Comey Trashes President Trump in 5-Minute Rant, Says Taylor Swift Helps Him Cope with Trump (VIDEO)

Former FBI Director James Comey once again trashed President Trump in a 5-minute rant posted to his Substack.
Comey said pop singer Taylor Swift, who appeals to tweens and juvenile women in their 30s, helps him deal with President Trump.
This is the same guy who once ran the most premiere law enforcement agency in the US.

Full Comey transcript:
Hey, everybody. Welcome back to my Substack. Last week’s cold turns out to have been COVID—quite a flashback. Donald Trump is still President and still humiliating America on a national stage, standing next to Vladimir Putin. It’s like a dream—a bad dream you can’t wake up from. But I don’t want to talk about that bad dream this week. I want to talk about a truly inspirational public figure named Taylor Swift.

Of course, I watched her podcast interview with the Kelsey Brothers. Of course, I watched the whole thing, although on YouTube, Patrice and I got kicked off for the last 15 minutes and finished it on her phone. But I watched it. You see, Taylor Swift and I go way back. I went to my first concert of hers 15 years ago. I’ve been to a second, and I have helped financially support the attendance of a lot of family members at others. I’m in a family Swiftie group chat. I know all her music, and I listen to it on my headphones when I cut the grass. So yes, I have a favorite of hers—although honestly, for me, it’s a tie between All Too Well, 10 Minute Version and Exile featuring Bon Iver.
Taylor Swift has grown up with my family and provided us a soundtrack, really, as we’ve grown ourselves and learned and adapted and dealt with adversity and celebration. She had songs for all of it. I suspect that’s something that millions of Americans have also experienced in their families. I think that’s because Taylor Swift produces great art, but also because she models something.
At every stage of her career, she’s shown a certain way of being that resonated with my kids and also felt right to me as a parent. She’s still doing that as a grown-up. Like a lot of you, I struggle with how to stand up to bullies without letting their meanness infect me and change me. You may have seen that the governor of California has been generating a lot of attention lately by posting on social media in a satirical way where he mocks Donald Trump and his all-caps megalomania and his absurdity. I find it very funny—hilarious even sometimes. But I’ve got to be honest, it also leaves me with a strange feeling at times, because I don’t want us to become like Trump and his followers. There are far more decent, honest, kind people in America than there are mean jerks.

Now, don’t get me wrong—we have our jerks, millions of them, you may have noticed. In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness in the Republican Party today. It’s upsetting, but it’s also a minority of America. On the whole, we aren’t like that, and we don’t like that. I think that’s a big part of the reason so few Americans support Donald Trump when they have to see him up close, and why Republicans are so worried about what’s coming for them next year.
And to be clear, I am not an advocate for weakness. Of course, we need to stand up to jerks and defend what matters. But I think we have to try to do that without becoming like them, which is what makes me think about Taylor Swift. She’s made clear that she sees Donald Trump for what he is. And last year, she urged Americans not to make the serious mistake of electing him. Of course, we’re now living with the consequences of that mistake.
But while our elderly, makeup-covered President is posting about whether Taylor Swift is still hot and declaring that he can’t stand her, what’s she doing? Living her best life, producing great music, and—as she urged all of us to do during the podcast—not giving the jerks power over her mind.

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WATCH: Marco Rubio Schools Martha Raddatz for Suggesting Trump “Lost” in Putin Meeting, Putin Gained by “Being on the World Stage and Walking Down a Red Carpet”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared on ABC’s This Week with Martha Raddatz this morning and schooled her on the negotiations between President Trump, Russia, and Ukraine, which the leftist media is repeatedly attempting to misportray and undermine.

The President also announced on Saturday that he will host Zelensky at the White House on Monday.

However, Raddatz and the left are outraged that President Trump would host Vladimir Putin in Alaska and that the President used a red carpet to welcome him.

President Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands on the red carpet-lined tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage and walked to “The Beast” together. Even body language expert Chris Ulrich, who was on CNN following the meeting, said that Trump's gestures established "dominance" and showed Putin that "he's in control."
But Raddatz suggested that "Trump simply lost," while "Putin gained there just by being on the world stage and walking down a red carpet with the President."
Asked for his reaction, Rubio nuked her. "Putin is already on the world stage. He's already on the world stage. The guy's conducting a full-scale war in Ukraine. He's already on the world stage," Rubio said. "He has the world's largest tactical nuclear arsenal in the world and the second largest strategic nuclear arsenal in the world. He's already on the world stage." He further credited the media for elevating Putin by talking about him "all the time for the last four or five years."

"You're not going to end a war between Russia and Ukraine without dealing with Putin. That's just common sense. I shouldn't even have to say it," he continued, noting that Trump is "the only leader in the world that could get Putin to a meeting to talk about serious things."
WATCH:
Raddatz: Critics of President Trump will say the pomp and circumstance, the red carpet, the warm handshake that President Trump simply lost that, that Putin gained there just by being on the world stage and walking down a red carpet with the President. Your reaction to that?
Rubio: I mean, critics of President Trump are always going to find something to criticize. You don't even pay attention to it anymore. But I will tell you this: Putin is already on the world stage. He's already on the world stage. The guy's conducting a full-scale war in Ukraine. He's already on the world stage. He has the world's largest tactical nuclear arsenal in the world and the second largest strategic nuclear arsenal in the world. He's already on the world stage. When I hear people say that, “oh, it elevates him,” well, all we do is talk about Putin all the time. All the media's done is talk about Putin all the time for the last four or five years. That doesn't mean he's right about the war. That doesn't mean he's justified about the war. Put all that aside. It means you're not going to have a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. You're not going to end a war between Russia and Ukraine without dealing with Putin.

That's just common sense. I shouldn't even have to say it. So, people can say whatever they want. Ultimately, at the end of the day, we have to get the Russian side to agree to things that they don't want to agree to if we're going to have peace. If not, there will just be a war. They'll keep killing each other, and life will go on in America and in the rest of the world, but not for Ukraine. So, the President has invested a lot of time in trying to bring an end to this war. He deserves credit for doing that. He gets criticism for doing that. He could have just let this war go on. The President could have just said, this is Biden's war. It started under him. We'll do what we can for Ukraine, but we're going to focus on other things. He could have easily said that, but he's the only leader in the world that could get Putin to a meeting to talk about serious things.

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​Man Named Mohamed Mohamed Rapes Unconscious Woman in Front of Nashville Church Before She Dies

A man named Mohamed Mohamed raped an unconscious woman in front of a Nashville, Tennessee, church in the 2600 block of Nolensville Pike on Thursday night.
According to the Nashville police, the victim is a 34-year-old homeless woman.
A Nashville Fire Department crew saw a man sexually assaulting a woman on a sidewalk in front of the church so they pulled up to the scene to detain the assaulter and help the victim.

The victim was transported to a hospital, where she died.

Per the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department:
A Nashville Fire Department crew (Engine 21) traveling on Nolensville Pike just after 9:30 p.m. enroute to a call saw the sexual assault taking place on a sidewalk in front of the church. They turned around and chirped their siren. As they pulled up to the sidewalk, Mohamed was attempting to pull up the unconscious victim’s pants. The fire crew detained Mohamed, called for police and rendered aid to the victim. MNPD Homicide, Special Victims, and Narcotics detectives responded to the scene.
Surveillance video shows the victim by herself walking unsteadily toward the front steps of the church. She was unable to keep her balance and sat down on a step, appearing to be under the influence of some type of substance. Mohamed approached and sat down beside her. Mohamed made physical contact with the victim as she went in and out of consciousness as she tried to push him away. He ultimately lifted her off the steps, put her on the ground, and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

Mohamed refused to be interviewed after being taken to police headquarters. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $300,000. The investigation is continuing as detectives await information from the Medical Examiner’s Office on the victim’s cause of death. She carried no identification. An attempt is being made to identify her through fingerprints.

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​President Trump Says “BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED!” as Zelensky Scheduled to Visit White House and Trump Pushes for Trilateral Summit with Russia and Ukraine

President Trump on Sunday posted a series of statements on Truth Social about the ongoing negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine war this morning, signaling “big progress” in his efforts to end the war.
Trump announced early on Saturday that he spoke with Zelensky, European leaders, and the NATO Secretary General.
The President said on Saturday that he will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday.

At approximately 9 am ET, Trump lashed out at the leftist media for their negative coverage of his talks with Russia, following his “great meeting” with Putin. “I had a great meeting in Alaska on Biden’s stupid War, a war that should have never happened!!!” he said.

It’s incredible how the Fake News violently distorts the TRUTH when it comes to me. There is NOTHING I can say or do that would lead them to write or report honestly about me. I had a great meeting in Alaska on Biden’s stupid War, a war that should have never happened!!!

Trump continued slamming the Fake News, noting that they will cover him unfairly no matter the outcome, even if he “got Russia to give up Moscow as part of the Deal.”
”they should talk about the 6 WARS, etc., I JUST STOPPED!!!”

If I got Russia to give up Moscow as part of the Deal, the Fake News, and their PARTNER, the Radical Left Democrats, would say I made a terrible mistake and a very bad deal. That’s why they are the FAKE NEWS! Also, they should talk about the 6 WARS, etc., I JUST STOPPED!!! MAGA

Finally, the President declared “BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA,” telling the world to “STAY TUNED.”
BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED! President DJT

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​President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy: US Department of Energy Crucial in National Defense

In August, the DOE announced nearly $1 billion in funding opportunities to strengthen the United States’ critical minerals and materials supply chains. Launched under President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy, the initiative aims to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers by boosting domestic mining, processing, and manufacturing.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright emphasized that reshoring critical material production is essential for national security, energy independence, and industrial competitiveness, noting that “for too long, the United States has relied on foreign actors to supply and process the critical materials that are essential to modern life and our national security.”

The funding will be spread across several strategic initiatives. A $50 million Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator will advance technologies for rare-earth magnets, semiconductors, lithium extraction, and byproduct recovery. The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains will provide up to $135 million to enhance domestic refining and recovery of rare earth elements, requiring partnerships with academic institutions.

Another $250 million program will pilot the recovery of valuable minerals from industrial processes, including coal-based industries, to reduce risks at commercial scale. In addition, $500 million will go toward battery materials processing, manufacturing, and recycling to expand domestic capacity for lithium, nickel, graphite, copper, and other key inputs.
The DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) will also invest $40 million through its RECOVER program to extract critical minerals from industrial wastewater, complementing traditional mining.
The U.S. Department of Energy plays a critical but often overlooked role in national security. Beyond energy production, its responsibilities include maintaining the nuclear deterrent, protecting energy infrastructure, leading cybersecurity and emergency response efforts, and managing strategic resources.

Through the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Department oversees nuclear weapons stewardship, as well as nuclear propulsion for the U.S. Navy, and the security of dangerous nuclear materials worldwide.
Energy security is further reinforced by the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the world’s largest emergency crude oil supply. Stored in Gulf Coast salt caverns, the SPR has an authorized capacity of 714 million barrels; as of March 2025, it held 395.3 million barrels, equal to about 19 days of U.S. consumption or 47 days of imports. Recent bipartisan legislation seeks to ban SPR sales to adversaries such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, underscoring its strategic importance.
The Department is also investing nearly $1 billion to strengthen domestic critical mineral supply chains, expanding mining, processing, and manufacturing capacity for rare earths, semiconductors, and battery inputs. These programs aim to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, secure key industries, and counter China’s dominance in global critical minerals markets.

The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) leads the Department of Energy’s efforts to strengthen the resilience of U.S. energy infrastructure. As the Sector Risk Management Agency, CESER coordinates with intelligence and law enforcement to defend against physical and cyber threats.

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​​State Department Abruptly Halts Visa Releases for Gazans After Loomer Exposes Shocking Footage of Refugees Shipped Into America

The U.S. State Department has suspended all visa releases for individuals from Gaza after investigative journalist Laura Loomer exposed shocking footage of Palestinian “refugees” being quietly brought into the United States, allegedly under the guise of humanitarian visas.
Loomer posted video evidence on X showing Palestinian nationals claiming to be “refugees” arriving in U.S. airports, including San Francisco, Houston, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, and Ohio.
According to her report, these individuals were assisted by a group called Heal Palestine.

Loomer wrote on X:
“Despite the US saying we are not accepting Palestinian “refugees” into the United States under the Trump administration, I have obtained video footage of Palestinians who claim to be refugees from Gaza coming into the United States via San Francisco and Houston, Texas this month. The Palestinians traveled from Gaza to the US with the help of a group called “Heal Palestine”.

How did Palestinians get Visas under the Trump administration to get into the United States? Did @StateDept approve this? How did they get out of Gaza? Is @ SecRubio aware of this?
Who from the State Department is assisting “Heal Palestine”?
Why are any Islamic invaders coming into the US under the Trump admin?

Who approved the visas? How many more are being given visas to come into the US, and why are @ GavinNewsom @ GregAbbott_TX harboring Palestinian “refugees” in California and Texas?
This is a national security threat. We didn’t vote for more Islamic immigration into the United States.
Who signed off on these visas? They should be fired.”

EXCLUSIVE:
Despite the US saying we are not accepting Palestinian “refugees” into the United States under the Trump administration, I have obtained video footage of Palestinians who claim to be refugees from Gaza coming into the United States via San Francisco and Houston, Texas… pic.twitter.com/tV96TOZRi2
— Laura Loomer (@ LauraLoomer) August 15, 2025

NEW:
Here’s another video of GAZANS being welcomed into the United States after arriving in SEATTLE, WASHINGTON last week.
GAZANS are being flown all over the US to major US cities on visas they received from @StateDept with support from an NGO called @healpalestine_, whose… https://t.co/qyx2y4KKKMpic.twitter.com/fex0Q7I7fU
— Laura Loomer (@ LauraLoomer) August 16, 2025

BREAKING:
Another flight of Palestinians from Gaza just arrived today at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on a @lufthansa flight.
How are so many Palestinians who live in Gaza getting Visas from the US State Department to come into the US?
This is absurd.… https://t.co/qyx2y4KKKMpic.twitter.com/AtgkkGiNfG
— Laura Loomer (@ LauraLoomer) August 15, 2025

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​BREAKING: Trump and Putin Reach Tentative Peace Agreement – Trump Says Deal is “Ultimately Up to [Ukraine]” and “They’re Going to Have to Agree” (VIDEO)

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached an agreement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Still, Ukraine and NATO are “going to have to agree,” Trump stated, noting that “there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” and “it’s ultimately up to them.”
This comes after a three-hour-long meeting between President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and their Russian counterparts.

” I would like to hope that the agreement we’ve reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine,” Putin told reporters following his meeting with President Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

“We expect that Kiev and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they will not throw a wrench in the works”
The two leaders spoke for approximately twelve minutes and did not take any questions.
Details of the agreement are still not known publicly.

WATCH:
Putin: I would like to hope that the agreement we’ve reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.
We expect that Kiev and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they will not throw a wrench in the works, it will not make any attempts to use some backroom dealings to conduct provocations to torpedo the nascent progress.

President Trump told reporters, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal. I will call up NATO in a little while. I will call up the various people that I think are appropriate, and I’ll, of course, call up President Zelensky and tell him about today’s meeting.”

He continued, “It’s ultimately up to them. They’re going to have to agree with what Marco and Steve and some of the great people from the Trump administration, who have come here, Scott and John Ratcliffe, thank you very much.”
“We really made some great progress today. I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir. We had many, many tough meetings, good meetings. We were interfered with by the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. That made it a little bit tougher to deal with, but he understood it.”

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​Nasty Biden Judge Reyes Scolds Justice Department Lawyers as She Orders DOJ to Walk Back Directive That Made DEA Chief in Charge of DC Police – Bondi Responds

Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee, held a hearing on Friday to consider DC’s emergency bid to block President Trump’s federal takeover of DC’s police department.
On Thursday evening, US Attorney General Pam Bondi named the head of the DEA as DC’s “emergency police commissioner” which will “grant him powers of a police chief,” AP reported.
Bondi’s decision to name Terry Cole as DC’s emergency police commissioner comes as President Trump federalized DC to quell the violence.

Judge Reyes scolded Justice Department lawyers for misspelling Terry Cole’s name as she ordered the DOJ to walk back its directive that made the DEA Chief in charge of the DC police.

DOJ lawyers agreed that Terry Cole is NOT going to be the emergency police commissioner after Judge Reyes threatened to issue restraining order.
ALERT: After court hearing and lengthy meeting at courthouse, Justice Dept agrees Terry Cole is NOT going to be the emergency police commissioner in DC, but instead will be the intermediary between the White House and MPD during the Trump admin. takeover of DC police
— Scott MacFarlane (@ MacFarlaneNews) August 15, 2025

For now.. Washington, D.C.'s police chief remains the police chief
And … a Trump Administration attorney acknowledged to the judge late today that the Administration is indeed aware that its takeover of DC police must end after 30 days, unless Congress approves extension
— Scott MacFarlane (@ MacFarlaneNews) August 15, 2025

CNN reported:
The Justice Department has until 6:30 p.m. to revamp an order that placed the DEA administrator in charge of DC police, or a federal judge will issue a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration.
Judge Ana Reyes ordered DOJ to rewrite the section of the executive order issued Thursday by Attorney General Pam Bondi that sought to take control of DC police by placing Terrance Cole in charge under President Donald Trump’s crime emergency declaration.

DOJ lawyers agreed that Terry Cole is NOT going to be the emergency police commissioner after Judge Reyes threatened to issue restraining order.

ALERT: After court hearing and lengthy meeting at courthouse, Justice Dept agrees Terry Cole is NOT going to be the emergency police commissioner in DC, but instead will be the intermediary between the White House and MPD during the Trump admin. takeover of DC police

— Scott MacFarlane (@ MacFarlaneNews) August 15, 2025
For now.. Washington, D.C.'s police chief remains the police chief

And … a Trump Administration attorney acknowledged to the judge late today that the Administration is indeed aware that its takeover of DC police must end after 30 days, unless Congress approves extension

— Scott MacFarlane (@ MacFarlaneNews) August 15, 2025
CNN reported:

The Justice Department has until 6:30 p.m. to revamp an order that placed the DEA administrator in charge of DC police, or a federal judge will issue a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration.

Judge Ana Reyes ordered DOJ to rewrite the section of the executive order issued Thursday by Attorney General Pam Bondi that sought to take control of DC police by placing Terrance Cole in charge under President Donald Trump’s crime emergency declaration.

The change would direct Cole to issue directives through Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office, rather than directly to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith.
“He’s going to have to go through the Mayor,” Reyes said after attorneys for the Justice Department and the DC attorney general said they needed 45 minutes to re-write that part of Bondi’s order.
This week DC’s Police Chief Pamela Smith stunned the public when she appeared confused after a reporter asked her about the chain of command.

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​BREAKING: Democrat New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Indicted on Federal Charges

Democrat New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on federal charges on Friday.
A federal grand jury indicted Cantrell and former New Orleans Police officer Jeffrey Vappie after an investigation by the FBI.
“Cantrell is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, making false statements and false declaration before a grand jury, according to a federal indictment filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana,” NBC News reported.

WVUE reported:
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday, August 15, marking the first time in the city’s history that a sitting mayor is facing criminal prosecution.

The mayor’s legal troubles come after more than two years of mounting criticism including; an alleged romantic relationship involving her former executive security officer, a legal battle with a New Orleans resident who took photos of the alleged relationship, a legal battle with New orleans Public Schools over a broken multi-million dollar funding promise, the indictment of a former city inspector who allegedly bribed her with Saints tickets, and frequent travel amid an ongoing jail escape and in the aftermath of a mass power outage.
Details of the indictment have not yet been released at this time.
LaToya Cantrell was under FBI investigation for allegations of an ‘ongoing adulterous affair’ with Jeffrey Vappie, the former head of her police detail, and potential misuse of taxpayer funds, according to the Daily Mail.

In 2023, Vappie was accused of multiple incidents of timesheet discrepancies while serving on Mayor Cantrell’s security detail. This accusation partly stemmed from WVUE-TV’s reports on the mayor’s use of an Upper Pontalba apartment on Jackson Square. In response, the City Council prohibited the mayor from using the apartment as a personal residence.
According to the New Orleans Advocate, the investigation by the New Orleans Police Department concluded that Vappie breached departmental regulations by logging 18 hours of work in a single day. Additionally, he was cited for spending “numerous hours” in the company of Mayor Cantrell beyond his scheduled duty hours, and for participating in two board meetings as the mayor’s appointee on the Board of the Housing Authority of New Orleans.
The allegations have been fueled by Danielle Vappie’s divorce filings, which imply an affair between her husband and Cantrell dating back in May 2021, coinciding with the start of Vappie’s tenure on Cantrell’s security detail.

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​“When I Have the Evidence and Enough to Go Forward You Will Hear From Me Loud and Clear” – Jeanine Pirro Threatens Charges Against Adam Schiff

An unidentified Democrat whistleblower told the FBI that then-Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information to smear Trump, according to newly declassified FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just The News.
According to former US Attorney Brett Tolman, the US Attorney for Washington DC, Jeanine Pirro, is the only one who can make a decision on a case like this.
Jeanine Pirro told Benny Johnson on Tuesday that “when she has enough evidence to move forward, we will hear from her loud and clear.

Pirro also told Johnson that she does not talk about her cases while she is investigating.

Benny Johnson: Adam Schiff today, there was an FBI 302 that has now been declassified by Kash Fatal. It’s gone to Congress, and it’s about Adam Schiff leaking classified information. It’s a whistleblower from his office, and the documents are here in the public. Brett Tolmanis saying, Well, you listen, only the US attorney for Washington, DC, can make a decision on a case like this.
And so my question is open-ended. Have you reviewed these documents? Are you familiar with Adam Schiff’s and the criminal conspiracy to leak against President Trump? Do you plan on investigating?
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro: You know what, Benny? I think you know that this is my wheelhouse. The difference between me and some other people is that I don’t talk about what I’m investigating. I don’t talk about what I’m doing. When I have the evidence, when I have enough to go forward, you will hear from me loud and clear.

It looks like pencil neck is in deep doo-doo.
And it’s about time this partisan hack is held to account for his criminal acts.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro says Adam Schiff leaking classified Russian information to the media is a serious case right in her wheelhouse and she’s committed to investigating it:
“Benny, I think you know that this is my wheelhouse. The difference between me and some others is… pic.twitter.com/UhTdWEJbzK
— Benny Johnson (@ bennyjohnson) August 12, 2025

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​JUST IN: Homeless Person Tries to Rob Harmeet Dhillon in DC

Crime is down in Washington, DC, just ask the fake news media.
Justice Department official Harmeet Dhillon revealed that a homeless man in DC almost robbed her as she was walking to the DOJ on Tuesday afternoon.
A homeless man harassed Harmeet Dhillon and Jordan Conradson. The vagrant verbally accosted Harmeet Dhillon and demanded that she hand over her water bottle.

Shortly thereafter, Harmeet Dhillon was almost robbed as she walked from an appointment to the DOJ.

“A malodorous homeless person attempted to swipe my phone today while I was walking in DC back to the DOJ from an appointment — but he was not in his right mind and I artfully dodged the attempt,” Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said.
“It’ll be a while till things feel safe in this city, so everyone stay alert!” she said.
A malodorous homeless person attempted to swipe my phone today while I was walking in DC back to the DOJ from an appointment — but he was not in his right mind and I artfully dodged the attempt.
It’ll be a while till things feel safe in this city, so everyone stay alert!
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@ HarmeetKDhillon) August 12, 2025

The attempted robbery against Harmeet Dhillon comes as President Trump deployed the National Guard in DC because of the soaring crime.

President Trump on Monday announced that he is invoking Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to place Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department under “direct federal control” and authorizing the Secretary of Defense to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, DC.
Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act allows the President to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department under “special conditions of an emergency nature.”
The President signed two executive actions on Monday, including invoking powers under section 740 and sending statutorily required letters to the DC Mayor and the necessary congressional committees. Section 740 requires the President to notify the committee chairmen and the mayor in order to federalize the Metropolitan police for more than forty-eight hours.

He also signed a Presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to utilize National Guard troops to clean up DC and authorizing state governors to use their National Guard troops at home.
“We will bring in the military if it’s needed,” Trump told reporters.
President Trump decided to deploy the National Guard to quell the violence in DC after DOGE worker Edward Coristine, AKA “Big Balls,” was severely beaten by a pack of thugs.

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​Texas Senate Officially PASSES New Congressional Map — Democrats STORM OUT in Protest (VIDEO)

The Republican-controlled Texas Senate officially passed a new congressional redistricting map today.
Despite nine of the 11 Senate Democrats walking out before the vote, leaving the floor nearly empty, the Republican majority pressed ahead.
The map, passed 19–2 along party lines, is designed to create up to five new Republican‑drawn U.S. House seats in anticipation of the 2026 midterm elections.

“This mid-decade redistricting isn’t about fair representation—it’s about politicians picking their voters instead of voters choosing their leaders,” the Senate Democrat Caucus said in a statement. “And it doesn’t stop here. If they can gerrymander now, they can and will do it before every election.”

“That’s why we walked out – because this session should only be about flood relief, and we refuse to engage in a corrupt process.”
“When the system is being rigged to steal political power and ignore the needs of flood survivors, extraordinary measures are necessary. Our House colleagues are standing up for democracy, for the rule of law and for the millions of Texans who deserve to have their voices heard,” the caucus said.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who presides over the Senate, issued a statementTuesday regarding the vote.

“Today, the Texas Senate passed the new congressional map, including 5 new Republican majority districts. The Texas Senate will continue passing this map each legislative session to accurately reflect our state until House Democrats return from their ‘vacation’ and get back to work for the people of Texas.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: The Texas Senate has officially PASSED the new U.S. House Maps, as Democrats STORMED OUT of the chamber
The Dems are BIG mad.
Now all it needs is House approval and Republicans will pick up potentially 5 U.S. House seats!
@dallasnewspic.twitter.com/lyIL6ixhcO
— Nick Sortor (@ nicksortor) August 12, 2025

The maps now head to the Texas House.
It can be recalled that more than 60 House Democrats, including at least 50 members, have fled the state, traveling to cities such as Chicago, New York, and Boston to deny the Texas House a quorum, effectively halting legislative business.

Governor Greg Abbott, unfazed, announced that if the August 19 special session deadline passes without their return, he will immediately call a second special session and likely more thereafter until the map and other GOP priorities are passed.
“Democrats can run to another state, but they can’t outrun the will of Texans. If there’s no quorum Friday, Special Session #2 will start immediately after Sine Die. Same agenda, with potential to add more. I’ll call special after special until the Texas first agenda is passed,” Abbott announced on X.
Democrats can run to another state, but they can’t outrun the will of Texans.
If there’s no quorum Friday, Special Session #2 will start immediately after Sine Die.
Same agenda, with potential to add more.
I’ll call special after special until the Texas first agenda is passed. pic.twitter.com/DruA8YHcrn
— Greg Abbott (@ GregAbbott_TX) August 12, 2025

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​DECLASSIFIED: Democrat Whistleblower Warned FBI That Adam Schiff Authorized Leaking Classified Information to Destroy Trump During Russia Hoax – Swalwell Also Played a Role in the Leaks

An unidentified Democrat whistleblower told the FBI that then-Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information to smear Trump, according to newly declassified FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just The News.
Beginning in 2017, the intel officer who worked on the House Intelligence Committee repeatedly told the FBI that Schiff authorized leaking classified information to destroy Trump during the Russiagate hoax.
The whistleblower said Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell was likely the source of the classified leaks.

At the time of the leaks, Adam Schiff served as the ranking member (and later the chairman) of the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff is now a US Senator for California.

According to the newly declassified FBI report, DOJ officials did not show any interest in probing Schiff over his illegal leaks.
The whistleblower told the FBI as recent as 2023 that he personally witnessed Adam Schiff approve the leaking of classified information.

“When working in this capacity, [redacted staffer’s name] was called to an all-staff meeting by SCHIFF,” the interview report said, according to Just The News. “In this meeting, SCHIFF stated the group would leak classified information which was derogatory to President of the United States DONALD J. TRUMP. SCHIFF stated the information would be used to indict President TRUMP.”
The whistleblower also told federal agents that Schiff was promised the posiition as CIA Director if Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election.
The Democrat whistleblower was abruptly fired for reporting Schiff’s leaks to the FBI.

Just The News reported:
A career intelligence officer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had approved leaking classified information to smear then-President Donald Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal, according to bombshell FBI memos that Director Kash Patel has turned over to Congress.
The FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just the News state the intelligence staffer — a Democrat by party affiliation who described himself as a friend to both Schiff, now a California senator, and former Republican House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes — considered the classified leaking to be “unethical,” “illegal,” and “treasonous,” but was told not to worry about it because Schiff believed he would be spared prosecution under the Constitution’s speech and debate clause.
No publicly-disclosed opinion from the Attorney General or the Solicitor General can be found making that determination as a matter of law.

But officials told Just the News that DOJ officials showed little interest in pursuing Schiff when the allegations were brought to them years ago, citing the very same excuse the lawmaker had offered.
Read the full report by Just The News here.
We found it. We declassified it.
Now Congress can see how classified info was leaked to shape political narratives – and decide if our institutions were weaponized against the American people. pic.twitter.com/PCpLFLuPmI
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@ FBIDirectorKash) August 12, 2025

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​Trump-Hating Billionaire Mark Cuban Roasts AOC, Bernie, Schumer, and Warren — Says They Should Be Thanking Trump for Pulling Off a Corporate Tax Move Democrats “Could Never Pull Off”

President Donald Trump has struck a groundbreaking deal with semiconductor giants Nvidia and AMD that will pour millions into America’s coffers, and it’s triggering all the right people.
According to the Financial Times, Nvidia and AMD have agreed to hand over a staggering 15% of their revenues from high-end chip sales to China as part of a special arrangement with the Trump administration. The deal was a condition for granting export licenses for their top-tier chips, Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308, to the Chinese market.
The move is essentially a “sales tax” on some of America’s largest tech firms for doing business with Beijing, and the money will go straight to the U.S. government.

But while the far-left media is still scrambling to figure out how to spin this as “bad for democracy,” one unlikely voice, Trump-hating billionaire Mark Cuban, just lit up the Democrats for failing to achieve what Trump just did in one stroke.

Cuban, who has spent years trashing Trump, took to X to roast far-left darlings Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren:
Hey @ AOC, @ BernieSanders, @ SenSchumer, @ SenWarren, every Dem should be thanking @ potus for doing what the Dems have dreamed of doing, but have NEVER been able to do, creating a sales tax on 2 of the biggest semi companies in the country ! This opens the door for Sales Tax for export licenses on EVERYTHING!
He is going to generate corporate tax revenue that you guys only wish you could pass. You should be thanking him all day, every day for this brilliant move you guys couldn’t ever pull off !

In the future, don’t call it a tax, call it a Commission for America. BOOM!
Hey @AOC , @BernieSanders , @SenSchumer , @SenWarren , every Dem should be thanking @potus for doing what the Dems have dreamed of doing, but have NEVER been able to do, creating a sales tax on 2 of the biggest semi companies in the country ! This opens the door for Sales Tax…
— Mark Cuban (@ mcuban) August 11, 2025

In another post, Cuban wrote:
This is a “billionaire’s tax” structured as a royalty or sales tax on semiconductors from the most valuable company in the world, sold to China.

While it’s scary on a lot of levels to businesses and entrepreneurs, it’s what @ aoc, @ BernieSanders and @ SenWarren should have thought of. They are so intent on income and wealth taxes on “oligarchs”, they have no concept of leverage in business. Trump does.
Potus is more progressive when it comes to taxation than anyone in the progressive wing of the Dems has ever been. The Dems should be celebrating just how progressive it is. The irony.
If Dems celebrated this as they should, republicans would be so confused.

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​BREAKING: Judge Boasberg Orders Release of Documents Related to Jack Smith Classified Docs Case and Trump’s Attorney-Client Privilege Fight

Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg ordered the release of documents related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case and President Trump’s attorney-client privilege dispute.
Jack Smith used a DC grand jury – and a radical Marxist Obama-appointed DC judge (Beryl Howell) in the classified docs case before quietly roving down to Florida to file the charges.
Judge Beryl Howell ruled against Trump at every turn!

In fact, Judge Howell previously ordered  Trump’s lawyer Evan Corcoran to testify before a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago.

Judge Howell flipped Trump’s own lawyer Eric Corcoran into a witness when she obliterated Trump’s attorney-client privilege in a ruling.
Jack Smith had been using a grand jury in DC to investigate Trump’s classified documents case.

Jack Smith indicted Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami in June 2023.
Trump was charged with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information and 6 other process crimes stemming from his conversations with his lawyer.
Judge Cannon previously granted a hearing on whether Jack Smith improperly pierced through Trump privileged conversations with his lawyer.

On Monday, Judge Boasberg ordered the release of all opinions, orders and docket sheets related to the attorney-client privilege disputes in Jack Smith’s classified documents case.
“In the election case, the Court will unseal all opinions, orders, and docket sheets involving disputes over attorney-client privilege. In the documents case, it will unseal the docket sheets recording the dispute over the testimony of Trump’s lawyers, as well as any other responsive opinions and orders that the Government identifies. Before doing so, however, it will permit the Government to submit proposed redactions ex parte and under seal. An Order so stating will issue this day,” Boasberg wrote.
Last July, Judge Cannon dismissed Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump based on unlawful appointment and funding of the special counsel.

Citing Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion on the presidential immunity ruling, President Trump’s lawyers asked Cannon to reconsider the motion to dismiss based on the argument that Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed.
Cannon agreed with Trump’s attorneys and dismissed Jack Smith’s case based on both unconstitutional elements: The appointment by US Attorney Merrick Garland and the unlimited funding given to Jack Smith – both without the approval of Congress.

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​Corrupt Democrat Rep. Caught Taking Bribes

In 2013, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife took a seemingly routine trip to Turkey and Azerbaijan, funded by an obscure Houston-based nonprofit. 
What followed, federal prosecutors now allege, was a years-long scheme involving foreign influence, money laundering, and one of the most serious indictments ever brought against a sitting member of Congress.
According to a federal indictment unsealed last week, Cuellar and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company, SOCAR, and Mexico’s Banco Azteca. 

Prosecutors allege that Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, Texas, used his office to advance the interests of these entities in exchange for payments disguised as consulting fees to shell companies owned by his wife. 

The Cuellars allegedly funneled money through front companies, spent it on luxury items such as a $12,000 gown and restaurant bills, and concealed the transactions through intermediaries. 
One of those intermediaries, Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, a longtime associate of Cuellar, has already pleaded guilty to money laundering. So has Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former chief of staff and campaign manager, who prosecutors say funneled monthly payments to Cuellar’s wife.

Prosecutors claim the payments began in 2014, shortly after Cuellar’s trip to Azerbaijan. In text messages and emails, Cuellar allegedly communicated directly with Elin Suleymanov, then Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the U.S., discussing contracts, payments, and legislation favorable to the country. 

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​Grassley Places Hold on Three of Trump’s Treasury Department Nominees

GOP Senators Chuck Grassley and John Curtis placed holds on three of President Trump’s Treasury nominees.
Grassley announced he will be placing a hold on Treasury nominees Brian Morrissey, Francis Brooke, and Jonathan McKernan over the department’s plans to implement phase out wind and solar credits.
“Mr. President, today, I placed a hold on three Department of the Treasury nominees. The nominees are Brian Morrissey, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury; Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury,” Grassley said.

“Until I can be certain that such rules and regulations adhere to the law and congressional intent, I intend to continue to object to the consideration of these Treasury nominees,” Grassley said.

Grassley announced in the Congressional Record that he placed holds on 3 of Trump’s Treasury nominees Brian Morrissey, Francis Brooke & Jonathan McKernan over the dept’s plans to implement the phaseout of the wind & solar credits by Aug. 18: “Until I can be certain that such… pic.twitter.com/PCg2gAYTGG
— Craig Caplan (@ CraigCaplan) August 4, 2025

Politico reported:
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) have placed holds on three of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Treasury Department over the implementation of renewable energy tax provisions in Republicans’ sprawling tax and spending law.
The actions follow a so-far unsuccessful effort by a handful of moderate Senate Republicans to meet with the Trump administration to discuss forthcoming Treasury guidance that will determine how strictly to implement the phase-out of tax credits for wind and solar power deployment.
Grassley, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, recently announced in the Congressional Record that he placed holds on three Treasury nominees: Brian Morrissey to be general counsel, Francis Brooke to be assistant Treasury secretary and Jonathan McKernan, who is nominated to become an undersecretary at the department.

A person familiar with the effort granted anonymity because the move was not made public told POLITICO that Curtis has also placed holds on the same three nominees.

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​EPIC: Comedian Alex Stein Hijacks NBC Live Broadcast — Shouts “MSNBC Sucks” in Epic Takedown of Mainstream Media (VIDEO)

Comedian and Youtube personality Alex Stein pulled off a legendary disruption of an NBC live broadcast at the Texas State Capitol.
While NBC News was attempting to deliver their sanitized, corporate-approved version of events happening in Texas, Stein jumped into the frame and blasted the network on its own turf, shouting:
“MSNBC sucks! MSNBC sucks! MSNBC sucks! MSNBC sucks!”
Thinking the disruption was over, MSNBC’s Kelly O’Donnell tried to move on with the segment, but boy, was she wrong.

“You can see the frustration. Sometimes this happens, and we understand that that can happen. While we love free speech, we’re going to keep control here,” said O’Donnell.

Stein roared back to life, shouting again and forcing the hosts to backpedal on-air.

“Stay with us here because Ryan has cleared the set, as we would like to say. The gentleman moved on. So, Ryan, let me turn back to you. Nicely handled there… [Pause] Hmmm, maybe not.”

Shortly after his now-viral takedown, Stein took to X, writing, “I just crashed an MSNBC newscast at the Texas State Capitol… let me know if you see it on your tv.”

I just crashed an MSNBC newscast at the Texas State Capitol… let me know if you see it on your tv

— Alex Stein #99 (@ alexstein99) August 4, 2025
He followed up with a mic-drop statement that left no room for doubt, “MSNBC is the saddest excuse for a “news” network and telling them they suck on their own airwaves feels fantastic.”

MSNBC is the saddest excuse for a “news” network and telling them they suck on their own airwaves feels fantastic pic.twitter.com/WvKYusfKxg

— Alex Stein #99 (@ alexstein99) August 4, 2025

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​BREAKING: Texas Lawmakers Pass Motion to Arrest Democrats – Abbott Orders Texas DPS to “Arrest and Return Every Derelict House Democrat”

Texas legislators voted 85-6 on Monday to pass a motion to issue arrest warrants for the Democrat lawmakers who fled to Illinois to block GOP redistricting efforts.
Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty and are holding flood relief and property tax cuts hostage.
I ordered Texas DPS to arrest and return every derelict House Democrat to the Texas Capitol.

This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrats are accounted for.

On Monday afternoon, Texas House lawmakers locked the doors and voted to issue arrest warrants.
WATCH:
Chamber doors have been locked and House lawmakers have passed a motion to issue arrest warrants for Democratic state lawmakers who fled the state. pic.twitter.com/a34N9jiLpC
— Daniel Perreault (@ DPerreaultTV) August 4, 2025

Later Monday, Governor Greg Abbot ordered the Texas DPS to arrest and return every House Democrat who fled to Illinois.
Full statement from Abbott:
Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty and are holding flood relief and property tax cuts hostage.

I ordered Texas DPS to arrest and return every derelict House Democrat to the Texas Capitol.
This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrats are accounted for.
Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty and are holding flood relief and property tax cuts hostage.
I ordered Texas DPS to arrest and return every derelict House Democrat to the Texas Capitol.
This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrats are accounted for. pic.twitter.com/A87u2JxYU7
— Greg Abbott (@ GregAbbott_TX) August 4, 2025

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​BREAKING: Gov Abbott Says He Will REMOVE FROM OFFICE Democrat Lawmakers Who Fled Texas to Block GOP Congressional Redistricting

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) threatened to remove from office Democrat lawmakers who fled to Illinois to block GOP Congressional redistricting.
Texas Democrats fled the state to block the Republicans in the legislature from holding a special session and to block a redistricting vote on Sunday.
The Texas Democrats reportedly fled to Illinois to break quorum to block the Texas House from holding a vote in a special session.

The new congressional map will add five GOP House seats.

The Texas Democrats pulled a similar stunt back in 2021.
Governor Abbott is not messing around.
“Democrats hatched a deliberate plan not to show up for work, for the specific purpose of abdicating the duties of their office and thwarting the chamber’s business. That amounts to an abandonment or forfeiture of an elected state office,” Abbot said.

Full statement from Governor Abbott:
Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement outlining the legal consequences that House Democrat members face for breaking quorum, including the potential loss of their seats and felony violations. This letter is also being sent directly to the individual members who have fled Texas. The Governor’s full statement is as follows:
Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did. Rather than doing their job and voting on urgent legislation affecting the lives of all Texans, they have fled Texas to deprive the House of the quorum necessary to meet and conduct business.

It seems to me that the only way some of the fleeing Democrats can avoid bribery charges is to not break quorum.
It seems that would eliminate any potential quid pro quo connected to any payment they received to deny a quorum and skip a vote. https://t.co/eyTbgybLvW
— Greg Abbott (@ GregAbbott_TX) August 4, 2025

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​NEW: Secret Service Abruptly Halts Security Clearance Renewal For Former Director Kimberly Cheatle

The Secret Service abruptly halted the security clearance renewal for former Director Kimberly Cheatle.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran reversed course and decided against renewing Cheatle’s top-level security clearance after RealClearPolitics brought up Senator Ron Johnson’s opposition to the agency.
RealClearPolitics reported:

The Secret Service was moving forward with renewing former Director Kimberly Cheatle’s top-level security clearance but reversed course after RealClearPolitics inquired about a key senator’s opposition, according to multiple sources in the Secret Service community.
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and previously chaired the full Homeland Security panel, argued that Cheatle should not have her security clearance renewed after her leadership decisions contributed to the agency’s numerous failures surrounding the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“Following the security debacle in Butler, the former director of USSS made the right decision to resign,” Johnson told RCP. “I see no reason for her security clearance to be reinstated.”
Asked for comment on Johnson’s opposition, the Secret Service issued a vague statement saying Secret Service Director Sean Curran, a Trump appointee, had decided that “not all former directors” should have their security clearances renewed.
New Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that the Secret Service during Biden’s presidency did not alert the team responsible for securing Trump’s July 13, 2024, rally.

This is the full clip.
1- shots on trump
2- ss returns fire
3- you hear “shooter is down”
4- they stand trump up
5- he asks to get his shoes
6- fist pumps and fight
Truly unreal.
pic.twitter.com/bhui8CcNUs
— tyler hogge (@ thogge) July 13, 2024

The report revealed the Secret Service, under then-Director Kimberly Cheatle’s leadership, knew of a threat against President Trump’s life 10 days before the attempted assassination at the Butler rally; however, they did not relay the information to the USSS team on the ground in Pennsylvania.
The threat against President Trump was not specific to the Butler rally or the gunman, Thomas Crooks.

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​Trump Goes Nuclear on “Racist Sleazebag” Radio Host After He Rips the President on Multiple Issues Right in Front of Lara Trump (VIDEO)

President Trump was in a bit of a foul mood this morning after seeing a prominent critic of his trash him right in front of his daughter-in-law on Fox News.
For some reason, Lara Trump decided to have far-left radio host Charlamagne Tha God as a guest on her Saturday night show to discuss the first six-plus months of her father-in-law’s highly successful administration. The border has never been more secure, inflation has decreased, and the economy has shifted to benefit private sector American workers rather than foreign nationals and those in government.
However, Charlemagne, the co-host of “The Breakfast Club,” unsurprisingly had nothing positive to say about the president.

WATCH:
Lara Trump: “How do you rate [President Trump’s] presidency so far?”
Charlamagne tha God: “I wouldn’t give it a good rating… Simply because the least of us are still being impacted the worst… The Big Beautiful Bill that’s something that I’m going to benefit from because of… pic.twitter.com/sxZnxaHbz3
— RedWave Press (@ RedWave_Press) August 3, 2025

LARA TRUMP: You’ve had your bones to pick with President Trump. If you took his name out of it and looked solely at what had happened, how would you rate his presidency so far?

CHARLEMAGNE THA GOD: Uh, I wouldn’t give it a good rating, simply because the least of us are still being impacted the worst.
When you look at something like the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” that’s something that I’m going to benefit from because of the tax bracket that I’m in, but you know, there are going to be so many people that are hurt by that bill.”
And you know, anything that takes away Medicaid from people and puts people in a worse financial situation than they were previously in, I’m not for. And you know, he ran on the economy, saying grocery prices are going to go down…

LARA TRUMP: That has happened, inflation is trending down…
CHARLEMAGNE THA GOD: No.
LARA TRUMP: By the way, Medicaid, we want to make sure the people who are not actual recipients are off Medicaid so it can actually benefit more people. There is actually good stuff in that bill…
CHARLEMAGNE THA GOD: Right now, people are hurting, they want change.

As The New York Post reported, Charlemagne also criticized Trump over the Epstein files and predicted this would help bring an end to MAGA’s hold on the GOP.
“I think that traditional conservatives are going to take the Republican Party back,” Charlamagne said. “I think this Epstein thing is going to be a way for traditional conservatives to take their party back, I really do.”
“I think they know this is the issue that has gotten the base riled up,” he added. “The MAGA base isn’t letting this issue go, and for the first time, they know they can probably take the party back and not piss off the MAGA base.”

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​DOJ Official Who Approved $2 Million Payout to Trump-Hating FBI Officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page Unmasked

The DOJ official who approved the outrageous $2 million settlement to Trump-hating FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page has been unmasked.
Left-wing activist and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Netter signed off on the payout to Strzok and Page after the two participated in the Trump-Russia hoax.
Brian Netter is now working with crooked Clinton lawyer Marc Elias as the legal director at Democracy Forward.

Recall that Democracy Forward is behind the more than 100 lawsuits against President Trump and election related court battles.

Via The Federalist:
“[W]e have identified Brian Netter, Deputy Assistant Attorney General as the individual that approved the settlement agreements,” a DOJ official told the Center to Advance Security in America, which had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2024, when the payouts were publicly announced. Netter was the deputy assistant attorney general for the Federal Programs Branch during the term of President Joe Biden.
Netter currently serves as the legal director at Democracy Forward, a Democrat Party-affiliated group launched in 2017 to fight President Trump with lawfare. The group brags that it took Trump to court more than 100 times in his first term in office. It has continued its use of the courts to win political battles into his second term in office. “Liberal Legal Group Positions Itself as a Top Trump Administration Foe,” touted The New York Times last November.
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Who Approved $2 Million Payout To Disgraced Russia Hoaxers Identified As Left-Wing Activist Brian Netter https://t.co/1PlHpkcTeE
— Mollie (@ MZHemingway) August 1, 2025

Last year, Kash Patel exposed the ‘$2 million’ payout that Strzok and Page received from the Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of a settlement related to the improper disclosure of their text messages.

Strzok will get $1.2 million, and Page will receive $800,000.
These texts, which have become infamous, revealed their personal disdain for Trump and included references to an “insurance policy” aimed at preventing his presidency, a plot Patel has labeled as nothing short of a coup attempt.
Your FBI at work. pic.twitter.com/eOzlC6PU9B
— House Judiciary GOP (@ JudiciaryGOP) June 21, 2023

“[Do] you know what Strzok and Page received from the Department of Justice? What? A [$2 million] payout to settle a lawsuit that Strzok and Page brought for the improper disclosure of their personal text messages on FBI phones. And the DOJ just rewarded them,” Kash Patel said.
WATCH:
"Former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page have settled with the Justice Department over alleged privacy rights violations after the release of their disparaging text messages leveraged by former President Trump to challenge the Russia investigation during his presidency." pic.twitter.com/60vkm5OBsB
— Shawn Ryan Show (@ ShawnRyanShow) September 2, 2024

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​Biden Looks Completely Lost at National Bar Association Gala, Angrily Shouts, Trashes Trump, Stumbles Through Remarks (VIDEO)

Joe Biden took the stage at the National Bar Association’s 100th annual gala in at the Hyatt in Chicago on Thursday night.
The 82-year-old looked completely lost as he arrived to the event. Biden had to be escorted to his seat.
This is one of Joe Biden’s rare public appearances since announcing he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that spread to his bones.

WATCH:
BREAKING: Former President Joe Biden walks onto the stage and gets LOST at the National Bar Association Gala.
He is NOT doing okay… pic.twitter.com/abHSCh0Jwu
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ ThePatriotOasis) August 1, 2025

Biden stumbled through his remarks, heavily slurred and trashed the Trump Administration in his speech to black lawyers and judges.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jasmine Crockett and other black lawmakers were in attendance.
Joe Biden also shouted for no reason during his speech.
“All men and women are created equal! And deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives!” Biden shouted.

“Not since those tumultuous days in 1960s has this fight been so existential to who we are as a nation, with marginalized groups so dramatically under attack,” Biden said.
“My friends, we need to face the hard truth of this administration, and that it has been to ease all the gains we’ve made in my administration,” Biden went on. “To erase history rather than making it. To erase fairness, equality, to erase justice itself. And that’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact,” Biden said.

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​Megyn Kelly on Newly Declassified Durham Appendix: ‘Hillary Clinton Should be Behind Bars’ (VIDEO)

Megyn Kelly reacted to all of the new information coming out this week on her podcast and she did not mince words. Kelly came right out and said that Hillary Clinton should be in prison.
There are lots of Americans who agree with that idea.
In the segment below, Megyn stresses that while Hillary Clinton and her people were falsely accusing Trump and his team of being Russian assets, there were real consequences for some of them who had their lives ruined and even went to jail.

From Megyn’s site:
Can I just stop for a second? This woman should be in jail. Literally, Hillary Clinton should be behind bars and so should the people who work for her who did this. This is so blatantly corrupt. She wanted to distract from her email scandal. She cooked up a plan to accuse Trump of being a Russian agent in order to distract from her own legitimate scandal. She made up a scandal about Trump being a Russian asset, and they banked on the intel agencies working with her to perpetuate this lie. And it appears they were only too happy to assist.

That is what this scandal is about.
Pieces of it we knew. New pieces are coming in by the day thanks to these declassifications, and it is downright shocking. Do not believe that there’s no there there. The people who are saying that are wrong. They’re wrong.
What just broke today moments before we came to air… was obviously provided to Michael Shellenberger and his Substack page Public before two minutes ago. He has a fantastic breakdown of what’s in… the annex to the Durham report.

John Durham was the special counsel appointed under Trump to go through what had been done to him and try to figure out who did it, who helped, and whether anyone should be prosecuted. Well, even his information was not made entirely public.
Watch the clip:
“Hillary Clinton should be behind bars…”@megynkelly on the newly declassified appendix confirming Hillary Clinton's plan to ruin Trump's candidacy.
Watch below, and download: https://t.co/F96HgI7HIWpic.twitter.com/2aCiedUkQl
— The Megyn Kelly Show (@ MegynKellyShow) July 31, 2025

When you think about it, it is amazing that Hillary Clinton has suffered no real consequences for what she and her people put Trump, and the rest of the country, through for years.

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​White High School Football Player Savagely Assaulted by Three Teammates at a Christian Summer Camp in South Carolina

Video footage has emerged this week showing a sickening attack on a white high school football player by three of his fellow teammates at a Christian summer camp earlier this month.
FITS News obtained a video from a community activist on Monday that shows the full assault in detail, which occurred at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina.
The footage begins with the suspects taunting their victim as he sits back against a bed in his dorm room. One suspect is heard saying, “I’m going to f**k you up while laughter is heard off-screen.

Another person says, “stick his a**.” After some more back-and-forth, two of the three then start striking the white teen.

According to FITS News, one suspect landed 20 punches and the other landed six.
The third suspect then jumps in.
“I gotta get in here,” he says. “Make him feel them sh*ts.”

He proceeds to deliver multiple strikes to the victim’s head and back.
The attack lasted less than 20 seconds. FITS News reported that the three alleged assailants all exited the room following the assault.
You can view the video here.

According to FITS News, the assault occurred around 10:30 p.m. EDT on July 7, 2025, and involved students from D.W. Daniel High School in Pickens County, who the district says are all minors.
The victim told officers that just before the attack, he exited the shower in his dorm room when the three black teammates confronted him, claiming without evidence that he used the N-word in a group chat. The student also said that he would only make matters worse for himself if he tried to run away or refused to confess.
The Moorhead Lefevre Law Firm and the Kyle J. White Law Firm, who are representing the victim’s family, said the camp was school-sanctioned.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), which hosted the camp, released the following statement in response to the assault on Monday, which Fox Carolina obtained:
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is aware of the incident that occurred at camp in South Carolina and took immediate action to address the situation, including sending the involved campers home. Their behavior falls unacceptably short of our standards of integrity, service, teamwork and excellence that FCA expects of all participants and has no place in our community.
For over 70 years, FCA has upheld the highest standards of personal conduct, morality and sportsmanship for our coaches, athletes, campers and staff. We remain fully committed to fostering a safe and respectful environment for every participant in our program.

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​Third Person Arrested in Cincinnati Mob Beatings; Woman Victim Is Russian Who Flew Home the Day After Attack

A third person has been arrested in the vicious mob beating of a white man and white woman early Saturday morning in downtown Cincinnati that garnered national attention after video of the attack went viral. A total of five suspects have been charged so far, with three now in custody.
The woman victim who was sucker punched and seen knocked out and bleeding from her mouth was revealed in court Wednesday to be Russian and that she flew home on Sunday, the day after the attack.
The third person arrested, Jermaine Matthews, 39, turned himself Tuesday evening and was arraigned Wednesday with two other suspects previously arrested in the case. Mattheews is being held on $75,000 bond on a charge of aggravated rioting and $25,000 bond for felony assault.

Montianez Merriweather, 34, is being held bond of $300,000 for felonious assault, $100,000 on misdemeanor assault and $100,000 for aggravated rioting.

DeKyra Vernon, 24, is being held in a total of $200,000 bond on charges of felonious assault, misdemeanor assault and aggravated rioting.

The next court date in the case is scheduled for August 8.
Prosecutors alleged in court the two men conspired in the assault while the woman charged acted on her own in the mob attack, reported WXIX-TV(excerpt):

During their arraignments, Merriweather and Matthews were named by prosecutors as two suspects accused of coordinating the brawl that took place on Elm and Fourth streets July 27.
“Ultimately, we do have on video Mr. Merriweather walking up to co-defendant. He whispers something to him then walks back behind the victim,” a Cincinnati police detective testified.
The detective described their movements as “an ambush” or a “set up in a certain way.”

“They chase him and get him on the ground where they begin to punch and kick him on the ground. There’s a disengage. Merriweather goes after another gentleman behind another car and then he walks to the side and goes to the sidewalk while there’s a third assault occurring in the middle of the roadway,” explained the detective.
“As to Merriweather’s involvement in this, we believe he coordinated this with Mr. Matthews. He walked up to him on the video, whispered something to him and then strategically placed himself behind the victim as the assault began.”

Defense attorneys disputed the accounts by prosecutors.

Excerpt from WKRC-TV on the prosecutor’s case against Vernon, “The woman that was injured and knocked out, she was trying to turn her aid to another victim at the time,” said the detective. “She was rendering aid to another victim that was on the ground trying to get him back to his feet. He’s actually trying to get his pants back on because they beat his pants off of him. And while she’s rendering aid to that gentleman there, that’s when Ms. Vernon comes up and strikes her in the face. This, for no reason at all.”

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​BREAKING: GOP Virginia Lawmaker Doused in Gasoline, Set on Fire in His Office – Attacker Identified and in Custody

A Danville, Virginia, City Councilman Lee Vogler was doused in gasoline and set on fire in his office on Tuesday.
According to reports, the attacker, identified as Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, of Danville, threw five gallons of gasoline on Vogler before setting him on fire.
Danville police said the attack appears to be personal and not related to Vogler’s position as a city councilman.

The Daily Mail reported that Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes’ wife filed for divorce just two weeks ago.

Showcase Magazine’s Andrew Brooks said the attacker forced his way in the magazine’s office as Vogler was visiting and poured a five-gallon container of gas on him.

“Lee attempted to flee, ran to the front of the building,” Showcase Magazine owner Andrew Brooks said in a Facebook video. “The individual followed him and set him on fire.”
Vogler was flown to the UNC burn unit in Chapel Hill, according to WSET.

The Daily Mail reported:
A Virginia lawmaker was doused in ‘five gallons’ of gasoline and set alight in the middle of his office.
Danville City councilman Lee Vogler was at his place of work at Showcase Magazine when he was attacked.
The assailant forced his way into the magazine’s offices on Wednesday and poured the fuel on top of him, according to the outlet’s publisher and owner Andrew Brooks.

Vogler attempted to flee but was pursued by the suspect to the front of the building where he set him on fire, Brooks added.
The lawmaker was described as ‘awake and talking’ as he was raced to the burns center in Lynchburg.

“J. Lee Vogler was elected to Danville City Council in May 2012, becoming the youngest person ever elected to that position, at age 24. A native of Danville, Mr. Vogler graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. He is currently employed as the Managing Partner for Andrew Brooks Media Group,” according to Vogler’s bio.

Update: The Danville Police Department released a statement:
The Danville Police Department is investigating after a male was set on fire Wednesday, July 30.
Around 11:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Main Street for a report of a male being set on fire.

The Danville Fire Department and the Danville Life Saving Crew also responded to the scene to render aid. The male victim was airlifted to a regional medical facility for treatment. The full extent of his injuries are not known at the time of this release.
Based on witness information provided to officers at the scene, the suspect entered into the victim’s place of employment, confronted him and doused him with a flammable liquid. The victim and suspect exited the building, where the suspect then set the victim on fire.

The suspect fled the scene, however witness information provided a description of the suspect and his vehicle. Officers located and stopped the vehicle several blocks from the incident and the driver was taken into custody without incident.

The driver, Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, of Danville, was identified as the suspect in the attack and is currently in police custody.
The Danville Police Department does not typically identify living victims in media releases, however due to his public position as an elected official, the victim of this attack was identified as Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, of Danville.
Based on the investigation at the time of this release, the victim and the suspect are known to each other and the attack stems from a personal matter not related to the victim’s position on Danville City Council or any other political affiliation.
Due to the ongoing investigation, the Danville Police Department will not provide any further details about the incident itself, however charge information will be forthcoming.

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​​DEVELOPING: Powerful Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Prompts Tsunami Warning For Hawaii – Tsunami Watch For Alaska, Entire US West Coast

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday evening.
A tsunami warning was issued for all of Hawaii.
Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and the entire US West Coast.

It appears tsunami waves have already reached Kamchatka, Russia.

WATCH:
A video shows the tsunami already reaching Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, Russia, following the massive earthquake pic.twitter.com/G3mLFUk5dn
— Faytuks Network (@ FaytuksNetwork) July 30, 2025

Live look at Hawaii:
EARTHQUAKE!! Russia. TSUNAMI WATCH!! Hawaii. LIVE. https://t.co/QOPA5wpdZM
— JLR© (@ JLRINVESTIGATES) July 30, 2025

This is the largest quake in 14 years.
A few things we know:
– BIGGEST quake in 14 years (8.8 is incredible)
– MEGATHRUST quake (Pacific plate slides beneath Okhotsk plate
– Very favorable for damaging tsunami
– Tsunami already observed in Kamchatka Peninsula
– Vertical displacement of sea floor
— Matthew Cappucci (@ MatthewCappucci) July 30, 2025

ABC News reported:
Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.
An advisory was announced for Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and Hawaii and Guam were put under watch while the threat is being evaluated.

An advisory was also issued for Japan’s Pacific Coast regions from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
The earthquake occurred about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula with a depth of nearly 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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​BREAKING: FBI Caught Burying Smoking-Gun Thumb Drives Containing “Unreviewed Info” on Clinton Email Scandal for Six Years — Grassley Demands Kash Patel Review Materials ASAP

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) have dropped a political nuke on Washington: Smoking-gun thumb drives containing unreviewed evidence in the Hillary Clinton email scandal have been sitting in an FBI office collecting dust for over SIX YEARS.
The letter, addressed directly to FBI Director Kash Patel, demands that the unevaluated materials — which include sensitive intelligence, foreign communications, and damning evidence related to the Clinton Foundation and Barack Obama — be immediately reviewed and exposed to the American people.
“Thumb drives containing unreviewed info on the Clinton email scandal & mishandling of highly classified info [have] been sitting at an FBI offshoot office since 2018. I sent a letter [with] House Intel Chair Crawford asking [Director] Patel [to] review materials & report back ASAP,” Grassley wrote on X.

Thumb drives containing unreviewed info on Clinton email scandal&mishandling of highly classified info hv been sitting at an FBI offshoot office since 2018 I sent a letter w House Intel Chair Crawford asking Dir Patel 2 review materials&report back ASAP
— Chuck Grassley (@ ChuckGrassley) July 29, 2025

According to the press release, “This untapped and unreviewed information has lived within thumb drives in the FBI’s custody inside a Northern Virginia offshoot office of the FBI’s Washington Field Office since 2018. This letter was sent in response to Chairman Grassley’s efforts to get the appendix to the DOJ OIG’s June 2018 report reviewing the DOJ and FBI’s handling of the Clinton investigation, also known as the “Clinton annex,” declassified.”

Grassley and Crawford issued the following statement:
“The revelations contained in the declassified OIG appendix are at the heart of why the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) became distrusted by so many under your agency’s prior directors: a failure to impartially conduct its law enforcement and intelligence mission. Concerning the issue at hand, Comey’s FBI shockingly failed to review and exploit evidence in its own possession, even though they admitted in written memos the information was necessary to conduct a ‘thorough and complete investigation.’ The FBI also failed to review and exploit other foreign intelligence information.”
“Therefore, we now write to stress the importance that this material be immediately dug out from hiding and properly assessed. How evidence which purportedly includes information related to ‘former President Barack Obama’s emails’ and ‘network infrastructure diagrams for U.S. government classified networks,’ remained unreviewed by the preeminent law enforcement agency in the world is mind-numbing. We know you will not similarly ignore evidence in your agency’s possession, no matter where its exploitation or conclusions might lead.”

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​Grassley Responds to Trump’s Request to Cancel August Recess to Get Judicial Nominees Confirmed as Democrats Obstruct

Chuck Grassley, the very powerful Senate Judiciary Chairman, responded to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess.
President Trump last Saturday evening called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the August recess to get his judicial nominees confirmed.
Trump called on Thune to work through August to confirm the backlog of judicial nominees.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT” Trump said last Saturday evening.

On Sunday, Grassley said he is “with” Trump and is willing to work through the August recess to confirm the president’s judicial nominees since the Democrats are stonewalling.
Grassley has pushed a few of Trump’s high-profile nominees through the Senate Judiciary Committee but there is still a backlog of 135 nominees.

Last Monday, Thune told reporters that he’s thinking about canceling the August recess.
“We’re thinking about it. We want to get as many nominees through the pipeline as we can,” Thune said.
“we’re going to be looking at all the options in the next weeks to try and get as many of those across the finish line as we can,” he said.

“This is the first president in history who has never had, at this point in his presidency, a civilian nominee approved either by unanimous consent or voice vote in the Senate,” Thune said last Thursday during an interview on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News Radio, Fox reported.
“As we head into the August break we need to get a whole bunch more confirmed, and we intend to do that,” he said.
“Because of the way the Democrats are playing in their Trump Derangement Syndrome, they’re putting up an unprecedented level of obstruction,” Thune added. “I think the only way to beat that is to just grind them down.”

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​SHOCKING VIDEO: 10 Agents Storm Plane to Arrest Delta Co-Pilot Moments After Landing at San Francisco Airport

Dramatic video footage surfacing online appears to show approximately 10 federal law enforcement officers, reportedly including Homeland Security Investigations agents and air marshals, storming the cockpit of Delta Air Lines Flight 2809 moments after the Boeing 757–300 landed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
The flight had arrived from Minneapolis, completing a delayed second landing approach due to heavy fog, touching down around 9:35 p.m. local time on Saturday evening.
The footage — shared on the aviation blog View from the Wing — shows agents entering the cockpit, handcuffing a co‑pilot, then escorting him down the aisle and removing him from the aircraft.

While no confirmation has come from the Department of Homeland Security or Delta Air Lines, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin—citing a senior federal source—reported the arrest was connected to alleged possession or distribution of child sexual abuse material.

More from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Seated in first class, Christianson said she counted at least 10 law enforcement officers, including agents from Homeland Security Investigations and people identifying as air marshals.
The officers reportedly “stormed the cockpit, cuffed the co-pilot, arrested him, walked him down the aisle, and ushered him off the plane through the cabin doors located between first and coach.”

A second team of agents returned shortly after to retrieve the co-pilot’s personal belongings.
Christianson described the event as “shocking and unnerving,” noting that passengers received no information from the crew about what had occurred.
“It was rage-inducing to see someone being disappeared right in front of me,” she added.
[…]
The remaining pilot appeared unaware of the arrest, telling passengers he had “no idea what just happened.” The reason for the arrest has not been disclosed.

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​Harmeet Dhillon Says Justice Department Will Monitor Local Investigation of Vicious Attack on White People in Cincinnati Caught on Viral Video

Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, posted on Sunday she and her department will be monitoring the investigation into a vicious attack on a white man and white woman by a mob of Black people in Cincinnati Friday night after video of the beatings went viral.
Dhillion commented on a post by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), “Our federal hate crimes laws apply to ALL Americans. We @ CivilRights will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack. Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply.”
Moreno had posted, “The Mayor of Cincinnati, @ AftabPureval, who has an opinion on lots of irrelevant topics, has not issued a statement, let alone a condemnation, of this heinous attack. Instead of dreaming about higher office, which will never happen, he should be ensuring his residents are safe.”

Moreno’s post was in response to screen images from the video that showed a man on the ground being attacked by a mob and an unconscious woman with blood streaming from her mouth.

The original video was posted to X and Facebook on Saturday morning by Vice President J.D. Vance’s half-brother, Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman. Bowman, a Republican, placed second in a May jungle primary and will face incumbent Democrat Mayor Aftab Pureval in November.

Mob of black men and black women attacked a white man and white woman early on Saturday morning during the Cincinnati Jazz Festival, stemming from a “verbal altercation.”
Male victim was “repeatedly hit and kicked in the head by multiple people.”
Female victim was knocked… pic.twitter.com/6gcy4Mgfok
— Paul A. Szypula (@ Bubblebathgirl) July 27, 2025

(Note: More videos posted by Bowman at link, but reposted below as they are restricted from embedding from Bowman’s X account) Bowman on X: “More violence from Friday night in downtown Cincinnati It’s important to state that during large events such as last night’s music festival (the city’s 2nd largest crowded event of the year) the Emergency Communications Center has a delegated dispatcher that is solely on duty for the purpose of the event. Sources within the ECC have stated that Friday night, no such dispatcher was on duty. This reinforces what we’ve known, that major problems exist in the ECC relating to crime in the city. Cincinnati deserves better…Bowman for Cincinnati | #FlipTheNati”

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​WATCH: Entire Room Cracks Up After Hearing Trump’s Reply to Globalist EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen After She Notes His Tough Approach to Trade

President Trump is not letting a busy trip to Scotland stop him from showcasing his sense of humor, even while tough trade negotiations are ongoing.
Trump has been visiting Scotland to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and to work on clinching a massive trade deal with the European Union.
He also enjoys a little downtime playing golf in the UK constituent country, where he owns two courses.

On Sunday, Trump met with globalist EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen at his golf club in Turnberry to talk about the potential EU-US trade deal.

While they discussed business in front of reporters, she got a little taste of Trump’s trolling and natural connection with an audience.
“You’re known as a tough negotiator and dealmaker,” Von Der Leyen begins to say before Trump interjects.
“And fair,” Trump says, which causes the room to chuckle.

“And fair,” she responds.
“That’s less important,” Trump quips.
The room then cracks up again in response.
WATCH:
.@vonderleyen: “You’re known as a tough negotiator and dealmaker…”@POTUS: “And fair.”
pic.twitter.com/LyuLLs53GO
— Rapid Response 47 (@ RapidResponse47) July 27, 2025

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​Despicable: John Bolton Refused to Brief Trump on Classified Memo Which Showed John Brennan Manufactured Trump-Putin Collusion Intel – Here’s What He Reportedly Did Instead

It is not surprising that leading neocon/warmonger and former National Security Advisor John Bolton would rally around his Deep State allies and trash Trump as DNI Tulsi Gabbard turns the screws on those who manufactured the Russia Hoax.
Gabbard released her second batch of previously undisclosed documents on Wednesday morning. These documents include more proof that Barack Obama directly gave the order to publish the Russia Collusion hoax, knowing there was no proof to back it up.
Page three of this latest document drop shows that then-President Obama ordered the release of documents, knowing there was no evidence to back them up. Obama didn’t just know about the Russia hoax – he directed it. All to delegitimize Trump’s historic win.

Obama also helped cover up the blackmail Vladimir Putin had on Crooked Hillary Clinton, including her numerous health issues.

Several deep state hacks affiliated with Obama also helped push the Russia Hoax and are in hot water. One person who should be particularly concerned is former CIA Director John Brennan.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is already so worried that he has lawyered up.
Now, Bolton should start sweating.

Real Clear Investigations reporter Paul Sperry revealed last night that Bolton had a classified memo in his possession that showed how former CIA Director John Brennan helped manufacture intelligence linking Trump to Vladimir Putin. Still, he never briefed Trump on the matter.
Guess what he did instead?
He stuck it in a National Security Council safe because he supposedly believed the intel. What a snake.

“Sources tell me in 2018 former Trump Nat’l Security Adviser John Bolton received a classified memo summarizing the explosive report exposing how Brennan cooked up Putin-Trump intel, but Bolton stuck it in an NSC safe and never briefed Trump, believing the Brennan intel,” Sperry wrote on X.
BREAKING: Sources tell me in 2018 former Trump Nat’l Security Adviser John Bolton received a classified memo summarizing the explosive report exposing how Brennan cooked up Putin-Trump intel, but Bolton stuck it in an NSC safe and never briefed Trump, believing the Brennan intel.
— Paul Sperry (@ paulsperry_) July 27, 2025

Perhaps Gabbard should also start looking at neocons like Bolton from the first Trump Administration. It would not be surprising to discover that he was not alone in betraying the president then.

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​HERE WE GO: Wall Street Journal Says Bondi Told Trump He’s in the Epstein Files – DOJ Responds

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday dropped another Trump-Epstein hit piece after the DOJ asked three different courts to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein’s sex trafficking cases.
According to The Wall Street Journal, US Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Trump in May that he is mentioned in the Epstein files.
However, Bondi said the information about the several people who appeared in the Epstein files is “unverified hearsay.”

“When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

“In May, Bondi and her deputy informed the president at a meeting in the White House that his name was in the Epstein files, the officials said. Many other high-profile figures were also named, Trump was told. Being mentioned in the records isn’t a sign of wrongdoing,” WSJ said.
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files https://t.co/o14LCLQFPV
— The Wall Street Journal (@ WSJ) July 23, 2025

Republican lawmakers shrugged off the latest hit piece.
“We were with [Trump] last night. He’s fine. He’s gonna release everything,” Rep. Ralph Norman told Politico.

As expected, Democrat lawmakers are attacking President Trump after The Wall Street Journal’s latest hit piece.
The Justice Department responded with fire.
This is a collection of falsehoods and innuendo designed to push a bullshit narrative and drive clicks https://t.co/PjMOcOOWCt
— Gates McGavick (@ GatesMcgavick) July 23, 2025

White House spokesperson Steven Cheung told AXIOS, “This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media.”

The Wall Street Journal also dropped a ‘hit piece’ on President Trump last Thursday evening.
According to the hit piece published by The Wall Street Journal, President Trump wrote Jeffrey Epstein a “bawdy” letter for his 50th birthday depicting a naked woman.
President Trump denied he wrote the letter.

Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly prepared a ‘special gift’ and collected letters written from Trump and other people.
“Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
“Pages from the leather-bound album—assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006—are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago, according to people who have reviewed the pages. It’s unclear if any of the pages are part of the Trump administration’s recent review,” WSJ reported.

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​Dead Letter: Group of Military Officers and Civilian Pentagon Staff Plot to Force Pete Hegseth Out as SecDef

The Daily Mail reported Wednesday on a plot by a group of military officers and civilian Pentagon staff to force Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth out of office through a public pressure campaign based on a letter signed by Pentagon insiders.

Citing the usual deep state concerns about Hegseth’s leadership, priorities and performance, three of the coup plotters spoke on background to the Daily Mail about the scheme (excerpt from long detailed article):
Three Pentagon officials — two military and one civilian, and each with at least 20 years in the department — spoke on the condition of anonymity.
…The three Pentagon officials we spoke with told us that a small group of their colleagues — including officers from all military branches except for the Coast Guard — and some civilian workers met at a private home in May to discuss how to get the word out about what they view as Hegseth’s incompetence.

They agreed the message would be stronger coming from current rather than retired DOD personnel.
Attendees jointly decided to give themselves a few months to agree on the wording of a joint letter that they would either send to the news media, run as an ad in a major newspaper or launch online via social media or a newly created web site.
They set a deadline for mid-July — this week — to finalize the letter so it could be made public by next Friday, the 25th, which marks Hegseth’s half-year in office.

The letter is written but, as the planned launch date nears, organizers are undecided about whether it should be signed only by the few people willing to jeopardize their careers, or if there’s a way to organize broader engagement throughout the military by protecting signers’ identities.
The group is in discussion with a public relations advisor, tech consultant and community organizers in hopes of finding a way to broadcast their complaints far and wide throughout the U.S. while limiting the risk of retaliation.

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​DECLASSIFIED DOCS: Russian Intel Obtained DNC Comms on Hillary Clinton’s “Alarming” Health Problems – Placed on “Heavy Tranquilizers,” Suffering From Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Angry Outbursts

DNI Tulsi Gabbard released her second batch of previously undisclosed documents on Wednesday morning that include more proof that Barack Obama directly gave the order to publish Russia Collusion hoax knowing there was no proof to back it up.
Wednesday’s document release followed Friday’s document dump by ODNI Tulsi Gabbard of a declassified December 2016 presidential briefing revealing Barack Obama knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was a hoax.
According to the newly declassified documents, Russian Intelligence obtained DNC communications revealing Hillary Clinton’s state of health to be “extraordinarily alarming.”

“As of September 2016, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) had Democratic National Committee (DNC) information that President Obama and party leaders found the state of Secretary Clinton’s health to be “extraordinarily alarming” and felt it could have “serious negative impact” on her election prospects. Her health information was being kept in “strictest secrecy” and even close advisors were not being fully informed,” the report said.

“The SVR possessed DNC communications that Clinton was suffering from “intensified psycho-emotional problems, including uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression and cheerfulness.” Clinton was placed on a daily regimen of “heavy tranquilizers” and while afraid of losing, she remained “obsessed with a thirst for power.”
“The SVR also had information that Clinton suffered from “Type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, deep vein thrombosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” the report read.

Clinton showed signs of ill health during the 2016 election but the media did everything to cover for her.

WATCH:
Hillary Clinton 9/11 NYC pic.twitter.com/q9YnsjTxss
— Zdenek Gazda (@ zgazda66) September 11, 2016

The Clinton campaign then released a statement from Hillary’s doctor stating she was diagnosed with pneumonia on that day which led to her fainting episode.
“Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during follow-up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning’s event she became overheated and dehydrated. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely,” Clinton’s doctor said on September 11, 2016.
Later that day Hillary Clinton was spotted leaving Chelsea’s NYC apartment.

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​Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron Sue American Political Commentator Candace Owens for Saying First Lady of France Was Born a Man

Besides the endless French political and economic crises that President Emmanuel Macron is faced with daily, he also has had to deal with ‘domestic’ problems in the strictest sense of the word.
Reports have arisen that the series of incidents involving Macron’s elderly wife, Brigitte – she hit him in the face in Vietnam, ignored his helping hand in London – all stem from her ‘secret despair’ over the unrelenting rumors regarding her biological sex.
And things got even more dramatic after a French appeals court cleared two women previously convicted of defamation for stating that Brigitte was born a man.

So, after gearing up to appeal to a higher court, the enraged first lady of France is now taking the fight across the Atlantic, to try to squash this story feeding trolls and ‘conspiracy theorists’.

Watch: back in May, the Macrons arrived in Vietnam ‘in style’.
#French President Emmanuel #Macron was allegedly hit in the face by his wife, Brigitte Macron, as they exited the plane upon official arrival in #Vietnam on May 25. The incident was captured on camera. pic.twitter.com/w5NyhShpAz
— Shanghai Daily (@ shanghaidaily) May 26, 2025

Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit IN us CVOURT against Candace Owens FOR ‘relentless and unjustified smear campaign’ alleging that Brigitte was born a man.
Independent reported:
“The 219-page defamation complaint filed in Delaware state court on Wednesday accuses Owens of proliferating ‘demonstrably false’ claims through her platforms, including in an eight-part podcast and on social media, designed to feed a ‘frenzied fan base’ in ‘pursuit of fame’, the Macrons allege.

‘These lies have caused tremendous damage to the Macrons’, according to the lawsuit, which names Owens as well her business entities, which are incorporated in Delaware.”

The claims subjected the Macrons to a “campaign of global humiliation, turning their lives into fodder for profit-driven lies’, according to the lawsuit.

“Owens has dissected their appearance, their marriage, their friends, their family, and their personal history — twisting it all into a grotesque narrative designed to inflame and degrade’, the complaint alleges. ‘The result is relentless bullying on a worldwide scale. Every time the Macrons leave their home, they do so knowing that countless people have heard, and many believe, these vile fabrications. It is invasive, dehumanizing, and deeply unjust’.”

Watch: Owens’ reaction to the Appeals court clearing the two women for defamation – ‘Piers Morgan, you owe me $150,000’.

CANDACE OWENS WINS THE LAWSUIT!

Brigitte Macron was born a MALE. pic.twitter.com/7DNGuKqAnr

— Christy (@ Christy4Change) July 11, 2025

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​UPDATE: DNI Tulsi Gabbard Makes Surprise Appearance!… WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt Delivers First Press Briefing Since Latest Russiagate BOMBSHELL and Criminal Referral of OBAMA and Officials

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to deliver her weekly press briefing this afternoon, just days after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exposed the Obama Administration’s treasonous conspiracy to undermine Trump before he took office in 2017. 
Gabbard declassified a December 2016 presidential briefing, revealing Barack Obama knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was a hoax. Still, he used fabricated intelligence and directed his intelligence community to undermine the legitimacy of Trump’s first term.
According to Gabbard, Obama personally ordered them to “manufacture a new intelligence assessment” on Russian interference, despite no evidence backing such claims.

Gabbard’s report alleges the use of discredited Steele dossier content—funded by Clinton allies—to falsely inflate the Russiagate narrative and dupe the American people. 

On Friday, Gabbard announced that she was providing the documents to the Department of Justice to prosecute the individuals behind the Russiagate hoax.
President Trump responded during a press conference on Tuesday and tore into Obama, Clinton, Biden, Clapper, Comey, and the rest of their gang, calling for “ringleader” Barack Obama to face “very severe consequences” for “treason.”
“Barack Hussein Obama is the ringleader. Hillary Clinton was right there with him, and so was Sleepy Joe Biden, and so were the rest of them: Comey, Clapper, the whole group,” Trump said.

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