Eyewitness Tells CNN WHCD Shooter Was Not Tackled by Agents as Described by Trump Admin — He Just Fell

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An eyewitness at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting told CNN that the shooter was not tackled to the ground as the Trump administration claimed.

Just minutes into the start of the event, attendees heard gunfire outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton. The shooter, later identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, was subdued before entering the ballroom. According to his manifesto, Allen was targeting President Donald Trump and other members of his administration.

In the aftermath of the incident, Trump and his officials commended the officers who acted quickly and took Allen down before he could cause any harm.

According to Erin Thielman, who was near the scuffle as it unfolded, that wasn’t exactly how it happened. On Monday’s edition of The Situation Room with Pamela Brown and Wolf Blitzer, the conversation went as follows:

BROWN: Obviously, you were a key eyewitness as Wolf was. So when you say he fell at your feet, did it seem like he fell, something brought him down, he wasn’t tackled at that moment by law enforcement?THIELMAN: No, they started running in on him right as I ran down the stairs.BROWN: OK, so he wasn’t tackled, and that’s what brought him down to the ground?THIELMAN: No, he was not. He was not.BLITZER: It looked like he tripped.THIELMAN: Maybe that’s what happened. I have no idea.

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‘Who’s Paying Me’ — Dem Candidate Admits To Morphing Persona

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Democrat Iowa state senator and congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott admits to morphing her persona depending on who’s paying her, in a clip obtained by the Daily Caller.

Trone Garriott, an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) running in Iowa’s 3rd congressional district, made the remarks during the Iowa Secular Summit in July 2023, where she appeared to be presenting to a group of attendees using a PowerPoint.

“And so in my life as a state legislator, there are times in my life where I’m very clear where I am doing the church thing, and I’m the minister, and that’s what I’m about. And there are times that I know I’m the senator and that’s what I am there for,” she said.

The state senator added that navigating those roles can at times be unclear and “confusing,” telling the audience she can feel like she’s “all things” at once.

“But there’s a lot of time that gets kind of mushy and kind of confusing, like today I’m not really sure who I am right now. I’m kind of all things. Uh, you know sometimes I can tell by the outfit I’m wearing or my name tag, or who’s paying me, but um other times it’s hard because all these things they connect and you know, they get a little messy.” (Read more from “‘Who’s Paying Me’ — Dem Candidate Admits To Morphing Persona” HERE)

Ex-FBI Director James Comey Indicted for Threatening to Kill Trump in ‘86 47’ Instagram Post

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Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again Tuesday, this time by a federal grand jury for threatening to kill President Trump in a May 2025 Instagram post that called to “86 47.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges during a news conference, saying that “threatening the life of the president of the United States will never be tolerated by the Department of Justice.”

The indictment, handed up in the Eastern District of North Carolina, lists one count for “knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon the president of the United States.”

The other count was for “knowingly and willfully transmitting an interstate commerce communication that contained a threat to kill the president of the United States.”

Comey, 65, posted an image of seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers “86 47” on his Instagram on May 15, 2025, before deleting the message. (Read more from “Ex-FBI Director James Comey Indicted for Threatening to Kill Trump in ‘86 47’ Instagram Post” HERE)

Coca-Cola Sales are Climbing — and ‘Shrinkflation’ is the Sly Way it’s Keeping Fans Buying More

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Coca-Cola fans’ love for the fizzy stuff continues to grow — even as the containers it comes in keep whittling down.

On Tuesday, the company reported an increase in sales at the start of the year, raking in $12.5 billion over three months and raising shares by 5% — a notable find, considering the simultaneous steadily rising costs of cans, bottles and packaging.

Increased conflict in the Middle East has also contributed to this price hike, as certain supplies, like PET plastic and aluminum, have become more difficult to acquire.

While other food and beverage companies struggle amidst changing times, company chief John Murphy disclosed that Coca-Cola has kept afloat — and thrived — due to selling slightly smaller bottles and cans of its products.

The practice is colloquially known as “shrinkflation,” meaning that the price appears lower, but consumers are really getting less for their money. (Read more from “Coca-Cola Sales are Climbing — and ‘Shrinkflation’ is the Sly Way it’s Keeping Fans Buying More” HERE)

State Finds 34K Dead People on Voter Rolls

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Roughly 34,000 deceased people were discovered to still be on voter rolls in North Carolina, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections found the thousands of dead individuals during its “ongoing effort to verify” voters United States citizenship, according to ABC11 News. In a statement, Sam Hayes, who serves as the executive director for NC’s State Board of Elections, expressed that the number was “higher” than they had “anticipated.”

“While we expected to find some cases, this is higher than we anticipated,” Hayes said in a statement. “The benefit of entering into cross-state and federal database checks is that it allows us to uncover issues like this. Our goal is to use every available and legal tool at our disposal to achieve the most accurate voter rolls possible.”

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Ilhan Omar Fails to Show for Minnesota Fraud Hearing

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Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is facing mounting criticism in her home state after failing to appear at a key Minnesota legislative hearing examining potential links to one of the largest fraud schemes in the country.

The controversy centers on Omar’s absence from a hearing led by state lawmakers investigating the Somali-led “Feeding Our Future” scandal.

Federal prosecutors say the scheme involved the theft of hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded child nutrition aid. . .
Robbins chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee.

In the letter, Robbins wrote:

“Minnesotans and the Members of the House Fraud Prevention & State Oversight Committee were disappointed that you failed to appear before our committee to answer questions.” (Read more from “Ilhan Omar Fails to Show for Minnesota Fraud Hearing” HERE)

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Confirmed: The Four Anti-American RINOs Revealed Themselves by Opposing the SAVE America Act

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There is a particular species of Republican senator whose entire political identity depends on the illusion of principled independence. They vote with the party often enough to retain the label, but they reliably surface at precisely those moments when the conservative base has something real on the line. Early Thursday morning, four of them showed their faces again, and nobody should pretend to be surprised.

Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky joined every Senate Democrat to sink Sen. John Kennedy’s effort to attach a version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to the GOP’s immigration enforcement funding package. The amendment failed 48 to 50. The vote confirmed what everyone who has been paying attention already knew. The names were not a mystery. They are the same four senators Majority Leader John Thune has spent months shielding from any vote that might expose them.

The SAVE America Act, in the form Kennedy pushed, would have directed the Senate Rules Committee to draft legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register and vote in federal elections, limiting voting to Election Day, mandating ballots be counted within 36 hours, and capping implementation at $10 billion. In other words, it would have done exactly what every honest poll of the American people shows they want.

Sens. Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitch McConnell joined Senate Democrats to kill Sen. John Kennedy’s attempt to attach the SAVE America Act to the GOP immigration enforcement funding bill.

The amendment failed 48-50 during the Senate’s overnight “vote-a-rama” process.

Kennedy’s version would have required proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, limited voting to Election Day, mandated 36-hour ballot counting, and set a $10 billion implementation ceiling. (Read more from “Confirmed: The Four Anti-American RINOs Revealed Themselves by Opposing the SAVE America Act” HERE)

Woman Seen Snatching Wine Bottles in Aftermath of White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting

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. . .A woman was caught on camera blissfully snatching bottles of wine during the chaotic aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

While throngs of reporters and other guests fled the Washington Hilton ballroom, an unknown blonde woman wearing posh black fur went straight for a table to stockpile booze.

Because the shooting took place early on during the salad portion of the marquee dinner, there was an abundance of wine left abandoned at tables across the ballroom.

The woman’s identity is not immediately clear, and it’s not apparent whether she was a journalist or some other guest.

Footage of the wine grab quickly went viral. But netizens were torn whether snatching the wine was in poor taste given what could’ve been a tragic evening if the shooter wasn’t stopped, or a fiscally prudent move given the high price tag of the swanky dinner.

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Guest Caught Casually Munching on Salad as Others Took Cover During Shooting Explains Himself

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A White House Correspondents’ Dinner guest who went viral for casually munching on his burrata salad as others ducked for cover at the sound of gunfire explained his calm demeanor Sunday.

“First of all, I have a bad back. I couldn’t get on the floor, and if I did get on the floor, they’d have to bring in people to get me off the floor,” Creative Artists Agency agent Michael Glantz told the New York Times.

“And No. 2, I’m a hygiene freak. There was no freaking way I was getting my new tux on the dirty Hilton floor. It was not happening.”

Glantz was captured on CNN sneaked a fork full of salad despite the chaos and commotion at the DC gala Saturday night.

He quickly went viral for his even-keel approach, which he further elaborated on. (Read more from “Guest Caught Casually Munching on Salad as Others Took Cover During Shooting Explains Himself” HERE)

15 Chemical Spraying Drones Stolen as FBI Investigates Possible ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Report

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Someone stole 15 giant agricultural drones in New Jersey — and experts fear a “nightmare scenario” if they end up in the hands of terrorists.

The fleet of Ceres Air C31 drones, which are about the size of an ATV, were ripped off March 24 by a bogus delivery driver who duped shipping and logistics company CAC International in Harrison, according to The High Side substack.

A phony bill of lading was presented at the pick-up location for the drones which was bolstered by a fake confirmation email that CAC International took to be legitimate, the report stated. . .

The FBI is concerned the chemical-spraying drones could be used to disperse biological or chemical weapons, the report claimed.

“This was one of the most highly sophisticated thefts [the FBI] have seen in a long time, which is the main thing that has them so spooked,” a person who was briefed on the case told the outlet. (Read more from “15 Chemical Spraying Drones Stolen as FBI Investigates Possible ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Report” HERE)