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January 1, 2026 – Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is also tied to Progressive Health Care Services in Ohio

Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, is facing growing scrutiny over his connections to the Ohio healthcare company Progressive Health Care Services Inc. This comes as federal investigations into suspected Somali-linked welfare fraud, stretching from Minnesota to Washington, Ohio, and Maine, continue to intensify, with allegations that some entities (daycares, healthcare, or transportation service companies) were merely front operations to extract taxpayer funds.

The story surrounding Osman is certainly a strange one, with the news and analysis outlet Horn Diplomat publishing a report titled “Ethics Questions Surround Somalia’s UN Envoy, as U.S. Healthcare Fraud Scandals Heighten Scrutiny.”

(Credit: Zero Hedge)

Here’s the report:

Public corporate filings and professional records have raised questions about transparency and potential conflicts of interest involving Abukar Dahir Osman, Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

The scrutiny comes as Somalia prepares to assume the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council on January 1, 2026, a role that places the country at the center of global diplomatic decision-making on peace, security and sanctions.

Ohio state corporate records show that Osman was listed as the statutory agent for Progressive Health Care Services Inc, a Cincinnati-based home healthcare company, while simultaneously serving as Somalia’s top diplomat at the United Nations.

Filings with the Ohio Secretary of State, electronically submitted on October 22, 2018, identify Osman as the company’s agent. He had been appointed Somalia’s UN ambassador in June 2017, creating an overlap of nearly two years between his diplomatic role and his involvement with a U.S. healthcare provider operating within Medicaid-funded systems supported by U.S. taxpayers.

Professional records, including publicly available LinkedIn information, indicate Osman served as Managing Director of Progressive Health Care Services Inc. from 2014 until May 2019, alongside his UN posting in New York.

The overlap has drawn attention because the U.S. home healthcare sector has repeatedly been identified by federal authorities as one of the areas most vulnerable to fraud, abuse and improper billing.

(Read more: Zero Hedge, 1/1/2016)  (Archive)

(…) A new bombshell report now reveals that Somalia’s sitting ambassador to the United Nations once worked inside Ohio’s Medicaid bureaucracy, and later ran or represented a healthcare company reportedly placed on a federal fraud exclusion list.

Abukar Dahir Osman, often referred to by the nickname “Baale,” currently serves as Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, a post he has held since 2017.

As of this month, Osman holds one of the most powerful rotating positions in global diplomacy: President of the UN Security Council.

In that role, he:

  • Oversees Security Council meetings
  • Sets the Council’s agenda
  • Manages resolutions and presidential statements
  • Speaks for the A3+ bloc (African nations plus Caribbean representation) on issues like Afghanistan and Yemen

But before assuming global authority in New York, Osman spent years embedded inside Ohio’s public welfare system.

Osman relocated to the United States in the late 1980s and built his career in Ohio’s taxpayer-funded social services apparatus.

From 1999 to 2012, he worked at the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services, serving as:

  • Case Manager
  • Social Program Specialist

Osman was also a supervisor for the Medicaid office in Franklin County, Ohio, from 2007 to 2012.

Mr. Osman also founded Beacon Educational Services, according to his profile on the UN.  He served as a consultant for the organization from 2007 to 2010.

The most alarming revelation involves Progressive Health Care Services Inc., an Ohio-based home healthcare company linked to Osman.

According to reporting cited by PJ Media and Prime Business Africa:

  • Osman served as Managing Director of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 to 2019

  • He was also listed as a statutory agent in 2018, after becoming Somalia’s UN ambassador in 2017 — raising serious conflict-of-interest concerns

Upon reviewing Progressive Health Care Services’ National Provider Identifier (NPI) public profile, Abukar Osman was listed as the President and CEO.

Even more troubling:

Based on research conducted by The Gateway Pundit and reports from social media, Progressive Health Care Services Inc. appears on the November 2025 Updated List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The listing falls under Exclusion Code 1128(a)(1).

Exclusion Code 1128(a)(1) refers to a mandatory exclusion from participation in all Federal health care programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) for individuals or entities convicted of a criminal offense related to fraud, theft, or financial misconduct in connection with providing or billing for health care items or services.

This means they can’t receive federal healthcare payments, and it’s a serious sanction imposed by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). 

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 1/2/2026)  (Archive)

January 1, 2026 – Ukrainian Ultra-Nationalists commemorate WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera

A torch-lit parade is held in the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine, marking the 117th birthday of Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera on January 1, 2026 (Credit: public domain)

Ukrainian far-right activists have marked the 117th birthday of WWII-era nationalist leader and Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera in the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine.

In footage published by Ukrainian media on Thursday, a line of people holding red flares is seen, meant to honor one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during WWII.

The group allied with the invading Nazi Germans to carry out massacres of Poles, Jews, Russians, and Ukrainians they accused of collaborating with the Soviets.

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko declared Bandera and the UPA national heroes in 2010, with his decision reaffirmed by the leadership installed following the 2014 Western-backed Maidan coup.

Ukrainian nationalist groups, especially in the West of the country, regularly commemorate dates connected to other infamous Nazi collaborators, such as Roman Shukhevich, another prominent figure in the UPA.

The Ukrainian authorities’ connivance in the glorification of such controversial figures has recently strained relations with Poland, one of Kiev’s key backers in the conflict with Moscow. (Read more: The 21st Century, 1/1/2026)  (Archive)

January 3, 2026 – Delta Force/law enforcement arrest Nicolás Maduro and wife in Venezuela; Democrats were for it before they turned against it

Nicolas Maduro is perp walked through DEA Headquarters in New York, 1/3/2025. (Credit: public domain)

I have been monitoring the Venezuela issue all day long, and there are so many questions yet to be answered (thanks to great Pentagon OPSEC), but the strategic reason for bringing down Maduro has become abundantly clear.

While we ostensibly captured Maduro based on legitimate, outstanding US drug charges from 2020, the real reason for the military operations early this morning is that neutralizing Maduro’s Venezuela had become a strategic imperative for the USA.

Under Maduro, Venezuela had become the Latin American crossroads for all of the USA’s principal enemies. Maduro was nurturing relationships with Russia, Hezbollah and Iran. Worst of all, Venezuela was eagerly becoming a part of Red China’s Belt & Road initiative.

As America’s enemies were lining up Venezuela as their base of operations in the Western Hemisphere to cause mischief and destruction for the USA, Maduro was at the same time making Venezuela a crossroads, safe haven and enabler for all manner of narcoterrorist operations, ranging from Colombia’s FARC to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.

On top of all that, Venezuela had become a key player in the illegal alien invasion of the USA, shipping its very worst to the USA in a deliberate and comprehensive destabilizing operation that might have worked had Donald Trump not won in 2024.

Next in importance: oil. The global and regional ambitions of both China and Russia are in large part dependent on the politics of petroleum, and the USA just deprived both of the cudgel afforded by friendly Venezuelan oil. Trump opponents say “It’s about oil” as if that was a bad thing. Yeah, it’s about oil.

Finally, all of this was in keeping with the most essential and fundamental foreign policy mandate of the USA almost since the nation’s inception: the Monroe Doctrine. Operations like what Maduro was running simply cannot be allowed in the Western Hemisphere. Trump was right for falling back on this most basic of doctrines that protects the USA’s sovereignty.

So was Maduro seized because of some five year-old drug charges? Yes. Legally–yes. However, like so many strategic issues in the world today, an action needed to be backed by the fine points of law, and it was. But the reality is that the Maduro takedown was a Monroe Doctrine-driven necessity that has greatly enhanced the power and national security of the USA.

Congratulations, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and the rest of the Trump national security team: you boldly took the steps necessary to defend the USA.

Well done.

Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Administration

The Department of Justice, working in close coordination with the Department of War, the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Intelligence Community, and our interagency and international partners, successfully executed a complex law-enforcement mission to bring Nicolás Maduro into U.S. custody to face justice.

This operation required months of coordination, detailed planning, and seamless execution across multiple components of the federal government. The Department of War led this remarkable effort. We cannot thank our brave military heroes enough.

Specialized FBI and DEA personnel, including tactical and transport teams, worked alongside DOW and our DOJ attorneys and other DOJ components to ensure the secure movement, control, and transfer of 2 high-risk defendants. All personnel involved acted professionally, decisively, and in strict accordance with U.S. law and established protocols. This was a perfectly executed operation with intensive cooperation and trust among President Trump’s team.

The mission was conducted to support an ongoing criminal prosecution tied to large-scale narcotics trafficking and related offenses that have fueled violence, destabilized the region, and contributed directly to the drug crisis claiming American lives.

The United States pursued every lawful option to resolve this matter peacefully. Those opportunities were repeatedly rejected. The responsibility for this outcome rests solely with those who chose to continue criminal conduct rather than disengage.

This operation reflects the Department of Justice’s unwavering commitment to accountability, the rule of law, and the protection of U.S. national security. We are proud of the federal law-enforcement professionals who carried out this mission and of the partnerships that made it possible. God Bless America and God Bless President Trump.

Cilia Flores (Credit: Ricardo Stuckert/PR)

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers.

Democratic members quickly denounced the operation as unlawful. They may want to review past cases, particularly the decision related to the Noriega prosecution. Rep. Jim McGovern (D., Mass) declared:

“Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela. He says we don’t have enough money for healthcare for Americans—but somehow we have unlimited funds for war??”

Trump does not need congressional approval for this type of operation. Presidents, including Democratic presidents, have launched lethal attacks regularly against individuals. President Barack Obama killed an American citizen under this “kill list” policy. If Obama can vaporize an American citizen without even a criminal charge, Trump can capture a foreign citizen with a pending criminal indictment without prior congressional approval.

Massive protests broke out after Nicolás Maduro stole the 2024 presidential election. With his removal, the people of Venezuela may soon be able to vote for the candidate of their choosing. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is led out of a helicopter on his way to his first appearance in US federal court in New York, January 5, 2026. [Credit: Adam Gray/Reuters]

January 1, 2026 – There is a documented link between Ohio and Minnesota daycare fraud

January 3, 2026 – Nick Shirley walks us through a Somali occupied building in Minnesota with 22 “healthcare” companies that share one address

January 4, 2026 – Rutgers professor says whiteness has an end date. ‘We gotta take these mf’ers out’….’

For eons now, the left has insisted that its fixation on race was all about justice, healing, and honesty. We were told it was a movement designed to understand power, correct past wrongs, and build a more equal society, blah blah blah.

But that phony framing is now collapsing under the weight of what these radical white-hating liberals are saying out loud.

In a recent clip circulating online, a left-wing Rutgers professor speaks about white people, not as human beings, but as some collective moral problem that must be ended.

At one point, she says that “whiteness is going to have an end date” and follows it by saying, “We gotta take these motherfuckers out.”

This is one of the most flagrant, anti-white rants we’ve seen.

We don’t need to say this, but we will… if a white professor spoke this way about black people, there’s no amount of “context” on earth that would save them. And you can bet there’d be no debate about intent or nuance. People’s heads and careers would be rolling down the streets, and the story would dominate national headlines for a year or more. (Read more: Revolver News, 1/4/2026)  (Archive)

(Harvard Magazine, 2002)

January 5, 2026 – Georgia State Rep. Karen Bennett, a BLM and defund police activist, is arrested for pandemic fraud

Georgia State Rep Karen Bennett (Credit: Instagram)

A former Georgia state Democrat lawmaker was federally charged for allegedly fraudulently obtaining nearly $14,000 in coronavirus-era unemployment benefits.

The development comes after Karen Bennett, who used to represent state House District 94, wrote a letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Dec. 30 announcing that she would be “retiring” from her position on New Year’s Day after 12 years of service, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

“As a result of the false application and certifications, Bennett collected a total of $13,940 of PUA [Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program] benefits and federal supplements to which she was not entitled,” Theodore Hertzberg, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, wrote in a court filing this week.

Prosecutors allege the former representative applied for PUA benefits in May 2020 and disclosed that she worked for the Georgia General Assembly and ran Metro Therapy, a private business where her role consisted “of providing in-home physical therapy services.” They said that in the application, Bennett claimed the job was “her primary occupation and primary means of livelihood” and the “pandemic prevented her from performing any service in connection with” Metro Therapy.

(Read more: Fox News, 1/6/2026)  (Archive) 

January 5, 2026 – Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz torches UN Security Council melt down over the capture of Maduro

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz tore into the U.N. Security Council Monday after the globalist establishment erupted in outraged denunciations over the decisive U.S. military operation that captured socialist tyrant Nicolás Maduro and brought him to New York to face federal narco-terrorism charges.

The U.N. Security Council is headed by Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who assumed the leadership role this month.

REPORT: Somalia’s UN Ambassador, Who Previously Oversaw Medicaid, Also Served as CEO at a Company Reportedly Placed on a Federal Fraud Exclusion List and Banned from Receiving Medicaid Funds

The emergency UN Security Council meeting was called after Maduro’s dramatic weekend capture by U.S. special forces.

The meeting was formally requested by Colombia, a non-permanent Council member for the 2026–2027 term, and aggressively backed by Russia and China, both of which rushed to defend the disgraced dictator and condemn the United States for allegedly violating “international law” and “state sovereignty.”

Full transcript from Waltz’s speech:

“Mr. President, thank you for chairing. And I particularly want to thank you, Ms. De Freitas, for your briefing. And I’ll point out that Ms. De Freitas is in exile having fled the regime. Thank you for your courage and thank you for shedding a light on the true atrocities of the illegitimate Maduro regime.

This past weekend, colleagues, the United States successfully carried out a surgical law enforcement operation facilitated by the U.S. military against two indicted fugitives of American justice, narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores. Colleagues, Nicolas Maduro is responsible for attacks on the people of the United States, for destabilizing the Western Hemisphere, and illegitimately repressing the people of Venezuela.

As Secretary Rubio has said, there is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation in furtherance of lawful indictments that have existed for decades. The United States arrested a narcotrafficker who is now going to stand trial in the United States in accordance with the rule of law for the crimes he’s committed against our people for 15 years.

A similar action was taken in 1989 against Manuel Noriega. He was arrested, indicted, convicted in a court of law, served in prison in the United States and in Panama. And the Panamanian people, the American people, are safer for it. And undeniably, the region was more stable.

This law enforcement action was directed consistent with the President of the United States’ responsibility as Commander in Chief to protect Americans at home and abroad, against a fugitive who is directly responsible for narco-terrorism that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and created destabilizing violence throughout our hemisphere.

Nicolas Maduro and his co-defendant Cilia Flores have been transferred here to the United States to stand trial for their crimes. Maduro was indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York and faces very serious criminal charges for his involvement in a wide-ranging conspiracy to conduct narcoterrorism, to traffic cocaine and other drugs, and conducting international weapons trafficking. The overwhelming evidence of his crimes will be presented openly in the U.S. court proceedings.

Colleagues, Maduro is not just an indicted drug trafficker; he was an illegitimate so-called president. He was not a head of state.

For years, Maduro and his cronies have manipulated Venezuela’s electoral system to maintain their illegitimate grip on power.

In fact, just two years ago in 2024, a UN panel of experts report found that the election in that year was absolutely and completely a farce and fell well short of the most basic transparency integrity measures essential to upholding credible elections.

If the UN and the United Nations and this body confers legitimacy on an illegitimate narco-terrorist and the same treatment in this charter of a democratically elected president or head of state, what kind of organization is this?

We should note that over 50 countries, many nations, including the European Union, including a number of Latin American countries in the region, and, of course, the United States – again over 50 countries rejected the legitimacy of Maduro’s re-election following the disputed 2024 elections, and do not – do not recognize him as Venezuela’s legitimately elected president.

Maduro unlawfully refused to peacefully cede power after the Venezuelan people voted him out of office in the 2024 election.

So therefore Maduro was a fugitive from justice. He is the head of a vicious Foreign Terrorist Organization Cartel de los Soles.

This regime-sponsored enterprise coordinates with and relies on other vicious criminal organizations, namely Tren de Aragua, again, among others, to carry out its objective of using illegal narcotics as a weapon against the United States.

For its part, Tren de Aragua is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the American people and against the United States.

Its terrorizing criminals commit brutal crimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions, and human, drug, and weapons trafficking.

This administration, President Trump will not stand for it. In fact, in March of 2025, President Trump declared that “Tren de Aragua is undertaking hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare against the territory of the United States both directly and at the direction, clandestine or otherwise, of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.”

Maduro and his cronies have partnered with some of the most violent and prolific drug traffickers and narco-terrorists in the world for decades facilitating the flood of illegal drugs coming into the United States, estimated to be several hundred tons annually.

He has become rich, incredibly wealthy, off the misery of untold numbers of Americans, Venezuelans, and others, aiding and abetting international terrorist organizations like Hizballah, coordinating with corrupt Iranian officials, and other malign actors to influence not only the region but to malignly influence the United States.

In fact, in its own 2025 World Drug Report, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime identified Venezuela as a key trafficking route in the Western Hemisphere, the illegal drugs predominantly cocaine entering the United States and increasingly Europe.

As Secretary Rubio stated just yesterday, this is the Western Hemisphere. This is where we live – and we’re not going to allow the Western Hemisphere to be used as a base of operation for our nation’s adversaries, and competitors, and rivals of the United States.

You can’t turn Venezuela into the operating hub for Iran, for Hizballah, for gangs, for the Cuban intelligence agents and other malign actors that control that country.

You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries of the United States, under the control of illegitimate leaders, and not benefiting the people of Venezuela, and stolen by a handful of oligarchs inside of Venezuela.

But it doesn’t stop there. Numerous UN and international human rights organizations have issued reports documenting serious human rights abuses by the Maduro regime, including reports of extrajudicial killings, political prisoners, torture and arbitrary and unlawful detentions.

In fact, over 8 million Venezuelans have fled the country, destabilizing their neighbors in the region and creating the world’s largest refugee crisis.

Members of this Council, colleagues, the United States wants a better future for Venezuela. We believe a better future for the people of Venezuela and for the people of the region and the world is stabilizing the region and making the neighborhood that we live in a much better and safer place.

And this is why millions of Venezuelans that have fled this brutal regime are celebrating and cheering around the world as this body pontificates. Including those celebrating it, including in my home state of Florida, where hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled this regime’s brutality.

I want to reiterate President Trump gave diplomacy a chance. He offered Maduro multiple off ramps. He tried to de-escalate. Maduro refused to take them. President Trump made it clear that the narcoterrorism must stop, and yet it continued.

The United States will not waver in our actions to protect Americans from the scourge of narcoterrorism and seeks peace, liberty and justice for the great people of Venezuela.

I thank you Mr. President.”

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 1/5/2026) (Archive)

January 5, 2026 – Mamdani’s new NYC tenant advocate calls to ‘seize private property,’ blasts homeownership as ‘white supremacy’

Mayor Mamdani announced Cea Weaver (right) as the director of the Office to Protect Tenants. (Credit: Robert Mecea)

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly appointed tenant advocate called to “seize private property” and blasted homeownership as a “weapon of white supremacy” in a series of pro-Communist social media posts.

Cea Weaver, Mamdani’s new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants, made the statements and urged her followers to elect more Communists in several lecturing posts on her now-deleted X account that were unearthed by internet sleuths.

“Seize private property!” she said on June 13, 2018.

She later doubled down on that in a mini-manifesto in August 2019.

“Private property including any kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy,” she said then.

Weaver also pushed to “Elect more communists” in December 2017 — when a Harlem street corner was being renamed in honor of former Manhattan Rep. Vito Marcantonio, who was a Communist.

(…) “Without landlords how to do you build and maintain housing? You think the government is going to do it? Look at NYCHA [New York City Housing Authority complexes],” said Humberto Lopes, founder and CEO of the Gotham Housing Alliance.

“You put a system in place to destroy landlords. Why are you s–tting on us?,” he said.

Mamdani wants to freeze the rent on 1 million rent-regulated apartments — a move that would need signoff from the Rent Guidelines Board. (Read more: New York Post, 1/4/2026)  (Archive)

January 5, 2026 – Governor Tim Walz abandons his MN Gov re-election bid

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced he will no longer seek a third term.

Governor Walz released a statement Monday morning offering reasoning for his decision.

The statement is as follows:

“Good morning, and Happy New Year.

Like many Minnesotans, I was glad to turn the page on 2025. It was an extraordinarily difficult year for our state. And it ended on a particularly sour note.

For the last several years, an organized group of criminals have sought to take advantage of our state’s generosity. And even as we make progress in the fight against the fraudsters, we now see an organized group of political actors seeking to take advantage of the crisis.

I won’t mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies – in Washington, in St. Paul, and online – want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors. And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family. They’ve already begun by taking our tax dollars that were meant to help families afford child care. And they have no intention of stopping there.

Make no mistake: We should be concerned about fraud in our state government. We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can’t earn the public’s trust. That’s why, over the past few years, we’ve made systemic changes to the way we do business.

We’ve gone to the legislature time and again to get more tools to combat fraud. We’ve fired people who weren’t doing their jobs. We’ve seen people go to jail for stealing from our state. We’ve cut off whole streams of funding, in partnership with the federal government, where we saw widespread criminal activity. We’ve put new locks on the doors of our remaining programs, and we’ve hired a new head of program integrity to make sure those locks can’t be broken.

All across the state, Minnesotans are hard at work on this problem. Advocates, administrators, investigators are on the front lines defending the integrity of our state’s programs, and I want to thank them for their efforts.

There’s more to do. A single taxpayer dollar wasted on fraud is a dollar too much to tolerate. And while there’s a role to play for everyone – from the legislature to prosecutors to insurance companies to local and county government – the buck stops with me. My administration is taking fast, decisive action to solve this crisis. And we will win the fight against the fraudsters.

But the political gamesmanship we’re seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win.

We’ve got Republicans here in the legislature playing hide-and-seek with whistleblowers.

We’ve got conspiracy theorist right-wing YouTubers breaking into daycare centers and demanding access to our children.

We’ve got the President of the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongly confiscating childcare funding that Minnesotans rely on.

It is disgusting. And it is dangerous.

Republicans are playing politics with the future of our state. And it’s shameful. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: We welcome ideas from anyone, in any party, who wants to help us continue to stay ahead of the criminals.

And we welcome the involvement of the federal government. I’m grateful to the career professionals at the U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI who are helping us win this fight.

But I cannot abide the actions of the political leadership in Washington – these opportunists who are willing to hurt our people to score a few cheap points. They and their allies have no intention of helping us solve the problem – and every intention of profiting off of it.

Which brings me to this: 2026 is an election year. And election years have a way of ramping up the politics at a time when we simply can’t afford more politics.

In September, I announced that I would run for a historic third term as Minnesota’s Governor. And I have every confidence that, if I gave it my all, I would succeed in that effort.

But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all. Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences.

So I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.

I know this news may come as a surprise. But I’m passing on the race with zero sadness and zero regret. After all, I didn’t run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job. Minnesota faces an enormous challenge this year. And I refuse to spend even one minute of 2026 doing anything other than rising to meet the moment. Minnesota has to come first – always.

That’s what I believe servant leadership demands of me. And as an optimist, I will hold out some hope that my friends on the other side of the aisle will consider what servant leadership demands of them in this moment. We can work together to combat the criminals, rebuild the public’s trust, and make our state stronger. But make no mistake: If Republicans continue down this path of abusing power, smearing entire communities, and running their own fraudulent game at the expense of Minnesotans – we will fight back every step of the way.

I’m confident that a DFLer will hold this seat come November. I’m confident that I will find ways to contribute to the state I love even after I’ve left office next January. But there will be time to worry about all that later.

Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota America’s best place to live and raise kids – from our new paid leave policy to our child tax credit to our free lunch program.

And I’m doubly proud of the incredible team we’ve put together to make that vision a reality. Thank you to every member of my staff, and every state employee, who’s part of this fight. We need you on the job to tackle the important work ahead.

Most of all, I want Minnesotans to know that I’m on the job, 24/7, focused on making sure we stay America’s best place to live and raise kids. No one will take that away from us. Not the fraudsters. And not the President. Not on my watch.”

(KTTC, 1/5/2025) (Archive)


President Trump follows with a fiery response:

Trump also retruthed this post on Truth Social:

January 5, 2026 – Pete Hegseth issues a formal Letter of Censure to Sen. Mark Kelly

Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other members of Congress — released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline. As a retired Navy Captain who is still receiving a military pension, Captain Kelly knows he is still accountable to military justice. And the Department of War — and the American people — expect justice.

Therefore, in response to Senator Mark Kelly’s seditious statements — and his pattern of reckless misconduct — the Department of War is taking administrative action against Captain Mark E. Kelly, USN (Ret). The department has initiated retirement grade determination proceedings under 10 U.S.C. § 1370(f), with reduction in his retired grade resulting in a corresponding reduction in retired pay.

To ensure this action, the Secretary of War has also issued a formal Letter of Censure, which outlines the totality of Captain (for now) Kelly’s reckless misconduct. This Censure is a necessary process step, and will be placed in Captain Kelly’s official and permanent military personnel file.

Captain Kelly has been provided notice of the basis for this action and has thirty days to submit a response. The retirement grade determination process directed by Secretary Hegseth will be completed within forty five days.

Captain Kelly’s status as a sitting United States Senator does not exempt him from accountability, and further violations could result in further action.

These actions are based on Captain Kelly’s public statements from June through December 2025 in which he characterized lawful military operations as illegal and counseled members of the Armed Forces to refuse lawful orders. This conduct was seditious in nature and violated Articles 133 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to which Captain Kelly remains subject as a retired officer receiving pay.

January 6, 2026 – Clownshow: Congressional Dems stage candlelight vigil for January 6 Fedsurrection anniversary

In a breathtaking display of political theater, Congressional Democrats gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening for a candlelight vigil to mark the fifth anniversary of the January 6 Capitol event, while once again refusing to condemn years of left-wing riots, arson, and political violence that ravaged American cities with near-total impunity.

Led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the group of Democrats stood in the freezing D.C. air, clutching flickering candles, and singing “God Bless America.”

Family members of law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, joined the event.

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 1/6/2026) (Archive)

Remembering January 6th by Ivan Raiklin

And the Victims of Nancy Pelosi’s Fed-Surrection

Read on Substack

January 5, 2026 – Michael Byrd who shot unarmed Ashli Babbitt on January 6th has a taxpayer funded daycare in his home

January 6, 2026 – Trump’s New National Security Strategy a Civilizational Manifesto

(Credit: Robert Semonsen/Newsmax)

The release of President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy last month sent shock waves through Washington, echoing far beyond the capital and rippling across global capitals where old assumptions linger like relics of another age.

For the first time in decades, the United States produced a strategic document that is not a polite, consensus-driven paper meant for diplomats in Brussels or business tycoons in Davos, but a declaration of national renewal — a reset of America’s compass after years of inaction, dependency, and ideological confusion.

Far more than a policy paper, the new NSS is a civilizational manifesto of the “America First” era. It marks a break with the tired orthodoxies that defined the post-Cold War consensus, restoring a clarity long missing from American statecraft: the purpose of national power is to defend the nation, enrich and safeguard its people, and conserve its way of life.

That principle, long treated as unfashionable by technocrats and left-liberal strategists, now stands proudly at the heart of U.S. policy. And if this new NSS does anything, it announces that America is done apologizing for wanting to survive — and win.

For too long, the U.S. allowed its future to be welded to Chinese supply chains, outsourcing the muscle of American industry to a geopolitical rival that never disguised its ambitions. The new NSS stops treating this as an unfortunate accident and calls it what it is: a strategic danger that must be reversed.

Where previous administrations spoke vaguely of “managing competition,” Trump’s strategy speaks plainly of ending dependence. Decoupling is not presented as an academic theory but as a national imperative — one that begins by bringing manufacturing home and anchoring what cannot be domestically produced in the Western Hemisphere.

This is not only smart economics but a revival of the older logic of the Monroe Doctrine, updated for the 21st century.

The new NSS makes clear that the Trump administration views the Western Hemisphere as a geopolitical space that contains America’s manufacturing frontier, its energy buffer, and its natural counterweight to the Chinese Communist Party. Where Beijing seeks footholds through ports, pipelines, and party-to-party alliances with socialist governments, Washington now signals that the age of passivity and weakness disguised as tolerance is over. (Read much more: Robert Semonsen/X.com, 1/6/2026)

January 6, 2026 – A Minneapolis Hampton Inn affiliate of Hilton refuses to give DHS agents rooms; Hilton responds

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Hilton Responds

Photos emerged Thursday showing a crane removing the sign of a Hampton Inn hotel in the Minneapolis area that allegedly refused to accommodate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and immigration officers.

The formerly Hilton-branded property in Lakeville was stripped of its Hilton label by the hotel chain on Tuesday morning after a video surfaced appearing to show that the location continued to deny immigration officers despite Hilton Hotels saying that the venue had apologized and that “properties are open to everyone, and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”

The images showed the sign being lifted off its supports by a crane set up in the hotel’s parking lot.

Hilton did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday from Fox News Digital. It’s unclear who is now operating the hotel. A phone number linked to the property appeared to be disconnected when called.  (Read more: Fox News, 1/08/2026)  (Archive)

January 6, 2026 – Rand Paul redacts an email from a still employed DOJ official Kenneth Courter ordering the arrest of a disabled and innocent Trump supporter

Senator @RandPaul’s office redacted an email from DOJ official Kenneth Courter that shows him ordering the arrest of an innocent Trump supporter.

Courter had NO evidence to go after Christine Crowder, but he still had her placed in a J6 prosecution queue.

Courter is still employed by the DOJ, according to his LinkedIn.

Why is Paul’s office protecting this man?

Why haven’t they called for Courter’s firing?

I reached out to Senator Paul’s office for comment, but they did not respond.

January 6, 2026 – Newsom defies Trump, extends illegal aliens trucker licenses in violation of federal immigration law

Gavin Newsom (Credit: NYT)

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has driven the state into the ground, is brazenly defying federal immigration law, with the radical left-globalist, anti-American administration now sabotaging efforts to revoke thousands of commercial truck driver’s licenses handed out to foreign nationals—many of them here illegally—exposed in a federal audit.

The move has provoked fierce pushback from the Trump administration, which is calling out the rogue state for jeopardizing American lives on highways.

At the heart of this matter are over 17,000 shady “non-domiciled” commercial driver’s licenses that California recklessly issued to noncitizens, including those without proper immigration status or work authorization. Federal officials uncovered massive fraud and violations—licenses that, under American law, should have been stripped away immediately to protect American citizens.

President Trump’s team gave California a rock-solid deadline to clean up this mess and revoke the illegal licenses, warning that defying the will of the American people would bring serious consequences. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking plainly, said there will be no extensions and no excuses, adding California has no moral or legal right to threaten Americans’ safety.

Instead of putting the American people first, the California DMV arrogantly announced it would drag its feet until early 2026, hiding behind claims of needing “more time” to avoid “mistakes.” Federal authorities see right through this as pure globalist obstructionism, and deliberate stonewalling to shield illegal migrants at the expense of hardworking American families.

Duffy fired back, saying the regime in Sacramento is willfully breaking federal law and endangering Americans on our roads. He warned that California stands to lose up to $160 million in federal highway funds—money extracted from hardworking, law-abiding American taxpayers—if it keeps thumbing its nose at the rule of law.

The Trump administration has already hit back hard, withholding tens of millions in funds and ready to unleash more penalties until California backs down. For President Trump and his team, this is about enforcing our borders and protecting American sovereignty.

Trucking is a deadly serious job involving 80,000-pound rigs barreling down highways full of American families. When drivers lack legal status or authorization, they have no business behind the wheel.

This scandal has been amplified by a string of horrific crashes nationwide caused by foreign drivers with questionable or outright illegal credentials, putting innocent American lives at risk.

Open-borders lobbyists and activist groups like the Sikh Coalition and Asian Law Caucus have rushed to defend Newsom’s anti-American policies, suing to keep these licenses intact and crying about “disrupted livelihoods.”

But from the Trump administration’s America First viewpoint, that’s nonsense: No foreign national—legal or illegal—has an automatic “right” to drive massive trucks on American roads if they can’t meet basic federal standards. Political pressure and leftist lawsuits ought not to override American safety. (Read more: Gateway Pundit, 1/6/2026)  (Archive)

January 6, 2026 – President Trump’s White House honors Americans who died on Jan 6 or as a result of Jan 6 indictments

President Trump’s Administration recognized the victims of the Deep State’s stolen 2020 election and Jan 6 setup who lost their lives.

Innocent Americans died on Jan 6 and after Jan 6 as a result of crimes committed by the Biden regime.

The radical Biden DOJ behaved like a radical communist regime before and after Jan 6.  They stole the election of 2020 from President Trump and the American people and then attacked Americans who called out their crimes.

(…) On Jan 6, 2026, the Trump Administration shared the following at WhiteHouse.gov.

President Trump took decisive action to pardon January 6 defendants who were unfairly targeted, overcharged, and used as political examples. They were not protected by the leaders who failed them. They were punished to cover incompetence.

On his first day back in office, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued sweeping blanket pardons and commutations for nearly 1,600 patriotic Americans prosecuted for their presence at the Capitol—many mere trespassers or peaceful protesters treated as insurrectionists by a weaponized Biden DOJ. He fully pardoned most, commuted sentences, and ordered immediate release of those still imprisoned, ending years of harsh solitary confinement, denied due process, and family separation for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Thousands of Americans paid the price for political failures they did not create.

Since January 6, 2021, Nancy Pelosi spent over 3 years and nearly $20 million in taxpayer funds on her partisan Select Committee, producing a scripted TV spectacle to fabricate an “insurrection” narrative and pin all blame on President Trump.

Video and audio recordings, including unaired HBO footage from her own daughter, show Nancy Pelosi repeatedly acknowledging responsibility for the catastrophic security failures—admitting “We have totally failed” and “I take full responsibility” for not having the National Guard pre-deployed, despite intelligence warnings and President Trump’s offers of troops that were ignored under her leadership as Speaker.

The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as “insurrectionists” and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government. In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power. This gaslighting narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining democracy.

Four good Americans died on January 6, 2021, and the Deep State politicians who stole the 2020 election from the American people lied and claimed that five Capitol Police officers died instead.  No Capitol Police officers died that day.  The Deep State created the Jan 6 riots to take the focus off their massive crimes and make up crimes against innocent Americans.  Communism had come to America. (Read more: Joe Hoft, 1/7/2026)  (Archive)

January 6, 2026 – On the 5 year anniversary of January 6, Hillary Clinton tweets lies about that day and cites media gaslighting headlines

January 6, 2026 – Nick Shirley turns our gaze to possible fraud in Minnesota’s medical transport companies

WOAH 🚨 Nick Shirley exposes there are 1,200 medical transport companies in Minnesota. For a year, photos with timestamps were taken of the vans that are supposed to be used by these companies

NONE MOVED IN A YEAR. They sit parked, but are getting paid to transport patients

“I have been to many of these transportation companies and I’ve been time stamping my photographs for a whole year at one facility in Minneapolis and those vans in that parking lot had not moved one inch in an entire year. They’re all still sitting there”

“So when you think about it, you have with the transportation companies, you have the adult care centers. So are they working hand in hand together to then say we’re getting the services from them adult daycare centers to then transport them to their appointments” (and it’s ALL FRAUD)

January 7, 2026 – Tim Walz and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison are criminally referred to DOJ for Somali fraud

Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith speak at a press conference in the State Capitol Dec. 4, 2019 (Credit: Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune/AP)

On Wednesday, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) sent two separate letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi referring Walz and Ellison for investigation and prosecution.

She accuses Walz and Ellison of “conspiracy to defraud the United States and aiding and abetting federal offenders.”

Here are the letters:

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/9/2026) (Archive)

January 7, 2026 – FireAid charitable donations were misused by funding illegal aliens, podcasters, and non-profits

Organizers of last January’s FireAid benefit concert are once again facing accusations that the $100 million in donations did not directly help victims of the Los Angeles fires, after House Republicans published findings from their investigation on Tuesday.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), who helped launch the investigation, claimed the “report highlights where the funds were not used in the way that the donors would likely have wanted them to be used.”

In its report, the House Judiciary Committee stated money went to “left-leaning pet projects, illegal aliens, and the administrative costs related to running non-profit organizations.”

“You had examples of funds used for voter outreach efforts, towards political advocacy groups, towards podcasters, fungus planting, those examples are pretty troubling,” Kiley said. “I do want to be clear, there were many organizations that got funds, nonprofits that are certainly very worthy nonprofits.”

FireAid organizers denied the claims made in the report. They stood by their original promise that all money raised during the concert would go to well-known, vetted nonprofits serving residents of Altadena, Pasadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu. (Read more: CBS News, 1/7/2025)  (Archive)

The report is broken down into sections that include the following headings:

– $100,000 of FireAid donations went to promote voter participation.

– $550,000 of FireAid donations went to groups involved in political advocacy.

– An unknown amount of money from FireAid donations went towards illegal aliens.

– $100,000 in FireAid donations was sent to podcasters.

– Over $500,000 of FireAid donations were used to pay bonuses, salaries, and consultants for non-profit organizations.

From the report’s conclusion:

FireAid advertised that all donations raised during its benefit concert would go directly to victims of the California wildfires. Unfortunately, this was not the case.55 Instead, money went towards left-leaning pet projects, illegal aliens, and the administrative costs related to running non-profit organizations. FireAid still has $25 million in donated funds to disperse.56 It is critical that the remaining money—donations intended to help Californians in need—be allocated directly to victims of the California wildfires. (Gateway Pundit, 1/7/2025)

January 7, 2026 – Anti-ICE activist hits ICE agent with vehicle and is shot dead; Walz and Frey incite violence as response

h/t X22Report

January 7, 2026 – Highlights of House Oversight Committee hearing on Minnesota fraud

Full Hearing

Highlights

January 8, 2026 – House axes Omar’s $1M earmark for restaurant-based ‘substance abuse clinic’

During a Thursday interview on Fox Business News with Stuart Varney, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said she investigated a $1 million earmark requested by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for a substance abuse clinic in Omar’s district and uncovered what she described as “tons of red flags.”

Ernst said the clinic was “housed in a restaurant” and that the three individuals listed as running the operation all shared the same residential address.

After alerting House leadership to her findings, the earmark was subsequently stripped from the spending bill.

Ernst told Varney:

What I uncovered the other day in one of our spending bills making its way through Congress was a $1 million earmark from Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — which was an earmark that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant and run by three individuals that share the same residential address, according to their IRS paperwork. Tons of red flags.

So this is what we saw with the fraud involving the daycare centers. Now we see other earmarks coming directly from members of Congress where it seems fraud is being perpetrated as well.

So I raised the issue, and fortunately, the House has now stripped that earmark out of that spending bill. But again, this is how easy money has been flowing to bad actors in Minnesota.

(Read more: Legal Insurrection, 1/9/2026) (Archive)

January 9, 2026 – Grok data on the number of state and city officials who have spoken publicly against ICE; likely hundreds of such officials have done so

Grok’s question: How many state and city officials across America have spoken publicly against ICE and are there any video examples on X?

Grok’s answer: It’s challenging to provide an exact count of state and city officials who have spoken publicly against ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), as “public statements” can range from formal declarations and policy announcements to protest participation or media comments, and no comprehensive centralized tally exists. However, based on available data, at least dozens—and likely hundreds—of such officials have done so, particularly in the context of supporting sanctuary policies that limit local cooperation with ICE. For context:

Over 500 jurisdictions (including cities, counties, and states) have enacted sanctuary policies or publicly declared opposition to full ICE collaboration, implying that their elected leaders (e.g., mayors, governors, council members) have voiced criticism or non-cooperation.

States like Illinois, New York, Oregon, New Jersey, and California have laws or directives restricting ICE access, with governors and attorneys general publicly defending these stances to suppress arrests.

In contrast, states like Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia mandate cooperation, leading to higher ICE activity.

Specific incidents highlight clusters of officials speaking out: For example, more than a dozen New York state and city lawmakers (including senators, assembly members, and the city comptroller) were arrested during a 2025 protest demanding oversight of ICE detention practices, where they condemned the agency.

Governors like Tim Walz (Minnesota) and Kathy Hochul (New York) have criticized ICE operations as “a war” on their states or refused to allow “snatching people off the streets.”

Mayors in cities like Chicago, Denver, and Boston have faced threats of prosecution from federal officials for their opposition.

Broader trends show resistance growing amid Trump administration policies, with officials in non-cooperating areas (e.g., Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York) achieving lower ICE arrest rates compared to cooperating states.

Public declarations against ICE are a key characteristic of sanctuary jurisdictions, per federal definitions.

Video examples:

Yes, there are multiple video examples on X of officials criticizing ICE. Here are a few notable recent ones (from 2025-2026):

These examples often tie into broader calls to abolish or reform ICE, with some dating back to earlier years but many amplified recently amid enforcement surges.

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Details on sanctuary cities (At link)

Calls To Abolish ICE

The “Abolish ICE” movement calls for the complete elimination of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal agency established in 2003 under the Department of Homeland Security. Proponents argue that ICE is a relatively new entity (not essential to U.S. immigration enforcement, which existed prior via other agencies), functions as a “rogue” or militarized force responsible for human rights abuses, family separations, deaths in detention, racial profiling, and unaccountable tactics. They propose redistributing its responsibilities (e.g., investigations to other agencies, enforcement reformed or reassigned) to create a more humane system. The slogan gained traction in 2018 amid family separation policies but has seen renewed momentum in 2025–2026 under the second Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, militarized raids, and high-profile incidents.

Recent Surge in Calls (2025–2026)

Public support has risen sharply, driven by enforcement surges and controversies like the January 2026 fatal shooting of Renée Nicole Good (a 37-year-old U.S. citizen) by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. This incident sparked nationwide protests, vigils, and renewed demands to abolish the agency.

Polls show support climbing: A Civiqs poll indicates 42% of Americans now support abolishing ICE (up from ~20% in late 2024), with 50% opposed. A January 2026 YouGov poll found 52% disapprove of ICE overall (39% approve), with disapproval of its tactics at high levels.

Protests erupted in cities like Nashville, Louisville, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Providence, with demonstrators chanting “Abolish ICE” and holding signs condemning the agency as violent or terrorist-like.

Advocacy groups (e.g., Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, CASA, We Are Casa) renewed calls, citing deaths, militarization, and billions in funding for what they describe as state violence.

Some academics and commentators (e.g., University of Iowa professor Victor Ray) framed abolition as a “moderate” position, with extreme rhetoric calling for accountability trials.

Here are examples of protest visuals from rallies calling to abolish ICE:

Key Politicians and Officials Advocating Abolition

The call has been prominent among progressive Democrats, with some introducing legislation or statements.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. Representative, NY): A longtime advocate; made it central to her 2018 campaign and continues fundraising/advocating amid recent events.

Rashida Tlaib (U.S. Representative, MI): Posted “Abolish ICE now” on X following the Minneapolis shooting.

Shri Thanedar (U.S. Representative, MI): Announced plans to introduce the “Abolish ICE Act” in January 2026, calling ICE irreformable.

Robin Wonsley (Minneapolis City Council Member): Called for ICE to be “abolished altogether.”

Peggy Flanagan (Minnesota Lt. Governor): Stated the current ICE model should be thrown out.

Historical/ongoing: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand (all endorsed in 2018+); others like Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan (co-sponsored 2018 abolition bill).

Some officials (e.g., Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey) have harshly criticized ICE (“get the f— out”) without explicitly calling for full abolition, while others push reforms like warrants for arrests or defunding.

The movement faces internal Democratic tension—some moderates view the slogan as politically risky (blamed for electoral losses)—and strong opposition from Republicans, who portray it as anti-law enforcement. Calls often tie into broader demands for accountability, including investigations into recent deaths and restrictions on ICE funding. The debate remains heated, with public disapproval of ICE at record highs amid ongoing enforcement. (Grok, 1/9/2026)

January 9, 2026 – Leftist admits protesting at Minneapolis ICE facility is her job: ‘I’m getting paid right now!’

A leftist protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Minneapolis on Friday admitted on camera she was there because it is literally her job.

Video footage from conservative journalist Nick Sortor showed Fox News host Laura Ingraham talking to so-called “protesters” outside the facility. Ingram asked a woman wearing a red jacket and face covering if she had a job.

The woman, who kept shouting, “Shame! Shame!” finally answered Ingram’s question by stating, “I’m getting paid right now!” and Ingram reacted with a thumbs up:

The news comes as leftist groups quickly mobilized to protest after a woman was fatally shot during an incident on Wednesday involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis, per Breitbart News.

Brandy Shufutinsky, who is director of the Education and National Security Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said, “It’s the same network of people that have thousands of Americans blocking the streets, waving communist and terrorist flags, and attacking law enforcement and innocents. They are stoking the grievance industry that they built.” (Read more: Breitbart News, 1/9/2026)  (Archive)

January 9, 2026 – Trump withdraws the U.S. from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and 65 other globalist institutions

Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum via live video, January 2025 (Credit: AP)

This is factually a much bigger deal, a bigger win, than most will initially appreciate.

As many deep political followers well understand, the 66 organizations that President Trump has just withdrawn from represent a large network of sanctioned government organizations that structurally support the globalist agenda.

President Trump has issued an executive order [SEE HERE] “Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States.” These institutions, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, are mechanisms that exist to underpin globalist objectives.

Each of the institutions carry “membership fees” or financial obligations each participating government pays into. Each organization consists of board members, stakeholders and other administrative offices which employ the friends and families of current and former politicians, world “leaders” and essentially well-connected and disconnected elites who run the agencies. It’s like a massive network of NGOs, except the entities exist exclusively with government funding.

Just like the United Nations itself, the USA always pays the dues, fees and largest portion of the operating expenses, which includes payrolls and travel benefits. Other countries participate, but it is the USA who picks up the largest portion of the financial obligations for the organization itself to exist.

Like USAID, the designated “global” organizations (conventions, treaties, etc) operate as massive bureaucratic rule makers for global standards and practices. The organizations themselves employ a network of downstream entities, agencies, contractors, think-tanks, academic liaisons and internal government offices who collaborate with the goals and objectives of the parent organization.

Inside each of these agencies and institutions you find the friends and families of the power brokers who run global -mainly western- systems of government. Withdrawing the support of the U.S. means cutting that entire apparatus off from receiving funding from the USA. Europe and the USA are the largest funders of each of these World Economic Forum aligned agencies.

It is not coincidental that President Trump and Secretary Rubio are making this move in advance of President Trump traveling to Davos, where the network associations congregate. President Trump is expected to deliver a bucket of ice water upon the heads of those who attend Davos annually.

The GREAT RESET crew, who design the global government customs and norms, is being reset.

This move is massive in relation to their financial dependency on the United States participating in the various schemes.

This is a big deal, and President Trump has put Secretary of State Marco Rubio in charge of dismantling it.

[President Donald J Trump] – By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct:

Section 1. Purpose. (a) On February 4, 2025, I issued Executive Order 14199 (Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations). That Executive Order directed the Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Representative to the United Nations, to conduct a review of all international intergovernmental organizations of which the United States is a member and provides any type of funding or other support, and all conventions and treaties to which the United States is a party, to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States. The Secretary of State has reported his findings as required by Executive Order 14199.

(b) I have considered the Secretary of State’s report and, after deliberating with my Cabinet, have determined that it is contrary to the interests of the United States to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise provide support to the organizations listed in section 2 of this memorandum.

(c) Consistent with Executive Order 14199 and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take immediate steps to effectuate the withdrawal of the United States from the organizations listed in section 2 of this memorandum as soon as possible. For United Nations entities, withdrawal means ceasing participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law.

(d) My review of further findings of the Secretary of State remains ongoing.

Sec. 2. Organizations from Which the United States Shall Withdraw. (a) Non-United Nations Organizations:

(i) 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact;

(ii) Colombo Plan Council;

(iii) Commission for Environmental Cooperation;

(iv) Education Cannot Wait;

(v) European Centre of Excellence for Countering

Hybrid Threats;

(vi) Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories;

(vii) Freedom Online Coalition;

(viii) Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund;

(ix) Global Counterterrorism Forum;

(x) Global Forum on Cyber Expertise;

(xi) Global Forum on Migration and Development;

(xii) Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research;

(xiii) Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development;

(xiv) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

(xv) Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;

(xvi) International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property;

(xvii) International Cotton Advisory Committee;

(xviii) International Development Law Organization;

(xix) International Energy Forum;

(xx) International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies;

(xxi) International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance;

(xxii) International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law;

(xxiii) International Lead and Zinc Study Group;

(xxiv) International Renewable Energy Agency;

(xxv) International Solar Alliance;

(xxvi) International Tropical Timber Organization;

(xxvii) International Union for Conservation of Nature;

(xxviii) Pan American Institute of Geography and History;

(xxix) Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation;

(xxx) Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combatting Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia;

(xxxi) Regional Cooperation Council;

(xxxii) Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century;

(xxxiii) Science and Technology Center in Ukraine;

(xxxiv) Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme; and

(xxxv) Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.

(b) United Nations (UN) Organizations:

(i) Department of Economic and Social Affairs;

(ii) UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) — Economic Commission for Africa;

(iii) ECOSOC — Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;

(iv) ECOSOC — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;

(v) ECOSOC — Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia;

(vi) International Law Commission;

(vii) International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;

(viii) International Trade Centre;

(ix) Office of the Special Adviser on Africa;

(x) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict;

(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict;

(xii) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children;

(xiii) Peacebuilding Commission;

(xiv) Peacebuilding Fund;

(xv) Permanent Forum on People of African Descent;

(xvi) UN Alliance of Civilizations;

(xvii) UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries;

(xviii) UN Conference on Trade and Development;

(xix) UN Democracy Fund;

(xx) UN Energy;

(xxi) UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women;

(xxii) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;

(xxiii) UN Human Settlements Programme;

(xxiv) UN Institute for Training and Research;

(xxv) UN Oceans;

(xxvi) UN Population Fund;

(xxvii) UN Register of Conventional Arms;

(xxviii) UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination;

(xxix) UN System Staff College;

(xxx) UN Water; and

(xxxi) UN University.

Sec. 3. Implementation Guidance. The Secretary of State shall provide additional guidance as needed to agencies when implementing this memorandum.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

DONALD J. Trump [LINK]

• This is essentially deconstructing the George H.W. Bush “New World Order” as established over decades by governing elites, financial institutions & western governments.  • This is removing a massive network of agencies and operations, and the Bush-era 1992 U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is still only one part of it.

• This is tectonic geopolitical plate shifting with ramifications that are beyond most persons understanding.

Each of these global regulatory processes, policies and constructs, then creates an office within the U.S. government for regulatory enforcement and compliance.

Each treaty, convention and organization creates a bureaucracy within the U.S. govt to comply with it. That bureaucracy then expands govt spending far beyond the initial costs. (i.e. annual membership fees, association fees, and internal agreement payments for each participating govt).

We pay to join the agreement, we agree to the terms of the agreement, then we have to pay to organize our own offices to align with the agreement we just joined.

It gets worse….

Each agency within govt then has to create a subsidiary office for their specific compliance with the larger network. So, you have a DC govt compliance system, and an agency compliance system that is topic specific to that particular agency.

The 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as an example, means every single agency from HHS to DOD to FEMA to DHS to the entire apparatus of govt, all of them, need to have a corresponding office to create agency specific rules that comply with the originating charter.

You see, it’s not just the Federal Govt paying the U.N a membership fee for the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but each agency within govt then has to pay an office staff filled with lawyers, compliance officers, and bureaucratic nonsense teams that carry out the charter of the agreement we just signed up to.

Each of the 66 outlined “agreements” can end up generating hundreds or thousands of federal employees that are tasked with U.S. administration of the agreement.

Each of those federal employees has an expense account, credit card, vehicle, or voucher method, some form of indulgency, that connects them to the larger spending graft.

What Trump has done is a much bigger detonation than most will initially contemplate.

Thousands of well-connected DC employees, wives of politicians, brothers, sisters, in-laws, friends and family members, will now lose their income streams.

♦ This is also happening as President Trump has presented the 2026 National Security Strategy.  A stunning 33-page outline reprioritizing all of the interests and objectives of the United States government.

On December 6, 2025, President Trump put the world on notice that sovereign U.S. interests would be baseline for all of our strategic foreign policy approaches; particularly Europe was put on notice.

On January 7, 2026, President Trump is putting the world on notice that all of these various self-restricting global systems, institutions and mechanisms will no longer be supported by the United States.  Thousands of downstream beneficiaries that exist -in majority- from U.S. participation and underwriting, are going to be scrambling trying to find a way to retain their status.

President Trump’s upcoming speech to the World Economic Forum should be epic.

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will join President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a source familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will also be part of the planned delegation, the source said.

Trump will attend this year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in person, after addressing the gathering by video link last year, four days after returning to the White House for a second term.

This year’s meeting is scheduled for January 19-23. {source}

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January 9, 2026 – Portland Police Chief cries while confirming Tren de Aragua ties in Border Patrol shooting

Portland’s police chief broke down in tears Friday while confirming that two illegal immigrants shot by a federal agent had suspected ties to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Police Chief Bob Day said the two suspects wounded in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection encounter had a “nexus” to the gang, backing up a Department of Homeland Security statement released earlier in the day. “They do have some nexus to involvement with TDA. We can confirm that,” Day said, pausing as he choked up during a news conference.

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Yesterday [1/8/2026], two suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates—let loose on American streets by Joe Biden—weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol in Portland. The agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them.

The driver of the vehicle, Luis David Nico Moncada is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and suspected Tren de Aragua gang member. He illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Since then, he was arrested for DUI and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He has a final order of removal.

The passenger, Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and is associated with Tren de Aragua. She illegally entered the U.S. in 2023 near El Paso, Texas, and was RELEASED into this country by the Biden administration. Since illegally entering, Contreras played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and was involved with a prior shooting in Portland.

The target of the Border Patrol traffic stop in Portland was TDA affiliate Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, an illegal alien from Venezuela. Since illegally entering the United States in 2023, Zambrano-Contreras played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and is connected to a recent shooting in Portland.

The driver of the vehicle was Luis David Nico Moncada, suspected Tren de Aragua gang member with a FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. He illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Since then, he has been arrested for DUI and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

Both individuals are currently hospitalized. The FBI will assume custody upon their release.

“The constant lies that they are putting out to their constituents – saying things like kidnapping, disappearing – it is encouraging these people to continue violating the law. They’re putting their constituents and their citizens in danger.” @USBPChief

This unprecedented increase in violence against law enforcement is a direct result of sanctuary politicians and the media creating an environment that demonizes our law enforcement and encourages rampant assaults against them.

The brave men and women of DHS will not be deterred and will continue arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek Says State is ‘Shaken and Outraged’ at Shooting of Tren de Aragua Gangbanger 1/10/2026

January 9, 2026 – Who is behind the anti-ICE protests we’re seeing explode across the US?

For years, I’ve been working independently but today I had the honor of working with a remarkable team at @FoxNews Digital, where I just joined as senior editor of investigations, and bring you back a story like none other I’ve been able to publish.

I worked all day with video editor @LanumNikolas and reporter @M_Dorgan — please follow them! — and we established, step-by-step that a network of groups – self-described as socialist, Marxist-Leninist or communist – are coordinating the multi-city mobilization that we’re seeing from NYC to Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Burlington, Vt., Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, vilifying @DHSgov @Sec_Noem and ICE officers and sowing discord on the streets.

Read our story here and look at Nik’s photos, documenting the evidence: https://foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc

It’s reporting that you won’t see just about anywhere else, as most media outlets don’t name the names of the groups behind the protests and don’t identify the ideologies they embrace.

Watch Nik’s video ⬇️ because, and you’ll see the receipts and you’ll hear the honest remarks of a young protestor we interviewed.

“I personally identify as a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, following the teachings of [former communist China leader] Mao Zedong,” said demonstrator Tye Burrus, 18, who held a handmade sign depicting a hammer and sickle smashing a giant ice cube.

Burrus, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation who self-identifies as a transgender woman, said losing faith in the Democrats and never having faith in the Republicans led to embracing communism. ​

“So now I am a communist,” Burrus said.

Going into the streets of the New York City protest and studying protests nationwide this is who we found from the far-left network:

1⃣ Freedom Road Socialist Organization @FreedomRoadOrg – A self-described communist group immediately dispatched its members to the site of the killing in Minneapolis, and they are the ones behind clashes with ICE officers. The FBI has investigated the group – whose members wear distinct red swag marked with FRSO – as a “revolutionary socialist and Marxist-Leninist organization,” citing alleged ties to foreign Marxist-Leninist extremist groups, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Communist Party of the Philippines, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC. Link to the internal FBI documents made public https://vault.fbi.gov/freedom-road-socialist-organization/freedom-road-socialist-organization-final/view

2⃣ @PeoplesForumNYC — Protest leaders arrived at AM, just before the 9 AM start for the protest in New York City, hauling two shopping carts full of bullhorns and pre-made black-and-white signs, printed with the message, “JUSTICE FOR RENEE NICOLE GOOD,” and a photo of Good, with “PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION” across the bottom. It’s a nonprofit activist hub for groups include @AnswerCoalition, and it’s received funding from a tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. It stage-managed most of the day’s protest in NYC.

3⃣ Party for Socialism and Liberation @PSLNational — Their organizers handed out the signs asking folks standing around: “Want a sign?” They organized protests across their national network, and they work closely with The People’s Forum.

4⃣ Democratic Socialists of America @DemSocialist — Its members joined the NYC march, wearing their distinct red beanies with DSA across the front, while its member NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeated the talking points of the socialist groups, saying the ICE officer “murdered” the woman. They are also organizing protests across their national network.

5⃣ Revolutionary Internationalist Youth from City University of New York — The carried handmade signs and copies of their newspaper, “The Revolution,” which said they promoted “the program of Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky.”

6⃣ Spartacist League members from the U.S. chapter of the International Communist League – They distributed copies of “Workers Vanguard,” which calls itself a “Marxist Newspaper”

The socialist-adjacent groups joining them in using this moment to organize protests are:
7⃣ @IndivisibleTeam – Closely aligned with the Democratic Party, it organized #HandsOff #NoKings marches all year and is now organizing protests nationwise.

8⃣ 50501 – It also organized #TeslaTakedown protests against Elon Musk and is throwing its muscle behind anti-ICE protests.

9⃣ @RefuseFascism – They moved through the crowd in NYC, handing out slick, freshly printed pamphlets titled “The People’s Indictment of Donald Trump,”

Why does it matter to know these names?

Stu Smith @thestustustudio, a @ManhattanInst researcher who studies domestic extremism, explained, “I just wish the average American realized that there is a network of far-left agitators in America who are Marxist-Leninists, socialists, Maoists and even North Korean apologists.”

“As these ideologues say, the issue is never the issue,” he told us. “It’s all about the revolution. After this terrible situation in Minneapolis, they used social media and their networks to mobilize and get on the streets to hurt America.”

You’ve heard me say it before. Look at the evidence yourself. Read the signs shared by journalists like @MrAndyNgo. Follow the money with data scienctists like @DataRepublican. Study the breadcrumbs. I’m honored to work with this team to bring our reporting from the streets back to you.

January 9, 2026 – White House: 57 times sick, unhinged Democrats declared war on law enforcement

On National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, the Trump Administration proudly honors the brave patriots of ICE and all law enforcement who put their lives on the line to protect America. In stark contrast, unhinged Radical Left Democrats have escalated their torrent of vicious, inflammatory attacks on these very heroes — branding them as Nazis, terrorists, and Gestapo thugs while inciting their delusional supporters to unleash

As ICE valiantly defends our sovereignty and communities, here are 57 times Democrats have recklessly, deliberately stoked hatred and division against them:

  1. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE officers as a “threat” to the public, called ICE “reckless,” suggested the state is at “war” with federal officers and “under attack” by ICE, and smeared ICE as the “modern-day Gestapo.”
  2. California Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police,” calling them “authoritarian” and calling for people to “push back.”
  3. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker claimed ICE is turning the country into “Nazi Germany.”
  4. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused ICE is “terrorizing people.”
  5. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro claimed ICE officers “make our neighborhoods less safe.”
  6. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said ICE officers cause “chaos and terror.”
  7. Sen. Chuck Schumer declared that ICE “does not belong in our neighborhoods.”
  8. Sen. Tina Smith called ICE “a clear and present threat.”
  9. Sen. John Hickenlooper smeared ICE as “a reign of terror.”
  10. Sen. Jeff Merkley likened ICE operations to “fascism” and claimed officers are “doing nothing” but “terrorizing our communities.”
  11. Sen. Bernie Sanders asked people to “stop ICE from what they are doing as soon as possible.”
  12. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE is “intentionally stok[ing] fear” and “tear[ing] communities apart.”
  13. Sen. Ruben Gallego said ICE exists to “scare the American public.”
  14. Sen. Mark Warner equated ICE officers to a brutal dictator.
  15. Sen. Dick Blumenthal accused ICE of spreading “lawlessness and recklessness.”
  16. Sen. Alex Padilla accused ICE of “indiscriminate violence.”
  17. Sen. Dick Durbin accused ICE officers of committing “atrocities.”
  18. Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE is “state violence,” called officers “vile and beyond cruel,” and stated “[a]bolishing ICE is not enough.”
  19. Rep. Pramila Jayapal called ICE officers “deranged,” accused them of “kidnapping,” said “resistance” to ICE is “inspiring,” and claimed ICE officers will “shoot at you and kill you.”
  20. Rep. Eric Swalwell smeared ICE officers “masked thugs,” called them “terrorizing bandits,” said it was his “priority” to ensure officers “are no longer faceless,” compared them to the KGB, and demanded they “stay the fuck out of California.”
  21. Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols” and called them “thugs.”
  22. Rep. Delia Ramirez said ICE is the “single biggest threat to public safety right now” and attacked ICE as “a terror force.”
  23. Rep. Summer Lee said ICE is “out of control” and a “police state.”
  24. Rep. Ayanna Pressley called ICE “a rogue, violent agency that “has no business in our communities” and “must be abolished,” and accused ICE of “terrorizing our communities.”
  25. Rep. Mark Pocan demanded ICE “get the f*ck out of our cities.”
  26. Rep. April McClain Delaney called ICE “lawless.”
  27. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes called ICE an “anti-civilian force” and said ICE “should not exist.”
  28. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is “terrorizing our communities” and “turning our country into a fascist police state,” called it a “rogue agency,” and called for it to be abolished.
  29. Rep. Julie Johnson excused violence against ICE as people “channeling that frustration.”
  30. Rep. Laura Friedman said ICE officers are “terrorizing our friends and neighbors” and “bringing chaos and violence to our streets.”
  31. Rep. Shri Thanedar called to end legal protections for ICE officers.
  32. Rep. Janelle Bynum said ICE is “state-sponsored terrorism.”
  33. Rep. Sylvia Garcia referred to ICE officers as “thugs.”
  34. Rep. Jan Schakowsky urged people to “fight back” against ICE’s “abuse.”
  35. Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as the “Gestapo” and a “betrayal.”
  36. Rep. LaMonica McIver incited people to “shut down the city” because “we are at war.”
  37. Rep. Max Frost compared ICE operations to “the worst horrors and crimes against humanity.”
  38. Rep. John Larson said ICE is “the SS” and “the Gestapo.”
  39. Rep. Stephen Lynch smeared ICE officers as “the Gestapo” and “nondescript thugs.”
  40. Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal officers to “secret police” who must be unmasked.
  41. Rep. Becca Balint called ICE “vigilantes.”
  42. Rep. Chuy Garcia said ICE brings “nothing but terror and violence” and warned ICE officers they “will be held accountable” for “terrorizing my community.”
  43. Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE officers “dangerous and reckless.”
  44. Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE has “terrorized” people through “racial profiling.”
  45. Rep. Lauren Underwood accused ICE of a “horrifying campaign to spread fear… and violently snatch people from our streets.”
  46. Rep. Steve Cohen accused “out-of-control” ICE officers of “misusing their authority.”
  47. Rep. Joaquin Castro called ICE “a rogue organization” that “should be disbanded.”
  48. Rep. Maxine Waters said ICE was causing “mayhem and death.”
  49. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded ICE “get the fuck out” of the city and accused
    officers of “terrorizing our communities.”
  50. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ICE enforcement “is an attack on us all.”
  51. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused ICE of being “secret police” who are “terrorizing our communities” and said ICE was a “lawless, racist force.”
  52. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE officers to a neo-Nazi group.
  53. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass excused violent anti-ICE protests as just like a “Lakers championship.”
  54. New Jersey State Sen. Britnee Timberlake threatened that ICE officers “will find themselves in the same position as those who carried out the illegal acts in Nazi Germany.”
  55. Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley claimed ICE is carrying out “terrorist attacks.”
  56. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn called ICE “dangerous.”
  57. Cudahy (California) Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez implored the violent 18th Street and Florencia 13 gangs to “help out and organize” against ICE.

January 9, 2026 – Scott Bessent orders the IRS to audit the financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds

BREAKING. Scott Bessent just announced the Internal Revenue Service is launching MASSIVE AUDITS of financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds.

Read that again.

Banks. MSBs. Financial middlemen.
Anyone who helped move dirty money is about to get TORCHED.

For once, the IRS is being deployed FOR AMERICANS FIRST — not against working families.

Follow the money.
Audit everything.
Prosecute whoever broke the law.

Music to my ears.
Thank you, Sec. Bessent.

January 9, 2026 – Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and his wife have deep ties to the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scandal

In the heart of Minneapolis, where progressive politics often masks a labyrinth of insider dealings and questionable alliances, a scandal of epic proportions has been simmering for years. The Feeding Our Future fraud case, widely regarded as one of the largest COVID-era scams in U.S. history, siphoned off an astonishing $250 million in federal funds meant to feed hungry children. Instead, the money lined the pockets of fraudsters, funding luxury cars, lavish homes, and overseas wire transfers. But as new revelations emerge, the spotlight turns to none other than Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, whose personal and professional connections raise serious questions about conflicts of interest, potential complicity, and why he’s so vehemently defending elements tied to this mess.

In Minneapolis, the story isn’t just about stolen taxpayer dollars; it’s about a mayor whose wife worked for the very lobbying firm that shielded the fraudsters, whose campaign coffers swelled with donations from indicted players, and whose appointees ended up in federal crosshairs. With the Trump administration now in power and calls for accountability echoing from Washington, it’s time to pull back the curtain on Frey’s entanglements. Let’s follow the money, the relationships, and the timeline.

The Feeding Our Future Scandal: A Primer on the Heist

Feeding Our Future was a Minnesota nonprofit founded in 2016 by Aimee Bock, ostensibly to distribute meals to children in need through federal child nutrition programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). During the COVID-19 pandemic, when oversight was relaxed to expedite aid, the organization exploded in size. By 2021, it claimed to be serving millions of meals at hundreds of sites across the state. But federal investigators allege it was all a sham: fake meal counts, shell companies, kickbacks, and money laundering on a massive scale.

(…) But Feeding Our Future didn’t operate in a vacuum. It relied on legal and lobbying muscle to fend off early scrutiny from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), which flagged suspicious growth as early as 2020 and began denying site applications. Enter Hylden Advocacy & Law, a powerhouse Minneapolis firm known for its cozy ties to Democratic leaders, including Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Sarah Clarke: The Mayor’s Wife at the Center of the Storm

Sarah Clarke (Credit: public domain)

Mayor Jacob Frey’s wife, Sarah Clarke (also known as Sarah Stephens Frey), was no peripheral player. Until January 2022, the exact month of the FBI raids, Clarke served as a lobbyist and government liaison at Hylden Advocacy & Law. The firm, led by Nancy Hylden, provided legal representation and lobbying services to Feeding Our Future, appearing in court alongside Bock and helping the nonprofit navigate regulatory hurdles. Hylden’s tagline? “Your friend at the Capitol.” And friends they were: the firm was listed in Feeding Our Future’s annual reports to the Minnesota Attorney General as far back as 2019.

Clarke’s abrupt departure from the firm coincided precisely with the federal crackdown, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions. Was it coincidence, or did insider knowledge from City Hall or federal connections prompt her exit? Frey has denied any awareness of the fraud, and no charges have been filed against Clarke, Hylden, or the mayor himself. But critics point to Frey’s reported friendship with U.S. Attorney Andy Luger, who oversaw the indictments, as a potential shield. In a city where politics is personal, such relationships demand scrutiny.

Hylden’s reach extends further. The firm also lobbied for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, founded by Osman Ali in 2011. Ali pleaded guilty to fraud in a separate case, yet the museum received $4.5 million in state funding just months later. This isn’t isolated; Minnesota’s Somali community has been at the epicenter of multiple fraud schemes, including a $104 million housing scam, $399 million in autism fraud, and billions in remittances to Somalia. Hylden’s involvement in these orbits raises red flags about how lobbying dollars influence public funds.

More about:

Campaign Cash: Donations from the Indicted

The Appointees: Frey’s Inner Circle Indicted

Recent Fireworks: Frey’s Defiance and the Broader Context

Time for Accountability: What Happens Next?

(Read more: The Current Report, 1/9/2026)  (Archive)

January 10, 2026 – New docs reveal Jack Smith team approved $20k payment to informant to snitch on Trump team during Arctic Frost probe

(…) But the biggest bombshell in the latest document was the revelation that the FBI had an informant that Smith’s office approved for compensation for the dirt he or she shared with the FBI.

An electronic communication “documents prosecutorial approval, in the form of emailed concurrence from Counselor to the Special Counsel Raymond Hulser on 06/02/2023, of a payment for information in the amount of $20,000.00 to [name redacted] for information provided in support of captioned investigation,” one memo reads.

“The payment was discussed by Raymond Hulser and Assistant Special Counsel Julia Gegenheimer with Special Counsel Jack Smith,” the memo added.

Julia Gegenheimer and Raymond Hulser (Credit: public domain)

The memos showed the chain of approval with an FBI agent who wrote to Smith’s office on June 2, 2023.

“As discussed, request your office’s concurrence in our proposed payment of $20,000 for CHS’ provision of information in support of the investigation,” the agent wrote.

Hulser wrote back succinctly, “Concur, thank you.”

You can read some of the memos here:

Patel told Just the News that the release of the documents were part of a larger effort by the FBI to ensure all evidence of law-enforcement  and weaponization is made public and given to congressional oversight committees after years of it being withheld or hidden under past directors.

“Under my leadership, the FBI is producing documents at record speed to get the facts straight to the American people. What occurred in the Arctic Frost matter was an egregious abuse of power and violation of the law. This FBI is committed to restoring accountability and public trust,” he said.

There have long been rumors of an informant that the FBI used to build the Arctic Frost case, and the new memos are certain to spur intrigue as to the person’s identity and whether they were a Trump insider.

Arctic Frost has generated controversy because it secured an order from U.S. District Judge Boasberg that let the executive branch, in the form of Smith’s office, obtain the phone records of eight U.S. senators and one congressman and swept up information from hundreds of conservative figures and groups. (Read more: Just the News, 1/10/2026)  (Archive)

January 10, 2026 – Scott Bessent: ‘When the bear trap snaps’ Minnesota fraudsters and complicit officials will face justice

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (Credit: public domain)

Christopher Rufo’s bombshell reporting on Minnesota’s Somali fraud schemes ignited a massive federal crackdown — now, in this exclusive interview, he sits down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the latest on the escalating investigations.

While fraud rings in Minnesota’s Somali community have been under federal investigation for years, it was investigative journalist and BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo’s reporting that brought the billion-dollar scandals to national attention. Back in November 2025, Rufo published a report titled “The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer,” in which he and co-author Ryan Thorpe alleged that billions of taxpayer funds were being stolen through schemes in Minneapolis’ Somali community and that millions of those funds were being funneled to the Al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia.

Rufo’s reporting sparked massive federal action, including revoking Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, surging Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, freezing child-care funds, and ramping up prosecutions. Most notably, it led Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to visit Minnesota in January 2026 and launch major FinCEN probes into hawala businesses, IRS audits, and enhanced transfer reporting.

In this exclusive BlazeTV interview with Rufo, Bessent shares what his team’s investigations have revealed about Minnesota’s Somali fraud operations and what steps the Treasury is taking to ensure it stops.

(Read more: BlazeTV, 1/12/2026)  (Archive)

In the same interview, Scott Bessent also said:


“It’s hard to follow the money. There are evidently some disturbing tapes of AG Ellison in meetings with people who donated to him—calling for political favors to stop the investigations. We’ll see. I don’t want to get out ahead of the investigation. It’s going to be very methodical. But I can guarantee you—when the bear trap snaps, we’re going to get these folks. We’re going to follow the money, whether it’s here in Minneapolis and St. Paul or over in East Africa. There are tons of luxury properties and cars that have been bought over there.”

January 10, 2026 – Criminal histories of illegal aliens recently captured in MN by ICE that anti-ICE protesters risk all to protect and state officials fondly call their “neighbors”

BREAKING: ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they’ve arrested during their surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota, & it’s the most disturbing list I’ve ever seen, including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers, most with deportation orders going back many years. Several from Laos, Somalia, and Sudan.

WARNING GRAPHIC – Highlights below:

Sriudorn Phaivan, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of strong-arm sodomy of a boy & strong-arm sodomy of a girl with a deportation order since 2018.

Tou Vang, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of sexual assault and sodomy of a girl under age 13 and procuring a child for prostitution with a deportation order since 2006.

Chong Vue, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of the strong-arm rape of a 12-year-old girl and kidnapping a child with intent to sexually assault her, with a deportation order since 2004,

Ge Yang, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of strong-arm rape, aggravated assault with a weapon, and strangulation with a deportation order since 2012.

Pao Choua Xiong, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of rape and child fondling with a deportation order since 2003.

Kou Lor, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of rape, rape with a weapon, and sexual assault with a deportation order since 1996.

Hernan Cortes-Valencia, Mexican illegal alien convicted of sexual assault of a child and DUI with a deportation order since 2016.

Abdirashid Adosh Elmi, a Somalian illegal alien convicted of homicide.

Gilberto Salguero Landaverde, a Salvadoran illegal alien convicted of three counts of homicide with a deportation order since June 2025.

Gabriel Figueroa Gama, a Mexican illegal convicted of homicide who has been previously deported in 2002.

Galuak Michael Rotgai, a Sudanese illegal alien convicted of homicide.

Thai Lor, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of two counts of homicide with a deportation order since 2009.

Mariana Sia Kanu, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone convicted of two counts of homicide with a deportation order since 2022.

Aldrin Guerrero Munoz, a Mexican illegal alien convicted of homicide with a deportation order since 2015.

Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, a Somalian illegal alien convicted of manslaughter with a deportation order since 2022.

Mongong Dual Maniang Deng, a Sudanese illegal alien convicted of attempt to commit homicide, weapon possession, and DUI.

Aler Gomez Lucas, a Guatemalan illegal alien convicted of negligent homicide with a vehicle and DUI with a deportation order since 2022.

Shwe Htoo, a Burmese illegal alien convicted of negligent homicide.

ICE says all of these criminal aliens were roaming freely in the sanctuary state of Minnesota prior to arrest, and that these are the type of people that politicians and activists are referring to as their “neighbors” as they attempt to interfere with ICE.

January 11, 2026 – DOJ subpoenas Fed over Powell testimony on renovation overruns

Jerome Powell’s latest statement is nothing more than a desperate attempt to save his own skin. After the criminal investigation into his misleading testimony about the Fed’s extravagant renovations became public, he now claims the DOJ is threatening the entire institution over interest rate policy. This is a classic deflection tactic.

The probe centers on whether Powell lied to Congress about the massive costs and scope of those headquarters upgrades, not on monetary policy decisions. By pivoting to accusations of pressure over rates, he tries to paint himself as a victim defending the Fed’s independence while conveniently sidestepping the real issue: his own potential perjury.

President Trump has every right to demand accountability from unelected bureaucrats who control the nation’s money supply. The Federal Reserve is not above the law, and refusing to answer legitimate questions from Congress should carry consequences. Powell’s attempt to flip the narrative only highlights how deeply entrenched the resistance to real oversight has become.

This escalation shows the establishment is rattled. If the investigation continues to gain traction, Powell will face mounting pressure to step down, opening the door for Trump to appoint a chair who actually prioritizes American workers, lower borrowing costs, and economic growth instead of protecting bloated budgets and insider perks.

Markets would welcome the change. Removing obstacles to sound policy would signal a return to fiscal discipline and reward productive investment. Powell’s spin cannot hide the facts: transparency is long overdue, and the current leadership has failed to deliver it. The momentum is clearly on the side of those demanding real reform.

The probe focuses on a $2.5 billion upgrade to the Fed’s Washington buildings, where costs ballooned from $1.9 billion, sparking a July 2025 criminal referral by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna over Powell’s congressional statements denying luxury features like a VIP dining room and premium marble—elements documents later referenced before being scaled back. Powell called the subpoenas pretexts amid clashes with President Trump on interest rates, while U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office was ignored on questions about overruns. Republicans split, with some vowing to block Fed nominees until resolved, as markets showed mild reaction and Powell’s term ends in May 2026. (X.com/Trending)

The United States Attorney’s Office contacted the Federal Reserve on multiple occasions to discuss cost overruns and the chairman’s congressional testimony, but were ignored, necessitating the use of legal process—which is not a threat.

The word “indictment” has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach.

This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.

From April 2024:

BREAKING, INSIDE THE FEDERAL RESERVE: Hidden Camera captures Principal Economist @federalreserve talking about Jerome Powell’s legacy as “somebody who held the line against like, Trump.” The influential agency responsible for maintaining a stable monetary system appears to not just be establishing interest rates, but to be setting policies for desired social outcomes.

“Under Powell, the Fed has changed to think about equity issues, like racial issues, think about wealth inequality as part of the mandate, as part of the things we are following. Think about climate change.” Aurel Hizmo, Principal Economist at the Federal Reserve, who prior to working at the Fed was an Assistant Professor @NYUStern and received his PhD in Economics from @DukeU, helps write speeches for Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell for the Federal Open Market Committee.

Hizmo says “Trump is just a crazy person” and conservatives are “dumb” as he describes to OMG’s American Swiper Citizen Journalist a politicized Federal Reserve Board where Powell has promoted ESG issues like climate change and “wants to be remembered in history” “as a savior.” But shhh…don’t tell anyone because Hizmo says: “I’m just really worried that I’m saying stuff that’s classified…It’s all classified.”

January 11, 2026 – Minneapolis anti-ICE mob attacks Nick Sortor, Cam Higby in vehicle as they flee chaotic scene

Independent journalists Nick Sortor and Cam Higby are in Minneapolis to cover protests against immigration enforcement operations on Sunday.

BREAKING: These are the moments leading up to Minneapolis anti-ICE rioters SURROUNDING my vehicle, smashing my windows, and attempting to kiII
@CamHigby and me

I was forced to drive away to save our lives, repeatedly warning those standing in front to GET OUT OF THE WAY.

They didn’t listen, so I had no choice but to go anyway.

They then used vehicles to BLOCK US as we were running, forcing me to throw the truck off the road to go around them.

Then, it appears we were CHASED down the interstate by another one of their goons.

I have to post this now because these idiots called the police on me saying I had a gun and was “running innocent protestors over”

You can try to terrorize me all you want. BUT I WILL NEVER STOP, AND NEVER SHUT UP.

“This is the moment @nicksortor was forced to drive away as a mob SURROUNDED his vehicle, smashed the windows, and spray painted the car,” Higby posted. “Rioters have now told @MinneapolisPD that we have guns. The rioters repeatedly threatened to [kill] us.”

Higby later posted video showing the frozen water bottles that he said were thrown at their truck, breaking the back window.

“They should be arrested for attempted [fucking] murder,” Sortor posted on X. “They beamed frozen water bottles through the windows, and if one of us would’ve been struck, we could’ve easily been [killed.] This was planned. But luckily, I drove away, so they beamed them through the back window instead.”

h/t Daily Caller, 1/12/2026

January 11, 2026 – Kristi Noem surges HSI officers in Minnesota to hunt down child sex traffickers; “It’s so prevalent in Minnesota.”

Kristi Noem says that they have surged HSI officers in Minnesota specifically to hunt down child sex traffickers.

“We’ve surged HSI officers there specifically to focus on sex trafficking and child trafficking. It’s so prevalent in Minnesota. It’s horrific.

And we brought dozens and dozens of those individuals to justice already. We’re gonna keep hundreds of HSI officers there to continue to protect those children.

Every day we get another individual that was sexual assault against a child. Sodomy against a child.

I can’t believe that the mayor and governor can defend allowing those people to go out there and victimize more of our children and grandchildren.”

Infuriating. When see you see these dumbass leftists protesting in the streets, just know that they are out there protecting pedophiles.

At this point, how can anyone claim that the Democrats are the “good guys”?

January 12, 2026 – House “Republican Leadership” is attempting to funnel $315 million to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

RINO ALERT: House “Republican Leadership” is attempting to FUNNEL $315 MILLION of YOUR TAX DOLLARS to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a left-wing propaganda outfit.

NED is a Deep State slush fund exposed by DOGE for spending BILLIONS on regime-change ops, color revolutions, and woke activists to topple governments.

NED is the CORE of the global Censorship Industrial Complex, a CIA cutout redefining “democracy” for elitist control, using backchannel deals with the EU to silence conservatives worldwide.

Thomas Massie (R-KY) has introduced an AMENDMENT to DEFUND NED entirely in the FY2026 appropriations bill.

It requires 7 Republicans on the Rules Committee to force a floor vote.

These are the Republican members on the House Rules Committee who hold the power right now:

Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Ralph Norman (R-SC)
Chip Roy (R-TX)
Erin Houchin (R-IN)
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
Austin Scott (R-GA)
H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Brian Jack (R-GA)

Per my Mike Benz notes, NED should now be controlled by the Trump State Dept? Correct?

1. USAID – funding arm

2. State Department – sets policy

3. NED – technical implementation of work. CIA birthed. Subsidize groups without having CIA fingerprints on the work.- Founder admitted it was done to keep CIA from getting into trouble doing things they are not supposed to do. Accountable to foreign relations committee.

IRI – GOP arm for CIA to make sure their projects receive funding.
NDI – Dem arm for CIA to make sure their projects receive funding.

January 13, 2026 – Law enforcement is misclassifying race and distorting crime statistics; it’s demographic manipulation and narrative laundering

This is not a clerical error. This is narrative laundering.

The arrest records shown do something very specific. They classify a foreign national as a White male with blond or strawberry hair while omitting immigration status entirely. That is not descriptive accuracy. That is demographic manipulation. When law enforcement records misclassify race and suppress immigration status, the downstream effect is predictable. Crime statistics are distorted. Public understanding is corrupted. Accountability disappears.

Police departments know exactly why this is done. Federal crime data is aggregated by race. When offenders who are foreign nationals are reclassified into domestic racial categories, the real source patterns are buried. The public is then fed a sanitized dataset that supports preselected talking points. This is not about one case. It is about how the books are cooked so trends can never be honestly discussed.

News outlets compound the deception. They repeat the arrest sheet verbatim, never asking why immigration status is missing, never questioning implausible physical descriptors, never pressing the department for clarification. The omission is the story, and they deliberately ignore it. That is not journalism. That is information control.

If the individual were a citizen, the records would say so. If the individual were legally present, that status would be highlighted immediately. Silence only appears when the truth is politically inconvenient. That silence protects institutions, not victims. Two teenagers are dead, and the system’s first instinct was not transparency, but insulation.

This is exactly why public trust is collapsing. People are not stupid. They can see when reality does not match the paperwork. When law enforcement manipulates categories and media outlets run interference, the public correctly concludes that the truth is being managed rather than reported.

The question is simple. If the data were honest, why hide it.
If the classification were accurate, why does it defy common sense.
If transparency mattered, why was immigration status erased.

This is not incompetence. It is intent.

#SilentMajoritySpeaks #AStoneGroove

January 13, 2026 – Watch how calmly the media talked about ICE raids and family separation under Obama

In 2016, before Trump was president, Obama was using ICE to deport some illegal immigrants and families were separated. Yet the media didn’t act like it was the end of the world.

There were no protests. No one was being accused of being a Nazi or a fascist. The left didn’t care at all and neither did the media.

In the clip below, one journalist calmly asks about it and Obama’s press secretary Josh Earnest is able to answer without interruption.

Even the reporting from the Washington Post was more measured:

Asked about the removal operations, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that the administration has “prioritized the cases of recent arrivals, individuals who recently crossed the border without proper documentation. That is the nature of the operations carried out in the last several days.”

Earnest said the efforts are “consistent with the priorities the president himself talked about, deporting felons not families, with a focus on individuals who only recently crossed the border.”

He added that those targeted for removal have gone through due process legal proceedings and said the effort will help discourage Central American families that sending their children on a dangerous journey to try to enter the United States illegally.

“People should take from this the understanding that the administration is quite serious when it comes to enforcing immigration laws.”

Because of the sensitivity of taking children into custody and deporting them and their families, authorities took precautions during the raids, Johnson’s statement said, using female agents when possible to apprehend families and having medical personnel on hand.

Watch this video:

On the same note, here’s Obama himself in 2013 talking about deporting people.

From Townhall:

“As time goes on, a thousand deportations on average a day. People are wondering…won’t you at least consider unilaterally freezing deportations for the parents of deferred action kids?” reporter Jose Diaz-Balart asked.

“Here’s the problem that I have, Jose, and I’ve said this consistently,” Obama replied, “my job in the Executive Branch is supposed to be to carry out the laws that are passed. Congress has said, ‘Here’s the law when it comes to those who are undocumented,’ and they allocate a whole bunch of money for enforcement.”

Watch:

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/13/2026) (Archive)

More examples of Democrat hypocrisy when Trump deports illegal aliens:

The Obama-era photos of children in cages were originally shot for the Associated Press by photographer Ross D. Franklin, during a Jun. 18, 2014 visit to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) placement center in Nogales, Arizona.

January 13, 2026 – US Secret Service agent assigned to VP Vance leaks sensitive information to undercover reporter

Escotto is a holdover from the Biden administration and stated that he voted for Joe Biden, while expressing opposition to ICE & the Trump administration’s immigration policies. “I hate that [ICE] sh*t.”

Tomas Escotto, a current U.S. Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, was recorded on hidden camera providing an undercover journalist with sensitive security information, including protective formations, shift schedules, travel plans, & real-time locations.

The Secret Service agent detailed how the Vice President is physically surrounded, described multiple daily shift changes, & disclosed advance security procedures.

In addition to past movements, the agent revealed future travel plans, sometimes days in advance. Escotto even sent images from Air Force Two while onboard with the Vice President.

Despite acknowledging that he signed paperwork prohibiting the disclosure of sensitive information, the Secret Service agent repeatedly shared details with someone he believed was a casual romantic interest.

While the safety of the Vice President and his family was always our top priority, what OMG uncovered raises serious questions about operational security, protocol compliance, and oversight within the U.S. Secret Service.

Our team coordinated with the U.S. Secret Service ahead of publication, redacted sensitive operational details at their request.

We were just informed Tomas Escotto has been placed on administrative leave with his clearance suspended and access to agency facilities and systems revoked.

This is the memo USSS sent out.

That dig they gave at us is below the belt and unfounded.

Imagine if we were working for a foreign Govt?

We exposed the secret service is vulnerable to espionage.

If the agent can’t figure out to a citizen journalist is playing them, how can they figure out if a foreign govt is playing him?

This is a such a colossal error. Far beyond the magnitude of anything he actually said – is the circumstances he didn’t figure out he was being played by a citizen journalist.

As an agent he’s been exposed to every spy agency in the world

That’s why they’re doing espionage training in their statement.

That’s why they failed as an agency

January 13, 2026 – Bill Clinton snubs his third subpoena and refuses to show for a deposition with House Oversight Committee

January 14, 2026 – Judge orders USDA to continue paying fraudulent SNAP benefits in Minnesota

Across 28 states, more than 500,000 individuals are using dummy social security numbers, over 350,000 are collecting benefits in multiple states, and nearly 200,000 dead people are collecting benefits!

And now, a federal judge just slapped a temporary halt on the @USDA withholding administrative SNAP funds from Minnesota—right in the middle of blatant fraud scandals draining taxpayer dollars!

Biden appointed Judge Laura Provinzino (l) orders SNAP benefits to continue in Minnesota despite the massive welfare fraud recently exposed. (Credit: public domain)

But guess what? We’re not stopping. These states stonewalling on data sharing? It’s just more fraud-protecting games to cover their tracks. The people see through it, and the litigation rolls on. We’ll keep fighting for every hardworking American’s money. No surrender.

January 14, 2026 – Short documentary on Tina Peters and video of her appeal hearing and oral arguments

This short video shares the story of Tina Peters and how she was punished and imprisoned for performing her job as County Clerk, overseeing elections in Mesa County, Colorado. The video includes some things that have never been reported before. Tina was imprisoned for doing precisely what the law required.

Source (couldn’t embed).

https://x.com/VoterGa/status/2011114492319445038

Tina Peters Appeal – Oral Arguments LIVE 4:30pm

 

MARK COOK- Tina Peters Oral Arguments Commentary at Appeal Hearing- 1 14 2026

January 14, 2026 – Nigerian honored by Gretchen Whitmer exposed as massive daycare fraudster

(…) A former professor, Nigerian immigrant Nkechy Ezeh, pleaded guilty last month to wire fraud and tax evasion in a scheme that defrauded Michigan taxpayers out of over $1 million, according to news site MLive.

The misappropriated money had been intended for Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, an early childhood education program for disadvantaged children. Ezeh was the founder and CEO of ELNC.

“The nonprofit closed in 2023 after Ezeh and former Director of Finance and Administration Sharon Killebrew were accused of embezzling more than $2.5 million combined over several years,” WZZM-TV reported.

Killebrew, 70, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud a federally funded program, according to MLive.

Ezeh faces 20 years for wire fraud. The charge of tax evasion could carry an additional five years in prison.

Nigerian news outlet Business Day reported Ezeh, a former professor at Aquinas College, did not shy away from the public eye, as Whitmer once put her on a state executive committee. She also won several “Woman of the Year” awards.

“Ezeh created nearly $500,000 in fraudulent invoices and established two fictitious daycare businesses to mask the movement of stolen funds,” Business Day reported. “The embezzled money reportedly financed a lavish lifestyle, including international travel to Hawaii, Liberia, and Nigeria.”

This is a woman who, in a 2022 interview with Voyage Michigan, once had the audacity to decry “structural racism” as a problem immigrants had to overcome.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/5/2026) (Archive)

January 14, 2026 – Minnesota House files 4 Articles of Impeachment against Gov. Tim Walz

Tim Walz (Credit: Gage Skidmore)

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is facing formal impeachment proceedings after Republican lawmakers introduced four articles accusing him of corrupt conduct in office, centered on his alleged role in overseeing, enabling, or failing to act on extensive fraud in state-run programs.

According to the resolution, under Article I, Walz is charged with knowingly permitting the concealment of “widespread fraud within Minnesota state administered programs,” despite “repeated warnings, audits, reports, and public indicators of systematic abuse.” It states that the governor was made aware of this fraud through “briefings, audits, agency reports, or public findings,” yet failed to act effectively. The article claims he “allowed fraudulent activity to continue after credible warnings were raised” and “created or tolerated an environment where disclosure of fraud was delayed, minimized, or obscured from legislators and the public.”

Article II alleges that Governor Walz violated his constitutional oath through actions and omissions that interfered with lawful oversight, investigations, or corrective measures related to fraud in state agencies. The article charges that he failed to promptly direct executive agencies to cooperate with audits, permitted or tolerated resistance to legislative oversight and public transparency, failed to discipline or track officials responsible for fraudulent programs, and delayed reforms while financial losses mounted.

Article III charges Walz with placing “political consideration above lawful administration,” stating that he prioritized the preservation of political narratives over disclosing known program failures, failed to act to protect taxpayer funds once fraud became apparent, and allowed executive agencies to continue operations without proper safeguards after fraud risks were identified. The resolution further states that he undermined public confidence in state government by failing to ensure transparency and accountability.

Article IV accuses the governor of failing to uphold laws related to public fund stewardship. It charges him with allowing statutory safeguards to be ignored, failing to enforce anti-fraud measures, and permitting violations of the law despite being aware of wrongdoing.

As outlined in the resolution, the Minnesota Constitution grants the House the authority to impeach and the Senate the power to try impeachments. Under Article VIII, Section 3, Walz is barred from executing the duties of governor upon the House’s adoption of the resolution and may resume those duties only if acquitted by the Senate. (Read more: Breitbart News, 1/14/2026)  (Archive)

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January 14, 2026 – Jonathan Turley: Democrats fight to keep the insurrection myth alive in the new J6 Committee

Rep. Harriet Hageman (Credit: video clipping)

The new J6 Committee has started its hearings and, unlike the prior Committee, Republicans have allowed Democrats to select members to sit in opposition. That has led to sharp exchanges, but one of the more interesting occurred between Rep. Harriet Hageman (R., Wyo.) and Jamie Raskin (D., Md.). After Hageman got a witness to admit that no one was charged with incitement, Raskin made the clearly false statement that a few defendants charged with seditious conspiracy was the same thing as incitement. It is not.

Rep. Raskin triggered the confrontation by making a clearly false claim about one of those charged by the Biden Administration: “I would just commend to everybody the testimony of Pamela Hemphill, who was a convicted insurrectionist that was pardoned. She rejected her pardon.”

In reality, Hemphill was charged (like most of the rioters) with relatively minor misdemeanors. She pleaded guilty to one count of demonstrating, picketing, or parading in a Capitol building and received just 60 days in prison, 36 months of probation, and a $500 fine for restitution. She was never charged with insurrection or any felony.

Rep. Hageman pounced on the comment and asked former Justice Department prosecutor Michael Romano whether any January 6 protester had actually been convicted under the federal insurrection statute.

Romano tried to dodge the question but admitted that no one, not Trump nor any rioter, was ever charged with insurrection. Notably, after January 6th, there was a great amount of coverage on Trump and his aides being possibly charged with insurrection or incitement. Despite some of us noting that the speech was clearly protected under the First Amendment, the press portrayed such a charge as credible and heaped coverage on District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, who announced that he was considering arresting Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks and charging them with incitement. It never happened. The reason is obvious. It could not be legally maintained.

While the FBI launched a massive national investigation, it did not find evidence of an insurrection. While a few were charged with seditious conspiracy, no one was charged with insurrection.

The Supreme Court later reduced charges further by rejecting obstruction charges in some cases.

Yet that did not stop members and the media from repeating the false mantra that this was an insurrection, despite some of us immediately rejecting it as legally unsustainable. Indeed, Democrats used the false claim to seek to disqualify Trump and dozens of Republicans from ballots.

Now back to the hearing.

Hageman asked the witness, “Mr. Romano, did you prosecute anyone related to January 6th for engaging in an insurrection?” she asked. Romano responded, “No, congresswoman.”

That is when Raskin objected and tried to interrupt the confirmation that, in fact, there never was an insurrection or any such charges.

Hageman persisted, “So, Mr. Raskin’s statement that someone was a ‘convicted insurrectionist’ is actually inaccurate, isn’t that correct?” When Romano again tried to pivot, she pressed further, “She wasn’t a convicted insurrectionist, was she?”

“For the crime of insurrection, no,” he admitted.

Raskin shouted, “Do you accept seditious conspiracy as insurrection?”

It was a telling statement. For the record, I have long been a critic of sedition crimes. As I discuss in my book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage,”sedition was a noxious import from Great Britain. British judges had balked at the effort to accuse citizens of treason for things like telling bawdy jokes about the queen in some pub.

However, putting that aside, the handful of charges for seditious conspiracy are not legally the same or even close to an insurrection charge. Rep. Raskin, a former law professor, must know that.

The provision in 18 U.S.C. 2384 has long been controversial because it is so sweeping and includes any effort “by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law.” While the provision can also entail an intent to overthrow the country, the provision covers any interference with federal proceedings or laws.

Ironically, Raskin opposes the invocation of the Insurrection Act in cities like Minneapolis on the basis of the interference with federal officials in the enforcement of federal law. However, he seems to view this provision as endlessly malleable, so that anyone accused of hindering the execution of a federal law is an insurrectionist.

After January 6th, Justice Department official Michael Sherwin publicly declared that “our office wanted to ensure that there was shock and awe” in hitting people with a maximal level of charges. Yet, despite that “shock and awe” effort, not a single charge for insurrection was ever brought — an inconvenient truth for members like Raskin. (Read more: Jonathan Turley, 1/16/2026)  (Archive)

January 14, 2026 – Hillary defies subpoena to testify; Comer moves to hold both Clintons in contempt of Congress

Former President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive prior to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Credit: Melina Mara/Getty Images)

House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Wednesday moved to hold the Clintons in contempt after Hillary Clinton was a no-show to her deposition.

Former President Bill Clinton was scheduled to appear for a closed-door deposition on Tuesday.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was set to appear for a closed-door deposition on Wednesday.

Bill Clinton was a no-show on Tuesday.

Hillary also snubbed the subpoena.

The Clintons claimed they already provided the Committee with all of the information they have on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Clinton’s lawyers told Politico that the House Oversight subpoenas are not enforceable because they are “not related to a valid legislative purpose,” and are therefore “invalid and legally unenforceable.”

“After five months of good-faith negotiations, President Clinton has refused to comply,” Comer said on Tuesday.

“We are now initiating contempt of Congress proceedings,” Comer added.

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 1/14/2026) (Archive)

January 15, 2026 – A Navy Intelligence Officer reports he tracked Minnesota daycare money to foreign terror groups in 2016

MINNEAPOLIS (NewsNation) — A former Navy intelligence officer assigned to track terrorist financing says he documented hundreds of millions of dollars flowing from Minnesota day care fraud schemes directly to al-Shabab terror networks in Somalia as early as 2016 — nearly a decade before federal authorities began widespread prosecutions.

Navy Lieutenant Phillip Parrish, joined the Joint Terrorism Task Force in 2016. (Credit: video clipping)

Phillip Parrish, a lieutenant in the Navy who joined the Joint Terrorism Task Force in 2016, said he tracked money couriers from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to the Netherlands, then to Nairobi, Kenya, and finally into Mogadishu money exchanges called “hawalas” — the same exchanges the Treasury Department designated in 2012 as fronts for the al-Qaida-linked terror group al-Shabab.

“In 2016, we were already tracking that was adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, and that was just what we were tracking,” Parrish told NewsNation. “Then, by now, fast forward nearly 10 years later, yeah, when they’re talking about $9 billion, that’s a real figure, and that’s probably conservative.”

Parrish’s account raises questions about why Minnesota officials did not act on early warnings about fraud schemes that allegedly fleeced taxpayers of billions through fake day care centers and other programs.

Parrish said his investigation began when he noticed an unusual pattern of cash leaving Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Money traced to Somalia hawalas Treasury labeled terror fronts in 2012

“There’s an interesting pattern here happening, where the money’s coming out of Minneapolis International Airport. Well, where’s it coming from?” Parrish said. “How are they getting it in Minneapolis? Where is it coming from? Well, that led to some research about a list of fake companies. Well, it’s all cash that’s coming out of these fake day cares or day cares with inflated numbers.”

When asked how much money was involved, Parrish described the scale as massive.

“Hundreds of millions. You’re talking suitcases of evidence, reports of suspicious activity, reports from banking, TSA, reports from the airport, and then the military side of the house, tracking who it got to,” he said.

“You’re talking about tens of thousands, $300,000, $500,000, all these different varying amounts, daily. The open source material will tell you every other week out of Terminal 2, but it was daily out of Terminal 2, it was daily.”

“Direct portions of it were ending up in the hands of terrorists, absolutely, all the way from pirate boats being bought to essentially the administration of a terrorist network, administratively,” he said.

Parrish said his reports were used by military operations abroad but largely ignored by the public and state officials.

Officer: ‘No doubt’ money funded terrorists, pirate boats, terror networks

“Hundreds of men and women like me know the truth. It’s been the truth all along,” Parrish said. “We don’t know why we’ve been ignored, other than thieving and grifting, a culture of thieving and grifting that was intentional, no matter how it started.”

Parrish suggested the fraud schemes were part of a broader system dependent on continued immigration to sustain fraudulent programs.

(Read more: NewsNation, 1/15/2026)  (Archive)

January 14, 2026 – Navy Veteran turned federal government contractor accused of stealing classified national defense information and leaking to WaPo

LAUREL, Md. — A U.S. Navy Veteran turned federal government contractor is accused of stealing secret classified national defense information.

Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was granted top security clearance as a systems engineer and information technology specialist for a federal government contractor based out of Annapolis Junction located near the border of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties.

The FBI alleges in charging documents that on at least four occasions between October 28, 2025 and January 7, 2026, Perez-Lugones accessed and viewed classified intelligence reports related to a foreign country without any prior authorization.

Agents say they have evidence proving Perez-Lugones printed out and took screenshots of secret documents, before taking them to his home in Laurel, Maryland.

In doing so, Perez-Lugones allegedly removed classified markings from one of the secret documents.

On January 8, the feds searched his car and home.

Inside the car, investigators discovered a lunchbox containing the secret document from which he removed the classified markings.

Meanwhile, inside the house another document marked secret was located.

Lugones served in the U.S. Navy from 1982 to 2002. Since then he’s worked as a government contractor in various capacities.

His criminal case is currently pending before the U.S. District Court of Maryland.

January 15, 2026 – Trump warns he will use the Insurrection Act in Minnesota; Walz incites further, anti-ICE riots escalate

 

January 16, 2026 – Michael Cohen says he was ‘coerced’ and ‘pressured’ by Bragg, James to testify against Trump

Michael Cohen (Credit: public domain)

After years of criticizing Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is admitting that he was “pressured” and “coerced” by Alvin Bragg and Letitia James to testify against Donald Trump.

In an astonishing Substack post published Friday evening, Cohen writes that he “felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government’s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump.” He said the feeling began from his very first meetings with the lawyers working with Bragg and James, New York’s attorney general.

Specifically regarding James, he said he felt “compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking.”

“Letitia James made it publicly known during her 2018 campaign for attorney general that, if elected, she would go after President Trump,” Cohen writes in the post. “Her office made clear that the testimony they wanted from me was testimony that would help them do just that. Again, I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking.”

In a Friday night phone conversation, Donald Trump told The Daily Wire that this was further proof that it was a “very corrupt investigation” that Cohen testified in. Trump has long held that Cohen is a liar, and was only cooperating to get his prison sentence reduced. (Read more: The Daily Wire, 1/16/2026)  (Archive)

January 16, 2026 – An email is sent to all Minneapolis city employees advising them of what to do if ICE activity is reported

January 17, 2026 – ‘Manchurian Generation’ ballot flood: More than 1 million Chinese with U.S. Citizenship could vote in 2030 elections

More than one million Chinese with U.S. citizenship who grew up in communist China will soon start voting in American elections, #1 New York Times bestselling investigative journalist and Breitbart News Senior Contributor Peter Schweizer reveals in his new book, The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon.

In his explosive new book, Schweizer details how Chinese elites have exploited America’s birthright citizenship policies by engaging in a practice known as birth tourism, whereby Chinese mothers intentionally travel to the United States give birth on American soil so that their newborn children will automatically be granted U.S. citizenship.

One of birth tourism’s biggest appeals is the chain migration that it triggers. “When such children turn twenty-one, they can also apply for resident status for both of their parents,” Schweizer explains. To demonstrate the extent of the practice, he uses the U.S. territory of Saipan in the Pacific as an example, writing that “[m]ore than 70 percent of the newborns in Saipan are PRC birth tourist parents who utilize the territory’s forty-five-day visa-free visitation rules and the ‘Covenant of the Northern Mariana Islands’ to guarantee that their children will have American citizenship.”

Because the U.S. federal government does not directly track birth tourism, no one knows the true extent of the practice, Schweizer writes:

Chinese officials estimate that the number is a staggering fifty thousand of their own citizens per year. Scholars who have studied the subject in depth, like Australian-based professor Salvator Babones, put the figure even higher, perhaps twice that. “With up to 100,000 Chinese babies being born US citizens every year,” he writes, “birth tourism may result in millions of new elite Chinese-Americans.”

Some researchers place the number higher still. Media Research, a Chinese data analysis company, says that in 2018 alone 150,000 people came from China to the United States to practice birth tourism.

According to Schweizer, the practice of Chinese birth tourism in the United States has flourished in the past 15 years, with “at least 750,000 and possibly as many as 1.5 million Chinese, who are also American citizens by virtue of being born here, now growing toward adulthood in China.” (Read more: Breitbart, 1/17/2026) (Archive)

January 17, 2026 – Highlights of Democrat leaders supporting border control and deportation of illegal aliens, before they didn’t

Obama frequently emphasized the need for stronger border security, employer accountability for hiring undocumented workers, and comprehensive immigration reform that included controlling illegal crossings. Here are key video examples:

In his 2014 address to the nation on fixing the broken immigration system, Obama stated that he began by securing borders and committed to better enforcement, noting illegal crossings had been cut.

During a 2005 news conference clip, Obama advocated for holding employers accountable for hiring undocumented workers and supported strong borders, aligning with similar arguments later made by Trump.

In a 2014 speech at Del Sol High School, Obama reiterated his belief in secure borders and efforts to reduce illegal crossings over his term.

Speaking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2010, Obama called for fixing the broken system, starting with border security to prevent uncontrolled inflows.

Additional examples from X posts include archived clips:

Obama warning that undocumented immigrants harm the economy, take jobs, and that employers should face penalties, while calling for stronger border security as a top priority.  Video in post: 

A 2007 clip of then-Senator Obama supporting border control policies similar to current Republican stances.

Obama in 2010 stating the U.S. cannot allow “half a million people pouring over the border without any kind of mechanism to control it.”

Other Democratic Officials Supporting Border Control

Many Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and others, have historically supported tougher border measures, deportations, and barriers—positions they’ve since shifted away from. Here are video compilations and examples highlighting this:

A montage showing past Democratic leaders like Clinton, Obama, and Schumer supporting border crackdowns and critiquing the party’s later policy shifts.

Clips of Democrats voting for and advocating new border fencing and barriers before opposing them under Trump.

Archival footage of Democrats, including Bill Clinton in the 1990s, talking tough on deporting illegal immigrants arrested for crimes and securing borders.

A flashback compilation of top Democrats like Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Obama touting deportations and tough immigration policies.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367965074112

Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in 2019 stating Democrats support border security and are willing to negotiate, but not hold government hostage.

From X posts, several montages capture this hypocrisy:

Hillary Clinton emphatically calling to “deport them” and insisting immigrants learn English, with Democrats cheering.

A compilation of Democrats opposing incentives for illegal immigration, supporting border security, and noting Obama’s deportations of over 3 million.

Montage of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and Obama all agreeing illegal immigrants need to be deported, including ending sanctuary cities.

A 1995 clip of Bill Clinton warning about illegal aliens burdening jobs and taxpayers, receiving a standing ovation from Democrats.

1996. Chuck Schumer rails against illegals getting taxpayer funded benefits because it incentivizes more illegal immigration

Grok, 1/17/2026

January 18, 2026 – Nick Sortor’s camera is stolen, a chase ensues, car license plate leads to owner of autism center

January 18, 2026 – BLM and anti-ICE protesters crash a church service in St. Paul, MN

POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Anti-ICE activists blocked aisles and confronted Christians during Sunday service in St. Paul. Don Lemon was embedded with the agitators, cheering the disruption from inside the sanctuary.

Islamic-aligned and ICE Watch activists disrupted Sunday worship at Christ Church in St. Paul by blocking aisles and confronting congregants about ICE operations. The intrusion targeted Christians inside their sanctuary in a community increasingly dominated by activist enforcement politics. Disgraced former CNN reporter Don Lemon was embedded with the activists, providing coverage and amplifying the disruption rather than condemning it.

BREAKING: Social justice activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, in a Facebook post, accused the pastor of Cities Church of being an Acting Field Director for the ICE office and expressed gratitude to the activists who joined her in storming the church this morning. She wrote:

“Thank you to all the activists who showed up, as well as independent journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, DawokeFarmer2, and Brixton Hughes. Special thanks to Monique Cullars Doty, Chauntyll Allen, and Satara Strong-Allen for co-organizing this mission with Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro, and the Racial Justice Network.”

A brazen invasion of Christian worship

UPDATE 2/2/2026

January 19, 2026 – Catherine Austin Fitts: ‘We don’t have a financial problem – we have a bank robbery” … “The Uniparty criminals have stolen $55 trillion since 1998”

January 19, 2026 – What happens to your state when Democrats are given total power

A photo of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and New Jersey native Abigail Spanberger wearing a large plastic hood. (Credit: public domain)

Democrats now control the legislature and [“moderate”] Governor’s office in Virginia.

Here are just a few of the bills they’ve introduced

– New 4.3% sales tax on Uber Eats, Amazon, etc deliveries.
– New sales tax on admissions to a wide variety of businesses.
– Create two new higher tax brackets of 8% and 10% on people making over $600K.
– A new 10% tax bracket for anyone making over $1M.
– 3.8% investment tax on top of state income taxes.
– Raise the hotel tax.
– New personal property tax on landscaping equipment.
– Ban gas powered leaf blowers.
– Guarantee illegal aliens free education.
– Make it illegal to approach somebody at an abortion clinic.
– Extend the time absentee ballots can be received after election day to three days
– Allow people to cast their votes electronically through the internet.
– Expand ranked-choice voting.
– Extend the deadline for ballot curing to one week after election day.
– Redact the addresses of political candidates from FOIAs.
– Add Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact for presidential electors.
– Make it illegal to hand count ballots.
– $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors .
– “Assault weapons” and large capacity magazine ban.
– 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition.
– Prohibit outdoor shooting of a firearm on land less than 5 acres.
– Lower the criminal penalties for robbery.
– Ban the arrest of illegal aliens in courthouses.
– Remove mandatory minimum sentences.
– Allow localities to install speed cameras.
– Replace Columbus Day with “Indigenous Peoples Day.”

Oh hell yeah, this is the political version of getting sold a “certified pre-owned” car and then the engine falls out in the parking lot, “we just want to make your life more affordable” turns into a full-blown tax buffet, soft-on-crime carnival, election-rules Jenga tower, and regulatory micromanagement Olympics within about five minutes of taking power, and anyone pretending this isn’t bait-and-switch politics is either lying or clinically allergic to spreadsheets, new delivery taxes, higher brackets, investment taxes, hotel taxes, equipment taxes, gun taxes, while also loosening criminal penalties and playing musical chairs with election rules like it’s a Vegas magic act, that’s not affordability, that’s fiscal waterboarding wrapped in progressive branding, and the election stuff alone should make any serious adult sit up straight, online voting, delayed ballots, ranked-choice expansion, banning hand counts, extending curing windows, joining the popular vote compact, that’s a whole buffet of “trust us bro” mechanisms that magically always favor the same people who wrote the rules, then you stack on gun restrictions, energy nanny rules, speech buffer zones, and sanctuary nonsense and you’ve basically copy-pasted the same urban governance experiment that keeps blowing up everywhere else, the real insult isn’t even the policies, it’s the dishonesty, don’t campaign as moderate pragmatists then govern like activist interns hopped up on ideology and donor pressure, voters aren’t stupid, they’re tired of being treated like goldfish with three-second memory, and if this is day-one energy in Virginia, buckle up, because the receipts are already writing themselves and the political hangover is gonna hit hard.

January 19, 2026 – Harmeet Dhillon: DOJ to charge Don Lemon under the ‘KKK Act’ for inciting church raid (VIDEO)

Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, has announced that they plan to charge disgraced former CNN anchor Don Lemon under the Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era law enacted to combat terrorist activities by groups like the KKK.

The impending charges stem from Lemon’s involvement when a group of anti-ICE activists stormed a church in Minneapolis, disrupting a religious service and intimidating worshippers, on Sunday.

The Ku Klux Klan Act, formally known as the Enforcement Act of 1871, prohibits conspiracies to threaten, injure, or intimidate individuals to prevent them from exercising their constitutional rights, including the free exercise of religion.

According to reports, Lemon not only accompanied the protesters but had prior knowledge of their plans to target the church, which was hosting a service at the time.

Some have even alleged that he was the one who incited the protesters to target the church.

Before the incident, Lemon is seen in his team’s own footage discussing the “secret operation” with activists, confirming they had the church’s address, and even instructing his staff not to reveal the location.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/19/2026) (Archive)

January 19, 2026 – Schweizer: Radical left, islamists working together in ‘marriage of convenience’ to destroy United States

On Monday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart News senior contributor and author of The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon Peter Schweizer talked about Islamism and the left.

[P]eople that are in favor of trans rights and gay rights have aligned themselves with a radical movement that hates and wants to kill people that are engaged in that kind of behavior. And what they’ve basically decided is we’re going to work together to destroy the United States. We’ll split up the spoils later on. Although, I do quote in the book, Islamists as saying, look, this is just a marriage of convenience, once we win, we’re going to get rid of those guys, too.

Peter Schweizer’s The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon is published by HarperCollins and is available to purchase now.

(Breitbart, 1/19/2026)

January 20, 2026 – Richard Bigo Barnett: “I, along with many of my J6 brothers and sisters, was released from federal prison 1 year ago today”

I, along with many of my J6 brothers and sisters, was released from federal prison 1 year ago today. One month later I journeyed back to DC, back to our Capital hoping to find amongst other things a little peace within myself. January 6, 2021 was just one day. It took courage to show up, it took courage to stand. But to my once imprisoned J6 brothers and sisters I want to say the last 5 years was our real journey in courage as we took everything they threw at us for our love of country and survived. Wounded, struggling, healing? Of course. But still standing. Still in the fight. Still brave. Be proud. Love ya’ll. Bigo

January 20, 2026 – The only bill Keith Ellison sponsored and was signed into law was the Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014

What has been ignored and overlooked in the Somalian Minnesota fraud cases is the root and origin of the crimes that led to what we are seeing today.

It all began during the first Obama presidency, when a much larger fraud and corruption scandal emerged involving USAID and the State Department. Billions of dollars were knowingly poured into a lost cause, driven by domestic political considerations rather than measurable outcomes.

This essentially defrauded every taxpayer in America—not just in Minnesota, but on a national scale.

What benefit did Americans receive from dumping billions of dollars into Somalia and enriching the country for two decades?

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Former congressman Keith Ellison explains in his own words why Somalians are important in battleground states such as Ohio, Minnesota and Virginia in 2012

He explains thousands of Somalians were recently naturalized and would be crucial in gaining votes for Obama and other democrats

Attorney General Keith Ellison, for the past 16 years, has been the key to Somalian political “success” and integration into the Democrat political system.

This began with the election of the first Somalian elected to public office in the United States—Hussein Samatar to the Minneapolis School Board, District 3, in 2010, followed by Ellison putting his political machine behind Ilhan Omar’s campaign for the Minnesota state house and then vacating his congressional seat for state representative Ilhan Omar. It was Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison fingerprints on all these events

Understanding his historical connections with Somalians explains how fraud in Minnesota got out of hand and the inexplicable political rise of Somalians far less puzzling—and far more troubling

January 20, 2026 – Republicans caught Smurfing through WinRed

US Senator Susan Collins and her Treasurer Elizabeth T. McCandless caught Smurfing $4,428,495.00 into her campaign committee. This is criminal money laundering.

One of their victims is Antony Taquey of North Carolina. We are supposed to believe Taquey made 38,967 contributions totaling $608,342.

Of these, 253 went to Susan Collins, totaling $5,395. But hold on, the truth is Taquey did not make these contributions. He is 72 years old and is having his identity stolen by Collings and her Treasurer McCandless. That’s also elderly financial abuse.

Look at the chart of Taquey, on June 24, 2021 we are supposed to believe he made 468 contributions totaling $17,197. Each contribution is time/date stamped and assigned its own unique transaction code by the FEC.

Surprise: Taquey did not make 468 political contributions in one day. Nor the other ones shown in the chart – perhaps he made a handful and I’m talking a few dozen, maybe over the years a hundred but not 38,967 contributions.

And that number is low as we know the @FEC is hiding data, because we caught them. THAT is a felony crime.

Political Committee C00314575, COLLINS FOR SENATOR of Maine has accepted 55,884 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $4,428,495 from 5,576 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions

US Senator Lisa Murkowski and her Treasurer Meghan Munoz caught Smurfing $819,454 into her campaign committee. Smurfing is structured money laundering.

86 year old Lesley Stewart of Texas is a Smurf, meaning she is a victim of Murkowski and Munoz. They stole Stewart’s identity, i.e. her name, address, account at whatever platform – most likely @WinRed. It is also elderly financial abuse.

Side note: WinRed is a criminal organization – stay away from them, as is @Actblue. Many Republicans hate WinRed in particular due to the relentless harassing texts, phone calls.

Stewart’s contributions (not really hers) are shown in the chart below. On one particular day, April 15 2022 she made (she really didn’t) 3,728 contributions totaling $64,317. Yep, just normal human behavior – not. Its computer bots doing it as discovered by Chris Gleason @immutablechrist and Phil Allison @TheTVConsPiracy

The numbers are accurate, not a dump or error. Search or scroll down in my tweets for reports on more US Senators, a few Congressmen.

Stewart shows contributing $410,539 via 19,910 contributions. Of those 63 contributions for $125 went to Murkowski. See how Smurfing works?

Political Committee C00384529, LISA MURKOWSKI FOR US SENATE of Alaska has accepted 1,582 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $819,454 from 428 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 14.3% of the 11,066 available committee transactions and also being 8.4% of the $9,714,949 full committee transaction valuation.

Complaint sent in against @SenMcConnell to the FEC for Smurfing $15,840,454 into his campaigns. Double bonus surprise ending!!!!

Smurfing is criminal money laundering, it also involves McConnell stealing the identities of senior citizens. They are called Smurfs (victims).

Look at one of McConnell’s victims, a Ms. Taft out of Michigan. See image below next to crooked McConnell. Per the FEC she made close to 30,000 political donations (nope, she did not really make all those).

One day in particular, she made 468 donations totaling $17,197.00. Just normal human behavior….to make 468 political campaign donations in one day, then hundreds the next, and next, and next, and next (again nope, she didn’t really make all these).

Political Committee C00193342, MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEE has accepted 308,411 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $15,840,454 from 20,726 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 68.7% of the 449,013 available committee transactions and also being 34.7% of the $45,664,610 full committee transaction valuation.

1st surprise: Mitch McConnell’s campaign committee Treasurer, Lisa Lisker, is also @SpeakerJohnson’s campaign committee Treasurer. Lisker is named in both FEC complaints I filed against the committees of McConnell and Johnson.

I’m referring her, @MikeJohnson and McConnell for criminal prosecution. Some of the Smurfing money is coming from the US Treasury.

2nd surprise: @WinRed is named in the complaints also. They are big time Smurfing into RINO campaigns. Stealing elderly citizens’ identities also.

Complaint filed to @FEC on US Congressman Mike Johnson and his Treasurers, William Vanderbrook and Lisa Lisker, who have been caught Smurfing $5,808,595 into Johnson’s campaign committees.

Are you getting what is happening: money comes from the US Treasury, goes to let’s say a daycare center….then some of that ends up in politicians’ campaigns.

Or an NGO (there are about 1.5 million of them), or a federal grant, or a federal contract, or SNAP benefits, or medicaid payouts, or federal block grants to states, or money to Ukraine, or other foreign aid – are you finally picking up on what is really happening?

Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns. Both Republicans and Democrats are robbing us blind. This is exactly why you’re not seeing action, instead you’re seeing blocking.

See my tweets below for actions taken against US Senators @johnthune of South Dakota, @SenAmyKlobuchar of Minnesota, @SenatorWarnock of Georgia, @SenMarkKelly of Arizona, @SenatorSlotkin of Michigan and @SenBaldwinGSPP of Wisconsin, @LindseyGrahamSC of South Carolina.

I, @immutablechrist @TheTVConsPiracy and others have been tweeting it out for years. A cut of the US Treasury monies (your money) works it way into political campaigns – one way they do it is Smurfing. Which is structured money laundering, they are using computer bots to do it. Stealing the identities of senior citizens.

You can read more about it at our website http://electionwatch.info scroll down and you’ll find 4 articles about it. Smurfing is happening at the federal, state, county and even school board levels.

Under 52 U.S.C. §§ 30102(a) and 30104(a), the treasurer is the legally responsible officer for authorizing, receiving, recording, and reporting committee contributions, and is therefore properly named where violations involving false contributor identification or contributions in the name of another under 52 U.S.C. § 30122 are alleged.

Political Committee C00771246, JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND has accepted 2,772 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $2,214,635 from 682 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 27% of the 10,258 available committee transactions and also being 15.1% of the $14,640,757full committee transaction valuation.

Political Committee C00608695, MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA has accepted 206,429 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $3,593,960 from 6,186 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 87.8% of the 235,162 available committee transactions and also being 36.1% of the $9,963,678 full committee transaction valuation.

The $5.8 million is just the tip of the iceberg for Mike Johnson, he’s in deep with PACs where the real number I believe, at this point in time, is over $25 million. @FBIDirectorKash @FBI

A federal lawsuit was sent in yesterday pertaining to US Senator @LindseyGrahamSC
and his Treasurer Terry E. Sullivan. For Smurfing $11,090,385 into his campaign committee.

Smurfing is criminally laundering money into a political campaign.

See my tweets below for actions taken against US Senators @johnthune of South Dakota, @SenAmyKlobuchar of Minnesota, @SenatorWarnock of Georgia, @SenMarkKelly of Arizona, @SenatorSlotkin of Michigan and @SenBaldwinGSPP of Wisconsin.

Their campaigns will have to pay back the monies, if the campaigns are empty, federal statute says then the candidate personally has to pay it back.

Then there is the fully open and ongoing federal criminal investigation into Smurfing. 😎

Political Committee C00458828, TEAM GRAHAM INC has accepted 156,039 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $11,090,385 from 18,040 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 39.2% of the 397,972 available committee transactions and also being 17.2% of the $64,507,528 full committee transaction valuation.

Source of data: FEC database.

A special thanks again to Keith Schneider @smurfsearch for the countless hours he did programming our website – http://electionwatch.info

Here is the man who loves any war, so young men and women can be sent to be k*lled –

January 20, 2026 – Biden’s FBI paid anti-Trump, foreign-influenced ‘Sedition Hunters’ as informants in J6, Arctic Frost probes

The Biden-era FBI made more than $100,000 in payments to informants who were members of an anonymous group of tech sleuths known as the “Sedition Hunters” to gather and analyze video evidence in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and Arctic Frost probes despite the group’s significant anti-Trump fervor and known ties to foreigners, according to memos reviewed by Just the News.

The payments are due to be disclosed by FBI Director Kash Patel to Congress along with acknowledged concerns that the Christopher Wray-run bureau’s approval of certain members of the Sedition Hunters as confidential human sources may have violated bureau policies in the Domestic Investigation and Operations Guide (DIOG) concerning informant bias, informant secrecy, foreign influence, and contracting transparency, officials said.

Government officials said group members were first engaged in January 2021, just days after the Capitol riot, to assist making arrests in the January 6 case by identifying potential defendants using facial recognition software. The group members received at least $150,000 in payments for that work and other work related to the Arctic Frost probe into whether Trump supporters violated the law by promoting alternate electors to be considered for the certification of the 2020 election.

Biden-era FBI knew paid foreigners were using spyware to identify J6 arrestees

One of the earliest emails from the FBI’s Washington field office that oversaw that work showed the FBI was clearly aware the group had foreign connections and may actually be using software from overseas to identify American citizens for arrest, according to a copy of the email reviewed by Just the News.

The late January 2021 email from the FBI’s Washington field office stated that “we have a sedition hunter from the United Kingdom running facial recognition software” with the tipster telling the bureau that this UK-based so-called sedition hunter “just found this possible match” to an alleged January 6 suspect a few minutes prior, sharing the picture with the FBI.

FBI Director Kash Patel told Just the News on Tuesday night he is concerned that the paid informant relationship with Sedition Hunters members was inappropriate, and he was committed to working with Congress to develop rules to avoid such entanglements in the future.

“The American people deserve the truth about how the FBI was weaponized against them. Paying openly anti-Trump activists to identify Americans using questionable technology is a stunning abuse of bureau authorities and a clear violation of longstanding informant rules,” Patel said in a statement to Just the News. (Read more: JusttheNews, 1/20/2026)  (Archive)

January 20, 2026 – Townhall obtains footage that suggests judges can be bribed in Ohio’s immigration courts

Woman in Ohio Undercover Video Brags About $50K Bribes to Ohio Judges to Fast-Track Asylum for Migrants

– At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business.

– The undercover reporter is introduced to Golder by one of Golder’s friends, identified as Cindy Reis, who says Golder helps Mauritanian migrants get their papers.

– Golder explains her business model, taking a cut of migrants’ earnings: “I take one-third of what they make.” If they get $10,000, 1/3 is mine.”!Concerning as it suggests exploitation or a form of indentured labor tied to immigration help.

– Coaching on fabricating asylum claims: “You have to make the story… to meet the legal threshold.” Golder discusses tailoring narratives (e.g., persecution claims) to increase approval chances, which could involve fraud.

– she says she has access to judges, she goes out where they hang out and drink Golder brags about direct access to immigration judges who are willing to bend rules without fear

– Explicit bribery of Judges: “Okay, $50,000 I send everybody to you… 50,000 going split between people.” Golder describes approaching a judge, offering $50k (split among parties) to route cases for guaranteed approvals.

– they Discusses fast-tracking work permits, Social Security cards, and driver’s licenses after payoffs, implying rigged timelines.

These segments are the most alarming, as they directly allege felony-level activities like bribery (18 U.S.C. § 201), immigration fraud, and exploitation.

Source Article:

YouTube, 1/20/2026

January 20, 2026 – Comer moves forward with contempt vote as Clintons make new demands after snubbing congressional subpoena

Hillary was a no-show for her deposition on January 13, 2026 (Credit: @GOPoversight)

House Judiciary Chairman James Comer on Tuesday revealed that the Clintons made new, outrageous demands after snubbing congressional subpoenas.

(…) Clinton’s lawyers told Politico that the House Oversight subpoenas are not enforceable because they are “not related to a valid legislative purpose,” and are therefore “invalid and legally unenforceable.”

Comer said contempt proceedings will begin on Wednesday.

“Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only. No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons’ ridiculous offer,” Comer said on Tuesday.

“The Clintons’ latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment. The House Oversight Committee’s bipartisan subpoenas require the Clintons to appear for depositions that are under oath and transcribed. Former President Clinton has a documented history of parsing language to evade questions, responded falsely under oath, and was impeached and suspended from the practice of law as a result,” Comer said.

“The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein’s crimes. As part of our investigation, the House Oversight Committee has released transcripts of interviews with former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, which has provided much needed transparency to the public. Without a formal record, Americans would be left to rely on competing accounts of what was said,” Comer added.

“Former Secretary Clinton’s on-the-record testimony is necessary for the Committee’s investigation given her knowledge from her time as Secretary of State of the federal government’s work to counter international sex-tracking rings, her personal knowledge of Ms. Maxwell, and her family’s relationship with Mr. Epstein,” he added.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/20/2026) (Archive)

Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only. No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons’ ridiculous offer.

The Clintons’ latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment. The House Oversight Committee’s bipartisan subpoenas require the Clintons to appear for depositions that are under oath and transcribed. Former President Clinton has a documented history of parsing language to evade questions, responded falsely under oath, and was impeached and suspended from the practice of law as a result.

The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein’s crimes. As part of our investigation, the House Oversight Committee has released transcripts of interviews with former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, which has provided much needed transparency to the public. Without a formal record, Americans would be left to rely on competing accounts of what was said.

Former Secretary Clinton’s on-the-record testimony is necessary for the Committee’s investigation given her knowledge from her time as Secretary of State of the federal government’s work to counter international sex-tracking rings, her personal knowledge of Ms. Maxwell, and her family’s relationship with Mr. Epstein.

Contempt proceedings begin tomorrow.

January 21, 2026 – Rep. Luna: Epstein Files are now ready for release, Obama judge issues order that delays their release

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer delays the release of the Epstein Files, January 21, 2026 (Credit: public domain)

Everyone is frustrated because they want to see the Epstein files and I do too, but here are the facts:

As of today, the DOJ has completed a review of over 5 million documents, conducted by over 500 attorneys, and they are ready to be released NOW.

However, Obama appointed Judge Paul Engelmayer has ordered a SECOND review of those documents and is now requiring certification of those documents by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, while simultaneously blocking the appointment of a special counsel. This is causing MAJOR delays.

I will be bringing forward a bill to IMPEACH Judge Engelmayer for obstructing the release of the Epstein files and failure to appoint special counsel! Release the files!

January 21, 2026 – Textbook due-process collapse in Colorado v. Tina Peters: The state admits she was never charged with the felony, the jury was never instructed on the felony

This is textbook due-process collapse. In Colorado v. Tina Peters, the state admits she was never charged with the felony, the jury was never instructed on the felony, and the jury actually convicted her of a misdemeanor—yet prosecutors insist courts can still enter a felony conviction because the evidence might have supported it.

That’s not law. That’s convict-first, justify-later. The Colorado Court of Appeals is rightly horrified because this would erase charging requirements, jury instructions, and verdicts entirely. If the state can swap crimes after trial, jury trials are meaningless.

Whatever you think of Tina Peters, this principle matters to everyone. Due process means you’re convicted only of crimes charged and instructed, not crimes prosecutors wish they’d charged. When the state argues otherwise, it’s not enforcing law—it’s dismantling it.

Dan Rubinstein heads the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office tasked with prosecuting former Mesa County Clerk.

Tina Peters’ appeal remains pending in the Colorado Court of Appeals as of January 22, 2026. Oral arguments were heard on January 14, 2026, before a three-judge panel.

The judges appeared highly skeptical of Peters’ arguments for full reversal of her convictions (e.g., federal immunity under the Supremacy Clause, insufficient evidence, due process violations). However, they expressed serious concerns about her 9-year sentence, including a potential procedural error that may have improperly elevated one count from misdemeanor to felony (adding ~15 months) and whether the trial judge improperly considered her post-conviction election beliefs and statements, potentially violating First Amendment protections.

The panel questioned the prosecution closely on sentencing fairness for a non-violent first-time offender. If the appeal partially succeeds on sentencing issues, the case would likely be remanded to the original trial court in Mesa County’s 21st Judicial District for resentencing—most probably before the same judge, Matthew Barrett, who imposed the original sentence (though Peters’ attorney requested a different judge). No ruling has been issued yet; a written decision is expected in the coming months.

I am skeptical because all 3 judges were appointed by liberal ex-governor Hickenlooper.

January 21, 2026 – House Oversight Committee votes to charge Clintons with criminal contempt for defying congressional subpoenas

Former President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive prior to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Credit: Melina Mara/Getty Images)

Nine Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted with Republicans Wednesday to recommend holding former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify as part of the panel’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Three Democrats sided with Republicans in voting for a separate measure to recommend also holding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt.

Their votes underscore the continued pressure Democrats are under to remain consistent in their calls for transparency and accountability in the Epstein case — no matter the person or the party affiliation or the dire consequences.

The contempt reports now head to the House floor. Assuming the measures advance, the administration could choose to prosecute the former first couple, which could lead to potential jail time for one or both. (Read more: Politico, 1/21/2026) (Archive)

January 21, 2026 – Trump tells World Economic Forum the 2020 election was stolen and “people will soon be prosecuted for what they did”

Trump gave a phenomenal speech in Davos, championing Nationalism and national sovereignty and rebuking Europe’s globalist policies of unvetted mass migration.

“Certain places in Europe are not even recognizable, frankly, anymore. They’re not recognizable,” Trump said. “Many parts of our world are being destroyed before our very eyes, and the leaders don’t even understand what’s happening, and the ones that do understand aren’t doing anything about it.”

(…) Trump: The United States, is treated very unfairly by NATO, I want to tell you that. When you think about it, nobody can dispute it, we give so much, and we get so little in return. And I’ve been a critic of NATO for many years, and yet I’ve done more to help NATO than any other president, by far, than any other person. You wouldn’t have NATO if I didn’t get involved in my first term. The war with Ukraine is an example.

We are 1000s of miles away, separated by a giant ocean. It’s a war that should have never started, and it wouldn’t have started if the 2020 US presidential election weren’t rigged. It was a rigged election. Everybody now knows that. They found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did.

That’s probably breaking news, but it should be. It was a rigged election. Can’t have rigged elections. You need strong borders, strong elections, and ideally a good press. I always say it. Strong borders, strong elections, free, fair elections, and fair media. The media is terrible. It’s very crooked, it’s very biased, terrible. But someday it’ll straighten out, because it’s losing all credibility.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/21/2026)  (Archive)

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January 21, 2026 – Trump retruths the Democrat open borders plan to entrench single-party rule

January 22, 2026 – Convicted Minnesota fraudster alleges Walz, Ellison were aware of widespread fraud

Aimee Bock, the former executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future (Credit: public domain)

A Minnesota woman convicted in one of the state’s largest fraud schemes alleged in a jailhouse interview that Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of widespread fraud well before federal prosecutors stepped in.

Aimee Bock, the former head of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, spoke to Fox News from Sherburne County Jail in Minnesota, claiming state officials continued approving and paying claims even after concerns were raised about potential fraud.

Bock alleged the state approved program sponsors and was responsible for monitoring claims, but officials repeatedly failed to investigate or stop suspicious companies after she flagged them.

“I honestly believe Keith Ellison and Gov. Walz need to be held accountable. There needs to be an investigation done. If they weren’t aware, that’s concerning,” she told Fox News.

“I have to believe that the governor’s office and Keith Ellison’s office were aware of this. They’ve said they were involved in helping the FBI. They’ve said they were made aware, but apparently I’m scary, so they couldn’t do anything,” Bock added.

In response, a spokesperson for Ellison’s office said Bock lacked credibility, pointing out her federal prison sentence. “She is a liar, fraudster, and manipulator of the highest order who has never acknowledged or accepted her guilt. Now, she’s on a media tour to deflect her guilt onto others instead of finally taking responsibility for the fraud scheme she ran,” the spokesperson said.

“Federal and state investigators meticulously examined the crimes Bock and her accomplices committed,” the Ellison spokesperson continued. “Bock alone is responsible for her own actions, which was proven in court beyond a shadow of a doubt, and her claim about Attorney General Ellison is a lie without a shred of evidence behind it.”

Federal prosecutors have said the scheme involved more than $250 million in stolen taxpayer funds intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic, with sham restaurants set up to falsely claim reimbursements. (Read more: Fox News, 1/22/2026)  (Archive)

January 22, 2026 – HSI, FBI raid the ringleader of the Minnesota church attack and two of the accomplices

January 23, 2026 – Svetlana Lokhova and Lara Logan outline the decade-long treasonous conspiracy against President Trump

Can my followers and supporters please help to share this as I am being heavily censored!

Only 6,000 people saw this on and I have over 130,000 followers!!!

It’s my BIG interview with Lara @laralogan outlining the decade-long, ongoing Treasonous Conspiracy against President Trump and the American people.

We lay out all the evidence: documents, times, dates.

Goes all the way up to Obama!

Involves John Brennan, Susan Rice, Jim Comey, Jim Clapper, Christopher Wray, Gina Haspel, Norm Eisen, Pete Strzok and Lisa Page, Andy McCabe, et al

January 22, 2026 – Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield now says the COVID jab should not have been called a vaccine

January 22, 2026 – Highlights of Jack Smith’s House Judiciary Committee hearing

“‘Why a second oath after 11 months?’: Gooden, Jordan expose stunning details at Jack Smith hearing” captures part of the questioning on his swearing-in/oath process.

Rep. Darrell Issa questions Jack Smith about his weaponization of government against Republican lawmakers, forcing him to admit that he withheld the targets of his Arctic Frost investigation from a Judge when obtaining subpoenas for lawmakers’ phone records.

Former Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone interrupted Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) with a loud cough followed by an audible “Fk yourself” (or “Go fk yourself”), while Nehls was speaking and placing blame for January 6 events on Capitol Police leadership rather than former President Trump.

Earlier this month:

January 23, 2026 – Minneapolis – 400 Medicaid businesses in one building generated almost $380 million in billing to CMS

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Director  and Deputy Director for Health and Human Services, Jim O’Neill, just released a stunning video from Minnesota. They discuss a former linen factory that was transformed into 400 Medicaid businesses that generated almost $380 million in billing to CMS.

It doesn’t make sense. One industrial building housing almost 400 individual Medicaid businesses that cost taxpayers $380 million in payments for services that are now under investigation. It is almost guaranteed this complex houses fraudulent fake businesses. Director Oz dropped the video on his X account.

“Why did no one in the state figure out this was a concern? Perplexingly to me, in a place of this nature, an industrial complex that people would not come to for child care or autism care or transportation support, how is it possible this could come up like an abscess in the heart of Minneapolis and nobody was watching?!”

“They generated about $380 million of billing that you, the taxpayer, were putting up. That means roughly each business had a million dollars of billing.” … “It’s an industrial area. There’s no reason that you have a mother bring her child.”

“You can’t imagine getting extra business support. An autistic child probably wouldn’t want to come here. You hear the noise. It’s just not a hospitable place.”

“The question is, how is it possible 400 businesses billing almost $400 million were able to thrive here?!”

“I think it’s because they weren’t looking. They didn’t want to know that this problem was happening here.”

“We’re here to figure out why these folks are being defrauded. Why the people who live in Minnesota aren’t getting access to the care they deserve because it’s been stolen.”

(Conservative Treehouse, 1/23/2026) (Archive)

January 24, 2026 – Kash Patel fires senior agents and directors at the FBI

FBI Director Kash Patel fired senior agents and directors at the bureau this week with connections to the junk lawfare investigations of President Trump.

Tthe special agent in charge in Atlanta has been removed, as has the acting assistant director in charge of the New York field office, two people familiar with the matter said. A former special agent in charge in New Orleans who had recently moved on to another job was also ousted.

Six agents from the Miami office were forced out over the unprecedented raid at Mar-a-Lago.
Agents involved in Arctic Frost – the intel community’s spying on GOP Senators and Representatives were also relieved from duties.

(Gateway Pundit, 1/24/2026)  (Archive) 

January 24, 2026 – Minneapolis Signal Chat groups whose intent is to track federal agents and impede/assault/and obstruct, has been infiltrated

I have been undercover inside the groups for days.

You’ll notice emojis next to people’s names. Here’s a key for what those emojis mean.

The highlighted positions are the most crucial. Most are self explanatory. Mobile patrols spend their entire “shift” searching for suspicious vehicles.

When they find one they send it to the group so that “plate checkers” can compare with their database and see if it’s a known federal vehicle or if the patrol can make the confirmation so that the database can be updated.

Dispatch runs a maxed out call all day telling protestors where ICE has been spotted and how they can be best impeded.

(All relevant links/evidence will be on the last several posts of this 🧵)

Thanks to the great work undercover work of @camhigby, he revealed today that one of the leaders in organizing these violent anti-ICE riots is a woman named Amanda Koehler.

🟩 (Screenshot #1) We found this write up on Amanda Koehler’s LinkedIn. As you can see, she references an ICE Watch organization called, “Monarca”

🟩 (Screenshot #2) This is from the Minnesota government website, “Office of Ombudsperson for Families”. Notice that they listed:

❗️ Monarca as a resource.

❗️ S.A.L.U.T.E. as a strategy, a tactic in which ICE Watch networks train rioters. (See post below for further explanation by @LeighWolf and @pepesgrandma)

We literally have the Minnesota government and Tim Walz’s administration partnering with domestic terrorist ICE Watch networks to impede ICE from deporting violent illegal aliens.

This is straight up treason and Governor Walz needs to be arrested.

January 24, 2026 – Leftist activist Alex Pretti tangles with ICE while carrying a loaded gun and is shot dead

At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here.

The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming.

Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.

About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement.

This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.

NEW: Attorney and self-defense expert Andrew Branca says the shooting of Alex Pretti was justified, lays out reasons why.

– “The moment he makes contact with that officer, he’s just committed a federal felony good for eight years in a federal penitentiary.”

– “That’s why they were seeking to make his arrest because they saw him commit a forcible felony against a fellow officer.”

– “Then he’s noncompliant with arrest. He’s fighting them. Then they discover he has a gun…”

– “They take that gun. There are cries of ‘gun, gun, gun.’ The officers called to each other. He’s still noncompliant. They hear a gunshot go off. And Alex Pretty’s right hand comes from his waistline with a black object in his hand.”

– “That combination of facts is going to get you shot 999 times out of a thousand by law enforcement, and justifiably so.”

“They’re making all these perceptions, all these decisions in a violent, chaotic melee caused by Alex Pretti.”

“They have to make all these decisions in a split second because that’s how quickly someone can use a weapon against you, and those decisions.”

“They don’t have to be correct. The law of self-defense does not require us to make perfect decisions…”

Video: @lizcollin

January 25, 2026 – Antifa organizations in multiple states have gone to full mobilization status and are heading to Minneapolis

More food for thought:

Professional organizers in the 1970s trained me as a teenager to do the stupid protest stuff like vandalism, destroying property, and creating provocations to get stomped and clubbed by National Guardsmen for the news cameras to turn people against the authorities.

We thought it was a fun adventure and enjoyed being part of an edgy “struggle” in what we had been led to believe was a righteous cause. In my case, it was anti-nuclear activism.

Those who knew what they were doing never put themselves in danger.

They trained and set up the rest of us as dupes to face the consequences. That was about 80 percent of us.

They used us to create outrage imagery, and to use our shouts and chants to intimidate political figures and the public. They used us to provoke situations that would turn the public against the police and National Guard.

We were just all-American high school kids. Harmless. Idealistic. Innocent-looking.

It was all engineered anger. PSYOP against the public and against ourselves.

When I realized that the cause wasn’t about the cause, but was about a Communist revolution against our country, I broke ranks and spent the rest of my life fighting them.

I was 16 years old at the time. Luckily I hadn’t gotten involved in any destruction or violence, but had learned enough to infiltrate and disrupt the movement until I was well into my twenties.

From that experience, I went on to infiltrate Communist guerrilla front groups, and Soviet international front organizations like the World Peace Council and disrupted their multimillion-dollar operations. This time, for Uncle Sam.

Used the enemy’s tactics against them.

Most of the rest just chose to remain dupes. That was almost 50 years ago.

The Minneapolis insurgency is nothing new. It has been evolving for decades, refined to an art form.

What about the 20 percent who were not dupes? They knew exactly what they were doing. Back then, they had supported Fidel Castro, the Weather Underground, and our Vietcong and North Vietnam Communist enemies.

Many of them are still around. Some remain sharp and militant. Others are the geriatrics you see with their “No Kings” signs, hauling out their grandchildren – or other people’s grandchildren – to train them as the fourth or fifth generation of militants. Many are still dupes.

January 26, 2026 – Tim Walz reaches out to Trump, agrees to have police work with ICE to remove criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota; Frey is not as cooperative

January 26, 2026

Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength. I told Governor Walz that I would have Tom Homan call him, and that what we are looking for are any and all Criminals that they have in their possession. The Governor, very respectfully, understood that, and I will be speaking to him in the near future. He was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I! We have had such tremendous SUCCESS in Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually every other place that we have “touched” and, even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me. Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets. Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at “Congresswoman” Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

January 27, 2026

January 28, 2026

January 26, 2026 – Tim Walz is emboldened by what amounts to organized crime with badges and budgets

Cam Higby’s infiltration of these groups blew the lid off. In Minneapolis, Signal chats are buzzing with anti-ICE operatives, and local police are complicit, cooperative even with real-time access to national databases for tracing license plates, courtesy of law enforcement insiders. Shift changes are being leaked from within departments.

As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly.

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t “protest.” It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.

Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.

I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.

Not because I want escalation. But because history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just “activism” until the structures harden and spread.

Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore.
It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil.

January 27, 2026 – Cam Higby finds Minnesota AG Keith Ellison is linked to Signalgate

ATTORNEY GENERAL LINK TO SIGNAL GATE:

In their legal help signal channel, was instructions to report federal agents to Minnesota Attorney General Kieth Ellison.

The link led directly a page designed by Ellison’s office for reporting Feds. Ellison has been seen outside of the Whipple federal building ENGAGING IN PROTESTS with the insurrectionists who just a few nights prior tried to kill me, and attempted to bring the fence down.

How involved is Kieth Ellison??

January 28, 2026 – FBI searches ‘Ground Zero’ Fulton County election office in 2020 voter fraud probe

The FBI arrives at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center with a subpoena. (Credit: video clipping)

The FBI has raided a Fulton County, Georgia election hub that was ‘ground zero’ for voter fraud concerns in the 2020 election, Fox News reports.

Agents could be seen entering the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, a new facility which opened in 2023 – and was designed to streamline their election process (we’re sure!).

According to the report, it was not immediately clear what the FBI agents were investigating, just that it’s related to the 2020 US election.

In December, news broke that tabulation tapes in Fulton County were not signed, affecting 315,000 votes. After Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tried to reassure voters that “Georgia has the most secure elections in the country,” Republicans questioned him…

“If only Georgia had an official responsible for preventing clerical errors that undermine election integrity. Is there anyone in Georgia who has that job, Brad?”said Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is running for governor.

US Rep. Mike Collins, who is running for Senate, said he was “tired of empty words from weak leaders,” adding “Turns out over 300,000 early votes in the 2020 election were illegally certified but still included in the final results.” (Read more: Zero Hedge, 1/28/2026)  (Archive)

Statement from Julie Adams:

“The DOJ wrote to Fulton County in August of last year, asking for the ballots. DOJ wrote another letter in October asking again for the 2020 ballots and other records. Two weeks ago, the FBI delivered a third letter. But the majority of the Fulton County Board of Elections literally denied these requests. The Georgia State Election Board has been trying for 4 years to get the records. Including issuing a subpoena for the ballots and other records. And ALL of those efforts have failed. Until today.

I applaud Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel for finally searching for and retrieving the records from the 2020 election that the U.S. Attorney General under federal law is entitled to receive and review.

It is my hope that the FBI is in the process of getting every box of 2020 election materials in that warehouse to be able to piece together, once and for all, the truth about 2020. I am dedicated to making sure to the best of my ability that elections in Fulton County are accurate.

Let’s hope this starts a new chapter in Fulton County for transparency and accountability.”

Julie Adams
Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections
Republican Party Appointee

Amazing!

All physical ballots from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County

All tabulator tapes for every voting machine used in Fulton County; including, but not limited to; ZERO TAPES, opening tapes, closing tapes and any other tabulator tape printed from a voting machine utilized during the 2020 General Election in Fulton County

All ballot images produced during the original ballot count beginning on November 3, 2020, THE RECOUNT, and any other ballot images

All voter rolls from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County from absentee, early voting, in person, and any other voter roll that indicates voters: to whom an absentee ballot was issued, from whom an absentee ballot was received, or who participated in advanced voting or election day voting

NEW: FBI executes search warrant on Fulton County Election Center, seizing contentious 2020 election ballots

For six years, the public has still not been allowed to inspect 145,000 ballots that six sworn affidavits say were counterfeit.

A judge ordered these ballots inspected years ago. Fulton County refused.

Excerpts from witness affidavits include:

Susan Voyles, 20-year election official:
“Pristine” ballots “difference in the texture of the paper” with “a different feel” and “no markings” and approximately “98% for Joe Biden.”

Georgia Democrat observer:
“Hundreds of ballots with no folds or creases. Perfect black bubbles. All for Biden.”

Another Georgia Democrat:
“All had perfect black bubbles and were all Biden. I heard ‘Biden’ over 500 times in a row.”

@VoterGa has been fighting in court for six years just to inspect these ballots.

Why was Fulton County so determined to keep them hidden?

BREAKING!🚨Fulton County Chairman Rob Pitts at election warehouse says the 2020 ballots are no longer safe and secure because they are out of Fulton County’s control.

“…they have been removed from this facility, out of our control. We don’t know where they’re being taken, we don’t know what’s going to happen to them…”

Despite Chairman Pitt’s giving Fulton County an A+ rating for their handling of the 2020 election, Fulton County hired one of Georgias top ten criminal defense lawyers after a judge unsealed the ballots.

One would think if Fulton County meticulously ran a flawless election, than a transparent audit would simply reflect that, and no criminal defense lawyers would be needed.

President Trump’s legal team exposing the 2020 Election Fraud at the Georgia State Farm Arena pulling suitcases full of alleged fraudulent ballots from under tables after the election center was shut down, running the same stacks of ballots over, and over, and over, all throughout the night until Biden was ahead, stealing the election from President Trump.

This is exactly why the FBI raided the election center today in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia. This is only the beginning. Prosecutions are coming.

Hi there. Former Intel guy who is also a former law enforcement guy here.

If Gabbard is on scene, it means that the FBI has found a foreign/counterintelligence nexus to the investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia; otherwise they’d be reporting to Bondi and DOJ.

Gabbard was very likely able to discern the relevant gist from the documents recovered because she already knew what they contained before she ever arrived.

Let me explain a bit further.

To get a search warrant, a Federal Magistrate—one with no ties to Trump, and in fact a resume filled with Legal Aid and Public Defense—found probable cause that evidence of a crime existed in the narrow scope of what was being requested via search warrant. Considering how not-narrow of scope that warrant actually turned out to be, and Gabbard’s involvement, we can deduce several things.

First, that there is already a substantial case that some serious crime occurred and that this is not anywhere near the first evidence they’ve collected. Getting such a warrant from such a Magistrate would be essentially impossible otherwise; we can’t even get a similarly situated Magistrate to provide the pro forma signature on a Complaint related to Don Lemon committing several felonies on public video, with numerous admissions and confessions. Let’s not pretend here.

Second, that the foreign nexus has probably already been getting plugged away at with the foreign-oriented intelligence apparatus for some time. It is probable, I’d hazard a guess, that a FISA warrant or two have been employed.

Gabbard already knew exactly what they were looking for and she wanted to be on scene for its recovery.

TL;DR — Somebody, somewhere, someday soon is completely f*cked.

I’ll save conjecture for a follow-on post.

January 28, 2026 – Tulsi Gabbard is at the FBI raid in Fulton County because it is a national security investigation

Tulsi Gabbard in Fulton County, Georgia on January 28, 2026 (Credit: public domain)

DNI Tulsi Gabbard takes leading role on 2020 election fraud investigation

January 28, 2026 – FBI Atlanta Chief Paul Brown warns Fulton County elections officials about a coming raid

January 28, 2026 – Senator Tuberville: “We probably have a dozen or so people up here in the House and the Senate that were elected illegally”

Republican Senator Reveals Over A DOZEN US Senators Illegally STOLE Their Seats Through Fraud, ‘Billions and Billions’:

SEN. TUBERVILLE: “We probably have a dozen or so people up here in the House and the Senate that were elected illegally. They shouldn’t be here because things were crooked in the elections.”

“I’ll go back to the money that is being stolen. The Democrats had the majority, House, Senate, and White House, and they did this first. CARES Act, you know, ‘We need money for COVID,’ $2 trillion. What’d they do with that money? They sent it to all the blue states to pay off their debts because they had stolen so much money they could not function, and we’re talking about 30, 40 billion for California, 30, 40 billion for New York. Same thing for Chicago.”

January 28, 2026 – Peter Schweizer: Mexico operates 53 consulates in the United States that work with Dem activists to defeat Trump and stop ICE deportations

Mexico operates 53 consulates in the United States. Britain has 6. China has 7.

What are they doing? Meeting with Democratic activists to defeat Trump. Running “Migrant TV” calling ICE “brownshirts.” Organizing violent anti-ICE protests.

Mexican senators live in America and represent illegals in Mexico’s parliament. This is warfare.

January 29, 2026 – Former FBI and Crossfire Hurricane case agent Joseph Pientka is now a congressional staffer and senior adviser to Eric Swalwell

January 29, 2026 – Tulsi Gabbard releases documents that further proves it was Obama who led the Russiagate conspiracy and coup against Donald Trump

Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, released a bombshell report with new and damning information on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon she shared with White House reporters at the daily briefing. The documents reveal it was Barack Obama and the FBI and CIA leadership at the time to sabotage President Trump before he even stepped into office. Obama did this knowing the entire story was manufactured and not a word of it was true.

Gabbard released one House Intelligence Report that had been locked up in a CIA vault for almost a decade! It now is clear that Obama doctored the information to make it look like Putin and his buddy Donald Trump stole the election.

There were four key elements in the reports about the fake Russian collusion that formed the basis of the Russia hoax.
Jesse Watters reported:
1.) That Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to to win in 2016.
2.) That Putin took action to help Donald Trump win in 2016.
3.) Russia had blackmail evidence against Trump – the Steele dossier.
4.) Russia tried to collude with the Trump campaign.

This was all a lie and they knew it.

There was no reliable information to back up any of their allegations.

During her press conference with White House reporters, DNI Tulsi Gabbard said she has already turned this information on Obama over to the Department of Justice.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 1/29/2026) (Archive)

January 29, 2026 – Seattle mayor pushes her police force to track ICE agents’ enforcement activities

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson (Credit: Katie Wilson for Seattle)

Seattle’s progressive Mayor Katie Wilson announced a series of moves Thursday that ban federal agents from using city property to conduct immigration enforcement operations and requiring the police department to investigate, verify, and document reports of enforcement activities, citing the “unpredictable, chaotic, and violent behavior” of the federal government.

In a news release, Wilson, who was sworn in as mayor earlier this month, said she will sign an executive order prohibiting federal immigration authorities from using city-owned and city-controlled property for immigration enforcement activities.

“Whoever you are, and wherever you come from: if Seattle is your home, then this is your city,” said Wilson said in a news release announcing the move. “And it’s our responsibility as city leaders to move quickly and get organized so we can keep people safe.”

(…) Officers dispatched to reports of ICE activity will document the activity with in-car and body-worn video, as well as validate the status of federal law enforcement agents through official identification and securing scenes of potentially unlawful acts to gather evidence for prosecutors.

“I understand the concern and anxiety in the community, and I want to make sure everyone knows that the police are here to keep you safe, regardless of your immigration status,” said Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. “The City of Seattle is a welcoming city, and my officers will continue to abide by all laws and regulations that prohibit our participation in immigration enforcement.”

Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, the union that represents rank-and-file officers, shot down the idea of having officers pulled into the fight between local jurisdictions and the federal government.

(Read more: Fox News, 1/31/2026)  (Archive)

January 30, 2026 – Svetlana Lokhova: Senator Mark Warner must face a criminal investigation for his central role in the Russia collusion hoax

Why Senator Mark Warner Must Face a Full Criminal Investigation for His Central Role in the Russia Collusion Hoax, as part of the Grand Conspiracy to Subvert an American Election and Presidency

The American people were sold one of the greatest political lies in history: that Donald Trump was a Russian asset, secretly elected with Putin’s help, and that patriotic Americans who questioned this fairy tale were “conspiracy theorists.”

The Steele Dossier, a Clinton-campaign-funded compilation of lies, was the poisonous seed. The FBI used it to spy on a presidential campaign. The media used it to terrorize the country for years. And sitting at the very center of Congress’s “bipartisan” Russia investigation was Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), the man who did more than almost anyone to keep this hoax alive long after it had been exposed as garbage.

Declassified documents, leaked text messages, whistleblower testimony, and the Durham investigation prove he was an active participant in a coordinated effort to weaponize the intelligence community, foreign intelligence assets, opposition researchers, and billionaire donors against a sitting president.

This is the real conspiracy, not the imaginary kind Warner spent years chasing .

Here are the facts that demand Warner be hauled before a grand jury, placed under oath, and investigated for abuse of power, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and possible violations of the Logan Act, Espionage Act, and campaign finance laws.

1. Warner Ran a Secret Back-Channel to Christopher Steele Through a Russian Oligarch’s Lobbyist, While Publicly Screaming About “Russian Influence”
In February 2018, Fox News published explosive text messages between Mark Warner and lobbyist Adam Waldman. Waldman represented Oleg Deripaska – yes, the same sanctioned Russian oligarch at the center of so much of the “Russia collusion” nonsense.

What do the texts show?

-Warner desperately wanted a secret call with Christopher Steele, the discredited former MI6 officer who promoted the dossier.

-Warner explicitly told Waldman he did not want Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) to know about it.

-Warner instructed Waldman to set up the call with “no paper trail.”

-When Steele got cold feet, Warner pushed harder: “Important… this all stays strictly between us.”

Let that sink in. The ranking Democrat on the committee investigating Russian interference was secretly negotiating with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch to get off-the-record access to the author of the central piece of evidence in that investigation – and he wanted zero official record of it.

This is the same Mark Warner who spent years on television warning about “Russian disinformation” and the danger of back-channel contacts with Russians.

Yet here he was, running his own back-channel through Deripaska’s paid representative to the single most compromised source in the entire scandal.

Why the secrecy? Because Warner knew the dossier was collapsing. Steele had already been terminated by the FBI as a source for lying. His “primary sub-source”, Igor Danchenko, was later indicted for lying to the FBI. Warner didn’t want official scrutiny – he wanted to keep the narrative alive behind closed doors.

2. Warner Coordinated with Dan Jones, The Man Who Took Over Funding Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele and Kept the Hoax Machine Running After the Election

After Trump won, the Clinton campaign and the DNC stopped paying Fusion GPS and Steele. Enter Daniel Jones, former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer for Dianne Feinstein and close Warner ally.

Jones admitted under oath that he raised approximately $50 million , much of it from Silicon Valley billionaires (Reid Hoffman) and George Soros-linked groups, to continue the “research” into Trump-Russia ties through his organizations: the Penn Quarter Group and The Democracy Integrity Project (TDIP).

What did Jones do with the money?
– Paid Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele to keep digging.
-Fed opposition research directly to the FBI, the State Department, and, crucially, to the Senate Intelligence Committee that Mark Warner was now helping lead.

-Ran a media influence operation that planted hundreds of collusion stories in major outlets.

Jones was in constant contact with Warner’s circle. Declassified materials and reporting show Warner’s team relied on Jones/Fusion material while pretending their investigation was pristine and independent. The final SSCI Russia report, released under Warner’s vice-chairmanship and later chairmanship, still cited dossier-sourced claims that had already been debunked.

This was not oversight. This was outsourcing a partisan smear operation to private actors and then laundering their “findings” through an official Senate committee to give them legitimacy.

3. Warner Oversaw a Committee That Leaked Like a Sieve and Protected the Hoax Architects
Under Warner’s watch, classified information from the Senate Intelligence Committee flowed to friendly reporters. Security director James Wolfe was caught leaking the Carter Page FISA application to his girlfriend Ali Watkins and others. Wolfe got a slap on the wrist, two months in prison, after the DOJ mysteriously dropped 18 U.S.C. § 641 charges that could have sent him away for years.

Who benefited from the leaks? The same media outlets pushing the collusion narrative Warner wanted alive.
When the Wolfe scandal broke, Warner’s response was not outrage at the breach, it was to attack reporters who exposed it.

4. Warner Repeatedly Lied to the Public and Pushed for Investigations He Knew Were Based on Garbage
Warner went on television countless times claiming the Senate Intelligence Committee had seen “incredible evidence” of coordination between Trump and Russia.

Yet when the Mueller Report found no such thing, Warner quietly pivoted to “counterintelligence concerns,” never admitting the central role the discredited dossier played in launching the entire probe.
He pushed for the Mueller special counsel within days of Comey’s firing , before the dossier’s problems were fully exposed.

He defended the FBI’s handling of the FISA warrants on Carter Page even after Inspector General Horowitz found 17 major errors and omissions.

This Was a Conspiracy , and Warner Was Near the Center

January 30, 2026 – Alert/Tracker app “StopICE” hackers reveal names, logins, passwords, locations and phone numbers of 100K+users to FBI, ICE, HSI and more

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: Head of the World Economic Forum resigns

Borge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum, delivers closing remarks at the WEF Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2026. (Credit: Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, the convenor of the infamous annual Davos globalism conference, has resigned after Epstein email releases revealed his links to the disgraced financier.

Former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Børge Brende announced his resignation from the top pro-globalisation group on Thursday, stating that after “careful consideration” he had concluded his remaining at the top was proving a distraction for the work of the group.

The WEF’s latest Davos conference took place in January. Long one of the world’s most prominent forums for political, business, and financial leaders but associated as much with the prevalence of prostitution and private jets as with deal-making, the meeting was rocked this year by the arrival of U.S. President Trump, who parked his metaphorical tanks on the globalist lawn with a speech focusing on tariffs.

France’s Le Figaro notes attention honed in on erstwhile WEF boss Brende after the U.S. Department of Justice published the Epstein emails a month ago, which showed the Norwegian diplomat had met with Epstein three times and exchanged several messages with him between 2018 and 2019.

While Brende defended himself as not knowing about Epstein’s past and stating the meetings were purely business-related, they took place after the disgraced financier had served a prison term for child sex offences and had frequently been in the headlines as he faced allegations over further abuses against young women.

Their final meeting was only months before Epstein’s death in an American prison.

Far from being remote business contacts, the messages revealed in the emails suggested a closer relationship. The Financial Times notes Brende wrote to Epstein: “thx for a very interesting dinner … You’re a brilliant host. Warmly, Borge,” and said “Missing you Sir. Borge.”

Alleged messages said to have been unveiled in the email archive show Brende and Epstein discussing the Middle East and planning

Brende said today: “After careful consideration, I have decided to step down as President and CEO of the World Economic Forum. My time here, spanning 8½ years, has been profoundly rewarding. We have seen a record number of partners join us, and we have had a very successful Annual Meeting in Davos behind us, where we engaged with governmental leaders from all over the world like never before. I am grateful for the incredible collaboration with my colleagues, partners, and constituents, and I believe now is the right moment for the Forum to continue its important work without distractions.” (Read more: Breitbart News, 2/26/2026)  (Archive)

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: SDNY discuss allegation former prince Andrew bought slave from Maxwell, engaged in ‘sex and torture’ and was ‘an accessory to her death’

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: Maria Farmer was the first victim to come forward in 1996 and was ignored; eventually drew paintings with clues of her experiences

(The Hildebeast was portrayed in the above painting)

The Hildebeast (Credit: Maria Farmer)

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: New video log reveals an orange shape near Epstein cell; noose found near body is not cause of death

This image from the video — zoomed in and highlighted by CBS News – shows a partial view of something orange on the stairs leading to Jeffrey Epstein’s cell tier.
(Credit: U.S. Bureau of Prisons)

Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019.

That entry in an observation log of the video from the Metropolitan Correctional Center appears to suggest something previously unreported by authorities: “A flash of orange looks to be going up the L Tier stairs — could possibly be an inmate escorted up to that Tier.”

It also appears, according to an FBI memorandum, that reviews by investigators led to disparate conclusions by the FBI and those examining the same video from the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General.

The FBI log describes the fuzzy image as “possibly an inmate.”

(…) The new records raise more questions about activity near Epstein’s tier late that evening. Official reviews of Epstein’s death make no mention of the figure in orange, and later pronouncements from authorities including the attorney general at the time, Bill Barr, were  that no one entered Epstein’s housing tier the night of his death. Last summer in an interview on “Fox & Friends,” then-deputy FBI director Dan Bongino said, “There’s video clear as day, he’s the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.”

Prison employees interviewed by CBS News said escorting an inmate at that hour would have been highly unusual. The identification of the individual could have been crucial to reconstructing the events, given that the sighting occurred within the estimated window of Epstein’s possible time of death.

The staircase leading to his cell tier was captured by the only camera known to have been recording that night, positioned in a way that partially obscured the approach to Epstein’s tier. Government investigators relied heavily on that footage in reconstructing the timeline of events. But because of the camera angle, it was not possible to rule out whether someone could have climbed the stairs and entered the tier without being clearly visible. CBS News’ analysis of that video found additional contradictions between what the video showed and official statements.

(Read more: CBS News, 2/6/2026)  (Archive)

January 30, 2026 – Highlights of the latest DOJ release of 3.5 million Epstein documents

The Justice Department released 3.5 million pages of investigative material on deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Friday, the biggest single tranche of records dealing with the late pedophile.

The files also include at least 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, not all of which were taken by Epstein, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, as well as search warrants, previously sealed court documents, flight logs and new emails.

The records include search warrants for the disgraced financier’s Upper East Side mansion, executed on July 6, 2019, and private estate in the US Virgin Islands, searched on Aug. 12 of that same year — two days after Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail in what was later ruled a suicide.

Deputy AG Todd Blanche says DOJ releasing 3.5 million Epstein files

THIS IS HUGE.

The individual who anonymously posted on 4Chan the morning of Epstein’s death, August 10, 2019 claiming he witnessed weird happenings at the prison before Epstein’s death has been identified in the Epstein files.

Roberto Grijalva, an officer at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York has been identified as the anonymous prison employee who posted on 4Chan claiming Epstein left his cell Friday evening shackled in a medical wheelchair while at the same time an unauthorized trip van arrived at the prison, which he believes took Epstein away the night BEFORE news broke of his death.

The day after Epstein’s death, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman of the SDNY opened a Grand Jury proceeding and subpoenaed 4Chan, Apple, AT&T and Citibank for records aiming to uncover Grijalva’s identity following the anonymous 4Chan post.

Grijalva’s name is not redacted on his bank records included in the SDNY subpoena response from Citibank for his 4Chan post, and ties to the same Prison Officer Roberto Grijalva whose statements were released as part of the prison’s investigation into Epstein’s death.

This is HUGE. We now have validation the 4Chan post from 8/10/2019 is a legitimate eyewitness account from an MCC prison officer that Epstein may have been switched out before news broke of his alleged suicide.

Statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s death emerges from files… but it’s dated a day before he killed himself

Bill Gates slept with Russian girls, got a sexually-transmitted disease and asked for antibiotics to slip to his then-wife Melinda, extraordinary new Jeffrey Epstein files from the Department of Justice allege. https://t.co/L40Izi94eD

Bill Gates Panics Over Latest Epstein Files: ‘Completely False’

Norwegian Crown Princess Under Fire for Being Featured in Hundreds of New Epstein Files, While Her Son Is on Trial Accused of Raping Four Women

The Epstein-Rothschild Connections

The attached email is the most shocking email I’ve seen yet in the Epstein release and I haven’t seen anyone talking about it.

“We’ve had another serious incident since an American shot the trial judge in our child sex trafficking case here.”

I’m sorry, WTF? An American was in Mexico and shot a trial judge overseeing a child sex trafficking case? Yes.

It goes on “He and I both think this latest incident is tied to the fact we have reached out to your team. Who on your team knows we are talking to you, anyone assigned from NSA, CIA or US State Department? Please understand peoples lives here are in jeopardy.”

The guy writing the email is accusing the DOJ of having someone from the NSA, CIA or State on his team AND suggesting their knowledge of prosecuting a sex trafficker would generate a hit on the judge assigned to the case.

It gets better (worse)…

That wasn’t the first violent attempt to stop the prosecution of a sex trafficker. “We have had 4 armed attacks against us, my partner has shot and killed 2 and wounded 5 American agents to date, numerous white American agents following us in vans assigned to US Embassy. Jorge was attacked and lost his arm.”

Holy crap!!! In 2019, US Embassy (likely CIA) vans were stalking our own guys assisting in MX to prosecute sex trafficking.

“The President of Mexico is keenly aware of our case against Marcinko and other US Officials. This case we have here is most certainly connected to yours, we have the proof. Our case will help bring a whole new dynamic to what you know and who is involved, Prince Phillip is small fry compared to what we have uncovered.”

Richard Marcinko is late founder of SEAL Team Six (who died in 2021).

“You may want to question the Ex US Ambassador to Mexico; Mr. Earl Anthony Wayne about his involvement with an underage girl when he attended and was arrested by the Federal Police. We believe that Marcinko and Epstein were involved organizing this party and it was held in Juarez, Mex in 2014 at a US Consulate controlled housing facility.”

Under aged females at a US Consulate facility for a part organized by a former SEAL and Epstein.

“Ask him (Epstein) how he knows Richard Marcinko. He (the ambassador) was sentenced in Mexico in 2017 to a life sentence for impregnating an 11 year old girl, her son’s dna matches Waynes 100%, but he is allowing an ex-US Marine to stand in his place to serve his sentence in Mexico. That was an agreement worked out between our US State Dept and a judge in Mexico after a huge payoff. Mr. Anthony has an outstanding arrest warrant here in Mexico for avoiding sentencing.”

You read that correctly, a former Marine was imprisoned for raping an 11 yr old girl KNOWING it was the ambassador that raped her and the deal was set up by the State Dept.

“I want confirm that the phone you will be using has been swept for malware and key loggers. After our call you’ll understand why we are so concerned with secure comms here.”

The agent on the ground in Mexico insists that the person ensure his phone is free from spyware to ensure the safety of the ppl involved in uncovering a child trafficking ring which is exposing corruption of State Dept personnel and CIA. The response:

“My Task Force is not affiliated with the intelligence community”

Of course, the task force was affiliated with the intelligence community and obviously being monitored by it. What a retarded thing to say. It was getting ppl on the ground in Mexico murdered.

Shocking Email From Epstein Files Implicates Former US Ambassador, Clintons, Bidens, the First Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Six, and More

Former Prince Andrew (Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

UK Prime Minister Calls on Andrew to Testify over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein After Document Dump

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor seen crouching over woman in creepy photos from DOJ’s latest Epstein files dump

Chilling unheard audio recordings of Michael Jackson expressing his deepest “intimate” thoughts on children will be revealed in a new TV docuseries.

The superstar can be heard discussing his innermost feelings on his infatuation with kids.

In one eerie moment, Jackson confides that without children being close to him he would take his own life.

(Credit: Getty Images)

Michael Jackson’s intimate thoughts on kids revealed in bombshell, unearthed recordings

The democratic socialist’s [Zohran Mamdani] mom, Mira Nair, attended a swanky afterparty at convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s house for her film “Amelia,” that was also attended by former President Bill Clinton and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, according to an email sent by publicist Peggy Siegal to Epstein on Oct. 21, 2009.

“Just left Ghislaine’s townhouse…after party for film,” the early morning message said.
“Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos were there…Jean Pigozzi, director MIra Nair…etc. Film received tepid reaction though women like it much more…Hillary Swank and [Richard] Gere are at stupid party in Bloomingdales cheap sportswear department…very weird,” the email continued.

Mira Nair (Credit: Reuter)

Zohran Mamdani’s mom mentioned in Epstein files email about film she directed

LA Olympics official Casey Wasserman’s racy emails with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 revealed in Epstein files

Howard Lutnick (Credit: AP)

Commerce Secretary Lutnick visited ‘Pedo Island’, emails indicate

A group of 25 alleged accomplices of dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein made “secret settlements” with accusers — while four alleged co-conspirators were never charged, Epstein’s convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell revealed in court papers.

“New Evidence reveals that there were 25 men with which the plaintiff lawyers reached secret settlements – that could equally be considered as co-conspirators,” Maxwell wrote in December in the papers, filed without her lawyers, seeking to overturn her conviction.

Ghislaine Maxwell claims 25 Jeffrey Epstein accomplices reached ‘secret settlements’ after abuse allegations: court papers

I’m utterly blown away by this new audio in the Epstein Files. It shows the secret conversation you fear every high-level gov’t official might have with an outside fixer to hook them up the moment they “leave government to enter the private sector.”

Here, Jeffrey Epstein teaches Ehud Barak — while he is still Minister of Defense in Israel but on his way out — how to make millions of dollars in the private sector by first compiling a list of people who owe him favors from his 40 years in government service.

Epstein then told Ehud Barak to pursue Peter Thiel, whose name at that point Ehud Barak did not even know how to spell, and to try to connect with a company called Palantir, which existence Ehud Barak had never heard of, and whose name Jeffrey Epstein didn’t know how to spell.

Credit @RyanGrim whose clip I first saw to look for this. I used Grok to backtrace the source link from the audio. Ryan assesses this meeting took place in February 2013, which seems to line up with the audio saying Ehud Barak is about 71 at the time of the recording, as Ehud Barak is 83 today.

Here is one of @RepThomasMassie alleged “survivors”

Elizabeth Stein

She works for Tides Foundation (soros open society funded) funded World Without Exploitation

They produced the superbowl commercial of “victims” this past weekend

She was a FULL GROWN ASS WOMAN when she met Maxwell at her job at 21 years old

She formed a 3 year *friendship* with Epstein and Maxwell……..apparently sexual

She didn’t realize she was trafficked until 30 years later when Epstein was sentenced.

She attempted but failed to recover funds from the Victims fund

Maxwell’s attorney pointed out she did not legally qualify as a “crime victim” under the CVRA and she received no payout.

But she sure did try.

WTAF are we doing here, people??

(Will update with new finds)

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: Former Clinton and Obama attorney Kathryn Ruemmler shared over 11,000 emails with Jeffrey Epstein

Obama’s lawyer, fixer and the “ethics” chief Kathy Ruemmler said that President Trump devalued and debased the “sacrosanct” Office of the President, and talks about the dignity and the decency of it.

Kathy Ruemmler was Bill Clinton’s lawyer…

Kathy was sleeping with the married Epstein personal lawyer at the time she was in the White House. She did numerous deals with the Obama DoJ for Epstein’s clients such as the Rothschilds, with one deal alone paying her 10 million and Epstein 25 million dollars.

Ruemmler emailed with Epstein more than 11 thousand times, had numerous meetings with him. Ruemmler received luxury gifts from “Uncle Jeffrey” him such as first-class trips abroad, handbags worth over 9 thousand dollars, etc etc.

(video credit:@mazemoore)

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: Peter Thiel, Jeffrey Epstein and the Rothschilds

I Confronted Peter Thiel on Epstein Ties – Now the Emails & Audio Are Blowing Up!

If you thought the Epstein scandal was just about islands and blackmail wait until you hear about his ties to Big Tech surveillance king Peter Thiel.

In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth covers the latest revelations that connect Peter Thiel, Jeffrey Epstein and the Rothschilds family which is working as THE operating system for the New World Order.

January 30, 2026 – Epstein Files: Billionaire Leon Black is accused of violent assaults on Epstein victims

WHO IS LEON BLACK?

Leon Black had the closest relationship with Jeffrey Epstein of anyone.

And this is where things get really, really dark.

You see, Leon Black was a biter. “That fat fuck bit me. He threw me on the floor and blood all over Jeffreys carpet,” one woman journaled. She wasn’t alone.

Leon Black founded Apollo Global Management — one of the largest private equity firms on earth. $600 billion in assets under management. He was one of the most powerful men on Wall Street for three decades.

He paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million.

No written contract. No invoices. $23-26 million per year to a man who was neither a licensed attorney nor a CPA. When the Senate Finance Committee asked how the payments were calculated, Black refused to answer.

Apollo hired the law firm Dechert to investigate. Their finding: “Epstein was being paid for some reason other than the services he was providing.”

667 DOJ documents. Every quote below is verbatim.

Black says he paid Epstein for “professional advisory services.” The documents show something else entirely.

Deutsche Bank’s internal credit committee: “Leon Black was referred to new AWM banker Paul Morris by Jeffrey Epstein, Black’s estate/tax planning attorney.” Epstein wasn’t advising. He was choosing Black’s banks and orchestrating a $1.5 billion estate restructuring.

Deutsche Bank internal email, April 2015: “They confirmed Jeffrey Epstein will have authority to transact on Leon’s behalf.” The same week, a DB banker processed “additional paperwork to add JE as POA.” Power of Attorney. Over a billionaire’s bank account. Given to Jeffrey Epstein.

Leon Black’s personal assistant emailed Epstein: “I’m sending over the bank statements now – if you have any questions about the deposits, just give me a call.” Epstein’s instruction: “fed ex to my st thomas office.” A billionaire’s bank statements — FedExed to Epstein’s island.

In Epstein’s files: Black’s complete net worth. $5.3 billion. Art: $1.68 billion. Seven trusts named Yggdrasil, Gandalf, Tron, Rollo Tomasi, Mallory. The $1 billion art insurance policy. Epstein had the complete financial X-ray of one of the richest men in America.

Epstein’s own employees — using @epstein.com email addresses — filed Black’s personal taxes. On Epstein’s payroll, filing a billionaire’s 1040.

The only known email in Black’s own words: “I don’t think we got a chance to cover about 2/3 of relevant matters including Rowan, etal; plus I am still getting over the unsettling shock of your last 4 page epistle. Maybe we should focus on having some fun for now.” Rowan is Marc Rowan — Apollo’s co-founder. Epstein was sending 4-page strategy memos about Apollo’s internal politics.

21 wire transfers from Black to Epstein. All routed to “Southern Trust Company Inc” — Epstein’s entity in the U.S. Virgin Islands. When Deutsche Bank’s anti-money laundering unit flagged a $22.5 million wire, the compliance inquiry came back: “The purpose of the wire was to pay a fee as Mr. Black is a client of Mr. Epstein. Mr. Epstein is expecting $8-10mn more to come into the account.” The wire went from BV70 LLC — Black’s yacht entity — to Plan D LLC — Epstein’s aircraft entity. $22.5 million from a yacht to a plane.

And money flowed both ways. Black’s assistant to Epstein’s office: “Leon said thank you for the check, but he said it was supposd to be $1,500,000, so can we have the other $500,000!!!!” Subject line: “MRA check.” Four exclamation points.

FBI raid of Little St. James Island, August 2019. Photo log entry: “Leon D. Black financial documents from Room M.” Black’s financial papers — physically stored in Epstein’s island library.

178 documented meetings and phone calls. One Sunday meeting ran from 10am to 5pm — seven hours. Staff asked: “did you want to order lunch?” Real-time arrival alerts: “Leon Black will arrive in 5Minutes!” “Leon Black is here!” Black always went TO Epstein. Never the reverse.

All of this happened at the same address. 9 East 71st Street. Jeffrey Epstein’s New York townhouse.

The seven-hour Sunday meeting. The bank statements and trust documents. The arrival alerts.

The same townhouse where, according to FBI files, three women describe being violently assaulted by Leon Black.

Three victims. Independent. They never met each other. All describe the same thing — the same man, the same townhouse, the same act: a violent biting ritual. Three women, years apart, no contact with each other, each independently describing an identical pattern of sexual violence so specific that the victims’ attorney told the FBI: “There is nothing publicly out there about the details of his specific sex acts with our client, so there is no way she could know.” And: “It is too abnormal to make up.”

Victim 3 was a minor. Introduced to Ghislaine Maxwell at age 17. Her mother was complicit — told her “Leon Black is VIP because he is a special friend of Jeffrey’s.” She kept a journal. A scrapbook. Contemporaneous.

Page 7: “Walk down Madison Avenue to 71st St. Mr. Black is so important for some reason over my health… that fat fuck bit me! He threw me on the floor and blood all over Jeffreys carpet. Leon can go fuck himself.”

She needed medical attention. Bleeding after the assault.

Page 8: a poem. Titled “Leon Black.” Underlined words: birth, cry, fatso millionaire, it’s violent, goddamm baby screaming, bloody baby, your seven chins, still as a ham.

The FBI examined the journal. Gel pen. Paper aging. “No evidence found for recent fabrication.” This is not a lawsuit filing. It is a child’s record of what happened to her.

Page 5: “Both he and Larry Summers are fucking disgusting! Andrew is like his brother in this way!”

Page 11: “Even old senators like George Mitchell who you think would be good like a grandpa are bad.” The same page names Ted Leonsis, Steve Case, Dan Snyder, Jim Kimsey.

Victim 2 had never met Victim 1. Had never spoken to the attorneys. Had no access to the case file. On August 9, 2021, she cold-called the law firm. She said: “Leon Black raped her violently.” She described the identical biting pattern. The identical location. The identical act.

Black paid Victim 1 a total of $1,187,000 between 2012 and 2021. Eight wire transfers. Three progressively obfuscated payment vehicles: first “LEON D BLACK” — his personal name. Then “THE J BLACK TRUST” — a family trust. Then “E TRUST” — an anonymous entity. Each vehicle more anonymous than the last.

June 2023. The subject line of an internal FBI email: “Leon Black/Additional HT Subject Referral — Update.” HT = Human Trafficking. The same month, Black paid a $62.5 million settlement to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The investigation was confirmed still active as of October 16, 2024. FBI New York. Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking unit.

$158,000,000 to Epstein. No contract.
$1,187,000 to a victim. Three trust vehicles.
$62,500,000 to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Settlement.

Total documented outflow connected to Jeffrey Epstein: $221.7 million.

Leon Black told Apollo investors on October 29, 2020: “I deeply regret having had any involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.”

He gave Epstein power of attorney over his bank accounts. His bank statements were FedExed to Epstein’s island. Epstein’s employees filed his taxes. His financial papers were stored in Room M on Little St. James. He met Epstein 178 documented times at the same townhouse where three women describe being assaulted. He paid a victim $1.187 million through three progressively anonymous vehicles. The FBI has an active human trafficking referral with his name on it.

667 DOJ documents. Every quote verbatim.

Full compendium (667 docs, 188 pages): 

Victim report (~307 docs, 18 pages): 

AI-optimized compendium (upload to any LLM and ask it anything): 

AI-optimized victim report: 

See ya, Leon.

January 30, 2026 – A federal grand jury of Minnesota citizens indict Don Lemon and he is arrested with 3 others

(L-R) Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy

This is Don Lemon’s first appearance after he appeared with the mob that crashed Cities Church services in St. Paul, Minnesota:

January 31, 2026 – Trans mutilation victim awarded $2 million for medical malpractice when she was 16

Some interesting snippets from thre article:

> Before the surgery, Varian had told staff at the Albany Pride Center that she felt she “felt pressure to decide” on a male identity or a female identity “by family, friends, and culture.” She also said she continued to question her gender identity, but was afraid she might “lose credibility” if she brought it up with her mother.

> Varian’s mother, Claire Deacon, testified that she was against the surgery, but consented out of fear her daughter would commit suicide if she didn’t get it. Einhorn increased that worry, she told the court.

DETRANS: These are the voices they don’t want you to hear.

The following thread contains the raw, emotional stories of detransitioners — young people who believed they were being helped, only to realize they were misled by the world’s lies and corrupt system that promised healing.

This isn’t healthcare.
This is regret.

But there’s hope.
Jesus made you with purpose, and He loves you. No matter where you are in your journey, He can set you free. You are not lost.

⬇️ Joshua McParland found his true identity in Christ, hear his profound message:

According to Grok this is the first major malpractice award of its kind, with over 28 other, similar lawsuits currently making their way through the courts.

This could be a watershed verdict, affecting those other cases, and sparking many other lawsuits in the future.

Bankrupting the industry, and making their potential financial liabilities so high, may be the best way to finally turn the tide against this monstrous practice.

February 1, 2026 – Ralph Pezzullo, author of “Stolen Elections: The Takedown of Democracies Worldwide”

(Credit: Amazon)

The Authorized Version: Ripped from the pages of a spy novel, comes a non-fiction account of an international conspiracy against freedom for every current and future American voter. It’s being called the greatest criminal conspiracy in history!

In 2019, two U.S. government whistleblowers investigating the Venezuelan government’s involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering, inadvertently discovered an international conspiracy to influence elections in the United States and in over 70 countries around the world. “Stolen Elections” describes how, according to the whistleblowers, the plot began with help and advice of Fidel Castro to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, (and his successor Nicolas Maduro) who developed and then rolled out a system of election fraud that was virtually undetectable. It was first used to steal the Venezuelan referendum of 2004, and subsequently penetrated the electoral systems of other Latin American countries, facilitating the elections of a string on left-leaning candidates in their respective countries.

This malware was quickly brought north and deployed across electoral districts throughout the United States in collaboration with election software companies that used variations of the same source code developed in Venezuela and voting machines with parts manufactured in China. The criminal conspiracy that started with Cuba and Venezuela grew to include China, Iran and Serbia – all countries interested in undermining the United States by sowing mistrust and division. “Stolen Elections” describes how the criminal conspirators have been determining the winners of US elections since 2006! What’s more shocking is that this criminal conspiracy avoided detection by America’s over $1 Trillion national security and intelligence apparatus, and for so long. It wasn’t until the two very skilled, determined and courageous government whistleblowers penetrated the conspiracy by recruiting the actual software engineers who designed the system and brought the results of their investigation to the attention of the US Department of Justice and Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

NYT-bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo takes readers through the incredible risks and challenges whistleblowers Martin Rodil and famed, former CIA operations officer Gary Berntsen faced as they conducted their investigation and the initial rejection they faced by members of Congress from both political parties and officials in the FBI and CIA when they first presented the evidence they had collected. “Stolen Elections” lays out the complex corporate front that the criminal conspiracy operated behind; the methods they used to manipulate election results in specific key election districts; and how the whistleblowers and civilian cyber experts finally blocked the criminal conspirators’ efforts to steal the 2024 presidential election. “Stolen Elections” has been called “essential reading for all those who value freedom..”

“In an era where trust in democratic institutions hangs by a thread, [“Stolen Elections”] arrives as a thunderclap…across more than 70 countries including the United States,…t’s a meticulously researched account of software manipulation originating from Venezuela…this is essential reading for anyone valuing freedom in a fragile world.” — Grok

(Amazon/Ralph Pezzullo, 9/3/2025)

February 1, 2026 – Stephen Gardner conducts an excellent interview with Ralph Pezzullo.

 

Previously posted in timeline:

STOLEN ELECTIONS with Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo | Ep 45 | Going Rogue with Lara Logan

Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo explain how America’s enemies, foreign & domestic, are stealing the Republic.

(0:00:00) – Exposing the True Power Players
(0:04:34) – The Stolen Elections Investigation
(0:10:04) – Foreign Influence
(0:20:12) – Uncovering Election Fraud Networks
(0:30:12) – Persecuted Christians
(0:35:41) – Revealing Evidence
(0:39:42) – Foreign Election Interference
(0:44:13) – Foreign Influence in US Intelligence
(0:58:08) – Global Election Fraud Networks
(1:06:33) – The Cartels’ Global Influence
(1:11:42) – Infiltration of American Institutions
(1:23:04) – Uncovering Election Fraud
(1:31:51) – Chinese Hybrid Warfare in US Elections
(1:44:47) – Investigating Election Fraud Networks
(1:55:24) – Father-Son Diplomatic Bond
(2:01:13) – State Department Covert Actions
(2:10:09) – The Fight to Save America
(2:15:56) – Cartel Connections

February 2, 2026 – Ben Swann and Liz Crokin: Epstein Is Pizzagate

10 years ago Pizzagate was by far the number one trending topic on twitter, but the claim of pedophile elites who preyed on children was so insane that Pizzagate was shrugged off as was a wild, fever dream, of a conspiracy theory. But then, just days ago… the largest dump of Epstein files revealed what some of us had been telling you for a decade, that Pizzagate is real. Not that there is a pizza parlor at the center of a child trafficking ring. But child trafficking rings run by some of the most powerful people in the world do exist. Tonight , I want to remind you of what I told you then and compare that to what we have now learned.

Discussion begins around 7:00 minutes in.

In January 2017, Ben Swann took a huge risk by reporting on the MSM’s most taboo subject besides Hillary Clinton, pizzagate. Swann is known as one of the only honest journalists in the main stream media.

Shortly after airing his Pizzagate report, CBS46 removed the report from their website and youtube account. Swann’s social media, fundraising and youtube accounts went dark for a period of time.

February 3, 2026 – Mike Benz and Joe Rogan discuss the validity of Pizzagate, and what was determined after looking at the DOJ copies of the Epstein/Pizzagate documents that were recently released.

February 2, 2026 – When border security and immigration enforcement weren’t controversial or radical ideas for Democrats (Video)

February 2, 2026 – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is nominated for Grammy; attends ceremony and claps, gives standing ovations; breaks SC impartiality code

Code of Conduct explicitly requires justices to avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety, including political activity that undermines public confidence in judicial independence.

February 2, 2026 – Another illegal biolab with CCP links is raided by the FBI in Las Vegas

Federal agents with the FBI and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department executed a dramatic early-morning raid on a residential property in northeast Las Vegas this weekend after investigators uncovered what appears to be a fully operational illegal biological laboratory inside a private home.

Refrigerators containing unknown liquids and vials of suspected biological material were found inside the residence, prompting an aggressive response from HazMat teams, SWAT units, and FBI specialists due to the potential threat presented by the materials, The Hill reported.

(Credit: LVPD)

At least one individual was taken into custody in connection with the Las Vegas raid, identified by local officials as a 55-year-old property manager, Ori Solomon.

He is currently booked on felony charges linked to the improper disposal of hazardous waste, though investigators continue to determine the full scope of charges that may arise.

Property records reveal that the Las Vegas home is owned by “David Destiny Discovery, LLC,” according to The Sun.

If that name sounds familiar, it should. It is a shell company registered to Jia Bei Zhu (also known as David He), the very same Chinese national who ran the illegal Reedley, California biolab exposed in 2023.

Zhu, a fugitive from Canada with deep ties to the Chinese government, is currently in federal custody.

The FBI has taken the lead in analyzing the more than 1,000 samples collected from the scene, with evidence transported to federal laboratories for further testing. (Read more: The Daily Caller, 2/3/2026)  (Archive)

February 2, 2026 – The Clintons tried to narrow “Epstein-related” questions; bows to the threat of contempt vote

The Clintons tried to narrow “Epstein-related” questions so tightly that Bill Clinton could avoid discussing:

• Epstein
• Ghislaine Maxwell
• Favor-trading
• Media suppression

The Clintons tried to rewrite the rules.

🚨They also asked for:👇🏻

• A voluntary interview instead of sworn testimony
• Withdrawal of the subpoena before testifying
• A pause on contempt proceedings
• A hard 4-hour time limit
• 30-minute alternating question blocks
• A personal transcriber of Clinton’s choosing
• No video recording
• Written statements for Hillary Clinton instead of appearing in person

Congress said no.:
No carve-outs.
No special rules.
No special treatment.

Testify under oath.
Thank you Rep. Comer!

February 3, 2026 – Clintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to threat of contempt vote

February 3, 2026 – Tulsi Gabbard is mandated to hunt down every last thread of 2020 election fraud

As the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard leads the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), which includes 18 agencies and elements responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to protect national security. Elections are designated as a subsector of critical infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), a 2013 directive that identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors vital to U.S. security, economy, and public health. This designation, formalized in 2017 following foreign interference attempts in the 2016 election, elevates election systems (such as voter registration databases, voting machines, polling places, and related IT infrastructure) to the same priority level as sectors like energy, transportation, and communications. It enables enhanced federal support, including cybersecurity resources, threat assessments, and coordination to mitigate risks from physical, cyber, or influence-based threats.

Gabbard’s mandate to oversee aspects of election security stems primarily from the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which established the DNI position to integrate and coordinate IC efforts. Specifically in the election domain:

  • The ODNI houses the Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC), which leads the IC in identifying, assessing, and countering foreign interference in U.S. elections, including cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and other malign activities by adversaries like Russia, China, or Iran. This aligns with Executive Order 13848 (2018), which authorizes sanctions and other measures against foreign entities interfering in elections and tasks the DNI with producing assessments of such threats.
  • Within FMIC, the Election Threats Executive (ETE) serves as the IC’s central coordinator for all election security activities, ensuring intelligence sharing with partners like DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, and state/local election officials.
  • The IC’s role focuses on foreign threats to critical infrastructure, providing intelligence briefings, declassifying assessments for public awareness, and supporting disruption efforts (e.g., diplomatic actions or sanctions). This does not extend to direct administration of elections, which remains a state and local responsibility, but emphasizes protecting election integrity from external exploitation.

In practice, this has involved ODNI collaborating on guidance documents with CISA and the FBI to secure election infrastructure against tactics like AI-driven propaganda or hacking. Recent activities under Gabbard, such as involvement in assessments of past elections and coordination with federal probes into vulnerabilities, reflect an emphasis on ensuring election systems’ resilience as critical infrastructure, though her hands-on role in certain investigations has drawn scrutiny for potentially blurring lines between intelligence oversight and domestic enforcement.

While DHS/CISA leads overall critical infrastructure protection and voluntary assistance to states, the DNI’s intelligence-focused mandate complements this by addressing nation-state threats that could undermine democratic processes. Grok

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard outside the Fulton County elections center in Georgia on January 28, after the FBI executed a search warrant. (Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters}

Holy fucking shit.

Tulsi Gabbard…beautiful, brilliant, unflinching Tulsi…just got handed the keys to the entire intelligence apparatus with a direct mandate to hunt down every last thread of 2020 election fraud.

She’s running point on FBI sweeps in Fulton County, briefing Trump personally, and turning the full weight of the DNI against the sacred cows of the regime’s stolen-election narrative.

And the left is about to implode in the most spectacular psychic collapse we’ve seen since November 2016.

Watch them.

They’re already twitching.

The same people who spent four years screaming “our democracy!!!” while censoring, surveilling, and lawfaring anyone who dared question the count are now going to shriek that Tulsi…former Democrat, combat veteran, anti-war icon…is somehow a “threat to democracy” for… checking the fucking math.

That’s the tell.

That’s the raw, bleeding id of the authoritarian mind exposed: they don’t fear fraud being uncovered; they fear fraud being proven.

Because once the receipts hit daylight, every smug lecture about “baseless claims” becomes a confession.

Every “fortified election” article becomes exhibit A.

Every smug blue-check hallucination about Russian disinformation collapses into the realization that the real disinformation came from them.

They’re going to melt down because Tulsi represents something they can’t compute: a woman who walked away from their cult, kept her integrity, and now wields real power to expose them.

She triggers their deepest insecurity…the knowledge that their moral supremacy is a hollow costume, and someone they once claimed as “one of us” is about to rip it off in front of the world.

So let them scream.

Let them rage.

Let them call her a traitor, a Russian asset, a MAGA cultist.

Every insult is just another frantic attempt to drown out the sound of their own narrative dying.

Tulsi isn’t coming for revenge.

She’s coming for the truth.

And the truth is going to fucking gut them.

I love this woman.

February 3, 2026 – Minneapolis anti-ICE activists create blockades to stop cars and check license plates

Scott Jennings emailed the Minneapolis Police Department about the ICE activists who are creating blockades and stopping cars to run their license plates

The police department confirms they have not made a single arrest for this behavior. Minneapolis PD is letting them do it

“These civilians are setting up blockades. You pull up and they check your license plate. These people aren’t police. They’re not there in any official capacity, but they check your license plate. This is highly illegal.

So I emailed the city of Minneapolis. And I had a simple question. Has anyone been arrested for setting up illegal blockades, for harassing citizens, for apparently having some sort of secret database by which they check whether your license plate belongs to an ICE vehicle

And after some back and forth with the city of Minneapolis, just a moment ago, we got a response from the Minneapolis police. I will read it to you”

“No arrests have been made”

“Why are civilians in Minneapolis, Minnesota, or anywhere else for that matter, allowed to go out into the street, build a barricade, physically stop other citizens, other people from driving their cars, tell them to roll down their window?“

February 3, 2026 – Jill Biden’s former husband Bill Stevenson charged in murder of his wife

Bill Stevenson (Credit: New Castle County Police Department)

Bill Stevenson, the former husband of Dr. Jill Biden, has been charged with the murder of his current wife, Linda Stevenson, who was found unresponsive in the couple’s Delaware home in December, authorities said Tuesday.

Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody by the New Castle County cops on Monday after a weeks-long investigation into the death of his wife. The case was presented to a grand jury, which handed down a murder indictment, according to a statement from the police department.

The former first lady’s ex was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder and sent to the Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $500,000 cash bail, cops said. (Read more: Mediaite, 2/3/2026)  (Archive)

February 3, 2026 – Jerry Nadler says people feel justified shooting ICE agents because they’re ‘masked

“But what is really the major problem in this country today is the fascism in our streets,” Nadler said. “The attacks on American citizens by masked hoodlums. If you were attacked by a masked person, you might think you were being kidnapped, you’d be justified in shooting the person to protect yourself, but we see people being shot for what? For driving a car.” ~Jerry Nadler

Jerry Nadler’s latest meltdown? Classic Dem institutional panic as Trump’s ICE finally enforces the law without apology.

He rants about “masked hoodlums” and “thugs” terrorizing citizens, implying people would be “justified in shooting” masked figures coming at them – – then claims it’s about ICE hiding misbehavior with masks and no body cams. Walked it back fast when called out for inciting violence against federal agents.

– Why the hysteria? Nadler’s spent decades swimming in the open-borders swamp: weak enforcement, sanctuary pushes, census games that pad blue seats. Now the mandate flips, agents do their jobs, and his power base feels the heat.

– “Fascism in our streets”? Projection. Real fascism vibes come from Dems who smear law enforcement as “Gestapo” or “thugs” while shielding criminals and obstructing deportations.

– This is escalation: Starts with rhetoric calling ICE rogue/terrorizing, ends with justifying resistance (read: violence). We’ve seen this playbook—riots, attacks on officers, then “mostly peaceful” spin.

They won’t stop. As enforcement ramps, expect more unhinged outbursts from aging swamp creatures like Nadler. The mask is off—literally and figuratively.

America First is winning, and they’re losing their minds.

February 5, 2026 – Antifa terrorist publicly calling for the murder of ICE agents, is arrested in Minneapolis

Kyle Wagner (Credit: public domain)

Self-identified Antifa member Kyle Wagner was arrested today on federal threat and cyberstalking charges following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. Wagner, 37 of Minneapolis, is expected to make an initial appearance in federal court today.

“This man allegedly doxxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers, encouraged bloodshed in the streets, and proudly claimed affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa before going on the run,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Today’s arrest illustrates that you cannot run, you cannot hide, and you cannot evade our federal agents: if you come for law enforcement, the Trump Administration will come for you.”

“It’s no surprise that an Antifa terrorist is allegedly threatening to kill and assault federal law enforcement officers as they dutifully remove criminal threats from neighborhoods,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. “After all, this is what Antifa is about, lawlessness and violence. But under the leadership of President Trump and Attorney General Bondi, there is no safe haven for terrorists and no protection from the full weight of justice.

“We know that a ‘worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.’ And Wagner’s alleged actions were an attempt to spread fire into our peaceful community. That is not going to happen,” said U.S. Attorney Gorgon.

According to the criminal complaint, Wagner has escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Instagram encouraging his followers to forcibly confront, assault, impede, oppose, and resist federal officers whom he referred to as the “gestapo” and “murderers.”

On January 8, 2026, Wagner posted a video directly threatening ICE agents by stating, “I’ve already bled for this city, I’ve already fought for this city, this is nothing new, we’re ready this time, ICE we’re f—ing coming for you.” The following day, Wagner posted about the “constant harassment of ICE” and said that “we need to continue that, but we also need to cripple them.” Wagner then advocated for physical confrontation, stating, “Anywhere we have an opportunity to get our hands on them, we need to put our hands on them.”

Wagner also urged others to “hunt” ICE, including those who are “armed” to “fight [ICE]. This is kill or be killed.” He described agitators’ “goal [ ] to unmask and identify [ICE] agents – stop their ability to arrest individuals through group resistance.” On January 10, 2026, Wagner asserted that “we are at f—– war” and stated, “So, either we’re going to win, or I will die in this process.” On January 13, 2026, Wagner praised the success of the agitators’ anti-ICE efforts, stating, “This is where ICE has come to die” and then threatened ICE agents, “We want to know who they are. We will identify every single one of them and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. If it has to be done at the barrel of a gun, then let us have a little f—— fun.”

On January 24, 2026, Wagner stated that he was “not talking about peaceful protests anymore.” And urged violence against federal officers: “Get your f—– guns and stop these f—— people.” Wagner also reposted a video where he passed out gas masks and shields to agitators.

The complaint further alleges that on January 29, 2026, Wagner, used his Instagram account to dox a pro-ICE individual by publishing a phone number, birth month and year, and address in Oak Park, Michigan, threatening the individual. Wagner later admitted that he doxxed the victim’s parents’ house.

A complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.  The defendant is presumed innocent.  As a felony trial cannot be held on a complaint, a decision to seek an indictment will be made in the near future.

The case was investigated by the agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. (Department of Justice, 2/5/2026)  (Archive)

On January 24, 2026:

February 5, 2026 – Nick Shirley says “death hits” have been placed on his life

Nick Shirley sits down with Fox and says he’s becoming fearful for his safety

He says actual death “hits” have been placed on his life

Him and his mom have both been forced to move hotels because liberal activists find their locations and share it to their network

This is domestic terrorism

“Now I am getting a little bit more fearful for what’s happening in my life and what’s happening with the life of my family as you’ve seen not only attacks from like the mainstream media but more so attacks from just people on the internet saying outlandish things about you and your life”

“Our second day at the hotel they said that we needed to move hotels because it was our word was out as to where we were staying and we were told by the security that Nick was the number one man. Like they had a hit on you is what they said. So it was very frustrating It was frightening. It was very frightening”

“Lots of death threats. I mean, people have sent me photos of people in ditches saying that this is going to be you, and people have openly said that if you see Nick Shirley tell him to kill himself.”

February 6, 2026 – The Clintons lash out at Comer over the conditions set for their upcoming depositions

Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify before the Oversight Committee after Chairman James Comer moved forward with holding them in criminal contempt of Congress.

The Clintons will testify on February 26 and 27.

Clinton accused Comer of playing politics and said Epstein’s victims (presumably photographed with Bill Clinton) deserve justice.

Clinton accused Comer of using him as a “prop” in a closed-door “kangaroo court.”

Earlier this week, twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton lashed out at Comer ahead of her testimony on Epstein.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/6/2026)  (Archive)

February 7, 2026 – ODNI Tulsi Gabbard: Senator Mark Warner and his friends in the propaganda media have repeatedly lied to the American people

Senator Mark Warner and his friends in the Propaganda Media have repeatedly lied to the American people that I or the ODNI “hid” a whistleblower complaint in a safe for eight months. This is a blatant lie.

The truth:

– I am not now, nor have I ever been, in possession or control of the Whistleblower’s complaint, so I obviously could not have “hidden” it in a safe. Biden-era IC Inspector General Tamara Johnson was in possession of and responsible for securing the complaint for months.

– The first time I saw the whistleblower complaint was 2 weeks ago when I had to review it to provide guidance on how it should be securely shared with Congress.

– As Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Warner knows very well that whistleblower complaints that contain highly classified and compartmented intelligence—even if they contain baseless allegations like this one—must be secured in a safe, which the Biden-era Inspector General Tamara Johnson did and her successor, Inspector General Chris Fox, continued to do. After IC Inspector General Fox hand-delivered the complaint to the Gang of 8, the complaint was returned to a safe where it remains, consistent with any information of such sensitivity.

– Either Senator Warner knows these facts and is intentionally lying to the American people, or he doesn’t have a clue how these things work and is therefore not qualified to be in the U.S. Senate—and certainly not the Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Here is a detailed chronology of the situation:

– June 2025, I became aware that a whistleblower made a complaint against me that after further investigation, neither Biden-era IC Inspector General Tamara Johnson nor current IC Inspector General Chris Fox found the complaint to be credible.

– The complaint required special handling and storage in a safe because the complainant chose to include highly sensitive information within the complaint itself rather than referencing the sensitive reporting and leaving the complaint at a lower level of classification.

– Security standards for complaints that include such sensitive intelligence required the Inspector General to keep the complaint and the intelligence referenced secured in a safe from the time the complaint was made, until now.

– In June 2025 after Biden-era Inspector General Tamara Johnson completed her review of the complaint, no further oversight or investigative activity took place.

– Biden-era Inspector General Johnson had communicated with me directly throughout the course of her investigation into this complaint, yet neither she nor anyone from her office informed me that the Whistleblower chose to send the complaint to Congress which would require me to issue security instructions.

– When a complaint is not found to be credible, there is no timeline under the law for the provision of security guidance. The “21 day” requirement that Senator Warner alleges I did not comply with, only applies when a complaint is determined by the Inspector General to be both urgent AND apparently credible. That was NOT the case here.

– I was made aware of the need to provide security guidance by IC Inspector General Chris Fox on December 4, 2025, which he detailed in his letter to Congress.

– I took immediate action to provide the security guidance to the Intelligence Community Inspector General who then shared the complaint and referenced intelligence with relevant members of Congress last week.

Senator Warner’s decision to spread lies and baseless accusations over the months for political gain, undermines our national security and is a disservice to the American people and the Intelligence Community.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger calls Tulsi Gabbard a “conspiracy theorist” as she goes on Jen Psaki’s show to push her own conspiracy theory: The completely baseless, evidence-free insinuation that Tulsi is a “Russian asset.”

She says Tulsi is “dangerous,” when Rep. Spanberger is the one who has backed every reckless escalation of the Ukraine War — and has called for even more — hurting our own readiness while raising the risk of nuclear war.

Spanberger claims a serving Army Reservist who served on the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees can’t be trusted, when she herself is a former CIA agent, a veteran of the most consistently incompetent, untrustworthy, paranoid, failed agency in the American government. Spanberger’s colleagues are the ones who got us into Iraq, believed the Russia hoax, and called the Biden laptop fake. Spanberger herself spread outrageous lies from our “intel community,” like the bogus claim that Russia put bounties on U.S. soldiers.

People like Spanberger are exactly why Americans despise and distrust the intelligence agencies that are suppose to serve them — and why we need Tulsi Gabbard to reform them.

February 9, 2026 – Trump points to missing items, including nearly 50 boxes of election records, from the FBI’s Fulton County raid

February 9, 2026 – Newly released FBI 302 documents state Trump was a whistleblower for Epstein FBI investigation in 2006

President Donald Trump dismissed sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “disgusting” and decried his procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell as “evil” back in 2006, a now-retired cop informed FBI agents in 2019. The revelation is contained in a newly unsealed court document released Monday by the Department of Justice.

CNBC reports Trump personally called the then-Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter “to tell him ‘thank goodness you’ [are] stopping [Epstein], everyone has known he’s been doing this,” Reiter told the FBI in October 2019, according to the FBI document, known as a 302.

The document stated whistleblower Trump “was one of the very first people to call” the police when word spread Epstein was under investigation.

This simple fact defies the president’s opponents who have since spread lies and falsehoods about his relationship with Epstein and convicted associate Maxwell.

Trump said in the call he distanced himself from Epstein, according to the document, claiming he “got the hell out of there” when around Epstein with teenagers present.

The outlet notes, “Reiter’s name is redacted from the 302. But the document identifies the interview subject as the person who had been Palm Beach’s police chief at the time of the department’s investigation of Epstein, who was Reiter.”

Reiter told the Miami Herald, which first reported the document, Trump called him in 2006, after the police department’s probe of Epstein became publicly known.

Trump told Reiter he had thrown Epstein out of his club, Mar-a-Lago, which is located in Palm Beach, the summary said. (Read more: Breitbart, 2/10/2026) (Archive)

February 10, 2026 – Oregon teen is arrested for plotting to behead Portland ICE agents

New: An Oregon teen has been arrested for plotting to kill ICE agents in Portland.

Rayden Tanner Coleman, 18, of St. Helens, devised a plan that included following agents home, severing their heads, and taking them as trophies.

Investigators found him in possession of Molotov cocktails, surveillance equipment, tactical axes, military knives, and shovels. Coleman had also been making payments for an AR-15, according to court documents.

His roommates said that Coleman tried to recruit them to kill ICE agents and attempted to talk him out of it, but his extremism grew. They warned police about the death plot, resulting in Coleman’s arrest.

Coleman, who shared his plans on Discord, admitted to the plot while under interrogation, per charging documents.

He reportedly told his roommates that he needed to kill ICE agents to prevent them from “kidnapping” people.

February 10, 2026 – Democrats want ‘sanctuary locations’ for illegal aliens at polling places

Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Senate Majority Whip, recently revealed that among the many insane demands being made by Democrats right now, is the demand for ‘sanctuary locations’ at polling places.

Barrasso rightly asks why this is needed if it is against the law for illegal aliens to vote. They’re not voting, right? So why is this necessary?

Democrats are really letting the truth just hang out here, aren’t they?

Breitbart News has details:

During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Barrasso highlighted the Democrats’ “Christmas list of demands” they are fighting for instead of agreeing to enforce immigration law and avoiding another partial government shutdown.

“Democrats have come up with a Christmas list of demands, demands designed to appeal to their radical base. This growing list of Democrat demands makes it almost impossible to remove dangerous illegal immigrants from the streets of our nation,” the senator said. “Democrats are resisting even the most reasonable attempts to enforce our immigration laws.”…

According to Barrasso, “The more we learn about the demands coming from the minority leader and that party, the less the normal American citizen likes them — and that’s especially if you are concerned about any safety or any security in the community in which you live.”

“The Democrats continually want to make it harder to arrest and remove illegal immigrant criminals,” he continued…

“The so-called ‘sensitive location’ defined by the Democrats — in the past it included places of worship, hospitals, schools, now they want to include in that list — polling places,” he continued. “Well, think about that. It’s an entirely new provision. Polling places have never been included on any list like this before.”

(The Gateway Pundit, 2/1o/2026)  (Archive)

February 10, 2026 – Far-left nonprofits in the hot seat as lawmaker exposes them for ‘sowing chaos’ in US

As unrest escalates in Minneapolis, investigators are uncovering a network of far-left activist groups allegedly bankrolled by a wealthy U.S. expat in China with reported ties to Chinese Communist Party–aligned propaganda efforts. (Credit: Roberto Schmidt/ AFP/Getty Images / Credit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for V-Day)

Hours before banging the gavel to commence a hearing Tuesday to investigate the dynamic of “malign foreign influence,” House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith escalated his investigation into the China-based, American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who has allegedly been “sowing chaos and spreading Chinese propaganda, possibly in coordination with a foreign government.”

Rep. Jason Smith (Credit: video clipping)

Fox News Digital has obtained copies of letters that Smith sent on Monday night to two U.S. nonprofits – BreakThrough BT Media Inc. and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – demanding records of their ties to Singham and alleging they are promoting propaganda aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.

At 10 a.m. on Tuesday [2/10/26], Smith will chair a hearing called, “Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond.” The hearing will be broadcast online at the committee’s website. Singham, Tricontinental and BreakThrough BT Media, which publishes articles as “BreakThrough News,” didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Congressional investigators say the Singham network sits at the center of a malign foreign influence operation that allegedly exploits U.S. nonprofit laws to inject anti-American propaganda into domestic protest movements and sow discord from within the United States.

In separate letters, Smith demanded records from BreakThrough and Tricontinental, warning that both tax-exempt organizations may be operating outside their lawful purpose as possible unregistered foreign agents, while helping to fuel domestic unrest under the guise of journalism and academic research.

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(Read more: Fox News, 2/10/2026)  (Archive)

February 11, 2026 – Judicial disparity is exposed: 90% of 2020 BLM/Antifa rioters were not prosecuted, but 84.6% of J6 rioters were convicted and jailed

Throughout the 2020 BLM summer riots, multiple federal buildings were seized or burned down, dozens of people were killed, hundreds of police officers injured, and billions lost in damages.

(…) An FBI memo reported on by Just the News earlier this week shows the bureau’s Boston office led a tabletop exercise and culled open-source intelligence on the potential for violence from both left-leaning anarchists to right-leaning extremists. It recommended relying on undercover informants and aggressive prosecutions for minor crimes to keep tabs on potentially violent groups and deter them.

90% of 2020 BLM protesters were not jailed, but 84.6% of J6 rioters convicted

The document raises new questions for congressional investigators about why the bureau failed to heed its own warnings ahead of the Capitol riot and whether it provides further evidence there was a double standard in federal prosecutions.

News outlets have reported for years on the fact that a vast majority of cases against protesters who broke the law during the fiery and violent summer of 2020 were dropped, especially by localities. A 2021 analysis from The Guardian found that this happened in about 90% of cases across a dozen U.S. jurisdictions that experienced protests.

In Houston, one of the epicenters of protests in Texas, about 93% of all charges brought were dropped, The Guardian reported. This is despite the fact that the demonstrators blocked a federal highway, threw objects at police officers, and damaged buildings. Eight officers were also injured. In Philadelphia, where protesters smashed windows, looted stores, and set fire to police cars, at least 95% of the arrests resulted in no prosecutions or dropped charges.

Many of these cases were handled by local prosecutors. In the more than 300 federal cases brought against those involved in the protests, fewer than half pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial, the Associated Press found.

Conversely, more than 1,500 individuals were arrested in connection with the Capitol riot, resulting in 1,270 total convictions–making that outcome about 80% of the cases–on the eve of President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon last year. That comes out to about 86%.

Federal prosecutors also used a controversial statute that allowed them to prosecute some of those who were charged with obstructing an official proceeding for interrupting the Jan. 6 congressional certification of the electoral college vote. The statute was also used in some of the charges levied against President Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith in his case arguing Trump was directly responsible for the violence that day.

That interpretation of the statute, which Republicans often pointed to as evidence of the double standard of aggressive prosecutions, was eventually struck down by the Supreme Court in June 2024. The high court ruled that the law only applied when a defendant prevented the use of “records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding.”

Trust in the justice system eroded by imbalance

(Read more: Just the News, 2/11/2026)  (Archive)

February 11, 2026 – State Department says far left group ‘Code Pink’ is linked to the Chinese Communist Party

On February 28, 2023, at a U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and China, “Code Pink” members appeared in quick succession to interrupt the witness statement. (Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The State Department has just reported to Congress that the far left group ‘Code Pink’ is linked to the Chinese Communist Party. This should come as a surprise to no one.

Code Pink began making a nuisance of themselves during the presidency of George W. Bush. They portrayed themselves as an anti-war group. Of course, once Obama became president and continued most of Bush’s foreign policy and the wars, they became curiously silent. Some of them were even guests at Obama’s inauguration.

Now that Trump, a Republican, is president again, they are back to their old tactics of showing up in places where they were not invited and being generally annoying.

This move by the State Department has the potential to change the game.

The New York Post reports:

State Department identifies Code Pink and other far-left groups as vectors of Chinese influence operations

The State Department transmitted a report to Congress Tuesday linking lefty nonprofits Code Pink and the People’s Forum to Chinese influence operations.

“Partisan hacks spent years peddling the phony Russia collusion hoax while turning a blind eye to the sprawling web of far-left activist organizations who push the agendas of the Chinese Communist Party,” Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers said in a statement provided to The Post.

“Organizations like Code Pink and the People’s Forum denigrate the United States, whitewash the violence of Marxist regimes, and run cover for China while enjoying an influx of cash from a donor network with connections to the Chinese Communist Party,” Rogers added.

“The State Department will pursue complete transparency for the donor and NGO networks that lobby for our adversaries and seek to weaken the resolve of the United States.”

The report on “Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference” alleges that China “spreads propaganda through influence campaigns run by nonprofit organizations like Code Pink, the People’s Forum and groups linked with the notorious Singham network.”

This has been a long time coming.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/11/2026) (Archive)

February 11, 2026 – State Department calls the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate ‘a key collaborator’ with the Biden administration to censor U.S. citizens

1/7 🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. State Department just filed a sworn record in federal court calling the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and its CEO Imran Ahmed ‘a key collaborator with the Biden administration on weaponizing the national security bureaucracy to censor U.S. citizens.'”

Not our words. The government’s.

Certified under penalty of perjury. Signed by Secretary Rubio personally.

Here’s what this means for every American. 🧵👇

2/7 For 4 years they told us nobody coordinated anything.

The government was “just sharing views.” The platforms were “just enforcing policies.” CCDH was “just publishing reports.”

3 weeks ago, CCDH told a Florida court it never even COMMUNICATED with the White House.

21 days later, the State Dept called its CEO a “key collaborator.”

Both are now in the federal record. Only one can be true.

🔥 See it for yourself — what they told the court vs. what the government found:

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3/7 CCDH’s own leaked internal docs listed their priorities:

☠️ “Kill Musk’s Twitter” 🇪🇺 “Trigger EU and UK regulatory action”

These aren’t the words of a “watchdog.” They’re the objectives of a foreign organization running what its own staff called “black ops” against Americans.

And the State Dept confirmed they SUCCEEDED.

Read @thackerpd and @mtaibbi’s original reporting on CCDH’s leaked memo and election interference: https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/election-exclusive-british-advisors

4/7 Their targets included RFK Jr. — now the Secretary of HHS. @SecKennedy @RobertKennedyJr

CCDH ran “black ops” to deplatform him. They lobbied Google to demonetize American media. They pressured every major platform to silence the people in his orbit — during the exact period he was building a political movement.

That’s not content moderation. That’s ELECTION INTERFERENCE by a foreign NGO.‼️

***

5/7 Remember Murthy v. Missouri? The Supreme Court said those plaintiffs couldn’t prove the specific chain from government → platform → their injuries.

Our case — Finn v. Global Engagement Center — was built to fix that. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.441979/gov.uscourts.flmd.441979.83.0.pdf

Our names were on the list. The government cited the list. The platforms acted on the list.

🚨Now the State Dept’s own sworn record confirms the chain. This is the case Murthy couldn’t be.

6/7 CCDH’s CEO accused us of “profiting from causing death.” He also encouraged comparisons of the “disinformation dozen” to sexual predators, mass murders and a criminal network under Parliamentary privilege: https://sayerji.substack.com/p/when-parliament-becomes-a-weapon?utm_source=publication-search

He never retracted it. Never substantiated it. Never corrected it.

Instead he REPEATED it in a second federal court filing — while telling a different court it was just “publication of reports.”

The State Dept says he “successfully led efforts to lobby” and “pressure U.S. companies to restrict speech.”

That’s not publishing. That’s an operation.

***

7/7 We are 6 people and a volunteer legal team against Google, Meta, CCDH, and the federal government.

If we win, the precedent protects EVERY American from government-coordinated censorship.

If we lose, the blueprint survives for the next crisis and the next inconvenient voices.

📖 Read the full analysis: https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-government-just-admitted-it-censored

💪 Support the case: https://givesendgo.com/deliberate-dozen
The Secretary of State just proved us right. Help us finish this — together.

🇺🇸If you believe in freedom of speech, due process, the freedom to assemble, and our constitutionally-supported rights as Americans, share this widely! @unhealthytruth

February 12, 2026 – Black Americans expose Democrat party’s true racist history in viral social media movement

Nicki Minaj’s recent embrace of President Donald Trump, including her support for voter ID laws and public praise for the president, is now sparking a fresh wave of political reaction online with some fans saying they are leaving the Democratic Party and aligning with Republicans.

The fan posts, first reported by Newsweek on Saturday, surfaced after a week of heightened attention around Minaj’s political comments.

Several self-identified fans, often known as the “Barbz,” said on X that Minaj’s stance had influenced their own political thinking.

One fan wrote on X, “Today is the day I switch to republican,” in a post that had been viewed more than 300,000 times. The user later wrote in replies that they had never voted before but planned to do so.

A third account wrote, “MAGA BARBZ IT IS I will never vote dem again!!” in a post that drew more than 70,000 views.

The online reaction follows a series of political statements and public appearances by Minaj over the past week that drew widespread attention. Earlier this month, the rapper voiced support for voter ID laws in a post on X, questioning why the issue remains a subject of debate in the U.S. The comments drew praise from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. (Read more: Fox News, 2/7/2026)  (Archive)

EXPLOSIVE: Black Americans EXPOSE Democrat Party’s True History in Viral Social Media Movement

Something remarkable is happening across social media that has the Democratic establishment in full panic mode. Black Americans are looking directly into cameras and exposing the truth about which party actually fought for their freedom throughout history – and the receipts are undeniable.

@duceygold

Replying to @Kim Andreson HARRIET TOO 😳 #fyp #conservative #blackhistory #america #politics

♬ original sound – Duce

The videos are going viral faster than the mainstream media can suppress them. These aren’t Republican talking points or conservative spin. These are foundational Black Americans examining their own history and drawing their own powerful conclusions about decades of political deception.

The Constitutional Receipts Don’t Lie

The facts speak for themselves, and they’re damning for Democrats. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery? It received 100 percent Republican support and just 23 percent from Democrats. The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing voting rights for all Americans? Again, 100 percent Republican support and zero percent from Democrats.

Here’s the kicker that really exposes the lie: The Republican Party was founded in 1854 in a Wisconsin schoolhouse with one explicit purpose – stopping Democrats from expanding slavery. Yet somehow, through decades of propaganda and media manipulation, the Democratic Party convinced entire communities to forget who actually stood beside them during America’s darkest chapters. (Read more: N3 Next News Network, 2/7/2026)  (Archive)

February 12, 2026 – Cartels doxx ICE Director Todd Lyons — Post home floorplans, video of wife walking to work in chilling threat campaign

On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security Committee heard testimony from the leaders of ICE and the U.S. Customs & Border Protection agency. Minnesota officials also gave testimony.

Todd M. Lyons is the senior official performing the duties of the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). His testimony about the threats to his family and other agents is stunning.

After 9/11, Mr. Lyons returned to active duty with Special Operations Command, antiterrorism & force protection. His written opening statement is here, and his impressive career bio is here.

With deep concerns about the doxxing of law enforcement, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) directed questions to Director Lyons. Mr. Lyons explains that videos of his wife walking to work have been posted online. The cartels have posted the schematics (floorplans) of his home online too.

Senator Johnson explained that cartels use similar tactics in Central America, to intimidate Police Chiefs.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/13/2026) (Archive)

February 14, 2026 – Hillary Clinton admits mass migration has been “destabilizing” to society; Barack Obama admits we are a nation of laws with borders

For years now, the left has treated mass migration as this moral, beautiful thing. And if you questioned it, that meant you were some heartless, xenophobic, or stuck in some outdated nationalist fantasy loop. Borders were sold as cruel, enforcement (ICE) was framed as oppression, and “diversity is our strength” wasn’t just a slogan; it was a cult.

Now suddenly, two of the most powerful Dems in modern politics are singing a very different tune.

And no, this isn’t some off-the-cuff, confusing comment from a second-string nobody. This is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. When those two start shifting the message in a big way, there’s trouble afoot.

If you have even a very basic understanding of how politics works, you can see what’s going on here. Internal polling must be absolutely catastrophic. Literally catastrophic. Because you don’t reverse course like this unless the data is a bloody crime scene.

Hillary Clinton, a tried and true globalist, has just flipped the script.

And then came Barry, reinforcing the same message, but in regard to borders and immigration… same overall tone and direction.

That’s a full-scale rebrand… or an attempt at it.

When Hillary Clinton says mass migration has been destabilizing and went too far, and Barack Obama says we are a nation of laws with borders that must be orderly and fair, that is a direct slap in the face to the violent activist soldiers that have dominated the party’s messaging for years. (Read more: Revolver News, 2/16/2026) (Archive)

February 14, 2026 – Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives critically important speech to Munich Security Conference

Overnight in the USA time zones, Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a very important speech at the Munich Security Conference [3:00am ET].  The video is below [prompted] and a FULL transcription added below:

This is a critically worded speech that is very important to listen to with great deliberation.  Within his remarks Rubio is telling Europe that we want to remain allied in our interests, but we are no longer going to allow the system of “globalism” to destroy our uniquely American life.

The United States is separating from the madness; this is not up for debate. The only question is whether Europe is too far gone, or whether they will join us.

The euphoria that followed the collapse of the Berlin Wall, “led us to a dangerous delusion.  That we had entered quote the end of history. That every nation would now be a liberal democracy; that the ties formed by trade and by commerce alone would now replace nationhood. That the rules-based global order, an overused term, would now replace the national interest, and that we would now live in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world. This was a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history, and it has cost us dearly.” 

(Transcript)

SECRETARY RUBIO: “Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – actually, it was on a continent – that was divided against itself. The line between communism and freedom ran through the heart of Germany. The first barbed fences of the Berlin Wall had gone up just two years prior.

And just months before that first conference, before our predecessors first met here, here in Munich, the Cuban Missile Crisis had brought the world to the brink of nuclear destruction. Even as World War II still burned fresh in the memory of Americans and Europeans alike, we found ourselves staring down the barrel of a new global catastrophe – one with the potential for a new kind of destruction, more apocalyptic and final than anything before in the history of mankind.

At the time of that first gathering, Soviet communism was on the march. Thousands of years of Western civilization hung in the balance. At that time, victory was far from certain. But we were driven by a common purpose. We were unified not just by what we were fighting against; we were unified by what we were fighting for. And together, Europe and America prevailed and a continent was rebuilt. Our people prospered. In time, the East and West blocs were reunited. A civilization was once again made whole. ”

“That infamous wall that had cleaved this nation into two came down, and with it an evil empire, and the East and West became one again. But the euphoria of this triumph led us to a dangerous delusion: that we had entered, quote, “the end of history;” that every nation would now be a liberal democracy; that the ties formed by trade and by commerce alone would now replace nationhood; that the rules-based global order – an overused term – would now replace the national interest; and that we would now live in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world.

This was a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly. In this delusion, we embraced a dogmatic vision of free and unfettered trade, even as some nations protected their economies and subsidized their companies to systematically undercut ours – shuttering our plants, resulting in large parts of our societies being deindustrialized, shipping millions of working and middle-class jobs overseas, and handing control of our critical supply chains to both adversaries and rivals.

We increasingly outsourced our sovereignty to international institutions while many nations invested in massive welfare states at the cost of maintaining the ability to defend themselves. This, even as other countries have invested in the most rapid military buildup in all of human history and have not hesitated to use hard power to pursue their own interests. To appease a climate cult, we have imposed energy policies on ourselves that are impoverishing our people, even as our competitors exploit oil and coal and natural gas and anything else – not just to power their economies, but to use as leverage against our own.

And in a pursuit of a world without borders, we opened our doors to an unprecedented wave of mass migration that threatens the cohesion of our societies, the continuity of our culture, and the future of our people. We made these mistakes together, and now, together, we owe it to our people to face those facts and to move forward, to rebuild.

Under President Trump, the United States of America will once again take on the task of renewal and restoration, driven by a vision of a future as proud, as sovereign, and as vital as our civilization’s past. And while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe.

For the United States and Europe, we belong together. America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before. The man who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new.

We are part of one civilization – Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.

And so this is why we Americans may sometimes come off as a little direct and urgent in our counsel. This is why President Trump demands seriousness and reciprocity from our friends here in Europe. The reason why, my friends, is because we care deeply. We care deeply about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound sense of concern about a Europe with which we are connected – not just economically, not just militarily. We are connected spiritually and we are connected culturally. We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve for us as history’s constant reminder that ultimately, our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours, because we know – (applause) – because we know that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.

National security, which this conference is largely about, is not merely series of technical questions – how much we spend on defense or where, how we deploy it, these are important questions. They are. But they are not the fundamental one. The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is what exactly are we defending, because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny.

It was here in Europe where the ideas that planted the seeds of liberty that changed the world were born. It was here in Europe where the world – which gave the world the rule of law, the universities, and the scientific revolution. It was this continent that produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And this is the place where the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel and the towering spires of the great cathedral in Cologne, they testify not just to the greatness of our past or to a faith in God that inspired these marvels. They foreshadow the wonders that await us in our future. But only if we are unapologetic in our heritage and proud of this common inheritance can we together begin the work of envisioning and shaping our economic and our political future.

Deindustrialization was not inevitable. It was a conscious policy choice, a decades-long economic undertaking that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capacity, and of their independence. And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade. It was foolish. It was a foolish but voluntary transformation of our economy that left us dependent on others for our needs and dangerously vulnerable to crisis.

Mass migration is not, was not, isn’t some fringe concern of little consequence. It was and continues to be a crisis which is transforming and destabilizing societies all across the West. Together we can reindustrialize our economies and rebuild our capacity to defend our people. But the work of this new alliance should not be focused just on military cooperation and reclaiming the industries of the past. It should also be focused on, together, advancing our mutual interests and new frontiers, unshackling our ingenuity, our creativity, and the dynamic spirit to build a new Western century. Commercial space travel and cutting-edge artificial intelligence; industrial automation and flex manufacturing; creating a Western supply chain for critical minerals not vulnerable to extortion from other powers; and a unified effort to compete for market share in the economies of the Global South. Together we can not only take back control of our own industries and supply chains – we can prosper in the areas that will define the 21st century.

But we must also gain control of our national borders. Controlling who and how many people enter our countries, this is not an expression of xenophobia. It is not hate. It is a fundamental act of national sovereignty. And the failure to do so is not just an abdication of one of our most basic duties owed to our people. It is an urgent threat to the fabric of our societies and the survival of our civilization itself.

And finally, we can no longer place the so-called global order above the vital interests of our people and our nations. We do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we authored, and we don’t need to dismantle the global institutions of the old order that together we built. But these must be reformed. These must be rebuilt.

For example, the United Nations still has tremendous potential to be a tool for good in the world. But we cannot ignore that today, on the most pressing matters before us, it has no answers and has played virtually no role. It could not solve the war in Gaza. Instead, it was American leadership that freed captives from barbarians and brought about a fragile truce. It had not solved the war in Ukraine. It took American leadership and partnership with many of the countries here today just to bring the two sides to the table in search of a still-elusive peace.

It was powerless to constrain the nuclear program of radical Shia clerics in Tehran. That required 14 bombs dropped with precision from American B-2 bombers. And it was unable to address the threat to our security from a narcoterrorist dictator in Venezuela. Instead, it took American Special Forces to bring this fugitive to justice.

In a perfect world, all of these problems and more would be solved by diplomats and strongly worded resolutions. But we do not live in a perfect world, and we cannot continue to allow those who blatantly and openly threaten our citizens and endanger our global stability to shield themselves behind abstractions of international law which they themselves routinely violate.

This is the path that President Trump and the United States has embarked upon. It is the path we ask you here in Europe to join us on. It is a path we have walked together before and hope to walk together again. For five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West had been expanding – its missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers pouring out from its shores to cross oceans, settle new continents, build vast empires extending out across the globe.

But in 1945, for the first time since the age of Columbus, it was contracting. Europe was in ruins. Half of it lived behind an Iron Curtain and the rest looked like it would soon follow. The great Western empires had entered into terminal decline, accelerated by godless communist revolutions and by anti-colonial uprisings that would transform the world and drape the red hammer and sickle across vast swaths of the map in the years to come.

Against that backdrop, then, as now, many came to believe that the West’s age of dominance had come to an end and that our future was destined to be a faint and feeble echo of our past. But together, our predecessors recognized that decline was a choice, and it was a choice they refused to make. This is what we did together once before, and this is what President Trump and the United States want to do again now, together with you.

And this is why we do not want our allies to be weak, because that makes us weaker. We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who, together with us, are willing and able to defend it.

And this is why we do not want allies to rationalize the broken status quo rather than reckon with what is necessary to fix it, for we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline. We do not seek to separate, but to revitalize an old friendship and renew the greatest civilization in human history. What we want is a reinvigorated alliance that recognizes that what has ailed our societies is not just a set of bad policies but a malaise of hopelessness and complacency. An alliance – the alliance that we want is one that is not paralyzed into inaction by fear – fear of climate change, fear of war, fear of technology. Instead, we want an alliance that boldly races into the future. And the only fear we have is the fear of the shame of not leaving our nations prouder, stronger, and wealthier for our children.

An alliance ready to defend our people, to safeguard our interests, and to preserve the freedom of action that allows us to shape our own destiny – not one that exists to operate a global welfare state and atone for the purported sins of past generations. An alliance that does not allow its power to be outsourced, constrained, or subordinated to systems beyond its control; one that does not depend on others for the critical necessities of its national life; and one that does not maintain the polite pretense that our way of life is just one among many and that asks for permission before it acts. And above all, an alliance based on the recognition that we, the West, have inherited together – what we have inherited together is something that is unique and distinctive and irreplaceable, because this, after all, is the very foundation of the transatlantic bond.

Acting together in this way, we will not just help recover a sane foreign policy. It will restore to us a clearer sense of ourselves. It will restore a place in the world, and in so doing, it will rebuke and deter the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike.

So in a time of headlines heralding the end of the transatlantic era, let it be known and clear to all that this is neither our goal nor our wish – because for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe. (Applause.)

Our story began with an Italian explorer whose adventure into the great unknown to discover a new world brought Christianity to the Americas – and became the legend that defined the imagination of a our pioneer nation.

Our first colonies were built by English settlers, to whom we owe not just the language we speak but the whole of our political and legal system. Our frontiers were shaped by Scots-Irish – that proud, hearty clan from the hills of Ulster that gave us Davy Crockett and Mark Twain and Teddy Roosevelt and Neil Armonstrong.

Our great midwestern heartland was built by German farmers and craftsmen who transformed empty plains into a global agricultural powerhouse – and by the way, dramatically upgraded the quality of American beer. (Laughter.)

Our expansion into the interior followed the footsteps of French fur traders and explorers whose names, by the way, still adorn the street signs and towns’ names all across the Mississippi Valley. Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos – the entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West – these were born in Spain. And our largest and most iconic city was named New Amsterdam before it was named New York.

And do you know that in the year that my country was founded, Lorenzo and Catalina Geroldi lived in Casale Monferrato in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. And Jose and Manuela Reina lived in Sevilla, Spain. I don’t know what, if anything, they knew about the 13 colonies which had gained their independence from the British empire, but here’s what I am certain of: They could have never imagined that 250 years later, one of their direct descendants would be back here today on this continent as the chief diplomat of that infant nation. And yet here I am, reminded by my own story that both our histories and our fates will always be linked.

Together we rebuilt a shattered continent in the wake of two devastating world wars. When we found ourselves divided once again by the Iron Curtain, the free West linked arms with the courageous dissidents struggling against tyranny in the East to defeat Soviet communism. We have fought against each other, then reconciled, then fought, then reconciled again. And we have bled and died side by side on battlefields from Kapyong to Kandahar.

And I am here today to leave it clear that America is charting the path for a new century of prosperity, and that once again we want to do it together with you, our cherished allies and our oldest friends. (Applause.)

We want to do it together with you, with a Europe that is proud of its heritage and of its history; with a Europe that has the spirit of creation of liberty that sent ships out into uncharted seas and birthed our civilization; with a Europe that has the means to defend itself and the will to survive. We should be proud of what we achieved together in the last century, but now we must confront and embrace the opportunities of a new one – because yesterday is over, the future is inevitable, and our destiny together awaits. Thank you.” (Applause.)

~ Questions and Responses ~
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, I’m not sure you heard the sigh of relief through this hall when we were just listening to what I would interpret as a message of reassurance, of partnership. You spoke of intertwined relations between the United States and Europe – reminds me of statements made decades ago by your predecessors when the discussion was: is actually America a European power? Is America a power in Europe? Thank you for offering this message of reassurance about our partnership.

This is actually not the first time that Marco Rubio is here at the Munich Security Conference – been here before a couple of times, but it’s the first time he has been and he is the speaker as Secretary of State. So thank you again. We have only a couple of minutes now for just a few questions, and if I may, we collected questions from the audience.

One of the key issues here yesterday, today, is, of course – continues to be the question of how to deal with the war in Ukraine. Many of us in the discussions over the last day, the last 24 hours, have voiced their impression that the Russians – let me put it colloquially – the Russians are playing for time, they’re not really interested in a meaningful settlement. There is no indication that they’re willing to compromise on any of their maximalist objectives. Offer to us, if you could, your assessment of where we are and where you think we can go.

SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, I think where we are at this point is that the issues at play that have to be – here’s the good news. The good news is that the issues that need to be confronted to end this war have been narrowed. That’s the good news. The bad news is they’ve been narrowed to the hardest questions to answer, and work remains to be done in that front. I hear your point about – the answer is we don’t know. We don’t know the Russians are serious about ending the war; they say they are – and under what terms they were willing to do it and whether we can find terms that are acceptable to Ukraine that Russia will always agree to. But we’re going to continue to test it.

In the meantime, everything else continues to happen. The United States has imposed additional sanctions on Russia’s oil. In our conversations with India, we’ve gotten their commitment to stop buying additional Russian oil. Europe has taken its set of steps moving forward. The Pearl Program continues in which American weaponry is being sold for the Ukrainian war effort. So all these things continue. Nothing has stopped in the interim. So there’s no buying of time here in that regard.

What we can’t answer – but we’re going to continue to test – is whether there is an outcome that Ukraine can live with and that Russia will accept. And I would say it’s been elusive up to this point. We’ve made progress in the sense that for the first time, I think in years, at least at the technical level, there were military officials from both sides that met together last week, and there’ll be – and there’ll be meetings again on Tuesday, although it may not be the same group of people.

Look, we’re going to continue to do everything we can to play this role of bringing this war to an end. I don’t think anybody in this room would be against a negotiated settlement to this war so long as the conditions are just and sustainable. And that’s what we aim to achieve, and we’re going to continue to try to achieve it, even as all these other things continue to happen on the sanctions front and so forth.

QUESTION: Thank you very much. I’m sure if we had more time there were many questions on Ukraine. But let me conclude by asking a question about something entirely different. The next speaker here in just a couple of minutes will be the foreign minister of China. When you served in the Senate, sir, people considered you a kind of a China hawk.

SECRETARY RUBIO: So did they.

QUESTION: So did they?

SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah.

QUESTION: The – we know that there will be, in about two months’ time, a summit meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping. Give us your expectation. Are you optimistic? Can there be a, quote/unquote, “deal” with China? What do you expect?

SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, I would say this. The two largest economies in the world, two of the big powers on the planet, we have an obligation to communicate with them and talk, and so do many of you on a bilateral basis as well. I mean, it would be geopolitical malpractice to not be in conversations with China. I would say this: because we’re two large countries with huge global interests, our national interests will often not align. Their national interests and ours will not align, and we owe it to the world to try to manage those as best we can, obviously avoiding conflict, both economic and worse. And that – so it’s important for us to have communications with them in that regard.

On areas in which our interests are aligned, I think we can work together to make positive impact on the world, and we seek opportunities to do that with them. So – but we have to have a relationship with China. And any of the countries represented here today are going to have to have a relationship with China, always understanding that nothing that we agree to could come at the expense of our national interest. And frankly, we expect China to act in their national interest, as we expect every nation-state to act in their national interest. And the goal of diplomacy is to try to navigate those times in which our national interests come into conflict with one another, always hoping to do it peacefully.

I think we also have a special obligation because whatever happens between the U.S. and China on trade has a global implication. So there are long-term challenges that we face that we’re going to have to confront that are going to be irritants in our relationship with China. That’s not just true for the United States; that’s true for the broader West. But I do think we need to try to manage those the best we can to avoid unnecessary friction if it’s possible. But no one is under any illusions. There are some fundamental challenges between our countries and between the West and China that will continue for the foreseeable future for a variety of reasons, and it’s some of the things we hope to work together with you on.

QUESTION: Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. We’ve run out of time. I’m sorry that I can’t take questions from all those who wanted to ask questions. Mr. Secretary of State, thank you for this message of reassurance. I think this is much appreciated here in the hall. Let’s offer a round of applause. (Applause.)

(Conservative Treehouse, 2/14/2026)  (Archive)

February 14, 2026 – Hillary Clinton gets into testy exchange with Czech Deputy PM while he was slamming ‘woke revolution’

Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka told Hillary Clinton that the “woke revolution” pushed American voters toward President Donald Trump, then watched as the former secretary of state grew visibly agitated by his critique.

The confrontation broke out Saturday at the Munich Security Conference during a panel titled, “The West-West Divide: What Remains of Common Values,” according to Fox News. Macinka argued that Trump’s political rise was a direct response to left-wing cultural overreach in the U.S.

“What Trump is doing in America, I think that it is a reaction. Reaction for some policies that really went too far, too far from the regular people,” Macinka said.

Clinton demanded examples. Macinka obliged.

“We saw the cancel culture. We saw the woke revolution. I don’t agree with the gender revolution, the climate alarmism,” he said in a video posted on X.

(Read more: The Daily Caller, 2/16/2026) (Archive)

February 16, 2026 – Hillary Clinton claims she couldn’t recall ever meeting Epstein and Bill took some rides on his airplane for charitable work

(…) During an interview with the Trump-hating British Broadcasting Corporation, Clinton claimed that she and Bill Clinton have “no links” to Epstein. “We have a very clear record that we’ve been willing to talk about, which my husband has said, he took some rides on the airplane for his charitable work,” Clinton said.

She continued, “I don’t recall ever meeting him,” though she did admit to meeting Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

She then accused the GOP of treating the Clintons unfairly after they refused to testify before the House Oversight Committee, leading to an attempt to hold the two in contempt of Congress before the Clintons finally agreed to sit for interviews.

“Why did they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated,” she told the BBC’s Jess Parker.

Clinton further attacked Trump and his allies over the Epstein Files on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, saying the information revealed was “troubling” and “really horrific,” while omitting the fact that Bill Clinton frequently spent time with Epstein and young girls.

“I watched her in Munich, and she seriously has Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Trump said when responding to her comments on Monday evening.

WATCH:

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 2/16/2026) (Archive)

February 18, 2026 – Fulton County officials attempted to backdate legal documents and violated the Open Meetings Act to launch a federal lawsuit

Here it is:

The Georgia Election Board officially confirms INTENTIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION—the predicate for a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY.

Simply put: it was scanned twice, it was counted twice—intentionally, maliciously, and deliberately.

• 17,852 votes counted with no ballot images
• 20,713 original votes from tabulators out of thin air
• 3,930 duplicates counted and inserted into the CERTIFIED count via a criminal conspiracy,

How was this done?

Joseph Rossi: “Ballots were scanned on one day, and then they were randomly picked these batches of ballots and created a new batches and scanned a second day on a different tabulator.”

“We now know with certainty that this duplication of ballots was not a mere administrative error, rather the duplication process was due to INTENTIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION. THE PREDICATE FOR ELECTION FRAUD.”

In other words: ‘Arctic Frost’— was designed to coverup their own crimes during the 2020 election.

February 18, 2026 – Narrative Shift: Dems and the media now deny ever calling Trump racist and another Hitler

February 19, 2026 – Andrew arrested on birthday for misconduct in public office; Epstein fallout continues

Police officers at the gates of Andrew’s former home in Berkshire, Royal Lodge, in Windsor (Credit: Tony Kershaw/SWNS)

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has today been arrested on his 66th birthday and is in custody after a raid on his new Sandringham home.

Thames Valley Police held the eighth in line to the British throne on suspicion of misconduct in public office this morning.

The Daily Mail was the first to reveal plain-clothes police, carried in six unmarked vehicles, had arrived at Wood Farm, where Andrew now lives, at 8am this morning.

A convoy including at least two royal Land Rovers linked to Andrew was photographed leaving the estate less than an hour later. His arrest was confirmed at 10.08am.

For the past ten days, detectives have been probing his conduct as a trade envoy for the UK after emails in the Epstein Files suggested he shared confidential information with his paedophile friend, including reports of his official visits and potential investment opportunities.

A Thames Valley spokesman said today: ‘We have today arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office’.

The force said its officers are searching an address in Norfolk – believed to be Wood Farm, where Andrew is exiled – and an address in Berkshire, likely to be Royal Lodge in Windsor, where he lived for more than 20 years until this month.

‘The man remains in police custody at this time’, the spokesman said – but the force would not confirm where Andrew, who is celebrating his birthday today, had been taken.

Norfolk Police said it is ‘supporting’ the Thames Valley investigation but did not say if one of its stations was being used by detectives to interview Andrew.

Thames Valley Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said: ‘Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office.

‘It is important that we protect the integrity and objectivity of our investigation as we work with our partners to investigate this alleged offence.

‘We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.’

(Read more: The Daily Mail, 2/19/2026)  (Archive)

February 19, 2026 – New evidence shows Maurene Comey ordered New Mexico officials to shut down investigation into Epstein’s Zorro Ranch

Maurene Comey, the daughter of disgraced former FBI Director James Comey Ordered New Mexico Officials to Shut Down Investigation Into Epstein’s Zorro Ranch In 2019.

New evidence has emerged showing that federal prosecutors ordered New Mexico investigators to shut down their probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch in 2019.

The discovery is raising new questions about how the federal government handled key aspects of the Epstein investigation.

The order came from then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey, the daughter of disgraced former FBI Director James Comey. – David Harris Jr.

(…) Former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas launched an investigation but was asked to halt it in July 2019 by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Maureen Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey.

According to a Sept. 8, 2019, redacted email, her office said it “spoke with the New Mexico AG’s office back in July 2019. In essence, they agreed to cease any investigation into sex trafficking and share whatever they had gathered to date regarding sex trafficking activity with our office. We agreed that they were free. To proceed with whatever other investigations unrelated to sex trafficking they may have concerning Epstein and told them that at the conclusion of our case, we would pass along any information we may have gathered about the state crimes that were committed in their jurisdiction.”

In a letter to Comey obtained by The Center Square, Balderas provided documents of “police reports, recorded witness interviews, correspondence amongst New Mexico State agencies, and documents related to Epstein’s leasing of New Mexico public lands.” The Trump administration redacted Comey’s name even though it was public knowledge that she was the US attorney at the time. Her office said it was interviewing Epstein victims based on the information Balderas provided, according to an Oct. 11, 2019, email. In 2020, Balderas was still providing information. No charges were brought; no search warrants were issued to search Zorro ranch. (Read more: The Center Square, 2/19/2026)

February 20, 2026 – CIA retracts 19 intel reports exposing political bias in Obama-Biden spy agencies

QUIET NEWS.
The DEI era masquerading as Intelligence Is OVER.

For over a decade, the CIA blazed through taxpayer dollars while national security emphasis was on Democrats woke bias versus real threats.

Under Dir. John Ratcliffe’s leadership, the CIA just retracted or gutted 19 bogus intelligence reports loaded with systemic leftist bias.

The reports were deliberate radical activist inserts, slipped into our intel pipeline.

Here’s a peek at the three declassified (redacted versions out for all to see):
👉Frenzy over LGBT activists in the Middle East as some grand strategic crisis
👉Smearing traditional family values and “white violent extremism” (code for painting conservative men/women/mothers/fathers as radicals)
👉Linking COVID-era contraception shortages in poor countries to global planet and economic doom

The DEI poison spanned Obama, Trump 1.0, and Joe years, proving the fat cat bureaucratic rot was deeply rooted and systemic.

The same crew that pushed the Russia-Russia hoax and ignored real enemies like China now gets exposed for turning spy work into social justice pamphlets.

Ratcliffe isn’t playing: “There is absolutely no room for bias in our work.”

The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board reviewed hundreds, flagged these 19 for failing basic impartiality and tradecraft. 17 fully yanked, 2 heavily revised. Analyst training is being overhauled.

Sen. Tom Cotton was spot-on: ‘We’ve missed real dangers while bureaucrats obsessed over “pandemic contraceptive shortfalls.”
Those days are over.
The swamp’s favorite politicized “intelligence”—just got defanged. Transparency. Objectivity. America First priorities are being restored. 🇺🇸

Source:
JustTheNews

Story By Todd Cefaratti @TrumpDailyPosts 2.21.26

Trump just exposed massive bias in the Obama-Biden spy agencies. President Donald J. Trump shared a bombshell link on Truth Social, pointing straight to a Just the News article that lays bare how the CIA has finally started cleaning house. In a historic move, the agency under Director John Ratcliffe retracted or revised nineteen intelligence reports from the Obama, Trump, and Biden years, admitting they were riddled with political bias and fell short of basic standards for impartiality. This isn’t some minor tweak; it’s a long-overdue admission that spy agencies got weaponized against Regular Americans during those administrations.

The reports pulled focused on hot-button cultural stuff far removed from real national security threats. We’re talking assessments pushing DEI nonsense, like one claiming white women in traditional motherhood roles were getting radicalized into racially motivated violent extremism. Another warned about contraceptive shortfalls during the pandemic in a pro-abortion tone, citing Planned Parenthood and Guttmacher Institute multiple times. There was even one on LGBT activists facing pressure in the Middle East, sourced from sketchy outlets. Seventeen of these got permanently deleted from use, and two were fixed and re-released. Three examples were declassified and made public to show just how bad it got.

A senior CIA official didn’t mince words: these products had “inappropriate insertion of DEI issues and other distractions” that undercut objective analysis. Under prior administrations, the agency let politics creep in, turning intelligence work into something that sounded more like activist talking points than hard facts. Director Ratcliffe made it clear there’s no room for bias in CIA work, and when they spot failures in analytic rigor, they fix the record. This comes after last year’s lessons-learned review slammed how the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference included the debunked Steele Dossier, despite internal objections. Former Director John Brennan pushed for narrative consistency over solid tradecraft, and it hurt credibility big time.

Regular Americans have known this rot existed for years. The Trump-Russia collusion hoax was shoved down our throats by these same agencies, with the Steele Dossier treated like gospel even though it was opposition research garbage. Then came the targeting of parents protesting school boards; Attorney General Merrick Garland’s 2021 memo weaponized the FBI against concerned moms and dads, labeling them potential domestic threats after a National School Boards Association letter equated peaceful rallies to terrorism. That memo got rescinded in 2025 under the new AG Pam Bondi, but the damage was done. Whistleblowers and congressional probes showed how counterterrorism tools got twisted for political ends.

Don’t forget the anti-Catholic bias. In 2023, the FBI’s Richmond office put out a memo linking “radical-traditionalist Catholic” ideology to violent extremism, citing left-wing sources like the Southern Poverty Law Center. It got pulled after backlash, but Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley later revealed it spread to over a thousand FBI employees, with more documents using similar smears. Former Director Christopher Wray claimed it was just one rogue product, but the evidence says otherwise. These weren’t isolated slips; they were patterns of elite sabotage against faith, family, and free speech.

Trump’s post highlights this because he fought these deep state games from day one. During his first term, he called out the weaponization, and now in 2026, with loyal leaders like Ratcliffe at CIA and others cleaning up, we’re seeing real accountability. The retractions prove what Regular Americans suspected: Obama-Biden era spy agencies prioritized politics over protecting the country. They inserted woke distractions into foreign intelligence, ignored tradecraft, and targeted everyday citizens who dared question school policies or hold traditional values.

This cleanup is a huge win. It restores trust in the intelligence community by admitting past failures and removing tainted products. No more using CIA resources to push abortion agendas or smear Catholics and parents. Instead, focus returns to actual threats like foreign adversaries. Ratcliffe’s statement nails it: these old reports don’t reflect the expertise of today’s analysts, and bias has no place. Regular Americans can breathe easier knowing the agency is finally enforcing standards.

Critics from the left, like Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner, whine that this is politicization by Trump’s appointees. They claim it’s sidelining career experts. But the facts show the opposite: the retractions correct real deviations from objectivity. Former officials might defend the old reports as just reflecting past priorities, but that’s code for saying bias was baked in under Democrats. Trump never let that slide, and his influence now forces the fix.

Think about the bigger picture. For years, the media and Democrats painted Trump as the threat to institutions, but look who’s been caught politicizing the spies. The Russia hoax wasted millions and divided the nation. Targeting parents chilled free speech at school board meetings. Smearing Catholics as extremists alienated millions of faithful voters. All while real dangers like border security or China got downplayed. Trump’s sharing this article reminds everyone: he promised to drain the swamp, and he’s delivering.

In February 2026, with midterms on the horizon and America First policies rolling, this retraction boosts momentum. It shows strength in leadership, courage to admit and correct wrongs, even if they happened before. Regular Americans who supported Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024 see vindication. The deep state isn’t invincible; truth wins when bold leaders act.

This moment matters because it protects our freedoms. No more intelligence reports twisted to advance leftist causes. The CIA refocuses on keeping America safe from real enemies, not imaginary ones invented to score political points. Trump spotlighting this proves he’s still fighting for us every day.

Regular Americans should celebrate this exposure. It shines light on the rot and starts the healing. Support leaders who demand integrity. Demand accountability from all agencies. With Trump leading the charge, we can make intelligence objective again and put America first where it belongs.

February 20, 2026 – JPMorgan Chase formally admits to terminating more than 50 Trump bank accounts after January 6 protest

JPMorgan Chase has formally admitted that it terminated more than 50 accounts connected to President Donald Trump and his business operations in the wake of the January 6th protest.

The admission came in court filings responding to a lawsuit filed by Trump and the Trump Organization.

The suit names JPMorgan and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, of debanking the president as part of an orchestrated political attack.

According to documents submitted to the court, the closures affected accounts tied to Trump hotels, real estate projects, and retail ventures in multiple states, as well as his longstanding private banking relationship.

That relationship had handled personal financial matters, including assets linked to his inheritance.

The bank’s internal correspondence, included in the filing, does not cite a specific violation or financial irregularity.

In a letter dated February 2021, JPMorgan informed Trump that he would need to “find a more suitable institution with which to conduct business.”

“Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter,” it concluded.

The lawsuit alleges the bank “needed to distance itself from President Trump and his conservative political views,” effectively placing him on a blacklist.

“In essence, [JP Morgan] debanked plaintiffs’ accounts because it believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so,” the lawsuit states. (Read more: Gateway Pundit, 2/22/2026)  (Archive)

February 20, 2026 – Susan Rice states Democrats will weaponize the government to go after anyone who supports the President

February 19, 2026 – Trump, Rubio’s State Department and DOGE are creating a portal for censored people to bypass their country’s censorship laws

🚨 WOW! President Trump and Marco Rubio’s State Department is creating a portal for people in places like the European Union to BYPASS censorship laws — with the help of Elon Musk’s DOGE genius, “Big Balls” Edward Coristine

ABSOLUTELY BASED.

Freedom dot gov is set to un-filter “hate speech” and other BS censorship enacted by governments online

Edward Coristine: “FREEDOM IS COMING.” 🔥🇺🇸

The http://freedom.gov portal is a game-changer for digital sovereignty. Europe’s censorship regime—masked as “hate speech” enforcement—has long suppressed free expression under the guise of combating extremism. The State Department’s move to empower users with unfiltered access via VPNs and privacy tools isn’t just about bypassing bans; it’s a direct rebuke of EU overreach that conflates conservative dissent with terrorism.

Edward Coristine’s involvement, leveraging DOGE’s efficiency playbook, ensures this isn’t another bloated federal project but a surgical strike against bureaucratic censorship.

Critics whine about “undermining laws,” but sovereignty isn’t negotiable. If Brussels can’t handle truth, America will host it.

February 20, 2026 – New FBI internal emails reveal Biden White House coordinated with DOJ on Mar-a-Lago raid

FOX NEWS ALERT: Fox News has obtained emails from 2022 that appear to contradict the Biden administration’s claim it had nothing to do with the Department of Justice’s raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida reports Fox’s @BretBaier and @davidspunt

Fox’s David Spunt: “New emails obtained by Fox News from May 2022, 3 months before Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI, illustrated coordination between the White House Counsel’s office and the DOJ regarding an interview of Walt Nauta.”

AG Bondi says: “The more we learn about the DOJ’s weaponization under the prior administration, the worse the story gets… We will continue disclosing KEY EVIDENCE to our congressional partners to deliver the truth and bring those who committed crimes to justice.”

(…) In 2024, Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed records in Jack Smith’s classified docs case against Trump that reveal Biden’s White House and DOJ were coordinating with National Archives general counsel Gary Stern.

The day before Jack Smith indicted Trump in the classified documents case on June 8, 2023, NARA’s general counsel, Gary Stern, was at the Biden White House and met with Joe Biden’s White House lawyer, Richard Sauber.

NARA’s general counsel, Gary Stern, was working with Biden’s White House and DOJ as early as August 2021 (one year before the Mar-a-Lago raid).

It was recently reported that the FBI did not believe it had probable cause to raid Mar-a-Lago in 2022 but descended on Trump’s Florida estate amid pressure from Biden’s corrupt Justice Department. (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/20/2026) (Archive)

February 21, 2026 – The FBI Mission and the “Library on Congress”

In roughly the past fifty years, the term “continuity of government” has been used with increased frequency describing how the United States of America, a constitutional republican system of government, contains internal mechanisms to protect the executive branch in the event of crisis, attack or disruption of leadership by adversaries.

The term ‘continuity of government‘ became much more common in the aftermath of 9-11-01 and the thunder shock of an al-Qaeda inspired terrorist attack in New York and Washington DC.

Within the very brief discussion period that led up to the 10-26-01 Patriot Act [pdf here], literally a structural reform of the entire domestic terrorist apparatus that created the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), a bill only debated for a few weeks, the baseline was the enhanced ‘continuity of government‘ in the event of an emergency.

As we have exhaustively outlined on these pages, the outcome of the Patriot Act was to create a system where every American was now viewed by our federal government through the prism of the citizen being a potential terrorist threat.

The federal government aligned all of our institutions and national security systems accordingly.

DHS was created to monitor American behavior, the TSA was created to scan American travelers, and the FBI was enhanced with resources to conduct surveillance despite our Fourth Amendment protections within our Constitution.  Instead of the U.S. Govt protecting U.S. citizens from foreign threats, the Patriot Act changed the mission of government to protect itself from potential citizen threats.

In essence, We the People became the suspects, and all of the constitutional viewpoints within the FBI and Dept of Justice were modified to create monitoring systems.

The legislative branch was considered part of a this newly protected elite class of Americans, and the judicial branch deferred all scrutiny to the executive as long as they claimed, ‘national security.’  The secret FISA court system would grant the agents surveillance power over U.S. citizens.

As the foundation of this new surveillance state was just being finalized, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Eric Holder then entered government via the 2008 election and weaponized this system to target their domestic political opposition.

However, there is also a second element to this ‘continuity of government’ that flows with the first premise.

The continuity of a very specific outlook by government.

The continuity of a very specific construct of government.

The continuity of a view within government of how government should operate. This is part of the continuity of government not discussed.

You can argue it was the viewpoint of a very specific type of government “continuity” that led to the opposition against Donald Trump by Democrats and Republicans.

Trump would be a disruptive influence if introduced into a continuation mission that did not like change.  This ‘continuity’ mindset then established the justification for every institution and element of the bureaucracy, including almost all layers of the people who run them, to oppose Donald Trump.

By the time the 2016 election arrived, We the People had already been defined by the Patriot Act outcome as a threat to government.  If we the people did not select the right kind of candidate who would be approved by the continuity system, then our selection would be rejected by all of the operators of that administrative system.   That’s what happened.

Every move by the U.S. federal government, from 2016 to now, has been contrast against the backdrop of a new awakening and visible understanding.

We the People are the threat, and those who control the DC power centers that determine the continuity of government, will not accept any modification or diminishment of their mission.  This is how they justify their conduct in very real terms, including through application of law.  This is also why the people who operate these systems are very visible with their conduct and do not have any reservations about showing their omnipotent mindset.

From their perspective, they are doing what they do, running government how they run government, maintaining the continuity the system was designed to protect, and we are what they consider futile and irrelevant voices.

Both the Republican and Democrat leadership hold this same view.  This “continuity of government” is the core of their UniParty alignment.

Here is where this understanding gets really interesting.

In order to maintain this system, there has to be an internal monitoring system, a surveillance system to protect itself against any adversary.  A domestic surveillance state has to exist as an outcome of the logical sequence.

Within this total surveillance state, the FBI is the federal agency – a national police force with a mission to run monitoring operations.

Everyone is monitored, and in case anyone would raise objection to being monitored, the corporate media provide protection against criticism by saying the agencies doing the monitoring need to be independent.

As we plunge deeper and deeper into this weaponized surveillance state, if you engage in any conduct to avoid monitoring, you run the risk of being caught in the DHS surveillance sweep.  You run the risk of becoming a DHS subject of interest, just like candidate Donald Trump – only smaller.  If you choose to fight against accepting the weaponized surveillance state, you will be considered a DHS subject of interest – just like the J6 detainees.

When the FBI was fighting against the release of the FD-1023 report, outlining the Confidential Human Source (CHS) that gave evidence to the FBI against Joe Biden, people missed something.

The DOJ/FBI reluctance to admit the FD-1023 report existed was not just about Joe Biden, it was also about a surveillance process this reporting would reveal.

The confidential human source (CHS) was a person giving information to the FBI for their files.  This is the library on congress.  There are hundreds of thousands of these FD-1023 forms created, as CHS’s undercover agent employees (UAE’s) and a myriad of resources, are deployed in this surveillance system.

It’s the breadth of this surveillance system that leads to the FBI saying, “The safeguards the FBI placed on the production of this information are necessary to protect the safety of confidential sources and the integrity of sensitive investigations. Today’s release of the 1023 [form] – at a minimum – unnecessarily risks the safety of a confidential source.”

As noted by the Federalist Margot Cleveland, “During Wednesday’s hours-long hearing, IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler both told lawmakers they had never seen the FD-1023. Significantly, Ziegler then stated: “There’s things that are contained on that document that could further corroborate other information that we might be having an issue corroborating because it could be regarding a foreign official. So, if we have information regarding that in a document or a witness, we can further corroborate later evidence.”

The reason the IRS agents were not aware of the CHS reports to the FBI, is because keeping the FD-1023 report hidden did not have as much to do with protecting Biden as it does with protecting this surveillance apparatus.

Who are all of these CHS’s and UAEs like Igor Danchenko, Patrick Byrne, Azra Turk, Carter Page, Joseph Mifsud, Ray Epps, 1% Watchdog, etc. etc. etc?  There is a massive surveillance apparatus underway monitoring everyone, including an assembly of files against sitting members of congress and political leadership.

Keep in mind, the FD-1023 reports are not blackmail, they are reports of conduct and action.

Blackmail and/or leverage is an outcome of knowing information.  The massive assembly of FD-1023 reports are the source information.

This was a big part of the reason why FBI Director Christopher Wray initially denied there was an FD-1023 report.

In the bigger of the big pictures, this Joe/Hunter Biden story was the tip of an iceberg showing how the FBI is a domestic surveillance operation assembling files on everyone; that includes members of Congress and key political leadership that could advance to power.  Why is all of this surveillance taking place?…

….Because it is a very specific type of Continuity of Government that must be maintained.

Don’t look at the Potemkin village we call Washington DC.

Look for the people behind the construct.

Look for the people who are using these files.

(Conservative Treehouse, 2/21/2026)  (Archive)

February 24, 2026 – Highlights of Trump’s State Of The Union address

Celebrities, lawmakers and former government officials gathered for a “State of the Swamp” event ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, staging a high-profile protest as counter programming to the annual speech.

President Trump honors Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan with the Legion of Merit for rescuing 165 people, largely children, during the deadly flash floods that struck Camp Mystic on July 4, 2025.

“If you agree with this statement, stand up to show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens,” Trump said.

Republicans stood up and cheered while many Democrats remained seated.

President Trump lambasted the Democrats for refusing to stand for protecting American citizens.

“[Democrats] are blocking the removal of [illegal alien drug lords and rapists] out of our country and you should be ashamed of yourselves!” Trump said.

“You have killed Americans!” Omar shouted.

“You should be ashamed!” Omar added.

Fellow squad member Rashida Tlaib also joined Ilhan Omar and shouted at President Trump.

National Pulse: Ilhan Omar’s Guest Was Arrested at Trump’s State of the Union, Here’s Why:

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest Aliya Rahman is arrested by Capitol Police during Trump’s State of the Union address for unlawful conduct and disruption of Congress. (Credit: public domain)

FULL SPEECH

READ: Full Transcript of President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address – Courtesy of The Gateway Pundit

Democrat Response:

February 24, 2026 – The Biden DOJ funneled millions in federal grants to Fani Willis as she coordinated with the WH and J6 Committee to prosecute Trump

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis coordinated extensively with the Biden Justice Department and White House as well as Democrats on the House Jan. 6 investigative committee as she built a failed criminal case against President Donald Trump and his allies related to their challenge to Georgia’s 2020 election results, according to a trove of internal communications obtained by Just the News.

The memos show that President Joe Biden’s top White House lawyer personally opened the door for Willis’ prosecutors to interview Trump administration officials by waiving claims of executive privilege, that federal prosecutors waived certain rights to allow the interviews to proceed before a state grand jury and that Willis’s team spoke glowingly of the congressional efforts to expose Trump’s involvement in the disputed election.

“Our initial review of the report confirms you all have accomplished amazing things in the past year,” F. Donald Wakeford, a top deputy to Willis, wrote in a December 2022 email to Tim Heaphy, chief investigative counsel for the Democrat-run Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Just the News, alongside the nonprofit public interest law firm America First Legal (AFL), sued Willis for the records, under Georgia’s Open Records Law. Willis, a longtime Trump nemesis, sought to hide many of the records with claims of legal privilege during a prolonged legal fight.

In a reaction to the lawsuit, Willis’ office this week dropped all privilege claims and released all the documents without any redactions, providing to Just the News — and the public — more information than it did to congressional Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.

“These documents reveal that the Biden Administration and the January 6 Committee were much more involved in District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution of President Trump than was previously believed. AFL was happy to represent Just the News to get Americans this new information,” said Will Scolinos, an attorney at America First Legal.

More:

A cozy relationship, and a big gift from the Biden White House
Willis made Georgia first state to indict Trump over Jan. 6
Justice Department coordinated Willis with J6 committee
Outreach to J6 committee Democrats for more information
Investigations launched into Willis, and the case is dismissed
Georgia court: “Willis’ misconduct created an “odor of mendacity”

The Georgia Court of Appeals issued a decision holding Willis accountable for prosecutorial misconduct and conflict of interest during her hunt to get Trump.

“The court highlighted that Willis’ misconduct created an ‘odor of mendacity’ and an appearance of impropriety that could only be cured by the disqualification of her and her entire office,” Trump attorney Steve Sadow said in a statement, according to The Georgia Reporter.

“As the court rightfully noted, only the remedy of disqualification will suffice to restore public confidence. This decision puts an end to a politically motivated persecution of the next President of the United States.”

(Read more: Just the News, 2/24/2026)  (Archive)

Records reveal the Biden DOJ funneled millions in federal grants to Fani Willis’s office as she coordinated with the White House and J6 Committee to accelerate her 2020 election interference prosecution.

 

February 25, 2026 – Trump announces a ‘war on fraud’ and appoints JD Vance to oversee it

President Donald Trump announces the “war on fraud” during his State of the Union address on February 25, 2026, and appoints Vice President JD Vance to lead/oversee the initiative.

He states: “So tonight, although [it] started four months ago, I am officially announcing the war on fraud to be led by our great Vice President JD Vance. He’ll get it done.”

The effort focuses on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs (especially Medicaid and entitlements), with early actions including freezing over $250 million in Medicaid funds to Minnesota.

Vice President JD Vance and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz discussed a ‘War on Fraud’ that President Trump announced in his State of the Union. The main topic was health care related fraud in Minnesota, and the Trump administration is reportedly cutting some funding to the state over it.

February 25, 2026 – Biden’s FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records while they were private citizens; Patel fires those involved

The FBI, under President Joe Biden, subpoenaed the phone records of Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, and FBI Director Kash Patel when they were private citizens.

The subpoenas came out when Smith investigated Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and hiding classified information at Mar-a-Lago.

The most significant part of the story, which Reuters buried, is that two FBI officials said that the agency wiretapped and recorded a call between Wiles and her attorney in 2023.

The attorney supposedly consented to the FBI recording the call.

According to Marc Caputo of Axios, the lawyer denies the claim, saying he never gave permission for anyone to record the phone call.

“If I ever pulled a stunt like that I wouldn’t – and shouldn’t – have a license to practice law,” the lawyer told Caputo. “I’m as shocked as Susie.”

Wiles reportedly told people close to her that the news left her “in shock.”

It seems Wiles believes the attorney.

Caputo correctly does not name the lawyer since “he and his former client believe he is being [un]fairly accused.”

The news is serious because it’s not the same as the tracking Smith and his cronies performed on eight Republican senators and 400 Republicans.

The tracking, known as toll analysis, only shows the who, when, and where of the communication. It does not show content.

Tapping and recording phone calls obviously reveals content.

To make matters worse, the phone call was between Wiles and her attorney.

Attorney-client privilege applies only when the attorney is acting in an attorney-client capacity, a third party is present, the parties are facilitating a crime, or confidentiality is waived. (Read more: Legal Insurrection, 2/27/2026)  (Archive)

February 27, 2026 – Kash Patel fires 10 FBI staff over shady surveillance of Patel and Susie Wiles:

February 25, 2026 – Biden’s FBI was spying on Kash Patel and Susie Wiles in 2022 and 2023… when they were private citizens

(…) Patel told Reuters that the bureau’s subpoenas were an example of federal overreach by unelected officials.

“It is outrageous and deeply alarming that the previous FBI leadership secretly subpoenaed my own phone records – along with those of now White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles – using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight,” Patel said. (Just the News, 2/25/2026)

February 26, 2026 – Kristi Noem: Deep State officials bugged my phone, computer

Deep State activists within the Department of Homeland Security secretly bugged the phones and computers used by top political appointees, agency chief Kristi Noem told the PBD Podcast.

Elon Musk’s deputies “helped me identify [the Deep State allies who] downloaded software on my phone and my laptop to spy on me, to record our meetings,” Noem said on February 26, adding:

They had done that to several of the politicals, and so we ended up bringing in [outside tech] people … [and we] didn’t have those technology experts here in the department looking at all of our laptops and our phones and recognizing that kind of software.

“I always believed when people talked about the deep state before that it existed: I never would have dreamed that it was as bad as it is,” she said. “I’m still every day trying to dig out people who don’t love America, not just [those] who work at this department, but also work throughout the federal government.”

The Deep State actors also had their own spy base within the DHS building, she said:

I just found the other day a whole room on this [DHS headquarters] campus that was a secret SCIF secure facility [Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility] that had files nobody knew existed. So we just happened to have an employee walk by a door and wonder what it was. Started asking questions. We went there. There was individuals working there that had secret files that nobody knew about on some of these most controversial topics, like that. And now I’ve got that turned over to attorneys, and we’re getting to the bottom of what exactly happened there.

Noem also said she is trying to reconstruct the movement of scientists through U.S. government and Chinese laboratories before the coronavirus crash:

I also have national labs under my jurisdiction, they [have] scientists that participated with that [China-based] Wuhan lab. [We’re studying] how they were traveling back and forth between each other, and working on those experiments.

“It’s been eye-opening,” she said.

(Breitbart News, 2/26/2026)  (Archive)

February 26, 2026 – Hillary Clinton’s team spent seven hours engineering the perfect camera angle and lighting before her Epstein deposition

(Credit: America First Report)

Before Hillary Clinton answered a single question under oath about her connections to Jeffrey Epstein, her team had already spent considerable energy on a different priority: making sure she looked good on camera. According to a source familiar with the setup, the pre-deposition preparations at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center on February 26 involved a level of image management more fitting for a television production than a sworn congressional proceeding.

The details, first reported by the New York Post, paint a telling picture. Clinton’s team requested what the source described as “beauty lighting” from the venue. They repeatedly instructed that the camera be positioned to her left, which they considered her more flattering angle. When the existing lighting still cast unflattering shadows, white tablecloths were brought in and arranged to reflect the overhead stage lights and soften the effect on her face.

The original black curtains were deemed unacceptable — the source says the team worried they made the setting look like a “hostage situation.” A custom blue-paneled backdrop was ordered from a local vendor and produced in roughly seven hours to replace them. Many of these same visual adjustments remained in place the following day for former President Bill Clinton’s deposition.

Whatever one makes of the underlying investigation, the staging operation raises an obvious question: why does a witness summoned to give sworn testimony in a closed-door congressional deposition need a lighting crew? (Read more: America First Report, 3/3/2026)  (Archive)

February 26, 2026 – Hillary Clinton stops her Jeffrey Epstein deposition after Boebert took pic of her and sent to Benny Johnson; deposition resumes later

Chaos erupted inside Hillary Clinton’s Jeffrey Epstein deposition on Thursday after a Republican lawmaker took a photograph of her during the private session.

Representative Lauren Boebert snapped a picture of Hillary and her attorneys as she addressed lawmakers about her relationship with Epstein, then purportedly leaked it to MAGA influencer Benny Johnson. 

Hillary’s lawyers asked that the proceedings be halted after the photograph began circulating on social media. It is strictly prohibited for lawmakers or witnesses to take pictures inside a closed-door congressional testimony.

The former secretary of state is being deposed at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center near the Clintons’ home in Westchester County, New York, while Bill Clinton will testify on Friday.

The closed-door session is being filmed, though any footage will be reviewed by Hillary’s lawyers before release. The deposition resumed within an hour.

Hillary later asked James Comer, the top Republican overseeing the deposition, if the press could be allowed in the hearing after Boebert’s shocking leak. Comer reportedly replied, ‘No.’

A Clinton spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s against chamber rules that were read at the top of the meeting. So the hearing has been paused briefly while they figure out where the photo came from and why, possibly, members of Congress are violating House rules.’

Prior to the chaos, Hillary blasted Republicans for targeting her while failing to investigate Donald Trump in a fiery opening statement where she provided no defense for her husband.

The former secretary of state said she has ‘no information on Epstein’s criminal activities and never recalls meetings’, then accused lawmakers of covering up for Trump’s relationship with Epstein, where he faces ‘heinous’ accusations from survivors.

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Hillary Clinton Statement

Mr Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee… as a former Senator, I have respect for legislative oversight and I expect its exercise, as do the American people, to be principled and fearless in pursuit of truth and accountability.

As we all know, however, too often Congressional investigations are partisan political theater, which is an abdication of duty and an insult to the American people.

The Committee justified its subpoena to me based on its assumption that I have information regarding the investigations into the criminal activities of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Let me be as clear as I can. I do not.

As I stated in my sworn declaration on January 13, I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that.

Like every decent person, I have been horrified by what we have learned about their crimes. It’s unfathomable that Mr Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist in 2008, which allowed him to continue his predatory practices for another decade.

Mr Chairman, your investigation is supposed to be assessing the federal government’s handling of the investigations and prosecutions of Epstein and his crimes. You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom ran the Department of Justice or directed the FBI when Epstein’s crimes were investigated and prosecuted. Of those eight, only one appeared before the Committee. Five of the six former attorneys general were allowed to submit brief statements stating they had no information to provide.

You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need for transparency on dozens of occasions.

You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican Member showed up for Les Wexner’s deposition.

This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than to seek truth and justice for the victims and survivors, as well as the public who also want to get to the bottom of this matter. My heart breaks for the survivors. And I am furious on their behalf.

I have spent my life advocating for women and girls. I have worked hard to stop the terrible abuses so many women and girls face here and around the world, including human trafficking, forced labor, and sexual slavery. For too long, these have been largely invisible crimes or not treated as crimes at all. But the survivors are real and they are entitled to better.

In Southeast Asia, I met girls as young as twelve years old who were forced into prostitution and raped repeatedly. Some were dying of AIDS. In Eastern Europe, I met mothers who told me how they lost daughters to trafficking and did not know where to turn. In settings around the world, I met survivors trying to rebuild their lives and help rescue others – with little support from people in power, who too often turned a blind eye and a cold shoulder.

If you are new to this issue, let me tell you: Jeffrey Epstein was a heinous individual, but he’s far from alone. This is not a one-off tabloid sensation or a political scandal. It’s a global scourge with an unimaginable human toll.

My work combatting sex trafficking goes back to my days as First Lady. I worked to pass the first federal legislation against trafficking and was proud that my husband signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which increased support for survivors and gave prosecutors better tools for going after traffickers.

As Secretary of State, I appointed a former federal prosecutor, Lou CdeBaca, to ramp up our global antitrafficking efforts. I oversaw nearly 170 anti-trafficking programs in 70 nations and directly pressed foreign leaders to crack down on trafficking networks in their countries. Every year we published a global report to shine a light on abuses. The findings of those reports triggered sanctions on countries failing to make progress, so they became a powerful diplomatic tool to drive concrete action.

I insisted that the United States be included in the report for the first time ever in 2011. Because we must hold ourselves not just to the same standard as the rest of the world but to an even higher one. Sex trafficking and modern slavery should have no place in America. None.

Infuriatingly, the Trump Administration gutted the Trafficking in Persons Office at the State Department, cutting more than 70 percent of the career civil and foreign service experts who worked so hard to prevent trafficking crimes. The annual trafficking report, required by law, was delayed for months. The message from the Trump Administration to the American people and the world could not be clearer: combatting human trafficking is no longer an American priority under the Trump White House.

That is a tragedy. It’s a scandal. It deserves vigorous investigation and oversight.

A committee endeavoring to stopping human trafficking would seek to understand what specific steps are needed to fix a system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes in 2008.

A committee run by elected officials with a commitment to transparency would ensure the full release of all the files.

It would ensure that the lawful redactions of those files protected the victims and survivors, not powerful men and political allies.

It would get to the bottom of reports that DOJ withheld FBI interviews in which a survivor accuses President Trump of heinous crimes.

It would subpoena anyone who asked on which night there would be the “wildest party” on Epstein’s island.

It would demand testimony from prosecutors in Florida and New York about why they gave Epstein a sweetheart deal and chose not to pursue others who may have been implicated.

It would demand that Secretary Rubio and Attorney General Bondi testify about why this administration is abandoning survivors and playing into the hands of traffickers.

It would seek out officers on the front lines of this fight and ask them what support they need.

It would put forth legislation to provide more resources and force this administration to act.

But that’s not happening.

Instead, you have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.

If this Committee is serious about learning the truth about Epstein’s trafficking crimes, it would not rely on press gaggles to get answers from our current president on his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files.

If the majority was serious, it would not waste time on fishing expeditions. There is too much that needs to be done.

What is being held back? Who is being protected? And why the cover-up?

My challenge to you, Mr Chairman, Members of the Committee, is the same challenge I put to myself throughout my long service to this nation. How to be worthy of the trust the American people have given you. They expect statesmanship, not gamesmanship. Leading, not grandstanding. They expect you to use your power to get to the truth and to do more to help survivors of Epstein’s crimes as well as the millions more who are victims of sex trafficking.

(Read more: The Daily Mail, 2/25/2026)  (Archive)

February 27, 2026 – A non-profit, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), verifies our voter applicant ID’s nationwide

U.S. States use 2 nearly identical systems to check applicant identities. One is used to check Driver’s License applicants, the other is used to check Voter Registration applicants. One is flawed, the other flawless. Guess which is used for our elections.

The Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) is a generic term for a state’s DMV, MVD, and so on. MVA’s use a service called SSOLV (Social Security Online Verification) to verify driver license applicants. When a person needs a license or ID card, they go to an MVA office. Staff create an “ID verification request” by entering all 9 digits of the SS#, name, and DOB into their computer. That data travels through the middleman network AAMVAnet, to the Social Security Administration, and comes right back with a response.

To verify the identities of Voter Registration applicants, states use a nearly identical program called HAVV (Help America Vote Verification). These ID verifications are sent by the same MVA department, also through AAMVAnet, to the same SSA servers. But this system seems handicapped. Only the last 4 digits of the SS# can be used. And it gets worse. (Funfact: Texas pays $480 per year for its AAMVAnet service).

GP has written about the high percentage (28%, 58%) of non-match ID verifications through the HAVV system.

Both SSOLV and HAVV are services provided by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). States sign agreements for programs and services provided by AAMVA. In fact, SSOLV and HAVV are so similar that they are often priced as one service and one line item on purchase orders. Note: If a voter applicant doesn’t have a driver’s license, HAVV must be used to check the identity. Some states use HAVV for more than this, including their entire database.

Voter applications come from many sources – online, paper, and applying for gov benefits. Because of this, HAVV verifications are processed differently from SSOLV. Typically, as voter applications come into a Country Recorders’ office, a list is created of those needing ID verification (a batch). These County lists are combined each day by the Secretary of State. This is then given to their MVA, who submits this “batch” at night to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The results are disseminated back to the original locations.

In 2010, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the SSA released a report about HAVV. Oddly, that 8-person team looked at only one issue and talked with only 10 states. They found that many HAVV requests are resubmissions of the same person, over and over. In some states, 30-70% of all requests were resubmissions. For instance, a 37-year-old Illinois man was verified 342 times on the same day.

In other examples, Ohio submitted the same voter for verification 1,778 times over an 11-day period in 2008. In 2009, they submitted the same person for verification another 13,824 times. That 77-year-old man had been dead for 4 years. The OIG report shows the same person can be processed 10, 30, even 50 times or more each year. Read on to learn why we are mentioning 18-year-old data.

Of the 10 states questioned by the OIG, 6 didn’t know why resubmissions were happening, and didn’t seem to care. Four states indicated that voter verifications were resubmitted automatically when that voter’s info was changed or updated. In 2008, about 32% of all verification transactions processed through HAVV were resubmissions. In 2009, it was about 20%.

After the report, the Social Security Administration stated it wasn’t necessary to create a process that detects or fixes why a person is submitted repeatedly. From what we can tell, not a single improvement has been made to HAVV since that 2010 report. After many unanswered FOIAs, staff at a Secretary of State office in the Midwest said, “We too are curious about HAVV data. It’s run by the DMV and somewhat of a black box to us.” (Read much more: The Gateway Pundit, 2/27/2026)  (Archive)

February 27, 2026 – Bill Clinton pleads ignorance of Epstein crimes during his deposition

Former President Bill Clinton claimed he had “no idea” about the crimes of deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, stating that he “saw nothing” that gave him pause.

In a post on X, the former president shared images of his opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In his testimony, Clinton pointed out that “as someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse,” he would not have flown on Epstein’s plane if he “had any inkling of what he was doing.”

“I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing,” Clinton said in his testimony. “No matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that at the end of the day matter more than your interpretation of those 2o-year-old photos. I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn’t see. I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn’t do.”

Clinton’s testimony continued:

As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals.

The former president also stated that Epstein hid his crimes “from everyone so well for so long,” adding that by the time his crimes finally “came to light with his 2008 guilty plea,” he had “long stopped associating with him.”

Clinton’s statement comes a day after former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Oversight Committee that she “had no idea about” Epstein’s criminal activities. (Read more: Breitbart News, 2/27/2026)  (Archive)

Former President Bill Clinton released a video statement on his Epstein deposition.

On Friday Bill Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee on his connections to Jeffrey Epstein from an office in Chappaqua, New York.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters that Bill Clinton testified that to his knowledge President Trump was not involved with Epstein.

“Trump has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved with Epstein,” Comer said.

Fox News also reported that Bill Clinton’s lawyers stepped in several times to stop him from talking too much during the deposition.

February 26, 2026 – How the Biden regime got illegals on commercial flights; legal paperwork of convicted sex offenders was accepted as ID

Thanks to a lawsuit against TSA, disturbing new details are emerging about how illegals without traditional ID were allowed to board commercial flights during the Biden era. And buried inside the paperwork is the detail that has many Americans downright furious.

According to the lawsuit and supporting documents, illegals who were flagged as sex offenders were able to travel by presenting official paperwork related to their sex offender status.

(…) Let’s take a closer look at what the lawsuit uncovered:

Breanna Morello:

🚨FLASHBACK🚨

Ever wondered how TSA was allowing illegal aliens to board commercial flights without IDs under the Biden regime?

Well I sued TSA to find out and learned that Biden’s DHS allowed CONVICTED sex offenders on to flights by showing their sex offender paperwork.

Predators were allowed into the country if they promised to take sexual deviancy counseling and register as a sex offender.

After suing TSA, I won and now the agency is covering my legal fees.

Currently, TSA says they can’t pay my lawyer right now due to the shut down.

The documents obtained through the case help explain what critics are reacting to.

One form, titled Order of Release on Recognizance Addendum, outlines conditions placed on certain noncitizens after processing. Among the listed requirements are provisions related to substance abuse programs, sexual deviancy counseling, and sex offender registration where applicable.

A second document, the Order of Supervision checklist, includes compliance steps for individuals classified under categories such as sex offenders and substance abusers, including notification requirements and proof of counseling.

To critics, the concern is not that these conditions exist. It is that individuals requiring this level of supervision were still able to move through commercial air travel channels at all.

Here are the documents now circulating.

(…) Back in March 2024, the Daily Mail reported that the Biden administration acknowledged transporting migrants on flights into the United States as part of broader immigration processing efforts.

The report noted that hundreds of thousands of migrants were flown to dozens of U.S. airports under programs tied in part to the CBP One app expansion.

Joe Biden’s administration has admitted transporting migrants on secret flights into the U.S. and lawyers for its immigration agencies claim revealing the locations could create national security ‘vulnerabilities’.

Customs and Border Protection has refused to disclose crucial information about a program last year arranging flights for thousands of undocumented immigrants from foreign airports directly to U.S. cities.

It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country. Use of a cell phone app has allowed for the near undetected arrival by air of 320,000 aliens with no legal rights to enter the United States. It comes after a controversy over a 2022 transportation program in which the administration used taxpayers money to move migrants throughout the country on overnight flights.

Included in details of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit first reported by Todd Bensman, the Center for Immigration Studies found Biden’s CBP approved the latest secretive flights that transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from foreign countries into at least 43 different American airports from January through December 2023.

The program was part of Biden’s expansion of the CBP One app, which kicked off at the start of last year.

Migrants were able, under Biden’s expansion, to apply for asylum using the app from their home countries. But the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes that the transportation of these migrants directly to the U.S. is one of the lesser known uses of the app.

The Biden regime had the audacity to say these programs were lawful processing mechanisms designed to manage migration flows more efficiently.

So, bringing in known sex offenders and flying them around the country is standard operating procedure?

Now that these older posts are making the rounds again, people are zeroing in on the massive price tag for the flights and where many of these arrivals were actually sent.

(Read more: Revolver News, 2/26/2026) (Archive)

February 28, 2026 – President Trump announces major US military combat operations in Iran

The United States together with the State of Israel have begun major military combat operations against Iran.  Early reports indicate several top Iranian military leaders have been killed.  President Trump made the announcement moments ago (video below):

According to the Associated Press (AP) “The U.S. strikes took place from both air and sea, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations.”

Associated Press – Live Reports:

The United States and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital.

President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the U.S. had begun “major combat operations in Iran.” He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach U.S. (Live Reports)

(Conservative Treehouse, 2/28/2026)  (Archive)

February 28, 2026 – Highlights of Trump’s liberation of Iran

How many times do we have to go through this before people recognize that Trump actually knows what he is doing?

Trump is eliminating the Deep State’s militaristic capabilities worldwide.

Iran, and their terror proxies in the Middle East, are being purged. The cartels, and their terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere, are being purged.

Trump has been telling us for years that he is going to “obliterate” the Deep State, and that’s what he is doing. Trump has to eliminate the Deep State’s foot soldiers. The cartels and Islamic terror networks, are assets of the Deep State, that threaten the safety of everyone, and Trump knows they must be destroyed.

Iran was also the vehicle for Obama to offshore nuclear weapons directly into the hands of the ruling families. The regime must be removed and Iran returned to her People.

You want to live in a word free of the Deep State? That’s exactly what Trump is doing. It’s not always going to be sunshine and rainbows, but it must be done.

There will be no broader escalation. There will be no prolonged conflict. This will be a surgical military operation, just like everything else Trump does.

Trust Trump. He has earned it.

So many talking heads and clickbait influencers continue to get all their analysis wrong, because they don’t understand Trump or his mission.

They assume Trump is like other Presidents of the past. This is a mistake.

Trump is legitimately on a mission to destroy the Deep State, and defeat is not an option. Once you begin looking through this lens, things start making sense, and pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place.

So many people are trying to solve an extremely complex equation, with incorrect variables. Until you recognize that Trump is the real deal and is actually doing what he said he would do, your analysis will continue to be wrong.

Update:

Unfortunately, CENTCOM reported that we suffered 3 deaths to US service members, NBC News reported the deaths happened in Kuwait, but still waiting to hear more details.

Trump confirms we are eradicating the Iranian Navy and Israel confirms we have established air superiority over Iran’s airspace.

Trump also confirmed that Iran’s remaining leadership want to negotiate, but expect the strikes on IRGC assets and capabilities to continue regardless. Trump is going to completely wipe out Iran’s offensive and defensive capabilities for the foreseeable future.

Saudi Arabia also confirmed they are willing to respond to Iran’s attacks on Riyadh.

The operation is not over, and our armed forces are still in harm’s way, but the IRGC have no path to victory, they have confirmed they are the terrorist state preventing peace in the Middle East, and the world has turned on them.

China and Russia stood down.

I believe Xi and Putin had to be somewhat in the loop on the situation via back channels. Trump must have secured complete assurances that there would be no interference or escalation, prior to any action.

Trump just had a “very positive” phone call with Xi on February 4th, in which they did discuss global military conflicts, including Iran, as well as trade/economic cooperation, and Trump confirmed he will be visiting China from March 31-April 2.

I think a backdoor agreement has already been made, and both Xi and Putin agreed Khamenei and the radical Islamic regime must go. There’s no other way this could have been pulled off. It would have been too substantial a risk to both national and global security for Trump to do this blindly.

Trump has the board secure.

Trump made a deal with nearly all the nations of the Middle East and the Muslim world, to bring peace to the region.

Peace in the region could never be accomplished so long as the Iranian regime and their terror proxies exist, so Trump is eliminating the problem, and paving the way for a stable and peaceful Middle East.

Now take it 40,000 feet. The CIA has been cleansed, strings have been cut, and Deep State destabilization of the Middle East is coming to a close. Trump is eliminating Deep State assets in the region, meaning Khamenei’s radical Islamic regime and their terror proxies like Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, etc.

Trump is undoing decades of CIA meddling and purging Deep State assets worldwide. Iran and their terror proxies in the Middle East, and the drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere.

Without these rogue assets and Deep State tentacles intentionally destabilizing these regions, the world will be free to move forward into a new era of peace.

It’s actually happening.

March 1, 2026 – How many children questioning their gender are on psychiatric drug “treatments?”

AbleChild can’t help but wonder why transgender individuals commit a disproportionate share of mass shooting attacks, and whether these attacks have anything to do with being prescribed mind-altering psychiatric drugs along with drugs associated with the transition process.

According to a recent study conducted by the Crime Prevention and Research Center (CPRC) between 2018 and 2024 attacks by transgender shooters was “at least 12 times their share of the population” in 2024.  Regardless of how the data is interpreted, the report makes it clear that transgender individuals commit these attacks at disproportionately high rates.

CPRC reports that “using only the FBI data over the entire period (2018-2024), transgender individuals commit active shooting attacks at 3.4 times their share of the population…” And the CPRC concludes that regardless of how the data is measured, “active shooting attacks committed by transgender individuals is becoming a serious problem.” Why? What is happening within the statistically small transgender community that is causing them to account for such a large portion of the deadly attacks?

The Uniformed Services University (USU) conducted a study in 2021 that asked whether transgender and gender-divers (TGD) adolescents experience increased mental health risk compared to non-transgender peers. The study concluded that TGD adolescents “were more likely to have a mental health diagnosis, use more mental healthcare services, and be prescribed more psychotropic medications compared to siblings.” The study also found that “among the 963 TGD youth using gender-affirming pharmaceuticals, mental healthcare did not significantly change, and psychotropic medications increased following gender-affirming pharmaceutical initiation.”

Given the lack of peer-reviewed articles about the violence that is being reported within the transgender community, it seems important to ask detailed questions that may help the public understand the increased violence. For example, one might want to know how many children were diagnosed with an alleged mental disorder and prescribed psychiatric drug “treatments” prior to ever questioning their birth gender.

Other questions might include, how many children questioning their birth gender are on psychiatric drug “treatments” when they make transition inquiries. And, one might also want to know, once the transition begins, how many of these children remain on the psychiatric drug “treatments,” while at the same time adding transition therapy drugs to their current drug cocktail.

These are important questions and would not only benefit those going through a gender crisis and who may be experiencing violent thoughts, but it would benefit the public to understand why there is an increase in transgender mass shootings.

There are too many transgender murders to list them all, but the public will remember Audrey Hale who killed six at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN, Robin Westman killed two and injured 17 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MN, Robert Dorgan killed three at a skating rink in Pawtucket, RI and Jesse Van Rootselaar who killed eight in Tumbler Ridge BC. It is also a fact that all the above had long histories of mental health care and were being “treated” with psychotropic drugs.

Here’s the question. It must be asked. Is it possible that the mind-altering drugs that are being prescribed can cause people to believe they are a different gender? Furthermore, is it possible that these people, already on a cocktail of mind-altering drugs for a host of alleged mental disorders, are experiencing drug induced violent behavior? Afterall, the known possible side effects of psychiatric drugs alone could make one become violent. Then, add the transition therapies and suddenly there’s a problem. (Read more: AbleChild, 3/1/2026) (Archive)

March 1, 2026 – Muslim shooter kills 3 wounds 14 others in Austin bar

March 2, 2026 – Oversight Committee releases Bill and Hillary Clinton deposition videos – Highlights included

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released videos of the depositions of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. The depositions took place on February 26 and February 27, 2026, respectively.

(House Oversight Committee, 3/2/2026) (Archive)

Highlights

Here are some recent video clips posted on X and YouTube that highlight moments from the Clintons’ depositions. The full depositions are lengthy (around 4-5 hours each), but shorter clips focus on tense or notable exchanges.

Highlights from Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking about their knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes

Hillary is asked about Pizzagate:

March 2, 2026 – Scott Bessent terminates Anthropic tech at Treasury; Trump: “No private company will ever dictate the terms of our national security”

JUST IN: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just TERMINATED all usage of leftist Anthropic technology at the Treasury Department

“At the direction of President Trump, Treasury is terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform, within our department.”

“The American people deserve confidence that every tool in government serves the public interest, and under President Trump no private company will ever dictate the terms of our national security.”

March 2, 2026 – The Final Reckoning: Dismantling the Democrat Axis of Weakness and Evil

The Final Reckoning: Dismantling the Democrat Axis of Weakness and Evil

The current kinetic reality in the Middle East is the long-overdue correction for decades of Democrat-led betrayal. While the left wing of our political class spent years engaging in a fetish for de-escalation, they effectively subsidized the most prolific state sponsor of terrorism on the planet. The strikes currently raining down upon Tehran are not mere tactical maneuvers; they are the righteous dismantling of a theocratic monster that was hand-fed by the Obama and Biden administrations. For decades, the Democrat party has operated as the unofficial legal and financial counsel for the Iranian regime, shipping pallets of cash to a government that begins its day by chanting for the destruction of our Republic.

The blood on Iranian hands is, by extension, on the hands of every leftist bureaucrat who advocated for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the Biden administration alone, Iran’s oil exports surged from approximately 400,000 barrels per day in 2020 to over 1.5 million barrels per day by 2024. This resulted in an estimated $100 billion in additional revenue for a regime that uses every cent to fund the slaughter of Americans and Israelis. This was not a mistake; it was a deliberate act of economic enabling. The Democrats are a collection of high-functioning subversives who prefer the stability of a radical caliphate to the dominance of American interests. They watched as Iran enriched uranium to 60% purity, a stone’s throw from the 90% required for a nuclear warhead, and responded with polite memos and sanctions waivers.

Avenging the Fallen and Securing the Ally
We are finally holding the mullahs accountable for a 1,400-year history of jihad and a 40-year history of American casualties. From the 241 heroes lost in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing to the over 600 American soldiers killed by Iranian-backed IEDs in Iraq, the bill has come due. The left views these sacrifices as “sunk costs” in their pursuit of a globalist utopia, but real patriots understand that deterrence is bought with the credible threat of annihilation. By standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel, our frontline defender, we are preserving the only beacon of civilization in a region of shadows. Israel absorbs the rockets of Hamas and Hezbollah so that we do not have to fight them on our own streets, yet the American left treats our greatest ally like a pariah. They are more concerned with the feelings of radical insurgents than the safety of the Jewish state.

This operation is the ultimate exercise in smart power projection. Iran has become the primary hangar for Russia’s drone program and the gas station for China’s industrial machine. By vaporizing their missile factories and neutralizing their navy, we are simultaneously crippling Putin’s logistics in Ukraine and Xi’s energy security. The Democrats, in their infinite cowardice, feared that “provoking” Iran would lead to a wider war. In reality, their weakness invited it. Strength is the only language understood by the mullahs, the Kremlin, and the CCP. When the United States strikes Tehran, the world learns that the era of managed decline is over.

Furthermore, we are doing for the Iranian people what the “human rights” obsessed left never had the courage to do. The mullahs are a parasitic elite that murders women for improper dress and hangs dissidents from cranes. The left, which claims to champion women’s rights at home, remains conspicuously silent when those same rights are crushed by Islamist thugs abroad. By destroying the regime’s military infrastructure, we are providing the brave Iranian resistance with the oxygen they need to topple their oppressors. This is the Middle East edition of tearing down the Berlin Wall, a moment of moral clarity that the morally bankrupt Democrat party simply cannot comprehend.

Securing the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s petroleum flows, is an act of economic survival for the American worker. We will no longer allow radical clerics to hold our gas prices and our jobs hostage. While the left tries to force us into a future of unreliable “green” energy and dependency on Chinese batteries, we are securing the fossil fuels that keep the West alive. This is the conservative mandate: protect the border, protect the ally, and destroy the enemy. The Democrat party has proven it is incapable of all three. They are a party of surrender, a coalition of the weak and the wicked who have spent their lives trying to apologize for American greatness. That apology tour has ended in fire and steel.

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March 3, 2026 – A new lawfare nonprofit, the Washington Litigation Group, founded by Jack Smith’s partner in crime James Pearce, is created to get Trump

James Pearce (Credit: LinkedIn)

Mike Feinberg left the FBI after his ties to Peter Strzok were discovered, following Kash Patel’s appointment as director.

On Comey leaker Ben Wittes’ podcast, Mike discussed how several of his close friends at the FBI were recently fired for their roles in Jack Smith’s election interference cases.

They also discussed how several large law firms are avoiding pro bono work. Two firms that are stepping up are Jenner & Block (where Andrew Weissmann helped lead the sham J6 Committee “investigations”) and Covington & Burling (a prominent member of the lawfare wing of Democracy Inc.).

They mentioned that a new lawfare nonprofit, the Washington Litigation Group, was created to take on the Trump administration. It was founded by Jack Smith’s partner in crime, James Pearce.

Peter Strzok’s best friend, Mike Feinberg, says people are leaving the FBI because they are being asked to do illegal and immoral things. He also said that some FBI agent quit because the FBI aren’t the good guys anymore.

To put this in context, think of all of the crimes that the FBI has committed since 2016 (including by Peter Strzok) and what they did to the J6ers.

March 4, 2026 – Democrat tells Angel Families: Sorry for your loss, but Americans are more violent than illegal aliens

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) told Angel Families who were present in the audience that he was “sorry,” but that Americans are more likely to be murdered by fellow Americans than illegal aliens.

“For the folks that are here and your families, I’m sorry. It’s terrible what happened to your children and family members, but they are more likely, American citizens are more likely to be attacked by United States citizens who are not undocumented who came here and who were born here,” Cohen told Angel Families. “[Americans] are more likely to commit these crimes.”

Several Angel Families, whose loved ones have been murdered by illegal aliens, sat behind Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem as she faced the committee.

Following Cohen’s comments, officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) responded, calling the statement “reprehensible.”

“Rep. Cohen pointing to Angel Families in the audience: ‘I’m sorry for what happened to your loved ones, BUT…’ There is no ‘but,’ Rep. Cohen. Your comments here are reprehensible,” ICE officials wrote on X.

(Read more: Breitbart News, 3/4/2026) (Archive)

March 4, 2026 – Trump’s attack on Iran will also neuter the NGO-Administrative Complex that backs the “rules-based liberal international order”

Must read article by @DataRepublican!

The most accurate and concise explanation I’ve seen on the Iran conflict and the NGO complex. This part left me speechless:

“This is why the establishment’s condemnation of the Iran strikes is so disproportionate to the event. They are not mourning Khamenei. They are recognizing, with alarm, what Trump is actually doing. The regime change Trump is attempting is not Iran’s. It is theirs.

Every act that reasserts American sovereignty—on Iran, on trade, on immigration, on energy—is an act of regime change against the supranational order that has governed American life, foreign and domestic, for at least 70 years. The strikes on Khamenei’s compound are a demonstration that a sovereign nation, acting in its own interest, does not need institutional permission. The Trump Administration just showed that the veto the multilateral order spent decades embedding into American foreign policy—through think tanks, through NGOs, through carefully managed BRICS adversaries—can simply be ignored.

This is how the NGO-Administrative Complex dies. One sovereign act at a time.”

(AmericanMind, 3/4/2026)  (Archive)

More food for thought:

March 4, 2026 – Tim Walz and Keith Ellison testify to House Oversight Committee on welfare fraud in Minnesota

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison will testify today in a House Oversight Committee hearing on the massive amount of welfare fraud in the state.

The hearing, entitled “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II,” will allow lawmakers to examine Walz and Ellison’s role in covering up the billions of dollars in fraud involving federal funds in their state.

“As fraudsters looted billions of taxpayer dollars from Minnesota’s social programs, state lawmakers recently testified that Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored repeated warnings and retaliated against state employees who raised concerns. The American people deserve clear answers about how such widespread fraud was allowed to flourish under their watch,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a statement.

“While the Department of Justice continues to investigate, prosecute, and charge those responsible, Congress also has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this heist and enact stronger safeguards to prevent fraud in taxpayer-funded social programs. We look forward to questioning Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison under oath to ensure transparency and accountability for the American people and to consider meaningful reforms that prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds.”

The billions of dollars stolen in Somali fraud schemes involving Minnesota daycare centers received national attention from investigating journalist Nick Shirley’s exposé late last year. It was also recently revealed that Somali fraudsters have transported nearly $1 billion in bulk cash through the Minneapolis airport alone to Somalia since 2024.

Trump has accused the Somali community in Minnesota of pillaging “an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.”

“We have all the information, and in actuality, the number is much higher than that,” Trump said during his State of the Union Address.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/4/2026)  (Archive)

Highlights

March 5, 2026 – Congress votes to bury their own sexual harassment files and the slush fund used to payoff their victims

March 6, 2026 – Virginia Democrats will require their public schools to teach Jan. 6th as an “insurrection”

Virginia Democrats are moving to require teachers to tell students that Jan. 6th was an “insurrection” and effectively bar them from referencing “peaceful protests” or election irregularities. The characterization of the riot as an insurrection is historically and legally false. However, any parents who want to send their children to Virginia public schools would have to accept this form of indoctrination as part of their children’s education.

In the last election, Democrats campaigned as moderates, including Abigail Spanberger. Once in control of the Governor’s mansion and the legislature, however, they have moved quickly to the far left in a flurry of measures. Democratic legislators just voted themselves almost a 300% increase in salaries.  They will need it. They are moving to increase taxes on ride shares, concerts, counseling, leaf blowers, Amazon deliveries, DoorDash, Uber Eats, ammunition, and other areas.

However, HB 333, drafted by Del. Dan I. Helmer of Fairfax, raises serious concerns over academic freedom and free speech.

The summary of the bill mandates “a program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol” and further:

“prohibits any such program of instruction, any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of such program of instruction from (i) describing, portraying, or presenting as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest or (ii) stating, suggesting, or presenting as credible a statement or suggestion that there was extensive election fraud that could have changed or actually changed the results of the 2020 presidential election. The bill requires any such program of instruction, any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of such program of instruction to describe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on U.S. democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.”

Soon after Jan. 6th, I condemned the riot but rejected the argument that this was an insurrection. However, it soon became part of an orthodoxy in politics and academia despite the fact that the public rejected it. As former House Speaker Pelosi declared, “It is essential that we preserve the narrative of January 6th.”

Yet, “insurrection” and “sedition” are legal terms. They have a meaning. The FBI investigated thousands after January 6th and charged hundreds. Not one was charged with insurrection or conspiracy to overthrow the country. The vast majority are charged with relatively minor offenses of trespass or unlawful entry or property damage- the type of charges that are common in protests and riots.

Indeed, the Supreme Court effectively reduced many of the charges to mere trespass in later litigation, rejecting obstruction claims.

Faced with a collapsing historical and legal narrative, Democrats are now moving to simply indoctrinate students that this was an “insurrection.” (Johnathan Turley, 3/6/2026)

March 6, 2026 – Matt Taibbi: The FBI’s Secret Stash Finally Uncovered

For a generation, the FBI has kept a second set of books called ‘prohibited access’ files. After a long fight, they’re finally being examined.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation task force has begun excavating the separate set of books FBI keeps using an inaccessible “prohibited access” file designation, according to multiple government sources. Though an internal fight over how to handle the files continues, embattled FBI Director Kash Patel has assigned personnel to examine decades of hidden history, Racket News has learned, with some files already turned over to Congress.

“This is it — the deep state,” one of the sources said.

Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, whose work with whistleblowers and pressure across years was key to prying prohibited access files loose, expressed cautious optimism.

“If it weren’t for whistleblower disclosures to my office, the very existence of the FBI using ‘Prohibited Access’ files for some investigations would have remained in the dark,” he said. “I’ve asked Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel to turn over certain Prohibited Access records to Congress. I’ve received some, but am still waiting on others. I urge the DOJ and FBI to keep digging – which previous administrations apparently didn’t make any effort to do – so that the facts can come to light. The FBI’s secret stash of records is scandalous.”

Files given a prohibited access designation are not merely secret. They are “ghosts” which “do not exist,” records rigged to return false negatives when searched for in the FBI’s SENTINEL system. They’re digital descendants of paper records that as far back as Richard Nixon’s presidency were kept in locked offices, accessible to just a few officials, typically at the deputy director level and above. Currently, the number of people with the ability to access the files can be counted on one hand.

The implications of the nation’s chief federal law enforcement and counter-intelligence organization having kept a separate, non-searchable filing system are mind-boggling.

“It’s not like turning over a rock and finding a few bugs,” said retired FBI Supervisory Analyst George Hill. “It’s like turning over a manhole and finding a whole city.”

“You don’t run a Constitutional republic on secret files,” added legal analyst Margot Cleveland.

A current government source said the prohibited access designation is “literally designed to hide files from Congress and from the FBI itself. It’s really frigging bad.”

Off-books surveillance and “disruption” of political figures in the Arctic Frost and Trump-Russia investigations comprise part of the find, but the files extend at least as far back as 1999, across Democratic and Republican Party presidencies, involving as many as a thousand distinct case numbers. There are no rules for passing access to the system from one administration to the next. Instead, operation of prohibited access files is described as an oral tradition passed down among senior FBI officials, independent of agents below and political appointees above in Congress and even the White House.

Here’s how the files came to light: (Read more: Matt Taibbi/Racket News, 3/6/2026)  (Archive)

March 6, 2026 – Washington State passes bills allowing foreign nationals to be policeman/ prosecutors; sheriffs can be decertified; warrants without judges

Washington State is currently passing bills that

• Allow foreign nationals (non citizens) to be hired as policeman/ prosecutors
• Ability to decertify the elected sheriff & install their own
• Grants power to the AG to grant warrants without a judges approval

Sounds like they’re prepping for full tyranny here
Foreign Nationals enforcing the unconstitutional warrants by the radical AG
No sheriff to stand in the way because they’ll have their obedient selected sheriff after removing our elected one
Foreign nationals then prosecuting the arrested dissidents of the state

Crazy times ahead

WA committee clears bill allowing foreigners to become cops, deputy prosecutors, 2/24/2026

March 7-8, 2026 – IEDs are thrown at NYC protest near Gracie Mansion, two teens arrested; FBI raids suspects family homes in PA, linked to foreign radical networks

Federal authorities launched court-ordered raids in Pennsylvania after a violent protest in New York City escalated into a potential terror incident involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

This comes just one day after two teenage Muslim extremists hurled improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a protest outside the mayor’s residence at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the chaos unfolded on Saturday when 18-year-old Amir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Nick, allegedly launched homemade bombs during an anti-Islam protest organized by former January 6 political prisoner Jake Lang, who was pardoned by President Trump last year.

According to the New York Post, authorities said the homemade device was constructed using sports drink bottles packed with triacetone triperoxide (TATP)—a highly unstable explosive widely favored by terrorists and often referred to as the “Mother of Satan.”

Due to its extreme volatility, officials noted that TATP can detonate with minimal disturbance and typically does not require a fuse to explode.

Miraculously, the device failed to detonate. Had it exploded, officials say it could have killed or severely injured people in the crowd.

The explosive device itself is being analyzed at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, where specialists are working to determine its exact composition and origin.

Video footage captured the second suspect, Ibrahim Nick, screaming “Allahu Akbar!” as he was arrested outside Gracie Mansion, the residence of far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced the arrests of Balat and Nick, along with four other unidentified counter-protesters from the pro-Islam side.

“The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.

Further analysis will be conducted, including on a second device.

Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi were arrested on scene yesterday and are in custody in connection with this matter. The NYPD is working on this investigation with our partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI through our Joint Terrorism Task Force.

I want to again thank the brave members of the NYPD who ran towards the danger without hesitation and quickly apprehended the suspects.”

But now, federal authorities are digging deeper, revealing that these aren’t just misguided kids, they’re part of a broader network with alarming links to foreign radicals.

Fox 29 reported:

The FBI and local police are investigating two Bucks County homes Sunday afternoon in connection with protests in New York City on Saturday where two people were arrested for allegedly trying to set off improvised explosive devices.

Officials are serving warrants at two homes in Bucks County — one near Durham Road and Frosty Hollow Road in Middletown Township, the other near Stoopville Road and Clymer Street in Newtown Township.

Officials said there was no threat to the public at either location, but asked that people stay away from the areas while teams investigated.

Law-enforcement sources say both suspects had become self-radicalized in recent years and had consumed extremist propaganda online.

Investigators believe the pair also traveled internationally, including trips to Turkey and other regions that have historically served as transit points for jihadist networks. (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/9/2026)  (Archive)

Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City. It is an affront to our city’s values and the unity that defines who we are.

What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.

I want to thank the brave men and women of the NYPD who acted quickly to keep New Yorkers safe. Our officers ran toward danger without hesitation, demonstrating once again the courage and dedication it takes to protect this city every single day.

My administration is closely monitoring the situation and I remain in close contact with our Police Commissioner.

News about the attempted terror attack that took place in New York over the weekend keeps coming. We learned about the families of Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18 earlier. Kayumi’s parents own a 5,800 square foot home in Pennsylvania and are naturalized citizens from Afghanistan while Balat’s parents come from Turkey and they were naturalized in 2017.

Now we know what charges the pair are facing, and we’re learning of a startling admission about their intent. First, we’ll get to the charges.

According to CNN, Kayumi and Balat are both facing charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction.

(…) Fox News also shared details of the complaint: “More specifically, Balat wrote on a piece of paper that he ‘pledge[d] allegiance to the Islamic state’ and Kayumi stated, in substance and in part, that he was affiliated with ISIS; watched ISIS propaganda on his phone; and was partly inspired to carry out his actions that day by ISIS.”

ISIS-Inspired NYC Terrorists Formally Charged, Offer Startling Admission to Police, 3/9/2026

March 9, 2026 – CIA faces backlash after hidden document with potential cure for cancer is declassified after 60 years

A newly surfaced CIA document suggests US intelligence once reviewed research that hinted at a possible cancer treatment more than 60 years ago.

The document, produced in February 1951 and declassified in 2014, summarizes a Soviet scientific paper that examined striking similarities between parasitic worms and cancerous tumors.

The report describes how researchers believed both organisms thrived under nearly identical metabolic conditions and accumulated large reserves of glycogen, a form of stored energy.

The research also highlighted experiments showing that certain chemical compounds were capable of targeting both parasitic infections and malignant tumors.

One drug, Myracyl D, was reportedly effective against bilharzia parasites as well as cancerous growths, hinting that treatments developed for parasites might also attack tumors.

Other compounds were found to interfere with nucleic acid production, a process essential for the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells.

Experiments on mice even showed that tumor tissues reacted differently to certain chemicals than normal tissues, further reinforcing the perceived biochemical overlap between parasites and cancers.

Although the document was declassified more than a decade ago, it has recently resurfaced online, fueling outrage among some Americans who say it raises troubling questions about why Cold War research hinting at possible cancer treatments sat in intelligence archives for decades.

‘The Americans knew. They read it, classified it CONFIDENTIAL, and locked it in a vault for 60 years,’ one person shared on X, including the CIA documents in the post.

Another X user said: ‘The CIA knew from 1951 that cancer was parasites.’

However, the document itself does not say cancer is caused by parasites, only that a Soviet study noted biochemical similarities between tumors and parasitic worms and observed that some compounds affected both in experiments.

Daily Mail has contacted the CIA for comment.

The CIA document was based on a 1950 article published in the Soviet scientific journal Priroda by Professor V V Alpatov, a researcher studying the biochemical behavior of endoparasites, organisms that live inside the body of a host.

American intelligence analysts translated and circulated the paper because it was considered potentially relevant to biomedical and national defense research during the early years of the Cold War.

According to the Soviet research summarized in the report, one of the most striking similarities between parasitic worms and cancer cells was their metabolism.

Parasitic worms that inhabit the human intestine rely heavily on anaerobic metabolism, meaning they generate energy without requiring large amounts of oxygen.

(Read more: The Daily Mail, 3/9/2026)  (Archive)

March 9, 2026 – Trump targeted by four FBI code-named counterintel probes that ensnared hundreds of Americans

(Credit: Wikipedia)

President Donald Trump and his supporters were targeted by four consecutive FBI code-named counterintelligence investigations over the last decade that secretly subjected hundreds of innocent Americans to privacy-invading tactics and essentially treated the man twice elected president as a national security threat for most of the first nine years of his political career, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Just the News.

FBI Director Kash Patel has personally led the effort to review the operations code-named Crossfire Hurricane, Round River, Plasmic Echo and Arctic Frost that stretched from summer 2016 to January 2025, uncovering evidence of a far-reaching dragnet that in some cases may have been predicated on false, misleading or uncorroborated justifications, officials said.

Many of the investigative files were hidden from view, even from most FBI agents, because they were marked “prohibited access” and controlled carefully by FBI leadership.

Patel’s search has been aided by whistleblowers inside his agency, a handful of senior bureau executives close to the director and some members of Congress, particularly Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

FBI’s work hijacked by politics, invading citizens’ privacy

Those who have seen the records told Just the News they chronicle how the FBI’s expanded counterterrorism and counterintelligence missions after the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attacks eventually became hijacked by politics and led agents to deploy tools meant for terrorists and spies against everyday Americans in a bid to find a way to bring criminal cases against Trump.

One whistleblower this month told the FBI that surveillance and monitoring of Trump figures continued right up to the president’s January 2025 inauguration, according to multiple interviews.

Few inside Trump’s orbit were spared from targeting by their stature: a dozen members of Congress and their staffers, his future chief of staff Susie Wiles, journalists, campaign advisers, defense lawyers, and even Patel himself had their privacy pierced by warrants, wiretaps, FISA surveillance, phone record analysis, FBI assessments, or grand juries.

Many targets and subjects fell under the bureau’s definition of special circumstances targets because they have recognized constitutionally protected privileges – like lawyers, members of Congress, journalists, and political figures.

Even a political consultant turned documentary filmmaker who investigated Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings before joining Trump’s 2024 campaign was recently notified he was targeted in a criminal investigation that only recently was shut down, according to letters between Congress and the FBI reviewed by Just the News.

Michael Caputo had his emails and communications seized in 2023 by a “classified subpoena” issued about two weeks after he joined the Trump campaign and the email account the bureau penetrated “contained correspondence on The Trump Campaign’s private strategies and deliberations,” the correspondence stated.

Patel’s FBI has informed Congress that probe has been shut down. But the question of how so many Americans were targeted remains open.

At least 1,200 people that fall into the categories of special circumstances targets or subject were investigated under assessments by the FBI between 2018 and 2024 during Wray’s tenure, an explosive recent audit report to Congress revealed.

You can read that report here.

File

Gao_Report_Fbi_Assessments.pdf

Dhillon: “Criminal charges are indeed possible”

(Read more: Just the News, 3/9/2026)  (Archive)

March 8, 2026 – Newly released body cam footage proves The Institute of Peace refused to allow government employees to enter and shut it down

Employees from the Institute of Peace attempt to block government employees from entry when they arrived to shut it down. (Credit: public domain)

In early May 2025, we learned from a FOX interview with Elon Musk and Big Balls that the Institute of Peace had nothing to do with peace. DOGE went into the office that housed the institute and found government waste, loaded weapons, and employees that tried to destroy data before they entered.

This newly released body cam footage from the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace shows the insane resistance the Trump team faced from day one.

As Edward Coristine (aka Big Balls) told Jesse Watters last year, this was the “least peaceful” of all the agencies to deal with, and that it used taxpayer funds for private jets, an armory filled with weapons, and contracts with the former members of the Taliban (!!)

These are grown adults in full meltdown mode because they realized the gravy train was coming to an end. They referred to lawful orders as “jackbooted police state actions” while refusing to vacate the premises after President Trump issued an order firing them and sending in his DOGE team to clean house.

What you see in this video isn’t democracy, it’s an insight into how wild and entitled the DC swamp had grown.

Even the officers who were on the scene to ensure order became impatient after realizing these defiant bureaucrats weren’t even USIP employees when one said, “we’re their lawyers” who were trying to regain access to “classified information” pertaining to “other cases” outside of USIP’s purview.

George Foote, one of the lawyers there, even pushed to have Trump officials arrested as “unauthorized intruders.”

Elon Musk later revealed on X that USIP’s chief accountant attempted to wipe over a terabyte of financial data in a desperate cover-up – but DOGE recovered it, and it’s now with the DOJ for review.

Unelected ideologues fleecing taxpayer dollars shouldn’t block the people’s choice. This is what draining the swamp looks like, and it’s horrifying just how out of control it had all become.

H/T: Footage FOIA’d by Marisa Kabas at The Handbasket Co.

h/t Joe Hoft, 3/8/2026

March 9, 2026 – Cops swarm Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro ranch to search for bodies of two girls strangled during rough sex sessions

Epstein bought Zorro in 1993 from former New Mexico governor Bruce King (Credit: Reuters)

The sad story of at least two girls killed during rough sex sessions at Jeffrey Epstein’s remote New Mexico ranch is closer to being told, following a massive police swoop on the 7,500 acre property.

For years talk of the deaths has swirled around Zorro Ranch in the tiny town of Stanley, 30 miles south of the state capital, Santa Fe – but the identities of the girls have never been known.

Now, law enforcement is confident it can find the bodies if they exist and put names to the dead girls.

Agents from the state Department of Justice, along with police and the local sheriff’s office, started the search on Monday and continued into Tuesday.

The investigation is running in parallel to a truth commission that was unanimously set up by local lawmakers last month to try to find out exactly what went on at Zorro.

‘We have heard years of allegations and rumors about Epstein’s activities in New Mexico, but unfortunately, federal investigations have failed to put together an official record,’ said State Representative Andrea Romero, who led the fight to establish the commission, and is one of its four members.

‘With this truth commission, we can finally fill in the gaps by investigating the failures that led to the horrific allegations of abuse and crime at Zorro Ranch, so we can learn from them and prevent such atrocities from taking place in our state going forward.’

The operation began just the day after hundreds of protesters gathered at the ranch, now renamed Rancho de San Rafael by its new owner. (Read more: Daily Mail, 3/10/2026)  (Archive)

March 10, 2026 – DC Bar Counsel initiates formal disciplinary proceedings against Ed Martin, leader of the Weaponization Working Group within the DOJ

The same DC Bar that is now trying to disbar Ed Martin for carrying out the president’s executive orders did not disbar Kevin Clinesmith, the man who literally fabricated evidence to secure a spy warrant on the Trump campaign.

We all know that the DC Bar is thoroughly corrupt (as are the DC courts) but there are ways to make them pay. Haul them before Congress, not because it will achieve anything, but to tie them down and force them to spend huge sums. Hit them with legal actions, drain their resources, and exploit every procedural lever to make their lives difficult. There needs to be far more outside-the-box thinking on these matters.

March 10, 2026 – “Hero” police officer on Hakeem Jeffries’ Jan. 6 memorial plaque placed in the Capitol, is indicted on 9 felony counts including abduction, drugging and rape

(Credit: The Gateway Pundit)

A former Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer, hailed as a “hero” on a controversial Capitol plaque honoring law enforcement’s response to the January 6, 2021 protests, has been slapped with a superseding indictment on multiple felony counts, including rape, sodomy, and abduction.

Timothy Valentin is currently sitting behind bars facing a mountain of felony charges.

Timothy Valentin is among the officers whose names appear on the controversial January 6 memorial plaques shoved down America’s throat by radical Democrats.

This is the same plaque pushed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and his cronies, all while they continue to demonize peaceful Trump supporters as “domestic terrorists.”

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/10/2026)

March 10, 2026 – Left-wing activists are training juries to sabotage Trump DOJ cases

 

Last month, Townhall reported how a Left-wing activist group in Minnesota was advising citizens how to “resist” federal immigration laws by providing jury nullification training. That group, Defend612 seeks to “support resistance to the ICE occupation in Minneapolis” and ran two virtual sessions titled “The People’s Pardon or Jury Nullification” at the end of February.

It seems this push to undermine our judicial system and the Trump administration is spreading, with reports that a Leftist activist group is doing the same thing in the Washington D.C. area and in other places across the country.

Here’s more:

A left-wing activist group is teaching liberals in Washington, D.C., and “across the United States” how to increase their chances of serving as jurors on cases brought by the Trump Department of Justice so they can undermine its chances of securing convictions, training materials reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show.

Freedom Trainers, whose fiscal sponsor is the George Soros-funded group Community Change, is working to make “jury nullification”—the practice of voting against a conviction even if the defendant broke the law—a go-to legal weapon for the Left. Its sessions and training materials, reviewed by the Free Beacon, show how the group teaches “committed people” to gum up federal prosecutions.

The group tells attendees to keep their addresses current to ensure they receive summons. Then, during the jury selection process, it advises them to “Never mention jury nullification,” “Don’t signal an agenda,” and “say you’ll listen to the evidence before forming conclusions.” Once selected, the group tells its trainees to vote “not guilty” for any reason.

There is no institution the Left won’t destroy in order to “resist” President Trump and Republicans. Of course, this can backfire on them in many ways, including leading to mistrials and legal consequences for jurors who misrepresent themselves during jury selection.

(Read more: Townhall, 3/10/2026) (Archive)

March 11, 2026 – Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s fugitive security guard killed in standoff with Dallas SWAT team

Rep. Jasmine Crockett with security guard Mike King, who was killed by Dallas Police SWAT on March 11, 2026. (Credit: CBS News)

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s security officer was fatally shot by Dallas SWAT officers this week.

The security officer, Mike King, was a fugitive after impersonating a law enforcement officer.

King was killed in his garage during a standoff with Dallas SWAT officers on Wednesday night.

According to CBS News, he drove a “replica undercover police vehicle” with license plates “stolen from cars outside a military recruiting office.”

King reportedly has an extensive criminal history.

It is unclear how King was able to serve as Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s security detail despite his criminal background (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/13/2026)  (Archive)

March 11, 2026 – Why are important Bills passed by the House and then languish in the Senate, while both are controlled by Republicans?

Let’s talk about the real obstruction in Washington right now.

Not the Democrats.
Not the media.

It’s the Republican Senate leadership slow-walking President Donald Trump’s agenda.

And the man holding the gavel is @LeaderJohnThune.

Thune is 64 years old.
He has spent nearly three decades in Washington.

And right now, under his leadership, the Senate has become a graveyard for Trump-backed legislation passed by the House.

Bills that the American people demanded.
Bills that House Republicans delivered.

Bills that the Senate has sat on for over a year.

Let’s look at the receipts.

430+ DAYS gathering dust in the Senate:

• SAVE Act (H.R. 22) — Proof of citizenship to vote. Introduced Jan. 3, 2025. Still sitting. (~430+ days)

• Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act (H.R. 27) — Crush fentanyl trafficking. (~430+ days)

• Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28) — Keep men out of women’s sports. (~430+ days)

• Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act — Require medical care for babies born alive after abortion attempts. (~430+ days)

• Action Versus No Action Act (H.R. 184) — Speed up forest management and energy development. (~430+ days)

• Multiple border security and energy protection bills from early 2025. (~430+ days)

More bills rotting in Senate limbo:

• Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) — Release Epstein-related records. (~300+ days)

• Clear Skies Act (H.R. 4403) — Energy and environmental deregulation. (~300+ days)

• Tribal Trust Land Homeownership reforms — (~300+ days)

• BOWOW Act of 2025 (H.R. 4638) — (~250+ days)

• Stop the Sexualization of Children Act (H.R. 7661) — (~200+ days)

• Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026 (H.R. 1958) — (~200+ days)

• DHS funding / border security bills for 2026 — sitting unfinished. (~200+ days)

• Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act (H.R. 6365) — (~100+ days)

• Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644) — (~90-100 days)

And now the big one:

SAVE America Act (H.R. 7296)
Passed the House Feb. 11, 2026 (218-213).

Trump’s top legislative priority right now.

Proof of citizenship to vote.
Photo ID requirements.
Protections for women’s sports.
Restrictions on transgender procedures for minors.
Limits on mass mail-in voting loopholes.

And what has the Senate done?

Nothing.

About 40 days and counting.

Meanwhile President Trump has made it crystal clear:

No signatures on other legislation until the SAVE America Act moves.

Because Trump understands something Senate Republicans apparently don’t:

If elections aren’t secure, none of the rest of this matters.

So the question for @LeaderJohnThune and Senate Republicans is simple:

Why are House-passed bills sitting for 430+ days?

Why is the Senate slow-walking the very agenda voters elected Trump to deliver?

Why does the Republican Senate look like a bureaucratic parking lot instead of a legislative engine?

At some point, excuses run out.

The American people didn’t vote for a Republican Senate that behaves like a speed bump.

They voted for a government that actually moves the agenda forward.

And right now, the Senate isn’t moving.

It’s stalling.

The clock is ticking.

Pass the bills.

Or explain to the voters why you won’t.

TO THE SPINELESS FUCKS IN CONGRESS…

Listen closely, you marble-mouthed, donor-fellating invertebrates who dare call yourselves Senate Republicans.

Katie Miller just dropped the unvarnished truth like a guillotine:

“If President Trump can risk his freedom fighting for you, Senate Republicans can risk long nights and weekends.”

And yet here you sit…polished, perfumed, paralyzed…while the Republic you swore to defend hemorrhages at the border, the bureaucracy, and the ballot box.

Let us recount, with the cold precision of a historian carving open the corpse of a betrayed empire, exactly what Donald J. Trump has endured to save this nation from the abyss you helped dig.

Two grotesque impeachments, fabricated from whole cloth by the same swamp creatures he pledged to drain…pure theater, engineered to neuter the one man who refused to kneel.

Ninety-one felony indictments across four kangaroo jurisdictions:

the New York hush-money financial jihad, the Georgia RICO election-interference farce, the classified-documents entrapment trap, the January 6th Soviet-style show trial.

All of it lawfare, not justice…designed to bankrupt him, cage him, and crucify his movement before the people could speak.

Mar-a-Lago raided like a Third World dictatorship.

Gag orders.

Mugshots.

Trials deliberately timed to eclipse his campaign.

Two assassination attempts…one with a bullet grazing his skull, blood streaking his face while Secret Service agents bled beside him; the second thwarted only by raw providence.

Media bloodhounds baying for his head 24/7, painting him as everything from Hitler to a Russian asset while the real predators…open borders, endless wars, cultural castration…devoured the country he loves.

He lost businesses, friends, privacy, safety, and nearly his life.

Not for glory.

Not for money.

For you.

For the working stiffs abandoned by your bipartisan rot.

For the Republic the Founders pledged their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to defend…words Trump has lived while you merely tattoo them on your sleeves for campaign mailers.

And what do you offer in return, you psychological cripples?

A masterclass in self-preservation masquerading as prudence. Your lizard brains…hardwired by decades of K-Street capture, donor dopamine hits, and terror of the next primary…compute only risk aversion.

Cognitive dissonance so profound you’ve convinced yourselves that “governing responsibly” means slow-walking the very mandates Trump just delivered in a landslide.

Extended sessions?

Too burdensome for your delicate calendars.

Abolishing the filibuster…the bastard child of Aaron Burr’s procedural sabotage, later weaponized by segregationist Democrats and now your favorite shield against real change?

God for fucking bid.

You’d rather perform midnight monologues for C-SPAN cameras than actually legislate like men who remember 1776.

This is betrayal with a smile.

Historical precedent screams the verdict:

Roman senators who stabbed Caesar while praising the Republic they murdered; Vichy collaborators clutching their privileges while the nation burned; Federalist Papers warning that ambition must counteract ambition…yet your ambition counteracts nothing except the will of the voters who just handed Trump the gavel.

You are not statesmen.

You are psychological captives…Stockholm syndrome wrapped in Brooks Brothers, terrified that matching Trump’s sacrifice might cost you a subcommittee chair or a future lobbying gig.

So twist the knife deeper, you gutless fucks.

Trump risked prison, bullets, and bankruptcy to drag this country back from the cliff.

The least you spineless reptiles can do is risk a few all-nighters and some weekend conference calls. Pass the damn bills.

Kill the filibuster.

Secure the border.

Defund the deep state.

Time to bleed for the Republic you claim to love. Or admit you never fucking did.

🗡️💀🩸🗡️

March 12, 2026 – Peter Schweizer: “In China alone, we have identified more than 1,000 birth tourism companies that are almost exclusively focused on the United States

March 12, 2026 – Ilhan Omar’s ties to her sister’s Minneapolis Health Clinic, Somali Health Company

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) web of shady family ties goes even deeper than her alleged marriage to her brother — reportedly using her political offices to secure millions of dollars for a Minneapolis health clinic operated by her sister, who is married to a top Somali government official.

Omar’s elder sister, Sahra Noor, states on her LinkedIn profile that she was the CEO of People’s Center Clinics & Services from July 2014 to April 2018. In January 2017, Omar began her two-year term as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

People’s Center is in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside, nicknamed “Little Mogadishu” for its high Somali migrant population, many of whom do not speak English.

The 2017 capital budget approved by the state legislature included $2.2 million for the clinic, which operates as a nonprofit that has received $33 million in Health and Human Services (HHS) grants since 2002.

While People’s Center has an active contract pharmacy agreement for HHS’s 340B Drug Pricing Program with “Degdeg’s Carepoint Pharmacy,” signed by Noor in 2015, the pharmacy lost its license in 2017 and is listed as “permanently closed” on Google Maps.

Omar boasted about getting the $2.2 million for the clinic that was being run by her sister at the time, celebrating the renovations it completed in 2022 along with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), state Sen. Omar Fateh (D-MN), and other Democrats:

(…) As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Omar secured another $1 million for clinic renovations, stating in April 2022 that “neither I nor my immediate family has any financial interest in this project.”

In April 2024, People’s Center credited Omar for getting them $1 million in congressionally directed funding.

When the media was asking Omar and her family difficult questions about the nature of her multiple marriages, one allegedly to her brother, Noor left her CEO position and moved back to Africa, running her own healthcare consultancy called Grit Partners in Kenya — which she claimed facilitated “peer learning session” projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Noor’s husband, Mohamed Keynan, held multiple positions within the Minnesota state and local governments before also moving back to Africa to work as chief of staff to then-Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre and policy advisor to then-President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, commonly known as Farmaajo.

Prior to becoming one of the top advisors in Somalia, Keynan’s LinkedIn states he was a management analyst in the Minnesota Department of Human Services, a city planning commissioner in the Twin Cities suburb of Roseville, and a contracts manager for Hennepin County. (Read more: Breitbart News, 3/12/2026) (Archive)

March 12, 2026 – Ex-Virginia National Guard soldier convicted of trying to provide support to ISIS, opens fire at Old Dominion University

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh has been identified as the shooter who killed an ROTC instructor on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. on March 12, 2026. (Credit: public domain)

The madman who opened fire at Old Dominion University on Thursday, killing a retired military officer instructing an ROTC class, has been identified as an ex-National Guard soldier convicted of trying to support ISIS, The Post has learned.

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, stormed into a classroom inside ODU’s Constant Hall and asked if it was an ROTC class. When someone confirmed that it was, he launched the suspected terror attack, shooting the professor several times, law enforcement sources said.

A heroic ROTC cadet at the Virginia school jumped into action to prevent more carnage, stabbing Jalloh to death after the crazed suspect gunned down the class instructor, the sources said.

(…) In 2017, Jalloh, a former member of the Virginia National Guard, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to ISIS and the ISIL, according to the Department of Justice.

A naturalized US citizen from Sierra Leone, Jalloh left the National Guard and became a devoted follower of Anwar al-Awlaki, the slain leader of Al-Qaeda’s branch in the Arabian Peninsula, the DOJ said.

He connected with members of the ISIL during a six-month stay in Africa. During one meeting on the trip, unknowingly observed by an FBI informant, Jalloh mentioned a desire to launch his own terror attack, the DOJ said. (Read more: New York Post, 3/12/2026)  (Archive)

March 13, 2026 – All members of Texas Antifa cell convicted in first Federal terrorism trial

(Credit: Andy Ngo)

Nine defendants accused of a July 4, 2025 ambush on a Texas ICE facility faced charges including providing support to terrorists and attempted murder of federal officers.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas has convicted all nine members of a North Texas Antifa cell in the first federal Antifa terrorism trial in U.S. history.

The verdict followed two full days of deliberations after a trial that lasted 12 days.

Benjamin Song, Cameron Arnold (a Trantifa known as “Autumn Hill”), Bradford Morris (another Trantifa activist known as “Meagan Morris”), Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto and Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada were indicted last year on federal charges including providing material support to terrorists, rioting, use of an explosive device and obstruction.

Jurors found the defendants guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy to use/carry explosives and using/carrying explosives.

The jury acquitted the group on two of the charges: aiding attempted murder and aiding firearm discharge.

Benjamin Song, whom prosecutors described as the ringleader, wasn’t charged with the explosives-related charges but was convicted of the more serious attempted murder of a peace officer as well as multiple counts related to discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. The other defendants were acquitted on those firearm counts.

Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada, a Mexican national, was found guilty of conspiracy to conceal documents and corruptly concealing documents or records after the attack. His partner, Maricela Rueda, was also found guilty of conspiracy to conceal documents after telling him to hide her far-left extremist texts.

The defendants, described by prosecutors as members of a North Texas Antifa cell, were accused of carrying out an ambush-style shooting attack on the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas on July 4, 2025.

(Read more: NgoComment/Substack, 3/13/2026)  (Archive)

March 13, 2026 – Hillary Clinton non-profit launches Epstein deposition-related merchandise

Hillary Clinton’s political nonprofit is offering merchandise referencing contempt as the former secretary of state recently testified before the House Oversight Committee during its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

On the shop page for Clinton’s nonprofit organization, Onward Together, apparel, including hats, sweatshirts, and t-shirts bearing the phrase “Hold me in contempt until the cows come home,” is currently available for purchase.

The slogan references when members of the House Oversight Committee voted this year to recommend holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons had previously offered to provide sworn written statements rather than appear in person, but committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) insisted they testify live before the panel.

(…) Clinton has continued political activity through Onward Together, the nonprofit organization she launched in 2017 after losing the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump. The group, structured as a 501(c)(4), can raise funds without publicly disclosing donors, a type of political funding commonly known as “dark money.”

She criticized the influence of “dark money” during her presidential campaign and called for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which cleared the way for nonprofits to spend unlimited sums of money through the 501(c)(4) designation.

(Read more: Breitbart News, 3/13/2026)  (Archive)

March 13, 2026 – NY Gov. Kathy Hochul voices concern over wealthy NY’ers leaving the state; appeals for their return

Kathy Hochul makes public remarks at a Politico New York Agenda Summit in Albany, and acknowledges the state’s reliance on high-net-worth residents for tax revenue and urged them to return after many had left for lower-tax states like Florida.

In response to pressures from figures like NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to raise taxes on the wealthy, Hochul highlighted the erosion of the tax base due to out-migration of affluent residents and businesses.

Key quotes from her remarks,: “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs that we want to have in our state.”

“There are some patriotic millionaires who want to step up. OK, cut me the checks.”

“If you want to be supportive, the first step would be, OK, go down to Palm Beach and see who you bring back home because our tax base has become eroded.”

In this segment from The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, the hosts discuss and react to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent public statements urging wealthy residents—particularly millionaires who have left the state to return to New York. They frame her comments as a desperate plea for high-income earners to come back and essentially subsidize the state’s expansive welfare programs and budget through their tax contributions.

The discussion highlights ongoing concerns about New York’s population and tax-base exodus in recent years, with many affluent individuals and businesses relocating to lower-tax states like Florida and Texas. Travis and Sexton criticize Hochul’s approach as tone-deaf, arguing it exposes the unsustainable nature of New York’s high-tax, high-spending policies that rely heavily on wealthy residents to fund social services and government programs.

March 13, 2026 – Data Republican dresses down retired Naval War College professor, Tom Nichols, after he tweets Pete Hegseth

Hello Professor Nichols,

You spent twenty-five years at the Naval War College. You taught the officers who would go on to run America’s wars. Famously, you never served in any of them.

In February 2003, you were at your desk in Newport when you wrote this, about Colin Powell’s presentation to the United Nations: “There is only one thing to say about Secretary Powell’s presentation at the U.N.: If this doesn’t do it, nothing will.” You were confident. You were expert. You were wrong. You acknowledged this twenty years later in The Atlantic — the invasion was, in your own words, “one of the greatest geopolitical disasters in American history.”

You wrote that from the same institution you are now defending.

The Senior Service Colleges produced the officers who managed the Afghanistan withdrawal. General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. General Kenneth McKenzie, CENTCOM commander. On September 28, 2021, both testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that they had recommended keeping 2,500 troops in Afghanistan.

The recommendation was not followed. They did not resign or say a word publicly. Then 13 American service members died at Abbey Gate on August 26, 2021. Only after that did they testify.

Your response, in The Atlantic, August 16, 2021: “Afghanistan Is Your Fault.”

Not the generals your institutions trained and credentialed. Not the curriculum that built the career-preserving, NSC-deferring officer class that drove those decisions to their conclusion. The American public, with our short attention span and our SUVs.

General Milley, whose career your institution shaped, secretly called his PLA counterpart twice, October 30, 2020 and January 8, 2021, and assured him the US would not strike China, and that Milley would warn him personally if an attack were ordered. You wrote “Trump Put Milley in an Impossible Position.”

That’s not all. Secretary Austin concealed a cancer diagnosis from the White House and Congress for weeks while incapacitated; the DoD Inspector General documented it. At his farewell address in September 2023, Milley publicly called his former commander-in-chief a “wannabe dictator.”

You found none of this worth a column.

Anthony Tata is a retired Brigadier General. He commanded forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He led soldiers in both wars. And now he has been asked to conduct a 90-day curriculum review of the Senior Service Colleges. Your objection is that he lacks the credentials for the job.

You wrote a whole book about credentials. The foundational knowledge of the average American is, in your assessment, “plummeting to aggressively wrong.” Institutions must be insulated from the ignorant. Expertise must not be questioned by those who haven’t earned it.

The men who earned your institution’s credentials – over twenty-plus years of your tenure – presided over two of the longest military failures in American history. They managed those failures in line with everything the War Colleges taught them: subordinate military judgment to civilian direction, preserve the relationship, testify about it later. They retired with honors.

That is what “expertise” means to you.

The question Pete Hegseth is asking isn’t whether the War Colleges have credentials. It’s whether the credentials mean anything. After twenty-five years on your faculty training generals who only know how to lose war, Professor Nichols, you are the wrong man to answer that.

March 14, 2026 – Data Republican: “Hello [doxxers] Brad Duplessis” (and Ryan Evans)

Brad Duplessis (Credit: Bluesky)

Hello Brad Duplessis,

You pre-emptively blocked me here on 𝕏, so I am forced to make this “Hello” a standalone post.

You are a retired Army infantry officer. You served in Iraq and Afghanistan. You graduated from the National War College in 2018. You are now an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Thank you for your service.

But reputations are not defined by resumes. They are defined by choices.

Today, you chose to doxx @CynicalPublius.

Today, you published your debut article on War on the Rocks. You published his legal name. His profession. His pseudonym. All in one sentence. Indexed, archived, permanently searchable.

You have changed the course of his life forever, and revealed him to the leftist ghouls who will demand his blood for forever. It doesn’t matter if he was planning to reveal his identity eventually. You still made that choice. And I will make sure you are remembered for this.

So, what was CP’s sin such that you saw it fit to throw him to the wolves?

Last month, he dared to write an article for American Greatness, centered around nine recommendations for War College reform. The recommendations included firing most civilian faculty and ending permanent military faculty positions.

You hold a permanent civilian faculty position at a War College. You did not mention this in your article.

In short, you named him, exposed his life to danger, because you really are arguing for your job and self-preservation.

Know what is the most disgusting, hypocritical part of this is?

In the Fall 2017 issue of eARMOR (the U.S. Army Armor Branch professional journal) you published an article. You titled it “Our Readiness Problem: Brigade Combat Team Lethality.” You opened with General Milley: “Our fundamental task is like no other — it is to win in the unforgiving crucible of ground combat.” Your thesis: “If we are to get after GEN Milley’s No. 1 priority, we must first address brigade combat team (BCT) lethality.” The word “lethality” appears in your article about fifty times. You meant it as a compliment.

Now contrast to today’s piece. You wrote this: “In staking out this Huntingtonian position, the cult of lethality does a disservice to service members and the American people.”

The same word. Nine years apart. You were a field commander then, and lethality was the mission. You are a faculty member now, and lethality is what your critics embarrassingly worship.

Frankly – and you will never realize this – but you yourself are the living, walking example of the thesis which @PeteHegseth is proving.

Also, you named a section of today’s article after Colin Powell. You called him your model of what War College education produces. Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama in 2008, endorsed Joe Biden in 2020, and publicly called Donald Trump “dangerous for our democracy.” Powell, who infamously tipped the scales at the UN to start the Iraq war even after privately doubting the WMD intelligence, is your hero in an article about who gets to reform the military in 2026.

In addition to being a doxxer, you look a lot less like someone who’s defending institutions, and a lot more like someone who exemplifies institutional capture in the name of self-preservation. And you disclosed none of it.

Let me reiterate.

@CynicalPublius wrote under a pseudonym and identified himself as a retired Army colonel with Afghanistan and Iraq experience. He argued about curriculum policy. You responded by putting his name on the internet.

Your career depends on the institutions you are defending. Your article defending those institutions is the same article that ended his anonymity.

You taught your students about the instruments of national power, Professor Duplessis. You are now a living, breathing demonstration one of them. And why reform must happen.

Ryan Evans, CEO of War on the Rocks

We published the real name of the person writing under the Cynical Publius pseudonym, which he used to bully, insult, and direct widespread harassment. That person’s name was already widely known. Aside from mentioning that he is a veteran, something Thomas himself discusses, the article didn’t discuss any other personal information. Further, Thomas himself has said on X that he is revealing his name on Tuesday so this is all a bullshit, elaborate PR exercise in which you, Data Republican, and of course Thomas are treating your followers like they are dumbasses.

UPDATE 3/15/26:

Hello Mr. Evans,

Today, War on the Rocks published a “rebuttal” which disclosed the real-life identity of
@CynicalPublius. What the article did not mention: you had already posted his name on Bluesky before the WOTR piece published. The WOTR article cited his being “already known” as justification for printing his name. The person who made him “already known” was you. You manufactured the predicate for your own publication’s decision.

You then blocked me. And then called me out. Repeatedly. You engaged me, mentioned me, tagged me — even said publicly that you were looking forward to what I had written about War on the Rocks.

Blocking someone on a platform and then continuing to publicly engage them is not what a person who wants to be left alone does. It is what a person who wants the attention without the accountability does.

You’re framing your own just desserts as a “mass witch hunt” initiated by a Hello post I addressed to Brad Duplessis, your contributor, who named Cynical Publius in his debut WOTR piece without disclosing that Anderson’s recommendations for War College reform included eliminating the kind of permanent civilian faculty position Duplessis holds.

You are being dunked on because of what you did to Cynical Publius, not because of anything I wrote. Blaming the letter for the blowback is like blaming the smoke alarm for the fire.

Cynical Publius wrote that military institutions had drifted from their original professional mission toward ideological conformity and required reform. You responded by publishing his name. The question your letter to me does not answer — and the question a lot of people are now asking — is why an outlet that once existed to challenge that kind of institutional behavior became the one enforcing it.

You yourself provide answers to that question.

You launched War on the Rocks because you understood something true: the United States had spent two decades losing wars it shouldn’t have lost.

Twelve years later, when a pseudonymous retired Army officer argues that the War Colleges have drifted from warfighting competence toward ideological conformity, the platform you built publishes his name in the opening sentence.

That is not an accident of character. It is how institutions stop being able to learn. Armies that cannot receive criticism cannot conduct honest after-action review. Institutions that cannot correct what they’re getting wrong keep losing — and keep being surprised that they’re losing, because the people tasked with explaining the failures are the same people defending the institutions that produced them.

In short: Mr. Evans, you have been captured by the foreign policy expert class has presided over Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. And you don’t even realize it.

Wake up.

And be on the lookout for a Substack article where I explain your history more thoroughly.

Unfortunately Brad is a clear example of institutional capture. It’s hard to wrap my head around a retired Army officer teaching at a PME school, doxxing another retired Army officer that he disagrees with bc of his politics. It’s the equivalent of an ALO lighting up a “friendly” to eliminate the competition back home bc he felt threatened by a team mate.

He personifies the institutional rot and evil nature of ppl in a system that will sacrifice everything and everyone for “the system”. Mentioning Powell as an icon is brain numbingly retarded. I’ve met Powell a few times. Everyone I met at the Pentagon (Army of otherwise) had zero respect for him except the politicians. He was a useful tool. He, like Brad, sold his soul. Powell was referred to as a Beltway bandit. Even when he wasn’t assigned in DC he was a frequent visitor. He was a paper general and not a leader, so it’s no surprise Brad would put him on a pedestal while throwing .@CynicalPublius in front of the approaching enemy forces.

The positive: Brad exposes the danger @PeteHegseth identified as hazardous to the future of our military. Instead of intellectually engaging a peer, he picked up a proverbial weapon and stabbed him in the back. He personifies the PME cadre that are spineless, vile, intellectually weak personnel teaches our war fighters while clinging to the losers of yesteryear that spent 3 decades attriting our military in body bags.

Brad blocked me a long time ago because he is a weak man with zero balls. Fuck you Brad, may you rot in hell with the rest of your idols.

Cynical, Brad Duplessis and Ryan Evans’ actions were reprehensible—pure and simple.

Duplessis, still drawing a paycheck as an assistant professor at the Army Command and General Staff College, used his War on the Rocks debut (a platform he couldn’t wait to exploit) to doxx you—without any disclosure of his glaring conflict of interest. His own past writings gushed over “lethality” (dozens of mentions), yet now he hypocritically attacks the very reforms you advocate that threaten bloated civilian roles like his. Ryan Evans, as WOTR’s founder and CEO, approved and published this hit piece, greenlighting the exposure that invited mob harassment and death threats against a fellow veteran who simply called out institutional failures.

This wasn’t scholarship or debate; it was cowardly, self-serving gatekeeping by insiders desperate to shield their sinecures, tenure tracks, grants, and power from real accountability.

They proved your point about war colleges being captured by the wrong priorities—ideology over warfighting, conformity over lethality, bureaucracy over readiness.

Duplessis should be stripped of his taxpayer-funded position training officers at a military institution meant to build warriors, not protect academic bloat. The powers that be should ensure he slides any pension he may receiver. Boot Evans from any role influencing national security discourse.

Then sue them into eternity for the doxxing, the resulting threats, the breach of trust, and the damage done—especially since they knew (or should have known) the risks to a vet speaking truth.

This rot runs deep in these places, turning forge-of-warriors into echo chambers that helped deliver Afghanistan-level disasters.

Your raw, unfiltered X insights teach more genuine strategy, critical thinking, and reform urgency than these frauds ever will from their safe lecterns.

Props again to DR for shining the light on the hypocrisy, hidden conflicts, and defense of a broken system.

You’re not backing down, and neither should we.

America’s military deserves warriors educated by truth-tellers, not these entrenched phonies.
Keep hammering, friend.

No, Ryan.

What you did to Cynical Publius wasn’t journalism, wasn’t courage, and sure as hell wasn’t “countering bullying.”

It was a gutless, calculated doxxing of a combat veteran whose only crime was wielding a pseudonym to gut the sacred cows of your precious military-education cartel with more precision than your entire editorial staff could muster in a lifetime.

You dragged his real name into the light like some cheap tabloid hitman, not because he posed a physical threat, but because his ideas…raw, unfiltered, and surgically lethal…threatened the cozy sinecures, the civilian faculty fiefdoms, and the intellectual rot you’ve spent years polishing into tenure-track respectability.

This wasn’t about “accountability.” This was projection on steroids.

You saw a man who refused to play your polite institutional game…a man who chose anonymity not out of cowardice but out of tactical necessity, the same way special operators don’t sign their real names on every after-action report…and you couldn’t stomach it.

So you weaponized your platform to strip him bare, all while hiding behind the fig leaf of “he was going public anyway.”

Bullshit.

That’s the excuse of a bully who just got caught with his fist raised.

You didn’t expose a threat; you exposed your own fragility.

The second a pseudonymous voice started dismantling the war-college echo chamber with veteran credibility you’ll never match, your instinct wasn’t debate…it was destruction.

Classic authoritarian reflex dressed up as professionalism.

You don’t get to doxx veterans, Ryan.

Not for political disagreement, not for “harassment” you conveniently redefine as anyone who makes your faculty friends squirm, and especially not when that veteran has bled for the same institutions you now gatekeep like a fucking hall monitor with a PhD.

Cynical’s anonymity was his armor; you ripped it off not to protect anyone, but to punish dissent and send a message to every other independent mind:

toe the line or we’ll burn your cover.

That’s not defense of the realm.

That’s the behavior of a man who’s internalized the very bureaucratic cancer he claims to oppose…petty, vindictive, and terrified of real scrutiny.

You are the bully here, Ryan Evans.

Full stop.

The venom you injected into that article wasn’t righteous; it was the desperate hiss of a cornered insider watching his narrative monopoly crack.

And the rest of us…veterans, reformers, anyone who still believes ideas should be fought with ideas, not personal destruction…see it for exactly what it is:

a moral failure wrapped in editorial sanctimony.

Next time you want to play tough guy, try it with your own name on the line instead of someone else’s blood-earned service record.

Until then, spare us the lectures.

Your mask just slipped, and the face underneath is pure, unadulterated institutional cowardice.

March 15, 2026 – Virginia Gov Ralph Northam’s soft on crime policies set an Islamic terrorist loose on the Old Dominion University campus

Virginia’s former Republican attorney general, Jason Miyares, posted to social media revealing that a policy from the state’s former Democrat governor Ralph Northam prevented Old Dominion University from learning about the criminal background of the Islamic terrorist Mohamed Bailor Jalloh.

“Per Virginian law, public colleges are barred from questioning prospective applicants on their criminal histories or denying them admission on the basis of criminal history,” the post read. The provision came about via a 2019 woke social justice initiative signed into law by Northam.

If this policy had not been in place, the university would have been able to discover the criminal past of Jalloh, including when he pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State in 2017. That plea resulted in an 11 year sentence, but was cut to just two and a half years long after Jalloh completed a substance abuse program. (Read more: Townhall, 3/15/2026)  (Archive)

March 14, 2026 – The Deep State protection of the Seth Rich files may be ending

Vox used the above graphic captured from Fox News to use in a published piece titled “The bonkers Seth Rich conspiracy theory, explained” on May 24, 2017. (Credit: Fox News)

(…) On February 3, 2020, at NoisyRoom.net, I framed the Deep State as a de facto criminal enterprise under the RICO Act, committing treason, fraud, obstruction, and other racketeering acts in a continuing pattern (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968).

The DNC “hack” fit the pattern: Assange denied Russian involvement and forensic analysis pointed to an insider leak, yet the FBI never inspected the DNC servers themselves, relying on CrowdStrike’s report. This misdirection fueled the Russia-Trump collusion hoax, justifying surveillance, media smears, and the Mueller probe. Under those circumstances, Rich’s potential role as a whistleblower threatened the whole house of cards.

Over the next few years, I authored a string of investigative reports, drilling down with hard evidence:

  • June 3, 2022: “Who Really Killed Seth Rich?”— Reexamined the murder as the Russia hoax collapsed, highlighting Rich’s access and Sanders loyalty.
  • July 12, 2022: “Use RICO to Get to the Bottom of Seth Rich’s Murder”— Proposed RICO as the tool to connect the hit to a broader conspiracy.
  • September 18, 2023: “Who is Seth Rich? Who Murdered Him? And What’s The Deep State Hiding?”— Linked to Durham Report findings of FBI misconduct.
  • February 2, 2024: “The FBI Again Tries to Block Seth Rich’s Laptop from Public View”— Exposed defiance in FOIA cases like Huddleston v. FBI, with exemptions claimed for “classified” or “personal” data.
  • March 18, 2025: “The FBI Must Investigate Itself And, Once Cleaned, Several Other Political Crimes”— Drew parallels to Epstein, calling for systemic reform.
  • August 2, 2025: “Was the Death of Seth Rich a Hit by the Deep State?”— Incorporated ODNI declassifications (under Tulsi Gabbard), Metro PD leaks from Officer Douglas Berlin, and the bombshell “Prohibited Access” files—a secret FBI repository shielding sensitive records.
  • August 8, 2025: “Seth Rich: Dead Men Tell No Tales”— Framed it as a murder mystery riddled with media disinformation (e.g., Michael Isikoff-style amplification of false narratives), unproven CrowdStrike claims, and urgent calls for probes under Kash Patel and Pam Bondi.

These articles relied on verifiable sources: FOIA denials-turned-admissions, court orders ignored, intelligence lapses (no crime-scene forensics pushed, devices held since 2016, but contents suppressed). Whispers persist, and in an unsolved case, such rumors are almost inevitable. The same holds for the broader possibility of a professional or contracted operative several levels removed from any decision-maker: plausible deniability is the hallmark of these operations.

Now, however, at long last, the Trump FBI is ever so slowly giving up its secrets. Senator Chuck Grassley deserves major credit. Attorney Ty Clevenger used Grassley’s discovery of hidden FBI files to advance his FOIA suits. Matt Taibbi at Racket News just posted an exclusive update on these hidden FBI files. John Solomon of Just the News just dropped an article detailing how prohibited-access files shielded politically sensitive cases, including an intriguing quote from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon. The Federalist published these bombshell articles, too (here, here, here, and here). Whistleblower tips to Grassley’s office blew the lid off. Grassley demanded that AG Bondi and Director Patel produce records; some have been turned over amid internal resistance, and Patel’s task force is now excavating decades of hidden material.

Grassley said:

If it weren’t for whistleblower disclosures to my office, the very existence of the FBI using “Prohibited Access” files for some investigations would have remained in the dark. I’ve asked Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel to turn over certain Prohibited Access records to Congress. I’ve received some but am still waiting on others. I urge the DOJ and FBI to keep digging—which previous administrations apparently didn’t make any effort to do—so that the facts can come to light. The FBI’s secret stash of records is scandalous.

(Read more: American Thinker, 3/14/2026)  (Archive)

March 15, 2026 – Weirdo James Comey recalls singing Beyoncé song during 2016 FBI ‘Sandcastles’ briefing (Video)

Former FBI Director James Comey shared a story on Sunday recalling an unusual moment from his time leading the bureau, describing how a reference to a Beyoncé song during a 2016 FBI briefing was met with silence from colleagues in the room.

Comey stated in a video posted Sunday on his Substack:

As FBI director, I would get briefed all the time on serious stuff, including operations or cases that always seemed to have these strange code names that nobody could explain the origin of, at least not to the director. And so the names became a little bit of an obsession of mine.

One morning, I was sitting at the head of a big table in a crowded room to get briefed on a particular piece of work. The briefer started by saying the operation was codenamed “Sandcastles.”

Now, this was 2016, and you may know that Beyoncé’s album Lemonade had come out with a track called “Sandcastles.” So I said, “Oh, like the Beyoncé song.” Blank stares all around the FBI conference room. So I did the natural thing. I think I sang, “We rebuild sand castles that washed away.” Nope, nothing — dead silence. “Never mind,” I said, “continue.” Only when I got home and told my family the story did I get the reaction I was looking for. When I write, I listen to classical or jazz because, in ways I can’t explain, the music unlocks something. It frees me.

Comey led the FBI from 2013 until he was fired in 2017 during President Donald Trump’s first administration. His remarks come months after a federal judge dismissed a 2025 indictment charging him with making false statements and obstruction of justice related to his 2020 Senate testimony, a ruling the Justice Department has indicated it will appeal. (Read more: Breitbart News, 3/16/2026)  (Archive)

March 16, 2026 – Judicial Watch sues DOJ for all records linking Norm Eisen to FBI Arctic Frost probe

Barry Berke, left and Norm Eisen, right – pictured exiting the HSCI scif with Jerry Nadler on the same day Pelosi’s “Impeachment Inquiry” Resolution was released on October 29, 2019. (Credit: public domain)

BREAKING: Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the DOJ for all records linking Norm Eisen to the FBI’s Biden-era “Arctic Frost” probe, specifically involving the Criminal Division, the Office of Information Policy, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team (1/3).

Judicial Watch Sues Justice Department for Records Linking Norm Eisen to FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe

March 17, 2026 – Nick Shirley exposes California fraud

Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger… We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP.

We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening. These fraudsters have been able to defraud American taxpayers for years without any pushback from the public and politicians.

It is time to EXPOSE IT ALL and end America’s fraud crisis.

Gavin Newsom wants to be President. Think of it. The man who turned the Golden State into the greatest fraud factory the world has ever seen… the man who let billions and billions and billions of your tax dollars get stolen right out from under him… that man wants to run the country. Everybody sees it. Even the Democrats see it. They just don’t want to talk about it.

So let’s talk about what’s really happening in California because the numbers are so big, so staggering, so unbelievable that people can’t even comprehend them. Medi-Cal… that’s California’s version of Medicaid, their big healthcare program… has more than doubled from $108 billion to a proposed $222 billion. The population didn’t double. The spending doubled. Where did the money go? It went to the fraudsters. It went to the grifters. It went to people driving around in brand new BMWs and $200,000 Maybachs while your grandmother can’t afford her medication in the 4th largest economy in the world. Disgraceful.

A brave young journalist… Nick Shirley, great guy, incredible courage… went into Los Angeles and did what the entire state government of California refused to do. He walked up to the doors. He knocked. He asked questions. And what did he find? He found daycares with 39 children enrolled on paper and five kids actually there. He found daycares in San Diego with 14 children enrolled and zero… zero… present when the state inspectors showed up. Four different visits by state inspectors. Zero children every single time. And California kept sending the checks. Kept sending the money. Billions of dollars just flowing out the door to empty buildings and ghost children.

Think of it.

Nick found a daycare operating out of an apartment… one bedroom… supposedly caring for eight kids. He shows up and finds two small children outside completely unsupervised. No adult anywhere. His producer, a mother, broke down crying on camera because the scene was so horrifying. These are real children being used as pawns in a massive fraud scheme and Gavin Newsom’s California didn’t do a thing to stop it. Not a thing.

But the daycares… and this is the part that really gets you… the daycares are almost small compared to what’s happening with hospice. Los Angeles County has seen a 1,500 percent increase in hospice companies since 2010. That’s not a typo. Fifteen hundred percent. The elderly population went up about 40 percent. The number of hospice agencies went from 109 to over 1,800. Forty-five times more hospice agencies per senior than New York. Fifty-nine times more than Florida. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it.

CBS News… and give them credit, they actually did real journalism for once… went through every single hospice operating in LA County. Seven hundred and forty-two of them… 42 percent… showed multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state’s own criteria. Nearly 500 hospices crammed into a three-mile radius in the San Fernando Valley. One hundred and thirty-seven along Van Nuys Boulevard alone. Eighty-nine… 89 hospice companies… registered inside one single building in Van Nuys. One building. And 72 of those showed signs of fraud.

Nick Shirley went to that very area. He walked into a place called Miracle Healing Hospice that billed $1.3 million. Knocked on the door. Nobody home. Looked through the window. Completely empty. Not a single piece of furniture. $32,000 per patient billed to the taxpayers and there’s nothing inside. Nothing. He went to Guardian of Angels Hospice… $4.8 million billed. Couldn’t even find them. Went door to door looking for this company that collected nearly five million dollars and it didn’t appear to exist.

And here’s where it gets really interesting… the “I can’t believe this is real” part. Every single one of these empty buildings, these shell companies, these ghost operations… the parking lots were full of the most expensive cars you’ve ever seen. Brand new BMW M8 Competitions. Cybertrucks. $200,000 Maybachs. Mercedes after Mercedes after Mercedes. The fraudsters weren’t even trying to hide it. They were driving around in luxury vehicles paid for with stolen Medicare dollars while hardworking Californians can’t afford their rent.

Nick went to a place that teaches people how to open their own hospice. A consulting firm. In LA. You don’t need to be a doctor. You don’t need to be a nurse. You don’t need to be anything. Just get some stolen Medicare numbers from elderly people… which are worth more than credit card numbers now, everybody in the industry knows it… bill the government, and watch the checks roll in. A medical professional told Nick on camera that hospice fraud became a trend during COVID. People were building hospices and flipping them like real estate. Building them and selling them. Using your tax dollars. Quite honestly one of the most disgraceful things anyone has ever seen in this country.

And Gavin Newsom’s big response? He says he banned new hospice licenses in 2021. Incredible. He banned new licenses while 742 fraudulent operations kept running. That’s like locking the front door after the burglars moved in and set up a furniture store in your living room. His own state auditor told him in 2022… wrote him a letter, very direct, very clear… that California’s weak controls had created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse. Stolen identities of medical personnel. Abnormally high rates of living patients being discharged. The whole system was rotten. And what did Newsom do? He blamed Trump. Always blaming somebody else. Never his fault. His spokesperson actually called Dr. Oz an idiot for pointing out the fraud. That tells you everything you need to know about Gavin Newsom’s priorities.

Meanwhile an adult daycare in LA billed $19.8 million. Nick went there at 1:30 in the afternoon. No adults present. The place looked like it was falling apart. They couldn’t even produce a brochure. Couldn’t even answer the phone. A voicemail box that was full. $19.8 million of your money.

California’s own Attorney General Rob Bonta had to admit it… called hospice fraud an epidemic. An epidemic. And this is Newsom’s guy saying this. The “Califraudia” report estimates total fraud waste and abuse across the state could hit $250 billion. Billions and billions and billions. The state auditor has been flagging Medi-Cal as high risk for mismanagement since 2007. Almost twenty years of warnings and nothing changed. By March 2025, Newsom’s healthcare department needed a $3.4 billion emergency loan. A week later they came back begging for another $2.8 billion. The state is hemorrhaging money and nobody at the top cares because nobody at the top is paying for it. You’re paying for it.

The DOJ has been arresting people. Good. Four California residents just got sentenced for a $16 million hospice fraud and money laundering scheme… sham companies, fake documents, stolen Medicare numbers, shell accounts. The Armenian Organized Crime strike force dismantled five hospices in LA. But these are drops in an ocean of fraud that Newsom watched grow for years and years and years while he was busy running around the country auditioning for President.

This is the man the Democrats want to put in charge of the whole country. The man who couldn’t find 742 fraudulent hospices in his own state. The man whose government kept sending checks to daycares with zero children. The man whose citizens are getting their Medicare numbers stolen so criminals can drive Maybachs. The man whose own auditor begged him to act and he ignored it.

Gavin Newsom didn’t build the Golden State. He built the fraud state. And now he wants your vote. Go look at what he did to California. Go look at those empty buildings billing millions. Go look at those children left unsupervised in apartment daycares. Go look at those parking lots full of luxury cars outside fake hospices.

And then ask yourself… do we really want this for America?

An unassuming office building on a side street in Los Angeles is being called a “ground zero” example of suspected, widespread hospice care fraud underway in California.

The Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, a 32,000-square-foot, stucco and glass building in the Van Nuys neighborhood of the LA’s San Fernando Valley is reportedly the home to 89 licensed hospice companies.

Fraud Report: 89 Hospice Companies Located in Los Angeles Office Building 3/20/2026

March 17, 2026 – Honestreporting.AI Labs track the Joe Kent/Tucker Carlson narrative in real time – findings should end debate

Joe Kent goes on Tucker Carlson. Within minutes — not hours, minutes — the same clip, same caption, same outrage floods hundreds of accounts simultaneously. http://HonestReporting.AI Labs tracked every amplification event in real time, and the data is damning.

The trigger quote — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 — was clipped and posted across hundreds of accounts almost simultaneously. Not after it trended. During the broadcast. Real breaking news takes time to spread organically. This had a running start.

Who amplified it? Look at the coalition:

Russian state TV (RT).
Iranian state media through HispanTV.
Hamas-aligned Quds News Network.
Turkish state broadcaster TRT.
Sputnik Brasil.

And simultaneously — Jackson Hinkle, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Max Blumenthal.
Russia, Iran, Hamas, and MAGA dissidents.

All posting the same message. At the same time.

When does that happen naturally? It doesn’t.

The charts tell the story precisely. Within 2 to 4 hours of the Tucker broadcast, tracked amplification events spiked to 30 — dominated by MAGA dissident amplifiers and Pro-Palestinian/Islamist networks firing in parallel.

The second chart shows how far the narrative traveled from what Kent actually said. By the time the amplification cycle was complete, the message had escalated from Kent’s original claim all the way to “Israel controls America” — an approximately 85-90% departure from source material. That is not interpretation. That is narrative laundering.

The rollout wasn’t spontaneous. Kent resigned. Tucker booked him within hours. Real whistleblowers are chaotic. They call journalists from parking lots. They don’t have a media tour lined up before the ink dries on their resignation letter.

And here’s what got buried in all of it: from 2020 to 2024, Joe Kent publicly and repeatedly called for destroying Iran’s nuclear AND ballistic capabilities. That record was almost completely absent from the amplified conversation. Narrative laundering doesn’t only determine what to amplify. It determines what to erase.

The FBI was already investigating Kent. He resigned to control the narrative. The speed, the uniformity, and the foreign state amplification are not organic. This was a coordinated information operation — and the people pushing it included both foreign adversaries and Americans who should know better.

𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻, 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

March 13, 2026 – Mamdani signed a $1.86 billion contract to put homeless people in hotels.

 

Mamdani administration inks $1.9B, 3-year contract to house homeless in NYC hotels

March 17, 2026 – National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigns, presumably over Iran war; FBI investigating him for possibly leaking classified info

JUST IN: President Trump responds to National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent RESIGNING over the war in Iran

“I always thought he was a nice guy, but I thought he was very weak on security. I didn’t know him well. But he seemed like a pretty nice guy. But when I read his statement, I realized it’s a good thing he’s out because he said Iran was not a threat.”

Kent said in his resignation letter: “As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.”

 

March 18, 2026

FBI just announced Investigation into Joe Kent for allegedly leaking classified information. This comes after Joe Kent rushed onto Tucker Carlson podcast to double down on his public challenge to President Trump regarding Iran.

Joe Kent appears on Tucker’s show on 3/18/2026 to discuss why we went to war with Iran.

Kent resigned Tuesday from his role as the nation’s top counterterrorism official, citing opposition to the U.S. war against Iran.

In a public statement, Kent said he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” arguing that Iran posed no imminent threat and that the conflict marked a break from the administration’s prior approach to avoiding prolonged wars in the Middle East.

A senior administration official previously told Fox News Digital that Kent was a “known leaker” who had been cut out of intelligence briefings months before his resignation.

It is unclear whether the FBI investigation is related to those concerns or to a separate matter. (Fox News, 3/18/2026)

So Joe Kent was reportedly under FBI investigation for leaking classified information before resigning — and he immediately sat down for an interview with Tucker Carlson, who said days ago that he’s under investigation for his conversations with Iranian officials.

Who knows whether either claim is true?

What information was Kent accused of leaking — and to whom?

What exactly did Tucker say to Iranian officials?

Or are both men being targeted for opposing the war?

Or is none of this accurate, and neither is under investigation at all?

The reality is that nobody on the internet knows the full truth — but you’re about to see plenty of people speak with absolute certainty as if they do.

March 19, 2026

March 17, 2026 – US intel hid Chinese 2020 election meddling from Trump because they opposed his policies

Dr. Barry A. Zulauf (Credit: World Geostrategic Insights )

Dr. Barry A. Zulauf, a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service reported that others in the intelligence community said “I don’t want my intelligence going to the White House where it will be used by that vulgarian in the Oval Office to support policies against China with which I personally disagree.”

Analysts inside the U.S. intelligence community sought to conceal evidence of Chinese influence efforts from President Donald Trump during the 2020 election, with analysts saying they didn’t want their intel used by “that vulgarian in the Oval Office” to pursue policies toward China they personally disagreed with.

The revelation is found within a January 2021 report written by — and never before reported upon comments by — analytic ombudsman Barry Zulauf, who conducted a review of the spy community’s handling of Russian versus Chinese meddling efforts during the 2020 election. Among his conclusions was that intelligence analysts downplayed China’s actions because they had disdain for the “vulgarian” Trump and did not want to support the policies and priorities of the Trump administration toward China with which they “personally disagree.”

Just the News reported this week that the U.S. intelligence community has known since early 2020 that Beijing also gained access to American voter registration data and used that information to conduct opinion analysis related to the presidential election between Trump and then-former Vice President Joe Biden.

Chinese government election influence efforts in the 2020 election

This is not the only piece of evidence pointing to Chinese government election influence efforts in the 2020 election. Although much about China’s activities in 2020 remains classified, Just the News conducted a thorough review of publicly-available intelligence assessments, federal indictments, foreign government warnings, and cybersecurity firm analyses.

There is credible evidence that Chinese government-linked cyber hackers and Chinese social media troll farms took aim at the U.S. presidential election in 2020 and sought to undercut Trump during his run against now-former President Biden. There are also indicators that Chinese intelligence and law enforcement agencies — China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) and its Ministry of Public Security (MPS) — also played a role in 2020.

Zulauf — a longtime intelligence officer — wrote in his January 2021 report: “Given analytic differences in the way Russia and China analysts examined their targets, China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence or interference. These analysts appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward because they tended to disagree with the Administration’s policies, saying in effect, I don’t want our intelligence used to support those policies.”

U.S. intel analysts downplayed China assessments to avoid helping Trump

Zulauf discussed his report on a podcast later that year, where he quoted an analyst working on Chinese interference efforts as having essentially said that “I don’t want my analysis going to the White House where that vulgarian … in the White House will use it to pursue policies toward China with which I personally disagree.”

An article in the Journal of Intelligence Conflict and Warfare recounted a 2023 speech by Zulauf, who said that the intelligence analyst was quoted as saying that “I don’t want my intelligence going to the White House where it will be used by that vulgarian in the Oval Office to support policies against China with which I personally disagree.”

“Dr. Zulauf went on to point out the various errors in this way of thinking — intelligence belongs to the community, not a single analyst, and further, while analysts are entitled to like or dislike particular leaders, they are not entitled to allow that to alter the intelligence products that they put forward,” the journal article said.

The review by Zulauf also found that allegations of Russian meddling and Chinese meddling were being measured based on differing standards, meaning Russia may have taken actions that were determined to be influence or interference efforts while, if and when China took the same or similar actions, those Chinese actions likely would not have been determined to be influence or interference efforts.

“Due to varying collection and insight into hostile state actors’ leadership intentions and domestic election influence campaigns, the definitional use of the terms ‘influence’ and ‘interference’ and associated confidence levels are applied differently by the China and Russia analytic communities,” Zulauf wrote in his report.

The ombudsman found that “the terms were applied inconsistently across the analytic community” and that “failing to explain properly these definitions is inconsistent with Tradecraft Standards.”

“ODNI officials engaging with policymakers said that these customers did notice the result, particularly differences in the volume, frequency, and confidence levels of the intelligence coming from the China and Russia analytic communities on activities that, from their perspective, were very similar in their potential effects,” Zulauf added.

The analytic ombudsman noted that multiple national intelligence officers wrote an “Alternative Analysis Memo” in October 2020 “which expressed alternative views on potential Chinese election influence activities.” Zulauf said that “these alternative views met with considerable organizational counter pressure” but that then-DNI and now-Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe agreed with the dissenting alternative views which argued that China had in fact attempted to influence the 2020 election to undercut Trump’s candidacy. (Read more: Just the News, 3/17/2026)  (Archive)

March 17, 2026 – James O’Keefe exposes California elections fraud – Cash for Ballots

CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS FRAUD CASH FOR BALLOTS PART I: Homeless Bribed with Cash & Drugs In Exchange For Registering To Vote & Signing Election Petitions Caught On Tape Undercover On Skid Row In California.

“You can just put Pinocchio Lane.”

California NGOs Encourage Fake Addresses To Homeless People To Sign Petitions & Register Voters, A State & Federal Felony. Footage Shows 28 Instances Of Cash Changing Hands For Ballot Signatures & Voter Registration Forms. Many of the petitioners had no understanding of the petitions’ purpose they were advertising. Circulators also instructed individuals to use fake addresses. “Oh, you can just fake an address.”

Weingart Center, which received hundreds of millions in public funding, is on tape directing people to where the fraudulent petitioners are located, and directing homeless individuals to petitioners & coaching plausible deniability. “See they say ignorance is no excuse for the law. But a lot of times, I have to say ‘I didn’t know, I had no idea.’”

We encountered 28 instances of petitioners offering cash, cigarettes, and marijuana for signatures on petitions.

Weingart employees advised: “See they say ignorance is no excuse for the law. But a lot of times, I have to say ‘I didn’t know, I had no idea.’” All happening outside taxpayer-funded housing organizations. Weingart CEO earned $432,000 before resigning from the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency.

James O’Keefe and the OMG Team went undercover on Skid Row, posing as homeless individuals. On hidden cameras, petitioners admitted they are paid $7–$10 per signature, sometimes earning $1,000 or more per day, collecting signatures from individuals with minimal knowledge of what they were signing.

“$7 a signature, $5 a signature, $10 a signature.”

“We gon’ give you $2.”

Populus Inc., a political consulting firm, was circulating petitions funded by @Uber, @Delta, @United, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (@AHLA). On camera, one petitioner said, “We have one that taxes billionaires 5%. One-time tax. 5% and that’s gonna go towards healthcare.” Other petitions sought to overturn LA’s $30 minimum wage for hotel and airline workers.

Paying per signature and encouraging fake addresses violates federal and state election law and is proof of fraud happening in California.

Weingart employees were caught directing the homeless to the location of the petitioners and coaching them on plausible deniability. Intake coordinator Jason Warren told an undercover journalist exactly where and when to find them:

“Most time they be right across the street, under that tree… Monday through Friday.”

In 2016, nine individuals were arrested on Skid Row for exchanging cash and cigarettes for signatures; in 2019 they were charged on 14 counts under the exact same California Elections Code section.

Yet when confronted, nearby LAPD officers dismissed the activity as “a civil lawsuit.”

“Paying per signature violates state election law and is evidence of election fraud in California,” the investigation concludes. On Skid Row, we captured conduct on tape that violates Federal Law 52 U.S. Code §10307 and state law California Election Code §18603.

Part II coming soon.

March 18, 2026 – Chris Wray and Chris Krebs lied to the American public for 6 years — They knew Iranians breached US election system in 2020

FBI Director Chris Wray and former CISA Director Chris Krebs hid the extent of the enormous Iranian election security breach from the American public until last month, four years after the 2020 election. (Credit: The Gateway Pundit)

In 2025, unsealed court documents completely redefined what we were told to believe about the 2020 US presidential election.

The election was billed by the Democrat Party, Joe Biden, the mainstream media, and former CISA Chief Chris Krebs as the ‘most secure election’ in US history.

Chris Krebs, the former CISA Director, testified before Congress on December 16, 2020, after he was fired by Donald Trump.

Recently, unsealed court documents first reported by The Gateway Pundit in October 2024, completely redefined what we were told to believe about the 2020 US presidential election.

The election was billed by the Democrat Party, Joe Biden, the mainstream media, and former CISA Chief Chris Krebs as the most secure election in US history.

Chris Krebs, the former CISA Director fired by Donald Trump, testified before Congress on December 16, 2020, after he was fired.

Krebs famously announced that day, “The 2020 election was the most secure in US history.”

WATCH:

But was 2020 really the most secure election in US history?

We now know definitively that Chris Krebs was lying when he made this announcement during congressional testimony in December 2020.

Today, nearly six years after the 2020 election, we have proof of a successful breach by one of America’s major enemies on our election infrastructure prior to Election Day and during early voting.

CISA officials released a report on October 30, 2020, JUST DAYS BEFORE the 2020 presidential election.

The report was never made public, and it omitted critical facts about a successful breach of a state’s election database days before the 2020 election.

Here is the CISA report, which was hidden for several years and discovered after investigative reporter Yehuda Miller obtained the information through a FOIA request earlier this year.

According to the CISA report from October 22, 2020:

SUBJECT: FBI Liaison Alert System (FLASH) – Indicators of Compromise Pertaining to Iranian Interference in the 2020 Presidential Election – TLP: WHITE

On 22 October 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (Alert AA20-296B) warning that Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are likely intent on influencing and interfering with the US elections to sow discord among voters and undermine public confidence in the US electoral process.

APT actors are creating fictitious media sites and spoofing legitimate media sites to spread anti-American propaganda and misinformation about voter suppression.

The attached FLASH contains a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) and additional threat information pertaining to a threat group, assessed to be located in Iran, conducting operations aimed at influencing and interfering in the 2020 US Presidential Election.

The October 22 alert referenced above can be found at the following URL: https://uscert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-296b

Here is the report released on October 30, 2020, days before the US presidential election.

Thanks to Yehuda Miller for the FOIAed document.

We now know that this CISA report was completely dishonest and omitted critical facts.

We also know that Krebs and CISA lied about the security of the 2020 election in their Cyber Risk Summary, which was released after the election in 2021.

We know this for a fact because Krebs, Chris Wray, and CISA COMPLETELY OMITTED the fact that the Iranian regime successfully breached one state’s voter roll database and used the names, Social Security, and Driver’s License numbers to fill out UOCAVA or overseas ballot registrations!

This tiny fact was omitted from Kreb’s report, and Chris Wray and DOJ Chief Bill Barr ignored it! (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/18/2026)  (Archive)

March 18, 2026 – Biden’s CIA Assessment: “Traditional motherhood” & “homemaking” are white “Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism” (REMVE)

March 19, 2026 – Former FBI Director James Comey receives grand jury subpoena in the Justice Department’s Russiagate investigation

Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in the Justice Department’s Russiagate investigation.

In July, it was reported that former FBI Director James Comey and John Brennan were under FBI investigation over their involvement in Russiagate.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred Brennan and Comey for prosecution last summer.

US Attorney in the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones is in charge of the investigation.

According to Axios and Fox News, Comey was issued a grand jury subpoena last week.

(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/19/2026)  (Archive)

March 20, 2026 – Bagman and enabler of ‘Spygate’ and ‘Russiagate’ receives subpoena from Florida ‘conspiracy’ investigative grand jury

In the next few days, much more about the overall investigative review underway in Florida will begin to surface.  The review has been led by USAO Jason A. Reding Quiñones, a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida.

As with all investigations containing multiple players and actors, the first investigative information is extracted from testimony by those furthest away from the principals, yet closest to the granular details of the events being reviewed.  The questioning then goes upstream, using information collected to assembly more specific questions as the principal players are approached.

The widest concentric circles are questioned first. Then, using the responses and investigative information from that circle, the questioning and inquiry goes to the next inner circle of participants. The information is assembled, and more pointed questions are then targeted to the next inner circle; the process continues until the core is questioned.

Beginning with the end in mind, the biggest challenge is knowing what the correct questions are to ask of those who were closest to the corrupt activity (the outer circle). Background research is critical – CTH of value. From those pointed questions you get answers. Then, next level of more specific questions get focus, and so on, and so on.

FLORIDA – Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in connection with a wide-ranging investigation being run by a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Florida, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News on Thursday.

The probe, which focuses on an earlier investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other prosecutions related to President Donald Trump, is being led by Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The sprawling probe has been dubbed a “grand conspiracy” investigation by Trump allies.

An attorney for Comey did not have an immediate comment, while Quiñones’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (read more)

Please remember, there are two distinct and different aspects to the overall conspiracy and timeline.

There was surveillance of the 2016 Republican candidates by contractors working on behalf of the FBI who was institutionally collaborating with the Clinton campaign; that is known as “Spygate.”   There was then an FBI operation to target and eliminate the threat represented by the 2016 GOP primary winner, Donald Trump; that is known as “Russiagate.”

‘Spygate’ and ‘Russiagate’ are two distinctly different corrupt pathways that eventually merged due to common interests.

The Mueller investigation, an extension of Crossfire Hurricane (Russiagate) was used by Obama-era politicians and internal government officials as a mechanism to block President Trump from executing a divergent foreign policy.  The primary policy of focus was to protect the Iran deal.

Based on mounting evidence, a pattern in other international activities and U.S. participants, the Obama-Clinton-Kerry Iranian deal likely included a mechanism for return payments to U.S. officials following the release of billions in frozen Iranian asset funds and the loosening of sanctions – (ie. pallets of cash).  Qatar was the mediator/broker.

However, it is speculated, perhaps being currently evidenced, that return payments to the Obama team contained a timing mechanism and the quid-pro-quo payments were stopped after President Trump withdrew from the Iran deal and re-instituted sanctions.

Thus, a much larger background context exists for why the totality of the U.S. government and Intelligence Community opposed President Donald Trump.   Is it all about the money? Time will tell.  Current events may not be coincidental.

♦ September 2015 – Billionaire Paul Singer contracts with Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS for opposition research on candidate Donald Trump during 2016 GOP presidential primary.  Simpson prior work during time at Wall Street journal serves as reference.

♦ November 2015 – Simpson hires Nellie Ohr to assist on Trump project.  Ohr was CIA open-source analyst.  Revelations by NSA compliance officer in April 2016 point to November 2015 as origin of multiple unauthorized searches of NSA database.

♦ December 2015 – Mrs. Ohr contacts Christopher Steele, submitting data for cross-reference with sources and seeking collaboration on Trump project. Ohr using ham radio license as independent operator.

♦ January – March 2016 – GOP Presidential primary ongoing.  Candidate Donald Trump wins majority of primary delegates from all early state contests.  Momentum for Donald Trump becomes significant.  Cruz, Kasich, Rubio final group along with Trump.  Late March, Paul Singer contacts Glenn Simpson to cancel opposition research. NSA compliance officer notifies NSA Director Mike Rogers about unauthorized use of database by “contractors.”  Rogers asks for full review.

♦ April 2016 – April 16, 2016, NSA compliance officer reports to Director Rogers of approximately 10,000 database searches, using “same identifiers” over “multiple dates.” Rogers responds by shutting down contractor access and blocking all FISA-702(17) “about” queries.  April 17, 2016, Glenn Simpson wife, Mary Jacoby, visits White House.  Glenn Simpson pitches preassembled oppo-research file on Trump to Clinton Team.  Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann takes over payments and signs contract with Fusion for continued work.

♦ May/June 2016 – Chris Steele constructing dossier on Donald Trump, submissions returned to Fusion GPS, Nellie Ohr and husband Bruce Ohr, #4 in DOJ-NSD.  External contacts made to Trump orbit by foreign officials from Australia (Downer), U.K (Mifsud) and Cyprus.  Trump campaign continues presidential primary victories. Trump enlists Paul Manafort as delegate manager for upcoming RNC convention.

♦ July 2016 – FBI opens official investigation of Trump for Russia collusion, predicated on contact from Australian Ambassador about non-existent claim Trump group receiving Clinton/DNC emails from Russian hackers.  Attempted FISA application rejected.

♦ August 2016 – CIA Director John Brennan informs Harry Reid of Clinton oppo-research effort known colloquially as Trump-Russia.  Former Acting CIA Director Mike Morrell, long time Clinton ally, publishes article in New York Times claiming Russians want Trump victory.   Hillary proclaims vast Russian conspiracy theory.

♦ September 2016 – Director Brennan directly informs White House, President Obama, Susan Rice, Lisa Monaco of Clinton oppo-research effort known colloquially as Trump-Russia.  Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson and Michael Sussmann identified as sources for organizing oppo-research Steele Dossier.

♦ October 2016 – Steele Dossier assembly used by DOJ-NSD in FISA application against Trump campaign official Carter Page.  Through April 2016, FBI used Carter Page as undercover employee in case against Russian Evgeny Buryakov; now October 2016, FBI claims Carter Page is official “agent of a foreign government” to gain FISA warrant.  Steele Dossier serves as replacement for Woods File supporting Title-1 search warrant.

♦ November 2016 – Donald Trump wins 2016 presidential election defeating Hillary Clinton and stunning world.  Clinton campaign blames Russians for her loss. Accuses Trump of colluding with Russia.   Trump campaign and transition team now under Title-1 full counterintelligence surveillance by FBI via Page FISA warrant.

♦ December 2016 – Joint Analysis Report released by intelligence community, claiming Russians were involved in attempting to influence 2016 election.  All Trump campaign and transition members under full physical and electronic surveillance. All communication intercepted.  Officially FBI Director James Comey denies President-elect Trump under investigation.

♦ January 2017 – Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) released by Obama administration claiming confidence Russia had attempted to interfere in the 2016 election.  Sanctions imposed by Obama; Russian diplomatic corps expelled.   FISA surveillance warrant resubmitted with no new context and renewed by FISC without question.

♦ February 2017 – National Security Advisor Michael Flynn under fire for talking to Russian ambassador in December during Christmas holiday.  Flynn wrongly accused of discussing possible policy changes and not to worry about Obama sanctions. Full court press by FBI and DOJ to leak information to media about Trump under FBI counterintelligence investigation.  James Comey leaks information to friend, Columbia University Professor Daniel Richman as intermediary to media.  Washington Post publish article citing FBI intercept of Flynn-Kislyak phone call.

♦ March 2017 – • On 16th HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes releases information to public about Obama presidential daily briefing containing information about Trump-Russia collusion investigation and surveillance of Trump campaign by FBI. First public indications that “wires were actually tapped.”  • On 17th copy of FISA application delivered from FISA Court to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice-Chairman Mark Warner. Shortly after 4pm, Warner instructs SSCI Security Director James Wolfe to leak the FISA application to media.  Wolfe transmits 82 pictures to Politico journalist Ali Watkins via encrypted phone images [FISA application 83 pages with one blank page].  FISA application returned to courier FBI Agent Brian Dugan.  • March 20th, James Comey testifies to HPSCI during open hearing admitting for first time publicly that President Trump, and his entire administration, is under official FBI counterintelligence investigation.  Comey claims no information previously given to congressional oversight due to “sensitivity of the matter.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions forced to recuse.

♦ April 2017 – Absent AG, and without confirmed DAG, interim and acting DAG Dana Boente receives request for FISA renewal from FBI Director James Comey.  On same day FISA application is renewed for second time, journalist Ali Watkins -having ownership of illegal and leaked unredacted FISA application- writes first details of FISA application, then transfers employment to New York Times for senior role in Trump-Russia reporting. FBI continues leaking details of investigation to media. Mid April Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein arrives to take all responsibilities related to AG Sessions recusal.

♦ May 2017 – Early May, Deputy AG Rosenstein has phone call with FBI Director James Comey, “What do you want me to do – wear a wire?”   Mid-May, Rosenstein takes former FBI Director Robert Mueller to White House for oval office meeting with President Trump.  Next morning Mueller returns to White House to pick up cell phone he accidentally left in Oval Office. Later in afternoon, President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey. Following day Rosenstein talks to Mueller (3X) and coordinates meeting.  Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel; Mueller chief deputy Andrew Weissmann assumes organization of investigation.

♦ June 2017 – Weissmann assembles Crossfire Hurricane team into Special Counsel.  WFO FBI Agent Brian Dugan begins to suspect SSCI leak of FISA application based on media reporting.  Agent Dugan requests and receives first warrant for cell phone records of SSCI Security Director Wolfe and NYT journalist Ali Watkins.  June 29th Andrew Weissmann requests renewal of Carter Page FISA warrant to continue surveillance of administration.  Application renewed.

♦ July 2017 – While conducting investigation of internal FBI conduct during Clinton email investigation, Office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz discovers inappropriate activity within FBI investigative team.  Horowitz informs DAG Rosenstein and SC Robert Mueller about Lisa Page and Peter Strzok compromise.  Weissmann removes Page and Strzok to avoid scrutiny by OIG of special counsel team.  President Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn discovers all 2016/2017 transition team emails, phone records, electronic communications and devices have been given to Andrew Weissmann by General Services Administration as requested by the FISA authority carried by special counsel.

♦ August 2017 – DAG Rod Rosenstein officially expands Special Counsel investigative scope as requested by Andrew Weissmann to include five specific targets: Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos and Walid Phares [targeting angle = FARA violations, per DOJ-NSD authority] Mr. Phares organized interview between Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abel Fattah al-Sisi during 2016 campaign.  FISA surveillance authority used to collect evidence of financial transactions, banking records, travel, communication and full Title-1 counterintelligence operations deployed against targets.

♦ September 2017 – FBI Agent Brian Dugan conducting surveillance of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and communication between SSCI Vice-Chair Mark Warner and Chris Steele representative Adam Waldman.  Dugan intercepts Waldman side of conversation for investigative file.  Weissmann and 18 lawyers, 50 FBI agents and 200 staff continue Trump targeting operations, continue full Title-1 authorized FISA surveillance, and outline cases against Manafort (financial crimes/FARA), Flynn (FARA), and Papadopoulos (lying to investigators).

♦ October 2017 – FISA search warrant used by Mueller/Weissmann special counsel expires.  Weissmann requests expanded scope memo from Rosenstein to target Michael Flynn Jr for use against his father, Michael Flynn.  Cases against Manafort and Papadopoulos ongoing.  Media 24/7 with Trump-Russia collusion.  Meanwhile, FBI Agent Brian Dugan first approaches SSCI Security Director James Wolfe about FISA leak and media contacts.  Agent Dugan forced by USAO Jessie Liu to inform SSCI Chair Burr and SSCI Vice-Chair Warner about ongoing leak investigation.

♦ November 2017 – All prior surveillance and assembled evidence used via Title-1 search warrant authority, in combination with FARA and threats against Mike Flynn Jr, used to coerce a guilty plea by Michael Flynn (Nov 31).   House Intelligence Committee now seeking to review FISA warrant, DOJ and FBI denying access.  Political debate between Chairman Devin Nunes and ranking member Adam Schiff ongoing.

♦ December 2017 – AFTER securing Flynn guilty plea, immediately first reports of Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text messages released.  Within days, Bruce Ohr identified, demoted twice, former Crossfire Hurricane investigation now being scrutinized.  Nellie Ohr’s name surfaces.  Chris Steele and Fusion GPS now being reviewed with increased suspicion.  Testimony to Senate by Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson “accidentally” leaked by SSCI member Dianne Feinstein (keep stories straight, motive).   Nunes memo -vs- Schiff memo battle for media narrative.  Internal details of prior FBI targeting operation begin to surface with evidence showing sketchy behavior.  FBI Agent Brian Dugan confronts SSCI Security Director James Wolfe with evidence against him, Wolfe admits to leaks.  SSCI fire Wolfe.

♦ January 2018 – Apex for Special Counsel.  Brian Dugan assembles file against Wolfe submits for grand jury indictment. Due to file touching on Trump-Russia issues, Wolfe criminal activity file submitted to Special Counsel Weissmann for review.  Nunes memo released and discussed.

♦ February 2018 – Text messages between SSCI Vice-Chair Warner and Chris Steele layer Adam Waldman surface. Andrew Weissmann organizes a press conference for Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein to conduct, announcing indictments of 17 Russians and entities for 2016 election interference; this is timed as Trump departs for summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

♦ March 2018 – Public begins to absorb totality of FBI (mis)conduct in the Trump targeting operation.  The information war is in full swing.  Narrative battles are throughout media.

♦ April 2018 – Leaks of the FISA application against Carter Page now under scrutiny.  A criminal referral from OIG toward FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for lying to INSD investigators about his media leaks.

♦ June 2018 – The criminal indictment of SSCI Security Director James Wolfe unsealed and made public.

♦ July 2018 – The DOJ informs the FISC that despite issues surfacing about the predicate of the FISA warrant they authorized against Carter Page for being an agent of a foreign power, everything was ok.  A week later, the DOJ then releases to the public the first FISA Title-1 search warrant ever seen, …

…the publicly released version of the FISA application is the exact copy of FISA that was contained in the FBI evidence file against James Wolfe.  The same exact document hand carried from the FISC to the SSCI on March 17, 2017, was the copy released by the DOJ in July 2018 – not the DOJ-NSD copy.  How did that happen?

♦ December 2018 – Despite the DOJ refusing to indict James Wolfe for leaking the Top-Secret Compartmented Intelligence Carter Page FISA application, and after the guilty plea was entered for lying to investigators, and while the Judge was considering Wolfe’s sentencing, in December of 2018, after the midterm election and under penalty of perjury, the USAO in Washington DC swears to the Judge in the case that James Wolfe leaked the FISA application.

Cover up much?

(Conservative Treehouse, 3/20/2026)  (Archive)

March 21, 2026 – Robert Mueller is dead

The Clinton exoneration FBI Team became the Trump investigation FBI Team (Crossfire Hurricane) – which then became the Robert Mueller FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions) – which then became the J6 Investigation FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions) – which then became the Jack Smith FBI Team (same exact people).  Not only was it one long continuum, but it was also the EXACT SAME PEOPLE.

Before there was the obvious cognitive decline of Joe Biden, there was the obvious cognitive incapacity of Robert Mueller.  However, both acuity compromises were ignored because the agenda the figureheads represented was more important than their obvious compromise.  We talked about it throughout the special counsel timeframe that held his name.

Robert Mueller was a figurehead with no structural input or control over the Trump-Russia special counsel probe.  Factually, Andrew Weissmann was in control over the special counsel investigation, albeit with daily support from the entire Lawfare network.  President Trump’s notice about Robert Mueller’s death is understandable:

I’ve always said to pay attention to the people in Washington DC, specifically the republicans, who claimed Robert Mueller was an honorable figure.  As soon as you hear that sentiment, you know that is a corrupt conniving bastard speaking.

Everyone in Washington DC knew what the role of Robert Mueller was during the first-term administration of Donald Trump.  No one in Washington DC did not know.  Anyone who says the Mueller motive was to investigate Trump-Russia is a deceptive liar.  They all knew what the goal of Mueller was.

The 2017 Mueller Timeline:

♦Sunday May 14th – James Comey transmitted copies of Memos 2, 4, and 6, and a partially redacted copy of Memo 7 to Patrick Fitzgerald, who was one of Comey’s personal attorneys.  Fitzgerald received the email and PDF attachment from Comey at 2:27 p.m. on May 14, 2017, per the IG report.

♦Monday May 15th, McCabe states he and Rosenstein conferred again about the Special Counsel approach. McCabe: “I brought the matter up with him again after the weekend.”

On this same day was when James Rybicki called SSA Whistleblower to notify him of Comey’s memos. The memos were “stored” in a “reception area” and in locked drawers in James Rybicki’s office.

♦Tuesday May 16th – Per the IG report: “On the morning of May 16, Comey took digital photographs of both pages of Memo 4 with his personal cell phone. Comey then sent both photographs, via text message, to his special government employee, Daniel Richman.  Richman’a job was to use the memo to leak to media.

Back in Main Justice at 12:30pm Rod Rosenstein, Andrew McCabe, Jim Crowell and Tashina Guahar are all part of this meeting.  I should note that alternate documentary evidence, gathered over the years, supports the content of this McCabe memo.  Including texts between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok:

[Sidebar: pay attention to the redactions; they were placed by DOJ officials in an effort to protect Rod Rosenstein for his duplicity in: (A) running the Mueller sting operation at the white house on the same day; (B) the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel, which was pre-determined before the Oval Office meeting.]

While McCabe was writing this afternoon memo, still May 16th, Rod Rosenstein took Robert Mueller to the ¹White House for a meeting in the oval office with President Trump and VP Mike Pence.

After six prior days of phone calls, emails and in person meetings, this visit to the White House was clearly Rod Rosenstein introducing Robert Mueller to the target of the investigation.  Rosenstein already knew he was going to appoint Mueller; and Mueller, along with the small group in the FBI, already knew Mueller was going to be appointed.

Later that night (May 16th), following the Mueller visit, there was a debriefing session back at Main Justice.  This evening meeting appears to be Lisa Page, Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe; along with Tashina Guahar again taking notes.

♦ Wednesday May 17th, 2017:  Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe go to brief the congressional “Gang-of-Eight”: Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Devin Nunes, Adam Schiff, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Richard Burr and Mark Warner.

… […] “On the afternoon of May 17, Rosenstein and I sat at the end of a long conference table in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol. We were there to brief the so-called Gang of Eight—the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Rosenstein had, I knew, made a decision to appoint a special counsel in the Russia case.”

[…] “After reminding the committee of how the investigation began, I told them of additional steps we had taken. Then Rod took over and announced that he had appointed a special counsel to pursue the Russia investigation, and that the special counsel was Robert Mueller.” (link)

Immediately following this May 17, 2017, Go8 briefing, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein notified the public of the special counsel appointment.

According to President Trump’s Attorney John Dowd, the White House was stunned by the decision. [Link] Coincidentally, AG Jeff Sessions was in the oval office for unrelated business when White House counsel Don McGahn came in and informed the group.

Jeff Sessions immediately offered his resignation, and Sessions’ chief-of-staff Jody Hunt went back to the Main Justice office to ask Rosenstein what the hell was going on.

Resources/Citations:
FOIA Info – McCabe Memos
FOIA Info – Archey Declarations
Timeline

RUSSIAGATE – THEY HAD NOTHING – This investigative ‘small group’ were the people inside Main Justice (DOJ) and FBI headquarters who redacted the Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text messages; removed messages and communication antithetical to their goals; kept key documents and information away from congress; stalled any effort to expose the unlawful aspects of “SpyGate’ and the fraudulent foundation behind the Carter Page FISA application; and undermined any adverse discoveries in the leak investigations (ex. James Wolfe).

The DOJ/FBI investigative small group didn’t change when Mueller arrived, they just reorganized the focus of their effort based on lawfare leadership from Andrew Weissmann and new objectives.  Those same people who created the Trump-Russia collusion/conspiracy case of 2016, evolved into creating the Trump obstructing justice case of 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Everything Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein were doing in late 2017 and throughout 2018 was intended to drag-out the Russia conspiracy narrative as long as possible. There was really no Trump-Russia investigation taking place.

It was always the “obstruction” investigation that could lead to the desired result by Mueller’s team of taking down President Trump through evidence that would help Pelosi and Nadler achieve impeachment.  The “obstruction case” was the entirety of the case they were trying to make from May 2017 through to March 2019.

SPYGATE – Just as the New York Times reported, in its final days in office, the Obama Administration expanded the power of the National Security Agency (NSA) to share globally intercepted personal communication with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying any privacy protections.

The new rules were issued under section 2.3 of Executive Order #12333 after approval by two Obama Administration officials: Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Director of National Intelligence Director, James Clapper.

The new rules, which were issued in an unclassified document titled: “Procedures for the Availability or Dissemination of Raw Signals Intelligence Information by the National Security Agency (NSA),” significantly relaxed longstanding limits on what the NSA may do with the information gathered by its most powerful surveillance operations.

These operations remain as largely unregulated by American wiretapping laws. Surveillances include collecting satellite transmissions, phone calls, and emails that cross network switches abroad, and messages between people abroad that cross domestic network switches.

The changes initiated by the Obama Administration in its waning days empowered far more government agents and officials to search through raw intelligence data. As a direct consequence of the change in policy, that the prospect of intel leaks grew exponentially.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed the new rules permitting the NSA to disseminate raw signals intelligence information on January 3, 2017 after Director of National Intelligence James Clapper signed them on December 15, 2016.

The targeting of Donald Trump required surveillance and spying.

The surveillance of Donald Trump never stopped.

The aspect that changed was the team extracting the information.  Hence, (FBI) Raw NSA extraction => (FBI) Crossfire Hurricane => (FBI) Robert Mueller => (FBI) Impeachment => (FBI) Mar-a-Lago Raid => (FBI) Jack Smith.

My Thoughts…. Robert Mueller spent the last 8 years of his life slowly sliding into a very dark place.  He lost his ability to think, he lost his ability to communicate, he lost his ability to take care of himself, he lost his ability to walk, he lost all joy and happiness, he lost his ability to live.  His family was also dragged into a very dark and depressing place while they awaited his end-of-life process.  It wasn’t a fast death. That sounds like hell.

[FOOTNOTE: I have always wondered why no journalist has ever asked President Trump about the meeting with Robert Mueller, organized by Rod Rosenstein on the day before the special counsel was appointed.  How did Trump feel about Rosenstein when he realized the meeting with Mueller was a ¹set up? (or did he realize it?).]

(Conservative Treehouse, 3/21/2026)  (Archive)

March 22, 2026 – Loyola University Student is shot and killed by illegal alien from Venezuela

Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman murdered by Venezuelan illegal alien Jose Medina-Medina (Credit: Gateway Pundit)

Another innocent young American woman has been murdered by one of Joe Biden’s illegal aliens.

Very early Thursday morning, 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed near campus in Chicago.

A masked gunman approached a group of students walking in Rogers Park and opened fire.

Gorman was shot in the head and died at the scene.

On Sunday it was confirmed that the masked gunman who killed Gorman is a 25-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela who entered the US under the Biden Regime.

Police took Jose Medina-Medina into custody.

Per Fox News reporter Bill Melugin: DHS confirms that the suspect in custody for murdering Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman in Chicago is a Venezuelan illegal alien who was caught & released at the border by the Biden administration in May 2023. DHS says he was also released from local custody after a shoplifting arrest in the sanctuary city of Chicago on June 19, 2023.

The Department of Homeland Security blasted the Biden Regime.

“Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

“We are calling on Governor Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods,” the DHS said. (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 3/22/2026)  (Archive)

March 23, 2026 – Arizona: Former Maricopa County Recorder under investigation for obstruction

Stephen Richer (R) was the Maricopa County Recorder in Arizona from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2025. (Credit: Democracy First)

Arizona lawmakers revealed during a committee hearing that Maricopa County’s former recorder, Stephen Richer, is being investigated for obstruction.

The investigation into Richer was disclosed during last week’s House Federalism, Military Affairs, & Elections Committee meeting. The committee discussed an investigation by the office of State Rep. John Gillette (R-LD30), chair of the committee, into Arizona’s voter registrations. The findings of that investigation were packaged as part of a criminal referral to the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

As part of his layout of the criminal referral packet, Gillette touched on an action by Richer in which the former recorder, while president of the Arizona Association of County Recorders (AACR) in 2023, advised other county recorders to not comply with a records request from Arizona lawmakers concerning the 2022 election.

“Stephen Richer telling recorders not to comply with the legislative public records request. That is not a glitch. That’s on purpose,” said Gillette.

State Rep. Rachel Keshel (R-LD17), vice chair of the committee, asked Gillette whether Richer reaching out to all of the county recorders qualified as obstruction. Keshel characterized Richer’s recent public engagements as a “CYA campaign.”

“Is there something there that he broke the law by telling other recorders to basically obstruct on that point? Is anything being looked into on that front?” asked Keshel.

Gillette disclosed that he discussed Richer’s actions with former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and “her assistant,” and that Richer was being investigated for that communication with other recorders. (Read more: AZFreeNews, 3/22/2026)  (Archive)

March 22, 2026 – The taxpayer funded Nat’l Democratic Institute for Int’l Affairs (NDI) helps foreign countries set up elections; demands voter ID and proof of citizenship be required

I’d like to introduce you to an organization called the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.

NDI is one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy, established by Congress in 1983. It is the Democratic Party’s official international arm. Its board members include Stacey Abrams, Donna Brazile, and Michael McFaul. Its previous chair was Madeleine Albright, who served until her death in 2022. Also on the board: Eric Kessler, founder of Arabella Advisors, the largest dark money network in Democratic politics.

NDI reported $181.5 million in revenue in fiscal year 2023, nearly all in government grants.

NDI’s mission, for four decades, has been to tell countries around the world how to run democratic elections. And what NDI consistently tells them, across dozens of countries, is that voter identification is a fundamental pillar of election integrity, and that proving citizenship is a basic prerequisite for participation.

Here is what NDI has demanded of other countries:

NDI’s foundational guide, Building Confidence in the Voter Registration Process (2001), describes voter ID systems as standard democratic infrastructure. It states that voter registries should contain “voters’ photographs and even their fingerprints” and that registered voters should be issued “a voter or other ID card that serves as proof of their right to vote.” NDI explains that “issuing ID cards, either national or voting, requires a second point of contact between election officials and voters, which introduces an additional safeguard into the system.” (pp. 10–11, 15)

NDI’s 2015 study of voter registration across the Middle East and North Africa goes further, laying out that voters must “prove their identity, essentially demonstrating that they are who they say they are” and must “affirm their citizenship and age.” (p. 11)

That same 2001 guide identifies married name changes as a routine voter roll maintenance challenge: “Election officials must update information about people who have moved or who have married and changed their surname.” NDI also notes that voter lists “may omit information about changes of address or name for those eligible people who have recently moved or married.” NDI’s recommendation is not to eliminate voter ID. It is to maintain clean, continuously updated voter rolls that accommodate name changes within the system.

In its 2009 Bangladesh report, NDI praised the country’s new photo-voter list and national ID card system, noting that the ID cards gave “a sense of empowerment and belonging to the disadvantaged and marginalized people of the country, particularly women.”

Read that again. NDI itself called voter identification empowering for WOMEN!

In every case, NDI’s position was identical: marriage-related name changes are a solvable administrative problem. The solution is better record-keeping and updated systems. Not fewer safeguards. Not the elimination of voter ID.

Your party’s own international arm has already solved the problem you bring up. The answer is: maintain the rolls. Update the records. Issue the IDs. Accommodate name changes within the system, don’t use them as a reason to have no system at all.

The exact opposite of what you push here – refusing to clean voter rolls.

By NDI’s own standards, by the standards of your own international soft power branch, YOUR position is the anti-feminist position.

The SAVE America Act asks Americans to do less than what NDI demands of Nicaragua, less than what NDI praises in Morocco, and far less than the biometric fingerprint-and-facial-recognition system NDI supervised in Nigeria. Eighty-four percent of Americans support photo ID to vote. Two-thirds of Democrats support it. Jimmy Carter’s own 2005 bipartisan commission recommended it.

You voted no. Your party’s international arm, funded with taxpayer money, chaired by your party’s former Senate leader (Tom Daschle), staffed by your party’s most prominent voting-rights advocate, says yes. For everyone else.

NDI’s guides are publicly available on their website. You might consider reading them before you spout mindless drivel to protect your own grift.

March 23, 2026 – Part 1 “House of Singham”: Neville Singham’s mega-exposure

March 23, 2026 – John Brennan’s former Chief of Staff during Russiagate, turns CEO vying for Dept. of War contracts

John Brennan’s former Chief of Staff At The CIA During “Russiagate” Is Now Sneakily Trying To Acquire Government Defense Contracts Under Trump’s 2nd Term🚨

Cc: @POTUS @DeptofWar @SecWar @PeteHegseth

@Bloomberg just dropped a glowing puff piece on Brian Carbaugh, portraying him as some heroic “tech-savvy spy” transitioning from the CIA to CEO of Andesite, a Virginia-based data analytics (cybersecurity/AI SOC) startup.

The article, which was followed by Brian Carbaugh’s Bloomberg TV appearance, hype his journey from his time as an undercover spy in the Middle East to now working in boardrooms, raising capital, and building a company with “human-centered” AI for security.

See archived article here.

Carbaugh wasn’t just any CIA officer. He served as Chief of Staff to John Brennan, the former CIA Director under Barack Hussein Obama who orchestrated and pushed the entire Russia collusion hoax against President Trump.

Brennan’s team, including key staff like Carbaugh, played central roles in the weaponization of intelligence to undermine Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign and presidency with spying, leaking, and pushing the bogus Steele dossier narrative that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars and divided the country.

Now, Carbaugh is running Andesite, which is actively pursuing government contracts. Shockingly, under the Trump administration, Andesite has achieved FedRAMP High “In Process” status to sell into federal agencies, and they are now positioning themselves to receive DoW/intel community work and contracts. @DeptofWar

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A company led by someone tied to one of the biggest political scandals and abuses of power in modern history wants access to taxpayer-funded contracts and sensitive government data.

Brian Carbaugh shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near federal contracts. People involved in the Russia collusion hoax—whether directly or as senior staff to its architects—should face permanent bans from government work, security clearances, or any role involving public funds/intel.

This is the Deep State rewarding its own. We must end the culture in Washington DC of engaging in politicized intel ops and then turning that abuse of power into lucrative startup deals from the very government they once manipulated.

America deserves better than handing the keys and massive amounts of money to more Defense contractors within John Brennan and Barack Hussein Obama’s inner circle.

How about no contracts, no clearances, and no more second chances for those who abused power and engaged in a coup against President Trump, a sitting US president?

Secretary of War Hegseth @PeteHegseth should block Andesite from obtaining any @DeptofWar contracts!

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March 23, 2026 – About Data Republican exposing the Deep State…and to those who refuse to see it

I am a huge Data Republican (small r) (“DR”) fan. I know many of you are as well.

But I’m not sure everyone fully understands the sheer bravery, brilliance and audacity of this deaf every-woman.

You see, the government you elect is not what actually governs you.

For every area of government (no matter how specialized or arcane), there are powerful lobbying groups, think-tanks, non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”), specialized media outlets, university-sponsored centers and other ostensibly “independent” organizations that act and behave as an unaccountable form of government outside the reaches of the electoral process. While these organizations claim to act in the public interest, each and everyone of them is a self-serving oligarchy that is designed solely to promote the interests of those on the inside–genuine public interest be damned.

This is America of course, and freedom of speech and freedom of association are fundamental to our freedoms. However, over many decades, these organizations have found “legal” ways to obtain trillions of your taxpayer dollars in the form of “grants” for “studies,” “policy symposiums” and all manner of other taxpayer-funded activities designed specifically to circumvent the policies the American people VOTED FOR and to perpetuate policies and activities that the average American has explicitly rejected.

These activities occur on both the Left and the Right, of course, but over time they have become the near exclusive domain of the Left. These organizations serve as taxpayer/Soros-funded, income-generating activities for Leftists whenever they are out of power, and if/when Leftists seize control of the Presidency or Congress, these organizations are the proverbial bullpens from which powerful Leftists full of the ideas you thought you once eliminated can storm right back into the actual process of governance, implementing all of those dark and mysterious policies that your tax dollars were secretly funding while the Leftists were otherwise off howling in the wilderness.

Call it the Deep State. Call it unconstitutional. Call it theft of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars. Call it the evil of the Soros family. Call it what ever you will, but know this—it is a monstrous Leviathan sitting right outside the scope of your votes, dedicated to negating your votes at your own expense, in the most diabolical manner possible.

It is the state outside the state. It is self-serving. It does not care about you. It only cares about itself. And its power is VAST.

You see it right here on X—you see the swarms of fire ants that come spilling out with destruction in mind whenever anyone uncovers the anthill they are lurking under.

And right at the heart of that is our hero, DR.

I have been actively following politics virtually my entire life, and never before has there been anyone quite like DR. Through dispassionate data analysis, the smart use of AI and a relentless drive for fairness and justice, DR has done more to shine a light on the nature of this extra-governmental Leviathan than any other person I can ever recall.

For her efforts, she has been doxxed by a mendacious Rolling Stone article. She has endured a concerted effort to destroy her husband’s totally unrelated business. She and her husband have received LITERALLY THOUSANDS of death threats. She and her family had to go into hiding.

An ordinary woman would have backed down in fear.

But not DR. They just made her mad. And an angry genius is an enemy no one wants to face. She still stares them down, day in and day out.

Her book will be out soon. Buy it. Buy copies for your friends. Buy copies and leave them on street corners and airport tables. AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. DR’s book may well end up being the most important and influential American book on politics since “Common Sense.”

If America is going to survive, we must ALL shine a bright light on this extra-governmental Leviathan, grab a hold of its fangs, and drain the venom out of them.

This is not playtime people. This is life and death. We glorify the warrior who does great deeds on the battlefield, as we should. But know that bravery comes in many forms, and as DR has stood in the fire and endured real threats to her life and existence, her audacious bravery is every bit as real as those heroes we see being decorated by the President.

Right now, in the USA, no unelected person is doing more to ensure freedom than Data Republican. You can support her by subscribing to her account, but you can also support her by being as brave as she is.

I aspire to maybe show such bravery myself some day. We all should aspire to that.

One day she will earn the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Together we can defeat The Beast.

CP, Bennett’s still playing the “just give me one example” game like it’s 2016 and nobody’s mapped the NGO blob yet.

DR has dropped truckloads of receipts—taxpayer-funded grant networks, revolving-door personnel spreadsheets, 501(c)(3) money-laundering diagrams, AI-assisted org charts showing how the same handful of left-leaning foundations & “non-profits” staff entire shadow cabinets whenever Dems lose power. Not to mention how the money is distributed.

No one needs to be spoon-fed anything from her buffet of data. All this fool needs to to is scroll her feed for five minutes (which I just did) and he would see the whole monster laid bare: Atlantic Council, Aspen Institute ecosystem, New America, endless “democracy” NGOs that somehow always end up pushing censorship, open borders, or climate lockdowns while cashing seven- & eight-figure government checks.

The reason this fool or any other can’t see a “Deep State” example is the same reason fish don’t see water—it’s the entire environment they’re swimming in. DR turned on the lights. Instead of thanking her (or at least engaging honestly), he’s doing the classic lib or bot routine: demand proof, ignore the mountain when it’s handed to you, then claim it doesn’t exist.

Cynical you are 100% right: her timeline is the proof. He and everyone who doubts anything that DR says or presents should read her timeline instead of demanding someone hold their hand through it. The data doesn’t care about anyone’s incredulity.

Keep going, CP and DR—because as we are seeing, the swarms are only get angrier as the map gets more and more accurate.

March 23, 2026 – Miranda Devine: We’re still learning the full rot of the Russiagate scandal

(…) Independent journalist Catherine Herridge’s searing interview with longtime Trump ally Michael Caputo last week gives you a glimpse into the Kafkaesque nightmare he endured at the hands of Mueller and his henchmen, such as Andrew Weissman, Brandon Van Grack, Zainab Ahmad, Aaron Zelinsky and Walter Giardina.

The FBI investigation into Caputo only ended after he made a personal appeal to Trump last December, he says.

There are so many others like Caputo who deserve accountability.

First come the revelations. Gradually, we are learning more details about the unprofessional atmosphere in the Mueller office.

Walter Giardina (Credit: public domain)

One of the central players was Giardina, a “very liberal” FBI agent who was fired from the bureau last year, according to new insights from a colleague who worked with him on the Mueller probe.

Giardina, who performed financial tasks in the special counsel office, was outspokenly biased against Trump, was convinced the lurid allegations in the discredited Steele dossier were true, and believed the president was a Russian agent, said his former colleague, who has been interviewed by the FBI.

“Walter Giardina was very liberal in his politics and very biased in his discussions about political matters and in how he felt about people in the Trump administration,” said the unnamed agent.

“Giardina was convinced this [Russia collusion] was the biggest investigation in the bureau and was a true believer. Giardina read and believed the Steele dossier.”

The “Steele dossier” was a Hillary Clinton campaign smear sheet concocted by British former spy-for-hire Christopher Steele that falsely alleged Trump had participated in “golden showers” with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel and was being blackmailed by Vladimir Putin.

These new revelations about Giardina’s anti-Trump hostility confirm previous claims by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that he was the FBI’s “Agent Zero,” who kept popping up in numerous anti-Trump operations.

Giardina played a “significant role” in the prosecution of Trump advisers Peter Navarro, Dan Scavino and Roger Stone, the Hillary Clinton cases, and in various “Get Trump” operations such as Arctic Frost, Crossfire Hurricane — and Mueller’s investigation, for which he received an award.

Grassley last year wrote to AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, providing whistleblower allegations of Giardina’s “misconduct while on the taxpayers’ dime that ought to be investigated.”

The fact that Giardina harbored animosity toward Trump and his allies comes as no surprise to one of his victims, Navarro, a trade adviser to Trump in both presidencies.

Giardina arrested Navarro at Reagan Airport in Washington, DC, in 2022 as he was about to board a plane.

“He wouldn’t let me call a lawyer,” Navarro recalls bitterly, after spending four months in prison in 2024 for failing to comply with subpoenas from Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 star chamber.

“He put me in leg irons for a misdemeanor. He perp-walked my wife.”

“Giardina is the Forrest Gump of anti-Trumpism in the deep state, and he needs to be held accountable.

“He’s the single most important witness to uncover the orchestrated attack on Donald Trump and his lieutenants.”

Navarro’s assessment appears to be buttressed by the new recollections provided by Giardina’s former Mueller colleague.

Giardina has retired into obscurity, but he just might be drawn into the “grand conspiracy” investigation led by US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones in the Southern District of Florida.

(Read more: New York Post, 3/23/2026) (Archive)

March 23, 2026 – Mayor of Chicago: “We cannot put people in jail anymore. It’s racist”

March 24, 2026 – NJ Governor visits mosque run by a radical imam convicted of funneling money to Hamas

New Jersey’s Democratic governor, Mikie Sherrill, who ran as a “moderate,” visited a local mosque on Friday whose cofounder was convicted of funneling money to Hamas.

She met with a cleric who has called for a “new intifada” and faced deportation proceedings over his own alleged ties to the terror group, @chuckrossdc reports.

Sherrill, sporting a head covering, visited the Islamic Center of Passaic County for Ramadan services, photos posted to social media show.

She met with Imam Mohammad Qatanani and described the mosque as a “community with the five pillars of Islam that is constantly looking to do good works.”

An Israeli jury convicted him in 1993 of being a member of Hamas, according to court filings from the Department of Homeland Security, prompting federal officials to file several deportation cases against him.

The mosque’s cofounder, Mohammad El-Mezain, was convicted in 2009 of funneling money to Hamas through the Holy Land Foundation.

March 24, 2026 – Chuck Grassley releases Arctic Frost records; reveals Judges Boasberg and Beryl Howell worked with Jack Smith to prosecute Trump

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks at a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Arctic Frost, Jack Smith’s failed election case against President Trump that began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Grassley additionally made public new Arctic Frost records provided by the Department of Justice and Verizon, including two of Smith’s subpoenas for now-FBI Director Kash Patel’s phone records. Grassley released the documents alongside Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights.

Video and a transcript of his remarks follow. (Senate Judiciary Committee, 3/24/2026)  (Archive)

Full hearing with the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights 

Senators Grassley and Johnson Release FBI Surveillance Subpoena on Kash Patel, Potentially Used for Control Leverage

March 24, 2026 – Plaintiffs win the Missouri vs Biden censorship lawsuit by a Consent Decree

Senator Eric Schmitt (Credit: public domain)

We just won Missouri v. Biden.

As Missouri’s Attorney General, I sued the Biden regime for brazenly colluding with Big Tech to silence Missouri families — censoring the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election. They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent “misinformation” while they pushed their narrative on the American people.

Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment. No more coercion. No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech.

Missouri struck first—and Missouri won big.

This is the first real, operational restraint on the federal censorship machine. It locks in the First Amendment principle we fought for: modern technology doesn’t erase your rights, and government labels don’t strip speech of protection. The deep state just got checked.

For every working Missouri family tired of being silenced by their own government: this victory is yours. The heartland fought back, and the heartland delivered.

Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit, Esteemed Drs., Win Missouri v. Biden Case Brought Before the U.S. Supreme Court – Government Settles, Agrees to End Biden Censorship Tyranny

March 24, 2026 – John Brennan on MS Now: “Well, I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump”

It’s beyond parody that a former CIA director could be so out of touch, simply because he disliked an election outcome. This was a gathering of the so-called ‘morons’ on MS Now—true, that’s often the case, but this time, it was a particular brand of idiocy. They had John Brennan, Obama’s former spy chief, who arguably went rogue during the Russia investigation, claiming he would trust Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, over Donald Trump.

John, are we experiencing dementia, or are you just getting your shots in before your probable indictment for giving false testimony about the Russiagate hoax, especially regarding the Steele dossier?

Trump launched Operation Epic Fury almost a month ago, where we’ve destroyed Iran’s navy, its nuclear weapons ambitions, and the core of its political and military leadership. The cream of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is gone. The Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is dead, and his son is pretty much half dead. Its ballistic missile capability has been severely degraded; its infrastructure and manufacturing base are being dismantled. This regime will collapse. But there’s been a pause as talks reportedly resumed on a new deal between the US and Iran.

“Well, I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump, because he could not acknowledge the truth even when it—he’s slapped in the face with it repeatedly,” said Brennan on MS Now.

(Read more: Townhall, 3/24/2026)  (Archive)

March 25, 2026 – The NSA intercepted Ukraine government messages with USAID in Kiev, discussing plot to route money to Biden re-election

The “narrative” here is a classic case of alleged foreign election interference via U.S. foreign aid — but with the roles reversed from the 2016 Russia story. According to the Just the News report (published March 25, 2026), U.S. intelligence (primarily NSA) intercepted communications in late 2022 involving Ukrainian government officials and unnamed U.S. personnel connected to USAID’s office in Kyiv. The alleged scheme used a planned “clean energy” and infrastructure project in war-torn Ukraine as a front: hundreds of millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars would flow through the project, with ~90% allegedly diverted back to the United States via opaque, hard-to-trace subcontracts to benefit the DNC and Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign.

The declassified intelligence summary (obtained by Just the News) describes the plot in those terms. Officials who reviewed the files say the Biden-era IC flagged the intercepts but showed little follow-up or “curiosity” about what would constitute serious foreign meddling in a U.S. election. Gabbard’s team found no record of a substantive investigation, and they assess the communications were not Russian disinformation. Gabbard’s Actions As DNI, Tulsi Gabbard directed USAID to review its records for any matching contracts, disbursements, or subcontracting patterns that might show the plan was executed. She is also considering a criminal referral to the FBI. President Trump reposted the story, amplifying it. This fits a broader pattern of skepticism about Ukraine aid accountability during the Biden years. Billions flowed with limited real-time oversight; critics long argued some money was recycled into U.S. political or contractor ecosystems. Past inspector general reports found no massive diversion of military aid, but this intercept focuses on a specific alleged “clean energy” channel with deliberate untraceability built in. Caveats and ContextThis remains allegations based on raw intercepts of discussions — not yet proven execution or convictions.

No major legacy outlets (CNN, NYT, WaPo) have broken their own independent reporting or detailed fact-checks on this specific memo as of March 26, 2026. Coverage so far is concentrated on conservative-leaning sites (Just the News, PJ Media, Newsmax) and international wires.

It directly inverts the 2016–2017 “Russia helped Trump” narrative that dominated media and led to years of investigations. Here, the claim is Ukraine (with alleged U.S. help) schemed to help Biden against Trump using American aid money.

Broader Ukraine aid debates have included earlier unproven claims of large-scale laundering; official audits have generally pushed back on the most sweeping versions, citing oversight mechanisms.

The story is moving fast on X and right-leaning media, with calls for full transparency on USAID contracting during that period. If USAID’s review turns up matching paper trails (or a lack thereof), it could escalate quickly — potentially leading to referrals, congressional hearings, or deeper audits of 2022-era aid flows. This is consistent with Gabbard’s pattern since taking office: aggressive declassification on past intelligence controversies (including her prior releases on 2016 Russia-related docs). Whether this particular intercept leads to concrete evidence of execution or remains a “discussed but not actioned” plot will determine how big it gets.

March 25, 2026 – House Intel Committee releases hidden transcript of Inspector General Michael Atkinson

For the past several years I have been advocating for ‘sunlight as the best disinfectant.’ Since September of 2025 I have been working through a painfully slow and convoluted process to share research, assist truth tellers and guide those who have the authority to deliver the sunlight. Today, I can happily report on progress.

In 2019 an impeachment effort against President Trump was triggered when a member of the National Security Council named Alexander Vindman coordinated with a member of the National Intelligence Council named Eric Ciaramella to fabricate a false claim that President Trump leveraged his power and authority to demand Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy release information on Joe and Hunter Biden’s corrupt financial dealings in Ukraine.

At the time of the 2019 impeachment construct Eric Ciaramella was working for the CIA as an analyst within the National Intelligence Council (NIC).

Two years prior to the 2019 impeachment construct, in January 2017, the same CIA analyst, Eric Ciaramella, had worked on the fraudulent Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) at the behest of CIA Director John Brennan.

[SIDEBAR: In 2025 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, working with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, removed the NIC from inside the CIA.  To provide greater overall transparency within the intelligence community, the National Intelligence Council was moved into the purview of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)].

Key point: Eric Ciaramella was one of the key analysts who constructed the fraudulent ‘Russian interference ICA’ (2017) and later the fraudulent impeachment effort (2019).  Eric Ciaramella became the “anonymous CIA whistleblower” in the 2019 impeachment effort.

Before 2019, CIA analysts weren’t allowed to anonymously make claims against political officials. Because of the sensitive information they handled, any allegation of wrongdoing based on intelligence had to be made with their name attached.

Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson changed or modified the ICIG rules permitting Ciaramella to remain anonymous and make a claim that ultimately led to an impeachment effort.

Eric Ciaramella allegedly fabricated intelligence information, shared it with Congress and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and then remained anonymous. HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff was said to have assisted him.

On October 4, 2019, as part of the House impeachment inquiry, Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson gave closed-door testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) as part of their impeachment investigation. One of the key questions to ICIG Atkinson surrounded the authority of his office changing the CIA whistleblower rules that permitted Eric Ciaramella to remain anonymous.

During later questioning by then-Congressman John Ratcliffe, as part of the House impeachment effort, it came to light that Inspector General Michael Atkinson testified CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, the anonymous ‘whistleblower’, had lied about key details when questioned by Atkinson. WATCH VIDEO: 

(The look on Dan Goldman’s face during that questioning was both priceless and insufferable. John Ratcliffe is now CIA Director)

Because the anonymous whistleblower complaint by Ciaramella was the cornerstone of the impeachment effort, Chairman Adam Schiff sealed the transcript of ICIG Atkinson testimony, classifying it under the guise of national security interests and burying it in the HPSCI control system.

It’s worth reemphasizing that Eric Ciaramella was both the analyst behind the disputed 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment for Director Brennan and, later in 2019, involved in the contested impeachment effort. Both operations involved impeding and targeting President Donald Trump.

If congress, or more importantly the American public, had known CIA Analyst Eric Ciaramella was both the key author of the fraudulent 2016 ICA and the later 2019 CIA complaint, it’s doubtful any impeachment effort would have moved forward.

Inside the Intelligence Community oversight system, the Ciaramella connection to both IC operations could have been made.  His anonymity as a whistleblower served a purpose.  [DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s 2025 decision to remove the National Intelligence Council from behind the curtain of the CIA is additionally supported with this hindsight.]

The transcript of Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s testimony becomes a key document to release because at its core we know that Atkinson testified that Ciaramella lied.  The Ciaramella lie is at the heart of the impeachment attempt.

Don’t get lost in the details or the politics of this.  When you peel back all the layers of DC, at its epicenter this was an operation to impeach a sitting President that came from within the CIA, and it almost succeeded. {GO DEEP}

When a top administration intelligence official, holding what I believe to be the best possibility of making a difference, reached out, I began the assist by citing specific documents that would reveal a much bigger story.  The Atkinson transcript was one of those documents.

I have outlined how the silo system is constructed to intentionally impede or stop review. Adam Schiff isn’t stupid. He knew what he was doing and how to use the separation of powers for his purposes.  The executive branch would not easily be able to reach into the legislative branch and extract information.  That’s why then HPSCI Chairman, Impeachment Chairman and now Senator Adam Schiff buried the Atkinson transcript in the vault of the House Intelligence Committee.

The process.

♦ First, you need a republican President in the White House √. Second, you need an aligned Intelligence Community DNI √, and third you need a Republican controlled HPSCI √:

[¹] • To extract the transcript the Executive would first need to understand its value. • Then the Executive would need to know where it was. • Then the Executive would need a qualified stakeholder, with appropriate clearances, to request to review the transcript in the HPSCI secure compartmented intelligence facility (scif).  • If the HPSCI approved, the Executive would be given an appointment date to read it (no notes, no copying, just reading).  • Then, after reading, the Executive stakeholder would then need to request the HPSCI Chair and Ranking Member for a classified copy.  • The Chair and Ranking Member would need to agree to the value of the sunlight on the Legislative Branch controlled information. • To get a copy the entire House Intelligence Committee would need to vote on the release to the Executive.  • The vote would need to be scheduled on the committee calendar.  • A HPSCI vote would then take place:

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a business meeting to consider multiple Committee actions. During the business meeting, the Committee voted in favor of releasing two transcripts from 2019 hearings with the former Intelligence Community Inspector General, Michael Atkinson. The hearings were held to examine Atkinson’s role in an alleged whistleblower complaint, which ultimately led to Democrats’ first impeachment efforts against President Trump in December 2019. One transcript would be released to the ODNI for classification review, and then subsequently released to the public by the Committee with the second unclassified transcript.

“The great deal of widespread speculation about the Atkinson classified hearing transcript is indicative of the American people’s complete and warranted mistrust of the Intelligence Community,” said Chairman Crawford. “In far too many instances, the IC hides behind the veil of overclassification. Sometimes sunlight is the best disinfectant. As part of the Committee’s continued effort to balance the transparency the American people deserve and the need to protect sensitive national security information, we hope that the release of these transcripts allows the American people to make their own determinations. As Chairman, I remain committed to ensuring this Committee, where possible, is transparent as the IC works to rebuild trust with the American people.”

The transcripts will be posted on the Committee website once they undergo the standard classification review with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.  (source)

The HPSCI has voted to release the Atkinson Transcript.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will now walk the unhidden transcript through the declassification process. The fastest way is through President Trump’s office.   Hopefully the redactions will be minimal.  Then we will all get to see it.

This has been a long, frustrating and complicated process – but we have succeeded.

FINAL POINT: You can tell this is a long arduous process. However, once the process begins, you’ll note that certain tripwires are crossed, and people in/around DC find out what you are doing.  Yes, DC ‘interests’ realized months ago that Tulsi Gabbard was on the trail of this transcript.

Now do the recent attacks against DNI Tulsi Gabbard gain context?

(Conservative Treehouse, 3/25/2026)  (Archive)