Inflation in February clocked in at 2.4 percent annualized, unchanged from the previous month, the Bureau of Labor Standards stated in its monthly report released Wednesday morning. Food and housing costs ticked up, but were offset by falling prices for other goods and services like used cars.
The report does not reflect the impact of the ongoing war in Iran, which has created a spike in energy costs as Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has crippled oil exports from many countries in the Middle East. The increase in oil prices has pushed gasoline prices in the U.S. up sharply, rising to an average of over $3.50 a gallon on Tuesday, the highest since 2024.
Elevated energy prices are expected to push inflation up in the coming months, as high fuel and transportation costs ripple across the economy. Some analysts project that U.S. inflation could top 3 percent in the months ahead.
Failing PM Starmer insisted on nominating Mandelson as US Ambassador – and almost lost his premiership over it.
Failing PM Starmer knew the extent of Mandelson’s ties to Epstein before appointing him as US ambassador.
Peter Mandelson thought himself immune to the ‘Epstein curse’ – but he was not.
As a result, he was fired from his ambassadorship, had to resign from the Labour Party and the House of Lords, his consulting firm collapsed, and to top it all, he was arrested over his Epstein ties, as he is criminally investigated for ‘Misconduct in Public Office’.
Today (11), after some time has passed and the ‘Epstein crisis’ has subsided in the UK, the British government released the first batch of documents covering the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.
And, as it was expected, it’s reviving questions about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s misguided judgment in appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein in such a key post.
‘In writing, the PM was given clear warning of the dangers of appointing Lord Mandelson.’
GB News’ Political Editor Christopher Hope brings an update on the first tranche of the newly released Mandelson files and analyses the impact of it on the authority of the Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/nS7SYrj4ff
Criminal defence solicitor Marcus Johnstone discusses whether Peter Mandelson would have to give back the taxpayer funded pay-out that he was given, following his sacking as ambassador to Washington. pic.twitter.com/uy0jlKlaM2
“The publication of the first tranche of documents covering the vetting of Mandelson, under police investigation for allegedly leaking government documents to the late sex offender, does little to reduce the pressure on Starmer, who is under fire over the appointment and a series of policy U-turns.
The more than 100 pages of documents suggested concerns were raised about the ‘reputational risks’ in appointing Mandelson, particularly over his friendship with Epstein, but also his previous resignations from government and his support for closer ties with China.”
MANDELSON FILES: OFFICIALS WARNED STARMER THAT MANDELSON ADVOCATED FOR CLOSER RELATIONS WITH CHINA pic.twitter.com/HRzf1C9vcl
“Starmer has expressed regret over the appointment, saying the Labour veteran had created a ‘litany of deceit’ about his ties to Epstein, an apology that did little to quieten opposition voices saying the prime minister should step down.”
Mandelson and his ‘best pal’ Epstein go shopping in the US Virgin Islands.
“A due diligence document drawn up in Dec 2024 before Lord Mandelson’s appointment to Washington noted that the peer had a ‘particularly close relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein.
The dossier, which includes a link to a Telegraph story from Jan 2024 that detailed the links ‘extensively’, explicitly warned Sir Keir that Lord Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein posed a ‘general reputational risk’.
The Prime Minister, who also knew that the peer had maintained ties with Epstein even after the financier was convicted of child sex offences, proceeded to appoint Lord Mandelson as ambassador regardless.”
The Iran War entered its 12th day on Wednesday, after the U.S. launched what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called “our most intense day of strikes.” Multiple UNESCO world heritage sites in Iran were reported damaged or completely destroyed on Wednesday morning while Iran’s Red Crescent Society said Tuesday that since the start of the war, almost 10,000 civilian structures had been destroyed or damaged in airstrikes, 7,493 of which were residential buildings.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that 140 U.S. troops have been wounded in the conflict.
Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport, with four people reported injured in the airport attack.
Iran’s military says any ships belonging to the United States, Israel, or their allies will be “considered legitimate targets,” and will be targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s ballistic missile and drone attacks against Gulf states continued at the start of the week, with significantly lower rates of interception reported in the UAE on Tuesday. The U.S. announced its decision this week to relocate THAAD missile defense systems from South Korea to the Middle East in order to shore up dwindling munitions.
Israel continued its ground invasion of Southern Lebanon and bombing of Beirut, which has already displaced over 700,000 people so far, UNICEF estimates.
Polls continue to show that the majority of Americans oppose the War with Iran, with support ranging from 27 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll to 50 percent in a Fox News poll.
Anonymous intelligence officials told CNN on Tuesday that Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. claims to have targeted mine laying boats in response.
Gas prices continued to rise, with AAA reporting the average national gas price at $3.58, while the price of Brent crude increased to $90.77 on Wednesday morning.
CNN’s Abby Phillip sparked fury after lying about last weekend’s terror attack in NYC. Credit: CNN screenshot
CNN’s leftist host Abby Phillip sparked national outrage last night after uttering a huge lie about last weekend’s terror attack in New York City before trying to backtrack in a panic.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, two male Islamist terrorists linked to ISIS threw a homemade bomb in an attempt to kill protesters at an anti-Islam rally outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence on Saturday. The bomb was laced with metal and powerful explosives, according to the New York Times.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.
One of the men screamed “Allahu Akbar!” while getting arrested.
Following the attack, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) responded with an extremely provocative comment that infuriated the left: Muslims do not belong in the United States.
“Muslims don’t belong in American society,” Ogles wrote on X. “Pluralism is a lie.”
This remark came less than one month after Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) set the Internet on fire with his comments toward a Muslim leftist who called for banning dogs as indoor pets.
“If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one,” Fine wrote.
Phillip seemingly saw an opportunity to smear Fine and Ogles while insinuating they were partly to blame for the terror attack. And she did so by outright lying about Muslim NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani being the target.
“Two Republicans say Muslims don’t belong here after an attempted terror attack on New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani. And the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, says nothing to really condemn these comments,” Phillip fibbed.
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CNN’s Abby Phillip claims that the attempted NYC bombing was “an attempted terror attack against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.”
The suspects were two Muslim terrorists who pledged allegiance to ISIS and were targeting anti-Islam protesters. pic.twitter.com/xtGIirLPb3
After getting blasted on X, Phillip frantically tried to do damage control on X. She corrected the despicable lie but said her wording was merely ‘inaccurate’ and an ‘error.’
“I want to correct something I said last night,” Phillip wrote. “The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani.”
“That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead of time. I apologize for the error.”
I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead…
No, Abby, you didn’t misreport it, you deliberately twisted the facts on purpose. You’re nothing but a shameless political hack, with your head buried so deep in the anti-American echo chamber that it’s downright nauseating. If CNN has any shot at survival in this era of…
You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did no growth. This makes it abundantly clear you don’t understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of your offenses.
Hi @abbydphillip. This correction is once again, inaccurate. The bomb was thrown indiscriminately into a crowd of civilians—the terrorist said himself he wanted to kill a lot more people than the Boston massacre bomber. Will there be an actual accurate correction on-air?
Iran’s morality police, formally known as the Gasht-e Ershad (Guidance Patrol). Photo: Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Iran has a religious government led by the ayatollah as supreme leader, the highest authority in the state. The country maintains two parallel military systems.
The Iranian army operates as the conventional national military, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reports directly to the supreme leader, answerable only to him.
Domestically, the IRGC functions as a major tool of repression, including arresting and killing protesters.
Abroad, it supports terrorist organizations through training, funding, and coordination while carrying out the regime’s foreign policy objectives.
Law enforcement inside Iran operates through two parallel systems. The regular police force falls under the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), which has more than 260,000 personnel and is under the direct control of the supreme leader, who serves as commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Although FARAJA is administratively affiliated with the Interior Ministry, the minister is responsible only for logistical matters such as maintaining equipment and facilities.
The chief of staff of FARAJA is directly appointed by the supreme leader and in turn appoints the higher echelons of police officers.
The Office of the Representative of the Supreme Leader within the force is responsible for indoctrinating police personnel. The elected president and parliament have no authority to appoint or dismiss the police commander
. In December 2021, Khamenei issued a decree elevating FARAJA’s structure to that of a General Command, raising it to the same rank as the army and the IRGC and further consolidating the supreme leader’s control over the repression apparatus.
Alongside the regular police operates Iran’s morality police, formally known as the Gasht-e Ershad, or Guidance Patrol, an Islamic religious police unit tasked with enforcing the regime’s strict interpretation of Islamic social codes, with particular focus on mandatory hijab for women.
After the relatively more open era of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005), the conservative government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad established the Gasht-e Ershad in 2005 as a specialized patrol squad within FARAJA, succeeding the Islamic Revolution Committees.
Its creation followed a resolution by Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution on “strategies to develop a culture of chastity.” By 2005, the force already consisted of more than 7,000 officers.
Women make up less than a quarter of the unit and frequently accompany their male counterparts, who often arrive in unmarked vans.
In its early years, members were largely religiously devout followers of the regime who joined at the encouragement of clerics; when Ahmadinejad formalized the force, a number of young men also joined to fulfill mandatory military conscription requirements.
The Guidance Patrol reports directly to the supreme leader and operates under the authority of FARAJA’s commander to conduct street-level interventions aimed at promoting virtue and preventing vice.
Officers have authority to issue verbal warnings, detain women on the street for noncompliant dress, transport detainees to processing centers, refer cases to prosecutors and courts for criminal charges, fine individuals, seize vehicles, and close businesses that fail to enforce compliance. Fines are automatically deducted from citizens’ bank accounts.
Guidance patrols typically consist of a van with a male crew accompanied by women in chadors, a full-length open cloak that covers the head and body but leaves the face fully visible.
They are stationed at busy public places such as shopping centers, squares, and subway stations, sometimes assisted by Basij paramilitary volunteers, who regularly supplement FARAJA patrols at public spaces, universities, and mass gatherings.
The unit’s structure enables routine coordination with the IRGC and its Basij wing through shared ideological oversight and personnel overlap.
The Basij is a paramilitary volunteer militia operating under the command of the IRGC. It was founded by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 shortly after the Islamic Revolution.
In January 2023, Supreme Leader Khamenei appointed Ahmad-Reza Radan as commander of FARAJA. Radan began his career in the Basij and the IRGC, served as a provincial commander in Kurdistan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Khorasan Razavi, and Tehran, and was one of the architects of the morality police program in 2005.
He was sanctioned by the United States in 2010 and the European Union in 2011 for human rights violations and was dispatched to Syria in 2011 to advise the Assad government on crackdown tactics.
Overall coordination of the security apparatus is carried out by the Supreme National Security Council, headed by the supreme leader and including the president, the interior minister, commanders of relevant organizations, and the heads of the legislature and judiciary.
It is this council that decides how to respond when protests break out, with each province maintaining its own security council to implement nationwide crackdowns on the ground.
One of the more recent focuses of the morality police has been the enforcement of the Noor Plan. Noor, meaning “light” in Persian, is a state-run enforcement campaign launched by FARAJA.
On April 3, 2024, Supreme Leader Khamenei gave a speech emphasizing that the government and judiciary have a legal obligation to enforce mandatory hijab laws and that all women and girls, regardless of religion or belief, are legally required to comply.
Ten days later, Tehran police commander Abbas Ali Mohammadian announced the launch of the plan.
At the same time, the IRGC commander for Tehran announced the deployment of trained civilian groups called “ambassadors of kindness,” tasked with monitoring hijab compliance in public spaces such as markets, parks, and public transit.
The plan deploys police officers across all Iranian provinces to confront individuals appearing without the hijab. Women typically receive an initial warning, followed by possible legal action for repeat violations.
Enforcement relies heavily on surveillance technology, including drones, facial-recognition software, and street cameras.
Facial-recognition systems have been installed at locations such as the entrance to Tehran’s Amirkabir University, while roadway cameras scan for violations in passing vehicles.
Authorities also introduced the “Nazer” mobile app, allowing members of the public to report suspected hijab violations in vehicles by submitting the location, date, time, and license plate number. Reports trigger alerts to police, and vehicles can be flagged or confiscated.
The Noor Plan functions as the enforcement arm of a broader legal framework. The December 2024 Hijab and Chastity Law, a 71-article measure approved by parliament and the Guardian Council, expanded the authority of the Intelligence Ministry, the IRGC, police, and judiciary to identify and prosecute violations.
The law directs FARAJA to use traffic cameras and artificial intelligence to identify offenders and authorizes penalties for businesses and institutions that fail to enforce compliance.
Iran’s legal system has been fully unified under Islamic law since the 1979 revolution. The entire penal code, including Hudud offenses, ta’zir discretionary punishments, and qisas (retribution), is Sharia-based and administered through a single court system.
Morality-police detentions are typically short-term. A woman detained for hijab noncompliance is usually held briefly, forced to sign a commitment to comply, and released, sometimes after a family member retrieves her.
However, a morality-police arrest can serve as the entry point into a legal system capable of holding someone indefinitely.
The catch-all charges of moharebeh (“waging war against God”) and mofsed-e-filarz (“spreading corruption on earth”) carry no fixed sentence, giving judges broad discretion.
Political prisoners, journalists, activists, and repeat offenders referred to the courts are often held under these charges for indeterminate periods, with no clear release date, through prosecutorial and judicial discretion rather than any separate court structure.
Democrat lawmakers and their liberal allies should read Iranian law before claiming that President Trump is not liberating Iranians by freeing them from the ayatollah, the IRGC, and the morality police.
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Over the past year, the U.S. government has started backing companies tied to critical resources and national security. And when those announcements come, stocks have moved fast. Sometimes in days.
For example, when the Trump Administration took a stake in Trilogy Metals, the stock jumped 388% in just 8 days.
Bruce Springsteen, a man of the people. Provided those people can pay exorbitant prices for concerts, of course.
Springsteen is launching the 20-date “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” with his E Street Band starting next month and ending in May. The tour is going to be pushing a “No Kings” theme, according to the New York Post, which is somewhat ironic when you look at the ticket prices.
According to Variety, the tickets for the tour start at $84.55, although you would be insanely lucky to get those nosebleed seats. The most expensive tickets are over $3,000 a pop.
And the 76-year-old Springsteen means this tour as a sort of statement on where liberalism is in 2026, which is … well, apt.
“We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming!” Springsteen said in a statement.
“We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America — American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C. Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome …”
Provided, of course, you can pay the piper.
The cheapest available ticket at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on April 20 is going for $279.63. The May 5 show at the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York, is slightly cheaper at $177.31, while the Barclays Center in Brooklyn had tickets for $244.35. Madison Square Garden tickets will be at least $326.60.
Variety, a showbiz publication, naturally thought that these high prices were much ado about nothing:
Springsteen tours have tended to attract more attention for their cost than most in recent years, partly because some fans believe that he has a “man of the people” image that should mandate keeping costs for fans low, while others think it’s just fine if he charges something closer to a going rate, given how scalpers will make the lion’s share off outrageous prices if he leaves money on the table for the sake of optics. And, of course, many in Springsteen’s core demographic rarely buy tickets anymore and still complain about anything above 1985 prices… although no one can be blamed for having their eyes widen upon first exposure to the higher tiers here. (It’s not just boomers who balk, anyway; the onsale for Harry Styles’ upcoming residencies had some millennials at least as much in shock as any Bruce fan.)
Some people (read: Variety writers) don’t get that the shock is less people upset that concerts cost more than they did 40 years ago and more those pesky “optics,” particularly as it relates to a “No Kings”-themed tour aimed at whinging about Donald Trump.
If that’s what you want to do, fine — but don’t price it for kings only.
The Post, fittingly, captured some of the reactions, which were particularly brutal.
“You have become a friggin woke joke,” one commenter said.
“Just remember, Bruce, Republicans buy concert tickets, too. At least they did until now,” another wrote.
“Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford tickets for hundreds or thousands of dollars. I thought Bruce was better than that,” another wrote.
No, he’s not, even if he is a billionaire. But cheer up: He’s only going places where he gets his butt taxed off for it!
“Ha, ha only blue cities. No one else would buy the Obama bootlicker’s tickets,” one fan wrote about the itinerary.
Springsteen’s attitude and staggering ticket prices were always bound to rub some the wrong way, but the Boss doesn’t seem to have accounted for how badly this would go. Not that he would know, given how unaffected by reality he seems to be these days.
However, I have good news, Springsteen fans with budgets: At least you can be sure that $3,000 is being fleeced from all the right sort of people.
It’s not uncommon to hear that the Supreme Court is one of the last places where honest-to-goodness decorum still exists.
Not only is the political temperature tamped way down during oral arguments, but the justices even have something known as the “Judicial handshake” to show camaraderie before making crucial decisions.
So when two justices are sniping at each other in a public forum, like Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson did, it’s naturally going to raise a few eyebrows.
On Monday, the two justices were present at an event for lawyers and judges held in Washington, per NBC News.
According to the Associated Press, the two were part of a panel where a federal judge would ask them both questions.
The outlet added, “The occasion was an annual lecture in memory of a former federal judge and prosecutor, Thomas A. Flannery.”
The Associated Press reported that when the discussion came to the topic of whether or not the Supreme Court was ruling too frequently in favor of President Donald Trump’s administration in emergency situations, Jackson — a liberal judge and frequent dissenter from the conservative majority — decided to air out some dirty laundry.
“The administration is making new policy… and then insisting the new policy take effect immediately, before the challenge is decided,” Jackson said. “I just feel like this uptick in the court’s willingness to get involved… is a real unfortunate problem.”
She contended, “It’s not serving the court or this country well.”
(The Associated Press noted that these remarks were met with “loud applause.”)
Unfazed, Kavanaugh fired back in a rare public rebuke of a fellow Justice.
“None of us enjoy this,” he said of the trend where the Supreme Court is taking on many emergency injunctions from the Trump administration.
Kavanaugh further explained, “We have to have the same position regardless of who is president,” which was apparently at least one sentiment that he and Jackson agreed on.
According to NBC News, outside of the matter of whether or not the Supreme Court has been too eager to help prop up Trump’s agenda, the two actually agreed on virtually everything else.
One such area where the two wholeheartedly agreed was that threats of violence against judges had no place in society.
Kavanaugh, 61, was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2018 by President Donald Trump.
Jackson, 55, was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022 by former President Joe Biden.
Kavanaugh, a conservative, has largely fit in on the bench. Jackson, a progressive, meanwhile seems to have a knack for alienating even her fellow liberal justices.
Candace Cameron Bure says she once walked into a “dark and demonic” underground S&M party by accident before quickly leaving. (Screenshot: Candace Cameron Bure Podcast/Youtube)
Actress Candace Cameron Bure, best known for her role as D.J. Tanner on the beloved family sitcom Full House, recently shared a shocking personal story about an unsettling experience she once had at a party she unknowingly attended with her husband.
Speaking candidly on “The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast,” Bure recounted a disturbing moment during a conversation with guest Madison Prewett Troutt, known for her conservative values on The Bachelor Season 24, when the topic turned to embarrassing or uncomfortable situations people face when they follow friends into environments they later regret.
Bure admitted that one of the most “shameful” experiences of her life involved attending what she thought would be a normal gathering with her husband, former NHL star Valeri Bure, only to discover it was something entirely different.
“Of course. I mean, listen, I have some really weird, embarrassing moments,” Bure said. “Although I shouldn’t say embarrassing. For me, they were more shameful of going to places where I thought like, ‘Oh, this person’s a friend, and I’m going to be cool and do this.’”
Bure described the scene as nothing short of spiritual warfare.
Candace Cameron Bure: “I went to a party once with Val because we were married, and it ended up being this underground party that was an S&M sex thing that was so dark and demonic. We walked in, and my eyeballs were popping out of my head because I saw stuff I’ve never seen before in my life.
I’m looking at Val, going like, “How are we here? What is happening?”
The one person that invited us—we made a hard U-turn and walked right out of there. It just was so slimy and weird. I was like, “We’re going to pause before we ever say yes to going out with that friend again.”
We just had no idea what we were walking into, and it was so disgusting and gross.”
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As a proud mother of three and wife to former NHL star Valeri Bure, Candace has consistently championed faith, family, and freedom in an industry dominated by woke agendas and moral relativism.
Her escape from this “demonic” gathering echoes the warnings from other conservative voices about the hidden vices in Tinseltown, where Epstein-style parties and elite debauchery thrive under the radar. This comes at a time when America is fighting back against the radical left’s push to normalize everything.
Investigative journalist John Solomon says a wave of explosive revelations may soon shake Washington as newly declassified intelligence documents are prepared for release.
In a jaw-dropping interview on Steve Bannon’s War Room, Solomon revealed that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the FBI are preparing to release a large body of declassified material over the next ten days that allegedly exposes foreign interference in U.S. elections and secret government surveillance operations targeting Americans, including President Donald Trump.
According to Solomon, the documents contain information that has been hidden from the public, and possibly even from Trump himself, until recently.
Solomon told Bannon that he has already begun reviewing portions of the intelligence material and described the findings as “explosive.”
John Solomon: Now, over the next 10 days, Steve, we’re going to have a lot more. For the first time, we’re going to be able to start processing these documents—a large body of evidence in the intelligence community that raises concerns about foreign interference in our elections. That will probably come at the end of this week or early next week.
The documents are explosive. They’re really remarkable. And what’s most remarkable is that all of this has been kept from the American people—possibly even from President Trump in some cases—until recently, of course, when his team told him. I think there’s a lot there.
He said the information could begin surfacing by the end of this week or early next week once the declassification process is completed.
Solomon revealed the existence of a previously unknown, “off-the-books” FBI investigation.
While we’ve heard of Arctic Frost and Plasmic Echo, this new operation targeted President Trump and his associates using what Solomon described as “speech delimiters.”
Essentially, if you spoke about certain issues or used specific phrases, you were automatically deemed a “national security threat,” placed on a list, and subjected to clandestine government surveillance.
John Solomon: “And in between those two things, we’re going to reveal another code-named FBI investigation that targeted President Trump—one you’ve never heard of before—one that may be among the most troubling.
Of course, we have Crossfire Hurricane, we’ve got Plasmic Echo, and we have the third one that targeted the January 6 investigation, Arctic Frost. There’s another one that is really deeply troubling. It’s troubling to the FBI. It’s troubling to the intelligence community.
It seems to involve speech delimiters. In other words, if you said something or spoke a certain way about a specific issue, you potentially were deemed a national security threat to the United States, and you were put under an assessment and potentially a criminal investigation.
So I learned of this operation because I was targeted in 2022. I had to cooperate with the Justice Department. When the Justice Department and I talked, they realized that their entire theory of the case was ludicrous.
But as a result of that, I’ve been on a two-and-a-half- to three-year mission to get these documents—to get the truth out about what happened.
Recently, FBI agents working for Kash Patel found this operation. They found the SCIF where it was hidden, found the code-word name for it, and located the prohibited-access file.
So one of the things that Chris Wray’s people did is that they would start these political investigations targeting Trump—or even someone else—and they would keep it off the books. Most people could not see it in the FBI Sentinel system.
This one was one of those well-hidden operations, the result of some senior leadership that worked around Kash Patel. There were people from that era who knew what was going on. In some cases, they may even have been required to work on certain things.
They knew what was going on, and they’ve been guiding Kash Patel to these records and helping him find these records in the labyrinth of secrecy that Chris Wray’s FBI created.
So these senior executives have really helped uncover some jaw-dropping stuff, and I think in the next couple of days people will see that as well.
The focus in this grand jury subpoena that went out in the last few days to Maricopa County seeks many gigabytes of election data. It relates to the 2024 election, which is interesting because President Trump won there.
But there was a discovery made by congressional observers. Every year, the House Administration Committee sends observers—one Democrat and one Republican—to various voting centers.
One of the teams, the Republican-Democrat team that went to Maricopa County, observed something very disturbing. They took pictures and wrote a long report.
Congressman Abe Hamadeh hinted at this in an oversight letter recently. The information in that report was so troubling to the FBI that, when coupled with the things the Arizona Senate found in 2020 and raised as concerns—and the things that Hamadeh and Kari Lake raised in 2022—they were able to get a grand jury subpoena from a federal grand jury and execute the transmission of a large amount of voter data.
They’re going to go through that data looking for some of the telltale signs that were in this congressional report.
I hope in the next couple of days to make that congressional report public so everybody can see what it was that observers on Bryan Steil’s House Administration Committee saw.
Bryan Steil himself acknowledged that they were working with federal authorities on this specific Arizona matter.
So you have Congress working with the FBI, and I think this is phase two of about a five-phase look at states—particularly blue states or blue areas of states—where elections are not administered the way the law says they’re supposed to be.
And as a result, the FBI may come in and prosecute people, because it is a federal felony if you don’t follow your state’s laws—if you don’t treat everybody the same under your state law.
The Gateway Pundit reported last year that President Donald Trump announced that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had uncovered bags of hidden documents related to corruption in the 2020 election.
According to a statement by President Trump, these files contain “massive” evidence of wrongdoing and will soon be made public.
President Trump: “And you’ve also found many bags of information. I think they call them burn bags. They’re supposed to be burned, and they didn’t get burned, having to do with how corrupt the 2020 election was. And when will that all come out?”
Tulsi Gabbard: “Mr. President, I will be the first to brief you once we have that information collected. But you’re right, we are finding documents literally tucked away in the back of safes in random offices in these bags and in other areas, which again speaks to the intent of those who are trying to hide the truth from the American people and trying to cover up the politicization that was led by people like John Brennan and James Clapper and others that have caused really immeasurable harm to the American people and to our country.”
In the same year, Gabbard gave a detailed update on her sweeping investigations into the politicization of intelligence and election interference.
Her statement confirmed what many conservatives have long suspected: that the very foundations of America’s electoral system have been compromised.
“I’ve got a long list of things that we’re investigating. We have the best going after this, election integrity being one of them,” Gabbard said.
“We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast, which further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country so that voters can have faith in the integrity of our elections.”
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