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For years, Democrats have insisted over and over and over that Republicans are a threat to democracy.
Specifically, they have claimed, wildly, that President Donald Trump would set himself up as a dictator, would cancel elections, would, in fact, end "democracy."
Trump's move into the White House for a second term, his adherence to the Constitution and various precedential norms, even his decisions at time to challenge those, all reveal a dedication to the rule of law.
It actually, according to a former Democrat now describing himself as "independent," is the Democratic Party that offers that threat.
That's according to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who was in a discussion with comedian Akaash Singh.
Sanders was told about how for multiple elections already the Democrat party has not allowed an open selection process for the party's nomination for president.
For example, during the 2020 race, when a feeble and mentally diminished Joe Biden finally bowed out, it was the party elites to picked Kamala Harris as his replacement, without any vote at all.
"Could we not also say if — ostensibly, there hasn't been a fair primary for the Democrats since 2008. Are they not also a threat to democracy?" Biden is asked.
"Yes. Fair enough. That is — yeah, I'm not going to argue with that point. And that's why I'm proudly an independent," Sanders said. "What we're trying to do now … the hatred that we felt in 2016, 2020, from the Democratic establishment … We would do rallies and we had thousands of people — often young people, people of color coming out, working-class people coming out. They were great, full of energy. And then we'd go to Democratic Party events and there'd be a few hundred people, mostly older, whiter, wealthier."
He continued, "Then you saw the clash. And the establishment did not want to open the door. They hated the idea for all these people whose hands were a little bit dirty, who didn't have PhDs or weren't wealthy — imagine walking in: 'It's my party, man. You ain't getting in. We will fight you in the most ruthless ways that we can.' And that's the struggle."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is departing its long-standing headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., citing safety concerns for its workforce, Breitbart reported.
In an initiative spearheaded by Director Kash Patel, the agency plans to transfer 1,500 employees to various locations across the United States as part of a larger focus on workforce distribution and infrastructure demands.
During an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Director Patel disclosed the plans. The announcement highlighted the deteriorating state of the building, which had been a concern for several years.
"I didn’t know that I was going to do this, but I’m going to announce on your show anyway," Patel stated, emphasizing the need to relocate due to safety issues.
The announcement comes after many years of discussions about the building's condition. The J. Edgar Hoover Building has been deemed in poor shape since at least 2013, and efforts to find a new headquarters have been a decade-long endeavor.
By 2023, the General Services Administration had settled on Greenbelt, Maryland, as a suitable location for the new headquarters.
However, plans to relocate to Greenbelt faced setbacks in March. Former President Donald Trump halted the move, shifting the focus back to reconstructing the existing site. This decision stalled progress, but the current initiative seeks to address both logistical and workforce needs in new ways.
Director Patel's plans are not merely about moving personnel to new locations. The director noted that the aim is to enhance the potential for aspiring FBI agents and analysts by placing them in diverse regions. "But we want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place," Patel remarked, emphasizing the importance of providing quality work environments.
Currently, the FBI employs 38,000 people when fully staffed, with 11,000 positioned within 50 miles of the nation's capital. As Patel pointed out, a large portion of the workforce being concentrated in one area seems disproportionate given crime distribution nationwide. "A third of the crime doesn’t happen here," Patel explained, underscoring the necessity of redistributing resources.
By transferring 1,500 employees across the United States, the bureau intends to increase its regional capacities. Patel mentioned that "every state is getting a plus-up," suggesting a more equitable distribution of manpower across the country. This strategy is envisioned to enhance the agency’s ability to tackle crime on a broader scale.
Beyond addressing current infrastructure challenges, Patel's vision seeks to inspire the next generation of FBI professionals. He conveyed that redistributing personnel will motivate people to join the bureau, driven by the mission to fight violent crime nationwide. Patel said, "We inspire folks in America to become intel analysts and agents."
Looking forward, the move raises questions about the future of the J. Edgar Hoover Building site. There's recognition of the building's legacy, but the current focus is on ensuring both safety and efficiency for the FBI's operations moving forward.
Reflecting on the decision, Patel’s approach showcases an effort to modernize the bureau’s approach, aligning it with contemporary needs and expectations. The broader implications of this move could signal similar shifts within other federal entities, reconsidering their operational bases and workforce distributions.
Ultimately, Director Patel's announcement marks a significant step in addressing persistent challenges within the FBI. As the agency continues to uphold its mission of law enforcement and national security, these changes reflect an adaptive strategy in a dynamic environment.
Tragedy struck a Palm Springs fertility clinic and IVF lab last week after authorities confirmed that an explosion, likely caused by a car bomb, killed at least one person, injuring several more.
According to The Mirror, police and FBI are investigating the deadly incident, which resulted what authorities described as "body parts everywhere" in the aftermath of the explosion.
The Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California was the sight of the deadly explosion, which caused a loud boom heard for blocks.
So far, the deadly situation has been described by authorities as a "car explosion," though they wouldn't confirm any further details at the time of the report.
The bomb attack, which has now been classified as a "terrorist attack" by the FBI, killed one person and injured four others, according to the BBC.
A suspect in the attack has already been named, according to the outlet.
BBC noted:
The suspect in the blast has been identified as 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, according to sources familiar with the investigation who spoke to BBC's US partner CBS News.
Witnesses told the BBC the blast was strong enough to shatter windows and badly damage a nearby building that housed the ARC.
Several witnesses and bystanders were interviewed after the explosion, with one person indicating that the explosion knocked him off of his bicycle.
"It was that big of an explosion and I could hear windows shattering all around me," said Michael Beaumier, a witness.
“Make no mistake, this is an intentional act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating it as such.” -Our Assistant Director in charge at @FBILosAngeles Akil Davis giving the latest on the explosion in Palm Springs, CA. Our teams are working day and night on the ground to assist. pic.twitter.com/Rb8gM5BAwF
— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) May 18, 2025
Users across social media reacted to the news of the attack on the fertility clinic.
"There needs to be a reason for this to stop. You need to make an example out of this guy," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Find and prosecute this terrorist(s). They have no place here."
Hopefully they do make an example of the suspect. This needs to end.
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The top two officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared on national television Sunday to clarify numerous mysteries, including the FBI's role in the U.S. Capitol mayhem on Jan. 6, 2021, the two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump and the purported suicide of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, FBI Director Kash Patel said about Jan. 6: "What was the FBI doing? Well we've got answers coming. We just found a trove of information and it's on its way to Capitol Hill right now. And they've asked, and they're getting them. And you're getting the answers on Jan. 6.
"You're getting answers on what sourcing was utilized, what money was utilized, how many assets were utilized, who made those decisions. You're getting it."
"We can only control the FBI, but you're getting it from the FBI," he added.
Bartiromo asked Patel point blank: "Were there FBI agents undercover egging people on?"
"That answer is coming and it's on its way to Congress," he replied.
Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, said he personally "saw the portfolio of information."
"We dug far and wide to find it. And I'm pretty sure now we have a conclusive, definitive answer, but you and the public are gonna have it. You're gonna see it in writing over to Capitol Hill."
"There is a difference between an agent," Bongino cautioned, "meaning a trained GS-1811 federal agent, and a source or an asset. There's a difference. So when you see the material, which I promise you is coming, when you see it, I just want you to understand that.
"There a difference between agents and assets, and I just hope when people put that information out there, they make the distinction. … There's a distinction there."
Patel said: "I want the American public to go back and look at what our predecessors stated to Congress under oath: that there were no FBI sources utilized in and around Jan. 6. I'm gonna leave it at that, but go play the videotape and look for this material coming to Congress."
He added: "Every employee that acted appropriately, we're gonna defend you to the hill."
Regarding the case of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Bartiromo asked both officials why many Americans don't buy the government assertion that Epstein killed himself in a New York City jail.
"They have a right to their opinion," Patel said, "but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who's been in that prison system, who's been in the Metropolitan Detention Center, who's been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was."
Bongino said: "He killed himself. I've seen the whole file. He killed himself."
Regarding the two attempts on Trump's life, Patel cited two reasons for the lack of specific details released.
"Two open, ongoing prosecutions," he said. 'Two of the investigations are obviously closed because the individuals are dead, but there's two live prosecutions … so we can't get ahead of the federal court case."
"We have personally invested our time in making sure that we have looked at any possible international connections to terrorism and adversaries alike."
"Kash is not kidding," said Bongino. "We've been personally briefed extensively on every single detail, nugget, tendril of this case."
He said he's aware many feel the federal government is hiding something about the assassination attempts.
"I'm not going to tell people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you the truth, and whether you like it or not is up to you," Bongino explained.
"In some of these cases, the 'there' you're looking for is not there. And I know people, I get it, I understand. It's not there. If it was there, we would have told you."
Former FBI Director James Comey made headlines on Friday after he made a highly controversial social media post that arguably advocated for some sort of harm to come to President Donald Trump, as it depicted the phrase “86 47,” arranged in seashells.
Though Comey later disclaimed the notion that he intended to incite violence toward the commander in chief, White House senior director for counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka offered a different take, asserting that the former agency head “committed a crime” and should face appropriate consequences, as Breitbart reports.
As Fox News noted, the controversy began when Comey made the now-infamous post on Instagram that millions believe evinced his desire to see violence visited upon the current commander in chief, captioning the accompanying photo with the words, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”
Once a firestorm ensued over the implications of his post, Comey attempted to backtrack and explain, saying, “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message.”
Comey added, “I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence,” an assertion that strains credulity coming from someone who once led the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” he went on.
On Friday evening, Comey was questioned by agents from the U.S. Secret Service, the agency charged with probing threats against the sitting president,” a move that individuals such as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, among others, believed was necessary, particularly in light of two prior assassination attempts against Trump in the last year.
Formal questioning, according to Gorka, should just be the start of Comey's legal headaches, a position he expressed during an interview given to Newsmax TV's Finnerty.
Gorka made it clear that he believes Comey committed a criminal offense with his seashell post, telling host Rob Finnerty, “Well, you can read it, Rob, on my Twitter feed – @SebGorka.”
“I informed Comey, who strangely has me blocked on X. I don't know why the former FBI director, disgraced FBI director, has me blocked,” Gorka continued.
The outspoken administration official added, “I told him we are doing counterterrorism in the National Security Council of President Trump's White House. I am the senior director for counterterrorism for the U.S. government.”
Gorka declared, “And, Title 18, Section 897 of the U.S. criminal code means that you committed a crime -- threatening the life of an incumbent president is a crime.”
When it comes to Comey's half-hearted mea culpa, Gorka was thoroughly unconvinced, saying, “And nobody on this planet believes you, James Comey, that you didn't know that to '86' someone is to kill them.”
Gorka did not stop there, still addressing Comey by saying, “You're a liar, and you incited violence against a man who they have tried to assassinate on multiple occasions. Who is the 'they'? Democrat, donors to the Democrat Party, people who think that political violence is justified.”
It appears that Gorka's patience with the left -- including liberal journalists -- has just about reached its end, as just one day before he unleashed on Comey, the Trump administration official sounded off on Politico's Dasha Burns during a discussion about immigration, stating that her line of questioning was proof-positive that her outlet is akin to “gutter press” with which he regretted engaging at all.
Tulsi Gabbard has fired two top intelligence officials for misconduct, sending a clear message that the era of unchecked politicization in America's spy agencies is over.
“The Director is working alongside President Trump to end the weaponization and politicization of the Intelligence Community,” a spokesperson told the Washington Post.
Gabbard, the National Intelligence director, fired Michael Collins, the acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, and Maria Langan-Riekhof, who served as Collins’ deputy.
The firings came after intelligence leaks to the New York Times and Washington Post, both reliably anti-Trump newspapers, as well as the publication of a National Intelligence Council report on the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
The intelligence report claimed that Tren de Aragua is not tied to the government of Venezuela, undercutting Trump's rationale for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport members of the gang.
An FBI assessment found some evidence that Tren de Aragua is acting as a proxy of the communist Maduro regime.
A spokesperson for Gabbard, Alexa Hanning, said in response to the Washington Post that the two "Biden holdovers" were sacked for leaking and politicizing intelligence and not simply for contradicting Trump.
You are genuinely bad at your job but that is likely a prerequisite for WaPo.
No one from ODNI told you that, so of course you inject your own politically motivated opinion. That’s wrong but who cares about facts, right?
These Biden holdovers were dismissed because they… https://t.co/kccRnpUBrQ
— Alexa Henning (@alexahenning) May 14, 2025
The sackings were first reported by Fox News, which noted that Collins has ties to a former CIA deputy director who coordinated the notorious letter speculating that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
During Trump's first four years in the White House, the intelligence community emerged as one of his chief antagonists and a key player in the undemocratic, elite-driven "Resistance" that sought to effectively nullify his 2016 election victory. Trump was cleared of "Russian collusion" charges after an exhaustive FBI investigation that dominated the news for much of his term.
Gabbard, a longtime critic of the intelligence community and a former Democrat, joined forces with Trump as the weaponization of government continued to escalate under the Biden regime.
The political corruption that has long run rampant in the intelligence community was on full display Thursday as former FBI Director James Comey sent out a coded threat to Trump on Instagram. Comey, who Trump fired in 2017, has long been unafraid to weigh in on politics, but the post brought his anti-Trump commentary to a new and dangerous extreme.
Gabbard said Comey should go to jail over the quickly deleted post, which featured the message "8647", widely interpreted as a call to eliminate or kill Trump.
“We’ve already seen assassination attempts. I’m very concerned for his life,” Gabbard said on Fox News. “And James Comey, in my view, should be held accountable and put behind bars for this.”
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A new report documents that federal charges are coming for a member of Congress who was part of a leftist team that stormed into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
A report from the New Jersey Globe had speculated that charges would be filed against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., on Friday, but then later updated that to say they apparently will come later.
McIver was part of a "scrum" at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark last week. Multiple protesters, including McIver, barged into the facility against the futile resistance of security officers.
Several sources told the New Jersey Globe that McIver already is set to be represented by Paul Fishman, who was a Barack Obama appointee as U.S. attorney for New Jersey during that administration, and Les Cortes, a former assistant.
The report explained, "On Friday, May 9, McIver and three other prominent New Jersey Democrats – Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Ewing, and Rob Menendez, D-Jersey City, – visited Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed facility in the East Ward of Newark that began housing immigrant detainees at the beginning of this month, for an oversight visit."
The violence soon followed.
Baraka soon was arrested by authorities who said he was trespassing, a confrontation that triggered a further scuffle involving the officials, ICE agents, and protesters.
The report explained, "Video footage shows the fight to have been a general scramble. McIver in particular forcefully attempted to protect Baraka both physically and verbally as he was led away, which may be the basis for charges against her, though claims from some Republicans that she body-slammed or punched ICE officers are more dubious based on the footage available."
There's also possibly a move to expel the Democrats from the U.S. House, where the majority Republicans have suggested considering several options, from stripping the offenders of their committee assignments to more.
The Democrats have claimed they did nothing wrong.
The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, the famous ice cream company, was dragged out of a Senate committee hearing in handcuffs for protesting the war in Gaza.
Ben Cohen, 74, was charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, a misdemeanor offense, after he disrupted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s opening statement to the Senate health committee. Six other protesters were charged with crimes like assaulting police and resisting arrest.
As he was being escorted out, Cohen criticized Congress for sending weapons to Israel and called for an end to the blockade of Gaza, which has left many Palestinians without food.
“I said that Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the U.S.," Cohen said. "They need to let food to starving kids."
This is not the first time Cohen has been arrested for protesting. In 2023, he was arrested for protesting in support of Julian Assange.
Cohen and his business partner Jerry Greenfield are known for their progressive activism and support of Vermont Sen. and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in particular.
In 2021, Ben & Jerry's controversially ended sales in the Israel-occupied West Bank, calling business there "inconsistent" with the company's values. The co-founders, who are both Jewish, defended the move in an article for the New York Times.
“As Jewish supporters of the State of Israel, we fundamentally reject the notion that it is antisemitic to question the policies of the State of Israel,” they wrote.
Ben & Jerry's political advocacy has led to clashes with its parent company Unilever, which was recently sued by the ice cream brand over the firing of its chief executive David Stever.
"Ben Cohen takes stances as an activist citizen on issues he finds personally important," Unilever told BBC after Cohen's recent arrest. "These actions are on his own as an individual and not on behalf of Ben & Jerry's or Unilever."
Over 53,000 people, including many children, are believed to have died in Israel's Gaza offensive since the conflict began. In March, Israel imposed a total blockade and relaunched its bombing campaign, ending a brief cease-fire. Israel is currently escalating its airstrikes in an effort to pressure and ultimately destroy Hamas, which continues to hold hostages taken in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, assault that started the war.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza has become concerning to President Trump, who notably did not stop in Israel on his travel through the Middle East this week, the first major foreign trip of his second term. Trump briefly commented on the blockade in Gaza as he wrapped up his trip on Friday.
"We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving," Trump said.
House Democrats have indicated that they will open an investigation into President Donald Trump's acceptance of a $400 million jet from Qatar on the grounds that it might not be legal for him to do so, even on behalf of the Defense Department.
Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) led his panel in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel David Warrington on Thursday, asking for a reported legal memo she wrote arguing that the gift was legal.
"Any legal memo purporting to make such a claim would obviously fly in the face of the text of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which explicitly prohibits the President from accepting any ‘present [or] Emolument... of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State’ unless he has ‘the Consent of Congress,'" the letter read.
But Trump wasn't accepting the gift for himself, exactly. Technically, he was accepting it for the country as a whole.
Kind of like the Statue of Liberty, which certainly wasn't unconstitutional.
Detractors did point out that Qatar was a sponsor of terror in the Middle East and supports Palestine and Hamas.
Also, Trump apparently plans to have the plane donated to his presidential library after he's out of office, so in that way it is rather more personal than some gifts might be.
But Democrats went all in on their accusations, saying that it's entirely possible that the "gift" was actually a bribe.
"President Trump’s statements expressing displeasure with delays in the delivery of his new Boeing aircraft to serve as Air Force One and the timing of this ‘gift’ suggest that President Trump or a member of his Administration may have improperly solicited this 'nice gesture' from the Qatari government," the Democrats said.
"The fact that, according to President Trump, the plane would not remain in service to the United States but would rather be donated to his presidential library after his term concludes further raises the possibility that this ‘nice gesture’ is intended as a bribe to Donald Trump."
I'm sure they'll end up impeaching him over it, because of course they will.
Never mind that their guy, former President Joe Biden, reportedly extorted every foreign nation he could for the better part of 15 years for money that went directly into his pocket or the pockets of his kids and other family members.
Like the great Rush Limbaugh always said, if you want to know what the other side is doing, just look at what they are accusing Republicans of.
In this case, they've managed to muddy the waters enough to make it look bad, even if it isn't.
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For years under Joe Biden, illegal aliens could enter the United States, even commit further crimes, with essentially no accountability. They often were given court dates, at which they didn't appear, and sent on their way.
Now, under President Donald Trump, criminal aliens are being tracked down, arrested, and deported.
And that has been causing near-riots when those arrests happen, a circumstance that a key federal prosecutor warns is a "significant public and officer safety risk."
Leah Foley, the U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, made the comments after a video of a crowd reacting to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Worcester.
Those "disturbing" people obstructing ICE, and interfering in its law enforcement efforts, should be arrested, she said.
"The interference with ICE operations around Massachusetts has been disturbing, to say the least. This conduct poses significant public and officer safety risks. It is conduct that should be vilified rather than glorified," Foley explained.
"I will not stand idly by if any public official, public safety officer, organization or private citizen acts in a manner that criminally obstructs or impedes ICE operations. The United States Attorney's Office, along with our federal partners, will investigate any violations of federal law and pursue charges that are warranted by such activity."
The video triggering the concern showed a mob of some 25 people creating what police called a "chaotic incident."
"District Councilor for the City of Worcester [Etel] Haxhiaj pulled a political stunt and incited chaos by trying to obstruct law enforcement. ICE officers and local police regained control of the situation and ICE arrested Ferreira de Oliveira," said Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Security assistant secretary. "The previous administration's open border policies allowed this criminal to illegally enter our country in August of 2022. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem this criminal is off our streets."
Oliveira was described by authorities as a "violent criminal alien" who was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a pregnant woman.
The mob in the video, however, was shouting "No warrant!" and "Don't take the mother!"
They also tried physically to block the vehicle, and were screaming at officers.
The incident developed into a "shoving" match at one point, but it was de-escalated after the suspect was removed from the scene.