Posts on Friday, February 21, 2025
ICE Raids Texas Bakery: 8 Illegal Aliens
Arrested, Owners Charged for Harboring
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Arrested, Owners Charged for Harboring
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided Abby’s Bakery in South Texas, arresting eight illegal aliens and slapping the bakery’s owners with charges of harboring and abetting criminals.
The bakery owners, Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel, admitted to knowingly hiring and sheltering illegal aliens—an act that flouts federal law and contributes to the ongoing border crisis.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) confirmed that the pair was charged with bringing in and harboring aliens and aiding and abetting the harboring of aliens, offenses that carry serious penalties under U.S. law.
Kathie Lee Gifford says Trump saved her
from 'psychopathic murderer' after she
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from 'psychopathic murderer' after she
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Singer and author Kathie Lee Gifford joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss her new book, ‘Herod & Mary,’ and gives an update on her latest projects. Kathie Lee Gifford is speaking out about how President Donald Trump saved her and her newborn daughter from a dangerous stalker. [Snip] "The FBI called my husband, and they said, ... he's coming to get your wife," she shared. [Snip] The Daytime Emmy Award winner recalled that Frank told the FBI he would not agree to its request that he and Gifford keep their usual schedules until he made one call. "And he called Donald," she said.
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy
Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service
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Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service
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In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's top officer, the Air Force vice chief of staff, and the judge advocates general of three service branches.
President Donald Trump, in a social media post, announced the firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown and nominated currently retired and little known Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to take the post.
Then, minutes later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he had fired the Navy's top officer -- Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to hold the post
In a stunning display of partisan opposition, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) recently stirred controversy by openly expressing her support for Mexico and Canada over the United States amid President Trump's administration. Her comments, which have raised eyebrows among many, reflect a troubling trend of prioritizing foreign interests over national unity. It's a stark reminder of how far some are willing to go in resisting political opponents, even if it means undermining American interests in favor of foreign nations. As Crockett herself put it, “It’s really wild” – and the implications are anything but trivial.
Washington—Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel were sworn in Friday following their respective Senate confirmations.
Lutnick, confirmed by a 51-45 vote, was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office as Trump looked on. (X Video) “We are going to get rid of so much waste, fraud, and abuse. We’re not going to hurt anybody, but we’re going to get rid of it,” Lutnick said. “And then we are going to grow this economy in a way that we have never seen.” (X Video) Lutnick said his goal is for the administration to balance the budget because of Trump’s understanding of global business, calling him
Washington— The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.
It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those lists did not include uniformed military personnel, who are exempt. Probationary employees are generally those on the job for less than a year and who have yet to gain civil service protection.
“We anticipate reducing the Department’s civilian workforce by 5-8% to produce efficiencies and refocus the Department on the President’s priorities
ABC News is reporting that the transgender community in Los Angeles was the “hardest hit” by the recent deadly wildfires, because of “the destruction of a safe space, built with love and care to support their healing.”
The claim is that because three “transitional” homes burned down, transgender residents suffered more than other residents, after thousands of homes, churches, libraries, grocery stores, community centers, andThe “transitional” homes were not even unique to transgender residents; they were also halfway houses for people recently released from prison, and for homeless people whom L.A. is trying to move off the streets.
ABC reported: businesses were lost.
Trump’s multi-billion-dollar rare earth
deal with Zelensky close after envoys
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deal with Zelensky close after envoys
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KYIV — The Trump administration is close to a deal with Ukraine for access to hundreds of billions of dollars worth of mineral rights in a giant step toward ending Russia’s brutal war on the European nation just three days before the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion, The Post can reveal.
Full details of the tentative agreement were unclear late Friday, but the good-cop-bad-cop approach of President Trump and his special envoy, retired Gen. Keith Kellogg, helped close the gap between Washington and Kyiv.
Kellogg, believed to be one of the few Trump administration officials still sympathetic to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, began his two-day trip
Kash Patel, who was recently sworn in to serve as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), warned that there would not be a “two-tier system of justice,” but rather one “singular system of justice for all Americans.”
“For those of you who think that there’s going to be a two-tier system of justice — not with Attorney General Bondi,” Patel said. “There is a singular system of justice for all Americans, and there will be accountability.” “And, the reason that this mission is so important is simply the following; a hundred thousand people last year — raped,” Patel added. “A hundred thousand people died of CCP fentanyl
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.
The ouster of Brown, only the second Black general to serve as chairman, is sure to send shock waves through the Pentagon.
His 16 months in the job had been consumed with the war in Ukraine and the expanded conflict in the Middle East.
“I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our
The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 21 declined to allow the Trump administration to immediately fire Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.
The court ruled that, at least for the time being, it will allow a temporary block of Dellinger’s firing to stand until it expires next week.
The application by the Trump administration to undo the order which is set to expire on Feb. 26, will be “held in abeyance”—or delay action—until that date.The Trump administration argued it had the authority to fire Dellinger even though he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Feb. 16 to allow it to fire
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.
The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," as President Trump did last month with an executive order.
Supreme Court rules that government watchdog
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fired by Trump may temporarily remain
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The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week.
By declining to back Trump’s emergency appeal, the conservative court nominally sided with Dellinger, who President Joe Biden appointed in 2024 to lead the Office of Special Counsel for a five-year term but who White House officials fired in a brief email days after Trump returned to power. The Dellinger appeal was the first to reach the Supreme Court tied to Trump’s whirlwind of activity since returning
The White House national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Friday that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was expected to sign a minerals agreement with the United States imminently, as part of broader negotiations to end the war with Russia.
“Here’s the bottom line: President Zelenskyy is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term,” Waltz said during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The statement comes amid an increasingly public dispute between Zelenskyy and Donald Trump, with Waltz telling Fox News this week that the Ukrainian leader needed to “tone it down” and sign the proposed agreement.
Democrats silent on Patel as first ‘person
of color’ FBI director despite previous
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of color’ FBI director despite previous
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Democrats have remained notably silent since Kash Patel became the first "person of color" to head the FBI, after previously emphasizing diversity and representation on the campaign trail and during the Biden era.
Patel, a fervent Trump ally, underwent a rocky path to confirmation, with Democrats on the panel attempting to delay the vote earlier this month and continuing to protest his nomination into Thursday.
Despite the criticism, Democrats have yet to make note of Patel, who is Indian-American, making history as the first "person of color" FBI director.
National Harbor, Maryland — Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle proudly declared that “Andrew Breitbart was CPAC” at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. (Photo) Speaking with White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair on stage at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Boyle gave a shout-out to the late founder of Breitbart News after mentioning some of President Donald Trump’s accomplishments since he reentered office.
“I think I saw somebody say that there are more executive orders we’ve seen President Trump sign than there are prime time viewers on CNN, right? But the level of action is just incredible…
Chelsea Milburn is a disabled veteran of the United States Navy who, until recently, worked for the United States Department of Education. As part of cuts from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, she has lost her job. On Wednesday, she appeared on the news and lamented, “They don’t care about how this impacts me or people like me. And to me, it’s inhumane. It feels like they’re ignoring our personhood and not respecting us as human beings or as American citizens.” She is not wrong.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have channeled their inner Miley Cyrus and come into office like a wrecking ball. Musk’s private sector ideal
Washington— President Trump revealed Friday that he’s considering merging the US Postal Service with the Commerce Department.
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that his administration is looking at a “merger” of the two government institutions to increase efficiency.
“We want to have a post office that works well and doesn’t lose massive amounts of money, and we’re thinking about doing that, and will be a form of a merger, but it’ll remain the Postal Service, and I think it’ll operate a lot better than it has been over the years,” Trump said.
He had floated the consideration back in December after learning that the USPS lost $9.5 billion
‘Speaking Truth To Power’: Dem Rep
Literally Says She Is ‘Rooting For’
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Literally Says She Is ‘Rooting For’
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Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett disclosed on Friday that she is “rooting for” Canada and Mexico due to their opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump influenced both Canada and Mexico to pledge on Feb. 3 to bolster their border security efforts with the United States in exchange for a 30-day pause on the 25% tariffs he had announced. Crockett, on “The Breakfast Club,” admitted it is “really wild” that she is supporting these nations over her own, but said she appreciated their defiance of the Trump administration.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum filed a controversial series of changes to the country’s constitution that would essentially block any investigation or action by foreign law enforcement agencies without their permission. The provisions could enable Mexico to criminally pursue anyone involved in those investigations. The changes come after the United States designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and announced the intent to eradicate them.
This week, Sheinbaum filed a series of changes to the country’s constitution that, if approved by the legislative branch, would change Articles 40 and 19 of Mexico’s constitution.
Acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello has been removed from his position amid reports President Trump is unhappy with the pace of deportations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this month it was reported that President Trump and border czar Tom Homan were reportedly unhappy with the current number of deportations.
According to a report by NBC, Trump and Homan were disappointed with the pace of deportations so far and demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramp up their operations.
Caleb Vitello was reassigned to oversee all field and enforcement operations.
"Are you not going to comply with that?" Trump asked Mills."I'm complying with state and federal laws," she responded, before Trump said "Well, we are the federal law" and "you better do it, you better do it because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't." "And by the way, your population, even though it's somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports, so you better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding," Trump continued.
"We'll see you in court," Mills responded.
President Donald Trump briefly quarreled with Maine Governor Janet Mills on Friday after announcing that the Democratic-run state will not receive any more federal funding until it complies with his recent executive order barring men from competing in women’s sports.
Trump directly asked Mills whether Maine will abide by federal law when it comes to protecting women’s sports. Mills responded she is “complying with state and federal laws.” Trump shot back.
“We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t,”
During an interview with Brian Kilmeade, President Donald Trump sounds like he is battling the same cold as me. However, on the serious side, President Trump goes through the geopolitical map of challenges being faced and gives a brutally honest perspective on the current status. At 06:30 of the interview, President Trump outlines his current opinion on the Ukraine President and the reason for it. President Trump talks about the simple process of creating a surety (rare earth minerals) for U.S. taxpayer funds that have been sent to Zelenskyy, and the outline of a deal the people who control Zelenskyy ultimately rejected.
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols removed his temporary block on the effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID staffers from their posts and give those abroad a 30-day deadline to move back to the U.S. at government expense. His ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by unions on behalf of workers. They say the rush to dismantle the agency had cut off some staffers overseas from emergency communications systems, including some in
The University of Notre Dame has been on a decades-long warpath of undermining its Catholic mission at the altar of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology. But that drive could be on a collision course with the Trump administration’s threat to revoke federal funding from DEI schools.
Just before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donald Trump, Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy sent a faculty-wide email stating that the hiring priorities of the school were to increase “the number of women and underrepresented minorities” and that those DEI goals were “equally important” to hiring Catholic faculty.
AG Pam Bondi vows to release bombshell
Jeffrey Epstein documents — which could
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Jeffrey Epstein documents — which could
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President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday teased plans to release bombshell documents in Jeffrey Epstein’s case — which could include his client list.Bondi said there are “a lot of documents” related to the dead pedophile’s case sitting “on her desk” waiting to be reviewed during an interview with Fox News.
She said she was briefed on the materials shortly after being confirmed to her high-profile post in the Trump administration — and that looking at them was a “directive” from the president himself.
“The [Department of Justice] may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients – will that really happen?” Bondi was asked during a live broadcast Friday afternoon.
Leading doctors are warning that President Donald Trump is potentially letting one of the world's deadliest infections take hold in the US following his freeze on global health aid.
Dr Amesh Adalja, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of public health, told DailyMail.com that mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - could become a real global emergency in the wake of Trump's drastic move.
In August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a 'public health emergency of international concern', following a surge in cases in the The US government, up until now, has maintained partnerships in global health security and development with the DRC and throughout Africa,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has charged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to “hustle” the US by claiming in public that he unilaterally rejected a deal to sign away half of his nation’s rare earth minerals — while telling American negotiators in private that he would discuss the matter with Kyiv’s legislature.
Rubio said the misrepresentation enraged him, Vice President JD Vance, and Russia and Ukraine special envoy Keith Kellogg after the trio met Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference last weekend and discussed the finer points of the $500 billion economic investment deal, which the Trump administration has described as a security guarantee to Kyiv.
‘Morale low’ at ‘The View’ after
hosts asked to dial back Trump criticisms,
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hosts asked to dial back Trump criticisms,
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The fiery hosts at ABC’s “The View” have faced pressure to dial back their anti-President Trump rhetoric — even as “morale is low” among staffers following layoffs and unpopular cost-cutting moves, The Post has learned.
A source close to the show’s co-hosts — Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro — said the mood on the set is increasingly tense at the daytime talk show.
That’s partly because Brian Teta, executive producer of “The View,” spoke to staffers about “going easy” on Trump-related commentary in the days leading up to the 47th president taking the oath of office,
President Donald Trump announced Thursday his intention to personally inspect the United States’ gold reserves housed at Fort Knox.
This announcement comes amid growing speculation regarding the actual contents of the United States Bullion Depository.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has called for a long-overdue audit of the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox—reportedly something that hasn’t happened in nearly 50 years.
Trillions in Graft
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In their desperation to shield the U.S. Treasury Department from the DOGE forensics team, Democrats and most media are wailing that Elon Musk is unelected and thus has no right to audit the finances of the rabidly partisan and notoriously corrupt Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Yes, Democrats, Elon Musk is unelected. And by Democrat logic, IRS supervisors and other Treasury Dept functionaries are also unelected, so by what right do they voyeuristically snoop on the finances of millions of Americans, criminally leak private tax returns of disfavored conservative citizens to the media, and inflict punitive audits and confiscatory penalties disproportionately on Republicans
Hurricane, a Secret Service dog who rose to fame protecting the Obama White House, died last week in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Belgian Malinois wrestled a 23-year-old intruder on Oct. 22, 2014, who came within 100 yards of the former president and former first lady. The man was first approached by another Secret Service K-9, Jordan, but he successfully fought the dog off. That’s when the man had a run-in with Hurricane, who came from the east side of the lawn to wrestle him to the ground allowing Secret Service agents to take him into custody.
Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy's ability to turn a phrase in hilarious fashion has become legendary. The witty senator didn't disappoint on Thursday as he ripped into the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and called on Congress to stop funding all public broadcasting (emphasis, mine). President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is looking for fat to trim. As far as I’m concerned, this gravy train – this gravy train with biscuit wheels called the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – is the perfect example of a project the American people no longer need and should not fund.
After providing examples of blatantly biased headlines and slanted content
President Trump announced on Thursday that Maine will lose federal funding if it keeps defying his executive order and allowing men to play in women’s sports.
The president issued his declaration when speaking before a crowd of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday. “We’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up,” Trump said. (X Video) As Breitbart News reported earlier this month, the president signed an executive order to “re-write federal Title IX education rules to withhold federal funds from schools that allow transgender athletes to play as females.”
The Gateway Pundit reported that on Thursday morning, Hamas terrorists released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two murdered babies.
The body of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage taken at just nine months old, was paraded through the streets to celebratory music along with the bodies of his brother, Ariel, only four when he was kidnapped, and a body said to be of their mother, Shiri, 33.
The body of Oded Lifshitz, 84, was also released.
During the transfer of the bodies to the Red Cross for return to Israel, cheering Gazans lined the streets with celebratory music.
Now, disturbing new details are emerging
Hooters - known for its scantily-clad waitresses - is the latest American restaurant chain facing financial problems.
Bosses at the chain are in urgent talks with lenders and advisers as the popular chain tries to address $300 million of debts, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
Earlier this year, Hooters shuttered around 40 'underperforming' restaurants including locations Florida, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia as it bid to cut costs.
But debts are mounting and more drastic action is needed for the 41-year-old brand.
If Hooters cannot refinance its debt, it would have to consider bankruptcy and more closures.
Like other struggling chains such as Red Lobster
Vance Vindicated: 74-Year-Old Woman Charged
After ‘Silent Vigil’ Outside Abortion
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After ‘Silent Vigil’ Outside Abortion
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A 74-year-old woman has been charged after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Scotland less than a week after U.S. Vice President JD Vance highlighted the draconian thought crime laws in the UK.
The pro-life activist has reportedly become the first person to be arrested and charged under Scotland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, the BBC reported.
The law, which came into force last year, prohibits any protests or vigils being held within 200m (656ft) of abortion clinics in Scotland, mirroring similar restrictions enacted in England and Wales.
In footage widely distributed on social media, the 74-year-old woman was heard asking police: “Am I committing an offence?”
Steve Bannon said Thursday a “choir” of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters should perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts now that President Donald Trump is the venue’s chairman.
Bannon said the choir would be welcomed at the center with Ric Grenell serving as president – and after Trump was elected as chair by a board he appointed.
While addressing a crowd at the annual CPAC convention, Bannon also suggested that “elites” who usually get the best seats at the Kennedy Center should spend a night in a “gulag.”
“The J-sixers are here at CPAC,” he said. “All of them! From the medium, high-security prisons to the US penitentiaries.
The Trump administration is making good on its promise to drain the swamp and restore law and order, as Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired Pamela Hicks from her role as Chief Counsel of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Trump made it clear last week that he would eliminate all Biden-appointed U.S. Attorneys who contributed to the weaponization of the justice system.
It is easy to portray US President Donald Trump’s demand for a minerals deal as a cynical effort to take advantage of the victim of aggression when he has no other choice. The reality, however, is far more complex, and a deal between the US and Ukraine could offer significant benefits for Ukraine.
At the moment, Ukraine is sitting on vast reserves of untapped natural resources wealth. A good portion is in territory occupied by Russia and thus inaccessible to Ukraine; the rest, while in unoccupied territory, is not likely to be developed successfully until there is an end to Russia’s attacks against Ukraine.
Victor Davis Hanson examines the resurgence of Trump's influence and what it is a "counter-revolution" against:
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: They call it the "MAGA Revolution." It is not a revolution, it is a counter-revolution. There's a big difference.
This is a restoration, let's use the word restoration.
We don't know or appreciate what we've been through with eight years of the Obama administration and then the third more radical term of Obama using or employing the waxen effigy of Joe Biden.
The revolution that we've experienced was cultural, economic, political, and social.
Hamas terrorists brutally murdered two toddlers, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, with their “bare hands” in November 2023 while the Israeli children were held captive in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces revealed on Friday.
“Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement. “The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys—they killed them with their bare hands. Afterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities.”
The revelation comes after Hamas failed to return the body of Shiri Bibas together with her two sons in violation of the cease-fire agreement’s first phase lasting six weeks.
LGBTQ, Inc.
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American life today is characterized in no small part by nearly ceaseless exposure to LGBTQ propaganda. Everywhere you turn, you’re confronted with “the message,” be it in grade schools, on college campuses, while watching television or movies, or at work. There are no “safe spaces” sheltered from the deluge—not even FEMA’s hurricane recovery efforts have been spared.
How did such a small “community” capture America’s institutions? The answer is complex, but a new database by The Project to Expose Corporate Activism (PECA) shines a light on a significant part of the story.
PECA’s database shows that corporations have become the vanguard of the LGBTQ
The Trump administration is considering steps that could give it more control over the independent US Postal Service, according to multiple published reports. It’s a move that could upend how Americans get critical deliveries including online purchases, prescription drugs, checks and vote-by-mail ballots.
The Washington Post first reported late Thursday, citing numerous anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump planned to disband the US Postal Service’s Board of Governors and place the agency under direct control of the Commerce Department and Secretary Howard Lutnick. The Wall Street Journal also Friday reported on the plan to dissolve the commission, citing government officials.
The Postal Service did not respond to requests for comment.
The US government will end the temporary protected status (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians living in the country in August, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
This comes despite deteriorating conditions in the Caribbean country, with gangs controlling about 85% of the capital and sexual violence against children increasing by 1,000% last year, according to the United Nations.
TPS is granted to nationals of designated countries facing unsafe conditions, such as armed conflict or environmental disasters.
US President Donald Trump has moved to overhaul parts of the US immigration system since returning to office and promised "mass deportations" and arrests.
Progressives are struggling with recruitment, morale and fundraising as they seek a path forward heading into next year’s midterm elections. While some on the left, such as Justice Democrats, have called for primary challenges to moderate Democrats in 2026, many progressives acknowledge the hurdles and lack of attention they face. Despite a couple of names floated, like former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) who is believed to be considering another House bid, liberals are more disorganized about their potential challenger roster. They’re also contending with waning donor enthusiasm. All together, these predicaments paint a picture of a left wing in trouble
Sen. Tina Smith won’t run again
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U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D) shook up the state’s political landscape next week, announcing she won’t seek re-election when her seat is up in 2026.
Smith, 66, said she wanted to spend more time with family and will end a career in public service that also included a stint as the state’s lieutenant governor under former Gov. Mark Dayton.
Dayton appointed Smith to the Senate in 2018, following the resignation of former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, and she won both a special election later that year, and then a six-year term with a 2020 victory over Republican Jason Lewis.
But with 2026 and another election approaching, Smith said is opting out of politics.
During an appearance on Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” long-time Democrat strategist and media commentator James Carville declared the collapse of President Donald Trump to be underway already.
Carville, who predicted former Vice President Kamala Harris would be elected to the presidency last November, cited polling and urged Democrats to “just sit back” and let the so-called “collapse” take place.
“[L]et me back up,” he said. “We went with our seven-string quarterback, and we lost by a point and a half, and we actually picked up a congressional seat. So, if you’re asking me, did I think that she was going to win and she didn’t win? Yes,
The Insanity In Washington
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We’ve noted before that Democrats and progressives are, with some exceptions, of course, mentally imbalanced. What we’ve seen in the first month of the Trump administration, though, is appalling. The political left in this country needs an intervention before it goes completely mad.
We say this because:
New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday said – from the Senate floor – “At a time when incidents in the air and on the runways in and our airports seem to be increasing, why would we cut the very people meant to prevent them? Simple. Donald Trump and DOGE are doing it like they’re
The Founding Fathers expected elected legislators to remain closest to the sovereign people in both interests and affection. Those great men got many things right, but boy did they get that one wrong.
“Suppose you were an idiot,” literary legend Mark Twain once wrote. “And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
Nonetheless, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb. 3-16, those beleaguered legislators may thank President Donald Trump for a 70 percent increase in their approval rating since Jan. 17, three days before the president’s inauguration.
Tensions between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ramping up amid negotiations to ultimately end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump blasted Zelenskyy for being a “dictator without elections” who lost massive amounts of U.S. aid and was responsible for millions of unnecessary deaths. The U.S. president also blasted Zelenskyy for having a four percent approval rating. That percentage was widely contested by the media and even X’s “community notes” which claimed Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 57 percent.
As it turns out, the source of the 57 percent approval claim is suspect, at best.
“Claims that Zelensky has an approval rate of 57% are from the Kyiv International Institute
As we walk in the deep weeds of how the Russia/Ukraine conflict and negotiated peace agreement (likely ceasefire) is unfolding, each granular step is worth reviewing.
President Trump’s envoy retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg and Ukraine President Zelenskyy had a meeting today. At the conclusion of the meeting a planned press conference and media availability was cancelled.(snip)President Trump is being President Trump, navigating a complicated dynamic in search of an optimal solution; and as he is prone to do, his attributions and explanations for his opinion’s cuts through the Gordian knot of diplomatic pretending.
In the background, the elements who support, control and utilize Zelenskyy for their own goals
Senator warmly welcomes home man who executed
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two FBI agents after Biden commuted his sentence replies
A so-called Native American activist convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975 was welcomed home by a congressional Democrat on Tuesday after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence.
According to the FBI, in 1975 two FBI agents named Jack Coler and Ronald Williams traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to serve arrest warrants for robbery and assault.
What ensued next was a shoot-out during which the two agents were killed at close range by activist Leonard Peltier. (X) “An examination of the physical evidence concluded that Agents Williams and Coler had been killed at close range by a .223 type bullet,” the FBI notes.
The Missing Corpse
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We need someone of Freud’s intelligence to write a book on the psychopathology of Islamist terrorism. Rather than producing the fourth hostage corpse — right there we have a couple of symptoms — it turns out that Hamas substituted the corpse of a random non-hostage in lieu of that of Mrs. Bibas yesterday.
At the moment Mrs. Bibas is unaccounted for. I infer that her kidnappers have murdered Mrs. Bibas, as they did the Bibas boys, but I’m beyond the limit of my insight into the psychopathology of Islamist terrorism.
Just as a reminder, Hamas had announced the return of Mrs. Bibas’s corpse along with that of her beautiful boys,
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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to speak a little bit today, very briefly, about the Pentagon under new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Did you notice that of all the controversial Trump nominees—Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, RFK, Tulsi Gabbard—the Left went after Pete Hegseth the most vehemently? And he required JD Vance to break that tie. There was a reason for that. He is proposing radical changes in the Pentagon.
(Snip)We spend $820 billion a year. It’s about 14% of the entire budget and it’s immune to criticism. And we are building $14 billion carriers.
This event happened in January, but it’s still relevant, especially as the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) nonsense is being swept away like the flood. Political commentator Coleman Hughes, who isn’t a conservative, was invited to discuss speech and race for a speaker series hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Abigail Shrier was also at the event. Hughes spokes about DEI and had the perfect parable about the DEI bureaucracy that’s spot-on and will likely infuriate the Left:
President Donald Trump has endorsed Representative Byron Donalds for the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race.
The announcement, made Thursday on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, signals a significant boost for Donalds’ prospective campaign.
Trump wrote:
I am hearing that Highly Respected Congressman Byron Donalds is considering running for Governor of Florida, a State that I love, and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
I know Byron well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a TOTAL WINNER! Byron has a great wife, Erika, and three beautiful sons.
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Many “innocent” Gazans joined the kidnapping and murder of Israeli civilians on October 7, while many more “celebrated” the massacre, as well as “the return of Jewish babies in coffins,” noted Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan Thursday , who called for the enclave to be “denazified” and “demilitarized” while urging the implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for the region.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan called for the full eradication of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas and the transformation of Gaza in line with President Trump’s vision, following the return of the bodies of a mother and her babies, as well as an elderly peace activist,
Canada has won a thrilling contest in overtime 3-2 against the USA amidst a politically charged atmosphere in Boston.
Conor McDavid's sudden death overtime strike gave Canada a thrilling 3-2 victory in the 4 Nations Face-Off final in what was a thrilling spectacle at a packed TD Garden, where resale tickets were going for as much as $2,300.
Much of the added interest came as a result of the tense geopolitical stand-off between the two North American nations following President Donald Trump's incendiary remarks.
Earlier in the day, Mr Trump reiterated that he intended to make Canada the 51st state of America,
A cult-like US group known as Zizians has been linked to a string of murders, sparking several arrests – who are the people behind this group and what do they believe? Jack Lasota, 34, who allegedly leads a group of a few dozen followers known as Zizians, was arrested on Sunday alongside Michelle Zajko, 32, and Daniel Blank, 26, on charges including trespassing and obstruction. Authorities say they are investigating at least six killings across the US that are allegedly connected to members of the group, including a double homicide in Pennsylvania, a knife attack in California, and the shooting of a US border guard in January.
After Hamas terrorists paraded the coffins of the Bibas children around Gaza before their Thursday release, it was hard to imagine that there was any room for the family’s tragic ordeal to get even worse. And yet, somehow it has.
A short while ago, the Israel Defense Forces announced a forensics examination identified Kfir and Ariel Bibas (who were nine months old and four years old at the time of their abduction) as two of the bodies returned by Hamas, determining that they were brutally murdered in November 2023.
While this tragic news was expected, another detail came as a shock: “During the identification process, it was determined
Are regular rideshare apps not thrilling enough for you? Need some excitement, or is it your fantasy to ride in a dark window-tinted SUV with an armed bodyguard like a scene out of “Succession?”
Well, now you’re in luck.
Protector is now available on the iOS and Mac App Store, offering rideshare services like we know with Uber and Lyft, but with a twist. Your ride comes with a personal “protector” in the form of former military and law enforcement professionals who are, of course, armed with guns.
To describe the new app in simple terms, one mobile app advisor, Nikita Bier, took to X on Wednesday.
“Over the last few months,