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September 1, 2026 - Birth tourism mastermind pleads the Fifth

Dr. Wladimir Lorentz appears before the House Oversight Committee wearing an upside-down American flag on his lapel (Credit: public domain)

The doctor behind a Miami company that markets services to foreign nationals seeking to give birth in the United States was subpoenaed to testify before Congress Tuesday. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 11 times, answered none of the committee’s substantive questions, and was promptly dismissed from the hearing.

Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, founder and chief medical officer of Miami Medical Concierge Services, also known as “Have My Baby in Miami,” initially refused to voluntarily appear before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses. Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) responded by subpoenaing Lorentz on August 26 to appear at Tuesday’s hearing, titled “Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism.”

But Lorentz’s testimony lasted only a few minutes. In his opening statement, Lorentz said he was appearing in response to the subpoena and, on the advice of his attorney, would decline to answer questions related to a pending federal investigation. “I will respectfully decline to answer any questions touching the subject matter of a pending federal investigation on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Lorentz said.

Lorentz invoked the Fifth in response to every substantive question brought by Task Force Chairman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), including questions about whether Have My Baby in Miami facilitated the entry of foreign nationals seeking to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for their children, how many foreign nationals had used the service, and whether the company had assisted members of the Chinese Communist Party or foreign criminal organizations. (Read more: Daily Wire, 9/1/2026)  (Archive)

September 1, 2026 - DHS Markwayne Mullin accuses Kathy Hochul of releasing 13,000 illegal aliens who are gang members, rapists, murderers, and child predators

Markwayne Mullin stepped to the podium in New York City this week and didn’t hold back. “𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘐𝘈𝘙!” the DHS Secretary said of Governor Kathy Hochul. “𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 13,000 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 20𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮∗𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘳∗𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱∗𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨-𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴.”

The operation Mullin was defending is called 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞, a five-week ICE sweep that ran from July 27th through August 29th and resulted in 𝟐,𝟏𝟗𝟕 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 across New York state, including violent felons with existing criminal records (Department of Homeland Security).

Mullin didn’t stop at the governor. He also went after New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of trying to cut NYPD’s budget by $𝟐𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 while refusing to let local police cooperate with federal agents under the 𝟐𝟖𝟕(𝐠) 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 — the exact partnership that lets local cops help ICE remove criminal aliens.

This is the pattern in every sanctuary state: officials release violent criminals back onto the street, then feign outrage when the federal government does the job they refused to do. Hochul terminated New York’s 287(g) agreements outright — the tool that could have kept those 13,000 individuals off the street in the first place.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧.

September 3, 2026 - Zohran Mamdani hires army of influencers paid with tax dollars pushing propaganda for his administration

Mayor Zohran Mamdani with influencer Megan Klink (l)  one of the pro-Mamdani influencers in a group chat set up by City Hall to provide administration talking points. (Credit: Instagram)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is giving special access to a network of approximately 200 social media influencers who take City Hall talking points and videos to promote municipal programs online to residents, according to a new report.

The report, by the Columbia Journalism Review, highlights that the online personalities get their talking points through an encrypted Signal group text, called “NYC Creators Announcements.”

Signal offers a disappearing-messages feature that can automatically delete messages after a set period of time if enabled. It is unclear whether that feature is active in the Mamdani administration’s group, raising questions about compliance with city record-keeping laws.

Questioned by reporters whether the use of Signal possibly breaks city laws, Mamdani said, “My administration will always strive to fully comply with all legal requirements, including those that relate to the preservation of city records.”

The use of Signal for government communications made major headlines last year, when then-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire after sensitive, real-time details about U.S. military strikes were shared in a Signal group that included a journalist.

The Columbia Journalism Review report also said influencers are not paid by the city for participating in the group or for their coverage, although some receive payments from marketing and advertising firms with contracts from city agencies for work on specific messaging campaigns. The municipal programs promoted include voting, healthcare, immigration and tenants’ rights, participatory budgeting and composting. (Read more: Fox News, 9/3/2026)  (Archive)

September 3, 2026 - The Islamic Scholarship Fund operates a Sharia-compliant endowment—pays fellows up to $40,000 to work in Congress

September 4, 2026 - Maine Supreme Court forbids mom to take daughter, 13, to normal Christian church – Used the word ‘cult’ in official docs

Members of the Maine Supreme Court from left, Donald G. Alexander, Andrew M. Mead, Ellen A. Gorman, Chief Justice Leigh Ingalls Saufley, Jeffrey L. Hjelm, Joseph M. Jabar and Thomas E. Humphrey. (Credit: Staff Photo/Joseph Cyr)

The Maine  this week upheld a lower court ruling preventing a mother from taking her 13-year-old daughter to a church it referred to as a “cult.”

The decision could set a bad precedent for other jurisdictions to grab onto nationwide. But the religious liberty law firm representing the mother, Emily Westbrook, in the case has promised an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A look at Calvary Chapel of Greater Portland’s doctrines and description in the court opinion makes it sound like it believes in pretty standard Bible-based teaching: the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God; the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit); original sin; salvation through Jesus Christ; the Second Coming; and the rest.

Maine affiliate WMTW-TV reported that Westbrook challenged a 2024 custody order prohibiting her from taking her daughter to Calvary Chapel, arguing it violates her right to free exercise of religion guaranteed under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

“A district court judge sided with the child’s father, Matthew Bradeen, ruling that some of the church’s teachings could be psychologically harmful to the girl. The order allows Bradeen to solely decide on his daughter’s involvement with Calvary Chapel Church. When it comes to any other religious organization, the order states that the parents share rights and must discuss decisions,” WMTW further noted.

Janja Lalich (Credit: public domain)

The Maine Supreme Court, in its unanimous decision Tuesday upholding the lower court’s order, said, “We are also unpersuaded by Bickford’s claim that the court evinced hostility toward her religion by describing her church in offensive terms, including referring to it as a ‘cult.’ The court used the word ‘cult’ only in describing the testimony of [Janja] Lalich, the stipulated expert on ‘cults.’”

“The court noted that ‘cult’ serves as a shorthand for what sociologists like Lalich call ‘closed social systems’ and that Lalich identified Bickford’s church as one of these systems. The court used ‘cult’ in summarizing Lalich’s testimony, but it did not otherwise refer to Bickford’s church as a cult or a closed social system,” the justices added.

“In these circumstances, we are satisfied that the court neither evinced hostility toward Bickford’s religion nor cast any legitimate doubt on its impartiality,” the court said.

With so many references to “cult,” it sure seems like hostility. (Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 9/4/2026)  (Archive)

September 4, 2026 - A Missouri GOP State House candidate is charged with trying to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent

Thomas Ross (Credit: public domain)

There are political dirty tricks, and then there are really dirty tricks: A candidate for the Missouri legislature has been charged with trying to plant cocaine on his Republican primary opponent.

For good measure, the attempted dirty trick also included planting the frequently abused stimulant Adderall,  a form of “speed” in the amphetamine family of prescription drugs.

Louise Secker

Federal authorities have charged Thomas Ross, 37, with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance for allegedly asking his former campaign manager to plant the substances on his opponent, Louise Secker, in the weeks leading up to the August 4 Republican primary, news outlets are reporting per court documents.

Ross, of Joplin, defeated Secker by fewer than three dozen votes, NBC reported.

The two Republican candidates were competing for the nomination for a house seat representing Missouri’s 161st District, which primarily covers Joplin.

Ross did not respond Thursday to the Associated Press asking for comment on the charges filed mid-week. The federal public defender’s office assigned to the case also did not comment when asked how the nominee planned to plead.

In a statement issued this week, Missouri’s Republican Party chairman, Peter Kinder, called on Ross to drop out of the race, calling the allegations “serious and deeply troubling.”

AP reported:

A former campaign manager for Ross told law enforcement officers that Ross provided him with a black nylon glove that contained a small, plastic bag of white powder and a pink and white capsule. He said Ross told him to place it in Secker’s purse or vehicle while Ross was out of state on vacation, according to a probable cause statement signed by an FBI agent.

(Read more: Breitbart News, 9/4/2026)  (Archive)