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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-department-defense-branch-chief-caught-undercover-video/Nicolas Turza, the Department of Defense Branch Chief who was caught on undercover video calling President Trump “illegitimate” has resigned. The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released undercover video of a Defense Department Branch Chief attacking President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Nicolas Turza, a Department of Defense Branch Chief, called President Trump “illegitimate” and vowed to “resist him, everything he does.” Turza also attacked Hegseth and said the 44-year-old is “insanely young” and unfit to lead. “The same guy who tried to overthrow an election is just, like, truly setting us down a path of dictatorship. He’s illegitimate....

Mahdawi was arrested after arriving at a citizenship center in Vermont, The Intercept reports. ICE’s database appears to confirm Mahdawi’s detention. The database says Mahdawi is in ICE custody, listing his birthplace as Jordan. Mahdawi was born in the West Bank, but the ICE database does not have a category for the Palestinian territories. Several Columbia University anti-Israel activists have been targeted by the Trump administration, starting last month with protest leader Mahmoud Khalil. Mohsen Mahdawi’s Calls for Israel’s Destruction, Justification of Hamas Terrorism and Support for the Pro-Hamas Encampment at Columbia University (Columbia). Mohsen Mahdawi’s Calls for Israel’s Destruction,...

A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens and cheesecake before he was executed on Friday night. Mikal Mahdi, 42, had three slugs fired into his heart by trained correctional volunteers at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia and was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. for the ambush killing of Orangeburg Public Safety Captain James Myers in 2004. Mahdi, who washed down his hearty last meal with a sweet tea, did not make a final statement before his execution,...

Space Force Col. Susan Meyers, commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, sent out a base-wide email after a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance last month that undermined President Donald Trump’s position on the territory of Greenland as a vital national security interest being mismanaged by Denmark that would do better under the United States, according to a scoop by Military.com reporter Thomas Novelly published Thursday afternoon. “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik...

Space Force Col. Susan Meyers, commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, sent out a base-wide email after a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance last month that undermined President Donald Trump’s position on the territory of Greenland as a vital national security interest being mismanaged by Denmark that would do better under the United States, according to a scoop by Military.com reporter Thomas Novelly published Thursday afternoon. The visit by the vice president on March 28 was originally planned as a trip by Second Lady Usha Vance and a few Trump cabinet officials to attend a dogsled race but...

WorldNetDaily Friday, Mar. 28, 2025 ADVERTISEMENT WND Big mouth illegal who boasted of squatting in U.S. booted back to Venezuela So-called influencer had explained, "I didn't cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave' By Bob Unruh March 28, 2025 Leonel Moreno Leonel Moreno A big mouth migrant who arrived in the United States promising to move into Americans' homes, claim "squatters' rights" and then control those properties, even making it a business, has been deported to Communist Venezuela. The Gateway Pundit described Leonel Morena as a "freeloading illegal alien influencer." The report said Moreno's return was confirmed by...

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public... Dr. Marks resigned under pressure, according to a person familiar with the matter who said an official with the Department of Health and Human Services told Dr. Marks on Friday that he could either resign or be fired...

Arrested on corruption charges and charged in court. By the feds. So far, it look like almost every African American woman elected to office is corrupt. Tiffany Henyard comes to mind for starters.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa's ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata and ordered him expelled from the United States. This immediately deprived him of diplomatic immunity and required him to leave the US in just a matter of days.Using X as his medium to announce the defenestration of Rasool, Rubio was blunt.South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country. Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.The...

The Trump administration has ejected South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool out of the country, declaring him persona non grata after he gave a lecture claiming that President Donald Trump is a white supremacist leader. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Rasool’s expulsion via X on Friday afternoon:

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the Hampton Dellinger case even though he did everything to stop the court. The DC Circuit court judges Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett (Obama appointee), and Walker (Trump appointee) ruled against Dellinger. The Appeals Court, citing Seila Law and Collins, claimed the government satisfied its burden and said it would likely succeed in arguing the US President has the power to remove the head of an agency with a single top officer. “On the first factor, the government has satisfied its burden. “[T]he Constitution prohibits even ‘modest restrictions’ on...

The Trump administration has reportedly revoked the visa of a student who protested in favor of Hamas, the Islamic terrorist organization which attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, according to Fox News.

One of the key figures involved in former White House occupant Joe Biden’s thousands of pardons to violent criminals has been terminated. Liz Oyer, the head of the Justice Department’s pardon office, revealed in a LinkedIn post on Friday that she was ousted after three years in the position. “I’m sad to share that I was fired today from the job I have poured my heart and soul into for the last three years,” Oyer wrote on Linkedin. “I am so proud of the team we built in the Office of the Pardon Attorney, who will carry on our important...

Soon after Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, acquired The Washington Post for $250 million in 2013, he assured its editors and reporters — myself included — that he would give us the freedom to do our jobs and “follow the story” without interference from him. At a 2016 Washington Post tech forum with Marty Baron, who was then executive editor, Bezos quoted a phrase he had heard from the legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward: “Democracy dies in darkness.” It was a perfect motto to advertise the mission of one of America’s most storied and respected news organizations — a...

Sylvester Turner, a far-left Democrat who briefly served in Congress after decades in Texas politics, has died at 70.Turner, born in Houston, built his career in law before entering the Texas House of Representatives in 1989, where he served for over 25 years. As mayor of Houston from 2016 to 2024, he backed left-wing policies, including expansive LGBT initiatives, mass migration policies, and taxpayer-funded abortion programs.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The head of the FBI in New York forcibly resigned Monday in the latest high-level shakeup at the bureau under the Trump administration. James Dennehy, a well-regarded leader in the New York law enforcement community who also served in the U.S. Marine Corps, told the office he was forced to submit his resignation as assistant director-in-charge of the FBI's New York field office, one of the bureau's most visible posts. "Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for...

Long-time Department of Justice (DOJ) employee Joshua Stueve sent his letter of resignation citing "an unbearably toxic work environment" as the reason. "The last four years under President Biden's leadership were the best of my illustrious career at the DOJ. I felt a common bond with my colleagues working to protect the nation from the predatory intentions of Donald Trump. Sadly, those efforts failed when Trump seized power in the November election. Still, I hoped I could continue that effort from inside the belly of the beast, but the relentless demand to report on my activities every week--what I did...

Joshua Stueve, a top spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ), has resigned, citing a “toxic work environment” in his letter to leadership. “Simply put, I cannot continue to serve in such a hostile and toxic work environment, one where leadership at the highest levels makes clear we are not welcomed or valued, much less trusted to do our jobs,” wrote Stueve, who is not a political appointee and has served in administrations run by both parties. Stueve’s resignation is the latest in federal resignations and firings since the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began examining various agencies...

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, announced that he would be taking the storied newspaper in a new direction that had compelled his editorial page editor to resign in a stunning statement released on Wednesday. “I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning,” began Bezos on X before sharing the text of his address to employees: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets....

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' (ATF) chief legal counsel was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, the former ATF official confirmed on social media. "Earlier today, I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed from my position as the Chief Counsel of ATF and my employment with the Department of Justice terminated," Pamela Hicks posted on her LinkedIn page on Thursday, confirming the termination. Hicks had served as ATF's chief counsel since 2021 under the Biden administration, and served as deputy chief counsel for ATF under...