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-Lurid Crime Tales-
DC US Attorney Puts TikToker on Notice After She Calls For Assassination of Elon Musk
[AmericanGreatness] A left-wing New Yorker who posted a video on TikTok calling for the liquidation of DOGE chief Elon Musk has attracted the attention of the Trump Justice Department.

In the video, posted on X by Libs of TikTok, Sarah C. Roberts blatantly threatens Musk and admits to not paying taxes for the past eight years.

Musk responded to the video on X, CC’ing U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin, and writing: "Death threat and multiple counts of tax fraud."

"Duly noted, thx for letting us know," Martin replied. "We’ll put you in the system, talk soon, ma’am."
Screenshot can be seen at the link.
Roberts also has an Instagram account, which she has set to private. Her bio indicates that she identifies as "she/her" and claims to "bring value and bless lives."

The account links to a radical black trans "collective" called "Brooklyn Liberation" that advocates for "trans youth."

Arrested Indiana Man Threatened to 'Gut' DOGE Head Elon Musk

[Breitbart] A 28-year-old Indiana man is accused of making violent threats against Elon Musk on social media.

The suspect, David Cherry, was arrested by Indiana State Police on Tuesday after law enforcement officials in Texas alerted them to the situation, Fox 7 reported Friday.

“In an affidavit filed Thursday in Harrison County, Indiana Superior Court, investigators identified several posts made on social media platform X under the username @effective_pawn,” the report said.

The account allegedly replied to a post by Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), stating, “We’re gunning you down, next Muskrat.”

Another reply from the account said, “You’re robbing the American people. We will gut you and parade your corpse through the streets,” while yet another one stated, “I am going to plant a bomb in Elon Musk’s house.”

The Indiana officers were able to ping a cellphone to locate Cherry, who they found working at a Batteries Plus in Clarksville, Indiana. He was taken into custody at the location, and later told police he posted the statements to be “edgy” and get attention.

Police confiscated an AR-15-style rifle, a handgun, ammunition, and a ballistic vest from the suspect’s residence.

In addition, Newsweek reported that “Cherry owns an online store called Red Pawn Dynamics, which sells Communist, anarchist and political themed merchandise.”

Officials charged him with Level 5 felony intimidation. He was cut loose after being given a $2,500 cash bond and is expected to appear in court for pre-trial hearings in March and July.

A few weeks ago, Boston University assistant media technician Jared May allegedly posted on the social media platform Bluesky a “Wanted Dead or Alive” image showing the names and photos of DOGE workers, Breitbart News reported February 5.

The news comes after President Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts in 2024. In September, an Idaho man threatened to “personally” kill Trump, reportedly making the threats in phone calls to the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

In November, Breitbart News reported that several of Trump’s cabinet picks also had their lives threatened.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

NOTE: To all Far Left Liberals and etc. This isn't the Obama/Biden era anymore. Threats to kill anyone now result in Prison, not a paid guest appearance on The View.

BTW: Thank-you for letting us know about your tax problem.
Rest assured, there are IRS workers looking to add something to their weekly Work Log records. It should be quickly addressed.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 4:00 Comments || Top||

#2  40 golf courses is a problem all on its own.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/26/2025 8:39 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Fury as Trump's drug chief quits to join Pfizer for mega salary in move slammed as 'conflict of interest'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Health experts have expressed conflict of interest concerns after the FDA's drug chief quit for a top job in Big Pharma.

Pfizer announced this week that Dr Patrizia Cavazzoni, former director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), will join the company as its chief medical officer.

Though the exact salary is unknown, job posting sites suggest the position pays up to $500,000 per year before bonuses, more than the $400,000 per year the president of the United States makes.

The move comes amid criticism from newly elected health chief Robert F Kennedy Junior, who has accused the FDA of being too beholden to industry influence, as nearly two-thirds of the agency's funding comes from the pharmaceutical companies it regulates.

Health experts told DailyMail.com Dr Cavazzoni's new post 'proves RFK Jr's point' about the 'revolving door' between health agencies and Big Pharma.
Yes, but now she is no longer on the government payroll, and her replacement will be very different — assuming her position is not cut altogether.
Dr Cavazzoni held her position at CDER from 2020 until last month, resigning just before President Donald Trump's return to office and the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as Department of Health and Human Services secretary.

Dr Cavazzoni, who previously worked at Pfizer before joining the FDA in 2018, is the latest in a long line of former health officials jumping ship for Big Pharma.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 02:38 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

And the evidence keeps piling up regarding the Scamdemic/Clot-shot.

"Dr Cavazzoni, who previously worked at Pfizer before joining the FDA in 2018,..."
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 4:51 Comments || Top||

#2  So, it wasn't Trump's Drug Chief, it was Biden's. FIFY you limey ponces.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/26/2025 8:34 Comments || Top||

#3  New audit for the IRS approved
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/26/2025 8:53 Comments || Top||

#4  So, it wasn't Trump's Drug Chief, it was Biden's. FIFY you limey ponces

Yeah. If the headline doesn't look right, just read the whole story and you might find it really isn't right.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Trump is probably glad to get rid of her.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Dr Cavazzoni held her position at CDER from 2020 until last month, resigning just before President Donald Trump's return to office and the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as Department of Health and Human Services secretary.

Christ Daily Mail, you are clowning yourself.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/26/2025 13:15 Comments || Top||

#7  Perfidious Albion must perfide?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 13:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Maybe a good review of all the Pfizer medications, etc. approved by Ms. Cavazzon is warranted?

Ya know, just make sure the process was done right because I can think of a couple that may not have been thoroughly vetted. such as certain vaccaines...
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 02/26/2025 18:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Oh, there's fury alright, and this move just confirms it.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/26/2025 19:48 Comments || Top||

#10  #7 May I borrow that?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/26/2025 21:54 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Maduro Surrenders to Trump, Exposes Biden, CIA & FBI in Shocking Conspiracy
[X]


In case the video doesn't load Since Its 28 mins long, here's the link: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1894171324093812897Venezuelan

Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro has surrendered to President Donald Trump, handing over damning state evidence that reveals former President Joe Biden, the FBI, and the CIA worked with George Soros and his son Jonathan to unleash the violent Tren de Aragua gang on the United States. Soros, a malevolent billionaire bent on dismantling nations for his own power and profit, has funneled money through his Open Society Foundations to orchestrate this chaos, directing Biden to flood America with Venezuelan criminals while propping up corrupt district attorneys to keep them on the streets. Behind it all, Soros and his empire have weaponized immigration, crime, and drugs—including a direct link to China’s fentanyl trade—to destabilize the U.S., only to be thwarted by Trump’s vow to crush the deep state.

MADURO’S CONFESSION: BIDEN AND SOROS UNLEASHED TREN DE ARAGUA
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, Maduro publicly admitted during a regime event that the Biden administration facilitated the expansion of Tren de Aragua, a terrorist gang once confined to Venezuela, into Colombia and then the United States. “I say to President Donald Trump with respect, ask for the reports of the last four years from the FBI and the DEA, from the offices in Colombia,” Maduro declared, “so that you can see who financed, who moved, who directed the famous Tren de Aragua, who brought it to the United States.” He pointed the finger squarely at Biden, claiming the gang was used “with deep ties to the former Biden administration” to export terrorism from Venezuela to American cities.

Maduro’s regime once nurtured Tren de Aragua, letting it thrive under lenient prison policies and the pranato system, where gang leaders like Héctor “The Child” Guerrero ran Tocorón prison like a criminal kingdom—complete with a zoo, casino, and cryptocurrency farm, all guarded by the Venezuelan National Guard. In September 2023, Maduro staged a fake “raid” on Tocorón, allowing Guerrero and his lieutenants to escape through tunnels to a nearby lake, emptying the prison and setting the stage for the gang’s international rampage. Within weeks, Tren de Aragua surfaced in Chicago, New York, South Carolina, Louisiana, and beyond, running sex trafficking rings, robberies, and fentanyl operations—all thanks to Biden’s open-border policies.
Much more at the link. George Soros plays a feature role, though I suspect he wasn’t giving orders so much as finding like-minded partners..

Posted by: 3dc || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 
Given the O'Biden Coup and operational agenda.
The statements, at face value, are very plausible.

But then, there is the obvious underlaying question :

Can we trust the words of Dictator Maduro?
Or is he playing Political Psychology to cause greater problems in DC?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 3:46 Comments || Top||

#2  as others have said here in times past-embrace the power of "and"!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/26/2025 11:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Can we trust the words of Dictator Maduro?

No. But you can use them.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 12:26 Comments || Top||

#4  I don't like it. Reads too smooth.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 12:33 Comments || Top||

#5  Could be Maduro was expecting more of a payoff than he ended up getting and decided to spill a few beans. It would be interesting to examine those FBI and DEA records as he suggests.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Er, that is, if they're not already shredded and erased from the hard drives.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:20 Comments || Top||

#7  Doesn’t the NSA back up all that stuff, Abu Uluque?
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 13:23 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ I understand that SOP is to have a server in your basement bathroom
Posted by: Frank G || 02/26/2025 13:37 Comments || Top||

#9  tw, backups are just extra disk or tape files. They can be "lost" or destroyed as well.
Posted by: Rambler || 02/26/2025 13:40 Comments || Top||

#10  Ah. Two learnings for today. Thank you for explaining, Abu Uluque.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 13:51 Comments || Top||

#11  I understand that SOP is to have a server in your basement bathroom.

Between Bill (& Bill's defenders) killing the concepts of honesty and shame and Hillary (and her supporters) killing the concept of transparency in government, they certainly accomplished a lot. Personal email accounts deliberately used to circumvent public records and a private server--anyone else would have done prison time for such acts.
Posted by: Crusader || 02/26/2025 15:34 Comments || Top||

#12  I've never been there so I wouldn't know for sure but, if they have a competent (and honest) IT department, everything gets backed up and archived somewhere. I think it's probably a matter of who has access to the vault where the backups are stored. But I wouldn't want to get caught attempting to erase a backup tape.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 18:00 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Newsom asks Congress for $40 billion in fire aid, masking weak CA finances, primes NGO windfall
[JustTheNews] After an official state audit found $24 billion in state homelessness spending was not sufficiently tracked or evaluated, Newsom launched a statewide “accountability” website on homelessness.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $40 billion fire aid request to Congress masks pre-fire budget woes and primes billions for nongovernmental organizations — largely government-funded groups providing government-type services.

Going into the new year, California’s largest cities, including Los Angeles, were already in weak fiscal shape.

Los Angeles City Controller Kevin Mejia said the city is “broke” and may soon be required to declare a fiscal emergency to make withdrawals from protected reserves after spending half of its reserves in the past year.

“Just one year ago, the reserve fund was historically strong, at $648 million,” said Mejia. “Less than three months into this fiscal year, the city is again dipping into its reserves to pay for liability claims (already $170M over budget). It’s getting close to going below the 2.75% mark, which when that happens, City Council must make a finding of a fiscal emergency.”

Newsom’s proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, drafted before the fire, would withdraw $7 billion from reserves but lead to what the Legislative Analyst’s Office said would be “annual operating deficits beginning in 2026‑27 — growing from about $20 billion to about $30 billion.”

The state and local governments’ poor record of accountability suggests the funds may not be allocated well or fairly.

After an official state audit found $24 billion in state homelessness spending was not sufficiently tracked or evaluated, Newsom launched a statewide “accountability” website on homelessness, which provides little information beyond the total number of local homeless counted once per year and vague behavioral health statistics. Notably, this dashboard does not include homelessness spending and the number of people who have exited homelessness, which makes it difficult to use the dashboard to assess homelessness spending outcomes.

At the more local level, the chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which oversees nearly a billion dollars per year combined city and county homelessness spending, was recently found by LAIst to have “inadvertently” signed millions of dollars of contracts to the nonprofit her husband works at, violating the organization’s conflict-of-interest policy.

LAHSA CEO Va Lecia Adams Kellum earns $430,000 per year, or more than Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Bass initially hired Adams Kellum as a consultant for a no-bid contract on homelessness advising for $60,000 for work she did between Feb. 6 and May 23 2023, or about $1,300 per day (including weekends).

Notably, Newsom’s executive order on disaster relief created a 60-day reporting extension for required ethics disclosures of behested payments or conflicts of interest for government officials in Los Angeles County, which — as billions of dollars comes flooding in — could lead to similar situations and possible impropriety.
Details at the link.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 03:41 || Comments || Link || [11142 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  With Biden out of office, Newsom could well be the biggest crook in the country.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:30 Comments || Top||

#2  No
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/26/2025 15:16 Comments || Top||


FBI Director Kash Patel starts purge of 'undercover' James Comey agents who 'infiltrated' Trump's...
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The FBI is beginning an investigation into an alleged accusation against former FBI director James Comey, after a whistleblower accused him of using female 'honeypot' agents to infiltrate the Trump campaign.

An agency whistleblower revealed details of the scheme, accusing Comey of launching an off-the-books investigation into Trump's campaign in 2015, according to Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket.

Details of the operation was revealed in a protected disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee in 2024, according to the Times.

Two female FBI undercover agents were drafted to infiltrate Trump's 2016 campaign as 'honeypots' the report noted.

The term 'Honeypots' refers to undercover agents feigning romantic interest with individuals within an organization to gain access from a specific target.

The whistleblower said in the disclosure that Comey 'personally knew' and 'personally directed' the operation even though it was off the books.

Comey was assisted by then-Deputy Director Dave Bowdich and Paul Abbate, according to the disclosure.

The undercover agents allegedly targeted campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who was the focus of Comey's early efforts to scrutinize the Trump operation.

The FBI declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com about the story.

The news suggests that Patel will pursue investigations of past officials who targeted Trump within the FBI, even though he indicated he had no interest in doing so during his Senate confirmation hearings.

'I have no interest, no desire and will not, if confirmed, go backwards,' Patel said during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. 'There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 02:12 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under:



DNI Tulsi Gabbard moves to terminate, revoke security clearances of NSA employees tied to explicit chatrooms
[FoxNews] President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence is taking action against federal employees within the intelligence community for alleged ties to explicit conversations on an internal agency messaging board.

DNI Tulsi Gabbard put out a directive Tuesday to terminate the employment of and revoke the security clearances of employees who participated in obscene and explicit chatrooms on the National Security Agency's (NSA) "Intelink" messaging platform.

"There are over 100 people from across the intelligence community that contributed to and participated in... what is really just an egregious violation of trust. What to speak of, like basic rules and standards around professionalism," Gabbard said on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Tuesday.

Federal employees are under investigation for allegedly misusing an internal agency messaging board to dish on their sexual fantasies under the guise of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), officials say.

Chat logs from the National Security Agency's (NSA) "Intelink" messaging platform, obtained by researchers from the conservative Manhattan Institute reportedly via sources within the NSA, revealed employees from various intelligence agencies discussing their experiences with gender-reassignment surgery, artificial genitalia, hormone therapy, polyamory and pronoun usage. Some of these agencies reportedly include the Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Naval Intelligence and the NSA.

This NSA chat shows how 'completely nuts' DEI partisans are, Buck Sexton saysVideo
After the Intelink chat logs were released Monday, an NSA spokesperson indicated to Fox News Digital that it was "actively investigating" potential abuses of the agency-operated messaging platform.

"We got to take a step back because this is just barely scratching the surface," Gabbard told Fox News host Jesse Watters.

"When you see what these people were saying,... they were brazen in using an NSA platform intended for professional use to conduct this kind of really, really horrific behavior. And they were brazen in doing this because when was the last time anyone was really held accountable? Certainly not over the last four years, certainly not over the last 10, maybe 20 years, and we look at some of the biggest violations of the American people's trust in the intelligence community."

Gabbard previously called the uncovered behavior "unacceptable," writing on social media that "those involved WILL be held accountable."

"These disgusting chat groups were immediately shut down when [the president] issued his EO ending the DEI insanity the Biden Admin was obsessed with," Gabbard wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday evening. "Our IC must be focused on our core mission: ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people."
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 01:48 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:


Former USAID employees will get 15 minutes to collect personal belongings from shuttered DC office
[NY Post] Fired US Agency for International Development employees will be "escorted" to their desks and have "15 minutes" to collect personal belongings from the gutted agency’s Washington headquarters later this week, according to a notice from USAID.

USAID posted the "specific instructions" former staffers must follow in order to retrieve personal effects from the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, DC, on the agency’s website Tuesday.

The agency warned ex-employees that if they don’t show up during assigned timeslots on Thursday or Friday, or designate a staffer to retrieve their belongings, their stuff will be stashed in a government warehouse and could be damaged or lost.

"All staff and their property will undergo magnetometer and x-ray machine screening upon entry," read the notice. "Staff will then be escorted to their workspace, where they will be permitted to collect their personal items."
"Don't even think about touching that computer or keyboard!"
"Staff will be given approximately 15 minutes to complete this retrieval and must be finished removing items within their time slot only," the agency added. "Staff with a significant amount of personal belongings to retrieve must be cognizant of time; however, flexibility may be granted in select circumstances with the approval of the Office of Security."
Posted by: Frank G || 02/26/2025 00:38 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  He, he, he.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  “We don’t like you at all, but we have to make the gesture.”

Wow.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 1:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Parading the witches to the gallows.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 3:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Make sure that they're supervised while cleaning up their spaces.

Stuff might get 'broken' or disappear.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/26/2025 5:44 Comments || Top||



Dolton ‘Dictator' Tiffany Henyard destroyed in Dem primary following scandal-ridden mayoral term
[NY Post] This self-proclaimed "super mayor" is now a super loser.

Dolton "Dictator" Tiffany Henyard suffered a landslide loss in Tuesday’s Democratic primary after more than a year of seedy scandals, wild antics and haughty remarks finally caught up to her at the ballot box.

The under-fire Illinois mayor finally ran into her kryptonite — voters in her own Chicago suburb who overwhelmingly picked village Trustee Jason House as the Democratic nominee.

With all precincts reporting, House notched nearly 88% of the vote while Henyard gained a measly 12%, according to Cook County election results.

Earlier Tuesday, Henyard confidently claimed she would easily win, making clear, "I see no competition," according to Fox 32.

"Come be part of me making history once again," she crowed on Facebook.

"I’m calling for my base, I’m calling for all the people that love the super mayor, who say you support me, I need you to show up and show out," Henyard added, a request that apparently fell on deaf ears.

House, who was once an ally of Henyard, told CBS Chicago he was ecstatic as he declared victory.

"The voters have spoken. They’ve spoken in a loud way," House said.

"And I’ve said it before — I’ll always say it — this does not represent Dolton. We had one rogue individual," he added in reference to Henyard. "Dolton is proud, and we are happy that we’re ready to change the narrative."

Meanwhile, Henyard told WGN following the results, "The people have spoken."

"God must have a different plan for me," she added, seemingly accepting her defeat.

Leading up to the primary, the 40-year-old pol, who was first elected mayor in 2021, was dogged by an avalanche of damaging accusations and sordid headlines that led to constituent fury.

She faced accusations of overseeing off-the-rails spending with Dolton village government becoming the focus of an FBI probe last year.

The mayor recently jumped into a raucous brawl at a town board meeting in Thorntown where she serves as supervisor, though she lost the Democratic nomination for that position earlier this year.

She has consistently defended herself against the stinging criticism and accusations, calling it a smear campaign and blasting fake news.

“I want to heal my community after this,” the divisive character said online before later arguing there was voter suppression in the village because a polling place was moved.

Henyard’s entire slate of candidates also lost to candidates that ran with House, according to results.
Henyard's slate of candidates all lost.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:


Trump Fires Joint Chiefs of Staff After Alleged Coup Plot Exposed by James O’Keefe Video
[X: Project Constitution]


(Watch The Video Here) https://x.com/ProjectConstitu/status/1893527590087852473

Feb 22, 2025 - Washington, D.C.

In a stunning and unprecedented move, President Donald Trump has fired the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking military officers in the United States, following allegations of a plot to undermine his authority. The dramatic shakeup, announced late Friday night, February 21, 2025, stems from a controversial video released by investigative journalist James O’Keefe on January 15, 2025, which purportedly exposed a high-level Pentagon official discussing secret meetings to defy and potentially overthrow Trump if he issued orders deemed controversial by military leadership. The firings have ignited a firestorm of debate, with some hailing it as a bold defense of civilian control over the military, while others decry it as a dangerous politicization of the armed forces.

THE O’KEEFE VIDEO: A BOMBSHELL REVELATION
The saga began on January 15, 2025, when O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) released undercover footage featuring Jamie Mannina, a senior advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former FBI special agent.
Also an arrogant fool with suboptimal situational awareness. But do go on…
In the video, Mannina, employed by defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, was recorded speaking with an undercover OMG journalist. He allegedly admitted to participating in a “huge meeting with military leaders” in a secure Pentagon room known as “The Tank,” a Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility (SCIF). According to Mannina, these discussions involved retired generals—some as high-ranking as four-star officers—and focused on strategies to “protect people from Trump” and explore “what we can do” to counter his incoming administration.

Mannina’s statements painted a picture of a clandestine effort within the military establishment to resist Trump’s authority. He claimed to have been in conversations with retired generals since the spring of 2024, working through a 501(c)(4) organization to obscure their involvement. “This organization tried to defeat Donald Trump,” Mannina said, adding that he had ghostwritten over 100 opinion columns for generals to sway public opinion against Trump during the election cycle.
Golly. Imagine by how much more The Donald would have won by, had it not been for Mr. Mannina’s feverish efforts.
He also expressed concerns about Trump’s potential orders, suggesting the military might need to act to preserve national security or democratic norms.

The confrontation that followed was equally explosive. O’Keefe ambushed Mannina outside a Washington, D.C., restaurant, presenting him with the footage. Mannina reacted angrily, shouting, “Get the f*** out of here!” and calling O’Keefe a “known liar” and “fraud,” though he failed to specify any inaccuracies when pressed. Within hours, the Pentagon confirmed Mannina’s termination from his contracted role, with Joint Staff Public Affairs Spokesman Joseph Holstead stating that his views did not reflect those of the military leadership.

TRUMP’S RESPONSE: A SWIFT AND DECISIVE PURGE
The January video set off alarm bells within Trump’s transition team, already wary of “deep state” resistance from his first term. Sources close to the administration suggest that the footage fueled suspicions of a broader conspiracy within the Pentagon. By February 21, 2025, just over a month into his second term, Trump acted decisively. In a Truth Social post, he announced the firing of General Charles “CQ” Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanking him for his 40 years of service but offering no specific reason for the dismissal. Minutes later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed with a statement confirming the removal of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General James Slife, and the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Reports indicate that Trump’s team linked the alleged plot to a faction of military leaders perceived as loyal to former Chairman Mark Milley, whom Trump has long criticized. Milley, who retired in 2023, was quoted in Bob Woodward’s 2024 book War calling Trump “fascist to the core,” a statement that deepened the rift between Trump and the military establishment. A source familiar with the transition told Reuters that the administration aimed to purge “every single person elevated and appointed by Milley,” suggesting the firings were part of a broader effort to root out perceived disloyalty.

Critics, however, question the video’s context and O’Keefe’s credibility. Mannina’s statements, while provocative, lack specific details about actionable plans, and some argue they reflect personal frustrations rather than an organized conspiracy. The Joint Staff clarified that Mannina was not an advisor to General Brown or the Joint Chiefs directly, but rather a contractor in the J6 C4 & Cyber division.
Deflection. Mr. Mannina made it clear in the recorded conversation that this was a side gig as a favour to the eminent parties involved, not his regular job.
Skeptics on X and in mainstream outlets like CNN have accused O’Keefe of selective editing, a critique leveled at his past work with Project Veritas. Still, the Pentagon’s swift firing of Mannina lent credence to the video’s impact, if not its full narrative.

Posted by: 3dc || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11139 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Yesterday, shredding Generals.
Today, DC Homeless.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 1:20 Comments || Top||

#2  These are the Washington Generals. The Globetrotters don't f*&k around
Posted by: Frank G || 02/26/2025 1:32 Comments || Top||

#3 

2025 - The year our Government again answers to We The People.

This might also explain, the sudden document shredding, in the DOD, DOJ, FBI by various "special" groups and individuals


QUESTION: When will we see these treasonous people on trial for their crimes?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 3:28 Comments || Top||

#4  It's That Time Again
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 5:29 Comments || Top||

#5  headline should have been

"Trump fires contractor to Joint Chiefs....Video"
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/26/2025 9:08 Comments || Top||

#6  Lincoln cashiered a lot of generals till he found a team that would work. A good number of senior officers of 1941 didn't make it to 1943, yet Eisenhower who was a major in 1935 made 5 star less than 10 years later. Let talent override box checking.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/26/2025 10:12 Comments || Top||

#7  Skeptics on X and in mainstream outlets like CNN have accused O’Keefe of selective editing, a critique leveled at his past work with Project Veritas.

And if anybody knows about selective editing, it would be the folks at mainstream outlets like CNN.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:40 Comments || Top||

#8  ^6 In 1863 Congress abolished the DC Federal District court and immediately organized a replacement court, excluding a difficult Federal Judge Merrick who had been interfering with the Union's Civil War efforts. Perhaps that was their way of "cashiering" him. He was not impeached, either.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 02/26/2025 19:46 Comments || Top||


DOGE Discovers ‘Career Civil Service Workers’ At Over 40 DC Golf Courses Friday Afternoons On The Taxpayer’s Dime
[AmericanTribune] The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly discovered that babus government employees in the Washington, D.C. area are taking to the golf course on Friday afternoons, filling up public courses across the nation’s capital. The news sparked uproar from conservatives as the Trump administration seeks to rein in the federal government and cut waste.

The popular conservative commentator Amuse wrote on X, "DOGE: There are 40 public golf courses in the Washington DC area. On Fridays the tee sheets are filled with the names of career civil service workers. Does your boss let you ’work’ from the golf course?" President Trump also criticized work-from-home protocols within the federal government, stating that it was being abused to play tennis and golf.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Drain the Swamp.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 3:48 Comments || Top||

#2  And these were not executives conducting informal business
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/26/2025 15:59 Comments || Top||


The Swalwell Tapes: 24 hr rule....
[X]
… by a group of lobbyists he’d JUST MET, spilling intimate details about his job and asking for HELP CHEATING ON HIS WIFE.
Oh ick.
MASSIVE national security threat. This guy should have his clearances revoked.

Swalwell spent his dinner bragging about “ORGlES” on Capitol Hill, telling them he’s bored of his wife and “only wants to f*ck tens.”

Worse, he spoke about ABUSlNG his power on the House Intel Committee (which he’s since been booted off of), saying he pushed to SUBPOENA Ivanka Trump because she’s “hot as f*ck”

THIS GUY MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. He CANNOT keep his freaking mouth shut.

After I began questioning him, Swalwell jumped back into the group of lobbyists to hide from me, but I pressed on.

Dude looked absolutely TERRIFIED and 100% guilty. He knows he’s been caught.

More to come later. I have about an hour and a half of audio to go through 😉

And big shoutout to
@LauraLoomer
for assisting me with digging into this clown while I was focusing on listening in!
Posted by: Chiter Glerong7709 || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Many repeats of the same video conversation. Multiple sources, nothing new.

WOW! HOLY WOW! Nick Sortor's Encounter With a Sleazy DRUNK Eric Swalwell Is OFF-THE-CHARTS Crazy (Watch)y threat”

[Video] Top Dem lawmaker hammered drunk at restaurant!?

'He cannot keep his freaking mouth shut': Watch Dem congressman panic when confronted about his Chinese spy girlfriend * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

Drunk Swalwell Exposed for Lewd Boasts and Anti-Musk Hypocrisy


Posted by: Skidmark || 02/26/2025 3:18 Comments || Top||

#2 

NOW awaiting reports of his Arrest, his wife's divorce filing and her public release of classified documents he had "accidentally" hidden at home.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 4:13 Comments || Top||

#3  AKA "Farticus Rex"
Posted by: Warthog || 02/26/2025 9:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Thing is, none of what he's done is illegal in California. Or even frowned on.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/26/2025 10:13 Comments || Top||


Biden IRS leaked 405,000 taxpayer files, incl Donald Trump
[X]

405,000 is considerably more than the 70,000 the IRS reported in 2024 that Mr. Charles Littlejohn had “inappropriately disclosed”.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:



Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) funneled millions to his wife’s environmental nonprofit, and she pocketed $2.7 million.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Corruption, yes. Treason involves helping the nation’s enemies. This is not that.

Posted by: Fred || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Doesn't matter what's after his name, break the law, go to jail.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/26/2025 14:42 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 15:17 Comments || Top||


Five members of the Democratic Party in Bridgeport, CT and Philadelphia have been criminally arrested and charged with numerous counts of voter fraud
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Criminally arrested"???????
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 1:41 Comments || Top||

#2 

FACT: It is getting harder and harder for the few actual Democrat Voters, MSM and others to deny the DC Swamp leaders STOLE 2016.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/26/2025 4:06 Comments || Top||

#3  I would be more interested in investigations in Virginia, Georgia and Michigan. I sort of assume that all Conn politicians are Dem and criminal. Getting arrested is different, but the Conn voters will probably re-elect all of them.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/26/2025 5:33 Comments || Top||

#4  They had to cheat in CT?
Posted by: Throlush Dark Lord of the Nebraskans2736 || 02/26/2025 7:50 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ They know no other way. Example, CA. Some of the biggest vote fraud takes place here. They might still be counting votes, I'm crapping you negative. Question is, why?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/26/2025 8:38 Comments || Top||

#6  The people charged in Connecticut were charged by State of Connecticut officials.

The charges relate to activity in Primary Elections, not General Elections.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/26/2025 9:20 Comments || Top||

#7  The charges relate to activity in Primary Elections, not General Elections.

They are guilty of trying to cheat fellow Democrats?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 9:34 Comments || Top||

#8  Like the scorpion and the frog, it's in their nature, they can't help themselves.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/26/2025 10:14 Comments || Top||

#9  They are guilty of trying to cheat fellow Democrats?

Can't be too careful. Gotta make sure no honest Democrat politicians make it through the primaries. I mean, who knows? There might be a few.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/26/2025 13:47 Comments || Top||

#10  Democrat - All Criminal, All the Time.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/26/2025 14:44 Comments || Top||

#11  Not so much cheating but out-bidding.

And being CT, the winner of the D primary is likely the overall winner. Pay to Play, Baby!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/26/2025 15:36 Comments || Top||


DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Finds Employees Who Leaked to the Press About Illegal Immigration Raids
[RS] Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Monday's Fox News' "Hannity" to announce she had found the leakers within DHS who are exposing the DHS and ICE raids to sweep up criminal illegal aliens. Noem said:

I have found some leakers, we are continuing to get more.

They will be fired, there will be consequences. And remember, when they leak information to the press in order to blow an Op, they are putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy. They are risking their lives and putting their families in the position where they have to live without those individuals any further. So, you bet, we have used every tactic that we have.

Noem also told Hannity that they are employing various tools to root out the bureaucratic actors who are choosing to "resist" from the inside by sabotaging these operations.

If you remember we talked, just last week, about how I'm using polygraphs to go after and to really interview these folks. Because we are a national security agency, I have that tool I can use. Also looking at their emails, looking at their communications. And it's amazing how these bureaucrats who have an agenda to stop the work that we're doing to bring safety to America, how they will sell each other down the river if it's just to protect themselves. So, don't worry, I am doing everything to find these leakers, and to get rid of them; so that we can do our work, and so our law enforcement officers and agents can do it safely.


[X]
Courtesy of Skidmark: more leakers, or the same ones?
Anti-ICE activists disrupt LA operations, post photos, names and phone numbers of agents

[FoxNews]Posters are written in Spanish and feature the sensitive personal information of agents

Flyers showing the names, pictures, and phone numbers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have surfaced in a Southern California neighborhood.

Multiple federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin that anti-ICE activists, who have been interfering with ICE operations in the Los Angeles area in recent days, have now started putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area.

The posters, which were written in Spanish, translate roughly to read "CAREFUL WITH THESE FACES."

"These armed agents work in Southern California. ICE and HSI racially terrorize and criminalize entire communities with their policies. They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities. Many people have died while locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers," the posters continued.

is unclear which activist group is putting up these posters, but ICE officials said they are aware and are investigating.

"These pathetic activists are putting targets on the backs of our law enforcement as they shield MS-13, Tren De Aragua and other vicious gangs that traffic women and children, kidnap for ransom and poison Americans with lethal drugs," a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told Fox News in a statement. "These individuals will be held accountable for obstructing the law and justice. This shouldn’t be controversial."

This comes as anti-immigration activists disrupted a planned multi-agency task force operation involving ICE, Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Sunday afternoon.

ICE officials said that the operation was part of investigations targeting criminals, and was not a raid.

Posted by: Frank G || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Maybe she will give them the Cricket treatment.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/26/2025 5:29 Comments || Top||


BERNEGGER: Senator Jon Ossoff Caught Smurfing (Money Laundering)
[GA Record] Wisconsin independent journalist, and election fraud investigator Peter Bernegger, working with CDM contributor Chris Gleason, has published evidence on his Telegram channel showing smurfing activity of the Jon Ossoff campaign.

Bernegger is releasing information on many U.S. senators, like Tom Cotton yesterday.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 02/26/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It’s almost like a lot of them are smurfing. It will be interesting to see which one cross to extremely geriatric social sucirity registrations. You would think that George Washington would be extremely surprised to know that he has and needs an SSN.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/26/2025 5:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Money or Service
Donald Trump and his appointments are almost universally losing money by going into government. The opposite was generally true for Democrats.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/26/2025 7:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Smurfing money means structuring transactions for example depositing 100k by breaking it into 40 deposits of $2500 each. This is done to reduce the probability of the bank making a Suspicious Activity Report.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/26/2025 9:16 Comments || Top||

#4  These are my Senators and Hank ‘Guam could tip over and capsize’ Johnson my rep.

BERNEGGER: Senator Raphael Warnock Caught Criminally Laundering Money Into Campaign (Smurfing)
Posted by: Beavis || 02/26/2025 10:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Thank you for the definition, Lord Garth. My learning for today!
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/26/2025 11:31 Comments || Top||



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