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>Seventeen people, including three children, associated with an American Christian aid group were kidnapped on Saturday by a gang in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as they were leaving an orphanage, according to a former field director for the group, Christian Aid Ministries.

>The former field director, Dan Hooley, said Sunday morning that all of the adults were staff members for the group, which has fewer than 30 people in the country. Local authorities said the group that was kidnapped included 16 Americans and one Canadian. Mr. Hooley said a 2-year-old and another young child were among them.

>Haiti has been in a state of upheaval for years, but the kidnapping of missionaries was a sobering example of just how bad things have gotten since the assassination in July of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, and the natural disasters that followed.

>Gangs that were long part of Haiti’s landscape surged into the political vacuum, taking control of about half the country’s territory, by some estimates. For these criminal organizations, kidnappings are “the new business that brings in the most money,” said Joel Edouard Vorbe, a leader of the left-wing party Fanmi Lavalas.

>the gang is demanding 1 million USD for each person, making the ransom $17 million in total.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/world/americas/haiti-missionaries-ransom.html

Jan. 6 panel denies Bannon attempt to delay criminal referral vote

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has shot down a last-minute request from former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon to delay a scheduled vote to refer him for prosecution based on a lawsuit filed Monday by President Trump.

Trump’s suit seeks to block the committee from a sweeping trove of records sought from the National Archives, claiming the move violates executive privilege. President Biden earlier this month waived his executive privilege claims to the documents.

A letter from Bannon’s attorney asks for a weeklong delay “so that we might thoughtfully assess the impact of this pending legislation.”

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/577395-jan-6-panel-denies-bannon-attempt-to-delay-criminal-referral-vote

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXEuUgpjhc
https://news.yahoo.com/miami-police-chief-being-fired-005606267.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/12/miami-police-chief-acevedo-suspended/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdPsvhu4GM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/11/miami-police-chief-art-acevedo-suspension-firing/6098813001/

It was a quick and abrupt fall from grace.

Art Acevedo, the nationally known police chief who came to Miami from Houston in April, has been suspended, city officials announced Monday, virtually ending a tenure fraught with tensions and clashes with powerful local commissioners.

“Today, I suspended Police Chief Art Acevedo with the intent to terminate his employment, consistent with the City Charter,” City Manager Art Noriega said in a statement released Monday. “The relationship between the chief and the organization has become untenable and needed to be resolved promptly.”

“Relationships between employers and employees come down to fit and leadership style and unfortunately, Chief Acevedo is not the right fit for this organization,” the statement said.

Miami commissioners will hold a hearing later this week to effectively decide Acevedo’s future; three of the five members are vocal critics of the police chief.

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https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22734746/ransomware-sinclair-broadcast-group-tv-stations-outage

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/komo-tv-still-feeling-the-effects-of-a-weekend-attack-on-corporate-parents-computers/

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article255126577.html

https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2021/10/19/wsbt-newscasts-hit-cyberattack-parent-company-sinclair/8522661002/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sinclair-broadcast-group-hit-ransomware-attack/story?id=80646308

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/oct/18/north-coast-news-redding-sister-station-krcr-possi/

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article255098097.html

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/sinclair-hit-by-ransomware-attack

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/576782-jan-6-panel-to-pursue-criminal-contempt-referral-for-bannon
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to refer former Trump White House strategist Stephen Bannon to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution after he refused to appear for a slated deposition.

Bannon informed the committee last week that he would refuse to comply with the subpoena, citing a yet-to-be-filed suit from former President Trump claiming documents and testimony sought by the committee are covered by executive privilege.

The law allows for Congress to refer a noncompliant witness to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, which could result in jail time, a fine or both.

“Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate with the Select Committee and is instead hiding behind the former President’s insufficient, blanket, and vague statements regarding privileges he has purported to invoke. We reject his position entirely. The Select Committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, so we must move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt. I’ve notified the Select Committee that we will convene for a business meeting Tuesday evening to vote on adopting a contempt report,” Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement.

“The Select Committee will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks, and witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed.”

Following a vote from the House, a referral would put the ball in the Justice Department's court, requiring the executive branch to determine how aggressive it wants to be in pursuing Bannon.

The decision to act would likely be made by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., and lawyers at the highest levels of the main Justice Department.

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UK Covid Surge Sparks Call For "Urgent" Probe Into Delta Plus
UK reported the highest daily jump in new cases on Sunday since mid-July -- around when Prime Boris Johnson authorized the removal of most Covid-related restrictions in what was dubbed "Freedom Day."

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-uk-covid-surge-sparks-call-for-urgent-probe-into-delta-plus-2580117

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https://twitter.com/moinaksg/status/1448133594103238661

This is exactly the reason why people should verify things before posting them on SM.

Fact check: Image showing Indian soldiers capturing Chinese troops is from a movie still - Oneindia News https://oneindia.com/fact-check/fact-check-image-showing-indian-soldiers-capturing-chinese-troops-is-from-a-movie-still-3322056.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=AMP&utm_campaign=SocialShare

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047445312/nebraska-rep-fortenberry-is-charged-with-lying-to-authorities-over-illegal-donat

Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was charged Tuesday with lying to federal authorities about illegal campaign contributions made to his 2016 reelection campaign.

In a video posted online ahead of the indictment, Fortenberry, a conservative Republican who represents the state's 1st district, alluded to illegal contributions made to his campaign by Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury.

Authorities said that Chagoury, who as a foreign national is prohibited from contributing to U.S. elections, arranged for $30,000 of his money to be contributed through other individuals to Fortenberry's campaign during a Los Angeles fundraiser.

Chagoury later paid a $1.8 million fine to settle allegations of illegal contributions to four candidates.

"About five-and-a-half years ago, a person from overseas illegally moved money to my campaign. I didn't know anything about this," Fortenberry said in the video.

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Chicago shootings: At least 22 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11139326/

An 11-year-old was shot inside a residence Sunday morning in Bronzeville on the South Side. The child was in the living room with two other children, 8 and 12, about 1:55 a.m. in the 4000 -lock of South King Drive when he was struck in the leg by a bullet, police said. He was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was in fair condition, police said.

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And of course terrorists and terrorists sympathizers that make up the conservative media and Republicans are crying bloody murder.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/garland-fbi-school-employees-violence-threats/

The Justice Department and FBI were ordered Monday to help protect school employees across the U.S. following an uptick in violence against them. Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI and other agencies "to discuss strategies for addressing this disturbing trend."

The order comes after the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden about the "immediate threat" local schools and boards are facing.

In the letter, the association, a nonprofit organization that acts as a federation of state associations of school boards, said while local school boards want to hear from their communities, they have become "susceptible to acts of violence" as they do their jobs.

"As our school boards continue coronavirus recovery operations within their respective districts, they are also persevering against other challenges that could impede this progress in a number of communities," the letter reads.

"Coupled with attacks against school board members and educators for approving policies for masks to protect the health and safety of students and school employees, many public school officials are also facing physical threats because of propaganda purporting the false inclusion of critical race theory within classroom instruction and curricula," the letter reads.

The association said the "propaganda continues" even though critical race theory is not actually taught in public K-12 classrooms. The association cited several incidents where heated arguments at board meetings and schools over coronavirus restrictions and critical race theory became physical.

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Getting real close to all gun laws getting gutted and there is nothing you gun confiscation fags can do about it
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nra-preps-arguments-potential-landmark-second-amendment-scotus-case

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128gb if all of twitches source code and user payouts
Magnet originally posted to 4 Chan then elsewhere
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/06/1043735239/twitch-data-breach-hack
https://rfmirror.com/Thread-Twitch-Leak-2021

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'It is inevitable that China will take an upper hand over the US': Chinese state media celebrates new nuclear-capable 21,000mph missile that can circle Earth in low orbit before striking anywhere from space in MINUTES

Reports said test showed China had made 'astounding progress' on hypersonic weapons
Hypersonic missile launched in August, circled the globe at low orbit and missed target by length of 2 super duper real fast missiles
US intelligence was caught off guard as US is one of 8 nations developing their own hypersonic missiles.
An op-ed in Chinese state media said the test shows the 'unstoppable trend that China is narrowing the gap with the US in some key military tech'

One person familiar with the test said: 'We have no idea how they did this.'

The system would be able to overcome US anti-ballistic missile defence systems that are based in Alaska and set up to shoot down projectiles coming over the North Pole - the Chinese system would be able to strike the US from the south(or anywhere).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10101953/Beijing-mocks-America-saying-new-21-000mph-nuclear-capable-missile-new-blow-US.html

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Jessica Desfosses shared the final heartrending text messages she exchanged with her police officer husband in the days before he died from Covid-19.
"Commercial just came on tv a casket saying take Covid seriously... 0 consideration for those of us fighting for every breath," Stephen Desfosses wrote in a series of exchanges that began last Christmas Eve as his condition steadily deteriorated in a Massachusetts hospital.
"Your husband is going to [be] changed forever no matter what happens...my life has flashed before my eyes and man it's scary," he wrote in another message, which his wife posted to Facebook last summer.
Det. Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, 52, a veteran of more than 30 years with the Norton Police Department, died on January 13. He was one of at least 231 officers who died of Covid-19 this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP).
There were 245 law enforcement deaths from Covid-19 in 2020, according to ODMP.
The coronavirus has become the leading cause of death for officers despite law enforcement being among the first groups eligible to receive the vaccine at the end of 2020. The total stands at 476 Covid-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic, compared to 94 from gunfire in the same period.
"If you are serious about your commitment to protect the public ... and if you are serious about your personal commitments to your family, then that should be enough," Jessica Desfosses said in a plea for police officers to get vaccinated.
Her appeal comes as law enforcement officers and their unions across the country have resisted vaccine mandates despite the Delta variant-fueled resurgence of Covid-19 and effectiveness of the shots in preventing severe cases and death.
Reasons cited for the vaccine resistance among law enforcement officers range from disinformation to distrust in the science of the vaccines.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/16/us/police-vaccine-covid-deaths/index.html

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This piece of shit need to be executed
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/real-life-hamburglar-used-stolen-credit-card-to-buy-mcdonalds-nypd/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-police-seek-suspect-in-mcdonalds-hamburglar-caper/3328901/
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/17/mcdonalds-stolen-wallets-suspect/