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Former Norway PM Attempts Suicide After Epstein-Linked Raid, Corruption Charges: Report
[ZERO] Norway's former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized a week ago after a failed suicide attempt, days after he was charged with "gross corruption" after a police probe into his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, local outlet iNyheter reports.

According to the report, Norway's Økokrim - which investigates economic and environmental crimes - took the serious step of sending a letter to the Council of Europe requesting that Jagland's immunity be lifted. It was revoked one day before the raids took place. In the letter, Økokrim says that Jagland and his immediate family used Epstein's private apartments in Paris and New York multiple times between 2011 and 2018, and stayed at Epstein's villa in Palm Beach, Florida - with travel being likely covered by Epstein in connection with one of the stays.

Epstein also reportedly paid for travel and hotel costs for Jagland and five other adults in the Caribbean, and reportedly asked Epstein for a loan, though it's unclear whether that was actually made.

If convicted, and he doesn't successfully kill himself, Jagland faces up to a decade in prison if convicted.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 04:56 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As predicted, resignations then suicides. Apparently denial was not an option.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 5:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Now his lawyer is disputing whether it was a suicide attempt.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/25/2026 5:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Other news from Norway:

Norway's King Harald hospitalized in Tenerife with infection and dehydration
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 10:04 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
RUMINT? Follow the Money

…MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN KICKBACKS AND LAVISH GIFTS from the Maduro regime and Venezuelan drug trafficking organizations in exchange for using their official power as a means of undermining the Trump administration’s ongoing war against these

#lockthemup

Also submitted by Mercutio. Let’s get some solid evidence that this is true, because I see nothing here beyond the bare claim.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/25/2026 07:18 || Comments || Link || [1801 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Please be true!
Posted by: Chantry || 02/25/2026 9:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Perhaps Hugo can provide additional names and back-up documentation as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 9:49 Comments || Top||


#4  So once again I ask: Why would Democrats want a wide open border? Why, when hundreds of thousands of Americans are dying from opiod overdose, would they refuse to secure the border?

Of course, they want illegal aliens to vote Democrat. But the money from illegal narcotics must be suspected as well.

Either way, it's not good for America.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/25/2026 12:24 Comments || Top||

#5  "Drugs and votes" likely right on both counts Abu.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 12:42 Comments || Top||

#6  ....Oh, please please please please...


Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 02/25/2026 13:34 Comments || Top||


The Fani Files: Georgia prosecutor plotted Trump case closely with Biden DOJ, J6 Democrats: memos
[Just The News] Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis coordinated extensively with the Biden Justice Department and White House as well as Democrats on the House Jan. 6 investigative committee as she built a failed criminal case against President Donald Trump and his allies related to their challenge to Georgia's 2020 election results, according to a trove of internal communications obtained by Just the News.

The memos show that President Joe Biden's top White House lawyer personally opened the door for Willis' prosecutors to interview Trump administration officials by waiving claims of executive privilege, that federal prosecutors waived certain rights to allow the interviews to proceed before a state grand jury and that Willis's team spoke glowingly of the congressional efforts to expose Trump's involvement in the disputed election.

"Our initial review of the report confirms you all have accomplished amazing things in the past year," F. Donald Wakeford, a top deputy to Willis, wrote in a December 2022 email to Tim Heaphy, chief investigative counsel for the Democrat-run Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Just the News, alongside the nonprofit public interest law firm America First Legal (AFL), sued Willis for the records, under Georgia's Open Records Law. Willis, a longtime Trump nemesis, sought to hide many of the records with claims of legal privilege during a prolonged legal fight.

In a reaction to the lawsuit, Willis' office this week dropped all privilege claims and released all the documents without any redactions, providing to Just the News — and the public — more information than it did to congressional Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 05:25 || Comments || Link || [1781 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Coincidences do happen. This however, wasn't one of them.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 5:32 Comments || Top||

#2  No real defections from her team. Something will break, then it will all come out.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/25/2026 5:55 Comments || Top||

#3 
The Fulton County DA Fani Willis is so guilty, the only immunity she can now claim is that she is not listed in the Epstein files?

But on a serious note.
So when will we see arrests for this clear Democrat, politically driven abuse of power, which included the O'Biden Coup driven US DOJ?

Or have we come down to the "...prosecution would cause 'whole system' to collapse" ?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/25/2026 6:53 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ .....the only immunity she can now claim is that she is not listed in the Epstein files?

Her inclusion would have obviously violated the eugenic altering of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fertility of those considered inferior, or failing to promote that of those considered superior.

No "Brave New World" with Fani in the Epstein mix. Violating the long-standing 'Planned Parenthood' selection mantra would have been highly unlikely.

Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2026 8:32 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Hegseth appeals ruling blocking punishment of Dem senator over ‘illegal orders' video
[Fox] Justice Department files appeal on behalf of War Secretary Hegseth after judge blocked Pentagon from demoting Kelly's military rank

War Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to reignite his high-profile clash with Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., on Tuesday, appealing a federal court ruling that blocked the Pentagon from punishing the Democratic lawmaker over a video urging U.S. service members to defy "illegal orders."

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on behalf of Hegseth, the Department of War, the U.S. Navy and Navy Secretary John Phelan.

The filing follows a ruling earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who determined the Pentagon likely violated Kelly’s First Amendment rights, and those of "millions of military retirees," when it formally censured him on Jan. 5.

Leon blocked the Pentagon from demoting Kelly’s retired rank of captain or reducing his military retirement pay, prompting Hegseth to swiftly vow an appeal.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/25/2026 04:53 || Comments || Link || [1774 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The issue is, does a retired military officer remain under UCMJ regs.
The regs say yes. The DC Court said no.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/25/2026 9:36 Comments || Top||

#2  "DC Court" says it all.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 02/25/2026 13:19 Comments || Top||


Gavin Newsom declares he never has and ‘never will’ accept AIPAC funding
[IsraelTimes] Remark by California governor, who is widely expected to run for US president in 2028, signals opposition to the pro-Israel lobby group is increasingly become a litmus test for Democrats.
Good to know. Not that we expected him to accept dollars from those evil Israel-lovers Jews Israel-lovers. The loudest voices in the Democratic party no longer allow such a thing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/25/2026 2026-02-25 03:18 || Comments || Link || [1787 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Will he say the same about CAIR?
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/25/2026 5:29 Comments || Top||


#3  How much money did he get from Maduro? How much from the Mexican cartels? How much from teachers' unions and SEIU?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/25/2026 12:29 Comments || Top||


Minnesota Advances Semi-auto Firearm Ban Allowing Warrantless Home Inspections of Gun Owners
[AmmoLand] Minnesota lawmakers are advancing legislation that would ban possession of nearly every semiautomatic firearm in the state, creating what gun rights advocates warn constitutes one of the nation’s most aggressive attempts to criminalize commonly owned weapons while imposing unprecedented warrantless home inspections on gun owners who attempt to comply.

House File 3433 and its Senate companion SF 3654, introduced by DFL legislators in the 2026 Minnesota legislative session, carry the title "Possession of semiautomatic military style assault weapons banned, and criminal penalties provided." The measures are part of a broader gun control package that includes companion bills and separate magazine capacity restrictions.

As of February 22, 2026, the bills were referred to the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee, with a hearing scheduled for February 24, 2026. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus reported that the Senate versions were not moving as of that date, though the political dynamics remain precarious.

The legislation dramatically expands Minnesota’s existing statutory definition of a "semiautomatic military style assault weapon" to cover semiautomatic rifles that accept a detachable magazine and have one or more features including pistol grips, adjustable or telescoping or thumbhole stocks, flash suppressors, barrel shrouds, threaded barrels, or forward grips. Any semiautomatic centerfire or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine holding more than 10 rounds would also be banned, along with semiautomatic pistols with detachable magazines and specific features, shotguns with various characteristics, and parts or conversion kits from which such weapons could be assembled.

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus bluntly summarized the scope, stating this covers "basically, almost every single semiautomatic rifle." The bill makes it unlawful to transfer, own, or possess any firearm meeting the new definition. Violations would be a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

A limited grandfathering provision exists for firearms lawfully owned before January 1, 2027, but the conditions are extraordinarily restrictive. Owners must apply for a state issued certificate of ownership from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension by May 1, 2027, at an unspecified fee. They must allow warrantless law enforcement inspections of their homes to verify "safe storage" compliance with no limit on frequency. They must renew the certification every three years. Also, they can only possess the firearm on property they own or control or at a licensed firing range. They must report loss or theft within 48 hours. Most significantly, no transfers whatsoever are permitted, not even to family members, not through a trust, and not through inheritance.

Anyone who doesn’t go through the certification process must, by January 1, 2027, surrender the firearm for destruction, permanently disable it, or remove it from the state.

Because the firearm can only be kept at home or at a licensed firing range, hunting with a grandfathered firearm is effectively prohibited since owners cannot transport it to hunting land. The bill also effectively bans all future purchases of covered firearms within the state.

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, chaired by Bryan Strawser, has led in state opposition. The organization argues the ban directly violates the Second Amendment’s "common use" standard established in District of Columbia v. Heller and reinforced in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which holds that the government cannot ban firearms "commonly owned for lawful purposes." Semiautomatic rifles are among the most commonly owned firearms in America.

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus member Sarah Hauptman testified before lawmakers that "normal people should not become felons for owning normal things."

The Caucus identifies the warrantless inspection requirement as a blatant Fourth Amendment violation. The organization frames the legislation as outright confiscation, noting that the only options for noncompliant owners are surrender, destruction, or removal from the state. They argue criminals will ignore the law, and only law abiding citizens will be punished.

Strawser warned that the DFL controls the Minnesota Senate by one vote, no DFL Senator is pro-gun, and the House is tied, meaning only one Republican defection could pass the bill.

As of February 23, 2026, HF 3433 is scheduled for a committee hearing on February 24 in the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Whether the bill advances depends heavily on whether DFL leadership can hold all their members and flip at least one Republican in the evenly divided House. By demanding warrantless home inspections with unlimited frequency as the price of retaining lawfully purchased property, Minnesota lawmakers have transformed constitutional rights into revocable government privileges. The surveillance regime violates both the Second and Fourth Amendments while doing nothing to disarm the criminals who ignore such laws entirely.

Posted by: 746 || 02/25/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1850 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Future Headline...

Minnesota Transgenders Protest New Gun laws.
Snark O' The Day
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/25/2026 7:24 Comments || Top||

#2  The process is the punishment. MN knows the law will get overturned at some point, they're just hoping they can confiscate some guns and arrest some people while the bill wanders it's way through the court system.
Posted by: Chantry || 02/25/2026 9:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Got out just in time....
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/25/2026 9:59 Comments || Top||

#4  I nominate #1 for Snark of the Day.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/25/2026 12:32 Comments || Top||

#5  I second Abu. In Minnesota I could see that happening and the local Pravda media would paint them as "victims".
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/25/2026 20:21 Comments || Top||



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