[ZERO] A damning on-site investigation has revealed that the winery co-owned by Ilhan Omar’s husband is nothing more than a phantom operation, fueling suspicions of fraud amid scrutiny of her skyrocketing wealth.
Angela Rose, the journalist behind the probe, visited the listed address in Santa Rosa, California, only to discover glaring discrepancies that point to a shell company setup.
"I visited the principal address of ESTCRU winery. This winery is co owned by US Rep of Minnesota Ilhan Omar’s husband, Timothy Mynett, yet seems to allegedly be a shell business used to launder funds," Rose stated in her report.
She detailed the revenue surge: "In 2024 they made about $15,000 and in 2025 it exploded to up to $5 million dollars... yet they weren’t producing any wine."
Rose highlighted the lack of legitimacy: "No business license exists for ESTRCRU (Ilhan Omar’s Winery) at this address. The other wineries here are properly licensed."
The address, 1160 Hopper Ave Apt B in Santa Rosa, houses over 40 wineries, but the location owner confirmed ESTCRU isn’t among them. Public records show it’s tied to a foreign processing center with no actual business license for ESTCRU.
This bombshell comes as Omar’s finances face intense federal scrutiny. Her 2024 financial disclosure reported assets between $6 million and $30 million, a massive leap from the $40,000 to $250,000 in 2023. The bulk ties to her husband’s winery and a venture capital firm.
The Justice Department launched an investigation into Omar’s finances, campaign spending, and foreign interactions in June 2024 under the Biden administration. Though it reportedly stalled due to lack of evidence, President Trump has revived the push, vowing to expose any impropriety.
I, for one, have never had the pallate for Somali tipples.
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Muslims are not permitted to eat pork per the Quran.
Muslims were allowed to consume wine until about the year 900 or so until the ruling that the Quran prohibited it by the verse against intoxicants applied to date wine and about 1100 it applied to grape wine.
Later rulings prohibited working on a pork farm or in a winery. Then there was a prohibition on buying and selling these products.
Passive ownership of a business where other people do all the physical work and carry out the buying and selling is a subject which has not be conclusively settled. If such a ruling were made it would be a problem for Muslims who hold ETFs.
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How can anyone be so clueless?
[LegalInsurrection] Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a ‘Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub’
Failed 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris sent social media abuzz on Wednesday night with her former headquarters X account teasing a possible relaunch.
Would Harris announce a California gubernatorial campaign? Would Harris announce any kind of political comeback?
Nope.
Harris rebranded the X account as a “Gen-Z led progressive content hub.”
It’s named “Headquarters,” which fits Harris’s inability to be creative.
The handle is @headquarters_67. In true Gen-Z fashion, the profile whines, Elon Musk wouldn’t give us @headquarters.”
Also, I hope they didn’t choose 67 because of that lame “6 7” fad, whatever it was. I saw someone mention that “6 7” is a Gen Alpha thing, not a Gen Z thing.
The introduction video is as bland as Harris and the new name:
Golly. It’s a name change. The camera angle is down on her from slightly above, so that you can’t see if she has a double chin, and she didn’t go overboard with the botox shots, so I guess I’m impressed with the presentation of her vacuity.
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Oh please please please let this be true. She simply must run for president again. It would be the funniest outcome.
The Democrats literally skipped the primary system twice to nominate the only two people in the USA capable of losing to Donald Trump. He only won by a razor-thin margin the first time. If they had had an actual primary instead of rigging it for Hillary and running Sanders instead, he could have won. Mamdani shows that people will fall for the socialist song-and-dance.
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My dear, I’m sure there are plenty of Democrats who would lose gorgeously to Donald Trump.
We don’t know how much Donald Trump won by the first time — we just know that while there was an awful lot of fraud by the Democrats, it wasn’t enough.
#4
Tim Walz has hit an iceberg and Gavin Newsom is on the same ship. They are both having the band play requests, but they aren’t going to make it to 2028. Several other Dems and Republicans are still in their cabins but the political landscape in 2028 will be new blood on both sides.
If the Smufing operations at Act Blue and Win Red are prosecuted, most of our DC politicians are out of a job if not in jail. In 2028, Spanburger is positioning herself with the hard left, but will she get rolled up in the cheating scandal? Virginia had the same issues as the swing states in 2020 and she was on the ballot.
As for Harris, she can only be the candidate if the Dem primaries are rigged. They are.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
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/\ If the Smufing operations at Act Blue and Win Red are prosecuted, most of our DC politicians are out of a job if not in jail.
The pace of future congressional resignations could be telling.
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As for Harris, she can only be the candidate if the Dem primaries are rigged. They are.
Remember when 2008 was supposed to be Hillary!'s year, then out of nowhere a no-name local nobody was put center ring?
Perhaps it was the same with Al G, just figured it was because he was Billy's stunt chakra. Don't count Kerry or Romney as they are two sides of the same mannequin.
#8
@7 Partly because they realized Her Evilness was too unlikable and partly IMO, because Obama was the black "JFK', young, likeable and gave good speech.
#9
^ Articulate and clean, speaking without an accent?
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@9 He spoke and acted like a lot of people thought a president should, that he was a disaster wasn't found out until later. I sometimes wonder if as bad as he was, the witch would have been worse. McCain and Romney weren't exactly the best possible candidates, but it was THEIR turn which is a reason the GOP doesn't win more often.
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[Regnum] Members of the UK's ruling Labour Party are privately urging influential colleagues to put forward their candidacies to replace party leader and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This was reported by The Daily Telegraph. 50/50 odds the next guy is as much worse than Sir Keir as Sir K is than his predecessor.
“Essentially, everyone is calling for a campaign to replace [the party leader],” the publication quoted one of the unnamed ministers as saying.
According to the newspaper, offers to take over the party leadership are being made to former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Health Minister Wiz Streeting. Starmer's fate was discussed on February 5 at a meeting of Labour MPs and in their messenger group. One of the newspaper's sources stated that the number of participants in the discussions was "too large to name."
On January 14, Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), suggested the British prime minister might soon be replaced. According to the Russian leader's special representative, Starmer is seeking to block the social media platform X to conceal his dislike of US President Donald Trump.
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They should use Andrew. He’s not a Royal anymore. He fits all the other needed criteria for success in UK politics - corrupt, unlikeable, pompous, perverted …
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[REGNUM] Norway's Royal Palace is facing an unprecedented crisis, which many experts are calling the most serious test for the monarchy since the country's independence in 1905. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has become the center of public attention, embroiled in two interconnected scandals that are undermining trust in the institution of royal power and raising pressing questions about the personal responsibility of family members.
The first scandal erupted on January 31, when the US Department of Justice released new materials from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. These documents mention the Crown Princess's name nearly a thousand times. According to Norwegian sources, the declassified files contain extensive correspondence between Mette-Marit and Epstein, confirming close contacts between them between 2011 and 2014.
A second, even more serious crisis is unfolding in parallel: the Crown Princess's son from a previous relationship, Marius Borg Høiby, will stand trial on 38 charges, including four counts of rape, starting February 3, 2026. Experts estimate the trial will last seven weeks, making it one of the longest trials in modern Norwegian history.
FROM CONFESSION TO EXPOSURE
Mette-Marit met Jeffrey Epstein in 2011, three years after his 2008 conviction for unlawful sexual relations with minors. Meetings and correspondence between them continued even after Epstein completed his sentence in 2009. In 2013, the princess was photographed at Epstein's luxury residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
New details of the correspondence are particularly incriminating. Some time later, the Crown Princess Googled Epstein and learned of his crimes, but continued to communicate with him anyway. In one letter, she wrote to him: "You stir my imagination "
A Royal Palace spokesperson said on Friday that Mette-Marit was unaware of the full extent of Epstein's crimes. However, newly declassified materials show that in 2011, the Crown Princess told Epstein, "This doesn't look good," indicating she was aware of the reputational risks. This, however, did not cause the Norwegian to cut off contact.
In 2019, when information about her connections to Epstein first became public, Mette-Marit issued a public apology, saying she would have ceased all communication with him had she been fully aware of the seriousness of his actions.
However, new documents have cast doubt on the veracity of this claim.
THE POSITION OF THE AUTHORITIES
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre issued a rare and sharp criticism, demanding detailed explanations from the Crown Princess and others involved.
"They must clarify the scope of their contacts and take responsibility for themselves," Støre emphasized in a press comment.
The prime minister's statement violated a tacit agreement between Norwegian political power and the monarchy, which traditionally involves tactful distancing from internal family matters.
Mette-Marit responded with a new, more substantive apology, calling her actions the result of "poor judgment" and acknowledging that she should have done more to check the information about Epstein.
The Crown Princess also postponed her planned trip abroad indefinitely.
The decision was agreed with the palace and demonstrates a desire not to draw further attention to the scandal during the trial against her son.
Despite the scandal, the Norwegian parliament maintains a strong majority in favor of preserving the monarchy.
Only two parties, the Socialist Left Party and the Red Party, openly advocate a republican form of government.
The Labour Party, the Progress Party, Høyre's Conservative Party, the Centre Party, and the Christian People's Party support the monarchy. The Green Party is split.
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
The scandal was further complicated by the revelation of the Crown Princess's private email address following the publication of documents by the US Department of Justice. Norwegian cybersecurity experts warn that this poses not only reputational risks but also a direct threat to the security of the royal family and its entourage.
Password expert Per Thorsheim emphasized in an interview with Dagbladet that standard measures are not enough: a complete mailbox cleanup is necessary, as publishing the address will inevitably provoke hacking attempts.
The Royal Court confirmed that the account is no longer in use.
PERSONAL TRAGEDY OR PART OF THE SYSTEM?
Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is standing trial in Oslo District Court on 38 charges, including four counts of rape.
Høiby denies the latter, most serious, charges. However, he has admitted guilt in a number of other crimes.
Back in August 2024, during his initial arrest at the girl's apartment in the Frogner district, the young man admitted to being under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time of the incident. In subsequent interviews, he openly spoke about long-term mental health issues, depression, and drug abuse.
A new arrest in early February added further drama. On February 1–2, literally the day before the start of the trial, Høiby was arrested again—this time on different charges: threatening someone with a knife and repeat violation of a restraining order.
He also pleaded guilty to these charges. The court ordered him held in custody for the first four weeks of the trial.
The trial is scheduled to last seven weeks—from February 3 to March 19, 2026. It will be one of the longest trials in modern Norwegian judicial history. More than 190 media organizations have applied for access to the hearings, a record number. The court has accredited 56, including Reuters, AFP, and major Scandinavian television channels.
The psychological portrait of the defendant, painted in the court documents, raises the question: is Høyby a victim of his own psychopathology, a privileged upbringing, or are the two factors complementary?
Høiby's lawyer claims his client suffers from serious psychiatric problems but is not a premeditated criminal. However, the prosecution firmly insists that neither family status nor psychological problems can justify the abuse of women.
If Marius Borg is found guilty of all charges, he faces up to 16 years in prison. The amount of possible compensation for the victims has not yet been determined. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have decided not to attend the courtroom.
THE CRISIS OF THE MONARCHY
Support for the monarchy has fallen from 81% in 2017 to 62% in 2024. More and more Norwegians are turning against Mette-Marit as queen, while King Harald V maintains 73% support. However, scandals are affecting the entire institution of the monarchy and calling into question the openness traditionally associated with the royal family.
The Mette-Marit and Høiby scandals represent a crisis of trust in an institution that symbolizes Norway's stability. The palace's attempts at apologies fail to address the systemic problem and fail to answer the question of whether the monarchy can serve as a unifying force in an era that demands transparency.
Høyby's trial will test the royal house's ability to right its wrongs. Harald V's heirs need decisive steps to restore their authority.
[Boris Nikolic, a biotech venture capitalist and physician, who served as chief advisor for science and technology to Bill Gates and was named a successor executor in Jeffrey Epstein’s will.]
[Politico] The ghosts of the 2020 election were already dividing Republicans in Georgia. The FBI’s raid in Fulton County only emboldened the secretary of state’s harshest critics.
Georgia Republicans won’t let Brad Raffensperger move on from 2020. At least not when President Donald Trump is still talking about it.
As Georgia’s top elections official, Raffensperger rebuked efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results, turning him into a target of attack from Trump and his allies for years. That has created a deep tear between the Georgia secretary of state and Republicans in his state, many of whom continue to echo the president’s false claims of widespread fraud.
That’s allegedly false claims, O Politico journalist. And when the results of that raid turn into convictions, they will be proved true claims. Do enjoy the process.
#4
Raffensperger is going to wish Fulton County did a better job of cheating. It’s going to be extremely blatant. It will include multiple elections. Raffensperger has done nothing about Fulton and blocked others for his entire tenure. The burners will be turned to boil as soon as charges are filed. Kemp is not going to fare any better.
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you can't really expect the ratchets in Fulton county of doing a better job with their BS, you literally have the lowest form of shit trying to be smart.
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If DoJ could force local police departments into 'receivership' due to a pattern of misconduct, then the same solution should apply to other organs of local government.
[FoxNews] Federal subsidies for electric buses face scrutiny after cold weather exposes performance failures and oversight gaps, raising questions about $8 billion in spending
The Arctic blast that snowed in much of the East exposed not only the need for road salt but the possibility that untold taxpayer dollars were wasted on risky electric bus subsidy programs under the Biden administration, according to critics of those initiatives.
That’s the claim from Power the Future, a top energy advocacy and watchdog group that also compared the disbursement of more than $8 billion over at least two related federal subsidy programs to oversight failures by the Minnesota government involving its Medicaid and childcare entitlement crises recently exposed.
E-buses have been purchased by transit agencies in part through a "Low-No" emissions grant program mainly through the Federal Transit Administration that received a $1.6 billion infusion during the Biden years.
"Given the scale of this investment, there must be an examination into whether taxpayers are receiving the reliable, deployable transit assets capable of serving the communities for which they were funded," Power the Future (PTF) President Daniel Turner said.
Similarly, PTF highlighted a 2024 EPA Inspector General audit that found the agency failed to meaningfully track the deployment of electric school buses under a 2022 rebate program through which $836 million was handed out by federal officials.
Lee Zeldin and Democratic senator yell over EPA grants on Capitol HillVideo
Only about 7% of participating school districts had completed the processes needed to put the buses into service, such as installing charging infrastructure.
"When hundreds of millions of dollars are awarded without confirmation that buses are delivered, operable or in service, the absence of oversight echoes the failures that are being highlighted in Minnesota," PTF wrote.
PTF said the Biden administration’s "broader record" on "green infrastructure" spending is further exposed by these and other disbursements and requires Zeldin’s immediate attention.I
It cited an additional $7.5 billion spent on the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, under which fewer than 400 charging ports were built as of late.
"When this failure is viewed alongside electric buses that cannot operate in cold weather, school buses that sit idle and grants producing little to no functional infrastructure, a troubling pattern emerges," PTF said.
"Taken together, these outcomes raise the same red flags now familiar from the Minnesota daycare fraud scandal: large federal payouts with minimal verification, poor oversight and taxpayers left holding the bill."
An EPA Inspector General statement from October regarding the school bus program said "three material weaknesses so significant that they could lead to material misstatements in the Agency’s financial statements" were found.
"The EPA did not monitor bus deployment status and recipient use of over $836 million of 2022 Clean School Bus, or CSB, Program rebates, despite the Agency stating it would do so," another OIG report from 2024 said.
"At a minimum, these programs warrant immediate scrutiny to determine whether incompetence alone explains the results or whether fraud and misrepresentation are also at play," PTF wrote.
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I can’t believe that Buttigieg actually was in charge of a project that completed anything. The outcome was still catastrophic, but delivering actual buses meant that some of the money achieved a result. That’s better than Newsom’s record.
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To be fair, diesel buses also have problems if they are not fitted with devices to warm the motor pre-start. Most urban transit systems and school transport systems know about this and have SOP for cold weather. However, when the weather is extra cold, problems come up.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ZERO] A damning on-site investigation has revealed that the winery co-owned by Ilhan Omar’s husband is nothing more than a phantom operation, fueling suspicions of fraud amid scrutiny of her skyrocketing wealth.
