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A Colt M4 Trooper 5.56mm rifle seen in this photo from Colt’s website on July 13, 2025.
Officials with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s
Department are notifying the public of a department-issued assault-style
rifle and 150 rounds of ammunition missing from the trunk of a patrol
vehicle, officials announced.
The incident, according to an LASD news release, unfolded Saturday evening between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. when deputies were responding to a call for service.
“The [Colt M4] rifle had been stored in the
trunk of their patrol vehicle and is believed to have fallen out during
transit,” officials said.
Authorities added that the rifle was inside a
black, hard-shell storage case along with five magazines, each
containing 30 rounds of .223 caliber bullets.
It’s unclear exactly when the deputies
learned the assault-style rifle and ammunition was missing, but
authorities said personnel from the department’s South Los Angeles
Station immediately began a search of the station’s parking lot and
retraced the deputies’ four-mile route north on Normandie Avenue, west
on Imperial Highway, north on Hawthorne Boulevard, and west on 104th Street to Inglewood Avenue.
LASD said that surveillance footage from the
area traveled was being reviewed and that in the meantime, other local
law enforcement agencies have been notified of the missing rifle and
ammunition.
“The Sheriff’s Department has initiated an
internal review of the incident, including an evaluation of whether
policies and procedures were followed, to identify areas for improvement
and prevent future incidents from occurring,” the release stated. “The
Department is committed to transparency and accountability as we
investigate this incident.”
KTLA has reached out to the department for
comment and were told there were no updates and that officials would not
be providing a photograph of the weapon at this time.
LOS ANGELES, CA— A new directive issued June 27th from Los Angeles
Police Chief Jim McDonnell will require LAPD officers responding to
potential federal immigration enforcement actions to automatically
request a Supervisor on scene if one is not already present, verify
credentials of the supervisor or federal agent in charge if the agents’
can’t be readily identified and capturing said verifications on bodycam
footage.
The move comes following a series of ICE operations, misreported or characterized as “kidnappings,” according to LAist, and was the subject of commentary from McDonnell during the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.
The Chief told reporters that officers have been instructed to take
“appropriate enforcement action” should they determine that any
individuals participating in these actions are not legitimate federal
enforcement officers, including detention or arrest for impersonating a
peace officer.
However, McDonnell told reporters he can confirm no substantiated
incidents of anyone impersonating an ICE agent during an immigration
action.
“To my awareness, the officers, when they respond to the scenes, the
ones we’ve been there, they’ve determined they are federal enforcement
officers,” he said.
Fernando Diaz, 23, was reportedly arrested by Huntington Park Police on
Tuesday for allegedly impersonating a federal agent when he requested to
retrieve items from his vehicle while it was being impounded.
Police Chief Cosme Lozano told NBC Los Angeles, “Having learned that the
vehicle was being impounded, the individual requested to retrieve items
from the vehicle that he claimed belonged to a friend,'' Lozano said.
“When questioned by the officers about the police-like items inside the
vehicle, the individual claimed he formerly worked as a security
guard.''
Officers searched the vehicle and uncovered a loaded 9mm semi-automatic
firearm as well as documents displaying the headings of Homeland
Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a
document listing U.S. CBP radio codes, and several copies of passports
registered under various names.
Under California Law, law enforcement agencies are forbidden from
enforcing federal immigration law or cooperating with federal agencies
tasked with immigration enforcement, with few exceptions.
McDonnell addressed this on Tuesday, saying, “We understand that public
perception can be sensitive during these operations, some may see our
presence as cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. However,
our officers are being reminded and are actively communicating on scene
that their presence is solely to prevent injury, de-escalate tension,
and protect lives.”
Epstein 'cover-up' civil war exposes deep fractures and dirty secrets at the heart of MAGA
By Virginia Churchill
Daily Mail
Jul 13, 2025
When a group of MAGA 'influencers' marched out of the Oval Office holding up white binders filled with the 'Epstein files', Donald Trump's base immediately sensed something was off.
Fast-forward to five months later and Trump's cabinet is cracking wide open with FBI chiefs Dan Bongino and Kash Patel threatening to resign unless Attorney General Pam Bondi is fired.
Now ugly fractures are emerging and dirty secrets are being leaked across Washington DC.
In
the twisted web of Epstein conspiracy theories, heated anti-Israel
rhetoric has emerged at a time when Trump is already facing criticism
over supporting Benjamin Netanyahu's bombing campaign.
MAGA lawmakers like, like Marjorie Taylor Greene,
has been accused of anti-Semitism, while former Fox host Carlson is
facing claims that he is taking money from the Qatari government. Greene
and Carlson vehemently deny the allegations.
At the end of February, the White House invited
a cadre of conservative influencers for a visit, and presented them
with big white binders which purportedly contained the oft-touted
'Epstein files'.
The influencer debacle
was led by Bondi at the White House and she later assured the public
that her Department of Justice had the dossiers which were being
reviewed for release.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is using the Justice Department as Trump’s personal law firm, according to critics
Tucker
Carlson speaks to a group of 5,000 MAGA supporters at Turning Point
USA's 'Student Action Summit' in Tampa, Florida, on July 11th 2025
Undated File Picture: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell share an embrace
Steve
Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at
the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20,
2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.
Media
personality Megyn Kelly speaks at Republican presidential nominee,
former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena
on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
But it soon turned out that there was
nothing at all substantive in the white folders handed to the
influencers - and the debacle became known as 'binder gate.'
Bondi
last week was forced to retract her statement that the files were
'sitting on my desk' and instead told the American people that there
was, in fact, no 'client list'.
The DOJ released a video showing the outside of Epstein's cell at the Manhattan jail where he allegedly hanged himself.
But Trump's MAGA base is still fuming that the Epstein Files have not been entirely released to the public.
Former
Fox News personality turned independent journalist Tucker Carlson is
one the biggest voices sowing division in Trump's MAGA-right.
During
a speech at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit this weekend,
Carlson went after the Trump admin for the alleged Epstein 'cover-up.'
Conservative
internet personality Arynne Wexler told the Daily Mail that if you
listen to Carlson's latest speech at the Turning Point USA Student
Action Summit, 'he's like the narcissistic, toxic ex-boyfriend, where
nothing's ever good enough and the goalpost is ever moving and you can
never reach it.
'He's complaining that Trump hasn't done enough.'
Wexler also added that Carlson 'even insulted Riley Gaines, talking about how men on women's sports teams don't matter.'
'I mean, there was really nothing about what he said that sounded conservative or like of the right', Wexler concluded.
Conservative
internet personality Arynne Wexler told the Daily Mail that if you
listen to Carlson's latest speech at the Turning Point USA Student
Action Summit, 'he's like the narcissistic, toxic ex-boyfriend, where
nothing's ever good enough and the goalpost is ever moving and you can
never reach it.
Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly, a
one-time Trump enemy turned ally during the 2024 election wrote on X
that she was 'sure it's a relief for Pam Bondi to hear the president is
still in her corner. Unfortunately, huge swaths of the party are not.
She repeatedly misled on Epstein. Then didn't have the courage to
explain herself. Suddenly, she's camera shy & no Qs allowed. Good
luck!'
War Room podcast host and a
former White House strategist from Trump's first term Steve Bannon noted
in his own speech at the Turning Point USA Summit that in his view,
'Epstein is a key that picks the lock on so many things, not just
individuals, but also Institutions, Intelligence, Institutions, Foreign
Governments, and who was working with him on our Intelligence Apparatus
and in our Government.'
Foreign
influence in America's government and politics is something that has
been questioned on both the left and right. But, some of the biggest
characters who point fingers at others have the biggest questions about
their own backers.
During Carlson's
Turning Point speech, he made claims that both Epstein and long-term
Democrat donor turned Trump 2024 backer Bill Ackman only gained
prominence, and in turn wealth, due to secret ties to the Israeli
government.
Ackman notably promptly refuted Carlson's claims, additionally stating on X that
although he used to enjoy Carlson's Fox show, now the media mogul 'has
gone off the reservation, in particular about Iran, Israel, and the
Middle East.'
Bill Ackman, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Pershing Square Capital Management, said Tucker Carlson "has gone off the reservation, in particular about Iran, Israel, and the Middle East."
'Some say his politics relate to where his
business' funding comes from and some say he just doesn't like Jews. I
have no idea what motivates him and why he appears to be a changed man.'
Ackman added.
Carlson addressed allegations that he was being funded by Qatar in a recent episode of his show, stating that 'for the record, of course, I've never taken a dollar from anybody. I don't even have investors.'
In 2023, the Daily Mail reported
that Carlson's independent media venture was backed to the tune of $15
million by Omeed Malik, an American citizen with an Iranian mother and
Pakistani father.
Carlson and Malik had
previous experience in the media business together. In 2020, Mailk
joined the Daily Caller as a minority investor/owner and contributing
editor.
Within Trump's own administration, characters loyal to the MAGA base are not afraid to point fingers at their own colleagues.
President Donald Trump's FBI head Kash
Patel and deputy Dan Bongino are both ready to call it quits if Attorney
General Pam Bondi keeps her job after the debacle over releasing the
Jeffrey Epstein files.
Bongino, the
FBI's deputy director, made the ultimatum after an epic clash with Bondi
on Wednesday over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey
Epstein files, the Daily Mail revealed this week.
The
rift was so bad that Bongino took the day off work on Friday, leading
some to think that he had already left his post, Axios first reported.
Meanwhile,
Trump's congressional allies are doing their best to play both sides on
the issue of Epstein, hoping to remain in the good graces of both Trump
and his base, which is undoubtedly splintering.
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie-Taylor Greene, one of the typically most
MAGA-aligned voices on the right said during an appearance on Real
America's Voice (RAV) last week that she for one wasn't buying that
there wasn't more to the Epstein story.
Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "People are absolutely not going to accept just a memo that was written
that says there is no client list."
'I
think the Department of Justice and the FBI has more explaining to do.
This is Jeffrey Epstein; this is the most famous pedophile in modern-day
history,' Taylor Greene told RAV.
'And
people are absolutely not going to accept just a memo that was written
that says there is no client list,' Taylor Greene concluded.
Noting
that some MAGA influencers have gone off the rails, Wexler told the
Daily Mail 'that they're turning the party into what I told my friends
the Republican Party wasn't for the last two decades, and now we
actually are, like, they're just turning the party into exactly what my
liberal friends said we are.'
Now, Trump has to sail the rough seas of his own making.
In a post to his Truth Social platform this weekend, Trump tried his best to push for unity in the MAGA camp.
'We’re
on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening. We have a PERFECT
Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and “selfish people” are trying
to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein,' Trump wrote.
He added that America should 'not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody nobody cares about.'
Still,
his allies may not be truly abandoning him, or just thinking about
their own futures and longevity in the realm of public discourse.
Trump is after all 79 years old, with no political future to contend with.
Meanwhile,
those criticizing him undoubtedly desire to keep driving public
discourse on the right and beyond, long after Trump is out of office.
Liberals fawn as emotional Tucker Carlson rips Trump for 'ignoring America's biggest problem'
By Alex Hammer
Daily Mail
Jul 13, 2025
Tucker Carlson, 56, made the comments at TPUSA's Student Action Summit
in Tampa Friday, accusing the Trump administration of failing to deliver
on campaign promises
Tucker Carlson
took to the stage at TPUSA's Student Action Summit in Tampa to call out
the Trump administration for grandstanding rather than affecting
change.
Carlson, 56, made the comments Friday, accusing conservatives of failing to deliver on campaign promises or tackling America's biggest problems.
The former Fox host's fervent speech received surprising praise from progressives who flooded the video with positive comments.
Carlson honed in on Trump's posturing in
the Middle East, as cities like New York and LA have been hung out to
dry - all while the US becomes unaffordable for normal families.
'I
don't know, it kind feels like you're feeding me appetizers,' an
emotional Carlson had told audience members. 'At some point, I want to
look around and see a better country. I want to see a country I
recognize.'
The rest of the speech involved angst he claimed conservatives
have created, at the expense of everyday citizens. It also honed in on
the party's recent revolt against identity politics - one Carlson framed
as meaningless but also meant to distract.
He also told audience members that Jeffrey Epstein was likely working for Israeli intelligence, earning cheers in the process.
'Wait why do I agree with like 6 things he said???' one person wrote.
Progressives, in turn, offered praise, flooding the former Fox host's social media with positive comments
'Serious heat right there,' a fan wrote on Instagram.
'Completely agree,' another user wrote, as many others expressed surprise at agreeing with Carlson.
One person even suggested that the pundit was sounding more like he was hitting the campaign trail for a White House run.
'Is Tucker sounding like a presidential candidate?' asked the Instagram user.
His
rant argued that 'If you deny people what they actually want long
enough, and instead substitute things that you claim they should want,'
the administration should see scrutiny.
'Like, bombing Iran; you know, I'm not for Iran,' Carlson said.
'Or you spend all day telling me that it's so important that boys not play on girls soccer teams, or whatever - I agree.
'I hate the trans stuff passionately,' Carlson admitted. 'I think you should keep the boys off girls' soccer teams.'
He then proclaimed: 'I [just] don't want to see people sleeping on the sidewalk. I don't want to see people ODing on drugs.'
'I want to know where those drugs are coming from. Why can't you stop it?'
'You've got the US military. Don't you have Seal Team Six? What are they doing today?
He
also told audience members that Jeffrey Epstein was likely working for
Israeli intelligence, days after a memo from the Justice Department and
FBI on Monday stood by feds' conclusion that the disgraced financier who
used to pal around with Trump committed suicide
'Why
are my cities disgusting?' Carlson flat-out asked, as he tore down
Trump for grandstanding on issues like identity politics while failing
to deliver on important promises
'Why are my cities disgusting?' Carlson flat-out asked. It smells like weed and halal food.
'And
you're lecturing me about how it's a great moral victory that I kicked
the boys off the girls' soccer team? Good. I'm so glad. But let's do the
real stuff like making New York livable. And creating an economy where
my kids can have kids.'
He then
brought up the focal point of a brewing civil war between conservatives -
the so-called 'Epstein Files', which Trump repeatedly promised to
release in full during his campaign.
'The
real question was not, was Jeffrey Epstein a weirdo?' Carlson told
onlookers of the disgraced financier who used to pal around with Trump
in the 80s and 90s.
'The real question was, 'Why was he doing this, on whose behalf, and where was the money coming from?''
'I
think the real answer is Jeffrey Epstein was working on behalf of intel
services, probably not American,' Carlson claimed. 'That foreign
government is Israel.'
Earlier in the
day, it was revealed that FBI boss Kash Patel, his deputy Dan Bongino,
and Attorney General Pam Bondi were duking it out behind the scenes,
over the administration's handling of the release of the files.
The first two have reportedly demanded Bondi's resignation, after she maintained the Epstein case was closed.
Bondi's widely panned claim was 'too much' for Carlson, he told the conference.
'Criticizing the behavior of a government agency doesn't make you a hater. It makes you a free person; it makes you a citizen.
'You're allowed to do that because you're not a slave.'
'You
are trying to make me shut up because I am a 'bigot,' like the liberals
did seven months ago and that is why we voted them out,' Carlson
continued. 'I'm not putting up with it. I voted against it and I will
not tolerate it.'
In the end, Carlson expressed frustration over 'normal people watching a certain class of people getting away with everything.'
Homan was just about five minutes into his prepared remarks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida on Saturday night when he was interrupted by a heckler.
'Are you an MS-13 member?' the unidentified protester could be heard shouting out, referring to a notorious Salvadoran gang that has been targeted in the Trump administration's deportation efforts.
Homan quickly turned his attention to the man, as he was being led out of the Tampa Convention Center.
'You
know what? I'm sick of these a**holes. You want some? Come get some,'
the 63-year-old taunted in an unhinged rant. 'I'm tired of it.'
'For
the men and women of ICE, I deserve your respect. They're the finest
one percent this country has,' he continued, before referring to himself
in third-person.
'And Tom Homan isn't going anywhere. Tom Homan isn't shutting up.'
Homan was just five minutes in to his prepared remarks at the Turning
Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida when he was
interrupted by a heckler
'This guy wouldn't know what it's like to serve this nation,' the border czar claimed.
'This
guy ain't got the balls to be an ICE officer. He hasn't got the balls
to be a border patrol agent,' he continued, as the conservative crowd
cheered.
'This guy lives in his mother's basement. The only thing that surprised me is [he] doesn't have purple hair and a nose ring.
'Get
out of here, you loser,' he told the protester one more time as he was
being escorted out of the auditorium. 'And if you're such a bad***, meet
me offstage in 13 minutes and 50 seconds.'
But Homan didn't stop there, telling the audience: 'I guarantee you, he sits down to pee.'
Much
of the rest of his speech also focused on the growing protests against
ICE officers across the country, which he said are targeting federal
immigration officials on almost a daily basis.
He
also said he has never before seen 'such hate against the men and women
of ICE and in the Border Patrol,' but vowed that agents will not be
intimidated because 'we're going to do the job that President Trump gave us to do.'
Homan decried the protests against ICE agents that have sprung up throughout the country
He claimed such protests are targeting ICE agents on nearly a daily basis
'If
these protesters, these people with purple hair, with a nose ring who
live in their parents' basement, who don't work and want to go protest
us, or get paid by people if they're going to stop ICE or stop Border
Patrol doing their job, they got another thing coming,' Homan claimed.
'Because every time they double down, we're going to triple down.'
He
then concluded his remarks by vowing: 'Tom Homan is going to run the
biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen.
'Take it to the bank.'
The
comments came just one day after President Trump directed federal law
enforcement officials to use 'whatever means necessary' to arrest anyone
who throws rocks or other projectiles at ICE agents during immigration
raids.
The
raid, despite the chaos, resulted in 200 migrant workers being
detained. This included some juveniles who authorities say were
illegally working on the farm.
One Mexican farm worker, Jaime AlanÃs, died in the hospital Friday after he fell 30 feet off a building and broke his neck and skull.
Homan's
remarks came just one day after President Donald Trump directed federal
law enforcement officials to use 'whatever means necessary' to arrest
anyone who throws rocks or other projectiles at ICE agents during
immigration raids
He
appeared to be referencing a raid on Glass House Farms in California,
which employs hundreds of people and bills itself as the largest
cannabis operation in the world. Protestors showed up to impede federal
agents, which led to clashes
The raid was on Glass House Farms, which
employs hundreds of people and bills itself as the largest cannabis
operation in the world.
CBP said it
served a warrant on the farm, accusing it of employing illegal migrant
workers. ICE and the National Guard reportedly executed that warrant on
Thursday.
Protestors then showed up to
impede federal agents, some of whom threw smoke canisters and flash
bangs to control the growing crowd.
Once
the smoke and tear gas was deployed, most of the protestors ran in the
opposite direction, though some were seen throwing rocks at the agents.
The demonstration lasted past 11pm on Thursday, with federal agents remaining on the scene as well.
Video
and photos from the scene showed ICE agents clashing with a crowd of
more than 100 people - many of them farmworkers or their family members -
who had initially formed a human blockade along the road.
It was a scene of absolute chaos, with protesters, farmworkers, and family members scattering throughout the fields.
Trump is now expected to speak at the Turning Point event as well.
Trump faces MAGA revolt on his own social media platform after defending Pam Bondi amid Epstein files debacle
Trump suffers ground-zero implosion over Epstein 'cover-up' as most ardent loyalists warn: 'You'll NEVER hear the end of this'
By James Cirrone and Victoria Churchill
Daily Mail
Jul 13, 2025
Donald Trump
is facing a brutal MAGA backlash from his most loyal supporters after
he tried to downplay the mounting scandal over the Epstein files.
The president attempted to tamp down the fury in a post on his own Truth Social platform amid reports FBI chiefs Dan Bongino and Kash Patel had threatened to resign unless Attorney General Pam Bondi steps down.
Bondi
last week insisted that there was no such thing as an Epstein 'client
list' - despite previously stating that the documents were 'sitting on
my desk', and Trump's repeated campaign promises to release the alleged
dossiers.
'We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like
what’s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE
WORLD, and “selfish people” are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who
never dies, Jeffrey Epstein,' Trump wrote.
He added that America should 'not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody nobody cares about.'
But
in an extremely rare sight, the response from his Truth Social
followers was furious. The vast majority of the most upvoted comments
came from those who objected to his Epstein argument.
'This is
going to cost you so many supporters. I being one of them. I have been
to multiple rallies and even was there on J6. This is one of the main
things that needs fixed. Our 2 tiered system of justice needs to end,'
said a user called Dewayne Sykes.
Another
called Curtis Jackson, replied to the president: 'More gaslighting...I
thought you were above this. You'll never hear the end of this if you do
not instruct the complete release of the names of those in power in
both DC and Hollywood who raped children. Don't become part of the SWAMP
that you fought so hard to defeat!'
Plenty of others were willing to tell him he was wrong and that his stance on this issue will fracture the movement he's built.
Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly, a one-time Trump enemy turned ally during the 2024 election wrote on X
that she was 'sure it’s a relief for Pam Bondi to hear the president is
still in her corner. Unfortunately, huge swaths of the party are not.
She repeatedly misled on Epstein. Then didn’t have the courage to
explain herself. Suddenly, she’s camera shy & no Qs allowed. Good
luck!'
'You
aren't reading the room Mr. President,' one person wrote. 'You can't
call the Epstein files fake, say nobody cares and warn MAGA to fall in
line. You said Pam Bondi is doing a fantastic job, your administration
is perfect and Epstein is just an Obama distraction. We don't just fall
in line.'
President
Donald Trump, perhaps sensing a rift in his base, penned a strongly
worded Truth Social post that mainly told his supporters to stop
focusing on Jeffrey Epstein
U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General Pam Bondi
meets with incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Charles
Grassley (R-IA) in his office at the Hart Senate Office Building on
December 2, 2024 in Washington, DC
Trump also tried to lay the blame on Democrats.
He said the Epstein files were written by all his political enemies, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former CIA director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and 'the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration.'
'They
created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary
Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my
so-called “friends” are playing right into their hands,' he said.
'Why
didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there
was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t
they use it?'
After talking at length
about his accomplishments, new investigations he wants to open and how
Bondi is looking into the 2020 stolen election conspiracy theory, Trump
concluded his post by Epstein was 'somebody that nobody cares about.'
'One
year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere
in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on
Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about,' he wrote.
Trump,
then a New York real estate mogul, is pictured with Melania Trump,
Epstein and his sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in February
2000 at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida
Trump
supporters felt that Bondi had gaslit them, especially when she handed
conservative influencers binders titled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1'
However, one person who claimed to support
MAGA '100 percent' was even willing to entertain the idea that Trump
was on Epstein's client list.
'We want
the guilty to pay. It appears you or a loved one was in on it and you
want this to go away. Everyone I know is upset about this and it will
kill MAGA. Which we all have supported 100 percent,' they wrote. 'Please
reconsider. Sincerely.'
Another
replied: 'You are wrong on this one. There is no good you can do that
will tip the balance against letting child rapists (Epstein's apparently
nonexistent clients, according to YOUR DOJ) walk free.'
And
since Trump went to the mat for Bondi, other supporters of his replied
with their frustration about her supposedly stringing them along.
They felt Bondi gaslit them, especially when she handed conservative influencers binders titled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.'
Many
pointed out that Bondi did a Fox News interview in late February and
said the Epstein files are 'sitting right now on my desk to review.'
One person was particularly angry that Trump said Bondi was doing a 'fantastic job.'
'She
is not doing her forking job. She is hiding the truth about satanic
child ritual abuse,' they wrote. 'How are we supposed to get to the New
Golden Age if these scumbags are getting away with their crimes against
the children and humanity?'
Another simply said, 'PS - Bondi should be fired.'
It seems the rift in the MAGA movement isn't just with the voters; it's
also at the very highest levels of government, as Deputy FBI Director
Dan Bongino and his boss Kash Patel are reportedly considering resigning
from the bureau over how Bondi handled the Epstein files
Yet another asked why Ghislaine Maxwell,
Epstein's longtime girlfriend and sex trafficking accomplice, is serving
jail time if Trump and the Justice Department say it's time to move on
from the Epstein files.
'Then, why is
Ghislaine Maxwell in Prison Sr.? The American people need answers to
this matter!,' the person wrote. 'I know @pambondi isn’t doing as well
due to zero arrests! How come this government is being soft on arrests
of Epstein Clients?'
It seems the rift in the MAGA movement isn't just with the voters; it's also at the very highest levels of government.
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, once a radio host and a Secret Service agent, has considered resigning from his post over the handling of the Epstein files.
His dismay follows a contentious argument with Bondi over the issue at the White House.
An insider at the Justice Department told Daily Mail that Bongino will quit if Bondi doesn't step down or get fired.
'I don't see a scenario where Dan stays if Bondi remains,' the insider said.
A
Justice Department source told Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan
that FBI Director Kash Patel also wants Bondi to be fired and will
consider leaving if she is allowed to stay.
The ubiquitous propaganda that Jesus was “Palestinian”
is simultaneously laughably absurd and deadly serious. It is repeated
by influencers, activists, even elected officials and clergy—without
irony and with substantial passion and intent. And it is no innocent
misreading of ancient history. It is a deliberate inversion, weaponized
to justify violence and erase a people—Jesus’ people, the Jews.
Let us start with the facts. Jesus was a
Jew. He was born to Jewish parents, lived in Judea, worshipped in the
Jewish Temple and was crucified by the Roman Empire under its occupation
of the Jewish homeland.
Not only was Jesus not a “Palestinian,”
the term “Palestine” did not even exist during his lifetime. It was
invented by the Romans nearly a century after his death—when, in 135 CE,
they renamed Judea as “Palaestina” after crushing the Jewish Bar Kochba
revolt. The Roman goal was to humiliate the rebellious Jews by erasing
the name of their homeland and replacing it with that of the Jews’
ancient enemies, the Philistines.
Arabs would not arrive in Judea/Palaestina
until 600 years after Jesus’ life, during the 7th-century Islamic
conquests. And “Palestinian” would not be used to describe non-Jewish
residents of the region until 2000 years after Jesus, most of those
residents having arrived from across the Middle East and North Africa
during the preceding decades, looking for work from the nascent Jewish
revival in the land.
So, no—Jesus was not a Palestinian.
Unless, of course, “Palestinian” is simply a Roman slur for “Jew.” In
that case, Jesus was a Palestinian—and so are today’s Jews: the
indigenous people of the Land of Israel.
But that’s not what the modern narrative
means. It is a campaign echoed in international bodies like UNESCO,
designating ancient Jewish sites—such as the Tomb of the Patriarchs in
Hebron and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem—as “Muslim heritage sites.”
It is reinforced by media outlets and
Middle East Studies departments that erase millennia of Jewish history
by referring to these locations by their Arabic names or framing Jewish
presence as an “encroachment” or “occupation.” The same impulse that
transforms the most iconic Jew in history into a “Palestinian” also
seeks to sever Jews from their ancestral homeland, rewrite scripture and
archaeology and retroactively de-Judaize Judaism’s holiest places.
Today, calling Jesus a “Palestinian” isn’t
an act of historical solidarity. It is the foundation for a modern
political dogma of transposition. In this new narrative, Israel is not
just a country—it is the avatar of cosmic evil. Jews are not just
citizens—they are the guilty embodiment of oppression.
It is not a literal charge of killing God;
it is the subversion of all moral categories. Good is evil. Evil is
good. The victim is the aggressor. The terrorist is the martyr. The
Jews, restored in their ancient homeland in the most remarkable act of
indigenous revival in human history, are cast as colonial usurpers. And a
barbaric genocidal death cult that openly glorifies mass murder,
violent rape, and beheadings is canonized as the victim.
And so, in the aftermath of the most
barbaric and savage attack on Jews since the Holocaust, ghoulishly and
gleefully broadcast by the “Palestinians” on social media, Jewish
students are terrorized on college campuses. Synagogues are vandalized.
Kosher restaurants are smashed. Mobs around the world chant “Free
Palestine,” Globalize the Intifada,” “From the River to the Sea,” and
“Death to Jews” all while insisting it is the Jews who are committing
the genocide.
This the most ancient hatred in new
packaging. A blood libel wrapped in hashtags. A pseudo-theological
antisemitism for a post-religious world.
The “Jesus was a Palestinian” lie is not
about Jesus at all. It is about justifying Jewish blood in the streets.
It is absolution for antisemitism, an authorization for violence, and a
call to erase not just the Jews’ past, but our future.
For centuries, Jews were murdered in the
name of the religion of love; now Jews are scapegoated and crucified in
the name of human rights. No, Jesus was not “Palestinian,” but every
“Palestinian” is now Jesus.
For Israel, recent military successes need
not imply long-term national security. Though meeting its tactical
objectives during the 12-day war, Jerusalem will still have to meet
complex and continuous expectations of broad-spectrum deterrence.
Plausibly, the Jewish state, smaller than Lake Michigan, faces even
greater perils than before the war.
How is this possible? Didn’t the combined
effects of Israeli and U.S. bombings “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear
military threat? There is a succinct answer. Though this threat has been
degraded, it has not been removed. In assorted increments, Iran could
return to the status quo before the war and then advance further in
tangibly quantum leaps. At some stage, already-nuclear state allies of
Iran could agree to function as Tehran’s nuclear surrogate. North Korea
and Pakistan come quickly to mind.
What is Israel’s most immediate task?
Above all, Jerusalem should do whatever is needed to upgrade and enhance
its nuclear deterrence posture. This posture, which includes
both doctrine and strategy, will depend on Israel’s decipherable
willingness to replace “deliberate nuclear ambiguity” with “selective
nuclear disclosure.”
It’s not just about reaffirming the
obvious. Controlled nuclear disclosure will be needed to assure Iran and
other adversaries (nuclear and non-nuclear) that Israel’s ordnance
would be available at all levels of foreseeable military conflict. Inter alia,
this means that Jerusalem will need to make less ambiguous that its
presumed nuclear weapons are seemingly “usable,” that is, not too
destructive. Though counterintuitive and misunderstood, viable nuclear
deterrence requires weapons that are recognizably amenable to
situational adjustments and calibrations.
Even after Israel’s recent victories over
Iran, it would be unreasonable to assume that “deliberate nuclear
ambiguity” could work indefinitely. Even if Iran’s nuclear
potentialities were meaningfully set back by the 12-day war
bombardments, there remain other worrisome enemy states. After the
just-halted conflict, Pakistan reaffirmed “complete solidarity” with
Iran. This declaration included explicit threats of direct nuclear
retaliation against Israel if Iran were to face an Israeli nuclear
attack. Prima facie, nuclear North Korea has a history of
belligerent interactions with Israel and could conceivably serve Iran as
a fearsome nuclear proxy.
How do matters stand right now? Using
reason as a decisional criterion, Israel will need to update its
national strategic posture by shifting from “deliberate nuclear
ambiguity” to “selective nuclear disclosure.” Though a war with Iran
could become nuclear while Iran remained non-nuclear, that war would be
asymmetrical. Ipso facto, it would favor Israel.
If Israel remained committed to its “bomb
in the basement” nuclear posture, the country’s intra-war opportunities
to achieve “escalation dominance” would be severely limited. Even if
Tehran were to accept the “usability” of Israel’s nuclear options, it
might still not believe that Jerusalem would be willing to exercise
these options. As a result, a tit-for-tat dynamic of conventional
warfare could proceed unabated, and Israel might have to face the
exhausting prospect of seemingly interminable attrition warfare.
Iran is planning to buy Chinese Chengdu
J-10C fighter jets compatible with PL-15 missiles, the same ordnance
used by Pakistan’s air force. China already assists Iran by buying its
oil, a vast benefit to Tehran that could accelerate resumed efforts to
acquire nuclear weapons. Less directly, any planned U.S. sale of F-35
stealth fighter jets to Turkey could offer multiple military benefits to
Iran.
Israel cannot rely indefinitely on an
implicit nuclear deterrence posture. Regarding any future or impending
war with Iran, Israel needs to consider once-speculative, but no longer
unrealistic, scenarios. Among the narrative possibilities, Pakistan
and/or North Korea could at some point become actual nuclear proxies for
a still non-nuclear Iran. At that point, any Israeli continuance of
“deliberate nuclear ambiguity” would be manifestly irrational.
Israel needs to ensure escalation
dominance in all plausible conflict scenarios; this will mean keeping
Iran non-nuclear. Though there will be many technical questions about
optimal levels and times of “selective nuclear disclosure,” this is not
yet the moment for raising such queries.
There is more. Even a pre-nuclear Iran
could make combat use of radiation dispersal weapons and/or conventional
missiles and drones, launched against Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor.
In a worst-case scenario, Iranian ally North Korea would place nuclear
assets at Tehran’s operational disposal. Pyongyang, it should be
recalled, built a nuclear reactor for Syria, which was destroyed by
Israel’s “Operation Orchard” on Sept. 6, 2007.
While it is doubtful that “selective
nuclear disclosure” would end Iran’s belligerent designs against Israel,
a more selectively explicit Israeli deterrence posture represents
Jerusalem’s only rational choice. At the same time, even this enhanced
doctrine and strategy might not be enough. It follows that Jerusalem,
with or without its American ally, could still need to launch new rounds
of measured pre-emptive strikes.
The prevailing mood in Israel seemingly
opposes changes to “deliberate nuclear ambiguity.” While this mood
is understandable, it still fails to take into account changing enemy
intentions and capabilities.
Moreover, although new pressures to join
the Non-Proliferation Treaty would be problematic for Israel, the
overall security liabilities of staying with “deliberate nuclear
ambiguity” would be much greater.
Some information has been released in the last day or so
on the Air India 787 Dreamliner that crashed seconds after takeoff last
month. It seems that the fuel feeds to both engines were manually shut
off, then restored. Info on the voice recorder seems to substantiate
this assertion from the flight data recorder. The very low altitude of
the plane did not give enough time for the engines to build up thrust
again before the plane crashed. People who claim to know about such
things assert that this could not have been done accidentally, like
bumping a light switch. The fuel pump switches are protected (covered)
and physically difficult to disengage.
Assuming
this is correct, that raises further questions. Was this just a
bizarre incident of somebody having a serious brain fart or a
deliberate, successful attempt to crash the plane and kill a bunch of
people?
Karen
Bass, the communist mayor of Los Angeles, has announced that she will
be kicking down a couple of hundred dollars on request to undocumented
Democrats (aka illegal aliens) who are negatively impacted by
immigration action. This would be things like loss of income because
they are too frightened to leave the house to go to work because they
might be arrested. The money is (allegedly) private money and not
taxpayer funds.
The feds
assert that these payments, if they are in fact happening, are illegal
as they are intended to aid illegal aliens in evading the law.
So,
is Karen Bass blowing smoke or is this really happening? If it is
really happening what, if anything, will the feds do about it.
My
own opinion, for what that is worth to you, is that it is really
happening and, that at some point, Mayor Bass will find herself arrested
by the federales. I grant you that could be wishful thinking on my
part, but......
Scientists on red alert as 'sleeping giant' fault threatens to snap without warning beneath 300,000 Americans
By Osheen Yadav
Daily Mail
Jul 12, 2025
A major California
fault once thought to be stable is quietly shifting beneath
neighborhoods, schools, and it could lead to a powerful quake with no
warning.
A
section of the fault, known as the Madigan Avenue strand, stretches 12.4
miles through Walnut Creek and Concord, from North Gate Road near Mount
Diablo to Suisun Bay — areas home to more than 300,000 people.
According to the study, if the Concord Fault ruptures, it could produce an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or higher, based on its length.
A
fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust where land slowly shifts over
time. But if that movement suddenly snaps, it can trigger a powerful and
destructive earthquake.
Seismologists
now believe the fault lies about 1,300 feet west of where it was
previously mapped, placing homes and an elementary school directly in
harm's way.
Sidewalks near Valle Verde
Elementary have shifted nearly seven inches since they were first built,
a clear sign that the ground is steadily moving beneath residents'
feet.
'This was not where we thought
the active part of the fault was,' the study states, a finding that
means hundreds of thousands of people may be living or working directly
above a ticking seismic time bomb.
A
new US geological (USGS) survey showed that Concord Fault, a geologic
fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, is not only active but moving in
ways experts had not seen before
Experts warn the entire East Bay is at
risk, especially because the fault is now proven to be creeping in urban
areas with no buffer zone or open space.
Jessie
Vermeer, a geologist at USGS, told San Francisco Chronicle: 'Many of
the people we have spoken to have noted their houses and yards being
deformed, water lines being broken and other effects of the creep.'
Because
fault creep happens so slowly, it is easy to miss, but over decades, it
causes cracked roads, damaged homes, and bent pipelines.
It was long believed to creep only in the northern section near the Acme Landfill in Martinez.
Over
the past 60 years, some concrete curbs have quietly shifted sideways,
without any shaking or sound, revealing hidden ground movement in the
middle of a densely populated area.
Researchers
also found that it is shifting at a steady rate of about three
millimeters per year. That pace matches what has been recorded along the
fault's northern section.
To confirm
the movement, USGS scientists reviewed over 30 spots where curbs,
sidewalks, and roads showed visible cracks or misalignments.
The
map shows the major earthquake faults running through the region, along
with nearby city centers. It's based on the latest true-color satellite
imagery, and includes only the faults officially listed in the US
Geological Survey's Quaternary Fault and Fold Database
Photos
reveal cracked curbs and shifted sidewalks on East Bay streets,
indicating a fault moving beneath them. White markings indicate pushed
curbs and sidewalks, while red markings indicate sideways movement.
These shifts match the newly identified fault trace
They
used field surveys, satellite data, and historical construction records
to trace where the ground had slowly moved over time.
Roland
Burgmann, a professor of earth and planetary science at the University
of California, Berkeley, told Newsweek:'Knowing the correct fault
location in such a highly urbanized area is crucial.'
'The original geological mapping missed the currently active fault strand,' he added.
While creeping faults can sometimes reduce
the size of a future quake by releasing pressure slowly, experts say
the Concord Fault's true danger is still unclear.
'We don't know how deep the creep extends, so the seismic hazard of the fault becomes more uncertain,'said Burgmann.
In
1955, a magnitude of 5.4 earthquake on the Concord Fault caused
approximately $1 million in damage, which is equivalent to about $12
million in today's dollars.
Currently,
nearly 300,000 people live in the cities sitting on top of this
'sleeping giant,' and many more pass through daily on roads, rails, and
water lines that cross the fault.
Further
research is underway to determine if other undocumented fault strands
exist nearby, which mean the seismic hazard in the East Bay is even more
complex than currently understood.
