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Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday.
The suspects had been on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force radar and were arrested by personnel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, the sources say.
All eight men crossed through the southern border into the U.S., and their criminal backgrounds checks came back clean when they crossed, say two officials familiar with the matter.
At least two of the men crossed the border in spring 2023, and one of those men used the CBP One app, which the Biden administration created to allow migrants to book appointments to claim asylum, those officials say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-suspected-terrorists-possible-isis-ties-arrested-new-york-l-philadel-rcna156635
Forget The First 220 Failures To Split California. This Developer Has A New Plan To Secede
The man who would finally break up California is a real estate developer from Rancho Cucamonga.
Jeff Burum knows this may sound crazy. He heard that response two years ago, before he persuaded politicians and voters in San Bernardino County to study the possibility of seceding.
But leaders, Burum points out, are often considered crazy when they try to do something that no one has ever done. And he is trying to do something that others have failed at many, many, many times before.
Burum has a plan to win independence for San Bernardino County — yes, a new state of “Empire” in the diverse, working-class community of 2.2 million. Driven by civic pride in a growing region that has been looked down upon by many Californians and by frustration that the state has held it back from reaching its full potential, he envisions secession as a declaration of the county’s dignity and an opportunity to reimagine a broken political system.
https://laist.com/news/politics/forget-the-first-220-failures-to-split-california-this-developer-has-a-new-plan-to-secede
Forget The First 220 Failures To Split California. This Developer Has A New Plan To Secede
The man who would finally break up California is a real estate developer from Rancho Cucamonga.
Jeff Burum knows this may sound crazy. He heard that response two years ago, before he persuaded politicians and voters in San Bernardino County to study the possibility of seceding.
But leaders, Burum points out, are often considered crazy when they try to do something that no one has ever done. And he is trying to do something that others have failed at many, many, many times before.
Burum has a plan to win independence for San Bernardino County — yes, a new state of “Empire” in the diverse, working-class community of 2.2 million. Driven by civic pride in a growing region that has been looked down upon by many Californians and by frustration that the state has held it back from reaching its full potential, he envisions secession as a declaration of the county’s dignity and an opportunity to reimagine a broken political system.
https://laist.com/news/politics/forget-the-first-220-failures-to-split-california-this-developer-has-a-new-plan-to-secede
34 in police custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, damage to artwork reported
New York City police said Saturday that they had 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum, which reported damage to some artwork and harassment to security staff by demonstrators.
Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum on Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police moved in to make arrests….
….Museum spokesperson Taylor Maatman said in a statement that the museum closed an hour early because of concerns about people’s safety and the art collections.
”Unfortunately, there was damage to existing and newly installed artwork on our plaza, and our public safety staff were physically and verbally harassed,” Maatman said.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinian-protest-encampment-brooklyn-museum-nyc-211d56e457b1605cbb222898efece4cc
Trump was found guilty of crimes in New York. Can he still vote in Florida?
Former President Donald Trump may officially be a convicted felon, but he’ll still likely be able to vote for himself in Florida this November.
While Florida law bars people convicted of most felonies from voting until they’ve fulfilled all terms of their sentence, Trump, a lifelong New Yorker who changed his residency to Florida in 2019, was convicted Thursday in his former home state.
The Florida Secretary of State’s website states that a “felony conviction in another state makes a person ineligible to vote in Florida only if the conviction would make the person ineligible to vote in the state where the person was convicted.” Under New York state law, even convicted felons are allowed to register to vote, so long as they’re not currently in prison.
For now, it’s unclear what kind of punishment Trump could receive. His sentencing hearing is currently scheduled for July 11. New York state law calls for a maximum four-year prison sentence for each of the 34 counts of falsifying business records that Trump was found guilty of on Thursday.
From Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article288897656.html#campaignName=miami_morning_newsletter
https://archive.ph/zZXaN
Would breaking up Live Nation and Ticketmaster actually lower concert ticket prices? (LA Times)
“Several industry observers who spoke to The Times expressed doubt that the lawsuit would significantly reduce prices for consumers.
Brandon Ross, an analyst at research firm LightShed Partners, said that artists decide how much they want to charge for a tour and then the promoter buys the tour from them. Due to Live Nation’s large scale, it is able to take a lower profit margin, with most of the money going back to the artist, Ross added.
“There is an efficiency in having a large player in the industry,” Ross said. “If that goes away, then that’s going to come out of either the artist’s take, or the artists are going to charge consumers even more.”
Artists like Swift and Bruce Springsteen are able to charge big sums for tickets because the concerts are one-time events, and some people are willing to pay. Because of supply and demand, tickets resold on the secondary market can be much higher than face value.”
From LA Times https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-23/would-breaking-up-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-actually-lower-concert-ticket-prices
https://archive.ph/yyVIR
[Have you ever heard of this before?!] DIGITAL DISGUISE: MYSTERIOUS LED TRUCK INCIDENT ON CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS YESTE
Yesterday, around 9:45 a.m., a bizarre incident occurred at Cal Poly Humboldt. The incident, which occurred on a campus already tense due to ongoing protests, involved a mobile LED billboard truck showcasing images of three white hooded figures, reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan members. This display lasted for approximately 30 seconds before the screen turned off and its driver took the truck from the scene, according to an anonymous witness.
The photo as it was taken by a witness.
The photo showing the mobile digital truck as it was taken by a witness.
The witness described the incident, saying that the digital display also included a masked figure with a turban [the figure on the right on the digital billboard shown in the top photo.] “I witnessed this vehicle with a digital screen and, on the screen, it displayed members of the KKK and as we were standing there watching this vehicle, the screen turned off on the truck and it turned completely black and drove away,” the witness recounted.
The quick disappearance of the imagery and the truck’s ability to revert to a nondescript matte black finish made the vehicle almost unnoticeable as an advertising truck once the display was turned off. Several tipsters told us that the vehicle sometimes would show only a simple logo like a company truck might on its screens so it could pass as a different vehicle.
Law enforcement responded and the driver, who we were told was a Russian national, was arrested. At 10:20 a.m., the Humboldt County Correctional facility booking log shows a Sergey Vladimirovich Polishchuk was booked on a single charge, PC602(m), trespassing, which many of the protesters arrested Tuesday morning were also charged with, as the campus was closed due to the protests.
The article talks about a similar event at UVA.
https://kymkemp.com/2024/05/02/digital-disguise-mysterious-led-truck-incident-on-cal-poly-humboldt-campus-yesterday/
UCLA declares unlawful assembly, poised to clear pro-Palestinian camp
Less than 24 hours after a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, authorities appeared poised to shut down the encampment by declaring an unlawful assembly.
The move comes after UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday the university’s intentions. The University of California has generally taken a lighter touch in handling protests than USC, Columbia and other campuses that have called in police, who have arrested hundreds of students.
In a statement earlier Tuesday, University of California President Michael V. Drake said he “fully” supported UCLA’s action. UC must be “as flexible as it can” in matters of free speech, he said, but must act in cases in which student learning and expression are blocked, university functions disrupted and safety threatened.
https://archive.ph/DJcL2
From
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-01/la-me-ucla-camp-police
Steve Martin on Twitter:
“Re : Civil Disobedience
My understanding of "civil disobedience" from Ghandi to Martin Luther King, Jr. is that the demonstrators or protesters shall be,
1 ) Civil
and
2) Those paricipating do not resist arrest.
3) They are to suffer the injustice they protest to make clear the law is immoral.
Then the law can be exposed,change can occur.”
County prosecutor calls for talks between UT Austin and protest organizers, noting arrests are "putting a tre
Travis County prosecutor Delia Garza on Tuesday called for University of Texas-Austin leadership to initiate a compromise with student protest organizers, as police presence on campus and arrests are “dwindling” law enforcement resources.
Nearly 80 people were arrested on campus Monday and Garza’s office is processing at least 65 criminal trespass cases, she said.
"While we understand the safety concerns of the university, continuing to send protesters to jail on criminal trespass charges — one of the lowest level non-violent crimes our office is presented with – is putting a tremendous strain on our criminal justice resources," Garza said.
The attorney explained that her office is working to process the “large volume” of cases that has caused “a delay on normal, everyday processes,” and that magistrates are working to determine eligibility for release.
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/university-protests-palestine-04-30-24/index.html?tab=all
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