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Dem Governor Literally Pardoned a Convicted Killer to Protect Him from Deportation

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has outdone herself. 

At a time when violent crime, illegal immigration, and public safety dominate national concerns, the governor of New York decided her top priority was granting clemency to an illegal immigrant with a manslaughter conviction. 

Yes, you read that correctly. 

Hochul pardoned Somchith Vatthanavong, a 52-year-old illegal immigrant who was convicted as a teenager of killing a man in a Brooklyn pool hall. By offering him a pardon, Hochul effectively cleared the path for him to stay in the United States and avoid deportation.

Vatthanavong shot and killed a man outside that pool hall in 1990. He called it self-defense. The court didn’t buy it. He was convicted of manslaughter and criminal possession of a firearm and served 14 years behind bars. After his release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flagged him for removal, as any reasonable person would expect. After all, if you’re not an American citizen and you commit a crime that serious on American soil, deportation seems like an obvious consequence.

But Hochul disagreed. Last month, the governor stepped in with a pardon, which not only eliminated the conviction that triggered his deportation order but also allowed him to reopen his immigration case entirely. 

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There’s a lot more you need to know about illegals hijacking our highways…

The horrific and deadly crash on the Florida Turnpike that killed three innocent people should have been the final alarm bell. An illegal Indian driver pulled an insane, unauthorized U-turn with a 60-ton semi, turning a minivan into a coffin. This wasn’t an isolated tragedy; it was the latest example of a deadly trend that’s been plaguing our highways for years.

There was a time when American truckers were considered the safest, most capable drivers on the road. Families on vacation trusted semis so much that dads would tuck in behind them on the freeway, confident that the man up ahead knew exactly what he was doing. That trust is gone. Long gone. Instead of professionalism, Americans now face incompetence and recklessness from foreign drivers who treat massive 18-wheelers like mopeds or rickshaws in a free-for-all driving hellscape.

Just look at the driving in places like India: no rules, total chaos, and constant danger.

These foreigners don’t come to America and suddenly turn into safe, respectful drivers who follow the rules. Many can’t even understand the road signs.

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Accused Minnesota Assassin Vance Boelter Calls Tim Walz as ‘Traitor to the American People,’ Claims Governor Pushed Chinese Influence and Government Control in Wild Rant

Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of the targeted assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, has unleashed a wild tirade about Governor Tim Walz.

In a bombshell exclusive interview with the New York Post from behind bars, Boelter,57, branded Walz a “traitor to the American people” and accused him of cozying up to Communist China.

Boelter, currently incarcerated in the Sherburne County Jail, spoke to the New York Post via the facility’s internal messaging system.

The accused killer claimed he first met the governor when Walz “personally reappointed” him to Minnesota’s Workforce Development Council in 2019. He accused Walz of repeatedly praising China, quoting him as saying, “China was the future, China knows how to get things done, China knows how to control their people.”

Boelter further alleged Walz pushed socialist ideals, stating, “Tim would say stuff like everyone should be either working for the government, or be supported by the government.” He even claimed Walz encouraged him to visit China, promising, “He said they will make sure you have a really good time,” with such talks happening over the phone.

Walz has a long history with China. The governor first visited in 1989 as a recent college graduate through the WorldTeach program in Foshan, and later helped launch a student exchange program in Beijing in 1992. In a 1991 school lesson, Walz reportedly described China’s communist system as one where “everyone is the same, and everyone shares.”

According to Boelter, he carried a list that included Walz’s name that day, but he insists it wasn’t a “hit list.” Instead, he claims it named individuals “getting massive financial amounts from the Chinese government,” based on unspecified financial documents he’d seen.

The accused killer described his original plan as executing “four or five Citizen arrests” to interrogate the targets about alleged deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine and supposed government cover-ups, with everyone to be released safely the next morning.

“My goal was not to go around shooting people,” the accused killer told The Post.

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Arkansas Double Murder Suspect Investigated in Multiple Unsolved Killings Nationwide

Arkansas authorities say the man accused of stabbing an Arkansas couple to death during a family hiking trip is being investigated for potential ties to multiple other unsolved murders across the United States, as reported by Fox News.

Andrew James McGann, a former schoolteacher with positions in several southeastern states, is charged with capital murder in the July 26 killings of Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, and her husband, Clinton David Brink, 43.

The couple was hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park in Washington County, Arkansas, when they were attacked.

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DOJ Unveils Charges Against Haitian Gang Leader ‘Barbecue’ Over Sanction Violations

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 12 that it will charge Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier with conspiracy for his role in a scheme to transfer money illegally from the United States.

“Cherizier and a U.S. associate sought to raise funds in the United States to bankroll Cherizier’s violent criminal enterprise, which is driving a security crisis in Haiti,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said in a statement.

Cherizier was sanctioned in 2020 by the United States using the Magnitsky Act, which allows the president to impose sanctions for human rights abuses, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday.

His indictment under the Magnitsky Act is the first of its kind in the history of the DOJ, she said.

The State Department is offering up to $5 million for the capture of Cherizier, who is nicknamed “Barbecue” because he is accused of notorious human rights abuses—including a 2018 massacre in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Saline, in which the bodies of victims were burned, cut into pieces, and fed to pigs and dogs.

Cherizier denies the charges, and told the Associated Press in 2019 that the nickname comes from his childhood, when his  mother was a street vendor who sold fried chicken.

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Patrick Joseph White named as shooter who opened fire on CDC and killed cop ‘after suffering COVID vaccine injury’

The gunman who opened fire on the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta Friday and killed a police officer has been identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White. 

CNN reported that the family of the 30-year-old who had spoken with law enforcement said he blamed a recent illness on the Covid-19 vaccine, which was pushed by the CDC. 

White, from Kennesaw, Georgia, was formally identified Saturday as the shooter by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

‘There is extensive evidence to collect due to the complex scene,’ a statement from the bureau noted. ‘Numerous interviews are being conducted. This investigation will take an extended period of time.’

Law enforcement had said on Friday that the gunman died in the shooting after a firefight with cops. It is unclear if he was shot by officers or committed suicide. 

During the shooting, Police Officer David Rose, 33, a father-of-two, was killed at the CDC Buildings near Emory University. 

The shooter was armed with a long gun, and authorities recovered three other firearms at the scene, a law enforcement source told the Associated Press.

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British medic, 26, who was found dead on Christmas Eve in Ukraine after serving in the war against Russia ‘may have been murdered’

Katherine Mielniczuk, 26, tragically died from opioid intoxication on Christmas Eve in 2023.

Cops initially said they did not believe the former chemistry student’s death was suspicious, but have now raised questions over whether there was ‘foul play’ involved.

Police in the city of Sloviansk have launched an ‘ongoing’  murder investigation – with fears Ms Mielniczuk could have been pumped with a fatal dose of drugs, the Mirror reports. 

It comes as a coroner demanded to know if someone ‘administered something without her consent’ before colleagues discovered her lifeless body in her bed.

Ms Mielniczuk went to Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, compelled to use her medical skills to help those in need.

The University of Bristol graduate had been in the country for 18 months, primarily with the humanitarian group Stay Safe UA, and was attached to the 151st unit of the Special Operations Forces.

She also served as an instructor and combat medic with a group calling itself Menace Medics. 

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Prosecutors in Mangione Case Respond to Claim They’re Lying

Manhattan prosecutors have denied claims from murder suspect Luigi Mangione’s defense team that they lied on a subpoena to access his medical records illegally, Business Insider first reported on Friday.

The defense alleges prosecutors “were plainly lying to get the materials as soon as possible,” defense attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo, and Jacob Kaplan said in a filing when the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office obtained 120 pages of private data from Aetna without their or the court’s knowledge, and that prosecutors fabricated a court date months in advance for the subpoena.

In May, Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty if convicted. 

Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was shot to death just before 7 a.m. Eastern Time last Dec. 4 outside the New York Hilton Midtown. Fingerprints recovered from a water bottle and a Kind nutrition bar near the crime scene have been matched to Mangione’s, according to police. Authorities also say that have linked bullet shells to a 3D printed ghost gun Mangione had in his possession when he was arrested.                                            

Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann told Judge Gregory Carro that Aetna released medical information beyond the scope of the subpoena.

“Aetna erroneously sent us materials,” he wrote. “Like Aetna, the defense then erred, compounding Aetna’s mistake. Defense counsel sent the People an email attaching the entire Aetna file she now complains about.”

“The People issued a valid subpoena to Aetna for an appropriately limited set of relevant information,” Seidemann wrote. “Through no fault of the People, Aetna seemingly provided materials outside of the scope of the subpoena. The People then properly identified the error and notified the Court and the defense and deleted our copy of said materials.”

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GOP Leader Blasts Walz Over Law Allowing the Release of Man Who Killed Family With Axe

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is criticizing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz following the release of David Brom, who was convicted of killing his parents and two younger siblings with an axe in 1988, as reported by Fox News.

Brom’s release came under a 2023 state law signed by Walz that reformed sentencing for juvenile offenders.

“Once again, Tim Walz proves why he is one of the worst governors in the country,” Emmer told Fox News Digital.

“Not only do his soft-on-crime policies rob victims of the justice they deserve, but they also put the safety of every Minnesotan at risk. Being a self-proclaimed knucklehead doesn’t excuse the chaos he has caused with his dangerous, far-left agenda.”

Emmer, the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, joined other Minnesota Republicans in condemning Brom’s release, calling it “a slap in the face” to the victims’ families.

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Gun-Free Zones Like Fort Stewart Invite Mass Shootings

On Wednesday, another mass shooting unfolded — this time at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia. A male Army sergeant, who illegally carried a gun on the base, wounded five soldiers before others tackled and disarmed him.

Typically, only authorized designated security forces such as MPs are armed on duty. Any other soldier caught carrying a firearm faces severe consequences, ranging from a rank reduction, court-martial, potential criminal convictions, dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay, and even imprisonment.

So why would a soldier risk such harsh penalties? Because if you’re the attacker, planning to murder fellow soldiers, gun control laws won’t stop you. If you expect to die in the assault, as most mass public shooters do, extra years added to your sentence mean nothing. Even if you survive, you already anticipate multiple life sentences or the death penalty.

But for law-abiding soldiers, those same rules carry enormous weight. Carrying a gun for self-defense could turn them into felons and destroy their futures. These gun control policies disarm the innocent while encouraging a determined killer to attack there as they will know that they are the only ones who will be armed.

Yes, military police guard entrances, but like civilian police, they can’t be everywhere. Military bases function like cities, and MPs face the same limitations as police responding to off-base mass shootings.

Consider the attacks at the Navy Yard, both Fort Hood shootings, and the Chattanooga recruiting station. In each case, unarmed JAG officers, Marines, and soldiers had no choice but to hide while the attacker fired shot after shot.

Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley, then commander of Third Corps stationed at Fort Hood, testified to Congress about the second attack there: “We have adequate law enforcement on those bases to respond … those police responded within eight minutes and that guy was dead.” But eight minutes was simply too long for the three soldiers who were murdered and the 12 others who were wounded.

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