USAID Officer Pleads Guilty To Bribery Scheme
A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a sweeping $550 million bribery scheme that exploited the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — a federal agency already under fire from the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Roderick Watson, 57, of Maryland, admitted to accepting over […]
Trump Blocked Israeli Plot To Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader: Report
In a dramatic revelation amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, President Donald Trump reportedly vetoed an Israeli proposal to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to two U.S. officials cited by Reuters. The officials said Trump’s decision was based on the fact that, at the time, no Americans had been killed as […]
Update On First Recorded Fatal Bear Attack In Florida
Via Ammoland by Dean Weingarten The initial investigation of the first fatal bear attack, which has been recorded in Florida, has been released. From Naplesnews.com: A post-mortem exam of the bears found Markel’s partial remains in the body of a 263-pound male. Tests confirmed that bear’s DNA also was on Markel, in his home and on […]
Israel’s Transfer Of Some US-Made Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Might Harm Ties With Russia
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodksy said that Israel transferred US-made Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine but was contradicted by his Foreign Ministry. They were unconvincing though so ties with Russia might be harmed after its UN envoy warned of “certain political consequences” last summer if this happened. The […]
Pro-Israeli Gazan Faction Operating With IDF?
By News Desk Breach Bang Clear Over the last few days, multiple reports have emerged of a new Gazan Faction operating in the Khan Younis region of Southern Gaza alongside Israeli Forces working in the newly established “Morag” corridor which separates Rafah from Khan Younis. New Gazan Faction alleged to be working alongside Israeli Forces According […]
Abrego Garcia Lawyers Seek Sanctions On Trump Officials
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge in Maryland on Thursday to sanction Trump officials with severe fines and other penalties. The attorneys claimed the Trump administration “egregiously defied court orders.” Garcia’s attorneys argued Trump officials misleadingly told a judge for months that it could not retrieve Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, where authorities mistakenly deported […]
California Democrat Rips ICE Raids As ‘Domestic Terrorism’
A California Democrat labeled the recent removal of illegal immigrants by federal agents in Los Angeles as “domestic terrorism.” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove appeared on CNN’s “The Arena” and accused the Trump administration of carrying out “domestic terrorism” by enforcing immigration law. “I would argue that this is not immigration policy that we’re seeing unfold. This […]
Governor Walz Suggests China Could Serve As ‘Moral Authority’ In Israel-Iran Conflict
During a Friday event at the Center for American Progress, former vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz astonishingly suggested that China may hold the “moral authority” to mediate the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. Saying that the United States is no longer viewed as a neutral actor in the region, Walz questioned […]
The Democracy Paradox: Why The Left No Longer Trusts Voters
If democracy means rule by the people, then democracy must include the risk that the people will choose something progressives oppose. But what happens when a political movement comes to believe that permitting certain outcomes is itself anti-democratic? That is, what if the left has come to believe that protecting democracy requires preventing voters from […]
Trump Administration Revives 1940 Alien Registration Law In Bold Immigration Strategy
In a striking display of political ingenuity, the Trump administration has reactivated a long-dormant federal statute to crack down on illegal immigration—using the Alien Registration Act of 1940 to charge noncitizens for failing to formally register with the federal government. The move represents a novel use of existing legal authority to address a longstanding gap […]
January 6 Was A Riot. No Kings Is An Insurrection
Suppose we begin with a simple legal question: what constitutes an insurrection? US federal law, under 18 U.S.C. §2383, defines insurrection as an organized, violent uprising against the authority of the United States or its laws. It is not mere protest. It is not riot, per se. It is a purposeful, coordinated attempt to defy […]