by | Jan 24, 2024 | Aggregate
A report by Bloomberg Law’s Ellen Gilmer on how employee morale at the Department of Homeland Security is being negatively affected by House Republicans launching an impeachment inquiry into Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over not enforcing immigration laws and not securing the border reveals that DHS workers worship “Santo Mayorkas” with votive candles for his liberal grants of annual leave paid time off from work.
Bloomberg Law excerpt:
House Republicans’ quest to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas threatens to dishearten the workforce and strain leadership at an agency perennially caught in political crosshairs.
The campaign against the secretary, whose efforts to bolster morale have earned him the moniker “Santo Mayorkas” among many workers, is distracting and potentially disruptive inside the agency, current and former Department of Homeland Security officials warn.
…Mayorkas is a familiar face to DHS’s 260,000-person workforce, having served as deputy secretary and head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services during President Barack Obama’s administration before President Joe Biden tapped him as secretary in 2021.
He’s endeared himself to many workers throughout those assignments with his emphasis on improving the department’s notoriously low morale, said a political appointee granted anonymity to discuss the secretary’s reputation.
Perhaps most appreciated by the rank and file are his liberal grants of extra time off for DHS employees, often around holidays, the appointee said. Federal employees jokingly call him Santa or Santo Mayorkas, with “Patron Saint of Administrative Leave” prayer candles available on eBay and Reddit threads extolling his virtues, though some say he’s trying to buy worker affection.
Fox News reporter Adam Shaw posted a screen grab of the Ebay page selling the “Santo Mayorkas” prayer candles, saying he initially thought they were fake:
Amazing. I saw a picture of these a while ago and assumed they were photoshopped. Nope! https://t.co/cGbUlya5tq pic.twitter.com/OXvlBdHV6f
— Adam Shaw (@AdamShawNY) January 24, 2024
Other instances of “Santo Mayorkas” worship are found on social media accounts of DHS workers:
A Facebook page by “I Love TSA” features this image:
“Santo Mayorkas” challenge coins are also being sold on Amazon as well as eBay.
A commenter on a Reddit thread about “Santo Mayorkas” said, “I pray to him daily!”
Sample of Reddit threads:
“Santa Mayorkas Strikes Agsin (3 Days off for DHS) DHS Secretary Mayorkas just gave everyone in DHS 24 hours of Admin Leave to use anytime before 2023.”
“Santa Mayorkas Does It Again!!! 8 hours of admin leave for DHS employees for the Fourth of July. Not gonna lie I thought he would give 16 but still can’t complain.”
16 hours of admin leave for DHS!
Comments: “That’s a grand total of 95 hours of admin Mayorkas has given since last Labor Day (2021).”; “We need to protect this man at all costs. So far, we’ve been given 24hrs to use by the end of next calendar year.”; “Someone in my office yelled “I love this guy!” right as we got the email about it.”; “We’re about to set up a little altar with a Santo Mayorkas candle over here, bless him”; “Knock knock knock. Oh, good afternoon, do you have a minute to hear about our lord and Savior, Alejandro Mayorkas?”; “Awesome! Mayorkas tosses admin leave out like candy. Love it”
Thread: “8 Hours Admin for DHS Employees! Santa Mayorkas strikes again for DHS 20th anniversary. ‘In recognition of your extraordinary sacrifices and contributions in the service of our country, I am privileged to grant you 8 hours of administrative leave’”
Comments: “My coworker took a whole week of vacation using mayorkas days”; “If he keeps this up, I’m going to have to take off two whole months at some point.”; “Saint Mayorkas really do be giving us all the days off we have to protect him”; “Here’s what I have as a list of all the Mayorkas days/hours. Did I miss any? *S1 Dec Holidays 2021 (24 hrs) *S1 Spring Holidays 2022 (16 hrs) *S1 Memorial Day 2022 (8 hrs) *S1 Thanksgiving 2022 (8 hrs) *S1 Dec Holidays 2022 (16 hrs) *S1 DHS 20th Anniversary 2023 (8 hrs)”; “I think he gave some (maybe 16 hours) for Labor day or Veterans day in 2021, I used it for Thanksgiving.”
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by | Jan 24, 2024 | Aggregate
In a bizarre incident on an American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Austin, a gassy passenger’s disruptive behavior reportedly caused the plane to return to the gate, resulting in his removal, People reported.
According to a Reddit post by user Glamgalatx on the Austin Subreddit, the flight was disrupted by a man who not only passed gas but also vocally drew attention to his actions in a manner that disturbed fellow passengers.
The Reddit user provided a detailed account of the events that unfolded on the flight:
Person removed from flight Phoenix to Austin, kinda funny story
This past Sunday I was on a direct American flight from Phoenix to Austin and I was seated near the row where this situation occurred. I’m simply sharing this because it’s somewhat entertaining, and no I did not film anything.
Before most people had boarded, I observed that this man was audibly disgruntled about something, maybe hungover, rough day idk, but as soon as he sat down he was grumbling about something under his breath, like “fucking hell” or something.
Several minutes pass and majority of people are seated but we still hadn’t left the gate. I overhear him loudly say “You thought that was rude? Well how about this smell” and farted. Idk what provoked that comment, and while kinda funny to overhear, it was uncalled for especially coming from a grown man on an airplane nonetheless. The ppl seated immediately near him were ladies seemingly minding their own business. I didn’t catch anyone’s response to that but the guy seated next to me and I exchanged smiles and shook our heads.
It’s early evening and several people are having snacks or eating food (I don’t enjoy the smell of food on a plane, but it’s none of my business if people want to eat). The man who just purposefully farted moments ago decides to loudly and condescendingly say “yeah, everybody let’s just eat the smelliest food possible all at the same time”. A guy in the row over replied, “if you don’t like it you can fly private” to which fartman says “that’s so fucking rude”, and another person nearby chimes in “I think we’d all agree you’re the rude one here.” Fartman replies something like “that’s just so low class” and the other guy rebuttals with “well you’re back here in economy with the rest of us” lol. There were flight attendants nearby who stepped in and said “that’s enough” to fartman and moved on.
The plane is finally taxiing towards the runway but comes to a stop. An announcement comes over saying “apologies for the interruption but we are returning to the gate, we will give you more info when we have it.” We get back to the gate and a flight attendant comes back and informs fartman that he will not be staying on this flight. He simply replies, “I don’t understand” and she tells him they’ll talk about it off the plane. He gets up, grabs his bag and quietly exits the plane. We all breathed a sigh of relief when he was removed, I think most ppl were on edge about what he may say or do next. The trip was only delayed by 15-30 minutes, so all in all I think American handled it swiftly.
This peculiar incident has caught the attention of various social media users and news outlets. The Post has reportedly reached out to American Airlines for an official statement regarding the incident.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that a Delta flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Barcelona, Spain had to turn around mid-flight. The reason? A passenger onboard suffered from an extreme bout of diarrhea, creating what the pilots called a “biohazard” situation.
An unidentified man “had diarrhea all the way through the plane.” A viral video showed that the excrement was literally down the “entire” aisle.
“A Biohazard Situation” – Delta Flight Makes U-Turn Due to Passenger’s Diarrhea Crisis, Plane Undergoes Five-Hour Cleanup and Full Carpet Replacement (VIDEO)
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by | Jan 24, 2024 | Aggregate
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trashed President Trump Tuesday night as he secured another primary win in New Hampshire.
The AP called the New Hampshire race for Trump with 31,236 votes @ 54.3% to Nikki Haley’s 25,727 votes @ 44.7%
Biden-supporting Democrat New Hampshire voters admitted to voting for Nikki Haley in the Republican primary Tuesday evening to sabotage Trump.
The New Hampshire Republican primary was open to Independents and Democrats but Trump won anyway.
Nancy Pelosi was completely unhinged during an appearance on MSNBC with Chris Hayes.
She was shaking as she repeatedly accused Trump of lying.
83-year-old (almost 84) Pelosi also attacked Trump for his so-called ‘cognitive disorders’ and then confused him with Joe Biden.
“Let me just say that I’m not gonna spend too much time on Donald Trump’s cognitive disorders, but what I am going to say…he did try to say that Nikki Haley did not allow the national guard to come but it was Nancy Pelosi! It was nobody! It was Joe! It was Donald Trump!” Pelosi said slurring her words.
WATCH:
Nancy Pelosi says she’s “not gonna spend too much time on Donald Trump’s cognitive disorders,” then confuses him with Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/iqIjtrb4Ja
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 24, 2024
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by | Jan 24, 2024 | Aggregate
In a shocking discovery, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies stumbled upon a grisly crime scene in a remote desert area near El Mirage, California, where six people were found dead on Tuesday night.
The deputies were dispatched around 8:15 p.m. for a wellness check in an isolated stretch off Highway 395, between Lake Los Angeles and Adelanto. Initial reports disclosed the finding of five bodies, but by Wednesday morning, a sixth victim was located at the same scene, as confirmed by Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Mara Rodriguez.
Details regarding the identities of the victims or the circumstances of their deaths were not immediately disclosed. Rodriguez stated that investigators were actively gathering evidence to unravel the events leading to this tragedy.
The identities, ages, and sexes of the victims remain undisclosed as the Specialized Investigations Division of the Sheriff’s Department combs through evidence at the scene to piece together the events leading to this heinous act.
Witness reports and local news sources from the Victor Valley News Group indicate that the victims suffered fatal gunshot wounds.
The location of the grim discovery, about 15 miles north of Adelanto and 20 miles from Victorville, was described as “incredibly desolate” by KTLA reporter Annie Rose Ramos.
The crime scene was marked with numerous evidence tags, highlighting a sprawl of bullet casings and bloodied remains. Some victims also bore signs of being burned, adding a chilling dimension to the already horrifying scene.
Due to the graphic nature of the visuals, helicopter news coverage from Sky5, which flew over the crime scene at 8 a.m., was deemed too disturbing to broadcast.
WATCH:
#BREAKING: At least 6 people found shot to death scattered at a remote desert⁰⁰#ElMirage | #California⁰
Currently an investigation is underway following the discovery of six people that were shot to death in a remote desert area in El Mirage, California. Multiple bloodied… pic.twitter.com/MHOqRSOg7B
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 24, 2024
The investigation has also brought to light two vehicles—a dark-colored SUV and a light-colored van—located within the crime scene perimeter. The SUV, noticeably riddled with bullet holes and with some windows shattered. The condition of the van, facing the opposite direction, remains unclear.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is urging anyone with information to come forward to assist with the investigation.
No further details have been released at this time as the investigation remains ongoing. The area has been secured, and officials promise to provide updates as they become available.
Watch the press release below:
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by | Jan 24, 2024 | Aggregate
A court drawing of J. Alex Halderman hacking a Dominion Voting Tabulator in court in Georgia on January 19, 2023 using only a pen!
On January 9th, the seven-years-long federal lawsuit known as Curling v. Raffensperger began in Atlanta, Ga. in Judge Amy Totenberg’s court. The case challenges the constitutionality of the Dominion Voting machines (originally the Diebold machines used since 2002 and replaced in 2019), arguing that the touchscreen Ballot Marking Devices (BMD) fail to create a voter-verifiable ballot because the actual voter intent is contained in a QR code that cannot be read by the voter.
Last year, VoterGA’s Ricardo Davis was able to insert himself as a co-plaintiff and retain his own counsel, attorney David Oles, to represent him in this case. This was in addition to a team of lawyers already arguing the case for the other plaintiffs. Sitting in the court room, you can feel the tensions between the two sides of attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
During the proceedings thus far, Oles has been relatively constrained in terms of arguing Davis’s case. The co-plaintiff’s team of lawyers, led by David Cross, have gone as far as objecting to Oles during the extremely limited questioning he’s been afforded from time to time. In fact, on Monday, during the questioning of UC Berkley Professor Philip Stark, Oles was granted just two questions and some follow-up after a minutes-long sidebar between the judge and almost a dozen attorneys over whether he could ask any questions. As Oles was asking Prof. Stark about the 17,852 missing ballot images in Fulton County, Cross’s team of lawyers interrupted and questioned the relevance to the case. Judge Totenberg allowed the question.
Yesterday, just before the plaintiffs rested their case to allow the defendants to proceed, Oles was able to proffer evidence to the court from the expert witness declarations of Professors Philip Stark and J. Alex Halderman. As reported previosly by The Gateway Pundit, Dr. Halderman testified late last week and was able to hack into the Dominion ICX BMD in just five seconds using a ballpoint pen. This was a significant development in the case as the overall theme thus far has revolved around the illegality and vulnerabilities of the touchscreen BMDs. However, the case has all but ignored significant vulnerabilities in the computerized election system as a whole and has shown support for hand-marked paper ballots counted by optical scanners, as done in most election jurisdictions throughout the country.
David Oles was not permitted to ask any questions during Dr. Halderman’s testimony. He was only allowed two questions of Dr. Philip Stark.
The proffers offered by counsel from Dr. Stark’s testimony were focused on anomalies and issues in Georgia and, more specifically, in Fulton County:
A digital ballot image is required by the Dominion Voting System to produce tabulated votes for the ballot
Stark believes digital ballot images are election records that should be retained according to federal and state law
Georgia does not require digital ballot images to be retained for the period specified by federal law
Georgia does not require digital ballot images to be retained for the period specified by state law
It is technically impossible to have more certified votes than ballot images if the elections processes are followed correctly
17,852 certified 2020 Fulton Co. votes have no original ballot image files
Additional VoterGA research corroborates Dr. Starks findings that over 17,000 votes have missing ballot images
Certified votes that have missing ballot images is an indication of electronic vote tampering
376,863 original Dominion ballot image files for the certified Fulton Co. 2020 election are missing
The missing original ballot images files made it impossible to audit the 2020 election
The Gateway Pundit has covered many of these issues including this 4-part series about Georgia’s 2020 and subsequent elections.
Proffers from Dr. Halderman’s declaration were focused more broadly on Dominion Voting and election machine vulnerabilities:
Dominion has no available patch that is proven to address all of the security concerns in Dr. Halderman’s Security Analysis
The irregular access that occurred in Coffee County poses a threat to the entire Dominion voting system
Intruders could attack and infect either the ICX BMD or the ICP scanner that reads the QR codes for all in-person voting
Intruders could also attack and infect the county Election Management Server not just the BMD
Both the ICP in-person scanners and ICC mail-in ballot scanners cannot detect photocopied ballots
Malware could reside on either the ICX Precinct scanners, the ICC central absentee ballot scanner or even the Election Management Server
Halderman would agree with Dr. Stark that Georgia’s audit procedures are wholly inadequate
The only way to rule out malware-based fraud is with hand counted results or very comprehensive audits for each race on the ballot
All Dominion system components were developed without sufficient attention to security during design, software engineering, and testing
Malware that is spread by an Election Management Server could also infect that server
Malware could also be programmed to infect ICP in-person voting scanners not just the BMDs
Malware could also be programmed to infect ICC absentee ballot scanners
Halderman was not given the opportunity to examine the server that prepares election projects for the current or previous Dominion system despite claims by Ryan Germany’s SOS Investigative report that he would
He would likely have found similar security deficiencies in the Dominion servers election projects and other components if he had been given that opportunity to examine them
He could have explained why Paul Maggio was able to image copy every Dominion Voting System component except the BMD
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