Chinese Spy Bragged Hochul Was ‘Obedient,’ Coached Her on Pro-CCP Talking Points for Post-COVID Video

A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who has been accused of being a covert Chinese agent, boasted in text messages that her boss was "much more obedient" than her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.

 The comments, part of the evidence presented at Linda Sun's corruption trial, were made during a discussion aimed at convincing Cuomo, the governor at the time, to film a speech commemorating the Lunar New Year.

Sun indicated to a Chinese official that she could get the then-Lt. Gov. to do it instead.

“She (Hochul) is much more obedient than the governor (Cuomo),” Sun allegedly said in one message, according to the New York Post, adding in another, "The deputy governor listens to me more than the governor does.”

This is a terrible look for Hochul.

 101.60 Redacted Copy  by  pmcnamee 

---

READ MORE: What This Chinese Spy Got Away With in Kathy Hochul’s Name Boggles the Mind, Court Docs Reveal

Another Chinese Spy Busted in the US; Former Aide to Cuomo, Hochul Indicted

---

What is particularly shocking here is not just how brazenly Sun boasts that she has Hochul by the puppet strings. But it's the subject matter. It's pure propaganda, and Hochul, according to a Chinese spy, is a willing dupe.

What's so bad about this? Surely a Lunar New Year message is nothing nefarious. No ulterior motive. Right?

Right, Ms. Hochul? Unfortunately, wrong. 

The Post writes that the Chinese officials seeking to get Cuomo to record the message, which Hochul ultimately did, "was part of a broader effort to have public figures tape China-friendly clips as the world recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic."

Sun, in another message, said she could "make sure" Hochul used some of the Chinese official's "talking points" in the video.

“Can you share with me some talking points of things you want her to mention? I can make sure to include it in her (Hochul's) remarks,” she said.

China unleashed hell on the world with the pandemic, and Hochul was out there trying to provide favorable messaging for the CCP. She was clearly compromised.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), who is running for Governor of New York in 2026, posted the video that Hochul recorded at the behest of the alleged Chinese spy.

“Not only is Kathy Hochul the most corrupt and Worst Governor in America, but she’s also the most compromised," Stefanik told the National Review. "It turns out Compromised Kathy bent the knee to her own Communist aide even before she bent the knee to New York City’s Socialist mayor-elect."

These text messages are just further evidence of how easily Sun controlled Hochul. Previous reporting on this trial showed evidence that the covert Chinese agent forged Hochul's signature on flattering letters inviting dignitaries from China's Henan province to meet with Cuomo in 2018.

The Chinese delegation was invited to meet with state officials and promote investment opportunities in New York State.

Sun has also been accused of influencing pandemic-era discussions by secretly placing a consulate official on a phone call in 2020 at the height of COVID, preventing Cuomo from meeting with officials from Taiwan, and even getting Hochul to omit mention of the Uyghurs, a repressed Muslim minority, in the same Lunar New Year speech.

That must have been one of those talking points they wanted to make sure wasn't in there.

Hochul's aide was initially charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. She and her husband were hit with more charges in June of 2025, contending they helped steer lucrative contracts to Chinese companies to sell masks and ventilators to the New York government during the pandemic.

China unleashes the pandemic. They infiltrate Hochul's office and get contracts to sell masks and ventilators. Then they get her to talk about them in a positive light. This should be a far greater scandal than it has been thus far.

For Sun, meanwhile, she reaped other benefits while selling out the New York State government to her CCP handlers.

As RedState's Managing Editor, Jennifer Van Laar, reported upon Sun's arrest in September of 2024, controlling Hochul seemed to be a lucrative venture for her and her husband. The couple was allegedly accepting massive bribes totaling millions, then laundering the money and using the scheme's benefits to buy luxury vehicles and million-dollar properties.

Multiple million-dollar homes. Luxury cars, one built by Ferrari. Rolex watches and other gaudy jewelry that were found inside a $4 million Long Island mansion that Sun and her husband were living in when they were arrested.

Living it up, pushing Chinese propaganda while countless Americans die during the pandemic. Allegedly.

Sun held several prominent roles under Cuomo before becoming Hochul's Deputy Chief of Staff. She controlled Hochul's office. She controlled Hochul's pen. She controlled what came out of her mouth. And she did it on China's behalf.

Sun was fired from the state government in 2023 after initial allegations surfaced.

 

Dan Bongino Wonders Why the FBI Seemingly Stopped Looking for the J6 Bomb Suspect Under Biden

Brian Cole is in custody. 

 

He’s the individual who allegedly planted pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committees on January 5, 2021. Despite reports from The Blaze, which appears to have erroneously accused a female former Capitol Police officer of being the culprit, this suspect is a man, he’s black, a leftist, and from a well-to-do family. You know why this story won’t see the light of day soon. You can also guess why the previous FBI leadership didn’t prioritize this probe: it has nothing that can be used against Trump or the GOP. 

 It horrified Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.   

“I don’t know what the hell the prior leadership was doing outside of—you know—targeting political opponents, weaponizing the FBI, destroying its reputation, embarrassing agents that are doing really good work out there catching terrorists,” he said on Fox News last night. “It’s almost like they were intentionally trying to decimate faith in institutions,” Bongino added. 

Coles was apprehended without any new evidence. There were no new witnesses or tips. Everything used to nab him was already collected by the bureau.  

I think we know why things got slow-walked. 

 

People Are Driving to Tim Walz's House and Calling Him This...It's Hilarious

President Trump called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “seriously retarded” for allowing his state to become overrun with illegals and Somali gangs. The state has become the focal point of a reported $1 billion fraud scheme, where federal benefits were reallocated to al-Shabab terrorists in the Horn of Africa. It’s a circus, and while Walz said being attacked by Trump is a badge of honor, we knew it was peak cope. The man is now whining that people are coming to his house to scream “retard” as they drive by. 

 The reactions to this story have been absolute cinema:

💀 pic.twitter.com/NNRnuAZ1Ps

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) December 4, 2025

Tim Walz every time a car drives by his house https://t.co/Mqntrc4oCx pic.twitter.com/f90UKQqxG1

— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) December 4, 2025

Each time someone drives by his house pic.twitter.com/Z9yRxzeOWB

— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) December 4, 2025

Based Franklin. https://t.co/nG0t6wFG5K pic.twitter.com/rkTEyv8Byz

— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) December 4, 2025

Tim Walz’s constituents at dinner: https://t.co/nG0t6wFG5K pic.twitter.com/WAOUWnzSir

— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) December 4, 2025

People in Minnesota https://t.co/nluqhYQGC2 pic.twitter.com/VfBThVmPI6

— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) December 4, 2025

https://t.co/0wzdSIloiD pic.twitter.com/xlaC2DDgPf

— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeaceful) December 4, 2025

😂 pic.twitter.com/bQu6bE0WRQ

— drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) December 4, 2025

Absolutely hilarious. 

 

Trump orders flags to be flown at half-staff for slain National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom

President Donald Trump has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of 20-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guardsman who was fatally shot near the White House last week. 

 Thursday’s proclamation reads, “As a mark of respect for the memory of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, West Virginia Army National Guard, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, December 4, 2025.”

Flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff in memory of Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.

May God bless her family, our National Guard heroes, and the United States of America.  pic.twitter.com/OyOGMc0dv3

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 4, 2025

Beckstrom was just 20 years old when she passed away in late November from her injuries, a day after a 29-year-old Afghan gunman purportedly opened fire on two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the accused gunman, entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome initiative, which resettled Afghans in the country after former President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. His asylum application was approved in April this year.

Following the shooting, another nearby Guardsman, without a firearm, tackled the suspect and stabbed him before more Guardsmen chimed in to shoot him down. was shot by law enforcement during the incident and transported to a hospital for treatment.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro warned that if either of the two wounded Guardsmen passed, Lakanwal would be charged with first-degree murder. He is also charged with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.

On Tuesday, Lakanwal pleaded not guilty to all charges, appearing before a judge in D.C. Superior Court virtually from his hospital bed.

The other wounded National Guard member, Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, still remains in critical condition.

Following the tragedy, President Trump called the shooting a “terrorist attack” and resolved to pause migration from 19 countries considered to pose high risks to national security, due to their weak vetting processes. Afghanistan is included on the list.

Justice Delayed: Arrest in Capitol Bomb Plot Highlights Bureaucratic Failures

Federal agents announced the arrest of 30-year-old Brian J. Cole Jr. on Dec. 4, 2025, in the long-unsolved case of the pipe bombs planted in Washington, D.C., on the night before the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The arrest closes a painful chapter of uncertainty for the families and for every American who watched that chaotic weekend unfold.

 Investigators say a painstaking reexamination of evidence — including credit-card purchases for bomb parts, cellphone and location data, and license-plate reads — tied Cole to the scene, evidence that was painstakingly pieced together over nearly five years. That kind of technical, methodical police work is exactly what keeps communities safe when officials refuse to be distracted by partisan narratives.

The devices were placed on Jan. 5, 2021, outside both the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters and were deemed viable and potentially lethal before being rendered safe the next day. It is a chilling reminder of how close our capital came to a far worse catastrophe, and why no one should be complacent about violent extremism of any stripe.

This case languished for years despite tens of thousands of video files reviewed, hundreds of interviews, and a half-million-dollar reward, which tells you something about how easily important investigations can bog down without sustained focus. Conservatives have long warned that bureaucratic drift and politicized priorities let dangerous criminals slip through the cracks while officials chase headlines.

Make no mistake: the breakthrough came after a renewed and concentrated effort to sift through existing evidence, not because of a sudden flash of public tips. That ought to be a wake-up call — law and order demands persistence, resources, and leadership willing to follow the facts where they lead.

For too long the Jan. 6 story has been weaponized by partisans on both sides, but this arrest should be about justice, not score-settling. Americans want accountability, not excuses, and they deserve prosecutors and investigators who pursue the truth even when it makes allies uncomfortable.

Greg Kelly’s blunt take — that this wouldn’t have been solved under the current White House — resonates with a lot of citizens who have watched investigations slow to a crawl under political pressure. Call it skepticism born of experience: when crime becomes politicized, victims are the ones who pay the price.

Now that an arrest has been made, the system must see this through: fair, full prosecution and transparency from law enforcement and the courts. That is how we honor the rule of law and reassure hardworking Americans that no violent act, no matter when it occurred or whom it embarrasses, will be left unanswered.

Media's Rush to Judgment Exposed in Hegseth Boat Strike Controversy

The last week’s firestorm over the so‑called “double tap” boat strike began with a screaming Washington Post exposé that claimed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered forces to “kill everybody” on a suspected narco‑smuggling vessel — and that a follow‑up strike finished off survivors clinging to wreckage. That horrific image was tailor‑made for outrage, and the Post’s anonymous sourcing immediately sent cable news into a feeding frenzy.

 But the rush to judgment collapsed as clearer reporting emerged: The New York Times, citing multiple officials, found Hegseth had authorized a lethal strike to destroy a vessel and its cargo, not explicitly ordered that survivors be executed after an initial strike failed to accomplish that mission. That clarification matters because the difference between a lawful kinetic interdiction and a filmed atrocity is the difference between oversight and a criminal referral.

Hegseth and the Pentagon were quick to push back against the anonymous narrative, calling the Post’s framing “fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory” and insisting operations have been lawful and aimed at narco‑terrorists who traffic poison into our communities. The White House likewise backed Hegseth while promising oversight, which is exactly what patriotic Americans should want: accountability without instant character assassination by anonymous sources.

Congressional briefings that followed — including classified showings of strike footage to lawmakers — left members deeply divided, with Democrats denouncing what they described as shocking imagery and Republicans demanding context and proof before condemning the military. Those briefings underline the only sane path forward: a full, bipartisan, fact‑finding process that releases what can be released and protects real operational details. The spectacle of cable anchors presuming guilt while refusing to wait for hearings did no favors to truth or to our troops.

Conservative commentators are right to call out the mob‑style rush from some corners of the media; that doesn’t excuse wrongdoing if wrongdoing occurred, but it does expose the weaponization of anonymous leaks to try and topple an administration’s national security team. Media outlets that peddle scandal first and verify later deserve to be held to account — not rewarded with more eyeballs for smearing commanders and SEALs who go into harm’s way.

We should demand transparency: both the classified videos and the legal memos justifying these operations should be reviewed by Congress in a setting that protects sources and methods while giving the public confidence in how we wield force. At the same time, patriotic Americans must defend the principle that our military cannot be hung out to dry by anonymous hit pieces; every service member deserves a fair accounting, not a preordained narrative crafted for ratings and political theater.

This episode is a reminder that truth is a process, not a sound bite. Conservatives who love country and law want rigorous oversight, due process, and support for troops — in that order. Let the committees do their work, expose any real misconduct, and then hold those responsible to account; but don’t let the modern media mob substitute scandal for evidence and justice for headlines.

 

CartoonDems

 

Maduro Recounts Cordial Trump Call, Even as Standoff Deepens

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that he had a “respectful and cordial” phone call with President Donald Trump earlier in the week, a description first reported by Reuters after days of speculation about behind-the-scenes contact.

Maduro told reporters in Caracas that the call lasted several minutes and included an exchange about the possibility of future dialogue, echoing his earlier comments to El País in which he insisted the tone was “respect and cordiality,” even as tensions with the United States intensify.

 The White House has confirmed that Trump and Maduro spoke, as reported by Reuters in a separate dispatch quoting the president aboard Air Force One, but it has not endorsed Maduro’s characterization of the call or offered its own description of the tone.

The outreach also tracks with late-November reporting from WLRN, the Miami-based public radio outlet focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, which said Trump had spoken with Maduro and floated the idea of an eventual in-person meeting as part of what aides described as a strategy of “direct pressure and direct communication.”

Senior U.S. officials said the president believes speaking to Maduro does not weaken Washington’s posture but instead reinforces Trump’s ability to combine personal diplomacy with escalating military and economic pressure.

That pressure has accelerated sharply since October, with U.S. warships conducting interdictions against vessels suspected of ferrying narcotics for networks tied to elements of the Venezuelan state, operations referenced in U.S. naval statements.

The Pentagon has also launched targeted strikes on boats in the eastern Caribbean that U.S. officials say were moving weapons to armed groups, a campaign reported widely by outlets tracking the administration’s regional operations.

The stepped-up operations have begun to draw pushback on Capitol Hill, where a small bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is moving to impose new War Powers limits on the White House, seeking to require congressional approval for any further escalation of U.S. military activity in the region.

Trump has insisted that Venezuelan state actors have enabled “criminal cartels and terrorist affiliates” operating off the country’s coast, and he has vowed publicly that the United States “will not tolerate” these groups’ activities, comments cited in CBS News coverage of Washington’s warnings toward Caracas.

Maduro has responded by accusing the president of threatening Venezuelan sovereignty, a charge he repeated during a mid-November rally where he brandished a ceremonial sword and vowed to defend “every inch” of the nation, remarks documented by Time magazine last month.

The Venezuelan president has ordered increased military patrols around key ports and announced heightened readiness for air-defense units, moves meant to counter what Caracas calls U.S. “aggressions.”

Even as he escalated his rhetoric, Maduro continued to emphasize the idea of dialogue, telling UPI in November that Venezuela “will remain at peace” and that those seeking talks “will talk face-to-face,” positioning himself as a leader willing to negotiate despite ongoing pressure.

Administration officials countered that Maduro’s sudden change is a tactical bid to buy time and relieve international isolation, and they argued that the president’s mix of pressure and personal outreach is forcing Maduro to soften his posture.

Diplomats across the region say the juxtaposition of Maduro’s friendly characterization of the call and his accusations against the United States underscores the unstable diplomatic track the two nations are now on.

Analysts note that the Trump administration sees the call not as a thaw but as evidence that aggressive pressure is drawing a reaction, a view supported by officials who argue Maduro would not have acknowledged the conversation without feeling the weight of U.S. actions.

The result is a striking contrast in messages, with Maduro publicly praising the tone of a phone call even as Washington continues to escalate its campaign and insists Caracas remains responsible for what U.S. officials call “state-protected criminality.”

 

Climate Catastrophe Is Absent in West Virginia

West Virginia is one of the few states that broadly rejects much of the kabuki theater surrounding the climate catastrophe narrative. For the past several years, state legislators—including Democrats—have pushed back on calls to eliminate the state’s coal industry. Meanwhile, Mountain State attorneys general have signed on to lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal bureaucracies for overstepping in the name of climate, and in 2022, severed ties with financial institutions pushing the environment, social, and governance (ESG) agenda.

 Still, for decades, climate activists have targeted West Virginia's coal and gas industries, at the power generation level, and via increasingly stringent carbon dioxide regulations.

West Virginians are justified in their frustration with climate alarmist propaganda because their region’s robust coal industry should never have been sacrificed on the altar of climate change in the first place. The evidence for looming catastrophes and weather chaos across West Virginia is just not there if one cares to examine and understand the data.

---

SEE ALSO: Miners Cheer As Trump Signs Orders to Bring Back Energy Dominance, Has Them Laughing at Remarks on Biden

---

After digging deep into the data for West Virginia, along with other U.S. states, to see what climate change has done to their weather and general environment, it is clearly obvious the climate catastrophe claims espoused by the experts and breathlessly reported in the media are plainly a false alarm.

Temperature data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that average temperatures in the state year-round have increased since the year 1900. By how much? A whole degree. One degree Fahrenheit. That’s it. But I have been told that even a small change can cause spiraling problems. After all, a degree of warming probably means there are more heatwaves and extreme heat in general… or does it?

Data for West Virginia show that the number of “very hot” days, or days with temperatures of 95°F or higher, has massively declined since the first half of the 20th century. There are fewer extremely hot days in West Virginia today than there were in the late 1980s.

In many states, the average temperature rise is caused not by an increase in hot days, but by an increase in warm nights, which is more explained by the Urban Heat Island effect than by carbon dioxide.

As the EPA states, “Structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water bodies … [which] results in daytime temperatures in urban areas about 1–7°F higher than temperatures in outlying areas and nighttime temperatures about 2–5°F higher.”

In West Virginia, there is no long-term trend in warmer nights, but a very mild increase since about 1990. The number of extremely cold nights also doesn’t show a long-term trend since 1900, but there are fewer extremely cold nights in recent decades than there were in the 1970s and 1980s. This is a good thing: cold kills far more people than heat.

Other kinds of weather are equally as non-concerning. Drought is not getting worse for the state, and even though there has been a slight increase in precipitation overall, it has not corresponded to an increase in extreme precipitation events, including blizzards or floods. This is important because flooding is one of the serious threats West Virginians face due to the topography of the state.

If West Virginians are more concerned about the future of the coal industry and alleviating poverty than they are about climate change, it’s for good reason. Mountain Staters aren’t suffering from climate change, and neither are the rest of us. Real-world data show that extreme weather is not getting worse, nor more frequent, regardless of what the climate industrial complex says and the media parrots.

Gauntlet Thrown: The Charlie Kirk Show Dissects Candace Owens' 'Evil Lies' About His Assassination

The producer of "The Charlie Kirk Show," Blake Neff, called out podcast host Candace Owens for her "reckless disregard for the truth" and the "evil lies" he said she's made about the assassination of the late co-founder of Turning Point USA.

In a post and video shared on X, Neff made it clear that the gauntlet has been thrown against Owens and her numerous accusations and lies about things like how Kirk's friends and his organization allegedly knew and approved of his murder, among many other claims.

 "For the past three months, we've received a flood of questions about Candace Owens and her claims attacking Charlie's closest friends. For three months, we preferred to remain silent, but the attacks have not stopped," Neff wrote. "Today, I delivered this response."

---

SEE ALSO: Erika Kirk Breaks Down, Shares Intimate Prayer She Made When Charlie Was Killed

MORE: New Poll on Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin Confirms You Don't Despise the Media Enough

---

"Candace has suggested the Utah Valley University event was unusual, and its details suggested a, quote, inside job," Neff said. "She has claimed that foreign aircraft have followed Erika Kirk around the country and that Turning Point has lied about this happening."

"She has accused us of lying about Charlie wanting Erika to take over for him if he died," he added. "She has suggested Charlie's security team intentionally denied him first aid after the shooting to ensure that he died. She has raised suspicions about the head of our technical team because he took an SD card out of a camera."

"She has spread absurd claims that Tyler Bowyer… sexually abuses male interns. She has suggested that TPUSA faith-affiliated pastors ... are part of a military, quote, infiltration of Turning Point…Candace has effectively tarred everyone here with complicity," Neff continued. "She has said Charlie's murder, quote, had to be approved by Charlie's friends and then suggested those friends might have her murdered too for, quote, knowing the truth."

The producer listed some of Owens' other allegations involving things like French paratroopers, Egyptian Air Force planes flying out of Provo, Utah, and "potential underground assassins traveling through unseen tunnels."

"The attacks and allegations from Candace are either lies or they are innuendos thrown around with a total reckless disregard for the truth," Neff said. "My friends have had to endure harassment from people who have gotten whipped up by what Candace is saying. In fact, I would say we have suffered more harassment from these people than we have from Antifa supporters who overtly celebrate Charlie's murder…It is evil."

Neff then addressed those who were upset because TPUSA had not yet responded to Owens' claims. He laid out the three reasons they hadn't until now, and that they decided to finally do so because Charlie was a fighter and wasn't a coward.

1. They thought her claims were so absurd that no one would believe them.

2. They honored Charlie's "do not feed the trolls, focus on the mission" mantra.

3. Because Charlie viewed Candace as a friend and they were "holding out hope" she would stop. 

"Our silence has never been... approval," Neff said, before he announced that soon they will host a livestream to address each and every one of the false accusations and the baseless claims, offering an open seat for Owens to join them.

"The ball is back in her court," Neff said. "I owe Charlie everything in my life... that is why we feel compelled to speak clearly now."

Unbelievable. This definitely needs to stop, and hopefully, this does the trick, because Charlie's murder has been painful to everyone connected with the conservative and faith movement, which Charlie was leading.