[FoxNews] Officials say they discovered the ring during a proactive criminal review and some material was readily available through ads on TikTok
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and representatives from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have arrested seven Florida residents in an ongoing international child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crime ring investigation.
Officials say the men purchased the material through ads on TikTok and that the ringleader is believed to be in Turkey.
One undercover agent working the case was able to purchase 6.7 terabytes of child pornography, comprising roughly 1.2 million videos and pictures, according to Special Agent in Charge Mark Brutnell.
"It’s disgusting that child sexual abuse material is advertised in plain view on apps such as TikTok, and we will continue fighting to get these major social media companies to do their part in shutting down the spread of this material. I’m grateful for our FDLE partners who uncovered this deviant network and highlighted their sickening actions. Our Statewide Prosecutors will ensure these disgusting criminals face justice," said Attorney General James Uthmeier.
The alleged ringleader is in Turkey, according to Florida’s attorney general. A warrant is out for his arrest, and investigators are working to extradite him to Florida.
"The arrests of these predators are just the beginning. Every image of child abuse leaves a lasting scar on an innocent life, and we will aggressively prosecute these heinous crimes," said Uthmeier.
The investigation started in July 2024 after an FDLE agent doing a proactive criminal review of a website known to advertise child sexual abuse discovered someone selling content.
Upon identifying the user, the detectives initiated a full investigation and uncovered multiple listings from the same seller. They were able to have the website down within a week.
The suspect, Krunalkumar Modi, 39, of New Jersey, was arrested on July 31, and charged with 100 counts of promotion of sexual performance by a child, five counts of out-of-state transmission of child sexual abuse material, five counts of distribution of obscene material, and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
The agents were also able to uncover that Modi was part of a larger distribution ring lead by "John De Vil."
"John De Vil" has been officially identified as Mehmet Bozuyuk, who currently resides in Adana, Turkey. Bozuyuk has several stolen identities and has used them in order to sell and distribute CSAM globally through money mules like Modi, and Ximena Maqueda, an Oregon resident, according to a statement released by FDLE.
The investigation resulted in the arrest of seven CSAM ring "customers" residing in Florida. The "customers" are currently charged with conspiracy to commit RICO, purchase of child sexual abuse material and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
Arrest warrants are also active for:
Ximena Del Real Maqueda of Portland, Oregon, for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Mehmet Bozuyuk of Adana, Turkey, for racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, money laundering, promotion of sexual performance by a child, selling child sexual abuse material, of out-of-state transmission of child sexual abuse material by electronic device, distribution of obscene material and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
[FoxNews] Court denies Florida death row inmate's appeal based on weight
A Florida death row inmate, whose appeal based on his "morbidly obese" weight was recently rejected by the Florida Supreme Court, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night.
Michael Tanzi, 48, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 kidnapping and strangling death of Janet Acosta, a production worker at The Miami Herald.
Tanzi, in his final statement, apologized to Acosta's family and recited a Bible verse, according to a report from The Associated Press. He was dead three minutes later.
Tanzi allegedly beat, robbed and strangled Acosta before leaving her body in the Florida Keys.
Tanzi was sentenced to death after being convicted of murder in the first degree, carjacking, kidnapping and armed robbery.
Appeals filed by his attorneys were denied, with the most recent being an appeal citing Tanzi's "morbidly obese" weight and sciatica, which they alleged could cause "unconstitutional levels of pain," according to the AP.
The court ruled the appeal was not timely because Tanzi's health concerns were known since 2009, noting similar appeals based on weight have been rejected.
Corrections Department spokesman Ted Veerman told the AP Tanzi woke up at 4:45 a.m. and met with a spiritual adviser. He was later served his last meal.
No need to fight, children, there are enough really rich people to go around. And anyway, the richest will happily pay to have a foot on both continents.
[KhaamaPress] Which is the better option: the EU Golden Visa program or Trump’s $5 million investment visa?
Golden Visa programs in Europe are becoming more popular than Trump’s proposed U.S. investment-based residency program. This is due to the more affordable options available in European countries.
According to Property Wire, following the announcement of Trump’s Golden Card, online searches for it dropped significantly, with people focusing on more cost-effective European golden visa options, especially from Malta, Portugal, Hungary, and Greece.
Trump’s Golden Card proposal offers U.S. residency in exchange for a $5 million investment. This is a significant increase from the $800,000 required under the previous EB-5 program, raising concerns about its affordability.
Despite initial interest, Trump’s $5 million Golden Card never surpassed the popularity of European golden visa programs. The Greek golden visa, in particular, remains the most popular among them.
ِDenis Kravchenko, a business development expert, pointed out that the $5 million price tag for Trump’s Golden Card is too high, with many opting for European countries like Malta, where citizenship can be obtained for under €1 million.
A report by Latitude Global Residency shows that 25% of wealthy American clients are opting for Malta’s golden visa program. Malta is now the second most popular choice for wealthy Americans seeking European citizenship.
Portugal, Spain, and Greece also offer golden visa programs, with Greece being particularly popular due to its relatively low investment threshold of €250,000. However, Spain recently ended its program, and Portugal has modified its investment options.
As the demand for European golden visas continues to grow, Trump’s proposal seems to be less competitive due to its high investment requirement. Countries like Greece and Malta are expected to remain leaders in this sector.
While the U.S. Golden Card may provide a long-term solution for wealthy investors, it is clear that European golden visa programs, with their lower investment thresholds, are the preferred choice for many global investors seeking residency.
[NYPOST] A nightmare played out in Brooklyn over the weekend — fresh proof of the horrific consequences of state politicians' refusal to embrace Gov. Kathy Hochul's reforms and get the severely mentally ill the treatment they need.
In an unthinkable ordeal, four girls, ages 8 to 13, were brutally slashed with a meat cleaver by a male relative inside a Bensonhurst home Sunday morning.
Thankfully, all survived after the police arrived and shot the suspect, Long Qian Chen. But the girls will surely live with the emotional and physical scars for a very long time.
Like countless nightmare-makers before him, Chen had a history of mental illness, including reported hospitalization for schizophrenia.
Every foot-dragging politician who's squeamish about ''forcing'' the dangerously mentally ill into treatment should view the bone-chilling photos of the scene of the crime.
Chen is exactly the type of person whom involuntary commitment is supposed to be for — a clear danger to himself and others.
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[REGNUM] The COVID-19 coronavirus infection that raged in 2020 has impressed everyone so much that now any suspicious sneeze in the neighborhood leads to panic attacks.
The increase in mycoplasma pneumonia cases has caused increased nervousness in a large part of the population. Some even claim a new hidden epidemic.
COUGHING PROFUSELY
Mikhail was interviewing with employers when he suddenly started coughing like crazy - uncontrollable, shaking, turning his inside out. Trying to stop coughing, Mikhail tried to hold his breath, to take in more air, but his lungs convulsively shook, as if trying to break out.
"It was like a scary movie about an astronaut with an alien organism inside him. What scared me most was the suddenness and strength of this cough, as well as the faces of the HR staff. One of them rushed to pour me a glass of water. It helped, but not for long," Mikhail recalls.
Hoping that "everything would go away on its own," Mikhail did not go to the doctor. There was no fever or weakness, typical of the flu. There was no loss of taste or smell, as with COVID. Only a cough.
"But at night it got really bad - the cough didn't stop for a minute, and my lungs seemed to be filled with water. At the district clinic they sent me for a chest X-ray," Mikhail added. Only then did the doctor diagnose me with mycoplasma pneumonia. And she added that he was not the first today.
"SOMETIMES IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAR"
Mycoplasma pneumonia is an insidious lung infection that affects the respiratory tract. It is caused by a “subbacterium” without a cell wall. It easily releases a toxin that can cause either a sudden, traumatic cough with blood and high fever, or a barely noticeable malaise.
It is because of this deceptive ease, when the disease is endured “on one’s feet”, that mycoplasma pneumonia is called “walking pneumonia”.
Sounds scary when said in Latin like that. I get lung inflammation often enough that I start at home with corticosteroid breathing treatments (the same medicine as in asthma inhalers), steam, and the usual lots of fluids, vitamins D, C, and sucking zinc lozenges to bolster the immune system. If that doesn’t work, the doctor generally gives me a cortisone shot and prednisone taper to hit the inflammation response harder. Only if that doesn’t work do we try antibiotics. They used always to start with antibiotics — to prevent meningitis, I believe — but the epidemiologists said that prescribing antibiotics too often was leading to concerning levels of antibiotic resistance among common disease organisms, so treating symptoms became the hot new thing.
"It is not so easy to detect mycoplasma infection right away. There are many common ARVIs now. Flu and COVID are also common. All these diseases have more or less similar symptoms. They are all characterized by high fever, cough, body aches, sore throat, and so on.
Mycoplasma pneumonia is sometimes impossible to "hear" during auscultation - listening to the lungs. Since the disease is often not very "severe", many patients do not want to take sick leave and continue to go to work or school, spreading the infection," says Ivan Dorofeev, a pulmonologist at one of the Moscow hospitals.
Despite the unobvious symptoms, mycoplasma pneumonia can slowly undermine the body over a long period of time, leading to serious consequences: pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary embolism, suppuration and respiratory failure. Even a fatal outcome is possible, although rare.
That’s why it's important to reduce the inflammation response as quickly as possible.
Laboratory diagnostics help doctors detect the presence of mycoplasma pneumonia - blood tests for infectious agents, as well as chest X-rays or computed tomography (CT).
"In city clinics, chest X-rays (let alone CT scans) are not performed on all sick people. With ARVI, this simply does not make sense. Laboratory tests are prescribed only after pneumonia is detected - based on X-ray results. However, everything is done very quickly, literally in one day," says the pulmonologist.
THERE IS NO EPIDEMIC
The first outbreak of mycoplasma pneumonia in Russia and a number of other countries - China, the USA, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Germany - was noted a year and a half ago. It was reported on December 6, 2023, by the press service of Rospotrebnadzor, and the Ministry of Health assured that the situation with the incidence was manageable.
In late 2024, there were renewed reports of mycoplasma infections, and by the end of March 2025, the number of cases had increased, causing many to recall the dark times of COVID-19. A number of media outlets even began reporting on a new epidemic.
However, doctors are reassuring - mycoplasma microorganisms cause outbreaks of the disease cyclically, approximately once every 3-7 years. According to the LabQuest laboratory, the frequency of detection of the disease for October-November 2024 reached 19.6%, while for the same period in 2023 the incidence rate was 4.9%.
Representatives of Rospotrebnadzor, in turn, noted that the situation with the spread of mycoplasma infection in Russia is under complete control, as reported by the agency’s official channel.
The fact that there is no talk of an epidemic yet is confirmed by a number of specialists working directly with patients.
"You can't call it an epidemic, but the infection is spreading rapidly now," notes Nina Petrova, a pulmonologist at one of the military hospitals. "Symptoms: high fever that persists for a long time, a hacking cough - sometimes with phlegm, and sometimes without it. And sometimes the cough is so strong that it leads to vomiting. Everyone feels very weak - as if they were unloading wagons with sand.
It is difficult to detect this infection - we do an X-ray, it shows that the lungs are clean. But at the same time, there is a picture of pneumonia and a decent inflammation in the tests. Therefore, the doctor should always compare X-rays, and if there is no pneumonia on them, then it is better to play it safe - send the patient for CT."
APATHY AND LOSS OF STRENGTH
Like other similar diseases, mycoplasma pneumonia primarily affects traditional risk groups: the elderly, children, patients with chronic lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and bronchial asthma.
Today, antibiotics are used to combat mycoplasma. Since the causative bacteria has developed resistance to antibiotics due to self-medication by the population, this process can be long.
"Unfortunately, every third or fourth of our patients takes antibiotics on their own. This is a big problem, because antibiotics do not act on viruses. Even if their use is justified, many patients do not follow the dosages, intervals, or duration of administration. And in general, they often drink what they found at home. As a result, microorganisms adapt, and antibiotics stop affecting them as they should," notes doctor Dorofeev.
Recovery from a mycoplasma infection is complicated by the fact that even cured pneumonia often causes post-viral asthenia. Moreover, for a long time, sometimes up to several months, patients feel apathy and loss of strength.
Prevention of mycoplasma pneumonia is familiar to most of us thanks to COVID-19. It includes: washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with warm water and soap, wearing a mask in public places,
…to keep from infecting others if you are contagious. It won’t keep you from getting sick except inasmuch as it prevents touching the mucus membranes of the T-zone, thus transferring infectious material…
and treating your hands with hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol.
The good news is that there is no epidemic as such. The bad news is that the disease lasts a long time. Therefore, it is worth being vigilant, otherwise you can fall out of your usual rhythm for a long time.
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[Regnum] Ryan Wesley Routt,
…he spells it Ryan Wesley Routh. Alternate spellings here are an artifact of going back and forth between alphabets…
accused of attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump, tried to buy a rocket-propelled grenade launcher (RPG) or a Stinger anti-aircraft missile from Ukraine. This was reported by the American magazine Newsweek.
“In one of the messages, Raut made a request: ‘Send me an RPG or a Stinger, and I’ll see what can be done… (Trump. — Ed.) is unfavorable for Ukraine,’” the article stated.
According to the publication, Ruth communicated via an encrypted application with a person who allegedly was from the Ukrainian side and had access to military weapons.
#1
Remember UPS found the... was it a Stinger in their warehouse? Remember UPS found a rocket launcher being shipped in one of the warehouses in Texas early this spring. I remember.
Examples of areas the Gates foundation does not fund:
* Direct donations or grants to individuals
* Projects addressing health problems in developed countries
* Political campaigns and legislative lobbying efforts
* Building or capital campaigns
Given his own list of NO - NO's how many of the USAID does he himself NOT cover?
BTW: Mr. Bill is only 12th in the world richest.
Elon is #1.
[Beitbart] President Donald Trump signed four executive actions on Tuesday aimed at protecting and bolstering America’s coal industry.
Trump signed the orders during an East Room event, attended by key Cabinet members like Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The first was an order that “directs all departments and agencies of the federal government to end all discriminatory policies against the coal industry,” White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf announced at the signing ceremony.
“This ends the leasing moratorium that prevents new coal projects on federal land, and it’s going to accelerate all permitting and funding for new coal projects to allow the coal industry to flourish under your leadership,” Scharf told Trump.
The second action imposes a moratorium on the policies from the previous administration that threaten coal plants around the country.
“There are currently dozens of coal plants in America that are in imminent danger of being forced to close based on unscientific and unrealistic policies enacted by the Biden administration,” Scharf noted.
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“What we are going to do is essentially impose a moratorium on those policies taking effect to protect coal plants that are currently operating to ensure they are able to continue producing power, and continue providing jobs to Americans in the coal industry,” he continued.
Per a White House fact sheet, the proclamation “allows certain coal plants to comply with a less stringent version of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule for two years,” rather than the more strict standards the Biden administration implemented.
A third order deals with securing the grid and making it more reliable.
“This executive order is going to promote grid security and reliability by ensuring, in part, that our grid policies are focused on secure and effective energy production and energy transmission as opposed to woke policies that discriminate against secure sources of power like coal and other fossil fuels,” Scharf said.
The fourth action instructs the Department of Justice to investigate anti-coal policies put forth by Democrat-run states, which the administration believes are unconstitutional.
“One of the biggest problems we have in this space is Democrat states, radical leftist states enacting policies and enacting an agenda that discriminates against coal, against secure sources of energy,” Scharf stated, adding that many such policies are illegal and unconstitutional.
“With this executive order, you’re going to be instructing your Department of Justice to vigorously pursue and investigate these state policies that we believe are illegal or unconstitutional,” he added.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump was unabashed last night as he claimed that America held all the cards in the ongoing trade war that is sending global markets to the brink of collapse.
'I am telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,' the president said during a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner in Washington.
'They are dying to make a deal. "Please, please sir, make a deal. I'll do anything sir."'
It comes as markets puked again on Wednesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 and London's FTSE 100 were down 4 percent. Dow and S&P futures were trading down 1 percent and 0.75 percent before the bell.
Trump remained defiant as he spoke to his MAGA base last night.
'They ripped us off left and right. But now it's our turn to do the ripping,' the president declared.
'Japan is coming here as we speak. They're in a plane, flying lots of them, all tough negotiators, but things that people wouldn't have given us two years ago ... three years ago, five years ago, seven - they're giving us everything.
'They don't want tariffs on themselves.'
Last Wednesday Trump announced that every country - even uninhabited islands - would be hit with a 10 percent tariff on imports, with 'reciprocal' tariffs doled out to countries the White House considered to be the worst offenders.
Since then markets have cratered.
On Tuesday, after a brief rally attributed to a tariff pause possibly being on the table, the Dow ended more than 300 points down. Overall the tariff-related market drop amounted to more than 4,500 points. As 12:01 a.m. Wednesday approached - when the tariffs would kick in - U.S. stock futures and Asian equity markets dropped.
Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday - by announcing a 104 percent tariff on China would go into effect, after China refused to lift its retaliatory tariffs by Trump's deadline of noon on Tuesday.
'Until they make a deal with us, that's what it's going to be,' Trump said at Tuesday night's NRCC President's Dinner.
At the same dinner, Trump also teased more tariffs were coming.
'We're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals,' he said.
Trump had initially pitched a 34 percent increase on China when he announced the new tariffs during last Wednesday's Rose Garden 'Liberation Day' event, on top of the 20 percent tariffs on China he had rolled out earlier this year. He then stuck Beijing with another 50 percent increase.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that 'it was a mistake for China to retaliate.'
'The president, when America is punched, he punches back harder,' she said, but added that 'if China reaches out to make a deal, he'll be incredibly gracious, but he's going to do what's best for the American people.'
[FoxNews] Plaintiffs alleged in a court filing that some 16K probationary employees have been fired since President Donald Trump took office
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal employees, granting a request for an emergency administrative stay on a lower court order blocking the firings.
The majority of the high court ruled that the plaintiffs, nine non-profit organizations who had sued to reinstate the employees, lacked standing to sue.
"The District Court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case. But under established law, those allegations are presently insufficient to support the organizations’ standing," the court said in an order.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application for a stay.
In their final brief to the Supreme Court, government attorneys argued that lower courts overstepped their authority by ordering the reinstatement of probationary employees last month.
The legal battle stems from the termination of an estimated 16,000 probationary federal employees since President Donald Trump took office, prompting a wave of lawsuits from Democrat-led states and former workers.
Probationary employees are particularly vulnerable to termination because they lack the civil service protections granted to full-time federal workers, which typically take effect after a designated period of service.
Justice Department lawyers have warned that forcing the government to rehire those employees would create "chaos" across federal agencies. They have also maintained that the firings were tied to poor performance – an allegation the dismissed employees strongly dispute.
Last month, a federal judge in Baltimore ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary employees who had been fired from multiple government agencies.
Chief Judge James Bredar also directed the administration to return within seven days with a list of the affected employees and an explanation of how the agencies were complying with the reinstatement order.
In their Supreme Court filing, the plaintiffs argued that the Trump administration’s "decimation" of probationary staff had caused deep and lasting harm to key federal agencies.
At the Department of Veterans Affairs – already plagued by chronic understaffing – the layoffs have "already had and will imminently continue to have" serious negative consequences for those who rely on its services, the plaintiffs wrote.
"Similarly, cuts to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have already harmed and will continue to harm the ability of Respondent environmental and outdoor organizations to enjoy and protect a wide range of federal lands and resources," they said.
#1
They had no statutory protection. The Biden administration added hundreds of thousands of government employees in the last two years to cover the loss of hundreds of thousands of non-governmental jobs just to pad the unemployment statistics.
#1
The saber-tooth tiger should be brought back. I propose the US reintroduce this creature into Colorado, since their elected reps have such an affinity of wolves.
And lets not limit the joy of seeing these magnificent creatures to just farmers and ranchers. Let's make sure they're released on the outskirts of Denver, Ft. Collins, and Boulder. Every citizen of that state should have the opportunity to encounter one of these magnificent animals.
#6
The Joe Rogan interview w/ Lamm is very very interesting.
Lamm was saying the saber-tooth tiger is the most popular animal that everybody wants to bring back.
He said someone approached him to bring back Mammoths for steaks and meat, a new protein source for the meat Industry.
He was saying that they put cutouts of pikachus and thylacines in the australian outback, and the thylacine cutouts spooked the animals. They suggest that fear of Tasmanian Tiger is passed down via DNA. I think it also suggests they could still be alive to foster that fear...
#7
Grom - It's funny contrarian hotair posted that because Lamm predicted it would happen. Lamm takes about 15 minutes (fair and balanced) with Rogan and hits all the different takes on DNA and bringing back a species - and the various push back he gets.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] America's newest weapon of mass destruction is going into production seven months ahead of schedule as fears of a war with China continue to grow.
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are kickstarting development of the B61-13, a nuclear 'gravity bomb' that was originally slated to go into production for the US Air Force in 2026.
Gravity bombs are literally what they sound like, a bomb dropped from a military plane which lets gravity do all the work.
The timeline was moved up due to the 'critical challenge and urgent need' for a new nuclear deterrent - a threat that's hopefully big enough to discourage America's enemies from attacking first.
The B61-13 is 24 times more powerful than the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. That first atom bomb, called 'Little Boy,' had a yield of about 15 kilotons - the explosive equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT.
The B61-13, on the other hand, is designed to have a yield of around 360 kilotons, or 360,000 tons of TNT.
This particular weapon was scheduled to become the full-time replacement for older nuclear bombs carried by US stealth bombers and dropped over targets without warning by 2028.
However, with growing economic and military tensions between the US and major powers like China and Russia, the dramatically updated timeline could put a terrifying new weapon on the battlefield by the end of this year.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
