Fauci Takes Fifth 111 Times Because Answering Questions Would Force Him to Admit He's Not Actually a Deity

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a shocking development that has left half the country clutching their “In Fauci We Trust” prayer cards, Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during his recent Senate grilling. 

Sources close to the hearing confirm the real reason wasn’t fear of perjury, it was sheer, unadulterated pride. The man simply could not bear watching his own golden statue melt under the harsh light of basic questions. 

Former Rolling Stone editor Matt Taibbi dug through the wreckage of Fauci’s July 29 appearance before the Senate Homeland Security Committee and discovered what many already suspected: America’s most celebrated public health rock star spent the pandemic treating the country like his personal arena tour. 

Diary entries paint a portrait of an egotistical asshat clown who demanded federal employees chase cash prizes for him between Zoom briefings, while casually noting that vaccinated people were still getting infected; details he somehow forgot to share with the flock still waiting for their next booster sacrament.

Taibbi observed that Fauci’s chaotic performance did precisely nothing to dent the religious devotion of the faithful Left. Science, the FBI, the CIA, and the entire intelligence community can whisper “lab leak” until they’re blue in the face; Fauci remains their false prophet, an invidious huckster-narcissist whose reckless experiments may have endangered the world. 

One does not simply question the high priest of “I Am Science.” 

Joe Biden’s blanket pardon, issued with the intellectual clarity of a man who once introduced his own shadow as a Cabinet member, somehow failed to cover this particular hearing. Perjury traps yawned open like the mouths of hungry interns. So Fauci took the Fifth. Legal strategy? Partially, but deeper analysis reveals the true motive: pure ego up his wazoo. 

Three hours of systematically dismantling his own temple was simply too much for a man who once believed the adoring media had permanently canonized him. The heart of the matter, as Taibbi noted, was the exquisite legal loophole left by the outgoing Obama administration in 2017. By redefining “potential pandemic pathogen” with the semantic precision of a leprechaun rewriting the rules of a drinking contest, officials created a glorious gray area. 

Suddenly, taking a bat virus that couldn’t infect bats, inserting twelve nucleotides to give it a furin cleavage site, and watching it become devastatingly transmissible to humans wasn’t “gain of function.” It was just creative virology. 

As former CDC Director Bob Redfield helpfully clarified, if you start with something that doesn’t hurt people and make it hurt people, congratulations, you’ve invented a brand-new category of research that definitely doesn’t count. 

Fauci’s diaries seethe with irritation at the “nonsense” in Congress over gain-of-function questions. In his mind, the funding never “likely” caused widespread human transmission, so everything was fine. Never mind the diary entry fretting that Dr. Zheng-Li Shi had been busily adapting spike proteins to human ACE2 receptors for years. Never mind that the virus that escaped Wuhan just happened to possess the exact engineered feature scientists had been discussing. Details, details. 

The important thing was that the paperwork looked clean. 

Taibbi concluded that half the country is still averting its eyes because one blue-state heartthrob sits at the center of the disaster. Investigating the greatest public health catastrophe in a century might require admitting their idol was fallible clusterfrack of a doctor, and that simply cannot be allowed. God help us when the next novel virus needs a little laboratory TLC. 

In the end, Fauci pleaded the Fifth not merely to avoid legal jeopardy, but to spare himself the humiliation of watching his carefully curated legacy go up in flames while he held the match. Sorry, Doc. The secret is out. The temple has fallen. And no amount of Fifth Amendment invocations can put the furin cleavage site back in the bottle.

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FBI nabs 4th most wanted in merely 5 weeks

A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been returned to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for allegedly stealing more than $32 million in federal COVID 19 relief funds.

Elaine Escoe, 41, was charged by indictment in 2025 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and multiple substantive counts of wire fraud and money laundering. After a federal arrest warrant was issued in May 2025, Escoe failed to appear for her court appearance and fled to Jamaica.

Jamaican authorities captured Escoe after receiving a tip. “This Most Wanted Fraudster allegedly obtained tens of millions in COVID-19 relief, stealing critical resources from legitimate businesses during a national crisis,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “She fled the country believing she could escape justice but ultimately could not. Those who exploit taxpayer-funded programs will be held accountable by this Department of Justice, no matter how long it takes or where they attempt to hide.”

She was returned to South Florida today through the coordinated efforts of the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF), and the JCF Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team.

“Elaine Angene Escoe’s arrest and return to the United States demonstrates that no one is beyond the reach of American justice,” Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division said. “This Most Wanted Fraudster faces charges stemming from a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief programs. The Fraud Division will continue to vigorously prosecute those who steal from the American people.”

According to court records, Escoe and her co conspirators submitted or caused the submission of fraudulent applications seeking more than $32 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds. The applications falsely represented the existence, payroll, revenue, and operations of purported businesses to qualify for and maximize federal relief funding. “The historic success of the ‘Most Wanted Fraudster’ list continues as the FBI and our partners just captured our fourth Most Wanted Fraudster in 5 weeks, and yet another high value target returned to the U.S. by this FBI,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.

“Elaine Angene Escoe, on the run since May of 2025, was captured in Jamaica while living under a fake identity of ‘Harley Newman,’ and returned to the United States today to face justice. She is charged for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, connected with a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Escoe brings the number of high value targets returned by the FBI to over 30 just since June.To support the fraudulent applications, the conspirators created fake tax documents, fabricated bank records, and other false financial records that lenders and program administrators relied upon in approving loans and grants.

“Led by President Trump, Vice President Vance, and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the FBI and our partners continue to see an unprecedented level of success taking down the worst of the worst alleged fraudsters,” Patel said. “In just weeks, we have captured four subjects on three different continents charged with a combined nearly $1.8 billion in fraud, collectively on the run for over 3,500 days, each hiding overseas, now returned and all in custody in 1.5 months. Under this administration, fraud is no longer tolerated, and those who steal from American taxpayers have nowhere to hide.”

Some applications were submitted on behalf of businesses controlled by the conspirators, while others were submitted for third parties in exchange for substantial kickbacks sometimes as much as 50 percent of the loan proceeds. The fraud proceeds were subsequently laundered among the conspirators.

“Elaine Escoe allegedly helped orchestrate a sprawling scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million from programs created to keep American businesses and workers afloat during the pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said. “After being charged, she failed to appear in court and fled to Jamaica. Defendants cannot escape accountability simply by leaving the country. Thanks to the determined work of our federal, state, and international partners, she is back in South Florida and will now face the charges against her. This coordinated effort demonstrates that we will pursue fugitives wherever they go and bring them back to face justice.”

Escoe is the last remaining defendant charged in the scheme. Following a December 2025 trial, Alfred Davis, Cher Davis, and Latoya Clark were convicted by a federal jury. James McGhow and Gino Jourdan previously pleaded guilty. Alfred Davis was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment, Cher Davis to 87 months, Clark to 70 months, Jourdan to 46 months, and McGhow to 42 months.FBI Miami’s West Palm Beach Resident Agency is investigating the case, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.

On June 4, the FBI announced the creation of the Most Wanted Fraudsters List. The list included Herb Kimble, a fugitive in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment scheme, who, on June 8 just four days later was apprehended in the Philippines and was soon after charged as part of the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.

On June 8, Escoe was added to the Most Wanted Fraudsters List, and she was apprehended less than two months later.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”). The Fraud Division is laser focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole of government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

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Violence Against Institutions Is Still Violence

There is a revealing tendency in modern politics to excuse intimidation when it is directed at the "right" targets. The latest incident outside New York City's ICE office is another reminder that political extremism rarely begins with grand acts of terror. It begins with the steady normalization of threats, harassment, and the belief that ideological opponents deserve fear rather than debate.

On Monday morning, a man believed by law enforcement sources to be an anti ICE activist allegedly deployed an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan while armed with two airsoft rifles, triggering a federal terrorism investigation.

At least two people were injured after the suspect allegedly "menaced" bystanders with the airsoft rifles, according to MS NOW. Five law enforcement sources told the outlet the suspect appeared to be an anti ICE radical.

Video from the scene showed smoke billowing near the entrance of the federal building as ICE agents, FBI personnel, and other officers rushed outside with weapons drawn. Federal Protective Service officers quickly took the suspect into custody. Authorities shut down the surrounding sidewalk and evacuated the building while investigators secured the area.

According to the FBI, the incident unfolded at approximately 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

"This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza. The individual has been taken into custody and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident," the FBI said.

FBI Director Kash Patel later confirmed that there were "two minor injuries reported thus far."

Law enforcement sources told MS NOW that the incendiary device consisted of fireworks placed inside a shopping cart, soaked with an accelerant, and then set ablaze.

The New York Police Department also confirmed that a firearm was recovered in connection with the incident, although investigators have not yet established whether it belonged to the suspect or whether it was separate from the reported airsoft rifles.

The choice of location was hardly accidental. Twenty six Federal Plaza houses the New York City Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as a federal immigration court. It serves as the operational center for ICE enforcement activities across New York City's five boroughs and numerous surrounding counties.

The attack arrives against the backdrop of increasingly hostile rhetoric surrounding immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security has previously warned of a dramatic rise in attacks targeting ICE officers, reporting a 3,300 percent increase in vehicle assaults during a recent period compared with the previous year.

Whether this case ultimately results in terrorism charges remains for investigators to determine. What is already beyond dispute is that attempts to intimidate public servants through violence represent an assault on the rule of law itself. A society that tolerates politically motivated intimidation because it is directed at unfashionable institutions soon discovers that violence rarely confines itself to one target. Once ideological fanaticism is excused, it has an unfortunate habit of expanding its ambitions.

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FBI Superhero Who Bravely Ran a Shadow Government to Protect America From Scary Facts About China Just Got a Job Protecting Microsoft From Insiders

In a stunning display of patriotic selflessness, longtime FBI intelligence official Nikki L. Floris has been revealed as the plucky bureaucrat who heroically buried an inconvenient 2020 intelligence report alleging that China was mass-producing fake driver’s licenses to stuff mail-in ballots for Joe Biden.

Floris, who joined the FBI in 2005 and climbed the ranks with the grim determination of someone who really, really didn’t want certain things to see the light of day, served in the Counterterrorism Division, rose to Deputy Assistant Director in Counterintelligence, and eventually led the Foreign Influence Task Force. In 2022 she was even named the first Intelligence Analyst in Charge of the Washington Field Office — a fancy title that basically meant she got to decide which intelligence the rest of the government was allowed to know about.

She has testified before Congress on election security and counterterrorism, which, in retrospect, was probably the equivalent of a drug offender giving a seminar on pharmaceutical security protocols.The Heroic Suppression of 2020

Everything came crashing into the open this week after President Trump declassified a stack of documents proving that, back in late September 2020, the Albany field office had the audacity to submit an Intelligence Information Report suggesting China was helping Biden win via fraudulent mail-in ballots.

Rather than investigate this wild conspiracy theory (that China might do election interference), Floris sprang into action like a true guardian of democracy. She immediately moved to retract the report, declaring that all such intelligence needed to route through her special headquarters team so it could be properly “managed.”

When a colleague asked about the report, Floris coolly replied, “It’s been retracted.” Then, in what historians will one day call one of the most humble admissions of bureaucratic power in American history, she added: “I am basically running a shadow government inside the FBI right now.”


That should make us all feel comfortable.

Upon successful suppression of the report, she reportedly exclaimed, “AAAAAAAH SNAPS!!!! Well done! THANK YOU for handling!!!” — the bureaucratic equivalent of a touchdown dance. Officials explained that the report had to be killed because parts of it sounded “conspiracy-like” and, more importantly, it might have contradicted FBI Director Christopher Wray’s sworn testimony that there was no evidence of widespread mail-in fraud. In other words: the facts were dangerously close to making the boss look wrong, so the facts had to go.


The report was recalled, reissued attempts were blocked, and a draft was quietly deleted just before the election. Mission accomplished. The Deep State’s Favorite Employee Lands at MicrosoftFast-forward to 2026. After years of dedicated service protecting the American people from information they didn’t need to know, Floris has moved on to a new and equally important role: Director of Insider Risk at Microsoft.

Yes, the woman who admitted to running a shadow government inside the FBI is now in charge of protecting Microsoft from insider threats. Conservatives immediately began flooding Microsoft with polite suggestions that perhaps the company should fire the person whose greatest professional achievement was being the ultimate insider threat.


The irony was apparently lost on no one except the people still pretending this was all perfectly normal.Bonus Points for ConsistencyIn a delightful bit of foreshadowing, Floris was also involved in briefing Republican senators that the Hunter Biden laptop story was likely Russian disinformation — right around the same time her team was busy making sure inconvenient Chinese election stories stayed buried.

Some might call this a pattern. Others would call it “protecting our democracy.”

President Trump highlighted the newly declassified documents in a recent speech, noting that “rogue bureaucrats” had buried intelligence about China attempting to manufacture illegal ballots for Biden. Floris, naturally, was the star of that particular rogue-bureaucrat highlight reel. At press time, Microsoft had not yet announced whether their new Director of Insider Risk would be required to sign a “no shadow governments” clause in her employment contract.

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"Moderate" Governor Hires Anti-Catholic FBI Agent to Reform Prisons

Virginia’s self-styled “moderate” governor, Abigail Spanberger, has made another bold statement about moderation. She has handed the co-chairmanship of her new Community Partnership Council on Corrections to Stanley Meador, the former FBI special agent in charge in Richmond who presided over the now-retracted 2023 memo that treated traditionalist Catholics as a fresh domestic-terrorism opportunity.

The council, Spanberger announced, will advance “safety reforms by hearing directly from [corrections] staff, incarcerated individuals, and communities across Virginia” on reentry, public accountability, and “conditions of confinement.” It will create “a permanent, structured forum for dialogue and action on the issues that matter most” so that the governor’s reforms “take root, and build a foundation for Virginia long after I am no longer in this office.”

Many things, she added, are “systemically wrong” with the state’s prisons. Meador is the man for the job. While he ran the Richmond field office, the FBI produced an internal document titled “Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities.” The memo proposed keeping an eye on Catholic churches in Virginia and drew its analytical horsepower from the Southern Poverty Law Center, an outfit now facing wire-fraud charges for its long practice of labeling conservative Christians as extremists.

The memo leaked. The FBI yanked it back.

Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond called it a “threat to religious liberty.” Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee it was “appalling. It’s appalling. I’m in complete agreement with you.” FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee he had been “aghast” and ordered the thing withdrawn the moment he saw it.

The Justice Department inspector general later concluded the memo failed basic analytic standards and lacked sufficient evidence. Meador met with diocesan leaders and expressed regret for the “negative attention.” He did not, however, express regret for the memo itself. When one of his own subordinates apologized for having helped draft the document, Meador replied in an email: “No apology needed. I’m glad you are on the team and thankful for your commitment. Keep that head up, this too shall pass. Will make for a great chapter in your memoirs some day!”

That is the fellow Spanberger has now placed in a position to shape prison policy by listening to “incarcerated individuals.” The same administration that once worried traditional Catholics might radicalize has decided the urgent task is to give convicted criminals a structured forum in which to explain what is “systemically wrong” with their living arrangements.

Spanberger billed herself as a moderate on the campaign trail. Since taking office she has stocked her administration with a former Obama adviser who favored masking two-year-olds and mandatory COVID shots, a trans activist, and an advocate tied to a Soros-funded criminal-justice group. Appointing the man who ran the Richmond office during the Catholic memo was apparently just the next logical step in that program of moderation.Virginia’s prisons have recently featured MS-13 gang members, here illegally and already convicted of violent crimes including murder, stabbing three corrections officers.

At Red Onion State Prison, inmates set themselves on fire; the Department of Corrections said there was “no evidence” this was a protest and that the prisoners were simply trying to get moved.

Spanberger’s council will address these matters through dialogue, visitation-hour extensions, and a one-page code of ethics that instructs staff to “Do the Right Thing” and embrace a “People First” culture.The governor reports that her administration has already “immediately actioned” about 85 percent of the concerns raised by advocacy groups. She also cites a 56 percent drop in serious inmate-on-staff assaults and a 47 percent drop in confirmed overdoses. Other numbers, she notes, reflect how staff handle prisoners rather than any actual reduction in violence.

Meador was placed on leave and removed from the FBI in June 2025. CatholicVote national political director Logan Church observed that Spanberger’s decision to elevate him “tells every Catholic in America that violating our civil liberties isn’t a problem, it’s a pathway to advancement.” In the world of contemporary Democratic moderation, that is apparently high praise.

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California's Political Family Reunion Interrupted After FBI Reveals Someone Actually Wore A Wire: OMG!

There are few things more sacred in California politics than the unshakable belief that everyone in the room is on the same team. Apparently, that confidence took a slight detour when one of the Democrats brought recording equipment instead of campaign talking points.

Attorney McGregor Scott, representing former California chief of staff Dana Williamson, says Democratic political operative Alexis Podesta had been quietly cooperating with federal investigators since at least June 2024. Somewhere in Sacramento, every politician who ever uttered the phrase "this stays between us" is suddenly remembering every lunch meeting they've had for the last two years.

As Scott bluntly put it, “Alexis wore a wire, and Dana did not.”

That single sentence probably produced more panic in California's political class than a surprise audit from the IRS.

Williamson pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and making false statements to the FBI. Prosecutors allege she helped divert roughly $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to former Xavier Becerra. According to prosecutors, the money was disguised as consulting payments while benefiting Becerra's former chief of staff, Sean McCluskie.

The scheme has all the familiar ingredients of modern political consulting. Money leaves one account, appears in another, everyone calls it "consulting," and nobody can quite remember who actually consulted on anything.

The revelation also explains a mystery that had been puzzling Sacramento insiders for months. Last fall, lobbyists and political figures began receiving FBI letters informing them that some of their phone calls had been intercepted.

Republican Assembly member Josh Hoover was among them.

“A lot of people received letters essentially informing us that there were certain periods of time where the FBI was given access to follow phone calls,” Hoover said.

“I don’t know how these investigations work, but it sounds like they cast a pretty broad net across the Capitol community to see what they could find.”

Translation: when Washington says it's only a "limited inquiry," buy extra coffee because everyone is about to have a very stressful week.

Another Sacramento insider reportedly received one of those letters despite never having met Williamson.

“Dude, I got this f—ing letter. I never even met with Dana Williamson!”

“Their curiosity was that they never even met with Dana Williamson, so they were wondering what this is all about,” another source explained. “And now you have the answer.”

Nothing says "healthy political ecosystem" quite like discovering that your innocent phone call about lunch reservations has been preserved forever in an FBI evidence locker.

The investigation has now grown beyond Williamson. Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he, his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and members of his inner circle were themselves under federal investigation.

Newsom immediately shifted into his favorite role: the misunderstood hero battling the forces of evil.

“Just in the last week, I’ve learned his campaign has reached my own home: to get me, he’s coming after my wife, Jen. A public servant. A woman who has dedicated her life to supporting women and girls. Someone who has done nothing wrong, other than having the temerity to advocate for what she believes in. If they can’t intimidate me, they’ll go after the mother of our children,” Newsom said.

He continued with characteristic theatrical flair.

"Donald Trump picked the wrong target. We have nothing to hide. His political operatives can take every record and read every page. But they’ll be looking in the wrong place. Because if they really want to find corruption, look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," he added.

That is one strategy. Another might be waiting to see what investigators actually uncover before delivering the closing argument.

According to a source familiar with the matter who spoke to Semafor's Shelby Talcott, there are "several investigations" involving Newsom. The inquiries reportedly focus on his wife's taxes and his chief of staff. They also reportedly originated out of Sacramento rather than DOJ headquarters and involve whistleblowers.

Newsom, never one to let an investigation interrupt a campaign speech, declared himself part of President Trump's "hit list" while accusing Trump of "selling the presidency" through golf courses, private jets, cryptocurrency, and his sons' overseas business ventures.

“You can subpoena my records. You can investigate me. You can harass me,” Newsom added. “Put my name on every and any enemies list you have, but leave my wife and family out of your personal vendetta.”

It is a familiar script. When questions arise, the story quickly shifts from "What happened?" to "Why are you asking?" It is a bit like being caught with your hand in the cookie jar and insisting the real scandal is the invasion of your privacy.

The irony, of course, is delicious. California's political establishment spent years assuring Americans that only conspiracy theorists imagined corruption lurking behind the polished press conferences and carefully curated Instagram posts. Now it turns out someone actually was wearing a wire.

The Babylon Bee could hardly improve upon the premise: an entire political machine built on carefully managed narratives discovers that the microphone wasn't just for campaign speeches after all. Sometimes reality writes satire all by itself.

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Deranged New York Woman Who Wished 'Every Day Were Oct. 7' Arrested For Funding Palestinian Terror Group

Catherine Beth Washburn, 2 grenades, and Hamasshole flag

NEW YORK — A proudly anti-Semitic New Yorker who dreamed of turning every calendar page into another glorious Oct. 7 has finally been hauled off in cuffs for allegedly sending piles of cash to actual terrorists, proving the theory of FAFO.

Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, of Irondequoit, a peaceful Rochester suburb, stands accused of leading a radical outfit and posing for photos with hand grenades in front of a Hamas flag.
Federal authorities say she funneled tens of thousands of dollars to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization whose idea of diplomacy involves rockets and suicide vests.

If convicted, Washburn faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine, which is probably less than she spent on crypto transfers and keffiyehs.

Blaming the victim for Hamas' terrorism

According to the Justice Department, Washburn headed the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), a group that sprang up right after Hamas's heroic slaughter of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023. Unlike those boring moderates who prefer signs and chants, DAMPL favors "direct action" — things like smashing windows and sabotaging anything remotely connected to the Jewish state.

Communications recovered by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force show Washburn chatting with someone claiming to be an active PIJ fighter in Gaza. In those chats she reportedly confessed that she hated Jewish people "very much" and wished Israel "would disappear."

"I wish every day were October 7th," Washburn is accused of writing. "If I lived in Gaza, I would fight alongside the resistance."

She later added that she felt "excited every time I see news of the killing of an occupation soldier."

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo noted that Washburn went to "great lengths" to finance violence, driven by "her self-described hate of Israel and Jewish people."

Financial records reveal roughly 80 cryptocurrency transfers totaling more than $30,000 sent to the PIJ fighter's account. In November 2025 she allegedly joked about her future prison wardrobe, writing, "Based on my passed [sic] fundraising and posting Im [sic] gonna get put away for a few life times," followed by a laughing emoji.

FBI Counterterrorism Division Acting Assistant Director Coult Markovsky made it clear that bankrolling murder carries consequences.

"This individual, as alleged in the criminal complaint, provided money to a foreign terrorist organization engaged in acts of violence," Markovsky said. "The FBI is committed to cutting off funding to terrorist groups and will continue to work side-by-side with our Justice Department partners to make sure anyone who engages in terrorism or provides assistance to such organizations is held fully accountable in our justice system."

In other news, progressive activists are already calling Washburn a "political prisoner" and planning a "Free Cathy" rally, because nothing says "social justice" like wiring Bitcoin to people who celebrate baby-killing.

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Alleged UFC White House Terror Plot Exposes Yet Another Security Nightmare

Just when you thought the threat environment surrounding President Trump couldn't get any crazier, federal investigators say they disrupted an alleged terror plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House that involved explosive-laden drones, sniper teams, and plans to storm the White House gates.

And here's the detail that's sure to reignite an already heated immigration debate: the alleged ringleader was reportedly an illegal immigrant who had received protection under the Obama-era DACA program.

According to Homeland Security information first obtained by Fox News Digital, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, allegedly orchestrated a plan to carry out a mass casualty attack during the June 14 UFC event held on White House grounds. Alvarez reportedly entered the United States as a child and remained in the country after his B2 visa expired in 2001. In 2014, he was granted deportation relief through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals after failing to leave the country.

Federal authorities say Alvarez wasn't acting alone. Five co-conspirators have already been arrested, and investigators have identified a total of 23 individuals connected to the alleged planning network.

According to court documents and DOJ filings, the plot called for drones equipped with explosives to force an evacuation of the event. As crowds scrambled to escape, a sniper team allegedly planned to open fire. Authorities say Alvarez, who allegedly used the alias "Shepherd" in group communications, was "responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the planned attack."

When discussing weaponized drones in the group chat, Alvarez allegedly responded, "As many and as deadly as we can get." Investigators also claim he boasted of possessing a functioning drone capable of carrying out the attack.

The allegations don't stop there.

Federal authorities say the conspirators planned a "second wave" operation after the initial assault, allegedly intending to rush the White House gates amid the confusion. Prosecutors say the group hoped the violence would trigger a broader political uprising, citing grievances that ranged from government corruption and the Epstein files to data center water consumption and perceived Israeli influence over American politics.

ICE has lodged a detainer against Alvarez following his arrest by the FBI in Omaha, Nebraska, on the day of the event.

"This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. "He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House."

"He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country," she added.

One question remains difficult to ignore: if investigators identified 23 individuals connected to the alleged plot, why was the event allowed to proceed while many of those suspects apparently remained unaccounted for?

Neither the White House nor the FBI offered additional details when Fox News Digital asked about the whereabouts of other participants allegedly involved in the planning.

Vice President JD Vance sought to reassure the public, arguing that the conspiracy never progressed very far.

"The FBI, our law enforcement partners and our U.S. Attorneys did what they do every day to make America Safe through quick response and vigilance in investigating, disrupting and dismantling this alleged plan before it could be carried out," Acting Attorney General Todd said in a DOJ statement. "We will take immediate and aggressive action to identify and prosecute those who incite and plan acts of violence."

Vance likewise noted that the alleged plans were "not that advanced" and said none of the suspects "weren’t in town" during the event itself.

Still, the case highlights the reality that Trump's public appearances continue to attract dangerous actors.

UFC CEO Dana White acknowledged as much, saying multiple threats had been directed at the event.

"These are the kind of events that bring the nuts out, this is normal stuff," White said.

Normal or not, that's a remarkable statement when discussing an event held on White House grounds.

The alleged conspiracy is merely the latest entry on a growing list of threats directed at Trump since he survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. Since then, authorities have investigated a second assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, an alleged Iran-linked murder-for-hire scheme, an armed man who rushed the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and countless threats made online and through other channels.

The good news is that this alleged plot was stopped before anyone was harmed. The bad news is that it serves as yet another reminder that the people tasked with protecting America's leaders are confronting an increasingly relentless threat landscape.

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Midland, TX gunman dead and ID'd leaves 1 dead, 10 wounded

The FBI is now investigating after one person was killed and 10 others were wounded in a Friday shooting spree in Midland, Texas, because apparently America’s lunatic factory is still operating around the clock and guns are getting more violent and someone needs to speak to them.

The deceased suspect, identified as a 45-year-old man with a Hispanic sounding name allegedly opened fire on officers and innocent bystanders before barricading himself inside an abandoned veterinary clinic in downtown Midland, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco.

Midland Mayor Lori Blong said during a news conference that police used robot and drone footage to confirm the shooter was dead inside the building. Authorities still do not know exactly how Villarreal died, which means the conspiracy theorists are probably already warming up their keyboards.

Of the 11 victims, Midland Memorial Hospital received nine gunshot victims, with four initially rushed into surgery.

The situation began in southeast Midland before spreading across south Midland in what sounds like the sort of chaos no community should ever have to deal with at eight o’clock in the morning. Police were first dispatched at 8:03 a.m. local time after reports of a disturbance involving weapons and shots fired, according to Midland Police Chief Greg Snow.

Naturally, it took a massive multi agency response to contain the situation. The FBI, HSI, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers, Odessa Police Department, and sheriff’s offices from both Midland and Ector counties all joined the effort.

Using armored vehicles, Snow said officers were able to safely extract law enforcement personnel who had been pinned down behind their patrol cars. That little detail alone tells you how ugly this situation became.

Police then moved down Highway 80 to rescue civilians trapped in their vehicles, prevent the shooter from finding more targets, and lock down the area before things got even worse.

Snow confirmed that several officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect during the incident, which will now be investigated by the Texas Rangers and DPS.

Meanwhile, FBI El Paso deployed special agents and victim services personnel to assist at the scene.

Midland Memorial Hospital’s main campus was placed on lockdown for nearly two hours during the shooting, because when violent lunatics decide to turn a city into a war zone, everybody’s normal day instantly disappears.

Andrea Mendias told The Associated Press she heard what sounded like a small explosion at the abandoned veterinary clinic next to the body shop where she works and watched heavily armed officers flood the parking lot.

Some officers reportedly entered the building while others deployed robotic equipment into the area.

Mendias also said she heard what sounded like at least 40 gunshots before law enforcement finally cornered the suspect.

Video she recorded showed officers pouring out of an armored police vehicle while robots were sent toward the building, which sounds less like West Texas and more like footage from a failed state.

"Cecilia and I are deeply saddened by the senseless act of violence in Midland," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote in a social media post. "We are praying for the victims, their families, and the entire community."

Blanco later confirmed that Villarreal was also the suspect accused of shooting at police earlier in the week.

"Yes, the identity of the suspect, [redacted because the scumbag doesn't deserve notoriety], age 45, is a suspect from the previous day's shooting," he said.

Midland sits near Odessa, roughly 330 miles west of Dallas and about 300 miles east of El Paso, proving once again that even places far removed from America’s elite urban circus are no longer insulated from violent chaos.

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Bidy of NM nuclear lab worker discovered by hiker

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has raised concerns about what he describes as a "sinister" pattern involving the deaths and disappearances of 11 U.S. scientists connected to nuclear, aerospace, and defense research. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker has examined the unusual cases, pointing to troubling details such as missing cell phones and erased digital data. In a separate case, an Iranian national was arrested for allegedly trafficking drones and weapons on behalf of Iran, drawing attention to serious national security issues affecting both the White House and NASA.

One of the 11 individuals who had mysteriously disappeared and who may have had connections to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology has now been found. A hiker discovered the body in a national forest in New Mexico.

Authorities identified the remains as those of Melissa Casias, 54, an employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Her disappearance became part of broader speculation surrounding scientists and laboratory-affiliated personnel who had either vanished or died under unclear circumstances. These incidents attracted the attention of President Donald Trump and prompted an investigation by the House Oversight Committee.

According to a Facebook post issued late Saturday night by the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau (NMSPBI), a hiker found Casias' remains on Thursday in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest. A handgun was found beside her body.

"The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined," police stated. Authorities added that the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) identified the remains as those of Casias and is conducting a "further anthropological examination."

Casias, who lived in Taos, New Mexico, worked at LANL alongside Anthony Chavez. Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the nation's leading nuclear research facilities. Both Casias and Chavez were among the individuals whose disappearances were considered suspicious in FBI and House Oversight Committee investigations.

"The New Mexico State Police extend their deepest condolences to the Casias and Mondragon families during this difficult time," the agency said in its statement.

Police reported that Casias was declared missing on June 25, 2025, after she failed to arrive at work and did not return home following a visit to her daughter at work. Family members later discovered that she had left behind her purse, identification, and cell phones, raising concerns for her safety and leading to a missing persons investigation.

State police emphasized that the investigation remains active and ongoing.

In an April 20 letter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel, the House Oversight Committee stated that it was examining "recent unconfirmed public reporting" suggesting that individuals connected to "U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology" had either disappeared or died in recent years.

"Public reports raise questions about a possible sinister connection between a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances which began in 2023," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Eric Burlison, (R-MO) wrote in a request for information from federal agencies.

According to the committee's statement, the reported cases included two individuals connected to Los Alamos National Laboratory, two affiliated with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an MIT scientist involved in nuclear fusion research who was shot by the Brown University mass shooter, a pharmaceutical researcher, and a government contractor employed at a facility that produces components for nuclear weapons.

Authorities have not established any connection between Casias' death and the other cases. Officials have suggested that the incidents are likely unrelated, and the House committee noted that the reports under review remain unconfirmed.

Steven Garcia, 48, an employee of the Kansas City National Security Campus, was reported missing on August 28, 2025, after leaving his Albuquerque home on foot carrying only a handgun.

Casias' disappearance had previously led New Mexico authorities to issue a Missing Endangered Advisory after she was last seen in the Taos area. She was 53 years old at the time she disappeared.

The discovery of her remains in Carson National Forest brings the search for Casias to an end. However, investigators are still working to determine how she died and to identify the owner of the handgun found beside her body.

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White House shooter had criminal history and was mentally ill

The man fatally shot by Secret Service agents after authorities said he opened fire at a White House security checkpoint Saturday had a documented history of encounters with law enforcement and mental health concerns.

"Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House, who had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country’s most cherished structure," President Donald Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social.

"The gunman is dead after an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service Agents near the White House gates."

The dead gunman was identified as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old Maryland man, who was previously known to United States Secret Service around the White House complex, according to a July 2025 D.C. Superior Court filing.

A 21-year-old armed with a revolver was killed after exchanging gunfire with Secret Service agents near the White House gates, President Trump said. 

In that incident, Best walked into a restricted area at a White House pedestrian access control post, ignored commands to stop and claimed he was Jesus Christ and that he wanted to get arrested, according to the filing. He was arrested on an unlawful entry charge in that incident.

The filing said Best interacted with the Secret Service, walking around the White House complex and asking how to gain access at various entry posts. It also said he had been involuntarily committed in June 2025 after obstructing vehicle entry to the White House complex. In that incident, Best claimed he was Jesus Christ and that he wanted to get arrested, according to court filing.

Officers requested a stay-away order barring Best from the White House area after the July arrest, according to the filing.

The New York Post reported that a bench warrant was later issued after Best failed to appear for a subsequent hearing.

Then on Saturday, he approached a checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW shortly after 6 p.m. ET, pulled a gun from a bag and opened fire on Secret Service officers. Fortunately, Best was the worst in marksmanship as officers returned fire, striking Best, who was quickly taken to a hospital and later died.

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A bystander was also wounded, though officials had not said who fired the round that struck that person or released the person’s condition. No Secret Service agents were injured. Trump was inside the White House at the time and was briefed on the shooting thanks to the lack of gun range practice by the late Best shooter.

His overnight post added a call for White House security, which is being removed from the Senate's now-stalled budget reconciliation package.

"This event is one month removed from the White House Correspondent’s Dinner shooting, and goes to show how important it is, for all future Presidents, to get, what will be, the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C.," Trump's post concluded. "The National Security of our Country demands it!"

And a ballroom wouldn't hurt.

The shooting briefly placed the White House on lockdown. Reporters on the North Lawn were rushed into the press briefing room as agents responded with weapons drawn. The lockdown was lifted at 6:46 p.m. ET.

Authorities had not announced a motive as of early Sunday, but it's safe to say that Best was not a Republican.

The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were assisting the Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Department in the investigation.

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Zohran Mamdani’s Glorious People's Republic of Brooklyn Takes Shape, Backed by Leftist-Islamist Coalition That Swears It's All About the Vibes

Comrade Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani’s political takeover of New York City was backed by a leftist-Islamist coalition, but abstract ideology only gets you so far. Plenty of the Muslim donors and voters weren’t there just for religious and racial reasons, but they hoped to reap tangible benefits from the move. And that’s where the corruption tends to come in.

Sure, everyone's been distracted by the shiny ‘free grocery store’ promises that now will take 3 years to do, but plans like this may be much closer to where the money is really going as Mamdani proposes massive rezoning of an area that has a large Muslim population. 

The City Planning Commission is referring to its new initiative as the “South of Prospect Plan” and aims to rezone the commercial corridors of McDonald and Coney Island avenues, as well as surrounding blocks, for taller buildings and more housing development.

The blocks currently feature long stretches of single-story businesses, auto body shops and low-rise homes. When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, I could walk to McDonald Ave. and Coney Island Ave. in five minutes. 

Four subway lines connect the neighborhood to Manhattan, and in the coming years, a new light rail line could traverse the area, providing direct access to Queens, making the Brooklyn blocks prime real estate for new housing.

And anyone owning real estate in the area, including the small houses that the mostly Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslim occupants in the area have settled in, will stand to make tens of millions of dollars. Mazel tov, comrades!

The area south of Prospect Park overlaps with districts represented by Council members Shahana Hanif, Rita Joseph, Farah Louis and Simcha Felder.

Hanif and Joseph each said they support the plan.

Shahana Hanif is a Bangladeshi Muslim councilwoman affiliated with the DSA, and a Mamdani ally who represents the Bangladeshi settler population in the area. Diversity is our strength, especially when it comes with waterfront property values.

I certainly hope the FBI and the DOJ are going to keep a close eye on who profits from this Mamdani plan. Or, knowing how things work in New York, maybe they'll just rename it the "Equity and Inclusion Development Fund" and call it a day.

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