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The internet was flooded with prayers for conservative activist Charlie Kirk on word hitting the headlines he was shot in the neck at a Utah speaking event Wednesday.
Hundreds of pleas for God's mercy and healing consumed X postings. President Donald Trump later eulogized Kirk, confirming his death at age 31.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie," Trump said.
But some didn't join in the prayers.
Some demonized him, even as he lay hospitalized, fighting for his life.
It was MSNBC that took that position.
"MSNBC is ALREADY back to demonizing Charlie Kirk, just MINUTES after he was shot in Utah. Katy Tur called him 'a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. What ever term you want to use.' THE LEFT IS FCKING DISGUSTING!!!!"
Actually, Tur read a statement from FBI chief Kash Patel in support of Kirk, then reverted to demonizing him.
Other memes that could be described accurately as demonic appeared. One showed a desk full of talking heads laughing uproariously.
Under the headline, "CHARLIE KIRK DEAD."
Anairuda posted a GIF of young ladies laughing and celebrating, under the statement, "They saying Charlie Kirk got shot…"
This, like one about Tur's comments, were removed from X almost immediately.
Another showed a man enthusiastically whipping his hand against his hip, with the statement, "me at the hospital watching Charlie Kirk's datascope flatline."
Someone posted an image of Kamala Harris chortling over, "I love good news," with the line, "pro-gun racist misogynist Charlie kirk dead by gun shot."
Harris, herself, actually said she was "deeply disturbed" by the shooting, sending her prayers to Kirk and his family.
"Andrea Junker" wrote, "Let's make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause."
The antics of the commenters, drew a quick conclusion, too.
"We can never look at the far-left the same again after what they did to Charlie Kirk … These people want to m*rder us."
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A federal magistrate judge released 14-time offender Decarlos Brown, Jr. just months before he murdered Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train because Brown made her a promise to return to court.
The Daily Mail reports: "Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes freed Decarlos Brown Jr. in January – around seven months before police say he went on to slaughter Iryna Zarutska on August 22.
"Stokes allowed Brown, 34, who is homeless and has a litany of previous arrests – including for armed robbery and assault – to walk free on a 'written promise' that he would return for his next court appearance.
"Brown was arrested on January 19 for alleged 'misuse of the 911 system,' after he dialed the emergency number while police were conducting a welfare check on him.
"During the ordeal, Brown, who is schizophrenic, told police he thought that 'man made' materials were inside his body controlling his movements."
The attention on Stokes comes as a member of Congress says he'll introduce legislation to hold judges accountable when violent repeat offenders they release commit new crimes.
"It's easy to release criminals when you're protected by an armed bailiff at all times. The rest of us aren't so lucky," said U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla.
"Those 12+ judges that released Decarlos Brown Jr. should have their day in court too."
Appearing on "The Bottom Line" on Fox Business, Fine noted: "The Democrats seem willing to accept evil and to just say, 'It is what it is. We have to live with it.'
"We have a civilizational debate to have in this country, which is: Does evil exist?"
"The problem is, I have many colleagues on the left who are simply unwilling to say that people can be bad."
FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday night of the slaying of Zarutska: "The FBI has been investigating the Charlotte train murder from day one. Stay tuned."
President Donald Trump is also among those expressing outrage at Brown's freedom on the street, as he remarked:
"I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic," Trump began in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
"The perpetrator was a well known career criminal, who had been previously arrested and released on CASHLESS BAIL in January, a total of 14 TIMES.
"What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP.
"The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer's knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and 'Wannabe Senator' Roy Cooper.
"North Carolina, and every State, needs LAW AND ORDER, and only Republicans will deliver it! Additionally, where is the outrage from the Mainstream Media on this horrible tragedy?
"VOTE FOR MICHAEL WHATLEY FOR UNITED STATES SENATE, HE WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!"
Earlier Monday during a visit to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Trump lamented about the same case: "So there are evil people. We have to be able to handle that. If we don't handle that, we don't have a country."
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President Donald Trump on Monday dove into the national furor over the North Carolina slaying of Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutksa allegedly by a black career criminal who had been arrested 14 times, saying "her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail."
"I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic," Trump began in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
"The perpetrator was a well known career criminal, who had been previously arrested and released on CASHLESS BAIL in January, a total of 14 TIMES.
"What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP.
"The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer's knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and 'Wannabe Senator' Roy Cooper.
"North Carolina, and every State, needs LAW AND ORDER, and only Republicans will deliver it! Additionally, where is the outrage from the Mainstream Media on this horrible tragedy?
"VOTE FOR MICHAEL WHATLEY FOR UNITED STATES SENATE, HE WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!"
Earlier Monday during a visit to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Trump lamented about the same case: "So there are evil people. We have to be able to handle that. If we don't handle that, we don't have a country."
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The Institute for Justice has announced it is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to overturn a local fine in Alaska of $95,000 over a banned six-pack of beer.
"The Excessive Fines Clause of the constitution was built for cases like this," said Sam Gedge, a senior attorney at the IJ. "As government agencies increasingly exploit fines and forfeitures to pad their budgets, it's vital that the Supreme Court make clear that the Excessive Fines Clause is a meaningful check on government overreach."
The penalty is coming against pilot Ken Jouppi, who had ferried passengers, groceries and more around the state for years.
On April 3, 2012, "he was ferrying a passenger and her groceries from Fairbanks to the village of Beaver," the IJ said. "But hidden in the passenger's luggage were three cases of beer—two Budweiser, one Bud Light—intended as a gift to her husband, the local postmaster."
The problem was that Beaver, in 2004, voted to ban alcohol entirely.
Before Ken could take off, state troopers searched the plane and discovered the beer. Ken was charged with a misdemeanor and convicted, the IJ said.
Then the state launched a full-blown war against him.
For years, prosecutors have also been trying to forfeit his airplane, a Cessna U206D, worth about $95,000, and just weeks ago, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that even had Ken known only about one six-pack of his passenger's beer, his argument that the fine was excessive failed.
"The Alaska Supreme Court's ruling puts it at odds with other courts around the country. Most notably, in Timbs v. Indiana—a case litigated by the Institute for Justice—the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019 held the Excessive Fines Clause applies, not just to the federal government, but to states as well," the IJ said.
That fight was over the state-demanded forfeiture of a $40,000 Land Rover over a low-level drug offense, a scheme that was found by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutionally excessive.
"This case isn't just about me or my airplane anymore," Ken said in a statement released by his lawyers. "I'm in my 80s now, and I've been fighting this for over a decade because I see it as my duty to ensure that the Bill of Rights actually means something in protecting against government overreach."
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Brennan Schilperoort, a grounded C-130 pilot who faced financial penalties and discrimination for several years over his claim to a religious exemption from taking mandated flu shots, has finally achieved a measure of justice in his lengthy struggle against military leadership, as revealed in an exclusive report by this writer.
According to a Sept. 2 press release by Younts Law, which represents Schilperoort, "On August 13, 2025 – twenty months after Major Schilperoort's initial Inspector General (IG)complaint, its denial, and subsequent appeals – the Air Force Inspector General overruled prior findings by subordinate Inspectors General. The IG substantiated Major Schilperoort's complaint that his commander unlawfully issued a Letter of Reprimand and refused to process his December 2023 flu shot religious accommodation request."
As Schilperoort's legal counsel R. Davis Younts posted on X, the determination is a "huge victory for religious freedom in the military."
WorldNetDaily spoke to Maj. Schilperoort, who emphasized up-front that his views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or Department of the Air Force.
Schilperoort and his wife were "beyond surprised," he said, at receiving the news and are grateful to the IG and Air Force Review Boards Agency director.
In fact, he told WND, it is his prayer that God uses this determination to "set a precedent," one that has "huge implications for all the other service members the past many decades who were wronged by commands and their legal advisers who blocked their due-process and constitutional rights."
Likewise, speaking to WND, his attorney R. Davis Younts held nothing back in his assessment of the case: "This vindication exposes a blatant case of religious discrimination driven by malicious compliance from low-level bureaucratic leaders who weaponized policies to target faith, compounded by flawed advice from Air Force JAGs that enabled these abuses."
As Younts explained, "It's a win for my client, but it also shines a light on the struggles of thousands of other service members who've been targeted for their beliefs, demanding urgent reforms – reforms that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Air Force Under Secretary Matt Lohmeier are championing to restore integrity and protect religious freedoms across the ranks."
"The Air Force's highest authorities finally admitted the Letter of Reprimand was baseless and that the religious accommodation request was mishandled – violations rooted in the malicious compliance of squadron-level bureaucrats and misguided JAG counsel that ignored clear regulations," Younts pointed out.
"It took 20 months, multiple appeals and investigative journalism to force this review, highlighting how the system initially failed at every level due to low-level leaders' malicious adherence to rules that punished sincere beliefs and JAGs' poor guidance that prolonged the injustice," said Younts. "As an attorney fighting these battles, I see this as a broader indictment of institutional bias, with implications for the many service members still enduring reprisals for standing by their faith."
"Facing potential discharge after exemplary service," Younts argued, "Ma. Schilperoort's ordeal is emblematic of a larger crisis in military religious freedom, fueled by bureaucratic malicious compliance at the command level and bad JAG advice that turned accommodations into reprisals."
Legally, he explained, the substantiations confirm unlawful actions that have harmed his client and "echo the experiences of countless others." For this reason, "The secretary must act to restore justice, and I praise Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary Matt Lohmeier for leading the charge against such discrimination throughout the department."
"We need accountability now," added Younts, while also commending Hegseth and Lohmeier for their "bold efforts to enforce real protections." From a legal perspective, he said, Schilperoort's case "reveals deep flaws in how commands process exemptions, affecting not just Major Schilperoort but a multitude of troops facing similar persecution amid eroding religious rights in the military." However, he reemphasized that he is thankful for leaders like Hegseth and Lohmeier who are "stepping up to dismantle these systemic barriers."
Maj. Brennan Schilperoort "strongly urges the current administration that these sorts of cases need to be examined at the level of the Joint Chiefs of the service branches and by their secretaries, thorough investigations directed, and appropriate punitive accountability applied fairly and based on facts across the board, regardless of rank or what position someone holds or has held."
For the C-130 military transport pilot, "It's past [the] time that all the weight of accountability falls downhill, while those at the top who are most responsible get to walk away scot-free." Rather, insists Schilperoort, "This nation is demanding accountability and fair and equal treatment of the law for all, where not a one is 'more equal' than others."
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For sure pharmaceutical companies made hundreds of billions of dollars during the COVID pandemic on their experimental shots, mostly mRNA creations that actually were "treatments" more than "vaccines," and ultimately have proven to carry with them a multitude of side effects, including multiple side effects that are fatal.
But now a newly released study from Germany, a peer-reviewed assessment, has shown that a cheap nasal spray, going for maybe $10 a bottle, used three times a day is mostly effective at stopping the China virus.
The study appeared in the JAMA Internal Medicine publication and was cited in a report in the Gateway Pundit.
That report said, "For years, Americans were told their only hope was to roll up their sleeves for Pfizer, Moderna, and the rest of the vaccine cartel. Trillions of dollars flowed into their coffers while dissenting doctors were silenced, families were divided, and countless workers lost their jobs under vaccine mandates."
But, it said, now the study of azelastine nasal spray confirmed it reduced COVID infections by two-thirds.
The JAMA publication confirmed, "In this randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial that included 450 participants, the incidence of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections was significantly lower with application of azelastine nasal spray compared with placebo treatment."
The spray already has been in use "for decades to treat allergic rhinitis," and "has in vitro antiviral activity against respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2," JAMA reported.
"A phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center trial was conducted from March 2023 to July 2024. Healthy adults from the general population were enrolled at the Saarland University Hospital in Germany," it explained. "Participants were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive azelastine, 0.1%, nasal spray or placebo 3 times daily for 56 days. SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing (RAT) was conducted twice weekly, with positive results confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Symptomatic participants with negative RAT results underwent multiplex PCR testing for respiratory viruses."
The study had 227 patients assigned to azelastine and 223 to placebo treatment.
"In the intention-to-treat (ITT) population, the incidence of PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection was significantly lower in the azelastine group (n = 5 [2.2%]) compared with the placebo group (n = 15 [6.7%]).
"As secondary end points, azelastine demonstrated an increase in mean (SD) time to SARS-CoV-2 infection among infected participants (31.2 [9.3] vs 19.5 [14.8] days), a reduction of the overall number of PCR-confirmed symptomatic infections (21 of 227 participants vs 49 of 223 participants), and a lower incidence of PCR-confirmed rhinovirus infections (1.8% vs 6.3%)," the report said.
The study was done at Saarland University Hospital in Germany.
The reduction in risk of infection amounted to 67%.
"Not only were fewer people infected, but those who did get sick had longer protection before infection (31 days on average versus 19 days in the placebo group) and shorter illness duration when measured by rapid tests (3.4 days vs 5.1 days)," the Gateway Pundit explained.
"The spray didn't just block COVID. It also: Cut symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections from 6.3% (placebo) down to 1.8%. Reduced rhinovirus (common cold) infections from 6.3% to 1.8%. Slashed the overall number of PCR-confirmed infections (COVID + other respiratory viruses) from 22% in placebo to 9.3% with azelastine."
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President Trump Tuesday posted a video showing U.S. military forces destroying a small ship in the Caribbean carrying drugs and piloted by designated "narcoterrorists" from Venezuela.
Said Trump: "Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere.
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!!!!!!"
Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X: "Today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization."
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CBS News, which has a history of deceptively editing interviews of high-profile newsmakers, is being blasted by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for editing out her descriptive comments about MS-13 gang member, wife beater and child predator, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Noem appeared Sunday on the network's "Face the Nation," as she discussed President Donald Trump's efforts to make America safer by deporting criminals aliens including Garcia.
"I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia," Noem said on X.
"Instead, CBS shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth about this MS-13 gang member and the threat he poses to American public safety. Watch for the part of my interview that @CBS tried to cover up."
In the clip that was broadcast on the air, Noem said, "[And] the one thing that we will continue to do is make sure that [Garcia] does not walk free in the United States of America."
But the unaired portion was much more graphic of Garcia's heinous crimes, as Noem said: "This individual was a known human smuggler, MS-13 gang member, an individual who was a wife beater and someone who was so perverted that he solicited nude photos from minors and even his fellow human traffickers told him to knock it off."
"He was so sick in what he was doing and how he was treating small children. So he needs to never be in the United States of America and our administration is making sure we're doing all that we can to bring him to justice."
This is not the first time CBS has been under fire for deceptive edits, as the network was sued by Trump for its "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House race.
Trump said: "The Election Interfering 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent."
Trump said CBS and its parent company Paramount have finally paid a $16 million settlement, with another $20 million on the way.
Meanwhile, Bill Belichick, the legendary NFL football coach who now at age 73 leads the North Carolina Tar Heels, also slammed the network over a "CBS Sunday Morning" interview in April in which his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson shut down a question about how the two met.
Belichick accused CBS of selective editing "to suggest a false narrative – that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation – which is simply not true."
CBS News hit back against Belichick's claims, saying there were "no preconditions or limitations to this conversation."
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Former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized with severe injuries after being struck by a car at high speed in New Hampshire on Saturday night.
Michael Ragusa, head of Giuliani's security, disclosed some details on X, indicating: "On the evening of August 30, 2025, in New Hampshire, Mayor Giuliani was involved in a motor vehicle accident.
"Prior to the incident, he was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident. Mayor Giuliani immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911. He remained on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety."
"Following this, while traveling on the highway, Mayor Giuliani's vehicle was struck from behind at high speed. He was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg."
Ragusa stressed: "This was not a targeted attack. We ask everyone to respect Mayor Giuliani's privacy and recovery, and refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories."
He noted Giuliani had been traveling in a rental car.
One commenter asked specifically: "Was it the alleged perpetrator of domestic violence who struck his car, or was it random / unrelated?"
"Random and unrelated," Ragusa replied.
Another wondered: "Where was his security?"
Ragusa answered: "You can't control reckless drivers hitting you from behind my brother."
He is in "good spirits and recovering tremendously," Ragusa told Fox News Digital.
"He'll be released in a few days and he's doing great. Conscious, alert, strong. He'll be back to business as usual this week," he added.
Gen. Mike Flynn, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, said: "Prayers coming your way Mayor!!! Thank God you're alright and thank you for always being there to help others in need. That's why you'll always be 'America's Mayor.'"
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Ever since an illegal alien holding a Commercial Driver's License, or CDL, in Florida caused a deadly crash as he made an unauthorized U-turn in an 18-wheeler earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and others have called for a stricter and safer system, especially focusing on the English-language proficiency requirement.
Now, also out of Florida, we know how people like Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living unlawfully in the U.S. who failed his English test miserably but still managed to get a license, may have passed the reading test to receive their CDL – by cheating.
According to First Coast News, an elaborate cheating system among potential truck drivers in Jacksonville has been uncovered, with five men being arrested.
Reports the TV station, "Investigators say people have been rigging their way into commercial driver's licenses, putting everyone on Florida highways at risk."
The scheme involves the non-English-speaking test taker wearing a T-shirt with a small hole in the front. Under the shirt, a cellphone is strapped to the chest so the camera can "see" out the hole.
As the test is taken, the "brains" of the operation can see the test off site and relay the correct answers to the man via an earpiece.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the scheme was highly organized. Investigators identified multiple addresses in Jacksonville where dozens of men were registered as applicants, even though the homes were far too small to actually house them all.
Also, some of the arrested men requested interpreters because they could not speak or read English, including Ukrainian and other foreign languages.
Law enforcement praised the DMV employees at the testing locations for reporting suspicious behavior when the men wiggled in their chairs to position the iPhone cameras.
Singh is charged in Florida with three count of vehicular homicide.