Ultra-Secretive Club That Hosts Some of The US’ Most Powerful Men Underpays, Overworks Employees in ‘Frat House’ Environment: Lawsuit

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Workers at Bohemian Grove, one of the oldest and most secretive men’s retreats in the country, complain that they are underpaid and overworked, especially during two weeks in July when some of the most powerful men in the country descend on its woodland camps in northern California, according to a recent lawsuit.

The campers, who have included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, and a host of past presidents and billionaires, descend on the camps, which spread over 2,700 acres in Monte Rio, California. Most of the activities focus on drinking and eating, said one of the workers, who are known as “valets” at the camps.

“These guys, they don’t want that college experience to go away,” said Anthony Gregg in an interview with AirMail published Saturday.

“Now they [just] have more money and better alcohol.”

Gregg is one of three named plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit filed in June in U.S. District Court in Northern California against the Bohemian Club, the San Francisco-based non-profit that runs the more than 100 exclusive camps. (Read more from “Ultra-Secretive Club That Hosts Some of The US’ Most Powerful Men Underpays, Overworks Employees in ‘Frat House’ Environment: Lawsuit” HERE)

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Why Trump’s Mugshot Is a Big Win for Trump

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Donald Trump’s mugshot will be the most trafficked photo in the history of planet Earth because social media is so ubiquitous.

Yesterday, he went to the Fulton County jailhouse where he was arrested and fingerprinted. They took his picture. The mugshot is now out.

It’s a win for Trump to have his mugshot taken. The Left thought it would be a win for them, but here’s the thing about Trump: Trump is a walking, living, breathing meme. He is made for TV. He is made for the Internet. He’s changed our age because of that.

Photo credit: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office

It’s not as though no one knew he was arrested. It’s not as though it was a shock dawning on the American people that Donald Trump is under indictment in four separate jurisdictions. We’ve known about all of this for months.

What the mugshot does — especially this particular mugshot — is give Trump the appearance of somebody who is bravely standing up to forces that are going after him. (Read more from “Why Trump’s Mugshot Is a Big Win for Trump” HERE)

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Disturbing Study Shows Massive Spike in Teens Getting Sex Change Surgeries

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Teens between the ages of 12 and 18 increasingly sought breast and chest sex change surgeries from 2016-2019, according to a study published Wednesday by the JAMA Network, a medical journal.

The study, “National Estimates of Gender-Affirming Surgery in the U.S.,” reviewed data from patients between the ages of 12 and 40 years old and found that from 2016 to 2019 sex change surgeries nearly tripled from 4,552 to 13,011, before declining slightly during the pandemic in 2020. By 2019, the number of weighted breast or chest procedures climbed to 1,000, totaling 3,215 patients over the whole four-year research period in the study.

The overall total of transgender surgeries during the four years, including genital restructuring, facial, breast and chest surgeries, was 48,019, with the largest group being between the ages of 19 and 30 years old at 25,099 patients, according to the data. Teens made up 3,678 of the overall patients with 405 patients undergoing genital surgery.

Breast and chest surgeries were the most popular at 56.6%, with genital reconstruction coming in second at 35.1%, according to the data. Breast reconstruction was the most common specific procedures at 44.2%, while hysterectomies were the most common genital reconstructive procedure at 9.3%. (Read more from “Disturbing Study Shows Massive Spike in Teens Getting Sex Change Surgeries” HERE)

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Biden Targeted Twitter Because of Elon Musk’s Support for Free Speech

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The Federal Trade Commission inappropriately pressured an independent third-party auditing firm to find Twitter had violated the terms of its settlement agreement with the FTC, a motion filed last week in federal court reveals. That misconduct and the FTC’s own repudiation of the terms of the settlement agreement entitle Twitter to vacate the consent order, its lawyers maintain.

This latest development holds significance beyond Twitter’s fight with the FTC, however, with the details providing further evidence that the Biden administration targeted Twitter because of its owner Elon Musk’s support for free speech on his platform.

I “felt as if the FTC was trying to influence the outcome of the engagement before it had started,” a CPA with nearly 30 years of experience with the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) testified last month. The FTC’s pressure campaign left EY partner David Roque so unsettled that he sought guidance from another partner concerning controlling ethical standards for CPAs to assess whether his independence had been compromised by the federal agency.

Roque’s testimony prompted attorneys for Twitter to seek documents from the FTC to assess whether the federal agency had repeated its pressure campaign with EY’s successors, but the agency refused to provide any details to the social media giant. Twitter responded last week by filing a “Motion for a Protective Order and Relief From Consent Order.” (Read more from “Biden Targeted Twitter Because of Elon Musk’s Support for Free Speech” HERE)

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Carlos Santana Backs Down After Declaring: ‘A Woman Is a Woman, a Man Is a Man’

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Rock legend Carlos Santana issued an apology this week after a clip of him went viral from a concert where he said, “A woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s it.”

“I am sorry for my insensitive comments,” the 76-year-old guitarist said in a post on social media. “They don’t reflect that I want to honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs. I realize that what I said hurt people and that was not my intent. I sincerely apologize to the transgender community and everyone I offended.”

“I want to honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs whether they are LGBTQ or not. This is the planet of free will and we have all been given this gift,” he continued. “It takes courage to grow and glow in the light that you are and to be true, genuine, and authentic. We grow and learn to shine our light with Love and compliments. Have a glorious existence. Peace.” (Read more from “Carlos Santana Backs Down After Declaring: ‘A Woman Is a Woman, a Man Is a Man’” HERE)

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Buying Friends: Mayorkas Gave $1 Billion in Extra Vacation to DHS Employees

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has granted his employees more than $1 billion worth of additional taxpayer-funded vacation time, according to department staffers, who say Mr. Mayorkas is using taxpayers’ money in an ill-fated attempt to win affection from an alienated workforce.

Mr. Mayorkas, who has been on the job for roughly 2½ years, has approved 115 hours of additional leave per employee. That includes 45 hours, or more than a full extra week off, in his first year, followed by 48 hours in 2022 and 24 hours so far this year.

Figuring 260,000 department employees and an average hourly pay of about $40 per employee, that means Mr. Mayorkas has doled out at least $1.2 billion in additional taxpayer-funded vacation time. Law enforcement and high cost-of-living locality pay could mean the actual figure is significantly higher.

“The numbers are astounding,” said Emilio Gonzalez, who ran one of the department’s agencies in the Bush years. “You’re hovering at just over a billion dollars right now, on the low end. And for an agency that’s constantly pleading poverty, that’s a lot of money.” (Read more from “Buying Friends: Mayorkas Gave $1 Billion in Extra Vacation to DHS Employees” HERE)

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Biden’s DOJ Announces Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

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The Department of Justice announced Thursday afternoon federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, alleging discrimination in hiring practices.

“The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA),” DOJ released Thursday. “SpaceX discouraged asylees and refugees from applying for open positions, through public announcements, job applications and other online recruiting communications that excluded asylees and refugees. SpaceX failed to fairly consider applications submitted by asylees and refugees. SpaceX refused to hire qualified asylee and refugee applicants and repeatedly rejected asylee and refugee applicants because of their citizenship status. SpaceX hired only U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, from September 2018 to September 2020.” . . .

“The United States seeks fair consideration and back pay for asylees and refugees who were deterred or denied employment at SpaceX due to the alleged discrimination. The United States also seeks civil penalties in an amount to be determined by the court and policy changes to ensure it complies with the INA’s nondiscrimination mandate going forward,” DOJ continues. (Read more from “Biden’s DOJ Announces Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX” HERE)

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Married Teacher Charged With Repeatedly Raping Student After Preaching About Consent

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A married middle school teacher – who once posted about “helping kids understand consent” – was charged with raping a 14-year-old student in her car, prosecutors announced.

Melissa Rockensies, 32, was arrested Wednesday morning on allegations she had carried on a sick relationship with the boy at Corona Arts & Sciences Academy in New York City, where she was once the dean.

“These disturbing allegations represent an abuse of authority and a betrayal of the trust students and parents place in their schools,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement.

Rockensies was one of the victim’s summer school teachers and counselors when the alleged illicit relationship began, according to the criminal complaint.

The mother of three allegedly used her Instagram account to have “sexually related conversations” with the boy beginning in June 2022, the complaint says. (Read more from “Married Teacher Charged With Repeatedly Raping Student After Preaching About Consent” HERE)

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Alex Murdaugh Will Plead Guilty to Stealing Millions From Disabled Clients Before Double Murder

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Double-murderer Alex Murdaugh will plead guilty to stealing nearly $8 million from his disabled clients — marking the first time he’ll admit in court to committing a crime.

The disgraced South Carolina attorney — who is serving two life sentences for killing his wife and son — is set to change his “not guilty” plea during a Sept. 21 hearing for the federal case to avoid going to trial, according to court records filed Thursday.

It is not clear whether Murdaugh, 55, will be offered an agreement to drop any of the dozens of charges he faces, which include money laundering, wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Each charge carries at least a maximum of 20 years in prison. Some have a maximum 30-year sentence.

The allegations served as a major crutch in the March case against Murdaugh for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul on their colossal 1,772-acre South Carolina hunting farm in June 2021. (Read more from “Alex Murdaugh Will Plead Guilty to Stealing Millions From Disabled Clients Before Double Murder” HERE)

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Biden Looks to Cash In on Trump’s Booking: ‘A Great Day to Give to My Campaign’

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. . .At the moment former President Donald Trump was being booked, fingerprinted and photographed at an Atlanta jail, President Biden was fundraising for no reason whatever.

“Apropos of nothing,” wrote Mr. Biden’s official account on X, the social-media platform previously known as Twitter. “I think today’s a great day to give to my campaign.”

The tweet, which included a link to Act Blue to “donate to the Biden-Harris campaign to fight back against MAGA Republicans” was sent at 7:30 p.m.

At that moment, cable-news networks were following Mr. Trump’s travel to and from Fulton County Jail to be processed in his fourth indictment, for trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election result. (Read more from “Biden Looks to Cash In on Trump’s Booking: ‘A Great Day to Give to My Campaign’” HERE)

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