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Pre-Crime: People Will Soon Be Arrested For Thinking About Committing A Crime

A pre-crime system called Beware, for example, is capable of rating citizens of Fresno, California, as posing a high, medium or low level of threat. Press accounts say the system amasses data not only on past crimes but on web searches, property records and social networking posts.

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March 8, 2016

Geoffrey Grider

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Being Arrested For The Crime You Have Not Yet Committed

Computers are getting pretty good at predicting the future. In many cases they do it better than people. That’s why Amazon uses them to figure out what you’re likely to buy, how Netflix knows what you might want to watch, the way meteorologists come up with accurate 10-day forecasts.

Now a team of scientists has demonstrated that a computer can outperform human judges in predicting who will commit a violent crime. In a paper published last month, they described how they built a system that started with people already arrested for domestic violence, then figured out which of them would be most likely to commit the same crime again.

The technology could potentially spare victims from being injured, or even killed. It could also keep the least dangerous offenders from going to jail unnecessarily. And yet, there’s something unnerving about using machines to decide what should happen to people. If targeted advertising misfires, nobody’s liberty is at stake.

For two decades, police departments have used computers to identify times and places where crimes are more likely to occur, guiding the deployment of officers and detectives. Now they’re going another step: using vast data sets to identify individuals who are criminally inclined. They’re doing this with varying levels of transparency and scientific testing. A pre-crime system called Beware, for example, is capable of rating citizens of Fresno, California, as posing a high, medium or low level of threat. Press accounts say the system amasses data not only on past crimes but on web searches, property records and social networking posts.

Critics are warning that the new technology had been rushed into use without enough public discussion. One question is precisely how the software works — it’s the manufacturer’s trade secret. Another is whether there’s scientific evidence that such technology works as advertised.

By contrast, the recent paper on the system that forecasts domestic violence lays out what it can do and how well it can do it.

One of the creators of that system, University of Pennsylvania statistician Richard Berk, said he only works with publicly available data on people who have already been arrested. The system isn’t scooping up and crunching data on ordinary citizens, he said, but is making the same forecasts that judges or police officers previously had to make when it came time to decide whether to detain or release a suspect.

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He started working on crime forecasting more than a decade ago, and by 2008 had created a computerized system that beat the experts in picking which parolees were most likely to reoffend. He used a machine learning system – feeding a computer lots of different kinds of data until it discovered patterns that it could use to make predictions, which then can be tested against known data.

Machine learning doesn’t necessarily yield an algorithm that people can understand. Users know which parameters get considered but not how the machine uses them to get its answers.

In the domestic violence paper, published in February in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Berk and Penn psychologist Susan Sorenson looked at data from about 100,000 cases, all occurring between 2009 and 2013. Here, too, they used a machine learning system, feeding a computer data on age, sex, zip code, age at first arrest, and a long list of possible previous charges for such things as drunk driving, animal mistreatment, and firearms crimes. They did not use race, though Berk said the system isn’t completely race blind because some inferences about race can be drawn from a person’s zip code.

The researchers used about two-thirds of the data to “train” the system, giving the machine access to the input data as well as the outcome – whether or not these people were arrested a second time for domestic violence. The other third of the data they used to test the system, giving the computer only the information that a judge could know at arraignment, and seeing how well the system predicted who would be arrested for domestic violence again.

It would be easy to reduce the number of repeat offenses to zero by simply locking up everyone accused of domestic violence, but there’s a cost to jailing people who aren’t going to be dangerous, said Berk. Currently, about half of those arrested for domestic violence are released, he said. The challenge he and Sorenson faced was to continue to release half but pick a less dangerous half. The result: About 20 percent of those released by judges were later arrested for the same crime. Of the computer’s choices, it was only 10 percent.

Berk and Sorensen are currently working with the Philadelphia police, he said, to adapt the machine learning system to predict which households are most at risk of domestic violence. Those, he said, can be targeted with extra supervision.

The parole system has already been implemented in Philadelphia. Parolees in the city are assigned to high-, medium- and low-risk groups by a machine-learning system, allowing parole officers to focus most of their attention on the high-risk cases.

One downside might be a more one-dimensional decision-making process. Several years ago, when I wrote an article on the parole system for the Philadelphia Inquirer, I learned that some parole officers found the system constraining. They said that they could have a bigger impact by spending more time with low-risk offenders who were open to accepting help in getting their lives together – getting off drugs, applying for jobs, or getting a high school degree.

Their concern was that their bosses would put too much faith in the system and too little in them. This echoes the problem Berk says worries him: That people will put too much trust the technology. If a system hasn’t been through scientific testing, then skepticism is in order. And even those that have been shown to beat human judgment are far from perfect. Machine learning could give crime fighters a source of information in making decisions, but at this stage it would be a mistake for them to let it make the decisions for them. source

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2025 Will Go Down For Among Other Things As The Year That Antisemitism Gained A Foothold Not Only In The MAGA GOP But Throughout America As Well

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December 30, 2025

Geoffrey Grider

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2025 was a seminal year for antisemitism and anti-Zionism not only across America but within the MAGA Republican Party

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A man walks onto a college campus and says “I’m not antisemitic, I just hate Zionists. Free Palestine.” Pretty funny, yes? Or perhaps not, but either way some form of this “joke” has been told endlessly across the United States in 2025. “I’m not against Israel”, they say, “I’m only against Zion”. They advocate for the cutting off of all funding to Israel, and the establishment of a Palestinian state. And no, I am not talking about Democrats primarily, I am talking about half of the Republican Party MAGA Movement, or whatever they call themselves now.

“The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.” Psalm 128:5 (KJB)

What got me thinking about all this wasn’t something that wasn’t directly antisemitic, but when you think about it for a minute, it becomes quite chilling. Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Trump in the White House over the weekend, where he made a very strange remark. When asked about selling US F-35 jet fighters to Israel’s declared enemy Turkey, Trump said “We’re thinking about it very seriously,” adding “I promise they’ll never use them on Israel,” while walking out of the room. “We’re not going have a problem.” Oh, I see. ‘Trust In Trump’ is it? How could he ever think, in a million years, that giving F-35’s to a country that has threated many times in 2025 to attack Israel could ever be a good idea? It’s a terrible idea, but given Trump’s recent affinity for striking deals with Muslim nations, it makes perfect sense. Just remember, Trump was an avowed antivaxxer right up to the moment he unleashed the COVID vaccine bioweapon. Trump is a lifelong friend of Israel right up to the moment he isn’t anymore.

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At the recent meeting of Turning Point USA, antisemitism was on full display with a notable percentage of the participants. “Ben Shapiro is like a cancer, and that cancer spreads,” Steve Bannon said, to the cheers of thousands. Megyn Kelly said during a talk with conservative influencer Jack Posobiec at the conference that “there was a rift even before we lost Charlie… and it revolves around Israel,” NBC reported. For a group that seemed to speak with one voice when they help reelect Donald Trump last November, this is a paradigm shift to say the least. Take a look at what some of the most-notable influencers are saying now.

Some of the stunning 2025 antisemitic turns by MAGA influencers

Tucker Carlson: The former Fox News host (and current independent media figure) has been a prominent voice criticized for mainstreaming antisemitic ideas and white nationalist rhetoric, often focusing on “globalists” and questioning U.S. support for Israel. He has also hosted known white nationalists like Nick Fuentes on his show.
Candace Owens: The conservative commentator has made numerous controversial comments, including calling Israel “demonic” and promoting anti-Israel conspiracy theories. She frequently uses the term “globalists” to describe a cabal of powerful individuals, a widely recognized antisemitic dog whistle.
Nick Fuentes: A leader of the far-right “Groyper” movement, Fuentes is a self-described white nationalist known for Holocaust denial and overt antisemitic rants, who has gained a following among some younger conservatives within the MAGA movement.
Stew Peters: A far-right conspiracy theorist and podcast host who promotes Holocaust denial and claims that “primarily Jewish-controlled central banks” fund evil in America; multiple congressional Republicans have appeared on his show.
Steve Bannon: An architect of the MAGA Movement, Bannon has been accused of making antisemitic comments and comparing Jewish commentators like Ben Shapiro to a “cancer” on the conservative movement.
Megyn Kelly: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) accused Kelly of invoking antisemitic tropes when she claimed that Jewish commentators Ben Shapiro and Bari Weiss are “making antisemites”. The ADL stated that blaming Jewish people for the hate directed against them is a classic victim-blaming trope.

Christian, if you are an anti-Zionist, you possess a pathetically-low understanding of the Bible, in either Testament, and should be ashamed of yourself. Seriously. The Bible openly declares that God is a Zionist, and that the kingdom He will usher in during the Millennium will be a Zionist kingdom. If you are anti-Zionist, not only are you antisemitic, you stand in opposition to God Himself. How ’bout that?

“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” Romans 11:26,27 (KJB)

As we watch America struggling with a very fast rising tide of antisemitism, why don’t you pick a side and stay there? You see, I believe my Bible, and I know how it all winds up, who wins, and how it all will go when the end times dust settles. So here and now, by faith, I stand on the side of the King of the Jews, on the side of His chosen people, the Jews, and with the biblical, and literal, physical, and earthly Zion which is the City of David. Where do you stand?

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Chaplain Hensley At The Delta Regional Unit In Dermott Arkansas That Holds 625 Inmates Has An Urgent Need For King James Bibles And Books

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December 28, 2025

Geoffrey Grider

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The Delta Regional Unit in Arkansas is in need of hundreds of King James Bibles and edifying Christian doctrinal literature for their inmate library

The Delta Regional Unit (DRU) is a medium-security correctional facility for men in Dermott, Arkansas, operated by the Arkansas Department of Correction. Established in 1990 with a population of 400, it has since grown to now house roughly 625 inmates at any given time. They hold weekly worship services, religious education, revivals, and pastoral counseling, facilitated by staff, volunteers, and people like Chaplain Hensley who wrote to us over the Christmas break with an urgent request for Bibles.

“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.” Isaiah 42:7 (KJB)

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Why Did Gov. Tim Walz Approve A New Minnesota State Flag That Shows A Chilling Alliance With Flags Representing The Islamic Federal Republic of Somalia?

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December 28, 2025

Geoffrey Grider

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The new state flag of Minnesota approved by Tim Walz bears a stunning resemblance to the flags of the Islamic Federal Republic of Somalia

While Donald Trump and the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth distract us with meaningless ‘lethal kinetic strikes’ on drug boats in Venezuela, a much more serious and pressing problem is brewing right here at home in Minnesota. Not only are government actors within that state operating a crime ring in the high hundreds of millions of dollars, it would seem that Minnesota is rapidly becoming an Islamic state.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJB)

As we have said many times, the greatest threat to the sovereignty and security of the United States of America, hands down and bar none, has always been and will always be Islam. This was something we recognized clearly under the multiyear reign of Barack Hussein Obama, but something we have conveniently forgotten here in the second term of Donald Trump who is courting Muslim favor like no other president before him. Today I want to show you the battleground state of Minnesota, and how it looks for all the world like a coup is underway. View the evidence and decide for yourself.

1). Radical Leftist governor Tim Walz approves a Somalia-themed new Minnesota state flag

As you can see in the graphic at the top of this article, the “new” state flag of Minnesota bears an undeniable and overwhelming resemblance to the flags found in the Federal Republic of Somalia, a region of the globe that is nearly 100% comprised of Sunni Muslims. Less than 1% of the territories are Christian and Shia Muslim. I am sure it’s just a crazy coincidence, but the Somali-born congresswoman Ilhan Omar has stated multiple times that she serves the interests of the Somalian people in Minnesota above that of the interests of the government in which she presides.

In Minnesota, there is a political scandal happening RIGHT NOW involving billions of dollars. Money that was stolen by actors on the Left. And yet, amazingly, Trump wants you to focus on drug boats in Venezuela?? Where are the arrests @PamBondi and @POTUS ???? https://t.co/TOAZlP5ZEv

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2). The Minnesota Somali Fraud Network

Federal authorities have uncovered several major fraud schemes in Minnesota, primarily related to the misuse of over $1 billion in federal and state social service funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 87 individuals charged in these cases, the majority are of Somali descent.

Key cases include:

Feeding Our Future: This was the largest single scheme, where a non-profit organization and its partners allegedly stole approximately $250 million from a federal child nutrition program by submitting fraudulent receipts and invoices for meals that were never provided. The founder of the organization was found guilty in this case.

Housing Assistance and Autism Services: Other separate but similar schemes involved fraud in programs providing housing assistance and therapy for children with autism. In one autism fraud case, an individual allegedly stole $14 million by billing Medicaid for fake sessions using unqualified staff.

State auditors and federal officials noted that the Minnesota Department of Education missed numerous red flags and failed to adequately address complaints, which critics argue allowed the fraud to balloon. Federal investigators have stated there is no evidence that any of the stolen money was funneled to the terror group al Shabaab, a claim that was investigated after political allegations were raised.

3). Minnesota as the new ‘Little Somalia’

Minnesota is home to a significant Muslim population, with Arab Americans nearly quadrupling from 2000-2022, and a substantial Somali community settling in the Twin Cities. The state has elected prominent Muslim officials, including the first Muslim Congressman (Keith Ellison, now AG) and Somali-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, alongside growing numbers in local government. A robust network of mosques, Islamic schools, and cultural organizations with terror ties like CAIR-MN are the predominate influences. In April of 2023, Minneapolis made history when it became the first major city in the US to allow mosques to broadcast the call to prayer using loudspeakers at any time. Before the change to a city noise ordinance, it had only been permitted to be put out between 7am to 10pm. The majority of Muslims in Minnesota remain unassimilated to American culture and way of life.

Bit by bit, and bite by bite, Minnesota is becoming an Islamic state with a state, led by elected Islamic representatives who are only too happy to encourage this transition. Governor Tim Walz is very proud of his new state flag, a flag that bears obvious allegiance to and solidarity with the Islamic Federal Republic of Somalia. America is under siege from within, and our ‘America First’ president isn’t doing anything of note to solve this problem other than just talking about it.

Unmasking the Minnesota Somali Fraud Network

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, simply known as Al-Shabaab, is receiving funds from the Minnesota taxpayer, while Somali congresswoman Ilhan Omar simply shrugs her shoulders.