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Racine resident Kya Christian Nelson, 23, admitted to one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. From Nov. 7 to 13, 2020, Nelson went on a “swatting” spree where he’d falsely report dangerous situations at residences across the country, then livestream the ensuing police raids on social media, “sometimes while taunting responding police officers in communities such as West Covina and Oxnard,” the DOJ said. Those officers had often just cleared a home’s residents at gunpoint, as the reports they received...

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith expressed concern over the pushback against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) during President Trump’s second term, believing that competent minorities will miss out on lucrative jobs. Since Trump’s inauguration this week, the new president’s administration has already instituted numerous measures to gut DEI in the government while encouraging businesses to do the same. In response, Stephen A. Smith told The Will Cain Show that the American right has mishandled the issue. “I’m concerned about it. I’m certainly not going to celebrate it because I don’t like the way I believe the right is handling this...

Donald Trump directly blamed Vladimir Putin for the fact the war in Ukraine is still raging — a day after threatening massive tariffs and sanctions on Russian products if he fails to make a deal to end the conflict. Speaking in a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United States president said he would bring down the cost of oil, because "if the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately," adding: "It's time to end it." Asked whether he believed the war in Ukraine would end by the time the WEF returned to Davos...

Fox News reporters embedded with U.S. Customs and Immigration (ICE) raids witnessed a stunning series of arrests in Boston on Wednesday, where violent, illegal immigrant criminals vowed to go down fighting. Video footage of raids in the Hispanic enclave of East Boston captured the dramatic scene as MS-13 gang members, murderers convicted abroad, and individuals with Interpol Red Notices were apprehended. As he was being handcuffed and loaded into an ICE vehicle, a man with 17 criminal convictions yelled he was “never going back to Haiti.” “F*** Trump, you feel me? Yo, Biden forever bro!” the Haitian man yelled in...

The width and color of tree rings provides an extraordinary glimpse into a tree's history. (Dmitr1ch/Shutterstock) How extreme weather leaves a lasting mark on trees and shrubs POZNAŃ, Poland — In the Arctic’s harsh borderlands, where trees wage a constant battle for survival, an international research team has discovered that extreme cold leaves lasting fingerprints in wood. These “blue rings,” visible only under a microscope, reveal centuries-old stories of climate disasters that once brought summer temperatures plunging to near-freezing. The study, published in Frontiers in Plant Science, examined pine trees and juniper shrubs in the Arctic. The research team ventured...

The United Kingdom has confirmed that one of its Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarines surfaced close to the Yantar, a notorious Russian spy ship late last year, to make it clear it was being observed. The revelation came as the Royal Navy was once again closely tracking the Russian ship after it returned to British waters. According to the U.K. defense secretary, the Yantar has, in recent months, been “mapping the U.K.’s critical underwater infrastructure,” at a time when NATO, in general, is increasingly concerned about apparent sabotage to undersea cables. The Yantar was sailing in British waters in November last...

Jeff covered this earlier today. A lot has happened, which is why it got buried, but the media is bound to truly suffocate since it’s a school shooting that cannot be weaponized against Republicans. It’s an awful story: a student opened fire at his school, killing around 11:15 AM local time at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee: BREAKING: The deceased shooter at Antioch High School in Nashville is ID’ed as 17-year-old Solomon Henderson pic.twitter.com/iRLk8hB0XC — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 22, 2025 After another deadly school shooting, @MetroSchools director Adrienne Battle says metal detectors were pulled from Antioch High School because...

A federal judge in Seattle blocked, temporarily, President Donald Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the idea spelled out in the Constitution that every person born in the United States is an American citizen. Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an...

...This gem from former chief judge Beryl Howell, an unabashed Trump hater, who denied part of new DC US atty motion to dismiss J6 indictment following Pres Trump’s pardon. She calls the president’s pardon proclamation “flatly wrong.” When you see someone claiming these proceedings were fair and impartial, present this tirade to them. Long past time to impeach this desperate, bitter hag. “The only reason provided for this instruction, as set out in the [President’s] Proclamation’s introduction, is the assertion that this action ‘ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four...

Hundreds of transgender federal prisoners are living in fear after a 'roundup' that will send them packing to men's lockups following a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump. Now lawyers are desperately trying to find a way to fight the order, saying the prisoners will have 'a target on their backs' as they move in with hardened male inmates. 'It's going to be incredibly dangerous,' attorney Moira Meltzer-Cohen told DailyMail.com. Meltzer-Cohen represents Donna Langan, a transgender woman who underwent a sex change in federal prison. She is serving a life sentence for bank robbery as a member of the...

Former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio claimed Thursday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” that the Trump administration’s planned mass deportations were “just not American.” De Blasio said, “I want to note that, for example, the unaccompanied minors. I went to Tornillo, Texas, and saw one of those detention facilities for those kids. Americans were outraged. It doesn’t fit our values to see families separated under any circumstance. Americans believe in due process. Americans do not like the notion of the knock at the door and government authorities taking people away.” He continued, “So I think what’s happened is...

... . This time, we’re hearing unconfirmed reports that DC jail guards—suspected of abusing and beating January 6th prisoners—are in full-blown panic mode. According to the rumors, these terrified guards are worried their actions against J6 American citizens will come to light and force them to face justice as the actual bad guys in this sordid story...

In response to a federal decision that rescinded protections for sensitive areas—like churches and schools—from immigration enforcement, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued guidance ostensibly aimed at protecting such spaces from immigration actions. Torrez’s actions reflect a woke agenda prioritizing ideological goals over public safety and lawful immigration enforcement. The guidance from Torrez’s office warns against disruptions in “spaces like schools and hospitals,” claiming such actions “jeopardize access to education, healthcare, and essential services.” This language suggests that the AG’s focus is less on enforcing immigration laws and more on shielding illegal immigrants under the guise of protecting public...

The 1,500 additional active duty troops Donald Trump deployed to the southern border began arriving on Thursday morning. The Pentagon confirmed the 1,000 Army soldiers and 500 Marines deployed south include those from Military Police units as well as combat engineers and intelligence specialists to aid in detection and monitoring of illegal border jumpers. The additional active forces, which adds to the roughly 2,500 already currently stationed along the border, will also aid in constructing barriers along the border and providing the air power for deportations. Defense Department officials confirmed their forces will fly the 5,400 migrants who are currently...

...I’m resharing this because I don’t think you fully grasp the highlighted words.. This is a Federal Judge in Washington DC admitting he believes I was tortured, and should be released, but refused to let me go anyways. Imagine the green light this put on our heads when a corrupt DC Judge basically tells the world that, “Yes you were mistreated and abused, I should let you go, but I refuse to free you because of who you voted for.” By making this statement, it gave the DC Jail the permission they needed to go even HARDER on us. When...

One of the radicalized district attorneys backed and controlled by the George Soros empire is looking to undermine President Donald Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants. Leftist Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is reportedly “exploring filing state charges against convicted January 6 rioters who were” pardoned by Trump, reported CNN on January 21. CNN — which has exhibited an acute obsession with the riot on January 6 throughout the Biden presidency — gleefully celebrated that Krasner’s antics “are the first indication that state and local law enforcement officials might try to push back against Trump’s mass clemency for his supporters who...

An armed man from Massachusetts was apprehended by Capitol Police near the Library of Congress after taking a tour of the Capitol the day after the inauguration, authorities revealed. James Faber, 27, was promptly arrested after authorities found a 9mm handgun “concealed in his waistband.” They found him while responding to reports of a man with “mental health issues and suicidal thoughts.” The 27-year-old had been allowed into the Capitol Visitor Center earlier in the day Tuesday prior to being detained, despite magnetometers sounding and an officer conducting a hand search.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hit the ground running this week, arresting multiple violent offenders in sanctuary cities, including a hostile Haitian gang member with a lengthy rap sheet who said he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and raged “F–k Trump, Biden forever!” ICE officers in Boston made eight noteworthy arrests, including multiple MS-13 gang members, murder and rape suspects and the Haitian gang member, with 18 recent convictions, according to Fox News, who rode along with ICE for the arrests. There was also at least one “collateral” arrest where ICE took an illegal immigrant who wasn’t their initial target...

Just hours before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, a migrant caravan of more than 2,000 people set off from deep in southern Mexico with the aim of crossing into the U.S. The caravan, consisting of men, women, and children from various countries, was seen marching through the southern Mexican city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border in darkness early Monday. The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders. It's at least the tenth-largest caravan to walk out of Tapachula since the...

Social media users are venting their rage over a recent ABC7 Chicago broadcast, where the news outlet interviewed locals who were telling illegal migrants how to avoid being captured by federal authorities. The broadcast detailed how Chicagoans are patrolling neighborhoods, informing the community of recent mass deportation raids, and telling illegal aliens what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers end up on their doorstep. News anchor Cheryl Burton spoke from the studio on Wednesday, before cutting to reporter Michelle Gallardo in the field. Burton said: 'Chicago's immigrant community is on edge tonight as Michelle Gallardo reports, activists...