Ghislaine Maxwell Says She Has Dirt on the World’s Most Powerful and is ‘Relieved’ by Epstein’s Death

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By Washington Examiner. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly thinks she will be able to avoid a prison sentence in the wake of the death of her longtime associate, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Ghislaine is so confident that she’ll be back that she’s still texting friends in different social circles while she’s in hiding. She’s doesn’t think that she did anything wrong,” Laura Goldman, a family friend of the Maxwells, told the Sun on Monday. “She obviously has some serious dirt on someone to be so sure of herself in the circumstances.”

Goldman said Maxwell was “relieved” after Epstein’s death because he would not have an opportunity to dish any dirt on her.

“She was more relieved than anything. It may have placed her more in the spotlight but at least he couldn’t turn on her,” she said. (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Relieved’ by Epstein’s Death” HERE)

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Ghislaine Maxwell Scoffing at Law Thanks to ‘Serious Dirt’ on Powerful People, Former Friend Says

By Daily Beast. . .A family friend, Laura Goldman, told U.K. paper The Sun that Ghislaine is texting friends from her secret hideaway.

Goldman, who was friends with both Maxwell and her sister Isabel, told The Sun: “Ghislaine and her sister Isabel remain totally convinced that she’ll escape any criminal convictions and will eventually clear the family name and return to high society once the dust has settled.

“She obviously has some serious dirt on someone to be so sure of herself in the circumstances,” Goldman said. . .

Goldman, a former New York City stockbroker who used to mix in the same circles as Epstein and Maxwell, before cutting them both off after the financier’s first arrest in 2008, told The Sun: “She has wealthy connections who hide her and even pay some legal fees. She can stay out of the public eye as long as she wants.” (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell Scoffing at Law Thanks to ‘Serious Dirt’ on Powerful People, Former Friend Says” HERE)

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New Year’s Resolution: 99 Million Americans Want to Save, Get out of Debt in 2020

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As Americans usher in 2020, millions say they are making a New Year’s resolution to improve their financial status.

The personal finance website WalletHub conducted a nationwide survey of almost 500 people between Dec. 2 and Dec. 6 to ask about the kind of New Year’s resolution they are making.

The survey reveals that almost 99 million Americans are vowing to improve their finances, with the No. 1 resolution for men to save money and for women to pay off debt. . .

WalletHub CEO Odysseas Papadimitriou said:

The top New Year’s financial resolutions that people should make for 2020 are to pay off existing credit card debt and to save as much as possible. I’m predicting that 2020 will be a very strong year for the economy. But we shouldn’t forget that it’s only a matter of time until the next recession, and now is the time to strengthen our financial foundation.

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U.S. Ambassador Defends ‘Offensive’ Mustache, Says It’s a Break From Military Life

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The US ambassador to South Korea is in a hairy situation when it comes to maintaining diplomatic relations.

The aptly named envoy, Harry Harris, is getting flak for sporting a mustache — a look that some Koreans find offensive and critics say is reminiscent of oppressive governors-general when Korea was under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945.

Harris, the highly decorated 40-year U.S. Navy veteran who was nominated by President Trump and confirmed to the post in June, defended his facial hair in an interview last week with The Korea Times.

“I wanted to make a break between my life as a military officer and my new life as a diplomat,” he told the publication in the wide-ranging interview. “I tried to get taller but I couldn’t grow any taller, and so I tried to get younger but I couldn’t get younger. But I could grow a mustache, so I did that.” (Read more from “U.S. Ambassador Defends ‘Offensive’ Mustache, Says It’s a Break From Military Life” HERE)

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Watching Pornography Rewires the Brain to a More Juvenile State

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. . .Science is only just beginning to reveal the neurological repercussions of porn consumption. But it is already clear that the mental health and sex lives of its widespread audience are suffering catastrophic effects. From depression to erectile dysfunction, porn appears to be hijacking our neural wiring with dire consequences. . .

The desensitization of our reward circuitry sets the stage for sexual dysfunctions to develop, but the repercussions don’t end there. Studies show that changes in the transmission of dopamine can facilitate depression and anxiety. In agreement with this observation, porn consumers report greater depressive symptoms, lower quality of life and poorer mental health compared to those who don’t watch porn. . .

Porn use has been correlated with erosion of the prefrontal cortex — the region of the brain that houses executive functions like morality, willpower and impulse control.

To better understand the role of this structure in behaviour, it’s important to know that it remains underdeveloped during childhood. This is why children struggle to regulate their emotions and impulses. Damage to the prefrontal cortex in adulthood is termed hypofrontality, which predisposes an individual to behave compulsively and make poor decisions.

It’s somewhat paradoxical that adult entertainment may revert our brain wiring to a more juvenile state. The much greater irony is that while porn promises to satisfy and provide sexual gratification, it delivers the opposite. (Read more from “Watching Pornography Rewires the Brain to a More Juvenile State” HERE)

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Does This Hillary Email on Benghazi Suggest Her Actions Were Grounded in Executing a Clean 2016 Campaign?

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Our friends at Twitchy posted about it first, but a new email has dropped concerning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s actions after the 2012 Benghazi terror attack that led to three deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. It occurred in September of 2012, weeks away from the election. The Obama White House’s rallying cry was that al-Qaeda was on the run. They were wrong. The Obama administration said this attack was a “spontaneous” reaction to a YouTube video released months prior to the attack. It was a lie. Judicial Watch has been hell on wheels regarding their fight for disclosure about this incident and many more under the Obama administration with their FOIA requests and countless lawsuits for documents to be released. The revelation that the Obama administration scrubbed talking points only added to the intrigue that there was some sort of cover-up in the weeks leading up to a critical election for then-President Obama.

The email Judicial Watch obtained was sent by Jacob Sullivan, Clinton’s then-deputy chief of staff and senior adviser, to the former first lady’s address 18 days after the attack. Then-Chief of Staff Cheryl Mill was cc’d on the exchange. Again, I know some of you already knew what was up with the previous disclosures from this horrific attack, but more information is leeching out. . .

Twitchy captured some of the reactions, with one person saying that Clinton’s actions alluded to in the email suggest the former first lady was trying to clear a path for a clean 2016 run without Benghazi being in the mix. Not the case. We got something better: allegations that she mishandled classified information by having an unsecured and unauthorized homebrew server from which all her official business was conducted at the State Department. And she lied about State saying it was ok to have such a system. Every talking point she offered was eviscerated by the press until she stopped doing press conferences altogether. She wiped those away, like what you would do with a cloth. So, in the end, Clinton didn’t have a clean run. The irony is that Benghazi was the least of her worries during that election. (Read more from “Does This Hillary Email on Benghazi Suggest Her Actions Were Grounded in Executing a Clean 2016 Campaign?” HERE)

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Hunter Biden’s Child Support Case Just Took an Interesting Turn

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. . .The judge in the case, Don McSpadden, ordered both Roberts and Biden to hand over five years worth of financial records as a means of determining how much child support Biden has to cough up. What makes this interesting: McSpadden’s order would force Biden to reveal his position at Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that hired Biden to sit on its board of directors despite having no natural energy experience. He would also have to reveal just how much money he was paid. We know the figure sits at $50,000 to $83,000 a month. . .

Biden has repeatedly said he cannot afford to pay child support because he has been unemployed since May 2019 and has incurred major debt from a divorce with his ex-wife, Kathleen Biden. But it was recently revealed that he purchased a $2.5 million dollar house in Beverly Hills, California in mid-June, although how much he paid for it is currently unknown.

The case took a wild turn when McSpadden suddenly recused himself from the case Tuesday morning, although it is unclear why, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported. During the Tuesday court meeting, Roberts’ attorneys pressed McSpadden to hold Biden in contempt of court for failing to produce his financial documents. . .

The next scheduled hearing with McSpadden was scheduled for Tuesday, January 7th, although that court date is expected to be pushed back. (Read more from “Hunter Biden’s Child Support Case Just Took an Interesting Turn” HERE)

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Arrested Democratic Megadonor and Anti-Israel Activist Among Those Missed by Elizabeth Warren Campaign Vetting Team

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White House bids are known to be a good way to prepare for the Oval Office’s rigors, which includes vetting by West Wing staff to prevent problematic people meeting with the president.

But the Washington Examiner has found several cases in which the campaign of 2020 Democrat Elizabeth Warren failed to flag people whom her rivals’ teams would have likely avoided.

This month, Warren, 70, boasted an endorsement by an alleged serial predator who was mistakenly included on a list of more than 200 Obama alumni backing her for president. Ed Buck, 65, was arrested in September over accusations that he preyed on black men by offering them free drugs before sexually assaulting them at his Los Angeles home. Buck, a Democratic Party megadonor, was charged with three counts of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine, and maintaining a drug house. Federal authorities also charged him with one count of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death.

“This was a mistake considering Ed Buck was not staff or an alum. This was put together via Google Docs by some Obama alums, and they caught some nonstaff that populated the list, but obviously, they missed one. They are removing it,” Warren spokesman Chris Hayden told the Washington Examiner.

Buck joined Anoa Changa in supporting Warren. Changa, a regular on Russia propaganda network Sputnik during 2016, announced her backing of Warren last month via a collective endorsement from Black Womxn For. The Atlanta-based liberal activist and political commentator, who is also a fan of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and had show support for Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, was the subject of a 2018 Atlanta NPR-affiliate profile that suggested she was unwittingly helping “Russia’s effort to create chaos in the U.S.” She has also voiced skepticism over Kremlin interference in the 2016 election cycle. (Read more from “Arrested Democratic Megadonor and Anti-Israel Activist Among Those Missed by Elizabeth Warren Campaign Vetting Team” HERE)

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WATCH: Pope Francis Slaps Away the Hand of Woman at Nativity Display

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Pope Francis slapped away the hand of an overly-excited woman during a Nativity display in St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve.

The Pope made a visit Tuesday to the Nativity scene in Rome just outside of Vatican City, according to CBS News. One over zealous woman grabbed Pope Francis’ hand and tried to pull him towards her. The 83-year-old appeared to scold the woman and then slapped her hand until she released him.

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Here’s the Gender Ideology That YOUTUBE Recommended for a Nine-Year-Old Girl

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YouTube appears to have recommended a video that explains a “gender non-conforming” lifestyle for eight to twelve-year-old YouTube users.

Heritage Action Executive Director Tim Chapman tweeted Tuesday that he created a YouTube profile for his 9-year-old daughter “in hopes of having better control over content.” But after Chapman had created the account, he noticed that YouTube recommended a 2018 video created by HiHo Kids to his daughter titled “Kids Meet A Gender Non-Conforming Person.” . . .

Chapman included a screenshot of the content YouTube recommended showing that the platform offered the content beside the caption saying that “content recommended for kids ages 8-12 allows kids with growing independence to search and explore additional music videos, gaming, family vlogs, science, and more.” . . .

Chapman told the Daily Caller News Foundation that though he disagrees with “the extreme views of the leadership at Google,” he respects their right to hold these views.

“But when they cross the line and push those views onto children, it shows how little respect their leadership has for the millions of American families using their products who have different perspectives on these issues,” Chapman said. “And worse, it shows a determination to engage in culture wars and push those of us who dissent from the misguided conventional wisdom of the age to the margins of society.” (Read more from “Here’s the Gender Ideology That YOUTUBE Recommended for a Nine-Year-Old Girl” HERE)

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Texas Church Shooter Had Massive Rap Sheet – With Almost No Prison Time

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Keith Thomas Kinnunen, the shooter who killed two people at the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas on Sunday, was not allowed to own a gun. Under current law, it was 100 percent illegal for him to own or carry any firearm. He had a massive rap sheet dating back to 1998, including gun felonies. Yet he wasn’t locked up. That is why he was able to kill two people in the church. Thank God, Texas allows citizens to carry concealed weapons, so he was stopped before he could shoot and kill more. But the ugly fact is that most mass shooters are repeat offenders and known to law enforcement. If we actually had criminal control, almost all of these attacks would be prevented.

If the Left really wants to prevent most mass shootings, how about we bring back and reinforce mandatory minimum sentencing on gun felons? Throughout Americans cities, so many violent offenders have rap sheets full of gun violations, yet they are not seriously punished. How about we start “doing something” about mass shootings by punishing people like Keith Thomas Kinnunen and not deterring heroes like Jack Wilson who stopped the shooter before he could kill dozens of others?

A quick glance at Kinnunen’s criminal record shows at least a dozen arrests dating back to 1998. Here is what I was able to piece together from his arrest and court records in several states, as well as from some local news reports:

May 4, 1998: Arrested in Tucson for carrying a firearm without a license. He was found guilty, but given no jail time.

June 25, 1999: Arrested for misconduct involving weapons in Tucson. Charges dismissed.

August 6, 1999: Arrested for theft and endangerment in Tucson. Found guilty on theft charge.

August 18, 1999: Arrested for spilling load onto highway in Pima County, AZ. Found guilty.

2000: Convicted for driving without a license in Arizona.

August 25, 2004: Arrested for disorderly conduct in Tucson. Charges dismissed.

December 3, 2008: Arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was found guilty the next year but was sentenced to just 90 days.

August 12, 2009: Arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Tucson.

December 8, 2010: Charged with theft in Tucson and numerous failures to appear in court. Never served any new prison time.

August 11, 2011: Charged with assault, disorderly conduct, and failure to appear in Tucson.

November 29, 2011: Arrested in Grady County, Oklahoma, for domestic violence and felony aggravated assault. Plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and served 90 days with credit for time served.

February 9, 2012: A warrant for his arrest was issued for arson in Grady, Oklahoma. He was eventually arrested for lighting tampons on fire and burning a cotton field. He paid a $4,500 fine.

December 10, 2013: Arrested for theft in Fort Worth, Texas. Found guilty.

March 25, 2014: Charged with assault knowingly causing injury in Tucson and illegally possessing a weapon.

June 16, 2015: Arrested in River Oaks, Texas, for unpaid parking tickets.

September 12, 2016: According to MyCentralJersey.com, he was arrested in Linden, New Jersey, for possession of a 12-gauge shotgun while he was taking pictures of an oil refinery. At the time, New Jersey police also found a contempt of court warrant stemming from an aggravated assault case in Oklahoma.

Notice that despite numerous charges and convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and felony possession of a weapon, this man barely served time and was out on the streets to commit this horrible attack on the church this week. This is what should be the subject of a national debate – why there are so many people with serious violent felonies and firearms violations who are not punished in a meaningful way, and what can be done about it.

Criminals like Kinnunen are the rule, not the exception, in the system. Even the most violent criminals barely serve time. Just last week, an Oregon man who pleaded guilty to raping three teens was sentenced to just 14 months in prison, and with early release programs, he will be out even earlier. It used to be that violent criminals were held before trial in jail, serving as a deterrent. But across the nation, we are seeing judges release the most egregious repeat violent offenders on low bail. Last week, a previously convicted rapist with weapons and robbery convictions was arrested for torturing and raping a 21-year-old woman in the Minneapolis area, a beacon of jailbreak policy. He was released on just $20,000 bail.

Why are politicians not speaking out about the epidemic of under-sentencing and parole violators rather than complaining about too much incarceration? As Rafael Mangual of the Manhattan Institute observed last week at the New York Post, the most violent cities like Chicago and Baltimore are revolving doors for serious gun felons. “A third of Baltimore homicide suspects in 2017 committed their alleged offenses while on probation or parole, despite having an average of nearly 10 prior arrests. In Chicago, those arrested for shootings or homicides in 2015-16 had an average of 12 prior arrests.” (For more from the author of “Texas Church Shooter Had Massive Rap Sheet – With Almost No Prison Time” please click HERE)

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