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It was called "Operation Dirtbag" and it apparently was well-named as the federal law enforcement sweep apprehended some 150 illegal migrant "sexual predators."

It is a report in the New York Post that described the Florida project's results, as revealed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

They were among more than 230 illegal aliens rounded up in Florida on charges including sexual offenses, drug offenses and even murder.

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In a result that could be filed under, "Well, Duh!" a new report says leftist, high-tax states like New York and New Jersey recently have lost the taxes on some two-thirds of a trillion dollars in residents' taxable incomes.

It's because residents are fleeing states where gender ideology, communist ideas and socialism is surging.

It is the Unleash Prosperity organization that reported this week that New York lost the ability to tax more than $517 billion in residents' incomes from 2013 to 2022. New Jersey, another enclave of leftists, lost $170.1 billion.

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California Pastor Greg Laurie and his Harvest Crusade movement will visit the site of Charlie Kirk's assassination – Utah Valley University – to bring the Gospel message.

According to a report in the Christian Post, the event will draw around 10,000 attendees.

Known as "Hope for America," the event will be held on Nov. 16 at the campus where Kirk was fatally shot Sept. 10 during a Turning Point USA event.

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The terror-infested United Nations Relief Works Agency, which long has held power in the Middle East, processing and allocating aid to a Palestinian population in Gaza beleaguered by the terrorism of Hamas, is demanding a central role in plans to rebuild the region.

The demands come as a multi-stage peace plan created by President Donald Trump begins to take effect, even despite outbreaks of violence that still are occurring.

Reports reveal that UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini is demanding authority in the rehabilitation program, stating, "UNRWA, with its thousands of Palestinian personnel, has the capacity, expertise and community trust required to provide healthcare, education and other public services to a devastated population."

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It's more important than climate change, schools, gun violence, health care and inflation.

More significant that the economy, taxes, immigration and abortion.

A higher priority than crime, morals and political divisions.

It's fighting President Donald Trump. It's holding onto Trump Derangement Syndrome.

That's the result of a polling done by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of Democrat voters in the state.

A full 20% of the Democrats responding said "standing up to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans" is their most important issue.

Only 17% cited inflation and 15% the economy and jobs.

Longtime Democrat focal points, climate change, abortion, immigration and such all were in single digits.

A report from Townhall said, "The poll found that among likely Georgia Democratic primary voters, 17 percent cited inflation and the cost of living as their top concerns. About 15 percent said the economy and jobs are number one. Yet, when it comes to 'standing up to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans,' about 20 percent indicated this is their top issue."

GOP respondents in the same polling picked cost of living, 18%, as their highest priority, followed by economy 14%, immigration, 13%, crime 12%. Schools and taxes came in at the high single digit levels.

The report said, "So, despite higher prices at the grocery store and elsewhere (thanks Biden), Democratic voters in the Peach State believe the Orange Man What Is Bad™ is the most pressing issue facing them today. Yes, they are concerned about economic issues when you combine the numbers for inflation and jobs, but the fact that they are still fixated on the president shows how deeply Trump Derangement Syndrome runs among Democrats."

It continued "Imagine being more concerned about who sits in the White House than crime in your communities and the lack of quality education — issues that the president has little control over. These are issues that state and local governments are supposed to address. Yet, too many voters still think the president is the most important issue facing the country."

Social media included several opinions:

"In a new poll out of Georgia, Democrats say their 'single most important issue' is standing up to Abraham Lincoln and anti-slavery Republicans."

"I'll live under a bridge if it means standing up to Trump! That'll show him!"

"DNC convinced a certain demographic to put TDS over prosperity …and they're guzzlin it"."

Interesting to see abortion and climate change have suddenly become non-issues for liberals. Powerful, the TDS is within them."

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For all the Trump administration's efforts to strengthen and revitalize the U.S. military following its disastrous, DEI-infected leadership under the Biden administration, service members are making it clear that real accountability regarding the military's highly controversial – and enormously damaging – COVID-19 shot mandate must be forthcoming for members' trust to be restored.

The many adverse effects linked to the COVID-19 shot have left service members feeling disillusioned. After all, thousands lost their careers, their rank, their pay and more, leading them to call for accountability from those who mandated and enforced the shot. Without real accountability, countless service members claim they cannot restore their trust in the military. Indeed, many members admit they will not recommend for their family or friends to join the military.

A small, independent, unscientific survey recently conducted by this reporter, just to ascertain the unvarnished views of dozens of current service members, supports this contention. Sixty-three out of 66 respondents, 95% – who were actively serving in the U.S. military – agreed that, on the heels of the tyrannical enforcement of the COVID-19 shot, including the refusal to honor religious exemption requests, accountability now is a must for them to regain trust in America's armed services.

The 2025 survey can be contrasted with a prior survey from 2023, homing in on issues such as trust in leadership as it relates to one's ability to follow their oath to the Constitution and more. Factors affecting the decrease in survey participants in 2025 compared to 2023 – some had since resigned, retired or been discharged from the military due to the COVID-19 mandate -were addressed in a prior WorldNetDaily article concerning force readiness and more.

In the 2023 survey during the Biden administration, virtually all respondents – 226 out of 229 (97%) – said they did not trust their senior leaders at the Department of Defense (general rank and flag officers) to follow their oaths to the Constitution and obey all laws. In the 2025 survey, which had a smaller number of participants, 62 out of 66 respondents (94%) shared the same sentiment of distrust towards their leaders in the recently renamed Department of War.

Similarly, in 2023, 170 of the 229 (74%) respondents reported that they do not trust their unit leaders (immediate supervisors one to two levels up) to follow their oaths to the Constitution and adhere to all laws. In comparison, the 2025 survey indicated that 46 of the 66 (70%) respondents felt the same.

The two surveys also attempted to assess whether service members believed senior leaders (general rank and flag officers) had their best interest in mind. In 2023, 227 out of 229 respondents (99%) answered "No," while in 2025, 62 out of 66 respondents (94%) gave the same response.

Similarly, when questioned about their unit leaders (immediate supervisors one to two levels up), 144 of 229 (63%) and 32 of 66 (48%) replied "No" in 2023 and 2025, respectively.

To gain some perspective, WND spoke with four survey participants who consented to share their opinions anonymously, emphasizing that their views do not represent those of the Department of War or their individual military branches.

A member of the Marine Corps said, "Leadership will fall in line with any administration's directives [to avoid putting] themselves or careers under scrutiny." He also argued that "not all commanders are created equal, as some are better than others and the level of care they have towards their troops vary." Nonetheless, he added, "even the best of them would put the preservation of their careers superior to any interest that their subordinates may have that would conflict with that."

Another service member said that, generally speaking, senior leaders close to retirement or promotion are "questionable," as many are "not willing to rock the boat in a way that could threaten their careers or promotions." Thus, regarding accountability, he said, "Senior leadership will point fingers in all directions and deflect accountability as quickly as they can."

With regard to upholding oaths to the Constitution, one Army service member told WND, "Almost all of DoD commanders demonstrated compliance in unlawfully implementing the COVID-19 mandates, and most of these commanders remain in service." In his opinion, "These commanders cater to political winds rather than the Constitution, striving first for promotions with careers measured by political compliance."

A second member of the Army agreed with the previous statement, but added, with regard to accountability over the shot mandate: "Nothing has changed, and there was no remedy from the abuse of administrative powers to injure and harm countless soldiers."

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A riot erupted outside a scheduled Turning Point USA event at UC-Berkeley on Monday, leaving participants bloodied – and under arrest.

A report at the New York Post explained Frank Turek and Rob Schneider were scheduled at the event, marking the end of the "This is The Turning Point," tour.

Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated two months ago at an earlier event on the tour in Utah.

"During the brawl, two men were seen fighting each other, one of whom had blood gushing from his face. Video taken by Fox News Digital also shows a crowd of agitators gathering around the fight. Many demonstrators wore keffiyehs and carried signs with left-wing messages," the report said.

Police donned shield masks and brandished batons to try to bring the rioters under control.

Officers also confirmed there were arrests.

Leftists have organized under the slogan Antifa, for anti-fascist, but have adopted the very ideology of fascism, through attempts to suppress the speech rights of others, and impose their beliefs on everyone.

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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is now going to war with President Donald Trump, saying the commander in chief "just made a bunch of sh** up about air-traffic control" concerning travel issues amid the government shutdown.

As WorldNetDaily reported, Trump issued a scathing warning Monday to some air-traffic controllers, while praising others.

"All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!" Trump exclaimed in a lengthy message on Truth Social. "Anyone who doesn't will be substantially 'docked.'"

"For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn't take ANY TIME OFF for the 'Democrat Shutdown Hoax,' I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country.

"For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn't step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."

Buttigieg reacted more than once on X, first indicating: "The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through – and the way this administration has treated them from Day One – he has no business sh***ing on them now."

He then played video of Trump in the Oval Office Monday, with the president saying Buttigieg "spent billions of dollars trying too patch together our air-traffic control system, which was a conglomeration of all different systems and all different cities. … And when they turned it on, it didn't work. It didn't even work a little bit."

"Other than mostly pronouncing my name right, everything he said was wrong," Buttigieg responded. "He just made a bunch of sh** up about air-traffic control.

"This is a system that was in pretty rough shape by the time he lost in 2020 and we took it over. So we improved it, including launching a long-term communications fix that is still underway that he is now passing off as his idea.

"And thanks to our work, this year he became the first president in decades to inherit an air-traffic control workforce that was actually growing instead of shrinking."

Sean Duffy, Trump's secretary of transportation, fired back at Buttigieg, saying: "Give me a break. You were basically AWOL at the DOT. I spend my whole day dealing with your neglect and cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out."

Also jumping into the fray was Joanie Scott, a retired air-traffic controller with 34 years of experience, who destroyed Buttigieg's claims more than once on X.

"You are a liar," Scott told Buttigieg. "President Trump was right to call out the Air Traffic Controllers who laid out during the shutdown."

"Every one of them is eligible through their Credit Union for a no-interest, short-term loan, repayable upon back pay when the government reopens. Or, they can borrow against their TSP and repay it to themselves when they receive back pay.

"Not one single Air Traffic Controller can claim financial hardship because of these two well-established, common practices that have been in place every shutdown for decades.

"I know this because I worked for the FAA for 34 years. The only Air Traffic Controllers who laid out during the shutdown were the ones intentionally making a political statement in order to make things difficult for the American flying public."

In another post, Scott told Buttigieg: "I retired because of how you and the Biden administration, to use your words, sh** on every employee at the FAA and ruined a once fine agency.

"You allowed men into my office bathroom. I had to work with and for people you hired and promoted because of the color of their skin or who they have sex with who were wholly and completely unqualified for their job.

"You FORCED me to inject an experimental dangerous drug into my body in order to keep my job and paycheck. You, sir, can sit down and shut up."

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In what's being called an unprecedented step, the United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the U.S. about suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, as it does not wish to be complicit in the military strikes, believing them to be illegal.

CNN reports Britain's decision "marks a significant break from its closest ally and intelligence sharing partner and underscores the growing skepticism over the legality of the U.S. military's campaign around Latin America."

The U.K. controls numerous territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets, and for years has assisted America in finding suspected drug vessels so the U.S. Coast Guard could interdict them, sources told the network.

"The intelligence was typically sent to Joint Interagency Task Force South, a task force stationed in Florida that includes representatives from a number of partner nations and works to reduce the illicit drug trade," CNN indicated.

"But shortly after the U.S. began launching lethal strikes against the boats in September, however, the U.K. grew concerned that the U.S. might use intelligence provided by the British to select targets. British officials believe the U.S. military strikes, which have killed 76 people, violate international law, the sources said. The intelligence pause began over a month ago, they said."

Last month, Volker Türk, the U.N.'s human-rights chief, called the kinetic strikes "extrajudicial killing," saying they violate international law, and sources say the U.K. agrees with him.

While the British embassy in Washington and the White House did not respond to requests for comment, a Pentagon official told CNN the department "doesn't talk about intelligence matters."

LibsofTikTok did proffer an opinion, saying: "They don't want us to defend our nation from drug-smuggling terrorists. The UK loves coddling criminals and terrorists."

CNN also reported Canadian officials have "made clear to the U.S. that it does not want its intelligence being used to help target boats for deadly strikes."

To date, at least 75 people have been confirmed killed by the U.S. military in the strikes.

On Monday, U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that on Sunday, "two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

"These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.

"Both strikes were conducted in international waters and 3 male narco-terrorists were aboard each vessel. All 6 were killed. No U.S. forces were harmed."

Some initial public reaction to Britain's reported suspension of intelligence-sharing includes:

"These boats carry death, so let death beget death, and I think we can manage our own pond without the assistance of British Intel. Hell, we shouldn't trust the Brits with our intel; MI6 has been a leaky ship for decades."

"Isn't America depending on U.K. for intelligence about the Caribbean a little like U.K. depending upon us for intelligence about the English Channel?"

"This is like the NYPD telling me they will no longer monitor the area around my swingset in the backyard of my California home."

"Uhh … I'm pretty sure Britain hasn't actually trusted us since 1776. They're still a little bitter over that."

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Phil Weiser is Colorado's attorney general, a far-left politician in a far-left state where the governor's office, the legislature and even the state Supreme Court all are controlled by Democrats.

The state's highest court is so far into being progressives the all-Democrats there even tried to remove President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot before being slapped down hard by the U.S. Supreme Court, just the latest in a long list of rulings against Colorado's anti-Republican and anti-Christian ideologies.

Now Weiser, who has used the public funds running his office repeatedly to attack Trump, is being called out for his "constitutionally perverse" agenda against Trump.

The commentary comes in a column by Robert G. Natelson at Complete Colorado. He's a former constitutional law professor and contributes at both the Independence Institute and the Mountain States Policy Center, and authored "The Original Constitution."

"Progressives," he concluded, "generally don't care a rodent's derriere about the Constitution's division of powers. (How many times did Weiser sue the overreaching Biden administration?) And most of Weiser's suits are constitutionally perverse: they are designed either to (1) undermine legitimate federal functions, such as immigration control, or (2) force the federal government to do things the Constitution actually does not assign to it (such as subsidizing solar power)."

He criticized that Weiser would "rather fight the duly elected president of the United States than protect Coloradans from crime," which is surging in the state.

His concern was Weiser's "troubling taxpayer-funded obsession" with Trump.

The latest scheme from Weiser is that he wants to make Colorado worse than California.

That issue is apportionment, which in Colorado is by an independent commission.

It was in 2018 voters approved a plan moving the job of drawing congressional districts from lawmakers to the commission.

"I voted against both. One reason is that I generally oppose moving political decisions away from the people's representatives and lodging them in administrative agencies. Doing so is undemocratic, and it doesn't take the politics out of the decisions. It just hides the politics from public view," Natelson wrote.

"Another reason is that lawmakers who gerrymander have to explain their conduct to the voters. An independent commission never has to do that."

He said he held doubts even then that "progressives" would keep their word if it ever became inconvenient, and Weiser's latest scheming confirms that worry.

"In Texas, reapportionment is still the prerogative of the legislature, and the legislature recently exercised that authority to create more Republican congressional districts. The legislature could defend this action as a response to the state's huge population growth and its increasingly Republican hue," he said. But in California, Democrats have abandoned their "independent" panel that already had gerrymandered districts to favor Democrats.

There, "Although Republicans garner nearly 40 percent of the vote in California, they hold only 17 percent of the state's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives," he noted.

That wasn't good enough for Democrats there, who are trying to cut that GOP representation in Congress now by half.

"Weiser has just shown that he's in the running for the Independence Institute's 'Californian of the Year Award.' He wants to pull the same stunt in Colorado."

The record on which Weiser is running already is skewed in a serious way. His "obsession" has prompted him to bring or join some 40 or more lawsuits against Trump, including:

• May 13, 2025: "Colorado joins lawsuit against Trump administration over illegal immigration conditions placed on infrastructure funding."
• May 28, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump administration over illegal cuts to National Science Foundation funding."
• July 15, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump administration to save $4B program that fortifies communities against natural disasters."
• July 29, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding."
• August 18, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser fights Trump administration for $1B in federal funds to support crime victims."
• October 16, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump's EPA to recover Solar for All funds."
• October 28, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump's USDA for illegally suspending SNAP benefits."
• October 29, 2025: "Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Trump administration for unconstitutional and unlawful decision to move U.S. Space Command HQ from Colorado Springs."

That, of course, is only a few of the cases, "all paid for with our tax money," the commentary said.