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A social media thread report from America First Legal charges it was Joe Biden who was behind the FBI's raid on President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, all along.
That raid, a stunning armed maneuver against the 45th president of the United States, left armed officers raiding Trump's home, allegedly looking for government documents, even reportedly invading the private possessions of Trump's family members.
The raiders then staged photographs of various government documents in rows on the floor of Mar-a-Lago and released those images to the public to generate support for their claims.
The White House claimed at the time that it was all because of the need to retrieve those government documents, which later resulted in a massive federal criminal case against Trump, which dissolved when he was re-elected.
Incidentally, Joe Biden also was found to have had massive amounts of government documents in his possession, including in a stash in his unsecured garage, after his vice presidency, as was Trump Vice President Mike Pence. Both of them were given free passes for their actions.
The new report from AFL charges the case "was always about weaponizing the full force of the Department of Justice against President Trump by whatever means necessary."
The Democrats, in fact, launched a long list of lawfare cases against Trump, apparently in an attempt to deter him from running for office again in 2024, an election he won by landslide proportions in the popular vote and Electoral College both.
The report reveals that while Biden was claiming the matter was referred to the DOJ in February 2022 after it got "classified documents" from Mar-a-Lago, the NARA was working on a letter to Biden's attorney general nearly a year earlier. By that September, NARA was working with Biden's White House lawyer and the DOJ drafting a letter insisting on help "for the recovery of presidential records," "even though, admittedly, the Presidential Records Act 'has no explicit provision' authorizing such a procedure," the report said.
When it was revealed that negotiations with Trump's representatives likely were to resolve the issue, Biden's White House "devised a pretext for a 'special access request' to NARA," the report said.
The report informed, "This new timeline is further proof that Biden's FBI raid on MAL was never about securing classified documents…"
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A Democrat in Congress is urging Americans to "bring actual weapons" against Elon Musk as the head of DOGE continues to expose massive amounts of spending waste in the federal government.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told CNN on Wednesday that Musk is "harming the American public in an enormous way, and what I think is really important and what the American public want, is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight.
"This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country."
During a DOGE Subcommittee hearing earlier in the day, Garcia held up a giant photo of a dapper Musk in a tuxedo, and referred to it as a "d*ck pic."
CNN's Brianna Keilar asked Garcia: "Do you think that calling Elon Musk a 'd*ck' is effective messaging for confronting what is a potentially an irreversible transformation of the U.S. government?"
"Well, he is a d*ck," Garcia responded.
Commenters on X indicated: "Robert Garcia needs criminal charges immediately. Congress should censor him or expel him. He also should be permanently banned or suspended on X, Facebook, etc. for violating their rules. All violent politicians should face real world consequences."
"So 'defending democracy' now means openly calling for violence against political opponents? The mask is off – Democrats aren't just corrupt, they're dangerous. If there's no accountability for this, they'll keep escalating."
The call for violence against Musk came the same day a mysterious ad appeared in Washington, D.C., stating "Help Eliminate Elon."
The ad features a USAID logo, but it was unclear if the federal agency that was first to be targeted by Musk for astronomical spending was responsible for the commercial.
"This disgusting threat was made against @elonmusk for helping President Trump eliminate government waste and protect taxpayer dollars," U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said on X.
"We need to find out who paid for this and who allowed it to be posted."
On Monday, WorldNetDaily reported how a Tennessee pastor used his Sunday sermon to threaten Musk.
Steve Caudle of the Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga said: "In this nation I am worried we are on the verge of bloodshed. This is an attempt to take us back to a day we do not want to go and we will not go. Therefore there will be conflict.
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, is set to plead guilty to fraud charges connected to a controversial border wall fundraising campaign. His decision reportedly comes with a plea agreement that will allow him to avoid jail time.
Bannon, accused of misleading donors in a border wall campaign, has reached a deal to plead guilty and avert prison, reports indicated.
The plea is expected to be entered at a court hearing following arrangements with New York state prosecutors.
The charges against Bannon stem from the "We Build the Wall" fundraising campaign, which aimed to support the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. Launched in 2018, the campaign reportedly amassed over $20 million from donors. However, the initiative faced scrutiny when a federal investigation revealed discrepancies in how the funds were used.
Prosecutors allege that Bannon, a conservative strategist, deceived donors by diverting money for personal use instead of financing the promised construction projects. Although the program did manage to erect several miles of fence, further developments were halted by the ensuing legal scrutiny.
In September 2022, Bannon initially pleaded not guilty to an array of state charges, including money laundering, conspiracy, and fraud. However, he has since undergone a change of legal representation, which may have influenced his decision to pursue a plea deal.
Trial preparations were underway, with the proceedings scheduled to commence on March 4. Despite initially maintaining his innocence, Bannon has decided to avoid a potentially lengthy trial by accepting the plea agreement.
"It is anticipated that Mr. Bannon will plead guilty tomorrow under an agreement," Bannon’s defense attorney, John F. Carman, disclosed. This arrangement ensures that Bannon would not face incarceration. Carman, however, did not provide additional comments when approached for more information.
The case echoes the legal troubles faced by others involved in the fundraising effort. Three co-defendants, Brian Kolfage, Andred Badolato, and Timothy Shea, have already been convicted for their roles in the fraudulent scheme. These convictions may have played a part in influencing Bannon's plea decision.
This recent plea marks another chapter in Bannon's ongoing legal challenges. In 2020, he was apprehended aboard a luxurious yacht on allegations tied to the border wall campaign. Beyond this case, Bannon had previously spent four months in a Connecticut prison for defying a congressional subpoena during the investigation into the January 6 Capitol riot.
Upon his release from prison in October, Bannon swiftly returned to his political commentary, restarting his podcast mere hours after regaining freedom. In his inaugural broadcast on Rumble, Bannon depicted himself as a target of political vendettas and stated, "Jail didn't break me," emphasizing his resilience.
The plea deal represents a strategic move for Bannon as he aims to avoid further imprisonment. Speaking in court last month, he expressed frustration over what he termed as ongoing “political persecution” and emphasized the need for aggressive legal defense.
Bannon’s career has navigated turbulent waters since his ouster from the White House in late 2017. Nevertheless, his influence remains significant within certain political circles.His latest legal maneuver may mitigate immediate consequences but leaves him still grappling with the public and political fallout. How this case will ultimately affect his standing remains to be seen.
As the plea hearing approaches, observers are keenly awaiting confirmed details of the agreement. It is expected to end another contentious chapter in the former advisor's eventful post-White House journey, while also providing closure to a complex legal and political saga surrounding the border wall initiative.
More than 50 people were killed in a horrific bus accident during an early morning commute in Guatemala.
The bus was headed for the capital, Guatemala City, when the driver lost control and drove off a bridge around 4:30 a.m local time.
Photos of the aftermath show the bus inverted at the bottom of a ravine. The vehicle was partly submerged in a river of sewage.
"So far, 53 people have died at the scene," a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office, Moises Ortiz, told reporters.
While the cause of the tragedy remains unclear, the bus apparently crashed into two cars and then broke through a guard rail.
"The bus kept going, broke through a metal railing, and fell into a ravine about 20 meters (65 feet) deep until it reached the sewage-contaminated river," the fire department's Carlos Hernandez told reporters.
An improvised morgue was set up near the scene of the accident as relatives of the victims gathered to learn the fates of their loved ones.
53 bodies were recovered at the scene, and two people who survived the crash died later at the hospital. The unsanitary conditions have made the job of rescue workers more difficult.
"We've been underwater for more than three hours trying to rescue the body of an apparently male person who is trapped between the twisted metal of the bus," said firefighter Luis Quintanilla.
The bus departed from San Antonio La Paz, a village 26 miles from the capital, in the early morning Monday. One woman told Guatemalan news site La Hora that her 67-year-old husband left home at 4 a.m. but never made it to work.
Investigators are considering if a mechanical failure caused the driver to lose control, or the possibility that the bus was overloaded.
The deputy director-general of Guatemala's National Civil Police, Helver Beltetón, said police are not ruling out any causes at this stage, including a criminal act.
"The brakes could have failed but we're also not ruling out an accident or a criminal act, all that will be investigated," he said.
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has declared three national days of mourning for the victims.
“I stand in solidarity with the families of the victims who today woke up to heartbreaking news,” Arévalo said in a televised address to the nation. “Their pain is my pain.”
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President Donald Trump was famous for his reality television show line, in days gone by, "You're fired!"
It seems that's what he wants now to do with FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that cadre of bureaucrats who admitted skipping over homes that displayed Trump signs in the aftermath of a hurricane disaster in North Carolina.
The opinion also comes on the heels of the firing of four FEMA employees who went against orders and siphoned off $59 million in federal tax money to give to New York City for housing illegals.
Trump wrote, on social media, "FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars in Democrat areas, disobeying orders, but left the people of North Carolina high and dry. It is now under review and investigation. THE BIDEN RUN FEMA HAS BEEN A DISASTER. FEMA SHOULD BE TERMINATED! IT HAS BEEN SLOW AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. INDIVIDUAL STATES SHOULD HANDLE STORMS, ETC., AS THEY COME. BIG SAVINGS, FAR MORE EFFICIENT!!!'
A report at Bloomberg said the comment was a widening of Trump's fight against the federal bureaucracy. He campaigned on, and was elected to, impose transparency, responsible spending, and elimination of fraud, on government.
And the report noted such a change would transform how the U.S. addresses disaster assistance.
It was Elon Musk, Trump's chief of the Department of Government Efficiency, who had complained that the agency, against orders, had sent payments to New York City for housing for illegals.
A report at ABC pointed out that Kristi Noem, Trump's newly appointed secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, already has endorsed the idea of eliminating FEMA, as least "the way it exists today."
A senior Iranian lawmaker who sits on the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has publicly called for the assassination of President Donald Trump.
Following news that Trump ordered the total destruction of Iran if he is ever assassinated, Iranian MP Mojtaba Zarei stated that he would “not hesitate” to kill Trump even if it ended in Iran's total and complete annihilation.
Iran has been gunning for Trump ever since the assassination of Haj Qassem Soleimani who was an Iranian commander and terrorist mastermind who was responsible for attacks that claimed the lives of hundreds of Americans.
Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani in an airstrike in 2020 and Iran has vowed revenge ever since which necessitated significant security measures for Trump after he left the White House in 2021.
Not only is Trump being targeted by insane lunatics incited by Democrat rhetoric, he is also the target of a rogue nation that is willing to risk total annihilation to kill him.
Iran's continuous threats to assassinate Trump are a diplomatic roadblock that will prevent Iran from making any progress on the international scene.
Trump has already vowed to crush Iran over its nuclear ambitions and their continuous threats on his life aren't going to help Iran get out of crippling economic sanctions.
In fact, the escalating rhetoric has likely made it an even higher priority for the White House to crush Iran and it's radical Islamist leadership.
Zarei stated that, "If an opportunity arises, I will punish you personally! For my part, I’d say that whenever I get the opportunity, I will not hesitate for a moment to kill you, and mind you, I am a political official who speaks this diplomatically. The masses of Iranians are waiting for an opportunity to send the murderer and the mastermind of the assassination of the world’s greatest anti-terrorist figure, Haj Qassem, to hell in a glorious manner and worthy of his legacy, God willing!”
The irony of calling Soleimani an "anti-terrorist figure" demonstrates just how diametrically opposed Iran is to western nations.
Zarei continued by saying, "As a member of the Parliament’s National Security Committee and based on rational, patriotic, religious, political, and security realities, I say that the case of Haj Qassem Soleimani’s retribution will never go under the table and is still on the agenda and on the table. Of course, this is the State’s general policy.”
Unlike previous Democrat administrations, the Trump administration will not be making life easy for Iran, especially as they consider the assassination of a sitting U.S. president "general policy."
When Trump signed an executive order against Iran, he stated clearly that in the event of his assassination at Iran's hands, "They would be obliterated. That would be the end. I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated; there won’t be anything left."
Whether Iran's hypothetical destruction would be nuclear in nature wasn't made clear but considering Trump's use of the word "obliterated," it's safe to assume that Trump's plans include leaving Iran as an irradiated hellscape.
The Department of Justice has closed its investigation into members of Project Veritas without filing charges in connection with the attempted publication of Ashley Biden's diary.
The decision made public without explanation in a letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, brings an end to a high-profile case tied to the 2020 presidential election, JustTheNews reported.
The government’s decision was communicated through a succinct letter issued by a federal prosecutor. This brief correspondence requested the termination of a judge's command related to the case, officially concluding the lengthy inquiry.
Project Veritas, a right-wing organization known for undercover operations, found itself at the center of controversy during the last days of the 2020 campaign. As Joe Biden was poised for victory, the group's involvement in acquiring his daughter Ashley's diary drew intense scrutiny.
Federal authorities alleged that James O'Keefe, along with Spencer Meads and Eric Cochranames, participated in the purchase of the diary. These members were initially under federal investigation to evaluate their roles in the potential publication of the private document.
The case reveals the complicated web of individuals intertwined in the diary's theft. Two people admitted to taking the diary, later selling it to Project Veritas. This action set off a series of legal investigations into the organization's involvement.
Despite their guilty pleas, legal proceedings continue for one of these individuals. Robert Kurlander's sentencing has been postponed until May, leaving some aspects of the case unresolved.
In a turn of events separate from the diary investigation, James O’Keefe, once a prominent figure within Project Veritas, has since departed from the organization. His exit was linked to an unrelated controversy involving allegations about donor funds.
Upon the government's decision not to press charges, O’Keefe took to X, a social media platform, expressing his approval and satisfaction with the outcome. This public praise marked one of his first statements about the case's conclusion.
The diary investigation was a lingering unresolved issue for Project Veritas, a group no stranger to controversy. Founded with a mission of exposing perceived misconduct, this case added another layer to its polarizing reputation.
What remains perplexing is the absence of any explanation from prosecutors concerning the cessation of the investigation. This has left observers speculating about the government’s motivations and whether the probe uncovered any actionable wrongdoing.
Originally launched to examine the circumstances around the acquisition and prospective publication of the diary, the inquiry ran its course without the anticipated legal consequences. The legal community and the public alike are left to guess at the considerations that led to this outcome.
Judicial instructions related to the case are now obsolete, which signifies official closure on legal fronts for the three primary members. However, the lack of disclosed reasoning has not diminished public curiosity and debate.
The decision has sparked mixed reactions among those following the case. Supporters of James O'Keefe and Project Veritas celebrate the closure without charges, interpreting it as a vindication of their actions.
Fans of former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano were shocked to learn that over the weekend, she was rushed to the hospital after a tragic accident involving her husband.
According to Fox News, Romano nearly lost an eye after an incident involving shooting clay pigeons with her husband, Brendan Rooney, during his birthday party.
The situation must have been quite frightening, as an Instagram video she published showed the extent of injuries to her face and eye after she was "hit in five places" by "another party."
The shocking picture shows Romano's eye with a small hole right underneath it, showing just how close she was to permanently losing it.
Romano apparently attended the clay pigeon shooting event as a birthday outing with her husband. Typically, such events go off without a hitch, but sometimes accidents happen.
"Yesterday was my husband’s birthday and I took him to shoot clay pigeons as a present. There was another party with us and they unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face. @thebrendanrooney immediately sprung into action, assessed me, and rushed me to the hospital. I was hit in 5 places, one was less than an inch from hitting me directly in my right eye," she wrote on Instagram.
At the beginning of the video clip, Romano can be heard saying, "So, I got shot in the eye. It was not fun."
"So, I got shot in the eye. It was not fun," she said, adding," There's a fragment here." She tapped her face to show where the injury occurred and where the fragment was lodged.
"I'm very grateful to first responders as a whole. I mean, they're just the most amazing superheroes to take care of us at our most desperate times," Romano added.
Christy Carlson Romano ‘shot in the eye’ during clay pigeon shooting outing with her husband for his birthday https://t.co/yw8zCVMNvJ pic.twitter.com/sRGXE9BO2x
— New York Post (@nypost) February 9, 2025
Romano told her fans that she felt lucky to be alive after the shooting, noting that felt it could have gone much worse and ended in tragedy.
""With everything that happened, all I can think about is how grateful I am to be alive. I love my daughters, husband, family, and friends so much," she said.
Romano added, "I saw my life flash before my eyes and I’m telling you, hug the people around you every chance you can. Life can change in an instant."
Thank goodness that fragment didn't go slightly higher, or else this would be an entirely different story.
President Donald Trump ran the bulk of his campaign on fixing the southern U.S. border, and part of that problem includes detaining and deporting millions of illegal immigrants currently roaming the streets of cities and towns across the country.
According to JustTheNews, at its current pace, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is on track to arrest a staggering 1 million illegals by the end of Trump's second term in the White House.
The estimates were released at the same time the House of Representatives and the Senate work overtime to pass Trump's budget bill, which includes significant boosts for border security issues.
The extra funds could ramp up the ICE arrests to even higher numbers, which would help Trump fulfill his promise to deport all illegal aliens from the United States during his term.
While ICE has stopped posting daily arrest and detainer figures for the public, Border Czar Tom Homan assured the public that the number of arrests are still on pace.
JustTheNews noted:
Prior to Feb. 1, U.S. ICE posted its daily nationwide figures for the arrest of illegal aliens as well as the number of detainers it lodged that day. The agency’s X account notably stopped posting that daily update this week and has instead opted to emphasize the arrest of the most dangerous criminal figures.
Prior to the agency stopping the posting of daily numbers, the number of arrests and detainments per day ranged anywhere from a few hundred to as high as nearly 1,200.
On Thursday, Homan insisted that the numbers are still on pace, saying, "I think the arrest numbers I looked at, I just talked about this morning. I think the arrests are right around over 11,000 so far since day one."
The outlet noted:
Counting Jan. 20 and excluding any Thursday numbers, that 11,000 figure would present an average of nearly 650 arrests per day. Should arrests continue at that rate, however, Trump would be on pace to arrest just under 1 million illegal immigrants over his remaining four years in office.
While the number is no doubt impressive, Trump had vowed to deport many more.
Other factors come into play, including the reduced rate of arrests due to less illegals trying to cross at the border.
"I mean yesterday, at 24 hours, it was less than 50 border arrests. It wasn't too long ago we had 11,000 arrests a day under the Biden administration. We got less than 500," Homan said.
Whether or not Trump hits his original goal really doesn't matter. He's obviously going all out, and the results will likely be profound.
The ball is largely in the court of congress at the moment, as he spending bill will undoubtedly increase capacity to make those arrests.
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in last week's plane crash in Washington D.C. had an advanced tracking device disabled before the collision, according to Senator Ted Cruz (R).
The Republican senator balked at the bombshell disclosure, which was shared with senators during a closed-door briefing.
The advanced tracking system, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, provides detailed information about an aircraft's location, altitude and speed to air traffic controllers, the New York Times reported.
The ADS-B system provides more accurate information than radar, which can have delays of a few seconds, the Times noted.
While the advanced tracking system can be turned off to hide the locations of government officials, that would not have been appropriate during the Black Hawk flight, which was on a training mission.
"In this instance, this was a training mission, so there was no compelling national security reason for ADS-B to be turned off," Cruz said.
Members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which Cruz chairs, received a briefing about the crash from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.
"We're going to let the investigation play out and not get ahead of the NTSB findings," Col. Roger Cabiness, an Army spokesman, told the New York Times.
In the wake of the disaster, scrutiny has fallen on air traffic control, which was reportedly short-staffed, as well as the flight crew operating the doomed Black Hawk near Reagan National Airport.
The name of co-pilot Rebecca Lobach, a 28-year-old Army Captain from North Carolina, was initially withheld at her family's request. The helicopter was on a routine training mission to renew Lobach's certification when it crashed into an American Airlines flight over the Potomac River, killing 67.
"Sixty-seven souls lost their lives. We need to follow the evidence. We need to determine exactly what caused it," Cruz said. "And then we need to learn lessons from the cause of that accident. Do everything possible to prevent a subsequent accident."
A preliminary investigation has found the helicopter was flying about 100 feet above the limit. President Trump had blamed the helicopter's altitude - it seems correctly - before the finding was released.
“The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot,” the president posted. “It was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it?”