Forwarded from Covid Memes & News 2026
Mathilde Cohen, a law professor, suggested that French eating habits reinforced the "dominance" of white people over ethnic minorities
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❗️NYPD set to acquire covert Israeli phone-tracking tech under $750k sole-source contract
The New York Police Department is moving toward a three-year, $750,500 no-bid contract with Israeli surveillance firm Cognyte to procure FalcoNet, an advanced cell-site simulator.
According to a report by the New York Daily News, the AI-driven device functions by impersonating a mobile cell tower to secretly intercept and track individual phones. The compact hardware is designed for highly versatile deployment, allowing it to be concealed inside backpacks, mounted on police cruisers, or attached to airborne drones.
The procurement deal brings heightened scrutiny due to Cognyte’s contentious global track record. Reuters previously reported that the firm sold intercept spyware to Myanmar’s state telecom operator just weeks ahead of the country's 2021 military coup.
That same year, tech giant Meta banned Cognyte from its platforms after discovering customer networks utilizing fraudulent accounts to target and spy on journalists, opposition politicians, and civil society members across Kenya, Mexico, and Indonesia.
The transaction underscores the expanding international footprint of Israel's military-surveillance sector, which developed much of its commercial footprint through extensive intelligence operations against Palestinians.
Techniques and technologies refined by units like Israel's elite Unit 8200—where mass phone interceptions are routinely archived to enforce the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem—are increasingly exported directly to municipal police departments across the US.
The New York Police Department is moving toward a three-year, $750,500 no-bid contract with Israeli surveillance firm Cognyte to procure FalcoNet, an advanced cell-site simulator.
According to a report by the New York Daily News, the AI-driven device functions by impersonating a mobile cell tower to secretly intercept and track individual phones. The compact hardware is designed for highly versatile deployment, allowing it to be concealed inside backpacks, mounted on police cruisers, or attached to airborne drones.
The procurement deal brings heightened scrutiny due to Cognyte’s contentious global track record. Reuters previously reported that the firm sold intercept spyware to Myanmar’s state telecom operator just weeks ahead of the country's 2021 military coup.
That same year, tech giant Meta banned Cognyte from its platforms after discovering customer networks utilizing fraudulent accounts to target and spy on journalists, opposition politicians, and civil society members across Kenya, Mexico, and Indonesia.
The transaction underscores the expanding international footprint of Israel's military-surveillance sector, which developed much of its commercial footprint through extensive intelligence operations against Palestinians.
Techniques and technologies refined by units like Israel's elite Unit 8200—where mass phone interceptions are routinely archived to enforce the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem—are increasingly exported directly to municipal police departments across the US.
⭕️ New York Daily News reports that Zohran Mamdani’s NYPD is poised to sign a three-year, $750,500 no-bid contract with Israeli surveillance firm Cognyte for FalcoNet, an AI-driven device that mimics a cell tower to track mobile phones.
Cognyte is part of a broader Israeli surveillance industry that expanded through the IDF’s extensive monitoring of Palestinians.
Israel’s Unit 8200 has intercepted and stored millions of Palestinian phone calls, which helped facilitate Israel’s genocide in Gaza and enforce its belligerent occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Meta previously banned the firm from its platforms, stating that its customers had used fake accounts to target journalists and politicians in Kenya, Mexico, and Indonesia.
Cognyte is part of a broader Israeli surveillance industry that expanded through the IDF’s extensive monitoring of Palestinians.
Israel’s Unit 8200 has intercepted and stored millions of Palestinian phone calls, which helped facilitate Israel’s genocide in Gaza and enforce its belligerent occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Meta previously banned the firm from its platforms, stating that its customers had used fake accounts to target journalists and politicians in Kenya, Mexico, and Indonesia.
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Greenblatt: "We train NYPD. We train thousands of police officers every year…"
"We do advocacy at the statehouse and in Washington. We litigate in the courts to try to change the laws…"
"You want to change the systems, so we are investing in going upstream to clean up the AI apps, to clean up Wikipedia, to clean up our education system, to clean up not just our college campuses, but K-12. Because if we don't go upstream, we lose."
"We do advocacy at the statehouse and in Washington. We litigate in the courts to try to change the laws…"
"You want to change the systems, so we are investing in going upstream to clean up the AI apps, to clean up Wikipedia, to clean up our education system, to clean up not just our college campuses, but K-12. Because if we don't go upstream, we lose."
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❗️Israeli-American brothers sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for serial sex trafficking
Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander—three brothers from a prominent Israeli-American family who once dominated high-society real estate and security circles in New York and Miami—were each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Tuesday for sex trafficking, conspiracy, and multiple counts of sexual abuse.
Presiding US District Judge Valerie Caproni delivered the sentences in a Manhattan courtroom following an emotional, hours-long hearing where more than a dozen survivors delivered harrowing impact statements detailing years of systemic abuse.
During the five-week trial, federal prosecutors laid out evidence demonstrating how the brothers exploited their immense wealth, high social status, and Israeli-American background ties to lure women to luxury properties—including estates in the Hamptons and international locations such as Tel Aviv—before drugging and violently assaulting them while incapacitated.
While Tal and Oren operated elite luxury real estate brokerages, their twin brother Alon worked as an executive at their family’s security firm, utilizing their network to shield their predatory conduct.
Judge Caproni firmly rejected the defendants’ late assertions of innocence and unconvincing appeals for mercy, describing their actions as “monstrous” and likening them to “sadistic, misogynistic sexual predators.”
The landmark sentencing marks a dramatic downfall for the brothers, who maintained their defiant stance even as victims confronted them directly in court. Federal prosecutors had pushed for life sentences, citing the profound psychological trauma inflicted upon more than 70 victims who came forward to investigators.
Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander—three brothers from a prominent Israeli-American family who once dominated high-society real estate and security circles in New York and Miami—were each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Tuesday for sex trafficking, conspiracy, and multiple counts of sexual abuse.
Presiding US District Judge Valerie Caproni delivered the sentences in a Manhattan courtroom following an emotional, hours-long hearing where more than a dozen survivors delivered harrowing impact statements detailing years of systemic abuse.
During the five-week trial, federal prosecutors laid out evidence demonstrating how the brothers exploited their immense wealth, high social status, and Israeli-American background ties to lure women to luxury properties—including estates in the Hamptons and international locations such as Tel Aviv—before drugging and violently assaulting them while incapacitated.
While Tal and Oren operated elite luxury real estate brokerages, their twin brother Alon worked as an executive at their family’s security firm, utilizing their network to shield their predatory conduct.
Judge Caproni firmly rejected the defendants’ late assertions of innocence and unconvincing appeals for mercy, describing their actions as “monstrous” and likening them to “sadistic, misogynistic sexual predators.”
The landmark sentencing marks a dramatic downfall for the brothers, who maintained their defiant stance even as victims confronted them directly in court. Federal prosecutors had pushed for life sentences, citing the profound psychological trauma inflicted upon more than 70 victims who came forward to investigators.
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Forwarded from Covid Memes & News 2026 (Crackhead Biden 1.0)
BREAKING: President Trump says he would move to Israel and become prime minister if Americans turned against him, while boasting about his popularity there.
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