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By Michael Maharrey Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill into law implementing reporting requirements for all asset forfeitures in the state, including cases passed off to the federal government. The bill takes the first step that could lead to substantive reforms. Sen. Mark Peake (R) and Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) sponsored […]
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Virginia Law Requires Strict Asset Forfeiture Reporting; First Step Toward Reform
April 12th, 2018 
Awake Goy 
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No Comments »To the Governor: Wisconsin Passes Bill Taking on Asset Forfeiture
February 26th, 2018 Awake Goy February 25, 2018 By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, the Wisconsin Assembly gave final approval to a bill that would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction in most situations. The legislation also takes a small, but important step toward closing a federal […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: asset, forfeiture, Governor, passes, taking, Wisconsin No Comments »Washington Committee Passes Bill to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws; First Step to Address Federal Loophole
January 30th, 2018 Awake Goy By Michael Maharrey Last week, a Washington state House committee passed a bill that would improve the state’s asset forfeiture laws and set the stage to close a loophole that allows state and local police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds. Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane Valley) […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: asset, committee, first, forfeiture, passes, reform, Washington No Comments »Suffolk County DA Used $3.3 Million In Asset Forfeitures To Fund Massive Public Employee "Bonuses"
November 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Just over a month ago we wrote about the curious case of Frank Ranelli of Alabama and the growing problem of asset forfeitures all across the United States. Ranelli, who owned a local computer repair shop in Ensley, Alabama, showed up to work one day in 2010 only to later be raided by local […]
Posted in World News Tags: asset, county, forfeitures, massive, million, public, suffolk No Comments »Alabama Police Use Asset Forfeiture to Ruin an Innocent Small Business Owner
October 31st, 2017 Awake Goy A news report from Alabama offers two textbook cases of how sweeping powers of civil asset forfeiture allow police to seize people’s property with near impunity. Under civil asset forfeiture laws, police can take property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the owner is not charged with a crime. Law enforcement and […]
Posted in World News Tags: Alabama, asset, Business, forfeiture, innocent, police, small No Comments »Is UK Reading Councillor Rachel Eden a British politician or an Israeli asset?
October 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Gilad Atzmon writes: It keeps getting better. Rachel Eden, the shameless “Labour” councillor who organised a protest against me without knowing who I am or what I stand for, is on the ultra-Zionist We Believe in Israel list of 216 General Election candidates who have pledged their support for Israel. Eden, who is councillor for […]
Posted in World News Tags: asset, british, councillor, israeli, politician, rachel, reading No Comments »Tech Firms Seek Washington’s Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances
October 24th, 2017 Awake Goy Tech Firms Seek Washington’s Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances October 23rd, 2017 Via: Bloomberg: In doing so, companies such as Facebook Inc. are competing with defense contractors, financial firms and the U.S. government itself. Security clearances are a rare and valued commodity, whether at a […]
Leaked ICE Guide Offers Unprecedented View of Agency’s Asset Forfeiture Tactics
October 18th, 2017 Awake Goy Leaked ICE Guide Offers Unprecedented View of Agency’s Asset Forfeiture Tactics October 17th, 2017 Via: The Intercept: AN INTERNAL HANDBOOK obtained by The Intercept provides a rare view into the extensive asset seizure operations of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, an office that trains its […]
Posted in World News Tags: agency, asset, forfeiture, guide, leaked, offers, unprecedented No Comments »Senator Blasts Asset Forfeiture "Slush Fund" US Marshals Used for Granite Countertops, Salaries
September 30th, 2017 Awake Goy Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sharply criticized the US Marshals Service (USMS) for several expenditures that “appeared excessive and wasteful” and called for greater oversight for spending confiscated money. The money in question came from the Justice Department’s Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF), which is managed by the Marshals, who act as the “primary custodian” […]
Posted in World News Tags: asset, blasts, forfeiture, granite, marshals, Senator, slush No Comments »The Trouble with Asset Bubbles: If You Stop Pumping, They Pop
September 6th, 2017 Awake Goy By Charles Hugh Smith The idea that authorities can massage their pumping to keep asset bubbles inflated at a permanently high plateau is currently being tested. The trouble with inflating asset bubbles is that you have to keep inflating them or they pop. Unfortunately for the bubble-blowing central banks, asset bubbles are a double-bind: […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Jeff Sessions Thinly Veiled Plot To Rob Us Blind
July 25th, 2017 Awake Goy Confiscated cash on display as New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks to reporters during a news conference at New York City Police Department. (AP/Mary Altaffer) “Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: asset, blind, civil, forfeiture, sessions, thinly, veiled No Comments »Trump’s Police State: More Militarization and Civil Asset Forfeiture
July 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Most people in the alternative media are busy kvetching over the media attacking Trump, ignoring this big issue. Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/trumps-police-state-militarization-civil-asset-forfeiture/ Views: 0
Posted in World News Tags: asset, civil, forfeiture, Militarization, police, state, Trump No Comments »The Feds Just Expanded Civil Asset Forfeiture ‘Laws’ Nationwide
July 20th, 2017 Awake Goy When you’re a government agency, asking for a tax increase is always a hassle. As Ryan McMaken notes, for the most part, taxpayers don’t like taxes, and if asked if they want to pay more, they’re likely to often say “no.” Moreover, when public officials pass tax increases, they may face the wrath of […]
Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders asset freeze and travel ban against “dissident” Attorney General
July 1st, 2017 Awake Goy Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : In an unprecedented move, Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered an asset freeze and a travel ban against “dissident” Attorney General Luisa […]
Invest In The Highest Value Asset: Personal Skills
June 17th, 2017 Awake Goy By Joe Jarvis That’s what this world needs: skills. Raw resources are useless without the skill to properly apply them. There are skills for financial gain, skills for personal gain, and skills for a backup plan. Most of them overlap; something once a hobby can become a career, for instance becoming a tennis […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: asset, highest, invest, personal, skills, value No Comments »Supreme Court Sees Criminal Asset Forfeiture Can Be Abused Too; Almost Does Something About It
June 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Recently, the Supreme Court passed on a case that could have seen it address the highly-problematic civil asset forfeiture issue head on. In that case, cops seized $201,000 (and a bill of sale for a home) from two people during a traffic stop. Despite having no evidence of criminal activity, the cops kept the […]
Posted in World News Tags: abused, almost, asset, court, criminal, forfeiture, supreme No Comments »‘March Against Sharia’ Organized by Mossad Asset Brigitte Gabriel
June 12th, 2017 Awake Goy There were marches in some big cities across America that appear to have been funded by Zionist money through Mossad asset Brigitte Gabriel. Her organization is called “Act for America”, or as the The International Bankers say behind the scenes “Act for Israel”. Does the Alt-Right know who they are fighting for? Source Article […]
CIA Asset Turned American Enemy, Manuel Noriega, Dead At 83
June 1st, 2017 Awake Goy Manuel Antonio Noriega waves to supporters, in the presidential palace in Panama City. Noriega, a onetime U.S. asset who later was ousted by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday, May 29, 2017, at age 83. (AP/John Hopper) CHILE– Former dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega died on Monday, prompting media outlets throughout the Americas […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: american, asset, enemy, manuel, noriega, turned No Comments »Belgian arms dealer and intelligence asset sentenced to three years plus 300,000 euro fine
June 1st, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : The Belgian arms dealer Jacques Monsieur was sentenced to three years in prison plus a 300,000 euro fine for arms deals to […]
Posted in World News Tags: asset, belgian, dealer, INTELLIGENCE, sentenced, three, years No Comments »How Debt-Asset Bubbles Implode: The Supernova Model of Financial Collapse
May 31st, 2017 Awake Goy How Debt-Asset Bubbles Implode: The Supernova Model of Financial Collapse By Charles Hugh Smithwashingtonsblog.com When debt-asset bubbles expand at rates far above the expansion of earnings and real-world productive wealth, their collapse is inevitable. The Supernova model of financial collapse is one way to understand this. As I noted yesterday in Will the Crazy Global […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: asset, bubbles?, collapse, financial, implode, model, supernova No Comments »
