POTUS revokes security clearances of employees of top Dem law firm

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order pulling the security clearances of Perkins Coie LLP employees. The administration argues that the law firm is guilty of unethical and discriminatory actions that threaten national security, elections and military strength.

So, the corridors of power in Washington have once again reverberated with the sound of executive authority being wielded with unapologetic gusto. The president EO is now pending a thorough review of their access to the nation's secrets and their impact on America's interests, as a White House fact sheet informs us.

Not content with mere suspension, the federal government is slamming shut the doors of all sensitive compartmented information facilities to Perkins Coie, while cutting off their material supplies and services. Agencies have been sternly instructed not to engage the firm's employees without explicit authorization, and no government funds will flow to contractors employing their services.

This is no small matter, for Perkins Coie has slurped heartily at the public trough, raking in over $481,000 in sundry federal contracts from January to July last year alone, per FEC records, even as it stood tall among the Democratic National Committee's most handsomely remunerated legal champions in recent times, according to The National Law Journal.

But the reckoning does not end there. 

The White House declares that the firm's practices will face scrutiny under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to ensure compliance with laws barring racial prejudice. Trump, with characteristic relish and perhaps a hotdog, proclaimed on Thursday that it was "an absolute honor to sign" this executive order. "It's just terrible," he lamented. "It's weaponization, you could say, weaponization against a political opponent, and it should never be allowed to happen again."

The White House fact sheet lays bare the sins of Perkins Coie, accusing them of hiring Fusion GPS in 2016 to conjure a mendacious "dossier" while in the employ of campaign disaster Hillary Clinton. That notorious Democrat fixer Marc Elias plied his trade there until 2021, when he decamped to start his own outfit. Another alumnus, Michael Sussmann, faced indictment for deceiving the FBI about a supposed "secret channel of communications between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank" - a fiction the firm had peddled.

"Perkins Coie LLP has worked with activist donors, including George Soros, to judicially overturn enacted election laws, such as those requiring voter identification," thundered the White House's Rapid Response X account. "A court was forced to sanction Perkins Coie attorneys for unethical lack of candor before the court." 

The account piled on: "Perkins Coie LLP has been accused of racially discriminating against its own attorneys, staff, and applicants. Perkins Coie has publicly announced racial percentage quotas for hiring and promotions, violating civil rights laws, and excluded applicants from fellowships based on race until lawsuits forced change."

This executive salvo builds upon Trump's Day One vow to halt the weaponization of government, tasking Attorney General Pam Bondi to scour the records of Biden's reign for every instance of retribution against perceived foes. 

"The American people have witnessed the previous administration engage in a systematic campaign against its perceived political opponents, weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community against those perceived political opponents in the form of investigations, prosecutions, civil enforcement actions, and other related actions," the order intoned.

"These actions appear oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental objectives," it charged. "Many of these activities appear to be inconsistent with the Constitution and/or the laws of the United States, including those activities directed at parents protesting at school board meetings, Americans who spoke out against the previous administration’s actions, and other Americans who were simply exercising constitutionally protected rights."

Not sparing the rod, Trump has also banished the 50 former intelligence mucky mucks who falsely hinted Hunter Biden's laptop was "part of a Russian disinformation campaign," barring them from secure government premises, per a memo obtained by conservative outlet The Daily Wire in late January. "These individuals no longer possess a need to access secure facilities, and as outlined in the Executive Order, do not have the appropriate security clearances to access classified information," the memo decreed.

The firm's practices will also be reviewed to make sure that they are in compliance with civil rights laws.

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New Israeli military chief sworn in with Gaza ceasefire teetering in the balance

On Wednesday, Israel appointed a new military commander while tensions grew over the shaky ceasefire in Gaza. This situation raised the chances of fighting starting again without a deal to free the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

Eyal Zamir, a former tank commander who retired after 28 years as a Major General, was brought back into service and promoted to Lieutenant General. He took over from General Herzi Halevi, who resigned due to the security failures of October 7, 2023.

“The mission is not yet complete,” Zamir said in a speech as he took command, noting that Hamas still hasn’t been defeated. “We will not forgive, we will not forget. This is an existential war. We will persist in our campaign to bring our hostages home and to defeat our enemies,” he added. 

Fighting in Gaza stopped in January thanks to a truce arranged by Qatar and Egypt, with U.S. support. This deal freed 33 Israeli hostages and 5 Thais in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

A separate war in southern Lebanon, sparked when Iran-backed Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel after the October 7 attack, has also quieted down under its own ceasefire.

However, Israeli leaders have warned that fighting could restart if no deal is made to bring back the 59 hostages still held. Israeli troops have pulled back from some areas in Gaza, but talks to free the hostages and fully withdraw Israeli forces before ending the war haven’t started.

Israel wants to extend the truce past the Jewish Passover holiday in April to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Hamas, though, insists on discussing a permanent end to the war first before agreeing to free more hostages.

Zamir’s appointment comes as investigations begin into how thousands of Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israeli communities near Gaza on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. This was one of Israel’s worst military and security failures ever.

Halevi was in charge during Israel’s campaign in Gaza to rescue hostages and destroy Hamas’s military and governing power. But in January, after the Gaza ceasefire was set, he said he’d step down, taking blame for the military’s weak and disorganized response to the October 7 attack.

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On Wednesday, as he handed over command, Halevi called for a broader investigation into the October 7 failures. “The establishment of a state commission of inquiry is necessary and essential – not to place blame, but first and foremost, to understand the root of the problems and allow for correction,” he said.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency have admitted their mistakes allowed the attack to happen. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far blocked a wider investigation that would examine his government’s role.

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Former IDF general says showdown with Hamas within weeks

Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser

Israel is preparing to restart military operations against Hamas in Gaza "within weeks," according to a seasoned Israeli intelligence and security expert speaking on Wednesday. He warned that even if last-minute pressure over an upcoming attack forces a temporary deal between the two sides, it would only postpone the inevitable return to fighting.

Brigadier General (retired) Yossi Kuperwasser, who recently took over as head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), made these comments. His views align with those of other retired Israeli generals who also predict the 15-month war with Hamas—halted on January 19 by a ceasefire and a step-by-step exchange of hostages for terrorists—will soon resume.

“The most likely scenario is that we will resume fighting against Hamas in the coming weeks,” Kuperwasser, a former head of the research division in the IDF Intelligence Directorate, told Jewish News Service (JNS) in an interview at his office in Jerusalem.

“There is a small chance that Israeli and Egyptian pressure will cause Hamas to change their position …, but this will only temporarily push the military campaign off,” he continued.

Fifty-nine hostages are still being held in Gaza, including two dozen who are believed to be alive.

The retired general said that if an agreement to free some of the remaining hostages is to be reached with the help of international mediators led by the Trump administration, it would only come about if Hamas is convinced that Israeli military action is imminent.  Even so, it would be a temporary move since the terrorist group is refusing to disarm and leave Gaza, something Israel will not accept after the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre. If Hamas is not destroyed, the Oct. 7 massacre will be repeated over and over as they promised.

“The more they believe that Israel is ready to carry out a military campaign, the greater the chances of an agreement,” Kuperwasser said. “But this is only pushing off the end, not avoiding it.”

Last week, JNS reported that Hamas refused to extend of the first stage of the ceasefire deal and what was billed as a U.S. proposal to release half the hostages now with a seven-week extension of the truce through Ramadan and Passover while a longer ceasefire is worked out. That proposal came as an alternative to the more difficult to reach second stage of the Jan. 19 deal and reconciling Israel’s goal of dismantling Hamas’s governing and military capabilities and the terrorist group’s refusal to disarm.

Hamas views the hostages as a critical bargaining chip, and is demanding an end to the war and a full Israeli pullout from the Strip with international guarantees for their release, even after they started the war, killed 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped 251, and are getting their butts kicked. Still, they refuse to surrender and want Israel to make all concessions.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit the region again in the coming days in an effort to extend the truce, but people familiar with war tactics and how Hamas abuses the rules of war, believe that the IDF needs to destroy the terror group completely.

Kuperwasser said Israel has the military capability to destroy Hamas and its 20,000 remaining terrorists, something that, he said, would take weeks, but did not do so until now primarily because of opposition by the Israeli security establishment and pressure from the former US administration over Palestinian civilian casualties as well as the safety of the hostages.

“It has to be made clear to the Arab world—with Hamas losing its rule over Gaza—that October 7 was a total failure,” he said.

Hopefully, October 7 will be the last time Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Arabs of Gaza who have tried their level best to kill all the Jews, will be totally defeated and peace restored to the region. 

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Caught! Incompetent terrorist behind Tel Aviv bus bombing and Jewish Israeli driver arrested

The terrorist who didn't know A.M. from P.M. and placed a bomb on a bus in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv two weeks ago, has been caught and in Israeli custody. The Israeli bus driver who transported him was also arrested and charged on Thursday.

The suspect, who was inside the Green Line illegally, was arrested shortly after the failed February 20th attack.

A Jewish Israeli from Holon transported the terrorist to the scene, authorities revealed and is possibly a self-loathing individual who was willing to kill Jews. However, he claimed that he was unaware of the terrorist's intentions and simply drove him for payment. It seems likely to me, however, that the terrorist would have killed him to keep him from blowing his plot, but then again, the terrorist isn't Mensa meeting material.

 Another suspect, a Bat Yam taxi driver, has been released to house arrest.

The main suspect was initially held in an Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) facility and later transferred to the Israel Prison Service. He has complained about harsh detention conditions, claiming he is held in darkness and denied proper treatment, much like a Hamas hostage. But at least he isn't being raped and later killed for sport.

Authorities continue to investigate possible accomplices. Bomb maker, "Two-finger Farhan," may be involved but this is not certain. However, "One-Arm Ahmed" is a better possibility.

Three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others on the night of Feb. 20 in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack. Had it not been carried out by a veritable moron, many Israelis would have likely perished in the carnage.

All of the explosions occurred in parked, empty buses across Bat Yam. There were no injuries thanks to the incompetence of the terrorist.

At least one of the bombs bore a note, in Arabic and Hebrew, that stated “Revenge from the Tulkarem refugee camp,” a reference to the town in the West Bank where Israeli security forces have been conducting operations.

Five explosive devices, all with timers set to go off simultaneously, were found in what was intended to be a “strategic terrorist attack,” Channel 12 cited security sources as saying.

Two additional buses in nearby Holon were discovered with identical bombs that thankfully failed to detonate.

An Israeli commuter—26-year-old Adi Jegna—notified the driver of a suspicious package on her bus to Bat Yam, which turned out to be a bomb. He let the passengers off, drove to a safe place, and exited the bus. Moments later, the bomb exploded, destroying the bus.

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NYC may ignore ICE detainer on illegal alien who allegedly set woman on fire in subway

Poor misunderstood illegal alien dirtbag

There are moments when the sheer barbarity of our modern world breaks through the numbing haze of daily life and demands our unflinching attention. Such a moment occurred in late December at the Coney Island subway station in Brooklyn, New York, where an illegal alien named Sebastian Zapeta, 33, allegedly committed an act of such unspeakable depravity that it shakes the very foundations of our civilized pretensions. 

According to authorities and video evidence, Zapeta set fire to a sleeping woman, Debrina Kawam, engulfing her in flames as she stood helpless in a subway car. He even went so far as to literally fan the flames as she was dying.

 "It’s the most depraved act that a human being can commit against another person," said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week.

The details are as harrowing as they are grotesque. "The suspect used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed at a press conference. 

Video footage captured by a fellow passenger shows Zapeta watching his victim burn alive, while others—including, astonishingly, a police officer—walked by without intervening. Officers and a transit worker eventually attempted to extinguish the flames, but Kawam perished at the scene, her body so ravaged that identification took over a week. Meanwhile, "unbeknownst to the officers who responded, the suspect had stayed on the scene and was seated on a bench on the platform just outside the train car," Tisch noted, adding that the killer’s image was caught in stark clarity by police body cameras. Three high school students, to their credit, recognized Zapeta and alerted authorities.

Zapeta now faces charges of murder and arson, but the story does not end with his apprehension. For here emerges a secondary outrage, one that exposes the moral rot festering within certain corners of American governance. 

Secretary Noem, who visited the site of this atrocity, revealed on X a scandal that ought to incense every citizen who still believes in justice: "ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the NYC Department of Corrections to take this depraved alien into custody. Because of current sanctuary city policy, the corrections department has indicated it will NOT honor the detainer." 

Yes, you read that correctly—New York City officials, cloaked in the sanctimonious garb of progressive virtue, intend to defy federal authorities and shield this alleged scumbag from deportation proceedings. "This is disgusting," Noem rightly fumed. "New York politicians are allowing the murder of their own citizens." She called on New York Governor Hochul (D) to issue an emergency suspension of unconstitutional sanctuary protections, a plea that, as of now, seems destined to fall on deaf ears.

Let us consider the implications. Zapeta slipped into the United States illegally in 2018, was swiftly deported during the first Trump administration, and then re-entered undetected, eventually taking up residence in a New York migrant shelter. 

Sanctuary policies, designed ostensibly to protect the vulnerable, have instead become a shield for the vicious, thwarting detainers meant to ensure that men like Zapeta face the consequences of their crimes beyond our borders. In their refusal to cooperate with ICE, even in cases of violent offenders, New York’s leaders have made a chilling calculation: the ideological purity of their sanctuary dogma outweighs the lives of their own people. That is, the left places more importance on their ideology than the lives of their constituents. 

This is not mere policy disagreement—it is a betrayal of the social contract, a surrender to savagery under the guise of compassion. 

Debrina Kawam’s death, horrific in its randomness and brutality, stands as a rebuke to those who would prioritize political posturing over human lives. "NY Governor Hochul should impose an emergency suspension of sanctuary protection by executive order NOW," Noem insisted, and the urgency of her words echoes in the ashes of that subway car. For if we cannot protect our citizens from such evil—if we instead coddle it, excuse it, and release it back into our midst—then what is the point of our laws, our leaders, or our civilization itself?

The Democratic Party has become the party of lunatics.

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Trump gives "last warning" to Hamassholes to release the hostages or there'll be "Hell to pay"

President Trump laid it out for Hamas to consider saying in a Truth Social post Wednesday that they had better release all hostages immediately or the proverbial dung will hit the fan for them. Now that this is his second warning, it seems like he hasn't given himself a second choice but to do what he says he'll do.

The warning came after he met with seven former hostages in Washington, D.C. this week. The group was comprised by Eli Sharabi, Doron Steinbrecher, Keith Siegel, Aviva Siegel, Naama Levy, Omer Shem Tov and Iair Horn, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

"‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye - You can choose," the president's post began. "Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you.

"Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!"

FYI, 'shalom' also means peace, but that word isn't in the Hamas dictionary.

President Trump added that he is "sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job," and that "not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say.

"I have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed," Trump added. "This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance."

"Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!"

I wonder how the President really feels.

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Trump's post came hours after the White House was challenged by Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy on its decision to negotiate with the Palestinian terrorist group, the outlet reported.

"If the U.S. has a long-standing policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists, then why is the U.S. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with Hamas?" Doocy asked.

"Well, when it comes to the negotiations that you're referring to, first of all, the special envoy who's engaged in these negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded. She added that Israel was "consulted on this matter," and that Trump believes in putting forth "good-faith effort[s] to do what's right for the American people."

"These are ongoing talks and discussions. I'm not going to detail them here," she continued. "There are American lives at stake."

And precious Israeli lives too.

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President Trump rejects Arab proposal: has plan to remove Gazans

An Arab-backed proposal to remove Hamas from power and leave Gazans in Gaza was rejected by a Trump administration spokesman. The US is firmly behind President Trump's hope for resettling the Gaza Strip population and sending them out--after all, it seems obvious that most Arabs in Gaza were in support of Hamas and the genocide of all Israelis.

So on Tuesday, the US rejected Egypt's plan to rehabilitate the Gaza Strip and remove Hamas from power, since this would likely never happen in reality, but might give the appearance that peaceful co-existence by the two million anti-Zionists with their Israeli neighbors was possible.

Arab leaders on Tuesday at a Cairo summit voted to support a 112-page proposal drafter by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government. The proposal is an alternative to Trump's Gaza resettlement plan whereby Gazans would be relocated to third-party countries and the Gaza Strip would be transferred to the US.

Under the Egyptian proposal, a non-partisan [LOL] interim committee of anti-Semitic Palestinian Arabs would be formed to administer Gaza after the formal end of the current war between Israel and Hamas.

Once the Palestinian Authority has undergone a major reformation, control of the Gaza Strip would be transferred from the committee to the PA, [not to be confused with Pennsylvania] an Islamic group of Arabs who are basically anti-Semitic and who believe Israel is "Little Satan."

Foreign aid would pay for the years-long reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip in the Egyptian plan, while Gazans would be temporarily relocated within the Strip during the lengthy period of rebuilding, after which they can return and make plans to attack Israel again for the sake of jihad.

Hours after the plan was adopted at the Cairo summit, however, White House National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes said Tuesday night that the U.S. would not accept the Egyptian plan, and that the administration remains committed to the president’s resettlement plan.

Hughes argued that the Gaza Strip is presently “uninhabitable,” necessitating their relocation.

“The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable, and residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordnance,” Hughes said.

“President Trump stands by his vision to rebuild Gaza free from Hamas. We look forward to further talks to bring peace and prosperity to the region.”

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Top FBI Official officially removed: he went after Trump for being Trump

James Dennehy, the head of the New York FBI field office was sent packing Monday. He firing comes just weeks after the emailed his staff encouraging them to "dig in" as the Trump administration began its investigation into the January 6, 2021 Capitol "riot," which in most part was more like an unguided tour of the Capitol. Of course, Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Comatose [AOC] said that she lost her life there, but the only real violence was when Lt. Michael Byrd shot and killed an unarmed woman, Ashli Babbitt by shooting her in the throat as she came through a window.

Dennehy was ordered to resign or be fired on Friday, as reported by NBC News.

“Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did,” Dennehy said in an email to staff on Monday. “I was not given a reason for this decision.”

The reasons: he was more of a political operative than an FBI official and he needed to be replaced with someone who would carry out the job without bias.

“I have an immense feeling of pride — to have represented an office of professionals who will always do the right thing for the right reasons; who will always seek the truth while upholding the rule of law,” the Trump-hater said. “I’ve been told many times in my life, ‘When you find yourself in a hole, sometimes it’s best to quit digging.’ Screw that. I will never stop defending this joint. I’ll just do it willingly and proudly from outside the wire.” 

Dennehy has led the New York field office since September. 

Dennehy as he walks out the door

In February, after Department of Justice officials requested the names of FBI agents who worked on January 6 cases, Dennehy encouraged his staff to resist, which is insubordinate and deserves punishment.

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” Dennehy wrote to staff at the time, as reported by the former newspaper known as the New York Times.

Dennehy said it was “time for me to dig in” after eight FBI leaders, including the head of the Washington field office, were pushed out of the bureau for their roles in investigations into President Donald Trump.

Driscoll and Kissane have since been replaced by FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

Dennehy also played a major role in the investigation into New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The case against Adams is only nominally active since the Department of Justice moved to drop the case. The Justice Department’s request caused an exodus of prosecutors in New York and Washington.


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