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Swatting is a perfect tactic for moonbats. Sneaky, dishonest, and most likely to kill those who exercise their Second Amendment rights, since they may produce a gun, not knowing what is going on as their home is laid siege to. The idea of heavily armed government agents assailing the homes of the innocent, often in the middle of the night, must provide a warm glow of nostalgia for the terror inflicted by the founding fathers of modern liberalism, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Best of all, even the most cowardly can take part in swatting, because someone who makes an...

Yesterday, I [Turley] was notified by the Justice Department confirming that a recent swatting indictment includes the person or persons responsible for my own swatting a year ago. One of the defendants, Thomasz Szabo, was arrested a couple weeks ago. The indictment below charges two foreign nationals: Thomasz Szabo, 26, of Romania, and Nemanja Radovanovic, 21, of Serbia. Szabo and Radovanovic are each charged with one count of conspiracy, 29 counts of threats and false information regarding explosives, and four counts of transmitting threats in interstate and foreign commerce. Their alleged conspiracy began as early as December 2020. It continued...

A Romanian national pleaded guilty on Monday to charges related to his role in a “swatting” ring that targeted dozens of public officials, including a former US president. Going by the aliases “Plank,” “Jonah” and “Cypher,” 26-year-old Thomasz Szabo took part in a years-long conspiracy to place bogus 911 calls, claiming emergencies were taking place at the homes of top government officials, and make bomb threats against government buildings and houses of worship, according to Justice Department. Szabo and a co-conspirator, 21-year-old Serbian national Nemanja Radovanovic, allegedly targeted about 100 people, including members of Congress, governors, cabinet-level executive branch officials...

A Brooklyn teen was busted for allegedly making multiple threats to schools across Texas and Florida – even personally targeting a relative of one of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school massacre on TikTok, authorities announced this week. The 16-year-old boy was picked up May 1 at his Brooklyn home and charged with one felony count of making terroristic threats, the Uvalde Police Department said Wednesday. In addition to the threats to the Uvalde shooting victim’s family, he is accused of making multiple “swatting” – or false report – calls and sending threats to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School...

Conservative influencers are the latest targets of swatting, a dangerous hoax that brings armed law enforcement to the homes of innocent families.. Erin Derham heard the knocking first. Another storm was raging over North Carolina, with heavy rain and wind gusts over 40 MPH bringing more damage to an area still suffering from a hurricane last year. The pounding at her door was so loud and so desperate that she thought a tree must have fallen on the house, and someone was coming to check on her family. She rushed to the door in her pajamas, as her three kids...

Owen Shroyer, the host of Infowars’ War Room, was the latest victim of the Democrat terrorist swatting campaign plaguing the nation after police called him out of his home late Tuesday night due to a hoax 911 call. Shroyer’s home security video system captured the incident: VIDEOS AT LINK..................... Watch more footage of Austin, Texas, police calling Shroyer out of his home and having him slowly walk towards them with his hands on his head. Owen posted a video detailing the chilling moment, thanking the Austin Police Department for doing their jobs and calling for the Democrat Party’s street thugs...

Swatting—an increasingly dangerous and politically motivated tactic—is being weaponized against conservatives, and nationally syndicated talk show host Joe Pags is the latest victim. Swatting is the act of making a false emergency call, typically claiming a violent crime is in progress, to provoke an armed police response at an unsuspecting person’s home. These incidents have led to tragic outcomes, with victims facing heavily armed SWAT teams at their door, sometimes resulting in injury or even death. At 2:35 AM on Wednesday March 12th, Pags was alerted by a security notification on his phone. Checking his outdoor camera, he saw a...

FBI Director Kash Patel has broken his silence regarding the swatting incidents targeting major conservative figures across the country. As The Gateway Pundit reported, several conservative figures including Nick Sortor, Gunther Eagleman, and Shawn Farash have been swatted over the last couple of days. Catturd and Gunther’s brother Mike were also swatted this morning. This is the fourth time Catturd has been a victim of this left-wing terrorism. This comes after Infowars journalist Jamie White was brutally murdered in Austin earlier this week while another journalist from the organization got swatted twice. Independent Journalist Breanna Morello notes there have been...

Significant updates are happening as the violent swatting epidemic targeting conservative influencers continues to unfold. As The Gateway Pundit reported, several conservative figures including Nick Sortor, Gunther Eagleman, and Shawn Farash have been swatted over the last couple of days. This comes after Infowars journalist Jamie White was brutally murdered in Austin earlier this week while another journalist from the organization got swatted twice. Now, independent journalist Breanna Morello has discovered an important clue: the individuals swatting conservative influencers are sending pizza delivery orders to their homes before placing the distress call to 9-1-1. Specifically, the orders are coming from...

Five conservative influencers have been swatted in recent days, as Democrats ramp up their invectives against President Donald Trump and DOGE chief Elon Musk amid their work to downsize the government and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. Swatting is a form of domestic terrorism where someone makes a false report to emergency services, often targeting a political opponent, leading to a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team or other law enforcement response at the victim’s location. The malicious tactic can and has led to fatalities. The victims this week include Info Wars reporter Chase Geiser, conservative radio talk show...

<p>Two family members of one of America’s top conservative voices were swatted last night.</p><p>This morning, on “X,” Nick Sorter, who has over 900K followers on X, shared a chilling explanation of how his sister and his father could have both been killed last night during fake police reports that led to both of their homes being “swatted” by the police. “Swatting” happens when someone reports a made-up crime at a specific address. The police respond to the caller’s false crime with SWAT teams or Special Weapons and Tactics, placing the individuals inside the home in grave danger.</p>

A teenager allegedly behind hundreds of swatting incidents pleaded guilty on Wednesday to four counts of making interstate threats. Prosecutors claimed that 18-year-old Alan Filion of Lancaster, California, made more than 375 swatting and threatening calls from 2022 through January 2024. Some of the calls included claims that he placed bombs at religious institutions, schools, and government buildings. He also threatened to detonate the bombs or carry out mass shootings, the Justice Department reported. The teenager was mostly underage at the time of the calls, but he faces up to five years for each of the four charges. “This prosecution...

A Los Angeles County teenager was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday after admitting to making more than 375 "swatting calls" in which he made false reports of bomb and mass shooting threats at locations around the U.S. Alan W. Filion, an 18-year-old Lancaster resident, admitted in a plea agreement to carrying out calls targeting places such as high schools, colleges and universities, religious institutions and people such as government officials, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Federal prosecutors said he intended for the calls to result in major emergency responses by law enforcement. This led to some...

Arnold Schwarzenegger's LA home was swarmed by police on Thanksgiving Day after a prankster claimed a bomb had been placed in his mailbox. The LAPD rushed to the Terminator star's mansion after a prank call claimed the device had been planted - but upon inspection of the mailbox and surrounding area, no bomb was found, per TMZ. Officers spoke with the 77-year-old's security team who said it would be 'virtually impossible' to plant a bomb at his home given his extensive camera surveillance and 24 hour protection.

A Tennessee man is grieving the deaths of his seven dogs who were shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy while the owner and his wife were out to dinner. On Monday, Nov. 4, Kevin Dismuke and his wife left their home in McNairy County to go to dinner, Fox 13 reports. When his wife returned to their home on Finger Leapwood Road, she called him with shocking news. “She said, ‘Poe is dead,’” he said, referring to one of their pet dogs. According to News 3, Dismuke said he returned home to find all of his dogs except one...

Elon Musk expressed outrage on his social media platform X Saturday over news that rescue pet and internet sensation Peanut the Squirrel was seized from his owner’s home and euthanized by state officials in New York. The SpaceX and Tesla founder fired off a barrage of posts expressing his disdain for officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation taking the Instagram-famous Peanut, along with another rescue animal, away from owner Mark Longo’s home and animal sanctuary near the Pennsylvania border. The state then inexplicable euthanized the docile and trained animals so they could be “tested for rabies.”

The FBI on Tuesday evening issued a rare statement after court documents revealed the Bureau was authorized to use deadly force when it raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022.Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday unsealed numerous motions related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump.(snip)....The President (Biden) has nothing to do with, and has zero input on, an Ops Plan. This is an internal law enforcement document and a standardized form that FBI lawyers require before engaging in any enforcement operations,” the FBI said.

Fire trucks and ambulances reportedly rushed to the White House Monday morning around seven o’clock after a “prank caller” claimed the residence was on fire and someone was trapped inside. The incident represents the latest swatting event against political officials. Dangerous swatting events appear to have first been instigated by Democrat prank callers against political opponents.

Paxton shared on X that he was swatted on New Year’s Day when an unidentified caller made a false report to 911 describing a life-threatening situation at his home in McKinney, Texas. On New Year’s Day, a currently unidentified caller made a false report to 911 describing a life-threatening situation at our home in McKinney. As a result, the City of McKinney Police and Fire Departments quickly and bravely responded to what they believed could be a dangerous environment. We were not home at the time and were made aware of the false report when a state trooper, who was...

George Soros’ posh Southampton estate was swatted over the weekend as the lefty-leaning billionaire became the latest high-profile victim of the 911 pranks. Southampton police said they received the 911 call shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday, with the caller telling cops he had just shot his wife at the ritzy South Shore manse and was threatening to shoot himself — sending officers rushing to the scene. The report turned out to be bogus, Southampton Police Detective Herman Lamison said Monday. “Spoke to security, searched the premises. It was [a] negative problem,” one cop responding to the scene reported, according to...