Fauci's top advisor indicted as 'co-conspiritor' in huge COVID cover-up

The United States Department of Justice dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, announcing that Dr. Richard Morens, one of Dr. Anthony Fauci's most trusted lapdogs, has been indicted for his starring role in the great COVID origins cover-up.

According to the DOJ press release, Morens was "charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting." To his credit, he did not get indicted for pedophilia.

Morens spent 16 years as a top adviser in the NIAID's Office of the Director, from 2006 to 2022. That would be the same joint where Fauci ran the show from 1984 to 2022.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had this to say about the indictment: "These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most during the height of a global pandemic. As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19. Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas."

Gee, ya think?

FBI Director Kash Patel piled on in a separate statement: "Circumventing records protocols with the intention of avoiding transparency is something that will not be tolerated by this FBI. Not only did Morens allegedly engage in the illegal obfuscation of his communications, but he received kickbacks for doing so. If you have engaged in activity conspiring against the United States, we will not stop until you face justice."

At NIAID, a ton of the information those so-called "experts" possessed flowed through channels that Morens either controlled or had serious pull with. The indictment claims he used that perch to rig the data that eventually got spoon-fed to the public about COVID and where it really came from. Part of the game plan allegedly involved steering grant money away from any research that dared challenge the approved narrative. He and his crew also supposedly huddled up in emails to plot how to bury their manipulation so some pesky Freedom of Information Act request wouldn't expose them later.

"[I] learned from our foia [sic] lady here how to make emails disappear after I am foia’d [sic] but before the search starts," Morens explained in a Feb. 24, 2021, email. "Plus I deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to gmail [sic]."

And he's a doctor [sic].

"[T]here is no worry about FOIAs. I can either send stuff to Tony [Fauci] on his private gmail [sic], or hand it to him at work or at his house," Morens wrote in an April of 2021. "He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble."

In yet another email from that same year, he told the recipients to just shoot the sensitive stuff straight to his Gmail account to skip the whole forwarding-and-deleting dance from his official accounts.

Even back in June of 2020, Morens was already thinking ahead about potential problems. "We are all smart enough to know to never have smoking guns, and if we did we wouldn’t put them in emails and if we found them we’d delete them," he wrote. Not very smart to put it in writing then, is he?

The DOJ press release notes that Morens could be looking at up to five years in prison for the conspiracy charge against the United States, plus up to 20 years on each count of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations. He could also face up to three years for each count of concealment, removal, or mutilation of records. Any actual sentence if he's convicted will be up to a federal judge after checking the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. 

The chances of this clown actually serving and amount of serious time is highly questionable. They rarely go to prison even though that's where they belong.

The case was investigated by the FBI along with the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. It will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph R. Baldwin and Bijon A. Mostoufi for the District of Maryland.

Finally, some accountability theater for the pandemic grift machine. About time.

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Jasmine 'I Was Like Yo' Crockett social media hypocrisy re: WHCD shooting

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, (D-TX) took to social media and delivered what can only be described as a master class in Democratic messaging schizophrenia about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend. 

In the chaos at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., gunman Cole Tomas Allen of California blasted through a security checkpoint armed with guns and knives. One Secret Service agent took a round to the chest but walked away thanks to his bulletproof vest.

The Justice Department hit Allen with charges including attempting to assassinate the president, transporting a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. 

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and a host of administration officials were there along with members of Congress and the media. Trump and the rest were hustled off the stage while the suspect got himself detained.Crockett, who just got bounced from her Democratic primary bid for U.S. Senate this year, cranked out multiple posts on the incident. Some of them condemned political violence. Others floated the usual conspiracy theory that assassination attempts on Trump are all staged productions.

On her official X and Threads accounts, she, along with her eyelashes said, "The political violence is unacceptable and must stop. I am grateful that everyone attending tonight’s WHCD is safe." 

But on her Jasmine For US campaign Threads account, she posted, "Has there ever been a president have this many close 'attempts' on their life?"

"Maybe it’s lax gun laws, maybe it’s lack of mental health funding, or maybe it’s fake . . . who knows," the post continued. Fox News Digital, who originally posted this story, reached out to Crockett's office for comment. A message was also left with the office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, (D-NY) seeking comment accompanied by his bizarre hand gestures.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the President pointed out that the whole mess proves the need for his proposed White House ballroom. Other administration officials and his allies in Congress jumped on the ballroom bandwagon right away. 

The dinner was hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association and not the White House, and it had more than twice as many guests as the proposed ballroom could hold. 

But the worst part was that both the President and Vice President were in the same room at the same time. I believe this is a huge mistake as the WHCD exposed. And wasn't it weird that when the shots were fired during the dinner, it was JD Vance who was first whisked out of the room while it took about 8 seconds more to get the President to safety? 

Anyway, back to the ballroom controversy.

A judge had, on multiple occasions, halted construction of the $400 million White House ballroom, ruling that it lacked congressional approval, while offering an exception for actions strictly necessary to ensure the safety and security of the White House and its grounds.

It turns out that a basketball court, a la Obama; solar panels in 1979 by Jimmy Carter; a press briefing room that was converted a swimming pool of FDR's and also added a bowling alley by Richard Nixon; and an outdoor swimming pool added by Gerald Ford.

FDR in 1942 expanded the East Wing by adding a second story and bunker during WW2 [not WW Eleven as Ilhan Omar mentioned]. He was criticized by Congress but went ahead anyway citing wartime executive priorities.

But allowing President Donald Trump to build a large ballroom? Forget about it. He must have Congress' approval.

Final thought: have you noticed how Hakeem Jeffries, and many Democrats, are going a bit wild with their hand gestures when they speak publicly?

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King Charles arrives in US to discuss Iran war and maybe even Islam

L-R: Queen Camilla, sans hijab, King Charles, sans head rag,
President Trump and Melania Trump

The state visit, by far the most high-profile and consequential of Charles' reign, marks the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence from British rule.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla on the day of an afternoon tea and McDonald's at the White House. 

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit. They were greeted by self-proclaimed royal fan Donald Trump, even as the president continues to have some very public differences with the British government over the war in Iran.

This whole production is easily the biggest and most important trip of Charles' time on the throne. It celebrates 250 years since we told the British to pound sand with the Declaration of Independence, and it is the first visit by a British monarch to America in two decades.

The royal couple landed at Joint Base Andrews, where diplomatic types, state officials, federal bigwigs, and British embassy staff rolled out the welcome mat. Some kids from British military families stationed here even handed over flowers. From there it was straight to the White House for the full dog-and-pony show. 

Trump and Melania greeted them warmly. There were cheek kisses from the First Lady with the king and queen, firm handshakes from the president, a quick pose for the cameras, and then everyone headed inside for private tea . . . and did someone say 'McDonald's?'

The rest of the week features a Tuesday address to Congress, a lavish state dinner back at the White House, and a Wednesday jaunt up to New York City. All of this is happening while Washington remains a bit jumpy after the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting on Saturday.

Trump has always been an unabashed fan of the British royal family and has regularly called Charles a "great man." That said, he has had some sharp disagreements with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government.

Starmer is probably hoping this visit papers over the cracks and rescues the "special relationship," which is currently in the worst shape it has seen since the Suez Crisis in 1956. The long-planned trip has gotten tangled up in a nasty political fight between the two countries over the US-Israeli war on Iran. Trump has made no secret of his deep displeasure with the British for not backing the offensive.

The 77-year-old king, who is still battling cancer, will address the US Congress on Tuesday. He will be only the second British monarch to do so.

Tea, crumpets, and McDonald's

After that the royals head to New York City to commemorate the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks ahead of the 25th anniversary. Camilla will also mark the centenary of the Winnie the Pooh stories. The trip wraps up in Virginia, where Charles will meet with folks doing conservation work. That is a nice little hat tip to his decades of environmental lecturing.

It is not known if he plans to spend time alone, but he did inquire as to the direction of Mecca. 

Britain's ambassador to the US, Christian Turner, said the visit would highlight the shared history, sacrifice, and common values between the two countries. He added that the approach would be very British: "Keep calm, carry on."

Trump has dialed back his criticism of Britain on the Iran issue in recent days. Even so, an internal Pentagon email floated the idea of reviewing the US position on Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands as payback for the lack of support. That certainly did not help the mood. 

One topic Charles will be working overtime to dodge is the Jeffrey Epstein mess. Royal sources say it simply is not possible for the couple to meet any of Epstein's victims during the trip, despite requests, because it could mess with potential criminal cases.

Charles' brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has seen his reputation and royal status torched by his ties to the late sex offender who supposedly committed suicide. The former Prince Andrew is facing police inquiries over those connections. 

He has denied any wrongdoing, but there are photos.

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POTUS calls for Kimmel to be fired; Melania calls the "comedian" a "coward"

President Trump called on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after the insensitive, low-talent jerk referred to the first lady as “an expectant widow” two days before Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And we all know what happened at the dinner.

“Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social, echoing a call made by the first lady earlier in the day.

“Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings, made a statement on his Show that is really shocking. He showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren’t, and never would be,” the president noted.

SO the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, got way more attention than usual because the president and first lady actually showed up for the first time since they entered the White House. Kimmel mocked the whole thing on his show Thursday night, delivering his own lame speech that included this gem: “Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”

What an butt-munch.

Melania Trump absolutely torched the late-night hack earlier Monday, calling him a “coward” who “hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.”“Enough is enough,” Melania added on X. “It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community?” 

The Trump administration went full scorched earth on Kimmel and also hammered the Democratic lawmakers whose unhinged rhetoric helped create the kind of atmosphere that led to Saturday night’s mess.

“Who, in their right mind, says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?” asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday. “And having experienced what I did with the first lady on Saturday night, I can tell you that she was anything but.”

Leavitt, who is nine months pregnant, was seated at the head table at Saturday night’s dinner, next to the first lady.

Both women had to crawl off stage as security escorted them, and the president, to safety. 

Kimmel is being blasted from every direction after Saturday’s attack on the gala dinner, where a Secret Service agent took minor injuries when a gunman charged a checkpoint in a pathetic attempt to kill President Trump and others in his administration.

The failed assassin suspect, Cole Allen, 31, was detained by authorities and was arraigned on multiple federal charges Monday afternoon in the DC federal court.

Monday marked the second time Trump has called for the Kimmel's firing. The first was in September 2025, when the scumcrumpet was yanked off the air for a week after affiliates revolted over his disgusting comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination.The week-long suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” triggered massive boycotts of Disney, with liberals screaming that it violated the First Amendment. But he's a Democrat, the media are Democrats, the Democrats hate conservatives like Charlie Kirk and Trump, so all they did was have Kimmel stand in the corner and promise to be a good boy for a while.

Melania Trump called for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired for his comments. Maybe more should be done to those who incite violence, even when it's implied.

Kimmel, ever the coward, failed to apologize upon his return to the air Sept. 23, but said: “It was never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.” 

But President Trump unloaded on ABC for handing him his show back anyway.

“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back,” he wrote in a Truth Social post at the time.

“The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there.”

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DOJ expects more charges against WHCD failed POTUS assassin

U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro [aka Judge Jeanine] dropped the hammer on Cole Tomas Allen, announcing that more charges are coming as this clown show of an investigation keeps rolling. She made it abundantly clear that this wasn't some random stunt. It was a straight-up attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and part of a bigger scheme to take out senior government officials.

“Those charges are only three charges that are in the complaint . . .  there will be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold,” Pirro said. “But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States.”

Pirro explained that Allen wasn't stopping at one target. The guy had big plans. He “made clear what his intent was, and that intent was to bring down as many of the high-ranking cabinet officials as he could,” she added. “This is the kind of situation that we cannot tolerate.”

Fortunately, Allen was incompetent and his plan failed.

Pirro wasn't having any of the usual nonsense excuses either, especially with the arsenal they found and the premeditated mess this joker put together.

“Any suggestion that he wasn’t there to do harm is absurd,” she said, noting the firearms were purchased in California and transported across state lines.

Pirro wrapped it up with a warning that lowlifes everywhere should probably take seriously. “Let this be a message to anyone who thinks that Washington, D.C., is the place to act out political violence,” she said. “If you are willing to do so with a firearm and cross state lines, we will find you. We will track your steps from the inception of your plan and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. Washington, D.C. is not the place to travel to commit acts of violence.”

Let's hope Allen gets what he deserves and not what the Left wants to give him.

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Failed Trump assassin warned gender dysphoric people they needed to buy guns

The failed Trump assassin, or suspected assassin, Cole T. Allen who tried to take out our president at the White House Correspondents' Dinner had gone on social media to encourage even more transgender people to buy guns than who already is packing. He worried the Trump administration might ban gender dysphoric people [those mentally ill individuals who sadly believe they were born in the wrong body, once it became a left-wing craze] from owning firearms.

Of course that is ridiculous because it's totally unconstitutional. 

A Bluesky account suspected to be Allen’s posted a CNN [Communist News Network] article, “Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say,” with the caption “Best time to buy a gun was <greater than or equal to your state’s waiting period> days ago Second best time is today.”

The September 2025 CNN article discussed a mass shooting that took place at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August, carried out by a “23-year-old transgender woman.” The article says the Department of Justice was “weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms” and framed this potential move as “a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s fight against the rights of transgender Americans.”

There have been a number of recent high-profile shootings in the past several years with ties to transgenderism, leading the Trump administration to examine the relationship between transgenderism and violence. Some of the confirmed U.S. mass shootings involving transgender perpetrators (broadly defined) are listed chronologically:

September 20, 2018 – Aberdeen, Maryland (Rite Aid warehouse)
Perpetrator: Snochia Moseley (26, transgender man). Killed 3 coworkers, injured 3 others, then died by suicide.

May 7, 2019 – Highlands Ranch, Colorado (STEM School Highlands Ranch)
Perpetrator: Alec McKinney (16, transgender boy; legally Maya Elizabeth McKinney at birth), with an accomplice. Killed 1 student, injured 8 others.

November 19, 2022 – Colorado Springs, Colorado (Club Q nightclub)
Perpetrator: Anderson Lee Aldrich (22, identified as nonbinary). Killed 5, injured 17.

March 27, 2023 – Nashville, Tennessee (The Covenant School)
Perpetrator: Audrey Hale (28, transgender man). Killed 6 (3 children, 3 adults), then killed by police.

August 27, 2025 – Minneapolis, Minnesota (Annunciation Catholic School/Church)
Perpetrator: Robin Westman (23, transgender woman; born Robert Westman). Killed 2 children, injured ~18 others (fired through church windows during Mass), then died by suicide.

February 16, 2026 – Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Dennis M. Lynch Arena, high-school hockey game)
Perpetrator: Robert Dorgan / Roberta Esposito / Roberta Dorgano (56, transgender woman). Killed 2 family members (ex-wife and son) and injured 3 others in a targeted family dispute, then died by suicide.

One caveat is that many of these transgender shooters had documented mental health issues with prior warnings and/or other complicated factors that we generally see with all mass shooters.

Claims of “dozens” or “disproportionate” rates often rely on unverified cases, broader active-shooter counts (including non-public or non-mass events), or disputed identifications. 

In general, transgender individuals tend more often to be victims of violence rather than perpetrators of same. 

Meanwhile it seems clear, at least to this writer, that Cole Allen, while apparently quite intelligent, is also quite crazy and thankfully, a very poor planner of violent assaults.

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We Have Allen's Manifesto

Unless you've been living in a hermetically-sealed room on the moon, or perhaps Somalia, you are probably aware that the White House Correspondence Dinner (WHCD) was disrupted by a man named Cole Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrence, California when he attempted to breach security and shoot people, most likely President Trump, and others in his administration. Fortunately, he was stopped after shooting a Secret Service agent in his tactical vest. 

Allen was tackled and taken into custody. Both he and the agent were taken to the hospital for non-life- threatening injuries.

While the motive is being sold to us as unknown, Allen apparently attended a "No Kings" rally and later admitted to targeting President Trump, his lovely wife Melania, Vice President JD Vance, and other top officials and congressional folks who attended the dinner.

Like all good psychopaths, Allen wrote a manifesto and we have a copy (via NY Post):

Hello everybody!

So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.

I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”

I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)

I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.

I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.

I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)

While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)

Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest

Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t*

Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

Rebuttals to objections:

Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.

Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.

Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.

Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?

This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.

Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.

Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.

Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.

Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack

Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.

Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.

I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.)

Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.

Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.

Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.

Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.

Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.

Thank you all for everything.

Sincerely,

Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen

PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.

Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.

What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.

No damn security.

Not in transport.

Not in the hotel.

Not in the event.

Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.

I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.

The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.

Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.

Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit.

Actually insane.

Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.

Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.

It appears that Cole Allen is a mentally ill, narcissist whose fifteen minutes of fame should land him life in the slammer. What a schmuck.

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White House Correspondents' Dinner.shooter had a manifesto

In a conversation with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, President Trump praised the "unified" response of guests and law enforcement after a gunman opened fire at the Washington Hilton, injuring a Secret Service agent and forcing the evacuation of the entire Cabinet during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting told law enforcement after his arrest Saturday night that he intended to target Trump administration officials, senior federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News.

Authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old scumwafer Cole Allen, of Torrance, Calif. He prepared a manifesto outlining his intent and shared anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on social media. As the dinner was underway, Allen allegedly rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton while armed with multiple weapons and opened fire, striking a Secret Service officer in his ballistic vest. 

Agents returned fire and tackled the shooter to the ground. The suspect and the injured officer were transported to a hospital. The Secret Service agent is expected to recover and the Democrats are expected to find a way to blame Trump.

This incident adds to a growing list of threats against President Donald Trump, including two confirmed assassination attempts and a recent incident involving an armed intruder at Mar-a-Lago.

Overnight, the FBI and local law enforcement secured Allen’s home in Torrance, California. A federal judge in the Central District of California is expected to approve a search warrant, which would allow investigators to search the residence.

The White House said Sunday that Allen’s brother contacted the New London Police Department in Connecticut prior to the shooting. He reported that Allen had sent family members an alleged manifesto outlining his intent to target administration officials.

Officials also said Allen’s social media included anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric. President Trump, speaking on Fox News’ "The Sunday Briefing," described Allen as "a very troubled guy," citing the manifesto. He said that if the White House had the ballroom he wanted, this would have never happened. 

He's probably right.

Allen’s sister, Avriana Allen, told investigators in Rockville, Maryland, that her brother had made increasingly radical statements and often spoke about doing "something" to address issues in the world.

She said he had purchased two handguns and a shotgun, which he stored at their parents’ home without their knowledge, and that he regularly trained at a shooting range.

She also told authorities that Allen was affiliated with a group called "The Wide Awakes" and had attended a "No Kings" protest in California, indicating that in all likelihood, he is a dedicated Democrat.

Investigators believe Allen traveled from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., by train, with a stop in Chicago, according to acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche. He said the investigation is ongoing and that more details are expected as formal charges are filed.

Blanche also noted that while the motive remains under investigation, authorities preliminarily believe Allen was targeting administration officials.

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White House Correspondence Dinner: what we know about the shooter

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cole Tomas Allen (aka Cole Thomas Allen, aka Cole Allen) 31, is from Torrence, California and is, of course, the "suspect" in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondence Dinner at the Washington Hilton, historically remembered as the same hotel where in 1981, then-President Ronald Reagan was the target of an attempted assassination.

Allen was a guest staying at the hotel. He was armed with a shotgun, handgun and several knives when he charged a security checkpoint outside the ballroom where the event was to take place and guests had gathered.

He exchanged gunfire with Secret Service and other law enforcement and fired at least once (some say several times). He struck a Secret Service agent in his bulletproof vest and the agent was hospitalized and expected to recover. There were no other injuries reported. Allen was quickly subdued and taken into custody--he was not shot--and was transported to Howard University Hospital for evaluation.

President Trump, Melania Trump, JD Vance and other officials were immediately evacuated. The President later called the shooter a "lone wolf" and praised the Secret Service.

The dinner will be rescheduled.

Allen, we know, worked as a part-time teacher/tutor at C2 Education, a test-prep and tutoring center in Torrence, CA, where he was named "Teacher of the Month" in December 2024. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Caltech and master's in computer science from California State University-Dominguez Hills (around 2024-2025).

Public records reveal that he donated $25 to a Kamala Harris supporting PAC in October 2024, and although California voting records do not show a party affiliation, it's unlikely that he votes Republican.

Allen appears to have acted alone and the motive is currently being investigated. It's possible that he doesn't like President Trump, but that's only speculation based on his behavior. How he was able to access the area is also being investigated and is probably related to him being a guest of the hotel.

FBI agents have been at his Torrence home.

He is being charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer, but more charges are expected.

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New York's East Village voted for Comrade Mamdani by 70%, now suing him

Comrade Mamdani

Leftists sometimes [however rarely] experience the misery that their cherished policies inflict on the rest of us in a direct manner. That's happening right now in the East Village, where they voted in massive numbers for the Marxist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, only to have him decide that they would be among the first to be punished. 

Mamdani’s fellow Twelver Shi’ite, the Ayatollah Khomeini, also allied with the Communists, only to imprison and kill them after he took power. Now Mamdani wants to inflict violent and criminal homeless people on the affluent leftists of the East Village. 

The idea is to demoralize and threaten them until they will support the authoritarian policies that are the heart and center of leftism. Well, it could not happen to a nicer bunch, but they are just toward the beginning of the line. There will be many more victims to come. As H.L. Mencken said in "A Little Book in C Major (1916): "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

East Village residents who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter.

The lawsuit, filed with the New York City Supreme Court on Monday, shows hesitation even among Mamdani supporters about the cost of implementing some of his plans.

News of the lawsuit has prompted conservative mockery online, with figures like Sen. Ted Cruz, (R-TX) noting the irony of Mamdani’s supporters turning on the fruits of his administration.

“Oops,” Sen. Ted Cruz said in a post to X.

“No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives. This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences,” Michael Henry, a former New York attorney general candidate, wrote on social media.“Not shocked,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said in a post.

Election District 45, the area that includes East Village, voted for Mamdani in a 70.1% victory over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, who garnered just 26.0% of the vote. It was one of those "hold your nose and vote" situations with these choices.

Even so, 10 residents joined the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) in their suit against the city after Mamdani announced plans earlier this year to turn a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide intake shelter to house homeless adult men.

The filing argues the city fast-tracked the process without proper environmental and legal safeguards.

Can I get an Allahu akbar!

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And another one bites the dust

The late, not great, Alireza Tangsiri

There have been loads of eliminations by the IDF of senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, Basij leaders, nuclear scientists, heads of the air force, ballistic missile scientists, government spokesmen, and many others. 

Well now, the long list recently got longer by one additional scumcrumpet with the announcement by Israel that it had removed IRGC naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, from the game of life. Tangsiri was the guy who organized the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and now he is with his virgin Capra aegagrus hircuses.

The IAF strike killed Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas, adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. The IDF and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed it after an Israeli official informed The Jerusalem Post earlier on Thursday.

Israeli defense sources have confirmed to the New York Post that the strike that killed Tangsiri took place early Thursday morning at 3 a.m. local time. The sources said that a number of Tangsiri’s top naval aides were killed in the same attack.

In a video statement issued on Thursday, the prime minister said Tangsiri had “a great deal of blood on his hands” and was the person “who led the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.” . . . Tangsiri was widely seen as taking an increasingly aggressive stance in recent weeks on Iran’s actions in the Gulf, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, but now his stance is forever prone.

Last week he threatened retaliation against US facilities in the region, warning civilians and workers to stay away. 

“Our list of targets is updated. Oil facilities associated with America are now on par with American bases and will come under fire with full force,” Tangsiri said at the time, before being blown into fish chum.

Scary stuff, no? Too bad that Admiral Tangsiri couldn’t be around to see how even more of his ships, now amounting to more than 100, and among them 92 percent of Iran’s largest warships, are now at the bottom of the Persian Gulf.

After Israel’s first main attack on Iran on October 26, 2024, when the IDF destroyed almost all of Iran’s air defenses, the Iranians promised a terrible revenge. Like the Monty Python Black Knight's call for retaliation, it never came. 

Then the Iranian regime rolled their shoulders, grabbed their crotches and threatened that if Israel launches any further attack on their country they would “wipe Israel off the face of the earth forever.” All bluster.

Why wait for another attack by Israel? Wasn’t that 12-day aggression by the Jewish state enough to justify an Iranian response that would end the Jewish state’s existence? If Iran was so all-powerful, why did it refrain from responding to that Israeli attack? 

The IRGC has its excuse: according to its version of events, Iran delivered a terrific blow against Israel in that war and has no need to respond further unless of course the Israelis were foolish enough to attack Iran again. Then Iran would not only repeat its previous “victory” but would wipe Israel “off the face of the Earth.” 

Yet another attack came and Am Yisrael Chai, baby. 

And now Alireza Tangsiri, author of yet more threats on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is dead.

Alireza Tangsiri did his best for his home team, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was the naval mastermind who carried out the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, directed maritime attacks on civilian structures and military targets in the Gulf Arab states, and supported the Houthis with intelligence that will be wasted on that group of cretins.

Who’s next on the IDF’s To-Do List?

The crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, has his own sources of information inside Iran. Many Iranians are fed up with the regime and have been for decades.

They have seen the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in the nuclear program go up in smoke. The tens of billions of dollars that Iran has spent on supporting its proxies with weaponry and money, especially Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, have similarly evanesced as a result of Israeli attack.

Finally, the crushing blow delivered by the IDF to Iran, and then the further damage done by the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, have so demoralized many members of the IRGC that some of them now want out. Also, not getting paid for their terrorism doesn't help the morale very much either.

They can no longer support a regime that has destroyed the country’s economy, with more than 30 percent of Iranians now living below the poverty line, that crushes peaceful dissent, and has misspent hundreds of billions of dollars both on failing proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah) and on a nuclear program that has just been demolished.

They sense the regime is crumbling and want to get out while there is still time.

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Guess who's running for re-election after resigning: un-freaking believable

What follows is stranger, and certainly funnier, than fiction.

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), who resigned from Congress before she was officially kicked out, is doing something so shameless, so typical of D.C., and I hate to admit it, something quite funny: she is running for re-election to her old seat. 

It creates another headache for Democrats, as Sheila was engulfed in a scandal where she reportedly stole millions in relief aid from FEMA. It was a lengthy investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and it became clear she was done when the most vocal left-wingers on the Hill were calling for her removal (via NOTUS):

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the embattled, now-former congresswoman who resigned from Congress this week ahead of potential expulsion, plans to defiantly run for reelection. Cherfilus-McCormick filed on April 17 to run again for her seat, and a campaign aide confirmed to NOTUS she is running — as a Democrat.

Cherfilus-McCormick stepped down from office Tuesday, a half hour before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to recommend punishment on an array of charges. The panel had previously found her guilty of 25 ethics violations, including allegedly stealing $5 million dollars in federal disaster-aid funds used to bolster her 2021 campaign as well as campaign-finance violations.

The committee had been investigating Cherfilus-McCormick for two years, issuing 58 subpoenas, interviewing 28 witnesses and reviewing over 33,000 documents.

Cherfilus-McCormick also faces criminal charges regarding the federal relief funds she received during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, a judge granted her a trial-date extension to February 2027.

In the meantime, she is running for the south Florida seat. 

Her resignation left the 20th Congressional District seat vacant and it is unclear when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to fill the vacancy. The Republican-led Legislature is also debating whether to redraw district maps in the state.

Look, only in the swamp does a politician get caught with her hand in the FEMA cookie jar for millions, get chased out by her own side, and immediately decide the voters deserve another shot at her. The Democrats must be thrilled to have this walking ethics indictment on the ballot again. Nothing says "we've learned our lesson" like running the same scandal-plagued candidate right back out there. South Florida is in for quite the show.

Who does she thinks she is anyway; a Somali businesswoman from Minnesota?

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There's a new guy actually running Iran and he's an obstacle to peace

Happy-Go-Lucky Ahmad Vahidi

After the US-Israeli airstrikes had shaken the very foundations of Iran’s leadership and left dozens of its top officials dead in the opening phase of the conflict, one figure emerged from the shadows to seize control of the Islamic Republic. This was no moderate reformer or reluctant pragmatist, but a terrorist and opportunist in waiting who had long prepared for such a moment.

Major General Ahmad Vahidi, the happy-go-lucky commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, gathered his inner circle and assumed direction of both the military campaign and the negotiating effort. Analysts noted the shift immediately. As soon as Vahidi, now a spritely 67, and his allies took charge, Iran hardened its position still further. 

Officials refused outright to join peace talks with the United States this week, while Tehran intensified its attacks on vessels attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Vahidi, long sanctioned by the West and tied to terror attacks in Argentina, embodies the most extreme faction within the regime, so don't let his religious zabiba [A zabiba (Arabic for "raisin") is a dark, hardened callus on the forehead of some Muslims, known as a prayer bump or "devout sign"] make you think otherwise.

He has pushed aside Tehran’s so-called moderates, including those nominally leading negotiations with America. Even if Washington were somehow to extract a deal from Iran’s delegation, that agreement would carry no weight so long as Vahidi and his hardliner scumcrumpets remain the true power behind the throne. And with the gay junior Ayatollah laid up uni-legged, and probably looking like ten miles of bad road, there is nobody else running things for the regime.

Vahidi had commanded Iran’s goose-stepping, Hitler-esque elite Quds Force in the 1990s. In that role he laid the groundwork for Iranian influence across the Middle East before passing the position to the terror mastermind, the late but not forgotten Qasem Soleimani. Together, Vahidi and Soleimani helped create the network of proxies that now stretches from Lebanon to Yemen, most notably the Hezbollah terrorist group. 

Unlike the last two IRGC chiefs, Vahidi moved comfortably between the military and political worlds. He served as defense minister and interior minister under different administrations. Last December the now dead Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed him deputy chief of the IRGC. When Khamenei and former IRGC Chief Mohammad Pakpour were killed in US-Israeli strikes on 28 February, Vahidi rose to the top like a log in a cesspool, if you know what I mean.

The question that now hangs over Tehran is simple: who is really in charge in Iran? 

Following Khamenei’s death, Vahidi championed the late leader’s unimpressive gay son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as successor, despite reports that the old ayatollah had never intended him for the role due to his embarassing sexual taste and less than desired cognitive abilities. 

Mojtaba was injured in the 28 February strikes and has not been seen in public since. Khosro Isfahani, research director for the Washington-based National Union for Democracy an Iran think tank, offered a blunt assessment.

“If Mojtaba is alive, and that is a big if, he is just a sock puppet. He is the first AI-generated supreme leader in human history,” Isfahani told The Post, referencing the fake photos the regime had posted of Mojtaba following his appointment. “He has zero political capital, zero public support, and zero sway over the decision-making. The regime has and will continue attributing statements to him,” Isfahani added.

Vahidi’s grip on the negotiating team became unmistakable when he installed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, an IRGC veteran and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, into the delegation earlier this month. Zolghadr’s task, according to the Institute for the Study of War, was to ensure the team followed the IRGC’s hardline instructions. He fulfilled that role with ruthless efficiency. When Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi appeared to hint at possible concessions in the first round of talks, Zolghadr promptly reported him.

“Zolghadr sent a complaint to senior IRGC leaders, almost certainly including Vahidi, that Araghchi had surpassed his mandate during the negotiations by expressing flexibility regarding Iran’s support for the Axis of Resistance,” the ISW said of the initial peace talks. “Zolghadr’s anger caused senior leaders in Tehran, including former IRGC Intelligence Organization Chief and long-time member of Mojtaba’s inner circle, Hossein Taeb, to call the negotiating delegation back to Tehran,” the think tank added.

Iran’s delegation has still not returned to Pakistan to resume talks with the United States. The message is clear. Vahidi and his allies, not the diplomats or the figurehead supreme leader, now dictate the course of the Islamic Republic. The regime’s most extreme elements hold the reins, and they show no intention of loosening their grip as they continue to get their butts kicked by US and Israeli forces.

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Cincinnati's former white female police chief once was sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against white male cops

Cincinnati just fired its police chief after a disastrous run marked by skyrocketing crime and tone-deaf leadership.

A termination announcement revealed that Teresa Theetge was "begged" to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She was removed from her role as the city's top law enforcement officer on Thursday after only about three years on the job. She previously served as a police officer in Cincinnati for 35 years.

City Manager Sheryl Long made Theetge's termination announcement.

"I recognize Chief Theetge’s more than 35 years of service to the Cincinnati Police Department and to this City. At the same time, after completing this review, it’s become clear that a change in leadership is necessary for the department moving forward," Long said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

In a scathing termination letter, Long blasted Theetge for what she viewed as ineffective leadership and poor communication, including failing to adhere to a summer anti-violence plan."As just one example, you admitted you did not agree with the City’s Summer Safety Plan, which included more police coverage in the urban core, and you admitted that I begged you to fill the police work details called for in the summer plan."

This is the kind of accountability cities desperately need but rarely deliver when progressive experiments in policing go off the rails.

Cincinnati found itself under national scrutiny last August after a viral beatdown in the city's downtown left a woman with neurological damage. In the early-morning hours of July 26, a confrontation outside the LoVe nightclub in the downtown business district led to a horrific beatdown captured on video. The footage spread like wildfire on social media, showing at least two White victims pummeled into the ground by a group of Black suspects. Even after the victims were down, the attackers kept stomping away, leaving one with a possibly life-altering brain injury.

Over the next month, seven people were arrested and charged in connection with the beating. Long also ripped Theetge for two shootings in the Fountain Square area downtown last October, saying she "failed to provide leadership in response to two shootings" in the area that month.

"You further admitted that on October 14 (the day after the second shooting) you chose to go to a play rather than attend a public safety town hall meeting . . . " Long wrote in the termination letter, later adding that Theetge "should not need to be told to attend a public safety meeting . . .  the night after a shooting on Fountain Square."

Priorities like that speak volumes.

Adding to the mess, in May of last year four White male officers filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Theetge, the city's first female police chief and a woman as white as milk. They accused her of passing them over for promotions and preferred assignments because of their race and sex.

"Defendants’ intentional and discriminatory practices in assigning Lieutenants to preferred assignments has disproportionately favored non-White males and/or females, without legitimate, non-discriminatory justification, thereby denying Plaintiffs equal employment opportunities," the suit says in part.

"The City and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of white men, including through hiring, diversity initiatives, outreach programs, promotional processes, and other steps that demonstrate both a systemic practice of discrimination against white males, and that there are background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority," the lawsuit also says.

Another blue city learns the hard way that DEI policing and weak leadership produce exactly the chaos you would expect.

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Ilhan Omar's un-Islamic winery and what we know

Rep. Ilhan Omar (Squad-MN) claims that her alleged inflated net worth was due to an accounting mistake. If this indeed is the case, then Omar's judgment in who she hires is obviously so poor that she is not qualified to be a member of Congress. But if you believe any average accountant could make such an enormous accounting error, then you need to question your own judgment. It simply doesn't happen to that extent.

Earlier this year, Omar reported a net worth of around $30 million, which brought up the question of possible fraud. Then Nick Shirley investigated a bunch of Somali-led scams highlighting the infamous 'Learing Center' (or Learning Center for you spelling buffs) in Minneapolis. The 'Learing Center' received $1.9 million in 2025 via Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and there are reports they received around $4 million total over prior years. It was Shirley who exposed the fraud as his investigation into the Somali-led scams brought attention to Omar's financial dealings.

Omar just dropped her latest financial disclosure bombshell, and holy moly, it turns out she and her hubby, [not the brother hubby] former political consultant Tim Mynett, somehow scraped together a net worth somewhere between a modest $6 million and a "whoa, nelly" $30 million by the end of 2024.

Nearly all of that cheddar comes from Mynett’s ownership in his two companies, which were worth a combined grand total of no more than $51,000 at the end of 2023. Lawmakers get to play the fun game of disclosing assets in vague ranges, so the exact size of Omar’s personal jackpot remains a delightful mystery. What we do know is that their net worth exploded by at least 3,500 percent in a single year. Nothing suspicious there, folks. Move along.

This miraculous cash avalanche might create a few awkward moments for the Minnesota Democrat, who spent February whining to Business Insider about a "coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign" that had the audacity to claim she’s worth millions. Omar dismissed any suggestion that she’s sitting on more than a few thousand bucks as "ridiculous" and "categorically false." She even hopped on X to taunt her critics: "maybe try checking my public financial statements and you will see I barely have thousands let alone millions."

Turns out Omar has her better half to thank for rocketing her straight into multimillionaire territory in 2024. Mynett’s California winery eStCru LLC and his venture capital outfit Rose Lake Capital pulled off financial miracles that would make even the most optimistic lottery winner blush. End of 2023? Combined stake worth no more than $51k, bank accounts with less than $700 between them, and the dynamic duo of Mynett and his partner, former DNC adviser Will Hailer, were getting sued by angry investors who claimed they’d been defrauded out of millions.

By the end of 2024? Mynett’s stake in the two firms had magically inflated to between $6 and $30 million, and he and Hailer settled those pesky lawsuits with cold, hard cash. The Washington Free Beacon has the receipts.

Mynett’s various business adventures have been a delightful recurring headache for Omar ever since the two tied the knot back in March 2020. They were both still married to other people when they first crossed paths, of course, but that didn’t stop them from starting up an affair while Mynett was raking in a cool $2.9 million from Omar’s campaign as her political consultant. That arrangement proved short-lived once the public started paying attention to all the cozy financial ties. By the end of 2020, Mynett wisely bailed on political consulting and pivoted with Hailer into the glamorous worlds of wine and venture capital. Because nothing says "fresh start" like leaving one ethically questionable gig for two more.

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GOP ensures ICE funding through Trump's term in office

The GOP-led Senate wasted no time early Thursday morning, ramming through a budget plan that funds the Department of Homeland Security and pours another $70 billion into immigration enforcement for the rest of President Trump’s term in office. 

Democrats were livid that illegal aliens could not remain in their voter base.

The measure cleared the narrowly divided chamber on a 50-48 party-line vote, with every Republican in support and Democrats unified in opposition. For all Republicans to stand together on any issue is known as "The Miracle on Capitol Hill."

GOP leaders hailed the passage as a critical step to lock down the border [and level the voter playing field]. The resolution now heads to the House and sets up the reconciliation process, allowing Republicans to advance the funding bill without Democrats’ filibuster roadblocks.

“We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end, Republicans will have helped ensure that America’s borders are secure and prevented Democrats from defunding these important agencies,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ND).

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) ripped into Democrats for blocking DHS funding 16 times. The department has gone without proper funding since February 14, 2026.

“Democrats are playing to the most radical members of their party. Through their actions, Democrats are putting the safety and security of our nation behind the safety and security of their own political careers,” he said from the Senate floor.

Democrats spent the debate pushing amendments they insisted would tackle housing, childcare, and health care costs.

“Instead of pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol, Republicans should be working with Democrats to lower out-of-pocket costs,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

Several Republican priorities fell short after moderate [aka RINO] GOP senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) crossed the aisle to join Democrats. The pair helped kill a proposal from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) to strip funding from Planned Parenthood.

“One recent study found that in three years alone, Planned Parenthood got a billion and a half dollars from Medicaid and Medicare. Money to be used on these risky surgeries and [transgender] procedures for our children. This is wrong,” Hawley said. “This is a terrible misuse of federal funds, and we should put a stop to it today.”

Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski, and Collins also teamed up with Democrats to block Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) from attaching the SAVE Act, which would require photo ID to vote in federal elections, to the budget measure.

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Omar "ghosted" MN hearing on her alleged fraud ties: lawmakers take action

Minnesota Republican lawmaker Kristin Robbins doesn't mess around. She is demanding answers from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after the serial controversy magnet failed to show up at a state hearing looking into her possible connections to the massive pandemic-era fraud scandal that is still making national headlines.

State Rep. Robbins, who chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, fired off a formal letter to Omar on April 22. In it she roasted Omar, a woman who allegedly married her own brother, for blowing off the scheduled committee hearing she had been invited to attend and demanded a pile of documentation tied to the infamous "Feeding Our Future" investigation.

"Minnesotans and the Members of the House Fraud Prevention & State Oversight Committee were disappointed that you failed to appear before our committee to answer questions," Robbins wrote in the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital. The hearing zeroed in on the MEALS Act, that federal COVID-19 relief measure from 2020 sponsored by none other than Omar herself.

Even though Omar pulled her usual no-show routine, Robbins made it clear the committee still wants answers. They are now formally requesting records from Omar’s office along with responses to a list of pointed questions laid out in the letter.

Robbins wants to see communications showing how Omar pushed for expanded access to federal child nutrition programs. That includes emails, texts, and meeting records with the Minnesota Department of Education and various constituents.

The request also takes a hard look at her very public promotion of a Minneapolis restaurant that later popped up in connection with the program. Robbins pointed to a Somali-language TV appearance where Omar hyped up Safari Restaurant as a meal distribution site and demanded all communications related to that video and the restaurant’s involvement in the scheme.

That same video was played during Tuesday’s committee meeting while lawmakers dug into Omar’s ties to those in the Minneapolis Somali community linked to the fraud. Fox News Digital [and now Brain Flushings] has been all over this story for a while now.

Robbins is also seeking records of any contact between Omar and a lengthy list of people who have been charged or implicated in the Feeding Our Future case. That includes nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and dozens of alleged co-conspirators.

"She didn't even respond, ghosted us," Robbins told the outlet about the Democrat congresswoman ignoring the invitation to appear. "And her Meals Act is what created the conditions that allowed Feeding Our Future to happen."

When asked if Omar has ever bothered responding to any requests from the committee, Robbins replied, "No, we’ve sent multiple emails, multiple letters, nothing."

The letter further probes political donations Omar received from people who later got hit with charges in the case. It asks for "any and all" communications with those donors.

Robbins, who is running for governor of Minnesota, gave Omar until May 5 to cough up a written response and all the requested materials. That seems like plenty of time to get her act together. 

This latest move is just another escalation in the Republican-led effort to get to the bottom of the Feeding Our Future scandal. Federal prosecutors say it involved the theft of hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded child nutrition aid during the COVID panic. It sits inside a broader fraud disaster believed to total in the tens of billions.

Omar’s possible connections to this Minnesota mess are only part of the fun. She is also staring down a possible ethics investigation into her personal financial disclosures and fresh accusations, including some from Vice President JD Vance, that she committed immigration fraud. The evidence that she married her brother to get him immigration status into the country is pretty damning.

Just another Tuesday in the life of the congresswoman who never seems to run out of scandals along with her dislike for white men, Israel, and the good old USA.

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