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FBI reveals details in new affidavit about alleged terror plot to attack UFC 250 event

he FBI released an affidavit Tuesday regarding a foiled alleged terror plot on Sunday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship 250 event at the White House, which perpetrators were allegedly planning to attack with explosive-laden drones and snipers.

At least five people have been arrested, and agents are working to identify as many as 18 others who appear to be involved in the planning on encrypted chats communicating with the alleged plotters, officials said.

The affidavit identified three of the five apprehended suspects, including 19-year-old Tycen Proper, who was arrested in Ohio and charged with attempted murder and several firearms violations after he allegedly admitted to helping plan the attack.

FBI task force officer Christopher Betts said in the court document that Proper’s mother reported her son’s unusual behavior to police in Ohio last week, highlighting his recent purchases of firearms and conversations with random people online.

Proper also allegedly made “concerning statements,” including “making sympathetic comments about Adolf Hitler and posting anti-Semitic comments on Facebook,” according to NBC News.

The suspect allegedly told investigators that his group was supposed to stage a protest on the north side of the White House, and while he was not planning to shoot anyone, people in his group were allegedly intent on violence. 

“While the demonstration was taking place, the group would fly small, unmanned aircraft (i.e. drones) laden with unspecified explosive devices which would detonate over the north side of the UFC arena,” the affidavit said. “When the unmanned aircraft detonated, the intent was to force the crowd attending the UFC event and high-value targets (HVTs) to evacuate to the south.”

Proper also claimed that the reason behind the planned attack was to allegedly jump-start a revolution because “members of the group believed that the United States needed to be torn down so that it could be rebuilt.”

Another suspect was arrested in Missouri and identified as 32-year-old Daniel Eskridge, who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, in connection with a plan to attack the event.

Eskridge allegedly told members of the group in messages that he was preparing a “safe house” in Missouri and was building a “bunker” under the floorboards of his shed. He intended to attack members of Congress and the power grid.

“The messages included maps with pins to locate positions of attack, as well as planned routes of escape following the execution of the group’s plan,” the affidavit said. “Once the details were settled among other members of the group, Eskridge stated, ‘I’m liking it, now if we can keep it all coordinated it should work.’”

A third man was identified as Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, who was also arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

Alvarez allegedly posted detailed location and logistical information related to the plan, including locations in the area for drone launch points and sniper positions.

Officials seized weapons and ammo from each of the suspects’ homes, along with tactical vests and a multi-cam gun belt with a medical kit from Eskridge’s home.

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Democrat Politicians Seethe After Baseball Players “Deface” Pride Night With Bible Verses

Recently we reported on the MLB’s angry response to three San Francisco Giants players who scribbled bible verses across their “Pride Night” uniforms in a silent protest.  The incident takes place in the midst of a rising tide of popular opposition to the woke movement’s political authoritarianism.  Gay pride has become synonymous with the liberal “cry-bully”:  Activists who try to assert social dominance over others then play the victim when people fight back.

California State Senator and rabid gay activist Scott Wiener is the epitome of a typical woke cry-bully.  He is perhaps best known as an advocate for the “kink community” and his defense of gender treatments (hormones and sex change surgeries) for children.  He is also a militant supporter of sexualized LGBT propaganda in public schools. 

Wiener has criticized medical facilities that refuse to give gender bending treatments to people under 19 years of age and supported measures to make California a “transgender safe haven”.

It’s therefore not surprising that Wiener is enraged by anything Christian or biblical entering his big gay domain, and he had a lot to say about the Giant’s players who defiled his precious Pride Night. 

“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.

The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules…”

The state senator acts as if the players broke some kind of law.  Baseball club rules are private business arrangements, not statutes that require the the frantic complaints of a homosexual Karen.  That said, Wiener’s response to this event is quite revealing. 

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INSANE: Liberal ‘Historian’ Tries to Tie UFC Fight at the White House to the Lynching of Black People

Heather Cox Richardson is a supposed historian. During a recent discussion with former CNN employee Jim Acosta, she tried to tie the UFC Freedom 250 Fight at the White House to the historic lynching of black people.

This is the same woman who just last month, claimed that Republicans accuse other people of what they themselves are doing, and then suggested that the GOP learned this tactic from the Nazis.

In short, this woman is completely insane, or a liar, or both. But the left loves her. She has a massive following on the Substack platform.

In the video below, she actually says:

“It’s not really a stretch to say that the same impulse that created the UFC fight on the white House lawn is the impulse that really pushed lynching in the late 19th century.”

It’s incredible how she says all of this nonsense with a completely straight face. If she actually believes this, she needs mental help.

Some people on the left are just so desperate to believe the worst about President Trump and his supporters that they dream up dark fantasies like this one, then say them out loud and try to convince others that it’s true.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real.

Millions of Americans watched the UFC event and had fun while feeling pride for their country. This makes people like Richardson miserable, so her impulse is to somehow ‘ruin’ the event. That’s what she’s trying to do here.

It just comes off as pathetic and sad.

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U.S. Marshals Remove UFC Champion Sean Strickland from UFC Fan Fest 

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has been removed from the UFC Fan Fest being held at the Ellipse in Washington D.C.

On Sunday evening, Strickland who is not on the UFC Freedom 250 fight card being held on the White House’s lawn, posted a photo on Instagram of him being escorted by U.S. Marshals and U.S. Park Police officers from the UFC’s Fan Fest venue.

Strickland in a caption wrote, “I may have been charged with disorderly conduct. I don’t know what that is but it sounds cool.”

Per MMA Fighting:

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland could be looking a misdemeanor charge for disorderly conduct after sneaking into the UFC Fan Fest at the White House on Sunday.

After claiming he was banned from attending the historic event, Strickland still made his way to Washington D.C. where he was mobbed by fans during the pre-fight press conference on Friday. Strickland then attempted to find a way into the fan fest happening at the Ellipse near the White House but that plan also went awry.

While he did manage to make it inside and actually jump in a WWE ring set up at the event, Strickland was quickly removed by security and escorted out.

Strickland wasn’t arrested but he claims he may be facing a disorderly conduct charge, which is a Class B misdemeanor in Washington D.C. punishable by up to 90 days in jail and up to a $500 fine or both.

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NYC Erupted in Violence After Knicks Clinched First Title in 53 Years, 63 Arrested, 10 Cops Injured, School Buses Torched and Shooting in Times Square

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the New York Knicks ended a 53-year championship drought on Saturday night, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to claim the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

What began as jubilant celebrations across Manhattan quickly spiraled into widespread violence, with the NYPD reporting 63 arrests overnight into Sunday morning as crowds turned destructive in Midtown and Times Square.

Large crowds of tens of thousands of unruly fans and rioters gathered north of Madison Square Garden between Fifth and Ninth Avenues as the game concluded and after the final buzzer.

According to the NYPD, the groups refused to disperse, blocked major streets and avenues for hours, climbed light poles, traffic lights, scaffolding, and vehicles, lit fireworks in dense crowds, engaged in physical fights, and hurled bottles and other objects at police.

Much of the violence and chaos was captured on camera by independent journalist Nick Sortor, who was posting clips to X in real time.

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Mexican Authorities Make Gruesome Discovery Outside Iran’s World Cup Training Camp

Mexican authorities discovered a decomposing body stuffed inside the trunk of an abandoned vehicle just yards from where Iran’s national soccer team is preparing for the 2026 World Cup.

The grim discovery was made Friday in a supermarket parking lot across from Caliente Stadium in Tijuana, where Iran has established its training base ahead of upcoming matches in the United States.

According to local authorities, residents had complained for days about a foul odor coming from a gray Toyota SUV parked in the lot.

When officers inspected the vehicle, they found a body wrapped in a black bag inside the trunk.

“Upon inspecting the vehicle, they found a person wrapped in a black bag in the trunk, showing signs of violence,” a spokesman for the Tijuana prosecutor’s office said.

Officials have not released the identity of the victim.

Forensic investigators were seen examining the SUV and collecting evidence from the scene before removing the body.

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Female player promised full ride to San Jose State for volleyball stuck with full-year tuition bills after trans player takes her spot

Former San Jose State volleyball player Elle Patterson was promised a full athletic scholarship that was not fully honored to her, as her transgender-identifying biological male teammate continued to receive his scholarship.

Patterson was originally committed to Fairfield University on a full athletic scholarship before following her recruiting coach, Todd Kress, to San Jose State. She said she was told she would again receive a full scholarship offer.

“I had a phone call with Todd and he said, ‘yes, it will be a full ride again,'” Patterson explained to Fox News. “I was an out-of-state kid, so I didn’t want to have to be paying a lot for my school when I went somewhere to get it paid for. So he confirmed that to me verbally.”

Patterson, however, never actually saw that money from the scholarship. Her family was forced to pay out-of-pocket for her freshman year as she played back-up for a transgender-identifying teammate. Her family wasn’t prepared for the financial burden, but they made it work with the belief that the scholarship would take effect next year. Patterson said Kress told her, “We will not be covering your first year. But we will be covering your last three.”

But when the first year ended, she never received the scholarship. Patterson then claimed that as she continued to play, she realized Kress wasn’t who she thought he was.

“He didn’t seem like the type of coach and the person who recruited me when he was actually coaching at San Jose,” Patterson said. “The way in which he went about certain situations and just playing was more along the lines of just completely tearing you down as a person and not building you back up. But it definitely felt like he had certain people, one being the man on our team, that he would have done anything for… but it didn’t feel like he had the support and belief in some of the other girls on our team.”

Patterson said she was then told she wouldn’t receive her scholarship and was told it was due to an injury that required her to miss a few games.

“We go through the entire season. I get to my end-of-the-year meeting with them. And that is when I was sitting in the office with him and the assistant coach at the time and they said that they weren’t going to give me a scholarship anymore,” Patterson said.

“They tried to say that it was because of [my injury]. And because I wasn’t like back to where I had been before.”

However, trans-identifying teammate Blaire Fleming, who was also injured and missed even more games than Paterson, was able to keep his scholarship, according to the Department of Education’s written findings of its Title IX investigation into SJSU in 2025 and 2026.

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Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin from Conditioning Billions in SNAP on Stopping Gender Ideology, Benefits for Illegal Aliens, and Attacks on Girls’ Sports – 20 Democrat States Celebrate Win for Woke Agendas

In yet another blatant example of judicial activism and lawfare against the will of the American people, U.S. District Judge Myong Joun – a Biden appointee with a well-documented history of blocking President Trump’s agenda – sided with 20 Democrat states and the District of Columbia on Friday, granting a preliminary injunction that halted the Trump administration’s efforts to tie federal food assistance funding to basic common-sense conditions.

The ruling stops the U.S. Department of Agriculture from enforcing requirements on states receiving tens of billions in SNAP (food stamps), school lunch, WIC, and other nutrition program dollars.

Among the blocked conditions: restrictions on promoting “gender ideology,” preventing illegal aliens from accessing taxpayer-funded benefits, and ensuring “fair athletic opportunities” for women and girls.

This is the same Judge Myong Joun who previously blocked Trump administration efforts to reform and downsize the Department of Education, as The Gateway Pundit has reported.

The Trump administration, under Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has been working to clean up these massive federal programs.

As The Gateway Pundit previously detailed, the USDA put ALL programs under review to ensure only American citizens receive food stamps and other benefits. New requirements from Republican-backed legislation had already reduced SNAP rolls by nearly 4.3 million beneficiaries between January 2025 and January 2026 through basic eligibility enforcement.

The new conditions were straightforward America First policy:

  • States had to certify they were not using federal funds to promote gender ideology, including programs that would deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities (i.e., keeping biological males out of girls’ sports).
  • States could not allow illegal aliens to obtain taxpayer-funded benefits or create incentives for illegal immigration.
  • Broader compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws and Trump executive orders on these issues.

In short, the administration was simply saying: if you want billions in federal food aid, you don’t get to use it to push radical transgender ideology or subsidize illegal immigration on the taxpayers’ dime.

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“Damn Right” – LA Mayor Karen Bass Vows to Lead Resistance Against Immigration Agents During World Cup

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is promising to lead a resistance against federal immigration agents during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 

Los Angeles is set to host eight World Cup matches, including the US Men’s National Team’s opening match next Friday.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents will be working alongside the FBI and local police to manage crowds and stop crimes such as human trafficking and drug smuggling.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated in a recent video posted to ICE’s official X account that agents will “be out there every day” during the World Cup matches.

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Outrage Mounts After Trans Athlete AB Hernandez Wins California Girls Track Championship

A controversial transgender athlete in California has caused another backlash after winning a girls’ track championship on Saturday.

AB Hernandez, a boy who identifies as a girl, won a medal at the CIF State Track & Field Championships being held at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School in Clovis, California, this weekend, according to the New York Post.

Hernandez, who competes for Jurupa Valley High School, was participating in the girls’ long jump. But this is not the athlete’s first time stirring controversy. All year, Hernandez has been at the center of protests by parents who want to protect girls’ sports from the incursion by boys identifying as girls.

Even as Hernandez was winning events inside, parents had gathered outside the venue to protest transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

Parents held signs blasting the ruination of girls’ sports. Signs included, “No boys. No bias. Just fairness, and “Save Girl’s Sports.”

Parents also accused event officials of allowing boys to compete and said males winning means the events have been “stolen from our daughters.”

Hernandez did not win the long jump event, but did come in third with a mark of 20 feet, 2 1/4 inches.

Ellie McCuskey-Hay of St. Ignatius High School and Gianna Gonzalez of Moorpark High School, who each jumped 20 feet, 3 1/2 inches, shared first place.

Corinne Jones from St. Mary’s High School achieved the fourth best jump but was still awarded third place, which she shared with Hernandez. This occurred due to a change in state rules.

The new rule, put in place last year, states that when a trans athlete places in a postseason event, the next-closest “cisgender” girl will share the placement.

Despite the rule being made to mollify parents, Hernandez’s mom was less than pleased with it. Early in May, Nereyda Hernandez ripped the new rule.

“All these big, tough ex-athletes at CIF, and the most courage they could muster was to hand this to coaches at AB’s meet today,” the group wrote. “Not one of them was brave enough to look her or her mother in the eye and say: ‘This whole project of violating Ed Code is aimed at you. A child.’”

Hernandez also wrote that her “heart was full watching A.B compete.”

“Today at the CIF Track & Field Finals, my heart was full watching A.B compete,” she wrote after her son’s competition.

“No matter how differently she may be seen by some, she continues to walk onto that field with the most beautiful smile on her face, gives EVERY event her ALL, and carries herself with grace, determination, and sportsmanship,” she wrote.

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