FBI Sends Confidential Informant To Convince IMAO To Tone Down Anti-FBI Rhetoric

U.S. National Debt Hits $33 Trillion for the First Time
CNBC | 19 September 2023 | Chelsey Cox

The debt, which equals the amount of money borrowed by the federal government to cover operating expenses, hit $33.04 trillion Monday, according to the Treasury Department. A roughly 50% increase in federal spending between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2021 contributed to the debt topping $33 trillion, the department said.

Biden Administration To Put $4.6 Billion Toward State and Local Climate Plans
The Hill | 09/20/2023 | Rachel Frazin

Exclusive: American Citizen Journalist Sitting in Ukraine Prison, State Dept. Confirms, as Biden Begs for Billions More to Protect Ukrainian ‘Freedom’
Breitbart | September 19, 2023 | Kurt Zindulka and Kristina Wong

While lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. debate sending billions more in military aid to Ukraine, an American citizen journalist, Gonzalo Lira, is languishing in a Ukrainian prison on allegations of spreading Russian propaganda, throwing into question the status of free speech in the supposed democracy the Biden administration argues is worthy of more taxpayer dollars.

The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve another $24 billion for Ukraine for now through the end of this year, which would add to the $113 billion that Congress has committed to the country since its war with Russia began in February of last year.

Biden Administration Announces $600M to Produce No-Cost COVID Tests
Time | 09/20/2023

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household.

Straight Line of the Day: If You Were To Traffic in Wildlife, What Would It Involve?

Posted by Oppo on 20 September 2023, 12:00 pm

Global Wildlife Trafficking on the Rise, Aided by Drug Cartels
The Hill | 9/02/23 | Rafael Bernal

Global wildlife trafficking is on the rise, adding a dimension to transnational crime and increasing the risk that U.S. corporations could unwittingly become entangled in the illicit trade.

A new white paper by Moody’s Analytics highlights the growing risk for private enterprise, and the growing involvement of transnational crime in wildlife smuggling.

“Brands sometimes are involved in supply chains and they might not truly know who their supplier is,” said Richard Graham, Third Party Risk Management lead at Moody’s Analytics.

“If you’re doing business with someone that is a supplier that is involved in some sort of wildlife trafficking, via animals or probably more likely the wood from different endangered trees, that’s a very bad story for your brand. It impacts reputational risk, and also it’s probably illegal.”

Wait, Moody’s: You want to run that last sentence by us again, in this discussion that is all about illegal trafficking?