| Trump intel chief sounds alarm over Iran intimidating voters with spoofed emails Posted: 21 Oct 2020 06:24 PM PDT  DNI Director John Ratcliffe announced in a surprise press conference that the U.S. government has concluded "that two foreign actors, Iran and Russia, have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections."
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| Hunter Biden’s Purported Laptop Connected to FBI Money Laundering Investigation Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:02 AM PDT  The FBI subpoenaed a laptop and hard drive allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden in connection with a money laundering investigation, according to a new report.Documents obtained by Fox News show the subpoena was linked to a money laundering investigation in late 2019, though it is unknown whether the investigation is still open or if it directly involves Hunter Biden. A New York Post report last week based on the contents of the laptop detailed emails which suggest Hunter Biden may have made an introduction between his father, then- Vice President Joe Biden, and a Ukrainian adviser to Burisma Holdings in 2015. The documents, which Rudy Giuliani gave to the paper, were reportedly recovered from a laptop computer that was dropped off at a repair shop in Delaware in April 2019 but never retrieved. A senior federal law enforcement official told Fox News that the emails are "authentic." One of the documents obtained by Fox News detailed the FBI's contact with John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the repair shop who reported the laptop to authorities.The document has a "Case ID" section, which is filled in with a hand-written number: 272D-BA-3065729, according to the report, which says multiple officials and the FBI's website confirm that "272" is the bureau's classification for money laundering and "272D" refers to "Money Laundering, Unknown SUA [Specified Unlawful Activity]—White Collar Crime Program," according to FBI documents. One government official told Fox News that "272D" is "transnational or blanket." "BA" means that the case was opened in the FBI's Baltimore field office, while the documents say that the subpoena was carried out in Wilmington, Del., which is under the jurisdiction of the Baltimore field office. "The FBI cannot open a case without predication, so they believed there was predication for criminal activity," a government official told Fox News. "This means there was sufficient evidence to believe that there was criminal conduct." A subpoena sent to Isaac to testify before U.S. District Court in Delaware on Dec. 9, 2019 shows what appears to be serial numbers for a laptop and hard drive taken into possession, according to the report. Based on the date of the subpoena, an official said that the case would have been opened before Isaac's subpoena. "If a criminal case was opened and subpoenas were issued, that means there is a high likelihood that both the laptop and hard drive contain fruits of criminal activity," the official said. The Biden campaign dismissed the allegations on Wednesday."The Attorney General of Delaware's office indicated that the FBI has 'ongoing investigations regarding the veracity of this entire story.' And it would be unsurprising for an investigation of a disinformation action involving Rudy Giuliani and those assisting him to involve questions about money laundering, especially since there are other documented inquiries into his dealings," Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News. "In fact, Donald Trump's own national security adviser warned the president that material furnished by Giuliani should be considered tainted by Russian interference."While the Bureau declined to confirm or deny whether an investigation was taking place, officials at the FBI and the Justice Department agree with Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe's comments that the laptop is "not part of a Russian disinformation campaign."
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| 'Mama, they just shot us for nothing': Waukegan police officer fatally shoots Black teen, injures woman Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:21 PM PDT  People are protesting in Waukegan, Illinois, after a police officer fatally shot 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette on Tuesday.
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| Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT  Just 31 percent of respondents said they plan to vote in person on Nov. 3, while 64 percent planned to vote by mail or cast their ballots in early voting.
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| Christian singer to host evangelical ‘worship protest’ on Washington DC’s National Mall with 15,000 expected to attend Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:06 PM PDT  The event scheduled this weekend will not require attendees to wear masks or social distance
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| Gaza nurses protest loss of Israeli permit, layoffs Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:20 PM PDT  A group of nurses from the Gaza Strip staged a protest in a public square on Wednesday, saying an Israeli travel ban has led the Jerusalem hospital where they worked for many years to fire them. The seven nurses gathered at a public square in Gaza City, wearing lab coats and holding banners that said: "Firing us is a death sentence on our profession and families." "We never expected that Makassed would dismiss us arbitrarily," said Baher Lulu, 53, a critical care nurse who said he joined the hospital 30 years ago, when travel from Gaza to Jerusalem did not require Israeli permission.
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| Vanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier who went missing in April, died 'in the line of duty,' Army says Posted: 20 Oct 2020 07:30 PM PDT  Guillén's family will receive Army benefits, such as allowances, compensation for expenses, life insurance and a funeral with full military honors.
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| A 73-year-old in Colorado was fined more than $1,000 after her pet deer gored a woman walking her dog Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:10 PM PDT  Tynette Housley, 73, was cited on misdemeanor charges of illegal possession of wildlife and illegally feeding wildlife.
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| Health secretary promises coronavirus vaccine before 2021 Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:52 PM PDT  The first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be available before the end of the year, with mass vaccination of Americans taking place throughout the spring, according to public health officials at CDC headquarters in Atlanta.
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| Bernie Sanders for Labor secretary? He's reportedly interested. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:42 PM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reportedly has an "interest" in becoming Joe Biden's Labor secretary, were the Democrat to be elected president, Politico reports. Though Sanders shook off the suggestion when asked about it on Wednesday, "one person close to the Vermont senator" reportedly told Politico that "I can confirm he's trying to figure out how to land that role or something like it. He, personally, does have an interest in it."On Thursday, Sanders said he was planning to announce his own 100 day agenda, claiming that the rival proposal will "speak to the need to begin the process of moving toward Medicare For All," as well as raising the minimum wage, instituting a "massive infrastructure program," and making it easier for workers to join unions. Sanders then asked rhetorically if he would additionally back future primary challenges against elected Democrats who don't move toward more progressive policies, answering his own question by saying, "you're d--n right I am."Biden's team has reportedly been considering Republicans for some cabinet positions. Nevertheless, former Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir told Politico, "It would be great to have a unity government that takes into account that progressives are a pretty healthy portion of the electorate."More stories from theweek.com Men, this should be so easy A painful postpartum injury is plaguing America's moms — but nobody really talks about it Trump doubles down on the jerk vote
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| Judge keeps 2nd degree murder charge against ex-police officer in Floyd death, drops lesser charge Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:37 AM PDT  Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said prosecutors did not have probable cause to charge Chauvin with third-degree murder but said the evidence supported taking to trial a second-degree murder charge, which could lead to decades in prison. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that he had activated the Minnesota National Guard as a "precautionary step" following the ruling, which he said marked "a positive step in the path toward justice for George Floyd."
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| Trinidad says idle Venezuela oil vessel not a threat. Environmentalists are not convinced. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:51 PM PDT  The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Thursday that a floating oil-storage vessel with nearly 55 million gallons of Venezuelan crude oil floating off its coast is not taking on water and shows no sign of capsizing and creating an environmental disaster off the coast of South America.
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| Pompeo to ask China partner Sri Lanka to make 'difficult' choices Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:00 PM PDT  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will ask Sri Lanka to make "difficult" choices on its growing relationship with China amid criticism the island is sliding toward authoritarianism, an official said Thursday.
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| UN says shipwreck off Libya left 15 migrants dead Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:59 AM PDT |
| 'They only care about votes': As millions slip into poverty, voting may be the only leverage for a 2nd stimulus check Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:39 AM PDT  Millions of Americans across the country are fed up with elected officials who haven't worked out a second stimulus bill. As more time passes, Americans don't care how it gets done; they just want something done.
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| After teacher’s murder, France touts secularism. But Muslims feel heat. Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:01 AM PDT |
| Ghislaine Maxwell: 'Intimate' details of British socialite's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to be released in court documents Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:43 AM PDT  Maxwell's lawyers fought hard to keep deposition secret
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| Mali's army liberates village besieged by jihadists: army statement Posted: 22 Oct 2020 04:42 PM PDT |
| UK warship seizes 450 kilograms of meth in Arabian Sea Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:20 AM PDT |
| Delta brutally subtweets rival airlines like American and United for not blocking middle seats during a pandemic Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:22 PM PDT  Delta's tweet, which read "A haunted house, but they're not blocking middle seats," appeared to call out competitor airlines.
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| Obama slams Trump over 'secret' Chinese bank account Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:58 PM PDT 
The New York Times, which has obtained Trump's tax records, late Tuesday reported that the documents show the president maintains a previously undisclosed bank account in China, one of only three foreign nations where he holds accounts along with Britain and Ireland.
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| Landlord threatens to raise tenants’ rent if Biden elected Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:22 PM PDT  Residents at a Colorado trailer park claim they were told their rent would double if the former VP wins the 2020 presidential election. A Colorado landlord allegedly threatened his tenants by sending them a letter saying their rent would double if former vice president Joe Biden is elected. 9NEWS reported residents of the Colorado trailer park emailed the letter from their landlord to the news outlet questioning whether or not the threat was legal.
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| 100-year-old voter shares advice ahead of election, names favorite president in her lifetime Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:10 AM PDT  Voting since she was eighteen, Mabel Cook votes in her fifteenth presidential election. Great-grandkids witness the monumental event
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| Police major who oversaw Taylor drug raid unit investigated Posted: 22 Oct 2020 10:05 AM PDT  A Louisville Police major who oversaw the unit that sent officers to Breonna Taylor's home the night she was fatally shot is the subject of an internal police investigation. The department's Professional Standards Unit opened an investigation this week into Maj. Kimberly Burbrink, the commander of the Criminal Interdiction Division, the Courier Journal reported. Burbrink was allowed to attend a May video call to update department leaders about the Taylor case, even though investigators "voiced concern" about her presence on the call.
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| One million Hong Kongers coming to UK could generate £6bn in tax revenues Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:52 AM PDT  Up to one million Hong Kongers could take up the UK's citizenship offer to escape Chinese repression, netting the UK economy nearly £6 billion in tax revenues, a Home Office assessment has revealed. The influx – as a result of the Government's fast-track immigration lifeboat for Hong Kongers – would see up to 500,000 arrive in the UK in the first year, dwarfing any previous similar scheme, from the 15,000 Windrush arrivals in the 1950s to the 28,000 Ugandan Asians in the 1970s. The total potential one million spread over five years would be larger than the population of Liverpool and would bring the number of Chinese in the UK to 1.5 million, overtaking the number of Indians at 1.4 million. However, it is the potential economic uplift that could have the biggest impact on the UK, with the Home Office's estimates putting the "net positive impact" at between £2.4 billion and £2.9 billion over five years, "the majority attributable to additional tax revenue." This is based on the £6 billion generated for the Exchequer through tax revenues minus the cost to the state from the incoming Hong Kong families' use of health, education and other public services. Under the scheme, Hong Kongers who have, or are eligible for, British National Overseas (BNO) passports will be able to sidestep jobs, skills and income tests that other migrants will face from January 1 2021 and secure five-year UK visas. They will not be entitled to claim benefits and will have to pay the health surcharge and visa fees. They will also be expected to be able to accommodate and support themselves for at least six months and demonstrate a commitment to learn English and have no criminal record. The scheme was launched after the UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and slapped an arms embargo on the territory in response to China's national security law on the former British territory. It means that from January, BNOs and their immediate family can apply for 30-month or five-year visas to live, work and study in the UK, and can seek British citizenship once they have been in the country for more than five years. See video below of clashes in Hong Kong in May this year, as the authorities crack down on protesters:
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| Turkey nabs massive cocaine haul on ship from Brazil Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:19 AM PDT |
| Kobe Bryant’s Widow Vanessa Lists Tuscan-Style Southern California Home Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:20 PM PDT  The couple purchased the three-bedroom dwelling in Irvine as an investment in 2013
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| A 26-year-old coronavirus patient who was pronounced brain dead in June just walked out of the hospital a survivor Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:25 AM PDT  Doctors suggested Tionna Hairston's family take her off life support, but they decided to hold on. She's now a COVID-19 survivor.
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| Who wins when a fish and snake tangle? SC man catches life-or-death struggle on video Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:57 PM PDT  "I looked down and the snake had a big catfish in his mouth," the man said. "I thought it was awesome."
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| Lincoln Project targets Ivanka and Jared for Covid-19 death count with massive Times Square billboards Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:42 PM PDT  'There must be accountability for the lying and deaths — this is just the start,' says anti-Trump conservative group
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| Fact check: Australia never counted Aboriginal people as animals under 'Flora and Fauna Act' Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:34 AM PDT  There is no evidence of a Flora and Fauna Act under Australian law that classified its Aboriginal population as plants and animals.
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| Cartel battles stun once-peaceful state in central Mexico Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT  The two most powerful drug cartels in the hemisphere are battling over the industrial and farming hub of central Mexico — a state that has attracted gangs for the same reason it has lured auto manufacturers: road and rail networks that lead straight to the U.S. border. Guanajuato was long a relatively tranquil and well-heeled part of Mexico, a state famed for colonial tourist towns such as San Miguel de Allende, the annual Cervantes culture festival and sprawling factories building cars for the U.S. market. Mexico's sixth most populous state saw over 3,400 homicides in the first nine months of this year, more than any other state in the country.
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| Japan PM pushes closer Southeast Asia ties in China counter Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:49 PM PDT  Japan's new prime minister pledged Wednesday to help Southeast Asian nations increase their maritime security capabilities, as he used his first overseas trip as leader to push his country's vision for greater international cooperation to counter China's influence in the region. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, speaking in the Indonesian capital, also took a thinly veiled dig at China's activities in the disputed South China Sea, where it has built and militarized manmade islands and is pressing its claim to virtually all of the sea's key fisheries and waterways.
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| Explainer: Red mirage, blue mirage - Beware of early U.S. election wins Posted: 22 Oct 2020 03:08 AM PDT  An hour later, Pennsylvania counties begin to report and it seems to be a slam dunk for U.S. President Donald Trump. Early vote counts in the most competitive, battleground states can be particularly misleading this election because of the surge in mail-in or absentee ballots, and the different ways that they are processed. The states that count mail-in votes before Election Day are likely to give Biden an early lead, since opinion polls and early voting data suggest those ballots favor the Democrat.
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| A bride tried on 12 dresses before finding a one-of-a-kind gown with a yellow skirt Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:12 AM PDT  Hattie O'Hara knew she wanted a unique gown, but shopping for her dress just five months before her wedding limited her options.
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| White Supremacist Had List of Feds to Kill and Doxx: Unsealed File Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:52 AM PDT  When members of a white supremacist street-fighting gang caught charges for their participation in a deadly riot, fellow travelers on the website Gab had a suggestion: Doxx the U.S. officials involved in the case, or maybe just kill them.A newly unsealed search warrant application from October 2018 reveals that feds were interested in threats made to federal law enforcement on the extremist-friendly social network. The threats concerned a Department of Justice official, a U.S. attorney, a prosecutor, and others involved in a federal case against members of the white supremacist Rise Above Movement. Months earlier, one of the Gab users involved had also helped doxx a blogger, attracting attention from another user who would later be accused of massacring worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue.The warrant sought information—including private messages and IP information—on Chad Bagwell, an Alabama man who posted on Gab and attended at least one white supremacist rally under his own name. The investigation appears to have begun when Bagwell suggested another prominent Gab user doxx (that is, reveal private information on) federal officials, particularly in the Justice Department.The search warrant's unsealing this week came at an appropriate time: Earlier this month, at least 15 people were arrested in three different alleged far-right plots to kidnap state or local officials. Two of those plots, which targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, were organized online.The 'Wolverine Watchmen' Accused of Targeting Michigan Guv Spooked Their Neighbors"you wouldn't think of using your considerable doxxing talents on the Federal Government next, would you?" Bagwell wrote to Gab user Hunter Wallace, an account long linked to Brad Griffin, a prominent member of the neo-Confederate group League of the South, in October 2018. "We start with Rosenstein, work our way down to the arresting agents themselves? Get ourselves a big ole' list of any System Pig who's ever harmed our people in any way. Could be a useful thing to have in the event of, um, future contingencies.""Rosenstein" was presumably a reference to then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the suggestion came amid a discussion by other members of the far-right community about a U.S. attorney and other court officials involved in the case against Rise Above, a white supremacist group that glorifies street-level violence. The group emerged on federal radars after they were seen beating up opponents at the 2017's deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a neo-Nazi murdered an anti-racist protester with his car.Four members were charged with conspiracy to riot in Charlottesville, which enraged the white supremacist movement. (Four other members of the group would be convicted of conspiracy to riot elsewhere in the country, but three of their convictions were later overturned.)"Feds arrest four of our guys?" Bagwell wrote in one Gab post included in the search warrant application. "And what are we going to do about it? The real question to ask is, how many federal agents do we have to kill before the rest of them quit doing that?"Although the warrant does not name Griffin, and does not accuse him of posting court officials' private information, he had recently used Gab to facilitate the doxxing of an anti-racist blogger who was critical of white supremacists. Griffin posted in July 2018 that he had personal information (including the home address) of the blogger. Those comments attracted the attention of Robert Bowers, the man who would later be accused of murdering 11 people in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in late Oct. 2018. Bowers contacted Griffin, offering more information on the blogger's home address, The Daily Beast previously reported.Bagwell could not be reached for comment for this story, and was not charged with a crime. Griffin did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and has also not been charged with a crime in connection to the warrant.A spokesman from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia declined to comment, as did individuals who were subjects of the potential doxxing but have since left the Department of Justice. The Eastern District of Virginia, which filed the case, did not immediately return a request for comment.Michael Hayden, a senior investigative reporter at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said doxxing was something of a communal activity on Gab, particularly in 2017 and 2018."Especially around that time on Gab, you would get the doxx and then there would be like a celebratory sharing of threats," Hayden told The Daily Beast. "They would talk publicly about what they wanted to do to somebody. It was very performative as well," he said, because some users appeared to be trying to incite reactions from anti-fascists who monitored the site.Bagwell and Griffin may have had offline connections. Bagwell attended at least one rally (a "White Lives Matter" event in Oct. 2017) alongside the League of the South, of which Griffin is a member. Bagwell is also a frequent commenter on Griffin's blog, including authoring a recent comment claiming to have joined the group.A Gab representative declined to comment on the search warrant."Like most technology companies with millions of users, Gab regularly communicates with U.S. law enforcement on matters concerning public safety," the representative told The Daily Beast. "We consider all communications with U.S. law enforcement to be confidential and do not publicly comment on specific cases."Court documents reveal that Gab complied with the warrant, emailing the relevant files to investigators. It was unclear whether Gab notified the involved users, specifically Bagwell.Doxxing and murder plots are technically against Gab's rules. However, the site has sometimes turned a blind eye to users' bad behavior, allowing them to stay on the site after posting private information. Bagwell's account, for instance, is still live on Gab, and uses his legal name, despite Gab receiving a warrant for his alleged activity.Gab took a reputational hit after the Tree of Life massacre, which Bowers appeared to advertise on the website. But although some of its most prominent users moved elsewhere (or in multiple high-profile cases, went to prison), Gab did little to change the site's culture, which had previously seen people like Bagwell build followings based on their incendiary remarks.Hayden said the lack of moderation, plus the comfort people like Bagwell felt in using their legal names, had real consequences."Gab, from 2017, the lead-up to Charlottesville, up until the Tree of Life massacre, was the worst and most dangerous website I've ever seen," he said. "It had this combination of this say-anything mentality, and it gave people a capacity to promote their brand and become public figures."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Coke bids adieu to 200 drink brands, slashing portfolio in half Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Some popular brands could be on the chopping block.
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| Joe Biden hides in his basement as corruption claims mount Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:19 PM PDT  Trump Organization EVP Eric Trump reacts to news Hunter Biden laptop connected to money laundering probe
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| Trump violates agreement and releases "60 Minutes" interview Posted: 22 Oct 2020 10:05 AM PDT  The full exchange, which runs approximately 37 minutes, was taped Tuesday at the White House.
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| University of Utah admits error in Lauren McCluskey’s death and agrees to pay $13.5m settlement Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:10 PM PDT  Lauren McCluskey had reported harassment to police more than 20 times
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| Mexico's feminist protests grow louder. So does debate over tactics. Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:21 AM PDT  Mexican feminist activists have occupied the National Commission for Human Rights office in Mexico City, sparking debate about protest tactics.
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| Turkey slams joint declaration by Cyprus, Greece and Egypt Posted: 22 Oct 2020 03:41 AM PDT  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday slammed a joint statement by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt that condemns Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and numerous "provocations" that they maintain are threatening regional peace. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it "fully rejected the declaration containing baseless accusations and allegations." During a trilateral regional summit Wednesday in Nicosia, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged Ankara to end its "aggressive" actions.
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