WORLD NEWS
Iranian President, Foreign Minister and others killed in helicopter crash in Eastern Iran!
Iranian state media reported today that President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, and several other officials died in a helicopter crash in the northwest of the country. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate power in Iran, has also confirmed the deaths.
Mr. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province with the Iranian Foreign Minister, the province’s governor, and other officials when the crash happened yesterday. A search and rescue operation was immediately launched in the area of the crash site. It remains unclear what caused the crash.
The European commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said the commission had activated its Copernicus mapping service to locate the crashed helicopter at the request of Iran’s government.
Mr. Raisi, 63, was a hardline and conservative cleric who was elected president in August 2021, with the lowest electoral turnout. Under his leadership, Iran had widespread protests, particularly in 2022, when Iran launched a crackdown on protests triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed while in police custody for not wearing a headscarf.
Mr. Raisi was sanctioned by the United States for his role in the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on the “Green Movement” protests, which erupted after the regime decided to raise fuel prices in 2019.
Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz demands a new Gaza plan by June 8th or he’ll quit cabinet!
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday quickly rejected an ultimatum from centrist rival Benny Gantz, who said he would quit Israel’s war cabinet and government if it doesn’t adopt a new Gaza plan by June 8, threatening to push Israel’s leadership to an even more hard-line approach.
In a Saturday speech, Gantz outlined a six-point post-war plan, and claimed he and his centrist National Unity Party would leave the emergency unity government established to respond to the Israel-Hamas war, according to multiple media outlets.
Gantz’s plan would include arranging for the return of all hostages, overthrowing Hamas, demilitarizing Gaza, normalizing foreign relations with Saudi Arabia and establishing a joint U.S., European and Arab Palestinian administration that could be the basis of a future government in Gaza.
In a statement to multiple media outlets, Netanyahu flatly rejected Gantz’s threat, calling his proposals “washed-up words” that would mean “a defeat for Israel, the abandonment of most of the hostages, leaving Hamas intact and the establishment of a Palestinian state.”
The three-person war cabinet, which includes Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, has been showing signs of fraying in recent days, with Gantz’s ultimatum coming days after he backed comments by Gallant, who criticized Netanyahu for failing to produce a post-war plan that finds an alternative government in Gaza to Hamas.
Gantz said on Saturday “something went wrong” after the formation of the initial emergency government, claiming it strayed recently, as “a small minority took over the bridge of the Israeli ship, and is sailing it toward a wall of rocks.”
Meanwhile, new protests erupted across Tel Aviv, with social media video showing thousands gathering to call for Netanyahu’s resignation and new elections for prime minister.
Woke England: courtrooms look to ban wigs for being culturally insensitive to African hair!
Courts in England are reportedly looking to scrap the requirement for barristers to wear traditional wigs amid claims that they discriminate against lawyers with “Afro-Caribbean hair”.
The iconic manner of dress in English courtrooms may become wokism’s latest scalp as demands have been made to abandon the requirement of barristers to wear wigs in front of the court because they are “culturally insensitive”, The Telegraph reports.
A common practice dating back to at least 1685, the wearing of wigs came under scrutiny following an incident in 2022 when Michael Etienne, a black barrister with a large afro hairstyle, claimed that he faced being in contempt of court if he refused to wear a wig while claiming that the demand represented a form of “hair discrimination”.
While wigs are still required in the crown court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court, the requirement was ended in 2007 for family, civil and Supreme Court cases in 2007.
Arguing in favor of scrapping the tradition entirely, mixed-race barrister Rachel Bale said that wigs are “not fit for purpose” for people with some black hairstyles.
“Something overlooked often in black culture is that your hair is so inexplicably important and it is completely interwoven with your identity,” she claimed.
Prominent barrister Leslie Thomas KC, also of African descent, has described the wigs as a “ridiculous costume” which allegedly represents the “culturally insensitive climate” in the British judicial system.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Florida Congresswoman reveals ties between Judge Merchan’s daughter and VP Harris!
Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna revealed on Fox News that Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter allegedly has ties to Vice President Kamala Harris through a firm that fundraised for the politician.
Discussing the ongoing criminal trial against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, Luna joined Trump at the courthouse Thursday morning, to which Fox host Jesse Watters questioned the representative on what she saw in the courtroom.
Luna stated that not only was Bragg’s key witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen prepped for cross-examination by Democratic New York Rep. Dan Goldman, but Goldman is a client of Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, who works at a firm that fundraises for Harris.
“Interestingly enough when Cohen started to be asked whether or not he thought that New York had a corrupt judicial system, he actually had his own quotes used against him. And Judge Merchan was actually sitting there uncomfortably moving in his seat. Jesse, we found out just today — just to put it in perspective about how swampy, how stacked against the odds, how corrupt this entire Biden trial is, because that’s really what it is,” Luna stated.
RFK, Jr. ‘s VP pick Nicole Shanahan injects $8-million to secure nationwide ballot access!
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Independent presidential campaign announced on Thursday, May 16, that it had successfully secured the necessary funding to achieve ballot access across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
This milestone, the campaign said, ensures that voters nationwide will have a third-party option in the upcoming presidential election. It was made possible by a large donation to the campaign from RFK Jr.’s Vice Presidential running mate Nicole Shanahan.
The campaign in a press release said that in April Ms. Shanahan contributed an “additional $8 million” to the campaign, facilitating this achievement. Shanahan emphasized the broader implications of her own funds being put into the campaign.
The Kennedy-Shanahan ticket has already secured a place on the ballot in six states: Utah, Michigan, California, Delaware, Oklahoma, and Texas. Additionally, the campaign said they had collected the required signatures for ballot access in eight other states: New Hampshire, Nevada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, and Ohio.
In total, the campaign has met the signature requirements for ballot access in 14 states, representing 187 electoral votes, which accounts for 35 percent of the 538 total electoral votes nationwide. For a candidate to win the presidency they must secure 270 electoral college votes.
Heritage Foundation files emergency motion to speed up release of Biden-Hur audio tapes!
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, has filed an emergency motion in a Washington court seeking to accelerate the release of audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, over which the White House recently asserted executive privilege.
The emergency motion, filed late Friday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks to modify the court’s briefing schedule for three pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits that seek the audio recordings of roughly five hours of interviews President Biden had with the special counsel in relation to a classified documents mishandling probe.
The motion seeks to speed up the court battle over the release of the tapes, with the Heritage Foundation arguing in the filing that President Biden’s assertion of executive privilege over the tapes on Thursday adds urgency to the FOIA lawsuits and that the DOJ didn’t need as much time to prepare its response to the FOIA requests as it previously claimed.
Two House panels clear contempt resolutions against AG Garland; start proceedings!
Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Thursday night despite President Joe Biden’s intervention to block them from obtaining his recorded interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.
After a spirited debate, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 18–15 on May 16 to approve a resolution to hold Mr. Garland in contempt for refusing to provide impeachment investigators with the recordings in defiance of congressional subpoenas.
The House Oversight Committee followed suit hours later, voting 24-20 to approve their own resolution.
The measures would need to pass the full House before a referral is made to the Justice Department, but whether House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will bring the resolutions to the floor is unclear.
The vote came hours after the president, at Mr. Garland’s request, asserted executive privilege over the recordings, precluding prosecution of the attorney general for his noncompliance.
Trump agrees to 4th presidential debate; Biden refuses!
Former President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he’s willing to take on President Joe Biden in a fourth presidential debate—this one with NBC and Telemundo—but his offer was met by a refusal by the Biden campaign.
President Trump said in a post on social media that he had accepted an invitation for a fourth presidential debate, adding to a slate of debates that the former president has pushed for as he seeks to oust the incumbent from the White House in November.
“I have accepted a fourth Presidential Debate against Crooked Joe Biden, this time with NBC & Telemundo,” President Trump wrote in the post. “It is important as Republicans that we WIN with our Great Hispanic Community, who Biden has devastated with Crippling Inflation, High Gas Prices, Crime in our Streets, and Border Chaos.”
Earlier, President Trump said he had accepted a third presidential debate hosted by Fox News on Oct. 2, but the Biden campaign also declined that offer.
As the Trump trial in NYC concludes, Trump demands Biden be drug tested before the debate
Former President Donald Trump said he wants President Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of the first presidential debate next month.
Back in March, President Trump challenged President Biden to a debate on key issues facing the country “anytime, anywhere, any place.” They recently agreed to two debates—the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC News. During a speech at the Minnesota GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in St Paul on Friday, President Trump said he intends to demand that President Biden take a drug test. “I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union,” he said, alleging President Biden was “high as a kite” at his speech at the event in March.
If Biden “makes it through the debate—and I think he will—they‘ll say ’it was the finest debate performance in history,’” the GOP candidate said.
Rep. Thomas Massie introduces bill to abolish the Federal Reserve Bank!
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has introduced legislation to end the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank responsible for managing the country’s financial and banking system.
The bill titled the “Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act” or “End the Fed” seeks to abolish the Federal Reserve System by dismantling its board of governors and the Federal Reserve banks. The legislation also aims to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, which created the Federal Reserve System in 1913. In introducing the bill, Mr. Massie criticized the Fed’s monetary policies for record-high inflation.
“Americans are suffering under crippling inflation, and the Federal Reserve is to blame,” Mr. Massie said in a statement on May 16. “During COVID, the Federal Reserve created trillions of dollars out of thin air and loaned it to the Treasury Department to enable unprecedented deficit spending. By monetizing the debt, the Federal Reserve devalued the dollar and enabled free money policies that caused the high inflation we see today.”
The Federal Reserve System, also known as the Fed, was initially founded in 1913 in response to banking panics at the time. Over the following century, its powers have expanded to include regulating and overseeing banks and maintaining financial system stability. The Fed’s major function is implementing U.S. monetary policy. According to the Fed, its primary objectives include maximizing employment, stabilizing prices, and moderating long-term interest rates.
Mr. Massie also blamed the Fed for colluding with the executive and legislative branches, as well as Wall Street, for the financial problems Americans are now facing.
If enacted, the bill will allow one year for the Fed to be shut down. In addition, the Federal Reserve Act will be repealed, and its assets and liabilities will be liquidated. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget will be responsible for the liquidation process.
The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act was first introduced in 1999 by then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). The legislation was reintroduced every single year until his retirement in 2013.
70-year-old Colorado man gets 1 year and a day for obstruction charge on J-6!
A 70-year-old Colorado man has been sentenced to over one year in prison for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, which involved grabbing a police officer’s arm and uniform and tussling briefly with a second officer before pushing past a police line.
Avery MacCracken, of Telluride, was on May 16 sentenced to 12 months and one day behind bars, along with 36 months of supervised release and $2,000 restitution for his role during the Jan. 6 Capitol incident, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Mr. MacCracken pleaded guilty on Oct. 20, 2023, to a single felony charge of obstructing law enforcement officers when he was part of a large group of people who pushed forward through a police line and entered restricted areas of the Capitol grounds.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Economist Michael Snyder says he never would have imagined that we would ever see a time when it takes $177,798 for a family of four to live comfortably in the United States. Unfortunately, that day has arrived. Our leaders have been pursuing highly inflationary policies for many years, and now we have reached a point where inflation is wildly out of control. In fact, the latest wholesale inflation figure that was released on Tuesday came in much higher than expected. Sadly, this is just the beginning and we are in far more trouble than most people realize.
According to an incredibly shocking new study, most Americans do not make enough money to “live comfortably” in the highly inflationary environment that we find ourselves in today…
A recent study has revealed the incomes needed for families to live comfortably across the United States – and the stark contrast in the cost of living between states is startling.
The study revealed that in the most expensive states, families need nearly $300,000 to simply live ‘comfortably.’
The least expensive state requires about half that salary – still over $100,000.
Meanwhile, the average annual salary in the US is $59,428, or $28.34 per hour, as of May 2024.
The study determined that Massachusetts is the most expensive state.
It takes a whopping $301,184 a year for a family of four to “live comfortably” there.
The least expensive state is Mississippi.
In the Magnolia State, it only takes $177,798 a year for a family of four “to cover their expenses and maintain a satisfactory quality of life”.
This is our country now. In April, inflation at the wholesale level jumped 0.5 percent in just one month…If you multiply that figure by 12 months, you get 6 percent.
Redfin: Median U.S. home price hits highest level on record in April!
Home prices in the United States have climbed to a record high following a nationwide supply shortage, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.
“The median U.S. home sale price rose 6.2 percent year over year in April to $433,558—the highest level on record,” said a May 17 Redfin press release. Even though the housing market at present is “much slower” than it was during the COVID-19 pandemic when there was a homebuying boom, prices continue to climb owing to a housing shortage. While new listings in April rose by 10.8 percent year over year, it was still around 20 percent below the pre- pandemic level.
This is mostly because many homeowners do not wish to sell as they feel “locked in” by the low mortgage rates they scored during the pandemic, the brokerage stated.
Overall, 17.6 percent of homes for sale saw a price cut in April, up from 12.1 percent a year back. This was the “biggest gain in over a year,” the real estate brokerage noted.
Former diversity manager for Facebook and Nike gets 5 years in prison for stealing $5-million!
The former diversity program manager for Nike and Facebook who stole more than $5 million from large companies to support her luxury lifestyle has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, set up false business deals, invoices, and events— including a Juneteenth celebration—to pad her own pockets.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said: “Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI executive at Facebook to steal millions from the company utilizing a scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fake invoices, and cash kickbacks.”
“After being terminated from Facebook, she brazenly continued the fraud as a DEI leader at Nike, where she stole another six-figure sum from their diversity program. Her prison sentence reflects the consequences of her decision to orchestrate an intricate scheme to defraud two of her employers for personal profit.”
The New York Post reported that Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty to the wire fraud scheme in December, which allowed her to take $4.9 million from Facebook before siphoning a six-figure amount from Nike.
Arizona sues Amazon alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices!
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed two lawsuits against Amazon, accusing the online giant of unfair and deceptive business practices under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and the Arizona Uniform State Antitrust Act.
The first lawsuit takes aim at Amazon Prime’s cancellation process, which it alleges is designed to be “intentionally confusing and misleading,” according to the May 15 press release.
Users are forced to navigate an elaborate and manipulative interface with “skewed wording, confusing choices, and repeated nudging,” the lawsuit claims.
The cancellation process employs methods known as “dark patterns,” the lawsuit alleges, which “exploit cognitive biases to influence and manipulate consumer choices.”
The Federal Trade Commission released a report in September 2022 confirming the rise in the use of “dark patterns” by companies to “trick or manipulate” consumers into purchasing products or services or into sharing their data. Dark patterns also make it difficult for consumers to cancel subscriptions.
The second lawsuit targets Amazon’s “Buy Box” algorithm, which determines which offer for a given product is made available to the consumer via the “Buy Now” or “Add to Cart” buttons.
While consumers are under the reasonable assumption that the “Buy Box” price is the best price available, the Buy Box algorithm is allegedly “biased in favor of Amazon first-party retail offers or offers from third-party sellers who participate in Fulfillment By Amazon.”
Amazon charges third-party sellers “hefty fees to store their inventory, pack their products, ship orders, handle returns, and communicate with customers” as part of Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), the lawsuit says.
CATO Institute: 101 Late Fees charged by governments, federal, state and local!
Under the Biden administration, the government has launched an all‐out “war on junk fees.” This “war” has covered fees charged by airlines, concert venues, and much more. It has even spread to financial services. For instance, Senator Sherrod Brown (D‑OH) has said, “Credit card late fees are the most costly and frequently applied junk fee.”
Yet the administration has been curiously silent on all of the fees charged by the government itself. From the Internal Revenue Service to local libraries, there is no shortage of fees charged by government, federal, state and local; all having to do with “late” payments of one thing or another when required to be paid. The list contained within this article is only a partial list of what was scratched on, just on the surface.
HEALTH
Researchers discover new mechanism linking diet and cancer risk: MGO!
You may have heard that sugar feeds cancer cells, and evidence supports that. However, the missing link in this narrative has been a thorough understanding of just “how” sugar feeds cancer—until now. A recent study published in Cell in April 2024 uncovers a new mechanism linking uncontrolled blood sugar and poor diet with cancer risk.
The research, performed at the National University of Singapore, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, and led by professor Ashok Venkitaraman and Dr. Li Ren Kong, found a chemical released when the body breaks down sugar also suppresses a gene expression that prevents the formation of tumors.
This discovery provides valuable insights into how one’s dietary habits can impact their risk of developing cancer and forges a clear path to understanding how to reverse that risk with food choices.
Methylglyoxal–A Temporary Off-Switch
It was previously believed that cancer-preventing genes must be permanently deactivated before malignant tumors can form. However, this recent discovery suggests that a chemical, methylglyoxal (MGO), released whenever the body breaks down glucose, can temporarily switch off cancer-protecting mechanisms.
Per Dr. Kong, “This study showcases the impact of methylglyoxal in inhibiting the function of tumor suppressor, such as BRCA2, suggesting that repeated episodes of poor diet or uncontrolled diabetes can ‘add up’ over time to increase cancer risk.”
More than ⅓ of the global population have a neurological disorder!
About 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition in 2021, according to recent research, revealing a growing global health crisis.
The findings from an analysis shine a light on the toll these disorders —from autism and migraine to stroke and dementia—take on individuals, families, and communities.
Data also point to a rapid increase in diabetic neuropathy cases, which have more than tripled globally since 1990 to over 206 million cases in 2021, in line with the rise in diabetes worldwide, according to the study.
Diabetic neuropathy, a condition involving nerve damage more common in the legs and feet, is not only caused by chronic or long- term diabetes but, more frequently, by uncontrolled diabetes.
The study also highlighted how emerging conditions, such as neurological complications from COVID-19, contributed to the overall burden of neurological disorders.
Researchers examined the effect of modifiable risk factors for preventable neurological conditions. Over half of strokes happen because people have high blood pressure, according to the study. Other things affecting the brain, like memory loss, smoking, and high blood sugar, were prominent causes, too. For some brain seizures, drinking too much alcohol was a major reason. And for kids who have a hard time learning, lead exposure was the main contributor.
CDC releases new guidelines to stop viral spread in classrooms!
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new, consolidated guidelines with evidence-based strategies to help prevent the spread of viral infections in schools.
The guidelines aim to increase school attendance and minimize classroom disruptions caused by illnesses.
The guidance outlines simple, everyday actions that school administrations and staff can take to control the spread of respiratory viruses like influenza, COVID-19, and norovirus, as well as bacterial illnesses such as strep throat, pink eye, and hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
According to the guidelines, children and staff must stay home if they exhibit any of the following symptoms:
Fever accompanied by a rash
Vomiting more than twice in the last 24 hours
Diarrhea that is causing accidents or is bloody
More than two irregular bowel movements in 24 hours
Draining skin sores that cannot be covered
Worsening respiratory symptoms unexplained by other causes like seasonal allergies
Sick people should stay home, and clear guidelines should be established for their return, which should include, according to the CDC:
They have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without using fever- reducing medication.
Uncovered skin sores are crusted over, and the child is under treatment.
Vomiting has stopped for at least overnight, and they can keep food/liquids down.
Diarrhea has improved, with no more than two abnormal bowel movements in 24 hours.
Respiratory symptoms are improving for at least 24 hours.
School staff caring for sick children should wear personal protective equipment like masks.
Additional measures include implementing masking policies, increasing physical distancing, and conducting illness screening or testing.
These new guidelines come after more than 100 children died from the flu during the 2023-2024 flu season, with nearly 90 percent of the deceased being unvaccinated, according to the CDC.
SURVEILLANCE STATE
DHS announces new “intelligence advisory board”; panel not balanced, discriminatory!
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is setting up a new intelligence advisory board just weeks after it was forced to shut down a similar group due to concerns of political bias among its members.
The DHS announced the creation of the Homeland Intelligence Advisory Board on Friday. The board will comprise up to 40 members appointed by the Under Secretary of DHS. The new board could include 19 members from the controversial Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, which the agency had committed to shut down earlier this month. The Board plans to meet at least once every quarter and will be used as a source of ideas as well as a “critical assessment of our intelligence activities,” the DHS said.
“The Board will provide information and advice to the Under Secretary and the DHS Counterterrorism Coordinator on homeland intelligence activities and issues, including those around operational adherence to the principles of privacy and civil liberties.”
The Experts Group was set up by the DHS in September last year for stated purposes of offering advice on national security and intelligence. However, legal advocacy America First Legal (AFL) sued the DHS and Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, arguing that the group violated provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Section 5 of FACA requires that an advisory committee be “fairly balanced in terms of the points of view.” It also mandates there be provisions to ensure that “the advice and recommendations of the advisory committee will not be inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or by any special interest.”
The lawsuit noted that the members of the Experts Group were “political allies of the Biden Administration.
“They have overwhelmingly donated to President Biden or other Democrats. Defendant Mayorkas selected members that are agreeable, not balanced.”
Some of the members were signatories of a letter that dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop scandal as Russian disinformation.
DHS and AFL resolved the matter on May 2, with the agency agreeing to wind up the Experts Group within 30 days.
The DHS admits the new advisory board “builds upon” the Experts Group. The new board is also exempted from “public notice, reporting, and open meeting requirements” of FACA as was agreed upon with DHS’s deal with AFL.
It is unclear whether the Advisory Board announced by DHS is in compliance with FACA.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk demands Anthony Fauci be prosecuted for gain-of-function funding of Wuhan!
Elon Musk demanded the prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci after a National Institutes of Health official confessed that U.S. taxpayer funds were used for risky gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China. The alarming admission by the top NIH bureaucrat directly contradicts
sworn testimony that Fauci made when questioned by Congress.
On Thursday, acting NIH Director and current Principal Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak was questioned during a hearing by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The hearing had a mission to compel Tabak to “explain numerous inconsistencies between the public and private testimonies of NIH employees and EcoHealth President, Dr. Peter Daszak.”
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) asked Tabak about the NIH’s role in risky gain-of- function research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through the Manhattan-based EcoHealth Alliance – the nonprofit organization that was involved in controversial coronavirus experiments.
Lesko inquired, “Dr. Tabak, did NIH fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through EcoHealth?”
Tabak replied, “It depends on your definition of gain-of-function research. If you’re speaking about the generic term, yes, we did.”
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic declared, “Dr. Tabak offered substantial evidence that Dr. Daszak purposefully misled both the NIH and the Select Subcommittee about EcoHealth’s efforts to comply with grant procedures.”
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Dane Wigington’s Geoengineering Watch update!
“Hurricane winds from nowhere? Storm-tossed Houston prays for a break”, from the Houston Chronicle. “Central Texas Hit With Softball-Sized Hail” from Amarillo Country Radio. “Will northern lights be seen in Texas again?”, that new headline is from the “Statesman” (a Texas publication). Was there more to the entire northern lights story than the public was told? All over the country and around the world extreme weather is off the charts, what massive piece of the puzzle continues to be officially denied?
FOOD, PREPPING, GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING
Save money and eliminate pests with regenerative gardening!
There are many different gardening terms flying around, but I hope the term “regenerative gardening” is here to stay.
Regenerative gardening aims to rehabilitate and enhance the entire ecosystem of the garden. It emphasizes practices that build soil health, promote biodiversity, and increase resilience to pests and diseases. Food grown this way tastes better and packs more nutrition (it also lasts longer after harvest).
Like regenerative agriculture, regenerative gardening reduces or eliminates outside inputs such as synthetic fertilizers. Instead, we work with the plants and soil life, and favor locally sourced amendments. This can dramatically reduce costs, improve soil health, and close the waste gap.
Growing your own food on any scale is a step in the right direction. Even a small garden provides fresher food, and reduces food miles (the distance from harvest to table). This growing method is simply “digging deeper” into the health of the whole system.
Conventional gardening often relies on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. These can degrade soil structure and reduce its fertility over time.
Regenerative gardening focuses on building healthy soil through organic matter addition, minimal tilling, and natural amendments. This gives natural plant allies – soil bacteria, fungi, and other organisms – the conditions they need to thrive.
Healthy soil life and plants can also break down and eliminate (remediate) toxins in the soil.
2ND AMENDMENT
Trump: 2nd Amendment vital amid illegal immigration crisis!
The Second Amendment is vital for enabling Americans to protect themselves from the wave of criminals, drugs, and the mentally ill that are flooding across the U.S. southern border, former President Donald Trump told a raucous standing-room-only crowd at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) 153rd Annual Meeting and Exhibitions in Dallas, Texas, last Saturday. Several thousand gathered in a meeting room of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center to hear from the man who is seeking a second term as president.
President Trump told the group that the Second Amendment is “under siege” from the current administration. According to President Trump, diminishing Second Amendment rights is a public safety issue.
“The survival of our Second Amendment is on the ballot,” President Trump said. “We need it for safety.”
During his Saturday afternoon speech, the New York City businessman, former television personality, and current front- runner for the 2024 GOP nomination for president came down hard on President Joe Biden. According to President Trump, the level of drugs crossing the border into the United States has increased 10-fold, and violent crime has increased in North America even as it has dropped in South American countries like Venezuela.
“Stand your ground” no defense in road rage incident!
Per a release from the Florida Highway Patrol, Francisco Gonzalez, 44, of Lehigh Acres, allegedly shot at another motorist’s car after a fit of road rage.
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to a call from a black Toyota Tundra driver (victim) with a U-Haul trailer. The driver reported being shot at by someone inside a black InfIniti QX80, following a road rage incident. The driver of the Tundra, was driving south on Alligator Alley (Interstate 75), when the black InfIniti QX80 cut him off. A back- and-forth road rage incident ensued, which led to gunshots being fired from the InfIniti.”
The Infiniti allegedly fled the scene, but Gonzalez could not flee the long arm of the law quite so easily.
“On May 14, 2024, agents with FHP’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and Intelligence (BCII) discovered the suspect vehicle was serviced at a local dealership. Troopers responded to the dealership to speak with the suspect driver,” the department continues. “Gonzalez advised he felt the driver of the Tundra almost killed him and his family by driving in his lane. Gonzalez advised he did what he did to defend his wife and stepson, who were also in the vehicle at the time.”
Though the gunman says he stood his ground,” investigators were not convinced. The alleged gunman faces nine felony counts: three for discharging a firearm from a vehicle; three for “shooting or throwing a missile” into a vehicle; and three for aggravated assault with felonious intentions.
Per Florida Statute, “stand your ground” has limited applications which do not include disputes like this one on interstate highways.
The language allows force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force.”
It also permits “deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.”
A Chicago woman waited 4 hours for police to respond after calling 9-1-1 on home invasion!
A Chicago homeowner called 911 when would-be robbers broke into her residence.
However, she had to wait four hours for officers to arrive at the scene in Wicker Park.
The woman, who is identified as Michelle, told NBC Chicago she recently left her door open at approximately 12:30 p.m. to let her dog outside when the incident happened, the outlet reported Wednesday.
The moment she discovered that a pair of masked men had entered her home, the woman said she screamed and told them she was calling police officers for help. That was when they fled the scene.
After calling 911, Michelle claimed officials told her help was on the way and advised her to wait outside. However, she reportedly waited for a long time and called 911 repeatedly before someone connected her with a supervisor.
She recalled, “A gentleman got on and said sorry to say we have no units to send you…then there was an awkward pause. He also recommended I call my alderman and I said why — and he said encourage him to hire more police. The dispatcher also asked me if I would consider defending myself … if I had a weapon or considered getting one.”
Michelle told NBC Chicago it took over four hours for police officers to arrive at the scene, and when they did get there they were caring and apologetic about taking so long to get to her.
There has been and “exodus” of police officers in recent years, WGN News reported in September, adding it had highlighted many stories about delayed or no police response to calls in Chicago:
At the time, the outlet said the city had 1,600 fewer police officers than before the Chinese coronavirus pandemic swept the nation and the world.
In 2021, a Chicago 911 dispatcher identified as Keith Thornton spoke out about police staffing in the 16th District.
“When I’m getting text messages from officers telling me that they’re scared and afraid for their safety because they’re working by themselves and the beat next to them would normally back them up, they’re not even there because the cars are down. That’s a problem,” said Thornton.
“It’s a safety concern,” he added:
Per the recent NBC Chicago article, Chicago Police said, “The delay in getting officers to Michelle’s home may have been related to the priority list for routine dispatch calls for 911,” the outlet noted, adding that if no one’s life is being immediately threatened, officials may consider the case lower priority. Michelle is waiting to meet with her alderman about the issue. The suspects in the case are reportedly still on the run.
It is important to note that at least 21 individuals were shot and three of them died over the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago, Breitbart News reported May 13.
COVID RELATED NEWS
Colorado University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates U.S. Constitution, Court rules!
A Colorado university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal court has ruled.
The Sept. 1, 2021, mandate “clearly violates the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause as interpreted by our precedents,” a majority of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit said in the May 7 decision.
While the mandate was later updated, the newer version also violates the Constitution, the judges said.
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2021 required COVID-19 vaccination of all students and employees. It initially offered religious exemptions to anyone who checked a box, but later said administrators would “only recognize religious exemptions based on religious beliefs whose teachings are opposed to all immunizations.”
Officials, for instance, said that Christian Scientists would qualify for an exemption but Buddhists would not.
They also said that exemptions would only be granted to people who never received any vaccinations.
Medical exemptions, on the other hand, were available if a doctor said the prospective recipient’s health or life would be endangered.
Seventeen students and employees, all of whose applications were denied, sued over the policy, alleging it was discriminatory.
U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, in 2022 ruled that the plaintiffs did not show they would suffer irreparable harm absent a stay of the initial mandate, and that they had not met the burden of showing the updated mandate was not neutral.
CANCEL CULTURE
Harrison Butker slammed by founders of Benedictine; want to be known for being inclusive!
The founders of Benedictine College have slammed Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker over his controversial commencement speech last Saturday. Butker congratulated the women receiving degrees and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children. He also said some Catholic leaders were ‘pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America.’
Butker, whose own mother is an accomplished physicist, also criticized Pride month and President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion.
The controversial speech has attracted fierce backlash and, a day after his address, a petition was set up to have the Chiefs kicker removed from the team’s roster ahead of the 2024 NFL season, which has now received over 187,000 signatures.
In a statement, the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica – who co-founded the school – said: ‘We do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested.
‘Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division. One of our concerns was the assertion that being a homemaker is the highest calling for a woman.
Butker delivered his roughly 20-minute address at the Catholic private liberal arts school in Atchison, Kansas, which is located about 60 miles (97 kilometers) miles north of Kansas City.
He received a standing ovation from some graduates and other attendees.
‘I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you,’ Butker said.
‘Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.
‘I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.’
Butker said that his wife embraced ‘one of the most important titles of all. Homemaker.’
The 28-year-old referred to a ‘deadly sin sort of pride that has a month dedicated to it’ in an oblique reference to Pride month.
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt appeared to defend Butker on Thursday.
Tavia Hunt, who married the Kansas City CEO back in 1993, took to Instagram to highlight the importance of motherhood and stress that a person sharing a different point of view ‘doesn’t make them hateful’.
The left is so flipped out over Harrison Butker’s comments, Bill Maher took a “jab” at them!
Comedian Bill Maher recently struck down those outraged on the left who have been critical of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. The comedian said he does not understand why there is such pushback.
Butker, who is Catholic, made a series of remarks during his commencement speech at the private Catholic school Benedictine College. As a result, many on the left have been outraged, claiming that Butker should lose his job as a professional football player for the remarks.
During a panel discussion on Maher’s “Real Time,” the comedian mocked critics who have characterized Butker as “history’s greatest monster.” (CLIP on X)
“I find it very ironic that he’s saying, ‘You know what, in my world, you know, we like the women to stay at home and just have babies’ and the college kids and the young people find this absolutely abhorrent, but they’re demonstrating for Hamas, who make that the law!” Maher said.
“It’s not just an opinion in Hamas, that you stay home and have the babies. They will enforce you [to do] that!”
KC apologies for doxxing Butker, but that’s not enough for Missouri AG!
But things got worse for Kansas City. Someone got on the city’s official website link on X and doxxed Harrison Butker.
Kansas City’s X account posted, “Just a reminder that Harrison Butker lives in …,” then provided the location where the kicker could be found.
This tweet, which was posted at 7:41 p.m. on Wednesday, qualifies as textbook “doxxing,” defined as the public identification or publication “of private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”
There was a swift backlash against the city online as it was widely understood this tweet amounted to an effort to punish and possibly endanger Butker over his opinions.
Just hours later, at 9:21 p.m., the Kansas City account posted, “We apologies [sic] for our previous tweet. It was shared in error.”
That tweet ostensibly served to draw further attention to the now-deleted doxxing effort, prompting even more outrage.
Catholic conservative commentator Michael Knowles wrote, “@KansasCity: not only criminal but also illiterate.”
Some social media users have suggested that the author of the tweet may have been Andrea Watts, whose LinkedIn profile similarly contained a rather glaring spelling error — “Social Media Mangement [sic]” — and was recently deactivated.
Michael Caputo, a former Department of Health and Human Services official in the Trump administration, said, “The City of Kansas City, MO must fire its entire social media team immediately.”
Twenty minutes after the initial apology, Mayor Quinton Lucas joined in the damage-control effort, writing, “A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account. The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. The City has correctly apologized for the error, will review account access, and ensure nothing like it is shared in the future from public channels.”
Lucas’ response was also met with ridicule.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was not impressed by the city’s apparent effort to intimidate a Christian over his deeply held beliefs — and he didn’t need a tweet to know where to direct his ire.
Bailey indicated on Thursday, “My office is demanding accountability after @KansasCity doxxed @buttkicker7 last night for daring to express his religious beliefs. I will enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act to ensure Missourians are not targeted for their free exercise of religion. Stay tuned.”
Bailey subsequently penned a letter to Mayor Lucas noting, “It has been reported that the city of Kansas City has retaliated against a well-respected local resident and member of the Kansas City Chiefs after he spoke about his religious views.”
“Your office’s X account likely publicly released residential location information on a private citizen, Harrison Butker, in an attempt to retaliate against him for expressing his sincerely held religious beliefs at a religious college’s commencement ceremony — to an audience that largely shares his views,” continued Bailey. “Use of government social media to retaliate against an individual based on their religious beliefs amounts to discriminatory behavior that is not tolerated under our Constitution or Missouri statute.”
The AG underscored that America is founded upon a commitment to the free exercise of religion and that Missouri law “specifically prohibits faith-based discrimination against Missouri residents.”
Bailey added, “Your office apparently believes it is appropriate to denigrate a devout Catholic for comments he made about his own faith at a religious college.”
Extra to indicating the city may have violated state law, Bailey made abundantly clear to the NFL, without naming it outright: “I assure you that I am prepared to use the authority provided in statute to defend the principle of free religious expression.”
“Mr. Butker was well within his rights to discuss his religious views — views which are shared by millions of members of his faith tradition,” wrote Bailey. “Sadly, history is filled with examples of people of religious faith being targeted for their beliefs by government officials.”
Radicals have targeted Butker, and the NFL has reportedly hung him out to dry. On the flip side, Butker’s jersey is now reportedly among the most popular in the league.
Crowd boos transgender winner at Oregon girls’ track meet!
The crowd at an Oregon track event loudly booed the winner of a race at a girls’ track
event. Why? Because the winner of the race was not a girl.
Aayden Gallagher, a high school sophomore and a male, eked out a win over a female runner in the 200-meter dash in the Oregon School Activities Association Track & Field State Championships.
The crowd can be heard cheering the female runner who is in the lead at the beginning of the video. However, those cheers turn into boos as Gallagher edges out his female opponent and steals the win from the girl. The moment was captioned by former Kentucky swimmer and Save Women’s Sports advocate Riley Gaines.
“Another proud moment for women’s sports! Aayden Gallagher (male) just placed 1st in the Oregon state championship in the women’s 200m after placing 2nd in the 400m. Just listen to the audible BOOS. People are over this…& it’s about time,” she wrote.
“Look at the girls on the podium applauding when 2nd place (the rightful winner) is announced. Then watch them when the boys name is announced. Stop saying girls are okay with this because they aren’t. This is heartbreaking and deeply regressive.”
According to the final results of the tournament, Gallagher won the 200-meter and came in second in the 400-meter.
Protests against trans inclusion in women’s and girls’ sports have increased in recent weeks. In West Virginia, a group of female shot-putters stepped out in protest of having to compete against a trans thrower.
The girls were then told by their school district that they could not compete in the next tournament, prompting West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) to file suit on their behalf.
ICYMI
Two Kansas City Chiefs players have been arrested and charged with pot possession!
Kansas City Chiefs players Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick have both been arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession. The offensive linemen were booked early on Friday morning and were released after posting a $2,500 bond, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The charge facing them both is a Class A misdemeanor – meaning it could lead to a fine of $2,500 and the possibility of a year in jail. Morris won the Super Bowl with the Chiefs earlier this year. The former third-round pick played 14 times last season.
Godrick, however, spent time on the Chiefs’ practice squad having joined the NFL’s International Pathway Player in 2023.
Florida home intruder shoots wife in the face; husband grabs knife, stabs intruder to death!
Ahome intruder was stabbed to death after he allegedly shot a Florida man’s wife in the face, according to police.
The harrowing incident unfolded on Thursday at about 8:30 p.m. at a home on Joe Hilton Street in Avon Park, according to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Dept.
Police said they responded to reports of a suspicious incident at the home and found two victims, both 69 years of age, with what they described as serious injuries.
The husband of the home told them that a man had “used a ruse to gain entry” to the home based on his wife’s job as a notary. Once the man was inside the house, he took out a gun and shot the man’s wife in the face.
After seeing his wife be shot, the man armed himself with what is being described as a seven-inch garden knife and stabbed the man to death.
Police later identified the alleged home intruder as 62-year-old Lindsey Glenn.
“Once armed with the knife, he went to work on Mr. Lindsey Glenn,” said Sheriff Paul Blackman at a media briefing. “Ultimately, the suspect, Lindsey Glenn, was cut to pieces and was very much deceased by the time deputies could get to him.”
Blackman said that Glenn had been previously sent to prison at least six times after being convicted of 12 different felonies. The Sheriff’s Office said they believe that Glenn might have thought the couple had money at home because of her job as a notary.
“I would like to commend the male victim for his bravery and quick action in defending his wife in their home,” Blackman said. “We will pray for his wife that she has a fast and full recovery.”
The man’s wife was transported to a trauma center, where she was treated and remains in stable condition. The husband was treated for his injuries at a hospital and released.
Police said that the incident remains under investigation.
Paul Pelosi hammer attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison!
A Canadian man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Former nudist David DePape, 44, was given the sentence on Friday after being convicted of kidnapping and assault.
He admitted he planned to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and ‘break her kneecaps’, but made her husband ‘take the punishment’ when it emerged she was not at home.
Prosecutors had asked Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley to give DePape 40 years out of a possible 50.
The couple were represented in court by their daughter Christine Pelosi who read emotional statements describing the ‘devastating’ impact of the assault and pleading for a ‘very long’ sentence.
After the sentence, the family released a statement saying they ‘could not be prouder’ of Pelosi and his ‘tremendous courage’.
Former Arkansas teacher gets 13 years in federal prison for repeated sex with student!
A former Arkansas teacher has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison for taking a student out of state to engage in illegal sexual acts.
On Wednesday, United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky sentenced Heather Hare to 13 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of unlawful sexual activity. Hare had faced a maximum sentence of no less than 10 years in federal prison and up to life imprisonment.
Hare was also sentenced to serve a lifetime of supervised release.
Hare was indicted on Aug. 1, 2023, and charged with one count of interstate/foreign travel for prostitution/sexual activity by coercion and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
The 33-year-old woman had been a teacher at Bryant High School in Conway, Arkansas. She had taught Family Consumer Science classes until she resigned on April 1.
As Blaze News previously reported, Hare turned herself in at the Saline County Detention Center on the morning of April 14 after the Saline County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for arrest. Detectives suspected Hare of engaging in sexual misconduct with a student. She was initially charged with felony charges of first- degree sexual assault.
Investigators said that Hare met the student on his first day of senior year.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas stated in a press release that Hare began “one-on-one counseling sessions with the minor victim,” and eventually gave the minor her personal phone number. She also reportedly communicated with the student through Instagram and Snapchat.
She allegedly told the victim that she had a “dream” of them having sex. Hare later gave the student her home address.
Federal authorities determined that Hare and the student engaged in illicit sexual activity between 20 to 30 times throughout the 2021-2022 school term. The illegal sex acts reportedly took place at Hare’s home, her vehicle, her classroom, and in parking lots at Bryant High School.
Alice Stewart, veteran GOP advisor and CNN commentator, dies at 58!
Alice Stewart, a veteran GOP adviser and CNN political commentator, has died. She was 58.
Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the northern Virginia neighborhood of Bellevue on Saturday morning, according to law enforcement officials.
Police said no foul play was suspected in her death and that Stewart likely suffered a medical emergency.
Just hours before her death, Stewart appeared on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” on Friday evening.
Stewart launched her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia. She then worked as a news anchor in Little Rock, Arkansas.
From there, she became the communications director for then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 campaign for president.
Stewart also served as communications director for GOP presidential candidates, including former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and Sen. Ted Cruz.
Tributes poured in for the longtime GOP adviser from both members of the media and those connected with the U.S. government.
Top golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested for alleged assault on officer at PGA championship!
Scottie Scheffler, the current number one ranked golfer globally, was detained by Louisville Metro police on Friday morning, according to arrest records. He was released shortly before 8:00 a.m. local time, according to jail records, and was able to play golf later in the morning.
The incident leading to the arrest allegedly occurred in the aftermath of a non-related fatal accident near Valhalla Golf Club, the venue for the ongoing 2024 PGA Championship, according to an arrest report by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Detective Bryan Gillis obtained by ESPN.
The report said Mr. Gillis was directing traffic at the golf course due to road closures from the earlier fatal collision, where a tour vendor was struck by a shuttle bus and killed.
Mr. Scheffler attempted to access the course by driving into the westbound lanes, where outbound traffic was moving, according to the report. Despite being in full uniform and clearly visible, Mr. Gillis said he was dragged by the subject’s vehicle after they refused to comply and accelerated forward.
As a result, the officer sustained “pain, swelling, and abrasions,” and required hospital treatment. Additionally, his uniform pants were damaged beyond repair.
Mr. Scheffler was charged with Second-degree assault of a police officer (Felony), Third-degree criminal mischief (Misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Violation), and Ignoring traffic signals directed by an officer (Misdemeanor), according to the jail’s booking website. The department’s booking website also included a mugshot of the 27-year-old golf pro before he was released. Mr. Scheffler released a statement on Instagram, saying the situation was all a misunderstanding.
Mr. Scheffler was back on the golf course later in the morning, according to a post on X by the PGA Tour, and he teed off shortly after 10:00 a.m. local time.
Mother suing American Airlines after son’s in-flight heart attack death!
ANew York City mother filed a federal lawsuit against American Airlines over the 2022 death of her 14-year-old son. The suit alleges that the plane’s onboard defibrillator did not function correctly and accuses the flight crew of being unprepared and not being properly trained to use the medical equipment.
Melissa Arzu and her son were on American Airlines flight 614 from Honduras to Miami after enjoying a family summer vacation. During the flight, her son suddenly experienced a medical emergency.
Her 14-year-old son, Kevin Greenidge, allegedly lost consciousness shortly after takeoff.
The lawsuit – filed in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, where American Airlines is headquartered – alleged that the flight crew was “delayed in responding” to Greenidge’s medical episode.
The lawsuit claims that crewmembers “eventually attempted to use” the plane’s automated external defibrillator, but they were “either unable to properly operate the machine or the machine did not function properly.”
The suit alleges that the crew was not properly trained on how to use the type of AED that was on the flight.
The flight made an emergency landing in Cancun, Mexico. Greenidge was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The New York Post reported that Kevin had been diagnosed with asthma and type 2 diabetes prior to his death, and that his primary cause of death was listed as “myocardial infarction” — commonly known as a heart attack.
The lawsuit claims that Greenidge’s chances of survival would have “vastly” increased if the flight had a functioning AED that the crew knew how to use.
“After Kevin died, I never heard from American Airlines,” Arzu said. “It made me feel hopeless. I want answers from American Airlines. I want American Airlines to take full responsibility for Kevin’s death. I never want this to happen to a child or family again.”
American Airlines told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Our thoughts are with Mr. Greenridge’s loved ones. We are going to decline further comment given this matter involves pending litigation.”
Hannah Crowe, the attorney representing Arzu, said, “The loss of a child is truly unimaginable, and the facts of this case are horrendous. Multiple eyewitnesses confirm that American Airlines flight personnel were slow to respond and not able to operate the AED machine, which appeared not to work.”
Crowe alleged, “After Kevin died, the equipment went missing. Did someone at American intentionally destroy it? Is it defective, but back out in service? These are all really serious violations of the federal laws that are in place to protect passengers.”
The lawsuit also claims that American Airlines failed to submit an advance payment of $113,100 for the sudden death of the teen, as per the company’s policy regarding the death of a passenger while on board.
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