When a 41-year-old mother is murdered at a bus stop, who bothers to protest? Stephanie Minter's death is as closely tied to the nation's immigration debate as Alex Pretti's or Renee Good's. But while Pretti and Good died while trying to prevent the enforcement of our country's immigration laws, Minter died precisely because those laws were not enforced. Abdul Jalloh, the man alleged to have stabbed Minter to death in Fairfax County, Virginia, should never have set foot in America.
The US and Israel are employing tactics used in Israel's genocide in Gaza, the "War on Terror," and Donald Trump's recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea.
DOW Press Conference
Two of Donald Trump's MAGA stars appear to be on the outs after a searing rebuke from the president surrounding their comments on his Iran strikes.
Megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs (68): "Let me tell you something right now, you want to have Democrats removed from the face of the earth, bring over some Iranians right now and they would take care of the Democrats."
This Hideous Sky Pilot Really Packs Them In
Foreign Service Officer Jared Llamado (32) of McLean Virginia stabbed Michelle Adams (39); Dana Bonnell (36); Mary C. Flood (37), and Heather Miller (40) in a road rage incident in Fairfax, VA. Adams and a dog were killed in his rampage, as was Llamado by a responding Virginia State Trooper.
FSO Jared Llamado Went Completely Bananas
The US launched preemptive strikes against Iran after learning Israel was about to attack " and American troops in the region faced an imminent threat of retaliation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. Rubio made the revelation on Capitol Hill, where he briefed a small group of congressional leaders on the joint US-Israel offensive. 'There absolutely was an imminent threat,' Rubio stated. 'And the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.' Read more
Latest numbers show 80+% Of men have registered with Selective Service....
Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced that the NYPD delivered the safest January ever for gun violence, with the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history. Manhattan and Staten Island went the entire month of January without a single murder.
Jessica Tisch Doing Great for New Yorkers
Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people "recover," all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.
Slave owning Founding Father Caesar Rodney, "whose statue in Delaware was removed in 2020 amid calls for racial reckoning, will be given a position in honor in Washington by the Trump administration as part of celebrations of the nation's 250th birthday."
What a State of Delaware Whipping Post Looks Like
A deposit of gold ore discovered in China isn't just giant. It's supergiant. So much so, in fact, that Chinese experts claim it could be the largest deposit of any precious metal -- not just gold ore -- in existence today.
America is strong because its leaders are strong. President Trump proves that every day. Naturally, his son Barron is more than ready to defend the country his father so boldly commands. Service is honor. Strength is inherited. Dog Bless Barron.
Who Is Leading Iran?
On Sunday, Iran formed a council to assume leadership duties and govern the country as outlined in the country's constitution, the Associated Press reported.
Lifted from social media (yeah, I know...)
Just received this from a friend in Qatar. Inside info on the negotiations. Really worthwhile read. 47 could have bragged that he negotiated a tougher deal than Obama, but the pace wasn't good enough to redirect from Epstein Fury. Israel's code name is equally dumb--Roaring Lion. Little boys should be locked away in their sandboxes where they can do school children no harm:
"I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart. (con't)
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.
First Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared America a Christian republic at the National Prayer Breakfast in early February, then USSECSTATE Marco Rubio declared the country a white European Christian republic.
Marco Rubio Hard at Work
