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From Moscow With Love: Dems Cozy Up to Candidates Who Think America ‘Deserved 9/11′ [WATCH]
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From Moscow With Love: Dems Cozy Up to Candidates Who Think America ‘Deserved 9/11′ [WATCH]

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller argued that the Democratic Party’s support for progressive candidates will face a significant challenge in the November elections, contending that voters in the political center will reject what he described as an embrace of communist ideology.

Speaking during an interview, Miller pointed to Michigan’s U.S. Senate race as an example of what he believes is a broader shift within the Democratic Party.

“Well, I think they’re going to be severely challenged come November as they continue to nominate these true communist candidates,” Miller said.

He cited Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as an example of that trend.

“Look at Michigan, right? El Sayed. They’re nominating communist candidates for office.”

According to Miller, the party’s direction is out of step with most American voters and will become a liability in the general election.

“The center of this country, the middle of this country, the mainstream of this country, is going to thunderously reject the Democrats’ embrace of communism.”

Miller also criticized El-Sayed’s association with political commentator Hasan Piker, arguing that Democratic leaders have failed to distance themselves from the endorsement.

“And then, Sayed, you also have somebody, as you’ve talked about this evening, Sean, who campaigned, who embraced, who courted the endorsement of this execrable, heinous, deplorable, monstrous Hasan Piker, somebody who has celebrated assassination culture, and somebody who has said that America deserved 9/11.”

Addressing host Sean Hannity directly, Miller referenced the lasting impact of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and questioned why Democratic leaders had not publicly responded.

“Sean, you’re from New York. How much time have you spent, Sean, with the victims and the families, the police officers, the firefighters after 9/11.”

He argued that any candidate associated with those views should face greater scrutiny.

“To have someone running for Senate who’s going to associate with that kind of evil, and where is Schumer? Where is Jeffries? Where are any of the leaders of the Democratic Party?”

Miller contended that Democratic leadership has accepted those associations rather than rejecting them.

“They are supporting it. They are embracing it. They are allowing it, Sean.”

The discussion then turned to what Miller described as a broader ideological struggle taking place in American politics.

He compared the current political climate to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, arguing that the conflict has shifted from foreign policy to domestic politics.

“We spent decades fighting a cold war with the Soviet Union.”

Miller said he viewed today’s political environment as a continuation of that conflict in a different form.

“I choose my words carefully, but I’m going to say this tonight, Sean. That cold war has come home. It’s here in America.”

According to Miller, he believes the stakes extend beyond individual elections and represent what he described as a defining moment for the country.

“This is the biggest, greatest, most existential struggle this country will ever face Sean, because if communists get control of House seats, then Senate seats and governors’ mansions, the American dream that for 250 years our heroes bled and died for is gone, and it won’t come back because they will never let you get it back.”

Miller concluded by arguing that President Donald Trump represents the principal obstacle to the political outcome he described.

“President Trump is the only thing right now standing between the American people and that abyss.”

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Miller’s remarks came as candidates in several high-profile races continue campaigning ahead of the November elections, with Michigan among the states expected to receive significant national attention.

During the interview, he argued that the Democratic Party’s recent nominations and alliances will become a central issue as voters evaluate candidates in congressional, Senate, and statewide races across the country.

JD Vance: We Found $230 Billion in Fraud. Guess Who Doesn’t Want It Stopped? [WATCH]
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JD Vance: We Found $230 Billion in Fraud. Guess Who Doesn’t Want It Stopped? [WATCH]

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Vice President J.D. Vance said the Trump administration’s fraud task force has identified approximately $230 billion in fraud since its creation, while preventing tens of billions of dollars in fraudulent government payments that otherwise would have gone to bad actors.

Speaking alongside administration officials, Vance highlighted the task force’s work combating fraud across federal programs and argued that its efforts have already produced significant savings for taxpayers.

At the same time, he warned that many of those reforms could be reversed by a future administration unless Congress passes legislation making them permanent.

Vance credited members of the administration for helping build what he described as an effective anti-fraud operation.

“All stars of the Trump administration, we have been able to identify 230 billion dollars of fraud just since the fraud task force was set up, and that’s frankly by conservatively estimating it,” Vance said.

He explained that administration officials deliberately chose to use a cautious estimate when presenting the findings to the public.

“Andrew and I had a meeting in my office last week, and he said, ‘Do you want to estimate it conservatively or do you want to estimate it aggressively?’ And I said, ‘Well, I kind of want to estimate it aggressively, but then all you people will criticize us. So let’s estimate it conservatively, so that we can give the American people the most rock-solid explanation of how this task force is working to protect their money.'”

According to Vance, the task force has not only identified fraudulent activity but has also stopped billions of dollars in improper payments before they were distributed.

“We’ve been able to stop $56 billion in fraudulent payments that would have otherwise gone to fraudsters rather than to the people who need them, and in the process, we’ve saved obviously the American people a lot of money.”

Vance said preventing those payments ensures taxpayer dollars are directed toward eligible recipients instead of individuals or organizations attempting to exploit government programs.

He characterized the effort as one of the administration’s major accomplishments but cautioned that executive action alone cannot guarantee the reforms will survive future administrations.

“But as much as we’ve done, and as much as we’ve had great successes, and this brings me to my final point before I kick it over to Andrew, this effort will fundamentally always have a limitation unless our colleagues in the House and the Senate are working with us.”

Vance argued that Congress must act to place the administration’s anti-fraud measures into federal law rather than relying solely on executive authority.

According to the vice president, doing so would make it more difficult for future administrations to reverse the policies that have been implemented.

“We don’t want the next administration, whoever you know, God forbid, you’re going to have President El Sayed in three years. We don’t want him to undo all the incredible work that we’ve been doing when we’ve been taking out the fraudsters and saving the American people money.”

He said the administration’s long-term objective is to ensure the fraud prevention measures remain in place regardless of who occupies the White House in the future.

“And in order to make this really work, we need our colleagues in Congress to really codify some of this stuff to make sure that it becomes law,” Vance said.

He concluded by noting the political makeup of those attending the event while expressing hope that lawmakers would support the administration’s legislative priorities.

“And again, this is the sort of thing where while I you know I see only Republicans surrounding us today.”

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The administration has repeatedly highlighted efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs as part of its broader fiscal agenda.

Vance’s remarks emphasized both the reported results achieved by the fraud task force since its creation and the administration’s push for Congress to enact permanent statutory changes aimed at preserving those anti-fraud initiatives beyond the current administration.

Fauci Looks Miserable as Wife Flips the Bird After Contempt Vote [WATCH]
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Fauci Looks Miserable as Wife Flips the Bird After Contempt Vote [WATCH]

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Dr. Anthony Fauci looked thoroughly defeated Thursday, just hours after a Senate committee voted to hold him in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions about his management of the COVID 19 pandemic.

The former government health official was photographed wearing a deep frown while rolling a recycling bin toward the curb outside his Washington, DC, residence.

It was hardly the triumphant image once cultivated by liberal media outlets.

Fauci shares the $2.4 million home with his wife, Christine Grady, a Georgetown University colleague.

His routine household chore came shortly after senators referred the contempt matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.

The sour mood apparently extended beyond Fauci. When the couple later departed the upscale neighborhood by vehicle, Grady made her displeasure with the nearby photographer unmistakably clear.

Grady flipped off the camera before driving away, while Fauci sat in the passenger seat and stared blankly through the window.

For a couple accustomed to establishment praise, the sudden public scrutiny did not appear especially welcome.

Earlier Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted eight to five along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt.

The vote followed his testimony last week, when he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights 111 times.

Republicans have spent years demanding answers about Fauci’s pandemic decisions, government research funding, and public statements concerning the origins of COVID 19.

Those questions became more urgent as evidence and official assessments challenged the narratives aggressively promoted during the pandemic.

If convicted of misdemeanor contempt of Congress, Fauci could face as much as one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

The Justice Department will now become central to determining whether the referral develops into an actual criminal prosecution.

Republican senators argue Fauci cannot use the Fifth Amendment as a universal shield after delivering an opening statement and receiving a sweeping pardon from former President Joe Biden.

That pardon covered potential crimes committed from January 2014 through January 2025.

Sen. Josh Hawley challenged the legal basis for Fauci’s repeated refusal to respond.

“The assertion of a Fifth Amendment privilege only adheres to those instances where the witness has a reasonable fear of future prosecution, and it must be tailored to any such fear,” Hawley said.

The Missouri Republican’s point goes directly to the growing dispute.

Senators are questioning whether Fauci identified legitimate risks attached to individual questions or simply invoked constitutional protection as a blanket strategy to avoid scrutiny.

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Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul subpoenaed Fauci to testify.

The Kentucky Republican has long accused the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of concealing information about the origins of COVID 19 and misleading Americans about the disease.

Paul has repeatedly pressed Fauci about research funding and whether taxpayer money supported dangerous coronavirus work overseas.

Fauci has denied wrongdoing, but his refusal to answer scores of questions has done little to satisfy lawmakers seeking a complete public record.

The Biden pardon has also intensified suspicion rather than quieting it.

Biden granted Fauci broad protection before leaving office, covering more than a decade in which Fauci held enormous influence over federal health policy and pandemic decisions.

Three state attorneys general have separately subpoenaed Fauci through a joint investigation involving the former COVID czar.

That expanding legal attention suggests the Senate fight may be only one part of a much larger examination of his conduct.

For years, Fauci enjoyed glowing coverage, celebrity treatment, and near total deference from Washington’s political class.

Now the cameras are capturing a different scene, complete with a contempt vote, unanswered questions, a trash bin, and one very angry hand gesture.

Americans who endured sweeping mandates, closed businesses, disrupted schools, and shifting government claims still want accountability.

Fauci may prefer silence, but Congress and state investigators appear increasingly determined to keep asking questions.

FBI Knew 633,000 Arizona Voter Files Were Hacked Days Before 2020 Election, Prosecuted Nobody [WATCH]
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FBI Knew 633,000 Arizona Voter Files Were Hacked Days Before 2020 Election, Prosecuted Nobody [WATCH]

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The White House has released a series of newly declassified documents related to the 2020 election, including records detailing a cyber intrusion involving the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Arizona that exposed hundreds of thousands of voter records and prompted an FBI investigation.

According to a letter from FBI Director Kash Patel to the White House Task Force on Government Transparency, a hacker obtained approximately 633,000 Maricopa County voter records.

The documents state that the data included information on 930 voters that was not publicly available, including records involving domestic abuse victims.

The newly released material also includes information from a November 2020 FBI interview with an individual whose name has been redacted.

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During that interview, the individual reportedly told investigators he believed he had extracted between 1 million and 2 million files, representing approximately four gigabytes of data.

According to the interview summary, the individual said the information was obtained by using a PowerShell script to exploit the Maricopa County Recorder’s website.

The documents state that Maricopa County reported the intrusion through the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center on Nov. 2, 2020.

By Election Day on Nov. 3, information about the incident had been circulated among federal election security officials.

The records also describe efforts by the suspect to destroy evidence before federal agents executed a search warrant.

According to the documents, the subject attempted to remove both locally stored and remotely stored copies of the data before the FBI carried out its search.

In a separate interview with investigators, the suspect reportedly acknowledged anticipating contact from law enforcement and described deleting evidence beforehand.

According to the released records, the individual told the FBI that he knew law enforcement would likely visit him, prompting him to delete and reformat his hard drives and erase data stored in Google Cloud.

The interview summary indicates the suspect acknowledged destroying evidence while also appearing to recognize that a crime had been committed.

Despite the investigation, the documents state that prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges.

According to the records, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the Pinal County Attorney’s Office all declined to prosecute the suspect despite the existence of evidence and what the documents describe as a confession.

The case appears to correspond with a December 2020 incident previously reported by The Gateway Pundit involving an FBI search of the home of Elliot Kerwin, then a 56-year-old information technology specialist.

At the time, Forbes reported that federal investigators were seeking evidence related to “a cyberattack on an unnamed organization and stolen voter data.”

Although the newly declassified documents do not identify Kerwin by name, one report appears to describe an incident involving a residence in Fountain Hills, Arizona, a town located within Maricopa County.

Following the FBI search in 2020, questions remained about the extent of the intrusion into Maricopa County’s voter registration infrastructure.

Public reporting at the time stated there had been no access to election management systems or vote tabulation systems and that the voter information obtained consisted of publicly available records.

The newly declassified documents indicate that investigators concluded approximately 633,000 voter records were obtained, including 930 records containing information that was not publicly available.

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The release of the documents has also prompted renewed attention to how government agencies communicated about election security during and after the 2020 election.

According to the records, federal election security officials were aware before Election Day that an intruder had exploited a Maricopa County website and obtained hundreds of thousands of voter records.

The source material states that no contemporaneous public acknowledgement of this specific incident by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been identified.

Following the 2020 election, then-CISA Director Chris Krebs stated that the election was “the most secure in American history.”

The newly released records do not state that election systems or vote tabulation equipment were compromised, nor do they conclude that election results were altered.

Instead, the documents focus on the cyber intrusion into voter registration records, the subsequent FBI investigation, the suspect’s reported destruction of evidence, and the decisions by multiple prosecutorial offices not to pursue criminal charges.

The release has renewed questions surrounding the public disclosure of the breach, including why an incident involving approximately 633,000 voter records, including hundreds of non-public records, did not receive broader public attention at the time and why the suspect identified in the investigation ultimately was not prosecuted, according to the source material.

Stephen A. Smith Turns on Fauci: I Did Exactly What He Told Me, It Almost Killed Me [WATCH]
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Stephen A. Smith Turns on Fauci: I Did Exactly What He Told Me, It Almost Killed Me [WATCH]

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Stephen A. Smith has built his career on thunderous opinions, colorful arguments, and unapologetic confidence.

But while discussing Anthony Fauci and the COVID pandemic, the ESPN personality showed a deeply personal side shaped by fear, anger, and a brush with death.

Smith said he followed the guidance promoted by Fauci and other government health authorities, only to contract COVID anyway.

“We were told, ‘Hey, you ain’t gonna get Covid if you do that.’ And I GOT COVID!” he exclaimed.

The illness was not a mild inconvenience for Smith. “And damn it, it almost killed me!” he continued, revealing that he entered a hospital shortly before New Year celebrations began as 2021 gave way to 2022.

Smith recalled his doctor delivering a warning nobody wants to hear.

“We’ve been at this for three plus weeks. You got double pneumonia. You look really bad. If this antibiotic and this steroid do not work, Mr. Smith, I’m sorry, we’re gonna have to call your family. Looks that bad…’”

The treatment eventually worked, but Smith said the wait left him believing his life could be ending.

“But those were the longest three hours of my life because I thought it was over.”

That terrifying experience now colors Smith’s judgment of Fauci, whose pandemic pronouncements were repeatedly treated by corporate media outlets as sacred scripture.

Smith remembered that he had done what Fauci urged Americans to do, yet still found himself fighting for his life.

Smith also unloaded on the policies and claims that defined the government response.

“We learned that mask [mandates] , six feet distancing… These were not scientific decisions being made.”

His frustration extended beyond flawed guidance and into the celebrity culture that surrounded Fauci.

Smith argued that Fauci became consumed by praise, media attention, and his status as the supposed public face of science while ordinary Americans endured mandates, business closures, and social pressure.

Smith admitted that he had accepted Fauci’s assurances and helped direct criticism toward athletes who resisted the official narrative.

“We sat back and we bought his stuff, hook, line, and sinker. He was the face of science.”

Among those athletes were NBA star Kyrie Irving and NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Smith said he later felt compelled to apologize because his commentary had contributed to the public scrutiny they faced for questioning or rejecting pandemic demands.

The sports commentator stopped short of demanding that Fauci be imprisoned.

“I’m not saying you need to go that far. I’m not saying they’re completely right about that. I don’t believe this man at 85 years of age who’s done tremendous work spanning decades should be thrown in jail.”

Still, Smith made clear that Fauci should face public embarrassment and accountability for presenting disputed policies as settled science.

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The aura of infallibility has faded, and the Americans once mocked for asking basic questions no longer look quite so foolish.

Senator Rand Paul has meanwhile continued pursuing Fauci over his testimony before Congress.

Paul said Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times despite receiving a sweeping federal pardon and offering an opening statement during the hearing.

“During the hearing,” Paul said, “I ruled that the Fifth Amendment did not apply because of the pardon, and that Fauci had waived any remaining privilege by giving opening testimony. I ordered him to answer and warned him about contempt, yet he still refused. That is obstruction of a congressional investigation. The Committee will act accordingly.”

A contempt vote reportedly followed party lines, while investigators also obtained Fauci’s phone.

Those developments could bring additional scrutiny to the former government health official’s communications, public representations, and role in policies that disrupted millions of American lives.

Questions also remain about Fauci’s sweeping claims regarding vaccination and transmission.

Federal authorization materials acknowledged that evidence was not then available to determine whether the vaccine prevented transmission, yet Fauci publicly suggested vaccinated people would become a dead end for the virus.

Fauci also declared, “The risk is extremely low of getting infected, of getting sick, or of transmitting it to anybody else. Full stop.”

The lived experience of countless vaccinated Americans, including Smith, eventually collided with that confident promise.

At least four Republican led states, West Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, have announced or opened investigations into Fauci’s pandemic conduct.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said investigators were examining possible deceptive trade, fraud, and public nuisance violations, adding, “Nothing is off the table.”

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Smith’s reckoning captures a broader collapse of institutional trust. Americans were ordered to comply, told not to question the experts, and often smeared for skepticism, only to discover that certainty had been oversold and accountability remained in painfully short supply.

Elizabeth Warren Gets a Brutal Lesson in Rent Economics She Still Can’t Grasp [WATCH]
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Elizabeth Warren Gets a Brutal Lesson in Rent Economics She Still Can’t Grasp [WATCH]

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has once again treated rising rents as proof of landlord greed while brushing past the far less convenient forces that determine housing costs.

Her argument may stir progressive applause, but it does not survive contact with basic economics.

Rent is not pulled from a hat by cartoon villains counting gold coins in a back room.

It reflects available housing, renter demand, taxes, insurance, mortgages, repairs, utilities, labor, local rules, and the substantial risk carried by a property owner.

The central problem is supply and demand, a concept Washington Democrats repeatedly resist whenever it interferes with their preferred villain.

When too few apartments exist for too many renters, prices rise, no matter how many speeches Warren delivers about corporate avarice.

Government policy often makes that shortage worse.

Restrictive zoning blocks apartments, permit delays drag projects through years of bureaucracy, rent controls discourage new construction, and expensive mandates make builders think twice before adding units where families actually need them.

Mass illegal immigration also increases demand for limited housing, especially in communities already struggling with shortages.

Democrats cannot wave millions of additional people into the country, obstruct construction, and then act stunned when competition for apartments drives rents higher.

Housing subsidies can distort the market as well, particularly when government vouchers pay rates above what some tenants previously faced.

The original account described a seven hundred dollar apartment that rose to eleven hundred dollars after a management company purchased the property and began accepting Section 8 vouchers.

None of this means every landlord is wise, fair, or competent.

It does mean Warren’s preferred caricature ignores the many middle class owners who buy rental property as an investment, shoulder debt, handle emergencies, and try to create security for their children.

A broken refrigerator does not replace itself, and a leaking roof does not care about progressive slogans.

Paint, carpeting, plumbing, appliances, insurance, property taxes, and emergency repairs all cost real money, with those expenses eventually affecting the rent charged for a unit.

The fantasy that government can simply push private owners aside and manage housing more efficiently has a grim record.

Public housing is too often marked by deferred maintenance, dirty common areas, broken systems, and regular rent increases, proving that bureaucracy is perfectly capable of becoming the biggest slumlord around.

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One critic delivered the economic reality Warren skipped: “She admits it herself. There are not enough homes. Then she skips the only question that matters. Why? Zoning that bans apartments, permits that take years, rent controls that punish building. Every one a government policy she supports. The shortage is her movement’s own construction project. And the greed theory fails arithmetic. If landlords raise rents just because they can, why couldn’t they a decade ago? Greed is a constant. Supply is the variable. The landlord provides the home, carries the mortgage, fixes the refrigerator. Remove him and her constituent is not liberated. She is homeless,” the user wrote.

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That response gets to the heart of the matter.

Greed cannot explain why rents vary across decades, cities, and neighborhoods, because human self interest is constant while housing availability, local regulation, financing costs, and population pressure all change.

If lawmakers want lower rents, they should make it easier to build more homes, approve projects faster, reduce needless barriers, and enforce immigration law.

Expanding supply while easing demand pressure would do more for renters than another round of finger pointing from Capitol Hill.

Instead, Warren and her allies keep promoting policies that punish the people providing housing, then blame those same people for the predictable fallout.

Drive enough small landlords from the market, and large corporations or government agencies will acquire what remains, hardly the liberation progressives advertise.

Renters deserve safe homes, transparent leases, and genuine competition among property owners.

They do not need economic theater from politicians who create scarcity, deny the consequences, and then demand more government control as the cure for damage government helped cause.

Detective Ambushed in California Desert While Serving Search Warrant, Suspect Dead [WATCH]
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Detective Ambushed in California Desert While Serving Search Warrant, Suspect Dead [WATCH]

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A San Bernardino County sheriff’s detective was shot Wednesday afternoon while serving a search warrant in the high desert community of Littlerock, just east of Palmdale.

The attack triggered a major law enforcement response in a rural stretch of Los Angeles County where the quiet can turn ugly fast.

The detective, described in some reports as a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department investigator, was hit by gunfire near East Avenue R and 130th Street.

Officials said the shooting happened at about 3:15 p.m., during the execution of a search warrant.

Because the shooting occurred in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is handling the investigation.

That means LASD homicide investigators are now working through the scene, the timeline, and the grim question of how a warrant service turned into gunfire.

The wounded detective was airlifted to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment after being struck in the lower ribcage.

Authorities had not released the detective’s name, and details about the full extent of the injuries remained limited as officials worked the case.

The suspect accused of opening fire died at the scene, according to authorities.

Officials have not released the suspect’s identity or explained exactly how the suspect died, a familiar pause while investigators sort evidence before the public gets the fuller story.

Television news helicopters showed deputies and investigators spread across the desert neighborhood, with yellow tape cutting through the otherwise empty landscape.

Additional law enforcement personnel gathered outside Antelope Valley Hospital while the detective received care, a visible reminder that these incidents ripple through every badge in the region.

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Littlerock is not downtown Los Angeles, and that is part of the point.

Once you leave the packed freeways and political theater behind, the desert opens into long roads, scattered homes, and plenty of places where criminals apparently think they can operate without much interference.

That assumption has been taking a beating lately.

Just one day earlier, Los Angeles Port Police and other agencies were involved in a major takedown of an alleged Sinaloa cartel meth operation in a remote desert area, with three suspected gang members arrested.

Two desert law enforcement operations in two days is not exactly the tourism brochure California officials like to print.

While Sacramento polishes slogans and the left lectures the rest of the country about compassion, officers are the ones walking into the ugly places where narcotics, gangs, and guns collide.

Early reports said the detective was serving a narcotics search warrant when gunfire erupted.

One scene account stated the detective was transported to a hospital and was in stable condition, while also noting that the adult male suspect was killed at the location and that no other injuries were reported.

“Thoughts with the detective and his family. Stay safe out there.”

That simple line says what decent people across California and the country are thinking.

The detective went to work, followed a warrant, and ended up being flown to a hospital because someone allegedly answered lawful authority with bullets.

This is the reality behind the polished arguments from the anti police crowd.

Search warrants do not serve themselves, cartel poison does not seize itself, and violent suspects do not politely wait for a social worker with a clipboard to explain community healing.

The high desert has long been used by smugglers, growers, gangs, and assorted lowlifes because isolation gives them room to hide.

When deputies and detectives push into those areas, they are not performing some abstract policy exercise, they are entering terrain where backup may be minutes away and danger can be instant.

The investigation will determine the sequence of events, including who fired, when, and what evidence was recovered during the warrant operation.

Those facts matter, and responsible agencies will be expected to lay them out clearly when the case permits.

What is already clear is that the law and order debate is not theoretical for the men and women sent into places like Littlerock.

While politicians posture, officers keep doing the work that civilized society requires, even when the desert answers with gunfire.

The detective’s condition will be watched closely as the investigation continues under LASD.

For now, one suspected gunman is dead, one detective is recovering, and California has another reminder that public safety collapses fast when criminals decide the law is optional.

Chris Cuomo Shrugs at Kids with COVID Vaccine Heart Damage [WATCH]
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Chris Cuomo Shrugs at Kids with COVID Vaccine Heart Damage [WATCH]

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Chris Cuomo has a gift for reminding Americans why CNN finally ran out of patience with him.

His latest vaccine commentary did not just flirt with arrogance, it pulled up a chair, grabbed a microphone, and tried to sell heart inflammation in children as a statistical inconvenience.

Cuomo left CNN in 2021 under the kind of cloud that usually prompts a little humility.

Naturally, humility was not on the menu, because the former prime time scold has never seemed especially burdened by self awareness.

The backstory still matters because it explains the messenger.

Cuomo was accused of advising his brother Andrew Cuomo during the sexual harassment scandal that helped end the elder Cuomo’s governorship, all while Chris was still pretending to be an independent journalist on national television.

Then came reports from the New York attorney general’s office that Chris Cuomo had allegedly used media contacts to gather information about women accusing his brother of misconduct.

Even CNN, hardly a monastery of journalistic virtue, eventually decided that was too much.

During the pandemic, Cuomo also turned his own COVID experience into televised melodrama from home.

Americans were already getting a daily fog machine of guidance from Anthony Fauci, the NIH, and the CDC, so Cuomo’s theatrical contribution fit right in with the national confusion.

Now he is back with podcast wisdom, which apparently means defending COVID shots for children by arguing that the most alarming risks were not widespread enough to bother the grown ups in charge.

That is quite a position when the subject is heart damage in kids.

On his Chris Cuomo Project podcast, Cuomo said, “The risks early on are really isolated to young males and for one potential exposure, which is myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart.” He also said, “For girls it was a fraction of that.”

Then came the part that should make every parent sit up straight. Cuomo asked, “Now, did some kids get bad cases? Did some kids get horrible [myocarditis]? Yes. Very, very, very few compared to the number of kids that had lesser symptoms or didn’t get sick and didn’t have any complications from COVID.”

He added, “It’s not even a close call.”

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There it is, the familiar expert class shrug, wrapped in numbers, delivered with the confidence of a man who assumes your child will not be the unlucky one.

This is the same old routine from the pandemic era.

First, the risk is dismissed as rare, then when the risk becomes harder to ignore, the public is told the sacrifice was necessary for some noble greater good.

That may sound neat in a studio or basement podcast setup, but it lands differently at the kitchen table of a family whose son developed myocarditis after being told the shot was safe, responsible, and socially required.

For them, the word rare is not a comfort, it is a reminder that their child became part of the fine print.

Cuomo’s argument also leans on the idea that vaccinated children had lesser symptoms or avoided complications because they got the shot.

That claim was repeated endlessly by the same crowd that told Americans to trust the science while treating dissent like thought crime.

The inconvenient reality is that vaccinated people still caught and spread COVID.

The sweeping certainty about reduced illness, especially when comparing broad populations of vaccinated and unvaccinated people, was never as tidy as the public relations campaign made it sound.

There are still serious unanswered questions about how many men, women, and children experienced lasting complications after the vaccine rollout.

Those questions deserve scrutiny, not a Cuomo lecture about how the numbers supposedly make the damage acceptable.

No decent parent evaluates heart inflammation in children like a cable news graphic.

If even a small number of kids suffered serious harm from a medical product pushed with relentless government, media, and corporate pressure, then the public deserves answers without the smug dismissal.

The people who spent years demanding obedience now seem irritated that Americans want accountability.

Funny how the same elites who preached compassion suddenly become cold accountants when the cost is paid by someone else’s child.

Cuomo may think he is playing the voice of reason, but he is really showing how warped the pandemic establishment became.

When heart damage in children can be waved away because it affected “Very, very, very few,” the problem is not just the argument, it is the moral blindness behind it.

Mamdani Gets Brutally Booed at NYPD Staten Island Event and Bolts in Under a Minute [WATCH]
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Mamdani Gets Brutally Booed at NYPD Staten Island Event and Bolts in Under a Minute [WATCH]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani learned the hard way Tuesday night that Staten Island is not exactly fertile ground for Democratic socialist theatrics.

The mayor appeared at the Midland Beach boardwalk for the NYPD’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime, where roughly 3,500 residents and families had gathered for a pro police community celebration.

What he received was not applause, civic warmth, or the usual carefully managed political reception.

He was met with loud boos, jeers, and a few profanities from a crowd that clearly had no interest in pretending.

According to the Staten Island Advance, Mamdani tried to offer remarks at the event, but his turn at the microphone was over almost as soon as it began.

The mayor managed to wish attendees a “Happy Night Out Against Crime” before he was quickly moved away from the podium.

For a politician known for soaking up attention and delivering long winded speeches, the moment was brutal.

The crowd gave him less than one minute before making it plain that his presence was not welcome.

Videos posted on social media showed residents shouting as Mamdani approached the stage.

Some could be heard yelling for him to leave, while others simply booed loudly enough to drown out the polished mayoral routine.

Plenty of Staten Islanders also used body language to send the message.

Attendees were seen turning away, refusing to engage, and flashing a “thumbs down ” as Mamdani was escorted away with a grin plastered across his face.

That grin may have been the only thing more awkward than the speech itself.

Nothing says political confidence quite like smiling through a public rejection while staff hustles you off stage.

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The moment stood out because National Night Out Against Crime is usually a upbeat event centered on police, families, and neighborhood safety.

It is meant to celebrate cooperation between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Across New York City, officials and the NYPD hosted more than 70 events tied to the annual effort.

The gatherings are designed to promote police community partnerships and encourage safer, more connected neighborhoods.

On Staten Island, however, the event became a public reminder that law and order voters have not forgotten who stands with police and who merely shows up when cameras are rolling.

The borough has long been one of New York City’s more conservative strongholds, and Tuesday night proved it has not lost its voice.

Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, has built a political image around ideological activism and progressive branding.

That may play well in certain deep blue circles, but it did not impress a crowd gathered to back the NYPD.

The reception also contrasted sharply with the kind of stage managed applause many left wing politicians are used to receiving.

Put a radical progressive in front of ordinary residents who care about public safety, and the script can fall apart very quickly.

Despite the embarrassing rebuke, Mamdani reportedly still stopped to pose for photos with some attendees.

Politicians do love a photo op, even after being chased from the microphone by the sound of public disapproval.

The episode was a vivid snapshot of the divide between New York’s progressive political class and residents who want safe streets, respected police, and leaders who take crime seriously.

Staten Island did not whisper its verdict.

For Mamdani, the visit was supposed to be a routine public appearance at a civic event.

Instead, it became a less than one minute lesson in what happens when voters are not interested in the socialist sales pitch.

Florida AG Drops Fauci Subpoena Bombshell Over mRNA Vaccine Questions and Covid Profits [WATCH]
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Florida AG Drops Fauci Subpoena Bombshell Over mRNA Vaccine Questions and Covid Profits [WATCH]

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is turning up the heat on Anthony Fauci, issuing a subpoena aimed at forcing answers about mRNA vaccines, Covid era decision making, and whether the former federal health bureaucrat personally benefited while Americans were being told to roll up their sleeves and stop asking questions.

The investigation, according to Uthmeier, is focused on obtaining records related to “what he knew, when he knew it, and his doubts about the efficacy of the vaccines.”

That is exactly the kind of question Washington spent years treating as forbidden speech.

Now Florida is asking it through legal channels, which means the familiar routine of media eye rolling and bureaucratic evasions may not be enough.

Fauci, who became the face of the federal Covid response, spent the pandemic appearing on television, shaping policy, and lecturing Americans about compliance.

Governors, school boards, corporations, and federal agencies treated his words as marching orders.

The costs were enormous.

Businesses were crushed, churches were restricted, children were masked, workers were threatened, and countless families were divided by mandates sold as settled science by the same expert class that kept changing its story.

Florida, under Republican leadership, became one of the few major states willing to challenge the national Covid consensus.

While blue state officials competed to see who could impose the most aggressive restrictions, Florida moved toward reopening and defended personal liberty.

Uthmeier’s subpoena signals that the state is not finished revisiting what happened.

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It is not enough to shrug and pretend the country can simply move on while the people who made sweeping decisions escape serious scrutiny.

The mRNA vaccine debate remains one of the most politically charged chapters of the pandemic.

Americans were told the shots were the ticket back to normal life, only to watch mandates continue, breakthrough infections pile up, and official messaging shift in real time.

Questions about efficacy, side effects, disclosure, and financial incentives were often dismissed as conspiracy thinking by corporate media gatekeepers.

Those same gatekeepers have shown very little appetite for asking whether public officials were fully candid with the public.

The subpoena also places renewed attention on the issue of personal profit during Covid.

The pandemic created massive financial winners, including powerful pharmaceutical interests, while ordinary Americans were ordered to endure restrictions that would never touch the insulated ruling class.

If Fauci or any connected official had doubts, conflicts, or financial interests that were not properly disclosed, the public deserves to know.

That is not a fringe demand, it is basic accountability in a constitutional republic.

Predictably, defenders of the Covid establishment are likely to frame the Florida probe as political theater.

That argument would be more convincing if the same crowd had not spent years politicizing every question about lockdowns, mandates, masks, school closures, and vaccines.

The American people were told to trust the experts.

Trust, however, is not a magic shield against subpoenas, records requests, or hard questions from elected officials who still remember that government works for citizens, not the other way around.

Florida’s move is a reminder that the pandemic era is not merely a matter of old headlines.

The decisions made during that period reshaped American life, expanded government power, enriched major players, and exposed how quickly civil liberties can be treated as optional.

For millions of Americans, Fauci came to symbolize the arrogance of a bureaucracy that demanded obedience while resisting transparency.

Uthmeier’s subpoena now puts that posture to the test, and the answers could be deeply uncomfortable for the Covid ruling class.


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