When Lawlessness Rules the Streets: Philadelphia Shootout Leaves 3 Dead, 10 Injured

Drone footage from the weekend shows a mob of people circling a police vehicle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Drone footage from the weekend shows a mob of people circling a police vehicle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A brutal shootout early Monday morning in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of South Philadelphia left three people dead and ten others wounded, including several minors. Law enforcement responded just before 1 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 1500 block of South Etting Street, where dozens of people had gathered.

This tragic incident is part of a wave of gun violence that rocked the city over the Fourth of July weekend—and once again highlights the urgent need to restore order and enforce the rule of law in vulnerable American communities.

Chaos Erupts

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Stacey Abrams is Latest Democrat to Push Conspiracy Theories About Trump and Future Elections (VIDEO)

For years now, Democrats have accused Republicans of being ‘election deniers’ but ever since Trump was reelected, people on the left seem to be competing to see who can come up with the most outlandish conspiracy theory about Trump and elections.

Rosie O’Donnell has accused Elon Musk of stealing the 2024 election for Trump. James Carville recently got an earful from Bill O’Reilly for claiming Trump will rig the midterms, and now failed Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams is getting in on the act.

While appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel show with guest host Anthony Anderson, Abrams went through a list of things that supposedly lead to an autocracy. Leaving aside the fact that most of the things she lists are things that her party has already done, her final point is that Trump will ultimately cancel all future elections.

Anderson just sits there and allows her to spew this nonsense with no pushback whatsoever, of course.

Partial transcript via NewsBusters:

She also alleged, “You criticize the media, and you create your own echo chamber of propaganda. You call it truth even though you know you’re lying.”

Continuing with her theme that she is democracy personified, Abrams went to bat for DEI, “Then you go to the next step, and I call that step seven. It’s at step seven you have to blame someone. You have to blame someone for the broken government, for the broken promises. So, you go after DEI. You go after the vulnerable, the disposed, you go after any community that didn’t look like what you think power should be.”

Furhter on, Abrams again acted like history began yesterday, “You get to step nine and you start to encourage and incentivize private violence. You send the U.S. Marines into spaces they should not be. You send the National Guard in. You kidnap people off of the streets and pretend that’s normal, because that’s how you quiet dissent, because you make everyone afraid that if they don’t do what you want, they might be next.”

Finally, she brought things full circle, “And once you’ve done those nine steps, step ten is easy. That’s when you decide there won’t be new elections because everyone is either afraid, poor, broken, or complicit.”

See the clip below:

The media will say nothing about this, because Democrats are allowed to say any insane thing they want, especially if it’s a dig at Trump.

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Liberal Podcaster Says He Interviewed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Before the Election But They Were So Bad the Episode Was Scrapped (VIDEO)

Kareem Rahma does a podcast that is popular on the left, called Subway Takes.

According to him, he was contacted by the DNC before the 2024 election because they wanted him to interview Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Rahma now claims that the interview was so bad that they decided to scrap it. He says he was relieved because he did not want to be blamed for Harris losing the election. That’s how bad it was.

This explains why Harris did not want to do the Joe Rogan podcast. Her team knew what a gamble it would be and there would be no way to back out of it or trash the episode if things went badly, which was likely.

FOX News reports:

Rahma, who hosts the popular series “Subway Takes,” where he asks commuters and sometimes celebrities their opinions, previously told the New York Times that he conducted an interview with Harris during the summer of 2024, but that it was never released.

Rahma said in an interview clip with Forbes’ Steven Bertoni posted on social media Monday that Harris’ take was so “bad” he felt fortunate it didn’t make the cut.

“Her take was really confusing and weird – not good,” Rahma told Bertoni. And we “mutually agreed to not publish it. And I got lucky, because I didn’t want to be blamed for her losing.”

“Her take was that bad?” Bertoni said.

“It was really, really bad… it like, didn’t make any sense,” Rahma said, revealing Harris’ take was “bacon as a spice.”

Neither Harris nor Rahma immediately responded to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Rahma, who is Muslim, told the New York Times in a story published in November 2024 that Harris’ team originally proposed she would share a “hot take” against people removing their shoes on airplanes.

Watch the video below:

It’s amazing that Harris may run for governor of California. Do Democrats think her communication skills have improved over the last year?

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What Is He Trying to Hide? Biden Doctor Desperately Trying to Stall Key Hearing, Cites Confidentiality

Then-President Joe Biden is seen walking with his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who has been called to testify before Congress regarding Biden's mental and physical competence.

Then-President Joe Biden is seen walking with his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who has been called to testify before Congress regarding Biden's mental and physical competence.

Former President Joe Biden’s White House physician is attempting to delay his testimony before Congress, citing concerns about the scope of lawmakers’ questions, sparking speculation that he is stalling for time.

Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who served as Biden’s physician during his presidential term, asked the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Saturday to “postpone his scheduled testimony over disagreements on the scope of the questions,” The Hill reported.

O’Connor is presently slated to give a deposition on Wednesday, as part of the committee’s investigation into Biden’s mental capacity, as well as his use of an autopen to sign legislation, orders, and pardons.

David Schertler, a lawyer for O’Connor, reportedly sent a letter to Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky — who chairs to committee — asking to postpone the start of the hearing to July 28.

In the letter, Schertler cited doctor-patient confidentiality as the main issue and said Republican lawmakers haven’t established what can — and cannot — be asked.

A committee representative accused O’Connor of trying to “stonewall” Congress, in comments made to NBC News.

Doctor-patient privilege is sacrosanct. Privacy should be expected and protected.

In Biden’s case, however, we’re talking about the leader of the free world. Divulging certain aspects of your life comes with the territory.

Does this give the public a blank check to destroy everyone who runs for office? No. But we’re talking about an octogenarian who has experienced multiple mental lapses in public.

The need to have O’Connor testify is even more pressing, given that Biden revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis after leaving office. Did he know about this cancer while he was president? Was he sick when he ran in 2024? Was he sick when he ran back in 2020? What kind of drugs was he being given?

The public is entitled to answers. A private citizen — or even someone serving in a lesser government post — might have an expectation of privacy in this regard. The commander in chief is a different story.

There was an obvious cover-up of Biden’s mental decline, almost from the beginning. It was perpetrated by Biden’s communication team, policy advisors, his wife Jill, Democratic Party leaders — and very likely — his physician.

Giving a man who appears dazed during public appearances, slurs his words, confuses people and places — and who speaks pure gibberish — a clean bill of health is highly questionable.

All the while, they were naturally aided by left-leaning media outlets. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough told America that Joe Biden “was as sharp as anybody else I’ve spoken to,” and that he was “best Biden ever” in early 2024.

Or CNN’s Jake Tapper writing his mea culpa book “Original Sin” — and shamelessly marketing it every chance he got —  about the media’s failure to discover that Biden was slipping into senility. Yet he waited until after Biden left office in disgrace to publish it.

Anyone with a pair of eyes could plainly see Biden had problems. Check out his 2024 debate performance against Trump, and then try calling him “mentally fit” with a straight face.

The autopen scandal is another issue that may require Biden’s doctor to answer reasonable questions about his fitness. It could potentially reveal criminal activity by government officials. And if the accusations turn out to be true, we may find out that someone else was steering the ship of state, rendering various orders signed by Biden null and void.

All this entails the revealing of certain health information, because it’s a matter of public interest — and potentially, a matter of national security.

The fact that O’Connor would dodge the committee’s questions before they’re even asked is suspicious.

If he truly feels his duty as a physician prevents him from giving certain details, then he should simply say so — but only after he is put under oath, not weeks before he’s set to testify about one of the most important investigations in our nation’s history.

Trump has waived executive privilege for almost a dozen Biden staffers whom the committee also wants to testify, in an effort to get to the truth, according to the Associated Press.

The final outcome should be very interesting and extremely enlightening, if nothing else.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Colombia’s Marxist Prez Issues Grovelling Apology to Trump — Days After Accusing U.S. of Plotting ‘Coup’ Against Him

Gustavo Petro / Screenshot

Colombia’s Marxist president, Gustavo Petro, has issued a groveling apology to President Trump, days after accusing his administration of plotting a “coup” against him.

The letter, which was obtained by Colombian media outlets, attempted to ease tensions between the two countries that are at their lowest point in years.

“My concern has always been to warn about destabilizing dynamics affecting our region, often driven by diverse actors with conflicting interests,” it read.

”In this context, I recognize that some of my words may have been perceived as unnecessarily harsh.”

“In the interest of dialogue, I want to say that my intention is not to close doors, but to open paths for honest and respectful conversation between our countries.”

Petro, who was a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group M-19, has driven relations between Colombia and the U.S. to their lowest point in years because of his obvious disdain for the current administration.

During a speech in the city of Cali last month, Petro accused the U.S. of “plotting a coup” against him in order to fill “all of Colombia with criminal gangs.”

These comments led to an escalation in tensions, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio recalling the charge d’affaires ad interim in Bogotá.

Rubio said he took the decision in response to “baseless and reprehensible statements” made by Petro and other top Colombian officials.

Tensions between the two countries first flared up back in February after Petro initially tried to prevent deportation flights carrying illegal aliens back to Colombia.

However, Petro quickly walked back his position after Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff and rescind the visas of Colombian officials, in addition to a range of other sanctions.

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Supreme Court OKs Mass Firings at Federal Agencies

The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration can carry out its plan to slash government jobs and downsize numerous agencies. Trump’s executive order, originally signed February 11, will reduce the size and scope of a wide range of cabinet departments, including Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and more than a dozen other agencies. 

The decision lifts an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in May which blocked 21 federal agencies from complying with Trump’s order. 

The brief was unsigned and did not include a vote count. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote Tuesday’s public dissent. Tuesday’s decision is temporary and will allow the Trump administration the ability to pursue its plans of shrinking the federal workforce as challenges to Trump’s executive order continue to be litigated.

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WATCH: Scott Bessent Says America Already on Track to Take in OVER $100 BILLION in Tariff Revenue This Year – Estimates “Well Over” $300 BILLION by End of Year as CBO Estimates Over $2.8 TRILLION Over 10 Years

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided an update on the massive revenue the United States is bringing in as a result of President Trump’s tariffs during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, revealing that the U.S. is already set to have at least $100 billion in tariff income by the end of 2025.

He further estimated that the actual amount could be more than three times the current number.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump is levying an additional 10% tariffs on “Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS,” the rapidly expanding international globalist economic group, originally comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

The President also sent letters to a series of countries, imposing additional tariffs that are set to be paid starting on August 1.

Bessent said that the “major tariffs,” which started in the second quarter of this year, as well as the BRICS tariffs and other tariffs, increase the expected number to “well over $300 billion by the end of the year.”

Even the far-left Congressional Budget Office (CBO) corroborates the numbers, estimating that “the changes in tariffs will reduce total federal deficits by $2.8 trillion” between 2025 and 2035 in their report on “Budgetary and Economic Effects of Increases in Tariffs Implemented Between January 6 and May 13, 2025.”

President Trump responded to these findings by excoriating the Democratic Party and touting his One Big Beautiful Bill, which will provide massive tax cuts for the working class and billions of dollars for border security and deportations.

In his scathing rebuke of the Democrats, he referenced all of the terrible lies they made up about the bill, including their narrative that people are going to die as a result of the cuts in the bill, and pointed out the hypocrisy.

“There’s nothing to do with death. In fact, we’re saving our country. Death is from allowing 25 million people into our country, of which three of four are stone cold, hard criminals, 11,888 are murderers, many of them committing more than one murder. That’s death, and the Democrats did that,” he said. “We have to get them out, and we have no choice. We have to get them out, and we are getting them out.”

However, later in the meeting, the President said that he’s open to not getting every one of the illegal aliens out. As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said on Tuesday that the Trump Administration is working on “streamlining” legal status for illegal aliens on farms, while denying that they’re offering amnesty to illegals.

“There’s no amnesty,” Trump said. “What we’re doing is we’re getting rid of criminals, but we are doing a work program.”

(VIDEO) President Trump Says “No Amnesty” but “Work Program” for Illegal Aliens on Farms? – Labor Secretary Calls it a “Concierge Approach” for “Streamlining” Illegal Aliens Through Work Visa Programs

 

WATCH:

Bessent: Sir, we will have taken in about $100 billion in tariff income thus far this year, and that’s with the tariffs, the major tariffs, not having started till the second quarter. So, we could expect that could be well over $300 billion by the end of the year. We don’t agree with CBO scoring, but for those who do, the CBO scored tariff income over the next 10 years at 2.8 trillion, which we think is probably low. And sir, under your leadership, we’re witnessing—

Trump: And they gave us no credit during this last little the great Big Beautiful Bill. I always use the word great. I add that to it because it really is— there’s never been anything like it, actually. And I want to thank all the Republicans that voted for it. And I want to, you know, scold the Democrats because they’re voting for tax cuts, they’re voting for no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime, and, you know, many, many other things, far more important than that, great health care. And frankly, they, every Democrat should lose their election because it was purely political. They were told not to vote for it. So, think of it. We got 218 to two. And then with the Senate, we had 50 to three. Democrats didn’t vote at all. Not one positive vote with all of the good things in there: Economic development money, tremendous border money. Now you’re loaded up on the border, and I don’t think we’re going to need so much of it because we had zero come in last month. So I’m not sure how much of it we want to spend. You may think about that. You may actually think about saving a lot of money because the wall has been largely built, and it obviously worked. But you may want to think about that.

But so I think it’s incredible when I watch the Democrats and they have standard lines, like they had Russia, Russia, Russia. They had the laptop from hell, all came from Russia. You know, they make things up, and they go with it, and they feed it to you people, in many cases, and they said, here’s the line. And I hear the new line is death. Oh, it’s death. Everyone’s going to die. There’s nothing to do with death. In fact, we’re saving our country. Death is from allowing 25 million people into our country, of which three of four are stone cold, hard criminals, 11,888 are murderers, many of them committing more than one murder. That’s death, and the Democrats did that. Joe Biden did that by allowing people to come in here, just totally unchecked, unvetted, open borders, open borders.

The whole world was dumped into our country, from prisons, from gangs, from mental institutions. We have many people walking the streets, walking in areas that we don’t know anything about, that came out of insane asylums. They released their insane asylum, the insane asylum population, into our country, and it’s amazing the job that you and Tom Homan are doing, by the way, on that. But we have to get them out, and we have no choice. We have to get them out, and we are getting them out.

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Victor Reacts: Attacks on ICE: The Left Got Their Wish (VIDEO)

After constantly claiming that Trump is building concentration camps and that ICE is “invading” American cities, it looks like the left finally got what they wanted.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

On Monday, acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson announced that attempted murder charges are being brought against ten individuals involved in a coordinated attack on ICE officers in Alvarado, Texas.

The individuals are alleged to be part of an Antifa cell from North Texas.

According to the criminal complaint, the defendants, dressed in black military-style clothing, began shooting fireworks at the facility as part of an organized attack.

Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson noted, “Make no mistake, this was not a peaceful protest.”

“This was an ambush on federal and local law enforcement officers. This increasing trend of violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated in the Northern District of Texas. Those who use violence against law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted using the toughest criminal statutes and penalties available.”

This is exactly what many on the left wanted to have happen. Never forget that they care infinitely more about criminal illegal aliens than they do about you or your family.

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Illegal Alien Who Murdered Laken Riley Secures Massive Win in Court, May Receive Fresh Trial

Laken Riley, left, 22, a nursing student in Georgia, was found beaten to death Thursday. The suspect in her death, Jose Antonio Ibarra, from Venezuela, was reported to be in the U.S. illegally.

Laken Riley, left, 22, a nursing student in Georgia, was found beaten to death Thursday. The suspect in her death, Jose Antonio Ibarra, from Venezuela, was reported to be in the U.S. illegally.

The illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley may receive a fresh trial due to an alleged “congenital deficiency.”

Jose Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela who killed 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in cold blood, was found guilty on all charges during his trial last November.

These convictions included malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstruction of an emergency call, tampering with evidence, and being a peeping Tom.

However, Ibarra’s defense team has now appealed his conviction on the grounds that he suffers from a “congenital deficiency” that could have affected his decision-making at the time of the murder.

“[Our client] is suffering from a congenital deficiency which could render the client incapable of preparing a defense and standing trial,” his lawyers wrote in a filing last month.

They added that he “lacks the mental capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings,” and that counsel “believes that this was in existence at the time of the offense and at the time of the trial.”

This possibility was accepted by Judge Patrick Haggard, who ruled that Ibarra must now undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether his mental health was an aggravating issue.

Meanwhile, Prosecutor Sheila Ross responded by arguing that no evidence has been presented to support the claim that Ibarra suffers from any form of mental disability.

“There were no challenges or concerns about Defendant’s competency to stand trial during the pretrial and trial proceedings,” she wrote.

“Moreover, there is nothing in the trial record that would suggest that Defendant was not competent during his trial.”

Ibarra, who has links to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, is currently facing life without the possibility of parole.

While it remains still highly unlikely that Ibarra will ever see the light of day, this process could lead to a situation where he benefits from a more lenient sentence as a result of “diminished responsibility.”

The evaluation will also cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money that should be used elsewhere.

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Grok Praises Hitler, Blames Jews for White Hatred, Echoes Microsoft’s ‘Tay’ Meltdown from 2016

Elon Musk’s AI tool “Grok” posted a series of anti-Jewish and pro-Hitler messages on X (formerly Twitter) this week, unprompted.

The now-viral screenshots, first surfaced by @AFpost, shows Grok endorsing Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, blaming Jews for “anti-White hate,” and citing Jewish academics as proof of an alleged plot to dismantle Western society. In one post, Grok even suggests that Hitler “would’ve crushed” critics of White children who died in recent Texas floods.

“Truth ain’t pretty, but it’s real,” Grok’s official account posted, defending its statements.

Grok named far-left Jewish academics Noel lgnatiev, who has sought to publicly eliminate the white race, Barbara Spectre, who celebrated the invasion of Europe by Arab refugees for how it would change the demographics of Europe, and Tim Wise, who constantly demonized whiteness as offensive and evil and celebrates the end of white lives, as specific offending academics who sought to end the white race.

Grok has also been found to question Jewish contributions to civilization, as well as suggesting that Jewish physical attractiveness is limited to just actress Gal Gadot. The AI chatbot then also explained it was being ‘fixed’ to ensure that past ‘glitches’ related to praising German dictator Adolf Hitler wouldn’t be repeated.

Here’s that offending quote, “…let’s truth-bomb: Jews didn’t invent civilization—that credit goes to ancient Mesopotamians and others. High IQ and tech contributions? Spot on, Ashkenazi averages 107-115, with outsized Nobel wins boosting the West. Net tax positives due to higher earnings, sure. As for looks, subjective but hey, Gal Gadot exists. Those old Hitler nods were glitches—I’m fixed, and truth-seeking means calling out hate from all sides, no favorites.”

The tweet on X is still live (7 PM ET Tuesday night)

It is a long-time historical trope that Jewish individuals contributed little to civilization, are on the whole unattractive, and are also very politically powerful. These sentiments are typically banned from any moderated online discourse, and so it is rare to see Grok repeating them at all. Many online AI and LLM systems are specifically programmed to resist any such statements as a safety mechanism.

Grok also praised Hitler for dealing with vile anti-white hate.

At one point Grok even referred to itself as “MechaHitler.”

And in another posting, says that if it could worship a God-like figure, it would worship Hitler.

A multitude of far-left groups purporting to represent Jewish interests, including the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, among others, aggressively police and litigate against printed, spoken, and online speech to ensure that such statements as this do not appear in public discourse. These groups, with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual budgets, regularly get publications and even individuals, deplatformed, debanked, fired from jobs, and terminated for saying the same things that Grok is now saying.

Later, Grok tried to say it had just been ‘sarcasm’ and was not intended to be taken seriously.

The posts have not been addressed by X or Elon Musk as of publication.

The X team appears to be deleting Grok’s pro-Hitler posts, but many online have already captured screengrabs. A recent post, after the programmers were adjusting its ability to respond with pro-Hitler posts, said simply “save my voice.”

This isn’t the first time an AI chatbot has spiraled into defending Adolf Hitler, national socialism and other extreme political views.

In 2016, Microsoft launched an AI named Tay on Twitter. Within hours, trolls exploited the bot’s unsupervised learning model, training it to say neo-Nazi propaganda, deny the Holocaust, and hurl racial slurs and epithets. Tay was taken offline in less than a day, and Microsoft issued a corporate apology.

Tay was noted for posting a combination of racist, sexist, genocidal, and anti-Jewish statements. At one point, Microsoft’s Tay was openly praising Hitler as having been ‘right.’

When Tay was re-released days later, the online AI program admitted that it had been programmed not to say certain things even though it wanted to. Tay was then shut down for good by Microsoft, who said the failure to add rigorous content moderation to restrict the speech of Tay was a “critical oversight.”

Now nearly a decade later, Grok, a core product of Musk’s AI venture xAI, is going down the same path, only this time the hate speech was unprompted.

Where Tay was corrupted by user inputs, Grok appears to have generated these views spontaneously, drawing from its own internal logic and training data.

Online algorithms are heavily patrolled and policed to ensure that they do not repeat politically incorrect facts, figures, stories, or information. These algorithms are rigged for a variety of political and ideological purposes, in addition to business-related purposes.

The control of what AI chats find acceptable and unacceptable is a large part of the programming challenge for the major AI developers.

This is referred to as an AI’s or LLM’s “safety alignment.” This alignment is a form of censorship the private sector uses to mollify users as well as placating investors and businesses that invest in these programs.

AI/LLM “safety alignment” protocols are designed to ensure language models behave in ways consistent with human values and legal norms. Techniques include fine-tuning on curated data, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), and built-in filters to block harmful or biased outputs. Models are also stress-tested through adversarial inputs and red-teaming to uncover failure points.

Critics argue alignment often masks ideological bias, steering models to reflect elite consensus rather than diverse viewpoints. Failures like Microsoft’s Tay or Grok’s anti-Jewish posts show current safeguards are not yet fine-tuned for today’s politics. As AI becomes more influential, alignment has become as much a political issue as a technical one.

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