by | Jan 30, 2024 | Aggregate
A 37-year-old Arizona man was arrested after harrowing surveillance video showed what took place Friday as an 11-year-old girl was walking to school.
“As a father myself, as a parent, it’s very frightening that on her normal walk to school, she was targeted,” Glendale police officer Moroni Mendez said Monday, according to Arizona Family.
“Someone tried to take her away from her loving family,” he said.
Joseph Leroy Ruiz was arrested in connection with the incident. He faces charges of attempted kidnapping and custodial interference.
Police responded to Sunset Elementary School after a fifth-grader said she feared she was the target of a kidnapping attempt.
The girl told police someone she believed to be “suspicious” was waiting at the bottom of the stairs of her apartment building and gave her what she called an “odd look” as she passed. She told police she felt uncomfortable because of the interaction and ran through her apartment complex.
Upon reaching Onyx Avenue, she told police a car driven by the same man she saw at her apartment building stopped by her as she walked.
She said a man exited the vehicle and ran after her with his arms outstretched, until she ran to some nearby friends, yelling for help.
Police said the girl was then joined by three friends and continued on to school.
When police went to the location of the alleged incident, they examined surveillance video that buttressed the girl’s story.
Police saw a car matching the one in the video driven by a man who resembled the description of the man the girl saw at her apartment building. They detained the driver.
NEW: Man tries kidnapping a fifth-grade student in broad daylight in Glendale, Arizona as the child was walking to school.
Terrifying.
Shortly after the incident, police arrested 37-year-old Joseph Ruiz who had a known criminal history which included being convicted of… pic.twitter.com/cFOmPkTFBa
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 29, 2024
Ruiz has a record that includes charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault in 2013.
Police said Ruiz lives in the same apartment complex as the girl, according to KSAZ-TV.
Police said the girl did as others should do.
“She did the right thing. She yelled. She screamed. She told adults,” Mendez said, according to the Arizona Republic.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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by | Jan 30, 2024 | Aggregate
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) posted a call for Somali refugee Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to be expelled from Congress, stripped of her American citizenship and deported over statements she made in a speech on Saturday to Somali-Americans in Minneapolis where, according to English translations, she said she was Somali first and said she represented her native Somalia in Congress. Omar claims her remarks were not translated correctly.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at a Somali-American meeting in Minneapolis, screen image from viral video, Saturday, January 27, 2024
DeSantis posted to X Twitter over a video clip from Omar’s speech, “Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport!”
Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport! https://t.co/UyjEmSSIoQ
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 30, 2024
Omar responded by bashing DeSantis over his failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, “Moving from 2024 failure and preparing for 2028 failure ”
Moving from 2024 failure and preparing for 2028 failure https://t.co/6emZ4xv5jF
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 30, 2024
Omar claimed her remarks were mistranslated, “It’s not only slanted but completely off, but I wouldn’t expect more from these propagandists. I pray for them and for their sanity. No nation state can survive if its states start to get involved in land lease negotiations with other countries without the consent of the federal government. Somalis in Somalia and in the diaspora are united in that effort and I stand in solidarity with them. No amount of harassment and lies will ever change that.”
It’s not only slanted but completely off, but I wouldn’t expect more from these propagandists. I pray for them and for their sanity. No nation state can survive if its states start to get involved in land lease negotiations with other countries without the consent of the federal… https://t.co/bmdEAN6aUH
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 28, 2024
Omar also reposted a ‘corrected’ translation:
For those seeking an accurate and verbatim translation of what Congresswoman @Ilhan said, here it is:
[The context is: she was addressing her Somali-American constituents, who were alarmed by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s announcement of his intention to assist a region/province in… pic.twitter.com/1SOD4GxEnG
— Abdirashid Hashi (@AnalystSomalia) January 29, 2024
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck slammed Omar over her trolling of how Somalis are referred to (Somali or Somalian), saying, “Go back to Somalia if that’s where your allegiance is. Somalis who came legally and put America First are welcome but Somalis like you who admit they put Somalia First should go back to enjoy the incredible country your ancestors built. Surely it’s incredible. Right?”
Go back to Somalia if that’s where your allegiance is. Somalis who came legally and put America First are welcome but Somalis like you who admit they put Somalia First should go back to enjoy the incredible country your ancestors built. Surely it’s incredible. Right? pic.twitter.com/vDfgavKb8l
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 30, 2024
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) also commented on Omar’s Somali-Somalian troll, “FYI: Ilhan Omar married her “Somali” brother to gain entry into the country she hates and now works to destroy it from within. Patriots, you must show up big in 2024. We have a country to save and people to deport.”
FYI: Ilhan Omar married her “Somali” brother to gain entry into the country she hates and now works to destroy it from within.
Patriots, you must show up big in 2024. We have a country to save and people to deport. https://t.co/JTrNZylIWp
— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2024
House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Monday called for Omar to resign from Congress, “Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office. She should resign in disgrace.”
Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office. She should resign in disgrace.https://t.co/O3lAEGlokt
— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) January 29, 2024
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by | Jan 30, 2024 | Aggregate
The ladies of ABC’s “The View” were in a panic about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid as they began the week on Monday morning.
Co-host Sara Haines was so concerned she declared this year is “not the time” for someone such as Kennedy to potentially play the role of “spoiler” for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.
Whoopi Goldberg began a discussion on the topic by noting that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday that he is very worried Kennedy’s independent presidential campaign could harm Biden in the general election.
“Are you concerned with the governor’s concerns about … a third party?” Goldberg asked.
Sunny Hostin said she was “very concerned” about Kennedy’s run and how it could affect the election.
She cited Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s impact on the 2016 presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
“I just learned today that when Jill Stein ran and it was Trump versus Hillary, there were three states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — where Stein’s vote total exceeded Trump’s margin of victory,” Hostin said.
She went on to say that had Stein stayed out of the race, “Hillary Clinton would be president.”
Ana Navarro, one of the show’s supposed Republicans, then chimed in.
Navarro invoked the 1992 presidential race in which she said independent candidate Ross Perot spoiled the re-election bid of then-President George H.W. Bush.
She described both Bush and his opponent — then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton — as both “normal and “sane,” contrasting that with Trump, the GOP front-runner.
“In this case, you have got Joe Biden — a sane, decent, normal human being — running against a man who is an existential threat to democracy and to the foreign world, to the international world, to the universe,” Navarro said.
She then exclaimed that the country cannot tolerate Kennedy’s bid for the White House.
While Alyssa Farah Griffin was agreeing with her, Navarro interrupted to dehumanize Trump supporters.
“The people who support Trump are cult members … and the people who support Biden are normal human beings,” she said to applause.
Haines then portrayed Kennedy’s campaign as a threat to the two-party system.
“This is not the time for a third party. Change comes very slowly in this country,” she said.
Haines further argued that there is “no room” for an independent candidate this year.
SHOULD DEMS BE WORRIED ABOUT A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE? After California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed concerns to @ABC News’ @jonkarl that third party candidates could be “spoilers” for Democrats and Pres. Biden come November, #TheView co-hosts weigh in. https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/eBXvnxHZTv
— The View (@TheView) January 29, 2024
On Sunday, Newsom said on ABC’s “This Week” that he was concerned about third-party or independent candidates becoming “spoilers.”
“I’m worried,” the governor said, according to a transcript. “But you know what? You’ve got to control the controllables. Got to control what you have to control. Right now, it’s getting the vote out.”
Kennedy isn’t the only possible spoiler in the race for the Democrats. Stein is again seeking the Green Party’s nomination, and left-wing social critic Cornel West is running as an independent candidate.
Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia also has said he might enter the race.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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by | Jan 30, 2024 | Aggregate
January 6, 2021 pipe bomber. The person is reportedly a former government employee but the FBI refuses to interview him.
Over three years ago, on January 5, 2021, a suspect planted pipe bombs near the Washington DC RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the January 6, 2021 protests.
The US Capitol was shut down on January 6 after the feds found the bombs near the Republican and Democrat Party headquarters.
As previously reported — A mysterious suspect planted two pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC DC Headquarters and safely detonated by a bomb squad on January 6.
The FBI continued to drip out new videos of the suspect who placed two pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC the night before the Capitol riot in the months following the incident.
A whistleblower stepped forward in 2022 and disclosed that the FBI was withholding information on the investigation.
In 2023 the FBI finally offered a $500,000 reward for information on the alleged bomber. Maybe they need to check who was on duty that night?
The culprit was caught on video but never caught by the FBI – the greatest intelligence service in the world.
Now we know why.
FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin reported in May 2023 that the technicians who worked on the program told him the devices were inoperable.
Another solid piece from @KerryPicket … keeping the story alive
Cc: @RealStevefriend https://t.co/yLAi5bXEqe
— Kyle Seraphin (@KyleSeraphin) May 12, 2023
It was likely just a propaganda operation used to attack Trump supporters. Planned and sanctioned by the Deep State.
in May 2023 Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Bill Posey (R-FL) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), demanding an update on the case of the J6 pipe bomber.
Rep. Jordan’s letter highlights a crucial detail that has come to light: the FBI may possess information about the license plate number of the suspect’s vehicle.
“As part of our oversight investigation into the pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee on January 5, 2021. At the start of the 118th Congress on January 17, 2023, we reiterated this request. To date, you have failed to comply,” reads the letter.
The committee’s interest in the investigation was sparked by a whistleblower disclosure from a senior FBI official, which raised questions about the “unusual” nature of the FBI’s investigative efforts.
The whistleblower disclosure revealed that the FBI’s Washington Field Office had requested other field offices to canvass all confidential human sources across the country for information about the culprit, despite more than a year having passed since the bombs were placed.
The request specifically asked for information from sources reporting on all types of threats, as the suspect’s “motive and ideology remained unknown.”
The FBI then used the security camera footage from the Northern Virginia Metro stop to identify the license plate of a car associated with the suspect. However, the FBI has yet to identify the suspect, despite these leads.
One former FBI assistant director observed, “[it just doesn’t add up … [t]here’s just too much to work with to not know who this guy is.”
BREAKING: GOP Rep. @Jim_Jordan sends letter to FBI demanding J6 pipe bomber update
Get this – the FBI *knows the license plate of the suspect’s car* but no arrests?!
Former FBI Asst Dir: “it just doesn’t add up…there’s just too much to work with to not know who this guy is” pic.twitter.com/XaeCz7bUmj
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) May 24, 2023
Now, there are reports that the operative who planted the bomb is a former government official – but the FBI refused to interview the person!
The Daily Wire reported:
A former FBI agent said that the Bureau quickly believed that it tied the person who planted pipe bombs at the Democrat National Committee and the Republican National Committee to a particular Metro fare card and license plate, but did not allow him to interview the person of interest and pulled his team off of the lead.
The allegation raises more questions about the pipe bombs, which were by far the most violent aspect of the January 6 protests, but which Democrats and authorities have seldom mentioned since.
Kyle Seraphin, who led FBI surveillance teams, told The Daily Wire that shortly after January 6, a counterintelligence team met him at a firehouse in Falls Church, Virginia to brief him on his next surveillance target: They had used security footage to follow the person into a Metro station after he planted the bombs, and identified the fare card that was used.
That fare card then allowed them to determine that the person got off at a Metro stop in Northern Virginia, where surveillance footage showed the person entering a car. Both the car and the fare card were in the name of the same person — a retired Air Force chief master sergeant who was now working as a contractor with a security clearance, they said.
Seraphin and his team were assigned to stake out the person’s row house for days, but the FBI blocked his request to interview the person, he said. Then they were called off the target completely and told to pore through low-priority leads about minor January 6 participants, he said.
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by | Jan 30, 2024 | Aggregate
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has declared its intent to cut 12,000 jobs in an effort to streamline operations and manage costs more effectively.
The news came during a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, causing a sharp decline in the company’s stock prices, The Wall Street Journal reported.
UPS CEO Carol Tome expounded on the planned headcount reduction during the Tuesday call, stating that by reducing the company’s headcount, UPS will realize $1 billion in cost savings.
“2023 was a unique, and quite candidly, difficult and disappointing year. We experienced declines in volume, revenue and operating profits and all three of our business segments,” CEO Carol Tomé said.
“We are going to fit our organization to our strategy and align our resources against what’s wildly important,” she added.
The company also indicated that its Coyote truckload brokerage business could be placed on the market, marking a potential strategic shift in its operations.
Furthermore, Tome announced a new policy requiring UPS employees to return to the office for five days a week throughout the year, according to AP.
This development follows the recent approval of a tentative contract agreement between UPS and the Teamsters in September, which concluded intense labor negotiations and averted potential disruptions to package deliveries across the United States.
How it started: UPS drivers to make $170,000 in pay and benefits following Union deal
How it’s going: UPS to slash 12,000 jobs after increased labor costs
A tale as old as time pic.twitter.com/uV1RdmpOYT
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 30, 2024
Forbes Business reported:
During Tuesday’s earnings call, Tomé blamed UPS’ difficulties on the broader economy, the disruption associated with labor negotiations last summer and the higher costs of a new Teamsters contract. Over the summer, hundreds of thousands of UPS employees who are represented by the Teamsters union nearly walked out after asking the shipping company for a new contract.
In August, the trucking union and UPS came to an agreement on a five-year $30 billion contract that included higher wages and safety protections for drivers. Both the threat of a walk-out and the multi-billion dollar contract affected the company’s finances, Tomé said.
On top of that, the increased number of people doing holiday shopping in person impacted UPS’ revenue, the CEO said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, its relationship with Amazon also had an effect. The company slightly increased its shipping for Amazon in the past year, up from 11.3% in 2022 to 11.8% in 2023, but Amazon is known for negotiating discounts that smaller suppliers don’t necessarily receive. On Tuesday’s call, Chief Financial Officer Brian Newman said the company is focused on health-care customers and smaller businesses that have higher margins.
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