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A former teaching assistant who was fired by Illinois State University was arrested in a joint operation by FBI and Secret Service agents on Tuesday. Derek Lopez, 27, has been charged with threatening President Donald Trump, according to the bureau. "The arrest follows a month-long investigation coordinated with the above agencies, which also included the Illinois State University Police Department, regarding Lopez's online and in-person activities," according to an FBI memo obtained by Fox News Digital. "Lopez is alleged to have recently made threats against a sitting President, which prompted the current federal charges." "The threats against President Trump allegedly...

Mamdani says NYPD boots ‘on your neck’ were ‘laced by the IDF’ in vile video Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani once made a vile, conspiracy-tinged statement tying the NYPD and the Israeli military, according to a shocking video that resurfaced Tuesday. “We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF,” the Queens assemblyman said, referring to the Israel Defense Forces. Mamdani made the comparison during the 2023 Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention, where he was the keynote speaker. During a separate panel discussion titled “Socialist Internationalism: The...

New York Black Lives Matter founder Hawk Newsome ranted about “black faces of systemic oppression” as he turned himself in Monday to face charges for allegedly assaulting a black man during a bust up at a political rally in Harlem last week.The activist is accused of punching Manhattan Democratic District Leader William Allen and hurling a bullhorn at him when the protest descended into chaos on Friday afternoon, sources told The Post. The entire saga unfolded when Newsome and a host of activists swarmed Councilman Yusef Salaam’s Harlem office to object to a non-profit leader having her community funding yanked....

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby Zohran Mamdani’s intern Arzoo Malik is calling for a Holy War through Jihad and martyrdom: “This is all jihad, this is all ibada, and this is all counted for by Allah. How committed am I to this? What am I willing to sacrifice for this noble cause?”

The first immigration case NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani may have to confront if elected could be his own – as two House Republicans push the Justice Department to probe his path to citizenship and possibly boot him from the US. Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) last week demanded the feds “review every naturalization of the past 30 years – starting with Mamdani.” “I just think we need to take a hard look at how these folks became citizens, and if there is any fraud or any violation of the rules we need to denaturalize and deport,” Fine told the Post.

Fox News @FoxNews WATCH: A school teacher at an anti-ICE protest warns federal agents that they're "not the only ones with guns."

The first video “Richard LA” posted to TikTok appeared on Aug. 21, 2024. “Accident at 27th and San Pedro,” he wrote in Spanish under video clips showing two damaged cars and paramedics pushing a man on a gurney into an ambulance. “2 people were taken to the hospital.” “Richard LA” was actually Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44, a father of two living in southern Los Angeles. His TikTok feed soon filled with similar clips. A fire at a home on 36th and Trinity streets. A car crash on 29th Street and Maple Avenue. His audience grew steadily over the ensuing months....

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested she’s considering a run for Senate following a GOP-led redraw of the state’s congressional districts. She’ll have to decide whether to run in a new district, since her Dallas-based district will cease to exist. Republicans. believe a Paxton victory(primary) would give Democrats a shot at winning the seat in a midterm year where the political environment is likely to favor them.

There is no free press under Islam. And there won't be a free press if Islam rules over New York.After the scandal of Zohran Mamdani meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj broke, the New York Post did what the rest of the local media refused to do, reporting on the fact that the candidate for mayor had…posed with an unindicted co-conspirator in the Blind Sheikh plot to bomb NYC landmarksspoke at a mosque that had been under NYPD surveillance for its terror tiesembraced an imam who had called for Jihad and the takeover of AmericaAs part of its reporting, the New...

The rabbi of a prominent Manhattan synagogue slammed Zohran Mamdani as a “danger to the security of the New York Jewish community” — as he urged congregants to back Andrew Cuomo for mayor instead. “I believe Zohran Mamdani poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, of the renowned Park Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side, said during his Saturday sermon. He said Mamdani refuses to denounce the phrase “Globalize the Intifada,” denies Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state, has vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cited his “thrice-repeated...

Police Fail to Investigate Multiple Islamist Preachers for ‘Hate Speech’ Shaykh Asrar Rashid delivers a sermon at the Nottingham Islamic Centre in which he calla for “offensive jihad” against the inhabitants of the U.K. Shaykh Asrar Rashid delivers a sermon at the Nottingham Islamic Centre in which he calla for “offensive jihad” against the inhabitants of the U.K.(YouTube screenshot) An extremist preacher from Birmingham, who has a record of uttering what British law defines as “hate speech,” has encouraged Muslims to engage in proactive jihad to prevent being wiped out by white people.

A protester in an inflatable frog suit who has risen to notoriety over clashes with immigration officers is a self-identifying non-binary Antifa terrorist, The Telegraph can reveal. The “Portland frog” has become a symbol of resistance for Left-wing agitators in Portland, Oregon during nightly protests which have plagued the city for months. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were filmed pepper-spraying the anonymous figure through his inflatable disguise, with the video quickly going viral. The person in the costume can now be unmasked as Seth Todd, a non-binary 24-year-old who previously called for the murders of Donald Trump and police...

Police in Alberta, Canada, are searching for Jessica Yaniv, also known as Jessica Simpson, in relation to a criminal harassment charge according to Western Standard. The outlet spoke with the complainant who said they are trying to confirm if the search extends to British Columbia, where Yaniv is from. No court records have yet been released in relation to the case and Calgary Police have yet to comment, so further details of the harassment have not been disclosed. In Canada warrants can be forced across different provinces if they are filed under a national database or authorized under a interprovincial...

Mamdani appears smiling, arm-in-arm with unindicted ‘93 WTC bombing co-conspirator and terrorist apologist Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani happily campaigned with a popular Brooklyn Imam who is an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — and whose son once ran a terrorist camp for kids. The Democratic nominee appears in a photo posted to X laughing and grinning, standing arm-in-arm with Imam Siraj Wahhaj and City Councilmember Yusef Salaam at Wahhaj’s Bed-Stuy mosque to celebrate the weekly Muslim prayer. “Today at Masjid At-Taqwa, I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation’s foremost...

Louisiana man accused of joining Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, say US prosecutors. Prosecutors say Mahmoud al-Muhtadi urged others to join the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel and that his phone later connected to an Israeli cell tower, indicating he crossed the border. A Louisiana man has been charged with participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday. The complaint, reported by The New York Times, identified the suspect as Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, who prosecutors said was an operative for a Gaza-based terror group that fought alongside Hamas. Authorities...

The Democratic Socialists of America — the organization backing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — denounced the “conditional” cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state in a statement released Monday. The DSA declaration titled “Until Palestinian Liberation” came days after Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting and begin exchanging hostages and prisoners under a US- and Arab-brokered deal. The far-left group said the truce “will not end Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people or the theft and occupation of Palestinian lands,” describing it as a “conditional cease-fire” that “does...

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani fundraised for an infamous United Nations relief agency with well-documented ties to Hamas over the weekend — drawing outrage from Republican North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik. Stefanik, who has said she’ll run in next year’s gubernatorial election, also tore into Gov. Kathy Hochul over her support for the Democratic mayoral nominee, Mamdani, as she denounced him as an “antisemite.” “On the eve of all the living hostages held by Hamas terrorists finally returning home, @KathyHochul endorsed Antisemite Communist NYC Mayor candidate is raising funds for an organization that participated in the October 7th terrorist attacks and...

Hamas forced one emaciated hostage, Evyatar David, to dig his own graveCNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour claimed Israeli hostages, who were tortured and starved for two years by Hamas, were treated better than Gazans."They're probably being treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had," Amanpour said Monday morning on CNN News Central. "Now Hamas has given up all its leverage, by the way, by giving them all up. So that is a victory for the Israeli side."Videos released over the past two years have shown malnourished Israeli hostages enduring brutal...

Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was chased out of Lower Manhattan by a serial City Hall gadfly who slammed him as an “antisemite” — and got into a shoving match with the politician’s staffer. The enraged protester, identified by sources as Raul Rivera, 55, of the Bronx, followed Mamdani as the pol was ushered by security into his waiting SUV, video of the encounter shows. Rivera — who was arrested in June for allegedly biting a Mamdani campaign volunteer — shouted and cursed as Mamdani ignored him and climbed into the vehicle, the footage shows. Mamdani had been in Foley...

Former Vice President Harris said on Thursday that any checks and balances to hold back President Trump have not worked. On tour to promote her new book about her campaign, “107 Days,” Harris spoke with journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher at the Warner Theatre to a sold-out audience. “The point is that the guardrails have failed, for the most part,” Harris said. “Except one, which is the people and the power of God.” “So right now, in this moment, if the Supreme Court isn’t a guardrail … what is, from a legal point of view, the guardrail that you see?”...