Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and President Trump at the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, in July of last year. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.) By Jennifer Cohn As TYT previously reported, the results of several recent high-profile Kansas primaries last month were delayed for many hours due to a computer “glitch” in Johnson …
FEMA Spending Millions on Contracts with FEMA Chief’s Old Clients
FEMA Administrator Brock Long, seen at the White House in September 2017, has awarded his former client, Booz Allen Hamilton, millions of dollars in FEMA contracts. (Photo illustration: Long photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Long’s Certification of Ethics Agreement Compliance from OGE.gov.) By Jonathan Larsen At least two former clients of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long …
Pentagon to Train Saudi Pilots on US Soil Amid Yemen Uproar
Defense Secretary James Mattis calls U.S. support for the Saudi conflict in Yemen “not unconditional” during an Aug. 28, 2018, news conference. (Image: Screengrab of defense.gov video.) By Ken Klippenstein The Pentagon is planning to train Saudi Arabian military pilots on US soil, federal documents show, for what appears to be the first time since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in …
Lawmakers and Advocates Respond to TYT’s Report on ‘Mass Casualty’ Training
A student wearing makeup to simulate injuries holds his head as he is evacuated during a school-shooting and mass-evacuation drill in Alameda, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. By Ken Klippenstein Last week, TYT reported exclusively on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) program to teach school children safety measures in preparation for “mass casualty events.” According to federal procurement …
Group in Russia Probe Sponsored Travel for Ukraine Meetings with Manafort Clients
Former clients of Paul Manafort, seen here on June 15 arriving for a court hearing, met with a U.S. politician during a trip sponsored by the Christian group allegedly targeted by a Russian spy to help establish “back-channel” communications. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images. By Jonathan Larsen The secretive Christian group referred to in the FBI’s affidavit about alleged spy Maria …
Kobach’s Kansas Victory Tainted by…Kobach’s Election System
By Jennifer Cohn Kris Kobach, Kansas’s top election official, recently declared victory in the highly publicized Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas, surpassing his opponent (sitting Gov. Jeff Colyer) by about 300 votes. Although Colyer has already conceded, last week’s election day computer “glitch” in Johnson County, the state’s most populous county, has cast a shadow over the legitimacy of Kobach’s …
ICE Orders Dozens of Straitjacket-Like Restraints
New ICE restraining device as it appeared on “Orange is the New Black,” as featured on the website of the device’s manufacturer, Safe Restraints, Inc. (Image: Safe Restraints video screengrab.) By Ken Klippenstein Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Air Operations has ordered 60 “Wrap” restraint devices — full-body restraints that resemble straitjackets — for the purpose of restraining detainees during …