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Mamdani ‘Is Inciting the Bloodlust of His Marxist Revolutionary Comrades’: Miranda Devine [WATCH]
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Mamdani ‘Is Inciting the Bloodlust of His Marxist Revolutionary Comrades’: Miranda Devine [WATCH]

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New York Post columnist Miranda Devine criticized New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during a Fox News appearance, arguing that a searchable database made available through the city’s website could expose residents to potential safety risks.

The discussion began as Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy described the database and questioned whether it could create security concerns.

“What that’s referring to is since this guy put a searchable database online on the city’s website,” Doocy said. “All you got to do put in an address or a name, and it’ll pop up. That’s not safe.”

Devine agreed with Doocy’s assessment, arguing that making the information easily searchable could have unintended consequences.

“That is not safe,” Devine said.

She claimed the database could encourage people with malicious intent to target homeowners.

“That is really inciting the bloodlust of his Marxist revolutionary comrades, like Hassan Piker, who has said that he wants to see red capitalist blood in the streets.”

According to Devine, the database could also attract individuals seeking to occupy properties unlawfully.

“This is inviting either professional squatters to move into these homes, or worst case, Luigi wannabes to prey on these people who have done nothing wrong other than have a New York City bolt hole as their second home, their pied a terre.”

Devine argued that the issue reflects what she sees as Mamdani’s broader political philosophy.

“You know this is this is just what Zoram Mamdani is all about,” she said.

She contended that while Mamdani presents himself as an advocate for human rights, his political agenda is different.

“He poses as this sort of principal defender of human rights,” Devine said. “That’s that’s when he’s doing his Israel bashing and his capitalist bashing.”

Devine then offered a broader criticism of Mamdani’s political ideology.

“But really, he is just a Marxist Islamist revolutionary who is bent on destruction and mayhem, and he’s driven by hatred.”

She also referenced opposition from some families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks regarding Mamdani’s attendance at Ground Zero commemorations.

“And that’s why the 911 families don’t want him at ground zero because all he’s doing is asserting his dominance,” Devine said.

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The discussion focused on the debate surrounding the searchable database, with Doocy emphasizing his concerns about public safety and Devine arguing that the policy could expose certain property owners to unnecessary risks while reflecting what she described as Mamdani’s broader political agenda.

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Raging DNC Boss Ken Martin Reportedly Hurls Phone as Democrat Cash Crisis Deepens [WATCH]
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Raging DNC Boss Ken Martin Reportedly Hurls Phone as Democrat Cash Crisis Deepens [WATCH]

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Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin is reportedly facing a fresh headache inside the party machine, and this one involves an alleged fit of rage, a junior staffer, and a phone flying toward a desk.

According to the New York Times, Martin angrily threw his phone at an aide’s desk earlier this month as pressure mounted over the DNC’s ugly financial picture.

The staffer reportedly complained to human resources, which then met with Martin about his conduct.

That is quite the scene from the party that never tires of lecturing the country about decency, norms, workplace culture, and emotional intelligence.

Apparently, those standards get a little more flexible when the fundraising numbers look like a political horror show.

The alleged outburst landed as Democrats stare down the coming midterms with a committee that is not exactly swimming in cash.

The DNC is leaning on a $15 million loan, described as its largest ever borrowing in an off year cycle, and it has reportedly put up its Washington, DC headquarters and other assets as collateral.

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A DNC official tried to wave away concerns in a statement to The Post.

“This is not new. The loan documents were publicly released in November, and the DNC’s building was also used as collateral in our prior lines of credit in 2019, 2018, 2014, and many other years,” the official said.

The committee declined to comment on Martin’s alleged phone episode.

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That silence is convenient, but not exactly surprising for a party apparatus that seems to have plenty to say about Republicans and very little to say when its own house is wobbling.

Federal Election Commission records show the DNC had $16.3 million cash on hand at the end of last month.

That figure sits below the $18.5 million in debts and loans currently on its books.

The contrast with Republicans is brutal for Democrats.

The Republican National Committee ended June with $128.5 million cash on hand and no debt, according to FEC records.

That gap matters even more after the Supreme Court recently struck down limits on coordinated spending between parties and campaigns.

In plain English, parties with money can move more aggressively, and parties pawning the furniture may find the midterm map even less forgiving.

Martin has tried to talk up the DNC’s fundraising, telling nervous Democrats that the committee has posted historic numbers for a party without the White House.

He argued in a Substack post that the DNC raised $154.8 million through June 2026 from small and large donors, compared with $95.2 million over a similar period during the 2017 and 2018 cycle.

Still, happy talk only goes so far when vendors are reportedly being asked not to send bills until after the midterms.

DNC Executive Director Roger Lau pushed back on that characterization, saying, “This is nothing more than standard negotiations with vendors over contracts and payment processes.”

That sounds polished enough for a press release, but voters and donors can read numbers too.

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When a national party is juggling debt, borrowing against assets, and trying to calm internal panic, the spin starts to look thinner than a Biden campaign crowd.

Martin’s tenure has already been messy.

He took over in February 2025 after Democrats were still reeling from their 2024 defeat, when the party’s coalition looked exhausted and its message looked stale.

Almost immediately, Martin had to deal with the David Hogg problem.

The former DNC vice chairman drew backlash for meddling in Democratic primaries while holding a leadership role inside the party structure.

Then came the fight over the DNC’s autopsy of the 2024 election.

Martin initially resisted releasing it, then faced criticism after the document was made public and critics complained about errors and missing pieces.

The leaks have reportedly driven Martin into a more paranoid and frustrated posture.

In a May staff meeting after the autopsy mess, Martin reportedly snapped about leaks from inside the building and told staff, “My success is your success,” before adding, “So the weaker I am, the weaker all of you are.”

That kind of message may be intended as team building, but it lands more like a warning from a boss under siege.

For a party already struggling with donors, morale, debt, and credibility, that is not exactly the inspirational poster version of leadership.

Martin has reportedly joked in private about how long he will survive as DNC chairman.

Earlier this month, before meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both New York Democrats, he reportedly received assurances they were not preparing to force him out.

For now, Martin appears to be hanging on, but the picture is not pretty.

Democrats are heading toward a major election cycle with money problems, internal leaks, leadership drama, and now a reported phone tossing incident inside headquarters.

Republicans will gladly let the DNC keep pretending everything is fine.

If Democrats want to lecture America while borrowing against their own building and calming down angry bosses behind closed doors, that is their circus, and apparently their collateral too.

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Revealed: Mainstream Media Stars Took China-Linked Trips as Beijing Chased Friendly Coverage [WATCH]
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Revealed: Mainstream Media Stars Took China-Linked Trips as Beijing Chased Friendly Coverage [WATCH]

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Foreign agent filings are raising serious questions about how a Chinese Communist Party linked influence operation courted some of the most recognizable names in American journalism.

The records describe efforts tied to the China United States Exchange Foundation, known as CUSEF, to arrange access for reporters whose work could help shape perceptions of Beijing.

The filings do not simply describe harmless cultural exchange or some innocent sightseeing tour with noodles and polite handshakes.

They show operatives discussing how to generate “favorable coverage” and “effectively disseminate positive messages to the media, key influencers and opinion leaders, and the general public” regarding China.

CUSEF was founded by Tung Chee-hwa, a former vice chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

That body sits inside the broader United Front ecosystem, which congressional investigators have described as a central tool for advancing Chinese Communist Party influence abroad.

The names tied to these trips and media programs read like a roll call from America’s elite press club.

The list includes current and former figures connected to The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, NPR, the Associated Press, Vox, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and more.

Among those identified were Ezra Klein, Ronald Brownstein, Marjorie Miller, Steve Clemons, David Rohde, Daniel Gross, Kathleen Deveny, Tom Omestad, Steve Chapman, Bruce Stokes, Craig Gilbert, Shikha Dalmia, Jonathan Broder, Cristi Kempf, Jon Healey and Julian Pecquet. That is not exactly a fringe blogger meetup in a hotel basement.

The concern is not merely that journalists visited China.

The concern is that a CCP linked outfit funded or organized access while its representatives talked openly in foreign agent records about cultivating coverage that would make Beijing look better to American audiences.

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Some of the later commentary fits the pattern in ways that should make readers wonder how often the press corps confuses access with independence.

Shikha Dalmia published a piece titled “China Bashing is for Losers” during the same year she traveled to China.

Bruce Stokes warned that economic “decoupling” from China would “backfire.”

Catherine Rampell criticized President Trump’s China posture in columns such as “Team Trump should be careful what it wishes for on China.”

David Rohde offered one of the most striking examples after taking part in a CUSEF organized trip.

He praised the role of the Chinese state in building business and later framed complaints from American politicians as “ideological babble.”

Rohde also argued that Americans should accept the disappearance of large scale manufacturing as a permanent fact of life.

That message sounded awfully convenient for a regime that spent decades benefiting from American factories leaving towns across the heartland while Washington elites shrugged.

Ezra Klein later defended parts of China’s early pandemic response, writing on X, “I keep hearing that China bought us some real time and our government wasted it doing nothing and downplaying the threat.”

Matthew Yglesias joked that he wanted to “give Party flunkies notes” on improving “propaganda.”

Steve Chapman repeatedly mocked Trump’s trade confrontation with Beijing.

In one post, he wrote, “China may have a bad human rights record, but you don’t have to take off your shoes for airport security.”

The network also brushed up against Biden world.

Bruce Stokes is married to Wendy Sherman, who later became deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration, while Steve Clemons enjoyed a friendly rapport with Biden during the then vice president’s 2013 trip to China.

Clemons later wrote that “Biden gets China” and spoke approvingly of “a new global order” with China as its “anchor.”

For Americans who have watched the ruling class bend over backward for Beijing while lecturing everyone else about democracy, the irony is not subtle.

The scandal here is not that every word written by these journalists was dictated from Beijing.

The scandal is that a CCP linked influence machine could fund travel, curate access, arrange meetings and then watch trusted American voices deliver narratives that often lined up neatly with Chinese interests.

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American readers were not always shown the machinery behind the curtain.

They got polished columns, expert analysis and respectable bylines, while the deeper influence game remained buried in filings that most people never see.

That is exactly how soft power works when the target is a decadent media establishment desperate for prestige, access and global approval.

Beijing did not need to buy the newsroom outright when so many of its preferred themes could arrive wearing a press credential.

RFK Jr. Exposes Fauci Diary Bombshell That Should Infuriate Every American [WATCH]
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RFK Jr. Exposes Fauci Diary Bombshell That Should Infuriate Every American [WATCH]

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went on “The Ingraham Angle” Monday night and dropped another grenade into the long overdue reckoning over Dr. Anthony Fauci and the COVID years.

Kennedy, now serving as HHS secretary, said Fauci took the COVID vaccine in a highly public setting, then months later suffered what Kennedy described as a “pulmonary infarction.”

According to Kennedy, the public was never told. That is not a small detail when the same public health machine was busy scolding Americans, threatening livelihoods, and treating vaccine skepticism like a thought crime.

Kennedy told Laura Ingraham that Fauci misled the country on nearly every major pandemic fight.

“He lied about masks. He lied about the social distancing. He lied about the transmission, and he lied about natural immunity,” he said.

Then Kennedy added another charge that should raise eyebrows across the country.

“He lied about the capacity, as you just said, of the vaccine to prevent infection.”

The allegation centers on Fauci diary material released by Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who has been one of the few lawmakers willing to keep pulling on this thread while Washington would prefer everyone move along.

Paul released more than 1,100 pages of Fauci private diary entries ahead of Fauci Senate testimony.

Those pages have reopened questions about what Fauci knew, what he experienced personally, and what he decided the American people did not need to know.

Peter McCullough, writing on his Focal Points site, said internal records showed that on June 19, 2021, Fauci was dealing with an acute “pulmonary infarct” associated with a pulmonary embolism and was started on Eliquis, a blood thinner.

“Crucially, this health emergency occurred just months after his primary vaccination series,” McCullough wrote.

“Yet Fauci was not transparent with the public.”

To be clear, the diary entry itself does not state that Fauci pulmonary infarct was caused by the COVID vaccine.

Kennedy and McCullough are pointing to the timing and to the fact that pulmonary embolism and infarct were listed by federal health agencies among rare expected adverse events.

That distinction matters, but so does the larger issue.

If the man who became the face of pandemic medicine suffered a serious medical event after vaccination, while Americans were being told to shut up and comply, transparency was not optional.

Instead, the picture Kennedy paints is one of privilege for the ruling class and lectures for everyone else.

Fauci allegedly received top medical attention while millions of ordinary Americans were told their questions were dangerous.

A circulating image of a June 19, 2021 diary entry, labeled as released by Chairman Rand Paul, reportedly shows Fauci describing a pulmonary infarct found on a CT scan and a recommendation to begin anticoagulation with Eliquis.

The version posted publicly on Paul Senate website is redacted, while an unredacted image has spread widely online.

That alone guarantees more scrutiny, because Americans have seen enough redactions to know they usually hide the parts that matter most.

Kennedy said the diary entries reveal something powerful because they come from Fauci own writing.

“There’s something very dramatic, even for me, I’ve seen him (Fauci) write it in his own journal,” Kennedy said.

He described the entries as Fauci “Confessing to (you know) being wrong to lying about all this stuff.”

That is a stunning accusation, and it lands because so many pandemic era claims have aged about as well as a cloth mask in a rainstorm.

The country was told masks were science, distancing was science, school closures were science, and vaccine mandates were science.

Then the goalposts moved, the explanations changed, and the same experts demanded applause.

Fauci was not some background bureaucrat during all of this. He was the face on television, the voice from the podium, and the man treated by corporate media like a saint in a lab coat.

His guidance helped destroy small businesses, wreck children education, separate families, and keep loved ones apart in their final days.

Americans were told that questioning any of it was selfish, ignorant, or worse.

Now his own diary entries are raising fresh questions about what he disclosed and what he kept quiet.

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Those questions deserve answers under oath, not another media cleanup operation from the same crowd that spent years protecting him.

Rand Paul has been right to keep pressing.

The American people paid for the agencies, endured the mandates, suffered the consequences, and deserve the truth without another layer of bureaucratic fog.

Four Arrested as Tennessee Park Mass Shooting Probe Reveals Deadly Party Gunfire
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Four Arrested as Tennessee Park Mass Shooting Probe Reveals Deadly Party Gunfire

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Four people have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left three people dead and several others injured at a park in Madison County, Tennessee, authorities announced Monday, as reported by The Post Millennial.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said Rodney Parker, 21, Roshod Parker, 19, Ladarius Grimes, 21, and Tomorris Person, 18, have all been taken into custody following the July 19 shooting at Savannah Williamson Park in Denmark, Tennessee.

According to investigators, Madison County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received multiple 911 calls at approximately 10:34 a.m. on July 19 reporting gunfire at the park.

Tennessee sheriff announces 4 arrests in mass shooting investigation at Madison County park.

Four people have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that took place at a Tennessee park. Three people were killed in the July 19 shooting at Savannah Williamson Park in…

When first responders arrived, they found numerous victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

Two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. A third victim later died after being transported to a local hospital.

Authorities identified the three people who died as Jeremiah Forbis, Garrian Greer, and Jamarion Burns.

The sheriff’s office said a total of 12 people were either killed or injured during the shooting.

Investigators said the violence began after two vehicles- a white Nissan Altima and a silver Honda Accord- were traveling south on Neely Station Road shortly before the shooting.

According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, investigators determined that occupants of the Honda Accord fired multiple rounds into a crowd gathered at Savannah Williamson Park for a party. Authorities also said some people attending the gathering returned fire after the shooting began.

As the investigation continued, detectives identified Rodney Parker as the driver of the Nissan Altima. Roshod Parker was identified as a passenger in the Honda Accord, while Ladarius Grimes was identified as the Accord’s driver. Investigators identified Tomorris Person as another passenger in the Accord.

The sheriff’s office announced Monday that all four suspects have been charged with three counts each of felony murder in the perpetration of attempted first-degree murder.

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The investigation remains ongoing as detectives continue reviewing evidence related to the incident.

The July 19 shooting resulted in one of the deadliest incidents in Madison County this year, prompting an extensive investigation by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators continue working to determine the full sequence of events that led to the shooting and are asking anyone with additional information to contact law enforcement.

Officials have not released the identities or conditions of the surviving victims. The sheriff’s office has not announced when the four defendants are scheduled to appear in court beyond confirming the charges filed against them.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation remains active.

USS George Washington Enters South China Sea as China Philippines Tensions Boil Over
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USS George Washington Enters South China Sea as China Philippines Tensions Boil Over

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The USS George Washington and its carrier strike group are operating in the South China Sea as Chinese pressure against the Philippines turns increasingly hostile, placing another major American naval asset in a region where Beijing keeps testing how far it can push.

The Nimitz class aircraft carrier moved through the Luzon Strait on July 22 after operating in the Philippine Sea and taking part in June’s Valiant Shield exercise alongside Japanese warships.

That transit puts the carrier strike group in one of the most strategically important maritime corridors on the planet, where freedom of navigation is not some academic talking point but a daily contest with China’s expanding gray zone aggression.

“The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group’s advanced capabilities, including the F-35, are upholding freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea,” said Lee Lipton, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines. “We challenge excessive maritime claims around the world.”

The timing is not subtle, and it should not be. China has spent years turning disputed reefs, shoals, and waters into pressure points, then acting shocked when the United States and its allies refuse to treat Beijing’s claims as international law.

The latest flareup came on July 20 near Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed area where Chinese forces again chose intimidation over professionalism. According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the China Coast Guard deployed an inflatable boat that approached and surveilled a Philippine Navy vessel.

The Philippine vessel responded by deploying its own boats to deter the Chinese presence. That kind of measured response is what a treaty ally does when it is trying to avoid escalation while still refusing to surrender its sovereign rights.

USS George Washington Enters South China Sea as China Philippines Tensions Boil Over
U.S. 7th Fleet’s premiere forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) steams in the Western Pacific Ocean during Keen Sword 25, Oct. 29, 2024. US Navy Photo

Then the situation turned ugly. China Coast Guard personnel aboard the inflatable boat struck a Philippine Navy service member with a wooden baton, injuring the individual.

For all the polished language Beijing likes to use about stability and peace, baton attacks at sea tell a much clearer story. This was not diplomacy, and it was not harmless posturing.

The United States publicly condemned China’s actions, saying they threatened regional stability. That condemnation was necessary, but the presence of an American carrier strike group sends the sort of message authoritarian regimes tend to understand better than press releases.

Just days later, on July 24, the China Coast Guard again escalated, this time near Scarborough Shoal. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, Chinese vessels attacked Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessels with water cannons.

Water cannon attacks have become one of Beijing’s favorite tools in the South China Sea, because they let China bully smaller neighbors while pretending it is somehow not using force. It is the maritime version of shoving someone and then lecturing them about calm.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed America’s commitment to the Philippines while speaking to reporters on July 23 during the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meetings in the Philippines.

“We’re committed to supporting our treaty partners, and obviously we’ve already done quite a bit,” Rubio said. “In fact, there was a U.S. Coast Guard vessel in the region at the time that this happened and actually helped stand between the two sides and allowed the individual who was injured to be rescued and brought back for medical treatment.

“We’re already here, we’re already present, we have a role, and we’re not going to abandon our allies,” he noted. “We’ve made that abundantly clear.”

USS George Washington Enters South China Sea as China Philippines Tensions Boil Over
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 76) transits the East China Sea. George Washington is participating in Keen Sword 2010 with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force through Dec. 10. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey H. Kyhl/Released)

That is the right message at the right moment. Under President Trump’s America first approach, alliances are not supposed to be charity projects, but when partners stand up to Communist China in a vital theater, the United States has every reason to back them with strength.

The Philippines sits at the center of a contest that reaches far beyond one shoal or one encounter. The South China Sea carries enormous commercial traffic, supports regional fisheries, and serves as a crucial operating space for American and allied forces.

The USS George Washington’s presence reinforces that the United States still has the reach, capability, and will to operate where international law allows. Beijing may prefer a region where smaller nations quietly accept its demands, but carrier aviation has a way of interrupting that fantasy.

The carrier strike group’s participation in Valiant Shield with Japanese warships also matters. China is not facing isolated complaints from one neighbor, but a tightening network of American allies and partners who are increasingly tired of maritime harassment dressed up as coast guard activity.

The western Pacific is not a courtroom where Beijing gets to submit a fake map and walk away with the verdict. It is a hard power environment, and the USS George Washington is now part of the visible reminder that the United States and its allies are not leaving the field.

China can keep pretending its aggression is routine enforcement, but the pattern is obvious. The more Beijing pushes, the more allied forces will show up, and this time a full American carrier strike group is helping make that point in unmistakable fashion.

Long Island Street Takeover Erupts as ATV Goons Spark Chaos and Police Chases [WATCH]
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Long Island Street Takeover Erupts as ATV Goons Spark Chaos and Police Chases [WATCH]

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A large gathering of ATV and dirt bike riders disrupted traffic and prompted multiple police responses across three Long Island communities on Saturday, ending with three arrests and the seizure of at least 10 vehicles, according to Suffolk County police, as reported by The New York Post.

Authorities said approximately 200 riders traveled through Hauppauge, Brentwood, and Bay Shore, performing dangerous stunts on public roads and generating numerous 911 calls from residents and motorists.

The incident unfolded along major roadways and residential streets, where videos obtained by the New York Post showed large groups of ATV and dirt bike riders occupying both lanes of Route 347 in Hauppauge.

Many riders were seen wearing masks, bandanas, and sunglasses that obscured their faces.

The footage also showed riders performing wheelies and other stunts while traveling through neighborhoods.

Several people accompanying the riders appeared to be recording the activity with cell phones, which the report said may have been intended for social media.

According to the videos, the riders traveled in close proximity to one another while performing the maneuvers, with several appearing to nearly lose control or collide with other riders.

Police said the first response came after dispatchers received numerous emergency calls from residents and drivers reporting the activity.

Officers located the gathering in Hauppauge and arrested Ava Mongiello, 23, and Jahkil Arroyo, 29. Several motorcycles and ATVs were also impounded during that operation.

Investigators said many of the riders then regrouped near Motor Parkway in Brentwood before continuing toward Bay Shore.

Around 6:30 p.m., officers encountered the group again in Bay Shore after two ATVs became disabled, police said. Authorities said the riders of those vehicles fled on foot when officers approached.

Police said officers pursued one of the individuals, later identified as 22-year-old Shamir Solomon, and took him into custody after a foot chase.

According to investigators, Solomon was carrying a loaded firearm when he was arrested.

Mongiello and Arroyo were each charged with reckless driving, reckless endangerment, and unlawfully fleeing a police officer.

Suffolk County police said both were issued desk appearance tickets and released.

Solomon was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful speed contest, and reckless driving.

Authorities said the criminal possession of a weapon charge carries a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years if he is convicted.

Court records show Solomon was held overnight before appearing for arraignment in Central Islip on Sunday.

He pleaded not guilty and was released on $10,000 bail, according to the New York State court database.

The incident temporarily affected multiple communities as police worked to disperse the riders and respond to calls from the public. Authorities said at least 10 vehicles were impounded during the enforcement operation.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Navy Turns to Private Sector to Fill Temporary Housing Gap During Barracks Overhaul
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Navy Turns to Private Sector to Fill Temporary Housing Gap During Barracks Overhaul

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The Navy is turning to the private sector for help solving a very real quality of life problem: where to put sailors while aging barracks are finally dragged into the modern era.

The service published a Request for Information on Friday seeking industry ideas for temporary housing as major renovation projects force sailors out of their current living quarters.

According to the Navy, the issue involves a shortage of several thousand beds, which means the service needs practical, fast moving options before construction work can proceed at scale.

The request focuses on unaccompanied housing for sailors who need a decent place to stay while their barracks are being modernized, not some paper exercise cooked up to look busy.

“Improving living conditions is a top priority for the Navy, but comprehensive upgrades require significant structural work,” the service said in an emailed statement.

“Utilizing temporary housing, which are often referred to as swing space, is a critical step. It allows the Navy to proceed with massive construction projects on schedule while ensuring Sailors are not displaced into subpar accommodations during the transition.”

That statement gets to the heart of the problem because the Navy cannot renovate occupied barracks without moving people, and it cannot move people without beds.

The Request for Information lays out a wide range of possible solutions, including prefabricated units, containerized units, RVs, leased commercial apartments, hotels and even houseboats.

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In other words, the Navy is signaling that it is open to whatever works, so long as sailors are not dumped into lousy temporary quarters while the real repairs get done.

Housing has become a major focus across the Department of War because service members have dealt with too many years of deferred maintenance, aging facilities and bureaucratic foot dragging.

The creation of the Barracks Task Force in October 2025 was aimed at tackling unaccompanied housing requirements and improving living conditions across the services.

The Navy followed that effort in December 2025 by announcing that $375 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would go toward barracks improvements at 56 installations.

That funding push fits with President Trump’s broader emphasis on rebuilding the military, not just by buying ships and weapons, but by taking care of the men and women expected to stand the watch.

Less than a month after the Navy’s December announcement, Naval Support Activity Bahrain began a $15.8 million modernization project for unaccompanied housing.

That project is one example of the kind of work the Navy says it must keep moving, even when existing barracks are temporarily emptied for serious structural upgrades.

Looking ahead, the Pentagon has proposed a $26.8 billion military construction budget for fiscal 2027, including $21.5 billion for barracks across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force.

The money is intended to address long needed maintenance and repairs, which is the polite government way of admitting that too many facilities were allowed to slide for too long.

Navy leadership is also trying to keep visible pressure on the issue instead of burying it in another endless stack of studies.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao recently toured barracks at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, where he spoke with sailors and Marines and reviewed modernization efforts for unaccompanied housing.

That kind of visit matters because barracks problems are not abstract to junior troops who come home from duty and have to live with leaks, mold, broken systems or cramped conditions.

U.S. soldiers train during a CUAS exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 17, 2026.
U.S. soldiers train during a CUAS exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 17, 2026. (Sgt. Duke Edwards/U.S. Army)

For all the attention paid to ships, aircraft and missile systems, the basic living conditions of sailors remain a readiness issue because morale and retention do not survive neglect forever.

The Navy’s outreach to industry also shows that the service knows it cannot afford to let renovation schedules stall while waiting for perfect government owned solutions to appear.

If leased apartments, modular units or other temporary options keep construction moving and sailors properly housed, then the private sector may be able to help solve a problem Washington allowed to pile up.

The challenge now is execution, because requests for information are only useful if they lead to beds, contracts, construction and better living quarters on a timeline that sailors can actually feel.

Troops to Receive 4.2 Percent Housing Allowance Increase in 2026
Service members will see a 4.2% bump, on average, in their monthly Basic Allowance for Housing as of Jan. 1, defense officials announced Thursday. (U.S. Army)

For a force expected to operate globally, respond to crises and deter America’s enemies, providing clean and reliable housing should not be a luxury item.

The Navy says the goal is to modernize barracks without pushing sailors into subpar accommodations during the transition, and that is exactly the standard the service should be held to.

Navy Tightens Transfer Rules After Sailor’s Murder Exposes Deadly Gaps
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Navy Tightens Transfer Rules After Sailor’s Murder Exposes Deadly Gaps

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The Navy is changing how it handles sailors under investigation for sexual assault or stalking after the murder of Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, a 21 year old sailor whose death has now forced a hard look at a transfer process that clearly needed one.

Under the revised policy, sailors facing those investigations may be temporarily moved only to shore commands, according to William Speaks, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Personnel.

“This revision was taken as a result of reviews by the Navy in the wake of the murder of Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz by a fellow Sailor,” Speaks told Task and Purpose.

No additional details about those Navy reviews were immediately released, which leaves the public with a familiar military answer: a major change has been made, but the full chain of reasoning remains behind the curtain.

The policy update was announced through a recent Navy Administrative Message dealing with when commanding officers may temporarily transfer sailors “when circumstances disrupt cohesion, safety, or good order and discipline within their commands,” Speaks said.

That language may sound bureaucratic, but the issue underneath it is anything but abstract. It is about whether a command receiving a sailor under investigation actually knows enough to protect its crew.

The new requirement also forces commanders to coordinate with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the proper law enforcement organization, Sexual Assault Response Coordinators, and the relevant commanding officers before making those temporary transfers.

In plain English, the Navy is now requiring people in authority to talk to each other before moving a potentially dangerous sailor into a new command. That should not be revolutionary, but after what happened to Resendiz, it is now written into policy.

Resendiz was assigned to the destroyer USS James E. Williams when she disappeared in May 2025. She had joined the ship shortly after completing training as a culinary specialist, a rating centered on operating dining facilities and supporting the daily life of the crew.

Her shipmates remembered her as a friend to everyone, according to USNI News. They described her as passionate about serving in the Navy and excited about the future that was stolen from her.

Resendiz vanished on May 29, 2025, after making an urgent call to a friend saying she needed to be picked up. Investigators found her body on June 9 less than 10 miles from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

Exactly one year later, Jermiah Copeland was sentenced to 44 years in prison after admitting in court that he strangled Resendiz. He was also reduced in rank from petty officer third class to seaman apprentice after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and other charges tied to her death.

Copeland also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of a second victim and indecent recording of a third victim, according to USNI News. Prosecutors had initially accused him of assaulting five women in total, including Resendiz.

The charges against Copeland under the Uniform Code of Military Justice involved alleged incidents between July 2024 and June 2025 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in Oslo, Norway, and in Norfolk. The Navy has posted his charge sheet online, with the victims’ names redacted.

As part of his sentence, Copeland will receive a dishonorable discharge, forfeit all pay and allowances, and be required to register as a sex offender after his release from federal prison, according to NCIS.

For families and advocates who have watched the military stumble through sexual assault cases for years, the policy shift is being viewed as overdue but important. Basic accountability should not take a murder to become official practice, but here we are.

Shannon Hough, founder of Shield of Sisters, called the change “a great start.” Her organization provides counseling and other resources to victims of military sexual trauma and has been working with Resendiz’s family since her death.

Hough said she was glad the process will now include NCIS, Sexual Assault Response Coordinators, and military attorneys. She also welcomed the requirement for commanders to communicate before sailors under investigation for sexual assault or stalking are moved.

“I think it’s a huge, huge step in the right direction; that’s what we’ve been calling for,” Hough told Task and Purpose on Monday.

Hough said she believes the requirement could have changed the outcome if it had been in place earlier. In her view, Copeland might not have been transferred to Resendiz’s ship, and she “would probably still be alive.”

“I think Angelina would still be with us, and the gaining command might have had more knowledge of just how bad he was,” Hough said.

The Navy’s new rule cannot undo what happened to Resendiz, and nobody should pretend otherwise. But it does draw a bright line around a common sense principle: commands receiving sailors under serious investigation need to know what they are getting.

For the fleet, this is not just a personnel issue. It is a readiness issue, a discipline issue, and a trust issue inside the ranks.

A command cannot function if sailors believe known risks are being quietly shuffled around like paperwork. The Navy’s policy change is a necessary step toward making sure the next warning sign is not ignored until another family gets a folded flag and a lifetime of questions.

Pentagon Shifts Iran War KIA Totals Into ‘Overseas Operations’ Category Amid Scrutiny
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Pentagon Shifts Iran War KIA Totals Into ‘Overseas Operations’ Category Amid Scrutiny

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The Pentagon changed how it is publicly reporting U.S. casualties tied to the Iran conflict, moving recent killed in action figures into an “Overseas Operations” category after questions erupted over fluctuating totals.

The adjustment came Sunday through the military’s casualty reporting system, following weeks of confusion that began after Operation Epic Fury launched on Feb. 28, when U.S. and Israeli forces first struck Iran.

Under the revised setup, a page titled “Overseas Operations (OO) Casualty Summary” now lists U.S. casualties suffered in the conflict since July 7. That effectively separates those losses from the totals previously associated with Operation Epic Fury.

The move followed criticism that the Pentagon had lowered the number of American troops listed as killed and wounded in the war with Iran. In Washington, where bureaucratic labels often arrive right before accountability questions, the timing did not exactly go unnoticed.

On July 17, three U.S. service members were killed when an Iranian missile struck their sleeping barracks at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. A fourth death occurred two days later in Erbil, Iraq, during a controlled detonation involving an attack drone.

The Pentagon initially updated its casualty system to show 18 killed, then later reduced that figure back to 14. That shift fueled scrutiny from reporters, lawmakers, and military families who expect casualty numbers to be handled with precision, not fog machine theatrics.

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On July 23, Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, pushed back against a New York Times report about the lowered killed in action figure. He wrote on X, “Our Pentagon Press Office gave the New York Times a courtesy off-the-record phone call explaining in detail that the site errors on the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) were due to a temporary data disruption. Our team explained we are working on it being resolved in coordination with the Military Services.”

Under the new overseas operations category, the Pentagon reports 207 U.S. service members wounded in action. Operation Epic Fury separately lists 417 wounded, bringing the combined wounded total across both categories to 624.

The total number listed as killed now stands at 18 when the categories are combined. That number matches the higher figure that appeared before the system was revised, though the presentation now splits the casualties across separate operational labels.

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U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal surveillance sites on Saturday. (U.S. Central Command)

The post July 7 tally begins one day before the fragile June ceasefire between the United States and Iran collapsed. After that collapse, U.S. Central Command conducted 13 consecutive nights of strikes against Iran.

The Trump administration has argued that Iran’s return to hostilities restarted the 60 day period during which the president may use military force without congressional approval. That position treats the latest escalation as a new conflict rather than a continuation of the fighting that began in February.

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, April 2, 2026. (U.S. Air Force)

President Donald Trump formally notified Congress on July 10 that hostilities with Iran had resumed. Administration officials maintain that this new phase resets the clock under the War Powers framework, giving the commander in chief room to act without waiting for the usual Capitol Hill grandstanding.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth made a similar argument in April when he said the ceasefire meant Trump did not yet need to seek congressional consent to extend military operations. Hegseth argued that a pause in fighting also paused the statutory clock that would otherwise force the president to gain approval or end operations after 60 days.

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Air Force personel watch as the caskets of six fallen soldiers are loaded onto a waiting hearse at Dover Air Force Base Delaware July 8, 2009. All fallen service members are transferred directly from theater to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation Center at Dover Air Force Base Delaware. (DoD photo by Benjamin Faske) (released)

“We are in a ceasefire right now, which [in] our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses, or stops,” Hegseth told Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Kaine pushed back, saying, “I do not believe the statute would support that,” and adding that he has “serious constitutional concerns and we don’t want to layer those with additional statutory concerns.” Naturally, constitutional alarm bells in Congress tend to ring loudest when a Republican president is using force against a hostile regime.

The broader debate lands on familiar ground. Congress has not formally declared war since World War II, even as more than 100,000 American service members have died in conflicts around the globe since 1945.

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Sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier appeared to have signed their names on munitions being loaded on planes in the first days of the Iran war. Navy photo.

For troops and families, the legal chess match matters less than the integrity of the casualty record. Whether listed under Operation Epic Fury or Overseas Operations, every killed and wounded American belongs in a count that is accurate, timely, and impossible to mistake for political bookkeeping.

The Pentagon’s new accounting system lines up with Trump’s position that Iran’s latest escalation marks a fresh phase in the conflict. Still, the casualty shuffle ensures the debate over transparency, war powers, and the price paid by American service members is not going away quietly.


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