden administration is still grappling with unlawful border crossings, particularly as the Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy is set to expire this week. 

The embattled vice president, along with President Joe Biden, met with executives from Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to assess the potential risks of the rapidly growing AI. 

Harris, citing her experience investigating the alleged debunked Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, warned that state actors could use the technology to “undermine democracy.” 

“As a United States Senator and member of the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, we investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election and produced empirical evidence that state actors will use technology to undermine democracy,” she claimed in reaction to the May 4 meeting, adding that AI companies had “an ethical, moral and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products.”

Several tech experts, including Musk, have raised the alarm about the dangers AI could pose to humanity. Just last month, Musk met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to discuss AI regulation. 

Devine: Biden May Pardon Hunter Amid Charges, Planting Seeds for Public Sympathy

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Devine: Biden May Pardon Hunter Amid Charges, Planting Seeds for Public Sympathy

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Conservative author Miranda Devine is accusing President Joe Biden of seeking national sympathy as a plot to issue a presidential pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, who is under federal investigation over several alleged tax and gun violations.

Devine referred to a softball interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle in which a defensive Biden torched the idea that the first son might have committed crimes.

“That mythology of Joe Biden that’s been around for more than four decades, which is that he’s a lovely family man […] moderate Democrat, lunch pail Joe, working-class Joe, the poorest man in Congress, and a wonderful family man full of empathy because of the tragedies in his own life—that’s what he’s playing on,” Devine said Sunday on an appearance with Fox News’ Fox & Friends Weekend.

“I think the end game is that he’s setting up […] framing this sympathy card so that when it comes time, perhaps in his lame duck period, that he will pardon Hunter and Americans will forgive him because they will say, ‘Well, Hunter was a drug addict and Joe just loves his family, and he’s been through enough tragedy in his life,” the author continued. “Leave him alone.”

Biden, who went on the defensive when asked about his abysmal approval numbers and the debt ceiling negotiations during a Friday interview, claimed he trusted his son. 

“First of all, my son’s done nothing wrong,” Biden claimed. “I trust him, I have faith in him, and it impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him.”

Devine said Biden’s answer about the criminal investigation into his son was rehearsed

“It’s obviously rehearsed, and the plan for Joe Biden is to just remove himself entirely from the influence peddling operation that he was involved in with his son Hunter and his brother Jim, pretend that it has nothing to do with him, and that Hunter is just being persecuted in a political witch hunt,” Devine said.

The Biden family is under heavy scrutiny from House Republicans over alleged shady foreign business dealings., with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., planning on releasing evidence Wednesday of an alleged “pay for play” scheme involving then-Vice President Biden.

Late last month, Comer said that over a dozen Biden relatives are implicated in foreign business schemes, adding that had federal investigators done their jobs in prosecuting potential crimes, “there’s not going to be anybody left for a Christmas picture.”

Both Devine’s and Comer’s comments on the Biden family came days before reports that Devon Archer, a former Hunter Biden business associate and long family friend, appeared before a three-judge panel in the federal courts to appeal his prison sentence for defrauding a Native American tribe.

Devon served as co-founder of Hunter’s defunct investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners and was convicted in 2018 on fraud charges.

Bud Light’s European Parent Company Has Ties to World Economic Forum

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Bud Light’s European Parent Company Has Ties to World Economic Forum

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A recent report revealed that Bud Light’s European parent company, AB InBev, was linked to the World Economic Forum and pushed globalist guidelines for environmental, social and governance investing, as well as woke diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

According to the Daily Wire, the Belgian company’s adherence to the leftist agenda was wide-ranging and included open promotion of climate change, censorship and other radical leftist talking points.

“One might think that Bud Light could just apologize and admit that men aren’t women. But no matter how much Bud Light and parent company AB InBev might wish to rein in the radicalism, they can’t abandon the agenda,” said podcast host Michael Knowles in a lengthy Twitter thread. “They’re mired in World Economic Forum/ESG gobbledygook.”

The Belgian company purchased Budweiser for $52 billion in 2008, making the company beholden to ESG and DEI policies. AB InBev offered to pay for employees’ sex change surgeries in the U.S. and Canada, and provided “financial and legal support” for employees in Brazil and Columbia.

The conglomerate also contributed to “family-forming” options for gay couples, such as “two men buying the eggs & womb of a woman to intentionally remove a baby from its mother at birth.”

AB InBev also required suppliers and buyers of their products to adhere to their diversity principles, claiming DEI should touch “upon all functions, including sales, supply chain, marketing and others.”

The WEF’s commitment to censorship was also present in InBev’s company structure. The company actively took part the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a group that demands companies have “standards that limit or entirely demonetize platforms that contain ‘hate speech’ on ‘gender identity,’ insensitive… treatment of debated social issues,’ or the classic ‘misinformation.'”

Adidas, BP, CVS, Goldman Sachs, Lego, Mastercard, McDonalds, Merck, Nike, Proctor & Gamble, Hershey, Disney, Unilever, Walmart and several other large-scale corporations follow GARMs guidelines.

GARM’s fight against “misinformation” was introduced “in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war.” The organization controls advertising money via big tech platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, which limit or completely demonetize partisan political content.

“Don’t look away,” Knowles said. “If we don’t put an end to this growing scheme of control and deceit, Bud Light’s inability to apologize and admit that men can’t be women will be the least of our problems.”

Tucker Carlson Announces New Show Will Be on Twitter

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Tucker Carlson Announces New Show Will Be on Twitter

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) What’s next for Tucker Carlson?

Fans of the maverick former Fox News host finally received an answer to this question Tuesday, when Carlson announced that he will have a new show on Twitter.

Carlson dropped the bombshell news after giving a monologue about the rotting state of mainstream media.

“At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie. A lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind. Facts have been withheld on purpose, along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated,” he said.

“What’s it like to work in a system like that? After more than 30 years in the middle of it, we could tell you stories. The best you can hope for in the news business at this point is the freedom to tell the fullest truth that you can. But there are always limits, and you know if you bump up against those limits often enough, you will be fired for it—it’s guaranteed.”

Carlson then made his major announcement.

“There aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech. The last big one remaining in the world—the only one—is Twitter, where we are now,” he said.

“Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six-and-a-half years to Twitter. We’ll be bringing some other things, too … See you soon.”

According to Puck News, Carlson will forgo some $25 million so Fox will let him out of his non-compete agreement.

Axios also reported shortly after Carlson’s announcement that he is accusing Fox of fraud and breach of contract, and making “a host of document demands that could precede legal action.”

“The letter—from Carlson lawyer Bryan Freedman to Fox officials Viet Dinh and Irena Briganti—said Fox employees, including ‘Rupert Murdoch himself,’ broke promises to Carlson “intentionally and with reckless disregard for the truth,’” Axios reported.

“The letter also alleges Fox broke promises not to settle with Dominion Voting Systems ‘in a way which would indicate wrongdoing’ on the part of Carlson and not to take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson’s reputation.”

A Fox News spokesperson reportedly said it is “categorically false” that Carlson lost his job as part of the network’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.

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

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