The Chairperson for Inspector generals has hit back at Donald Trump‘s mass firing of government watchdogs, claiming the move is ‘not legally sufficient’ in a strongly-worded letter.
The White House failed to publicly announce the bloodbath or provide any explanation for why it fired the officials who are tasked with evaluating federal departments on issues including the law and use of taxpayer money.
IGs for the departments of defense, state, transportation, veterans affairs, housing and urban development, interior and energy were all let go.
But soon after Hannibal ‘Mike’ Ware, Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, challenged the decision in a thinly-veiled threating letter.
According to the Post, Ware is one of the agents who was fired on Friday night.
Others include Michael Horowitz at the Justice Department who was an appointee of Obama and Mark Lee Greenblatt of the Department of the Interior.
When the watchdogs don’t bark, they should be fired. Trump appears to be firing anyone who might obstruct deep reform. This is a very good sign. USA needs a strong and peaceful revolution in government. Trump is our best hope for deep reform. During his first term and all along, many IGs have been part of the coverup, not reform. I was surprised and pleased to see Horowitz on this list as the rumor was he was going to be spared. An IG is a deeply important arbiter of morality and ethics, without which our nation cannot survive. USA needs a deep housecleaning and this is part of that. ABN
A porn star who is the great-great granddaughter of former US Secretary of State Henry Clay went from being lauded as the most stunning performer in adult entertainment to spiraling into drugs and prostitution.
Chasey Lain was one of the industry’s biggest names in the ’90s.
A dead ringer for Carmen Electra, she was once dubbed ‘the most beautiful woman in porn.’
At her peak, Lain appeared in mainstream movies and TV shows, raked in six figures a year from her own sex toy line, and even had a hit song written about her.
But by the 2000s, she was allegedly battling drugs and had started turning tricks at Dennis Hof’s infamous BunnyRanch brothel.
It was a sad downfall for the brunette bombshell, whose career at one point was poised to be as big as Jenna Jameson‘s.
Lain had what she described as an average upbringing, growing up in North Carolina and cheerleading in high school.
Her uncle was the chief of police, while her great-great grandfather was former United States Secretary of State and House Speaker Henry Clay.
These data together strongly suggested that rSV40 vectors integrate and that they do so in both cycling and non-cycling cell populations, both in vitro and in vivo. We then tested directly whether rSV40 DNAs were incorporated into cellular DNA. PCR analyses of genomic DNA in a transduced lymphocyte line yielded the predicted PCR product. That vector DNA inserted into the cell genome was demonstrated directly by two types of studies. Southern blot analysis of restricted and unrestricted high-molecular weight DNAs from cells transduced in vitro showed that almost all vector DNA was incorporated into chromosomal DNA within a few days of delivery. The detection of very small amounts of unintegrated vector DNA underscores the fact that practically all SV(BUGT) DNA integrated into the genome. Comparable Southern blot analyses performed on restricted DNA from livers transduced in vivo yielded a similar interpretation: rapid incorporation of rSV40 DNA into high-molecular weight cellular DNA (J.R.C. and D.S.S., unpublished data). A degree of incomplete digestion of the DNA notwithstanding, there is no other explanation for the observed release of SV(BUGT) restriction fragments from the genomic DNA, as seen in the smear obtained using NotI and in the patterns and sizes of bands obtained with NotI + Eco RI, other than that SV(BUGT) DNA integrated into the cellular genome.
Penetrating insight. Something we all require. Religion and real-world morality go hand-in-hand. I love it when prominent people reform. It’s terrible to see nastiness all the way to the top. Thune may set a good example which may shine for generations. ABN
Results: The analysis of claims data for 47,155 nine-year-old children revealed that: 1) vaccination was associated with significantly increased odds for all measured NDDs [neurodevelopmental disorders]; 2) among children born preterm and vaccinated, 39.9% were diagnosed with at least one NDD compared to 15.7% among those born preterm and unvaccinated (OR 3.58, 95% CI: 2.80, 4.57); and 3) the relative risk of ASD [autism spectrum disorder] increased according to the number of visits that included vaccinations. Children with just one vaccination visit were 1.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than the unvaccinated (95% CI: 1.21, 2.35) whereas those with 11 or more visits were 4.4 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than those with no visit for vaccination (95% CI: 2.85, 6.84).
Conclusions: These results suggest that the current vaccination schedule may be contributing to multiple forms of NDD; that vaccination coupled with preterm birth was strongly associated with increased odds of NDDs compared to preterm birth in the absence of vaccination; and increasing numbers of visits that included vaccinations were associated with increased risks of ASD.
A high-flying Silicon Valley couple has been arrested after allegedly being caught swindling over $60million in investors cash for their luxury lifestyle.
Alexander Beckman, 41, the founder and former CEO of AI firm GameOn, and his attorney wife Valerie Lau Beckman, 38, are accused of carrying out a ‘brazen and wide-ranging’ six-year fraud.
The couple face dozens of federal charges including securities fraud, conspiracy and identity theft, allegedly using investor cash to buy luxury homes, cars, and private schools for Alexander’s children.
Beckman made his name in Silicon Valley after founding GameOn in 2014, creating AI chatbot services for customers including professional sports teams and fashion retailers.
He was seen at galas rubbing shoulders with elites including Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, all the while allegedly stealing millions from investors and hiding it with fraudulent documents.
According to an indictment filed this week in San Francisco U.S. District Court, the scheme came tumbling down after GameOn’s board of directors found a company bank account meant to have over $11 million only contained 37 cents.
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