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Those political leftists who are vandalizing Tesla vehicles, own by innocent passersby or maybe even their neighbors, because of their connection to Tesla corporation owner Elon Musk's work with President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, already are in trouble.

They're getting charged with a variety of crimes that include penalties of up to 20 years in jail.

One recent case involves Cooper Jo Frederick, 24, who was arrested in Plano, Texas, on suspicion of attacking a Tesla dealership recently in Loveland, Colorado.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the prosecution:

"Let this be a warning. You can run, but you cannot hide," Bondi said in a video message. "Justice is coming.":

The suspect is a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, and is alleged to have ignited an incendiary device and hurled it at the dealership, narrowly missing several parked vehicles. It started a fire.

 

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It's true that those who run for political office, like Congress, have moderate resources when they campaign.

Often, they're lawyers, or from other professions, where they've had good salaries, or they come from state or local government, where they've collected decent paychecks.

And in government, like Congress, they earn $174,000, with bonuses for a few select officers.

So how do they accumulate vast personal wealth, in the hundreds of millions of dollars?

After all, 20 years of such salary is only about $3.5 million and that's before living expenses.

DOGE wants to know:

Elon Musk, running President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency to track down and remove fraud, waste and corruption in government spending, confirmed at a town hall in Wisconsin that he's asked DOGE team members to investigate.

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Inspector general offers counsel on protecting kids from 'trafficking, exploitation, forced labor, or involvement in criminal activities'

The reality that America now faces actually is worse than the end result of Joe Biden's administration essentially opening America's borders and allowing millions of illegal aliens to enter, including gang members and other criminals.

It's because tens of thousands of children came to the border, and were lost.

A report from Just the News explains a report from the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security confirms that from 2019 to 2023, mostly during Joe Biden's administration, more than 448,000 unaccompanied minors were moved to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Most were released to sponsors.

"However, more than 31,000 of the children's release addresses were blank, missing apartment numbers, or otherwise incomplete," the report explained.

The IG assessed that the problem is huge, and the threat to children is great:

"Without an ability to monitor the location and status of UACs, ICE is unable to facilitate court appearances and has no assurance UACs are safe from trafficking, exploitation, forced labor, or involvement in criminal activities that may pose a risk to local communities," the report said.

The report explains, "After meeting with more than 140 individuals from DHS and other Federal agencies, we determined U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot effectively monitor the location and status of all unaccompanied alien children (UACs) once released or transferred from Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) custody. ICE also was not always aware of the location for UACs who fled HHS' custody."

Among the recommendations the IG proposed is to have the acting ICE director "review and revise as needed Memoranda of Agreement and the Joint Concept of Operations between ICE and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and continue to work on information-sharing agreements related to unaccompanied alien children."

Further, the same power structure needs to develop and implement a formal process "to review ICE system data and identify inaccurate and incomplete addresses for unaccompanied alien children and share this information externally with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.":

Third would be for a plan to work on the backlog of unserved Notices to Appear for unaccompanied alien children.

Finally, officials need to update guidance to make sure the structure elevates cases when there are "concerns regarding the safety or circumstances of unaccompanied alien children."

The IG warned, after all, that "as of October 2024, more than 600 UACs, who were released to sponsors, were later arrested in the United States."

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An American woman who was detained for weeks in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has been released and now is safe in the hands of the Qataris.

According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Faye Hall was released Thursday following a court order and with logistical support from Qatar in its role as the United States's protecting power in Afghanistan.

Hall was detained on charges of using a drone without authorization in February.

In a heartwarming video, the released American thanked President Trump for her release and mentioned other women being held in Afghan jails.

"Mr. President, I voted for you twice. First of all, I'm so glad you are in the office. It's the new era, and in this situation, I'm glad you are the president," Hall said.

"Thank you for bringing me home. I've never been so proud to be an American citizen. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want you to know all the women in the Afghan jail they always ask me, 'When is Trump coming?' Truly they just treat you like their savior. They're waiting for you to come and set them free," she added. "Just sends regards and just don't want to forget all those women still in jail and don't have any rights. Thank you, Mr. President, and God bless you."

The Examiner reports that Hall was received at the Qatari Embassy in Kabul and has been confirmed to be in good health after undergoing a series of medical checks. Arrangements are currently underway for her return to the U.S.

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Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, Space X, and X, has a fourth job as the chief of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with finding corruption, fraud, waste, and criminal behavior in the federal government's spending programs and eliminating it.

He and his team members were interviewed by Bret Baier on Fox News, and he revealed that he believes the effort will be able to save taxpayers $1 trillion within the first 130 days of its work.

At the Federalist, a summary of the interview explained he revealed the "6 unbelievably scammy federal practices" that have been uncovered so far.

The report, from Joy Pullman, executive editor of the publication, explained Musk said if a commercial company operated the way the federal government has been spending money, it would go bankrupt, and "the officers would be arrested."

Among the revelations was that the federal government was paying nearly $1 billion for an "online national parks survey."

The problem? It "resulted in no changes or other outcomes as a result of giving the survey."

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Persecution of Christians is common from Islamists, those who take the Quran's instructions at face value and try to kill the "believers."

It's found routinely across the Middle East and North Africa, where Muslims often are the majority of the population.

But now there's a new threat to those who follow the Bible: In India, where Hindus repeatedly have launched violent attacks.

A report from the American Center for Law and Justice describes the "disturbing escalation" in that activity against the minority Christians, who make up only 2.3% of the nation's 1.4 billion population.

The "increasing hostility and violence" is not just about intolerance; "it's about the fundamental human rights that are being violated every day," the report said.

Last year, the United Christian Forum, which focuses on human rights, confirmed 834 instances of violence against Christians in India, up from 601 the year before.

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Joe Biden's dogs "Major" and "Commander" already are known to have attacked White House personnel, bitten Secret Service agents, and generally terrified staff members.

Now a new report confirms that the Bidens had a third dog, "Champ," that also posed a threat.

A report in the Washington Examiner outlines the details uncovered by Judicial Watch, a government watchdog organization.

The report describes "Champ," a German shepherd, as "so threatening that agents and outdoor staff were warned to stay away from the second family's yard when the dog was out, and, failing that, they were advised to yell the dog's name as he charged because he sometimes stopped when called."

Those threats erupted while Biden was vice president, while incidents involving "Major" and "Commander" happened later, in the White House.

Judicial Watch reported getting Secret Service emails outlining the dangers, through a Freedom of Information Act process.

Previous evidence showed that the other two Biden German shepherds, "Major" and "Commander" sometimes drew blood and ripped clothing, the report said.

"The attacks suggested that the Bidens were poor trainers and custodians of their pets. Judicial Watch had reported that the former president was, at times, cruel to his dogs. In one report, they quoted a source that said Biden 'punched and kicked his dogs,'" the Examiner explained.

Judicial Watch chief Tom Fitton explained, "\No wonder the Secret Service is a mess. Biden's dogs terrorized agents and White House personnel for a decade, and nothing was done about it until Judicial Watch exposed the dangerous scandal."

"Champ" was with the Bidens before he was elected president and moved into the White House with the family. He died in 2021.

A younger dog at the time, "Major" then succeeded, but was given to friends after being "aggressive around staff and security."

Later, "Commander" was brought in by the Bidens, and he "attacked agents 24 times while the Bidens lived in the White House."

Eventually, in 2023, he was "sent away."

Judicial Watch released documentation of multiple concerns:

In 2012 a worker complained, "I need a couple of days off! Champ just tried to attack me!"

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As a Democrat in Congress suggests President Donald Trump should investigate and possibly deport first lady Melania Trump, DOGE leader Elon Musk is now reacting.

At an anti-DOGE protest in Los Angeles on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said:

"When he [Trump] talks about birthright, and he's going to undo the fact that the Constitution allows those who are born here, even if the parents are undocumented, they have a right to stay in America."

"If he wants to start looking so closely to find those who were born here and their parents were undocumented, maybe he ought to first look at Melania."

"We don't know whether or not her parents were documented. And maybe we better just take a look," she added.

Waters was alluding to an executive order by President Trump banning birthright citizenship, as it clarifies the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Musk reposted a Fox News story about the event, and said early Wednesday: "At some point, the many crimes of Maxine Waters will catch up to her."

Emma Colton of Fox News reported: "Melania Trump was born in the former Yugoslavia and became a U.S. citizen in 2006, according to official government biographies of the first lady. She is the first U.S. first lady to become a naturalized citizen, and the second first lady to be born outside the U.S. – following President John Quincy Adams' wife Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, who was born in London in 1775.

"The first lady sponsored her parents, who were also from current-day Slovenia, for green cards and then citizenship after securing her own citizenship, the New York Times reported in 2018. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, the first lady's parents, officially became U.S. citizens in 2018. Amalija Knavs died in 2024, while her father Viktor Knavs has been spotted with the Trump family during public events in recent months, including sitting next to first son Barron Trump during the inauguration."

During the Los Angeles protest, waters also said: "We are here because we are not going to let Trump, we're not going to let Elon Musk, his co-president, or anybody else take the United States Constitution down."

Online commenters were not kind to Waters, saying:

"When they start investigating Maxine Waters, they will likely need a whole server of space to catalog the crime she is involved in. … She has her hands in everything."

"Can we deport Maxine Waters? At least from any government position? Bless her heart, she just needs to go."

"She's mentally ill. She called for violence against MAGA Republicans during President Trump's first term and a lot of innocent people were harmed. She should be removed from office immediately."

"Maxine is a diabolical Democrat who only plays the opposition for the sake of it. This woman stood in front of a crowd of homeless people and told them to go home. She is an a*****e and has the most punchable face."

"If Congress needed a village idiot, Maxine Waters would be the lifelong incumbent. In a just era, she'd be run out of Washington on horseback."

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'I decided that I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself'

Vice President JD Vance announced Tuesday he will be joining his wife, Usha, on a trip to Greenland this week.

"There was so much excitement around Usha's visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself. And so, I'm gonna join her," Vance said in a video he posted on X.

"I'm gonna visit some of our guardians in the Space Force in the northwest coast of Greenland, and also just check out what's going on with the security there of Greenland. As you know, it's really important.
"A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and, of course, to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're gonna check out how things are going there.

"Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security of the entire world.

"Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long. That's been bad for Greenland. It's also been bad for the security of the entire world. We think we can take things in a different direction, so I'm gonna go check it out."

As WND reported Sunday, the White House made the announcement for the trip by America's Second Lady and her son, but the vice president was not part of the original plan.

The White House said on Sunday: "Second Lady Usha Vance will travel to Greenland with her son and a United States delegation to visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland's national dogsled race.
"The race brings together approximately 37 mushers and 444 dogs in a remarkable display of speed, skill, and teamwork. Ms. Vance and the delegation are excited to witness this monumental race and celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity."

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PALM BEACH, Florida – The nation's top cop says the highest court in America will "get involved" in the cases of "out-of-control" federal judges who are working to thwart the agenda of President Donald Trump.

Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said concerning U.S. District Judge James Boasberg halting deportation flights of violent criminals, "The Supreme Court will get involved."

"This is an out-of-control judge, a federal judge trying to control our entire foreign policy and he cannot do it."

"He is trying to ask us about national security information, which he is absolutely not entitled to, We are appealing. We will be in court on Monday again. We will win. We will prevail.