Hegseth fires U.S. Navy Chief of Staff

In a decisive bit of housecleaning that has the swamp creatures squirming, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday showed Jon Harrison the door as the Navy's chief of staff, just days after the Senate greenlit Hung Cao as the service's new undersecretary.

This Harrison clown's got zerp military chops before getting shoehorned into the job, where he played budget fairy and policy puppet-master for the Navy, all while neutering the undersecretary's clout like it was yesterday's news.

"Jon Harrison will no longer serve as chief of staff to the Secretary of the Navy," the Department of Defense told the New York Post in a statement. "We are grateful for his service to the department." [Yeah, sure they are.]

Harrison tag-teamed with Navy Sec. John Phelan, another civilian suit with zilch in uniform experience, to ram through a bureaucratic shake-up, swapping out the yes-men who would prop up Cao and stacking the deck so the secretary's office calls all the shots on his military aides, Politico reports.

Talk about a power grab wrapped in red tape. And get this: Harrison's pink slip drops right on the heels of Hegseth's May edict to cull a fifth of the Pentagon's four-star bloat: generals and admirals who've been more focused on pronouns than projectiles.

Hegseth has been on a tear, booting high-octane brass left and right, including the military's only two female four-stars, The Guardian whines.

Then on Tuesday, Hegseth lit into the top echelons at Quantico, VA, torching the armed forces' dive into "woke" quicksand and blasting those godawful diversity-and-inclusion fever dreams that turned warriors into workshop attendees. 

About time someone drained that rainbow swamp.

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Jihad Al-Shamie's Bloody Yom Kippur Rampage: Out on Rape Bail, In for a Knife Attack

If the British establishment needed another glaring exhibit in the case against their open-borders folly, here it comes: a Syrian import named Jihad Al-Shamie, fresh off bail for an alleged rape, plows his car into a synagogue crowd and starts slashing away on Yom Kippur. Two dead, three fighting for their lives, and the perp ventilated by cops before he could rack up a higher body count. Welcome to Keir Starmer's "broken Britain," where the only thing more predictable than the violence is the limp-wristed official response.

Al-Shamie, 35 and Syrian-born, had washed up in the UK as a teenager and apparently decided to repay the hospitality by building quite the rap sheet. He was slated for a Manchester courtroom date over a rape from earlier this year, per the Telegraph. Yet there he was, out on bail and anonymous to the terror watchdogs, until he wasn't.

"He was on nobody's radar for terrorism, but he definitely had a criminal record, though nothing to suggest he was going to do anything like this," a police source told The Guardian. Right, because nothing screams "low risk" like a guy with a history of sexual assault and a 2012 email death threat to a Tory MP who dared back Israel's self-defense. 

One missive from Al-Shamie to Conservative John Howell? "It is people like you who deserve to die," the Telegraph reported. Howell needed round-the-clock coppers after that gem. But hey, no red flags here, folks, just another day in the multicultural paradise.

It gets worse: Daddy Al-Shamie was out there cheering Hamas after their October 7 bloodbath that slaughtered 1,200 Israelis, according to the New York Post. Apples don't fall far from jihadist trees, do they?

No surprise, then, that as the blood dried outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, the usual suspects hit the streets. Islamists and anti-Israel moonbats poured out, waving Palestinian flags, popping fireworks, and basically turning a house of worship's nightmare into their block party. All this just weeks after Starmer's Labour crew slapped Israel with a "genocide" label over Gaza, because nothing stokes Jew-hatred like prime ministerial virtue-signaling.

Reform UK's Nigel Farage didn't mince words, torching the whole rotten spectacle and the government's spineless stare-down. "The whole Jewish community in Britain [is] now deeply fearful. Within just a few hours of this horrific incident, we saw … pro-Palestinian flags on the streets, people out, previously unplanned, demonstrating. But here's the truth of it, they weren’t demonstrating, they were actually celebrating," Farage said on X. "I can’t even imagine we’ve ever seen such vile scenes on our streets, certainly not in my lifetime."

He saved his sharpest barbs for Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the anti-Israel firebrand whose idea of crisis management is a sigh and a sad emoji. "In response to this, the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says she’s disappointed. Disappointed. That’s the most the Home Secretary can say," Farage continued. "Well, I hope all of you watching this video are outraged, outraged, and frankly frightened. This is broken Britain. This is evidence of societal breakdown. It is deeply worrying and very frightening."

Farage didn't stop there, flagging Starmer's fresh nod to a Palestinian state as just more fuel on the fire—and sounding the alarm on the "hate march" brewing in London this Saturday. "There is a big, big march planned in London this Saturday. And I think the only way we can describe it is a hate march," Farage said. "I must admit, saying this now to you today, I feel more worried about the state of broken Britain than I ever have before."

Spot on, Nigel. When a rape-suspect jihadi can waltz free to stab Jews on their holiest day, and the streets erupt in cheers while ministers mumble "disappointment," you've got a nation sleepwalking into the abyss. Labour's experiment in imported chaos is yielding exactly the horrors its critics predicted. Time to wake up, or brace for more blood in the aisles.

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Flotilla Fiasco: No Aid, Just Instagram Gold.

Ah, yes, another day, another "humanitarian" armada steaming toward Gaza like it's the world's most glamorous publicity stunt. But hold the violins, it turns out the Global Sumud Flotilla, that noble fleet of 40 vessels Israel politely intercepted on Yom Kippur (because nothing says "peace" like crashing a holy day), wasn't exactly packed with baby formula and bandages. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, not a single boat was carrying any humanitarian supplies. 

Gee, you think?

"It was never about bringing aid to Gaza. It was about the headlines and social media followings," Israeli Police spokesperson Dean Elsdunne said, dropping that mic in a video the ministry helpfully released. There he is, giving a grand tour of one of the flotilla's biggest ships: empty holds, echoing chambers, the kind of void you'd expect from a virtue-signaling cruise rather than a mercy mission. 

This explains why the organizers thumbed their noses at Israel's offers, and those from multiple countries, to offload any supposed aid and skip the whole "entering an active war zone and breaking international law" bit. Let's be real, if it were about helping Gazans, they'd have taken the easy route. But no, better to play chicken with the IDF for those sweet retweets.

Round Two: Because One PR disaster wasn't enough separately, and by "separately," I mean "because why learn from failure," another flotilla is now chugging toward the Gaza Strip, if you believe the breathless social media posts from the Sumud crew. 

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition swears a boat called "Conscience" (oh, the irony) shoved off from Italy on Wednesday, stuffed with about 100 self-proclaimed activists, all funded by Hamas, we've since learned. They claim a bunch are "healthcare workers and journalists," which sounds noble until you remember how that played out last time. Eight more boats hightailed it out of Italy nearly a week ago, and if the live internet trackers are to be trusted, the whole nine-ship circus is loitering near Crete right now, probably snapping selfies with the minotaur.

Meanwhile, the Sumud Flotilla's X accounts are buzzing about a second armada: 45 boats allegedly departing from Turkey's Arsuz port, bound for Gaza glory. They've even hosted a video to back it up, but here's the kicker, it's not officially confirmed if those vessels are actually Gaza-bound or just joyriding the Med. 

Fingers crossed for clarity, or at least better GPS.Ben-Gvir's Blunt Take: Lock 'Em Up and Let 'Em Learn Over in the tough-talk corner.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir  blasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to let the flotilla folks hightail it back home as a colossal blunder. "to allow the terror supporters from the flotilla to return to their countries is a mistake," Ben-Gvir fumed."I think they must be kept here in an Israeli prison for a few months, so they can smell the scent of the terrorists' wing."After all, it can't just be that [Netanyahu] sends them back to their countries again and again and again, which causes them to return again and again and again.

You gotta hand it to B-G, repetition for emphasis, with a side of poetic justice. In a world where headlines trump aid every time, maybe a whiff of reality is the real humanitarian gesture these repeat offenders need. I have to agree with the guy and I hope Bibi wakes up.

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Bahdahbing! US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat near Venezuela

On their way to poison Americans

In a bold move straight out of the America First playbook, President Donald Trump greenlit a U.S. military strike that obliterated a narco-trafficking vessel off Venezuela's coast, wiping out four suspected narco-terrorist scumbags. 

War Secretary Pete Hegseth broke the news Friday, confirming the operation was a direct hit on a boat tied to Designated Terrorist Organizations. "The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics--headed to America to poison our people," Hegseth declared on X.

No U.S. forces were harmed in the Southern Command operation, which relied on rock-solid military intelligence that left "no doubt" the vessel was a drug-running operation manned by narco-terrorists on a well-known trafficking route. Trump himself took to Truth Social to underscore the stakes, blasting that the boat was "loaded with enough drugs to kill 25 TO 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE." That’s right, tens of thousands of American lives potentially saved by decisive action.

This isn't a one-off either. The strike is part of a relentless September campaign targeting drug smugglers. On Sept. 2, U.S. forces took out a vessel linked to the Tren de Aragua gang in the southern Caribbean, sending 11 suspected gang members to the great beyond. Follow-up strikes on Sept. 15 and 19 took out six more. Video footage from Trump’s Truth Social showed one of these boats moments before it was reduced to rubble on Sept. 2, 2025.

Hegseth declared that these operations will keep hammering away "until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!" 

The Trump administration's designation of cartels like Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel as foreign terrorist organizations back in February set the stage for this no-nonsense approach. This is what leadership looks like—hitting the cartels where it hurts and protecting Americans from the poison they peddle.

So tell me, is this what you voted for?

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Family of Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Pleads for Leniency Because He’s Now ‘Sophie’

Well here's another example of progressive logic. Nicholas Roske, the guy who rolled up to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house in 2022 with a gun and some seriously bad intentions, is now begging for a lighter sentence because, well, he's transgender. 

Yes, the man who allegedly plotted to assassinate a Supreme Court justice is now "Sophie," and his family, for some crazy reason, thinks that's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Because nothing screams "leniency" like trying to murder a judge, right?

According to court documents, Roske’s mom found a hospital discharge paper in his suitcase labeled “Sophie Roske.” She told the judge, “This is when several of the pieces of the puzzle started coming together.” Puzzle? Lady, your son showed up armed outside a justice’s home. The only puzzle here is why anyone thinks a new name changes the crime.

The government is pushing for 30 years behind bars, but Roske's defense team, in a September 19 filing, made sure to note he's using female pronouns now. His family is out here writing character references, arguing his new-found "transgender identity" should score him a softer sentence. His mom told the judge, "Since her incarceration, we have been able to have open and honest conversations about her gender identity and how that evolved." Oh, great, so now it’s a therapy session instead of a felony. Aren't women who try to murder people sent to prison?

Roske himself chimed in with a letter to Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee who, by the way, once blocked parents from opting their kids out of LGBTQ storybook lessons (a ruling the Supreme Court slapped down in July). Roske's excuse is that he was "in the closet" when he planned the hit, so naturally, that makes it less bad. "I am also sorry for contributing to a trend of political violence in American politics," he wrote, adding he was "raised by conservative Christian parents who loved me and still love me." 

So he's implying that we should blame Mom and Dad’s Bible-thumping for my assassination attempt.

He claims he was suicidal, off his meds, and skipping therapy during COVID because virtual sessions weren't his vibe. Then the Dobbs leak happened, and apparently, his "self-esteem was at rock bottom," so he figured, why not take a shot at a Supreme Court justice? Solid logic there, Sophie.

Roske's dad told the judge his kid struggled during COVID, ditched a master's program, and bounced around like a pinball. "One day, she suddenly said she was moving out of the house and into a communal living space,” he wrote. Then it was off to Seattle with "no job or prospects," only to slink back home to substitute teach. His friends say he started dabbling in "nihilistic worldviews" and Googling gems like "Nietzsche quotes" and "nothing is true, everything is permitted." 

Deep stuff for a guy plotting murder.

A friend named John told the judge, "Both of us, on our individual quests for moral truth, have had to confront the ugly hypocrisy that is the American church." He added, "But what I think counts is what she did not do." 

Oh, so we're handing out medals for not killing someone now? Roske's sister, who is gay, of course, says their parents have evolved, attending PFLAG meetings and embracing the rainbow. "While transgenderism is not the same as a gay identity, I have actively see this growth mindset that my parents demonstrated in their relationship with me--transfer over to their acceptance of Sophie," she wrote. She's also worried "Sophie" might end up in a men's prison with “"limited access to gender-affirming care." Because that's the real tragedy here, not the whole assassination plot.

Roske has been on hormones in detention, thanks to a Bureau of Prisons memo green-lighting hormone therapy after a judge blocked a Trump executive order. He says his "whole perspective shifted" when he got to Kavanaugh's neighborhood and realized, oops, judges are "real people too." So he called 911 on himself, standing outside Kavanaugh’s house with a gun, ready to end it all. "I’m out to my entire family now and they have been very accepting," he wrote.

Heartwarming.

Roske pleaded guilty in April, and his sentencing is set for Friday.  

This is the state of our justice system, where a guy can try to kill a Supreme Court justice, then play the trans card and expect a pat on the back. If Judge Boardman buys this sob story, we're in deeper trouble than I thought. 

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac's NY offices to close due to Letitia James' "corrupt policies"

If arrogance had a face

It looks like New York Attorney General Letitia James is finding out that actions have consequences. Fox News Digital dropped an exclusive bombshell Thursday, revealing that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are permanently shuttering their New York state offices, and they're pointing the finger squarely at James' "corrupt and dangerous business practices."

A source close to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the folks who keep an eye on government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie and Freddie, said: "We are shutting down the two New York offices for Fannie and Freddie as a result of Letitia James' corrupt and dangerous business practices in the state." It doesn't get much clearer than that.

Expect a public announcement on the closures later today, per Fox.

But don’t worry, New Yorkers, Fannie and Freddie aren’t abandoning you entirely. "We’ll still employ New York residents, and we'll still continue to do mortgage loans in New York, of course," the source added. "But we are going to eliminate our physical presence. And to the extent that we have leases, we are going to be subleasing those." So, they're keeping the lights on for business, but they're done with New York's brick-and-mortar scene.

This move comes hot on the heels of a Department of Justice investigation into James' personal mortgage records, which kicked off earlier this year after FHFA chief Bill Pulte sent a criminal referral to the DOJ in April. The allegations claim that James might have fudged some paperwork to score better loan terms. At the center of the probe is a Norfolk, Virginia, home James bought in 2023, which she listed as her primary residence on mortgage documents and a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac form. Problem is, as New York's AG, she's legally required to live in the Empire State. 

But that's not all. The referral also flagged a Brooklyn property James bought back in 2001. The certificate of occupancy says it's a five-unit residence, but James' mortgage docs claim it’s a four-unit property. That kind of discrepancy could, shall we say, complicate mortgage agreements, because somewhere along the line, she's lying.

James, of course, is denying any wrongdoing. 

Her office told the New York Times in April that a separate loan application for the Virginia home made it clear she wouldn't be living there full-time, and her mortgage agreement didn’t require it to be her primary residence. Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, went on the offensive, firing off a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi calling the referral "three pages of stale, threadbare allegations with no reason to proceed other than they are ‘based on media reports’ and are the next salvo in President Trump’s revenge tour against Attorney General James." A "revenge tour"? That's some spicy rhetoric.

Speaking of the President, James has made no secret of her disdain for the 47th president. She campaigned for AG in 2018 by promising to go after him with the full force of the law, vowing to expose the "con man" after her victory. Her office racked up nearly 100 legal challenges against Trump's first administration, and after his 2024 win, she doubled down, pledging to keep hauling him into court to "defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law." 

So, here we are. Fannie and Freddie are packing up their New York offices, the DOJ is sniffing around James' mortgage deals, and the political feud between James and Trump is as fiery as ever. Something tells me this story has more twists to come. 

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Harvard to hire LaWhore Vagistan to teach in gender studies program

Harvard’s gone and done it again, doubling down on the woke circus by hiring a drag queen, "LaWhore Vagistan," as a visiting professor in their Gender Studies program. No kidding, you heard that right. This isn't some late-night comedy skit; it's real life at America’s oldest university. 

The performer, whose actual name is Kareem Khubchandani, will be strutting into classrooms to teach courses like Queer Ethnography this fall and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire in the spring. Yes, RuPaulitics. Apparently, that's a thing now.

According to the press release from Harvard's Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Khubchandani snagged the 2025-2026 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor gig. 

This guy is already an associate professor at Tufts, splitting his time between Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora. He has also churned out books like Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife. His latest literary gem, Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties, is billed as a "thought-provoking dialogue between scholar Kareem Khubchandani and his drag persona LaWhore Vagistan." It's described as a deep dive into how his drag act shapes his academic work and how his scholarship inspires his performances, from fashion to "aunties." 

Sure, it sounds like standard Ivy League fare. Harvard's undergrad tuition is only $56,550 per year, so why not teach deviant behavior to students?

But let's get to the name, because, wow, what a name. 

In a 2015 piece for Johns Hopkins University Press, Khubchandani interviewed his alter ego, LaWhore Vagistan, who explained the moniker with this gem: "My name is LaWhore Vagistan, my preferred pronouns are 'she' or 'aunty.' I chose 'LaWhore' because my family traces its origins to Pakistan: Lahore is an important city in Pakistan, and, well, I’m a bit of a whore. And Vagistan because I see the subcontinent as one, big, beautiful Vag ... istan. Close your eyes and visualize it: India is the uterus-vagina, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the ovaries, Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, and Bhutan are the fallopian tubes, and Sri Lanka is a little floating labia." Subtle, right? I bet that's framed on a dorm wall somewhere in Cambridge.

Meanwhile, as Harvard's diving headfirst into this, President Trump is out there dangling a $2.4 billion carrot to pull the university out of its financial mess. On Tuesday, he said his administration is "close to finalizing" a deal to unfreeze federal grants for the Ivy League giant. The catch, however, is that Harvard must start running trade schools. "This would be a giant trade school, or series of trade schools. It would be run by Harvard," Trump said. "They would put up $500 million. Interest and everything else will go to that account, meaning, go to the trade school. And you know, it's a big investment in trade schools done by very smart people, and then their sins are forgiven." 

So, while Harvard is teaching RuPaulitics, Trump is pushing them to train plumbers and electricians. Talk about a culture clash.

You've got to hand it to Harvard, they're sticking to their guns, turning their campus into a shrine for every progressive pet project while the rest of the country wonders if they've lost their minds. LaWhore Vagistan lecturing on "Queer Ethnography" while trade schools might be coming to town? That's peak 2025 absurdity.

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BREAKING: Anti-Semitic Attack in Manchester, UK--Jihadi Gets His Goats-- UPDATES

UPDATE: in addition to the two Jewish worshippers who were killed, four others are in very serious condition. 

UPDATE: We have learned the name of the attacker is 35-year-old Jihad al Shami. Two men and a woman in her 60s were also arrested in connection with the synagogue attack. He was a Syrian British national.

Several hours ago as of this writing, (9:31 a.m. local time) an anti-Semite in Manchester, England went on a stabbing spree at a Synagogue. At least 4 Jewish people were injured, according to authorities, but it appears the injuries are quite serious. 

The Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, initially announced the attack and response.

At 9:38 am the alleged terrorist was shot and apparently killed--a fast response. 

This is the loser who attacked and was neutralized

People (yes, we Jews are people) are being treated at the scene.

It is believed that the idiot attacker arrived at the scene in an automobile and had a bomb. Currently the bomb disposal has arrived at the scene but this is an ongoing, developing situation. It is also believed the attacker may have an explosive device on his fat person.

Of course, this situation happened today, the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. 

The same people who go around calling to "globalize the antifada" have put out a statement: 

You see, if you call for a holy war against the Jews, don't be surprised when attacks take place.

Part of the congregation who saw the carnage

PM Kier Starmer wrote: "I'm appalled by the attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall. The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific. My thoughts are with the loved ones of all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services and all the first responders.

Starmer was in Copenhagen, Denmark at the time is is on his way back to the UK. 

As I write this, two people have been confirmed dead.

There is supposed to be a mass protest against Jewish people who have the audacity of being Jewish but it isn't known if those a-holes plan to carry out the protest.

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