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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Mike Pompeo House passes legislation to elevate cybersecurity at the State Department The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - All US adults now eligible for COVID vaccines Parade of 2024 GOP hopefuls court House conservatives MORE said Wednesday he was on Capitol Hill as a “private citizen” to throw his support behind Republican-led legislation aimed at maintaining the former Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign of sanctions against Iran. Pompeo joined GOP lawmakers from the Republican Study Committee to preview the legislation in a press conference outside the Capitol building, as protesters shouted across the street for the former secretary to “go home.” Pompeo said that in leaving the government, he felt it was important to continue to speak out about the danger of the Iranian government and efforts to prevent Tehran from achieving a nuclear weapon. ADVERTISEMENT “I’m here in my status as … [Read more...] about Pompeo visits Hill to support GOP push for Iran sanctions

Emotional Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members on Tuesday cheered a jury’s decision to find former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, but they said the moment now demands that Congress take the next step: enacting criminal justice reform. “This is just the first step,” Rep. Joyce Beatty Joyce Birdson Beatty Black Caucus: Guilty verdict a 'catalyst' for police reform Democrats debate timing and wisdom of reparations vote Biden's DOJ civil rights nominee faces sharp GOP criticism MORE (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said moments after the verdict was announced. “We are hopeful that today will be the catalyst to turn the pain, the agony, the justice delays into actions that go far beyond today.” Those actions primarily focus on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which the House passed on March 3 mostly along party lines. Named for Floyd, a Black man who died last year after Chauvin knelt … [Read more...] about Black Caucus: Guilty verdict a ‘catalyst’ for police reform

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization expressed its displeasure Tuesday with President Joe Biden for “sending more military equipment” to local police than former President Donald Trump. “Our communities are being terrorized at a greater rate than they had been under Trump,” the organization tweeted. “Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did. You read that right,” they claimed . BLM also noted Biden’s first 100 days are quickly approaching, a deadline the organization has set for ending “transfers” of military equipment to local communities. “Biden’s first 100 days are up in 10 days. By then we need him to which transfers military equipment into the hands of police across the country– including school & campus police,” they tweeted. Their website cites the 1033 Program, a Law Enforcement Support Office, which grants shifts of “surplus military-grade equipment to local law enforcement agencies across the country.” … [Read more...] about BLM Organization: ‘Communities Terrorized at Greater Rate’ Under Joe Biden than Donald Trump

Renwei Electronics, a recipient of an award issued by Amazon-backed “Joint Innovation Center,” helps Chinese authorities track prisoners in Xinjiang, a Monday report revealed. The company installs its “smart prison” systems in reeducation camps located in the Xinjiang region, where at least one million ethnic Muslim minorities are being held in mass internment camps, according to BuzzFeed News. Renwei Electronics helps authorities in Xinjiang, China track people in prisons and detention centers — alerting guards to their movements and even fitting them with heart rate monitors. Last year, it won an “innovation” award at an Amazon-sponsored event https://t.co/iKzbXY3eIw — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 19, 2021 Renwei received a “product innovation award” naming it as one of six “outstanding entrepreneurial companies” at an event co-hosted by the Amazon-sponsored center in November 2020, BuzzFeed News reported. (RELATED: US Corporations Continue Business … [Read more...] about Chinese Company Awarded At Amazon-Sponsored Event Monitors Uyghurs

Sen. Ed Markey Ed Markey Lawmakers react to guilty verdict in Chauvin murder trial: 'Our work is far from done' Overnight Energy: Biden reportedly will pledge to halve US emissions by 2030 | Ocasio-Cortez, Markey reintroduce Green New Deal resolution Ocasio-Cortez, Markey reintroduce Green New Deal resolution MORE (D-Mass.) and Rep. Kathy Castor Katherine (Kathy) Anne Castor Lawmakers react to guilty verdict in Chauvin murder trial: 'Our work is far from done' Hillicon Valley: Biden administration sanctions Russia for SolarWinds hack, election interference House Republicans circulate memo on legislative concepts targeting Big Tech MORE (D-Fla.) urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate if Google’s app store is misleadingly marketing children’s apps as compliant with a law aimed at protecting children’s privacy. The Democrats on Wednesday sent a letter to the FTC calling for the commission to launch an investigation into … [Read more...] about Markey, Castor urge FTC to investigate Google Play Store