A plea to the Trump Administration:
Reconsider the planned border wall that will cut through most of Big Bend National Park.
This is the best wild place in Texas - if not the US.
Preserve it for future generations.
At the request of the NIH FOIA office, we limited these FOIAs to the bare basics: emails to/from Daszak, emails with "Gain of Function."
We excluded links, articles, etc. Just wanted emails. It was simple and time-specific.
They quoted us $328,000 for these documents.๐คทโโ๏ธ
Some interesting info - our FOIA for the Morens-Daszak requests are included in the indictment.
The issue wasn't just Morens hiding/deleting his emails.
It was also the fact that the NIH FOIA office didn't want to produce anything at all. Let me explain...
Former Senior NIAID Official Indicted for Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
โThese allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most โ during the height of a global pandemic,โ said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. โAs alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19. Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest โ not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.โ
๐: https://t.co/HvhF5LnskS
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted. 11 counts of wire fraud and false statements.
SPLC funneled over $3 million to persons in extremist groups - including the KKK and American Nazi Party.
The extremists the SPLC investigated were on the SPLC payroll.
On Robert Mueller:
The FBI framed 4 men for murder in the 60s
When the cover-up was discovered, Director Mueller was asked for the FBI position on their convictions
Mueller's FBI lied about the evidence, denied the mens' innocence & only conceded they could have a new trial
An explosive story from NYT:
Cesar Chavez sexually abused two girls-starting when they were ages 12 and 13.
At the time, Chavez was in his 40s and was "a powerful, charismatic figure who captured global attention as a champion of farmworker rights."
https://t.co/0UJUh1YmD9
As someone who lived for years on the border, I support security. I support a wall where it is necessary.
But itโs not necessary in Big Bend or in Big Bend Ranch State Park.
The benefits are minimal (if any) and the costs are much too great.
Please save the parks.
A plea to the Trump Administration:
Reconsider the planned border wall that will cut through most of Big Bend National Park.
This is the best wild place in Texas - if not the US.
Preserve it for future generations.
This issue has brought together liberals and conservatives, environmentalists and outdoorsmen. Locals of all persuasions.
Not only is the landscape threatened but also the dark sky. Big Bend is one of the best places to view the stars in the lower 48. That is now at risk.
According to a DOJ prosecutor's memo from 2016, Jean-Luc Brunel possessed photos of Epstein with potentially young girls
Brunel was concerned with criminal exposure - a friend advised him to delete the pics
He refused to share the photos with attorneys for the victims. HT WSJ
DC Pipe Bomber Brian Cole has an attorney.
It's John M. Shoreman.
He doesn't practice criminal law.
Expect his partner Mario Williams to file an appearance. Little criminal experience
Great publicity for their firm. Not the lawyers you want leading the case if you're Cole
From the Pipe Bomber FBI Affidavit:
The FBI tracked Brian Cole's bomb making equipment purchases to Home Depot and WalMart.
His cell phone pinged the area of the RNC and DNC on January 5, 2021.
His car was placed a half mile from the bombs on January 5.
Sometimes I think of the guy that died after his wife gave him fish tank cleaner to fight off COVID.
Wife said they took fish tank cleaner at Trump's advice.
I check the wife's FB and she had some work done and posts thirst traps
And she still donates heavily to Democrats๐คทโโ๏ธ
A federal judge has dismissed the case against James Comey.
Reasoning: โthe Attorney Generalโs attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for EDVA was invalid.โ
Judge concludes โHalligan had no lawful authority to present the indictmentโ
Expect a quick appeal.
So the Democrat position is that Virginia Giuffre - a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - was lying under oath when she cleared Trump of wrongdoing.
Giuffre can't defend her statements because she committed suicide in April 2025.
Convenient timing.