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A 30-year-old woman is accused of fatally shooting the father of her two children amid a surprise massage — and then turning the gun on the victim’s parents late last month in suburban Chicago.

Jenna Strouble of St. John, Indiana, is charged with first-degree murder of 32-year-old Jacob Lambert, his 54-year-old mother, Stacy Forde, and his 55-year-old stepfather, Patrick Forde, the Chicago Tribune reported. Strouble faces nine murder counts in connection with the killings, WFLD-TV reported.

‘[Strouble] didn’t provide much of a motive for the killings other than not liking the way Jake speaks to the children or that she feels his parents are overbearing.’

Strouble and Lambert began dating in 2020 and lived together for a short time, the Tribune said, citing prosecutors.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office described the pair as having had an “on/off relationship,” the paper said, adding that they have two children — a 4-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son.

Court documents indicate Strouble asked Lambert to “hang out” on March 22, WFLD said, adding that Strouble told investigators she planned the get-together “with an intention” to harm Lambert.

Strouble picked up Lambert around 11 to 11:30 p.m., WFLD said, adding that prosecutors said she pulled over along Burnham Road in Sauk Village, Illinois. The location is about 20 minutes across the border from her Indiana home.

Strouble then told Lambert she had a surprise for him — a back massage, the station said, adding that the pair still had an occasional intimate relationship.

The Tribune, citing prosecutors, reported that the massage was with a massage gun.

Strouble asked Lambert to recline the seat, remove his shirt and hat, and lie on his abdomen, prosecutors said, according to WBBM-TV, adding that she straddled him and gave him a massage for 20 minutes.

During that time, Strouble allegedly retrieved a Glock handgun she hid under the passenger seat, WFLD said.

The Tribune, citing prosecutors, said Strouble aimed the gun at Lambert for what she estimated was several minutes before shooting him in the head.

Prosecutors said Strouble then lit a cigarette, WMAQ-TV reported.

Strouble said she wasn’t left with much blood on her shirt after killing Lambert because “this was like a movie, and there wasn’t much blood,” prosecutors said, according to WBBM, which added that Strouble said her shirt was the “God Inspires” brand.

The Tribune, citing prosecutors, said Strouble soon drove back to the house in the 3400 block of East Norway Trail in unincorporated Crete where Lambert lived with his parents and tried to unlock the door. WFLD said she used Lambert’s keys to attempt the unlocking; WBBM, citing prosecutors, said Strouble smoked another cigarette at the time.

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Pat Forde heard the noise and asked who was there. Strouble said it was she, and he asked her why she was there, to which she replied, “I don’t know,” prosecutors said. Pat Forde also asked Strouble if Lambert was with her, and she indicated that he was, prosecutors said.

Pat Forde opened the door, and Strouble told prosecutors at that point that she began shooting him right away — firing the gun from the front porch and continuing into the house, prosecutors said. Stacy Forde heard her husband scream and came downstairs, and Strouble shot her too, prosecutors said.

WFLD said Strouble shot Pat Forde 17 times in the chest and abdomen and Stacy Forde three times, also in the chest and abdomen.

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After the shootings, prosecutors said Strouble returned to her home in Indiana and called her sister to tell her what happened, WFLD said, adding that her sister then called police.

Deputies around 2 a.m. March 23 found the front door open at the Forde’s home, WFLD said, adding that Patrick Forde was lying in the dining room area and Stacy Forde was on the stairs near the front door. WFLD said spent shell casings were scattered near both victims and the entryway.

Lambert was found in a 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium in a nearby cul-de-sac, still in the passenger seat, face down with the seat reclined, WFLD reported.

Prosecutors said when officers in St. John, Indiana, went to Strouble’s home, she came out and handed them a bag with a loaded Glock 19 with a silencer, WBBM noted, adding that a vehicle registered to Lambert was found nearby, and Strouble’s two children and her own parents were in the home with her.

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She later told investigators she bought the gun in December 2025 in Crown Point and purchased the suppressor online for about $589, according to prosecutors.

According to court documents, Strouble wrote a note the night before the killings asking others to care for her children. She provided three names. She also told her sister over the phone that she wanted her to look after the kids.

“[Strouble] didn’t provide much of a motive for the killings other than not liking the way Jake speaks to the children or that she feels his parents are overbearing,” court documents read, according to WMAQ. “She didn’t like the fact that Jacob showered with a toddler, that people took naps with children, that Stacy was snarky, or that rules seemed to change in their home.”

Prosecutors added that Strouble also told investigators she had considered killing her own parents, as she didn’t feel her children were safe with them or Lambert, WFLD reported.

When asked if killing Lambert’s parents was part of a plan because she didn’t want them to have custody of the children, Strouble allegedly said, “That’s some of the reasons,” WFLD added.

Strouble also allegedly told investigators she didn’t have a connection with her children and didn’t spend time with them, even though she doesn’t work and voluntarily turned them over to Lambert and his family, only recently getting them back, WFLD noted.

What’s more, investigators learned of an incident in which Strouble reportedly took her father’s rifle, which he later found under her bed, WFLD said, adding that she allegedly told her father she thought about killing Lambert but didn’t have a plan.

Prosecutors also said Strouble admitted having past suicidal tendencies, and investigators learned about one prior incident in which she allegedly wanted to commit suicide by jumping out of a window with her children, WFLD said, adding that she also took medications for depression.

Strouble initially was expected to appear in the Will County Courthouse at 9 a.m. Tuesday, but her court date was pushed back, officials told WLS-TV Monday evening.

If convicted, Strouble faces natural life in prison, WFLD reported.

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing a new tariff on brand-name drugs in order to reduce U.S. reliance on imports.

The Thursday order cited national security concerns to justify the new tariffs, but certain drugs are exempted, including generic drugs and orphan drugs.

A pharmaceutical trade group condemned the order and defended the impacted drug imports.

“I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate on the import of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients,” the president said in the executive order.

The far lower 15% tariff will apply to drugs from the European Union, Japan, South Korea, or Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Drugs from the United Kingdom will carry an unspecified rate determined by a U.S.-U.K. agreement negotiated by the president.

“President Trump’s agreement with the United Kingdom is another big step toward ending a system that forces Americans to pay more so others can pay less,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A pharmaceutical trade group condemned the order and defended the impacted drug imports.

“Tariffs on cutting-edge medicines will increase costs and could jeopardize billions in U.S. investments announced in the last year. Every dollar spent on tariffs is a dollar that can’t be invested in communities across the country,” said PhRMA president and CEO Stephen J. Ubl.

“The innovative biopharmaceutical sector has a robust U.S. manufacturing footprint. In fact, two-thirds of the medicines that are consumed in the U.S. are made in America,” he added.

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“And when innovative medicines or their inputs are sourced from other countries, these products overwhelmingly come from reliable U.S. allies, like Europe and Japan,” Ubl concluded.

In February, the Supreme Court struck down the president’s tariffs that invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The 6-3 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.

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Failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris is facing another defeat, this time after a decade-long prosecution against a pro-life activist arrested in California.

David Daleiden made national headlines in 2015 when his undercover videos exposed policies at Planned Parenthood that allowed the alleged sale of parts of aborted babies.

‘As promised, the final charge has been DISMISSED and the case completely expunged.’

Harris, who was the attorney general of California at the time, began the investigation against Daleiden that resulted in more than a dozen dubious felony charges accusing him of violating privacy laws.

On Thursday, Daleiden announced that the final charge in his case had been dropped and the case “expunged.”

“As promised, the final charge has been DISMISSED and the case completely expunged — after a couple months’ administrative delay, and a truly bizarre last-minute ‘April Fool’s’ attempt by [Planned Parenthood] and [the National Abortion Federation] to overturn the State’s agreement.”

Daleiden had previously celebrated a deal in which the state dropped charges against him if he agreed to enter a plea of “no contest” that would later be converted to “not guilty” and dismissed.

The office of Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

“After enduring 9 years of weaponized political prosecution,” Daleiden wrote in Jan. 2025, “putting an end to the lawfare launched by Kamala Harris is a huge victory for my investigative reporting and for the public’s right to know the truth about Planned Parenthood’s sale of aborted baby body parts. Now we all must get to work to protect families and infants from the criminal abortion-industrial complex.”

The activist’s videos led to two companies admitting to illegally selling aborted baby parts from Planned Parenthood abortion centers. The companies agreed to a $7.8 million settlement in 2017 and agreed to shut down operations in California.

A spokesperson for Planned Parenthood denied wrongdoing in 2015 and accused Daleiden of targeting women with his undercover videos.

RELATED: Activist David Daleiden gets First Amendment win from ‘Planned Parenthood’s favorite judge’

“The California attorney general filing criminal charges sends a clear message that you cannot target women and you cannot target health care providers without consequences,” said Mary Alice Carter.

Lila Rose of Live Action applauded the development in Daleiden’s case on social media.

“After a decade of California bureaucrats attempting to prosecute, bankrupt and imprison David Daleiden for his courageous and groundbreaking pro-life reporting, they have officially FAILED,” she wrote. “David beat Goliath, and he’s only getting started.”

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The Department of Homeland Security says that local California officials ignored a federal immigration detainer request against two illegal aliens who went on to kill a single mom.

Kembery Chirinos-Flores, 24, was found bleeding from gunshot wounds in a car in Sunnyvale on Jan. 7. She was pronounced dead and left behind a 5-year-old son.

‘These illegal aliens should have never been able to commit these horrific killings and must NEVER be released from jail into American communities.’

In March, the Sunnyvale Dept. of Public Safety announced that two illegal aliens were arrested and charged with her murder. They were identified as Franquin Inestroza-Martinez and Gerzon Jose Chirinos-Munguia.

Detectives said they found the shotgun they believe to be the murder weapon.

On Monday, DHS excoriated the Santa Clara County “sanctuary politicians” for releasing both of the suspects while refusing their ICE detainer requests.

“Instead of cooperating with ICE, Santa Clara sanctuary politicians REFUSED to honor ICE’s arrest detainer and will not notify ICE when these murderers are released from jail,” reads a statement from Acting Assistant Sec. Lauren Bis. “This insanity of refusing to turn cold-blooded killers over to ICE must end.”

Inestroza-Martinez illegally entered the U.S. in 2013, was caught, and then was removed, according to DHS. He was originally from Honduras.

In 2018, he was caught illegally entering again and was then removed. He entered illegally into the U.S. a third time, but it’s unknown when that was.

Inestroza-Martinez also had a warrant for his arrest in relation to the homicide of 55-year-old Esteban Vicente Sacalxot in New Jersey in 2025. Sacalxot was also allegedly killed with a shotgun.

Chirinos-Munguia, also from Honduras, was caught illegally entering the U.S. in 2015 and was removed. He entered the U.S. a second time at some unknown date.

In 2018, he was arrested for battery and false imprisonment. Then in 2019, he was arrested in Santa Clara County for domestic battery and threatening crime with the intent of terrorizing.

DHS says he was released despite the detainer requests, and he allegedly went on to kill Kembery Chirinos-Flores, who is the mother of his child.

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“A man lost his life, and a child is now without a mother. These illegal aliens should have never been able to commit these horrific killings and must NEVER be released from jail into American communities,” Bis added.

The boy was taken into custody of Child Protective Services after his father was arrested for the murder of his mother.

“DHS law enforcement is protecting American communities every day from another senseless tragedy like this taking place in another town, to another family,” DHS concluded.

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After six years of delivering unfiltered commentary and sharp political insight, BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere has closed the book on “Stu Does America.”

But don’t get bummed — Stu isn’t going anywhere. He’s teaming up with comedian and former “Normal World” host Dave Landau for a brand-new (and very funny) show called “Stu and Dave Do America.”

It’s the same no-holds-barred takes you love, now with twice the laughs.

The duo will tackle the news with common sense, skepticism, expertise, and plenty of comedy. From in-depth political analysis and news coverage to cultural takes and side-splitting segments, “Stu and Dave Do America” is the ultimate mash-up of Stu’s sharp insight and Dave’s bold humor.

If you crave honest political commentary without the media theatrics, real-world humor, and conversations that feel more like a podcast than cable news, then “Stu and Dave Do America” is your new go-to.

This is politics without the filter and comedy without the apology — and it’s at your fingertips starting April 6. If you’re going to follow the chaos of American politics, you might as well enjoy it.

Tune in on Monday, April 6, at 8 p.m. ET on BlazeTV or YouTube for the premiere of Blaze Media’s funniest show to date.

Don’t miss it!

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An Alabama news anchor drew fierce backlash after she quoted the founder of a designated terrorist organization during her on-air sign-off.

During a Thursday evening broadcast on Birmingham’s ABC 33/40, WBMA-LD, Ashonti Ford, 38, told viewers, “Before we go, a quote from the founder of the Islamic Brotherhood: ‘The quieter you become, the more you’re able to hear.'”

‘The intent of our closing segment is always to end the newscast on a positive and thoughtful note.’

Ford was quoting the late Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) reacted to the on-air moment, writing in a post on X, “Pure insanity. The Radical Muslim Brotherhood is a TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”

One X user responded, “Who made the decision to use the quote? That clown has to go!”

“She needs to be terminated!!” another individual wrote in response to Ford’s comments.

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In January, the State and Treasury Departments designated Muslim Brotherhood branches as Specially Designated Global Terrorist groups.

Jeff Cox, a news director for ABC 33/40, which Sinclair Broadcast Group operates, apologized for the quotation on Monday, AL.com reported.

“The intent of our closing segment is always to end the newscast on a positive and thoughtful note,” Cox said. “The quote included that evening was not intended to convey any political or ideological message.”

“However, we understand it was perceived that way and on behalf of the station, I sincerely apologize to those who were offended,” Cox added.

He asserted that Ford had no role in selecting the quote and stated that the matter was addressed internally.

“Although this quote was read by Ashonti Ford, Ashonti had nothing to do with the selection,” Cox continued. “We have addressed the matter internally, and we are making adjustments to ensure our content consistently meets our editorial standards moving forward.”

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A Sinclair spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “ABC 33/40 is reinforcing its editorial review protocols to ensure content aligns with the station’s standards.”

“ABC 33/40 has an established editorial process for reviewing content. In this case, that process fell short, and the station has taken steps to strengthen it moving forward,” the spokesperson continued. “The station’s on-air talent was not involved in the selection of the quote. This was an editorial matter, which has been addressed through our internal processes.”

Ford was not disciplined and remains on air, according to Fox News Digital.

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A congressman could neither confirm nor deny shocking claims made about hybrid alien species and a string of mysterious deaths.

During a recent interview, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) urged President Trump to disclose government secrets that he said would rock the nation, saying that what he has seen would keep people up at night.

‘This country would have come unglued, I think, if they would have heard all that I heard.’

Burchett spoke with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty about recent stories and claims made about UFOs and alien disclosure. Perhaps most shockingly, Finnerty highlighted claims made by former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who recently said he was once briefed by U.S. Army personnel about the locations of “hybrid breeding programs where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication.”

Gaetz told host Benny Johnson about “enforced breeding programs” between aliens and humans who had been abducted from war zones or migrant caravans.

When Finnerty asked Burchett for his response, he replied, “I’m still a member of Congress, so I can’t really comment too much on what Matt said.”

Burchett insisted he was being serious and added that if the government “would release the things that I’ve seen, you would stay up. You’d be up at night worrying about or thinking about this stuff.”

The congressman gave an example.

“I was briefed … on an issue two weeks ago, and it would have set the earth on — this country would have come unglued, I think, if they would have heard all that I heard, they would demand answers. And we need to.”

Burchett then told the host there was an active cover-up happening in the highest ranks.

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All the allegedly shocking information that would have Americans up in arms is continuously being hidden from public view, Burchett claimed.

“Unfortunately, it just keeps getting covered up and covered up. And the people that know are dying or disappearing, as the case may be,” he went on.

To that end, Finnerty cited a recent story connecting six dead or missing personnel linked to “secret U.S. aerospace work,” all of which are stories from the past year.

For example, retired General William Neil McCasland allegedly “disappeared suddenly from his home” but left his phone, glasses, and watch, Finnerty said. He reportedly worked at an Air Force base that allegedly held debris from the Roswell, New Mexico, crash from the 1940s.

Monica Jacinto Reza is an aerospace engineer who vanished while hiking in the Angeles National Forest in June 2025.

In response to the stories, Burchett said, “I just know there are no coincidences in this town.”

“These folks have disappeared or died mysteriously, and the only thing that ties them together is the fact that they worked on things that are dealing with outer space, whether it’s UFOs or nuclear secrets or missiles or what have you,” he added.

Chillingly, Burchett also felt the need to tell the host, “For the record, I’m not suicidal, and I don’t take risks.”

RELATED: The Conspiracy Instinct

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The 61-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee, said he has been pushing for disclosure from the federal government, but he and his colleagues are often stymied by “arrogant” bureaucrats.

“When I’m in a meeting, in a closed-door meeting, and I asked about the president’s points on these, and then I’m told by some arrogant, unelected bureaucrat that the president is on a need-to-know basis, I think that says everything that needs to be said about what’s going on.”

Burchett described the typical bureaucrat as “some little punk with a man bun” who is “sort of running the show,” while decorated military officers are silenced.

The officers, Burchett explained, “are basically unallowed to say anything, and you can read their faces.”

The congressman remained steadfast in that he did not believe the recent deaths were coincidences and furthermore that he thinks President Trump is indeed the president who wants to provide disclosure on aliens.

Burchett said the president simply needs to be informed of what questions to ask and to be told the locations of certain “items.”

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A student who had been suspended for posting materials at a California high school to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement after anti-ICE protests has reportedly gotten some welcome news.

Parents at Torrey Pines High School received a letter in February notifying them of the suspension of the student, a junior, for violating the school’s rule against “conduct that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment.”

‘The law is clear: Public schools must allow students to peacefully express their political opinions.’

The message on the flyers simply read, “I Love ICE from Real Americans,” according to the letter. A screenshot of the letter was posted to social media and quickly went viral in defense of the student, who was not publicly identified.

The media attention led the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression to take up the student’s cause. On Wednesday, the organization said the district had expunged the suspension.

“We’re pleased the school has erased the suspension and will be watching closely to ensure the school respects its students’ First Amendment rights,” FIRE supervising senior attorney Conor Fitzpatrick said in a statement given to Blaze News. “The law is clear: Public schools must allow students to peacefully express their political opinions.”

FIRE also claimed that some of the students in an anti-ICE walkout at the school on February 6 had used aggressive and obscene messages against federal officers.

“If You’re an I.C.E. Agent Ya Mom’s a Hoe!!,” “F**k ICE,” and “ICE is KKK spelled differently” were some of the alleged examples cited by FIRE.

The school said that the walkouts were not sanctioned and that any student who left campus could be marked truant.

In an email statement to Blaze News, the San Dieguito Union High School District denied disciplining any student for their political viewpoint but did not confirm or deny the expungement.

“In general, student discipline matters are confidential under state and federal law, and the District cannot discuss details regarding any individual student or disciplinary action,” the district said.

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Soon after the pro-ICE student’s suspension made national headlines, the principal of the school resigned from his position, leading many to suspect that he left to avoid further criticism.

The district said in an email statement to Blaze News that his retirement was unrelated to the controversy.

“School administrators can’t pick and choose which opinions students are allowed to express,” Fitzpatrick added. “Voicing an opinion which makes others upset is not ‘harassment’ or ‘intimidation,’ it is American democracy in action.”

Editor’s note: This article has been edited after publication to include a statement from the school district.

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While Democrats have mainly tried to blame Republicans for the damaging effects of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has admitted her own party’s culpability.

Omar was speaking at a town hall event on Tuesday when she said that Americans were under heightened terror alert, and the shutdown was placing them under needless threat.

‘Ilhan Omar admits Democrats are holding DHS hostage as terrorists want to kill Americans.’

“As many of you know, Democrats said we are not going to pass the appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security unless they agreed to 10 reforms, simple things like unmasking [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents when they were patrolling our communities,” Omar explained.

The partial shutdown is in its 47th day after the federal funding lapsed on Feb. 14.

“So far, the Republicans and the president have refused to say ‘yes’ to any of those reforms,” Omar continued. “Which means the department doesn’t have the resources to be able to pay for not just ICE and [Customs and Border Protection], but they don’t have the resources to pay for [Transportation Security Administration] agents. They don’t have the resources to fund the Coast Guard, to fund our cybersecurity employees.”

She added, “In a time when our terror alarm is higher than usual.”

Video of Omar’s comments were posted to social media by RNC Research with the caption: “Ilhan Omar admits Democrats are holding DHS hostage as terrorists want to kill Americans.”

The DHS shutdown has led to massive lines at some airports after a TSA workforce shortage resulted from paychecks being delayed.

While Omar is trying to warn Americans that the DHS shutdown puts them under greater threat of terror attack, she also previously said that there were conversations underway to dismantle DHS.

RELATED: Ilhan Omar rants that Trump wants to sleep with his daughter and calls his supporters ‘stupid’

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel has said that terror threats against the U.S. have more than doubled from 299 incidents in 2020 to 640 incidents in 2025.

Omar is facing a challenge for the Democratic primary against her re-election campaign after keeping the seat since first elected in 2018. Julie Le is a former DHS attorney who was removed after complaining to a judge that she was overworked and said the system “sucks” and her job also “sucks.”

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BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales didn’t previously have high hopes for liberals like Don Lemon, Nancy Pelosi, or Leslie Jones — but recent comments the three have made have set her expectations even lower.

“The other thing that the internet is really good for are videos of liberal losers,” Gonzales says before playing a clip of Lemon “hinting at a potential run for president.”

“I think I could be president of the United States,” Lemon said. “I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”

“As an independent, though, there would be a hard time for me to run for anything because, you know, the way the system is set up, I’d have to choose a side. And so, you know, I probably would have to become a Democrat,” Lemon concluded.

Gonzales is amused.

“He would have to become a Democrat. That is hilarious. … This criminal, whose only accomplishment is terrorizing churchgoers, thinks for one second that he could be president,” she says.

And Pelosi’s comments weren’t much better.

“We always have concerns, but with this president and these Republicans who have no commitment to the rule of law and doing things the appropriate way, we’re ready. We have to be on guard as to what they may try to do to the technology,” Pelosi said in an interview on MS NOW.

“They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count,” she added.

“Oh, interesting, because back in my day, if you even mentioned that voting machines could be hacked, you would be sued into oblivion. So, it’s a very interesting turn of events to hear Nancy Pelosi admit that that was possible,” Gonzales comments, before turning her attention to former SNL cast member Leslie Jones.

“She, in all her brilliance, decided that marriage is slavery,” she says, playing a clip of Jones on Ziwe’s podcast.

“I think marriage is legalized slavery,” Jones stated.

“If he’s expecting you to be a trad wife, he might as well pull out a whip and a chain,” she continued.

Jones went on to advise the young audience not to get married.

“Obviously, trad wives, the trade-off is that their husbands are out working, and they get to stay home. It’s actually a total blessing. Women love that if they are in a position where they are able to do that,” Gonzales comments.

“But I’m not even convinced that Leslie Jones is a woman after hearing her speak. So, maybe that’s why she doesn’t quite get it,” she adds.

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A friendly podcast interview turned into a harrowing ordeal when comedian Leslie Jones faced every celebrity’s nightmare: having to justify her progressive beliefs.

In a recent appearance on writer and comedian Ziwe’s YouTube show “You’d Be an Iconic Guest,” the “Saturday Night Live” alum was her usual confident self, offering her takes on race, marriage, and culture.

Confident, that is, until the host began challenging Jones’ logic.

‘If he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain.’

Ball and chain

After Jones said she finds “powerful men” like President Barack Obama attractive, Ziwe suggested that this proclivity might be interpreted as “submissive.”

“Could you be a trad wife, is what I’m asking,” the host added.

“Absolutely f**king not,” Jones replied.

When pressed to clarify, Jones expanded her contempt to marriage in general.

“Because that’s not who the f**k I am. And my daddy didn’t raise me like that,” Jones asserted. “To be anybody’s wife. My dad used to literally say that to me, ‘I didn’t raise you to be somebody’s wife.'”

“That’s so brave,” Ziwe replied, in a tone that suggested the opposite.

Undaunted — or unaware — Jones brought her rant to a bold conclusion: “I think marriage is legalized slavery.”

RELATED: Leslie Jones wants every ICE employee to go to prison: ‘Y’all know y’all did wrong stuff!’

Guys and gays

Ziwe, demonstrating an impressive restraint, calmly encouraged her guest to pursue her bizarre line of thought.

“Say more. Because if I’m thinking about slavery and I’m thinking about marriage, there are two different images that come into my head.”

“Absolutely not,” Jones came back. “I don’t know how you don’t. A man is, especially if he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain.”

“I don’t believe in … marriage. … And I don’t think it’s beneficial for a woman at all,” Jones went on.

As Jones’ irritation mounted, Ziwe ramped up the trolling, asking her guest which cause she cared less about: gay rights or men’s rights.

“Male rights,” Jones replied. “Because f**k them, they already got rights.”

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Again, Ziwe pressed Jones to explain.

When Jones said something about men needing to “evolve,” Ziwe countered by bringing up a recent incident in which the NBA reprimanded Jones for disrupting a game while sitting courtside.

“So it’s interesting as you talk about how men should do better and get better. You’re barking at a, you know, young 24-year-old doing their job … what’s the logic there?” the host asked.

Jones confirmed the incident, offering no justification other than her age: “I’m 58 … I should be able to do whatever I want.”

Therapy session

As the interview went on, Jones became increasingly exasperated, likening it to an interrogation, asking for her publicist, and at one point musing, “My career about to be over ’cause I think I’m going to attack this person.”

The interview culminated with Ziwe — demonstrating an impressive command of progressive-ese — calling out Jones for not watching her show before her appearance.

“You’ve never engaged with my work at all as a black woman? … Wow. And so you’re talking about breaking the glass ceiling and how men should do better. And you have a black woman sitting across from you, and you can’t even think to engage with her work[?]”

While Jones gamely stayed for the entire interview, despite her evident discomfort, she did admit it was not an enjoyable experience. “I’m gonna need therapy after this.”

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to deflect blame after a report of massive fraud draining taxpayer money in the Golden State.

The report is based on interviews with officials and experts as well as analysis of audits, data from local governments, criminal indictments, and other public records and found that tens of billions of dollars are likely being stolen right under the watch of Democrat political leaders.

‘Fraud here is colossal, rampant, ongoing, and well-documented.’

Newsom fired back but also tried to escape responsibility for the fraud.

“Money laundering is fraud. Information laundering, where unsourced slop gets laundered through multiple right wing ‘news’ outlets is fraud on the public,” wrote Newsom’s press office on social media.

“The NY Comic Book cites ‘facts’ completely unsourced, thinly sourced, or simply made up by by [sic] right wing activists posing as ‘journalists,’ with a straight face, knowing that other outlets and social media will misleadingly repeat and amplify,” his office added.

BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo, one of the authors of the report, responded to the governor on Fox Business.

“Gavin Newsom is definitely becoming associated with the word ‘fraud,’ but it’s not for fighting it. It’s for enabling it,” said Rufo.

“Even under the most conservative estimates, experts from Harvard, from the Department of Health and Human Services, from LexisNexis’ fraud division have told us that the fraud in California is unprecedented, it represents the largest financial crime in American history, and scammers have been stealing billions of dollars for years,” he added.

RELATED: Entire board of directors at California charter school resigns after allegations of massive fraud

“Some estimates say as high as $50 or $60 billion dollars a year from the state of California, from federal taxpayers, who actually send money to the state,” Rufo concluded.

“This reputation is catching up with the governor. He’s going to try to run away from it, but the facts are not on his side.”

The report found that the sum of fraud just under Newsom’s watch may already have cost taxpayers the staggering sum of $180 billion.

“Fraud here is colossal, rampant, ongoing, and well-documented,” wrote the California Post editorial board.

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Graham Platner, a middle-aged oyster farmer and Marine veteran, is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Maine, hoping to beat Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in the June 9 primary and to ultimately unseat the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins, in the general election.

Platner — who says he’s “running against the billionaire class that owns [Susan Collins] and all of Washington” — has not only survived but thrived in the face of numerous scandals of his own making.

Now it appears that critics have found yet another damning social media post from the candidate.

‘The left will love him more.’

An apparent screenshot of a 2012 Reddit post now making the rounds on X shows the following commentary from user P-Hustle, Platner’s old handle:

I’ve spent 8 years in the infantry, Marine Corps and Army, and I’ve been about as crudely atheist as one can be the entire time (zombie jesus jokes and Mary sucking at covering up being a skank, as examples). Promotion came like normal, and most of my fellow grunts had a similarly cynical attitude towards religion. Sure, there have been a few bible thumpers I’ve run into, but it was certainly never systemic.

The comment appears to be in response to the case of Jeremy Hall, an atheist who accused the military of becoming a Christian organization.

Blaze News reached out to Platner’s campaign for confirmation and comment but did not receive a response by deadline.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said in response to Platner’s alleged mockery of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, “Just when you think Graham Platner can’t get any worse.”

The Maine Republican Party said in response to the post attributed to Platner, “This SHOULD be disqualifying but Maine’s leftist base has given Platner a pass on literally everything.”

RELATED: Senate Republicans tried to cave on Trump’s agenda

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Last year, numerous other inflammatory Reddit posts came to light, including posts in which Platner apparently identified as a communist, branded rural white Americans as racists, suggested service members worried about being raped should buy “Kevlar underwear,” and smeared all police officers as “bastards.”

Within days of Platner apologizing for his past posts and blaming them on a state of “disillusionment” following his return from Afghanistan, the Democratic candidate was outed for having an apparent “totenkopf” tattoo on his chest — a skull image popularized by Adolf Hitler’s Schutzstaffel elite guard and adopted as the symbol of the SS-Totenkopfverbande, the branch that guarded the concentration camps.

Although Platner appears to have had the tattoo covered up, members of his campaign still jumped ship. Leftist lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) continued, however, to support Platner’s campaign.

Nazi tattoo and rape jokes notwithstanding, he even picked up a few endorsements. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for instance, endorsed Platner late last month, noting in a video statement, “Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right.”

“Nazi tattoo; blaming rape victims; voters are dumb and racist; fake oyster biz financed by an Epstein associate; says black people don’t tip; former mercenary; etc etc etc,” wrote the Maine GOP. “Now this. But the left will love him more.”

Justin Davis, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association, tweeted, “Maine by the numbers: 22% of voting Mainers are Catholic. Roughly 50% are Republican[.] Roughly 50% are Democrats[.] 100% of them will not take kindly to @grahamformaine calling the blessed Mother Mary a ‘skank.'”

Prior to the resurfacing of his alleged anti-Christian remarks, polling indicated that Platner was poised to clean up in the Democratic primary.

An Emerson College poll conducted last week found that Platner led Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) by 27 percentage points, 55% to 28%. A recent poll conducted by Impact Research put the left-leaning populist even further ahead, leading Mills 66% to 28%.

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President Donald Trump has officially fired Pam Bondi from her post as attorney general, and another administration official is expected to replace her.

Several reports indicated that Bondi’s firing was imminent after months of prolonged scrutiny, particularly over her mishandling of the Epstein files, which quickly became an Achilles’ heel for the administration. An administration official told Blaze News that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is Trump’s top pick to replace Bondi after the two met and discussed the role on Tuesday.

‘We love Pam.’

Bondi is expected to become the second Cabinet official to leave the administration, following the departure of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.”

RELATED: ‘Catching you red-handed!’ Massie gets sassy with Bondi over Epstein redactions

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“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” Trump added. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Tensions over the attorney general’s performance reached a fever pitch after Bondi apparently failed to adequately comply with the law, which Trump himself signed, requiring the release of all Epstein files, prompting calls for her removal.

RELATED: Trump makes big appearance in Epstein files — just not the way Democrats may have hoped

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Critics noted that the release of these files was repeatedly delayed and that the files had been at times improperly redacted to protect potential co-conspirators while revealing the identity of alleged victims. In a heated House Oversight hearing back in February, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) ripped into Bondi over the Epstein files rollout, saying it was “literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors.”

During this hearing, Bondi also attempted to argue that the Epstein files were just another Democrat ploy to distract from Trump’s accomplishments, infamously noting that the Dow Jones had surpassed 50,000 points.

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New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel says there is “a fine line” between personal expression and not being inclusive enough.

The coach and former Patriots player spoke to media in a formal setting on Tuesday and fielded questions about one of the team’s star running backs.

‘We’re trying to educate them.’

Particularly, Vrabel was asked about TreVeyon Henderson, who responded to the falling-out a Chicago Bulls player had with his team this week. The Bulls released player Jaden Ivey after he expressed disagreement with gay pride celebrations in the NBA while stating his support for Christianity.

In response to the story, Henderson, who describes himself as a “follower of Jesus Christ,” posted a series of Bible verses on his X account and only one time provided his own commentary.

“What path will you choose?” Henderson wrote, alongside images of Bible verses.

Vrabel was asked by a reporter how he differentiates between conduct that is detrimental to a team — the Bulls’ official reason for releasing Ivey — and a player’s right to personal expression.

“I think there is a fine line. I’m gonna tell you, I love TreVeyon,” Vrabel quickly replied. “I love the person. He cares deeply about our team. He cares deeply about his faith. He cares deeply about his family, his wife, the people in our building, and so I want [the players] to be able to express what they believe in their heart and in their mind.”

That was Vrabel’s setup before pivoting toward progressive ideology.

“But I also want to make sure that they’re educated, and we want to be inclusive,” he said firmly.

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Henderson’s posts hardly amounted to anything other than a copy and paste of Scripture. However, Coach Vrabel implied the posts could make others feel uncomfortable or possibly harm the team.

He also suggested that everyone with the Patriots “wants to provide an environment for people to, one, feel comfortable, but also to share their personal beliefs. And then also we represent the team, and we represent the organization.”

Vrabel continued, saying that while his players cannot have their phones taken away from them, they certainly need to be educated, a term he repeatedly used.

“We just want to educate them to — never going to tell them how to feel. Certainly want to make sure that they understand that their actions represent something more than just themselves.”

He concluded, “So I do think there’s a fine line. We’re always talking about those kinds of things. We’re trying to educate them.”

RELATED: Chicago Bulls drop Christian player just hours after he criticized Pride Month: ‘I know Jesus is the way’

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Henderson was his team’s top running back last season, garnering 911 yards on 180 carries in his rookie season. Carries were split with now-sixth-year player Rhamondre Stephenson, who had 603 yards on 130 carries.

Despite Henderson leading the team, he is listed as New England’s second-string for the upcoming season by ESPN, likely because Stevenson had double the number of carries in the NFL playoffs.

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One-half of the sibling pair charged in connection with an IED discovered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa allegedly consulted an AI bot to help the other sibling flee the country.

Alen is believed to still be in China.

After Alen Zheng, 20, allegedly planted the bomb at the base visitor center last month, his sister Ann Mary Zheng, 27, allegedly used ChatGPT to help Alen escape to China. Federal prosecutors claim that she asked the bot:

how to obtain a Chinese visa,how they might transfer ownership of some of Alen’s belongings to her, andto find schools in China that Alen might be able to attend.

Ann Mary is accused of helping Alen cover his tracks and then evade capture. She has been charged with evidence tampering and assisting after the fact and faces up to 30 years if convicted. She appeared in court on Tuesday regarding possible pretrial release, though the judge has not yet issued a ruling.

RELATED: China caught ‘trying to disrupt our justice system’: DOJ accuses 10 Chinese spies and communist agents of ‘malign schemes’

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A 911 call to report the bomb came in on March 11, but investigators found nothing in their initial search of the base. An IED was later discovered on March 16. The device never detonated, but officials have described it as “viable” and “potentially very deadly.”

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President Donald Trump has announced plans to issue paychecks to Department of Homeland Security employees amid the ongoing partial shutdown, which has left Transportation Security Administration officers working without pay for weeks and jammed up airport security lines nationwide.

TSA agents’ last full paycheck was on Feb. 14. Nearly 500 workers have quit since the shutdown started, and the callout rate reached 11.83% as of March 26, CNN reported.

‘Defund-the-police Democrats have kept @DHSgov closed in an attempt to slow down ICE’s efforts to remove murderers, rapists.’

Trump previously directed the DHS to work with the Office of Management and Budget “to use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations to provide TSA employees with the compensation and benefits that would have accrued to them if not for the Democrat-led DHS shutdown, consistent with applicable law.”

As a result of Trump’s directive, on March 30, many TSA workers received at least part of their overdue pay after missing two full paychecks.

On Thursday, Trump announced additional steps to ensure all DHS employees receive their wages.

“Republicans are UNIFIED, and moving forward on a plan that will reload funding for our FANTASTIC Border Patrol and Immigration Enforcement Officers,” Trump wrote in a post on social media.

RELATED: Senate approves DHS funding — but there’s a catch

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Trump criticized Democrats for being “fully and 100% committed to the Radical Left Policy of Open Borders and Zero Immigration Enforcement” that has allowed unvetted “Murderers and Criminals of all types” into the United States. He added that he hopes their actions will “cost them dearly in the Midterms!”

The president stated that he would take executive action to address the ongoing issue.

“I will soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department of Homeland Security,” Trump wrote. “Their families have suffered far too long at the hands of the Extreme Liberal ‘Leaders,’ Cryin’ Chuck Schumer and Hakeem ‘High Tax’ Jeffries.”

Trump declared that “help is on the way for our Brave and Patriotic Public Servants who have continued to work hard, and do their part to protect and defend our Country.”

RELATED: Delta revokes major travel perk for Congress amid ongoing DHS shutdown

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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin thanked the president for his latest announcement.

“For over a month, the defund-the-police Democrats have kept @DHSgov closed in an attempt to slow down ICE’s efforts to remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from our country and open our borders. Time and time again the Democrats have prioritized violent illegal aliens over American citizens,” Mullin wrote.

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Social media was taken by storm this week when reporting by the Daily Mail revealed that Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryon Noem, was allegedly chatting up women from the “bimbofication” fetish scene.

However, not only was he allegedly praising the heavily augmented appearances of the women he spoke to — but he was allegedly sending them photos of himself wearing leggings, a flesh-colored, skintight suit, and what appear to be balloons mimicking large breasts under his top.

“I heard a really, really interesting story about this. So he [allegedly] liked to message online porn performers and send them money. Allegedly, he sent them up to $25,000. And the obvious place you go with this is, ‘Hey, his behavior could have left Kristi Noem vulnerable to blackmail,’” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments.

And according to an article from the New York Post, Noem herself responded that she was “blindsided.”

However, Gonzales isn’t buying it.

“Are you really blindsided by something like that? Like, you really have no idea that your husband likes to cross-dress and he’s sending up to $25,000 to online porn stars?” Gonzales asks.

“In our marriage,” Gonzales tells her husband, Stephen, “that just literally would not be possible to be blindsided by.”

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The Maven Smart System is briefly explained in the “one-pager,” a Palantir-produced document that frames the system as an “AI-enabled platform” for something called Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control. The prose is the sterile, aspirational language of the Pentagon, emphasizing a “live, synchronized view of the battlespace,” the language of “decision advantage,” a phrase that suggests we can outthink our adversaries by processing data more accurately.

MSS is no longer an AI prototype. It has become a durable layer in the military’s information architecture, a Program of Record transitioned to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2023.

In the first 24 hours alone, the system processed a thousand targets.

The money is real and the timelines are long: a $480 million Army contract in 2024, followed by a $795 million modification in 2025, both reaching toward 2029. There is also a $99.8 million vehicle designed to expand access across the services. MSS is a story of how an automation effort for drone video became the epistemic infrastructure for modern American war.

Birth of a twin

The precondition for MSS was a crisis of human attention. In 2017, Deputy Secretary Robert O. Work issued a memo establishing the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, nicknamed Project Maven. The problem was simple and overwhelming: They had too much data and not enough eyes. Enormous volumes of full-motion video from unmanned systems were piling up, outstripping the capacity of human analysts to “process, exploit, and disseminate” them. The initial goal was simple: data labeling and algorithms to detect, classify, and alert.

By the time the project evolved into the Maven Smart System, it had become an apparatus that observes, organizes, and normalizes the battlespace. At its heart is the “Maven Ontology,” described as an operational “digital twin.” In this world, the messy heterogeneity of war (the images, the reports, the movement) is translated into a queryable database of objects, properties, and links. The analyst no longer interprets raw feeds; he operates on already-structured objects. The battlespace becomes a manipulable database.

The interface itself (Gaia for mapping, Maverick and Target Nexus for identification) is designed for scaling. It includes LLM-powered workflows and an Agent Studio in which users can build interactive assistants to query the ontology in natural language. One can ask for “detections of X” across thousands of objects and receive an answer in seconds. These interfaces are sometimes described as video game-like, which captures the ease of navigation while minimizing the gravity of the destruction it represents.

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By early 2026, the user base had doubled to 20,000 active participants, a scaling that found its ultimate expression in Operation Epic Fury. In the first 24 hours alone, the system processed a thousand targets, with many thousands more to follow. This is the kill chain compressed from hours to minutes, an acceleration that effectively removes the friction of deliberation. War is no longer an event to be survived, but a dataset to be optimized, a feedback loop in which the destruction of the target serves primarily to improve the next detection.

How fast is too fast?

The logic of the platform is “fight-tonight” readiness and “rapid sensor-to-shooter engagements.” The Marine Corps speaks of a “fully digital workflow” for target management, pressuring the military toward a tempo in which speed is the organizing value. Yet the demands of war require discrimination and proportionality, context-sensitive reasoning that cannot be scaled by a Model Catalog.

The danger is the category error: treating the output of the machine as if it were a judgment. Humans have a tendency to “automation bias,” to over-trust the platform, especially under the crushing pressure of time. When the system pre-structures perception and prioritization, responsibility is dispersed through chains of mediation and eroded before human approval is even requested.

The platform is spreading through sale and licensing agreements like enterprise software. NATO has adopted “MSS NATO” for Allied Command Operations, with training already integrating the system into exercises and simulations. In the U.S. Army, the fielding is rapid, with training described as an “accelerated learning effort.” Software now changes faster than doctrine, habits, or the slower virtues of judgment.

The Pentagon has “Responsible AI Guidelines” and strategy documents that emphasize the ability to disengage or deactivate systems with unintended behavior. These frameworks exist in constant tension with the platform’s own gravity within the process, which pulls toward more data, more detections, and faster workflows.

We are left with a question of agency. In the MSS architecture, control is lost or found in how the targets are modeled, how the alerts are tuned, and how the ontology is constructed. The system is built to make war more legible and therefore more actionable. Legibility, however, is not the same as understanding. One wonders if “decision advantage” can truly co-exist with the capacity to consider, to scrutinize, or to refuse a path that a platform has already made so efficient.

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A male suspected of fatally shooting two men just hours and miles apart Sunday in Attala County, Mississippi, allegedly attempted to break into a home — but the armed homeowner was ready for him.

Authorities told WLBT-TV the first shooting occurred around 1 p.m. when deputies and EMS were dispatched to County Road 1107 after a man had been shot in the road.

‘There is no way to explain that.’

Tim Lawrence, 67, was pronounced dead at the scene, the station said.

Chris Hughes, 41, was identified as a suspect, and authorities were told that Hughes had been picked up and was a passenger in a gray GM truck, WLBT reported.

Deputies at 3:20 p.m. were dispatched to yet another shooting on Country Road 1141, the station said.

A gray GM truck matching the description of the vehicle Hughes was believed to be in was found wrecked, and the driver — 46-year-old Jeffery Mallet Jr. — had been shot, WLBT reported. Mallet later was pronounced dead, the station said.

Authorities said Mallet and Hughes were cousins, WAPT-TV reported.

The two shooting scenes were approximately four miles apart, WLBT noted, adding that as a manhunt was underway, a perimeter was secured, checkpoints were set up throughout the area, and multiple drones and a state highway patrol helicopter were deployed.

RELATED: Armed male enters Florida home, won’t leave — then threatens homeowner while advancing toward him. But victim also is armed.

A search warrant was executed on Hughes’ home, but the residence was found empty, WLBT said.

Soon after, gunshots were heard, and law enforcement went toward them to find Hughes tried to break into a homeowner’s back door, WLBT reported.

But WLBT said the homeowner fired a weapon, striking Hughes.

EMS was dispatched, and Hughes was taken to a hospital where he later was pronounced dead, WLBT noted.

“There is no way to explain that,” Attala County Sheriff Curtis Pope told WAPT. “No matter how long you’re in this business, every situation is different.”

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