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The lefty New Jersey politicians who stormed a Newark immigration detention center did it for their “15 minutes of fame,” Homeland Security’s spokeswoman railed Monday as the feds weigh criminal charges against them for alleged assault. Tricia McLaughlin, DHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs, called the stunt last week at the Delaney Hall Detention Center by Democratic US Reps. Robert Menendez Jr., LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka “beyond the pale.” “We know that the [Newark mayor], we know these members of Congress want their 15 minutes of fame so desperately, but they’re willing to...

Congressman Tim Burchett just confirmed what many suspected—your tax dollars are being laundered. The endless spending, the wars, the so-called “aid packages”—it all circles back into the pockets of the political elite. “Where did all of your tax dollars go?” Burchett asked. “They left Washington, DC, flowed through some organization, and ended up right back in politicians’ back pockets.” That’s the game. Money moves through bureaucratic hands, gets funneled through third parties, and somehow—like magic—it enriches the very people who claim to be “serving the public.”

Right now, there’s a lot of tension in the DC Swamp. Sure, President Trump’s return has shaken its foundation, but this goes deeper than just him sitting in the Oval Office again.Much deeper.A lot of the usual suspects in DC are sweating bullets right now—not just over their dirty deeds being exposed, like the Russia Hoax, COVID shenanigans, or the Epstein client list—but because nobody saw this coming. A group of rogue Gen Z geniuses pulling back the curtain on a level of government abuse and fraud that even the most suspicious among us couldn’t have imagined. And now, the...

A Montana official entrusted with preserving Montana’s history is accused of embezzling up to as much as $300,000 in state funds to pay for his tattoo, divorce fees and rent. Michael Elijah Allen, who took over as the Heritage Commission’s executive director in 2012, is accused of embezzling the money between 2020 to early 2024, a criminal complaint filed by Lewis and Clark County. The MHC’s total annual budget is around $2.2 million, which the agency uses to maintain and preserve three important historic sites in Montana. Allen allegedly deployed a variety of tactics to embezzle MHC funds and launder...

David Hogg's time in the political limelight has mostly revolved around nothing more than his having been a student at Parkland and him parroting the media's preferred line about firearms. He's not done anything else of note, but they still adore him for just those reasons. Hell, it's the only reason he got into Harvard and everyone knows it since he'd already been rejected by state schools. Hogg's PAC tried to get a number of new Democrats elected to Congress, with pretty much no success. Exactly one candidate won in anything remotely like a contested race and they didn't even...

The FBI's handling of child sexual abuse investigations must improve, an internal watchdog said in a new report released on Thursday. The report comes more than 3 years after it came to light that the FBI was aware of U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar molesting female athletes but did not act quick enough. "The DOJ OIG found that further improvements are needed to build upon the FBI’s recent changes to its crimes against children and human trafficking (CAC/HT) program to ensure it appropriately addresses child sexual abuse allegations," read a summary of the report.

How can we trust someone that will literally say anything to get elected? Voters have come to tolerate a certain level of inconsistency in our politicians, but Kamala Harris is taking things to an entirely new level that we have never seen before. She is disavowing a whole host of far-left positions that she previously deeply believed in, and she is trying to convince all of us that she is now a “moderate” that is deeply in touch with what the American people truly want. Give me a break. She doesn’t care about what the American people truly want. All...

The Media Research Center submitted forty-eight public records requests to dozens of different offices. This investigation exposed thousands of pages of never-before-seen communications between Soros groups and elected prosecutors, including the far-left Soros politicians listed below. READ FULL REPORT https://cdn.mrc.org/static/pdfuploads/Soros+Report_FINAL_PAGES.pdf-1723215421233.pdf

Vice President Kamala Harris has a commanding lead nationally over former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll — as Republicans accuse Harris of avoiding media interviews for more than two weeks to avoid stumbling and potentially ending her “honeymoon” period as the Democratic candidate. Harris would take 50% of the vote to Trump’s 42% among likely voters if third-party candidates are options, Marquette Law School found in a poll conducted July 24-Aug. 1, shortly after President Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 and endorsed Harris as his successor. Although the poll’s margin is an outlier...

In an effort to bring politics into the modern age and more in line with its sister industries like sports and professional wrestling, prominent politicians have announced plans for each of them to begin using their own entrance theme songs. In a world exclusive, The Babylon Bee has obtained the following list of songs to be used as entrance themes for some of the country's most well-known political figures: 1. Nancy Pelosi — "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits: A song that encapsulates Pelosi's trademark "get rich without having to do anything" outlook on life. 2. Alejandro Mayorkas — "Immigrant...

I've been informed by the few liberals utopian socialists who still deign to speak to me that there is no secret confederacy of left-wing pedophiles ravaging hordes of children and that this was just a conspiracy theory whipped by tobaccy-chawin', trailer-dwellin' whackjobs. So I thought I'd pour some bourbon over an ice cube the size of the Death Star, gather some clues, and see what we can learn. Pedophile Flashback: Remember when a trans dudette calling himself Stacie Marie Laughton, a former New Hampshire state rep., was busted for child pornography? CLUES #1-85,000: Biden Administration 'Loses' 85,000 Unaccompanied Minor Children...

Nancy Pelosi slammed former prime ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson for backing Donald Trump in the race to the White House on Sunday. Earlier this month, shortly before the first of Trump’s four criminal trials began, Truss claimed that the “world was safer” when Trump was in office. She claimed a “strong America” under the presumptive Republican candidate was needed now more than ever. In January, her predecessor, Johnson – once dubbed “Britain Trump” by the ex-president himself – said Trump’s return to the White House could be “just what the world needs”.

Political commentator Tucker Carlson said that politicians are “terrified” of intelligence agencies framing them with “kiddie porn” if they oppose warrantless spying on Americans. Carlson made the stunning allegation on an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” that aired on Friday. The former Fox News host told Rogan that lawmakers have personally told him they fear retaliation from the intelligence community if they oppose reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). “People don’t say that because they’re worried about being punished,” Carlson said. “They’re worried about someone putting kiddie porn on their computer. Members of Congress are...

What’s the best way to get rich in America? Start a business? Get a four-year degree? Take a job on Wall Street? Wrong. The answer is get elected to Congress. Imagine buying shares in companies you regulate, or investing in defense contractors right before a war breaks out, or selling your stocks because you found out before everyone else there’s going to be a global pandemic. James Poulos and the Blaze Originals team traveled to Washington, D.C. to expose how members of Congress get filthy rich. Featuring: Unusual Whales, @RepMattGaetz, Chip Roy, and George Santos.

For sociopaths, their end always justifies the means, and it turns out that the most powerful people in America have no brakes. Anyone with a brain knows that there was epic cheating behind Biden’s “win” in 2020, ranging from official cheating (e.g., mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting) to unofficial cheating (e.g., delayed vote counts, faked ballots, and illegal registrations). Pollster Scott Rasmussen has discovered something very disturbing about all that cheating: While ordinary Americans want fair elections, the “elite”—that is, the rich, powerful, and connected—don’t. They want only to win. According to the Issues and Insights editorial board:...

While the world fixated on AI stocks, a silent storm brewed in the financial realm. In just four days, the US politicians orchestrated a borrowing spectacle, accumulating a staggering $100 billion. As the nation’s total debt catapults to a record $34.5 trillion, a rapid ascent of $11.2 trillion since 2020, questions arise about the sustainability of such fiscal dynamics.

As believers, it's always comforting to know that your elected officials have a deep knowledge and affection for the Bible. Learning the favorite scripture verses of your leaders can provide insight into their lives and the values they hold dear. With that in mind, The Babylon Bee asked the following prominent politicians to tell us their favorite Bible verses: 1. Hillary Clinton: "Then he went away and hanged himself." - Matthew 27:5 2. Rashida Tlaib: "Behold, the people of Israel are too many..." - Exodus 1:9 3. Mitch McConnell: "..." 4. Lauren Boebert: "Dance like nobody's watching (it's in the...

QUEENS, NY (TND) — A shocking arrest was made in an apparent homegrown terrorism case involving two brothers in Queens, New York. Authorities said an arsenal of homemade weapons and a "hit list" listing "cops, judges, politicians, celebrities" and “banker scum” were found when the suspected anarchists were arrested at their home. New York police arrested 39-year-old Andrew and 51-year-old Angelo Hatziagelis. On January 17, a search warrant was served at their Astoria apartment that the brothers shared with their mother and another brother.

Critics are accusing the DOJ of sweeping additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried under the rug, after prosecutors said he would not face a second trial for campaign finance violations following his conviction last month. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the 'strong public interest' in a prompt resolution of the case outweighed the benefits of a second trial. In his letter to the court, US Attorney Damian Williams noted that prosecutors introduced evidence about all of the dropped charges during Bankman-Fried's monthlong first trial, where he was found guilty on...

The feds are one step closer to unmasking the politicians, military officers, and government contractors who visited high-end brothels in eastern Virginia and Boston as prosecutors seek to charge 28 “Johns.” Acting US Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement on Monday: “Our office made it clear when we announced charges of a commercial sex ring case on Nov. 8, 2023, that the investigation was ongoing and that there would be accountability for the buyers who fuel the commercial sex industry.” “Today, a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force Officer with the Cambridge Police Department submitted applications for complaints against 28...