Month: April 2025

CNN ‘media reporter’ and resident potato Brian Stelter is defending PBS and NPR, saying that they’re ‘simply covering the news.’

Conservatives have been calling for the defunding of both outlets for years, correctly suggesting that these outlets take tax dollars yet provide incredibly biased coverage which always takes the leftist position on issues, frequently criticizing anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders.

Now that it looks like Republicans might finally pull taxpayer funding for both outlets, Stelter is running to their rescue, laughably trying to paint them as honest news sources.

NewsBusters reported:

For the Tax Day edition of CNN’s Inside Politics on Tuesday, media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Dana Bash to allege that President Trump wants to defund PBS and NPR for “simply covering the news.” If Stelter really believes that then he has a funny definition of what is newsworthy…

She then asked, “Brian, just real quick, what is the White House saying about not just PBS and NPR, but about its broader fights with media organizations, including the AP, that we were talking about before the break?”

Stelter began by explain, “When it comes to the White House’s framing of this, it’s about taking on wokeism and liberal bias. Here’s a part of the quote from the White House website. They’ve listed off what they believe are examples of partisan bias at NPR and PBS, saying, quote, ‘for years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing NPR and PBS, which spread radical woke propaganda disguised as news.’”

However, Stelter wasn’t buying it, “Some of the examples on the list on the White House website are examples of NPR and PBS simply covering the news, for example, about transgender Americans. So, that list very much about the president’s priorities, trying to push back on DEI. More broadly, Dana, you refer to the AP. We see the FCC under pressure. We see signs of authoritarianism all around. And yet networks like CBS just keep reporting the news. That’s true as well, Dana, at PBS and NPR.”

Here’s the clip:

Brian Stelter fearmongers “it would also be, in many cases, Republican constituents that would suffer” from defunding PBS and NPR. He also claims “Some of the examples [of liberal bias] on the list on the White House website are examples of NPR and PBS simply covering the news,… pic.twitter.com/DjSb07mYBT

— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 15, 2025

People like Stelter believe the progressive position on anything is normal and standard. Taking conservative positions into consideration is considered abnormal by these people.

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Screenshot: ONSCENE.TV

The wildfires in California at the beginning of the year woke up a lot of people in the state to the backwards priorities of their current leadership. When the fires broke out, the mayor of Los Angeles wasn’t even in the country at the time, opting instead to attend an event in Africa.

Now we are learning that the state spends more on the homeless, who start a third of fires in the state, than they do on firefighters.

California spends so much money on its always growing homeless problem with no results, that a U.S. attorney is now investigating the spending.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to spend more money on firefighters?

KABC 7 in California reports:

Nearly a third of LA’s fires last six years involved homeless people, new report shows

The 7 on Your Side Investigates Team has reported in the past how the Los Angeles Fire Department’s response times don’t always meet national standards.

Now a new memo from Interim LAFD Chief Ronnie Villanueva says a surge in calls to help the homeless shows even more just how strapped the department is for resources.

The memo that was supposed to be discussed at Tuesday’s LAFD Commission meeting is filled with numbers.

In fiscal year 2024/2025, the city allocated about $961 million to homelessness, while the total LAFD budget for that same fiscal year was well under that – at about $837 million.

The union president for the firefighters calls that shocking.

“We don’t want to criminalize homelessness, but we need additional resources strictly for homelessness,” said Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles. “We need more funding.”

See the related video report below:

33% of fires the past six years in Los Angeles were started by the homeless. Now, think of the $2 billion that went to homeless services in LA that can’t be accounted for while LAFD got their budgets cut. @RickCarusoLA @SteveHiltonx @TheKevinDaltonpic.twitter.com/rDplkvT18j

— T Wolf (@Twolfrecovery) April 16, 2025

Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom is concentrating on hosting a podcast. Why do taxpayers in California put up with any of this?

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The Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office was set up to fight foreign disinformation but in recent years has been used repeatedly to censor the free speech of American citizens. No more.

This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he has shuttered the office.

The American people were essentially sending their tax dollars to this government entity which then worked against them. It’s insanity.

The liberal outlet Politico is very sad about this:

State Department eliminates key office tasked with fighting foreign disinformation

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the agency’s hub for fighting foreign disinformation campaigns — the final nail in a yearslong effort to shut down the office accused by GOP lawmakers of censoring conservative voices.

In a statement, Rubio claimed the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office at the State Department, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center, had “spent millions of dollars to actively silence and censor the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving.” According to Rubio, the relatively modest federal office expended “more than $50 million per year.”

“This is antithetical to the very principals [sic] we should be upholding and inconceivable it was taking place in America,” Rubio said. “That ends today. Under the administration of President Trump, we will always work to protect the rights of the American people, and this is an important step in continuing to fulfill that commitment.”

In the video clip below, Rubio explains how this happened.

Via the Western Lensman:

“They were also taking money from this program and using it to fund these NGOs, these third party groups who were supposed to be impartial. Those groups were then tagging — They were literally tagging and labeling voices in American politics.”

“American taxpayers through the State Department were paying groups to attack Americans and to try to silence the voice of Americans.”

“Before President Trump took over and they disbanded this unit, they just renamed it and moved it somewhere else. But now over the last few months, we’ve worked on it and just taken it down.”

“We are going to spend money on messaging. It’s going to be pro-American messaging.”

Watch the video:

GOVT. CENSORSHIP: “American taxpayers through the State Department were paying groups to try to silence the voice of Americans.”

Sec of State Marco Rubio announces DISMANTLING of censorship group CFIM — formerly known as the Global Engagement Center, in conversation with… pic.twitter.com/PHtsGhJU8y

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 16, 2025

This would not have happened if Trump had not won the 2024 election. It’s just one more reminder of how high the stakes were and still are.

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Karoline Leavitt delivers press briefing with angel mom Patty Morin

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday ripped the Democratic Party and far-left media to shreds over their coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador during a press briefing with Maryland angel mom Patty Morin. 

The Gateway Pundit reported on the last-minute press briefing, where Patty shared the devastating story of how her daughter, Rachel Morin, was brutally raped and murdered by a different Salvadoran illegal who made his way to Maryland. The soulless ghouls at CNN and MSNBC refused to carry coverage of her remarks, where she fittingly pleaded with the media to “please tell the truth” about “how violent it really is.”

DESPICABLE: MSNBC and CNN Refuse to Cover Press Briefing as Angel Mom Patty Morin Shares Heartbreaking New Details of Daughter’s Murder, Shreds Democrat Chris Van Hollen, and Pleads for Media to “Tell The Truth” (VIDEO)

Democrats and their mainstream media friends have glorified Abrego Garcia as a “Maryland father” and an “innocent” man who was kidnapped by the Trump Administration and El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele. However, they refuse to mention that he is actually an El Salvadorian illegal alien with ties to the violent MS-13 gang.

Additionally, as The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, his wife, Jennifer Vasquez, previously petitioned the court for a protective order against Garcia in 2021 for the second time. A second protective order for domestic violence in 2020 was also discovered.

It was discovered in court documents that in the 2021 incident, he “punched and scratched” and “ripped off the shirt, grabbed, and bruised” Vasquez.

It turns out the media’s so-called victim of the Trump Administration’s policies is not the upstanding father of the year that the left made him out to be.

Still, Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen on Wednesday morning traveled to El Salvador for a photo op in his fight to smuggle the deported terrorist MS-13 gang member and violent abuser back to the US from his home country. Van Hollen has described the individual as a “Maryland man” and “father of three,” who is a victim of “kidnapping” while ignoring his gang ties, violent background, and illegal immigrant status.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Van Hollen suffered a humiliating rejection by the Vice President of El Salvador. Apparently, he hadn’t even made provisions to visit the CECOT maximum security prison where Garcia is being held, and just rudely showed up expecting to be invited in. It is unclear whether Van Hollen will make another visit to El Salvador.

Before introducing Patty Morin to the press, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the Democrats and highlighted Abrego Garcia’s illegal status, gang affiliation, and record of domestic abuse, adding that the “woman beater,” MS-13 gang member, and Salvadoran illegal alien will “never be a Maryland dad.”

“Today, we have officially learned Democrat officials still refuse to accept the will of the American people,” she said in her scathing rebuke.

Watch below:

Leavitt: Today, we have officially learned Democrat officials still refuse to accept the will of the American people. Maryland’s Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen rushed to Dulles Airport this morning to fly to El Salvador, potentially using taxpayer dollars to demand the release of deported illegal alien MS-13 terrorist. The Democrats and the media in this room have continually and wrongly labeled Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a Maryland father.

There is no Maryland father. Let me reiterate. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an illegal alien, MS-13 gang member, and foreign terrorist who was deported to his home country. And when Kilmar Abrego Garcia was originally arrested, he was wearing a sweatshirt with rolls of money covering the ears, mouth and eyes of presidents on various currency denominations. This is a known MS-13 gang symbol of “hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil.” Abrego Garcia was also arrested with two other well known members of the vicious MS-13 gang, and two separate judges found that Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13, and that finding has never been disputed.

And just this morning, it was revealed through Maryland court documents that Abrego Garcia’s wife petitioned for an order of protection against him for two instances of domestic violence in May of 2021. Here is the order right here. The court ordered that the respondent committed the following acts of abuse: once in May of 2021, assault in any degree, and on May 4 of 2021, he punched and scratched his wife, ripped off her shirt, and grabbed and bruised her. This is from a court in Maryland. So not only are Democrats rushing to defend an illegal, criminal, foreign terrorist gang member, but also an apparent woman beater.

To set all of that aside, the basic fact that he was illegally inside our country and had a lawful deportation order made him subject to removal back to his home country of El Salvador, and if he ever ends up back in the United States, he would immediately be deported again. Nothing will change the fact that Abrego Garcia will never be a Maryland Father. He will never live in the United States of America again. And the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the President of the United States and the Secretary of State could not be compelled to forcibly retrieve this citizen of El Salvador who is currently locked up in a maximum security prison in his home country due to his MS-13 membership.

Before introducing Patty to the podium, Leavitt slammed the “appalling and sad” state of the Democratic Party that puts illegal aliens and known criminals before American citizens.

WATCH:

Leavitt: It’s appalling and sad that Senator Van Hollen and the Democrats applauding his trip to El Salvador today are incapable of having any shred of common sense or empathy for their own constituents and our citizens. Nobody knows this more than the woman standing to my right, Patty Morin, whose beautiful daughter, Rachel, was brutally maimed and murdered at the hands of an illegal alien in August of 2023. Patty no longer has her daughter because of the failed Democrat party’s open border.

And these are policies that President Trump is bringing an end to. Patty should not have to be here today, but she is, and we are grateful, and we are honored for her willingness and her request to share her powerful story with the world. Thank you, Patty for being here.

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New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross is facing an extended hospitalization following a serious medical emergency, his office announced. The Democrat, who represents the state’s 1st District, is currently in intensive care at Cooper University Hospital in Camden.

Norcross, 66, suffered a medical event earlier this month while traveling in North Carolina.

“Norcross was on a flight to New Jersey from Florida last weekend when he began to feel unwell, and the plane was diverted to North Carolina so that the 66-year-old congressman could be hospitalized,” the New Jersey Globe reported.

He was ultimately transferred to Cooper University Hospital in his home state on April 7, according to his own office.

The congressman was diagnosed with cholangitis, a gallbladder infection, which progressed into sepsis, a life-threatening condition. Doctors at Cooper successfully removed the gallstone causing the infection, but Norcross remains in intensive care.

Dr. Eric Kupersmith, chief physician executive at Cooper University Health Care, provided an update. He said Norcross is responding well to treatment but “faces an extended recovery that could require physical rehabilitation.”

The extended nature of Norcross’ recovery is causing concern for House Democrats. With Congress facing tight margins, every vote is critical on both sides of the aisle, as noted by Politico.

Norcross’ absence comes at a challenging time for Democrats. The party is already short several members due to recent deaths, including Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, who passed away in August 2024, per nj.com.

Another Democratic seat was vacated with the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas in July 2024, as noted by the Texas Tribune. These losses have strained the party’s numbers in the House.

With Norcross sidelined, Democrats are struggling to maintain their voting strength. The House is currently divided, with Republicans holding a narrow 220-213 majority after the recent Florida special elections, according to Reuters.

“Last week, Norcross’s absence … allowed the GOP to pass a controversial budget proposal – one that Norcross called ‘disgusting’ and ‘draconian’ in a statement.

The congressman’s office remains operational, with staff managing constituent services. Norcross is reportedly in contact with his team, monitoring events in Washington and his district.

However, his physical presence in Congress is unlikely for the foreseeable future. Politico posited that this poses a strategic challenge for Democratic leadership as they navigate a contentious legislative session.

House Democrats are already grappling with a packed agenda, including upcoming votes on health care reform. Norcross’ absence could further weaken their position on these critical issues.

Sepsis, the condition Norcross is battling, occurs when the body overreacts to an infection, often leading to organ failure if untreated, according to the Mayo Clinic. Septic shock has a mortality rate of 30 percent to 40 percent.

The congressman’s recovery timeline remains uncertain, with rehabilitation potentially extending for weeks or months. This uncertainty leaves Democrats in a precarious position as they plan their next moves.

Democratic leaders may need to rely on special elections to fill vacant seats, but those take time.

For now, they must navigate Congress without Norcross’ vote, a significant hurdle in a deeply divided House.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Radical judge James Boasberg; J6 defendant Ryan Zink

The United States government is doubling down on its efforts to keep the true story of January 6, 2021, shrouded in secrecy, as evidenced by a recent court filing opposing January 6 defendant Ryan Zink’s motion to lift a protective order on discovery materials. Filed on April 16, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the government’s 13-page brief claims that releasing these materials would endanger “witnesses and victims” and threaten national security.

But a closer look reveals a troubling narrative: the so-called “victims” are likely the Metropolitan and Capitol Police officers who escalated a peaceful protest into chaos, and the “witnesses” include shadowy groups like the “Sedition Hunters,” whose advanced AI tools raise more questions than answers. Ryan Zink, a pardoned J6 defendant now running for Congress, is determined to expose the truth about that day and the relentless lawfare that followed, but the government is pulling out all the stops to silence him.

Thank you @gatewaypundit I will never stop fighting for the American people not just J6 defendants!!

Alea iacta est.https://t.co/Wz05X1FUug

— Ryan Zink for Congress TX-19 (@RyanZ4Congress) April 10, 2025

The Government’s Claims About “Victims” and “Witnesses”

The government’s filing insists that the protective order, which Zink seeks to lift, is necessary to protect the privacy of “victims” and “witnesses” and to safeguard national security. But who are these victims? The only plausible candidates are the Metropolitan and Capitol Police officers who in many instances instigated violence on January 6 by launching tear gas grenades and firing rubber bullets into a peaceful crowd. Before a single protester entered the Capitol, the situation had already turned deadly: Kevin Greeson and Benjamin Phillips lost their lives, Matthew Joshua Black was shot in the face with a rubber bullet, and Derrick Vargo narrowly escaped death at the hands of a Capitol Police officer who pushed him from a 30-foot ledge. These are the real victims of January 6, yet the government’s narrative conveniently ignores them, focusing instead on protecting the officers who set the stage for tragedy.

The “witnesses” the government seeks to shield include the enigmatic “Sedition Hunters,” a group that operated with sophisticated artificial intelligence tools long before such technology was widely available commercially. These tools allowed them to identify January 6 defendants, like Antoine Williams, based on minute details such as a distinct key fob. Little is known about the Sedition Hunters, their funding, or their connections to federal agencies, but their ability to wield cutting-edge AI raises suspicions about their role in the government’s January 6 investigations. Are these the “witnesses” the government is so desperate to protect? If so, the public deserves to know why.

Ryan Zink’s Ordeal and Quest for Truth

Ryan Zink’s story is a microcosm of the injustice faced by January 6 defendants. On September 13, 2023, a D.C. jury convicted Zink of the unbeatable 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) charge—obstruction of an official proceeding—along with two misdemeanors. He was sentenced to three months in federal prison and 12 months of oppressive supervised release, with conditions so restrictive they stripped him of basic freedoms. After serving his time, the Supreme Court remanded the 1512(c)(2) charge, leaving Zink with only misdemeanors—but the damage was done. His life was upended, his reputation tarnished, and the government’s relentless prosecution left scars that no pardon can erase.

Zink was among those pardoned by President Trump. Now free, he is running for Congress and has vowed to uncover the truth about January 6 and the four years of government lawfare that followed. His motion to lift the protective order is a critical step in that mission, seeking to make public the terabytes of discovery materials that could reveal the extent of government overreach, including the role of undercover government agents known to have been in the crowd that day. But the government is fighting tooth and nail to keep these materials under wraps, claiming they contain sensitive information vital to national security—without providing any compelling specifics.

The Hypocrisy of “Protecting Personal Information”

The government’s concern for the personal information of “witnesses and victims” rings hollow when contrasted with its treatment of January 6 defendants. The Justice Department issued press releases for every J6 case, even for senior citizens charged with minor misdemeanors, broadcasting their names and charges to the world with no regard for their presumption of innocence. Local media outlets eagerly picked up these stories, destroying lives, costing defendants their jobs, and alienating them from friends and family. Yet now, the government claims that releasing discovery materials would violate the privacy of others. Where was this concern for privacy when J6 defendants were being publicly vilified?

The “Agreement” to the Protective Order: A Forced Choice

The government’s filing notes that Zink “agreed” to the protective order, implying he willingly consented to keeping these materials secret. This is a gross misrepresentation. In the U.S. justice system, such “agreements” are often coercive. Defendants like Zink faced a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum: accept the protective order or be denied access to the government’s evidence against them. If Zink had refused, the court would have imposed the order anyway, leaving him unable to prepare a defense. This is not agreement; it’s coercion dressed up as consent, a common tactic in the government’s playbook to control the narrative.

National Security or Cover-Up?

The government’s invocation of “national security” to justify the protective order is equally suspect. The filing vaguely references the need to protect Capitol surveillance footage and Secret Service protocols but offers no concrete examples of how releasing these materials would endanger the nation. Could this be an attempt to conceal the presence of FBI agents in the January 6 crowd, a fact that has long been whispered about but never fully addressed? The government’s refusal to provide specifics only fuels speculation that “national security” is a pretext for covering up its own misconduct.

A Curious Signature and a Glimmer of Hope?

The brief is signed by Jennifer Blackwell, a J6 prosecutor involved in nearly 40 January 6 cases. Notably, the name of Edward Robert Martin, Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia appointed by President Trump, appears unsigned on the document. The filing concludes:

Zink’s motion is before Judge James E. Boasberg, whose track record suggests he will almost certainly side with the government. But Zink, alongside J6 investigators like those at The Gateway Pundit and his attorney Roger Roots, remains undeterred. Their fight is not just for Zink but for the American public, which deserves to know what really happened on January 6 and in the years of lawfare that followed. Ryan Zink’s battle is far from over. As he campaigns for Congress and fights for transparency, he carries the torch for countless J6 defendants whose lives were shattered by a weaponized justice system.

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Former Arkansas State Senator Jon Woods — a conservative fighter and one of the first elected officials in the nation to endorse Donald Trump in 2016 — is now clinging to life after an emergency heart surgery went horribly wrong.

And his family doesn’t even know where he is.

Woods, 47, has been locked up in federal prison since his politically charged prosecution nearly a decade ago — a case initiated by Jack Smith, the same Obama/Biden DOJ hitman now targeting Trump. Back then, Smith led the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section and allegedly targeted Woods for daring to support Trump in Hillary Clinton’s home state.

The Trump administration has been cleaning up the “Public Integrity Section” and its den of vipers. This is the department that went after Eric Adams after he challenged the Biden administration’s open borders policies that were causing crime in New York City to skyrocket. This department was filled with deep state snakes that operated as political persecutors for left-wing elites. Disgraced DOJ Attorney Robert Heberle, who also spearheaded the cover-up evidence of 2020 voter fraud, was quietly forced out of the Department in February.

Woods, among several other forgotten political prisoners targeted by Obama and his allies, have been hopeful to get a pardon since President Trump’s historic victory over the Deep State.

Now, Woods’ health has collapsed after receiving the COVID vaccine — and his friends and family are making an emergency appeal to President Trump to pardon him before it’s too late.

FBI AGENT ADMITTED TO DESTROYING EVIDENCE IN WOODS CASE

The case against Woods has long smelled of political revenge. One of the FBI agents involved in his case — Agent Robert Cessario — pleaded guilty to destroying critical “Brady” evidence that could have exonerated Woods. Cessario walked with three years’ probation. Woods, by contrast, is serving an outrageous 18-year sentence.

The FBI Agent, Robert Cessario, pled guilty to destroying the original audio files used to convict Woods.

The judge said that Woods could not use the destruction of evidence because he could not prove what was on the destroyed files. And since Woods could not prove that the destroyed evidence would have freed him, the judge ruled it was irrelevant to his defense.

Woods and his allies claim the evidence would have shown the disgraced FBI agent was coaching witnesses to lie, and were also coordinating a conspiracy to frame him as a strong ally of President Trump.

The federal judge then gave the disgraced FBI Agent three years probation for the deliberate and purposeful destruction of evidence.

The allegations against Woods were that he encouraged a state grant to a Christian College that he was advising. This was the basis for an outrageous 18 year federal prison sentence.

FEDS JABBING INMATES, CAUSING HEART FAILURES FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS

According to family sources, Woods was subjected to seven COVID-19 injections while in prison. Not long after, he developed atrial fibrillation (Afib) and was diagnosed with a faulty heart valve. He underwent emergency surgery at a Texas hospital, but the operation led to immediate complications. Surgeons were forced to perform a second four-hour procedure.

That was the last time anyone heard anything.

Since then, his family says they have been cut off — denied visitation, denied information, and told nothing about his condition or even his location.

“Jon is fighting for his life, and we don’t even know where he is,” said one of Woods’ close friends, speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation. “This is cruel. This is inhumane. And it’s time for President Trump to act.”

“HE STOOD WITH TRUMP. NOW HE NEEDS HELP BEFORE THE DEEP STATE DOJ KILLS HIM.”

Conservative leaders are now urging Trump to issue a presidential pardon for Woods — before it’s too late.

The Gateway Pundit identified Woods as one of the Obama-era political prisoners back in January 2021.

“This is a man who stood with President Trump when it wasn’t popular — and they destroyed his life for it,” said a prominent conservative activist. “He’s already lost eight years. He’s paid the price. Now he’s in critical condition, and his family deserves a chance to be by his side.”

Woods’ case has long sparked outrage on the right, not only for the political nature of his prosecution but for the shocking misconduct that came to light during and after his trial. Supporters say the federal government broke its own rules to take him down.

Now, with his health failing and his life hanging by a thread, the injustice has reached a breaking point.

“We’re praying for Jon and begging President Trump to step in,” said the friend. “This pardon could save his life. Let his family take him home.”

On Tuesday, Jon Woods managed to call his brother Rob for a 25-minute phone call — the first direct communication since the terrifying emergency heart procedures last week. Rob says Jon was emotional, in pain, and overwhelmed by what he’s been through — but still thinking about his friends, family, and supporters.

According to Rob, his brother Jon underwent a scheduled four-hour surgery on Thursday to repair a faulty heart valve. But shortly after, his condition suddenly deteriorated. His stomach began expanding and alarms on the monitors sounded — prompting a rush back into surgery. Doctors discovered a leak that had been causing internal bleeding, and they had to pump a liter of blood from his stomach.

Jon endured a second four-hour surgery that left his heart badly weakened. His heart rate has since dropped to just 30 beats per minute, and doctors are now monitoring him closely to determine whether he’ll require a pacemaker in the next 24 to 48 hours. “The doctor says it’s from the trauma,” Rob explained.

In vivid and heartbreaking detail, Jon described the aftermath: tubes running from his chest into a container beside his bed, arms black and blue from IVs, and his body swollen with three liters of saline. He’s been given what he described as an “insane amount” of blood thinners, morphine, and diuretics. He is currently too weak to stand or walk without passing out.

“He said to tell everyone he loves them,” Rob said, his voice cracking. “He mentioned everyone by name. And he said if anything happens to him, he hopes we’ll keep working to clear his name.”

Despite Jon’s harrowing condition, Rob reports that the prison unit manager still refuses to allow the family to visit him, citing policy that only permits visitation if the inmate is in a terminal state. “We can’t help but wonder about the level of care he’s getting,” Rob said. “This all could have been avoided. But for now, we’re praying that the worst is behind us and that the pacemaker gets him on the road to recovery.”

Supporters are continuing to call for President Trump to act immediately. “A pardon right now is more than legal relief — it could be a matter of life or death,” one supporter said. “Let this man’s family see him. Let him go home.”

Jon Woods is like America in October 2024: his only hope is a rescue from President Donald Trump.

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Thomas Steven Sanders, a convicted child murderer whose federal death sentence was commuted by Joe Biden in December 2024 through his autopen, has been indicted for first-degree murder by a Louisiana grand jury.​

Sanders was originally sentenced to death in 2014 for the 2010 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Lexis Roberts of Las Vegas.

He had taken Lexis and her mother, Suellen Roberts, on a trip to the Grand Canyon, during which he murdered Suellen in Arizona and then brought Lexis to Louisiana, where he killed her in Catahoula Parish.

Despite his federal conviction and death sentence, Biden commuted Sanders’ sentence to life imprisonment without parole as part of a broader move affecting 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row.

Now, the state of Louisiana is seeking to impose its own justice.

A Catahoula Parish Grand Jury indicted Sanders for the state-level murder of Lexis Roberts.

District Attorney Bradley Burget announced that his office will seek the death penalty, emphasizing that Biden’s federal commutation does not affect state prosecution, KALB reported.

“Biden’s action to commute the federal death penalty will have no effect on the state prosecution of Sanders,” Burget stated per The Democrat.

Thomas Steven Sanders is the third individual granted clemency to end up back behind bars.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Dequan Willard, a 30-year-old Texas man, was granted clemency by President Joe Biden on January 17 as part of a sweeping mass release that included 2,490 federal inmates.

But it didn’t take long for the so-called “nonviolent offender” to show his true colors.

Just seven days later, Willard was arrested again for allegedly violating the conditions of his supervised release.

Another recipient of Biden’s mass clemency, a convicted drug dealer, is back behind bars—this time facing serious drug and firearms charges.

Willie Frank Peterson, 52, was originally convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2023 and sentenced to over six years in prison.

Now, less than two months after his release, Peterson was arrested in Dothan, Alabama, and charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and three firearms-related offenses.

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The deportation and imprisonment of illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been a dominant topic in the news. Today, Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to demand the release of this alleged MS-13 member.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) flew all the way to El Salvador for a photo op in his fight to smuggle deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US.

“I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia,” Van Hollen said.

“I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home,” he added.

To be clear, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is now home in his native country of El Salvador and Van Hollen is trying to take him out of his home country and smuggle him over the US border.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadoran national who was illegally residing in Maryland. In 2019, an immigration judge ordered Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the dangerous MS-13 gang, removed from the US.

Abrego Garcia is currently being held at El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador where he was soundly rejected by the Vice President.

Where was this energy when it came to the innocent American citizens that were brutally murdered by illegal aliens? Democrats in congress would rather have their teeth pulled than to even say their names. But when it comes to an illegal alien that is accused of being a member of a foreign terrorist organization they will move heaven and earth to bring that person into our country.

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The Israeli government is exposing a malicious Deep State plot by the domestic security forces to bring down the Netanyahu government, similar to the US Deep State campaign against Donald Trump 2016-2024. At the center of the plot is the head of the Shin Bet security service Ronen Bar, who refuses to leave his post after being fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Observers had been mystified by the massive security failures of the vaunted Israeli secret service on October 7, leading to antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Israel actually was responsible for the horrific terror attacks taht killed over 1200 people. Now, with the recent revelations, it seems more likely the famed Shin Bet security service has been infiltrated by leftist anti-Netanyahu forces allied with the failed Biden Regime, which also funded the anti-Netanyahu protest movement and lawfare.

“The extreme behavior we are now seeing by Ronen Bar is the behavior of people who realize the castle walls have been breached,” security expert Moshe Ashkenazi told Danny Seaman on JNS. “They are now retreating and are fighting the last war for the remnants of this power they have gained, and are reluctant to relinquish.”

The latest blow-up began when Shin Bet head Ronen Bar had an agent arrested over the Passover weekend for allegedly for stealing classified material and leaking it to journalist Amit Segal and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli.

Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal published the leak, revealing that Ronen Bar was trying to frame Israeli police for alleged right-wing extremism, which Shin Bet whistleblowers have said are made-up allegations meant to attack conservative Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Now, the Lod district court lifted a gag order on the criminal investigation  Tuesday, which “critics called the latest abuse of power by its topmost officers against the government”, JNS wrote.

Prime Minister Netanyahu called the leak “another shocking and dangerous” occurrence under Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, who has “turned parts of the Shin Bet into a private militia of the deep state that undermines the rule of law and the foundations of democracy.”

Minister Amichai Chikli, who received the whistleblower’s leak and attended his hearing, called the officer a “hero.”  Shin Bet director “Ronen Bar is the one who’s betrayed the public’s trust and is unhinged,” Chikli told reporters.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said: “The State of Israel is on a slippery and dangerous slope towards the loss of democracy and the dictatorial rule of a security and legal junta. We will not let this pass and return Israel to the people.”

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said, “The head of the Shin Bet acts as if he has a private intelligence organization that can conduct a political hunting campaign.” This is “not new,” he said, but “more and more brave people are coming out and revealing what is really happening here today and what has happened here in secret for many years.”

Writing in Israel Hayom, Journalist Shirit Avitan Cohen listed the many recent leaks to the media from the security services damaging the Netanyahu government, and the absence of criminal investigations around those leaks, while critics of Ronen Bar like Netanyahu staffer Eli Feldstein, who leaked details of Bar’s failures on Oct. 7 and now faces life in prison, and the anonymous Shin Bet whistleblower, are immediately and harshly punished.

“It looks like selective enforcement,” Cohen wrote.

The Natanyahu cabinet voted to remove Ronen Bar as head of the Shin Bet, but has been stymied by the Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and the High Court of Justice, which earlier this month suspended indefinitely the government’s decision to fire him.

Attorney General Baharav-Miara claims the government cannot fire Bar because it would undermine investigations into charges Qatar paid off members of the government and even the editor in chief of the Jerusalem Post.

Netanyahu claims the Qatar investigation is part of a coup by Shin Bet and Baharav-Miara to oust him from power.

Among Bar’s denfenders at the Supreme Court is the left-wing NGO Movement for Quality Government, which was at the center of the protest movement against Netanyahu that left Israel critcially distracted before the Oct. 7 genocide attempt. Journalist Caroline Glick has charged the Movement for Quality Government was funded by the Biden Regime, as The Gateway Pundit reported.

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