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Defendant told he'd get 'decades' in jail unless 'he claimed he was working with President Trump on overthrowing the government'

A new report documents how the Department of Justice under Joe Biden suborned perjury by J6ers in order to "get" President Donald Trump.

The scandal revolves around the Jan. 6, 2021, protest turned riot at the Capitol in which an unarmed protester was shot at point blank range and killed by a scandal-plagued Capitol police officer.

Biden's DOJ spent thousands of hours and millions of dollars tracking down every single person who appeared on any video that day and arrested them, sometimes using SWAT tactics, for offenses that included trespassing.
They then added charges that later were ruled by the Supreme Court to be inappropriate, and demanded the maximum sentences – or even more, with one judge, James Boasberg, insisting there should be new laws with harsher penalties than what he was allowed to use.

The tactics all aligned with the Democrats' claim that the so-called "insurrection" was organized and orchestrated by Trump.

Now a report at the Gateway Pundit explains how the DOJ "threatened and punished" J6 participants if they didn't implicate Trump in "insurrection."

"Arrests were made by the corrupt and communist DOJ and FBI after the riots at the Capitol on Jan 6. Many of the men and women who were arrested were placed in jails for years often times alone and in solitary confinement for being at the Capitol on that day," the report, from Joe Hoft, explained.

"Some were in solitary confinement for weeks and months. They weren't allowed to speak to others. They were beaten and they were treated worse than the U.S. treats prisoners of war. The worst crimes committed by the government (DOJ, FBI, Prison system, and courts) were forcing them to lie about President Trump being involved in a seditious act on Jan 6. Some key Jan 6ers were told if they lied they would receive lesser sentences, if they didn't lie in corrupt courts they would be sentenced for decades, if not the rest of their lives."

He explains individual cases, such as that of Jake Lang, arrested and "told to lie about President Trump so it could be used in the 2nd corrupt and criminal impeachment of President Trump. Lang refused to comply and spent the next four years in jail."
Another case involved Stewart Rhodes of Oath Keepers, who was informed "he would be sentenced to decades for his non-crimes on Jan 6 or he could get much less time if he claimed he was working with President Trump on overthrowing the government. He would not lie and was sentenced to decades in prison."

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Signal chat group about Middle East planning included reporter

Hillary Clinton is scolding the administration of President Donald Trump for allowing a scandal to happen.

It developed when an executive at the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a Signal chat group that the administration was using to chat about its dealings, including possible attacks, regarding terrorists in Yemen.

The administration has said there was no classified information shared, while Trump's critics say there was.

"You have got to be kidding me," Clinton claimed.

Exactly what she meant isn't clear, but her experience with scandals in government runs long and deep.

Even leftists online noted, "Clinton's use of a private email server at the State Department and accusations she mishandled classified information dogged her unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign."

In fact, that campaign was the second time voters had rejected her agenda to install herself in the White House as president. Years earlier, even Democrats had picked upstart Barack Obama over Clinton.

But Clinton's history also includes the Whitewater scandal in Arkansas, the followup to a real estate investment scandal that saw Hillary Clinton the first spouse of a U.S. president to be subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

The scandal's conclusion as that there wasn't enough evidence that Hillary, or husband Bill, had engaged in criminal activity.

Yet another scandal involved the White House travel office when Hillary was living there.

It became known as "Travelgate."

Another scandal involved Hillary Clinton's financial involvement with cattle futures.

Some accused her of misbehavior and said her trading records showed a conflict of interest and possibly even bribery.

But there was no formal investigation.

Further, one byproduct of "Travelgate" was "Filegate," when the White House during the Clinton era accessed, improperly according to accusations, hundreds of FBI background reports on former White House employees who are Republican.

There even was a dispute over the furnishings in the White House. While many considered those items to be government property, a number of "gifts" were shipped to the Clinton's private resident before Bill left office.

And there were the Americans killed in Benghazi, under Hillary Clinton's watch.

report from Fox News explained how now Hillary Clinton is calling the Trump administration "dumb."

Her words come from a "blistering essay" the New York Times gave her space to publish.

She challenged, "It's not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it's the stupidity. We're all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don't actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already. What's much worse is that top Trump administration officials put our troops in jeopardy by sharing military plans on a commercial messaging app and unwittingly invited a journalist into the chat. That's dangerous. And it's just dumb."

Hillary Clinton, in fact, also was investigated even as she was running for president for possibly violating the law by running national security secrets into her unsecure computer server she set up in her home.
Her essay appeared to have a theme, as she used descriptives for the Trump administration including "not smart," "dumb power," "dumb," "dumb and dangerous" and more.

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President Donald Trump's Veterans Affairs secretary, Doug Collins, was invited to CNN to be interviewed, apparently about veterans issues since that is his area of responsibility.

Reporter Kaitlin Collins (no relation) tried to go down another path, insisting repeatedly that he answer questions about a media-related scandal in which a reporter claimed to have been incorrectly added to a chat group discussing the administration's plans in the Middle East.

Doug Collins pointed out he was not involved and couldn't respond.

Kaitlin Collins insisted he speculate anyway.

So he turned the questioning around, and started grilling her about CNN's mistreatment of veterans.

The Gateway Pundit explained the topic about which Kaitlin Collins wanted a response: "Jeffrey Goldberg, the Trump-hating editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, claimed he was 'accidentally' added to a secure Signal group chat by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz where top Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen and called them 'war plans.'"

Actually, the publication later changed its description to "attack plans."

Doug Collins explained he was not involved in that issue.

And he explained that a second time.

The Daily Pundit said, "But Kaitlan continued to badger the VA secretary about the overblown signal chat incident. Instead of playing her game, Doug turned the tables on her by asking a damning question."

He said, "Well, Kaitlan, since you do not want to talk about the VA, I have a question as VA secretary I want to ask you. I would like to know why CNN is hostile to veterans, especially one in Florida where you just had a $5 million defamation suit who was just trying to help people. In fact, one of your employees said, 'We are going to nail him.' I have a question for you, Kaitlan: Is that employee still employed? Are you really concerned about veterans?"

Eventually, Kaitlin Collins said she was the one "asking the questions" and she was "not involved."

A jury recently awarded U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young $5 million for CNN's 2021 characterization that he was, essentially, a black market operator exploiting Afghans trying to leave their country during Joe Biden's disastrous pullout of American military personnel.

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Iran's refusal to accept an offer from President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to its nuclear program, which is considered by experts to include nuclear weapons, eventually, is raising the risk that the U.S. military will have to act against that agenda, according to a new analysis.

Con Coughlin, a distinguished senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and an expert on defense issues, explained in a report on the organization's website that Trump's initial offer to negotiate was in a letter he wrote earlier this month.

There, he "indicated he was willing to engage in talks concerning Iran's nuclear activities. But the letter also contained an explicit warning that any failure by Tehran to respond positively to his overture could lead to direct military action," the report said.

One report now has documented that Trump had set a "two-month deadline for reaching a new nuclear deal."

Steve Witkoff, Trump's envoy, revealed during a Fox News interview that Trump's approach to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was intended to avoid direct military action.

He explained, "We don't need to solve everything militarily… Our signal… to Iran is 'Let's sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, through diplomacy, get to the right place.' If we can, we are prepared to do that. And if we can't, the alternative is not a great alternative."

But Iran has declined to answer, and the report suggests Iran simply is trying to wait out the president.

"Meanwhile, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has warned that Iran needs to 'hand over and give up' all elements of its nuclear program including missiles, weaponization, and enrichment of uranium 'or they can face a whole series of other consequences,' adding that 'Iran has been offered a way out of this,'" the report explained.

Trump's own opinion is that "You can't let them have a nuclear weapon."

He said he hopes for a negotiated solution, because, "if we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing — for them."

But the report noted Tehran's decision not to respond "means there is now a very real possibility that the Trump administration is giving serious consideration to launching military action against Tehran."

Mike Huckabee, nominated as ambassador to Israel, said the threat is very real:

The report warned the chances of the Trump administration authorizing an attack have risen since the U.S. went after Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, and Trump warned Iran he would hold Tehran responsible for more attacks.

Further, the U.S. willingness to act is being pushed by an assessment from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran may now have enough material to build five nuclear warheads.

The report said, "So long as the Islamic Republic of Iran indulges in its usual tactic of prevarication in the hope that, by engaging in delaying tactics, it can buy more time to achieve its nuclear ambitions, the credibility of the Trump administration taking direct action against Tehran needs to increase."

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As cases of Tesla vandalism continue to rise across America, one case in New Hampshire was caught on video, with the suspected assailant in orange pants denying to police any involvement, while apparently still wearing the unmistakable orange pants.

"Our Tesla cyber truck was vandalized this weekend in NH," said @KerriLPouliot.

"While staying at our hotel, our vehicle was keyed within an hour of arriving.

"James 'Jim' Pelis & Chuck Smith either didn't know or didn't care that they would be recorded. Charges pending! Class A felony in NH."

Online journalist Collin Rugg gave his opinion of the suspect: "Total moron."

Meanwhile, in Wichita, Kansas, a wheelchair-bound Tesla owner is speaking out after her vehicle was keyed in the parking lot of an Olive Garden restaurant.

"Damaging a personal vehicle does not harm Elon [Musk]. If anything, it's giving him more money to fix the vehicle that you damaged. It's not damaging who you're thinking it is," Abigail Gill said.

"For this to be happening in Kansas, of all places, is super-shocking," she added.

Speaking to the still-at-large assailant, Gill said: "You have put a very big crisis on me because physically I am in a wheelchair."

"I just hope that he definitely gets the correct punishment. I hope he pays all of the damages. It is well over $1,000, possibly over $10,000 in damage."

Elon Musk said: "Wow, this was just mean & cruel!"

Libs of TikTok noted: "Democrats did this to a disabled woman. Democrat leadership incited this."

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Under Joe Biden's failed green ideology, America was supposed to be getting its electricity from wind and solar power.

Billions of taxpayer dollars went for grants to solar, wind, and other politically correct agendas.

Never mind that the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine, the Democrat's agenda was to impose strict global warming rules that would force coal power plants, which once provided half of America's power, to close.

Under President Donald Trump, that campaign has reversed.

report from the Cowboy State Daily confirmed that federal regulators have approved the expansion of the Spring Creek Mine in Montana.

The report said that's "on-the-ground evidence of the President Donald Trump administration's push to ramp up the mining and burning of coal."

Trump himself said on social media he wants to open, or reopen, "hundreds of all Coal Fire Power Plants" and get the United States "producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL."

The Montana project being expanded is by Navajo Transitional Energy Co. and the company said the expansion means the project will serve energy needs for an additional 16 years.

Coal production, in recent years under Biden, had dropped.

PRB mines in Wyoming produced 185 million tons of coal in 2024, the report said, citing the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. That was the first time that production was below 200 million tons.

The White House also is reviewing "soot standards" and "greenhouse gas limits" in its efforts to make energy available again.

"Trump already signed an executive order declaring a national energy emergency and directed the Environmental Protection Agency to boost fossil fuel production and distribution," Bloomberg said.

The report noted Barack Obama also had a hand in attacks on coal power production, which despite those assaults still recently was providing 15% of American power.

The report said nearly 300 coal-fired power plants shut down from 2010 to 2019.

That's changing.

"It's really nice to have a presidential administration that recognizes the value of Wyoming's coal resources and is looking to work with us to keep developing and using our coal, rather than to actively try to shut us down," Travis Deti, head of the Wyoming Mining Association, told the Cowboy State Daily. "I think what we're going to see is a real shift in the direction of the policy coming out of Washington, D.C."

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Airstrikes reported on multiple locations overnight

Military operations have been resumed by Israel against Hamas in Gaza after the terror group abandoned the jointly adopted schedule for releasing hostages.

A report at EndTimesHeadlines said the ceasefire, which had been brokered with international mediation, ended because "Hamas refused to release additional hostages."

The brokered ceasefire also had allowed Israel to release some prisoners and humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza.

The ceasefire involved Hamas turning over Israeli and foreign hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Some of the hostages Hamas released already were dead, and Palestinians thronged in the streets as their coffins were paraded through.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned the war will continue until all hostages are freed and Hamas' military abilities dismantled.

The war was triggered by Hamas decision to invade Israel Oct. 7, 2023, and slaughter, often in horrific ways, some 1,200 Israeli civilians. Hamas also kidnapped hundreds and these are the people who are hostages.

Israel has estimated there still are dozens of hostages held by the terror organization.

Reports overnight said there were casualties as Israel delivered airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis.

"Israeli officials say these strikes are aimed at eliminating Hamas leadership and dismantling underground tunnel networks used by militants," the report said.

According to the Washington Examiner, the airstrikes killed "hundreds."

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said, "We had no alternative but to give the order to re-open fire. If we could achieve the same goals in a different way, fine. But if it's impossible to advance that way, you resume military operations."

Hamas confirmed the deaths of four chiefs, including Bahjat Abu Sultan, a leader of Hamas's internal security body, and Issam Da'alis, a member of Hamas's Gaza leadership.

The report said the Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, claimed the death toll was 400.

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A lawmaker in Texas has proposed a plan to rid public schools of the antics of "furries."

The subculture involves individuals adopting animal identities. They often dress in animal costumes and act like the animal they have chosen.

"I can't believe we have to do this, but we cannot allow these types of role-playing distractions to affect our students who are trying to learn or our teachers and administrators who are trying to teach," explained Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Smithville, who has introduced the FURRIES Act (Forbidden Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education).

"We just have to keep this nonsense out of our schools. No distractions. No theatrics. Just education. While school mascots, theater performances, and dress-up days remain part of school spirit, this bill ensures that students and teachers can focus on academics – not on bizarre and unhealthy disruptions. Texas schools are for educating kids, not indulging in radical trends."

report at the Center Square said the plan was being opposed by LGBTQ Nation which was claiming that "anti-transgender Republicans" are punishing "students who act like non-human animals in schools."

The Houston Chronicle, the report explained, had even charged that Gov. Greg Abbott had "resurrected debunked rumors that public schools were putting litter boxes in classrooms for students dressed as cats."

The bill is a result of concerns expressed by his constituents, Gerdes confirmed, including over a "furry-related" incident at Smithville's school.

Abbott endorsed the plan, pointing out that some schools are dealing with the ideology.

"You have one expectation your child's going to be learning the fundamentals of education: reading and writing and math and science," Abbott said, noting that state lawmakers are close to adopting a plan that supports school choice.

"If children are 'being distracted by furries, their parents have a right to move their child to a school of their choice,' Abbott said. 'I'm not telling you anything other than what is just common sense, but common sense is very hard to deal with in this setting,'" the report posted.

The plan would change the Texas education code to ban "non-human behavior" by students.

That would be defined as behaviors such as wearing "tails, leashes" and "barking, meowing, hissing or other animal noises."

It also would change the Texas Family Code to define as mental or emotional injury to a child settings that encourage "a dependence on or belief that non-human behaviors are societally acceptable."

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President Donald Trump talked about his goal of getting rid of America's income tax structure when he was a candidate.

He's repeated that desire multiple times in the White House, including making suggestions that taxing foreign corporations that do business in America, such as shipping companies, could generate significant revenue.

Now an analyst has explained how Trump's goal would put the goal of many Americans, to buy and own a home, much closer.

It is Marc Guberti for GOBankingRates who has written at Nasdaq.com about Trump's idea, explaining, "His objective of eliminating income taxes will have a significant impact on Americans and the global economy."

"The government will have to offset income taxes with another revenue source, and Trump seems committed to using tariffs. While tariffs increase the prices of products and services, consumers could have more flexibility with this tax. While necessities still have to be purchased, consumers can reduce their taxes by making fewer non-essential purchases. A tax system built on tariffs can offer more flexibility than income taxes and help savvy home buyers grow their savings," he said.

He said one obvious result would be that Americans would have greater take-home pay.

"The higher take-home pay will make it easier to save for a down payment and manage other expenses," he explained. "If you get to keep more of the money you earn, it becomes easier to pay off your current financial obligations."

That, in turn, gives consumers a better result when mortgage lenders analyze debt, credit obligations, student loans and such.

A higher purchasing power, combined with the plan to keep inflation stable, would "make home buyers feel more comfortable with embarking on the key milestone of homeownership," he explained.

Another factor would be the impact on real estate deductions, likely making more homes available.

He explained, "The elimination of income taxes can eliminate real estate deductions, and that's a huge deal for people who want to buy homes. Tax deductions have only been around since 1913 when income taxes were introduced at a large scale. While people can claim tax deductions through various expenses, none of them are as potent as real estate. The ability to generate high profits while reporting paper losses has made real estate — including single-family homes — very attractive investments. Ending income taxes can also end tax deductions, and that scenario can make real estate investing less desirable."

He pointed out Trump's leader at the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, has talked about eliminating tax credits, which likely would "rub off on tax deductions…"

"As the current tax code stands, it's possible for someone who nets $1 million per year to earn a tax refund with real estate. All it takes is to buy a $2 million short-term rental property and use a cost segregation study to immediately depreciate the property by 60%. Then, they report a $1.2 million paper loss on the property, which translates into a $200,000 income loss. Instead of paying taxes on $1 million, the investor in this scenario reports a $200,000 income loss and receives an 'appropriate' tax refund. This scenario highlights one of the reasons why real estate investing is so desirable. If deductions are eliminated, fewer investors may gobble up single-family homes," he pointed out.

WND previously reported on the Trump ideas for income taxes.

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Retail mega-giant Amazon has taken action after blatant anti-Semitism was revealed inside its operations.

That's according to a report from the American Center for Law and Justice, which described how a client was attacked and hurt.

The legal team called the actions "a significant victory" against anti-Semitism.

"Our client, an author, received a shocking package from Amazon, as we discussed here previously. Upon opening her order of 10 books (published through Kindle Direct Publishing), our client discovered that the books about her father, a Holocaust survivor, had been blatantly defaced with anti-Semitic hate scrawled in thick black ink across the pages throughout. This deliberate act of harassment was not only personally distressing to our client, but it also represented a direct attack on her faith and Jewish identity. Every copy had been defaced with anti-Semitic slurs and threatening messages like 'Zionism kills Jews' and 'From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free.' The statements defaced the personal memoir she had written about her father's experience of the Holocaust," the organization revealed.

The author, not identified in the report, contacted Amazon and originally nothing happened.

But the ACLJ dispatched a demand letter, "calling for accountability and appropriate remedies," the ACLJ said.

"It was apparent that an Amazon employee became aware that the book was a memoir of a Holocaust survivor. They then wrote egregiously offensive, threatening, and outrageous comments with full knowledge of the particular type of customer who would receive these messages. Given this knowledge, no reasonable person would expect our client to endure these racially abusive comments without emotional distress." The ACLJ reported.

Amazon ultimately responded, with acknowledgement of the "unacceptable nature" of the incident, a replacement order, at no cost, of 50 books along with the refund of the original purchase, a promise of an internal investigation, and more.

"The company informed us that if the person involved could be found, Amazon would terminate that individual," the ACLJ reported. "In their February 5 response letter, Amazon explicitly stated that 'Amazon does not tolerate any form of hate speech' and emphasized that 'the actions described in your letter are not representative of Amazon's policies or values.'"

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