The Dem Narrative Is Falling Apart as DHS Exposes the Identities in CBP Shooting in Portland

The Dem narrative is falling apart like an Ikea bookcase yet again as the DHS exposes the real identities behind the so-called "married couple" in the CBP shooting incident in Portland.

No surprise, the two injured parties turn out to be suspected affiliates of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. 

Fox News reported on how Portland leaders demand ICE shut down operations in the city following the shooting of two migrants linked to Tren de Aragua, [TdA] is a transnational criminal organization originating from Venezuela.

As fresh protests flare up and Democrats voice their predictable outrage over yet another shooting involving a federal immigration agent in Portland, the Department of Homeland Security is cutting through the noise to lay out the facts on the two individuals involved and their suspected gang ties.

In a Friday post on X, DHS identified the pair as Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, describing them as Venezuelan criminal illegal aliens and suspected members of the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua. According to the agency, the two attempted to run over a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and others with their vehicle, prompting the agent to open fire in self-defense.

The incident unfolded around 2:19 p.m. local time when Border Patrol agents stopped the vehicle and identified themselves as law enforcement, DHS explained.

"Yesterday, two suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates, let loose on American streets by Joe Biden, weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol in Portland," DHS wrote, adding that "the agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them."

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Both suspects fled the scene but were later located by Portland Police, who provided first aid before transporting them to a hospital.

DHS noted that Moncada, the driver, entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration. Beyond his suspected Tren de Aragua ties, he had prior arrests for driving under the influence and unauthorized use of a vehicle, and he faces a final order of removal.

Zambrano-Contreras, the passenger, entered illegally in the El Paso area in 2023 and was likewise released by the Biden administration. DHS stated she "played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring" and had been involved in a previous shooting in Portland.

Pushing back hard against media portrayals, DHS labeled reports of the pair as an innocent "married couple" as "REVOLTING LIES," clarifying in another X post that "the two criminal illegal aliens who attacked Border Patrol in Portland are a gang member and his prostitute NOT an innocent ‘married couple.’"

Democrats, predictably mindless and reactionary, rushed to condemn federal law enforcement almost immediately after Thursday's shooting.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called for ICE to "halt all operations" in the city pending a full independent investigation. But Wilson has no authority to halt federal law enforcement operations and is whistling in the wind.

"We know what the federal government says happened here," Wilson said during a news conference Thursday. "There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time has long passed."

He went further, insisting that ICE agents and DHS leadership "must fully be investigated and held responsible for the violence inflicted on the American people in Minnesota, in Portland, and in all the communities across America."

Oregon Gov, Tina Kotek (D) weighed in, attributing the incident to the "reckless agenda of the Trump administration."

"While the details of the incident remain limited, one thing is very clear: when a president endorses tearing families apart and attempts to govern through fear and hate rather than shared values, you foster an environment of lawlessness and recklessness," she said.

Kotek highlighted concerns from Oregon's attorney general and others about excessive force by federal agents in Portland, arguing that "today's incident only heightens the need for transparency and accountability."

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) took to X to blame the Trump administration for 'inflaming violence.'

"I'm monitoring the first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement," Wyden wrote before knowing who these thugs are. "I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence, and must end."

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This latest episode follows the fatal shooting of anti-ICE protester Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances. The Trump administration maintains that Good, while obstructing immigration enforcement, attempted to run over an ICE agent, who fired in self-defense, leading to her death. And Good's wife, when the shooting occurred shouted that it was her fault.

Both incidents have sparked widespread anti-ICE protests nationwide and drawn sharp rebukes from prominent Democrats, even as DHS continues to highlight the dangerous criminal elements released under previous policies now facing consequences.

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RFK Jr. on confirmation hotseat questioned by questionable Sen. Ron Wyden

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As this is being written, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is seated for his confirmation hearing for HHS Secretary. While the Republicans are asking him reasonable questions pertaining to the job, the Democrats, led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, has attacked him unmercifully in his opening statement and then in his questioning. Wyden has attacked RFK Jr's character and even yelled at the candidate at one point, cutting him off as he attempted to answer.

So who is Ron Wyden?

 
In 2024, Wyden introduced legislation to reform the Supreme Court, a politically motivated move to increase the number of justices who would therefore be appointed by then-President Biden. It's obvious that Wyden is Party-driven and if Kennedy was nominated by, say, Kamala Harris had she won [heaven forbid] the election, he would be all in for him.

There have also been instances in which Wyden's family members engaged in stock trading activities that coincided with legislative actions, as in insider trading. His wife, Nancy Bass Wyden, who owned the Strand Bookstore, bought shares in semiconductor companies [Nvidia, for example] at the time when Sen. Wyden was pushing for legislation to support the U.S. semiconductor industry--a conflict of interest, obviously.

Wyden was also involved with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which he co-authored. There followed debates about content moderation and responsibility of platforms such as social media companies. Wyden wanted more moderation rather than First Amendment rights, taking a position more like that of a dictatorship nation.

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Dem Sen. Wyden refuses to not support China's slave labor

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For a man whose parents had to flee Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) doesn't seem to care about others who are unable to flee from captivity in China and are under the constant threat of torture and genocide.

Wyden callously blocked bipartisan efforts on Wednesday to push through a bill that would ban imports from communist China's Xinjiang region where genocide against religious minorities is being carried out and the work that creates products from that region is being done with slave labor. 

And Hillary Clinton called Trump voters "deplorables." 

“Wyden blocked a bill that would ban goods made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region after Senator Marco Rubio [R-FL] rejected his request to add an unrelated extension of the child tax credit,” Bloomberg News reported. “The bill has broad bipartisan support and was on track for quick final passage by unanimous consent after having cleared the House by a voice vote.”

What was Wyden thinking? Oh wait! Nike, whose shoes are made in China, has lobbied Congress to weaken the bill, is the top financial contributor to Wyden. 

So money talks and morals walk.

“I am completely sympathetic to my colleague from Florida, my colleague from Oregon, to the fight against genocide and forced labor,” Wyden falsely claimed. “They got me at hello on their proposition. I also feel incredibly strongly, incredibly strongly about our vulnerable children and our vulnerable families that are going to be cut off from an essential lifeline unless the United States Senate acts.”

Communist China is so evil with its genocide of religious minorities that even the Biden administration sees the problem and announced a diplomatic boycott in early December of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

“The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the PRC’s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier this month. “The athletes on Team USA have our full support. We will be behind them 100 percent as we cheer them on from home. We will not be contributing to the fanfare of the Games.”

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“U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these Games as business as usual in the face of the PRC’s egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang. And we simply can’t do that,” Psaki added. “As the President has told President Xi, standing up for human rights is in the DNA of Americans. We have a fundamental commitment to promoting human rights. And we feel strongly in our position, and we will continue to take actions to advance human rights in China and beyond.”

Following the powerful statement by Psaki, Australia, Canada, the UK, and Lithuania joined the bandwagon. All have agreed to a diplomatic boycott and Lithuania announced that they will not even be attending the Games and therefore can avoid the embarrassment of not winning any medals again.

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Tillerson confirmed by Senate

Former ExxonMobil executive, Rex Tillerson, has been confirmed by the Senate Wednesday as the GOP is sprinting toward the finish line, running past Democratic resistance to fill the Trump Cabinet. 

The vote was 56-43, and if  you do the math, it means that five Democrats voted for Trump's pick.

As the day began, Democrats attempted to delay the confirmations but Republicans moved fast to advance three nominees to a final vote.

Jeff Sessions also won the Senate Judiciary Committee vote as it went along party lines for a 11-to-9 approval for Attorney General. Democrats dragged out the proceeding Tuesday and the committee advanced Sessions to the floor for the vote.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said, "No doubt we have the votes. It's going to get done."

Obstructionist Democrats have tried to hold up several Trump Cabinet picks using concerns over their records as a ploy, as well as President Trump's new policies and recent executive orders on immigration.

The Republican-led Senate Finance Committee did an 'end around' Senate Democrats' efforts to slow Trump's picks for Treasury Secretary and Health and Human Services Secretary when they tried to boycott the votes.

Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) suspended committee rules on the number of members required to vote, allowing GOP members to vote in favor of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary and Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary. Price, by the way, is a medical doctor and knows a thing or two about this area.

Sen. Ron Wyden (Duh-OR) the committee's wimpiest Democrat cried that Hatch wasn't playing fair and broke the rules. Both he and Chuck Schumer retreated to the Democrat's "safe space" located at the third stall in senate lavatory.

Seriously, this feels so good to give back to Democrats what they gave to Republicans. Hearing them cry brings to mind a song by the "Rolling Stones" which is "You Can't Always Get What You Want" but if you cry, sometimes you get what you need.

"What you had was a rump group that met in violation of Democratic values to confirm two ethically-challenged nominees," 'Whining Weepy Wyden' whined to Fox News. "There's no question about that."

Of course there's a question about that. If you're going to boycott normal protocol because Clinton, your leftist felon lost, then the wheels of government are going to run you over, you whiny libtard.

Sessions, Price and Mnuchin will almost definitely get the required simple majority needed for confirmation due to the GOP majority of 52 senators versus the losers that only have 48 due to an American population that's fed up with their nonsense.

Democrats were able to temporarily thwart a Senate confirmation vote on Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency by boycotting a key committee meeting.

The operant word is "temporarily."


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Lyin' James Clapper submits his resignation

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence said that he has formally submitted his resignation.

It's a common practise for those in the outgoing administration to formally put in their letter of resignation knowing that the President-elect will likely select a person who sees "eye-to-eye" with him (it could have been 'her' but Hillary lost and it gives me a fine feathered feeling of schadenfreude).

Clapper has said long ago that he would call it quits at the end of the Obama error and told the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday that he submitted the letter of resignation.

Committee members joshed him in earnes and asked him to stay on for mayber four more years, but the comical Clapper said his wife would probably have a problem with that.

Before serving as director, Clapper was a lieutenant general in the Air Force and director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

You may remember Clapper as the liar at the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked him: "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?"

Clapper: "No sir."

Sen. Wyden, sounding totally incredulous asked: "It does not?"

Clapper: "Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertantly perhaps collect, but not wittingly."

Clapper was given this question a whole day in advance of the hearing and this was how he responded. When the hearing completed, Clapper was even given the chance to change his answer but he opted not to do so.

Of course, this was a lie as whistleblower comrade Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the NSA had a secret program to collect tens of millions of American's phone records, web browsing histories, chat logs and email usage. They even collected physical locations.

When forced to acknowledge his remarks as "erroneous" (aka lying through his tooth), Clapper claimed he "misunderstood" the question, in spite of having it given to him a day in advance. He claimed he had simply "forgotten" the relevant section of the Patriot Act convering these programs.

I'm not a big fan.



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