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A U.S. congressional caucus, being labeled the "Seditious Six," released a video undermining the command structure of the U.S. military by telling soldiers they don't have to follow "illegal" orders from President Donald Trump, but refusing to identify any.
Already, the Pentagon is investigating one member, Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, as he potentially could be recalled to active duty.
And now the FBI is working on interviewing the other five.
A report at KDVR television in Denver explained one of those other members, Democrat Rep. Jason Crow, confirmed that the FBI apparently is working on a possible inquiry.
Crow defended his apparent attempt to disrupt protocols already established in the military for illegal orders.
He claimed that President Donald Trump, who has warned that the traditional penalty for treason or sedition is serious, of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress.'
Another video participant, Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin, claimed, "last night the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of Congress, saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the six of us."
The six have been unable to interviews to identity what they think is an "illegal" order from the president, and their stunt largely is viewed as another political attack on Trump.
FBI chief Kash Patel said in an interview that since the controversy is "ongoing," he would not comment.
According to the Washington Examiner, Trump administration officials are calling the group the "Seditious six."
Others on video were Reps. Chris Deluzio, Pa., Maggie Goodlander, New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan, Pa., all Democrats.
From War Secretary Pete Hegseth was a statement, "The despicable video urging @DeptofWar troops to 'refuse illegal orders' may seem harmless to civilians — but it carries a different weight inside the military. This was a politically-motivated influence operation: It never named a specific 'illegal order.'"
He warned the statements created "ambiguity rather than clarity. It used carefully scripted, legal-sounding language. It subtly reframed military obedience around partisan distrust instead of established legal processes. In the military, vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion. The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command. As veterans of various sorts, the Seditious Six knew exactly what they were doing — sowing doubt through a politically-motivated influence operation. The @DeptofWar won't fall for it or stand for it."
The DOW earlier confirmed it had gotten "serious allegations of misconduct" against Kelly.
"In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures. This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality."
The DOW pointed out the law bars "actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces. … All servicemembers are reminded that they have a legal obligation under the UCMJ to obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
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A Democrat state representative in Tennessee running for U.S. Congress is refusing to denounce her previous calls to defund the police and even burn down police stations.
Aftyn Behn was interviewed on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, by anchor Catherine Rampell, who confronted Behn with her previous anti-police messages, including one tweet from 2020 in which Behn stated: "Good morning, especially to the 54% of Americans that believe burning down a police station is justified."
Rampell asked: "Do you still stand by those comments, and if not, is there anything you want to clarify?"
"Um, I'm not going to engage in, in, in, uh cable-news talking points," a flustered Behn replied.
Ramped again pressed: "So you don't want to clarify whether you still believe that the police should be defunded?"
Behn said: "Once again, I'm, I don't remember these tweets, but I'm what I'm saying is that um …"
Rampell interjected: "I'm not asking if you remember. What is your position today? How's that, on this issue?"
Behn dodged the question again, saying, "I mean, I'm, I'm once again, I'm here to talk about my race, which is uh, in literally nine days."
LibsofTikTok noted: "It's not hard to say you don't support burning down police stations. But she obviously still supports it."
Behn has recently come under fire for her own remarks in which she stated that she hates Nashville, Tennessee, the city she wants to represent in Congress.
Behn had stated: "I have been heavily involved with the Nashville mayoral race because aI hate this city. I hate the bachelorettes. I hate the pedal taverns. I hate country music. I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently."
When asked by Al Sharpton about her hating Nashville comments, Behn voiced what's being called a "Freudian slip," indicating "We all get a little annoyed with the tourists, but that doesn't mean I love my city … ."
Behn recorded her own response to the hating Nashville mantra, claiming: "NO, I DO NOT HATE THE CITY I REPRESENT.
"I've cried in the Country Music Hall of Fame no less than 10 times. They're panicking because we're close to winning. Eyes on the prize, y'all. Let's go."
Outkick founder Clay Travis shared an ad being aired in Tennessee, opining: "Democrat Aftyn Behn says rioting is a way for people to express themselves & bragged about harassing ICE agents. Tennessee you have to vote Matt Epps for Congress next week. This chick is f'ing insane."
Behn is facing Republican Matt Van Epps, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
Trump said: "A West Point Graduate, and Combat Decorated Army Helicopter Pilot, Matt knows the WISDOM and COURAGE required to Defend our Country, Support our Incredible Military/Veterans, and Ensure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
"In Congress, Matt will work hard to Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion School Choice, Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. He is strongly supported by my good friend, Congressman Jim Jordan, and many other highly respected MAGA Warriors!"
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U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who last week announced his candidacy for governor of the Golden State, is now pushing for California citizens to be able to vote by telephone.
Appearing Saturday on CNN's "The Story Is" with host Elex Michaelson, Swalwell said: "I want us to be able to vote by phone."
"If we can do our taxes … make our health care appointments, you know, make, essentially your – do your banking online, you should be able to vote by phone. Make it safe, make it secure. But it's actually already happening all over the United States.
"I want us to be a blue state that doesn't do just a little bit better than like Georgia or Alabama when it comes to like voting access, I want us to max out democracy."
Eric Daughtery of Florida Voice News reacted to the vote-by-phone idea, saying: "This is the worst voting idea I've EVER heard. That would be an abject disaster."
The congressman, perhaps best-known for his alleged affair with purported Chinese spy Christine Fang, is also suggesting penalizing counties where voters have to wait to vote in person.
"As it relates to democracy, if you wait in line for 30 minutes or more, if you do want to vote in person, I think you should fine every county for every minute that a person has to wait longer," Swalwell said.
"We have to be better, not just a little bit better than the other states."
Swalwell also thinks the operation of the Department of Motor Vehicles can be modernized where drivers don't even have to show up in person.
"I don't think Californians should have to go in person to the DMV anymore," he said. "I think we can do that virtually. I think you can have the DMV employees do it virtually. But that's a lot of real estate. Digitize the DMV."
Although Swalwell denies any wrongdoing in his relationship with Fang, the congressman was removed from his position on the House Intelligence Committee in January 2023 by then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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A federal grand jury in Florida has indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., for allegedly swiping federal disaster funds, laundering them through various corporations and then using the money to pay for her 2021 congressional campaign.
"Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime," said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. "No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice."
The defendant could end up with 53 years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida stated, "Today's indictment shows no one is above the law. This indictment reflects our Office's commitment to follow the facts, apply the law, and protect the American taxpayer. Public money belongs to the American people. When FEMA funds are diverted for personal or political gain, it erodes trust and harms us all. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are used as intended and that the public's trust is safeguarded."
The indictment charges Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, 51, both of Miramar, worked through a family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021.
In that July, the company got an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funding.
"The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal that $5 million and routed it through multiple accounts to disguise its source. Prosecutors allege that a substantial portion of the misappropriated funds was used as candidate contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick's 2021 congressional campaign and for the personal benefit of the defendants," the Department of Justice confirmed.
Further, it accuses Nadege Leblanc, 46, of Miramar, of arranging additional contributions using straw donors, funneling other monies from the FEMA-funded COVID-19 contract to friends and relatives who then donated to the campaign as if using their own money.
And the charges also allege Cherfilus-McCormick and her 2021 tax preparer, David K. Spencer, 41, of Davie, conspired to file a false federal tax return, falsely claiming political spending and other personal expenses as business deductions and inflating charitable contributions in order to reduce her tax obligations.
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The Muslim Brotherhood, a "social front" for militant jihadis around the world, and CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, have been designated as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations by the state of Texas.
CAIR actually had been named as an unindicted co-conspirator with the Holy Land Foundation years ago when that group was convicted of funneling millions to the terrorists of Hamas.
According to an announcement from Gov. Greg Abbott, "Whereas, CAIR was named an 'unindicted co-conspirator' in one of the largest successful prosecutions of terrorism financing in United States history, where internal documents plainly identified CAIR as a subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood and a federal court eventually found 'ample evidence to establish' that CAIR was associated 'with Hamas,' United States v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev., No. 3:04-cv-240, 2009 WL 10680203, at *7-8 (N.D. Tex. July 1, 2009)…"
While the Muslim Brotherhood is a "social front" for jihadis, CAIR is a lobbying group in Washington working on behalf of Islamist interests.
Now a report at Not the Bee cites Abbott's announcement that, "Today, I designated the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations."
Noora Shalah, a government affairs director for CAIR-Kentucky, once charged, "I demand jihad, I want ISIS to kill all of you."
CAIR International responded that she left her post several years earlier.
It was during the Joe Biden administration that he assigned CAIR to be part of his program to battle anti-Semitism.
Meanwhile, there have been several dozen Islamist mosques built and opened in Texas in recent years.
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While many on the political left, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, have trouble defining what a woman is, now video is emerging of the head of Michigan's schools having extreme difficulty stating how many genders exist.
Footage posted by LibsofTikTok shows Michigan State Superintendent Sue Carnell being asked directly: "How many genders are there?"
LibsofTikTok notes: "She draws a complete blank then refuses to answer when asked this simple question. This is the person responsible for Michigan kids' education. Crazy as hell."
When pressed again with the same question, Carnell finally proffered a response that did not specifically answer the question, as she replied: "Different people have different beliefs on that."
Her questioner fired back: "Well you can believe all you want, but science says there's two."
The video comes as the Michigan State Board of Education last week approved a new sex-ed curriculum for K-12 "which includes radical gender ideology and teaches that kids can be born in the wrong body," according to LibsofTikTok.
The Detroit Free Press reports the sexual health topics by grade include:
Some reaction online to Carnell's evasive response includes:
"If you can't even acknowledge such a basic reality as biology, why should you be entrusted to teach kids anything more complicated? This is the bedrock foundation of thought, and kids aren't even being taught it. No wonder students are struggling so much."
"I am reading a lot into her facial expression, and I am no expert, but she seems to be telegraphing that she knows the answer is two, but she also knows she cannot say that. This is how fear works."
"She can't answer because the question is biological, and her job is purely ideological. The left has installed activists, not educators, to run our schools. Her silence isn't confusion; it's the paralysis of a cult member whose dogma just crashed into reality. She is in charge of education but is a living testament to the failure of her own radical agenda. This is the goal: to destroy truth and replace it with this exact, incoherent, crazy-as-hell nonsense."
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., released a bloody photo of himself on Saturday, revealing he had received 20 stitches from a fall earlier in the week near his Pennsylvania home.
"20 stitches later and a full recovery, I'm back home with @giselefetterman and the kids," Fetterman said on X.
"I'm overwhelmed + profoundly grateful for all the well-wishes. Truly.
"Grateful for @UPMC for the incredible medical care that put me back together."
"THANK YOU SO MUCH. See you back in DC."
A spokesperson for Fetterman previously indicated that Fetterman on Thursday morning "sustained a fall near his home in Braddock."
"Out of an abundance of caution, he was transported to a hospital in Pittsburgh," the spokesperson said.
"Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries.
"Senator Fetterman had this to say: 'If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!'
"He is doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital. He has opted to stay so doctors can fine-tune his medication regimen.
"Senator Fetterman is grateful for the EMTs, doctors, and nurses who are providing his care."
In 2024, both Fetterman and his wife were injured when the senator crashed their car into the back of a Chevy Impala in Maryland.
A police report noted Fetterman was "at fault," as he was traveling "at a high rate of speed, well over the posted speed limit" at the time of the collision.
Feterman suffered a stroke in May 2022, after which the Democrat said he had difficulty fully processing language.
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Illegal alien truck drivers, including those who sometimes cannot read or speak English or recognize road signs, must have roadway rights, according to a panel of judges who ruled on the Trump administration's effort to crack down on dangerous – and deadly – big rig operators.
A report published at Fox News said the ruling means the Department of Transportation's limits on aliens getting commercial vehicle licenses cannot be enforced at this point.
The restrictions were created quickly after an illegal alien truck driver in Florida was accused of causing a tractor-trailer crash that killed three people.
Multiple other similar situations have developed since then, also costing lives.
Several of the truck drivers have tried to make U-turns through interstate medians, a maneuver that already is illegal, and have cause huge crash pileups.
The Florida case, near Fort Pierce, involved Harjinder Singh, of India.
He was in the United States illegally, and now has pleaded not guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide for his accident.
The ruling claimed the federal government didn't follow procedures to create the rule.
Singh had gotten his license from California, and failed his exams multiple times.
A later audit of the state records prompted the revocation of some 17,000 such licenses.
According to the report, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, representing some 150,000 truckers, thanked the Trump administration for working to "restore commonsense safety standards."
It said in a statement, "OOIDA applauds the Administration for seeing through the myth of a truck driver shortage and continuing efforts to restore commonsense safety standards on our nation's highways. Pausing visas for commercial truck drivers will help ensure only qualified individuals get licensed. Additionally, there is unlikely to be any negative effect on the supply chain, as the trucking industry continues to face overcapacity."
Already, federal officials have withheld $40 million from California because of its refusal to enforce English language requirements for truck drivers.
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It may be true. Or not.
But a stunner has been found in the release of convicted sex offender Jeff Epstein's emails.
One says it is his opinion that Hillary Clinton was "doing naughties with Vince," presumably the suicided Vince Foster.
Democrats since President Donald Trump re-entered the White House have been demanding the release of everything Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting that they include damning information about Trump.
Of course, the Biden administration had access to those items for years, and never was able to dig out anything that it could use against Trump. While Trump was acquainted with Epstein, he cut off the relationship years before the sex offender's lifestyle was known. In fact, one Epstein case insider testified under oath that she was not aware of misbehaviors by Trump.
But now, some of those messages are becoming available, and it appears to have rebounded on the Democrats.
As, according to a report at the Gateway Pundit, one 2016 message from Epstein to disgraced author Michael Wolff "appears to allege that Hillary Clinton has a sexual affair with former White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster."
Wolff had asked Epstein for a summary on "Nussbaum/foster."
The May 25, 2016, message includes, "nussbaum white house counsel . . hillary doing naughties with vince."
The Nussbaum apparently is White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum.
Foster, a longtime Clinton ally, was founded dead July 20, 1993, in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia.
Investigations concluded it was suicide, but, the report said, "Circumstances, such as the lack of fingerprints on the gun, inconsistencies in witness statements, and the missing bullet, have fueled decades of conspiracy theories suggesting foul play by the Clintons."
The evidence on site, the report said, suggested the body may have been moved there from elsewhere.
And, the report said, no fingerprints were found on the gun, a strange circumstance for a suicide.
One social media personality wondered, "Is this evidence that the emails are real?"
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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."