The Party of Groomers Claims Another Victim: NC Democrat Charged With Statutory Rape of Child Between 13 and 15; Denied Bail Because He Attempted to Use His Connections to Find Out the Location of His Accuser
—Ace
Oh, and I don't just mean he groomed the child he raped.
I also mean he supports Groomer Legislation preventing parents from finding out if teachers at school are grooming them for transgenderism.
North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman was arrested on Wednesday and is facing multiple felony counts related to sexually abusing a 15-year-old child.Brockman, a Democrat serving his sixth term in the state House, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with a minor on August 15, according to BPR.
The records say that Brockman, 41, engaged in a sexual act with a 15-year-old. He faces two counts each of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child who is 15 years old or younger.
A magistrate's order denying Brockman bond in the case says he is a state representative and has "attempted to use his status to gain information on the whereabouts of the victim."
The order also says that Brockman made attempts to contact the juvenile victim, including in the hospital.
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The Pallisades Arsonist, Murderer of 12 and Destroyer of $150 Billion in Proparty, Donated to Biden and Threatened to Burn Down His Sister's House (When the Kids Were Inside It)
—Ace
Whatever we do, we must never send criminals to prison or lunatics to the asylum. That would be Letting Trump Win.
Pallisades inferno arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht donated to Biden:
The man accused of starting the devastating Pacific Palisades fire earlier this year allegedly donated to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Federal authorities say 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht has been charged with maliciously setting one of Los Angeles's most destructive wildfires, which killed multiple people and destroyed thousands of structures.
This confirmed Democrat also threatened to burn down his sister's house.
When her children were inside.
The alleged firebug accused of starting the Palisades blaze threatened to burn down his sister's house and shoot his brother-in-law while their kids were inside, authorities said.The threats concerned Rinderknecht's family so much that they moved out of the house to get away from him, according to feds.
The disturbing revelations came during a Thursday morning court hearing for Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, accused of igniting the most expensive wildfire in U.S. history.
Rinderknecht moved from Los Angeles back to his home state of Florida after allegedly starting the blaze that would grow into the Palisades Fire.
He lived with his sister and brother-in-law, where he continued a pattern of unhinged behavior, the ATF agent said.
Neighbors confirmed to The Post that they saw Rinderknecht at the 3-bed, 2-path $500,000 home, which is located in a gated community outside Orlando.
Two kids were moved out of the house after Rinderknecht came, due to concerns over the alleged firebug's rapidly declining mental health, according to the testimony.
Trump Signs Proclamation That We Will Celebrate Columbus Day on Monday (Not American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Day)
—Ace
"Columbus Day -- we're back, Italians!"
This has special resonance for me, being descended from a long line of people who enjoy taking Mondays off.
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Trump Says He Won't Just Designate Antifa a Terrorist Organization, But a Foreign Terrorist Organization
—Ace
And he says again he'll go after the funders of terrorism.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would designate Antifa a foreign terrorist organization after a roundtable on the far-left extremist group with independent journalists, Jack Posobiec, Nick Sortor, and others who have delivered tremendous on-the-ground reporting on Antifa.While fielding questions from members of the press pool observing the roundtable, one reporter asked Trump if he would designate Antifa, which he has labeled a domestic terrorist group, as a foreign terrorist group.
"Well, has that been done? Pretty close, right? Would you like to see it done," Trump asked, to which Posibeic immediately responded, "Yes, Mr. President."
"They have foreign links all across Western Europe, the Middle East," Posoibec added.
Trump added he would like to take such action, telling Secretary of State Marco Rubio, "We'll take care of it."
When Trump conferred with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Miller signed on.
"Yes, it's true. There are extensive foreign ties, and I think that would be a very valid step to take," Miller said.
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Posobiec zoomed in on Antifa's existence dating back a century, the messages on the bullet casings of Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, and the appalling leftist celebration in the aftermath of Kirk's murder.
"Thank you for mentioning the fact that one of the bullet casings read, 'Hey fascist! Catch!' on it. One of the other bullet casings right next to that had 'Bella Ciao' written on it. Now, 'Bella Ciao' is a song that is known in Antifa circles as the international anthem of Antifa," he said.
"And Mr. President, I think the situation is getting worse. When you look at people like Luigi Mangione in his twenties, Thomas Matthew Crooks, of course, who took a shot at you sir, the ICE shooter in Dallas, and now this Tyler Robinson, we're starting to see a pattern of more and more murderous violence," he added.
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While Posobiec underscored the resiliency of those present for the roundtable, he voiced his concern that someone at the table could be the next target of the radical left.
"Mr. President, we need to do something about this because I fear that the next one who could be killed could be sitting at this table right now, and we're not going to stop, but they need to stop, and they will not stop until they are stopped," he said.
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After "Unhappy Experience" Meltdown, Repellent Democrat Candidate for California Governor Katie Porter's Campaign Is in "Crisis"
—Ace
Even propaganda outlet Politico is trying to push her out of the race.
Katie Porter's "unhappy experience" in a viral interview has become the news cycle from hell.The bipartisan pile-on following the widely-circulated clip of her contentious sit-down with a local CBS news affiliate was only hours old when a new video surfaced from POLITICO of the former House member berating a staffer in 2021 -- the two clips fueling long-simmering concerns about her temperament and judgment.
Together, they suddenly boiled over into the broader political zeitgeist, raising questions about just how durable Porter's lead in California's gubernatorial race really is.
"Is this a disaster? Yes," said Gale Kaufman, a veteran Democratic strategist based in Sacramento. "And the reason it's a disaster is because it amplifies what her reputation already is."
Porter's Democratic rivals, smelling blood in the water, quickly seized on the former congresswoman's wince-worthy television appearance. Antonio Villaraigosa took the unusual step of purchasing three-minute ads in the Sacramento market to run the entirety of Porter's tense exchange with CBS reporter Julie Watts. Stephen J. Cloobeck released a digital ad knocking Porter for past inflammatory comments. Xavier Becerra and Tony Thurmond highlighted their own, less-incendiary, responses to Watts' questions. And Betty Yee called on Porter to drop out.
"As the last viable female candidate in this race, it matters to me that California's first female governor be a trusted, respected leader we can all be proud of -- not a viral embarrassment," Yee said in a statement. "Women in politics are still held to higher standards, and Katie Porter has clearly failed that test."
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But there was also a chorus of detractors from her own party, including palpable schadenfreude from operatives who had worked on rival campaigns or heard Porter was difficult to work with -- or for."What people saw in that interview is a certain temperament," said Marisol Samayoa, a consultant who worked for Adam Schiff's Senate bid. "The way she handled herself on camera is an example of the type of leadership Californians don't want to see."
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This week's bad headlines resonate so widely in part because they reinforced the criticisms that have shadowed Porter since she entered public life: that she can be undisciplined, thin-skinned in the face of criticism, and so abrasive or demanding that it damages vital relationships.
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Porter has long been dogged by allegations of mistreating staffers and endured an acrimonious breakup.
Below, a video showing her cursing out a staffer for having dared to intrude into "my shot." This video was almost certainly leaked by a disgruntled ex-staffer. If you recall, her ex-staffers were sending around video of her rage-quitting the softball interview and telling everyone that this is what they had to deal with their entire time working for this sour cow.
"Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train-wreck interview with her and said, 'Now imagine what she's like when there aren't cameras around,'" journalist Yashar Ali commented."You can see the unpleasant experiences so many Dem operatives and journalists have had with former Rep. / CA-GOV candidate Katie Porter (D) pouring out, now that video of her abusive personality has leaked out. Worst kept secret in politics," Jewish Insider's Josh Kraushaar wrote.
The Democrat-Antifa-Media Cult is now trying to take her out, for the same reason they took out Biden -- not because they have any ethical or moral objection to her, but because they see her as an election-loser and damaging to the Great Communist Cause.
Skip to 1:15. Before then, it's just Katie Porter reading a script about green energy and electric vehicles with corrupt self-dealing Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (or whatever her name is).
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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
—CBD
While the Archbishop of Canterbury virtue signals his dislike of Jews and Israel by demanding an end to the Gaza war, American churches demand that we block military sales to Israel, and the Pope spouts similar sentiments, Christians are being murdered throughout the world by Muslims who are simply obeying the dictates of their pseudo-religion. Yet there is no similar opprobrium for Islam. In fact, these representatives of Christians carefully sidestep the wholesale slaughter of Christians and the destruction of Christianity because it is politically expedient to attack Israel and Jews instead of defending their own faith.
But make no mistake...Islam is coming for Christianity, just as they are coming for Jews. And just like their systematic attacks on Jews across the world, they are ramping up their religious war against all who do not ascribe to their curious revolutionary political philosophy. You know, the one that treats women as chattel, sees non-believers as subhuman, sees nothing wrong with bestiality, and whose violent rhetoric is explicitly backed up by their scripture.
So where are the campus protests against this genocide. And yes, it is a real genocide. Where are the street protests in our cities? Where are the marches in European capitals? Where is the United Nations General Assembly condemnation of the murder of tens of thousands of Christians by Islam simply for being Christian?
And most of all...where is Western Christianity? Do they not read the Bible?
Vengeance is poised with Me, and it will pay at the time their foot stumbles. For the appointed day of their reckoning is near, and what is destined for them hastens.-- Deuteronomy
For a spoiler has come upon her, yea upon Babylon, and her mighty men have been seized, their bows have been broken, for the Lord is a God of recompenses, He shall surely requite.-- Jeremiah
So many of these attacks are happening far from the oh-so-sophisticated Western capitals, and are perpetrated against mere black people, and that makes it so very, very, easy for the West to ignore it.
Perhaps Christians in Africa should follow the lead of Israel, and realize that the West does not care! Take up weapons and defend yourselves. Carve out explicitly Christian lands and fight back against a political philosophy that is intent upon destroying you!
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—J.J. Sefton
Good morning kids. There are a number of pretty big stories that have been breaking since late yesterday and early this morning. First, it seems that President Trump, in advance of a meeting he was scheduled to have in Egypt regarding a potential cease fire deal in Gaza has evidently broken through the logjam and secured the release of the Israeli hostages.
“A great day for Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday night, announcing the approval of a landmark deal to bring home all the remaining Israeli hostages — a breakthrough reached with direct backing from President Donald Trump.The announcement capped days of intense diplomacy, confirming a Trump-backed deal that will bring home every remaining Israeli hostage.
“I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home,” Netanyahu said in a statement on X. He credited the “courage and sacrifice” of Israel’s soldiers and security forces, and thanked Trump and his team “for their mobilization for this sacred mission.”
As a Jew, a staunch supporter of the State of Israel, a proud Trump-supporting American-American and a human being, I am overjoyed that the hostages at long last are seemingly taking their first steps toward freedom from the clutches of the manifestation of evil on earth. And yet knowing exactly who they were in the clutches of tempers my joy with a dread for the future.
What we are dealing with is not Hamas. We are dealing with ISLAM. Period Full Stop.
Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn’t work. It leads to more terrorism.That’s been true of every single deal made with the Islamic terrorists inside Israel. And this may be the worst of the deals because it rewards Hamas, frees large numbers of terrorists and validates October 7.
Worse still, it risks dragging us further into ‘nation-building’ an Islamic terrorist state.
Israel and the US as well as the other participants in this conference, the regional Arab/Muslim states might concede to a defanging if not dismantling of Hamas as the government of Gaza or as an entity in and of itself. But as we all know and as I and others have articulated or tried to articulate here and elsewhere the 1.5 billion adherents to Islam around the world will either actively participate in or otherwise cheer on and support the slaughter of every Jew on the planet and the eradication of the State of Israel if it brings them closer to their goal of the conquest of the entire world.
Unless and until President Trump and whatever remains of the Western world acknowledges this at the very least to themselves and for the greater good publicly – as diplomatically and politically palatable as and if possible — as they can, 10/7 will happen again and again not just in Israel but all over GOd's green earth.
What I want to see, and sadly what just is never going to happen is President Trump or please-God President Vance publicly read the passages in the Koran, the PLO and its allies' charters that equate Jews with apes and pigs, infidels calling for all Muslims everywhere to kill Jews and infidels wherever they find them and Call out every Muslim everywhere to publicly renounce those words.
Of course they cannot and likely will not do that because the Koran is the so-called word of their supreme false-god, so to do so would be an act of apostasy that would cost them their lives. But by not doing so, it would in essence for those paying attention scream to the world of their approval of those ideas. Maybe it's the shock treatment that the world needs. As if the sight of babies being roasted alive in front of their parents, or the mass rape and torture of innocent girls and women that they broadcast in the act via the GO-Pro cameras they were wearing on that day two years ago would or should have been.
Until my last breath, there will be no peace in the Middle East and indeed the world itself until the practice of Islam as preached and as written in its texts is as extinct as the dinosaurs. Ditto Socialism/Communism. Both are tyrannical evils.
And as my dear mother of blessed memory warned me, herself a survivor of that latter evil hell on earth, "Evil never rests."
In any case, I hope and pray that the long suffering hostages are set free and reunited with their loved ones and that however this "deal" came about, some good comes from it because Israel and the West will have had to have given up some kind of concession to these beasts that they will doubtless crow about as a victory and as Daniel Greenfield warns in his essay, will give them an incentive (as if they need one besides the accursed poison words of that Goddamned fucking Koran) to butcher Jews, Christians, Hindus or even their own if they dare show a bit too much ankle in public.
A 29-year-old Biden-supporting Uber driver obsessed with images of fire has been charged with setting a blaze that later grew into the Palisades Fire, authorities said Wednesday — nine months after the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history erupted.Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of “maliciously” sparking a brush fire on Jan. 1. That fire was knocked down by the Los Angeles fire department, but continued to smolder unnoticed, underground for days before high winds rekindled it into the raging Palisades inferno, federal prosecutors said.
The Palisades Fire left 12 people dead, destroyed nearly 7,000 homes and businesses and caused about $150 billion in damages.
No doubt he believed in Climate Change/Gobal Warming so he had to burn Southern California to the ground to make us apostates see the truth!
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) compared actions by the Trump administration to tackle crime and enforce federal immigration law in Chicago to the “early days of the Nazi regime” and claimed the National Guard may be deployed at polling places during the 2026 midterm elections.
Schiff: We Can’t Rule Out Trump Launching Military Strikes on Domestic Groups
Considering that his party is, was and always will be at the epicenter of domestic political violence, treachery, mopery and the fomenters of criminal insurrectionist violence for the sole purpose of overthrowing America and seizing absolute power permanently. A drone strike on Democrat National Headquarters would go a long way in advancing the cause of freedom (rhetorically-speaking of course /s!!)
Thanks Diogenes for a great conversation.
. . . the video shows Porter speaking with former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in July 2021, before she cursed at a staffer for interjecting to correct her on a policy detail.“Get out of my fucking shot!” Porter yelled at the staffer in the video.
When the staffer issued her correction regarding a policy detail, Porter responded, “Okay. You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.”
At that moment, you can see clearly see Ron Jeremy go limp and then they immediately switched to a commercial for Cialis!
Jeremy later stated, while dousing his schvantz in Kwell and Clorox, despite the fat check from the DNC he just couldn't get it up for Porter.
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Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
- Victor Davis Hanson: Van Jones blames “the Jews” for media silence on Nigerian massacres—but the real reason isn’t anti-Semitic conspiracy; it’s the left’s selective outrage and ideological blind spots.
About The “Jews”
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Daily Tech News 9 October 2025
—Pixy Misa
Top Story- The editors apologise for the unwontedly upbeat tone of many of today's news items. We do expect to be back to our usual predictions of imminent doom tomorrow.
- The European Parliament has voted that words mean something. (The Guardian)
In a 355 - 247 vote, the parliament said that you can't call a plant-based product "steak" unless it was produced by feeding the plants to a cow. The same goes for terms like "burger" and "sausage".
All the usual suspects are outraged, as well as supermarket chains who will have to make sure all their products are appropriately labelled.
- Germany meanwhile has ruled that the police can shoot down drones, whether they are plant-based or not. (Reuters) (archive site)
I think this should not only be allowed, but mandatory.
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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - October 8, 2025 [Autumn Rex]
—Open Blogger
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another random assortment of interweb debris. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.
[Top photo: Giles County Courthouse, Pearisburg, Virginia]
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Skies and Heavens Cafe
—Ace
Earth at night, as seen from space.
Bald eagle and sea lion have their eyes on the same fish.
Microburst over Perth, Australia, in 2020.
The "Wunderpus" octopus.
This penguin says "Duncanthrax's a soyboy beta cuck." And then he says "Step to me, n-bomb." I think that is over the line.
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Who Set the LA Palisades Fire That Killed 12 People and Caused $150 Billion In Damges? A Biden-Voting "Climate Change" Cultist, Naturally
—Ace
So you're telling me the party of apocalyptic-minded godless lunatics set a fire to purge the world?
A 29-year-old Biden-supporting Uber driver obsessed with dystopian imagery, "despair and bitterness" is charged with "maliciously" sparking the Palisades Fire, authorities said Wednesday -- nine months after the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history erupted.Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of setting a brush fire Jan. 1 that was put out, but then smoldered unnoticed underground for days before igniting the raging Palisades inferno, which left 12 people dead and caused about $150 billion in damages.
The Palisades blaze, which was sparked by the Lachman Fire, went on to level more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the wealthy coastal enclave.
Rinderknecht, who lived in the area at some point, allegedly ignited the flames near a popular hiking trail in the hillside of a state park overlooking the neighborhood at about 12:12 a.m. on New Year's Day -- just moments after dropping off his Uber passengers.
The passengers later recalled Rinderknecht appearing "agitated and angry," the feds said.
After arriving at the hiking trail, Rinderknecht allegedly filmed the scene on his phone and listened to the rap song "Un Zder, Un The," by French artist Josman, whose music video features him setting a series of blazes, the criminal complaint states.
Google records showed that Rinderknecht, born in France, had listened to the song nine times and watched the music video four times in the days leading up to the fire, according to court papers.
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Rinderknecht is believed to have watched his fire burn for about a minute before fleeing down the hiking trail, where he made a three-minute video recording of himself attempting to call 911 several times to report the blaze.
As he was on the phone to dispatchers, he typed "Are you at fault if a fire is lift [sic] because of your cigarettes" into ChatGPT -- which was also captured in the screen recording, the complaint charges.
Rinderknecht allegedly drove away from the scene but turned around to follow the responding fire trucks back to the scene -- where he then watched and recorded several videos as crews battled the inferno, according to the complaint.
"Based on my training and experience, arsonists sometimes call 911 to report the fires they have set, and arsonists sometimes like to watch firefighters respond to the fires that they have set," an investigator notes in the charging docs.
The videos were among a trove of evidence discovered on Rinderknecht's phone in the aftermath of the wildfire, authorities said.
Months before the blaze, in July, Rinderknecht had ChatGPT-generated a grim "dystopian" image of a burning city, according to the criminal complaint.
His mentally-ill AI slop "art" looks like what gender-confused retarded demon would paint on the side of his child abduction van.
Take a guess what he looks like.
Did you guess something like this?
Apart from him having a hair color that appears in nature, I personally nailed it. How about you?
...Months later, in November, Rinderknecht told ChatGPT that he had "literally burnt" a Bible -- boasting that he felt "amazing" and "so liberated" afterwards.
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Rinderknecht was interviewed by investigators shortly after the blaze but allegedly lied to investigators at the time about his location, according to the complaint.
During the Jan. 24 interview, Rinderknecht had told investigators where the fire began, which was information that hadn't yet been made public and that he wouldn't have known if he hadn't witnessed it, the complaint said.
He allegedly lied about his location, claiming he was near the bottom of the hiking trail at the time, the feds said.
During the interview, Rinderknecht's "carotid artery would pulsate and become visible" whenever he was asked about the fire -- indicating he was "extremely anxious," the docs state.
The accused arsonist also confessed to bringing a lighter up the trail -- and investigators later found a green BBQ-style lighter in his car's glove compartment that matched photos taken at his home just days earlier, authorities alleged.
While one Democrat burns down thousands of home to cleanse the earth of the disease of humanity, the Democrat political establishment capitalizes on that calamity, slow-rolling rebuilding permits so people will give up their homes and let them return to nature.
Also in California: Katie Porter, who is one of the most unfortunate-looking women I've ever laid eyes on, also has the reputation of being a beast and a bully to her staff. Her husband alleged that she physically and verbally abused him.
She is running to replace Gavin Newsom as California Crime Boss.
She was asked a very simple question that this reporter asks every Democrat candidate for governor: How will you appeal to the 40% of Californians who voted for Trump?
This physically-heinous woman is also a political extremist, and took offense at the idea that she would ever have to appeal to Trump voters for any reason. She derailed the interview and wound up doing a walk-off where she actually kept her fat ass glued to the chair.
What's her reason for the rage-quit? She complains that the reporter has "seven follow-up" questions for every question. She says she's "never had to do this before," that is, she's literally never had a reporter ask her follow-up questions, pushing past her first answer to try to elicit a true answer.
I believe her. No Democrats ever face follow-up questions. The left-wing media doesn't ask them, and they refuse to be interviewed by anyone who's not in the left-wing media.
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JustTheNews: FBI Corruption Probe Turned Up Whistleblower Tip That Political Allies Paid Off Bill Clinton "Through the Back Door"
—Ace
Democrats can't quit the back door.
As part of a political corruption probe, the FBI obtained evidence that former President Bill Clinton was being paid through a backdoor arrangement with an allied consultant, according to a 2017 document released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley.The Iowa Republican senator raised the issue in a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi and questioned whether the FBI and Justice Department fully investigated the findings.
The document, which was provided to Grassley by a whistleblower, includes a case update drafted by then-Supervisory Special Agent Tim Thibault about the Washington Field Office's public corruption investigation into Virginia Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe linking former President Clinton to the case.
"McAuliffe case -- Steven Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer of Teneo was interviewed in New York City. Info provided seemed to confirm, Teneo was used as a pass through for Doug Band to pay former President of the United States," Thibault wrote.
Thibault is the disgraced, cashiered ringleader of so many RussiaGate-related operations against Trump.
So I'm sure he fully investigated this information.
"Doug Band was a Deputy Assistant to then-President Clinton and continued working for him post-presidency. Therefore, it's pretty clear the reference to 'President of the United States' is Bill Clinton," Grassley said in his opening statement."This information confirms there was an FBI case on McAuliffe, and it indicates the Clintons and their associates were relevant to it," said the senator.
"Did the FBI throw its resources behind this matter just like it did against Trump and his associates? Or did they sweep it all under the rug?" he continued.
Um.
McAuliffe was under investigation by the FBI for his private business ties before he became governor in 2014. The governor's lawyers confirmed that the bureau was probing him over alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. McAuliffe insisted throughout the investigation that he never illegally lobbied for any foreign government. McAuliffe was a major fundraiser for Clinton while he was president.Teneo, the firm mentioned in the case update, has close ties to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and its owner, Doug Band, is a close ally of the political couple. He worked for then-President Clinton in the White House Counsel's office. After the government, he became a central figure in Bill Clinton's post-presidency, helping to set up the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative.
A leaked memo showed that Band helped organize an aggressive strategy for President Clinton's paid speaking engagements and consulting work while his wife served as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, the Washington Post reported. Band came under scrutiny from Republicans for how Band encouraged Teneo's clients to contribute to the Clinton Foundation.
CIA Deep State operative and Democrat/Antifa candidate for Virginia Abigail Spanberger is holding a fundraiser with Clinton and MacAuliffe this weekend.
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After Some Initial Pity-Watches by Antifa Leftists, Jimmy Kimmel's Ratings Plunge 85% In Key Demographic (and Over 70% Overall)
—Ace
Jimmy Kimmel faced an all-too-brief three day suspension. When he came back, lefties tuned in as part of their routine #Slactivism form of lazy, passive politicking.
But then those leftists learned what most people knew as early as 1996: Jimmy Kimmel is not funny and never has been and never will be and has the charisma of a spent condom.
And so his ratings in the key 25-54 demographic prized by advertisers fell 85% since then.
Jimmy Kimmel's ratings boom appears to be circling the drain.Disney briefly suspended ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last month after the host's remarks about the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk sparked widespread backlash. Once Disney reversed course, the liberal comedian drew a massive audience for his much-hyped return on September 23.
On Thursday, Oct. 2, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" averaged 1.9 million viewers, shedding 71% of the audience that tuned in for the host's return from suspension.
The decline among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 was even more significant, as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" managed 265,000 viewers from the critical group on Thursday night to lose 85% of the 1.7 million who tuned in on Sept. 23. It marked Kimmel's smallest audience among demo viewers since the suspension.
Kimmel averaged 1.6 million viewers in 2025 before Disney decided to temporarily sideline him, so another drop would result in the show returning to its pre-scandal viewership.
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" also trailed Fox News' "Gutfeld!" across the board on Thursday.
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Kirk's supporters panned Kimmel's non-apology, saying the ABC host failed to take responsibility for the falsehood.
"Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie's assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils," Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet reacted.
Repulsive lying leftwing communists (is there any other kind?) are using "esoteric" measures to claim that "Akshually Jimmy Kimmel's ratings are great, Racists."
WDW_Pro made two good points:
1, when Kimmel first came back, Sinclair and Nexstar stations were not carrying him. Therefore, his "comeback" show ratings were lower than they otherwise would have been. (Note the rumor that these networks only agreed to run Kimmel again because Disney/ABC threatened that they would not allow them to air the Super Bowl unless they aired this fat ball of failure.)
So Kimmel is now available on dozens of more stations than he was when he did his "comeback" show.
That means that if all of these stations had carried Kimmel on his first few nights back, and thus millions more #Slacktivist lefties could have watched him, his ratings would have crashed even harder.
2, Kimmel's ratings are a disaster for Disney/ABC but because they buckled to the left-wing Hollywood mafia Jimmy Kimmel is now practically unfirable and uncancellable. ABC has not renewed his contract and, per rumors, was not going to renew it. But now they'll haven little choice but to renew this pudgy deadweight for at least a year or two.
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107 Trump Appointees Confirmed En Masse After Republicans Change Rules to End Democrats' "Confirmation Blockade"
—Ace
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 107 of President Donald Trump's nominees -- including ambassadors Herschel Walker and Sergio Gor -- as the government shutdown entered its seventh day. The move, approved 51-47, came after Republicans changed Senate rules to bypass what they called a Democrat "confirmation blockade."Key Details:
The confirmations included over two dozen ambassadorial appointments and more than a dozen U.S. Attorneys.
Among the notable confirmations were Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, and Herschel Walker as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) celebrated the move on X, writing, "CONFIRMED: 107 Trump nominees en bloc... Senate business continues, even on day seven of the Schumer Shutdown."
Diving Deeper:
The U.S. Senate confirmed more than 100 of President Donald Trump's nominees on Tuesday, marking one of the largest single-day confirmation pushes of his administration -- and it came amid a weeklong government shutdown.
In a 51-47 vote, Senate Republicans approved 107 Trump nominees in one sweeping package after implementing a procedural rules change allowing for "en bloc" votes. The change, used when the majority party controls the chamber, lets the Senate confirm groups of nominees simultaneously instead of one at a time.
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Republicans framed the mass confirmations as a necessary response to what they described as a months-long blockade by Senate Democrats. "Before the government shutdown, Democrats shut down the Senate floor, freezing the confirmation process," said Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) in a statement. "Today, we broke through that obstruction and delivered results for the American people."
The move followed similar action in September, when the Senate confirmed 48 Trump nominees. Tuesday's confirmations bring the total number of Trump administration appointments approved this fall to more than 150.
Semi-Related: A DOJ attorney and I'm sure a Straight-Arrow Ham-and-Egger is refusing to prosecute Big Tish James, claiming that she sees "no probable cause" for prosecution despite Big Tish signing multiple fraudulent mortgage applications and so far offering no defense or excuse for her actions.
A top Virginia prosecutor told her colleagues she will refuse to file charges against controversial New York Attorney General Letitia James. President Donald Trump has been pushing for James to face accountability for the lawfare she waged against him during the 2024 presidential election.With no shortage of irony, it turns out evidence exists that James committed the same real estate fraud she alleged Trump engaged in. That is the very definition of hypocritical.
Elizabeth Yusi, who is in charge of major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of the Eastern District of Virginia, told two of her co-workers that she does not see any probable cause that James committed mortgage fraud, two sources told MSNBC. Yusi will present her conclusion to the new interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, over the course of the next several weeks.
In a mortgage fraud case, probable cause exists if someone knowingly files repeated false "primary residence" certifications to boost their odds of loan approval, and if lenders rely on those lies to offer better loan terms.
Is there really a lack of evidence against James, or is Yusi trying to protect her? We all know the left protects its own, practically at any cost.
MSNBC reported that Trump appointed Halligan two weeks after announcing he would fire acting U.S. attorney Erik Siebert, who also refused to pursue fraud charges against James, as well as other charges against former FBI Director James Comey. Siebert resigned on Sept. 19 after Trump informed him he'd be replaced.
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Prosecutors in the Eastern District office expect Halligan to fire Yusi for refusing Trump's request to go after James.
CNN Sad! "Populist Billionaire and Trump Supporter Babis Cruises to Czech Election Win"
—Ace
Billionaire Andrej Babis's ANO party cruised to victory in the Czech Republic's parliamentary election on Saturday, raising the prospect of a government that would boost Europe's populist, anti-immigration camp and reduce support for Ukraine.An ebullient Babis told supporters that ANO would seek a one-party cabinet but would talk with two small parties -- including the far-right SPD -- for support as his party will lack an outright majority.
He again rejected accusations that his win would make the central European nation a less reliable European Union and NATO partner.
"We want to save Europe ... and we are clearly pro-European and pro-NATO," Babis told reporters.With nearly all results in, ANO was set to replace the current center-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala. Fiala congratulated Babis and conceded defeat.
ANO promised faster growth, higher wages and pensions, and lower taxes and tax discounts for students and young families during the campaign.
In basket-case France, Emmanuel Macron persists as President despite not having a majority of support in the National Assembly (and not having that support for years).
He just appointed another hopeless PM to attempt to govern with minority support, and that idiot has been forced to resign after a reign of twenty-seven days.
Lecornu, France's fifth PM in less than two years, had been tasked with convincing the country -- and investors -- that he can get a 2026 budget over the line.He was installed in early September against a backdrop of public unrest and dissatisfaction over the messy state of French affairs.
Several successive governments had failed to pass budgets detailing spending cuts and tax rises.
France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.Lecornu, France's fifth PM in less than two years, quit just hours after naming a new cabinet on Sunday.
Speaking after the resignation, Lecornu said "each political party is behaving as if they have their own majority in parliament" and that the "conditions were not fulfilled" to stay in office, according to comments translated by France 24.
"I was ready to compromise, but each political party wanted the other political party to adopt its entire program," he said in a speech in the courtyard of Matignon Palace, the PM's headquarters, France 24 reported.
He now departs the role after just 27 days, making him the country's shortest-serving prime minister with little to show for his time in office.
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The right-wing National Rally posted on social media platform X that "Macronism is dead on its feet," saying the president had to choose to "dissolve parliament or resign, and quickly!"Jean-Luc Melanchon of the far-left France Unbowed party went further, calling for Macron to be impeached. "Following the resignation of Sebastien Lecornu, we call for the immediate consideration of the motion tabled by 104 MPs for the impeachment of Emmanuel Macron," Melenchon wrote on X.
I read that Macron, who pretends to not be a leftist (note CNBC's curious insistence that he's "center-right") will finally forge a full alliance with France's left, and note that in France, the "left" means "the communists." He'll appoint a communist as PM.
Anything to avoid making a deal with Marine LePen on the invasion of third-world barbarians.
Surprise! Joe Biden Blocked the CIA From Releasing a Report on Hunter Biden's Actions as an Agent of Foreign Powers
—Ace
Then-Vice President Joe Biden's team intervened in February 2016 to prevent the CIA from disseminating an intelligence report to policymakers about the perceptions senior Ukrainian officials held about his son's business dealings, newly declassified memos show.The request that the intelligence community withhold the report from others in the U.S. government by Biden's national security advisor was "extremely rare and unusual," a senior CIA official told Just the News.
"I just spoke with VP/NSA and he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated," the vice president's Presidential Daily Brief briefer told the CIA. "Thanks for understanding."
The report, reviewed by Just the News, compiled the reactions of senior Ukrainian government officials to the December 2015 visit of Vice President Biden to Kyiv.
In the aftermath of the country's Maidan Revolution and the Russian seizure of Crimea, Biden had been appointed President Barack Obama's point man to manage U.S. policy towards the fledgling, pro-Western government.
The document shows that the Ukrainian officials in the government of then-President Petro Poroshenko, were disappointed with the vice president's visit to their country for his lack of substantive discussions with their leader. Those same officials "privately mused" about the U.S. media's scrutiny on Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine, the report shows.
"These officials viewed the alleged ties of the U.S. Vice President's family to corruption in Ukraine as evidence of a double-standard within the United States Government towards matters of corruption and political power," the CIA relayed.
The intelligence report also shows that the Ukrainian officials "expressed bewilderment and disappointment" about the vice president's visit because he did not engage in any of the expected discussions about substantive matters with Poroshenko or other senior officials.
In other words, he only came to Ukraine to threaten them into dropping an investigation into Hunter Biden's employer. Rather than discussing the issues he claimed he was making the trip to discuss, he focused only on protecting Hunter Biden's foreign paymasters.
The vice president's December 2015 visit to Kyiv has been the subject of much scrutiny surrounding Hunter Biden's business dealings with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. It was on that trip that Vice President Biden decided to alter U.S. policy to call for Poroshenko to fire his chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. The vice president threatened to withhold a substantial U.S. loan guarantee if not.At the time, Shokin was probing Burisma and its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, for corruption. His son, Hunter, had just officially joined the board of the company in May 2014. Shortly before the vice president's trip, then-Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt warned Biden's top advisors that the U.S. government considered Burisma corrupt.
Remember when we talked about impeaching Bill Clinton after his presidency to strip him of his federal retirement payments and security team funding?
Isn't it time we do that to Biden?
Don't say "But then they'll do that to Trump." Trust me, they're already planning to do that to Trump.
Left Panics As Trump Says He Might Use the Insurrection Act to Crush Anti-ICE/Antifa Terrorism
—Ace
President Trump suggested Monday he may use the Insurrection Act if courts continue to bar him from deploying the National Guard to cities across the U.S.Why it matters: Trump would be the first president in more than 60 years to use the 1807 Act that allows the deployment of U.S. troops to quell domestic unrest without state approval.
Trump came close to invoking the Act earlier this year, when he sent some 700 Marines to Los Angeles to respond to ICE protests against the will of California officials.
Driving the news: A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked Trump's deployment of the National Guard Sunday evening for the second time, after the president announced plans to send troops from California to Portland.
In addition to California and Oregon suing Trump over his actions, Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday after he said he was sending 300 members of the National Guard to Chicago.
What they're saying: "So far it hasn't been necessary, but we have an Insurrection Act for a reason," Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.
"If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I do that."
The bottom line: If Trump were to use the Insurrection Act, the National Guard would be allowed the full law enforcement powers of local police officers.
The left is freaking out because, among other things, the Insurrection Act would strip power from left-wing judges to issue lawless rulings.
Why it matters: Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to several cities have been slowed or temporarily blocked by judges. The Insurrection Act would help him effectively bypass the court rulings by tapping authority scholars have warned is overly broad and ripe for misuse.
Trump is also talking about the possibility of throwing Race Marxist and DEI Dum-Dum Brandon Johnson in prison.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested imprisoning Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., for failing to protect federal officers as the state and city push back against his deportation efforts.
Chicago is a sanctuary city and has seen its mayor declare "ICE-free zones" this week as Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempt to remove illegal aliens from the area.
"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" Trump posted on Truth Social.
Morbidly Obese Antifa Sturnkommandant JB Pritzker ordered his police not to cooperate with ICE, citing his nonexistent "sovereign" right to ignore federal law. I saw a Xeet calling him "Heifferson Davis."
This ignites a fire in my Wrinkle Noodle.
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Wednesday Morning Rant
—Joe Mannix
The Left never fails to defend and worship terrorism at all levels and in all venues. It has become so obvious recently that the Party itself knows how bad this looks, or at least some factions within the Party do. The trial balloon they sent up at the Atlantic was a limp-wristed acknowledgment of the problem and filled with wobbly and outlandish "both-sidesism" with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing, but it's clear that somebody in the Party is worried about Leftist terrorism and ordered the balloon. They do this all the time when some faction decides that they need to make a change, and the Atlantic is a regular venue for them. We saw it several times during COVID.
Like during COVID, this early trial balloon showed that the base is not willing to consider it. Most of the Party isn't willing to consider a change. I don't know which faction was responsible for the trial balloon, but it is clearly in the minority and not well aligned with the rest of the Party. Every day, the hits just keep coming. Not just Leftist terrorism, but the grotesque celebration and cheering of Leftist terrorism. You can't swing a cat without seeing gleeful adulation of some terrorist or terrorist action, and open encouragement to do more of it.
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