Monday, March 18, 2024
Hezbollah Terrorist Plotting NYC Terror Attack Stopped at Border
A self-admitted member of the Hezbollah terrorist organization was reportedly caught by U.S. Border Patrol earlier this month, coming over from Lebanon during Ramadan and heading for New York to conduct a terrorist bombing.
Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was stopped crossing the border illegally March 9 near El Paso, Texas, and admitted to plotting a terrorist attack in New York City, the New York Post reported Sunday.
He said, "I'm going to try to make a bomb," according to a Border Patrol document reviewed by the Post.
Ebbadi had been training with Hezbollah for seven years and served four years as a member of the armed Middle East terrorist group, guarding weapons, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Post reported.
The training entailed "jihad" and killing people who were "not Muslim," but he sought to get away from Lebanon to head to the U.S. because he "didn't want to kill people" anymore, he reportedly told ICE.
"Once you're in, you can never get out," he reportedly added.
Ebbadi was stopped trying to cross the U.S. border without documents showing his Lebanese background, claiming his documents were stolen in Costa Rica at knife-point, according to ICE.
He admitted to using fake names in Sweden, Ecuador, and Panama.
He was destined for New York City before plans to move around the U.S., he added.
He has been detained in isolation for an interview with the Tactical Terrorism Response Team for "terroristic threats to personnel" and scheduled for deportation to an unknown country.
"The federal government has failed to enact border security measures, and the state of Texas, through Gov. [Greg] Abbott's Operation Lone Star, will continue to take unprecedented action to help secure the border," Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Chris Olivarez told the Post.
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With New 'Bloodbath' Claim Against Trump, We're Watching 'Hoax-Making In Progress'
I have a basic rule of thumb: Any time you hear a wild story about former President Donald Trump where the media is claiming he said something/did something outrageous, wait 48 hours, and then the spin or the truth on the matter will be revealed. We've seen the fake stories before, like the "fine people" hoax. Joe Biden is still spreading that lie to this day when he talks about his reasons for running for office. On Saturday, you could watch the making of a hoax in real time. In the latest fake story that the media, the Biden campaign, and their fellow travelers are pushing about Trump, we don't even have to wait that long, as the lie is obvious from the in-context video. Here's one of the main accounts that started spreading the b.s. out-of-context edited video. It has more than 13 million views and it's still up, without correction.
The Biden campaign also spread the video as well as this deceptive statement.
Other useful idiots, like Bill Kristol, jumped aboard, spreading this absurd lie, saying that you had a "moral and civic obligation to vote against him (he later edited his tweet to remove the video). ABC, CBS, Yahoo, and NBC then all jumped aboard the propaganda train. Here's a sample — the only one in there that was honest in the title was The Daily Beast. But the folks saying it correctly were few in a sea of those who went with the fake narrative. — Ada Nestor (@AdaNestorWC) March 17, 2024 The problem here? Trump was talking about it being a "bloodbath" for the auto industry if Biden won because of his EV insanity. Here's a longer clip that shows the context.
Even X owner Elon Musk took note of what the left/media/Biden campaign was doing.
But so far, none of the major posts spreading the hoax have gotten a Community Note, so that's a problem. That is a very helpful system for blowing up such fakery. At this point, the left knows they're in trouble, so they're going to go all in against Trump, even with easily debunked lies, because they know there are so many people who will never check or who will just accept the lie. And they have nothing else at this point to help their doddering Biden over the finish line. Read More Elon Musk Calls It Like He Sees It: 'There Is Either a Red Wave This November or America Is Doomed' |
Four Races Could Be the Canary in the Coal Mine for California in 2024; Santa Clarita Dems Hardest Hit
Four North Los Angeles races may be a window into voter sentiment this primary season. They also may dictate how well Republicans do in California come November. Across the board, these are some of the tightest races we have seen in the years of covering California, and this area encompassing Santa Clarita, the Antelope Valley, and parts of North Los Angeles was recently redistricted to favor Democrats and heavily canvassed by the California Democrat Party. But as the votes from the March 5 Primary are still being counted, Republicans are turning out to be the winners, while the funded and endorsed Democrats have been left out in the cold.
As the scripture says, "Pride comes before the fall." All this canvassing and fundraising was setting money on fire. If the red trend holds, none of these Dem candidates will see a win. Let's call it the curse of Christy Smith. You recall the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Democrat Club? No one would have had it not been for that September 2023 Drag Queen fundraiser mentioned in the X post above, which they hosted. It was at this same fundraiser that Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony decided that being spanked by a Drag Queen on camera was a great idea. WATCH:
After the SCV Dems hemmed, hawed, and defended Anthony for his antics, they then turned around and denounced him for going on a certain radio show hosted by a pastor who is not down with the LGBTQ+ nonsense. The SCV Dems claimed that Anthony's appearing on the program was akin to his support of LGBTQ hatred. They finally decided to endorse termed-out Assemblyman Chris Holden, who was also running for the District 5 Board of Supervisors seat. Fat lot of good that did Holden or them. Incumbent Supervisor Kathryn Barger, a Republican, currently has over 55 percent of the vote and looks to be sailing into another term. Holden is far behind at less than 22 percent, and Konstantine Anthony? He's barely hanging on to third place with less than 12 percent. Since Anthony and Holden are without a political office to slip back into, they are essentially out in the wilderness. It couldn't have happened to a pair of nicer pols. Another SCV Dem-endorsed candidate, District 40 Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, is being ratioed into next week for trying to shame Republican District 63 Assemblyman Bill Essayli. Essayli accurately pointed out that the Haitian illegal criminal who raped a 15-year-old disabled girl in a migrant hotel in Massachusetts is the same type of vermin that the Democrat Supermajority were trying to protect from deportation using the now-defunct AB2031 bill. Essayli called her out, asking if she had read the bill, and then further nailed Schiavo to the wall with his own immigrant bona fides.
Oh, the citizens are definitely working on it. Schiavo is barely hanging on to a seat that she initially flipped with 511 votes in 2022. The comments thread reflected the disgust of Los Angeles citizens who piled on Schiavo's stupidity. But the biggest ratio came from Patrick Lee Gipson himself, her AD 40 challenger.
It should be, and if the tide holds in Gipson's favor, then another SCV Dem candidate can be shown the door. Ma tha Siobhan.* The woman who Schiavo replaced, Republican Suzette Valladares, is now running for termed-out Republican State Senator Scott Wilks' District 23 seat and is in the lead over SCV Dem-endorsed candidate Kipp Mueller. But the biggest nail in the coffin of SCV Dem endorsements is former NASA chief of staff and aerospace and tech entrepreneur George Whitesides losing to incumbent U.S. Congressman Mike Garcia. The curse of Christy Smith strikes again. Currently, Garcia has almost 55 percent of votes and continues to climb, which means that come November, Garcia will float back to D.C. unchallenged. North Los Angeles could be the canary in the coal mine. The area is an outlier of below-the-line entertainment professionals, small business owners, and working-class families. They are fed up to the eye-teeth with the crime, malfeasance, and poor governance by Democrats. No matter what candidates the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats endorse and promote, as long as their party continues to offer more of the same, they are slated to lose this primary and in November. *Ma tha Siobhan = If God is merciful. |
Joe Rogan Rips Into Fani Willis
Mia has been covering the ethical quandaries of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was busted for a slew of questionable transactions between her office and that of Mr. Nathan Wade, her top counsel in the case against former President Donald Trump. County funds were directed to Wade’s law firm, which was also used to finance lavish trips for the couple whose relationship became a nightmare for the prosecution. It led to a hearing over this relationship, including creating a special committee in the state legislature to conduct its own investigation. After weeks of testimony, Judge Scott McAfee gave Willis two options: remove herself from the case or force Wade to resign due to the circumstances created by their undisclosed relationship. Wade has since resigned. Before McAfee’s ruling, podcaster Joe Rogan said the whole Willis story reeked of things you’d hear from banana republics:
RecommendedJonathan Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School, said that one cannot ignore the stench of political bias in the ongoing lawfare against Trump (via The Hill):
And the explicit bias is the reason why the GOP base doesn’t care about Trump’s legal baggage. |
Stunning! There Is Some Very Good News For Republicans
There’s plenty of bad news about the Republican campaign in 2024, and I’ve covered it in detail, but objectivity requires that one correctly assess what is going right too, and there’s a lot going right for Republicans right now. First and foremost, there is the massive change at the Republican National Committee with the firing of the utterly useless Ronna McDaniel and the elevation of Michael Whatley and Lara Trump.Next, Donald Trump is in a position where it looks like he is likely to win the presidency if current trends continue…that’s one heck of an if. And, finally, we also seem to be doing pretty well in the Senate races. There’s a lot of reason to be hopeful. We’re not used to hearing it, but for the last week or so, the RNC has done everything right. The organization has totally failed for seven years under the rule of the dumbest member of the Romney family. People like RedState’s own Jennifer van Laar and superlawyer Harmeet Dhillon would point out how she was wasting tons of money on useless fluff, donors would stop giving, and she would just continue wasting tons of money on useless fluff. She studiously ignored the grassroots and imagined that her role was to go on TV and talk about policy as if anyone cared what some party bureaucrat thought. But now she’s gone, and good riddance. Her replacements have, astonishingly, done the right things, and they have done it right away. First, they clearcut a bunch of the deadwood at the RNC, firing tons of people. Some characterize that as a purge of unbelievers, but what it really is is a purge of unachievers. Have you seen a lot of election integrity lately? People who do a bad job should be fired. This used to be basic knowledge and understood by Republicans. But apparently, some people think we ought to have a tenure system in our party apparatus. No. Party flacks and functionaries ought to live in perpetual fear that they will be canned should they fail to perform adequately. These mass firings are a great sign. The new leadership has even started to build an election integrity team. RecommendedThere are more great signs. For one thing, Lara Trump has reached out to Scott Pressler. Everybody knows Scott. He’s one of the nicest guys there is, and he’s made his personal crusade to cross-cross the country registering voters. He’s a one-man grassroots tsunami. For some bizarre reason, Ronna McDaniel stubbornly refused to interact with this hero of the base, as if she knew better how to motivate voters than the guy who’s actually out there motivating voters. What the relationship between the new RNC and Scott Pressler will be remains to be seen, but the fact that Lara Trump reached out publicly is a huge indicator that the RNC is going in a different and smarter direction. The next thing the new leaders should do is publicly and, in detail, explain their legal strategy for lawfare victory to the grassroots. That’s the kind of thing that rebuilds the voters’ shattered confidence. Donors are already taking notice of these changes and are starting to open their wallets again. I’ve written about the disastrous failure to have any kind of lawfare plan in place, and I received enormous feedback from Republicans telling me they are sitting on their hands instead of writing checks because they believe their money would be going to waste. We have much better things to do than spend our dough on Ronna McDaniel’s beauty treatments. There is a lot of cash out there on the sidelines just waiting to come in if the donors see it’s not going to be squandered by grifty mediocrities. Yeah, our initial response to seeing Lara Trump, the nominee’s daughter-in-law, named as one of the co-chairs was an eyeroll. Would it be more of the kind of lame nepotism that is ruining so much of our country? But Lara Trump has done everything right so far. Her relationship with the president does not disqualify her any more than it qualifies her. Actions speak louder than words, and she’s taking the right actions. We need to support people who are doing the right thing. This is good news. And there’s good news for her father-in-law, too. You’ll look at the polls, and Trump is ahead in most of the battleground states, and the ones where he is not ahead, that crusty, perverted, senile old weirdo is only barely ahead. Sure, he’s still self-destructive, unable to control his fury at Ron DeSantis for refusing to bow down, but you can yell the enemy is scared when it presses dumb and obvious lies like the “bloodbath” thing. They need to do something because Crusty is bottoming out in the polls. The Democrats’ plan to frame Donald Trump and steal the election just hasn’t worked. People see the garbage these cases are. They’re a joke. Hell, the tubby moron prosecuting him in Atlanta is barely one step ahead of being disbarred and prosecuted for perjury. Someday, Trump will go on (show) trial in this joke of a New York case and probably get convicted by the 90% communist jury pool, and you know what? That’s going to earn him even more support from patriots who don’t want to see America turned into even more of a banana republic. Americans aren’t idiots – well, most of them. They understand he’s being railroaded. They understand this is a kangaroo court. They understand that the only way Joe Biden could hope to be reelected at this point is to toss his opponent in jail on trumped-up charges. And they are coming around to DJT. The disastrous reign of error of that creepy weirdo currently occupying the Oval Office has changed the election dynamic. For a long time, there was a group of people – like 53% – who just absolutely would not consider voting for Trump. Now, they’ve had to consider the alternative and, you know, Trump wasn’t quite so bad, 401(k)-speaking. And while the House of Representatives is a real mess, with a significant chance of us losing control, the Senate is just the opposite. We’re playing on a good map and have some great candidates. We already have West Virginia in the bag. In Pennsylvania, we got the right candidate, Dave McCormick, without a primary, and he’s up against a bland Democrat who is being shamed by John Fetterman’s forthright defense of Israel’s right to exist. In Ohio, Sherrod Brown is likely to lose to any of the Republicans. The primary is Tuesday, and the recent cheesy hit on Bernie Moreno seems to be going nowhere. Over in Montana, the ridiculous Matt Rosendale dropped out and is not running for reelection to Congress either. We’ve got a good chance there. Kari Lake is facing some challenges now that Kyrsten Sinema has dropped out, but if she can project the normality and personal warmth that she does in person to the voters, as well as reach out to disaffected Republicans and effectively fight the lawfare battle against the election shenanigans, she’s got a shot in Arizona. Nevada seems to be turning hard for Trump, and the useless Dem dronette in that seat could be at risk too. Hilariously, the Democrats think that the nobody running in Texas against Ted Cruz has a shot, and they’ll waste a lot of money there, which is awesome. Chances are we take the Senate. Everything isn’t roses. We still have some challenges with election integrity and with making sure Donald Trump doesn’t alienate the people who are now tentatively supporting him – the regime media shutting him out and him not using Twitter are probably the best things that can happen to him. We’re also way behind in the money race. But that said, we have some advantages and have to press them. That’s how you win. And we might just win in 2024. Look, you need to keep up the fight by joining Townhall VIP right now. You get access to a bunch of great stuff, not the least of which is my extra Wednesday column, my weekly Stream of Kurtiousness videos every Friday, and the Unredacted podcast every Monday! Plus, a bunch of other amazing VIP members only stuff. Follow Kurt on Twitter @KurtSchlichter. Get the newest volume in the Kelly Turnbull People’s Republic series of conservative action novels set in America after a notional national divorce, the bestselling Amazon #1 Military Thriller, Overlord! And get his new novel abou terrorism in America, The Attack! |
Monday Morning Meme Madness
We know … you're trying to come to terms with the fact that your weekend disappeared in a flash. It's over. You have to let it go. But … We're here to help! Every Monday, we share our favorite memes, jokes, and video clips. The best part is, they come from you … or whoever you stole them from! — "The" Friar Tuck (@SamAdams40) March 11, 2024 We are home!
— MicheleWojciechowski (@TheMicheleWojo) March 17, 2024 LOL. — "The" Friar Tuck (@SamAdams40) March 11, 2024 9mm for the win! — G (@stevensongs) March 11, 2024 Reminds us of the news media when Biden walks to Air Force 2 without tripping.
This is just wrong. 😂
HA! It was bound to happen eventually. — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) March 11, 2024 HAHA! — I,Hypocrite (@lporiginalg) March 11, 2024 You know what happens when you make those kinds of jokes … — Yore Friend Whig 🇮🇱 (@WhigJust) March 11, 2024 … yep … that's what happens. 😂
'He said his cat has been dead for a week.' LOLOLOL! 💀 — Oldtimers (@Oldtimers365) March 17, 2024 We like it.
HAHA! That's the sound we make when we wake up late on Monday and realize we have an online meeting in two minutes and have to sound like we weren't just sleeping. — ⚔️Princess Cutabitch™️⚔️ 🏴 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@PCutabitch) March 14, 2024 LOL! Y'all know that one was funny. — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) March 12, 2024 Guys … his head coming up to shut off the camera … 😂😂😂
Accurate. Ha! — The Best (@ThebestFigen) March 13, 2024 Grandpa's gonna be looking for his phone for a while.
Bwahaha! The signoff before he faceplants is perfect. People were having plenty of fun at Boeing's expense this week. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2024 Everyone pitch in now! — Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) March 17, 2024 Disclaimer: This may be a doctored video, but we can't be sure.
LOL!
That's good right there. Her delivery is impressive. 😂
We're positive they'll find more.
Ha! The internet is a weird place. — Grizzly Joe 🇺🇸🇮🇱 👊 (@GrizzlyJoeShow) March 17, 2024 LOLOLOL! Some of us can relate to that.
The man has the agility of a jungle cat! 🤣 — Deebs (@DeebsFLA) March 16, 2024 'Naked lady with her unleashed dog' can mean so many different things in 2024.
We had to give you at least one tweet about St. Patrick's Day. — 🍀 Duchess of Shenanigans 🍀 (@AnnaDsays) March 16, 2024 Ok, two St. Patrick's Day tweets. 😂 — Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) March 17, 2024 They really dodged a bullet there! — 🍹 Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) March 17, 2024 That's definitely fat. Still … it's Chick-Fil-A. — G (@stevensongs) March 16, 2024 Right?! No normal person has the pantry they all think we have.
HAHAHA! Good dog.
LOL. Nice. — G (@stevensongs) March 16, 2024 Bwahaha! We laughed way too hard at that one. — jny the human (@jnyboy) March 17, 2024 LOLOLOL! If you've been to one of these places, you know. That poor lady probably just lives there now. They just toss bottled water and a hot pocket into the pit every few hours.
Beautiful.
He gone. 😂💀 — 🍀 Duchess of Shenanigans 🍀 (@AnnaDsays) March 14, 2024 HAHAHA!
That had to be a Monday. LOL.
Bwahaha! — internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) March 17, 2024 Yes.
LOL. Good one.
We wondered how those before and after pictures worked. 😂
Been there. Done that.
LOLOLOL! We can't stop watching this one. 😂 We've reached our weekly meme limit, folks, so it's time to wish you a happy Monday … or at least a tolerable Monday. Until we meme again … *** Editor's Note: Do you enjoy Twitchy's conservative reporting taking on the radical left and woke media? Support our work so that we can continue to bring you the truth. Join Twitchy VIP and use the promo code SAVEAMERICA to get 50% off your VIP membership! |
NBC News: Biden Is 'Angry' and 'Anxious' About 2024 Campaign
Joe Biden is frustrated and angry that he won’t be re-elected this year. Joe truly thinks he’s in the class of the great presidents when, in truth, William Henry Harrison was better than Biden—and Harrison died 31 days after his inauguration. It’s not that hard to understand why Biden is sinking in the political quicksand: the economy isn’t strong, inflation is still high, and Americans don’t feel any better than they did four years ago. Forty percent say they’re poorer now. Eighty-six percent in a Washington Post/ABC News poll say Biden is too old. Sixty-one percent polled by Gallup say the Delaware liberal doesn’t deserve a second term. He's the president; messaging isn’t the issue. Bidenomics is getting through, given the advantages of the president and the media establishment being pro-Democrat. It’s that voters don’t like what they see, and it’s not shocking. It circles back to the self-importance Biden has always embodied, thinking he has a .357 caliber mind when he’s a cap gun: noisy and wholly ineffective. NBC News’ lengthy article about Joe centers on how the president is probably downing the Maalox over his current re-election operation. It’s amusing watching a man with a failed agenda getting angry that most voters aren’t heaping his praises. Getting elected from deep blue Delaware isn’t a political achievement, nor is winning a presidential election by having party allies illegally change in-person voting laws to pad the numbers. COVID is why Biden is president, not because he’s a crackerjack candidate with apt communication skills and enviable political acumen. Biden is the antithesis of elite (via NBC News):
RecommendedBiden is also a weak candidate, folks. His approval is in the toilet, and it will remain there. He’s too old and stupid to fix that until Election Day. It’s about animating base voters. It goes for both sides—it’s why Biden’s shambolic, off-the-rails State of the Union address was mostly about attacking Trump and the Republicans. He needed to get his base together, which had been drifting away from the president. Young voters, Blacks, Hispanics, labor union workers, and Arab Americans are all souring on Biden, along with independents. Trump doesn’t have a base problem. It's still funny that Biden is indignant that the wider public isn’t stroking his ego over an economic recovery that began under Trump. It would have been epic if the former president had won the 2020 election. Instead, we got Mr. Dementia, who keeps getting bodied overseas, can’t remember when his son died, and set forth a domestic agenda that sent inflation through the roof. |
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