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Inspector General Says President Biden’s FEMA Broke Law Skipping Trump Homes After Hurricanes

Just two weeks after Florida had been ravaged by Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton arrived on October 9 with sustained winds of 110-115 mph. Milton was a devastating hurricane that caused an estimated $34 billion in damage and killed 12 Floridians.

But what did a FEMA supervisor tell one Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) crew to do?

Breitbart News reported at the time that “Marn’i Washington, a FEMA supervisor, reportedly informed hurricane relief workers ‘verbally and in a group chat,’ to ‘avoid homes advertising Trump,’ in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.”

Not long after, Washington was fired.

Nearly two years later, a new Inspector General report has made it official that the then-Biden-run FEMA “skipped homes during the response to Hurricane Milton due to the presence of political signage supporting then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, violating FEMA policy and the Hatch Act of 1939.”

“This situation eroded public trust in FEMA’s ability to treat everyone impartially, offer unbiased and consistent assistance, and ensure equal access to resources and tools,” the report adds.

“These issues occurred due to weaknesses in FEMA’s training, documentation, and oversight,” continued the Inspector General. “FEMA DSA [Disaster Survivor Assistance] crews did not receive ethics and Hatch Act training before deploying to disasters, DSA policies and procedures did not require crews to explain why they skipped homes, and DSA crew leaders were not required to conduct quality control reviews of survivor interactions.”

It’s important to point out that FEMA crews were already instructed not to knock on any doors with “no trespassing” or “no soliciting” signs, which makes sense. Skipping the homes of Trump supporters is indefensible. First of all, almost all of the violence we’ve seen since the Trump Era began has been committed by the left. Secondly, if you take the job with FEMA, you better do the job.

To their great credit, it was FEMA employees who made this scandal public, which is of some comfort.

In its write-up of the Inspector General report, the far-left Washington Post drops this without any context:

However, safety concerns during disaster response are common, the former senior official said, with most of the encounters that FEMA canvassers faced involving guns.

Well, what does that mean exactly, because a good-faith search came up with exactly zero news of even a single FEMA staffer shot while working in a disaster area?

Moreover, if you’re living in a disaster area with no electricity and no idea if the authorities have a handle on things, all good people grab their guns and are wary of strangers. So, I have no doubt many a FEMA staffer has been greeted by a resident wise enough to arm him or herself. That’s hardly a threat or a menace. Hurricane or not, every stranger who knocks on my door is greeted with a welcoming smile and a loaded pistol hidden behind my back.

So, we all know why this FEMA supervisor skipped Trump homes: hate. She hates Trump supporters, believes they deserve to suffer, and abused her position to justify and spread her bigotry.

All in all, however, FEMA handled this well.

Still, as someone who lives in Western North Carolina and saw his town socked by Helene two years ago, it is foolish for anyone to wait around for the federal government to come save them. We were on our own for at least a week before any noticeable help arrived. FEMA should be a state program, not a federal one.

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Christian Club Files Lawsuit After School District Blocks Volunteer Mentors

A chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes filed a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey school district after the club was blocked from having volunteer mentors — even as they were allowed for other clubs.

The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 11 by religious liberty advocacy group Becket, alleged that two FCA clubs at Hopewell Valley Regional School District were banned from having volunteers under a policy forbidding outside mentors for religious clubs.

“While other student groups benefit from regularly hosting adult volunteers (a resource often crucial to the groups’ long-term health), the District has declared that for ‘religious clubs,’ ‘no outside individuals are permitted’ at all,” the lawsuit said.

“This damaging double standard is precisely the type of discrimination the Constitution and civil rights law forbid.”

Carolyn McDonough, FCA New Jersey Area Director and Hopewell Valley Central High School alumna, said in a statement that “as an inaugural member of FCA at Hopewell Valley’s Central High School, I know firsthand how much mentors mean to students.”

“They helped me grow in my relationship with Jesus and live out my faith through sports. Now I have the privilege of doing the same for today’s students. I pray the court will let me continue that ministry.”

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CHAOS IN LOS ANGELES: Antifa-Linked Mob Storms Catholic Church, Chases Conservative Activist Into Starbucks, and Douses Him in Blue Paint While Screaming “Nazi!”

Left-wing extremists and Antifa militants stormed the Precious Blood Catholic Church in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 23, where right-wing activist and free speech advocate Eoin Richard was hosting a peaceful free speech, anti-Islam rally.

The confrontation unfolded after Connolly, known publicly as Eoin Richard, organized a “Take Back LA” free-speech rally criticizing Islam.

Connolly originally advertised the August 23 demonstration outside the Islamic Center of Southern California on Vermont Avenue.

A pre-event advisory circulated by opponents described the gathering as a “far-right” rally and accused its organizers of targeting the Muslim community.

As counter-protesters gathered outside the Islamic center, Connolly reportedly redirected supporters to the nearby Precious Blood Catholic Church in Koreatown.

But the mob followed him.

According to journalist Andy Ngo, left-wing extremists and Antifa activists stormed the church, disrupted the gathering, and chased Connolly from the property.

Footage from the confrontation shows counter-protesters surrounding Connolly and repeatedly branding him a “Nazi,” the far left’s favorite label for anyone it believes should be silenced, intimidated, or physically attacked.

Connolly eventually sought refuge inside a nearby Starbucks, but the mob followed him into the business and surrounded the table where he and another man were seated.

Video circulating on social media shows blue paint being dumped over Connolly and his companion as counter-protesters crowd around them.

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SHOCK: German Leftist Rag TAZ Calls for MURDER to Stop AfD From Winning Free Elections

In a stunning display of radical left extremism, the influential German newspaper taz (Die Tageszeitung) has published a column that openly contemplates “forms of resistance – if necessary of a violent nature” against a potential AfD-led state government.

The piece, written by taz editor Jens Uthoff and published August 21, 2026 under the title “Antifaschismus und Militanz: Weckruf zur Wehrhaftigkeit” (“Antifascism and Militancy: A Wake-Up Call for Defensiveness”), comes as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) surges in polls ahead of the September 6 state election in Saxony-Anhalt.

Uthoff writes that executive power in a German state “could soon fall into the hands of the AfD.” Therefore, he declares, “it is imperative to deal with forms of resistance – if necessary of a violent nature.” He frames this as a defensive reaction to a supposed “right-radical coup attempt” rather than left-wing aggression, while carefully denying any “violence romanticism.”

Let’s be crystal clear: the AfD is currently polling between 40 and 43 percent in Saxony-Anhalt – far ahead of the establishment CDU. If voters hand the party a majority or a governing role in free, secret, and general elections, the left’s answer, according to this national newspaper, is to start discussing physical violence.

As the Ostdeutsche Allgemeine (and similar outlets) correctly noted the next day, this is not some fringe blogger ranting. This is a major left-wing editorial voice treating the possibility of citizens voting the “wrong” way as justification for contemplating violence against an elected government.

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Democrats and CNN Lose it After Pete Hegseth Utters This So-Called ‘Transphobic Slur’ at the Iowa State Fair

War Secretary Pete Hegseth drove the left insane earlier this week after using a politically incorrect term to describe transgender individuals.

As Iowa Public Radio reported, Hegseth appeared at the Iowa State Fair on Wednesday to defend the Department of War’s $1.5 trillion budget request and to support Rep. Zach Nunn, who is facing a difficult re-election fight.

Hegseth later tried to fire up fairgoers with some colorful language referencing the department’s return to fighting bad guys rather than pushing DEI garbage.

“We’re restoring the warrior ethos inside our department because that matters,” Hegseth told fairgoers.

“At the Department of War, we do training — not trannies,” he added.

Upon hearing this remark, CNN’s Jake Tapper was disgusted.

“Calling transgender people trannies, that’s obviously a slur,” Tapper fumed. “Treat people with dignity.”

U.S Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) also flipped out, with both calling for Hegseth’s termination.

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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, and Reporter for “Insubordination”

The Pentagon moved Friday to fire three senior employees at the taxpayer-supported military newspaper Stars and Stripes, accusing them of “insubordination” amid an escalating battle over the publication’s direction.

Publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, and Middle East reporter Lara Korte were each served with separation notices and given five days to appeal, according to CBS News⁠.

The stunning shake-up comes as the Trump administration works to overhaul the military publication, drag it into the 21st century, and eliminate the “woke distractions” that have infected institutions across the federal government.

Slavin and Korte claimed they were targeted over interviews they gave to CBS News without authorization for a segment that aired in July.

Slavin told CBS that the Pentagon accused him of insubordination after he publicly declared that any effort to control the newspaper’s reporting would cross a “red line.”

“According to the notice, I am being fired for stating in a CBS interview that censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line,” Slavin said.

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Argentina Gives Government New Power to Bar or Expel Foreigners Over “Hate” Messages and Attacks on National Symbols

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has signed a new decree expanding the country’s immigration restrictions to cover certain speech and conduct directed against Argentines.

Decree 681/2026, issued on July 29 and published in Argentina’s Official Gazette on July 30, amends the country’s Immigration Law. It creates new grounds for denying entry to foreigners and for canceling the residency of foreigners already in Argentina.

Under the decree, authorities may act against foreigners who have directed oral or written “hate messages” or incited violence against Argentines as a people, or against an individual Argentine because of that person’s nationality. The measure also covers foreigners who participate in acts described as an “outrage” against Argentina’s national symbols.

The government argues that the measure is justified by national sovereignty, public order, social cohesion and the protection of Argentine citizens. The decree says Argentina has experienced an increase in messages of hate and acts of hostility directed specifically at the Argentine people, their culture and national identity.

The key question: What counts as “hate”?

This is where the policy deserves careful scrutiny.

The decree does not say that every criticism of Argentina or its government can be punished. In fact, it specifically states that legitimate expressions of ideological disagreement and political, academic or civic criticism protected by the Constitution are not covered by the new provision.

That distinction matters.

A foreign national who threatens violence against Argentines because they are Argentine is in a fundamentally different category from someone who criticizes President Milei, mocks Argentine politicians, condemns Argentina’s immigration policy, disagrees with its foreign policy or expresses an unpopular opinion about the country.

A threat of violence is not the same thing as a political argument.

Incitement to violence is not the same thing as criticism of a president.

And an offensive political statement is not automatically a security threat.

Sovereignty is legitimate — but so is caution

Conservatives in the United States generally recognize that a sovereign nation has the right to control who enters and remains within its territory.

The United States itself gives the federal government broad authority over the admission of foreign nationals, particularly when national security or immigration law is involved.

Argentina is therefore not unusual in asserting that foreigners can be denied entry or removed under certain circumstances.

The difficult question is where immigration enforcement intersects with expression.

The Argentine decree itself attempts to draw that line by explicitly protecting legitimate political, ideological, academic and civic criticism.

But the practical application of the law will ultimately determine how meaningful that protection is.

Who decides what qualifies as “hate”?

The most important issue may not be the government’s stated objective of preventing violence.

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‘Biology and science is offensive?’ Watch WNBA fans get ordered to conceal their XX-XY T-shirts

America’s well-known freedom speech, which actually protects even offensive language be, uhm, darned!

A security guard at a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream has imposed his own, and presumably the team’s, speech code on fans.

That is, that they are not allowed to have scientific facts emblazoned on their T-shirts. Cover up or begone, he orders.

It is in a report posted by Fox that the details appear:

The report explains Kasey Thomason and daughter Annie had tickets just two rows back from the court, and they chose to wear XX-XY Athletics T-shirt to support Sophie Cunningham “and the ongoing fight to keep women’s sports and spaces female.”

Through much of the action there was no difficulty.

Then overtime, and a security guard appeared. He ordered them to cover their shirts or leave.

The report explained the guard claimed that other “fan(s)” were offended so they could wear the Atlanta Dream “Wellness & Health Night” shirts or be taken out of the building by escort.

Kasey wondered, so “biology and science is offensive?”

Mother and daughter “reluctantly” agreed to put on the offered shirts so they didn’t miss the end of the game.

Then, the report pointed out, “the Thomasons are seen on the ESPN broadcast with the tan Dream shirts in hand. They can be seen talking to fans around them, who they said loved their shirts and showed support for them and Cunningham throughout the game.”

The report said the prohibited items at State Farm Arena include, “Clothing, garments or signs displaying explicit language, profanity or derogatory characterization towards any person(s).”

Fox reported, “If State Farm Arena and the Atlanta Dream were really trying to claim the shirts worn by the Thomasons were a ‘derogatory characterization’ or ‘indecent messages’ on clothing, that would be an arbitrary way of enforcing their rules, at best. Discrimination, at the worst. But the fact remains, the security guard didn’t claim any of these things from the prohibited items list or the Fan Code of Conduct. He just said the shirts were ‘offensive.'”

Kasey told Fox she assumes a “trans rights” promoter sitting at courtside had complained.

The Fox report said, “This whole situation is discriminatory, disgusting, and quite frankly, Orwellian. In no shape, manner, or form, is a shirt that displays four prominent letters, representing a biological truth that women have XX chromosomes and men have XY chromosomes, ‘offensive.'”

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Freedom Convoy blacklist circulated to thousands of financial firms, records show

A federal blacklist containing personal information about Freedom Convoy supporters was circulated to potentially thousands of financial firms, according to new records uncovered by Blacklock’s Reporter.

Blacklock’s reports that regulators in Ontario distributed the information to between 1,000 and 2,000 brokerages and other firms, with no restrictions placed on further distribution.

The blacklist originated with the RCMP and included names, birth dates, telephone numbers and other personal information. Earlier parliamentary records showed it was distributed by unencrypted email to as many as 50 financial institutions, along with industry organizations and securities regulators.

The list was created after the Trudeau government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022. Authorities froze $7.8 million held in 437 bank and credit union accounts and cryptocurrency wallets associated with Freedom Convoy supporters.

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled in January that the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act was unlawful.

Finance officials have also acknowledged the names on the blacklist were not verified.

“There was no verification,” then-assistant deputy finance minister Isabelle Jacques testified in 2023. “We didn’t do any follow-up.”

The revelations contrast with comments from then-finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who said in 2022 the RCMP had provided financial institutions with information on protest leaders, organizers and people whose trucks participated in blockades.

Blacklock’s previously reported parliamentary records showing the blacklist also went to Canadian operations of foreign financial institutions, including Bank of China, State Bank of India, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Habib Bank, ICICI Bank, Mizuho Financial Group and Wells Fargo.

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Former Police Officer Convicted of Sharing ‘Grossly Offensive’ Meme About Islam in Britain

A former British police officer has been convicted of posting offensive content on Facebook after he reposted an image mocking Islam, sparking accusations that blasphemy laws have returned to the United Kingdom.

A former British police officer has been convicted of posting offensive content on Facebook after he reposted an image mocking Islam, sparking accusations that blasphemy laws have returned to the United Kingdom.

Retired police officer Stephen Gray, 65, has been found guilty by the Newton Aycliffe magistrates’ court of breaching Section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 over a post he reshared on Facebook, which was deemed to be “grossly offensive”.

According to The Telegraph, Gray was reported to the Durham Constabulary for two Facebook memes by a non-Muslim neighbour of his, whom Gray had previously been in a separate dispute with.

The first post reported to the police featured the title “time for mass deportations” next to a Middle Eastern man in his 20s or 30s with the words “Children in need”. It was captioned with: “12-year-old Mohammed recently arrived at Dover. Please donate to help him move from a three-star to a five-star hotel, which has a better halal menu, free Wi-Fi, and Sky and is nearer to a girls’ school”.

This post was not deemed by the court to violate the law, as it concerned a political issue that had been debated in Parliament.

The second meme depicted a picture of a man wearing a turban next to some bacon with the caption: “Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9-year-old!”

As the post was not considered to be a political message, but rather critical of a religion, it was found to be “grossly offensive” by the court. For this, Gray was found guilty of violating the Communications Act and was ordered to pay £1,000 in fines and court costs.

Gray said of the ruling: “I made a joke, an ironic joke, about Islam. That is all it was at the end of the day. A joke. I certainly never, not for one second, thought it would be deemed abusive.”

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