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Terrorist’s Daughter Faces Deportation Despite College Ambitions

by | 0850, 4 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

Yeah, it’s a shame that her dad is a hateful terrorist who set Jews on fire while living in the US illegally. I suggest that she take her complaints to her dad.

She moved to the United States with a dream of studying medicine to transform lives. Then her father was charged with attempting to take them in connection with a fiery assault on pro-Jewish protesters in Boulder, Colorado.

Now Habiba Soliman, daughter of Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman, faces deportation along with the rest of her family.

The family, originally from Egypt, moved to the U.S. from Kuwait. Habiba Soliman recently graduated from high school, but her aspirations were upended when her 45-year-old father was charged with a federal hate crime and 16 counts of attempted murder related to the attack that left a dozen people burned, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. Two remain hospitalized.

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She won the scholarship and was profiled in the Colorado newspaper where she shared her dream of a “future medical career” in the U.S.

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The family is in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and could not be reached for comment.”This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem said on the X platform. “We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it.”

500k More Home Sellers than Buyers

by | 2058, 3 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

The housing market varies greatly by geography, but the national trend is moving toward buyers. If the Fed would get off it’s butt and lower interest rates, Gen Y might be able to afford a house this decade.

There are an estimated 1.9 million home sellers in the U.S. housing market and an estimated 1.5 million homebuyers. In other words, there are 33.7% more sellers than buyers (or 490,041 more, to be exact). At no other point in records dating back to 2013 have sellers outnumbered buyers by this large of a number or percentage. A year ago, sellers outnumbered buyers by just 6.5%, and two years ago, buyers outnumbered sellers.

 

There haven’t been this many home sellers since March 2020. There haven’t been this few buyers at any point in records dating back to 2013 aside from April 2020, when the onset of the coronavirus pandemic brought the housing market to a halt.

Army Meets Recruiting Goal 4 Months Ahead of Schedule

by | 2049, 3 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

Wow. What a turnaround. It’s amazing how many young men and women want to serve their nation when it’s okay to be proud of it.

The U.S. Army met its annual recruiting target of 61,000 in the first week of June, four months ahead of the scheduled Sept. 30 deadline, after putting in place new initiatives to boost recruitment.

 

It marks a stunning turnaround for a service that failed to meet its recruiting goals in 2022 and 2023 and struggled in the years since to meet its annual targets.

 

“The U.S. Army has successfully met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals for active duty, signing contracts with more than 61,000 future Soldiers — a full four months before the end of the fiscal year,” the U.S. Army said in a statement. “This achievement represents a significant turning point for the Army and indicates a renewed sense of patriotism and purpose among America’s youth.”

 

Dan Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, said in a statement that he is “incredibly proud” of the service’s recruiters and drill sergeants.

Jailed Crook Frames Illegal Alien Witness for Threatening Trump

by | 1851, 3 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

Well, that’s quite a turn of events.

Threatening letters about President Donald Trump that led to the highly-touted arrest by federal authorities of an undocumented immigrant last month were actually written by a jailed Wisconsin man trying to get him deported, prosecutors said in a new criminal complaint.

 

Demetric DeShawn Scott, the inmate, hoped to get Mexican immigrant Ramon Morales-Reyes deported because he is a witness in Scott’s upcoming criminal trial for alleged armed robbery and battery against Morales-Reyes, a criminal complaint filed Monday says.

“I got a plan. I got a hell of a plan,” Scott, 52, said in a recorded call from jail on April 27, according to the criminal complaint.

 

And in a May 16 recorded call, Scott, referring to Morales-Reyes, said, “This dude is a goddamn illegal immigrant and they just need to pick his ass up.”

 

“I’m dead serious cause I got Jury Trial on July 15th,” the complaint said. “And the judge will agree cause if he gets picked up by ICE, there won’t be a Jury Trial so they will probably dismiss it that day. That’s my plan.”

 

Scott is now charged in Milwaukee Circuit Court with identity theft and felony intimidation of a witness, and bail jumping in connection with the alleged scam. CNBC has requested comment from his attorney

So the question is… do you still deport Morales-Reyes? I think you do. The fact that Scott exposed him does not change the fact that he is illegal. I’d expedite the trials against Scott, hold Morales-Reyes long enough to have him testify if they need it, and then deport him. I’m sure he’s a fine fellow, but we can’t tolerate illegal aliens any more – even the nice ones.

Boulder Terrorist Denied Gun

by | 2130, 2 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

Look at that… a gun law (one that I support, BTW) working as intended. It’s also clear that this was a premeditated attack and murder. Throw. The. Book.

The suspect, 45-year-old Mohamed Soliman, told investigators “he researched on YouTube how to make Molotov Cocktails, purchased the ingredients to do so, and constructed them,” the federal court documents said.

 

Soliman took a concealed carry class to learn how to fire a gun, but “had to use Molotov cocktails [for the attack] after he was denied the purchase of a gun due to him not being a legal citizen,” state court documents said.

WisDems Introduce LGBTQ+ Bills

by | 2039, 2 Jun 25 | | 0 Comments

Obviously working hard for all Wisconsinites. They won this battle years ago. The culture has shifted. But they need to keep pushing to keep the base agitated and donating money.

LGBTQ+ Caucus Chair Sen. Mark Spreitzer argued Wisconsin should update its constitution to ensure no residents’ marriages are in doubt.

 

“This constitutional amendment would remove discriminatory language from our state constitution and ensure that my right to marry the person I love, and every Wisconsinite’s right to marry the person they love is not dependent on the votes of nine US Supreme Court justices, some of whom have publicly threatened to roll back these rights,” the Beloit Democrat said at a press conference yesterday.

 

Legislative Democrats and members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus introduced a package of legislation defending LGBTQ+ rights heading into Pride Month in June.

“Free Palestine” Terrorist Sets Jews on Fire in Boulder

by | 2002, 1 Jun 25 | , | 0 Comments

The more we tolerate the hateful ideology, the more things like this will happen. This ideology needs to be shunned and marginalized just like the Nazi ideology it apes.

A male suspect was taken into custody on Sunday after multiple people were set on fire during an event calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza at a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said.

 

“We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,” FBI Director Kash Patel said on X. “Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”

 

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement that the attack appeared to be a “hate crime given the group that was targeted.” Weiser said the group meets weekly at the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder to “call for the release of the hostages in Gaza.”

 

“Hate has no place in Colorado,” Weiser added. “We all have the right to peaceably assemble and the freedom to speak our views. But these violent acts — which are becoming more frequent, brazen and closer to home—must stop and those who commit these horrific acts must be fully held to account.”

Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Russia Hard

by | 1953, 1 Jun 25 | , , | 0 Comments

Warfare has changed. The tactics are different. The technology is different. The ability to wage asymmetric warfare in your enemy’s camp has never been greater.  Enemies can hit multiple strategic targets deep in our homeland – including parts of our nuclear deterrence capabilities. I sure as heck hope our military planners are paying attention.

Ukraine says it completed its biggest long-range attack of the war with Russia on Sunday, after using smuggled drones to launch a series of major strikes on 40 Russian warplanes at four military bases.

 

President Volodymyr Zelensky said 117 drones were used in the so-called “Spider’s Web” operation by the SBU security service, striking “34% of [Russia’s] strategic cruise missile carriers”.

 

SBU sources earlier told BBC News it took a year-and-a-half to organise the strikes, which involved drones hidden in wooden mobile cabins, with remotely operated roofs on trucks, brought near the airbases and then fired “at the right time”.

 

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Sources in the SBU earlier on Sunday told the BBC in a statement that four Russian airbases – two of which are thousands of miles from Ukraine – were hit:

  • Belaya in Irkutsk oblast (region), Siberia
  • Olenya in Murmansk oblast, Russia’s extreme north-west
  • Dyagilevo in central Ryazan oblast
  • Ivanovo in central Ivanovo oblast

 

The SBU sources said that among the hit Russian aircraft were strategic nuclear capable bombers called Tu-95 and Tu-22M3, as well as A-50 early warning warplanes.

Hegseth Reaffirms US’ Commitment to Protecting Taiwan

by | 0823, 31 May 25 | | 0 Comments

Gone is the wishy-washy language of the Biden regime.

He said that Beijing was “credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power” in Asia, and referred to a 2027 deadline that President Xi Jinping has allegedly given for China’s military to be capable to invade Taiwan.

 

This is a date put forth by US officials and generals for years, but has never been confirmed by Beijing.

 

China “is building the military needed to do it, training for it, every day and rehearsing for the real deal”, Hegseth said.

 

“Let me be clear: any attempt by Communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There’s no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent. We hope not but certainly could be.”

State Department Submits Reorganization Plan

by | 1825, 29 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

Progress

The letter sent to Congress by the State Department notes that the reorganization will affect more than 300 bureaus and offices, saying it’s eliminating divisions it describes as doing unclear or overlapping work and that Rubio believes “effective modern diplomacy requires streamlining this bloated bureaucracy.”

 

The document is clear that the reorganization is also intended to eliminate programs — particularly those related to refugees and immigration, as well as human rights and democracy promotion — that the Trump administration believes have become ideologically driven in a way that is incompatible with its priorities and policies.

 

“These offices, which have proven themselves prone to ideological capture and radicalism, will be either eliminated, with their statutory functions realigned elsewhere in the department, or restructured to better reflect their appropriate scope and the administration’s foreign policy priorities,” the notification says.

 

The reorganization notes USAID’s dismantlement and the shifting of some of its work to the State Department, particularly under a vastly restructured Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. PRM, as it is known, will have under its responsibility U.S. international disaster relief operations that had previously been tasked to USAID.

Booker to Release Book After Idiotic Long Speech About Nothing

by | 2042, 28 May 25 | | 1 Comment

Gee, do ya think someone is running for president?

NEW YORK — Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book.

 

“Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country’s longest continuous Senate floor speech — just over 25 hours. The 56-year-old Booker spoke in opposition to numerous Trump administration policies, whether the desire to make Canada part of the United States or cuts to Social Security offices.

 

“This book is about the virtues vital to our success as a nation and lessons we can draw from generations of Americans who fought for them,” Booker said in a statement.

Fiber Optic Drones Debut in Ukraine

by | 2014, 28 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

Much like the Crimean War (the 1853 one, not the most recent one), the Ukranian War is proving to be a pivot point in the technological evolution of warfare. We will never fight another war like we have in the past.

In an ever-evolving conflict, soldiers have had to rapidly adapt to new threats posed by changing technology. And the latest threat comes from fibre optic drones. A spool of tens of kilometres of cable is fitted to the bottom of a drone and the physical fibre optic cord is attached to the controller held by the pilot.

 

“The video and control signal is transmitted to and from the drone through the cable, not through radio frequencies. This means it can’t be jammed by electronic interceptors,” says a soldier with the call sign Moderator, a drone engineer with the 68th Jaeger Brigade.

 

When drones began to be used in this war in a big way, both militaries fitted their vehicles with electronic warfare systems, which could neutralise drones. That protection has evaporated with the arrival of fibre optic drones, and in the deployment of these devices, Russia currently has the edge. Ukraine is trying to ramp up production.

 

“Russia started using fibre optic drones much before us, while we were still testing them. These drones can be used in places where we have to go lower than usual drones. We can even enter houses and look for targets inside,” says Venia, a drone pilot with the 68th Jaeger Brigade.

 

“We’ve started joking that maybe we should carry scissors to cut the cord,” says Serhii, the artillery man.

 

Fibre optic drones do have drawbacks – they are slower and the cable could get entangled in trees. But at the moment, their widespread use by Russia means that transporting soldiers to and from their positions can often be deadlier than the battlefield itself.

Federal Trade Court Rules Against Trump on Tariffs

by | 1955, 28 May 25 | , , | 12 Comments

Admittedly, I have a bias because I hate tariffs and I am not a lawyer, but I think I agree with the court. The Executive Branch does not have the power to arbitrarily impose tariffs in the Constitution and the notion that we have an economic emergency is dubious, at best. I certainly wouldn’t want a Leftist president to declare an economic emergency and make all kinds of sweeping arbitrary decisions and I don’t want Trump doing it either. Yes, this means that Congress needs to get off their asses, but that’s how our government was designed.

A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority with his reciprocal tariffs, dealing a blow to a major tenet of the president’s economic agenda.

 

A three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law that Trump invoked to justify the tariffs, does not actually give the president the power to unilaterally implement the sweeping duties.

“The Worldwide and Retaliatory Tariff Orders exceed any authority granted to the President by IEEPA to regulate importation by means of tariffs,” the judges wrote in their ruling.

 

“The Trafficking Tariffs fail because they do not deal with the threats set forth in those orders,” they continued.

 

Dow futures jumped 400 points Wednesday on news of the ruling.

 

Implementing tariffs typically requires congressional approval, but Trump chose to bypass Congress by declaring a national economic emergency, and using the purported emergency as justification for invoking the tariffs on his own.

 

The Trump administration swiftly appealed the ruling Wednesday.

“Foreign countries’ nonreciprocal treatment of the United States has fueled America’s historic and persistent trade deficits,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement after the order.

 

“These deficits have created a national emergency that has decimated American communities, left our workers behind, and weakened our defense industrial base – facts that the court did not dispute.”

WNBA Can’t Find the Racist Fans

by | 1953, 27 May 25 | | 0 Comments

Nothing makes me want to attend a WNBA game more than knowing that they think their fans are all a bunch of racists.

The WNBA says it cannot substantiate claims that racist fan behavior took place during a game in Indianapolis between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever earlier this month.

 

The league said its investigation included gathering information from fans, team and arena staff, as well as an “audio and video review of the game.”

 

“We appreciate the quick action by the league and the Indiana Fever to take this matter seriously and to investigate,” Chicago Sky CEO and President Adam Fox said in a statement. “This process demonstrates the league’s strong stance on stopping hate at all WNBA games and events, and we will continue to support those efforts.”

Canada Welcomes King Charles

by | 0725, 27 May 25 | | 0 Comments

It just seems weird in the 21st century to have a King.

Britain’s King Charles III arrived in Canada on Monday for his first visit as its head of state, where he’ll carry out a highly-symbolic whistle-stop trip seen by many as a show of support following increasingly frayed relations between Ottawa and Washington.

During his two-day visit, Charles, 76, will deliver a speech in Canada’s parliament and celebrate the country’s cultural heritage and diversity, according to Buckingham Palace. He will be accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla.

Soon after their arrival on Monday, Charles and Camilla will meet with community organizations at an Ottawa park, according to the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office. Later on Monday, the pair will plant a tree on the grounds of Rideau Hall, the monarch’s usual residence while visiting Canada.

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Carney said last week that his compatriots “weren’t impressed” after Charles extended a second state invitation to the US president. Trump would be the first elected political leader in modern times to be hosted twice by a British monarch.

“It was at a time when we were being quite clear about the issues around sovereignty,” Carney said.

FBI To Investigate Dobbs Leak and White House Cocaine

by | 1843, 26 May 25 | | 7 Comments

Good. It’s comical how hard Reuters tries to politicize this. As Americans, don’t we want answers to these questions? In neither case were any perpetrators brought to justice.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI will launch new probes into the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House during President Joe Biden’s term and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a top official announced on Monday.

 

Dan Bongino, a rightwing podcaster-turned-FBI deputy director, made the announcement on X, saying that he had requested weekly briefings on the cases’ progress.

 

Both incidents have been popular talking points on America’s right.

Jussie Smollett Still Proclaims Innocence

by | 1922, 24 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

What a douche.

“Over six years ago, after it was reported I had been jumped, City Officials in Chicago set out to convince the public that I willfully set an assault against myself. This false narrative has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear,” he wrote.

 

He added, “These officials wanted my money and wanted my confession for something I did not do. Today, it should be clear… They have received neither.”

 

Smollett said his decision to settle “was not the most difficult one to make,” explaining, “I was presented with an opportunity to make a charitable donation in exchange for the case being dismissed.”

NOLA Uses Facial Recognition to Find Criminals

by | 1928, 23 May 25 | , , , | 0 Comments

I don’t want to live in a surveillance society. Yes, that means that some bad people will get away with bad things.

During the ongoing massive manhunt for 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail last week, authorities say the use of facial recognition cameras run by a private organization helped lead to the recapture of one of the fugitives — even as the police department has come under scrutiny by critics from civil rights organizations to conservative politicians over its use of the technology.

 

Earlier this week, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told ABC News that facial recognition cameras maintained by Project N.O.L.A. had been used in the New Orleans manhunt despite the fact that she recently ordered a pause in the automated alerts her officers had been receiving from the group, which operates independently of the police department.

 

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In a March 27, 2025 letter to Kash Patel, who was then acting director of the federal Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Explosives, Biggs, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, and Davidson raised concerns over news reports indicating the ATF utilized facial recognition technology to identify gun owners. “The Subcommittee has concerns about ATF’s use of facial recognition and Al programs and the effects that its use has upon American citizens’ Second Amendment rights and rights to privacy,” the lawmakers wrote in their letter, requesting documents on policies and training in the use of facial recognition technology.

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