Open the Books, December 31, 2020

TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS

1. One hundred and three federal agencies outside of the Department of Defense spent $2.7 billion on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment between fiscal years 2006 and 2019 (inflation adjusted). Nearly $1 billion ($944.9 million) was spent between fiscal years 2015 and 2019 alone. Continue reading “The Militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies”

Fox News

Officials still cannot say exactly how many billions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans fraudsters made off with in the past couple of years, but they know it is a lot.

Reports and estimates vary, but multiple inspectors general have said the total value of the fraudulently obtained loans through the Paycheck Protection Program is likely to total in the billions. A total of $800 billion was earmarked for relief by the Small Business Administration during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading “COVID-19 relief fraud led to billions in taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program loans lost”

Yahoo News

Alabama-based Wayne Farms is recalling more than half a million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken that may be undercooked, the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this weekend.  Continue reading “More than half a million pounds of precooked chicken recalled”

Yahoo News

The Biden administration announced Monday that 20 leading internet service providers have agreed to offer basic low cost plans that will be free for millions of Americans after a refund.

The 20 companies, including AT&T (T), Comcast (CMCSA), and Verizon (VZ), cover more than 80% of the U.S. population. They will immediately provide at least one plan that costs no more than $30 a month and provides download speeds of at least 100 mbps. Continue reading “White House says 20 internet companies will provide effectively free internet to millions of Americans”

Press TV

The admission this past week by a number of members of the US Congress that the US is, in fact, currently in a war against Russia has provoked a response from some activists in the US, who now seek to force Congress to impeach President Joseph Biden if he refuses to stop the hostilities.

The fact that the US is already at war with Russia was also publicly admitted last Monday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who said the Biden administration’s goals in the war were not only to protect Ukraine but “to weaken Russia as a military power.”  Continue reading “American activists prepare pushback vs US war with Russia”

American Thinker – by Laramie Seven

The word “mother” is being erased by the federal government, in accordance with the executive order that President Biden signed on his first day in office on January 20, 2021.  Along with other sexed words (father, brother, husband, wife, daughter, son), the edict “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation” is leading to the elimination of traditional terminology. Continue reading “No matter what weird language Biden prefers, today is still Mothers’ Day”

Western Journal – by Jack Davis

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is paying a price for authoring a draft opinion that was leaked last week in which he and four other justices appear to be on the verge of overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Continue reading “Justice Alito Cancels Appearance, Reports Indicate He and His Family Have Been Moved to an Undisclosed Location”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One of the world’s top manufacturers and distributors of agricultural equipment announced Thursday that a ransomware attack impacted operations.

Duluth, Georgia-based AGCO Corp. released a statement that some of its manufacturing plants have slowed production for several days because of a ransomware attack.  Continue reading “Top Tractor-Maker Warns Ransomware Attack Has “Adversely Affected” Production”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Chula Vista, CA — Inside San Diego’s metropolitan area, the second largest city, home to some 275,000 residents, has made the history books. Chula Vista hasn’t cured cancer or discovered perpetual energy, instead, their mark on history will be a dark one as they become the first city in America to be completely monitored by spy drones. Continue reading “DHS Coordinated with Chinese Drone Company to Create the First Totally Surveilled City in America”

The Intercept – by Sam Biddle, Jack Poulson

IN THE MONTHS leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two obscure American startups met to discuss a potential surveillance partnership that would merge the ability to track the movements of billions of people via their phones with a constant stream of data purchased directly from Twitter. According to Brendon Clark of Anomaly Six — or “A6” — the combination of its cellphone location-tracking technology with the social media surveillance provided by Zignal Labs would permit the U.S. government to effortlessly spy on Russian forces as they amassed along the Ukrainian border, or similarly track Chinese nuclear submarines. To prove that the technology worked, Clark pointed A6’s powers inward, spying on the National Security Agency and CIA, using their own cellphones against them. Continue reading “American Phone-Tracking Firm Demo’d Surveillance Powers By Spying On CIA And NSA”

CNN

Against the backdrop of the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the country’s largest reservoirs are plunging at an alarming rate, California’s two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville — are facing a similar struggle.

Continue reading “The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

In case you were not paying attention, the Biden regime is going to get us all killed.

As reported on Friday, US intelligence, under the direction of Joe Biden’s handlers, helped Ukraine sink the Russian flagship, the Moskva, in the Black Sea. Continue reading ““At the End of the Day, We are at War… We Are at War with Russia” Democrat Lawmaker Confirms Biden Regime Has Entered a War with Nuclear-Armed Russia”

Gateway Pundit – by Joe Hoft

The state agrees that there are 65,000 cases of ghost students in the California community college system but some say there may be as many as 180,000 ghost students.  This is costing the colleges millions in lost dollars while preventing real students from receiving the education they desire.  Continue reading “California Admits that 65,000 Students in its Community Colleges Are Fake – Costing the State Millions”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A swarm of micro-drones autonomously navigated a dense bamboo forest in China without GPS, able to avoid trees, branches, and brush. The incredible footage suggests these drones could one day be used for search and rescue efforts or even put to sinister use: hunting humans. Continue reading “Autonomous Chinese Drone Swarm Flies Through Forest While Hunting For Humans”

Anti-War – by Dave DeCamp

On Friday, President Biden signed a new $150 million military aid package for Ukraine. According to a statement from the president, the package includes artillery munitions, radars, and other equipment. Continue reading “Biden Signs New $150 Million Military Aid Package for Ukraine”

CNN

Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on Saturday.

The new rules say women must cover their faces, ideally wearing the traditional burqa, according to a statement from the General Directorate of Administrative Affairs. Continue reading “Taliban decree orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces”