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☆ Tesla is facing a criminal investigation over its 'self-driving' vehicle claims, a new report says, adding to compounding scrutiny on Elon Musk as Twitter deal looms
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Tesla is facing a criminal probe over its "self-driving" claims, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources told Reuters that the Justice Department began an investigation into that claim last year. The investigation, which could ultimately trigger criminal charges against Tesla executives, is centered on whether that claim constitutes defrauding consumers. Neither the Department of Justice nor Tesla immediately responded to Insider's requests for comment. Despite Tesla's claims, its optional Full Self-Driving Capability is still in "beta," meaning it is not considered a final product.
☆ GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano's new ad uses same stock footage as Russian propaganda
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
An ad posted by the Doug Mastriano campaign uses footage previously featured in Russian propaganda. The stock footage of two young girls appears to have come from a videographer in Belarus. In July, a Russian embassy used the footage in an ad encouraging people to move to Russia. Twitter/Russian Embassy in SpainIt is not the first time that the campaign appears to have used stock footage from the site. The allure of stock footage — especially, of course, the free variety — is money.
☆ Putin's nuclear threats are pushing people like Trump and Elon Musk to press for a Ukraine peace deal. A nuclear expert warns that's 'dangerous.'
  + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Growing fear of nuclear war has prompted calls for an immediate settlement to end the war in Ukraine. But abandoning support for Ukraine now could spur Russia and others to make more nuclear threats. "Just giving in at this point would actually be dangerous," nuclear expert Pavel Podvig told Insider. In discussions with Insider, Podvig said that Russia could decide to use nuclear weapons if its hold over Crimea were threatened. Instead of capitulation, dressed up in a universal desire for peace, he argued, "You could in effect show – demonstrate in practice — that nuclear weapons are not a useful instrument of terror and compellence."
☆ Elon Musk blocks Ukraine from using Starlink in Crimea over concern that Putin could use nuclear weapons: report
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk denied a Ukrainian request to enable the use of Starlink in Russian-occupied Crimea. Musk told political analyst Ian Bremmer he fears a Ukrainian offensive could start a nuclear war. The SpaceX CEO denied that he recently spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Bremmer claims. Following Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, Musk — and the US government — provided Kyiv with thousands of Starlink systems, enabling Ukrainian forces to communicate in what were previously dead zones. Per Bremmer, Musk "refused given the potential for escalation."
☆ PHOTOS: Russian and US troops shook hands and took pictures together when their patrols met in Syria, actions in deep contrast with Ukraine tensions
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Photos show US and Russian troops shaking hands and taking pictures together in Syria. The photos, published by AFP, were taken as both forces patrolled territory near the Turkish border. But instead of a hostile interaction between two nuclear powers, the result this time was smiles, handshakes, and group photos. Today, several hundred US troops remain in northeastern Syria, with both Washington and Moscow conducting patrols to discourage any further encroachment by Turkey, a member of NATO as well as a Russian partner. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to AFP, the most recent encounter took place on October 8 near the town of al-Qahtaniyah.
☆ Biden to pardon thousands of people with federal marijuana convictions and encourage states to do the same
  + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
President Joe Biden announced he is pardoning thousands of people with federal marijuana convictions. Biden said in a statement "no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana." The White House is also considering a change to the scheduling of marijuana under federal law. In his statement, Biden said he is asking Attorney General Merrick Garland and Health Secretary Xavier Becerra to begin a review of marijuana's federal scheduling. "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said.
☆ US spy planes appear to be monitoring a Russian enclave in Europe, possibly looking for signs of nuclear weapons activity
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Kaliningrad is a Russian territory on the Baltic sea, separated from mainland Russia by Lithuania. In 2018, Russia conducted a "major renovation" of a nuclear weapons site there, an expert said. In April, the Russian military announced that its Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region conducted a "simulated missile strike exercise" using its "Iskander operational and tactical missile complexes." What they suggest, he told Insider, is that there is "an increased interest in Russian military movements by high-level decision makers in the United States." "The chances of his using nuclear weapons — at least tactical nuclear weapons — is going up by the day," Baer said.
☆ Doug Mastriano accepts $500 donation from the founder of Gab, a self-styled Christian nationalist who says Jews are unwelcome in his far-right movement
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano accepted $500 from Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab. Torba is a self-styled Christian nationalist whose Gab website is favored by far-right extremists. Mastriano paid Gab $5,000 to promote his campaign but later said Torba "doesn't speak for me." Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. He has also said even conservative Jews are unwelcome, flatly stating, according to Media Matters: "We don't want people who are Jewish."
☆ Putin ally admits he created the Wagner mercenary group linked to wartime atrocities: 'I cleaned old weapons myself'
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted to founding the Wagner mercenary firm in 2014. "I cleaned old weapons myself," the billionaire, known as "Putin's chef," said in a statement. Prigozhin previously denied founding the group and sued those who reported on his Wagner ties. "From that moment, on May 1, 2014, a group of patriots was born, which later acquired the name PMC Wagner." Timothy Lay, a coauthor of the report, told Insider that Wagner's actions — including widespread looting — were akin to "criminal violence."
☆ A rights group says Russia is drafting anti-war protesters to fight for Putin in Ukraine, and the Kremlin isn't denying it
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Protesters arrested in Russia are being forced to report to military recruitment offices, a monitor said. The Russian-based rights group OVD-Info said at least 1,310 anti-war protesters have been detained. At 15 police departments across the capital, protesters were handed summons demanding they report for military duty, the group said. At least 17 anti-war protesters in Voronezh, a city in southwest Russia, were also ordered to report to an enlistment office. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, did not deny that some detained protesters were being drafted, Reuters reported.
☆ Russia frees 2 Americans who were captured while fighting for Ukraine and threatened with the death penalty
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Two Americans who were captured by Russia while fighting in Ukraine have been released. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. The two men, Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, were detained in June while fighting in eastern Ukraine. The men were reportedly part of a 10-person group released as part of a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. At the time, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the men could face the death penalty.
☆ 'Failing communist regimes' in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua account for new wave of migration, US says
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
"Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration," a US official said. In total, just under 158,000 people had encounters with southwest border officials in August. "Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest US border," CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement. More than 55,000 people from the three, ostensibly socialist regimes were encountered at the southwest border in August, per CBP. The fact that nearly half of all migrants encountered were from Nicaragua and South America, he said, represented a "staggering change."
☆ Fraudsters used a fake-name generating website to steal $250 million meant for hungry children, Justice Department alleges
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
According to prosecutors, the accused exploited the federal Child Nutrition Program, which provides free or low-cost meals to impoverished children. Feeding Our Future, in turn, collected $18 million in administrative fees for disbursing that money, according to the indictment. In 2019, it dispersed $3.4 million in federal aid, according to prosecutors, rising to nearly $200 million in 2021. Those involved in the scheme, prosecutors claim, spent proceeds on travel, luxury vehicles, and property in Minnesota, Ohio, and Kentucky — as well as real estate in Turkey and Kenya. A search warrant, executed in January, accused Bock of accepting a $310,000 payment from one client, Sahan Journal reported.
☆ Venezuelan migrants — like those dropped in Martha's Vineyard by Ron DeSantis — are fleeing a government that has engaged in 'crimes against humanity,' UN says
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The Venezuelan government is responsible for "crimes against humanity," per a United Nations report. "[G]rave crimes and human rights violations are being committed," the UN's Marta Valiñas said. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. Ron DeSantis — are fleeing a government that has engaged in "crimes against humanity," including the use of torture and sexual violence to repress dissent, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. "In doing so, grave crimes and human rights violations are being committed, including acts of torture and sexual violence."
☆ Veterans criticize Doug Mastriano for wearing 'the uniform of traitors' after a photo of him in a Confederate outfit surfaces
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Nearly 60 veterans signed a letter criticizing Doug Mastriano for wearing a Confederate uniform. Mastriano, a Pennsylvania Republican, wore the uniform in a faculty photo for the US Army War College. As Reuters reported in August, Mastriano — a state senator running for governor – chose to wear the Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the US Army War College. Mastriano has battled claims of extremism since winning the GOP nomination with the help of former President Donald Trump. Mastriano paid the site $5,000 and praised its founder, Andrew Torba, an anti-Semite who identifies as a Christian nationalist.
☆ Video shows the head of a shadowy mercenary group recruiting at a Russian prison, offering inmates freedom if they fight in Ukraine but death if they run
  + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Wagner is a Russian private military company with close ties to the Kremlin that is now in Ukraine. In a video shared on Telegram, the group's founder can be seen recruiting at a Russian prison. Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin claims the men will receive pardons if they agree to fight in Ukraine. Prigozhin's offer to Russian prisoners — to fight in a conflict he bills as being far more difficult than the war Russia fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan — comes with other conditions beyond the threat of execution for deserters. In the video, Prigozhin says he's prepared to accept men between the ages of 22 and 50 but can accept younger recruits with the consent of their families.
☆ A sentence that never ends: How probation kept a Pennsylvania man locked up through the pandemic — even after his release date
  + stars: | 2022-02-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +39 min
He was still a teenager when, a year after his school went under, he graduated to a new form of state supervision. Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. And such violations have bloated the probation system, with roughly 250,000 people now subject to restrictions on their freedom. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner listens during a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth was elected in the 2018 "blue wave," defeating the incumbent Republican.
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