Some attendees at Donald Trump’s speech last night about the autoworkers’ strike carried signs falsely identifying them as union members, the Detroit News reports.
Ex-GOP Congressional Candidate Accused of Blowing Donor Cash on Vacations https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...f-blowing-donor-cash-on-vacations/ar-AA1hmQDw Omar Navarro, the MAGA internet personality who repeatedly failed to oust Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) from Congress, was slapped with a whopping 43 federal charges on Wednesday for allegedly spending his donors’ money to fund trips to Las Vegas, California’s wine country, and more. Navarro, 34, is accused of he funneling tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations back to himself—sometimes through a friend and his mom, who are also caught up in the scandal. Federal prosecutors also announced Wednesday they’d arrested Navarro’s 59-year-old mother, Dora Asghari, and his 34-year-old friend, Zacharias Diamantides-Abel. They’re accused of “conspiring with Navarro to convert campaign donations to personal use” and face a combined eight counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy each. The feds on Wednesday unsealed a 45-page indictment that revealed a laundry list of charges against Navarro: 13 counts of wire fraud, 26 counts of falsification of records, three counts of prohibited use of campaign funds, and one count of conspiracy. Navarro, Asghari, and Diamantides-Abel are staring down prison sentences that could be as long as 20 years if convicted, the DOJ said. The failed Congressional candidate is accused of getting creative with how he ciphered his campaign funds—going as far as creating a sham charity called the “United Latino Foundation” to embezzle money from his campaign to personal accounts between 2018 and 2020. In other instances, he’d allegedly cut checks from his campaign to Diamantides-Abel and Asghari, who’d deposit the money into their accounts, withdrawal it, and return it to Navarro. The feds allege that Navarro “deposited over $100,000 in cash into his personal accounts, even though he had no other source of income aside from the campaign funds.” Those deposits came soon after Diamantides-Abel and Asghari deposited donor money into their accounts, the DOJ said. Navarro spent the money on vacations and trips to right-wing events throughout the country, some of which he wrote off as campaign expenses to the Federal Election Commission, prosecutors alleged. He’s also accused of using donor money to pay private attorneys to represent him when he pleaded guilty to felony stalking in 2020 Navarro lost each of his four races against Waters for her Congressional seat representing south Los Angeles—regularly receiving less than 25 percent of the vote. While his attempts to join Congress have repeatedly flopped, they grew Navarro’s online following as he positioned himself as a MAGA personality. In one failed bid, the Donald Trump ally and ex-adviser Roger Stone was briefly his campaign manager. Navarro’s growing presence as a media personality appeared to spike his donation numbers. The Los Angeles Times reports that he pulled in a measly $2,846 in his 2016 campaign, but brought in $1.17 million in 2018 and $731,118 in 2020. He raised $85,997 in 2022. Citing filings with the FEC, the Times reported that Navarro named himself campaign treasurer for each campaign.
Yet another instance of a dangerous transgender.... just kidding... it is a conservative teacher at a Christian school as usual. Strangely enough they fired him instead of promoting him. Bonus: He was groping the girl in Walmart. Teacher at Christian school in Milton arrested for touching 12-year-old girl, fired by school https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/te...for-touching-12-year-old-girl-fired-by-school
More and more Republicans are working hard to eliminate sex education in grade school, presumably on the grounds that they prefer to handle such matters themselves. Some GOP-led states are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools https://apnews.com/article/sex-educ...-mississippi-bd6fffcb3a9a25babc32a143001f4ae1
Another dangerous transgender -- oops read that wrong -- "anti-trans conservative" found with child porn. Anti-trans conservative busted with child sex abuse pictures on his computer Eldon W. Phelps hated Dylan Mulvaney and raged at Bud Light. Now he's being charged with possession of child sex abuse material. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10...ith-child-sex-abuse-pictures-on-his-computer/
"Rep. Slaton describes himself as a "Christian Conservative" in his Twitter biography, and also has positioned himself as a warrior against the sexualization of children, despite the fact that he had sex with a teenage girl". Texas Republican resigning after sex scandal with teen intern exposed Republican Texas State Rep. Bryan Slaton is resigning from his seat just hours after a committee in the Texas House of Representatives voted in favor of expelling him. https://www.rawstory.com/bryan-slaton-resigns/
Former state Senator charged with possession of child porn and traveling to Prague to have sex with a minor, or just another typical start of the week for the Republican Party Former State Sen. Holmberg indicted on child sex tourism & pornography charges; pleads not guilty https://kfgo.com/2023/10/30/917202/ Ray Holmberg, who was North Dakota’s – and one of the country’s – longest-serving state senators until he resigned last spring, has been indicted on federal charges of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity and receipt of child pornography. He was arrested Monday morning in Grand Forks and appeared in a federal courtroom in Fargo Monday afternoon. Holmberg pleaded not guilty to the two counts against him. The charges, filed October 26 and unsealed Monday, come two years after police and federal agents raided the 79-year-old’s home in Grand Forks. A federal grand jury charged Holmberg with two counts. The indictment against him claims Holmberg traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of engaging in sex with a minor, and that he knowingly received child pornography. Court records show Holmberg’s offenses took place between June of 2011 and November 2016. Holmberg, using a cane to walk, was escorted into the courtroom by U.S. Marshals just before 2:00 p.m. Monday. Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal asked Holmberg if he suffered from any physical illnesses or disabilities that would prevent him from understanding what was happening during the proceedings. Mark Friese, Holmberg’s defense attorney, responded that his client suffers from “some cognitive impairment,” but that he would assist Holmberg if needed. Holmberg said none of his ailments would prevent him from understanding the proceedings. Senechal said the child sex tourism charge carries with it a 30-year maximum sentence and up to $250,000 in fines plus possible restitution to victims. The receipt of child pornography charge carries with it a 5-year mandatory-minimum sentence, and a 20-year maximum, with similar fines. First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota Jennifer Puhl is prosecuting the case for the Government. She is joined by Charles Schmitz, an attorney from U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. The prosecutors agreed with the Pretrial Services recommendation that Holmberg be released to his home on supervision with electronic monitoring. Holmberg is not allowed to possess a firearm or have contact with any victims or witnesses in the case as part of his release. He is also prohibited from having any unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18. Holmberg’s travel is restricted to Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, and Fargo for medical appointments and court dates only. He was commanded to surrender his passport and can only access the internet for specific reasons as approved by Pretrial Services. Prosecutors said Holmberg used the internet to facilitate his crimes, namely to create a fake persona and build trust with a victim in the case. The indictment lists two aliases for Holmberg as “Sean Evan” and “Sean Evans.” Prosecutors said Holmberg also used the internet to share stories about his sexual offenses in foreign countries with others. Last spring, the Fargo Forum reported that Holmberg had been communicating by text message with a man serving time in the Grand Forks County jail for child pornography charges. That man, Nicholas Morgan Derossier, pleaded guilty to seven counts of possession and distribution of child pornography in federal court last month. Besides the jail texts, there are a number of connections between Derosier and Holmberg. In a previous evidentiary hearing in Derosier’s case it was revealed that Derosier’s former landscaping business partner had been killed in a work-site accident while the two were clearing snow at Holmberg’s residence. Authorities said Derosier was operating a front-end loader that ran over his business partner multiple times. Months later, the N.D. Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Protection and Antitrust issued an order of injunction to prohibit Derosier’s landscaping company from doing business and Derosier was overheard by investigators on the phone with the A.G.’s office trying to arrange for a meeting in Bismarck at a time when Holmberg needed to be there so that they could ride to the state capitol together. Holmberg was one of the Legislature’s most powerful lawmakers for decades, serving as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He chaired the Legislative Management committee four times. The Republican legislator was first elected to his senate seat, serving Grand Forks’ District 17, in 1976. He was reimbursed roughly $126,000 for nearly 70 out-of-state trips from 2013 to mid-April 2022 to places that included four dozen U.S. cities, as well as China, Canada, Puerto Rico and several European countries, according to an Associated Press review of his travel records. Judge Daniel Hovland has been assigned the case after Chief Judge Peter Welte recused himself. A December 5, 2023 trial date was set.
GOP candidate arrested hours before election for... well, let's just say "still not a drag queen". Republican Candidate Charged With Child Porn Offenses Hours Before Election https://www.newsweek.com/texas-repu...d-porn-offences-hours-before-election-1841474