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The FBI has acknowledged it had 275 plainclothes agents in the massive crowds on Jan. 6, 2021, more than four and a half years after questions were first raised about the level of FBI involvement that day, Blaze News has learned.

A senior congressional source said the number is not necessarily a surprise, since the FBI often embeds countersurveillance personnel at large events.

But given the FBI’s until-now steadfast refusal to disclose the level of its presence at the Capitol, the figure might still be viewed with skepticism in some quarters.

The news comes in the wake of claims by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General that the FBI had no undercover personnel in the Jan. 6 crowds.

“We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6,” the DOJ OIG said in an 88-page report released in December 2024.

Depending how one reads “undercover” agents versus “plainclothes agents,” both statements could be true.

The same report disclosed that 26 FBI confidential human sources were in the Jan. 6 crowds, four of whom entered the Capitol.

The DOJ inspector general said only three of the FBI informants had been assigned by the bureau to come to Washington and report on “domestic terrorism subjects who were possibly attending the event.”

The FBI, ATF, and other federal agencies had tactical officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Brent Stirton/Getty Images

Of the 26 informants, four entered the Capitol during Jan. 6 protests and rioting, the OIG report said. None was authorized by the FBI to break the law or enter a restricted area, “nor was any CHS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January 6,” the report said.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), the chairman of the new House Jan. 6 Select Subcommittee, has also expressed determination to drill down on the FBI presence and roles of agents and informants on Jan. 6.

“But with that many paid informants being in the crowd, we want to know how many were in the crowd, how many were in the building, but I also want to know, were they paid to inform or instigate?” Loudermilk said in a Sept. 23 appearance on “Just the News.”

In a May 2024 court filing, former Jan. 6 defendant William Pope listed nearly 50 FBI agents and others working under the bureau’s auspices on Jan. 6 — such as officers from the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. Army counterintelligence, and other agents who later wrote probable-cause affidavits for Jan. 6 arrest warrants.

It is not clear whether those personnel would be part of the 275 employees disclosed to Congress by the FBI.

The FBI has repeatedly rebuffed attempts by Congress to determine the bureau’s level of involvement in the Jan. 6 crowds, either by its own agents or confidential human sources, also known as informants.

The disclosure is unlikely to tamp down questions by former Jan. 6 defendants and others who have long questioned whether FBI personnel took part in, or at least incited, rioting in the crowds.

Undercover Metropolitan Police Department officers have acknowledged inciting the crowds by helping protesters climb over barriers, encouraging them to continue on to the Capitol, and applauding those committing vandalism.

Most of the video footage shot by dozens of undercover MPD officers on Jan. 6 has never been made public, despite attempts by Pope to dislodge the number through court motions in his Jan. 6 criminal case.

The FBI also had tactical teams at the Capitol who responded to help clear the building after Ashli Babbitt was shot outside the Speaker’s Lobby at 2:44 p.m. Other tactical units from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Marshals were also on site.

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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey was indicted by a grand jury, as confirmed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on social media.

President Donald Trump has been publicly pressing for the prosecution of Comey over allegations related to the investigation into alleged Russian collusion by the Trump campaign.

‘Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people.’

Sources say that Comey has been indicted with charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice.

“No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people,” Bondi wrote.

“We will follow the facts in this case,” she added.

Trump had posted a message to Bondi demanding that Comey and others be prosecuted because the reputation of the administration was being damaged by the delay.

One of the first Democrats to comment on the indictment was Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia.

“I’ve had my differences with James Comey in the past, but I can spot trumped-up charges a mile away,” the Democrat said.

“Trump said he’d go after him, then fired a superb, ethical prosecutor when he refused to bring frivolous charges against those whom Trump perceived to be his enemies,” he added. “Now he has installed yet another one of his personal lawyers as the interim U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia — this one a Florida insurance lawyer with no prosecutorial experience and no connection to Virginia — to do his bidding. The rule of law must prevail.”

RELATED: Released FBI docs reveal Comey allegedly used media mole to plant info at New York Times for Russian collusion investigation

The president recently said that he fired Erik Siebert from his position as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, reportedly over his refusal to bring charges against Comey. The president installed attorney Lindsey Halligan in the position.

Comey will next face arraignment in court.

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In the early hours of yesterday morning, 29-year-old Texas native Joshua Jahn opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, Texas, killing one detainee and injuring two others before killing himself. At least one bullet casing was engraved with the phrase “anti-ICE.”

Ironically, Jahn’s mother, Sharon Jahn, has expressed strong anti-gun views in past social media posts, where she criticized Texas Republican leaders for their support of gun rights and blamed them for gun violence. These old posts have resurfaced following her son’s crime.

While conservatives are responding to Sharon’s anti-gun views in a variety of ways, Glenn Beck decided he would write her a letter. On today’s episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” he shared his heartfelt yet constructive response.

Glenn’s letter reads:

I write to you with a heavy heart, reflecting on the events of yesterday at the Dallas ICE facility, where your son Joshua took the lives of two migrants, wounded another, and then ended his own life. I honestly cannot imagine the depth of your grief losing your son in such a devastating way. We’re all losing too much — too many children, too many friends, too many shared dreams.

I read your words from a few years ago just this morning, expressing frustration with the gun laws and the pain caused by violence. To me, it shows, one, a mom who cared deeply about the world her son was growing up in. You asked very pointed questions of leaders, holding them accountable for the tools of violence, and today, with respect and with kindness, I would just ask you to reflect on similar questions for yourself.

Did the gun in your son’s hand kill those people, or was it your son’s choice to pull the trigger? Did the gun that ended his life — was that the gun’s decision or your son’s decision? And I wonder as you grapple with your own anger towards systems and policies whether that rage, dare I ask, might it have shaped Joshua’s path? May it have shaped his own anger, his own ideology, his own actions?

I know you don’t seem to understand, but our rights, including the Second Amendment, were born from a time when people feared unchecked power — authoritarianism — which is, I think, what you’re afraid of, or your son was afraid of: governments that silence, oppress, decide who can live or die.

And I don’t know you at all, but I can’t believe that you and I are that different in our hope that our children never face that kind of world. We both see it on the horizon, but at least one of us seems to recognize that it could happen from either side. But one side is really encouraging it, fomenting the hate and the killing here. But it’s not the gun. Never has been.

Guns have been in America’s story from the very beginning. In the 1960s, a kid, an 8-year-old, could go be sent by his father to go buy bullets without question. But the society wasn’t fractured. And when assassination shook us then, we didn’t turn to banning guns. We turned to healing the hate. That time period was followed by the Jesus Revolution. It brought people together, and for a moment, we found common ground again. We need to do that.

I don’t hold any anger toward you. I really feel for you as a parent. And I don’t hold any anger on your son. You both have paid now an unimaginable price, caught in a tangle of rights and responsibilities in a society struggling to find love and compassion. But my hope is that you can find peace, forgive yourself and others, and perhaps one day work toward unity.

We have to come back to shared principles: our universal rights given not by government but by something greater. And together we can honor those — honor all of them, including your son — that we have lost by building a world where love and not hate shapes our future.

To hear Glenn’s delivery, watch the episode above.

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Authorities from multiple agencies hosted a press conference on Thursday to provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility that left one detainee dead and two more injured. Law enforcement is now calling for dangerous online rhetoric to come to an end.

U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson expressed sorrow that this was the third threat or attack on law enforcement in Texas during her four-month tenure, including an alleged bomb threat from Bratton Dean Wilkinson in late August.

The ‘tragic irony’ of the attack is that it was meant to inspire ‘real terror’ and ‘induce stress’ on ICE personnel but left only ICE detainees dead and injured.

Larson described the most recent attack on Wednesday by the deceased suspect identified as Joshua Jahn, 29. Law enforcement believes he arrived at the facility around 3 a.m. in a vehicle with a large ladder attached to the top that allowed him to access the roof of a nearby building. The shooting began around 6:30 a.m., during which he killed one ICE detainee and injured two others. Jahn’s body was later found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

RELATED: ‘Pure attack on ICE’: Acting ICE director tells Glenn Beck the motive for deadly attack is clear

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Jahn shot into a detention van as well as the windows of the facility. It was also confirmed that the shooter used a legally acquired 8mm bolt action rifle in the attack. According to the findings of the investigation, there was a “high degree of pre-attack planning.”

Law enforcement officers added that they searched the house of the shooter and discovered handwritten notes detailing the plan for the attack, which they say is the best evidence they have for understanding his motives. Jahn was purportedly clear that he viewed ICE agents as “people showing up to collect a dirty paycheck.” He also expressed hatred for the federal government in what investigators described as “crude words.”

According to officials at the press conference, the “tragic irony” of the attack is that it was meant to inspire “real terror” and “induce stress” on ICE personnel but left only ICE detainees dead and injured. They confirmed that he acted alone.

They also confirmed that the shooter was using an ICE tracker app, to which press secretary Karoline Leavitt brought attention earlier in the day. Leavitt accused CNN of giving “free publicity” to one of these apps in the past.

All who spoke at the press conference emphasized that the hateful rhetoric and inciteful language on the internet and from the media are a key factor in the rise of these violent attacks.

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Yesterday, a sniper identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn opened fire from a nearby rooftop on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, Texas, in what the FBI is investigating as a targeted act of violence. While no ICE agents were injured in the attack, one detainee was killed and two were critically wounded; Jahn died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.

The complexity of the event — an anti-ICE shooter kills an illegal immigrant — has fueled partisan spins. The left, as expected, perceives Jahn as potentially MAGA, ignoring the fact that one of his bullets was engraved with the phrase “anti-ICE.”

But there’s this too: “MAGA doesn’t seem to be the ones who are going around killing people,” says Sara Gonzales, BlazeTV host of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

This left-wing violence, she argues, has gotten out of control. Jahn is the third radical leftist to orchestrate a violent attack in less than one week.

Last Friday, September 19, 64-year-old Anibal Hernandez Santana allegedly opened fire into the lobby of the ABC-affiliated KXTV/ABC 10 station in Sacramento, California, supposedly protesting Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary suspension from the network. Then, on Saturday, 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau reportedly fired several rounds into Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, while allegedly shouting, “Free Palestine,” killing one person and injuring two others.

Further, all three crimes come in the wake of one of the most horrific acts of left-wing violence against conservatives in recent history: the atrocious murder of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on September 10.

“It’s hard to keep track of all of these attacks and threats of violence on us. And they still have the nerve to say that we’re the problem,” says Sara. “It’s crazy. This is, like, the biggest gaslighting operation that I have ever seen.”

Jahn’s attack, she reminds, is the fourth attack on an ICE facility in Texas this year. According to DHS, attacks on ICE agents have surged more than 1,000% from January to August 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.

But even though it’s clear that Democrat rhetoric demonizing the Trump administration and the entire MAGA base as Nazis and fascists is contributing to the left-wing violence we’re seeing nearly every week now, nothing has changed. Sure, Democrats will utter meaningless platitudes like, “We need to turn down the temperature,” but five seconds later, they resume using the same language that inspires left-wing radicals to commit violent acts.

The same Democrats condemning political violence are “the very same people who are literally dehumanizing us … so that what comes next is justified,” Sara says.

She gives five recent examples.

1. Hillary Clinton’s remark on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that “most of the violence-encouraging rhetoric in the United States is coming from the right.”

2. The lie California governor Gavin Newsom (D) told on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that “masked men” (ICE agents) were “disappearing” people because the Trump administration is “authoritarian.”

3. Democrat Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s comparison of ICE agents to “slave patrols” on MSNBC’s “Velshi.”

4. New York City Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s speech, in which he urged the crowd to “reject Donald Trump’s fascism.”

5. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) calling ICE agents “modern-day gestapo” who ship innocent people off to “foreign torture dungeons.”

“They know what they are saying, what it is going to do, and what it is going to incite. They know it. They just do it anyway,” Sara says.

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A 19-year-old man was arrested by Texas police after he allegedly made threats to attack a Charlie Kirk vigil on social media.

Xaelyn Dunbar posted the comments to a thread on the Facebook page of the San Antonio Young Republicans before their planned vigil on Sept. 15 at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

‘I did what I did, and I can take the consequences.’

Dunbar posted various grammar-challenged comments which began with, “This is a disgrace and I can tell you right now ima make sure this won’t be a good nor comforting vigil yall watch and see.”

When someone replied to his comment, he responded, “You’ll see tmr I jus wouldn’t advise tryna stop a ford 250 Diesel truck. Show yall how much Charlie really means,” according to an affidavit.

San Antonio and Universal City police officers performed a welfare check on Dunbar, and he allegedly admitted that he had written the comments when questioned. He claimed that he was just “being dumb” and was simply “clowning around” with the comments.

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When an officer asked him if posting the comments had been worth the risk of facing criminal charges, he allegedly replied, “If that’s what it takes, I did what I did, and I can take the consequences.”

President Donald Trump and others on the right have blamed recent political violence on the overheated rhetoric by Democratic politicians and activists against Republicans.

Dunbar was held on a $40,000 bond at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.

Bexar County records say that he is facing a charge of making a terroristic threat.

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Ivanpah Solar Power Facility — which at one time was the largest solar plant in the world — is set to be shut down after it lasted only a third of its expected life span and reportedly killed tens of thousands of birds.

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is located in San Bernardino County, California, and spans “approximately 3,471 acres of [Bureau of Land Management]-managed public land and incorporates three 459-foot tall power towers and 173,500 heliostat mirrors,” according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

‘Ivanpah is yet another failed green energy boondoggle, much like Solyndra.’

The New York Post reported on Tuesday that the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is “set to close in 2026 after failing to efficiently generate solar energy.”

NRG Energy, the Texas-based company that was an Ivanpah partner and the largest investor, said in a statement that the solar plant “has been surpassed by solar photovoltaics (PV) due to much lower capital and operating costs in producing clean energy.”

NRG Energy estimated that the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility “will begin the process of closing its units in early 2026” after regulatory approval from the California Public Utility Commission.

NRG Energy stated, “Once deactivated, the units will be decommissioned, providing an opportunity for the site to potentially be repurposed for renewable PV energy production.”

In January 2025, PG&E announced it would terminate the power purchase agreements with Ivanpah. PG&E determined that “ending the agreements at this time will save customers money compared to the cost of keeping them through 2039.”

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy under President Barack Obama issued $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees for the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility. When the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Power Facility began operating in 2014, it was the world’s largest solar plant and had an expected life span of 30 years.

Jenny Chase, a solar analyst at BloombergNEF, told Climate Depot that Ivanpah never produced more than 75% of its planned annual electricity output.

The Sierra Daily News reported, “Despite federal support and initial optimism about solar thermal technology’s potential for baseload power, Ivanpah never exceeded 75% of its planned electricity output and continues to depend on natural gas to operate.”

Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, told Fox News, “Ivanpah is yet another failed green energy boondoggle, much like Solyndra. Despite receiving $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees, it never lived up to its promises, producing less electricity than expected while still relying on natural gas to stay operational.”

Steven Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute and former Trump EPA transition team member, warned about climate alarmism.

“Soon we will be looking at failures of larger magnitude than Green New Deal spending. No green project relying on taxpayer subsidies has ever made any economic or environmental sense,” Milloy told Fox News. “It’s important that President Trump stop the taxpayer bleeding by ending what he accurately calls the Green New Scam.”

RELATED: Liberals’ Darling $2.2 Billion Solar Plant Suddenly Needs More of the One Thing You Would Never Expect

The U.S. Department of Energy explained how the solar power plant operates, “Ivanpah uses power tower solar thermal technology to generate power by creating high-temperature steam to drive a conventional steam turbine. Mirrors are used to concentrate sunlight and create steam, which is then converted to electricity.”

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility incinerated tens of thousands of birds with the concentrated sunlight, the Association of Avian Veterinarians stated.

The solar power plant is “believed to be responsible for at least 6,000 bird deaths each year, as the birds can suffer severe burns or become incinerated if they fly too close to the 40-foot towers that concentrate sunlight from five square miles of solar panels.”

The Association of Avian Veterinarians stated, “These numbers are likely an underestimation, as the sight of birds and insects rapidly immolated as they soar too close to the towers, which can reach temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, is so common that staff at the plant have a name for them — ‘streamers.'”

The U.S. Department of the Interior stated that the “Ivanpah Project has resulted in avian mortality, and, consistent with approved plans, the BLM is actively working with the proponent, [the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service], and state agencies to address those impacts.” However, the DOI did not provide an exact number of bird deaths.

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New York Mets announcer Gary Cohen said he thought it was strange for Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw to miss a game to go to Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

After Kirk was murdered on Sept. 10, Shaw missed a Sept. 21 game against the Cincinnati Reds to attend Kirk’s memorial service in Glendale, Arizona.

‘Gary Cohen wants us to believe he’s making sound arguments …’

On Tuesday, Shaw told reporters that he was invited to the event by Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and subsequently discussed the idea of attending with about a dozen teammates. He also said he went through the proper team channels including the legal team, front office, and management, who all approved.

Shaw also said he received support from his teammates for the decision. However, during Tuesday’s game between the Cubs and the Mets, announcer Cohen criticized Shaw’s decision.

“Shaw had Cubs world in a tizzy this weekend when he was not here for the Cubs’ game with the Reds. A game they lost 1-0 and in which his lack of presence was felt,” Cohen declared. “It was later revealed that he had been given permission to attend Charlie Kirk’s funeral.”

Cohen continued by saying that while did not want to “talk about any of the politics” surrounding the ordeal, he stated, “the thought of leaving your team in the middle of a race for any reason other than a family emergency really strikes me as weird.”

As Cohen’s commentary circulated online, fans quickly pointed out that the announcer might be guilty of taking a hypocritical stance on the issue.

RELATED: Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw gives powerful message after missing game to attend Charlie Kirk memorial

In April, Cohen missed a Mets game against the St. Louis Cardinals when his dog sadly passed away, resulting in reporter Steve Gelbs stepping in to call the game, according to Awful Announcing.

“I want to thank you guys and Steve for doing such a great job covering for me on Friday night,” Cohen told his peers at the time.

Other fans cited that Cohen had no qualms when Mets players suspended play during a game in 2020, the day before Jackie Robinson Day, to protest with “Black Lives Matter” T-shirts, even draping one of the clothing items over home plate.

“Gary Cohen wants us to believe he’s making sound arguments, when in actuality he just wants us to think it’s awful to attend funerals for our conservative neighbors,” baseball analyst Gary Sheffield Jr. told Blaze News. “For liberals the world should stop.”

Sheffield added, “Reality is that sports are secondary to anyone’s life, regardless of how they vote.”

RELATED: Dave Portnoy offers the most sensible take on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — but it will anger liberals

Cohen was joined by analyst and former MLB player Keith Hernandez in his criticism of Shaw on Tuesday. Hernandez said he felt the Cubs player missing the game was “unusual.”

“I think it’s unprecedented, at least from my experience as a player,” Hernandez added.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt excoriated the liberal media after a mainstream media report was linked to the lethal shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas on Wednesday.

One detainee was killed and two were injured in the shooting in Dallas. Police said they found a man dead by his own hand on a nearby rooftop and believe he was the shooter.

‘They are quick to write a fake story portraying ICE in a negative light … and they hardly ever write about the vicious criminals that ICE is arresting every day to make our country safer.’

“Three months ago, CNN irresponsibly gave free publicity to an app that recklessly shares the location of ICE Agents,” wrote Leavitt on social media.

“It has now been revealed the leftist lunatic shooter who opened fire on the Dallas ICE Facility was using one of these apps,” she added. “The liberal media is complicit in the increased threats and violence against ICE.”

Leavitt linked to a post by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel that claimed the shooting suspect had downloaded a list of ICE locations in Texas as well as “searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents.”

CNN was among the media outlets that reported on the ICE-tracking apps and was accused of promoting the services in order to encourage protests and violence against federal agents.

“We see it every day — they are quick to write a fake story portraying ICE in a negative light, often omitting the real facts of these cases, and they hardly ever write about the vicious criminals that ICE is arresting every day to make our country safer,” Leavitt concluded.

RELATED: Deadly Dallas ICE shooting came a month after bomb threat at same office, says DHS

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Patel added that the shooting suspect had allegedly composed a handwritten note reading: “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?”

The deceased suspect in the shooting was later identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn.

A Blaze News request for comment from CNN was not immediately answered.

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The Capital Research Center, a nonprofit watchdog that scrutinizes the impact of money in politics and politics in philanthropy, released a damning 95-page report on Sept. 17 concerning Democrat megadonor George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

The report, authored by counterterrorism expert Ryan Mauro and first obtained by Blaze Media, indicated that Open Society has poured tens of millions of dollars into U.S.-based organizations that are allegedly engaged in activities the FBI has defined as domestic terrorism, as well as into foreign outfits allegedly linked to designated foreign terrorist organizations.

‘This is a clash of the titans of historic proportions — of Trump on the one side and Soros on the other.’

Mauro debuted his findings in conversation with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “The Charlie Kirk Show” exactly one week after Kirk was assassinated. Evidently, the Trump administration was listening.

In the wake of yet another leftist attack — this time a fatal shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Center in Dallas, Texas — the Department of Justice signaled that Soros’ grant-making foundation would soon be visited by consequence.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office has issued a directive to U.S. attorney’s offices in California, Maryland, and New York and the cities of Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., instructing federal prosecutors to prepare to investigate Soros’ shady group, reported the New York Times.

The directive, a copy of which was viewed by the Times and reportedly issued by Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh, identifies various charges with which attorneys can hammer Open Society Foundations.

RELATED: The three recent anti-ICE and anti-BP attacks in Texas: ‘This needs to stop!’

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Among the possible charges listed are racketeering, wire fraud, material support for terrorism, and arson, reported the Times.

Singh apparently referred to Mauro’s report and asked federal prosecutors to figure out whether the allegations therein were enough to launch probes into Open Society.

The Capital Research Center’s report indicates that Open Society has awarded:

at least $23,275,000 to seven groups that allegedly “directly assist domestic terrorism and criminality on U.S. soil”; at least $50.57 million across 41 groups that have allegedly endorsed terrorist attacks and/or are directly linked to foreign terrorist groups or their known front groups; and nearly $10 million to five nonprofits that allegedly qualify as associates of terrorist groups or pro-terrorist groups.

RELATED: ‘The counteroffensive begins’: Report exposes Soros’ Open Society funding of alleged pro-terror leftist groups

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Blaze News previously noted that among the seven groups identified in the report that are funded by Open Society and allegedly assist in domestic terrorism are:

the Sunrise Movement, a climate alarmist group that reportedly endorsed the violent Antifa-linked Stop Cop City campaign;the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of leftist BLM-associated organizations that condemned Israel after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023; andthe Center for Third World Organizing, which Mauro noted has consolidated three extremist groups under its so-called hub, namely the Minnesota-riot-linked Ruckus Society, BlackOUT Collective, and the Black Land Liberation Initiative.

Open Society Foundations, which is now chaired by Soros’ son Alexander Soros, said in a statement, “The Open Society Foundations unequivocally condemn terrorism and do not fund terrorism. Our activities are peaceful and lawful, and our grantees are expected to abide by human rights principles and comply with the law.”

The radical group added, “These accusations are politically motivated attacks on civil society, meant to silence speech the administration disagrees with and undermine the First Amendment right to free speech. When power is abused to take away the rights of some people, it puts the rights of all people at risk.”

Mauro told Blaze News, “This is a clash of the titans of historic proportions — of Trump on the one side and Soros on the other.”

“I have prepared a list with a range of relatively easy options for the Trump administration to exercise beyond what is mentioned in the New York Times report,” continued Mauro. “This is a fight that can be won relatively easily if it is done the right way.”

While he anticipates victory in the event that “the Trump administration is not scared away by the flak that they’re going to get,” Mauro suspects that in the short term, leftist violence might increase “because there will be panic, and they will frame this as the civil war that they and their counterparts on the so-called far right have wanted. … They’re going to say, ‘This is the moment for our insurgency to officially launch and to officially become visible.'”

As for Open Society Foundations’ response to the news of possible DOJ action, Mauro said, “They don’t deal with the substance at all. They don’t deal with a single allegation. They don’t deal with a single transaction that’s based on their own records.”

DOJ spokesman Chad Gilmartin told the Times, “This DOJ, along with our hardworking and dedicated U.S. attorneys, will always prioritize public safety and investigate organizations that conspire to commit acts of violence or other federal violations of law.”

This initiative comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization and the following promise from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller: “We are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks and make America safe again for the American people.”

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A new poll finds that the race to the governor’s office in New Jersey is in a dead heat between the Republican and Democratic candidates.

The Emerson College poll found that 43% of respondents said they would vote for Republican Jack Ciattarelli, and the same percentage said they support Democrat Mikie Sherrill. The office is being vacated by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who is being termed out after serving eight years.

‘The major issue overwhelmingly guiding voters was the economy.’

Every prior poll in the race showed Sherrill ahead of Ciattarelli, who is a former assemblyman. The survey of 935 self-reported likely voters also found that 11% of respondents were undecided, and 3% said they were going to vote for a different candidate.

Spencer Kimball, the executive director of the poll, said that both candidates were trying to tie their opponents to politicians unpopular in New Jersey.

“Both President Trump and Governor Murphy are underwater among Jersey voters,” Kimball said. “Sherrill is trying to tie Ciattarelli to Trump at the national level, and Ciattarelli is trying to tie Sherrill to Murphy and the cost of living at the state level.”

The poll found that Murphy had a net approval rating of -9%, while Trump had a net rating of -10%. Overall, however, 41% of voters approved of Trump, while only 35% approved of Murphy.

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The major issue overwhelmingly guiding voters is the economy, according to 54% of respondents in the poll. The next important issue, threats to democracy, was reported by only 13% of respondents.

Emerson College polling is considered very reliable by the Media Bias/Fact Check website, which found that it had only a minor bias to the left.

A Quinnipiac poll showed Sherill beating Ciattarelli by 8%.

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Jimmy Kimmel kicked off his return to the air with an apology for his statements about Charlie Kirk, but not everyone is buying it.

“I do want to make something clear because it’s important to me as a human and that is you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed sending love to his family and asking for compassion, and I meant it, and I still do,” Kimmel said.

“Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some, that felt either ill-timed or unclear or maybe both,” he continued.

“And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you’re upset. If the situation was reversed, there’s a good chance I’d have felt the same way,” he said.

Kimmel continued to say that while we may not all “agree on politics,” the man who shot Charlie doesn’t represent anyone.

“This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn’t,” he added.

While BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says he buys Kimmel’s apology, BlazeTV contributor T.J. Moe couldn’t disagree more.

“What is wrong with you?” Moe asks a laughing Whitlock.

“I cannot judge this man’s heart. I’m going to have to judge his actions. Only God can know the heart. And I think in that apology, he covered the right things. And so I’m going to accept him at his words. And his voice cracked in a way that mine cracks whenever I get emotional,” Whitlock explains.

“He’s a good actor. He’s a great actor, Jason. He’s a wonderful actor. I will absolutely give you that,” Moe responds. “And I might buy it if I haven’t watched him do a version of this every time he wants you to feel sorry for him.”

“Every time he wants universal health care, he tells a story, and his voice cracks. Every time he wants something about immigration, he tells a story, and his voice cracks. OK?” he continues, adding, “He is a professional manipulator.”

And it appears T.J. Moe was right, as Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t finished with his “apology.”

Kimmel went on to say, “The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can’t take a joke.”

“So this is where he loses me,” Whitlock admits. “He immediately goes on the offensive, and you know, when you apologize, you should be smothered in humility. It’s not time to go on an attack.”

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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is pushing back on Stanford University, claiming that it has punished students who don’t conform to the institution’s ideology.

In a letter obtained by Blaze News, Cassidy called out Stanford for allegedly threatening to fire a graduate student who refused to pay dues to a union that advocates values contrary to his own.

‘Student workers should not be compelled.’

The union, known as the Stanford Graduate Workers Union, sends two-thirds of its dues to the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, which supports abortion and taxpayer-funded gender-transition procedures. The student refused to pay the dues, citing his conflicting religious beliefs, which allegedly resulted in the threat to fire the student.

“This firing would bar the student from obtaining a degree for no other reason than his objection to being a member of a union that supports political positions violating his sincerely held religious beliefs,” Cassidy said in the letter.

RELATED: ‘Hey, fascist! Catch!’ Leftist group apparently recruiting college students with slogan tied to Kirk murder

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Cassidy described the “chilling effect” that discourages students with unorthodox, and often more conservative or traditional, views to self-censor.

“Forcing student workers to fund such activities has a chilling effect on speech and, presumably, would discourage students with certain religious views from applying to or attending Stanford University,” Cassidy said in the letter.

RELATED: Congress takes aim at billionaires bankrolling left-wing ‘hate campaigns’ following Kirk assassination

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“Student workers should not be compelled to spend their hard-earned dollars funding organizations that use those same funds to advance causes that violate deeply held religious beliefs,” Cassidy added.

Stanford University did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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A Texas elementary school teacher has been arrested and accused of grabbing two children by their throats at school, according to reports.

Gail Patterson, 61, was arrested Sept. 15 following a Benbrook Police Department investigation, according to KTVT-TV. Patterson has since been released from jail.

‘This is a profound betrayal of trust.’

Patterson is charged with two counts of injury to a child.

Patterson had been a teacher at Westpark Elementary School in Benbrook.

The Fort Worth Independent School District confirmed to Blaze News that Patterson was placed on administrative leave in August and no longer employed by the district “following an incident involving a student.”

The school district said it has cooperated fully with law enforcement and child protective services since August.

According to the Benbrook Police Department, the alleged incident against two fourth-grade students occurred Aug. 20 during the school day.

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WFAA-TV reported that a mother identified only as Catie said her 9-year-old daughter called her from school “crying, inconsolable, saying a teacher choked her.”

According to an arrest affidavit, Patterson removed Catie’s daughter and another student from class after the two fourth-graders were caught talking.

Catie told WFAA that school officials showed her surveillance video capturing the alleged incident in a school hallway.

“Within two seconds, she grabs the first student by the neck, then grabs my daughter, holds them both against the wall for 11 seconds while she’s in their face,” Catie said.

Authorities have not released the surveillance video.

Catie claimed that nobody from the school contacted her regarding the alleged assault, despite her daughter telling three teachers about it.

What’s more, the mother is furious over the school’s response, telling WFAA that “I was disgusted. It hurt. Knowing we trusted a school after coming from homeschool. We trusted them to take care of our child, and no teacher in that school took care of my child that day.”

Catie’s attorney, Ty Stimpson, added, “They don’t want to see Ms. Patterson teaching or having any involvement with kids anymore.”

Stimpson told KTVT, “This is a profound betrayal of trust. When you send a child to school, you expect them to be nurtured and protected, not victimized by their teacher.”

“While it can be a challenge to take on legal action against a school district, Fort Worth ISD has established policies that must be followed,” Stimpson continued. “We are guiding these families through this process, ensuring that the students’ complaints and grievances are addressed. We have requested that the teacher be terminated and permanently barred from returning to any school in the district.”

Attorneys representing the alleged victims are moving forward with a formal complaint through Fort Worth ISD and are “calling for accountability to include safeguards and staff training,” according to WFAA. The district has until next week to submit a formal response to the complaint, Stimpson said.

When Patterson was asked for comment, she said, “Go away,” according to WFAA.

Benbrook Police did not immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment about the arrest.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Patterson was listed on the Westpark PTA website as a special-education inclusion teacher in the school’s SPED/RISE program but that “her name has since been removed.” An archived version of the website from last November shows Patterson listed as a special-education inclusion teacher in the school’s SPED/RISE program.

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Vice President JD Vance gave a very moving speech on Charlie Kirk’s show in the aftermath of his assassination. Amid a storm of speculation, celebration, and outrage, Vance and others associated with the administration are delivering on the digital demands of their constituents. Kirk’s killing has not only laid bare a manifest ugliness on the left, but has crystallized a new fact of life: Social media is making government more responsive.

Increased responsiveness to poster concerns has its origins in Trump’s first campaign. The president’s original ascent was largely due to his social media mastery and the previous administration’s unwillingness to respond to its own people.

The tenor and tone of the current administration is being shaped by what the people post.

Many have forgotten the dynamism and explosiveness of Trump’s 2016 social media campaign. He changed the game completely — after a decade of Obama-era “professionalism” and phony moral hectoring, America saw a real person speaking in a real way. Trump instantaneously responded to breaking news and latest developments. Trump’s prowess and persona beamed out of phones and laptops across the country, magnifying his attacks and highlighting his accomplishments. This set the stage for our current recalibration.

Throttled by censorship and predigested narratives from mainstream television and print media, Americans’ viewpoints and concerns never managed to breach containment. Neither pundits nor politicians were articulating their concerns. Until now.

Now, a gender-dysphoric DEI stalwart is immediately and publicly canned by Pete Hegseth after posters flagged the insubordination on X. Now, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a legion of posters flag Department of War employees joyfully celebrating his murder, and Hegseth publicly and rapidly suspends or terminates their employment.

It goes farther than firings. Vice President Vance’s speech on Charlie Kirk’s show reflected online sentiment. Vance verbalized what many were tweeting:

“There is no unity with people who scream at children over their parents’ politics. There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder. There is no unity with someone who harasses an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend. There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”

For all the doom and gloom about brain rot, our commentariat’s stupidity, and infotainment overload, we are witnessing in real time how positive social media can be for a government interested in responding to its own people.

The tenor and tone of the current administration are being shaped by what the people post. The fiery reaction of Vance’s supporters to Charlie Kirk’s slaying gave him the green light to speak his mind and go all in on the truth. Social media is sharpening political speechmaking, purifying the federal government of antagonistic bureaucrats, and even shaping policy.

RELATED: Google admits to political censorship under Biden; thousands of YouTube accounts will be reinstated

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The $100,000 H-1B fee imposed by Trump is another prime example. Earlier this year, Elon Musk and online fans had a public flameout with MAGA keyboard warriors over the subject. Musk et al. passionately defended the H-1B visa, while longtime MAGA stalwarts staunchly opposed it. The MAGA stalwarts steadily continued voicing opposition to the program online, and in response, the visa was weakened with a slew of restrictions, barriers to entry, and financial penalties.

X is now an instant feedback mechanism that administrations genuinely interested in responding to public concerns can leverage. It allows for public officials to capitalize on small successes like firing hateful bureaucrats and shows them which way the wind is blowing on issues like “high-skilled” immigration.

Vance has soaked up some of Trump’s digital consciousness here, whether that’s laying out liberals over counter-narcoterrorism operations or pursuing an aggressive rhetorical strategy against the radical left. As the 47th presidential Cabinet continues its work, we can only expect to see this rapid response strategy expand in scope and sensitivity to poster priorities. Social media is real-time massive-sample-size polling available to any leader who wants to win and keep winning.

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Some Democrats have not only been showing their true colors, but wearing them proudly in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination, as they publicly double down on their disgusting remarks about the Turning Point founder.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is one of the worst offenders, who was confronted by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for her “jarring” comments about Charlie Kirk after his murder.

“What I find jarring is that there’s so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said that they agree with, that they’re willing to have monuments for him, that they want to create a day to honor him, and that they want to produce resolutions in the House of Congress, honoring his life and legacy,” Omar said on CNN.

“It is one thing to care about his life because obviously so many people loved him, including his children and wife, but I am not going to sit here and be judged for not wanting to honor any legacy this man has left behind. That should be in the dustbin of history, and we should hopefully move on and forget the hate that he spewed every single day,” she added.

Omar isn’t alone in her open disdain for the late Charlie Kirk.

“We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was: a man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted Black Americans the right to vote was a ‘mistake,’ who after the violent attack on Paul Pelosi claimed that ‘some amazing patriot out there’ should bail out his assailant, and accused Jews of controlling ‘not just the colleges — it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it,’” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wrote in a post on X.

While spouting information that BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere explains is “completely made up,” the congresswoman went on to claim that his “rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant.”

“They’ll break any rule to stay on point here,” Stu says. “Their point of course being, ‘We can’t honor Charlie Kirk as a person because he said something I didn’t like once.’ Now, of course, people say stuff that I don’t like all the time. I still can be sad when they get killed.”

But it doesn’t end with AOC, as Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) made sure her opinion was known as well.

“A resolution that came before the House this past week honoring Charlie Kirk, and there were 58 Democrats who voted against it. You were one. Why?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Crockett in an interview.

“When I saw the ‘no’ votes, there were only two Caucasians. For the most part, the only people that voted ‘no’ were people of color,” Crockett said. “Because the rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color. And so, it is unfortunate that even our colleagues could not see how harmful his rhetoric was specifically to us.”

“So if there was any way that I was going to honor somebody who decided that they were going to negatively talk about me and proclaim that I was somehow involved in the ‘Great White Replacement,’ yeah, I’m not honoring that kind of stuff,” she added.

Stu is shocked, saying, “Blatant lies.”

“I mean, it’s just incredible that even after a man is just shot in front of our eyes, they can’t even bring themselves to say anything that’s true,” he adds. “It is really fascinating, the discipline.”

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Over a decade ago, actor Jim Carrey and actress Jenny McCarthy were put in the hot seat on “Larry King Live” for their views on vaccines — which labeled them anti-vaxxers in the eyes of all Americans, left or right.

“I don’t know what happened in 1990. There was no plague that was killing children that we had to triple the amount of vaccines,” McCarthy said to Carrey and King.

“What happened after 1989 that warranted 26 more vaccines?” Carrey chimed in, to which McCarthy answered, “Greed.”

“Are all of them absolutely necessary?” Carrey asked. “It’s twice as many as anywhere else in 30 countries in the Western world. We give twice as many shots as any of those countries. Why is that?”

McCarthy went on to advocate for parents educating themselves and asking questions like, “Do we need to have the chicken pox? Do we need the hepatitis B shot on the second day of life?”

“I don’t think we can afford to assume that the people who are charged with our public health any longer have our best interests at heart all the time. Parents have to make their own decisions — educated decisions. They have to look at the information,” Carrey explained.

“Space out the vaccines; delay them until after [age] 1. Clean out the toxins that are in them. We don’t need that many,” McCarthy added.

“Why would a doctor not want to know more about something that could save a life or prevent a disease?” King asked.

“The AAP is financed by the drug companies. Medical schools are financed by the drug companies. This is a huge business. Vaccines are the largest growing division of the pharmaceutical industry. $13 billion. What we’re asking is for them to take a loss for the good of our children. That’s a tough sell in a boardroom,” Carrey answered.

“Wow,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “It’s amazing Jim Carrey survived that, you know, because the left doesn’t like that stuff, right?”

“And they got it from both sides 15 years ago,” executive producer Keith Malinak says before pointing out that the vaccine industry is now at $1.6 trillion a year instead of $13 billion.

“When you do have the weight of the federal government and world agencies behind you pushing the shot that they want everyone and their brother to take multiple times since 2020, that’s going to pad your profits a little bit,” he adds.

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An unexplained drone incursion shut down the largest airport in Scandinavia on Monday evening, prompting officials to question whether Russia was responsible.

Danish officials reported that a “professional actor” was likely responsible for flying multiple drones over the Copenhagen Airport, causing a four-hour shutdown. Large drones have been spotted at five regional airports in Denmark.

‘We have seen drones over Poland that should not have been there. We have seen activity in Romania. We have seen violations of Estonian airspace.’

Monday’s incident marks the latest in a series of drone sightings to cause a significant disruption to transportation infrastructure in NATO countries.

“It’s definitely not a coincidence. It looks systematic,” Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stated during a Thursday press conference.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the incident “the most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date.”

The same evening, a separate drone incident interrupted operations at Norway’s Oslo Airport.

RELATED: Xi, Putin, and Modi join forces to reject West’s fading world order

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Danish police Chief Superintendent Jens Jespersen stated that it is too soon to say whether the incidents in Denmark and Norway were linked.

While officials have not stated who was responsible for the drone incursions in Denmark, there is speculation that Russia may have been responsible, considering that earlier this month, Poland shot down several Russian drones and Russian fighter jets violated Estonian airspace.

“I cannot rule out that it is Russia,” Frederiksen stated. “We have seen drones over Poland that should not have been there. We have seen activity in Romania. We have seen violations of Estonian airspace.”

RELATED: Trump defends Zelenskyy against Russian official: ‘It’s all bulls**t’

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The Kremlin called the speculation “unfounded.”

Moscow’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, claimed that the incident “clearly reflects an attempt to provoke NATO countries into direct military confrontation with Russia.”

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that it is “too early to say” who is responsible.

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Questions are still unanswered after a gunman opened fire at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday morning.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spoke with Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program” Thursday morning to give an update on the investigation and to discuss the current milieu of violence in our country.

‘I’ve never seen anything like this in my career.’

Beck started the interview with a question about the rising tide of violence in the United States. Lyons told him, “I’ve never seen anything like this in my career.” However, Lyons added that the violence “won’t deter us,” noting that brave law enforcement officers continued their dangerous work on Thursday.

RELATED: DHS: Deadly Dallas ICE shooting came a month after bomb threat at same office

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While Lyons didn’t want to get ahead of the official investigation, he did dispel media rumors about the shooter’s motive after the three victims, two murdered and one injured, were determined to be immigration detainees. Lyons told Beck this was “a pure attack on ICE law enforcement and ICE’s mission.”

“He didn’t know who was in the vehicle,” Lyons added. It would be “dead wrong” to suggest any other motive other than “anti-ICE,” as was written on the unspent shell and demonstrated by the nature of the shooting.

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They also discussed the Trump administration’s crackdown on left-wing terrorism, particularly concerning reports about the John Brown Gun Club’s alleged “Hey, fascist! Catch!” posters. Lyons suggested that many of these left-wing agitators are “professional” with “no ties to the community” — all the more reason to fight against them as domestic terrorists.

RELATED: ‘Hey, fascist! Catch!’ Leftist group apparently recruiting college students with slogan tied to Kirk murder

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Beck also asked Lyons about the coverage of a recent arrest made by law enforcement that received “distorted” coverage by NBC and other outlets. NBC reported that law enforcement “held” a 5-year-old autistic girl hostage in an attempt to negotiate the arrest of the girl’s father. According to DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, the man “fled from the car, gave officers the double middle finger, and darted inside his house. He abandoned his 5-year-old daughter in the car.”

NBC later issued a correction, stating that its initial reporting “mischaracterized the activities of ICE agents in the video.”

Lyons made it clear that the father fled the vehicle and that law enforcement simply took care of the girl during that time.

Beck and Lyons also took aim at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent comments about ICE being “authoritarian.” “The governor shouldn’t have said that,” Lyons told Beck. He added that the masks worn by law enforcement are a matter of safety as officers have seen a rise in doxxing and threats to their livelihood.

Lyons announced that the U.S. attorney will be holding a press conference Thursday afternoon.

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While Democrats continue to dig their heels in ahead of the looming deadline to avert a government shutdown, the White House has made clear that the administration is willing to go nuclear.

The Office of Management and Budget, headed by Director Russell Vought, escalated the already tense funding fight by threatening mass firings across the federal workforce if Democrats shut down the government. In a new memo, the OMB directed agencies to identify programs whose funding lapses after the September 30 deadline and instructed them to begin drafting reduction in force notes for employees who may be affected.

Democrats introduced their own bill containing a $1.5 trillion ‘progressive reckless wish list.’

“Over the past 10 fiscal years, Congress has consistently passed Continuing Resolutions on or by September 30 on a bipartisan basis,” the memo reads. “Unfortunately, congressional Democrats are signaling that they intend to break this bipartisan trend and shut down the government in the coming days over a series of insane demands, including $1 trillion in new spending.”

“As such, it has never been more important for the administration to be prepared for a shutdown if the Democrats choose to pursue one.”

RELATED: GOP slams Democrat spending plan as ‘stale leftovers’ riddled with radical left-wing policies

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The House narrowly passed the GOP-led continuing resolution in a 217-212 vote, seeking to keep the government open through November 21. The funding bill was a clean 91-page CR that included anomalies to increase funding for security, allocating $30 million for Congress, $30 million for the executive branch, and $28 million for the judicial branch.

As the memo points out, the clean CR was consistent with previous bipartisan funding bills. Despite this, Democrats refused to reach across the aisle to keep the government open and instead introduced their own bill containing a $1.5 trillion “progressive reckless wish list.”

The Senate is now tasked with taking up the CR just days before the deadline.

RELATED: Most Democrats vote against bill boosting security funds for politicians following Kirk assassination

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration’s threat to fire federal workers is just an “attempt at intimidation.” Notably, the shutdown would not affect programs like Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ benefits, law enforcement, military operations, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and air traffic control.

“This is an attempt at intimidation,” Schumer said in a post on X. “Donald Trump has been firing federal workers since day one — not to govern, but to scare. This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as this week.”

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