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The Mullahs and the Nukes

Former President George W. Bush, at his many annual State of the Union addresses, spoke numerous times about the plight of the Iranian people. He once said, “If the Iranian people stand for themselves, the United States will stand with them.” Throughout his presidency, the Iranians, of all people, hailed Bush as a courageous President and an angel of freedom. While his popularity was surging in Iran, his approval rating at home was going down. Finally, the Iranian people realized the Bush’s love affair was all about Tehran’s nuclear ambition, not their freedom and liberty for the Iranian people. Like his predecessors, he was “all hat, no cattle.”

As time went on, Bush vowed that the Islamic Republic would never be allowed to achieve its goal of developing nuclear bombs on his watch. He kept using all kinds of threats and promises in order to persuade the mullahs to drop the nuclear project, to no avail. When a belligerent end-of-the-worlder, Holocaust-denier Ahmadinejad, became the Islamic Republic of Iran’s selected president, things started heating up greatly. Time and again, the bellicose Ahmadinejad kept vilifying the ‘Great Satan’ and its sidekick Israel for having the gall to demand Iran abandon its program while his two main adversaries had their own arsenal of nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad informed the world that what the Islamic Republic does is within its own national rights.

He shored up his credibility cleverly by dispatching an endless series of negotiators to meetings with Europeans. He was successfully stalling for time while working around the clock to get to Surge Capacity.

Iran’s desire for peaceful nuclear technology dates to the 1950s, when the Shah of Iran received technical assistance under the U.S. Atoms for Peace program. While this assistance ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iran, under the late shah, launched a plan to achieve “Surge Capacity.” A code word for getting all the ingredients and procedures down pat for making the bomb quickly, short of actually making it; a clever power-play.

A saint and revered man of God, according to none other than Jimmy Carter (who considers himself as another great man of God), the late Ayatollah Khomeini cancelled the nuclear program with the same saintly and prompt edict that he cancelled the life of thousands of Iranians for daring to disagree with his system of medieval Sharia rule. In no time at all, the vicious Mullahs gutted the Iranian armed forces and executed many of its most capable officers.

Saddam Hussein watched gleefully as the Iranian military disintegrated, and found the opportunity to carry out his Pan Arabism ambition by attacking Iran. Some eight years of barbaric butchery killed and maimed millions on both sides, gutted the vibrant Iranian economy, and visited misery of all sorts upon the Iranian people. After Khomeini’s demise, another mullah, much more crafty and ambitious, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, became the president and reactivated the program secretly, while the IAEA watchdog snoozed contentedly on the job.

Years later, the MEK ‘whistleblower’ revealed Iran was cheating and had a secret nuclear weapons research program. Finally, the world witnessed firsthand proof positive that the mullahs were racing tirelessly with their scheme of getting the ultimate weapon.

This information greatly alarmed the United States of America and Israel. The revelation seemed to bother no European nation, the Russians, or the Chinese. Somehow, these nations figured that they would let the U.S. do all the worrying about the looming menace while they focused on the lucrative business deals they had diligently worked out with the mullahs: something reminiscent of the cozy deal the French and the Russians had going with the butcher of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein.

Fast forward:

With Obama at the helm, Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) reached a nuclear deal on July 14, 2015, known as ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ that intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program and enhanced monitoring in exchange for relief from nuclear sanctions. This appeared to benefit the Islamic Republic while leaving the door open for Iran to secretly continue with its nuclear ambitions.

On May 2018, President Trump, withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, and restated a crippling sanction on Iran.

The best predictor of the future is the past. The Mullahs are proven vicious mass killers. The religious fanatic mullahs’ record is one of deception, dissimulation, treachery, violence, and much more. These Quran-trained and directed agents of a wrathful Allah can never be trusted. They are master schemers. They have been in the business of scheming for centuries. They have perfected the art of deception, double-talk, double-dealing, and treachery. Prudence demands better proofs, much better proofs. History will prove that President Trump did the right thing.

This raw, despicable regime represents the inevitable result of Islam, and its calling card of terrorism is now marching from the Iranian focal point to all parts of the globe. For the past forty years, people in the West, especially in the United States, have been on the receiving end of a very sophisticated and convoluted campaign of disinformation and propaganda, dished out by the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its lobbyist organizations in the U.S. MOIS, learned its methodology directly from the Soviet KGB and many of the Islamists who supported Khomeini were actually trained in the old Soviet Union.

My advice to the current administration is not to let down your guard and make sure that no one lulls you into the deadly trap of complacency.

Yet, if the mullahs get their hands on the bomb, they will make use of it in numerous ways. They will use it for blackmail, they will use it in small packages through untraceable proxies, and they might even launch it by their missiles in a homicide-suicide fashion, which is their trademark.

In short, the U.S. has, in secular Iranians, its best friends in the entire Islamic world. The U.S. must help these Iranians to dislodge the vicious doomsday Mullahs, not as an act of altruism, but as a prudent measure of enlightened self-interest.

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Liberals Force Young Children To Participate In Violent, Vulgar Anti-Trump Protests

Left-wing protesters on Saturday forced young children to take part in shouting obscenities directed at President Donald Trump during nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations, footage taken by the Daily Caller shows.

The “No Kings” protests took place in several cities across the United States, with some of them turning violent, including one in Portland, Oregon, where rioters stormed a facility used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reporters with the Daily Caller in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, California, observed children taking part in those demonstrations against Trump.

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In one video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Washington, D.C., a young child can be seen using a microphone and saying “Fuck Trump” before his mother could snatch the microphone away. Many in the crowd laughed at the child’s comment.

A second video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Los Angeles, where officials imposed a curfew after days of anti-ICE riots, showed a young girl beating apart a pinata in the form of Trump with a stick to the cheers of a crowd.

Some Democrats previously issued demands that ICE cease its operations in the Los Angeles area, claiming it was affecting the economy.

WATCH:

Video posted to social media on June 7 showed an individual, who the FBI later identified as Elpido Reyna in a post on X, throwing rocks at the windshields of vehicles containing federal law enforcement personnel with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna’s arrest.

Two attempts on Trump’s life took place during the 2024 presidential campaign, one during a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the other in September 2024 while Trump was playing a round of golf in Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, who was charged with the September 2024 attempted assassination, declared his intent to end Trump’s death in a letter, according to legal filings.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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A Few Very Recent Examples of Soviet Level Western Media Propaganda and Active Measures

1. While RFK Jr struggles to get rid of the astonishing grip big pharma has on the entire set of regulatory bodies of the American medical system, Canada is insulting itself with narratives and dialectics on the issue.

Ottawa Citizen: Experts fear upheaval in the U.S. could fuel vaccine distrust in Canada

Health and immunization experts are reassuring Canadians that vaccine guidance is independent and based on scientific rigor in Canada after all 17 members of the committee that provides vaccine guidance in the United States were abruptly purged this week.

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U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. dismissed all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), long considered the gold standard of vaccine guidance. Kennedy said the move would restore trust in the medical establishment and vaccines.

In other words, although the US is trying to parse the actual beneficial medications and immunization products from a growing list of untested and often dangerous bunch of injections causing a mass health crisis in the US, Canadians should rest content that they should never feel a need to question the state, the medications, or the orders to take it.

Meanwhile, in Illinois:

Even if the mRNA shots were safe and effective, and even if these first thing after birth, taking a baby away for 10 hours and injecting it with whatever it is but claiming it’;s vitamin K, is, let’s say that calling it ultra-vires by the state is putting it too kindly. There is no excuse for a free nation to ever behave this way. At MOST the state should act as an advisory body suggesting to parents what their neonate might need. But this goes way past even the coercion we saw during Covid. This is taking the baby from the parents for something as trivial as a vitamin shot!

2. I believe this is what we use to define the word, “Dilemma”.

3. These are really very typical examples of contemporary Canadian media. This isn’t even rage bait or a call to action. This is the state of Canadian media as it is. And a large percentage of people believe it. Likely due to the boiling frog method by which it was done, or because people like to belong, or because people tend to elevate the state in their minds in much the same way they do entertainers who are well known. But for whatever reason, this is how a lot of people think. Enough that it makes trying to tell the truth about Iran or the Israeli-Iranian conflict as the evidence has presented itself for 30 years, very difficult.

Part of the difficulty is accepting the controlled opposition in places of tremendous influence. Like Tucker Carlson. And it pains me to say it as he was the only big-microphone during Covid who had people like Dr. Peter McCullough on and many other counter-narrative scientists concerning the vaxx and Covid narratives overall. But his opposition to any hostility towards Iran, who has been overtly fomenting genocidal and existential threats daily to Israel and equipping at least 2 major regional proxy armies, and having taken over at least 3 countries in the Middle East as puppet states. And then Tucker’s odd closeness with Alexander Dugin who may be the most capable of engineering divisiveness among the counter-revolutionaries in North America today, Tucker is worth close scrutiny at this point.

From 2021. What looks a lot like an active measure.

Tucker Carlson UFO Active Measure

Tucker, as did 60 Minutes and most legacy media also brought on ranking USAF officials to talk about aliens harassing US bases and non-US bases. This was indeed an active measure, and a narrative attack for a global scale problem which of course, requires a global solution. So while Tucker was seemingly opposing the effort to make the world submit to a global health crisis, crashing all individual and national sovereignty, he added several logs to the fire of a unified response to a non-existent alien invasion. Although that narrative did come in handy when the US was testing killer drones for Ukraine to use against Russia more recently. The US media was quite content to let the alien explanation fill in the void for the military drones buzzing around NJ high rises. An obvious dress-rehearsal for this:

Drones similar to ones over NJ hit Russian apartment buildings

4. actually you kinda have to admire the brazen nature of this propaganda. This is right up there with Chemical Ali, for those who remember the first Gulf War and the Iraqi propagandist who claimed the American army was no where near Baghdad and they were winning the war as US tanks drove up right behind him. Mind you, the Trans movement and a great deal of the entirety of the Western belief system is really pretty much operating on the same degree of, oh what the hell, The Orwell Scale.

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The Iranian People’s Thunderous Rebellion

For decades, the Islamic Republic has crushed the soul of Iran under its iron fist, a tyrannical regime that has bled its people dry, sowing terror, poverty, and despair. This monstrous machine, built on fanaticism and oppression, has choked the life from a proud nation, silencing voices with brutality, imprisoning dreamers, and executing dissenters.

But now, the ground shakes with the fury of a people awakening. The Iranian masses are rising, their rage a wildfire, fueled by years of suffering and ignited by a blazing truth: Israel, led by the indomitable Benjamin Netanyahu, has become their liberator, striking the regime’s heart with unrelenting force. This is no time for whispers or hesitation—this is the hour of thunder, the moment for Iran to seize its freedom and for Israel to repay an ancient debt forged by Cyrus the Great 2,500 years ago.

The Islamic Republic is a cancer, devouring Iran’s spirit and spreading its poison across the Middle East. It has turned a once-vibrant civilization into a prison, where women are beaten for showing their hair, where youth are tortured for daring to dream, and where entire communities are starved to fund the regime’s proxy wars.

The ayatollahs, cloaked in false piety, have looted Iran’s wealth to build missiles and militias, leaving millions in poverty while their Revolutionary Guards crush skulls and break spirits. This is not governance—it is slavery. The regime’s nuclear ambitions, a dagger aimed at the world, have only tightened the noose around Iran’s neck, chaining its people to a future of isolation and fear.

But the chains are breaking. Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, a relentless storm of precision strikes, has smashed the regime’s nuclear facilities, obliterated its military command, and gutted its ballistic missile arsenal. Over 200 targets— command centers, enrichment sites, fuel depots—lie in ruins, their ashes a testament to Israel’s resolve.

Netanyahu, a warrior-king in the mold of ancient heroes, has not merely attacked; he has unleashed a reckoning. “We will hit every site, every target of the ayatollah regime,” he declared, his words a clarion call to a people yearning for liberation. The regime’s leaders, from Khamenei to his bloodthirsty generals, are not just shaken; they are packing their bags, their grip on power crumbling as Israel’s jets roar over Tehran.

This is no coincidence but destiny. Over 2,500 years ago, Cyrus the Great, Persia’s enlightened ruler, freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, restoring their dignity and homeland. Now, Benjamin Netanyahu repays that ancient debt, not with words but fire and steel.

Israel’s strikes are not just military—they are a beacon, a call to arms for every Iranian who has suffered under the regime’s boot. “The time has come for the Iranian people to unite around your flag and its historic legacy,” Netanyahu thundered, echoing the cry of “Woman, Life, Freedom – Zan, Zendegi, Azadi.” This is not Israel against Iran; this is Israel and Iran’s true sons and daughters against a common enemy—the murderous Islamic Republic that has oppressed both nations.

Iranian people hear this call. The streets pulse with defiance across cities and villages, from Tehran to Tabriz. Social media burns with voices proclaiming what the regime fears most: “The vast majority of us Iranians, 90% or more, support Israel,” one post declares, capturing the sentiment of millions. The 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising showed the world Iran’s courage, as women burned their hijabs and men faced bullets for liberty.

Now, with the regime’s defenses shattered and its commanders dead, the moment is ripe. This is not a protest—it is a revolution. The Iranian people are not begging for scraps; they are ready to tear down the ayatollahs’ empire and reclaim their nation.

The regime’s retaliation—missiles raining on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa—only exposes its desperation. These are the death throes of a beast cornered, lashing out as its power collapses. Over 100 missiles and drones, launched in their so-called “True Promise 3,” have killed innocents, including children, in Israel.

But Israel stands unbroken, intercepting threats with iron resolve, its people united, its military unmatched. The regime’s boasts of “strategic targets” are hollow; their strikes are reckless, their defenses porous. Netanyahu’s warning—“More is on the way”—is no idle threat. Israel’s campaign will not stop until the ayatollahs’ regime is ash, its nuclear dreams buried, and its terror machine dismantled.

This war is Iran’s chance, its only chance, to rise. The regime’s weakness is laid bare: its commanders dead, its nuclear sites in ruins, its economy crippled. The Iranian people must seize this moment, flooding the streets in millions, tearing down the symbols of oppression, and driving the mullahs from power. The opposition, though fragmented, pulses with potential. Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi, heir to Iran’s proud monarchy, is the only chance for a free Iran. Israel’s strikes have cleared the path; now the Iranian people must charge through it, armed with courage and the dream of a nation reborn.

Israel’s fight is Iran’s fight. Netanyahu’s vision is not just the destruction of a nuclear threat but the liberation of a people. The ayatollahs have brought Iran to its knees, but Israel has given it a sword. “Your light will defeat the darkness,” Netanyahu told Iranians, and they are answering. The regime’s days are numbered, its lies unraveling, its terror crumbling. This is the hour of reckoning, when Iran’s ancient glory will rise again, hand in hand with Israel, as brothers in freedom. The thunder of rebellion rolls; the Islamic Republic will fall.

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‘So Help Me, God’: President Ends 250th Army Parade with Swearing in of New Recruits!

As a 23-year combat veteran and officer in the United States Army I have witnessed many parades. But this parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army, this was by far the best.

I watched the entire parade on C-SPAN. What impressed me was that the parade was narrated by Sergeant Major of the Army Christopher Stevens and Lieutenant General Brian Eifler, both from the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel’s office.

As I watched this magnificent parade I was especially moved by seeing some of the units that I served with including the 101st Airborne Division, 1st Infantry Division and U.S. Army Special Forces in this tribute to our warriors.

Let me say that I was moved to tears seeing these young men and women warriors in thier tanks, armored personel carriers, howitzers and marching in unit formations. As a field artillery officer I watch as self-propelled 155 mm howizers and towed cannons that I commanded in the parade.

Moving doesn’t describe what I withnessed.

I was blessed to see the President of the United States, at the end of the parade, give the oath of office to young recruits.

NOTE: President Trump’s remarks are at the 2:19:21 mark.

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This event marks the beginning of the 250th Anniversary of these United States of America’s founding in 1776.

I’m guessing we will see another big, beautiful parade in Washington, D.C. on July 4th, 2026.

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Humility—the Missing Ingredient

Recently, I had the privilege to be interviewed by Dr. Gina Loudon on “American Sunrise,” the morning program of “America’s Real Voice” network.

This was for their faith segment, and the one interviewing me this time was Dr. Gina Loudon.

(Other times it is David Brody of CBN.)

Dr. Gina asked me to comment about some remarks Hollywood A-lister Matthew McConaughey made about what appears to be his burgeoning faith.

McConaughey said recently, “I’m a believer. I believe in God.” He went to church as a child, and now is apparently returning to church.

One of the things that strikes him is how insignificant we appear to be in the universe: “I look at Earth. I look at the little dot that we are on the planet. The world’s turning. And we’re that little individual on the planet. That smallness can make you go, ‘Oh my gosh. I’m nothing. None of what I do matters.’”

And then he added, “But a place of humility is actually when you realize, ‘Oh, it all matters.’ There’s a great empowerment that comes with that.”

We wish him well on his spiritual journey, and here’s hoping he continues on this current trajectory. As the classic hymn puts it: “Jesus, the very thought of Thee, with sweetness fills the breast; but sweeter far thy face to see, and in thy presence rest.”

I’m glad McConaughey underscored the importance of humility. I think humility is often the missing ingredient in many lives.

I’m a student of American history, and in that interview, I mentioned how another American also humbly promoted faith. Patrick Henry, a key founding father, the orator of the American Revolution, gave the fiery speech in March 1775, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Twenty-seven days later came “the shot heard ‘round the world” in Concord, Massachusetts, more than 500 miles north of Richmond where Henry spoke.

When this great founding father was dying many years later, he wrote in his will: “I have now disposed of all my property for my family; there is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had this, and I had not given them one shilling, they would be rich, and if they have not that, and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.”

Another great hero in American history was mightily used by God to help spark the First Great Awakening. I’m not talking about George Whitefield of England, who did a phenomenal job in spreading the Gospel of Christ a generation or two before the push for American independence.

I’m talking about Jonathan Edwards, the brilliant Congregationalist minister. He’s best known for preaching the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”—although Paul Johnson, author of A History of the American People (1997) asserts Edwards preached more often on the love of God.

Edwards was a model of humility. He had one of the greatest minds America ever produced, and, as noted, his preaching helped spawn the First Great Awakening in the 1730s, emanating from his church in Northampton, Massachusetts. Nevertheless, he was eventually fired by his own congregation around 1750 because of church politics.

But week after week, after being humiliated by his church, a deacon would come to his door on many Saturday afternoons and would ask the reverend if he would fill the pulpit the next day because they didn’t have anyone else to do it.

And so, many times, Jonathan Edwards would preach once again to the very congregation that had fired him. What humility.

Many of us pray for revival in America. I think humility is the missing ingredient there too. 2 Chronicles 7:14 famously says, “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Note how God says the first key in the path to God’s healing of our land is humility.

The great Church father St. Augustine was once asked, “What are the three most important virtues?” He answered, “Humility, humility, and humility.”

I often like to quote the statement from George Washington in his well-known “Circular to the States,” June 8, 1783, where he calls for us to imitate Jesus, “the divine Author of our blessed Religion.”.

But humility, notes the father of our country, is a key ingredient in that equation: “without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.”

We need more humility in our time. Whether we get that message from the Bible, from ancient church fathers, the founding fathers of America or even Hollywood stars, a little humility goes a long way.

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VIDEO: Tyler O’Neil Lays Out How Organizations Like the SPLC, CHIRLA, and Antifa Fuel Violence and Riots

Investigative journalist and author Tyler O’Neil joins PragerU CEO ‪@realtalkwithmarissa‬ to explain how the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), brands mainstream conservative and Christian groups as “hate groups” while defending groups like Antifa. He exposes how the SPLC’s so-called “hate map” has inspired real-world violence, shaped government policy, and been weaponized by Big Tech and the media to suppress dissent. He also draws concerning connections between radical activist groups like Antifa and CHIRLA, showing how these organizations fueled anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles all while receiving taxpayer funding. If you thought the SPLC was just another civil rights nonprofit, this conversation will shock you.

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  • 13:11 Why Mainstream Groups Are Now on the Hate Map
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REPORT: ‘Tehran Will Burn’ Unless Iran Stops Firing Missiles, Israel Defense Minister Says

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Saturday that ‘Tehran will burn’ if Iran continues launching missile attacks against Israel, according to reports.

An assessment meeting was held with high-ranking Israeli military officials Saturday where Katz expressed concern for attacks directed at Israeli citizens from Iran.

The Iranian dictator is turning Iranian citizens into hostages and creating a reality in which they, especially the residents of Tehran, will pay a heavy price for the criminal attack on Israeli civilians,” Katz reportedly said during the meeting with senior military officials, according to a Saturday post on X.

After the meeting, Katz, while talking with the Israeli army’s chief of staff, warned that “If (Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front — Tehran will burn,” according to Politico.

This comes after Iran conducted a counterattack against Israel Friday in which dozens of missiles were launched toward Israel, and explosions were heard above numerous cities.

The Iranian missiles killed at least three people and wounded around 70, mostly in and around the area of Tel Aviv, the outlet reported. Seven soldiers were also wounded when a missile hit central Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that his administration’s goal is to prevent Israel’s destruction and stop Iran from developing the weapons to do so.

“Our goal is to thwart a double threat from Iran to destroy the state of Israel,” Netanyahu said.

“We cannot afford for them to be able to build production capabilities for 20,000 missiles, so we have taken action to destroy their production capabilities, and that is what the IDF is doing now.

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Timothy Sekerak

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Authorities Identify Suspect In Assassination Of Minnesota Lawmaker

Authorities reportedly have identified Vance Boelter as the top suspect in the killings of Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as wounding Democratic Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, on Saturday, according to The Associated Press.

Law enforcement believes that Vance Luther Boelter allegedly killed Hortman and her husband early Saturday morning before going on to shoot and seriously injure Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife, according to the AP.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reportedly tapped Boelter in 2019 to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board after having previously served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council under former Democratic Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, according to the New York Post.

Police said they encountered the shooter, who they reportedly believe to be Boelter, at Hortman’s home and exchanged fire before the individual managed to slip away. The individual who engaged law enforcement at the scene posed as a policeman in order to carry out the attacks on Hortman and Hoffman.

Police found “No Kings” signs in the suspect’s vehicle, and advised residents not to attend planned anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in a Facebook post. Walz stated that Hortman’s murder was a “politically-motivated assassination” during a Saturday news conference, and authorities said they have recovered a manifesto as well as a list of other targets.

Multiple law enforcement entities have been searching for the gunmen throughout the day Saturday.

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Harold Hutchison

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Protesters in Iran Favor Reza Pahlavi

Close to forty-six years after the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the people cry for Reza Pahlavi. That is a fact. The rest is history. This is not fiction. This is reality, as we all have witnessed in recent protests in Iran, where people have been shouting for him to come back and save them from the brutal Islamic regime.

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There are millions of reasons for this call. One of which Prince Pahlavi responds: “The failure of theocratic tyranny in Iran.” He continues, “The second highest rate of executions in the world. Millions were spent meddling in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen. The disappearance of our beloved Lake Urmia & the desertification of many provinces. Record-high unemployment, and much, much more.

Let’s be clear on one thing: many people are under the assumption that Pahlavi’s ambition is to revive the Monarchy in Iran. Nothing could be further from the truth. He has often asserted that his first and only goal is to free Iran from the hands of vicious mass killers, the Mullahs, and their cronies. He has no ulterior motive other than doing what he can to help his countrymen in Iran, and his willingness to become the catalyst to dislodge the current brutal regime.

He has advocated a referendum for people to decide what type of government they desire. “Iranians are the ones who decide their destiny and the future form of their government in a free and democratic referendum.”

During widespread demonstrations across Iran in December and January, many protesters chanted slogans supporting the Pahlavi dynasty. They particularly praised what the dynasty’s founder Reza Shah the Great, Prince Reza’s grandfather, did for his country.

Pahlavi was only 17 years old when the Islamic revolution occurred. A young and only heir to the crown of the Pahlavi Dynasty. “I left the day after my high school graduation with a couple of suitcases,” Pahlavi recalls, “not at all able to imagine this would be the last day I would be in my homeland.”

Many Iranians, including myself, can relate to him. I left Iran at the same age. This thuggish revolt in Iran, better known as the Islamic Revolution of Iran, did nothing for Iran except take Iran back 1400 years. There were never any questions about the Islamists denigrating Iran and exulting in Islamic culture. These mullahs owe their livelihood and parasitic lives to the lucrative business of lies and deception of the gullible Iranian people.

These leeches need to continue trumpeting the sainthood of their business founder and driving all other competition out of Iran. Give these worms credit for paying homage to the source of their shameful livelihood.

More than four decades of rule by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has not only failed to achieve the security and well-being of its people; it has ensnared the nation in a stifling theocracy where the rights of the governed are routinely violated for the benefit of the governing.

A religious autocracy quickly usurped the revolution of 1979 that brought down King Mohammad Reza Shah, mainly by Western Powers.

Today, with each passing day in Iranian streets, the popularity of Reza Pahlavi is growing. He has solidified his position as the only person capable of bringing change to Iran. People all across Iran call his name daily. They write his name on Iranian money, walls, bridges, and anything they can handle to show solidarity with this man. He has proven to be a highly knowledgeable and respected leader, not only to the Iranian population in Iran but to many opposition groups abroad.

“I am calling upon a process of civil disobedience, which is a method of change. How? By bringing domestic pressure on the system. Suppose enough people refused to cooperate, like Indians in India during the British time, when they could paralyze the system with massive, sustained labor strikes across the nation. In that case, that is not shooting bullets in the streets,” Says Pahlavi.

In an exclusive interview with NEWSMAX, he stated:

“America can help to empower a stable, just, and humane society for our Iranian people through moral support and by not ignoring us. It is particularly urgent to aid us in establishing free media and an open Internet that demand government transparency. Such access to communications has driven dramatic changes in global societies over recent decades.”

Pahlavi has shown by words and actions that the transition from the present failed Islamic regime to democracy is the central objective of his mission. Vital to the effort’s success is abandoning old suspicions, parochial thinking, and scheming for special privileges for individuals or groups. Goodwill and work for the common good are required of all. This new way of thinking is a new paradigm shift from the destructive practices of the past.

In short, the US government and Europeans must stand shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people to end the Islamic nightmare that has cast a cloud of terror over the past forty years. This is a momentous era. You have two choices: Stand with the freedom-loving people of Iran and the leadership of Prince Reza Pahlavi, or step aside.

The people of Iran have already made up their minds. You should, too.

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Minnesota Assassination Suspect Had Flyers Reading ‘NO Kings’ In Vehicle

Newsweek reports,

The suspect in the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker in Minnesota Saturday morning had a stack of flyers reading ‘No Kings’ in their vehicle, Minnesota State Patrol said on X.

“Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution,” the MSP said, adding, “The photo is of flyers inside the vehicle of the suspect in today’s shootings.”

‘No Kings’ refers to the thousands of demonstrations scheduled to take place throughout the United States Saturday in protest of President Donald Trump as he holds a military parade on his birthday.

They are advising people to stay away from planned ‘No Kings’ Protests throughout the state following the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker and her husband.

Minnesota Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed early Saturday morning in an act of “targeted political violence,” Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference Saturday.

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were pronounced dead Saturday morning after a gunman posing as law enforcement arrived at their home in the early hours and shot them. Walz called the shooting “a politically motivated assassination.”

The gunman, who remains at large, had targeted the home of Hortman after shooting Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their home.

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Governor Tim Walz has called for violence against ICE and said that these men and women were the “Gestapo.”

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We reported in a column titled “Donald Trump’s Hilarious Response to the laughable ‘NO-Kings’ Protests“:

NO Kings’ CCP Connection

The Daily Caller’s Philip Lenczycki reported,

The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Asian Americans For Progressive America (AAPA) is a California-based political action committee promoting an upcoming national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeted enforcement operations, according to announcements and flyers. AAPA’s president, Elaine Peng, also serves as an executive for United Chinese Americans (UCA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has received U.S. government grants worth roughly $370,000 for a mental health program it runs called WAVES, for which Peng is the “director of training.”

UCA claims to be focused on “enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement” and has often invoked racial discrimination as the reason it holds protests against U.S. national security initiatives and immigration enforcement. However, translated Chinese government and state media reports reveal a significant number of the nonprofit’s leaders have also served as members of the Chinese governmentChinese Communist Party (CCP), and/or Beijing’s intelligence arms, raising concerns among analysts about foreign influence.

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EXCLUSIVE: Lee Greenwood Talks Trump Military Parade, Kennedy Center Revival

A few weeks ago, famous country singer Lee Greenwood was thousands of miles away from the U.S. performing his hit “God Bless the USA” in Qatar for the troops. Greenwood will take the stage again in the nation’s capital this weekend for the Army’s big anniversary parade.

Then, he will probably find himself fulfilling his duties as a member of the Kennedy Center’s new board.

Perhaps Trump’s favorite performer, the president often uses Greenwood’s hit as his walkout song. In many cases, such as at the 2024 Republican National Convention, the musician is there to perform it personally. The Army’s 250th birthday celebration — also, coincidentally, Trump’s 79 birthday — will be no exception, Greenwood told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview.

“My initiative over the past 20 or 30 years has been to take care of the military in various ways. And so, yes, I will be performing, and I will be in the parade, and I’ll be performing for the president,” Greenwood told the Caller, adding that he plans to give Trump his newly released “God Bless The USA Bible – The Presidential Edition” as a birthday gift.

The upcoming performance at the military parade will be special for Greenwood. The Trump administration has been meticulously planning the $45 million parade, which is supposed to feature more than 6,600 soldiers, over 50 military aircraft, and roughly 150 military vehicles, including tanks, Humvees and other equipment.

“My dad was in the Navy, and joined the Navy right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. So that was his war, and he survived World War Two. I didn’t know until about 17. So even though I did not serve in the military, I consider it a responsibility to honor those who have served,” Greenwood told the Caller.

Greenwood was recently awarded a two time platinum plaque during CMA Fest last week in Nashville for “God Bless The USA.” The song was released in 1992 (the same year Greenwood married his wife Kim) and at the time he was focused on singing country ballads. The future hit was just one of a few singles Greenwood released, but it didn’t immediately take off.

“In the early days, I don’t know that it really made much of a mark, but after the Gulf War and then the attack on America and many other things … have brought it to the forefront,” Greenwood told the Caller.

“And now singing with the President of the United States… every American understands what the song is, and it’s adapting to American way of life,” Greenwood explained.

Greenwood hasn’t just been tasked with singing Trump’s walkout music. The president also appointed the country singer to the board of the Kennedy Center as part of his takeover of the facility. In the first month of his second administration, Trump said he would be leading the Kennedy Center board as chairman and then purged multiple board members appointed by former President Joe Biden.

Those ousted included former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and former senior advisor Mike Donilon. As part of his new vision for the Kennedy Center, Trump denounced the “anti-American propaganda” previously pushed at the performing arts center and said his takeover would ensure future performances are more aligned with his vision.

As a board member, Greenwood is a part of the committee for choosing the honors. As the Kennedy Center undergoes its Trump revival, Greenwood told the Caller that the board hopes they will have a diverse audience from all over the world.

“The audience will be a cross section of America,” Greenwood explained. “We hope to have international participants as well. And the people in the audience, of course, will get a good cross section of what American culture is … as well as our approach to international culture. It’ll give you a good idea of the diversity and the tolerance that we will show for our audiences and in the presentation.”

Greenwood told the Caller he has performed all over the world, including some of the “finest places in Vegas” but the Kennedy Center is a “beautiful venue” that the new Trump-appointed team is working on restoring to its former glory.

“You may not see it upon the eye when you first walk in the door, but there’s a lot of places in the building that have been abused and really not done well. And I think that’s the main focus for the president, is to make this building, once again, the beautiful structure was intended to be,” the country singer told the Caller.

Greenwood stressed that the board, on behalf of the president, is excited to share the revamped Kennedy Center and that they hope to bring it more attention and fame than ever before.

“When people are attending shows, [Trump wants them] to have the best of a guest experience … so that you will begin to spread the word that the Kennedy Center is back, and in fact, one of the finest performing venues in the entire country,” he added.

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

White House Correspondent. Follow Reagan on Twitter.

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Democratic State Lawmaker, Husband Killed In ‘Politically-Motivated Assassination’

Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in their home overnight in an apparent act of political violence, and Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and severely wounded in their home.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirmed that Hortman and her husband did not survive during a Saturday morning press conference in which he described Hortman’s killing as a “politically-motivated assassination.” The governor said that he is “cautiously optimistic” that Hoffman and his wife will survive.

Authorities said Saturday that the suspect is believed to have impersonated a law enforcement officer and exchanged gunfire with police overnight, and that the suspect remains at large. Numerous law enforcement entities are engaged in a major manhunt to locate and apprehend the suspect, and local residents have been instructed to shelter in place.

During a Saturday morning press conference, authorities said police recovered a manifesto with a list of political figures from a vehicle at Hortman’s home that included Hortman and Hoffman. Police officials at the conference told residents not to respond to police at their door unless they see two officers together and to call 911 to verify the officers’ identities.

Police confirmed that a vehicle with police lights was parked at Hortman’s house when officers arrived at the scene.

“My good friend and colleague, Speaker Melissa Hortman, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Walz said during the press conference. “Our state lost a great leader, and I lost the dearest of friends. Speaker Hortman was someone who served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor and a sense of service. She was a formidable public servant, a fixture and a giant in Minnesota. She woke up every day determined to make this state a better place. She is irreplaceable, and will be missed by so many. Minnesota’s thoughts and prayers are with her family, her loved ones, her children and her parents.”

Officials at the press conference told reporters that police were seeking “people of interest.”

This is a developing story and will be updated with additional information.

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Harold Hutchison

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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-ICE Org Backing National Protests Led By Member Of CCP-Tied Group

The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Asian Americans For Progressive America (AAPA) is a California-based political action committee promoting an upcoming national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeted enforcement operations, according to announcements and flyers. AAPA’s president, Elaine Peng, also serves as an executive for United Chinese Americans (UCA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has received U.S. government grants worth roughly $370,000 for a mental health program it runs called WAVES, for which Peng is the “director of training.”

UCA claims to be focused on “enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement” and has often invoked racial discrimination as the reason it holds protests against U.S. national security initiatives and immigration enforcement. However, translated Chinese government and state media reports reveal a significant number of the nonprofit’s leaders have also served as members of the Chinese governmentChinese Communist Party (CCP), and/or Beijing’s intelligence arms, raising concerns among analysts about foreign influence.

Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP, told the DCNF he believes UCA is “associated with the CCP’s sprawling worldwide network of CCP loyalists.”

UCA president Haipei Shue denied his organization has Chinese government ties, telling the DCNF “UCA’s work has always been fully compliant with U.S. laws and policies, and our efforts are aligned with the national interest of the United States.”

“I am proud of [UCA], an organization made up of Chinese Americans who love this country and contribute to it in countless ways — through scientific achievement, military service, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and more,” said Shue, who has worked for the Chinese government and state-run media outlets, according to UCA’s website and state media reports.

AAPA and Peng did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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‘NO KINGS’

AAPA is sponsoring and organizing planned protests in Oakland, California, on June 14 against the Trump administration, as Los Angeles and other cities across the nation struggle to grapple with riots opposing ICE deportation raids, according to a mobilize.us announcement.

“[W]e rise up to say NO KINGS!!” the announcement reads.

A website for the “No Kings” protests states: “They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”

Peng is also promoting the upcoming Oakland protest on social media.

ICE’s “targeted enforcement operations,” which began in Los Angeles on June 6, have apprehended illegal aliens previously convicted of homicide, drug trafficking and lewd acts with a minor. Several of the arrested have been apprehended while looting or assaulting law enforcement officers. In one case, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Emiliano Garduno-Galvez — an illegal alien from Mexico — for attempted murder after he threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the Los Angeles riots.

‘CCP Loyalists’

The DCNF identified more than 10 individuals listed as UCA personnel who have been members of the CCP, Chinese government and/or Chinese intelligence front groups, according to Chinese government and state media reports.

UCA’s founding honorary advisory board included two individuals who are CCP members, as well as officials within fronts for both the intelligence arm of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s premier civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), Chinese government reports reveal.

One of those former advisors, Wang Jisi, has belonged to four MSS front groups, the DCNF previously discovered, and is also listed as a director by the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS), which is controlled by the “Intelligence Bureau within the PLA’s Joint Staff Department,” according to ex-CIA officer Peter Mattis.

UCA’s president, Shue, told the DCNF that Wang has “no affiliation” with UCA, but refused to discuss an archived UCA website link listing Wang as an honorary advisory board member. Wang could not be reached for comment.

Six UCA personnel have also held positions with arms of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a Chinese influence and intelligence service, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). The USSC is a legislative branch commission created by the United States Congress in October 2000 to monitor, investigate and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the relationships between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

One UCA board member, who also heads the nonprofit’s Utah chapter, serves as the deputy director of the Salt Lake City Overseas Chinese Service Center (OCSC), according to the Utah Chinese Civic Center, which hosts that OCSC. The UFWD runs 60 OCSC branches worldwide, all of which have met with China’s Ministry of Public Security to learn how to operate unsanctioned, overseas courts, the DCNF previously reported.

UCA has also promoted UFWD initiatives, nonprofit announcements show, including one food-drive program run by a UFWD agency called the All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to ACFROC.

Counting Shue, six UCA executives and advisors have also worked for the Chinese government, the DCNF determined after a review of publicly-available documents.

UCA board member Stephanie Sun previously held Chinese “government roles,” local news outlet City & State Pennsylvania reported, including working for the China Cultural Center in Seoul, which is run by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the Chinese government.

Shue told the DCNF it was “simply incorrect” Sun had worked for China’s diplomatic system, but refused to answer questions about her ties after being sent links to multiple posts, such as one University of Pennsylvania announcement, stating she “worked for government diplomatic agencies in both China and South Korea.”

However, Sun’s profile was subsequently scrubbed from UCA’s website sometime between May 25 and May 27 after the DCNF sent Shue a link to Sun’s UCA profile stating she “worked for both governments and 3 Fortune 100 international corporations in 3 countries, China, South Korea, and the U.S.” Shue did not respond to questions about why the profile was deleted and Sun did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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‘Talking Points’

UCA and its subsidiaries, UCA Action and UCA Political Action Committee (UCA PAC), have repeatedly protested U.S. national security initiatives, claiming such policies will foment racial discrimination, according to announcements from the nonprofits.

In one instance, UCA published an open letter in December 2020 demanding the removal of a “paranoid and xenophobic” section within the Senate’s “Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Act” that would have blocked “any alien affiliated with the military forces of [China] or the [CCP]” from “ever becoming permanent residents or citizens.”

In another instance, UCA filed an amicus brief on July 13, 2020 supporting a lawsuit brought by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology against an ICE directive that would have stripped visas from foreign students enrolled in fully-online programs. The directive was rescinded the following day, court records show.

More recently, UCA sent a June 1 newsletter condemning the U.S. State Department’s May 2025 decision to revoke visas for Chinese students with “connections to the [CCP] or studying in critical fields.”

“Haipei Shue, President of UCA, expresses deep concern over rising discrimination against Chinese students and communities in the U.S., including visa revocations,” the letter states. “Warning of a resurgence of Cold War-style bias, UCA urges Chinese Americans to unite, engage civically, and defend their rights and the American dream.”

UCA has also organized several other demonstrations against U.S. national security programs, including a January 2022 protest opposing a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative to counter Chinese espionage, which the nonprofit alleged was aligned with “racist and xenophobic tropes.” That DOJ program, known as the “China Initiative,” was terminated in February 2022.

The nonprofit has also held protests against state bills in Florida and Texas prohibiting citizens from “countries of concern,” like China, from purchasing land, for the sake of securing critical infrastructure and U.S. military sites, according to UCA announcements.

AAPA was among 71 organizations, including UCA, which sent a joint letter to the Texas legislature opposing two such bills: HB 17 and its companion SB 1. UCA likewise organized multi-city protests in March 2025 against the bills, which they characterized as “discriminatory,” UCA announcements reveal.

The nonprofit’s members also testified at hearings against the legislation that month and the next, a review of witness lists found.

Chuck DeVore, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel now serving as the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s chief national initiatives officer, testified in support of the legislation in March and told the DCNF that during the hearing opponents submitted “remarkably consistent talking points that focused on racism.”

“I quickly found on my phone a statement from the Chinese Embassy in 2023 that appeared in the Washington Post in opposition to Texas’ 2023 version of the measure,” DeVore said. “The claims in this statement were echoed by those testifying that day. It was pretty apparent to me what was going on.”

A Chinese Embassy spokesperson had claimed that prohibiting Chinese nationals from purchasing land in the U.S. “may also fuel Asian hatred in the U.S. and racial discrimination, thus running counter to American values,” in the Aug. 21, 2023 Washington Post article cited by DeVore.

Beijing tasks its operatives with opposing policies deemed hostile to its objectives, Dr. Lawrence Sellin, a national security and United Front expert, told the DCNF.

“It is an indisputable fact that China, through its proxies, has been trying to acquire property near U.S. military bases and critical infrastructure,” Sellin said. “It was thus necessary for UCA to frame [opposition to] those state laws as ‘Asian discrimination.’”

AUTHOR

Philip Lenczycki

Daily Caller News Foundation senior investigative reporter, political journalist, and China watcher. Twitter: @LenczyckiPhilip.

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Trump Reveals What Would Cause Him To Invoke Insurrection Act To Put Down LA Riots

President Donald Trump said that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the Los Angeles riots if “there’s an insurrection.”

As riots broke out across the streets in L.A. in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy to the city. Hundreds of Marines were then deployed to downtown L.A. to help control the riots, raising the question of whether Trump would consider using the Insurrection Act, which allows the deployment of U.S. troops to ease domestic unrest.

“Will you invoke the Insurrection Act to deal with the situation in California?” RealClear Politics White House correspondent Phil Wegmann asked Tuesday.

“If there is an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it, we’ll see. Can I tell you, last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible as you have seen on your networks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“People were with heavy hammers pounding the concrete, pounding the curbs and handing these big chunks of concrete to people and they were taking that concrete going up to bridges and dropping it into the roof of a car. They were throwing it at our police. They were throwing it at our soldiers that are there, and we got it stopped and we have them in custody right now. Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now Los Angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire. We have it in great shape. We’re not playing around.”

“How will you determine whether or not there is an insurrection?” Wegmann followed up.

“Well you take a look at what is happening. I could tell you there were certain areas of Los Angeles last night you could have called it an insurrection. It was terrible these are paid insurrectionists,” Trump began.

“These are paid trouble makers. They get money. When you take a look at what they do, when they show up … everyone is like, ‘what is he doing?’ The one guy is pounding the curb, breaking the curb and handing big pieces of granite, in some cases it’s granite, and concrete to other people and running out with it and watch the other people and they try to throw it into the face of the soldiers, throw it into the face of the police and they hurt people badly,” he continued.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president the authority to use the National Guard and military in order to combat “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within U.S. borders. It was first signed into law by Former President Thomas Jefferson after it was believed that then-Vice President Aaron Burr was plotting to acquire the Louisiana Territory and other land in the Southwest. Former President George H.W. Bush was the last to use the act in 1992 to quell Los Angeles riots. Before him, Eisenhower used the act in 1957 to enforce school desegregation in the south.

The unrest began over the weekend after ICE agents arrested 100 illegal immigrants, including drug traffickers and gang members, in raids across the city. The protests eventually turned into violent riots where some anti-Trump protesters burned cars and threw Molotov cocktails, rocks and fireworks. Some property was defaced with slogans like “KILL ICE.”

There were nearly 1,000 rioters that descended on the city as they caused damage to federal buildings and assaulted ICE agents, slashed tires and destroyed government property Friday night, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Reagan Reese

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