[BBC] A gunman burst out of a hotel doorway and charged through a security checkpoint in just four seconds as President Donald Trump was attending a press gala, according to new footage released by prosecutors.
The CCTV video appears to show a security agent opening fire in the direction of the sprinting gunman, who is carrying a long-barrelled weapon, though it is unclear if he discharges it.
The clip does not show the bit where investigators say the alleged attacker fell over and was arrested at the Washington Hilton on Saturday.
Cole Tomas Allen,
…also in our archives as Cole Allen, a plain vanilla Progressive Democrat: bright, expensively educated, underperforming, and living at home with his parents because he failed to fully launch. Possibly autistic — that part remains speculation — he bought everything the Progressive world is selling about President Trump, and decided that he personally needed to fix the problem. He failed at that, too. We’re waiting to see whether he had an Antifa/Black Bloc connection, though some are claiming he attended No Kings protests…
31, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. He has not yet entered a plea.
The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel on the day before the dinner, when he allegedly checked in as a guest.
He is seen walking down a Washington Hilton corridor on the eve of the gala and popping into the hotel's gym, according to prosecutors.
The defendant is accused of carrying a semi-automatic handgun, a pump-action shotgun and three knives as he ran through a terrace level, one floor above the basement ballroom where the high-profile press gala was unfolding.
LOL at the glamour selfie with completely unnecessary gear. (Wire cutters??) A generation of semi-autistic narcissists. https://t.co/Mm2WmPsFX7
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 29, 2026
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They appear to be unarmed security guards, not police or Secret Service. They aren't get paid enough to get shot, just glad they stayed out of the way
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One concerning thing from Skidmark’s Daily Mail video in #5 is that the K-9 dog started to follow Mr. Allen into the side room where he dropped his overcoat just before his failed sprint, but the handler pulled the dog away.
Does the handler need a refresher course? It looks like the dog got it right…
#10
A quick search came back with the following AI answer for security guards in DC:
"The average hourly wage is approximately $17 to $22.
Annual salaries typically range from $35,000 to $45,000.
Given the cost of living (Forbes cost of living calculator) the cost of living in DC is 26% higher than Hartford, CT and CT is not an inexpensive state.
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[Regnum] A Florida stripper attempted to kill a security guard and a club manager with a six-foot pole. This was reported on April 29 by People.
According to him, 23-year-old Aaliyah Bell was fired from the Taboo by G5 club for erratic behavior and conflicts with staff. On Monday, April 27, she came to pick up her belongings and caused a scene. She swore, threw things, argued with other dancers, and assaulted staff. She was eventually escorted out of the venue.
The woman later returned to the club with a six-foot dance pole and attacked a security guard and the club manager. Both men were injured. Bell fled the scene before police arrived, but North Miami Beach officers found her at a nearby gas station. She initially attempted to run away, but then collapsed and refused to get up, citing asthma. She later refused to exit the police car and had to be forcibly escorted to the station, the publication reports.
Ultimately, the girl was charged with seven counts, including battery and assault with a dangerous weapon, providing a false name, and four counts of resisting arrest. Aaliyah pleaded not guilty. The judge ordered her held without bail on an arrest warrant issued in another state, Georgia, as well as a domestic warrant.
After she was in custody, Bell initially gave an alias of her older sister then had to be dragged into the fingerprinting bureau so she could be identified, the report said.
Bell, who the report said lives in Detroit, was taken to a hospital for a medical examination and later booked into jail.
At her appearance before a judge on Tuesday, it was learned Bell has an out-of-state fugitive warrant from Georgia related to a robbery, along with an in-state warrant.
The judge appointed her a public defender and set her bond at $13,500.
[FoxNews] Attorney General Liz Murrill alleges Susan Hutson's poor leadership enabled inmates to escape from behind a toilet.
A Louisiana sheriff is facing a slew of charges stemming from the infamous New Orleans jailbreak that resulted in one of the largest inmate escapes in U.S. history.
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, 59, was issued a sweeping 30-count indictment alleging obstruction of justice, malfeasance and falsifying public records on Wednesday, according to a press release from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office.
Chief Financial Officer Bianka Brown was also slapped with 20 felony counts, officials added.
The charges stem from a May 2025 incident in which 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, Murrill’s office said.
Murrill also alleges Hutson’s poor leadership played a key role in the escape of nearly a dozen dangerous inmates, including some facing murder charges, after they broke out of jail from behind a toilet.
All 10 inmates were subsequently captured after a nationwide manhunt.
"While Sheriff Hutson did not personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions in the discharge of her duties directly contributed to and enabled the escape," Murrill said.
The charges come just days before Hutson was set to leave office after only receiving 17% of the vote in her re-election bid in October, FOX 8 reported.
Hutson’s term was reportedly plagued by the infamous jailbreak, several other controversies and calls for her to resign as sheriff.
She had never worked in a jail when she unseated four-term former Sheriff Marlin Gusman in 2021 and had minimal law enforcement experience after working as the city’s independent police monitor and an attorney specializing in police oversight, according to FOX 8.
Additionally, state auditors recently reported nearly $260,000 in suspicious overpayments for security details, with previous scandals involving allegations that Hutson dropped large sums of cash on hotel rooms for her top officials during Mardi Gras, according to FOX 8.
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michelle Woodfork was elected by voters to succeed Hutson and is expected to be sworn in on Monday, the outlet reported.
A judge has set Hutson’s bond at $300,000 and Brown’s bond at $200,000, while also ordering both women to hand over their passports and remain in the state of Louisiana.
Hutson and Brown are scheduled to appear in court for a status hearing Thursday.
[FoxNews] Democrat-dominated Ann Arbor is raising eyebrows and garnering widespread mockery for removing all of its anti-crime watch signs across the city to be more "inclusive."
The move even prompted a New York City Council member, Republican Vickie Paladino, to say, "They’re just insane."
The Michigan city announced on Tuesday that, at the direction of the City Council, it completed the citywide removal of more than 600 neighborhood watch signs. In a statement, the city explained that "removing the signs aligns the city’s environment with its commitment to inclusive, evidence-based public safety."
The decision to remove the signs was made in a unanimous 10-0 City Council vote in December, according to local outlet The Midwesterner. The city said the move is "fostering trust, belonging and welcoming neighborhoods for all residents and visitors."
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor, a Democrat, further explained the decision in an official video released by the city and set to music. Taylor said that "Frankly, neighborhood watch signs are expressions of exclusion."
The resolution to remove the signs passed by the City Council read that the neighborhood watch programs "were often rooted in assumptions about who did and did not ‘belong’ in a neighborhood, reinforcing race-based hyper-vigilance and suspicion particularly toward Black, Brown, and other marginalized residents and visitors," according to The Midwesterner.
In its statement, the city called the neighborhood watch program "defunct," saying that it emerged "during a period of national anxiety about crime and social change."
"Such signage," the city said, "does not reduce crime and can reinforce biased surveillance."
Local outlet MLive reported in January that the City Council set aside $18,000 for the removal of the signs. The outlet reported that city officials revealed that removing signs that aren’t traffic-related did not qualify for street funding, and because there were no funds available in the police budget, the city had to draw from its cash reserves.
In a video released after the last sign was finally removed this week, the mayor doubled down, saying the signs are "inconsistent with our values" and that "Ann Arbor is a welcoming community. We don’t want to push people. We want to welcome folks in."
#1
Just drove through there today. An additional insane road project has wreaked millar road with the addition of a bike path on the west side of the road. It is separated from the traffic lanes with plastic pillars. But the two directional bike lanes are a combined five feet or so.
This Michigan so it can snow in the winter. But the snow plowes can't plow the bike lanes without destroying the plastic pillars. So when that happens no bikes can use those lanes, nor can any home owners on the west side of the road get out of their driveway without shoveling their driveway, sidewalk (required by law), and the otherwise unusable five feet of bike lane between the end of their driveway and the road.
There are numerous other dumb problems with this city, but I hope that you, dear reader, begin to understand how little regard these Democrat officials have for the people who suffer their rule.
[FoxNews] Police in North Texas are highlighting a dramatic overnight rescue after officers used quick thinking and an unconventional tool to help save a mother and her children stranded in fast-moving floodwaters.
Body camera video released by the White Settlement Police Department captured the tense moments as officers worked to keep the woman from being swept away while her children were rushed to safety.
The incident unfolded around 11:12 p.m. on April 25, as officers were already positioned across the city responding to severe storms and flash flooding.
The department said that Sgt. John Banner spotted a vehicle that had become stranded in rushing water with its front end stuck in a channel flowing toward a creek.
As Banner arrived, he found three small children outside the vehicle near the rising water and quickly moved them into his patrol SUV.
Their mother, however, remained stranded near the driver’s side door, unable to make it to higher ground as the current surged around her.
"I got you! Y’all get in the car!" an officer shouted in the bodycam video as the woman cries out, "Help me! Help me!"
With water rushing against the vehicle and the woman struggling to keep her footing, officers quickly formed a plan to prevent her from being swept away.
"Don’t lose your footing. … I need assistance!" one officer shouted over the rushing water.
Realizing they needed a way to secure her, the department noted that Officer Christopher Wiseman ran to his patrol vehicle and grabbed a pair of jumper cables.
"Well, this will have to work," he said.
Officers instructed the woman to place the cables under her arms and around her chest, creating a makeshift harness while they held the other end, ready to pull her to safety if she slipped.
At one point, as conditions worsened, an officer said, "Don’t let me fall in, man," underscoring the danger facing both the victim and first responders.
As they held their position, officers radioed for fire crews, noting the woman was tiring.
"Her legs are getting tired," one officer said. "I need a ladder."
Firefighters with the White Settlement Fire Department soon arrived and attached a line to the stranded vehicle, slowly pulling it out of the rushing water and back onto the roadway.
The woman and her children were evaluated and were not injured.
Police said the mother remained calm during the ordeal and had earlier directed her children to move to higher ground, a decision officials say likely helped prevent injuries.
After the incident, officials said each patrol vehicle will now be equipped with a water rescue throw bag to improve response in future emergencies.
Officials said the rescue was just one of several weather-related emergencies crews responded to that night.
#1
Despite all the open displays of hatred and calls to defund police, by certain groups towards police. Police still risk their lives to save even those lives.
It never occurred to me to keep a heavier rope in the trunk. I have jumper cables, a scraper/snow brush, a basic first aid kit, and a jack for changing tires.
Kernmantle is difficult to cut without a hot-wire; it frays, so it has to be melted for best cut, which is difficult "in the field".
But yes; using simple knots and hitches, I've used it to make a harness to move railway ties and pulled out posts using a lever and hitch knots, and even a climbing safety harness can be fashioned - though a bit uncomfortable. 50' a person could secure 2 vehicles through the roll cage frame, maybe not pull a vehicle out of a situation but maybe keep the vehicle from rolling into a worse situation. Can make dragging something, like a person (secure the head), much more efficient. Throw in a pully or two and get really wacky.
And what could be done, in a pinch, is use that rope as a booster/leveler for a jack. Not recommended, but sometimes Best Practices goes out with the bath water just don't forget about the baby.
What 'bothered' me about what they did, not criticism because brilliant and it worked, is a handle is so easy to grab or use as a catch in a moment of 'oh shit!', and what I trust less than the crimp is the hinge.
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[Regnum] The United Kingdom has agreed with the nine other members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) to create a joint naval force to counter Russia. This was announced by Chief of the Royal Navy Gwyn Jenkins. Great idea! Whose money is to be spent to build and staff the ships?
According to him, the joint forces command will be located in London. The purpose of their creation is joint training and education.
No new ships? On what will they then sail? I seem to recall that the British navy is down to one working ship — do I misremember?
"They will also be built to go to war immediately if necessary, with real capabilities, real war plans and real integration," The Guardian quoted Jenkins as saying on April 29.
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Russia is allegedly invading British waters. He called Russia "the most serious security threat," emphasizing that the conflict in the Middle East has not changed the situation.
Iranian missiles can already reach Germany, if I recall correctly. But I suppose that is not an issue for a regional navy.
In addition to the UK, the JEF includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Canada is also considering joining the organization.
How many ships do they have between them that can interdict Russia’s?
In January, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that Europe and NATO are already openly saying they are preparing for war with Russia.
I thought the whole point of NATO is that they’ve been prepared for that war since the 1950s. Tanks on the Fulda Gap and that kind of thing — perhaps I misunderstood.
European Union diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and French President Emmanuel Macron are no longer hiding their aggressive plans, the minister noted.
#8
Checking TW's links (4&5) our NATO 'allies' have several minesweepers that might be useful in the Strait of Hormuz. I guess TDS trumps national needs.
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[Breitbart] The Chinese Communist Party announced on Wednesday that it had dramatically expanded the scope of the country’s known oil and gas reserves, claiming to have found 225 “large and medium-sized crude oil and natural gas fields” between 2021 and 2025.
China is the world’s largest oil importer, maintaining large demand for fuel but not enough oil deposits to address that demand domestically. While often considered not a major oil exporter due to having to meet that demand at home, China is actually the fifth-largest producer of oil. In addition to its production, China is home to a large number of what are known as “teapot” refineries, facilities that process crude oil both domestically and from abroad on a smaller scale.
The Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources made the announcement as the nation struggles to address its massive fuel demands, strained in part by the ongoing conflict between America and Iran in the Middle East. China, a close ally to the Iranian terrorist regime, is the world’s largest oil importer and the country most affected by the limitations on commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. A growing number of Chinese teapot refineries are also facing American sanctions in response to them processing Iranian oil, a violation of international sanctions. Iranian leaders have attempted for the past month to block most civilian transit through the strait as a means of pressuring the world to work towards ending actions against it, while the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iranian commercial ships passing through — many of which would be en route to China.
The Chinese government — including, publicly, dictator Xi Jinping — has made its irritation with the situation apparent, demanding that all involved parties cease their disturbances of shipping. Some reports suggest that the Chinese economy suffered measurably in the past month as crude oil imports were not guaranteed. Crude oil is refined to create various fuels, including gasoline, but also plays a role in the manufacturing of plastics and other consumer goods; China is the world’s largest manufacturing power.
According to the state propaganda newspaper Global Times, which cited the National Resources Ministry, Chinese officials confirmed the existence of over 200 oil and gas field “including 13 oil fields with reserves exceeding 100 million tons and 26 gas fields with reserves exceeding 100 billion cubic meters.”
Ministry official Niu Li emphasized during a press conference that the Chinese government was striving to limit energy dependency, attempting to stretch the limits of finding new oil and gas fields and “firmly placing the initiative for energy security in our own hands.” The state newspaper observed that China broke its own oil production records in 2025, and the Communist Party has “made oil and gas the top priority of the new round of strategic mineral exploration breakthroughs.”
China’s domestic crude oil production is responsible for nearly 27 percent of the crude oil in its market, compared to about 73 percent of oil coming from abroad. As the world’s top oil importer, the country is heavily dependent on foreign oil production to maintain its economy. A third of these oil imports into China flow through the Strait of Hormuz — in addition to about 25 percent of its natural gas — making the Iran conflict devastating for China. In addition, the teapot refinery industry is almost entirely sustained by Iran; Reuters estimated this week that about 90 percent of Iranian crude shipments went to Chinese teapot refineries in March, or about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd).
In recognition of the role China plays in propping up the Iranian government, the U.S. Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions this week on Hengli Petrochemical, a teapot refinery in Dalian, China, in response to its role in processing Iranian oil.
“China-based independent teapot refineries continue to play a vital role in sustaining Iran’s oil economy, and Hengli is one of Iran’s largest customers for crude oil and other petroleum products, having purchased billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum,” the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) detailed in the announcement of the new sanction.
#4
Scarey, I was just assessing how efficient our human energy storage capacity(fat) compares to other energy storage sources; turns out 4k calories or 1# of fat would require a 6# lithium ion battery @350 WH(best possible) to produce same theoretical energy yield. 1#fat could run your laptop for 90 days... Satch
#5
The South China Sea around the Spratleys is lousy with undersea oil. The Chinese have run off drill exploration ships working for the Vietnamese and the Phillipines trying to drill in their own territorial waters.
In the case of the Vietnamese, a Haliburton drillship was seized by the Chinese, and they refuse to give it back. Latest generation equipment and all, don't cha know.
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China is nearly all BYD electric cars now. They have plenty of coal for the power plants.
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[Just The News] en. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship, ahead of an expected Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump's executive order to that effect.
"I am introducing a Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship. Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not," he posted on X. "This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment. We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected."
"But we are also a country whose borders have been too open and our generosity exploited too often. President Trump has moved to seal our border from illegal immigrants more than any other president," he added. "But we will have more to do. We need to make sure that only children born to legal residents of the U.S. are automatically citizens."
"I have supported protecting birthright citizenship from abuse since the beginning of my tenure in the Senate, when I cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, and now I am proposing an amendment to protect United States citizenship in case the Supreme Court fails to address this issue correctly," he added.
The amendment is unlikely to clear the chamber or be ratified. The Supreme Court has already heard oral arguments in the matter, though the timeline for releasing its decision remains unclear.
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[Regnum] The remains of those killed in the Titan submersible disaster have been returned to the families of those killed, nearly three years after the accident. This was reported by The Guardian on April 30.
"The bodies were returned in small containers," said Christine Dawood, the widow of Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and mother of his 19-year-old son, Suleiman, who died on the Titan.
She described what she saw as "mush."
Ewwwww….
She explained that the bodies were severely mangled due to the enormous pressure at a depth of almost 4 km.
The woman added that it took experts months to conduct a DNA analysis, but some of the biological material was so mixed that it was never possible to determine who exactly it belonged to.
The bathyscaphe Titan, owned by the American company OceanGate, sank on June 18, 2023, during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912. Contact with the crew was lost 1 hour and 45 minutes into the expedition.
There were five people on board the apparatus: in addition to Shahzada and Suleiman Davudov, there were OceanGate founder and executive director Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, and French aquanaut Paul-Henri Narjol.
In September 2024, the BBC reported that the Titan crew had sent an "all is well" signal shortly before the tragedy. The final message stated that the submersible had dropped two ballast weights, after which contact was permanently lost.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] As one of the only other places we know where life may have existed in the solar system, Mars has been described as NASA's 'horizon goal for human exploration'.
However, getting humans there is no mean feat.
With current technology, a one–way trip to Mars would take roughly nine months, covering a distance of around 140 million miles.
That means astronauts on a round–trip to the Red Planet could face up to three years away from home.
But that could soon change, thanks to a new study.
Scientists from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro have found a 'shortcut' to Mars.
And it could shave hundreds of days off a return trip to the Red Planet.
They've identified a brief window in which astronauts could get to and from Mars in just 153 days – but there's not long to prepare for it.
For missions to Mars, space agencies must factor in a phenomenon known as Mars opposition.
Occurring roughly every 26 months, this happens when Earth passes directly between the sun and Mars.
During the rare alignment, the two planets are on the same side of the sun – bringing Mars to its closest point to us.
In their new study, the team set out to understand whether any of the upcoming Mars oppositions – in 2027, 2029, and 2031 – could offer a shortcut to the Red Planet.
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At one point on X, Musk released an update that he had decided to forgo Mars to focus on Uranus. There were people in the comments that didn’t understand that he was making an immature joke to millions of people.
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I cannot believe no one studied the orbits before and did not notice the shortest route was when they were on the same side of the sun.
#8
I forget where I heard it, but someone called this Generation Columbus, after the trope about Columbus Discovering The New World except for the fact that everyone already knew about it, especially the people living there.
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mossomo it has been known since we started thinking about sending probes to Mars, so not new Daily Mail. Wankers.
Anyway, it is a short window to make, but if you miss it just adds time. But if you run into issues on Mars and miss the window... do you have enough supplies to make it back before they run out? That is the kicker. Sending a supply ship before has been talked about, but it runs the same risk of things going wrong and the crew is fucked still.
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This is an important scientific principle: The distance between any two objects is directly proportional to how far apart they are.
Sending a supply ship before has been talked about, but it runs the same risk of things going wrong and the crew is fucked still.
Unless we send autonomous supply ships. I believe we already send robot cargo ships to resupply the International Space Station.
We could even pre-supply Mars via robots so when the first colonists arrive, all they have to do is turn on the A/C and begin to assemble the Ikea flat pack furniture.
The concern about timing and orbits is important. You thought it was a long way to Tipperary, that's nothing compared to Mars on the far side.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxNews] Attorney General Liz Murrill alleges Susan Hutson's poor leadership enabled inmates to escape from behind a toilet.
