Author Archive: Stephen Green

OH MY: Records show Reditus CEO amassed a fleet of luxury vehicles and 2 private planes.

The owner of a lab that made hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money for running COVID-19 tests has amassed a fleet of luxury cars and at least two private planes, WGLT has learned.

Aaron Rossi of Bloomington is CEO at Reditus Labs in Pekin. Rossi was recently indicted on federal tax fraud charges and faces a lawsuit from a business partner who accuses Rossi of “pillaging” Reditus to fund a “nouveau riche over-the-top lifestyle,” court records show.

Rossi’s vehicle collection certainly points to a spending spree.

There are 28 vehicles registered in Rossi’s name or that of his company, AJR MD Consulting, according to state records obtained by WGLT through the Freedom of Information Act. That includes six Porsches, six BMWs, two Mercedes-Benzes, a Ferrari, and a Tesla, records show. Almost all of them are model years 2020, 2021, or 2022, suggesting they were purchased recently.

Separately, there are 59 other vehicles registered to Reditus Laboratories, which Rossi owns. That includes nine BMWs, a Porsche, and a Tesla.

When Washington opens the funny-money floodgates, people get stupid.

FASTER, PLEASE: Big News in the Latest Filing From Special Counsel John Durham. ““To date, the government has produced over 60,000 documents in unclassified discovery. A portion of these documents were originally marked ‘classified’ and the government has worked with the appropriate declassification authorities to produce the documents in an unclassified format.”

BACK-DOOR SOCIAL CREDIT SCHEME: The coming federal weaponization of banking. “The largest shake-up in finance since the formation of the Federal Reserve is nearly here. The establishment of a government-backed cryptocurrency is a threat to the freedom of commerce and would give Washington the ability to weaponize banking against political dissent, or even block Americans from accessing their own money altogether.”

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Matt Margolis: This Is Our Moment to Stand Up Against the Trans Movement. “Truthfully, the evils of the trans movement are much bigger than men competing against women. The trans movement is also trying to redefine how we understand sex, gender, and biology. And sadly, they are succeeding in changing the sex and gender paradigm.”

Cameron Arcand: Trump’s Fallout With Mo Brooks Is Not Surprising. “I’m still the most conservative candidate in the race. Katie Britt’s campaign is supported and funded by McConnell allies, and she’s still a high taxing, open borders, cheap foreign labor, Chamber of Commerce lobbyist.”

Yours Truly: I Had a Nightmare About President Hillary, and Now You Will, Too. “Crazy, right? In a million years such a Byzantine scheme could never work…”

IWS DAILY UPDATE: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment.

Russian forces continued to settle in for a protracted and stalemated conflict over the last 24 hours, with more reports emerging of Russian troops digging in and laying mines—indications that they have gone over to the defensive. Ukrainian forces continued to conduct limited and effective counterattacks to relieve pressure on Kyiv, although the extent of those counterattacks is likely less than what some Ukrainian officials are claiming. Russian efforts to mobilize additional forces to keep their offensive moving continue to be halting and limited. Russian progress in taking Mariupol city remains slow and grinding. Increasing Russian emphasis on using air, artillery, and rocket/missile bombardments of Ukrainian cities to offset forward offensive momentum raises the urgency of providing Ukraine with systems to defend against these attacks.

Much more at the link.

CHANGE (BACK): This is how ‘detransitioners’ who regret their gender assignment surgeries get sidelined by leftist narratives. “Many detransitioners simply want to ‘melt away’ into society, and not be prominent voices: this is because they are often stigmatized from two directions, with certain pro-transition advocates arguing that they are harming trans people by speaking about their experiences, and certain anti-transition advocates arguing that they were stupid to make the choices they made.”