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The future of the Toms River GOP hangs once again with this influential voting bloc

Phil StiltonMarch 7, 20230

OP-ED TOMS RIVER, NJ – On Tuesday, the Ocean County GOP leadership will either fall in line with previously convicted party chairman George Gilmore or show him they can stand on their own two feet. The reality is, as most of the elected officials taking part in the vote, owe their political and often personal careers to Gilmore. For that reason, he will probably be victorious in his attempt to decertify the Republicans of Toms River on Wednesday. Most elected Republicans in Toms River belong to the club, but those officials are Gilmore’s political hitlist after they openly endorsed career

Influential DC Media Outlet Teams Up With Think Tank Linked To Chinese Intelligence

The Daily CallerMarch 2, 20230

Influential DC Media Outlet Teams Up With Think Tank Linked To Chinese Intelligence Ailan Evans on March 1, 2023 Semafor, the company behind influential newsletters popular among policymakers in Washington, D.C., has partnered with a think tank with links to an intelligence service administered by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The news outlet announced on its website that it would be launching a new initiative, “China and Global Business,” that aims to promote economic discussions between Chinese and U.S. leaders, with events scheduled in New York City and Beijing. However, Semafor is undertaking the initiative in partnership with the Center for

India’s Adani still eligible to be part of influential JPMorgan bond indexes

ReutersFebruary 6, 20230

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -India’s Adani group of companies, which in recent weeks has seen a brutal selloff in its bonds and shares after being targetted by a U.S. short-seller, is still eligible for inclusion in JPMorgan’s influential bond indexes, the bank said in a note. Adani, whose business interest includes ports, power generation and transmission, and renewable energy, has a total notional value of $7.7 billion in the JPMorgan’s CEMBI and JACI indexes, the bank said on Monday. JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index series (CEMBI) tracks dollar debt issued by emerging market corporations, while its Asia Credit Index (JACI) tracks

Chinese Company Reportedly Linked To Genocide Is Sponsoring Washington’s Most Influential Newsletters

The Daily CallerJanuary 30, 20230

Chinese Company Reportedly Linked To Genocide Is Sponsoring Washington’s Most Influential Newsletters Micaela Burrow on January 30, 2023 Alibaba, a company reportedly implicated in China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims, has repeatedly sponsored content in Washington’s most influential news outlets. Axios, Semafor, Politico and other outlets whose readers include top officials and policymakers have accepted Alibaba sponsorships. The Chinese Communist Party has multiple ways of wielding control over Alibaba, according to multiple reports. A Chinese tech and e-commerce company with reported links to China’s genocide of the Uyghur people is sponsoring content from major news outlets with prominent readers in the

Influential rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies at 78, family says

ReutersJanuary 11, 20230

(Reuters) -Jeff Beck, the influential, genre-bending English guitarist who rose to fame with The Yardbirds before later embarking on a solo career, has died at the age of 78, his family announced on social media on Wednesday. He passed away peacefully on Tuesday after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, the family said. Beck is a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee – in 1992 for his work with The Yardbirds and as a solo performer in 2009. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Beck as the fifth greatest guitarist of all time, one spot ahead of blues icon B.B.

East Coast Wings + Grill’s Sam Ballas Named One of the Most Influential CEOs in the Country

Jessica WoodsOctober 23, 20220

Sam Ballas Nation’s Restaurant News Readers Recognize the Restaurant CEO for Leading Well with Impact and Innovation Winston-Salem, NC (RestaurantNews.com) East Coast Wings + Grill President and CEO Sam Ballas was recently named to Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2021 “Power List Reader Picks,” a recognition that honors Ballas as one of the most influential restaurant CEOs in the country. With NRN only identifying a select few CEOs from the record number of submissions it received this year, over 500 in total, Ballas joins exclusive company thanks to his outstanding leadership in 2020. One of the key factors in selecting executives for

Influential cleric Qaradawi, supporter of Arab Spring uprisings, dies

ReutersSeptember 26, 20220

DUBAI (Reuters) -Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood and defender of Arab Spring revolts, died on Monday at age 96, according to a post on his official Twitter account. Born in Egypt in 1926, Qaradawi spent much of his life in Qatar, where he became one of the most recognisable and influential Sunni Muslim clerics in the Arab world thanks to regular appearances on Qatar’s Al Jazeera network. “His Eminence Imam Youssef al-Qaradawi, who gave his life to making clear the tenets of Islam and defending his umma (Muslim community), has passed to

Two Influential Members of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood Admit to Participating in a Racketeering Enterprise and Drug Conspiracy from Prison

DOJ PressDecember 8, 20210

Two Universal Aryan Brotherhood influential gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that committed acts of murder, kidnapping, the trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms, money laundering, assault, and robbery throughout the State of Oklahoma, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The UAB is a “whites only” prison-based gang with members operating inside and outside of state prisons throughout Oklahoma. Christopher K. Baldwin, 42, and Robert W. Zeidler, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and to drug conspiracy, but both men refused to cooperate with the government. The plea agreements,