Author: J.P. Knowles

Virginia Roberts Giuffre will go down in history as one of Jeffery Epstein’s most vocal accusers. But we know now that he wasn’t the one running the show. It was Ghislaine Maxwell who would recruit young girls with a broken past and deliver them to a rich pedophile.

In the new book, “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,” written by Julie K. Brown, Giuffre describes Maxwell as a “tyrant,” and talks in-depth about the couple’s twisted relationship.  reveals

In 2000, Maxwell spotted then 16-year-old Giuffre at the former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club and approached her asking if she was a masseuse then immediately offered her a job interview with Jeffery Epstein.

Giuffre took her up on the opportunity and Maxwell prepped her for the session beforehand telling her that if she did a good job she would make a lot of money while traveling the world. Maxwell instructed her to start at Epstein’s feet while using “upward strokes to push the blood up his legs.”

When she arrived at the lavish estate, Epstein and Maxwell began asking Giuffre a lot of personal questions about her background and took advantage of the fact that she had been a childhood runaway.

“I’m a good girl. I just was always in the wrong places,” Giuffre said during the interaction.

“It’s okay,” Jeffrey replied, according to the book telling her that he liked “naughty girls.”

“With that, he flipped over, exposing [himself]. She looked at Maxwell for guidance, but the proper English lady was now topless. She began to undress Virginia …,” Giuffre says in the book.

“It was an arrangement whereby she would bring him the girls, and he would give Ghislaine the kind of self-indulgent life that she was accustomed to growing up,” Giuffre says in the book.

Giuffre explained that the couple seemed to share “a kindred hedonism” and Maxwell’s role was feeding his “obsession” with underage girls.

America is set for failure after industries struggle to bring back workers due to the continuation of government handouts. The United States housing market needs one million new construction workers to add to the workforce, according to one trade organization.

Associated Builders and Contractors — a trade association that represents the non-union construction sector — stated that shortages in home-supply are accompanied by a distorted labor market for construction employees:

Construction spending is likely to reach $1.45 trillion in 2021, up 1.3% from 2020. Under this scenario, employment demand increases by 430,000 this year from actual employment of 7,829,000 in 2020. A higher growth rate scenario could boost the number of additional construction workers needed in 2021 to nearly 1 million.

A recent analysis from Zillow found that the average house is sold within six days of being on the market. In some major cities around the nation – such as Columbus, Cincinnati, and Kansas City – that average is only three days.

The value of the typical American home has therefore grown by 13.2% since May 2020. Between 2020 and 2021, homeowners have observed a collective equity gain of $2 trillion.

On the supply side, the construction of new long-term housing has slowed over the past several decades. High costs for lumber and other raw materials are adding nearly $36,000 to the price of an average new single-family home. On the demand side, Americans are moving from cities to the suburbs — in large part because of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Meanwhile, the supply of workers is presently low due to enhanced federal unemployment handouts, which is discouraging workers — particularly in Democrat-run states that have not opted out of the payments — from finding jobs.

Small business owners in the construction industry are feeling the impact of unprecedented demand; however, their operations are bottlenecked by the worker shortage.

New claims from a recent new book, “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,’ has shed a dark light on the relationship of disgraced sexual predator Epstein and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. The book claims that both billionaires showed multiple meetings at Epstien’s NYC townhome during the early 2010s, including one time where Gates stayed the night.

According to the book, Epstein was trying to secure a deal with Gates through his charity, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in which Epstein would help the foundation secure funds, claiming he “had connections to trillions of dollars of his clients’ money,” and reap 0.3% of “whatever money he raised,” Brown wrote, citing a 2019 New York Times report.

“Others who worked for Gates’s foundation also visited Epstein’s mansion several times, and Epstein spoke to both Bill and Melinda Gates about a proposed charitable fund that could generate sizable fees for Epstein,” Brown wrote. “Epstein hoped to attract donations from some of his wealthy friends as part of the venture, seeded with Gates Foundation funds, that would be used for global health causes.”

Epstein also chartered a flight for Gates on the financier’s private jet in 2013 from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Palm Beach, Florida. Epstein’s estate in Palm Beach played a huge role in the billionaire’s sex trafficking ring, according to prosecutors.

Epstein first pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 in a case dating back to 2005.

“Philanthropic talks” between the two billionaires went on into 2014 when Gates donated $2 million to MIT’s Media Lab “at Epstein’s behest,” Brown wrote. Soon afterward, Gates cut off ties with Epstein.

Bridgitt Arnold, a spokeswoman for Gates told the Times in 2019 that the billionaire “regrets ever meeting with Epstein.”

“Over time, Gates and his team realized Epstein’s capabilities and ideas were not legitimate and all contact with Epstein was discontinued,” Arnold told the Times. “Bill Gates regrets ever meeting with Epstein and recognizes it was an error in judgment to do so. Gates recognizes [sic] that entertaining Epstein’s ideas related to philanthropy gave Epstein an undeserved platform that was at odds with Gates’s personal values and the values of his foundation.”

Gates previously downplayed his ties with Epstein, telling The Wall Street Journal in 2019 that he had met him but “didn’t have any business relationship or friendship with him.”

Brown notes in her book that the millionaires and billionaires “who helped finance Epstein’s life of sexual violence maintain that they knew nothing about the deviant behavior exhibited by a man with whom they entrusted billions of dollars.”

During a TV interview, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Bryer was asked about his impending retirement. When asked if he knew when that would be the 83-year-old said, “No.”

Bryer, who has held his seat for over 25 years, just can’t walk away from the court and wants to want to enjoy the privileges of being the court’s highest-ranking liberal. 

He gave two reasons that would contribute to an eventual decision: “Primarily, of course, health,” Breyer said. “Second, the court.”

Liberals have urged Breyer to step down at the end of the court’s current term so that President Joe Biden can name a younger, liberal justice to the bench while Democrats hold a Senate majority. But Breyer told CNN that he was happy as the court’s highest-ranking liberal, saying that it had “made a difference” to him.

Breyer has played a central role in several recent high-profile cases, from rejecting a third attempt to kill the Affordable Care Act to safeguarding student speech rights.

He has also warned against packing the Supreme Court, warning in April that doing so could further erode Americans’ trust in it. He defended the court’s refusal to hear former President Donald Trump’s challenges to the 2020 election, noting that the “court is guided by legal principle, not politics.” 

Breyer joined the court in 1994. He has held his position longer than any other justice except for Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed just three years earlier.

Local San Francisco businesses and their employees are desperate for change as they suffer from endless break-ins and relentless shoplifting.

Residents of San Francisco, as well as all of California, believe that the cure all solution to their problems is changing California law Proposition 47.

“The police are actually wonderful, their hands are tied, that’s what’s going on out here.” Gianni, a local who works in Fisherman’s Wharf, told Fox News.

San Francisco Police Department’s Public Information Officer, Robert Rueca explained “There’s a threshold of 950 dollars that needs to be met in order for a misdemeanor to turn into a felony when it comes to theft.”

“We have to enforce the current laws we have,” Rueca added.

One San Francisco resident said more people are shoplifting because the law removes the fear of consequences but other locals say the problem is a lack of a strong police presence.

“There needs to be more police,” said Maneet Sohal, a local business owner near Fisherman’s Wharf.

“It’d be nice to have more foot patrols, more PD presence,” security guard J.C. Hernandez told Fox News.

But the SFPD has been experiencing a shortage. “We’re about 400 officers below where we should be,” Rueca told Fox News.

Rueca believes the SFPD’s inability to recruit officers is because of how they are portrayed in the media. People ear the fear and violence being fed to them then associate that with messages like “defund the police.”

Americans stormed the United States Capitol in protest during the so-called “riots” on Jan. 6. These patriots now have been rounded up and charged with felonies for their actions on that day.

Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, was the first person charged with a felony to be sentenced.

During a court appearance, Hodgkins seemed to be pressured into apologizing for his patriotic actions on that day. He stated that he got merely caught up in the moment as the mob swarmed into the offices inside the Capitol to protest the election steal from Trump during the 2020 presidential election.

“If I had any idea that the protest … would escalate (the way) it did … I would never have ventured farther than the sidewalk of Pennsylvania Avenue,” Hodgkins told the judge, The Associated Press reported. “This was a foolish decision on my part.”

Under an agreement with prosecutors, Hodgkins pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding, a felony that carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. Prosecutors argued for an 18-month sentence, saying in one court filing that Hodgkins, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” by forcing lawmakers to abort the certification of the newly elected president.

From the Associated Press:

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Sedky said that, while Hodgkins didn’t engage in violence himself, he walked among many who did — in what she called “the ransacking of the People’s House.” And as he walked by smashed police barriers, he could see the smoke of tear gas and the chaos ahead of him.

“What does he do?” she asked the court. “He walks toward it. He doesn’t walk away.”

She added that Hodgkins was in the midst of a mob that forced lawmakers to seek shelter and some congressional staffers to hide in fear, locked in officers as hundreds swept through the building. Those in fear for their lives that day will, she said, “bear emotional scars for many years — if not forever.”

Hodgkins was not accused of assaulting officers or damaging property, and prosecutors said he took responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty to the obstruction charge. But prosecutors also said when he boarded a bus heading to Washington, D.C., he was carrying a rope, protective goggles and latex gloves in a backpack, which they said meant he was prepared for violence.

But his lawyer urged the judge to go easy on Hodgkins, saying his actions will haunt him for the rest of his life.

Hodgkins’ actions on Jan. 6 “is the story of a man who for just one hour on one day lost his bearings … who made a fateful decision to follow the crowd,” said lawyer Patrick N. Leduc, who added that is a law-abiding citizen who routinely volunteered at a food bank.

An attempted robbery on the famous Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles was captured on video which appears to show two suspects getting out of a car and one of them pulling out a gun.

In the video, one male and two female victims are seen in a parking lot when the two suspects approached them. Acting quickly, the male victim produces a handgun of his own firing several shots causing the suspects to hightail it out of there. 

Police arrested and identified the two suspects as Nicholas Brown and Markeil Hayes, both of Los Angeles, and said they were both booked on attempted robbery and are currently on parole.

“Words were apparently exchanged, and the victim ultimately produces a handgun, apparently to defend himself and others in his group from the would-be robbery suspects. The victim fired his weapon towards the suspects and then all parties immediately fled the location,” the Los Angeles Police Department recounted in a press release Tuesday.

Brown sustained a gunshot to the upper left thigh while Hayes was shot in the right calf. Police are still searching for the third suspect and asking the public for help tracking him down.

“The Los Angeles Police Department is aggressively addressing a rise in violent crime in the Melrose area over the past year and is pursuing all leads involved in this and other crimes,” police added in the press release.

Across the nation, violent crimes are on the rise with homicides up 25% in L.A. Philadelphia saw the highest number of homicides this early in the year in over 10 years. This weekend alone, nearly 40 people were shot in gun-related crimes, including 3 fatalities.

Vice President Harris just got her own “resolute desk” and many are wondering how long will it be until Biden is replaced as president.

Harris West Wing office in the White House was made from historic United States warships including the USS Constitution and the USS Arizona.

The Vice President’s desk has carvings of an eagle surrounded by stars from the Constitutions’ stern which was commissioned under George Washington in 1794.

The pen tray is a piece of the USS Arizona that was sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers at Pearl Harbor in 1941, entombing many of the soldiers trapped.

Two desks were made, one for the Vice President and the other for the Secretary of the Navy. Both desks will be available for future vice president and navy secretaries to use.

“It’s a huge opportunity to be a part of,” said Builder 1st Class Hilary Lemelin, who is assigned to USS Constitution, in a statement. “It’s amazing to create a desk for someone who makes such large decisions for the country and Navy knowing they’ll sit there every day is huge. The importance of their job can affect everything we do. It’s a piece of history now.”

The two desks are now known as the “heritage desks” and are similar to the Resolute Desk which has been used by most recent presidents.

For all you history buffs: the desk in my West Wing office was constructed by the @USNavy out of reclaimed materials from the USS Constitution warship. On this day in 1794, President George Washington signed the Naval Act which authorized construction of the USS Constitution. pic.twitter.com/bUGEHBVDRo

— Vice President Kamala Harris Archived (@VP46Archive) March 27, 2021

The Resolute Desk was a given as a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880. The desk was built from oak timbers from t the British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute, which was found by an American whaling ship a year after it was abandoned in 1854.

The USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship that is still afloat.

The desk is raising eyebrows and comes just weeks after the Biden Administration announces that their official title is the “Biden-Harris” Administration which is a strong departure from history.

“I would take from it that Vice President Harris is an important partner, she’s the first in the room and the last in the room on most occasions if she’s in town,” Psaki said, adding that it was a “reflection of the important role she will play moving forward.”

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki danced around questions from the press on whether Biden would have come clean regarding a vaccinated staffer’s recent bout of COVID-19 if the media had not announced it first.

Psaki did confirm several breakthrough positive COVID-19 test results among staffers who had been previously vaccinated but only after a White House official broke the news to Axios.

When asked during a press gaggle Wednesday if the White House would have disclosed the case regardless of Axios’ report, Psaki did not directly respond. She said the White House will disclose cases involving individuals who were in close contact with top officials going forward.

“Because of our commitment to transparency, what we’re going to be providing moving forward are updates on any White House official who tests positive for COVID-19 that the White House medical unit deems as having close contact with the president, vice president, first lady, or second gentleman,” Psaki said. “That will be up to the White House medical unit based on the criteria of the CDC.”

“At no point has the president been required to change his behavior or self-quarantine due to close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID,” she added.

The email informing White House staffers of the new policy was met with reluctance.

Psaki noted that with approximately 2,000 individuals on the White House grounds each day, breakthrough cases among vaccinated staffers “will occur, just like they occur across the country.”

“They have occurred, they will continue to occur. We’re prepared for that,” Psaki said. “As the instance yesterday shows, cases in vaccinated individuals are typically mild or asymptomatic. This is one more reminder of the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccines against severe illness or hospitalization.”

According to the press secretary, the White House would continue to follow the CDC’s public health guidelines while implementing some of its own COVID-19 protocols.

Shocking footage obtained by Bill Melugin, a Fox News journalist, showed a chaotic scene at the border after a semi-truck filled with 105 illegal immigrants got apprehended.

“NEW: Texas State Troopers pulled over a semi-truck near Laredo today that was crammed full of 105 migrants who were being smuggled into the United States,” Melugin reported. “The driver, Michael Warren McCoy, was arrested for human smuggling and was booked into Webb County jail.”

NEW: Texas State Troopers pulled over a semi truck near Laredo today that was crammed full of 105 migrants who were being smuggled into the United States. The driver, Michael Warren McCoy, was arrested for human smuggling and was booked into Webb County jail. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/Dumve76Nv4

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 19, 2021

Melugin highlighted the “massive group” of hundreds of migrants arriving at the southern border, coming mostly from Haiti.

“NEW: I’m back at the border in Del Rio, TX, where a massive group of 300-400 migrants have arrived at a gate at the border wall and is hoping to be let into the U.S. Many are from Haiti. Troopers from Nebraska, Florida, & Texas here with National Guard & Border Patrol,” he reported for Fox News. “It’s unclear what’s going to happen with this group. Troopers tell me Border Patrol is completely overrun and their processing centers are all over capacity & they can’t handle a group this size. Concerns the group may have to wait in the blistering heat. More coming.”

It’s unclear what’s going to happen with this group. Troopers tell me Border Patrol is completely overrun and their processing centers are all over capacity & they can’t handle a group this size. Concerns the group may have to wait in the blistering heat. More coming. @FoxNews

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 19, 2021

Video also captured in Del Rio shows adult male migrants trying to force their way across the border.

“NEW: Getting a bit hectic here in Del Rio,” Melugin reported. “Massive group of 300+ migrants wants to be let into the US. Some migrant families being let through, but adult men try to force their way through the gate. BP and troopers have to yell at them to get back.”

“A large majority of the migrants, including single adult men, have been let into the United States and taken into custody,” he said. “At least 200+ have been taken away in buses. More still coming, more still waiting.”

A large majority of the migrants, including single adult men, have been let into the United States and taken into custody. At least 200+ have been taken away in buses. More still coming, more still waiting. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/CIfSXAejCc

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 19, 2021

The crisis at the southern border has gotten so much worse under President Joe Biden’s plan. Thousands of child migrants have wound up in U.S. custody under the new policies of the Biden administration. Even with the disaster becoming worst, Biden continues to downplay the crisis.

has severely worsened under President Joe Biden, which has included a surge of child migrants winding up in U.S. custody. The Biden administration, however, has downplayed the disaster.