FBI Doubted Probable Cause for Mar-a-Lago Raid but Pushed Ahead Because Biden's DOJ Said So, Emails Show

Happy Tuesday, dear friends. Or whatever day it is when you're reading this. Time flies when the Democrats are busy turning the Justice Department into their personal vendetta machine.

Look, we've known for years that the Democrats and their deep state pals treat Donald Trump like he's the villain in their fever-dream fan fiction. But these newly declassified emails reviewed by Fox News Digital really lay it out: The FBI didn't think they had squat for probable cause to storm Mar-a-Lago in 2022, but they went full jackboot anyway because the Biden DOJ was leaning on them harder than a drunk uncle at a wedding.

We're talking internal FBI chatter in the months before the August raid on Trump's Palm Beach pad. Agents were scratching their heads over the lack of evidence. One assistant special agent in charge emailed another: "Very little has been developed related to who might be culpable for mishandling the documents." He noted info suggesting more boxes might be at Mar-a-Lago, but it was "single source, has not been corroborated, and may be dated." Even so, "DOJ CES opines, however, that the SW’s meet the probable cause standard."

Translation: The FBI guys were like, "This is thin," but the DOJ hacks said, "Nah, it's fine; go get him."

The same official floated the idea of a "reasonable conversation" with Trump's attorney first, you know, the adult way to handle things, instead of kicking in doors like it's a no-knock on a drug cartel. He even pointed out that even if the docs were declassified (or Trump thought they were), they should still be secured properly. But no, the pressure from above was too much.

Weeks later, another agent emails: "We haven't generated any new facts, but keep being given draft after draft after draft." And then: "Absent a witness coming forward with recent information about classified on site, at what point is it fair to table this? It is time consuming for the team, and not productive if there are no new facts supporting PC (probable cause)?"

Straight up admitting they had nothing new, but the DOJ kept pushing drafts like a bad editor on deadline.

One email flat-out says the Washington Field Office "did not believe (and has articulated to DOJ CES), that we have established probable cause for the search warrant for classified records at Mar a Lago." DOJ insisted they did and wanted a broad scope covering the whole property.The FBI even thought a raid would be "counterproductive" and suggested less intrusive ways to get any docs back. But nope—full steam ahead.

Then comes the Aug. 4, 2022, email about executing the warrant. An agent stresses handling it "in a professional, low key manner, and to be mindful of the optics." He quotes a DOJ honcho, George Toscas, saying he "frankly doesn’t give a damn about the optics." Because of course the Biden crew didn't care about looking like banana republic goons.

The agent pushes back: If the FBI makes the initial contact politely, focusing on safety and professionalism, they might get cooperation. But DOJ? Nah, they'd botch it because they've already poisoned the well with Trump's lawyers.

And we all know how that turned out—the dramatic raid, complete with authorization for deadly force (same as they used for Biden's own doc search, because fairness), agents in unmarked shirts packing ammo and bolt cutters, grabbing privileged materials, and leaving Trump's team out in the cold.

This was never about national security. It was about harassing Trump, tying him up in lawfare, and trying to kneecap his political comeback. Jack Smith's witch hunt charged him with 40 felonies over this nonsense—willful retention, obstruction, all that jazz. Trump pleaded not guilty, and poof, charges dropped after he won in 2024.

Because everyone with a brain knew it was garbage from the jump.

These emails just confirm what we've suspected: The FBI had doubts, but Biden's politicized DOJ said "optics be damned" and forced it through. Classic Democrat playbook—weaponize the institutions against your enemies.

The good news? Trump won anyway, and now the reckoning is coming. Can't wait to see how Merrick Garland sleeps at night knowing his legacy is "that guy who raided a former president's house over nothing."

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BREAKING: Rob Reiner and wife stabbed to death: son is person of interest

LOS ANGELES — Legendary director Rob Reiner and his longtime wife have been found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home. Investigators are eyeing the couple’s troubled adult son as a person of interest, according to law enforcement sources.

The 78-year-old "Meathead" from "All in the Family" and “When Harry Met Sally” director and Michelle, his 68-year-old wife were found Sunday afternoon by their daughter, Romy, sources told The New York Post.

"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner," the Reiner family said in a statement.

Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner, Romy Reiner, Nick Reiner and family at the Bleecker Street’s “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” Los Angeles premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.Todd Williamson/JanuaryImages / BACKGRID

"We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time."

The couple’s 32-year-old son, screenwriter Nick Reiner, is a person of interest in the deadly stabbing, sources told the newspaper, saying that a knife was used in the attack.

While conservatives may have strongly disagreed with his politics and abject hatred for President Trump, nobody deserves to die for their beliefs.

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FBI Nabs Four Nutjobs from Radical Pro-Palestinian Group Plotting New Year's Eve Bombings in LA

In a major win for common sense, the FBI busted a serious terror plot over the weekend, hauling in four alleged members of a far-left extremist group that was gearing up for coordinated bombings across Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. These clowns apparently call themselves part of the Turtle Island Liberation Front. 

Sources tell us these individuals identified as belonging to a violent splinter of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), a bunch driven by pro-Palestinian rage mixed with hatred for cops, and the government itself.

The feds say the suspects were scheming to hit five different spots in LA with homemade IEDs on the big night.

The arrests went down in Lucerne Valley, where the geniuses were reportedly prepping to test their explosives. All four are now facing charges of conspiracy and possession of destructive devices.

Defender of the Island of Turtle

On Monday, the FBI announced they also collared a fifth suspect tied to the same TILF crew in New Orleans, who was allegedly plotting his own separate attack.

A TILF Instagram account said its founding chapter is in Los Angeles, and its goal is to free "Turtle Island," an Indigenous name used to refer to North America, from the "illegal American empire." Who they planned to give it to is unclear.

"Free Palestine. Free Hawaii. Free Puerto Rico," the account posted."Freeing the world from American imperialism is the only way to a safe and peaceful future," it continued.

Just another reminder that the real threats often come wrapped in "liberation" rhetoric while plotting mass murder. Good riddance to these scumcrumpets. I hope they enjoy their new accommodations courtesy of the taxpayers they despise.

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UPDATE: Bondi Beach terror attack update: death toll rises, shooters were father-son

A horrifying act of anti-Semitic terrorism struck Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday. We have now learned that it was a father-son duo who opened fire on families and celebrants gathered for a Hanukkah event, killing 16 people, including one of the scumwafers, and injuring at least 40 others.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed in a Monday press conference that the perpetrators were a 50-year-old anti-Semitic licensed gun owner and his 24-year-old crap-weasel son. The father was killed at the scene, while the son remains in critical but stable condition in hospital under guard. Authorities are not seeking additional suspects.

"There was very little knowledge of either of these men by the authorities," Lanyon said. "The person was determined to be entitled to have a firearms license and…the person had a firearms license for a number of years for which there were no incidents." Perhaps he was waiting for the opportune time.

The father had held his gun license for a decade and owned six legally registered firearms, all of which have now been recovered, some from the scene and others during searches of properties in Campsie and Bonnyrigg. Police also discovered two rudimentary improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at one of the homes; bomb disposal units rendered them safe after confirming they were active.

Additional evidence of IEDs was found in a vehicle near the attack site, Lanyon noted, with specialists on scene handling the threat.

The shooting erupted around 6:45 p.m. local time during "Chanukah By The Sea," an annual public celebration organized by Chabad of Bondi that had drawn hundreds to light the first Chanukah candle. Victims ranged in age from 10 to 87, and at least 40 remained hospitalized, including two police officers.

Police have declared the incident a targeted terrorist attack on the Jewish community the worst against Jews outside the October 7, 2023, Hamas atrocities.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed the attack during an event in Jerusalem: "At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of Chanukah on Bondi Beach," Herzog said. "Our hearts go out to them. The heart of the entire nation of Israel misses a beat at this very moment, as we pray for the recovery of the wounded, we pray for them and we pray for those who lost their lives."

Herzog went further, urging Australian leaders to confront rising anti-Semitism. He called on the Australian government to "seek action and fight against the enormous wave of anti-Semitism which is plaguing Australian society."

This tragedy underscores a grim reality: even in nations long seen as safe havens, hatred can turn festive gatherings into scenes of carnage, and this has become all too common with festive Jewish gatherings.

As investigations continue, the focus must remain on justice for the victims and rooting out the ideologies that fuel such evil.

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Brown University Shooting: Person of Interest Nabbed, But the Ivy League Admin Fumble is Priceless

Look, folks, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, Providence officials finally had some good news after that horrific shooting at Brown University the day before.

"Effective immediately, we are lifting the shelter in place for Brown and the related area."Mayor Brett Smiley, trying to sound reassuring at an early presser, announced they'd detained a "person of interest" in the attack that turned an economics exam review session into a nightmare.

"We are able to report that we have detained a person of interest involved in yesterday’s shooting," Smiley said. "Colonel Perez will speak in a minute about that update. Second, I want to let the Providence community know that effective immediately, we are lifting the shelter in place for Brown and the related area."

"The people of Providence should breathe a little easier this morning," he added, because nothing says "relax" like a masked gunman bursting into a classroom and opening fire. Police Chief Colonel Oscar Perez chimed in, confirming the detainee is in their 30s (or 20s—details are a bit fuzzy there), and they're not hunting anyone else right now. Sparse on specifics, as usual.

The whole mess went down during a review for an econ class, with the shooter storming in and unloading.

But the real head-scratcher was Brown President Christina Paxson catching flak on Saturday for being completely in the dark, six full hours after the shots rang out, about what exactly was happening in that classroom.

Paxson admitted she'd been in D.C. when it happened and hopped a flight back ASAP. "I'm just catching up," she said.

Then came the grilling: "President, with all due respect, SIX HOURS after the shooting, you don't know what was going on in that classroom? How does that happen? Were they taking an exam? Were they meeting for a club?"

"I don’t know,” Paxson replied, looking bewitched, bothered and bewildered. "Six hours later. You're the president. You don't know?" the reporter pressed, incredulous. "I do not know," Paxson repeated.

"That’s kind of concerning," the reporter noted.

No kidding. In the age of instant everything, the head of an elite Ivy can't get a basic update on a mass shooting on her own campus for half a day? That's the kind of leadership that makes you wonder if they're too busy with DEI seminars to handle actual crises.

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In the aftermath, Brown scrapped all final exams, poof, gone. Students were told to pack up, head home, and prioritize "safety and well-being." "For the moment, we encourage everyone to focus on their own safety and well-being," the provost said.

Hey, at least the kids get a pass on finals. Silver lining in a tragedy, I suppose. But seriously, prayers for the victims and their families, this shouldn't happen anywhere, let alone on a college campus.

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The Racism Card: How Democrats Shielded Massive Fraud in Minnesota's Somali Community

If there's one thing Democrats love more than taxpayer money, it's weaponizing accusations of "racism" to shut down any scrutiny of their pet projects. And nowhere has that been more evident than in the exploding fraud scandal rocking Minnesota, where billions in social program funds, much of it tied to the state's large Somali community, vanished while politicians like Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, and Ilhan Omar looked the other way or actively deflected.

Fox News Digital talked to experts who laid it bare: State Sen. Mark Koran, former prosecutor Joe Teirab, and columnist Dustin Grage all pointed to how screams of "racism" provided perfect cover for fraudsters in Minneapolis.

Rumors of fraud in the city's booming Somali community have swirled for over a decade. But dare question it? You're a bigot, according to Democrat elected officials who dismissed any criticism as hatred toward immigrants. Stories about Somali fraud rings were labeled "racist" and buried.

"The whole story kind of died under these accusations that people were being racist," Bill Glahn, policy fellow with Center of the American Experiment, told the outlet. "Oh, maybe somebody stole a little bit here, a little bit there, but there's nothing systemic going on."Classic deflection. And it worked like a charm.

Former assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Teirab, who prosecuted cases in the Feeding Our Future scandal, described how fraud suspects played the race card shamelessly. In one secretly recorded meeting with AG Keith Ellison, they claimed investigators were only going after them "because of race."

Teirab wasn't having it; this was a calculated move to intimidate and obstruct.

"It provided cover," Teirab told Fox News Digital. "Fraudsters knew the issue of race and racism was something they could use as a cudgel… It's disrespectful to use those terms when they're not appropriate, especially in a case where fraud clearly happened." And it dilutes accusations of actual racism.

Even a juror in one trial got hit with a $120,000 bribe attempt, complete with messages framing the whole probe as racist. The goal? Not just dodge jail, but poison the well and scare off anyone daring to follow the money.

State Sen. Mark Koran (R) put it bluntly: Investigators don't chase demographics, they follow evidence. If the fraud landed disproportionately in one community, that's because that's where the crooks were operating, not some targeted persecution.

"The average Minnesotan, average legislator, doesn't care who's committing the fraud," Koran said. "All right, the evidence will lead you either to or from the perpetrator. And so, if the evidence leads to the perpetrator, we need to prosecute all of them."

But pursuing that evidence meant getting smeared as racist. Fraudsters got so bold they sued the state to keep the cash flowing despite glaring red flags.

"For the average hardworking legal U.S. citizen doing everything right," Koran said, "it’s a disgusting disservice… knowing there’s such blatant disregard for the value of that dollar."

The scale is mind-boggling. 

Federal prosecutions might hit $2 billion, but Koran says total losses across programs could be far higher when you factor in waste and outright theft. Families raked in kickbacks from fake autism providers, and investigators are too overwhelmed to chase it all. Low risk, massive reward.

State agencies "cowering in fear" of the racist label, as Glahn put it. Politicians know getting tagged with it is a "career kiss of death." A legislative auditor's report even admitted Department of Education officials went easy on nonprofits over fears of racism accusations and bad press.Then there's the media complicity. Conservative reporters pitched Feeding Our Future stories only to get shut down by editors terrified of the "racist" backlash.

"In newsrooms, they're told, ‘We can’t run that because we're going to be accused of being racist,'" Grage explained.

Remember when Minnesota's Department of Education spotted fraud and paused payments? Local pols like Omar Fateh and Jamal Osman cried racism, sued the state (and lost), but the damage was done; payments resumed. And Gov. Tim Walz had subpoena power to dig into bank records but sat on his jazz hands.

Why the hesitation? 

Politics, of course. As Glahn explained, the Somali community is concentrated in key areas, including Ilhan Omar's district. Their monolithic Democrat voting bloc swings close elections statewide and in primaries.

"The Somali community is very concentrated in Minnesota and very concentrated in Ilhan Omar's congressional district, and a few other pockets where the Somali vote swings elections, and at the state level, they're big enough that we've had some super close elections at the state level, and the Somali vote is very monolithic, votes Democrat," Glahn explained.

No wonder no one wanted to rock the boat. Fraudsters exploited the fear, taxpayers got fleeced for billions, and the vulnerable kids these programs were supposed to help suffered the most. As Minnesota picks up the pieces, the takeaway is clear: Real accountability demands guts, to chase the evidence no matter where it leads and brush off the inevitable race-baiting distractions. 

Democrats' obsession with identity politics didn't just enable fraud; it supercharged it. And hardworking Americans paid the price.

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BREAKING: Bondi Beach, Sydney, at least 12 dead in anti-Semitic terror attack

At least 12 people are dead, including one of the two terrorists who targeted the Jewish community at a Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. 

One of the terrorists has been identified as Naveed Akram and he is believed to be from Pakistan. It is not yet known if he is the dead scumcrumpet. What we know is that one of the shooters is dead and the other is in custody in critical condition.

An improvised explosive device was found in one of the suspect's vehicle near the scene.

Thus far, 29 people have been hospitalized at the  annual celebration is known as "Chanukah By The Sea."  It was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. local time to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday by lighting the first candle on the Menorah. 

Police say the attack "targeted" the Jewish community. It's being investigated as an act of terrorism. Gee, ya think?

The New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) said officers responded to reports of shots fired at about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday. 

Police say there were at least two gunmen involved in the attack, and they are investigating the possibility of a third. 

Australia now recognizes a Palestinian state. How nice for the anti-Semites.

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Found: a warehouse loaded with baby formula showing that Hamas withheld food from Gazan babies

One might be forgiven for thinking that the summer of 2025 marked a new low in the already dismal saga of Gaza's humanitarian crises. Doctors there issued repeated, anguished warnings that infants were starving for want of baby formula. These alerts were dutifully amplified by the world's media and social platforms, complete with the usual calls for urgent global action. In time, this became one of the season's dominant tales of suffering.

The New York Times declared that 'Parents in Gaza Are Running Out of Ways to Feed Their Children," while The Guardian fretted that babies were "at risk of death from lack of formula."Most memorable, perhaps, were the photographs of emaciated children, their hollow-eyed images splashed across front pages everywhere. Desperate families pleaded for help, insisting they had "no formula, no supplements, no vitamins" with which to nourish their infants.

It later emerged that some of these children suffered from pre-existing conditions that had contributed to their plight. Yet much of the coverage pressed on with the implication that Israel was somehow starving them deliberately, by throttling the flow of aid.

Israel, for its part, insisted all along that ample supplies of infant formula were reaching Gaza. At the peak of the hysteria, its records showed over 1,400 tons of the stuff, specialist varieties included, had crossed into the Strip.

So one is left asking: where on earth had it all gone?

Into warehouses controlled by Hamas, as it turns out.

Only this week did anti-Hamas voices in Gaza reveal a facility run by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, brimming with vast stocks of baby formula and children's nutritional supplements—stocks that never reached those headline-grabbing families.

This, remember, is the very organization Israel has been combating these past two years. It is precisely why Hamas's eviction from power in Gaza must remain non-negotiable in any serious talk of lasting peace.

Hamas's war is not merely against Israel; it is waged with a cold calculation that places its own people's lives at risk whenever it serves the broader aim of erasing the Jewish state. Diverting or blocking aid, even aid meant for children, has long been part of that grim playbook. By courting Gazan suffering and then parading it before the world, Hamassholes turned heartbreaking pictures into weapons, shifting global sentiment against Israel. It fed selective narratives to willing outlets, all while dodging accountability for the misery it helped engineer. And, regrettably, it succeeded to a disturbing degree.

Those same media voices that so eagerly broadcast accusations of Israeli-induced starvation, complete with claims of blocked formula, have now fallen eerily quiet. A story that once commanded the world's attention has all but vanished now that the facts point elsewhere. Lying in Islam is known as taqiyya, and this is exactly what we are seeing here.

Hamas played the media masterfully, and the media obliged. By amplifying terrorist talking points through headlines, emotive imagery, and curated outrage, only to neglect corrections when the narrative collapsed, leading outlets revealed their susceptibility to manipulation whenever inconvenient truths threaten a preferred script.

Hamas has been the prime mover here, heedlessly endangering Palestinian and Israeli lives alike. It is high time the press reckoned with that fact, and with its own part in wrongly pinning the starvation of Gaza's innocents on Israel. Perhaps they're merely turning a blind eye.

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Tim Walz may be screwed as feds probe as MN welfare scam grows like fungus

Ah, Minnesota's very own leftist governor and the spectacular flameout of the 2024 Democrat VP pick—Tampon Tim Walz, the gift that keeps on giving to late-night comedians and conservative columnists alike. What fresh nonsense has this delusional finkelfuts unleashed now?

Walz is the quintessential out-of-touch liberal oddball who stumbles through life spouting idiocy with zero self-awareness, but he's got that special something extra—and trust me, it's not a compliment.

He kind of reminds me of that bumbling Barney Fife from Mayberry, all awkward and fumbling, except Barney actually had a heart and a shred of decency. Walz? Not so much, he wouldn't recognize decency if it bit him on his progressive backside.

The latest chapter in the Walz circus kicked off in Seattle, where our self-proclaimed tough guy headlined a fundraiser for Washington Democrat Gov. Bob Ferguson. Facing the massive elephant in the room—Minnesota's exploding welfare fraud scandal tied heavily to Somali immigrants, Walz did what he does best: doubled down with his macho posturing, whining that Somalis are being "demonized" and vowing to roll out the welcome mat for even more. Brilliant plan, Timmy. 

"These folks better not ever mistake our kindness for our weakness because we are going to defend our neighbors. These guys bring out the worst in me. I hate it when I get to that point where it’s petty and I hate it when that sense of anger comes up on you. But the antidote to that is positive actions to improve lives that go against what they are trying to do. So instead of demonizing our Somali community, we’re going to do more to welcome more in."

First off, Tim, you don't need any help bringing out the worst in yourself, you're a natural. Second, what exactly are these "positive actions"? And third, how does importing more Somali immigrants fix your state's already massive problems?

As Walz kept blathering on, he pivoted to praising Ferguson's "accomplishments" with more predictable Democrat drivel: "You came here for your governor, for someone who is super effective at improving lives. But you also came here because you love this state and you love the country and at this moment in time, gathering together with people who are willing to stand up and speak out for what’s right and stand behind leaders who put themselves out there to defend democracy and those without a voice; there’s probably nothing more important you could be doing, so thank you all."

Quick show of hands guys: Can any Democrat name one thing Walz has done to "defend democracy" for all Minnesotans, not just those from communities that view "infidels" as targets? Oh, and Walz couldn't resist slamming Trump just minutes into his speech: "There’s just some people that really rub Donald Trump the wrong way and I’m guessing it’s people who are smart."

Sure, Tim, it's the smart ones. Or maybe it's the America-hating leftists who despise our 47th president more than they love this country and its citizens, all of them.Enter James Comer. 

Just when you thought Walz couldn't dig the hole any deeper, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) drops the hammer, telling Just the News he's ready to subpoena Walz over the fraud mess, hundreds of millions (pushing a billion) funneled through nonprofits, much of it linked to Somali immigrants, 75 percent of whom are on public assistance.

"If anyone that has received correspondence from us thus far requesting information, if they don't turn over that information, then they will get a subpoena. And we're serious about this. We're not going to back down."

Comer added: "You know, Walz gets due process, but the way he's handling this, and the way [Keith] Ellison, the attorney general, has kind of hid right now, makes me pretty confident that there's a massive amount of waste, fraud and abuse that's about to be detected here, and I'm going to predict that Walz's political career is closer to an end than somewhere in the middle." 

Fingers crossed Comer's correct. For the sake of Minnesota's good people, who are fed up with Walz's aggressive push to transform their state, let's hope this clown's career crashes and burns before he does any more damage.

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ISIS Remnants Just Ambushed and Killed American Troops in Syria

A year after the Assad regime finally collapsed Syria is still a mess. The new government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa (his ISIS name being Abu Mohammad al-Julani) is trying to get its act together, but pockets of chaos remain, especially where these Islamist holdouts like ISIS are lurking, for some reason. And unfortunately, that instability just claimed American lives.

[Al-Sharaa became President of Syria in January 2025 after a period leading to the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024.]

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in the central Syrian town of Palmyra over the weekend, with three others wounded. The Pentagon confirmed it, and it's a grim reminder that our counter-terrorism mission there isn't over yet, and al Sharaa is a terrorist who cannot be trusted.

"Today in Palmyra, Syria, two United States Army soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and three were wounded," Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote on X. "The attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement. Their mission was in support of ongoing counter-ISIS/counter-terrorism operations in the region," he added, noting that "The soldiers’ names, as well as identifying information about their units, are being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification."

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised the response and sent a clear message to any jihadist scum thinking about targeting Americans. "The savage who perpetrated this attack was killed by partner forces."

"Let it be known, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you," Hegseth also posted on X.

The attack occurred in an area where Sharaa's government doesn't have full control, and early signs point to ISIS as the culprits, what a shocker--these rats never go away. The Pentagon is investigating, and the wounded were sent via MEDEVAC to the al-Tanf base near the Iraq-Jordan border.

This comes as U.S. forces are drawing down to about 1,500 troops as of mid-year, with plans to drop to a few hundred by year's end. We've closed or handed over some of our eight bases that were keeping tabs on ISIS since we went in back in 2014 to stop their caliphate nonsense.

Meanwhile, "The United States, CIA and military forces are reportedly deeply involved in securing and stabilizing the situation in Syria," as Dan Diker from the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital.

And just this week, Syrians were celebrating in Damascus streets marking the one-year anniversary of Assad's ouster—that lightning rebel offensive that ended half a century of his family's brutal rule. It's a new chapter, but as this attack shows, the threats aren't gone. Former U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford has been warning about the challenges ahead for the new government.

Our troops are still out there doing the dirty work to keep ISIS down. This ambush is a gut punch, but Hegseth's warning is spot on: mess with Americans, and you'll regret it—briefly.

Will it? We shall see.

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Trump demands Israel clean up Gaza rubble and foot the bill

One watches with a certain weary incredulity as the United States, that great arbiter of other people's responsibilities, now insists that Israel should pick up the tab, both literal and figurative, for clearing away the 68 million tons of rubble that currently entomb Gaza.

A senior Israeli official, speaking with the resigned air of a man who has heard this tune before, confirms that Washington has tied the launching of Gaza’s reconstruction (that much-vaunted "Phase Two" of the ceasefire) to a thorough cleanup operation, with Rafah designated as the model zone. Israel, ever the reliable party in these arrangements, has agreed in principle to shoulder the physical and financial burden of the task, even though the debris in question was created, in no small part, by Israeli airstrikes and the relentless advance of D9 bulldozers.

The Wall Street Journal this week described Gaza as "blanketed by an estimated 68 million tons of rubble," with most structures in the enclave destroyed or damaged. The UN Development Programme, which has appointed itself overseer of the eventual clearing operation, helpfully informs us that this tonnage is "roughly equivalent to 186 Empire State Buildings." One is almost tempted to ask whether the United Nations will be supplying the hard hats and the invoices, or whether that too will fall to the Jewish state.

Clearing the ruins, we are told, is a "basic prerequisite" for any reconstruction. Quite so. Though one cannot help noticing the exquisite irony: the same international community that spent two years denouncing Israel's military operations as disproportionate now quietly insists that Israel alone must foot the bill for the consequences, consequences that arose, lest we forget, from a war launched against Israel on October 7, 2023, by the same Hamas regime that the bien-pensants still affect to regard as legitimate "resistance."

Thus does the world arrange its moral ledger: Hamas may fire rockets from hospitals and store munitions in schools, but when the inevitable reply comes, it is Israel that must sweep up the pieces and pay the contractors. One struggles to imagine a find a historical parallel for such a division of labour, but perhaps that is the point: there has never been anything quite like the expectations placed upon the world’s only Jewish state, and there likely never will be again.

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Jingle Bells Gets the Joy Reid Treatment: Now It's Racist, Because Why Not Ruin Christmas?

Look, if there's one thing we've learned over the years, it's that nothing says "holiday spirit" quite like a former cable news host dredging up century-and-a-half-old minstrel show trivia to declare war on a tune that's been jingling bells since before the Civil War. Enter Joy Reid, the ex-MSNBC personality who parted ways with "The ReidOut" earlier this year, timing that, let's be honest, feels like a gift to anyone tired of prime-time grievance theater. 

She's got 1.3 million Instagran followers hanging on her every biased repost, and this week, she decided to drop a Yuletide bombshell: "Jingle Bells" isn't just a sleigh ride classic; it's a covert Confederate dog whistle mocking Black folks.

The clip she shared, now going viral faster than fruitcake at a family gathering, features some guy decked out in a Santa hat and ugly Christmas sweater, eyeballing a plaque in Medford, Massachusetts, where James Lord Pierpont supposedly penned the ditty back in 1857. "This is where a racist Confederate soldier wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ to make fun of Black people," blares the on-screen caption, like a Black Friday sale sign for outrage. 

The video piles on: Pierpont was broke, so he whipped up the original "One Horse Open Sleigh" for minstrel gigs where white actors in blackface lampooned Black people fumbling through winter frolics. Oh, and get this—Pierpont later ditched his abolitionist kin up North to fight for the Stars and Bars, cranking out pro-slavery anthems on the side.

Reid, never one to let a good grievance go unamplified, slapped her own caption on it: "Lord have mercy." That's her way of saying, "See? Even Santa's got skeletons in the sleigh." The video name-drops a 2017 Cambridge University Press paper, "The Story I Must Tell: ‘Jingle Bells’ in the Minstrel Repertoire," where author Kyna Hamill observes, "The legacy of ‘Jingle Bells’ is, as we shall see, a prime example of a common misreading of much popular music from the nineteenth century." Hamill adds, "Its blackface and racist origins have been subtly and systematically removed from its history."

Fair enough; history's messy, and minstrelsy was a vile stain on 19th-century pop culture. But here's the kicker, and it's a big one: Hamill herself has been pushing back hard against this exact spin for years. Back in 2017, she told the Boston Herald flat-out, "I never said it was racist now," stressing that her work zeros in on the song's performance history and origins, not some grand verdict on Pierpont's authorial intent or a call to cancel carols. She's not out here auditioning for the Grinch; she's a theater historian unpacking how tunes like this got sanitized over time. Yet here we are, 2025, with Reid's repost breathing fresh life into the distortion, turning academic nuance into social media napalm, because everything in Joy's joyless mind is racist if you can think it so.

Over on Fox's "Outnumbered," panel treated Reid's share like the latest front in the endless culture skirmish. And the X-verse is lit up like a Christmas tree on fire, with people blasting out parodies ("Jingle bells, Joy Reid smells...") and eye-rolls about how this is peak "race-baiting rhetoric" from a woman who seems constitutionally incapable of spotting a silver lining without first hunting for the tarnish. Her allegiance bias in all her reporting over the years is obvious as she sees racism in every story.

At the end of the day, if we're cherry-picking 1850s sheet music to torch holiday playlists, what's next, banning "Rudolph" for bullying the differently nosed? 

Reid's got her lane, and it's paved with perpetual victimhood, but maybe, just maybe, we can let "Jingle Bells" jingle on without the scarlet letter. After all, the real horror show isn't American history, it's pretending every old lyric is a personal attack on the present. 

Dashing through the snow with a little less sanctimony? Now that would be music to anyone's ears.

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Israel's Iron Beam Laser Drops While Arms Sales Hit a Whopping $15 Billion Record—And Guess Who's Buying?

An Iron Dome missile costs about $50,000 US, and it has done a remarkable job protecting the Israeli people from Hamas and their ilk firing upon Israeli civilians. And while Israel might be public enemy number one for the usual suspects on the global stage, suddenly everyone is lining up with checkbooks in hand. 

The Jewish state, about the size of New Jersey, has rocketed to become the world's eighth-largest arms exporter, raking in a record $15 billion in sales for 2024 alone. They're sitting pretty behind Britain but blowing past Turkey and South Korea. 

Why the rush? Because Israel's gear isn't some lab experiment, it's been tested in real wars, and nothing says "buy me" like the Iron Dome missile defense system that's saved countless lives by swatting those rockets out of the sky.

Europe's leading the charge, with Germany and Finland as top buyers, but India, Thailand, Greece, and even Muslim-majority nations like Morocco, the UAE, and Bahrain are snapping up missiles, drones, and cyber systems from the Jewish state. 

And now, just as sales are booming, Israel rolls out the game-changing Iron Beam laser system: a high-energy beam that zaps incoming missiles, mortars, and drones up to six miles away for pennies on the dollar, literally $2 per shot at the speed of light [186,282.397 miles per second].

Compare that to traditional interceptors running $100,000 to $1 million each. With a deal like this, no wonder it's turning heads.

"With the laser, the only cost is electricity," says Yuval Steinitz, chairman of Rafael Defense Industries, manufacturer of the Iron Beam. "It is like between $1 and $2, less than the price of a hot dog in New York." Smart Israeli engineering.

"We have already used it against UAVs launched by Hezbollah in the north and missiles from Iran. It works," says University of Tel Aviv professor Isaac Ben-David. "The most important advantage is, once you see the target, it is intercepted at the speed of light. It takes a fraction of a second, and the laser is already destroying it."

After years of other countries fumbling with laser tech, Israel is the first to deploy it successfully in combat. Ben-David, a key figure in its development and former head of R&D at Israel's Ministry of Defense, knows a thing or two about getting it right.

First deployments are heading north to counter Hezbollah's barrage from Lebanon, where rockets can cross the border in under a minute. Soon, it'll protect ships and air bases too. "This is just the beginning of a new era," Steinitz said. "In time, maybe five years, it will enable us to shoot down every hostile object in the air around Israel. It's really a game changer. "Developed with Lockheed Martin and $1.2 billion in U.S. funding, the tech is already flowing back to America's directed energy programs.

"We cannot do without the United States," he said. "But sometimes, in a partnership, even the dwarf can contribute to the giant."

In a world full of threats from Iran-backed proxies, Israel is innovating circles around everyone else, and the sales prove it. 

When push comes to shove, nations vote with their wallets for what actually works, in spite of where it comes from.

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Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Set for First In-Person Court Appearance Amid Battle Over Media Access

Well guys, here we go again with the circus surrounding the murder of Charlie Kirk, one of the strongest conservative voices this country has ever seen. Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old scumcrumpet accused of gunning down the Turning Point USA founder back in September, is finally dragging himself into a Utah courtroom in person for the first time, nearly three months after they slapped the cuffs on him following that 33-hour manhunt.

This hearing in Provo is supposedly all about whether the media gets to keep cameras rolling or if the judge is going to slam the door shut even tighter. Back in October, the Utah County Sheriff's Office whined about the case being a "content tornado" that could torpedo Robinson's "fair trial." Give me a break. Judge Tony F. Grant Jr. already banned cameras from showing the suspect walking in, out, or just standing there, as if that's going to undo the mountain of publicity this creep has already generated.

And who’s calling out this nonsense? Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, the new CEO of Turning Point, called out this garbage. She's been fighting tooth and nail for transparency. 

In a blistering Fox News interview, she laid it out plain: "There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered. There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there," Erika stated. 'Why not be transparent?"

Exactly. The victim's family gets hounded relentlessly, but heaven forbid we see the accused in the dock. Media outlets like Fox are pushing back hard, demanding advance notice if the defense tries to seal anything else. Their attorney, Michael Judd, nailed it: an open courtroom "safeguards the integrity of the fact-finding process" while strengthening public confidence in judicial proceedings.

Legal analyst Roger Bonakdar called Thursday's hearing a "one-trick pony" focused on rolling back coverage, pointing out the bizarre flip-flop: "It has been pretty odd that the information tap was at full blast for a little while and now it's completely shut off," he said. "It's really kind of inconsistent with how you see cases move forward typically."

Remember, early on the feds were blasting out surveillance pics and begging for tips. Now? Total blackout. 

They're even fretting over whether Robinson shows up in civilian clothes or shackles, his team claims prison garb would prejudice people. Bonakdar again: "Courts oftentimes will prohibit the media from depicting the defendant in shackles or in jail clothing because it creates this inference of guilt."

But come on: "Anybody who does a Google search will know… at some point it may be an exercise in futility. Is the damage already done?"

Prosecutors aren’t hiding their plans; they're going for the death penalty. And right from the jump, President Trump was crystal clear: "With a high degree of certainty, we have him. I hope he gets the death penalty."

This isn't about fairness for the killer; it's about shielding him while Charlie's legacy gets dragged through the mud by the usual suspects. The American people deserve to see justice play out in the open. No more games.

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Walz's No. 2 Goes Nuclear on ICE—and Even Calls Out a Fellow Dem—as Minnesota's Massive Somali Fraud Scandal Explodes

As President Trump rips into Minnesota's clusterfrack of a government over their billion-dollar welfare fraud mess, Gov. Tim Walz's lieutenant governor is out there torching federal immigration enforcement like it's her full-time job. And she's not stopping at ICE; she's even dunking on a Democratic colleague for daring to thank them once upon a time.

We're talking about the Feeding Our Future nightmare, where federal prosecutors uncovered "schemes stacked upon schemes" run by Somali nonprofits that allegedly looted hundreds of millions, maybe closing in on a billion, from taxpayer-funded child nutrition and Medicaid programs. House Oversight Chairman James Comer isn't mincing words: the state's "negligence" let criminals, including Somali terrorists, fleece Americans while kids went hungry. But with scandals piling up like this, what does Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan do? She grabs her phone and unleashes a tweet-storm blasting ICE and defending the indefensible.

First, she whined about Trump's comments on Minnesota's Somali community, telling CNN he's just trying to "distract" from rising costs.

Then: "ICE is raiding restaurants, lurking outside of schools, and detaining U.S. citizens," Flanagan wrote Monday.

She's pinning the blame for nationwide ICE ops on the Laken Riley Act, the bill named after the Georgia student brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant.

"Trump chose the Laken Riley Act as the first bill of his administration for one reason: He wanted to legitimize his mass deportation agenda," she said.

"Every vote in favor of this bill normalized the chaos we see now."

And get this, she turned her fire on Rep. Angie Craig, a fellow Minnesota Democrat who's also eyeing Sen. Tina Smith's seat. Craig called out ICE after reports of U.S. citizens getting detained in a raid, labeling it "inhumane" and saying "Trump's ICE is out of control."

Flanagan's response? Savage.

"Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year. Now you're upset?" Flanagan said."Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better."

What set her off? Craig was one of 75 Democrats who backed a resolution thanking ICE and state/local cops for keeping us safe from terrorists. Heaven forfend should a Democrat say anything nice about Trump's administration.

Flanagan, who is Ojibwe and could make history as the first Native American woman in the Senate if she wins, isn't holding back. In another shot at Trump calling Minnesota a "hellhole" thanks to its Somali issues: "Well actually, hell is any room with you, (Donald Trump)." Surprisingly she didn't stick out her tongue and say "nyah-nyah-nee-nyah-nyah."

"Minnesota is ranked one of the happiest states in the country because you don't live here." Classic deflection. And when pressed on the fraud scandal? Her spokesperson insisted she takes it "seriously": "[Flanagan] has repeatedly spoken out against fraud in the state, saying it's ‘unconscionable that people are stealing from families and children’," Fetissoff said.

Sure, Jan. Meanwhile, the raids continue, including one where ICE reportedly followed a Burnsville family home and detained them. DHS hasn't commented yet, but you know the left is melting down.

Democrats eating their own while their state burns under fraud and failed policies is par for the course. Votes really do have consequences, and Minnesotans are paying the price.

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Kamala Hahaharris suffers a delusion of grandeur

Ah, dear friends, gather 'round as we behold the latest chapter in the grand farce that is modern American politics. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, that indefatigable champion of word salads and unburdened tomorrows, has graciously informed the world that she is, in fact, a "historic figure." And not just any historic figure--no, one destined for immortality in marble.

In a recent sit-down with The New York Times, promoting her memoir 107 Days (a slim volume chronicling what felt like an eternity to the rest of us), Harris brushed aside pesky questions about 2028 ambitions with the serene confidence of a woman who knows her place in the pantheon.

"I understand the focus on '28 and all that," she told the Times. "But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any Vice President of the United States ever was."Yes, you see, the Senate has this charming little tradition, dating back to the late 1800s of commissioning busts of vice presidents once they're safely out of office. It's a bit like participation trophies for the second banana, and Harris is already measuring the pedestal.

Pantsuit by Clinton of Arkansas

And the adoration! "Thousands of people are coming to hear my voice. Thousands and thousands," she added about her book tour. "Every place we’ve gone has been sold out." Of course, in an age where tickets to hear politicians reminisce about their defeats are apparently hotter than a Taylor Swift concert, who are we to question the draw of the Harris mystique?But the book itself—ah, there's the real entertainment. Our former veep uses it to settle a few scores with fellow Democrats. 

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, once a contender for her running mate (before she wisely chose the reliably folksy Tim Walz), comes in for particular attention. Harris recounts Shapiro peppering her staff with questions, including, get this" how he might arrange to get Pennsylvania artists’ work on loan from the Smithsonian." She accused him of wanting a hand in every decision and firmly reminded him that "a vice president is not a co-president." Shapiro didn't take kindly to being cast as the overambitious understudy.

"She wrote that in her book? That's complete and utter bull---t," Shapiro fired back in an interview with The Atlantic. "I can tell you that her accounts are just blatant lies."

"I did ask a bunch of questions," he continued. "Wouldn’t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together?"

And then, with a touch of regret: "I mean, she's trying to sell books and cover her ass," before catching himself. "I shouldn't say ‘cover her ass.’ I think that's not appropriate. She's trying to sell books. Period," he concluded.

Not one to spare the rod on her old boss, Harris also points the finger at Joe Biden's White House for sidelining her and hanging her out to dry, particularly on that thorny border issue."Getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible," the book laments. And on the border: well, apparently the White House was perfectly happy to let her "shoulder the blame."

In the end, folks, this is politics as high comedy, or perhaps low tragedy, depending on your view. A former vice president assuring us of her marble destiny while slinging mud at allies to hawk a memoir. One can almost hear the chisels warming up in the Senate corridors. 

History, as they say, is written by the victors... or at least by those with the best publicists.

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