Marxist influencer Hasan Piker, CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin subpoenaed over activist convoy to Cuba

 Marxist political commentator Hasan Piker and activist CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin are facing federal scrutiny after officials launched an investigation into a March activist convoy to Cuba that might have violated U.S. sanctions laws.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued subpoenas to Piker and Benjamin, Fox News Digital reported. The administrative subpoenas are seeking financial and logistical information, as well as communications records tied to the "Nuestra América Convoy," or "Our America Convoy.”

According to its website, the Nuestra América Convoy planned to converge in Havana on March 21 to deliver supplies to the Cuban people. The convoy reportedly included hundreds of delegates representing dozens of countries and organizations, along with a network of communist activists and sympathizers.

The investigation reportedly involves up to 40 U.S. citizens, with additional subpoenas expected.

Piker, a political streamer on Twitch and nephew of left-leaning political commentator and former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur, who's also co-creator of The Young Turks, announced in a March 10 Instagram post that he planned to join the convoy. During a Sunday livestream, he addressed the investigation and told viewers the development was “not great.”

Hasan Piker, CodePink co-founder, subpoenaed over Cuba convoy | U.S.

Marco Rubio sends historic message to Cuban people

 In a historic speech broadcast this Wednesday, the date on which the exile and much of the diaspora commemorate Cuba's Independence Day, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, addressed a forceful message directly to the people of the island nation.

Through a video broadcast on his official social networks, the top diplomat outlined the current administration's vision for the Caribbean nation, promising direct support to citizens and openly challenging the monopoly of the communist regime.

For the Christian community in Latin America, the crisis on the island has been a cause for constant prayer and deep concern. Endless power outages, severe food shortages and repression have hit families hard, including thousands of Evangelical and Catholic believers.

In this difficult scenario, the words of the secretary of state open a new scenario that contemplates a compassionate, supportive and direct intervention toward those most in need.

Marco Rubio sends historic message to Cuban people | Politics

A State of Trance Episode 1278 - Guest Mix by Olly James

 

Louisiana empowers churches to forcibly remove service protesters

 Louisiana has passed two laws aimed at stopping people from disrupting church services, months after protesters made national headlines by disrupting a Minnesota church service in opposition to one of its pastors serving as a federal immigration enforcement agent.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed House Bill 294, which helps empower churches to remove trespassers from their property, and House Bill 68, which expands the legal definition of disturbing the peace to include disrupting worship services.

HB 294 states that any religious leader,  security team member "or person who is lawfully on the premises of a church or other place of worship" can request a trespasser or disruptive individual to leave the premises. If those requests are not granted, the law gives people lawfully present at the facility the right to use "reasonable and apparently necessary force" to remove the trespasser from the property. 

“In Louisiana, we are committed to maintaining the right to worship without interference, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to safeguarding religious liberty,” Landry said in a statement Monday. “With the signing of these two bills, those protections just became stronger.”

Democratic Rep. Edmond Jordan was among the critics of HB 294, telling the bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Gabe Firment, earlier this year that he believed the bill could be used to advance discrimination.

“If somebody of the opposite race comes into the church and a member of the church is offended by that, and says that they are trespassing — they’re not being disruptive — but they determine that they’re trespassing and they ask them to leave, now they’re just there to worship, you don’t see your bill opening that up?” Jordan asked Firment.

Louisiana empowers churches to forcibly remove protesters | Politics

Iran allegedly behind Canada attacks on US consulate, synagogue

One of the allegations made in the criminal complaint against Kataib Hezbollah senior official Mohammad Bagher Saad Dawood al-Saadi, following the US Department of Justice announcement of his arrest on Friday, was that Iranian proxies may have been behind at least two March shooting attacks in Toronto. 

 In the complaint, Saadi, working on behalf of the Islamic Regime proxy, told an undercover law enforcement officer that his "people" were behind two attacks in Canada, against a consulate and synagogue.

Iran allegedly behind Canada attacks on synagogue, US consulate | The Jerusalem Post

Minnesota off-loads fraud cases onto federal investigators due to overwhelming backlog

Minnesota is handing healthcare fraud cases off to federal investigators amid a surge in criminal referrals overwhelming state oversight officials. The heads of various Minnesota agencies tasked with tackling fraud are turning to the federal government to take the reins on a wave of new fraud reports piling up in the state’s social services programs.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4556120/minnesota-fraud-cases-overwhelming-backlog/

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