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Law enforcement investigators digging into the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility this week, allegedly by the now-dead Joshua Jahn, 29, say he had threatened federal officers with "real terror," had an affinity for video games and specifically was targeting law enforcement when he killed and injured detainees.
Handwritten notes found after the suspect's death revealed he, at one point, threatened, "Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, 'Is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?'"
Reports also confirm he had spent thousands of hours, a total of about 17,500, playing video games.
And he searched for details on "Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management" and watched the "Charlie Kirk Shot Video."
Jahn was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after three detainees were gunned down at the facility used by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No officers were injured, but authorities say that's who Jahn allegedly was aiming at.
A report in Time said he had been firing "indiscriminately" at officers when he hit the detainees.
"While authorities have yet to state an official motive, they also said that they found bullets inscribed with the words 'ANTI-ICE' near Jahn's body, prompting President Donald Trump and administration officials to call the shooting an attack on the institution over his hardline immigration agenda," the report said.
It describes a suspect who had two siblings and lived with his parents as recently as a few months ago.
Online resources said his father retired in 2020 after 36 years working at an elevator firm.
"Speaking to a local NBC News outlet, Jahn's brother Noah said he and Joshua were Boy Scouts who grew up in Allen, a northern Texas suburb. Jahn was unemployed but had taken an interest in coding, his brother added," the report said.
Authorities have searched two homes, one in Fairview, Texas, and another in Durant, Oklahoma.
The suspect apparently had attended some college classes years ago, and had worked for a time with a solar energy company.
A report from a Fox affiliate said evidence found after Jahn's death showed a "high degree of pre-attack planning."
FBI agent Joseph Rothrock said, "Jahn specifically intended to kill ICE agents. He fired at transport vehicles carrying ICE personnel, federal agents, and detainees. He also fired multiple shots into the windows of the office building, where numerous ICE employees do their jobs every day."
"He wrote that he intended to maximize his lethality against ICE personnel and to maximize property damage at the facility. He hoped to minimize any collateral damage or injury to the detainee and any other innocent people," said Nancy Larson, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. "He also hoped his actions would give ICE agents real terror of being gunned down."
The shooting suspect apparently hauled a ladder atop his car to the scene where he accessed a building roof to carry out his shooting.
Larson added, "I want to address the heroism of our federal agents. Yesterday, while under fire, ICE agents and ATF agents who were also present in the facility, the sally port Area worked together to remove detainees from the vans and get them to safety while the bullets were flying. These agents were heroic, clearly willing to lay down their lives to save the lives of the detainees in their custody. And that's an extremely important point to make at this point in time. I want to express my deepest appreciation for the bravery of these law enforcement officers yesterday and every single day that they go out there to keep us safe."
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When a corporation is huge, like Amazon, there are benefits. The customer base is millions, not hundreds or thousands.
But there are drawbacks, too, as Amazon discovered when it was accused of tricking many, many of those consumers into paying for its "Prime" program.
The result is that it has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, of which some $1.5 billion will be returned to customers, at about $50 per.
The provisions of the deal call for Amazon to pay the FTD $1.5 billion as monetary relief for customers, and $1 billion as a civil penalty.
The corporation apparently will have about two weeks to pay $500 million, and then the next payment of $500 million will come due in about 18 months.
The issue was the subject of a trial that was launched just days ago, when the FTC said in opening arguments that the corporation would lure consumers into buying products, but then force them to go on a detour that would push the Prime enrollment page in front of them.
Then, the FTC alleged, Amazon would use previously submitted billing information to sign up customers, even if they didn't want it. And then billings would be ongoing.
"Amazon knowingly intended to trick consumers into Prime subscriptions without their consent and trapped their consumers by making it difficult to cancel," Jonathan Cohen, an FTC lawyer, said.
"The obsession was with the number of customers, not about treating them right."
The company also must provide consumers a simple cancelation procedure for the Prime service charges, and end those automatic billings that were not authorized.
It also must remove a type of coercion that appeared for customers, when they had to say, "No thanks, I don't want free shipping" in order the progress in their ordering.
Prompting the settlement was a decision from U.S. District Judge John Chun who concluded the company violated consumer protection requirements.
"Today, the Trump-Vance FTC made history and secured a record-breaking, monumental win for the millions of Americans who are tired of deceptive subscriptions that feel impossible to cancel," said Andrew Ferguson, chief of the FTC. "The evidence showed that Amazon used sophisticated subscription traps designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime, and then made it exceedingly hard for consumers to end their subscription."
Amazon agreed to the solution, even while insisting its executives followed the law all the time.
Spokesman Mark Blafkin said the company works hard to "make it clear and simple" for consumers to sign up, or cancel.
"We will continue to do so."
Reports said the $1 billion fine actually is the largest in the FTC's history.
Amazon insisted in the settlement it did nothing wrong.
The case was launched two years ago, and the trial had just begun in Seattle.
The fees the company had been collecting for Prime amounted to about $15 per person per month, or about $140 annually.
It recently confirmed it took in $12 billion on "subscription services."
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Officials in the Orange County, Florida, public school system have ordered the managers of West Orange High School to discontinue a "Witchy Wednesday" series of indoctrination videos that they had launched to students.
It was described as providing "religious instruction" on spells, magic, moon worship and other rituals.
However, Liberty Counsel's legal team raised objections, cautioning the district against making such lessons mandatory and warning that some students with sincere Christian religious beliefs would not be able to endorse the witchcraft teachings.
Further, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled just weeks ago, in Mahmoud v. Taylor, that parents have the right to opt their children out of instruction that undermines their religious beliefs.
As a result, the district acknowledged that having certain speech on the school's morning announcements could violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and it did not want anyone to feel like "outsiders."
The district's instructions were that, "We cannot constitutionally allow such a segment to continue to take place in the future."
Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver said, "We commend Orange County Public Schools for taking action to discontinue the 'Witchy Wednesday' video segments. Witchcraft and teaching students how to cast occultic spells have no place in government schools."
WND had reported when the dispute arose that the series was being created by students providing "religious instruction."
Liberty Counsel's letter asked for school confirmation of plans to let students and staff opt out. And confirmation that students may express their own religious perspectives in the same manner.
The organization reported the "Witchy Wednesday" episodes were aired starting Sept. 10.
"Good morning, witches and [SCHOOL MASCOT NAME]. I'm [NAME REDACTED]. Today is Wednesday, September 10th, and this is our first episode of 'Witchy Wednesday.' I am here to guide you through your magical midweek journey every Wednesday. To start, there was a new moon yesterday on September 9th, normally regarded as a blank slate and a new start. This phase invites introspection and intention setting. Simple things to honor this phase could be to write your intentions and bury them or just meditate for an energy reset and healing," the promotion of witchcraft began.
"There is a full moon coming up on September 18th where the energy is at its highest peak. Creating simple things like moon water and releasing rituals are good ways to cleanse and recharge yourself during this period. In other news, our first ever 'Witch Tip Spotlight' is a spell for enlightenment that I call 'Light of Insight.' Its purpose is all about inviting clarity, wisdom, and light into your life. You will need a white candle, paper, pen, and incense. You can burn your incense around your area of practice to clear your surrounding energy for a start.
"You write your intuition down on your paper. Fold it three times. Burn your paper into your white candle. Burn it completely and entirely to have your intention released into the universe. That itself is your 'Light of Insight' at work. You then cleanse the space around you once more to finalize your spell. That's all for today, [SCHOOL MASCOT NAME]. Have a Wicked Wednesday."
The legal team had warned the school's actions could set up some interesting arguments, as the Bible specifically undermines the "Witchy" claims.
For example, the letter explains, "The Bible warns of real spiritual beings who seek to destroy lives: 'put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places' (Ephesians 6:11-12). • The Bible states that there 'shall not be found among you anyone…who practices witchcraft… or one who conjures spells…or one who calls up the dead' and that these things are a great sin. (Deuteronomy 18:9-12a) • The Bible warns against astrology. (Jeremiah 10:2; 27:9-10; Daniel 2:1-4; 4:7; 5:7-9) • The Bible condemns worship of the sun, moon and stars. (Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:2-5; 2 Kings 21:3, 5; Zephaniah 1:5; Job 31:26-28; Jeremiah 8:1-2). • The Bible instructs people to inquire of God (Isaiah 8:19), not mediums and spiritists (Deuteronomy 18:9-14; Isaiah 44:25; Jeremiah 27:9; 2 Kings 21:6; 23:24; Ezekiel 21:21; Isaiah 19:3; 1 Samuel 28). • God warns that those who practice 'witchcraft…will not inherit the kingdom of God.' (Galatians 5:20-21; (Revelation 21:8)."
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As President Donald Trump prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Tuesday, the U.S. Secret Service announced it "dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations."
The agency says this protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites.
"In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks," according to a news release.
"This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises.
"While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement."
Secret Service Director Sean Curran indicated: "The potential for disruption to our country's telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated."
The Secret Service says the devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General Assembly now underway in New York City.
"Given the timing, location and potential for significant disruption to New York telecommunications posed by these devices, the agency moved quickly to disrupt this network," the agency said.
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While millions of Americans were touched and inspired by uplifting messages during Charlie Kirk's Memorial Service on Sunday, former CNN anchor Don Lemon is seething over the Christian content, saying the event was "about a movement claiming divine permission to rule."
"If you listened long enough and close enough," Lemon said during his podcast Monday, "you could feel the ground shifting beneath you, because that wasn't just about a man who died. This was about a movement claiming divine permission to rule."
"It was a revival meeting wrapped in a memorial … a political rally dressed as church," said Lemon, noting he was "from the South. Southern Baptist. Went to Catholic school."
"This was not only about Charlie Kirk's death, it was about his afterlife in politics. Donald Trump stood on the stage like a man at the center of prophecy. He called Charlie Kirk a martyr. Other politicians promised to carry out his mission.
"The crowd cheered as if the passing of the man had lit some sort of sacred fire. To me, this was not mourning. This was a mobilization.
"What we saw in that arena was not simply faith finding public expression, it was religious nationalism on full display. That is the truth. That is my truth. This is my freedom of expression."
"The language was unmistakable. Take the nation back for God. Restore America's covenant. This is a holy calling. That's what it sounded like. This not the language of democracy. This is the language of domination."
Mike McCoy, Kirk's friend and former chief of staff, reacted to Lemon's remarks Monday, telling Martha MacCallum of Fox News: "I don't think Don Lemon's very big anymore. His ratings fell off the roof and he doesn't have a show anymore."
The long list of famous speakers at the memorial often invoked Jesus Christ and His messages during their tributes to Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University.
Vice President JD Vance said on stage: "I've been a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public as much as I love the Lord and as much as it was an important part of my life. I have talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks than I have my entire time in public life!"
"And that is an undeniable legacy of the great Charlie Kirk. He loved God, and because he loved God, he wanted to understand God's creation, and the men and women made in His image."
And in what is being called one of the most powerful moments in American history, Kirk's widow Erika expressed her personal forgiveness for Charlie's assassin, whom police say is Tyler Robinson.
"My husband Charlie, he wanted to save young men. Just like the one who took his life," Mrs. Kirk said through tears.
"That young man. That young man. On the cross our Savior said, 'Father forgive them for they not know what they do.' That man, that young man, I forgive him."
"I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and is what Charlie would do.
"The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us."
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Disney, which owns ABC, is pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show Wednesday night and into the future "indefinitely," a response to the TV host's wildly inaccurate statement Monday about Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk last week.
"'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will be preempted indefinitely," a Disney spokesperson told Fox News.
Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, announced earlier it would preempt Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night "for the foreseeable future" and would replace it with other programming.
"Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located," Nexstar's broadcasting chief Andrew Alford said in a press release.
"Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue," the statement continued.
Earlier Wednesday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take action against ABC after Kimmel's remarks.
Kimmel said in his monologue Monday, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, however, is reported by family members to have moved to the left politically in recent months, and Utah officials released texts to his transgender roommate in which he offers the reason he shot and killed the popular activist who clearly was in the MAGA camp.
President Donald Trump reacted to Kimmel's ouster, saying: "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
"Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!"
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At least dozens of people across America, probably hundreds by now, have been fired by their employers for advocating violence against conservatives and Christians in the aftermath of the assassination last week of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
Employers have been advised not to keep workers who push well beyond free speech and into incitement.
Now Texas officials say they are investigating almost 200 teachers who have been reported for such offenses.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the Texas Education Agency is working to review those statements of violence, including those teachers who "cheered" the murder.
Abbott said those found to have gone into the speech that promotes hate and violence will have their teaching certificates suspended and will be barred from working in Texas schools.
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath noted the behavior may be in violation of the Educators' Code of Ethics, explaining that while all educators are held to a high standard of professionalism, there is a difference between comments made in poor taste and those that call for and incite further violence.
The Gateway Pundit reported Morath currently is referring all reports of such comments to the state agency's investigations division.
"According to Texan News, the TEA has reportedly received roughly 180 complaints in response to the letter it circulated last week requesting reports of 'reprehensible' content or social media posts shared by educators following the assassination of Charlie Kirk," the report said.
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President Donald Trump on Monday announced a second military strike on a Venezuelan boat loaded with drugs headed for the United States.
"This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility," Trump said on Truth Social.
"The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.
"These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests. The Strike resulted in 3 male terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this Strike.
"BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU!
"The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens. NO LONGER. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"
The mission was similar to one conducted Sept. 2, when Trump 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 of the first strike: "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!!!!!!!!!!!"
And as WorldNetDaily reported last Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security released a video on X showing the U.S. Coast Guard capturing a drug boat before burning and sinking it as part of Operation Pacific Viper.
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A fight to keep alive a scheme of warrantless searches in the state of Pennsylvania has hit a block, with a ruling from a judge against authorities' demand that the case be dismissed.
"If government officials want to invade your private property and start snooping around, they need to get a warrant based on probable cause that some violation is taking place," said Joshua Windham, a lawyer for the Institute for Justice.
"The fact that these warrantless intrusions were authorized by a statute makes the problem worse, not better. We look forward to proving that the statute cannot constitutionally be applied to Tim's private property."
The fight is over a Pennsylvania statute that officers of the state Waterways Conservation do not need a warrant to invade and search private property.
The government sought to dismiss the case pending in Susquehanna County by Tim Thomas.
Officers twice have relied on the statute to search his private property, but the ruling means Thomas' challenge to the state's apparent Fourth Amendment violations can continue.
"These invasions of privacy should never have happened, and my hope is that we can set some precedent that helps ensure they won't happen to anybody else," he said.
The fight, between Thomas and officer Ty Moon, began in May 2023, when Moon came onto Tim's lake cabin property and began banging on the door while Tim's late wife, Stephanie, was home alone. Scared, Stephanie did not answer the door, so Moon proceeded to walk to the back of the property where he photographed their boat, cabin and vehicle all without a warrant, the IJ reported.
"The next day, while Tim was pulled over on the side of the road picking flowers for Stephanie, Moon pulled up behind them and said he'd 'been chasing' them and that he would 'get to the bottom of things.' Four days later, Tim received a citation in the mail for evading the officer and fishing without a license, which wasn't true. When Tim appealed, the charges were dismissed."
Weeks later, Moon returned, walking directly onto the property past multiple no trespassing signs, beside a bathroom window while Stephanie was bathing, and began confiscating Tim's fishing rods.
"When Tim confronted Moon, he cited him for fishing with too many rods. When the case went to court, Tim was found not guilty," the report said.
The IJ explained, "The Fourth Amendment protects 'houses,' and also what courts call the 'curtilage' of the home (basically private yards). In the opinion, Judge Joseph Saporito Jr. had 'no difficulty' holding that, 'Based on the allegations of the complaint, it is simply beyond cavil that WCO Moon entered onto the curtilage of the Thomases' home, without a warrant or consent.'"
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CANCELED!
That's the word for a just-released launch of a comic book series called "Red Hood" that saw its first issue release on Wednesday.
It's because the writer, a "transgender-identifying" individual working for DC Comics, launched into celebration on learning of the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk that same day.
A report at Daily Wire explained it was the "Red Hood" project written by Gretchen Felker-Martin with artwork by Jeff Spokes that had just released issue 1 on Wednesday.
Then came Kirk's murder, and Felker-Martin's social media statements, since removed, who said, "Thoughts and prayers you Nazi b—-." And "Hope the bullet's okay after touching Charlie Kirk."
"'The job market is grim, but there's a silver lining: Gavin Newsom needs a new co-host for his podcast,' Felker-Martin wrote in a third post, referencing a time Kirk and Newsom filmed a podcast episode together," according to the Daily Wire.
The next two planned installments of "Red Hood" now have been dropped, and DC Comics is offering retailers reimbursement for any unsold copies of the first, the report said.
DC said it affirms, "the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints. Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC's standards of conduct."
Felker-Martin's reputation for advocating violence already had been established.
"Referring to anti-trans activist J.K. Rowling, Felker-Martin previously wrote on Bluesky, 'I hope someone splits her skull.'" And in 2022, Felker-Martin released a story about burning Rowling alive.