Kash Patel punishes FBI kneelers during George Floyd riots

Alright, folks, strap in for some rare good news out of the swamp. This is why we elected Donald Trump.

FBI Director Kash Patel just dropped the hammer on a gaggle of agents who thought it was a great idea to grin like idiots and kneel before Black Lives Matter mobs during the 2020 George Floyd riots. You remember this clusterfrack, right?

 
Here’s the money shot: “BREAKING: FBI agents photographed kneeling during the BLM George Floyd protests have been reassigned. pic.twitter.com/5YfDMTC3VN— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) April 30, 2025.” 

Reassigned, huh? That’s bureaucrat-speak for “sent to the FBI’s version of Siberia.”

 
Let’s rewind to June 4, 2020. These agents weren’t exactly auditioning for Employee of the Month. Their job? Protect federal buildings and monuments in D.C. from BLM’s rampaging goon squad. 

Instead, they’re mugging for the cameras, most of them women, flashing pearly whites and taking a knee like they’re auditioning for a Marxist propaganda flick. The photos don’t lie—those weren’t fear-driven kneels for “crowd deescalation,” as CNN’s sob story would have you believe. Nope, that was a proud middle finger to duty, a love letter to BLM’s openly communist vibe.

 
The optics were worse than a clown car crash. 

These “kneelers”—and yeah, that’s what we’re calling them now—weren’t just slacking; they were practically cheering for the same thugs who’d been torching cities and eyeing federal property for their next bonfire. CNN’s still whining that the FBI doesn’t train agents for crowd control, so, what, they had to grovel to save their skins? Please. The only thing those smiles were deescalating was the FBI’s credibility.

Now, the fallout. Per CNN: “The targeting of the kneelers is part of a broader effort by the new FBI leaders to make good on promises to root out what President Donald Trump has called ‘woke’ and politicized elements inside the agency.” 

Translation: Patel’s draining the DEI swamp. Those kneeling agents? Shipped off to desk-jockey purgatory. And don’t cry for them—some of their own colleagues were spitting nails over this stunt. 

George Floyd: thug life

“A furious reaction erupted inside the FBI. Some of the agents pictured kneeling were ostracized and personally attacked by their peers, current and former agents said.” Good. Sounds like not everyone at the Bureau forgot what a badge means.

Look, those shining, mostly female faces in the photos scream everything you need to know about the FBI’s DEI hiring frenzy.

Standards? Out the window. Pride? Traded for a photo-op with a mob. It’s taken five years—five!—for these kneelers to get their just desserts, but Patel’s finally delivering. This isn’t just a slap on the wrist; it’s a signal the FBI might, just might, start acting like a law enforcement agency again. 

It's about darn time.

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Fires rage in Israel by Hamassholes: National Emergency Declare

As Israel paused to honor its fallen on Yom HaZikaron, a day heavy with the memory of those who gave their lives for the Jewish state, flames tore through the Judean Hills. While Israelis mourned, some Palestinians celebrated, their voices rising on social media with vile instructions to kindle more destruction. 

This was no mere coincidence of nature—it was arson, deliberate and hateful, aimed at the heart of a nation in solemn reflection. Hamas cannot suck more.

Montana Tucker, her voice trembling with urgency, shared the grim reality: “A national state of emergency has been declared here in Israel due to the fires. Praying for everyone’s safety. ” The images she posted are a gut-punch, the kind that make you question the depths of human malice. 

A national state of emergency has been declared here in Israel due to the fires. Praying for everyone’s safety. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/l8DdvyiKr7

— Montana Tucker (@montanatucker)

Marina Medvin, with characteristic clarity, reported, “Arab arsonists are starting fires all over Jerusalem. 3 have been arrested so far.” She added, “The photos and videos out of Israel are harrowing. Greece and Italy are reportedly sending fire fighters to assist.” Medvin’s follow-up was even starker: “Palestinian terrorists are calling for more arson on social media.” The evidence is there, undeniable, in screenshots that burn the eyes as much as the fires burn the land.

Arab arsonists are starting fires all over Jerusalem. 3 have been arrested so far.
The photos and videos out of Israel are harrowing.
Greece and Italy are reportedly sending fire fighters to assist. pic.twitter.com/uDAkH2KRbN

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) April 30, 2025

Palestinian terrorists are calling for more arson on social media. pic.twitter.com/QWTGBDB4z2

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) April 30, 2025

An Israeli mother, her words raw with anguish, asked the question that hangs over this horror: 

How do you react to a whole group of people who actually set your country on fire?
And to those, easily identifiable, who support it on social media?
Right suggestions only. pic.twitter.com/gEJKjq1luY

— An Israeli mother (@IsraMum) April 30, 2025

“How do you react to a whole group of people who actually set your country on fire? And to those, easily identifiable, who support it on social media? Right suggestions only.” It’s a question that demands an answer, though the civilized world might flinch at the implications. 

The fires forced the closure of Highway 1, Israel’s lifeline, as Fire and Rescue Commissioner Eyal Caspi raised the alert to its highest level. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, in a desperate bid for aid, reached out to Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, and Bulgaria—help that won’t arrive before nightfall.

The perpetrators’ hatred is not subtle. Palestinians who despise Israel, branding all its citizens as “settlers,” have been explicit. Hamas, that festering sore of a terrorist group, urged its followers on Telegram to “burn whatever you can of groves, forests, and settler homes,” adding, “Youth of the West Bank, youth of Jerusalem, and those inside Israel, set their cars ablaze… Gaza awaits the revenge of the free.” 

The Jenin News Network echoed the call, inciting arson against “the groves near the settlements.” On X, the Palestinian channel “Akhbar Filastin” issued a bloodthirsty directive: “A call to the revolutionary youth and all the heroes of the West Bank.. Settlers’ homes and the surrounding areas are your target. Burn them with your Molotov cocktails and set fire to the grass near the settlement outposts.”

Israeli police have detained three suspects, per JNS, but the threat looms larger. Knesset member Zvi Sukkot warned, “As the fires spread, calls are being published on Arab networks to ‘set fire to the occupied forests and settlements,’ and there is a real concern, based on past experience, that Palestinians will attempt to set additional fires in Judea and Samaria and throughout the country.” This is not a one-off; it’s a pattern, a strategy of hate.

As Yom HaZikaron gives way to Yom Ha’Atzmaut, a day meant for celebration of Israel’s improbable survival, the festivities have been canceled. The fires, the arrests, the calls for more violence—they cast a shadow over a nation that has endured too much yet stands resolute. One cannot help but wonder: what kind of soul cheers the burning of another’s home? And what kind of world allows such hatred to fester unchecked?

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Wisconsin high court suspends rogue leftist judge who allegedly helped illegal alien evade immigration authorities

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has hoisted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan from her judicial perch, suspending her amid accusations that she played cloak-and-dagger with a man sought by immigration authorities. 

The FBI, not known for dawdling, swept into the county courthouse on Friday morning, bundling Dugan off to face federal charges. These are no trifling matters: concealing an individual to thwart his arrest and obstructing a proceeding. Grave, indeed and if found guilty, needs to face legal consequences.

The state Supreme Court, with a brisk two-page edict on Tuesday, declared it “in the public interest” to sideline Dugan temporarily, noting the weight of the charges against her. Her attorney, perhaps wisely, has kept quiet for now—no immediate comment, no stirring defense. 

Silence, in such moments, can speak louder than words.

And yet, the Democrats, ever quick to scent a conspiracy, or at best to pretend to, cry foul. 

They accuse the Trump administration of orchestrating a grand plot to “chill the nation’s judiciary.” One might pause here, eyebrow arched, and ask: is this truly a chilling of justice, or merely the law catching up with a judge who, if the charges hold, mistook her gavel for a scepter? Who does she think she is, anyway?

The public, one suspects, will not be so easily swayed by partisan vapors. 

Let's hope that justice is served.

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Hakeem Jeffries' divisive rhetoric about Civil War and Republicans, who defeated the slave holders

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), during a ridiculous "sit-in" on the steps of the Capitol, where he wasted even more time since his 25-hour rambling, invoked Civil War-era rhetoric to portray Democrats as "patriots" and the Republican party as "traitors."

If we were to take his words as truth, then we would have to believe that Jeffries is in favor of slavery from which the Republican Party defeated the Democrat slave-holders in the Civil War. Of course he didn't mean that, which only shows that he's an idiot in a suit.

Jeffries' nonsensical comments came during a staged protest on the steps of Congress, where he was initially joined by Sen. Cory Spartacus Booker (D-NJ) and then accompanied by several other Democrats and their colleagues who were squandering their work hours to waste taxpayer money.

Rev. William Barber joined the exercise in futility. He discussed putting “principles over party," triggering Jeffries to recall an old quote by President Ulysses S. Grant at the onset of the Civil War.

“Reminds me of a letter that Ulysses Grant was said to have sent at the start of the Civil War,” Jeffries said.

"At that moment of great turmoil in the country, the country literally tearing itself apart," he set the scene before adding, "What Grant said is, 'There are but two parties in America right now - Patriots and traitors."

Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. He was a Republican.

On April 12, 1861, as the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter, Grant's reported quote was: “There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter.”

Jeffires misses the point: the patriots were those in the party of Lincoln, the Republicans, who were fighting the Democrats in the South in order to end slavery. 

Facts are uncomfortable for the Left. For example, Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago has a plaque on one of their buildings that refers to Abraham Lincoln as a "Democrat." Everyone with a brain knows old Honest Abe was a Republican, but the plaque, written in 1905 on the Frank Lloyd Wright Building reads: "This building is dedicated to public service honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln Democrat."

They need to steal the accomplishments from the GOP to make themselves sound viable.

Jeffries using a quote from a Republican who fought against the Democrats in the South that supported the institution of slavery to portray the modern GOP as "traitors" is a strange choice, but perhaps he was just trying to pull the wool over the eyes of ignorant constituents.

"Hakeem Jeffries isn't wrong," one man wrote. "He's just confused about which of these two parties he and his ilk belong to."

This isn't the first time Jeffries has tried to instigate violence since President Trump entered the Oval Office.

Ten days after the inauguration, the New York Democrat vowed they were "gonna fight" the President's agenda "in the streets."

Why is it that politicians are able to get away with calls for violence? The U.S. Constitution is quite clear about what is free speech, and this does not qualify as such.

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Columbia U. janitors sue pro-Hamas agitators--accused of holding them hostage in building on campus

Alright, let’s cut through the noise. Two janitors at Columbia University, Mariano Torres and Lester Wilson, are fed up and fighting back. They’ve slapped a lawsuit on over 40 anti-Israel agitators who stormed a campus building last April, turning their night shift into a nightmare. This went down in Hamilton Hall, and the details are as ugly as you’d expect.

Filed Friday in New York’s Southern District, the lawsuit lays it out: on April 29, 2024, Torres and Wilson were just doing their jobs when a “highly coordinated mob” smashed their way into Hamilton Hall. 

The suit doesn’t mince words, calling these protesters “occupiers” who “terrorized the two men into the early morning of April 30th, assaulted and battered them, held them against their will.” Yes, you read that right—janitors caught in a premeditated shakedown.

The protesters, according to the suit, were working off some “underground manual” like they were auditioning for a heist flick. This wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment tantrum; it was a playbook to “take illegal action with impunity.” 

When Torres and Wilson tried to hold the line and protect the building, they got hit with disgusting slurs like “Jew-lovers,” “Jew-worker,” and “Zionist.” Classy. The mob even renamed the place “Hinds Hall,” because apparently vandalism comes with a rebrand.

The lawsuit paints a picture of a calculated siege. These folks had “hand-drawn maps and diagrams of Hamilton Hall,” plus a stockpile of food and supplies to bunker down. We’re talking fire extinguisher locations, water fountains, electrical panels—hell, they even scoped out “heavy equipment” like podium toppers, tables, and benches to fortify their little fortress. This was no spontaneous protest; it was a tactical takeover.

The suit claims the group planned to “intimidate, harass, bribe, threaten, and/or assault and batter” anyone who got in their way. They were told to wear face coverings and dark clothing to keep things extra sketchy. One of the named defendants, 41-year-old James Carlson, allegedly got physical with Torres, shoving him and threatening, “I’m going to get twenty guys up here to f--- you up.” Torres, not backing down, reportedly shot back, “I’ll be right here.” Gutsy.

Carlson’s lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, isn’t buying it. He told Fox News Digital the claims are “patently false and defamatory.” Says Carlson is Jewish Armenian and “vehemently opposes genocide targeting any people.” Gottlieb insists his client never slung anti-Semitic slurs, never touched or threatened the janitors, and isn’t even in the photos tied to the complaint. “We will prove that,” he says. 

We’ll see how that holds up.

The fallout? Torres and Wilson say they’re dealing with physical injuries and PTSD from the ordeal. Bad enough they haven’t been able to clock back into work. 

They’re not just suing the individuals—groups like National Students for Justice in Palestine, AJP Educational Foundation, Inc., Faculty for Justice in Palestine Network, WESPAC Foundation, and People’s City Council are called out for allegedly orchestrating “anti-Semitic actions” on campus, even if they’re not named defendants.

Enter former Attorney General Bill Barr, now with Torridon Law, prepping the janitors. Barr is not holding back, saying Torres and Wilson “found themselves the victims of a hate-fueled, premeditated attack.” Barr’s framing this as a stand for accountability: “Mario and Lester are seeking the justice they deserve and sending a powerful message that those who terrorize others will be held accountable under the law.”

This isn’t just a lawsuit—it’s a line in the sand. Two guys who clean floors for a living are staring down a mob and saying, “Not on our watch.” Stay tuned, because this one’s far from over.

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Rep. Stefanik seems to accuse Speaker Johnson of lying in House spat

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when House GOP leaders start throwing shade in public. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the once-and-future Trump darling, just about called Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a fibber on Tuesday over some alleged chitchat about the New York governor’s race. 

And guys, this is the kind of Republican-on-Republican drama that makes you grab the popcorn.

Johnson, trying to play the cool boss, told reporters he’s been having “conversations” with Stefanik and her fellow New Yorker, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), when asked if he’d been jawing about the upcoming gubernatorial election with the two potential candidates. You know, just casual water-cooler talk about who might run the Empire State. No biggie, right?

Wrong. Stefanik wasn’t having it. She hopped on X, citing a Punchbowl News report about Johnson’s press conference comments, and dropped a truth bomb: “This is not true. I have had no conversations with the Speaker regarding the Governor’s race.” 

Ouch. That’s not a subtweet; that’s a public slap. She followed it up with a teaser, writing, “Looking forward to the conversation about [State and Local Taxes] with NY Members tomorrow. Stay tuned.” 

When Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s camp for a response, his spokesman just pointed back to the Speaker’s post-presser remarks like a kid dodging homework. Johnson, trying to smooth things over, said, “I just talked to her. Elise is one of my closest friends. We haven't specifically talked about her running for governor, but all these other things. She's coming in to visit with me, and it's all good.” 

All good? Sure, Mike, nothing says “all good” like your colleague publicly calling you out.

This little spat is a jaw-dropping clash between two heavyweights in House GOP leadership, and it’s happening fresh off Stefanik’s return to her full-time House gig. 

Let’s rewind: Stefanik was all set to glide into the Senate confirmation process as President Donald Trump’s pick for U.N. ambassador. It was supposed to be a cakewalk. But the House’s paper-thin majority and some hand-wringing over who’d replace her in her upstate New York district threw a wrench in the plan. Trump, not one to let his loyalists twist in the wind, told her to forgo the ambassador gig.

So, Stefanik ditched her House GOP Conference chair role and two plum committee spots on intelligence and education to prep for the U.N. job. But when that fell through, Trump leaned on Johnson to hook her up with a new top role. Johnson, ever the team player, named her chair of House Republican leadership. 

Problem solved? Not quite.

Just days later, whispers started swirling—confirmed by sources to Fox News Digital and others—that Stefanik was eyeing a run for New York governor. And who could blame her? Albany’s a step up from the House’s knife-fight politics. 

When reporters pressed Johnson on Tuesday about whether he’d talked to Stefanik and Lawler about jumping into the governor’s race, he played coy: “I have lots of conversations.”

Then he got all warm and fuzzy, saying, “I love them both. They're two of my favorite people and most trusted colleagues. And, and they're both super talented, which is why they get talked about for doing other things… I mean, my preference is they all stay here with me, right. But I don't begrudge anybody for having other opportunities. And we ultimately support them in whatever they do. But, are we having conversations? We are. Yeah. And that's all I'm going to say about it.”

Translation: “I’m not spilling the tea, but yeah, we’re talking.” Too bad Stefanik’s out here saying those talks never happened. Someone’s story isn’t adding up, and this public dust-up is giving us a front-row seat to the House GOP’s latest soap opera. 

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Dem. who didn't call for Biden's impeachment, calls for Trump's: "It isn't about partisanship"

"This is not about partisanship," claimed Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), who did nothing to impeach a braindead Democrat president but wants to impeach President Trump.

On Monday, Thanedar introduced seven articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, kicking off a bid that has as much chance of succeeding as this guy has of winning the Lottery twice on the same day. 

Congress is led by the GOP so it's obvious Thanedar is simply trying to make a name for himself.

The impeachment resolution accuses Trump of “high crimes and misdemeanors” over alleged constitutional violations related to taxpayer funds, deportations, tariffs, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort led by Elon Musk, retaliation against the press, and others. All the things the majority of Americans voted for when we elected Trump.

“Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unfit to serve as President and represents a clear and present danger to our nation’s constitution and our democracy,” Thanedar said in a statement, plagiarizing the words of the late author Tom Clancy. 

“His unlawful actions have subverted the justice system, violated the separation of powers, and placed personal power and self-interest above public service. We cannot wait for more damage to be done. Congress must act.”

In a video posted on social media, Thanedar claimed the “final straw” was Trump defying a Supreme Court ruling that the government must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien, alleged MS-13 gang member, and known wife-beater deported to his home country of El Salvador.

The announcement came hours after Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney launched a 2026 primary campaign for the Detroit-area district against Thanedar, a 70-year-old, below average, Indian immigrant serving his second term in the House. McKinney joins former state Sen. Adam Hollier, who is challenging Thanedar for a third time, and has already received an endorsement from the leftist Justice Democrats.

“People like our congressman, Shri Thanedar, are the problem,” McKinney said in an announcement video. “A multimillionaire who spent millions to buy a seat in Congress, who has more in common with Donald Trump and Elon Musk than people like us.”

Due to the fact that the House and Senate are controlled by Republicans who are largely aligned with the President, Thanedar’s articles of impeachment are likely to become landfill. That has been the case with articles of impeachment announced by the execrable Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who accused Trump of committing “dastardly deeds” in the first couple of weeks of his second term.

How President Trump is portrayed by the Left

“This is not about partisanship,” Thanedar lied in his statement. “It’s about protecting our democracy and ensuring that no one, not even a President, is above the law.”

Referring to what has been dubbed “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was among those to mock the latest impeachment attempt.

“It’s a day that ends in ‘-Y’, which means liberal Democrats are again trying to impeach [the president] for delivering the will of the people,” Mullin said in a post on X. “TDS is strong. MAGA is stronger.”

Thanedar is weak tea.

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Venezuelan illegal alien gang leader arrested in Calif. on immigration charges

Yonaiker Gallegos

The border mess just keeps delivering gut punches, and this one’s a doozy. According to the Trump administration, as told to Fox News on Monday, a Venezuelan illegal alien—alleged big shot in the ultra-violent Tren de Aragua gang—got nabbed in Los Angeles last week. 

Yonaiker [rhymes with yarmulka] Gallegos, who was slinking around under the alias “Yoniaker Rafel Martinez-Ramos” (nice try, pal), was already cooling his heels in LA County lockup on misdemeanor charges for blank checks and toting a fake government ID. 

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) sniffed him out on April 22, per a senior Trump official. They got wise to his “Martinez-Ramos” charade after eyeballing the junk he had on him when local cops scooped him up. 

By April 23, HSI’s National Gang Unit had the goods—tattoo pics and booking photos that screamed, “Yup, this is Gallegos.” They even dug up his social media, where this genius was apparently dumb enough to post his real face. Facial recognition tech sealed the deal, confirming he’s Yonaiker Gallegos, not some wannabe with a bad alias.

They always catch the dumb ones.

And get this: Fox News got a video from his social media where he’s allegedly flexing grenades and a rifle like he’s auditioning for a cartel flick [see photo above].

Real brain trust, this guy. You won't run into him at any Mensa meeting.

HSI Los Angeles teamed up with state and local badges to haul Gallegos into federal custody on April 25 for Title 8 immigration violations. The senior official didn’t mince words: he was “identified as a leader of TDA based in California.” ICE backed it up, confirming the arrest.

So, here we are—another day, another dangerous thug who shouldn’t be here in the first place, allegedly running a gang show in our backyard. If this doesn’t scream “fix the damn border,” I don’t know what does.

Meanwhile, the Democrats still want to impeach Trump. Maybe it's because they're hiding something.

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Ex-Rep. George Santos sobs after sentencing handed out in corruption case

Sometimes actions have consequences for politicians

Notorious serial liar George Santos — the disgraced former congressman who scammed donors to fuel his winning campaign — broke down into sobs Friday as he learned his fate in a sprawling federal corruption case. The wayward, openly gay ex-Long Island pol, exposed for fibbing about much of his life story, was sentenced to seven years and three months behind bars by Central Islip federal court Judge Joanna Seybert.

“Everyone hates George Santos,” his defense attorney, Robert Fantone Jr., pleaded for leniency. “Everyone’s got flaws, but he’s got more than the rest of us.” Fantone argued Santos’ reputation was already so trashed he’d pay for it his whole life.

Santos, ordered to cough up $373,000 in restitution, wept as he told the judge he’d learned his lesson. “I betrayed the confidence instilled in me by my constituents,” he said. But Seybert wasn’t buying it. “Where is the remorse?” she snapped. “I have searched in vain … but I can’t find a reason to be lenient.”

The 36-year-old pleaded guilty in August to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, admitting he defrauded donors and used the names of dozens — including family and friends — to falsely inflate his contributor count. Santos, who served less than a year in the House repping parts of Queens and Nassau County until his historic expulsion in December 2023, now hawks $100 personalized videos on Cameo. He posted “Soon” with prayer hand emojis on X hours before sentencing but dodged reporters at court.
Prosecutors pushed for the max seven years, citing Santos’ lack of genuine remorse, including X posts calling himself a “scapegoat” and blasting the Department of Justice. His lawyers countered he was “profoundly sorry,” claiming he was just upset over the harsh sentencing recommendation.

US Attorney John Durham didn’t hold back outside court, blasting Santos’ “disgraceful and greedy conduct.” “Santos’ blatant corruption is an affront to our electoral process,” Durham said, praising Seybert’s 87-month sentence.

Navy veteran Richard Osthoff, who accused Santos of stealing thousands from a fundraiser for his sick dog, called the ex-rep’s tears “crocodile tears.” “That wasn’t real. He’s not remorseful,” Osthoff sneered. “Have fun, George.”

Santos’ lies unraveled after his 2022 election, with fabrications about graduating from NYU and Baruch College and working at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs — none of it true. A 23-count indictment in May 2023 accused him of laundering campaign funds, lying to Congress about his wealth, collecting unemployment while employed, and splurging on designer clothes, Botox, and luxe vacations. His former treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy and faces sentencing next month, with prosecutors eyeing three-and-a-half to four years for her.

Santos, who must surrender July 25, requested a northeast prison but was denied protective custody by Seybert, who saw no evidence he needed it. In a Tuesday NY1 interview, he admitted he can’t afford the restitution and fears for his safety in prison. Tough luck, George — the Ferragamo-wearing fibber’s finally facing the music.

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Harvard covertly trained Chinese "Paramilitsry Organization" members AFTER US SANCTIONED IT OVER UYGHUR GENOCIDE

Harvard University, that bastion of Ivy League prestige, has been caught with its hand in a very murky cookie jar—quietly training members of a Chinese paramilitary group tied to the Uyghur genocide, even after the U.S. slapped sanctions on it. 

[H/T The Washington Free Beacon]

The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) subordinate described by the Trump administration as a “paramilitary organization,” got cozy with Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health not once, but twice post-sanctions, in 2023 and 2024. Now, one expert warns, Harvard could be staring down “a big legal problem.” 

Let's hope that expert is correct.

It all started innocently enough—or so Harvard would have you believe. 

Way back in 2019, the Chan School launched an annual health financing course with Beijing’s National Health Security Administration (NHSA), training Chinese government staffers. A blog post at the time proudly noted XPCC officials from Xinjiang were among the inaugural class. But when conservative outlet The Washington Free Beacon came knocking, that tidbit mysteriously vanished from the site, like it never happened.

The Trump administration hit the XPCC with sanctions in 2020 for its role in “serious rights abuses against ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,” where China’s been accused of mass detentions, forced sterilizations, and worse. 

You’d think that would be a red line for Harvard. Nope. 

The university obstinately continued training XPCC officials, first in 2023 (flagged by Strategy Risks in a damning report, “Beijing Exercises Strong Influence Over Multiple Areas of Harvard University”) and again in 2024, a detail buried on the NHSA’s website and unreported until now.

One might think of this as a symbolic flipping of "the bird" to the U.S. government.

This isn’t just a PR hiccup. Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Sobolik told the outlet that Harvard’s playing with fire. “It’s one thing to partner with the XPCC before the U.S. government declared a genocide in Xinjiang. It’s another thing entirely to continue that cooperation afterwards,” he said.

 “Harvard officials should have known that training the XPCC risked complicity in Beijing’s atrocities against Uyghurs and other ethno-religious minorities. Either they didn’t, and it’s gross negligence—or they did, and it’s beyond the pale. Either way, Harvard may have a big legal problem.” Sanctions mean U.S. entities can’t engage with the XPCC, and violations could bring hefty fines—hundreds of thousands of dollars, potentially.

Harvard’s already in hot water, with the Trump administration freezing over $2 billion in federal funding for its failure to tackle campus anti-Semitism. Now this? The timing’s brutal, but hey, they deserve it.

When pressed, Stephanie Simon, the Chan School’s dean for communications, pointed the finger at China. “Each year, the NHSA invites the local officials who administer health insurance and elder care programs in each administrative region of China. In Xinjiang, that often includes officials from the XPCC,” she said. The trainings, she claimed, are broad, drawing “50 or 60 local officials from across China, with just one or two from each administrative region.” Instructors? A global mix, not just Harvard folks. 

Simon insisted the goal is noble: “To build capacity for public officials across China to create effective insurance programs with sustainable financial models so that all people across China can get access to high-quality health care.”

As for that scrubbed 2019 blog post? Simon shrugged it off as part of a website redesign that ditched “an enormous quantity of old content” across the school’s sites “several months ago.” Convenient.

Harvard’s no stranger to Beijing’s orbit. Between 2019 and 2022, it pocketed nearly $70 million from Chinese entities—more than from any other country, per U.S. Department of Education data. The Chan School itself got a $350 million windfall in 2014 from the Morningside Foundation, controlled by the Chan family—Hong Kong tycoons with deep CCP ties. The school was renamed after their late patriarch, though Harvard swears the gift was “unsolicited, unrestricted, and unexpected.”

The university’s China ties run deeper still. Its health partnership includes seven Chinese universities, six flagged by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute as security risks due to their People’s Liberation Army connections. Three—Sichuan, Xi’an Jiaotong, and Tsinghua—are neck-deep in Chinese defense tech, including the nuclear program. Oh, and in 2022 alone, Harvard trained “188 senior national and provincial-level government officials” from China’s NHSA. That’s not a seminar; that’s a pipeline.

Harvard’s response? It’s all about “advancing the school’s mission of improving health and well-being for all,” Simon said. But when you’re training a sanctioned paramilitary outfit linked to genocide, that mission starts looking like a tightrope walk over a legal and moral abyss.

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Qatar secured better terms for Hamas in case you think they're not involved

Let's confront the grim reality of the Middle East’s latest diplomatic farce, as laid bare by Israeli media on Sunday. Qatar, that glittering mirage of moderation, has been caught red-handed sabotaging the hostage and ceasefire talks, scheming to wring better terms for Hamas. 

Senior Israeli officials, cited by Yisrael Hayom, warn that if no deal emerges in the coming days, Israel will tighten the screws in Gaza. No surprise there—patience is not a virtue when dealing with those who play such cynical games.

The officials are blunt: Qatar’s meddling in the ceasefire talks has been a wrecking ball. They argue, with some justification, that Egypt alone would be a cleaner conduit. Without Doha’s oily fingerprints, Hamas might already have buckled under the combined weight of IDF operations, a choked flow of humanitarian aid, and the diplomatic arm-twisting of Egypt and Mahmoud Abbas. 

Instead, as Ynet reports, Qatar leaned on Hamas to spurn Egypt’s proposal, dangling the promise of a sweeter deal down the line. “There may be a better proposal for Hamas later on,” they whispered, like a devil on the shoulder.

The hostage talks, predictably, are stuck in quicksand. Yet Ynet offers a rare shaft of clarity: military pressure has worked. Hamas, it seems, can be brought to heel, and a partial hostage release might already have been secured were it not for the diplomatic dithering. But here’s where the plot thickens and the bile rises. 

The negotiating team led by Ron Dermer has been, at best, ineffectual—at worst, a liability. A source close to the talks told Ynet that Dermer’s efforts range “between borderline and negative.” Israel, it appears, has not been pushing for a solution but stumbling through one.

And then, the kicker, the betrayal that stinks of treachery. Ynet reveals that associates of Benjamin Netanyahu, those who’ve pocketed Qatari cash, have been advancing interests that “endangered the national security of Israel.” These turncoats ran a smear campaign against Egypt, poisoning a vital relationship for no discernible reason other than to serve their paymasters in Doha. It is a scandal that demands answers, not excuses.

This is the Middle East’s tragedy in microcosm: a stage of bad actors, double-dealing, and squandered chances. Qatar’s duplicity, Hamas’s intransigence, and Israel’s own internal failures converge to keep hostages in chains and peace a distant dream. 

One wonders how long this grim pantomime can endure before the curtain falls.

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U.S. Mayor wears Hamasshole gear-- is blasted by Jewish community

Mayor of major US city blasted by Jews for wearing pro-Hamas symbol

Chicago’s Jewish community just got a slap in the face, and Hamas-loving Mayor Brandon Johnson’s the one swinging. 

Johnson posed for a photo wearing a keffiyeh—yeah, that scarf—to celebrate Arab Heritage Month, arm-in-arm with the local CAIR chapter. The Chicago Jewish Alliance (CJA) isn’t having it, and frankly, who can blame them? 

CAIR is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and they are the unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) terrorism financing trial in the US. This case, prosecuted in 2007 and 2008 involved charges that they funneled millions of dollars to Hamas. CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) along with the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) were listed, among others, as unindicted co-conspirators, who were alleged to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and its U.S.-based networks. The 2008 retrial ended in guilty verdicts against HLF officials on 108 counts.

“This is outrageous,” the CJA said, and they’re not wrong. “For the mayor of Chicago to stand there—cloaked in a symbol now synonymous with Jewish bloodshed, flanked by an organization that justifies it—is more than tone-deaf. It’s a betrayal.” 

Exactly.

They didn’t stop there: “It tells Jewish Chicagoans: Your pain doesn’t matter. Your dead don’t count. Your safety is negotiable.” That’s not just a statement; it’s a gut punch. They called the keffiyeh “not neutral. It’s a flag of war.” Harsh? Perhaps. But it's not very different than a swastika. 

Let’s break it down. The keffiyeh isn’t just some hipster fashion statement anymore. “In today’s world, it’s worn at Hamas rallies. It’s paraded in the streets when mobs chant ‘From the river to the sea,’ a call for the eradication of Israel. It’s the uniform of those who cheered on the Oct. 7 massacre — where babies were burned, women raped, and over 1,200 Jews slaughtered.” That’s not hyperbole; that’s reality.

Then there’s CAIR. They blamed Israel for the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks, got kicked out of Biden’s anti-Semitism strategy, and their bigwig Nihad Awad flat-out said Israel has no right to defend itself. Subtle, right?

The alliance isn’t saying Arab Heritage Month shouldn’t happen—nah, they’re all for it. “Food, music, poetry, and history” are the way to go, they say, not “embracing symbols of terror.” Fair point.

Lisa Katz from the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement chimed in, urging Johnson to quit posturing and start talking. “Engage in open dialogue with Chicago’s Jewish community, learn more about the evolving symbols of modern-day antisemitism, and show solidarity against antisemitism and hate in all their contemporary forms,” she said. Translation: Step up, Mayor. Be a leader, not a photo-op.

Katz sees a chance here: “This moment presents an opportunity for education, for empathy and for leadership that brings communities together rather than deepening divides.” Noble, but good luck with that when the mayor’s already picked his side.

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Suspect arrested for alleged theft of Kristi Noem's bag is an illegal alien

The suspect accused of stealing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci handbag containing $3,000 in cash and other personal belongings was arrested on Saturday in Washington, D.C., according to reports. Turns out he's an illegal alien.

The Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service caught the suspect, the New York Post reported. Authorities are still searching for a second suspect in connection with the incident.

The two are both in the U.S. illegally and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now involved in the case, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin told NBC 4. Martin said there is no indication Noem was targeted for her role at DHS.

The suspect in custody is scheduled to appear in court early this week.

The Secret Service is keeping it a secret whether or not the suspect was arrested on Saturday.

"For the safety of our agents and officers, we are not in a position to confirm or comment at this time," Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi wrote on X. "Should criminal charges be filed, the Department of Homeland Security will provide public information in accordance with established procedures."

Noem was with her family on Easter Sunday at The Capital Burger in Washington, D.C., when the suspect nabbed her luxury bag containing the cash as well as her driver’s license, passport, medication, makeup bag, blank checks, DHS badge, apartment keys and a Louis Vuitton Clemence wallet.

The bag was on the floor by her seat at her table when it was stolen, according to a complaint filed with local police.

Security footage captured a white man in a N95 surgical mask, dark pants and a baseball cap grabbing the bag before leaving the restaurant. It is not known whether the man was wearing the mask based on Dr, Anthony Fauci's recommendation.

The suspect glanced around the restaurant before snatching the bag, covering it with his jacket and running out of the establishment, sources who viewed the footage told the New York Post.



"It was kind of shocking, actually, because it was sitting right by my feet. I actually felt my purse, he hooked it with his foot and drug it a few steps away and dropped a coat over it and took it," Noem told podcaster Vince Coglianese on the "VINCE Show."

"I felt it, but I thought it was my grandkids kicking me in the legs. But it was very professionally done, and it tells that this happens all the time to people and that they live in communities where this is a danger and it reaffirms why I am here," she added. "My job is to make sure that I do everything, every day I can to make our communities safer and President Trump recognizes that families shouldn’t have to live with any kind of violence in their lives."

Just days before Noem's bag was stolen, another woman eating with her own family at a nearby eatery had her purse nabbed in a similar incident.

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Indian Air Force conducts "Exercise Aakraman" amid escalating Indo-Pak tensions post Pahalgam massacre

The Indian Air Force is out there, hammering away, training for some seriously gnarly ground attack missions across all kinds of terrain—plains, mountains, you name it. Meanwhile, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi’s boots hit the ground in Srinagar, sizing up the chaos in the region like a hawk.

After that gut-punch of a terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 innocent souls were snuffed out, the IAF unleashed "Exercise Aakraman" (Attack). They tore up the central sector with their heavy-hitting fighter fleets, the Rafale jets leading the charge like lightning bolts. The IAF’s [not to be confused with Israel's IAF] got two Rafale squadrons, one roaring out of Ambala, the other from Hashimara in West Bengal, ready to bring the thunder.

This wasn’t just a flex— it was a full-on show of force. 

Fighter jets screamed through the skies, transport planes buzzed all night Thursday, hugging the border so close you could feel the heat. AWACS-equipped birds kept their eyes peeled, tracking every move the enemy made. Oh, and across the line? Pakistani Air Force jets were strutting their stuff too, like they’re itching for a fight.

All three arms of India’s military machine—Army, Navy, Air Force—are on red alert after Pahalgam. From Jammu and Kashmir to the Arabian Sea, it’s all systems go. Rafale jets are patrolling the skies along the Pakistani border, while ground forces are kicking down doors, torching terrorist hideouts, and locking down border villages.

General Dwivedi rolled into Srinagar on Friday, with tensions between India and Pakistan hotter than a furnace. Flanked by 15 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Prashant Srivastava and the Victor Force Commander, he’s not there for tea and biscuits. He’s chairing a high-stakes security pow-wow, laser-focused on the Line of Control and beyond. Sources say top brass will lay out the full picture—troop deployments, intel, and the playbook to shut down any cross-border nonsense. After that, Dwivedi’s heading straight to Pahalgam, where those unarmed tourists were gunned down in cold blood.

Pahalgam Bloodbath:

The Pahalgam attack on April 22 was a slaughter—26 people, mostly tourists, killed, with over a dozen more wounded. It’s one of the deadliest strikes since Article 370 got the boot in 2019. The government’s still cagey about the official body count, but the damage is done. Security forces are hunting the scumcrumpets responsible, combing the area like bloodhounds. The streets of Pahalgam, usually packed with tourists, are now a ghost town, locked down tight.

It's looking grim and war may be on the horizon. 

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Israel Defense Forces strike Hezbollah missile depot in Beirut

Let us be clear: Israel is not playing games. The Jewish state has drawn a line in the sand, and it is one that Hezbollah, that malign proxy of Iran, would do well to heed. 

As the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office declared with unyielding resolve, “Israel will not allow Hezbollah to strengthen and to create any threat against it—anywhere in Lebanon.” No ambiguity there. No room for misinterpretation. This is a nation that knows its enemies and will not flinch in confronting them. They know if you give Hezbollah a time out, they will use it to regroup and rearm and strike again.

On April 18, 2025, the skies over Ghazieh, near Sidon, were choked with smoke, the aftermath of a reported Israeli strike. A few days later, on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces delivered a hammer blow to Hezbollah’s ambitions, “forcefully” striking an arms storage facility in the heart of Beirut. The target? A stockpile of precision missiles in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh, a place that fancies itself untouchable. 

The joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz left no doubt: this was a strike against “infrastructure in Beirut where Hezbollah’s precision missiles were stored, which posed a significant threat to the State of Israel.”

The message is unmistakable. “The Dahiya district in Beirut will not serve as a safe haven for the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated. And why should it? Why should Israel tolerate a terrorist group arming itself to the teeth, plotting destruction from the shadows of Lebanon’s capital? 

The Lebanese government, complicit by its inaction, “bears direct responsibility for preventing these threats,” the statement continued. Quite right. If Lebanon will not rein in its resident jihadists, Israel will do what must be done. And it will do so without apology, as it pursues its “war objective to safely return the residents of the north to their homes.”

This is not mere rhetoric. On the same Sunday, the Israeli Air Force eliminated a Hezbollah operative near Halta, close to the Golan Heights. His crime? Advancing efforts to rebuild Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. The gall of it—rearming and regrouping under the nose of a supposed ceasefire. 

That ceasefire, fragile as a bubble, took effect in November 2024, halting over a year of Hezbollah’s attacks launched in solidarity with Hamas, whose barbaric October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel lit the fuse for this conflagration.

Israel’s actions are not reckless; they are surgical, deliberate, and born of necessity, which cannot be said about Hezbollah nor Hamas.

The Beirut airstrike is but one piece of a broader campaign to choke Hezbollah’s entrenchment in southern Lebanon. The IDF’s resolve is ironclad: “The IDF will continue to act to protect Israeli citizens and sovereignty.” 

And so it must. For when a nation faces an enemy that dreams of its annihilation, hesitation is not an option. Israel fights not just for its survival but for the principle that no terrorist group, no matter how emboldened, can hold a nation hostage.

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About 800 illegal aliens busted in Florida ICE operation

Buckle up, America—Operation Tidal Wave just crashed down hard. In a balls-to-the-wall team-up, ICE Miami and Florida’s finest badge-wearers rounded up nearly 800 illegals in just four days. This ain’t no small-time sweep; it’s a multi-agency gut-punch to the underbelly of illegal immigration.

Fox News got the dirt on some of ICE’s biggest catches from this ongoing blitz. We’re talking heavy hitters: a Colombian murderer, MS-13 and 18th Street gang scum, and a Russian with an Interpol Red Notice for mowing down a life.

Jose Sanchez Reyes, a Colombian who slipped into the U.S. like a ghost, was convicted of homicide back home. Guy’s got blood on his hands.

Rafael Juarex Cabrera, a Guatemalan MS-13 thug, has waltzed back into the U.S. three times like it’s a revolving door. He’s got a felony reentry rap on his sheet.

Savva Klishchevskii, a Russian, is wanted by Interpol for vehicular manslaughter. Bet he thought he could outrun that Red Notice.

Aron Isaak Morazan-Izaguirre, a Honduran 18th Street gangbanger, is flagged as a known or suspected terrorist. He’s allegedly snuck back into the U.S. twice. Bold move, pal.

Operation Tidal Wave’s still rolling, and Florida’s doubling down, locking arms with ICE to fuel President Trump’s mass deportation juggernaut. No brakes, no mercy.

CBP brought “extraordinary support” to the table, per officials, who’re calling this op a home run. ICE took to X, dropping a statement: “We appreciate our [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)] partner’s commitment to public safety.” 

This all comes hot on the heels of two judges getting cuffed for allegedly playing hide-and-seek with illegals. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s facing charges of obstruction and concealing a migrant from ICE agents. She thought she could outsmart the feds.

Then there’s former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano, 68, and his wife, Nancy, 67, slapped with evidence tampering. Word is they were harboring Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, a goon from Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. That’s the kind of company they keep.

Operation Tidal Wave’s just getting started. Stay frosty, folks—this fight’s far from over.

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BBC blasted for Jew hatred and vows to wipe out all Jews

Samer Elzaenen

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

                                          Martin Niemöller

The BBC [British Bashing Creeps] has revealed itself to be something we Jews knew for a long time before they showed their red hands. They are no longer shown to be simply against Britain, much like CNN and MSNBC are against the US, but now it's clear they are against the Jews.

The BBC recently filmed a pseudo documentary in Gaza that was clearly coordinated and staged, while all who appeared in it were directly or indirectly linked to Hamas. It was definitely a propaganda piece and it got a ton of backlash.

You'd think they'd have learned.

One so called 'reporter' Samer Elzaenen, had appeared over a dozen times on BBC. So British taxpayers are funding an outlet that is part of the IRGC.

In July Elzaenen said, and I paraphrase, that whenever things go wrong, just shoot the Jews and that fixes everything. 

He has also repeatedly said over the years that "[My] message to Jews: we are going to take our land back; we love death for Allah's sake, the same way you love life. We shall burn you like Hitler did, but this time we won't have a single one of you left."

And he works for the BBC. I guess he passed a background check.

This, of course is not an isolated situation. There have been a number of other BBC contributors who were guilty of outright anti-Semitic rhetoric. Dawn Queva was a scheduling coordinator at BBC Three and was canned in 2024 after writing anti-Semitic posts on Facebook.

But it goes back farther. In 2014, Tala Halawa, a BBC reporter covering the Israeli-Palestinian war, was criticized in 2021 for tweets that included such crap as: #Hitler was right" and "Zionists can't get enough of our blood."

Another reporter, Tim Willcox, faced backlash in 2015 for an anti-Semitic comment at a Paris unity rally interview when he suggested Palestinians suffer "at Jewish hands," and for implying Jewish voters oppose a tax due to financial reasons.

Nimesh Thaker, a BBC World News journalist was investigated in 2020 for allegedly using an anonymous Twitter account to troll Jewish presenter Emma Barnett with anti-Semitic attacks.

Sally Nabil, a BBC Arabic service journalist, was outed in 2024 for liking tweets supporting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and endorsing Hamas. This included a tweet about Jews buying land in Northern Cyprus to "seize" it for Israel. 

And more recently, Ahmed Alagha, a BBC Arabic contributor, was reported this year for social media posts referring to Jews as "devils" and Israelis "worse than beasts."

The BBC cannot suck enough.

Where is Queers for Palestine when the BBC needs them?

For Islam, the Jews are the first target; but Israel is definitely not the last. They are the starter menu for a world caliphate. 

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Seattle Pride getting budget cut as corporate sponsors dwindle due to removal of noggins from nether region

Let's dive into the rainbow-colored dumpster fire that is Seattle Pride’s financial meltdown!

According to reports, Seattle Pride is staring down a $350,000 shortfall, and they’re blaming it on—wait for it—corporations ditching the DEI bandwagon. That’s right, the woke cash cow is drying up, and now the glitter’s hitting the fan!

Seattle, the granola-crunching, Birkenstock-wearing capital of lefty land, is apparently struggling to keep its Pride parade afloat. KOMO News says this mess is “attributed to recent rollbacks in initiatives and political challenges facing the LGBTQIA2S+E=Mc2 community.” 

Translation: Companies are tired of footing the bill for identity politics while losing income, and the alphabet soup is feeling the squeeze. 

Enter Patti Hearn, Seattle Pride’s Executive Director, who’s out here sounding like she’s auditioning for a TED Talk on victimhood. 

Hearn told KOMO, “We have seen shifts in corporate sponsorship as companies assess their budgets and priorities, and some sponsors have not yet renewed their commitments this year.” 

Oh no, Patti, you mean businesses are acting like businesses and not your personal ATM? 

She goes on: “We are still in conversations with many of them — it’s important to us that we partner with organizations that demonstrate genuine and sustained support for the LGBTQIA2S+ community year-round. This is especially imperative as our community faces ongoing political attacks.” 

Eye roll. Political attacks? Or maybe people are just over the corporate virtue-signaling?

But wait, it gets better! Hearn’s got a plan to save Pride: ditch the suits and go full communist! She said, “We know that relying on corporate sponsorships is not the future of Pride. The future is community [communism]. That's why we're leaning into grassroots partnerships and radical mutual aid.” Radical mutual aid? What is this, a Pride parade or a Marxist bake sale? 

Good luck funding your floats with hugs and good vibes, Seattle!

The Seattle Times piles on, quoting Hearn blaming—you guessed it—Trump! “Hearn said the retreat in financial commitments by major corporate sponsors is a sign big-name companies may be following the lead of the Trump administration, which has launched a sweeping campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender people.” 

There it is, folks! The Orange Man strikes again, single-handedly tanking Seattle Pride from Mar-a-Lago. Give me a break.

Hearn’s out here whining, “It’s a really rough world for queer people, and this just feels like it’s part of that package.” Rough world? They get a whole Pride Month while veterans get a day!

Try running a business in Biden’s economy, Patti! 

She refuses to name the corporations ghosting her, saying her team is “still in some conversation” with them. Sure, sounds like those Zoom calls are going great. She told The Seattle Times, “Typically, we’d have a lot more companies who’d sign on the dotted line much earlier than the deadline. What we’re seeing is a bit of uncertainty.” 

Uncertainty? Or maybe companies are waking up to the fact that pandering doesn’t pay the bills.

Hearn says this year’s parade is safe, but 2026 might be a different story unless they can scrape together some cash. Her big plan? Beg for donations, chase grants, and throw fundraisers. Sounds like Seattle Pride’s about to become the world’s most fabulous GoFundMe.

So, what’s the takeaway? Woke Inc. is tightening the purse strings, and Seattle Pride’s learning the hard way that you can’t guilt-trip your way to a balanced budget. 

Maybe it’s time to rethink the “radical mutual aid” nonsense and focus on something sustainable. Or, you know, just keep blaming Trump. That’s bound to work. 

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Humongous blast at Iran's key port kills 8 injures over 750

The world woke to yet another grim spectacle from the Islamic Republic of Iran, where a colossal explosion at Shahid Rajaee, the nation’s largest commercial port near Bandar Abbas, has left at least eight dead and 750 wounded. 

This is no mere industrial screwup; it is a blazing emblem of Iran’s reckless priorities, its flirtation with catastrophe laid bare on Saturday morning.

The blast, which shattered windows, obliterated roofs, and reduced cars to smouldering husks, was felt 50km away—an apocalyptic tremor through the earth. 

Videos, verified by the BBC, capture the grotesque ballet: a fire swelling with malevolent intent, then a monstrous detonation. People flee, others lie broken amid smoking wreckage, the air thick with chaos. Aerial footage reveals at least three infernos raging, as Iran’s interior minister later confirmed the fire leapt from one container to another like a predator unbound.

“Still trapped under collapsed roofs and we are trying to rescue them,” one official told local media, per BBC Persian—a desperate admission of the human toll. The highways, littered with debris and rubble, resemble a war zone, not a hub of commerce. 

Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s most advanced terminal, sits on the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for global oil. This is no backwater; it is a geopolitical nerve centre, 20km from Bandar Abbas, home to the Iranian Navy’s main base.

What caused this disaster? The answer, as ever with Iran, is a cocktail of incompetence and menace. Ambrey Intelligence, a private maritime risk firm, points to “improper handling of a shipment of solid fuel intended for use in Iranian ballistic missiles.” They note an Iran-flagged ship “discharged a shipment of sodium perchlorate rocket fuel at the port in March 2025.” 

The Financial Times had already reported two vessels ferrying fuel from China to Iran. State media, scrambling for a less damning narrative, quoted witnesses claiming the explosion followed a fire that spread to unsealed containers of “flammable materials.” Customs officials, via state TV, suggested a fire in a hazmat and chemical storage depot was the likely culprit. 

Ambrey later cited Iran’s National Disaster Management Organization, which revealed that officials had previously warned Shahid Rajaee about the safe storage of chemicals. Warnings, it seems, were as effective as whispers in a storm.

This is not a mere logistical failure; it is a window into Iran’s soul. A regime that prioritizes ballistic missiles over the safety of its people, that allows rocket fuel to be mishandled in its premier port, is not a state seeking stability. It is a state playing with fire—quite literally. 

The explosion’s timing, as Iranian and US officials met in Oman for a third round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, is a stark reminder of the stakes. While President Trump’s administration seeks a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief, Tehran’s actions scream defiance. The Iranian National Oil Production Company’s claim that the blast had “no connection” to its refineries or pipelines feels like a hollow deflection, a regime clutching at straws.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s “deep regret and sympathy” for the victims rings as sincere as a crocodile’s tears. His promised investigation, led by the interior minister, is less about truth than containment. Iran’s history of obfuscation suggests we will learn only what the regime permits. Yet the facts are stubborn: a port critical to global trade, a stockpile of missile fuel, a fire that should never have started, and a blast that could not be contained. This is Iran’s governance in microcosm—hubris dressed as competence, danger masquerading as progress.

The world watches, and the question lingers: how many more explosions, literal or figurative, will it take before Iran’s recklessness is confronted? For now, the wounded lie in Bandar Abbas, the fires burn, and the regime marches on, undeterred by the wreckage it leaves behind.

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'Catholic'Joy Behar worried a "conservative guy" will succeed Pope Francis

The woke brigade on “The View” is at it again, clutching their pearls over the death of Pope Francis and fretting about the Catholic Church possibly—gasp—veering back to its traditional roots. You know, the Catholic Church kind of roots where killing babies is a sin and Jesus isn't gay.

Joy Behar, never one to miss a chance to flog her progressive dogma, had this to say about the late Pontiff’s passing on Tuesday: “I wonder because there might be a backlash against how good he was and how much humility he had compared to some of the leaders in this world right now, so there might be a backlash to it, and they’ll get some conservative guy in there who, you know, is anti-gay and everything else.”

Pope Francis, the Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, died Monday morning, according to Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell. His funeral’s slated for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, where the global elite will no doubt gather to mourn their favorite left-leaning cleric.

Behar’s co-host, the not so Sunny Hostin, chimed in with her own sanctimonious take, pining for a Francis clone to keep the Church on its progressive glide path. She waxed poetic about her personal struggles with Catholicism, citing the Church’s sex scandals and its stance on the LGBTQ+ crowd. 

“I’ve struggled with being a Catholic, but this pope changed things for me,” Hostin said. “I remember I was having this discussion with you, Joy, about how I feel like there’s a crisis of empathy in this country, that unless it happens to you, you can’t feel the empathy of it happening to somebody else. They’re going to deport that person. It’s not going to affect my family, so I don’t care that it’s affecting others.”

Hostin then gushed over a “60 Minutes” interview with Francis, quoting him like he’s the second coming of MLK: “We have to get over our hearts to feel again. We cannot remain indifferent in the face of such human dramas. The globalization of indifference is a very ugly disease.” She tacked on her own predictable two cents, declaring that this “globalization of indifference” is a condition “this country is suffering from.” Cue the violins.

Let’s cut through the sanctimony. Behar and her woke posse on “The View” are terrified that the Church might actually elect a Pope who doesn’t kowtow to their progressive checklist. They loved Francis because he was their guy—a Pontiff who gave a wink and a nod to their agenda while soft-pedaling centuries of doctrine. The thought of a “conservative guy” taking the throne of St. Peter sends them into hysterics, as if orthodoxy is some kind of hate crime. 

Meanwhile, these same champions of “empathy” stay mum about the brutal treatment of gays and women in certain Muslim-majority countries. Funny how their moral outrage has a selective mute button. It reminds me of how the so called rule of law is only legitimate when it comes to applying it to conservatives, but not, for example, to leftist judges who break it.

And then there’s their obsession with open borders, which they dress up as compassion but refuse to square with reality. 

The oxymoronically named Joy and Sunny will lecture you about America’s “crisis of empathy” while ignoring the victims of illegal immigration—folks who’ve paid in blood for the Biden administration’s open-door clusterfrack. They’ll shed crocodile tears for migrants but won’t spare a thought for the citizens murdered, assaulted, or displaced by the chaos their policies enable. 

National security? Rule of law? Those are just inconvenient details to these bleeding hearts. They’re too busy preaching “empathy” to notice the jihadists, drug lords, and human traffickers waltzing through our porous borders when Biden was our alleged POTUS.

The irony is thick. Behar and her ilk cheered Pope Francis for steering the Church toward their woke utopia, where dogma bends to ideology and borders are just lines on a map. Now they’re panicking at the thought of a Pope who might actually believe in, you know, Catholicism. 

Their hypocrisy is as blatant as their blind spots. They demand the Church mirror their politics while ignoring the carnage their ideas unleash. If they want to talk about a “crisis of empathy,” they should look in the mirror, hoping it doesn't crack.

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