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Trump suggests treason charges for journalists as Iran war spins out of control

You know a war probably isn’t going well when the President starts threatening media outlets with treason charges.

This weekend, President Trump unleashed one of his infamous Truth Social rants. This one targeted the Wall Street Journal, for reporting an Iranian strike that hit five U.S. Air Force refueling planes at an air base in Saudi Arabia.

“The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies,” he wrote.

This assertion doesn’t refute any part of the reporting, as the WSJ story says the planes weren’t destroyed.

Trump’s post equates the WSJ report with AI-generated videos of U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln burning, which began spreading after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Navy falsely claimed it had attacked the aircraft carrier. Outlets like the New York Times have debunked the authenticity of those videos, but Trump imagines that they have been shared by U.S. media in collusion with Iran’s government. He then suggested that these news organizations be charged with treason, which carries a maximum penalty of death.

“The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!,” wrote Trump. “The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets.”

The President embraced the same narrative while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One. “Iran is known for a lot of fake news,” he declared. “I actually think it’s pretty criminal because our media companies, who have no credibility whatsoever, are putting out information that they know is false.”

Trump’s latest maniacal fantasy comes just days after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take away the broadcasting licenses of networks that failed to “operate in the public interest” while covering the war on Iran.

“The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves,” tweeted Carr. “It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news.”

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Decentralizing Defense: A $96 Guided Rocket Just Put Precision Warfare into the Hands of the People

In a world where the State spends trillions of dollars on bloated defense contracts to build “smart” weapons that often end up incinerating wedding parties or schools in the Middle East, a single individual with a 3D printer and $96 just shattered the monopoly on high-tech violence. A video, along with the plans, has recently surfaced showcasing “Project Canard,” an open-source, 3D-printed guided rocket system that recalculates its trajectory mid-air using a $5 sensor and some piano wire. The creator, operating under the GitHub handle novatic14, has essentially handed the keys to advanced surface-to-air defense to anyone with an internet connection and a spool of plastic filament.

The technical specifications of the build are a direct slap in the face to the military-industrial complex. The entire launcher and interceptor frame are printed in standard PLA and run off an off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller, proving that the barrier to entry for precision hardware has not just been lowered—it has been obliterated. The system even creates its own local Wi-Fi network, allowing the operator to monitor live telemetry and arm the “MANPADS” (Man-Portable Air-Defense System) prototype from a laptop. It uses a distributed camera node network to triangulate targets and update flight paths in real-time, a capability that, until about ten minutes ago, was the exclusive domain of governments with the power to tax their citizens into poverty.

Of course, the usual suspects in D.C. and the corporate press are likely already clutching their pearls, preparing the “public safety” scripts they use every time the people reclaim a sliver of their natural rights. We’ve seen this play out before with pioneers like Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed, who fought the State to a standstill over the right to share files for 3D-printed firearms. The reality is that this technology is about the decentralization of power. When a “precision weapon” costs less than a pair of designer sneakers, the era of the State using air superiority to crush dissent or occupy foreign lands is nearing its expiration date.

Indeed, the state has already begun mobilizing its legislative machinery to ensure that the “Project Canard” breakthrough remains a fleeting moment of defiance rather than a permanent shift in power. As we move through 2026, the regulatory landscape is shifting from targeting just the finished product to criminalizing the very tools and information that make decentralized defense possible. In a move that mirrors the most dystopian science fiction, lawmakers in states like California and New York are currently pushing bills that would force 3D printer manufacturers to install “firearm blocking technology” directly into the hardware.

Take California’s Assembly Bill 2047, for instance. This proposal would effectively turn every 3D printer into a government-monitored device, requiring mandatory “blueprint detection algorithms” to stop the production of “unlawful” parts. It’s not just about the plastic; it’s about the code. Under similar legislation like Colorado’s HB26-1144, the mere possession of digital instructions for a firearm or “firearm component” can now be classified as a crime if “intent to manufacture” is suspected. When a “component” can be as simple as a 3D-printed fin or a motor casing, the state has essentially granted itself the power to arrest you for having the wrong files on your hard drive.

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Doug Ford launches war on transparency, shielding cabinet from Freedom of Information records

Ontarians, the government is coming for your right to know.

For years, freedom of information requests have been one of the few tools ordinary citizens, journalists, and researchers have had to hold power to account and peel back the curtain on government decisions.

That tool is now under direct assault.

Public and Business Service Delivery Minister Stephen Crawford confirmed the Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government’s plan to exempt the premier, his cabinet ministers and their staff from freedom of information laws entirely.

They’re selling it as “modernization” and a way to “protect against Chinese spies,” but it smells more like a brazen Big Government power grab to operate in total secrecy.

This comes hot on the heels of Premier Ford facing intense pressure to release his personal cellphone records — the same phone he uses for official business, with sources saying that his chief of staff and senior aides dodge government communication disclosure laws by utilizing encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal.

When access to information shrinks, accountability dies.

Journalists can’t break stories. Researchers can’t expose failures. Families and communities lose their voice against policies that reshape their lives.

This isn’t partisan; it affects everyone. The government may view transparency as a “burden,” but really, it’s the bare minimum in a democracy.

If the government is truly acting in the best interest of the public, then why make it harder for the public to see how they’re shaping policy and decisions?

The public has a right to know, and that means access that isn’t coming in the form of heavily redacted fragments months later.

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Bodycam Video Released of Jasmine Crockett’s Bodyguard Pulling a Gun on Police

As our own Warren Squire reported last week, a member of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s security detail was killed during a standoff with federal agents last Wednesday. The news broke Friday night that a man wanted for impersonating a law enforcement officer, who goes by the alias “Mike King,” barricaded himself in a parking garage in Dallas. King, who provided security for Crockett in Congress and during her failed Senate campaign, was fatally shot by SWAT officers.

Bodycam footage of the incident has been released a week later. A fake name? But wait, there’s more!

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… a FAKE name

– Was wearing a fake police uniform and pretending to be a federal agent

– Created fraudulent businesses using FAKE identifying information to hire legit cops for off-duty jobs

And Crockett pretends she had no idea. That soon-to-be-unemployed POS might be even dumber than we thought.

Crockett being dumber than we thought is probably the most likely explanation.

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Army ID’s Two Suspects Connected to Drone Theft at Fort Campbell

The U.S. Army has identified the two suspects in the theft of two drones at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, in a post on the U.S. Army Fort Campbell Facebook Page last week, a spokesperson revealed that four Skydio X10D Drone Systems were stolen from the 326th Division Engineer Battalion building.

The drones were originally stolen in November of last year, but Fort Campbell released information and surveillance photos to the public on March 11.

Now, officials at Fort Campbell have announced that the suspects behind the drone theft have been identified, but have not released their names.

The officials at Fort Campbell added, “The individuals responsible had authorized access to the military installation and the building, and they defeated the locks on the storage cages to perpetrate this theft. This was a targeted act, not a random breach of security.”

Per WSMV:

Fort Campbell provided an update to the investigation into four stolen drones from a government building in late November 2025.

Fort Campbell reported that the Department of the Army Criminal Investigative Division investigation led to the identification of two suspects, credible evidence, and the possible whereabouts of the missing quadcopter drones.

“This is an active criminal investigation, and we are working diligently to resolve this matter,” Fort Campbell said. “This is an active criminal investigation, and we are working diligently to resolve this matter.”

Fort Campbell is adamant there is no threat to the public and that the stolen drones were equipped only with small cameras.

The drones stolen were high-tech Skydio X10D drones, which are unmanned aerial systems designed with modular payload capability.

The U.S. Army 7th Army Training Command, last July, used the Skydio X10D to drop a live M67 grenade for the first time at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.

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Greenwald: 9/11-Like Mass Casualty Attacks Could Trigger Permanent Emergency Measures

Tucker Carlson sat down with independent journalist Glenn Greenwald for a pointed exchange that cut straight to concerns over free speech limits and the risk of domestic fallout from the ongoing Iran conflict.

Greenwald laid out a sobering scenario: mass casualty attacks on U.S. soil could trigger sweeping “emergency measures” that, once imposed, become fixtures of American life—just as the Patriot Act did after 9/11.

The conversation opened with Greenwald addressing a noticeable imbalance in what passes for acceptable criticism in public life.

“It’s interesting that there’s no criticism of our country that is banned or even discouraged — only of a foreign country,” Carlson observed.

Carlson pressed further: “If you can’t criticize a foreign country, then that country’s in charge, right? What other conclusion should I draw?”

Greenwald responded: “I can’t really provide you with a cogent one.”

The discussion then turned to security threats inside the United States.

“Are you concerned that there could be attacks here in the United States?” Carlson asked.

Greenwald answered directly: “I feel like there was already an attack in the United States. That Austin shooting. We haven’t heard much about it, but it seemed pretty clearly linked to the Iran war.”

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro claims possible bombing from Ecuador sparks border crisis

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has raised serious alarms after claiming that his country might be under attack from Ecuadorian territory. The accusation comes following the discovery of a bomb reportedly dropped from an aircraft near the border between Colombia and Ecuador.

Speaking during a cabinet meeting, Petro stated that the incident reinforces his suspicions of external action. “A bomb appeared, dropped from an airplane… it must be thoroughly investigated, but this somewhat confirms my suspicion that they are bombing us from Ecuador,” he said, while emphasizing the need for a full investigation.

The Colombian president also clarified that, in his view, the attack does not appear to be connected to armed groups, which adds further uncertainty to the situation. If confirmed, this would mark a significant escalation in border tensions, far beyond the usual criminal activity in the region.

The Colombia-Ecuador border has historically been a hotspot for narcotics trafficking, guerrilla activity, and other illegal networks. However, a direct allegation of this kind introduces a new level of diplomatic and security risk.

So far, Ecuadorian authorities have not issued any official statement, and there is no conclusive evidence to fully support Petro’s claims. Military and intelligence sources are investigating the origin of the explosive device and the circumstances surrounding its deployment.

Analysts warn that statements like these, if not fully verified, could unnecessarily escalate tensions in an already fragile region. Prudence will be key in the coming hours to prevent further deterioration of bilateral relations.

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Iran strikes UAE base housing British, US and Australian troops

Iran struck a military base housing British, US and Australian troops in the United Arab Emirates during overnight strikes across the Gulf.

A missile hit the Al Minhad Air Base where the UK maintains a permanent military facility, at 9.15am AEDT on Wednesday morning.

Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, said the projectile caused ‘minor damage’ to an accommodation ​block and a medical ‌facility ⁠due to a small blaze that was created as ​a result ​of ⁠the missile hitting on ​a road leading ​up ⁠to the base.

More than 100 Australian military personnel are deployed at Al Minhad.

Albanese confirmed that all Australian staff were ‘absolutely safe’ following the attack at the base, which is operated by the UAE and functions as Australia’s military headquarters for the Middle East. 

He could not confirm if Tehran directly targeted the site, however, while maintaining Australia was not at war. 

‘The Iranian regime is engaging in random attacks right across the region. We know that is the case,’ the prime minister said. 

In 2014, the UK launched a permanent headquarters at the base to support British operations in the region. 

The Ministry of Defence has yet to comment on the attack. 

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Storm of Allegations: Dozens of Epstein Survivors Sue Pam Bondi, Claim Years-Long Cover-Up in Explosive.

For years, the name Jeffrey Epstein has been synonymous with one of the most disturbing sex-trafficking scandals in modern history. Now, a new legal battle threatens to reopen old wounds and raise fresh questions about how powerful figures may have helped shield the disgraced financier from justice.

In a stunning development, dozens of Epstein’s victims—led by early accuser Maria Farmer—have filed a lawsuit against former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of helping conceal critical information during the earlier handling of the Epstein case. The lawsuit, according to those involved, represents not just a legal fight but a desperate attempt by survivors to uncover the truth behind decisions that allowed Epstein to avoid harsher punishment for years.

The group of victims says they have already spent more than $1.1 million pursuing the lawsuit, determined to expose what they believe were deliberate failures and possible misconduct by officials responsible for overseeing the case.

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Obama Judge Orders Release of Four-Time Deported Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Member with History of Rape

Another day, another far-left activist judge.

US District Judge Susan Nelson, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of a four-time deported MS-13 gang member from El Salvador with a history of rape.

In January, ICE arrested Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel during a raid in Minnesota.

“Today in Minnesota, ICE arrested Carlos Flores Miguel — a four-time-deported criminal, illegal alien, convicted sex offender, and assailant of federal law enforcement,” ICE said in January.

Judge Nelson ordered ICE to release Carlos Flores-Miguel, according to Fox News.

Fox News reported:

A federal judge has ordered federal immigration authorities to release an illegal immigrant gang member with multiple unlawful entries into the United States and whose criminal history includes rape and robbery, Fox News Digital has learned.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.

“This activist, Obama-appointed judge RELEASED Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, from ICE Custody,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Releasing violent criminals is inexcusably reckless and now this criminal will be able to perpetrate more crimes against innocent Americans.”

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