Trans Lawyer disrupts custody hearing: forcefully removed for contempt and has unladylike behavior

On February 5, 2026, a child custody hearing in Pontotoc County District Court in Ada, Oklahoma. The hearing did a 180 turn when attorney Rob Hopkins, a woman who thinks she's a man, was representing a client in the case.

The main thrust of the hearing was about paperwork issues and the client’s absence due to an open warrent and protective order from another county.

Judge Laurie Jackson, a woman who is comfortable in her own skin, started by addressing Hopkins about his use of the word “butt” while quoting a bailiff. Things heated up fast. In a loud unladylike response, Hopkins raised her voice and loudly demanded the judge point to the exact paragraph in a ruling.

The judge warned her to stop interrupting or face contempt charges, but Hopkins kept going. She pointed her finger and again loudly insisted she was not finished with her argument.

At one point, her phone hit the floor and she later said it fell by accident. The judge called the action inappropriate and told her to stop shouting.

Hopkins loudly interrupted and pushed back repeatedly. When the opposing attorney noted the client had warrants, Hopkins interrupted again. The judge appeared stunned and said she would not tolerate the behavior. After multiple warnings, Judge Jackson held Hopkins in direct contempt of court and ended the hearing.

As the judge ordered deputies to take Hopkins into custody, she grew emotional and told the court, “You did not even say that I was in contempt.” She then added, “It’s because I’m a transgender attorney practicing all over this state.”

Judge Jackson responded by throwing her hands up and saying, “I don’t know you from Adam.” Surveillance footage from the courtroom captured the full exchange. Hopkins continued to argue even after the contempt ruling.

Deputies entered the courtroom to detain Hopkins but she immediately resisted. Body cam and courtroom video show him saying, “Do not hurt me, do not hurt me.”

As officers moved in, she repeated, “Do not grab me! Do not grab me! I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.” She hyperventilated while being brought to the ground and called out for someone to dial 911, which was futile.

During the struggle, Hopkins made another specific request. She shouted, “Get a female officer now! Get a female officer now!” and “I need a female police officer.”

So wait . . . if Hopkins believes she's a male, why then would she demand a female officer? Sounds like her feminine side won the battle with the cops.

Officers continued to secure her as she stayed on the floor. The scene ended with Hopkins in custody. 

She was later held on a $25,000 bond.

This episode lays bare one of the more revealing tensions of our time. Here was a lawyer who, having demanded to be treated according to her declared identity [as a man]  in every professional setting, she suddenly invoked that same identity not as a matter of legal principle but as a shield against the ordinary consequences of courtroom decorum. 

When the rules of the court, applied equally to everyone present, finally caught up with her, the immediate response was not contrition or reflection but the assertion that the judge’s decision must have been motivated by prejudice against her so called transgender status.  

It’s no different than the race card.

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Secret Service Agent on Jill Biden Detail, Shoots Himself in the Leg

A Secret Service agent was injured Friday morning after negligently discharging his firearm and shooting himself in the leg while escorting former first lady Jill Biden through the Philadelphia International Airport, according to a report by The Daily Wire. 

The agent fired the weapon just after 8:30 a.m. while on a protective assignment. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. No one else was injured and the former First Lady, a doctor, was unable to render aid because she isn't that kind of doctor in spite of Joy Behar having suggested that she would make a fantastic Surgeon General at the time her husband was an “Autopen POTUS”.

“The Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility will be reviewing the facts and circumstances of this incident. We are grateful for our law enforcement and public safety partners who provided medical assistance,” the Secret Service said. 

After the shooting, a large police presence was reported in Terminal C of the airport, according to CBS affiliate KYW-TV. A medic unit responded to the scene and then left the area, followed by a Philadelphia police car.

The Secret Service has faced intense scrutiny from the public and from Congress after the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, which was one of the agency’s most serious security failures in modern history. Many believe that had it not been for D.E.I., a taller agent would have been assigned to protect Trump's upper body. Unfortunately, a rather short woman was one agent with that assignment.

Last year, more scandals hit the Secret Service after a uniformed division officer allegedly fell asleep while on duty at the United Nations General Assembly, and an armed individual bypassed security screening at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. 

Despite those incidents, the Secret Service has also been praised for recent operations. In September, Secret Service personnel took down a network of electronic devices in New York that had been used to target senior federal officials with telecommunications threats.

Dr, Biden in a signature dress with Joe Biden with his signature look of confusion

In February, agents shot and killed an armed man who attempted to break into Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun.

So it's a 'hit-or-miss' situation, and unfortunately, in this current case, it was a hit right in the leg.

Let's hope he makes a full recovery.

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Indicted Democrat Rep. closer to expulsion: House Ethics panel finds her guilty of 25 violations

A bipartisan panel of House lawmakers voted to kickstart a process that could lead to the expulsion of a congressional Democrat accused of laundering millions of disaster relief funds into her campaign account.

A House Ethics investigative subcommittee approved a motion for summary judgment, effectively finding Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) guilty of nearly all alleged violations outlined by the committee earlier this year.

The guilty verdict came after a rare public ethics hearing on Thursday, the first since 2010, that lasted more than six hours as lawmakers from both parties grilled Cherfilus-McCormick’s counsel. The eight-member adjudicatory subcommittee, helmed by Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), announced its decision in a written statement Friday morning.

"After careful deliberation that lasted until well past midnight, the adjudicatory subcommittee found that Counts 1-15 and 17-26 of the SAV [statement of alleged violations] had been proven," committee leaders said in a statement.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted by a Miami grand jury for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds on Nov. 18, 2025, according to the Department of Justice. I would say that she is toast, but it almost feels like politicians often get away with most things short of murder. And let's face it, even Hillary Clinton is walking free.

The panel’s slew of charges against the congresswoman, who is facing a separate federal criminal indictment, ranged from using ineligible funds to finance her campaign to repeatedly filing false financial disclosure forms and seeking "special favors" with recipients of earmark funding requests.

The panel will meet after the Easter recess to determine its recommended punishment, which could be as severe as expulsion, a rare move that has been historically dominated by Democrats.

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has vowed to move forward with his resolution that would expel Cherfilus-McCormick regardless of the outcome.

Under House rules, two-thirds of lawmakers have to agree to expel a member, meaning Steube’s resolution would need the support of some Democrats, who rarely go against their own no matter what the evidence. [One has to wonder if this is done to protect themselves.]

House Democratic leadership so far has largely stood by Cherfilus-McCormick as is their wont, though some congressional Democrats are signaling their discomfort with the allegations against their indicted colleague.

"The allegations before us are extremely serious," Rep. Mark Desaulnier (D-CA) said at the start of the hearing Thursday. "They not only concern an individual member’s conduct, they also implicate the public’s confidence in the House’s integrity as an institution." We shall see if he is serious about his words.

Cherfilus-McCormick, who first won election to Congress in 2021, is accused of stealing more than $5 million in disaster relief funds that were improperly paid to her family’s healthcare company, among other criminal allegations. She and her siblings allegedly used the illicit funds to jumpstart her congressional campaign and for personal use, including the purchase of a humungous diamond ring that she appeared to have worn in her official congressional portrait.

Cherfilus-McCormick has pleaded not guilty to the stunning federal charges brought in 2025. If convicted in federal court, Cherfilus-McCormick, 47, faces up to 53 years in prison, which I suspect is as unlikely as getting struck by lightning on a clear day at noon inside of Grand Central Station.

The House ethics panel’s investigation into Cherfilus-McCormick preceded the 2025 federal criminal indictment by more than two years. During that time, she had shifted between four different attorneys while largely refusing to cooperate with the bipartisan panel. 

On Thursday, Cherfilus-McCormick sought to use the fact of her new legal representation to further delay the committee’s proceedings until June, a request the eight-member panel promptly denied in a closed-door session. Her new attorney, William Barzee, repeatedly claimed a violation of Cherfilus-McCormick’s due process rights while maintaining her innocence, which is something he gets paid to say.

"For you to sit here and make the claim that we, the committee, is trying to trample upon the rights of your client. I take offense to that," Guest told Barzee in a combative exchange. "For two years we've tried to get documents from your client. Not only have we requested documents, but we have subpoenaed those documents. Those documents were not provided for two years.

"I'm personally offended because I know the work that this committee goes to protect all members and to make sure that we go above and beyond," Guest continued.

Members of both parties appeared unconvinced by Barzee’s argument, attempting to claim that Cherfilus-McCormick was entitled to the millions of dollars she accepted from her family’s company that stemmed from the FEMA overpayments. In what universe does that make sense?

When Barzee claimed that an undated chart was evidence of a "profit-sharing agreement" showing her legal title to the money, the bipartisan panel appeared visibly pissed off.

"I did a lot of business transaction law for a number of years before I came to Congress. I drafted a lot of profit-sharing agreements. Never saw one that was just a chart that was unsigned," Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), told Barzee.

Later in the hearing, Barzee argued that because Cherfilus-McCormick is of Haitian descent, it was not atypical to have a "handshake agreement" to divvy up millions of dollars between her and her family instead of a formal legal document.

Cherfilus-McCormick faces an upcoming federal criminal trial this summer. Just don't hold your breath to see justice served in her case. I hope I'm wrong, and I would say exactly the same thing had it been a Republican miscreant.

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FBI reveals bomb planted at a government HQ

MacDill Air Force Base hosts the headquarters of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which is overseeing Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

Federal authorities on Thursday unsealed indictments against a brother and sister accused of involvement in a suspected explosive device incident at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, following a March 16 security scare at the installation, Fox News reports.

Investigators allege that Alen Zheng placed the device near the MacDill visitor center.He has been charged with attempted damage to government property by fire or explosion, unlawful making of a destructive device and possession of an unregistered destructive device. The FBI said Zheng is believed to be in China.

His sister, Ann Mary Zheng, was taken into custody by FBI Tampa and is charged with accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence.

According to court filings, she is accused of concealing or damaging a 2010 Mercede-Benz to prevent it from being used in legal proceedings.

The incident began on March 16, when a suspicious package was reported outside the base entrance.

Law enforcement responded by shutting down traffic along South Dale Mabry Highway, with Tampa Police Department officers securing the area near the main gate.

MacDill Air Force Base hosts the headquarters of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which is overseeing Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

The base is also home to U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), responsible for coordinating special operations forces across the Department of War.

Officials said a news conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon following the release of the charges.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the case reflects coordination among multiple agencies involved in the investigation.

“Today’s indictments are the result of tremendous investigative work from our FBI teams and great coordination from our state, local, and federal partners across the board,” Patel said.“No one who targets our brave service members and military facilities will ever get away with it, and this FBI will pursue all those responsible for the incident at MacDill Air Force Base to the ends of the earth,” he added.

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President Trump to sign executive order to get TSA agents paid

President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to address airport disruptions, announcing the move in a Truth Social post Thursday that framed the situation as a national emergency. And if you have been in line at any international airport lately, you would likely agree.

"Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country," Trump wrote.

"Therefore, I am going to sign an Order . . . to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation."

The White House said funding from legislation backed by Trump will be used to ensure TSA agents are paid during the disruption.

"Not unlike actions taken during the first Democrat-shutdown (i.e., paying the troops), President Trump has determined that congressional Democrats have created an emergency situation that cannot be allowed to continue," White House Office of Management and Budget Communications Director Rachel Cauley said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised the move, writing on X that he "want[s] to thank
@POTUS for his leadership in finding a way to pay our TSA officers to end this chaos at our airports."

"These hours long lines and thousands of Americans missing their flights was caused solely by the Democrats reckless @DHSgov shutdown," Mullin added, calling on Democrats to "stop playing political games with our national security" and reopen the department.

Look, this is exactly the kind of mess you get when Democrats decide to play chicken with national security just to score cheap political points. The move comes as a 41-day partial government shutdown has disrupted the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), causing long lines at airports nationwide amid a standoff over DHS funding and immigration enforcement.

Folks, this is not complicated. Democrats own this chaos at the airports, and President Trump is stepping in, as he always does, to protect the American people while the left keeps playing their games.

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Fake AI Rabbis Spreading Anti-Semitism on Instagram: Report

Fake AI Rabbi

An AI-generated Instagram account portraying an Orthodox-looking rabbi is pushing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to its more than 1.4 million low-information followers. It is not the only one. A study published this week about anti-Semitic content on the social media platform has found precisely this pattern. 

An account called “Rabbi Goldman” “uses fake, AI-created authority figures to spread hate” in “a troubling and growing tactic,” according to the report published on Wednesday by the Combat Antisemitism Movement.

The 12-page report, titled “Engineered Exposure: How Antisemitic Content Is Pushed and Amplified to Millions Across Instagram,” documents 100 posts that researchers described as anti-Semitic. These were pushed directly to Instagram accounts over a 96-hour period from March 19 to 22 of this year.

These posts, actively suggested by the platform’s recommendation systems, generated more than 5.3 million likes and 3.8 million shares, with an estimated reach of 150 to 280 million users, according to the report, indicating the enormous extent to the level of gullibility that exists in this country.

The Combat Antisemitism Movement defined anti-Semitic posts as ones that invoke conspiracy theories, such as Jews controlling the media or manipulating global conflicts, and posts that claim Jews, often referred to as “Zionists,” are linked to demonic forces or satanic imagery. 

All of these motifs have been used historically to justify anti-Semitic violence, much like certain religious scripture in a religion that attempts to pass itself off as a religion of peace,

The report raises particular concern around the creation of “closed content environments,” in which users are repeatedly fed similar anti-Semitic themes, with little or no countervailing content. “This type of algorithmic clustering reaffirms dangerous beliefs, contributing to a process of radicalization that can have lethal real-world consequences,” the report states. Researchers identified a dozen AI-generated “rabbis” with a combined following of 2.1 million Instagram users, all of which promote classic antisemitic stereotypes.

The “Rabbi Goldman” account features many of these, including one video in which the “rabbi,” wearing a tuxedo and seemingly seated in a luxury airplane, claims that Jews utilize empty private jets to evade taxes. Anyone who actually believes this garbage is either a moron or an anti-Semite or both, since most anti-Semites are not very bright.

The community note attached to the clip reads, “This is an AI generated rabbi who is trying to scam you by selling a fake 9$ get rich handbook. This account is ran by scammers based in south India.”

Meta, which is the parent company of Instagram as well as Facebook and WhatsApp, did not respond to a request for comment from Jewish Insider about the report’s findings, but as you may know, Meta has its own problems of late.

“Simply put, this is evidence of a broad systemic failure on the part of Instagram and Meta,” Sacha Roytman, the CEO of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, said in a statement. “When a platform actively recommends content that dehumanizes Jews to mass audiences, we are no longer talking about a simple oversight or a mistake in the algorithmic design. We are talking about infrastructure that normalizes hatred at scale that must be addressed immediately.”

“The Combat Antisemitism Movement is calling on Meta to go beyond basic enforcement and take real responsibility. What’s been uncovered here must be taken seriously. This isn’t a fringe problem. Rather, it points to a broader, systemic issue with global reach, shaping how millions of people encounter and engage with antisemitic ideas in 2026,” the report states.

Last year, Meta received pushback from Jewish leaders when it introduced a new community-driven fact-checking system, ending its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a system modeled after the community notes feature on Elon Musk’s X. Some Jewish leaders expressed concern that the move would “open the floodgates to content” that could target Jewish communities and individuals, and called the decision a “step back” in the fight against rising antisemitism.

The dangerous implications of social media have extended beyond the Jewish community. On Wednesday a jury in Los Angeles ruled that Meta, as well as Google, are liable for creating addictive products that caused a teenager’s depression and anxiety. The verdict marks the first time juries have decided that tech companies are at least partially liable for distress both online and offline.

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ICE agent saves boy's life: Democrats pounce

A one-year-old boy who was being held by his father when he suddenly stopped breathing. In an amazing stroke of good fortune, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent jumped into action and performed the Heimlich maneuver on Thursday at JFK International Airport in New York.

Democrats immediately pounced saying that the inventor of the aforesaid maneuver, Henry Judah Heimlich (1920–2016), was a Jew and therefore was a Zionist. They say Heimlich only intended to save Jewish people with the maneuver and the child who was saved will likely become MAGA. 

Video of the Zionist was released by the Department of Homeland Security showing him hold the baby with something clearly wrong with the future MAGA kid. The father rushes out of line and an ICE agent saw something wrong and went into action, saving the child's life.

The agent performed a Heimlich maneuver, and the baby began breathing again, the Homeland Security Department said.“This officer’s extraordinary bravery embodies the selfless service of DHS law enforcement,” Homeland Security added.

"I doubt that if somehow the agent knew that the child was the illegitimate offspring of a Doug Emhoff nanny, the agent would have simply stood there and have done nothing," Sen. Adam Schiftless (D-CA) said.

After a few seconds, the child started breathing again and is destined to vote on the GOP ticket for many years to come.

EMS personnel arrived on scene with medical equipment to further monitor and re-assess the child. The child was re-assessed and determined to be healthy enough to fly and should be a qualified voter for the Republican Party once he turns 18, or 16 if the left has its way.

President Donald Trump praised ICE agents’ work at airports around the country, writing, “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas.”

Sen. Chuck Wagons (D-NY) said that had there been no ICE agent present, someone else might have done the same thing, and yes, had done it better, cutting several seconds off the kid's recovery.

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Will Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Be Expelled From Congress? We'll soon know

Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is in a heap of seaming legal trouble. 

Last fall, she was indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds, with court records showing that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin McCormick, receiving the FEMA funds as part of a COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021. 

The $5 million was an overpayment of those FEMA funds, and the indictment alleges the defendants conspired to steal that money by routing it through multiple accounts.

The Miami Herald reported that Cherfilus-McCormick spent the money on a $109,000 three-carat yellow diamond ring, as well as $2.4 million to Cherfilus-McCormick's consulting company, $1.2 million to a bank account managed by relatives of Cherfilus-McCormick, $830K to a different bank account on which Cherfilus-McCormick is an authorized user, $334K to Nadege Leblanc, who is "accused of having coordinated straw-donor contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick," $190K to a bank account tied to Cherfilus-McCormick's brother's consulting company.

Other than that, she was thrifty with the money and Osama bin Laden went to Bibi Netanyahu's bar mitzvah.

Cherfilus-McCormick naturally played the good old race card in response to the allegations, calling her indictment "unjust" and telling CSPAN, "If this is what Congress is becoming, where they're always trying to intimidate you, scare tactics, especially attacking minorities, black and brown people, then we're going to have to keep fighting for the district."

At the end of January, Congressman Greg Steube said he planned to file a motion to expel Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress when the body returned to Washington. He called the charges "one of the most egregious abuses of public trust I have ever seen" and said, "Stealing $5 million in taxpayer disaster funds from FEMA of all places is beyond indefensible."

But at least she doesn't kick puppies and kittens, allegedly.

We'll soon find out if Cherfilus-McCormick will be expelled, because she faces a House Ethics hearing on Thursday.

This poses a problem for Democrats, including the execrable Hakeem Jeffries. He was asked about the congresswoman [which he cannot define] and whether or not Democrats will support expelling her, which I would wager they won't because they're also politicians.

Since 1789, only 21 members of Congress have been expelled, including 15 Senators and six House members. The last time a Congressman was expelled was Republican [and frequent Fox News' Greg Gutfeld! Show] George Santos in 2023. Prior to that, Ohio Democrat James Traficant was expelled in 2002.

Breakdown by Party:

Democrats: 19
All 17 Civil War-era expulsions (for supporting the Confederacy) were Democrats, as were the two modern House cases.

Republicans: 1

The only Republican expelled was Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in 2023.

Democratic-Republican Party: 1
Sen. William Blount (Democratic-Republican, TN) in 1797. (This was a predecessor party to the modern Democrats; the modern Republican Party did not exist until 1854.)

Are you surprised?

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