FBI Secretly Obtained Trump's Cellphone In 'Sweeping' Plot

  by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA,

New whistleblower disclosures revealed this week that the Justice Department and FBI pulled out all stops to throw President Donald Trump in jail after the 2020 election. The FBI made the Trump case its top priority starting in April 2022, searching Trump’s government-issued cellphone and spending $16,000 to conduct a blitz of witness interviews days later as part of a sweeping probe.

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., affirmed on Friday that the federal investigation into Trump—dubbed Operation Arctic Frost—intensified after Biden officials handed Trump’s cellphone, along with former Vice President Mike Pence’s, in 2022. 

The FBI used these cellphones to launch a probe of “alarming scope” and speed that ultimately led to what a federal judge condemned as an unconstitutional appointment of Jack Smith as special prosecutor.

Within weeks of opening the probe, FBI agents “began taking aggressive action to build out their case,” including scheduling over a dozen interviews with 13 FBI field offices, analyzing communications between Trump officials and Republican electors and discussing search warrants for the cellphones. 

The new revelations directly point to former FBI agent Timothy Thibault, a controversial figure in the bureau who was accused of sharing a nude photo of his girlfriend on a taxpayer-funded device, and shielding Hunter Biden until he quit in 2022. 

Grassley and Johnson shared these revelations in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, urging them to investigate the origins of Biden-tied lawfare against Trump. 

“Sunshine is the best disinfectant,” they wrote in the letter.

“The American people deserve to know the complete extent of the corruption within the DOJ and FBI that led to the investigation into President Trump.”  

The GOP senators added, “We are making this information public for purposes of public accountability and to provide specific examples of past behavior at your institutions that must not be repeated.” 

The efforts to prosecute Trump stem from Biden’s long-held wishes to jail him before the 2024 presidential election. However, these efforts unraveled in November 2024 when most Americans voted to return Trump to the White House.  The Republican leader took office on Jan. 10, 2025.

Read Grassley and Johnson’s letter below:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-secretly-obtained-trumps-cellphone-sweeping-plot

Toronto slashes Tesla incentives as US trade war simmers

 Olivia Chow, Toronto mayor

"We are giving incentives for people to migrate into electric cars. Except, we will stop giving incentives, financial incentives to buy Tesla. So that a decision has been made in there. Then there are other electric cars. They’re around. And as to how long it might take, we would like to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions our carbon footprint as quickly as possible. But we can always look at whether the deadline extends or not. We have certainly said if you want to buy Tesla go ahead, but don't count on taxpayer money to subsidize it."

"U.S.-based suppliers will no longer be able to bid on city contracts. Businesses that have been most impacted by U.S. tariffs must be supported and workers will be hurt."

The city is promoting the adoption of electric vehicles purchased as vehicles for hire by giving drivers and owners a reduction in licensing fees and renewal fees until the end of 2029, to help it lower emissions.

But as of March 1, Tesla vehicles are no longer eligible for the incentives, Chow said at a news conference.

The exclusion will continue until trade issues with the U.S. are resolved, she said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/toronto-slashes-tesla-incentives-us-003757973.html

ISRAEL'S PM, DEFENSE MINISTER tell MILITARY TO take strong action against Hamas

ISRAEL'S PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER HAVE INSTRUCTED THE MILITARY TO TAKE 'STRONG ACTION' AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA

https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/currency/EURO-ISRAELI-NEW-SHEKEL-E-60037304/news/ISRAEL-S-PM-AND-DEFENSE-MINISTER-HAVE-INSTRUCTED-THE-MILITARY-TO--49355762/

'Survey shows nearly 1 in 10 in UK unsure if they have long COVID'

 Almost one in 10 people (9.1%) in England think they could have long COVID but aren't sure, according to a new analysis of NHS England survey data by the University of Southampton.

Researchers also found that 4.8% of people reported having long COVID, with higher rates among people living in deprived areas, people with particular ethnic backgrounds, parents or caregivers, and those with another long-term condition.

The findings of "Exploring Long COVID prevalence and patient uncertainty by sociodemographic characteristics using GP Patient Survey data" are published in the journal Health Expectations.

Professor Nisreen A Alwan, who has pioneered research into long COVID since 2020 and who co-authored the study, said, "This analysis adds further evidence of the unfairness of long COVID, with people who are already disadvantaged in society more likely to be affected.

"It also shows us that many people aren't sure if they have it, and may need diagnosis, treatment and support.

"Long COVID is still a very significant issue impacting individuals, families, the economy and wider society. We need to do more to prevent it, diagnose it, and properly support people who are affected by it."

Long COVID is a chronic condition induced by COVID-19 infection that can have a significant impact on people's daily lives. Symptoms include fatigue, feeling short of breath, 'brain fog', and heart palpitations, among many others.

University of Southampton researchers analyzed over 750,000 responses to the GP Patient Survey (England) 2023 to explore the prevalence of long COVID, and the factors associated with both having the condition and being uncertain of having it.

They found that people aged under 25 years, males, people from particular ethnic minorities, and people without long-term conditions were more likely to be unsure if they had long COVID.

Men are generally less likely to seek medical advice than women, which could partly explain their higher level of uncertainty. The team also say stigma and self-doubt could discourage people from seeking a diagnosis.

Mirembe Woodrow, who is studying for a Ph.D. at Southampton and who carried out the analysis, said, "We were really surprised to find so many people weren't sure whether they had long COVID or not, and the study shows there is still work to do to increase awareness of the condition and remove barriers to accessing diagnosis, treatment and support.

"We don't want long COVID to be another factor that contributes to the widening health gap in the UK."

The most recent data from the 2024 GP Patient Survey indicates long COVID prevalence and uncertainty are not declining (5.0% and 9.0%). Professor Alwan's team intends to carry out further work using the survey to understand what could be driving inequality in prevalence, impact and support for long COVID.

More information: Exploring Long Covid prevalence and patient uncertainty by sociodemographic characteristics using GP Patient Survey data, Health Expectations (2025). DOI: 10.1111/hex.70202

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-survey-unsure-covid.html

The half-million dollar American

 

By M. Walter

The average American pays a bit more than a half million dollars in taxes over the course of his/her lifetime:

The average American will pay $524,625 in taxes throughout their lifetime — that’s a third (34.7%) of all estimated lifetime earnings ($1,494,986) spent on taxes.

When we talk about federal dollars, it’s usually outgoing and often in decimals so far to the right that it just becomes noise. A billion. A trillion.  Lottttttta zeroes. It’s all just big, big money of the type we will never see in our lifetimes and we just zone out. It’s just too much to comprehend.

Well, this is comprehensible. A half-million dollars is within our intellectual, if not our fiscal grasp (eventually!). But let’s just go for the rhetorical jugular, speak plainly, and make it a cold hard fact: that’s what you’re worth to the federal government. When Democrats refer to you as a “worker,” that’s what they mean. That’s what you are worth. That’s what you are.

The half-million dollar American. Now, with that as the contest, consider this story, from Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit:

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently cut spending for Democrat pet projects, including $620,000 for pregnancy prevention programs for transgender boys.

As Hoft writes,“Can someone explain that one?”

It makes no sense. What makes even less sense is that not even one life’s work could pay that bill. Think of it. Every day, morning after morning, waking up, showering, driving to work, working, driving home, sleeping, doing it all over again the next day and the next, week after week, year after year, until you are dead — and you still can’t pay that bill.

And some faceless, nameless bureaucrat just pencil-whipped it into existence, without a care, and would no doubt be completely unapologetic about it were he or she confronted. It’s a very safe bet this was a big fat check to some progressive non-profit somewhere as a payoff of some kind, for some person or entity who did or will enhance the power of some Democrat on the Hill. There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell it would ever, ever, benefit the labeled cause, however ridiculous, or a Republican on the Hill. Of that, we can be sure.

If you’re married, you’re a million dollar worker-unit. That’s what your marriage is worth to the average bureaucrat with check-signing privileges. A million bucks. Not your rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. Not even your children. Not at least until they start to work. No. Your worth, your marriage, has only one redeeming quality in the eyes of our government overlords: a million bucks.

How many of us have led utterly wasted lives? Oh, we hoped it was meaningful. Hoped we did some good. Hoped we left the world better than we found it, but nooooo… We just paid $620,000 for pregnancy prevention programs for transgender boys.

Here’s what needs to happen: You and everyone you know need to burn these figures into your brain and feel the bitter sting every time you hear about a million here or a billion there then look around you and do the math. Maybe when you’re at work, or in line for something, look around and count out how many of those lives will be utterly wasted. Toiled for nothing. Busted their humps day after day for some fat check to some Democrat somewhere who would then go on television and tell you you’re a Nazi because you don’t like how they wasted your money.

Don’t ever forget: you are the half-million dollar American.

Now shut-up and get back to work.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/the_half_million_dollar_american.html

So where'd America's obesity epidemic come from? Chef Andrew Gruel has a theory ...

 

By Monica Showalter

The MAHA movement is all about pooling knowledge and calling for out-of-the-box ideas.

The common goal of making America healthy again can use such help, because the country's obesity epidemic really does baffle the best minds.

A comparison of how Americans looked in videos in the 1970s and '80s really does tell us something is wrong out there.

But what it is -- the food pyramid, the sedentary lifestyle of computers and cell phones, chemicals in food and GMO products, or people just eating too much at all hours in gargantuan portions is something nobody is entirely sure about.

So when Chef Andrew Gruel put out a new idea about where the obesity epidemic comes from, all I could think was #MAHA:

The disappearance of home economics classes does coincide with the generations that grew up obese.

It all could be a decline in the ability to cook since the timeline seems just about right -- when home ec classes disappeared, people started ballooning out. Processed and convenience foods became more common, and working mothers often no longer had time to teach their daughters (and sons) the art of how to cook.

A lot of it went alongside the feminist movement that denigrated parents, particularly mothers, who stayed home to take care of their children instead of went out and had careers with big salaries. Food consumption got pretty junky and suddenly, double-seats on airlines were a thing.

My sense is that home economics classes went out of style around 1980 or so. I recall taking one when I was age 12 in summer school the 1970s and it was most informative and enjoyable.

Today, cooking is usually considered a rarified specialty, or a hobby of the rich -- the world of Martha Stewart -- rather than an everyday health matter.

And in societies that have not embraced that model -- I am thinking of Colombia, where I saw no fat people whatsoever there about a decade ago -- there often still is a culture of mothers teaching their daughters and sons how to cook good cuisine properly, and no culture of snacking between meals either, just three squares a day, nicely prepared with time and care.

Obviously, some research would be beneficial here, but Gruel has come up with a good kernel of an idea, one so strikingly coincident in timelines that it ought to be investigated by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team for a good road to getting the country healthy.

If it's true, a new curriculum should be encouraged in schools, or wherever young people gather, for both boys and girls, on how to cook healthy food from fresh ingrendients, in order to avoid processed and pre-packaged food, and start once again looking like those pictures of young people at the beaches that were seen in the 1970s.

It's an idea worth pursuing. #MAHA

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/so_where_d_america_s_obesity_epidemic_come_from_chef_andrew_gruel_has_a_theory.html

Otsuka's Taiho pays $400M for Swiss partner to 'turbocharge' 3 ADCs to clinic

 Otsuka’s Taiho Pharmaceutical is paying $400 million upfront to acquire Switzerland’s Araris Biotech and its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker platform.

The two companies have been working together since November 2023, when Araris agreed to use its AraLinQ platform to develop ADCs aimed at Taiho’s targets of choice. Taiho presumably liked what it saw, as the biotech has now decided to go all-in and buy Araris.

The deal will see Taiho hand over $400 million, with Araris’ shareholders potentially in line for a further $740 million in milestone payments, according to a March 17 release.

Araris has its origins in Switzerland’s Paul-Scherrer-Institute, before spinning off in 2019. The biotech is focused on designing ADCs that have greater linker solubility, with three preclinical therapies aimed at hematological and solid tumors expected to enter human trials over the course of 2025 and 2026.

Araris touts its linker tech as having three benefits over its competitors. Firstly, the attachment site on a specific amino acid within the antibody IgG-Fc framework means the antibody maintains almost the same performance when part of the ADC.

Meanwhile, the strong peptide bond connecting the linker antibody to the therapy’s payload results in “exceptional stability in the blood stream and therefore, avoidance of healthy tissue damage,” according to the release. This bond then breaks easily inside a cancer cell.

“Araris’ unique ADC technology represents a quantum leap for the ADC field, potentially offering precise payload delivery of multiple mechanisms of action simultaneously to the tumor, with less toxicity,” CEO and co-founder Dragan Grabulovski said. “We are proud to combine with Taiho, our partner since November 2023, whose significant cancer expertise will support us in turbo-charging the clinical development of our potent ADC candidates in hematological and solid tumors.”

Taiho is a subsidiary of Japan’s Otsuka and markets a wide range of anticancer drugs in the country. In the U.S., the subsidiary has three FDA-approved products: the colorectal treatment Lonsurf, the bile duct cancer med Lytgobi and the myelodysplastic syndromes treatment Inqovi.

Using Araris’ ADC drug tech alongside Taiho’s own small-molecule drug discovery platform Cysteinomix will allow Taiho to “further expand its ongoing development portfolio in the field of oncology,” according to this morning’s release.

ADCs have been one of the hottest spaces for dealmaking in recent years, with the likes of AstraZeneca, Roche, Merck & Co. and Ipsen all posting billion-dollar-plus biobucks pacts.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/otsukas-taiho-pays-400m-buy-swiss-adc-partner