[FoxNews] Immigration operation results in execution of 71 criminal arrest warrants for individuals charged with or convicted of serious crimes
A multi-agency, weeklong immigration crackdown in the Houston area this month resulted in the arrest of 646 illegal aliens, including 543 criminal aliens and seven documented gang members.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it, along with federal, state and local law enforcement, conducted the operation between Feb. 23 and March 2 in the Houston area to bolster public safety, national security and border security.
ICE and its partners executed 71 criminal arrest warrants and arrested 543 illegal undocumented aliens who had been charged with or convicted of criminal offenses while being illegally in the U.S.
Of the criminal aliens arrested, 140 were charged or convicted of an aggravated felony or violent offense, like homicide, aggravated assault or domestic violence.
Another 34 criminal aliens have been charged or convicted of a sex offense or child sex offense like aggravated sexual assault of a minor, possession of child pornography, or rape.
ICE noted that 38 of the criminal aliens who were arrested were convicted of illegal firearms offenses like unlawful carrying of a firearm, alien in possession of a firearm, and aggravated assault with a firearm, while another 52 were charged or convicted of offenses like drug trafficking or criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Fifty-one criminal aliens were charged with or convicted of property crimes, and 93 were charged with or convicted of driving while intoxicated.
"In recent years, some of the world’s most dangerous fugitives, transnational gang members and criminal aliens have taken advantage of the crisis at our nation’s southern border to illegally enter the U.S.," ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford said in a statement. "After illegally entering the country, many of these criminal aliens have gone on to commit violent crime and reign terror on law-abiding residents."
Also weighing in on the massive operation was ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz, who said the collective efforts have made the Houston community significantly safer and strengthened the country’s national security and border security.
"In just one week working alongside our counterparts from federal, state and local law enforcement, ICE HSI special agents successfully executed 71 criminal arrest warrants and made 554 administrative arrests that included illegally present human smugglers, gang members, human traffickers, child sex offenders, drug traffickers and weapons traffickers," Plantz said in a statement. "As a result, we’ve sent a resounding message to transnational criminal organizations everywhere that the law enforcement community in the Texas Gulf Coast is more united than ever and will not rest until we’ve eradicated these criminal elements from the country."
Along with ICE, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Diplomatic Security Service and the U.S. Marshals Service participated in the operation.
[ShabelleMedia] This morning, an explosion struck a house in Beledweyne, the capital of the Hiran region, where government officials, leading traditional elders, and other military officers were having a meeting on the Al-Shabaab war.
According to eyewitnesses, a vehicle laden with explosives targeted the front gate of the house, located in the Howlwadaag neighborhood. This was followed by a direct assault by armed militants who breached the building.
Government forces engaged in fierce fighting with the attackers, who, after entering the building, began shooting those inside. The house was reportedly hosting a meeting about the ongoing battle against Al-Shabaab militants in the region.
The attendees were primarily elders and military officials.
The meeting focused on efforts to combat Al-Shabaab in Hiran, with the Macwisley militia and Somali government forces recently resuming operations in the region after a months-long lull.
Updates will follow as more information becomes available.
[Garowe] Resilient Puntland forces seized an ISIS militants training camp within the state, authorities confirmed, in the latest significant development, which comes at the time the country is making huge strides in the fight against violent extremist groups.
According to the Puntland counterterrorism operations centre, the sniper training camp was discovered at the top of Cal-Miskaad mountains where the military has camped for the last two months, engaging the militants who had established several bases.
The sniper training camp helped the group prepare adequately — thus its capture perhaps highlights the positive progress by the military teams. For the last two months, the Operation Lightning has reflected the potential of local troops in the fight against terrorism.
Reports further indicate that the training camp was located in Dibi-Ganuun area of the Calmiskaad mountains, where intense fighting between the terrorists and the military has been recorded. Previously, a weapon manufacturing factory was seized within the vicinity.
The successful operation resulted in the capture of military supplies and food stockpiles belonging to the terrorists, officials said. Further details on casualties and the scope of the seized materials were not immediately available to the media.
Elsewhere, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni warned against politicizing national security, emphasizing the need for unity to defeat terrorist groups in Somalia. The Puntland leader has been on the frontlines supporting local troops in the fight against ISIS.
With ISIS capacity annihilated in the north, the major focus is elsewhere in the country, especially in Middle Shabelle where the al-Shabaab militants have reigned terror on innocent civilians and members of the Somali National Army (SNA).
Somalia heavily depends on the US Africa Command and the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) for the execution of sophisticated military activities in the country. Shortly, the foreign troops shall hand over military responsibilities to the SNA.
[Garowe] An Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... coordinated by the Somali National Army (SNA) destroyed al-Shabaab ... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... 's makeshift bridge, officials said, noting the significance of the target, which was being used by the group to connect many areas in middle regions.
According to officials, the al-Shabaab fighters used the bridge as the link within central regions, making movements easier in the Middle Shabelle region where an intense operation is taking place following new infiltration into the region by the holy warriors.
The strike also killed Death Eaters and destroyed vehicles, according to the statement. In recent months, intense fighting has been witnessed in central Somalia after the local military and international partners activated operations on the frontlines.
Somali intelligence officials also believe that the al-Shabaab attack on Bal’ad town on Feb 27 was a decoy as the Death Eaters were transporting a large number of fighters in the vicinity of Yaaqle to move north into the Middle Shabelle region where fighting has been intense recently.
Last month, the local media reported that with support from African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... troops from Burundi, Somali government forces fought back and removed al-Shabaab fighters who entered Balad earlier this morning. Multiple casualties have been reported.
To neutralize the holy warriors, the US Africa Command together with the federal government of Somalia, have frequently launched airstrikes within the central regions as a wider strategy to neutralize the al-Shabaab, a group fighting painfully to dislodge the federal government.
Al-Shabaab's capacity has been significantly neutralized following sustained military operations, but the group can still wage small-scale sporadic attacks — usually targeting security forces, senior government officials, and innocent civilians.
The Somali National Army has heavily relied on backup from the US Africa Command and the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) but the regions have drastically reduced their presence ahead of the much anticipated exit.
[IsraelTimes] Abu Wadei reportedly left Strip before Oct. 7, previously posed with gunmen, participated in attacks on Israel; British Home Office says he’s been charged with immigration offenses
A Gazook man who published footage of himself boasting of armed action against Israel and praying for Allah to kill all Jews arrived in the United Kingdom last week aboard a dinghy of migrants colonists that was picked up by British law enforcement in the English Channel.
According to The Telegraph, the man known as Abu Wadei was arrested and charged with immigration offenses.
The matter was first reported by the Daily Mail. The newspaper, which relied in part on pro-Israel Jewish UK group Campaign Against Antisemitism, identified the man as Abu Wadei. According to the newspaper, Wadei is thought to be in his 30s and from Khan Younis. His full name is believed to be Mus’ab Abd al-Kareem al-Kassass.
A front man for the British Home Office told The Telegraph that Abu Wadei "has today been charged with knowingly arriving into the UK without leave and has been remanded in jug."
It added that "the British public can be reassured that we take all steps necessary at all times to protect the nation’s security, including taking action in the Border Security Bill to give the police and immigration officers stronger powers to act where anyone poses a threat."
Earlier in the day, The Mail reported that Abu Wadei’s precise whereabouts were unknown and that police said they were unaware of arrests in connection to the case.
Senior figures in the UK’s opposition Conservative Party assailed the Home Office for failing to reveal information about Abu Wadei. The Mail quoted Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip as saying that Wadei was "a dangerous antisemite and a threat to national security."
"There is a possibility the government has lost track of him, and there is also a risk he may try and use spurious human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... claims to stay in the country," said Philip, accusing the Labour government of being soft on immigration.
The Daily Mail said Abu Wadei left Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... before October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... -led bandidosturbans stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking war between Israel and Hamas.
According to the newspaper, Abu Wadei posted a video to Facebook in September in which he prayed for Allah to handle "the Jews and those loyal to them."
The post did not appear on Abu Wadei’s Facebook on Monday, but the reported video was published by both The Mail and the CAA.
"Allah, kill them one by one, and don’t leave a single one," the man in the video sings. "Allah, destroy them completely, disperse them completely and make the earth fall from under their feet."
According to The Mail, Abu Wadei could also be seen speaking at Gaza rallies between 2017 and 2019, calling himself a member of "the tire-burning unit" — apparently a group of Paleostinians who burned tires during Hamas-backed festivities with IDF troops on the Gaza border.
The Telegraph backed up this reporting.
In other photos, The Mail said, Abu Wadei could be seen brandishing assault rifles and posing alongside masked button men. An independent forensic analysis of at least one photo confirmed that the person brandishing the weapon was the same person who posted on Friday about arriving in the UK, The Mail said.
The newspaper said it had also uncovered an April 2018 interview with Hamas-affiliated outlet Felesteen, in which Abu Wadei boasted of launching incendiary kites at Israel.
"It only costs us three shekels [80 cents], but costs the occupation [Israel] more because of the fires it causes," he was quoted as saying. "We started with [throwing] stones, moved to burning tires and setting the Israeli flag on fire, and then used kites."
That’s the use Gazans put to all those USAID-purchased condoms…
According to the CAA, Abu Wadei lived in Germany and Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... for the past two years "without drawing attention." The group said it had obtained a Greek WhatsApp number apparently belonging to Abu Wadei.
Citing posts from TikTok and Facebook, the CAA wrote on X that Abu Wadei had arrived in Greece in July 2023 and left a month later for Switzerland — though, in the Facebook post cited by the CAA, Abu Wadei says he arrived in Belgium.
In a photo posted to Facebook on February 14 this year, Abu Wadei could be seen in Brussels. The Facebook account has some 11,000 followers, and features numerous posts mourning family and friends killed in the war in Gaza.
According to the CAA, a TikTok video posted in January 2025 showed Abu Wadei in Stuttgart, Germany, and further posts showed him camping in La Belle France between March 4 and 6. The TikTok account, said to have some 189,000 subscribers, appeared to no longer exist on Monday.
On March 7, a video captioned, "Thank God, we’ve arrived in Britannia," was posted to Abu Wadei’s Facebook account. In the video, he could be seen on a dinghy with several other people as they were approached by a boat that The Mail said belonged to the UK’s Border Force, which is under Britannia’s Home Office.
Benefits shopping, or had his asylum application finally been rejected in Germany, so he moved to England to start a new application?
According to The Mail, the dinghy is thought to be one of four, carrying a total of 235 migrants colonists, that were picked up by the Border Force on Thursday morning.
On Friday, Abu Wadei posted on Facebook a picture of himself drinking coffee and holding a cigarette at an outdoor café. The Mail said the picture was originally posted by a friend of his, with an Arabic caption: "A thousand ’thank Gods’ for Abu Wadei being safe. You have brightened up Britannia." The paper said it was unclear when and where the photo was taken.
The UK, like other countries, has seen a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks since October 7, 2023.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The gruesome discovery of nine bodies and a bag filled with their severed hands on a Mexican highway last week had cartel violence written all over it.
The group of students – five men and four women – had allegedly taken part in a series of muggings and thefts in Oaxaca, seemingly angering one of the drug-selling criminal groups that operates in the area.
They were abducted, tortured and murdered for their foray into their rivals' territory, according to an insider, while their alleged boss was shot dead with a haunting note pinned to his body - 'This is what you get for being a thief.' Sounds reasonable
Mexico's notorious criminal gangs have long employed bloodthirsty tactics to punish their enemies - with the hacking off of hands widely known to be the go-to retribution inflicted on thieves.
Their terror methods include the severing of heads, public hangings, the kidnap and killing of small children, ruthless drone warfare and even sadistic cannibal initiation rituals.
In the social media age, image is everything - and the cartels often broadcast ever-more violent ways in order to intimidate those who would stand between them and their trade.
This is the horrifying reality endured by millions of people in Mexico, caught in the crossfire as cartels jostle for control over lucrative drug corridors, while others are lured to become thieves and drug traffickers before meeting a grizzly end.
Here, MailOnline explores some of the methods the cartels use to instill fear in their rivals, citizens and officials.
Various kinds of viciousness explained at the link, with edifying tales from various cartels.
#2
Just some random students... There are rules to the game and Cartels make them very clear. I doubt there was any misunderstanding to the causes that led to the "students" misfortune.
"The group of students – five men and four women – had allegedly taken part in a series of muggings and thefts in Oaxaca, seemingly angering one of the drug-selling criminal groups that operates in the area."
Dutch authorities have arrested Aseel Kashif, a Syrian resident in the Netherlands, after she was caught on video saying, “Do whatever you want with them [Alawites], just don’t film it.” A deportation order has since been issued against her. pic.twitter.com/F278rRxsjQ
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds protest outside ICE center in New York for Mahmoud Khalil; legal experts say feds have grounds to deport; free speech group warns of chilling effect and calls for clarity
Anti-Israel demonstrators rallied in New York City on Monday and called for escalation across the US, part of a furious backlash after federal agents detained an anti-Israel protest leader at Columbia University over the weekend.
Hundreds of protesters filled Manhattan’s Foley Square outside an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, to demand the release of the student organizer, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate.
The demonstrators carried signs that said "Release Mahmoud Khalil," with the activist’s image, and chanted, "We want justice, you say how? ICE off our campus now."
"I believe that Paleostine will win," they chanted. Many in the crowd wore keffiyehs and held Paleostinian flags.
One sign said, "Stop Jewish fascism fasces -- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. Its distinguishing philosophical feature is the Corporate State. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about... ," and another showed US President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... doing a "Sieg Heil" salute in front of a swastika.
"Trump thinks he can strip our rights, to attack our movement," a speaker told the crowd. "To that we say, ’You are wrong, we will not be silenced, we will continue to organize and we will continue to struggle until the complete liberation of Paleostine.’
You do that, dear heart, while the rest of us get on with life. We’ll touch base in thirty or forty years to see how you’re doing.
"They make figures like Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... and ’terrorists’ into enemies," another speaker said.
"There are actual gunnies in the United States, but they are not Mahmoud Khalil," he said. "The terror comes from the capitalists and their pawns."
The protest drew a larger and more ideologically diverse crowd than recent anti-Israel protests, reflecting the widespread outrage over Khalil’s detention. Speakers and signs tied Khalil’s arrest to issues including affordable housing, immigration, and constitutional rights.
Khalil was a leading organizer for the Columbia protest movement. Columbia protesters held disruptive demonstrations on campus starting soon after the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023, that have continued into recent weeks. Protesters have openly endorsed violence and US-designated terror groups, and Jewish and Israeli students and faculty have said the activists created a hostile and discriminatory environment. A university task force reported "crushing" discrimination against Jews and Israelis on campus.
The Columbia protest coalition includes the campus branch of Students for Justice in Paleostine. The group’s parent organization, National Students for Justice in Paleostine (NSJP), called for mass unrest on campuses across the US in response to Khalil’s arrest.
NSJP issued a statement on Sunday calling on activists to walk out of class, "take over central spaces on campus, and assert our mass power." The protest activities were scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. The statement was cosponsored by several other leading anti-Israel activist groups.
"The popular movement against Zionism, imperialism, and fascism will not shy away in the face of federal threats," the statement said.
An array of politicians and Red Guardsliberal groups lined up behind Khalil, including the New York branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm ... . More than 1.3 million people signed a letter calling for his release. New York State Attorney General Letitia James said she was "extremely concerned" and in touch with Khalil’s lawyer.
DEBATES OVER FREE SPEECH
Khalil is the first confirmed case of a detention for possible deportation after Trump’s vow to crack down on student protesters. Authorities have not announced charges against Khalil, who had a green card, according to his lawyer.
The Department of Homeland Security said, "Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... said on X, "We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported."
Trump said Khalil’s arrest was "the first arrest of many to come."
"We know there are more students at Columbia and other universities across the country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, antisemitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump administration will not tolerate it," Trump said. "Many are not students, they are paid agitators. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country — never to return again."
ICE’s online database said Khalil was born in Syria and is being held in jug in Louisiana.
A federal judge in New York City ordered Monday that Khalil not be deported while the court considered a legal challenge brought by his lawyers. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Disputes over Khalil’s detention hinge on free speech protections and immigration law.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a free speech advocacy group, issued a letter to the administration seeking more information about Khalil’s arrest.
"The statements the government has released suggest its decision may be based on his constitutionally protected speech. This lack of clarity is chilling protected expression," said FIRE, which has said that Columbia protests have included both protected speech and illegal conduct.
Will Creeley, FIRE’s legal director, said that if there are allegations about material support for terrorism, "you really need to see those."
"Simple, independent advocacy on behalf of a terrorist organization, however reprehensible some, many, or even all Americans might find it, is still protected by the First Amendment," Creeley told The Times of Israel.
Support for Hamas would become illegal if it was coordinated with the terrorist group, Creeley said. Free speech also does not cover targeted threats, discriminatory harassment, and incitement to imminent violence.
"It’s very much a stretch to think that activities ’aligned’ with Hamas are enough to justify this kind of action," Creeley stated. "Folks who would find pro-Hamas advocacy abhorrent should understand that the First Amendment protects your rights just as well, and to defend the rights of those who disagree with you is the best guarantor of your own rights."
GROUNDS FOR DEPORTATION
Two legal experts said authorities have grounds for deporting Khalil.
Federal laws say aliens are inadmissible to the US, or "deportable," if they engage in terrorist activities, including anyone who "endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization." Green card holders are considered aliens.
Last week, at a protest Khalil attended at Columbia affiliate Barnard College, demonstrators passed out pamphlets from the "Hamas media office," and photos of the late Hezbollah terror chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> , according to students at the scene. Hamas and Hezbollah are US-designated terrorist groups.
Federal authorities appeared to take notice of last week’s protest. A Trump administration antisemitism task force warned the university it would cut its public funding shortly before the protest, then announced the cancellation of $400 million in federal funding for the university shortly afterward, saying that "chaos and antisemitic harassment have continued on and near campus" since the warning.
Distributing Hamas pamphlets could be grounds for deportation, said Ted Frank, senior attorney at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, which has filed litigation against anti-Israel groups that have blocked traffic at US protests.
"The pamphleting, at least under congressional law, says, ’Yeah, deport for that,’ and the Biden administration could have done that, but they weren’t enforcing that law, so the Trump administration is enforcing that law," Frank said. "Under the law, even just espousing support for Hamas is enough for deportation."
Frank added that voicing support for terrorist activities, and not a specific terror group, is grounds for deportation, according to the law’s wording, and there is also no difference under the law between having a green card or a student visa.
Americans’ speech in support of Hamas is protected by the First Amendment, but different rules apply for immigration and deportation, Frank said.
Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney and professor at New York’s Cardozo School of Law, said that if the government launched an investigation and found evidence that Khalil supported Hamas before he received a green card, they could revoke his status.
"Immigration laws are clear — that if he lied on his green card application about his support of Hamas, they could rescind his green card," Wildes said.
If the government found evidence Khalil supported Hamas after receiving a green card, prosecutors could make a case for his deportation in criminal or immigration court, Wildes said. Wildes is a Jewish Democrat, the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, and Melania Trump’s immigration lawyer.
"Until you’re an American citizen, you can be deported from the United States," he said.
Creeley disagreed that Khalil could be deported, saying, "That read of the law is overly expansive and gives the government power it does not have."
#1
Looks like some Liberal Democrat Parents failed basic child raising and social skills.
In the 60's and 70's the Liberal students were having sit-ins and singing: "Give peace a chance".
Now, the smartphone generation might as well be screaming: "Give Genocidal Terrorists a chance".
HINT
I seem to remember when a 60-70's protester(s) went crazy and destructive. That Tear Gas, night sticks, Fire Hoses, a cold jail celled worked just fine.
[X] Protest have increasingly become a tool not merely for expressing dissent but for exerting coercive pressure upon individuals who diverge from prevailing ideological orthodoxies. Recent organized attacks on Tesla dealerships across the nation provide a troubling illustration of this trend, with explicit efforts aimed at intimidating Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk into abandoning his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Central to this disturbing phenomenon are five Democrat-affiliated non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Funded significantly through ActBlue, these entities have leveraged protest not merely as an act of political expression but as strategic sabotage aimed squarely at Tesla’s economic interests and Musk’s personal resolve.
The coordinated nature of these demonstrations warrants serious attention. Troublemakers and Disruption Project have overtly embraced tactics of direct confrontation, aligning themselves with the more militant strands of leftist activism. Tesla dealerships from coast to coast have experienced not only picketing and verbal harassment of potential customers but also outright vandalism—incidents of shattered showroom windows, vehicles defaced with accusatory graffiti, arson, and even episodes involving gunfire into dealership windows at night.
In New York City, Rise & Resist, known historically for its decentralized activism, has escalated actions into events punctuated by chaotic disruptions. Leveraging their lack of centralized accountability, they’ve orchestrated high-profile disturbances designed specifically for maximum media coverage, thus amplifying the perception of widespread grassroots opposition. The psychological effect on Tesla employees and customers has been palpable—intended, no doubt, to erode confidence and sales, ultimately impacting Musk’s capacity to govern DOGE effectively.
Likewise, the Indivisible Project, established explicitly to challenge conservative administrations post-2016, and the Democratic Socialists of America, openly advocate a redistributionist economic agenda. Both organizations deploy highly organized protest tactics, drawing upon robust funding sources connected directly through ActBlue, whose principal funders include progressive billionaires like George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. It is no mere coincidence that these NGOs are deploying tactics that echo historical methods of political intimidation, recalling darker chapters in American history where business interests and personal liberties were undermined by mob coercion.
Elon Musk's recent public revelation via social media that these ActBlue-supported groups were behind the coordinated assaults underscores a deeper, concerning element. ActBlue itself currently faces intense scrutiny over allegations involving illegal and foreign donations—a critical legal and ethical concern. The recent resignation of seven senior ActBlue officials, including the associate general counsel, further punctuates the gravity of these allegations.
The legal implications are profound. Commentators have rightly suggested Musk could invoke federal statutes specifically aimed at protecting civil rights from conspiratorial deprivation, citing potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242. The suggestion of possible terrorism charges reflects the severity of property damage and personal threats involved.
These coordinated efforts transcend mere protest and delve disturbingly into targeted economic sabotage. If the aim of these actions was merely symbolic protest, why then the explicit targeting of Tesla dealerships and the overt threats directed toward employees? Clearly, the intent goes beyond conventional activism—it constitutes an explicit attempt at coercive manipulation designed to force Musk into policy submission through economic intimidation.
Historically, the United States has vigorously protected private enterprise against intimidation and sabotage disguised as political protest. From the Whiskey Rebellion to the labor strikes of the early 20th century, federal responses have repeatedly underscored the necessity of delineating protest from violent intimidation. It remains essential today, in the face of concerted efforts from politically motivated entities, to clearly distinguish legitimate protest from organized campaigns of harassment and economic disruption.
The chilling effect of these actions extends beyond Tesla or Musk alone. It sends a troubling signal that economic and ideological conformity can be enforced through coordinated aggression, masked as grassroots activism. To capitulate to such pressure would set a dangerous precedent, emboldening similar tactics against other private businesses and public figures who diverge from progressive orthodoxy.
Ultimately, the responsibility lies with law enforcement and government agencies to decisively intervene against these orchestrated acts of sabotage. Elon Musk’s call for transparency and accountability, inviting information publicly via his platform, represents not only a defensive posture but also a clarion call for principled resistance against politically motivated economic coercion.
The integrity of public discourse and private enterprise hinges on our collective refusal to yield to intimidation masquerading as protest. The continued unchecked escalation by ActBlue-funded groups requires a robust legal and political response. Failure to act decisively would only encourage further erosion of democratic principles under the guise of political activism. Thus, it is not only Musk’s rights at stake but the very foundations of free enterprise and individual liberty upon which American prosperity and innovation rely.
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LAWFARE & SUE
The 5 Democrat-affiliated NGOs—Troublemaking leaders of:
* Disruption Project,
* Rise & Resist,
* Indivisible Project,
* Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
* and the Board Members and funding supporters of ActBlue.
Then list the groups as Federal Domestic Terrorist Organizations. Because their leaders direct actions, that are violent, destructive, and violate laws across state lines.
[IsraelTimes] A Palestinian man from Jenin who was in Israel illegally stole a vehicle and crashed it into a checkpoint outside an IDF base in central Israel before being arrested, police say.
The suspect, described by police as being in his 20s, stole a car from the Tel Aviv area and moderately wounded a man in his 20s when he crashed it into a barrier next to the Tzrifin IDF base, south of Ben Gurion Airport.
Police say that officers pursued the vehicle until the man was apprehended in Ramle, not far from the base.
According to a report in the Ynet news site, the suspect crashed through the checkpoint and drove inside the base for several minutes before returning to the checkpoint and hitting the young man. Despite this he was still not apprehended until after he had left the base.
Ynet identified the wounded Israeli as an IDF soldier, and said he was taken to a hospital for treatment.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it has launched a manhunt after a Palestinian hurled a stone at an Israeli vehicle near the West Bank town of Udala, lightly wounding an infant.
The incident occurred on a section of the Route 60 highway that was built to bypass the flashpoint town of Huwara.
According to medics, the stone struck the windshield, sending glass shards that hit a 2-month-old baby who was sitting in the front seat.
The driver headed to the nearby IDF Samaria Regional Brigade base, where the baby was treated by medics. She did not require hospitalization.
“Upon receiving the report, IDF soldiers were dispatched to the scene and began searching for the terrorist,” the military says.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it struck a number of individuals who were on their way to meet a drone being sent from Israel into the Gaza Strip.
According to the military, the IDF was tracking the drone on its journey and carried out an airstrike on suspects who were on their way to receive the drone in southern Gaza.
A similar incident occurred on Saturday.
In recent weeks, there have been several attempts to smuggle contraband into the Gaza Strip, with the IDF saying suspects on the Israeli side load up drones with weapons or drugs and fly them over the border.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it identified several terror operatives attempting to plant a bomb near troops in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya neighborhood earlier today.
Troops deployed in the area opened fire on the operatives, hitting some of them, the military says.
In a separate incident, the IDF says it spotted three terror operatives trying to plant a bomb near troops in central Gaza, close to Nuseirat. An Israeli Air Force drone targeted the three.
Israeli forces are still deployed to a buffer zone along the Gaza border amid the ceasefire, and the IDF has repeatedly warned Palestinians against approaching the area.
[IsraelTimes] Police say two Palestinians from the West Bank city of Nablus have been arrested on suspicion of receiving funds from Hamas to finance terror activities.
According to the statement, the two contacted Hamas operatives abroad with the aim of obtaining funds to finance terrorist activity in the West Bank.
Police say the sums of $35,200 and NIS 33,000 (approximately $9,000) were seized. The money was received via bank transfers.
The two were arrested within the last month as part of an operation with the Shin Bet, police say.
[IsraelTimes] Ali Hamid, 33, struck a motorcyclist in Tel Aviv with his car, seriously wounding him, in a revenge attack after his cousin shot at a military post and was killed by troops
A Paleostinian man from the West Bank was sentenced on Monday to 17 years in prison, and ordered to pay NIS 30,000 ($8,300) in damages, for carrying out a ramming attack in Tel Aviv in December 2022 that left one person seriously maimed.
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Ali Hamad, 33, of attempted murder in an act of terror, causing serious injury under aggravating circumstances, entering Israel illegally, and driving without a license, and ordered him to pay the damages to the attack’s victim.
The sentence came as part of a plea bargain, following a criminal mediation process.
On December 8, 2022, Hamad rammed his vehicle into a motorcyclist in Tel Aviv on the city’s Abarbanel Street, seriously wounding him; he then continued to drive, colliding with several other vehicles before he got stuck and was arrested by police.
"I looked up and saw a car accelerating in my direction," the motorcyclist, Gilad Tanami, told Hebrew media at the time, from his hospital bed, saying he’d been thrown up into the air.
"He continued driving with my cycle of violence under the vehicle for about 40 meters and then got stuck on a pole."
Hamad committed the attack with a car that had been taken off the road by police order due to damage from a crash, and was then illegally put back in use.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, he managed to drive into Israel from the West Bank with the unauthorized car, which had Israeli license plates.
Hamad carried out the attack a day after his cousin Majohed al-Najjar shot up an Israeli military post near the settlement of Ofra and was then chased and rubbed out by troops.
Hamad was on the way to his cousin’s funeral when he decided to carry out the attack, Walla reported.
[IsraelTimes] The military confirms overnight airstrikes in southern Syria, saying the Israeli Air Force hit “radar systems and detection equipment used to build an aerial intelligence picture,” along with “headquarters and military sites containing weapons and military equipment belonging to the Syrian regime in southern Syria.”
It says that “the presence of these assets in southern Syria poses a threat to the State of Israel and to IDF operations. These targets were attacked to eliminate future threats.”
[IsraelTimes] Syrian security sources say Israeli jets struck two former bases in country’s Daraa province, as Jerusalem ministers sharpen rhetoric against transitional government
Israeli jets conducted several strikes on former Syrian army barracks and outposts in the southern Daraa province Monday, in the latest string of strikes targeting the country’s military infrastructure following the collapse of the Assad regime, according to two Syrian security sources.
The sources told Rooters that at least six strikes hit a base in the town of Jbab, while at least another eight hit a former army base in the city of Izraa. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The strikes were reported at military sites belonging to the former Syrian regime.
"The Israeli occupation aircraft carried out several strikes on the surroundings of the towns of Jbab and Izraa in the north of Daraa," the state news agency SANA said.
Israeli officials have vowed to demilitarize the southern Syria area close to Israel’s border following the fall of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... Syrian government control is weak in the region, and Israel has threatened to target interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces if they deploy there.
Upon the Assad regime’s collapse, Israel sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the strategic Golan Heights, where it maintains a military presence.
Last week Defense Minister Israel Katz called Sharaa "a jihadist terrorist of the al-Qaeda school who is committing horrifying acts against a civilian population."
Earlier Monday, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the transitional regime "pure evil,"
Syria’s Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency. The violence had been centred around coastal provinces where most of Syria’s Alawite minority live.
Assad is an Alawite, an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam, whose family for decades ruled over the Sunni Moslem majority.
British-based war monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that 973 non-combatants were killed by government forces and allied fighters in reprisal killings. More than 250 Alawite fighters were killed and more than 230 members of government security forces were also killed, the group said.
Sharaa dismissed the Israeli comments as "nonsense."
"They are the last ones who can talk," he said, noting the high corpse count in Israel’s 17 months of war against Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... .
[Rudaw] Syria’s defense ministry said on Monday its forces have pushed "remnants of the former regime" away from the center of the coastal Latakia and Tartous provinces and claimed victory in their military operation despite mass killings sparking widespread condemnation.
"Our forces were able to neutralize the security cells and remnants of the defunct regime from the town of al-Mukhtariyya, the town of al-Muzayri’a, the al-Zobar area and others in Latakia Governorate, and the town of al-Daliyah, the town of Tanita and al-Qadmus in Tartous Governorate, which resulted in thwarting the threats and securing the area," ministry spokesperson Hassan Abdulghani said on X.
Syrian forces "absorbed the attacks" of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... loyalists and "neutralized their element of surprise," he added, announcing that public institutions can now resume work.
Violence erupted in Alawite-majority areas on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday when gangs, many loyal to ousted president Assad, launched attacks. Damascus responded with heavy force, cracking down on the largest challenge to their newly established rule.
According to Abdulghani, remnants of Assad’s regime were pushed away from key centers, and the roads they used have been secured.
Amid the escalation of violence, Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday ordered the establishment of an "independent national committee" to "investigate and look into" the deadly festivities in western Syria. Sharaa also vowed to form another high-level committee to "preserve civil peace" and "listen" to the people of the coastal areas in the west after days of deadly violence in the region.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor, on Monday reported that around 1,500 people - mostly civilians - have been killed in western Syria since the violence erupted like lava from a volcano on Thursday.
At least 973 civilians, mostly from the Alawite community to which Assad belongs, are among the corpse count, according to the Observatory. Most were killed by government and government-affiliated forces.
The violence has additionally drawn widespread condemnation from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... , La Belle France, Germany, the US, Iraq, and Iran. For their part, Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... have expressed support for Syria’s new authorities amid the unrest.
The new authorities in Damascus have come under repeated criticism for their treatment of minority groups. After his appointment as Syria’s interim President in late January, Sharaa said he would respect the rights of all ethnic and religious groups.
[Rudaw] Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi signed a landmark agreement on Monday to integrate the SDF into Syria's state institutions.
After a meeting between Sharaa and Abdi, an agreement was reached to "integrate all civil and military institutions in northeast Syria [Rojava] under the administration of the Syrian state, including border crossings, the [Qamishli International] Airport, and oil and gas fields," read a statement by the Syrian Presidency.
The statement emphasized that "the Kurdish community is indigenous to the Syrian state, which ensures this community’s right to citizenship and all of its constitutional rights."
Following a swift offensive, a coalition of rebel groups led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) - headed by Sharaa - on December 8 toppled the Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... regime. Sharaa was in late January appointed as Syria’s interim President.
After his appointment, Sharaa vowed to uphold the rights of all ethnic and religious groups. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... the international community has repeatedly censured the new Damascus leadership for its treatment of Syria’s minority groups.
Monday’s agreement is considered a landmark deal since the Kurdish-controlled Rojava had previously rejected centralized rule, insisting on decentralization in post-Assad Syria.
Moreover, the Kurdish National Council (ENKS), an umbrella group of Kurdish opposition parties in Rojava, last week accused the new leadership in Damascus of making unilateral decisions that excluded ethnic and religious communities.
The ENKS and the Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (DAANES) additionally censured a key conference held by Damascus in late February, the National Dialogue Conference, as "exclusionary" for its lacking Kurdish representation. The conference was intended to pave the way for the formation of an inclusive government and the drafting of a constitutional declaration.
The agreement between Sharaa and Abdi further vows to "guarantee the rights of all Syrians to representation and participation in the political process and in all state institutions based on competence, regardless of their religious and ethnic backgrounds."
It also called for a "ceasefire across all Syrian territories" and effectively pledged the SDF’s "support to the Syrian state in its fight against the remnants of [the] Assad [regime] and all threats to its security and unity."
Recent violence erupted like lava from a volcano in the Alawite-majority coastal areas of western Syria, after Assad loyalists on Thursday launched attacks against security forces affiliated with the new Syrian leadership.
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday reported that around 1,500 people - mostly civilians - have been killed in western Syria amid the violence.
At least 973 civilians, many of whom are from the Alawite community - to which Assad also belongs - are among the corpse count, according to the UK-based Observatory. The war monitor added that most of the civilian casualties were killed by government or government-affiliated forces.
The violence prompted widespread condemnation from the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... as well as western and regional countries. For their part, Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... member, but not the most reliable... have expressed support for Syria’s new authorities amid the unrest.
On Monday, Syria’s defense ministry said its forces had pushed the "remnants of the former regime" out of central coastal provinces like Latakia and Tartous and declared victory in their military operations.
The agreement between Sharaa and Abdi also called for "rejecting calls for division, hate speech, and attempts to spread discord among all components of Syrian society," and urged the "return of all displaced Syrians to their towns and villages, ensuring their protection by the Syrian state."
It stipulates that executive committees "should work and seek to implement" the provisions of the agreement "no later than the end of this year."
The following is the full translation of the Syrian Presidency's statement regarding the historic agreement:
Based on a meeting held between President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mr. Mazloum Abdi on Monday, March 10, 2025, the following was agreed upon:
1- Guaranteeing the rights of all Syrians to representation and participation in the political process and all state institutions based on competence, regardless of their religious and ethnic backgrounds.
2 - The Kurdish community is an indigenous community in the Syrian state, and the Syrian state guarantees its right to citizenship and all its constitutional rights.
3- Ceasefire on all Syrian territories
4- Integrating all civil and military institutions in northeastern Syria into the administration of the Syrian state, including border crossings, the airport, and oil and gas fields.
5- Ensuring the return of all displaced Syrians to their towns and villages and ensuring their protection by the Syrian state.
6- Supporting the Syrian state in its fight against the remnants of Assad and all threats to its security and unity.
7- Rejecting calls for division, hate speech, and attempts to spread discord among all components of Syrian society.
8- The Executive Committees should work and seek to implement the agreement no later than the end of the year.
“THEY GATHERED ALL THE MEN”
Images on social media showed Syrian security forces on pickups and trucks driving past thick black smoke that drifted over the road on their way into the city of Jableh, between Latakia and Tartus.
The interior ministry said on Sunday that government forces were conducting “sweeping operations” in an area of Tartus province to “pursue the remnants of the toppled regime.”
SANA quoted a defense ministry source as saying there were clashes in Tanita village in the same area.
An AFP photographer in Latakia city reported a military convoy entering a neighborhood to search homes.
A Syrian security source earlier said the pace of fighting had slowed around the cities of Latakia, Jablah and Baniyas, while forces searched surrounding mountainous areas where an estimated 5,000 pro-Assad insurgents were hiding.
In Baniyas, a city further south, resident Samir Haidar, 67, told AFP two of his brothers and his nephew were killed by armed groups that entered people’s homes, adding that there were “foreigners among them.”
“They gathered all the men on the roof and opened fire on them,” Haidar said.
The mass killings followed clashes sparked by the arrest of a wanted suspect in a predominantly Alawite village, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reporting a “relative return to calm” in the coastal region on Saturday.
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like lava from a volcano
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
