Suspected Gang Member ‘Weaponized’ Vehicle Against Border Patrol Agents In Portland, DHS Says

Well, folks, the hits just keep on coming in the ongoing saga of open borders meeting reality. A suspected member of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua decided to turn his car into a battering ram against federal immigration officers in Portland, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

One quick-thinking Border Patrol agent drew his weapon and fired a defensive shot at the vehicle after the driver allegedly tried to mow down law enforcement. The suspected gang member and his passenger, also believed to have gang ties, peeled out and vanished into the night like the bad guys in a low-budget action flick.

Here's the official DHS rundown: "At 2:19 PST, US Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon. The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland. The vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents."

"Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene," the statement continued.

This came out after whispers started spreading that federal immigration agents had shot and wounded two people in Portland. Whether those rumors line up perfectly with DHS's account is still sorting itself out, but the timing is certainly convenient for anyone looking to stir the pot. 

And let's not forget the fresh wound from the day before: an ICE agent in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman who blocked a road with her vehicle. As officers approached and asked her to step out, she reportedly backed up, then lurched forward. One agent in front fired the fatal shot. The Department of Homeland Security labeled the incident "an act of domestic terrorism."

"This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats," the agency said.

That Minneapolis shooting lit the fuse for mass demonstrations. 

Gov. 'Tampon Tim' Walz (D-MN) threatened to call in the National Guard while calling for mass protests across the United States against immigration officers. Walz had been in the National Guard, lied about his rank, and when his unit, the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment was to be deployed to Iraq, he retired, leaving his unit to go to war.

Because nothing says "public safety" like rallying crowds to demonize the people trying to enforce the law against actual violent gang members. Classic. Stay frosty out there, America. The clowns are running the circus, and the imported thugs are providing the entertainment.

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Another Day, Another "Misunderstander" of the Religion of Peace

Folks, here we go again.

Two West Virginia National Guard troops—deployed to the nation’s capital to help keep order—are now fighting for their lives after a targeted ambush just blocks from the White House. The alleged shooter: Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who arrived in the United States in September 2021 during the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Kabul.

And yes, witnesses say he was screaming “ALLAHU AKBAR!” as he opened fire.

Here’s the chilling play-by-play, per law-enforcement sources cited by the New York Post:

“According to sources, Lakanwal waited for the Guardsmen to turn a corner, opened fire, shot a female Guardsman in the chest, then allegedly took her firearm and shot her point-blank in the head before firing at others. Another Guardsman was hit in the neck before a third managed to take him down.”

The FBI and D.C. police are investigating this as a “possible act of terrorism.” Metropolitan Police executive assistant chief Jeffrey Carroll described it bluntly: “It appears to be a lone gunman that raised a firearm and ambushed these members of the National Guard.”

For months, progressive politicians and activists have been screeching that sending the National Guard into Democrat-run cities constitutes “authoritarianism” and an “invasion” of the streets. Funny how that rhetoric sounds a little different when the troops themselves become the targets.

And then there’s the inevitable question that the legacy media will do everything in their power to memory-hole: How is it that so many “misunderstanders” of Islam keep misunderstanding it in exactly the same murderous way?

We’re told—endlessly—that Islam is a “religion of peace,” yet a shocking percentage of global terror attacks continue to be carried out by individuals shouting the same Arabic phrase before they start shooting, stabbing, or blowing themselves up. At what point does the “tiny minority of extremists” excuse collapse under its own weight?

President Trump, not mincing words, immediately called for a full reinvestigation of every Afghan refugee admitted under the Biden-Harris evacuation:

“WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has called for a reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees admitted under the Biden administration following a Wednesday shooting near the White House that critically injured two West Virginia National Guard members in what D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described as a targeted attack.”

Good. Start vetting. Actually vetting this time.

Early reports from West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey briefly—and terrifyingly—suggested both troops had died, but he later clarified:

“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members and will provide additional updates once we receive more complete information. Our prayers are with these brave service members, their families, and the entire Guard community.”

Prayers indeed. These men and women put on the uniform to protect us. The very least we can do is demand honest answers about who we’re letting in—and why the same deadly pattern keeps repeating itself while politicians and the press pretend it’s just one giant coincidence.Enough with the platitudes. This isn’t “senseless violence.” When the perpetrator screams “Allahu Akbar” before executing a cold-blooded ambush on American soil, the sense is tragically, infuriatingly clear.

Time to face reality instead of reciting the same tired “religion of peace” talking points while our troops bleed two blocks from the White House.

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Two National Guardsmen Critically Injured in Targeted Shooting Near White House

Today, Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at approximately 2:15 p.m. (EST) two West Virginia National Guard soldiers were shot just a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C. The attack happened while they were on patrol. As of this writing, (6 p.m. EST). It was estimated that about 15 shots were reported.

FBI Director Kash Patel spoke to reporters along with D.C. 

Patel said the two soldiers are still in critical condition in the hospital. Earlier, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey had wrongly said the soldiers had died. At this moment, it has been speculated that both soldiers are dead, and it was also reported that a civilian was also shot and their condition is unknown.

Reagan International Airport has flight delays and people have been told to hunker down. At this time, the situation has been changed and restrictions have been loosened.

At the news conference, D.C. police official Jeffery Carroll and Mayor Bowser said the shooting was targeted. Carroll explained that the gunman "immediately" opened fire on the soldiers.The Guardsmen were walking on a highly visible patrol near 17th and H Street NW. Carroll said the suspect came around the corner, raised his arm with a gun, and started shooting at the National Guard members. 

Other Guardsmen nearby heard the shots, rushed over, tackled the suspect, and arrested him.The suspect, whose name has not been released yet, was also shot during the struggle. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, Carroll said. he is described as an overweight, dark bearded man,

West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Delegate Josh Holstein, who is 24 years old, said the whole state is "outraged and devastated" by the shooting.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Holstein called it a "heinous" and "cowardly" act. He said it was not just an attack on the soldiers who serve, but "an attack on our state and on the very values that hold this country together."

Holstein thanked police officers and service members who “selflessly put their lives on the line” every day to keep people safe.

"West Virginia stands united behind our National Guard, our military, and our law enforcement officers who embody courage and sacrifice in the face of danger," Holstein said.

He asked everyone in West Virginia to pray for the injured soldiers and their families. He also said the people responsible must be held fully accountable.

"The strength and spirit of our state and our nation are far greater than any act of violence," he added.

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Gov. Pritzker says actions will be met with a 'response' if National Guard is sent to Chicago

Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker is no fan of President Trump and the President is obviously not the least bit perturbed about it. 

President Trump is planning to send in the National Guard to Chicago to deal with the rampant crime. [Why, it's so bad that even actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by his own friends one cold night a few years ago.]

Anyway, the corpulent governor says that 'action will be met with a response' if Trump does what he says he'll do, which is generally what happens when he says things. Pritzker says the state will not allow the federal government 'intimidate Chicagoans' by going after criminals. "We love our criminals," the rotund governor said as he bit down decisively on a Subway ham and cheese with the works.

"Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises," the governor wrote Wednesday on X. "We will not stand idly by if he decides to send the National Guard to intimidate Chicagoans. Action will be met with a response," the big man said. 

Of course, President Trump is one of the few people in public office that actually does keep his promises. The only promise he didn't keep was to lock up Hillary Clinton.

Big Pritzker's comments are the latest in his recent feud with President DonaldTrump, as the federal government considers whether to send troops to the Windy city.

Last week, the governor said there is no crime emergency in Chicago and Trump is "attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families." 

Evidently, the huge governor doesn't think that 262 murders so far this year is a crime emergency. Perhaps Pritzker needs to define the term 'crime.'

"The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority," full-figured Pritzker said on Saturday. "There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders. We will continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect the people of Illinois."

I would say that the governor is shooting himself in the foot by taking this stance, but it's doubtful that he can actually see his feet. Trump said that Pritzker is a 'slob.'

On Monday, Pritzker said the potential federal deployment is "unconstitutional" and "un-American," unlike former and nearly dead POTUS, Joe Biden, who used two US Marine Corps members as a backdrop on September 1, 2022 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia for a speech that focused on the "battle for the soul of the nation" and criticized "MAGA Republicans."

Not just shoulders

"Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish its dissidents and score political points," he said, as if Trump was going to run for a third term. "If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab."

Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson, has cited data showing that violent crime has declined in the last year, including homicides and robberies dipping by more than 30%, and shootings dropping by nearly 40%. Although, crime is still up compared to 2021, according to statistics posted by Chicago police.

It's obvious they manipulate the numbers like they do with the deficit: if the rate of deficit is lower than last year, that some how means we're saving money rather than continuing going into debt.

"The problem with the President's approach is that it is uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound," Johnson, who is clearly one of the dumbest American mayors, said on Friday. "Unlawfully deploying the National Guard to Chicago has the potential to inflame tensions between residents and law enforcement when we know that trust between police and residents is foundational to building safer communities."

The hypocrisy is palpable. 

For example, last year, Democratic NY Governor Kathy Hochul deployed 750 National Guard to New York City's subways to address the surge in subway crime. In 2020, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for National Guard's assistance in June following the thug, George Floyd's death to deal with looting and violence. And in the same year, a number of additional cities were crime ridden and Democratic governors in Minnesota [Timmy Walz] and California [ Gavin Newsom] activated the National Guard to deal with crime and unrest. Over 30,000 Guard troops were deployed across more than 30 states, mostly under Democratic 'leadership' to assist local law enforcement.

"When we fight back against tyranny, the people united will always prevail," Johnson later said. No joke.

President Trump responded to big-boned Pritzker and dim witted Johnson on Tuesday, writing in a social media post that the governor is "incompetent" and the mayor is "no better."

"A really DEADLY weekend in Chicago," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "6 DEAD, 27 HURT IN CRIME SPREES ALLOVER THE CITY. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent Governor who should call me for HELP. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago Great Again!"

Just another reminder: "Lock her up!"

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POTUS sends 2,000 additional National Guard troops to L.A.: Newsom, Bass upset with law and order move

Los Angeles is crawling with over 4,700 military personnel, thanks to President Donald Trump’s decisive action to quell the chaos that erupted after a weekend of rioting. On Monday night, Trump sent an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to the city, joining the 2,000 already deployed Saturday and 700 Marines dispatched Monday. 

The Washington Post confirms this beefy response, which Trump says saved L.A. from becoming a smoldering ruin.

“If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. do [sic] to an incompetent Governor and Mayor,” Trump blasted on Truth Social. And he isn't wrong; L.A. was spiraling into anarchy before he stepped in and both Newsom and Bass sided with the rioters, looters, and rock-throwers.

But leave it to California’s left-wing leader governor to go after the Trump administration with a lawsuit Monday, whining that the National Guard deployment stepped on his toes. Apparently, Newsom thinks there’s no “invasion” or “rebellion” to justify federal intervention. 

Tell that to the rioters torching Waymo robotaxis and chucking rocks at cops.

Newsom’s response? Send 800 more state and local officers to “clean up President Trump’s mess.” Typical Democrat—blame Trump for fixing their failures.

L.A.’s Mayor Bass, another Karen Democrat, chimed in with her own spin: “While Washington choreographed these chaotic events, the LAPD and local law enforcement continue to effectively respond.” 

Choreographed? The only thing choreographed here is the left’s playbook of deflecting responsibility while cities burn and the riots themselves. Note the Mexican flags are all the same size with the same folds, probably from the same box, and handed out to the rioters.

The riots kicked off after federal immigration raids last week, including one at a Home Depot parking lot that nabbed suspected illegal immigrants, some with gun and drug convictions, per Fox News’ Bill Melugin. That apparently triggered the usual suspects, who took to the streets waving those Mexican flags, setting Waymo vehicles ablaze, and attacking police with rocks, cement, and fireworks. 

CBS News reports 42 arrests, with some facing charges like assault on an officer and attempted murder. Downtown L.A. is a mess, smashed T-Mobile and athletic stores, shattered glass at a Jordan Studio 23 and Adidas, and the charred remains of five Waymo robotaxis. 

Waymo’s now suspended service in the area for some reason. This is the chaos these anarchists were aiming for.

Meanwhile, the chaos is spreading. San Francisco saw 150 arrests Sunday night and two injured cops as anti-ICE riots flared up, per ABC 7. 

Newsom and Bass can keep pointing fingers, but Trump’s the one keeping California from descending into total lawlessness.

At least this time, Bass didn't go to Africa.

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Woah Nelly! FBI to investigate Liz Cheney

The House Oversight Subcommittee, led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), has issued a 127-page Interim Report that outlines various questionable activities connected to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and the investigation that followed by the Democratic Select Committee, which was supposedly set up to uncover the truth about the events of that day but turned out to be a witch hunt.

Of special note are the report's findings regarding the actions of former Rep. Liz Cheney (RINO-WY). She was a member of the Committee and allegedly leveraged her role to criticize President-elect Donald Trump. According to the report, she exerted excessive control over the Committee's activities to focus on the president-elect, pushing the idea that he was responsible for inciting the violence on January 6, which was proved to be a lie as anyone who listened to what Trump said that day to his followers knows.

The report wraps up by suggesting that the FBI should investigate Cheney's conduct, which men of good faith all feel she should go to federal prison for a long time.

The Oversight Subcommittee points to Cheney's public comments as proof that her primary concern during her time on the Select Committee was Trump, rather than addressing the broader security lapses that took place on January 6.

"Representative Cheney mentions President Trump eighteen separate times in her four-page Forward to the Select Committee’s Final Report—including her statements that 'no man' who behaved as President Trump 'can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again,'" the report pointed out.

The authors noted that Cheney didn't "mention any of the tangible failures of that day" and "spoke of law enforcement only twice, and never mentioned the National Guard or the multi-agency intelligence failures."

One staff member told investigators that when the J6 Committee "became a Cheney 2024 campaign, many of us became discouraged."

"Representative Cheney’s influence on the Select Committee’s work and the conclusions it drew cannot be overstated. Before the Select Committee published its final report, fifteen current and former staffers approached the Washington Post to express deep frustration with Representative Cheney’s heavy-handed oversight of the Select Committee’s work. The article states that 'committee staff members were floored' when told that the final report 'would focus almost entirely on Trump.'"

The Subcommittee also addressed Cheney’s supposed attempt to influence former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the Select Committee. The report claims that Cheney "communicated directly with Cassidy Hutchinson without her attorney’s knowledge, despite Cheney knowing it was unethical."

The report notes that Hutchinson acknowledged receiving "contact information for multiple attorneys at various firms" from the former lawmaker.

"It is unusual—and potentially unethical—for a Member of Congress conducting an investigation to contact a witness if the Member knows that the individual is represented by legal counsel. Representative Cheney is an attorney, and an attorney who circumvents an individual’s legal representation would violate well-established attorney ethics standards."

The Subcommittee also found evidence of frequent communications between Hutchinson and Cheney without her lawyer’s knowledge. It alleged that Cheney helped Hutchinson find new legal representation and compromised her testimony. However, the former lawmaker, in her book, made it appear as if she "passively waited for Hutchinson to fire her attorney and find new counsel on her own," according to the report.

Cheney allegedly played an instrumental role in shaping Hutchinson’s testimony. "Her first two interviews, though consistent with one another, were significantly different than the narrative she told in her four subsequent interviews and live testimony," the report stated, also stating that the former lawmaker’s "decision to rush Hutchinson’s testimony caused 'unforced errors' and did not afford staff the 'opportunity to thoroughly vet the line of questioning.'"

"Hutchinson testified to a series of specific, outrageous claims about President Trump on January 6, 2021. Nearly all her allegations involve incidents to which she was not an eyewitness, and the parties she credited for relaying those alleged events to her categorically denied her claims."

In one instance, Hutchinson made the outlandish claim that Trump had tried to lunge past Secret Service agents and grab the steering wheel as he was being transported from the Capitol building in a limousine.

The Oversight subcommittee suggested that "numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney". It recommended that "these violations should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation" because the former lawmaker "tampered with at least one witness."

The report argues that the FBI should investigate Cheney for violating laws against "procuring another person to commit perjury."

Of course, it is doubtful that Cheney will face any kind of accountability for her alleged actions. But the report clearly demonstrates what many already knew: Cheney saw the Select Committee as an opportunity to boost her popularity by positioning herself as the ultimate anti-Trump figure.

Cheney made the mistake of basing her entire political platform on going after the president-elect, an issue that contributed to her ignominious defeat in the 2022 midterm primaries.

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DC top cop gets no confidence vote after newly appointed

Acting US Capitol Police Chief Yoganada Pittman replaced former Chief Steven Sund after his resignation resulting from the January 6th Capitol incursion. [H/T CBS News]

In spite of the fact that Pittman fits the intersectional victimhood criteria as a woman of color, she received a no confidence vote in her inherited role. 

The U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, which represents Capitol Police officers, announced that 92 percent of those participating in a recent ballot voted that they had no confidence in Pittman, as reported by CBS News. Other top leaders also received a no confidence vote after the Capitol incursion.

“Capitol Police offers have delivered an overwhelming vote of No Confidence in the senior leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police,” the union said in a news release.

“The Executive Board of the Capitol Police Union called for rank-and-file members to consider a vote of no confidence late last week following the senior leadership’s mishandling of the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th,” the union said. “The board took this unprecedented step after reviewing details of the events on, and leading up to, January 6th and the subsequent deaths of 6 people, and injuries to approximately 140 Capitol and Metropolitan Police officers.”

“[O]ur leadership clearly failed us. We know because we were there,” union chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in a statement, according to CBS News.

“The past week of the impeachment trial showed members of Congress and the entire country, devastating details of the violence that Capitol Police officers faced during the insurrection,” Papathanasiou said, according to Fox News. “It was the darkest day in the history of the department.”

Papathanasiou said there are leaders within the department who are better suited for leadership than Pittman and the rest of the current leadership team.

“We hope Congressional leaders and the entire Capitol Hill community understands that continuing with the current USCP leadership is not an option,” he said.

“The current leadership is just a continuation of the past regimes on this Department and there needs to be accountability. Their failures are inexcusable. This vote, which the majority of the officers in the bargaining unit participated in, shows they have lost our trust. The anger in this department is widespread and the trust that has been broken it is not going to be regained.”

Pittman has said the department knew before the pro-Trump rally that took place Jan. 6 that the demonstration would not be a typical protest. Democrats accused then-President Donald Trump of “inciting an insurrection” with his speech that day, but that wasn't true if you listened to his words.

It isn't clear, however, how much they knew and when they knew it and is the subject of a letter from House Republicans to Speaker Nancy "Frenetic Hands" Pelosi, according to Fox News.

The letter was submitted by House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis of Illinois, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan of Ohio, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer of Kentucky and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes of California. 

It seeks to understand what was done about Sund’s early warning about the Jan. 6 rally.

Sund said that on January 4th, he approached the House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving asking for National Guard support but Irving seemed more concerned about "the optics" of a Guard deployment and didn't believe the "intelligence supported it."

Now we have thousands of National Guard troops at the Capitol for an interminable amount of time before Pelosi has them relieved of their post and return home to their families and jobs.

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