Alejandro Mayorkas, US Secretary of Homeland Security
Cuban-American government official and attorney who has served as the seventh United States secretary of homeland security since February 2, 2021 --wikipedia
US Government
Pres. Biden's State of the Union speech (2022)
Biden was cheered for his tough talk on Russia, jeered in other parts of the speech --foxnews.com
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Also calibrated, this article: "Reduce School Bus Idling to Save Costs and Improve Student Health"
U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
After seven months and 500 interviews, the partisan committee ponders a criminal referral to the Dept. of Justice for former President Trump because he was silent during the J6 riot (though not before and not after).
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland
Homeland Security bulletin: "The United States remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories"
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA
$3.4 billion annual budget for the development of emerging technologies for use by the [US] military --wikipedia. Also calibrated: DARPA's Biological Technologies Office.
SCOTUS Justice Alito, oral arguments re: OSHA vaccine mandate (video)
At a hearing yesterday, Justice Samuel Alito questioned Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General of the United States, who was arguing for OSHA's vaccine mandate. --Forbes
Dr. Fauci
Chief medical advisor to the US president. Calibrated for social impact and personally.
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
the largest crime bill in the history of the United States... provided for a greatly expanded federal death penalty, new classes of individuals banned from possessing firearms, and a variety of new crimes defined in statutes relating to hate crimes, sex crimes, and gang-related crime --wikipedia
US government treatment of Jan. 6th detainees
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged that the U.S. government is "abusing," torturing, and committing "human rights abuses" against the inmates. She claimed that the inmates are facing conditions worse than those faced by the "terrorists" detained in Guantanamo Bay --newsweek.com
US government treatment of Ashli Babbitt
The only person shot in the events at the Capitol January 6th was unarmed Ashil Babbitt. The officer who killed her fled the scene and would not be identified for months. Other officers did not administer aid as she bled to death. The investigation into the officers' conduct did not find wrongdoing.
US Government COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Businesses (via OSHA)
Employers that violate the rule could be fined up to $14,000 per citation, starting Jan. 4, 2022. The OSHA rule applies to 84 million American workers --forbes.com
17th Amendment to the US Constitution
Provides that US Senators be elected by a state's populace rather than by its legislature.
FDA Food and Drug Administration
In 2005, "the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations cost $49
billion annually but provide only $7 billion in benefits." --Truth vs. Falsehood
Federal Judiciary's treatment of Jan. 6th detainees
"60 Capitol protesters are now in jail and denied bail. For months, January 6 detainees have suffered under solitary confinement conditions... and have been denied access to lawyers, exercise, personal hygiene, and religious services." (cal. 445) --amgreatness.com