US Government

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

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

U.S. Capitol Police

"charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories." --wikipedia

Thomas Jefferson

"statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, musician, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809" --wikipedia

Jill Biden

First Lady of the United States, personal calibration

actual rates of unemployment, inflation in US

Politically expedient statistics from government agencies distort reality in the short term (statement at 465).

US District Judge Randolph D. Moss

Obama-appointed judge in the news for fabulist rhetoric regarding January 6th protestors in the Capitol, denying bail for first-time offenders, and levying penalties disproportionate to actual offenses. Calibrated as a judge (public) and personally (paid-subscriber access).