Supposedly Secure Messaging App Launched With Gov’t Funds, Headed By Propagandist Now Running NPR: Report

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With over 100 million users, the encrypted messaging service app Signal is touted as private and secure; however, a new report reveals the app was allegedly not only launched with government funds but is headed by National Public Radio’s (NPR) CEO, Katherine Maher.

Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, released a piece Monday about the alleged connections between the U.S. government, Maher and Signal. The platform, which prides itself on privacy for users, has been endorsed by notable figures, including National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Eric Snowden, Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Signal’s technological foundation, however, was originally funded “in part” by government resources, Rufo claims. The technology — used in the Facebook messaging app, WhatsApp — for the platform — which also ran as a nonprofit foundation — reportedly received a $3 million grant awarded by government agency Open Technology Fund (OTF) sometime between 2013 and 2016, according to Voice of America (VOA).

While the OTF is reportedly a spin-off of a government-funded private news service, Radio Free Asia, the technology fund claims their goal is to “advance internet freedom in repressive environments by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that counter censorship and combat repressive surveillance to enable all citizens to exercise their fundamental human rights online,” according to their site.

Awards from the OTF to technology platforms are not uncommon; a 2020 VOA report shows the government agency awarded millions to others in addition to OTF. The connection between OTF and Signal, though, is allegedly deeper than just the grant. An anonymous source who “worked extensively with OTF” claimed to Rufo that, over time, it appeared “the project was actually a State Department-connected initiative that planned to wield open source Internet projects made by hacker communities as tools for American foreign policy goals.” The initiative allegedly empowered “activists [and] parties opposed to governments that the USA doesn’t like,” Rufo reported. (Read more from “Supposedly Secure Messaging App Launched With Gov’t Funds, Headed By Propagandist Now Running NPR: Report” HERE)

Mom-Of-Three Mauled to Death Days Before Mother’s Day

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A mother-of-three was mauled to death by a pack of “aggressive” dogs in Georgia. The dog attack that happened just days before Mother’s Day also left her children injured, one child suffered severe wounds from the tragic incident. The children survived the vicious animal attack thanks to the intervention by an “angel.”

A mother and her children were mauled by a pack of dogs on Thursday in Quitman, Georgia. The family was reportedly at a bus stop around 4:45 p.m. when the animal attack occurred.

Deputies with the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint of multiple minors being attacked by dogs.

When officers arrived, they encountered “several aggressive dogs on the property,” according to a statement released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. . .

The good Samaritan “helped fight the dogs off and manage to get the kids in his truck,” Williams’ sister-in-law Crystal Cox wrote in a Facebook post that included graphic photos of the horrific injuries that one of the children endured. (Read more from “Mom-Of-Three Mauled to Death Days Before Mother’s Day” HERE)

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‘Rats on a Sinking Ship’: Joe Biden’s Staffers Turn on Each Other as Plummeting Poll Numbers Create ‘Toxic’ Work Environment — Report

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White House insiders claim Joe Biden’s falling numbers have created a “toxic” environment for staffers, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Desperate staffers are reportedly drowning in a cesspool of bitter backbiting and attempted coups as the president’s slipping poll numbers are said to have sparked fears they’ll all be unemployed if the 81-year-old fails to win a second term.

“The atmosphere has become toxic,” an insider dished to The National Enquirer. “People are acting like rats on a sinking ship, scurrying for cover and a way to save themselves. It’s a wonder anything gets decided or done.”

Sources claim the damning dysfunction became obvious in a recent failed coup against press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre — that gossips allege was masterminded by de facto communication chief Anita Dunn! . . .

However, sources snitched the miffed mouthpiece tapped top Democrats to plead with Jean-Pierre, 49, to resign because the press secretary’s uninspired answers to probing media questions — and her habit of reading replies straight from briefing binders — has reflected negatively on the administration! (Read more from “‘Rats on a Sinking Ship’: Joe Biden’s Staffers Turn on Each Other as Plummeting Poll Numbers Create ‘Toxic’ Work Environment — Report” HERE)

Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Hero Slams Biden’s ‘Delusional’ Stance on Abortion in Commencement Speech (VIDEO)

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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker recently called out President Biden over his “delusional” support for abortion as a practicing Catholic.

The three-time Super Bowl winner laid into the 81-year-president during a fiery commencement speech Saturday at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., where the NFL star also criticized the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and aired out his frustrations with a litany of other political, religious and cultural issues.

“As a group, you witnessed firsthand how bad leaders who don’t stay in their lane can have a negative impact on society,” Butker, 28, said early in his 20-minute address to the graduates of the small Catholic liberal arts school, referring to the COVID-19 lockdowns. . .

“Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media, all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.” . . .

“Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,” he said. (Read more from “Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Hero Slams Biden’s ‘Delusional’ Stance on Abortion in Commencement Speech” HERE)

Pressure Builds on DOJ to Answer if ‘Collusion’ Marred Trump Hush Money Case

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Pressure is building on the Biden administration to put up records that may “indicate collusion” between the Justice Department and state prosecutors in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, with several Republicans at various levels of government seeking documents, including through a new investigation launched by West Virginia on Monday.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Trump ally, submitted a Freedom of Information Act request on Monday to the DOJ asking it to produce documents concerning an ex-DOJ employee’s transition to employment by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting Trump in the 34-count hush money case.

“We need to get to the bottom of this political prosecution of a former president who is on track to defeat the incumbent in November,” Morrisey said in a statement to the Washington Examiner, referring to the other three indictments Trump faces as he seeks another run for the presidency.

Morrisey said he believes the alleged collusion is demonstrated in part by the move of the third-highest ranking DOJ official, Matthew Colangelo, to the district attorney’s office to help prosecute the criminal case, New York v. Trump, according to a letter he penned to Attorney General Merrick Garland. The West Virginia attorney general also noted Colangelo was “paid thousands of dollars by the Democratic National Committee.”

“The timing on these cases is suspect, to say the least — the integrity of our country’s election process is at stake,” Morrisey said. His new FOIA request falls on the same day the Trump hush money trial entered its 16th day of witness testimony, featuring testimony from star witness Michael Cohen. (Read more from “Pressure Builds on DOJ to Answer if ‘Collusion’ Marred Trump Hush Money Case” HERE)

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Army Officer Resigns Over Continued U.S. Support for Israel

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An Army officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency has resigned in protest over the United States’s continued military support for Israel.

Maj. Harrison Mann said he resigned from the DIA over the “nearly unqualified [U.S.] support” for Israel, “which has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians [in Gaza].”

“The past months have presented us with the most horrific and heartbreaking images imaginable — sometimes playing on the news in our own space — and I have been unable to ignore the connection between those images and my duties here,” he said in a slightly edited version of his resignation letter, which he posted on LinkedIn. “This caused me incredible shame and guilt.”

Mann referenced his European Jewish ancestry, noting he was “haunted” by what he believed was his failure to live up to the “unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing.”

A DIA official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Mann was previously assigned to the agency and noted that “employees resign their positions for any number of reasons and motivations.” (Read more from “Army Officer Resigns Over Continued U.S. Support for Israel” HERE)

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Well, RFK Jr. Just Found a Radical New Way to Wipe Himself off the Map in Texas

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RFK Jr. is on a mission to shift as far left as humanly possible in record time. It’s a rather shocking sight for many, especially the Never-Trump Republicans, who once saw him as a viable alternative to Trump. Boy, were they wrong. While RFK has had some really commendable views on vaccines and has criticized the financial dealings in Ukraine, he still remains a Kennedy at heart—a detail many overlooked or let slide during the COVID jab debates. Lately, however, he’s been on a roll, dropping one radical bomb after another. From pushing for children to lob off their body parts to pushing a “Green New Deal” on steroids, RFK Jr. is checking all the progressive boxes. In fact, his latest move is so extreme that it might just erase his chances in Texas entirely.

Yep, if you think Biden’s a climate nut, buckle up, because you ain’t seen nothing yet…

The New York Post:

But make no mistake: On energy — one of the core issues that has defined the Biden presidency from its outset — Kennedy is an extremist.

His policies would go even further than Joe Biden’s, even though the president’s have weakened our security, slammed middle-class families’ budgets and set our nation backward.

A quick check of the tape reveals startling similarities between the two.

Biden declared climate change, the “only existential threat humanity faces.” Kennedy labels global warming “the biggest crisis we face globally.”

Biden vowed to “end fossil fuel.” Kennedy has bemoaned “our longtime deadly addiction to coal and oil.”

(Read more from “Well, RFK Jr. Just Found a Radical New Way to Wipe Himself off the Map in Texas” HERE)

9-Year-Old Girl Attacked at School for ‘Not Being Muslim’ (VIDEO)

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Police in the town of Savage, Minnesota, are now investigating an attack on a little girl at a local school by assailants, schoolchildren, who told officials they beat her up because “she wasn’t Muslim.”

Alpha News reports Minnesota mother Shawna Larson is demanding answers after her 9-year-old daughter was “jumped” on the school playground by a group of girls. . .

The report explained Larson said her daughter’s third-grade teacher and the school principal “approached her in the school pickup line” and told her what happened.

“They came up to my vehicle and informed me that there was an incident at school that day. They wanted to make it very apparent that my daughter didn’t do anything to cause this, and they told me this was a calculated incident and that she had been attacked on the playground by four other students in her grade,” Larson told the report.

“I ended up learning … this was due to her race and her religion because she wasn’t Muslim. So that was pretty jarring to hear.” (Read more from “9-Year-Old Girl Attacked at School for ‘Not Being Muslim’ (VIDEO)” HERE)

‘Kick the F**king Door Down’: Kamala Raises Eyebrows With Intense Advice for Young People (VIDEO)

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Vice President Kamala Harris turned heads Monday after she dropped profanity in an intense moment at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies summit.

Harris attended the APAICS leadership summit held in Washington, D.C., where she touted access to abortion and “gun violence prevention” initiatives. While speaking to attendees on “breaking barriers,” Harris said that sometimes opportunities will be granted to individuals, but other times you have to “kick the fucking door down.”

“And so to, especially the young people here, I say to you, when you walk in those rooms, being the only one that looks like you, the only one with your background, you walk in those rooms, chin up, shoulders back. Be a meeting room, a board room, a courtroom, a hearing room. You walk in those rooms knowing that we are all in that room with you. Applauding you on and expecting certain things from you. Including that you will not be silent in those rooms,” Harris began, answering a question about her role as the first Asian American vice president.

The vice president went on to reiterate advice gave her about standing up for herself and making it known who she is throughout her life.

“This is part of what’s involved, is that we have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f**king door down,” Harris said which was met with a round of cheers and applause.

(Read more from “‘Kick the F**king Door Down’: Kamala Raises Eyebrows With Intense Advice for Young People (VIDEO)” HERE)

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‘All These Rules for Nothing’: Former NFL Star Goes on Absolute Tirade Against Airport TSA

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. . .TJ Ward, an ex-NFL safety, is sick and tired of airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents making contact with his private parts.

An eight-year NFL veteran who last played in 2017 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ward launched an absolute nuke in the direction of airport TSA, specifically at their security checks. And this came after he took a trip recently which reportedly got a little too touchy and that Ward straight-up wasn’t a fan of.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Ward went on a tirade against airport TSA security personnel, claiming they’ve been pulling him aside to worry “about [his] ball sack.” . . .

Basically, he got patted down, and according to Ward, it was more him being sexually assaulted — and that’s a quote! . . .

Now, fortunately for me, I usually always pass through the metal detectors with no problem, but I’ve always felt like TSA goes a bit overboard with their security measures. I mean, yeah, I get it, we’ve gotta stay safe and all that jazz, but do any of y’all really like getting groped by the TSA? (Read more from “‘All These Rules for Nothing’: Former NFL Star Goes on Absolute Tirade Against Airport TSA” HERE)