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Anchor Jael Snyder reports that the motorist shot dead by ICE officers in Maine early Monday was not the subject of the warrant the officers were serving — a deeply troubling detail confirmed by Maine senator Angus King after he spoke directly with Homeland Security secretary Mark Wayne Mullen. It marks the second fatal shooting involving ICE agents within a single week. [1] — Jael Snyder "ICE officers fatally shot a Maine motorist who was not the target of the warrant they were serving. Maine senator Angus King confirmed this…" 02:02 Separately, NPR's Ryan Lucas delivers the details of a blistering federal court ruling: US district judge Kathleen Williams, in a 56-page order, found that President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was brought in bad faith to manipulate the judicial process. [2] — Ryan Lucas "US district judge Kathleen Williams tore into Trump's IRS lawsuit in a 56-page ruling, finding it was filed in bad faith to manipulate the …" 03:38 The lawsuit had ended with a settlement that created a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund — since scrapped — and the judge found Trump used the courts to confer legitimacy on that settlement and to earmark billions of taxpayer dollars for grievances not defined in law. One of Trump's attorneys was referred for potential disciplinary action.
US district judge Kathleen Williams tore into Trump's IRS lawsuit in a 56-page ruling, finding it was filed in bad faith to manipulate the judicial process. The suit resulted in a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that has since been scrapped, and one Trump lawyer has been referred for disciplinary action.
US district judge Kathleen Williams issued a 56-page order blasting Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns as bad faith.
Trump's IRS lawsuit ended in a settlement that created a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, which has since been scrapped.
Ten years ago, 90% of tech media coverage was relentlessly negative and Kalanick felt he couldn't speak freely. Today, the rise of independent podcasters and Elon Musk buying Twitter has fundamentally changed the game — and it's why he's finally willing to talk.
Kay Classman, 28, was arrested for repeatedly posing as a 16-year-old and enrolling in Bronx high schools across multiple districts. She wasn't a predator — just someone so sad and lonely she wanted her lost childhood back. That's somehow sadder.
Disney, Meta, and Paramount have collectively paid Trump roughly $60 million to settle what Galloway calls nuisance lawsuits — all routed to his presidential library. Newsrooms are folding. The White House is handpicking press pool participants. This is what the end of a free press looks like.
One cheap fake documentary made by a teenager in his mother's basement convinced 16% of Americans that 9/11 was an inside job. Social media didn't invent conspiracy — it just gave it a rocket engine.
A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.
The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.
Andrew Wilson publicly offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her theory that Israel and TPUSA murdered Charlie Kirk. She refused. He argues that flat-earthers will debate anyone, but Kirk conspiracy theorists won't defend their claims under scrutiny.
Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.
Joe Rogan and Andrew Wilson watch a bystander video of the Corey Ruiz police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin live on air. The video is so blurry they initially think a female officer fired the fatal shots. They later learn a male officer did, after Ruiz allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed officers. Their conclusion: you cannot have a hot take on a story you don't understand yet.
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