GOP State Rep. Arrested on Child Pornography Charges Linked to Account ‘JOEBIDENNNN69’

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Federal prosecutors are pressing charges against a South Carolina Republican lawmaker following a months-long investigation into heinous pornography allegedly depicting children as young as toddlers.

Republican state House Representative Robert John “R.J.” May has been charged with a 10-count indictment for allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material. He was arrested on Wednesday after months of speculation surrounding the search of a house belonging to May in August 2024 by Homeland Security officers. . .

According to the State, Homeland Security Investigations officials seized from May’s home a laptop, a tablet, four cell phones, four hard drives, four SD cards, two DVD-Rs, and 19 thumb drives. The search was executed after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was tipped off by a social messaging app called Kik, which had flagged several graphic child pornography videos linked to the username “joebidennnn69.”

This account was connected to May’s home IP address and mobile device, where investigators “found at least 10 videos depicting child sexual abuse that were shared from the account,” according to a DOJ press release. Federal prosecutors alleged that May used several different usernames “to exchange 220 obscene files containing extremely graphic footage of children and toddlers engaged in sex acts on the messaging app Kik over five days last spring,” the New York Post reported.

The Associated Press reported that May’s defense lawyer suggested that “someone could have used the Wi-Fi password that was shown on a board behind a photo May’s wife may have posted online.” Prosecutors have demanded that May not be given bail because he lives at home with his wife and two children, who are allegedly close to the same age as the children in the case. (Read more from “GOP State Rep. Arrested on Child Pornography Charges Linked to Account ‘JOEBIDENNNN69’” HERE)

California Launches Investigation of Insurance Company for Abusing Fire Victims

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara launched an official investigation into State Farm for abusive practices against policyholders in the wake of the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in January.

As Breitbart News has reported, State Farm dropped many of its customers in fire-prone zones in the months — even days — before the fires, acting partly in response to California’s refusal, at the time, to let insurance companies raise premiums in response to growing future risks.

Yet many policyholders who were lucky enough to retain their policies found that State Farm was indifferent at best and abusive at worst when it came to fulfilling its obligations to help them rebuild.

Policyholders whose homes burnt down completely complained of being forced to itemize every single lost possession to receive 100% of their coverage for destroyed property. Many also received lowball offers of compensation from the company, apparently designed to encourage cash-strapped residents to settle for less than they were entitled to receive. And State Farm became notorious for reassigning insurance adjusters, meaning that policyholders often had to work with three or four, starting over with each new adjuster assigned to them.

Critics said that State Farm was trying to spread its losses out over multiple quarters. Local resident Joy Chen of Altadena, who organized protests against the company, alleged that adjusters’ initial estimates of damage were being revised downward by the company’s head office as part of a deliberate strategy. (Read more from “California Launches Investigation of Insurance Company for Abusing Fire Victims” HERE)

Holdout GOP Senators Flip on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ as Deal Nears Deadline

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After weeks of hesitation and political posturing, the holdout GOP senators have finally had their wake-up call on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Despite strongly opposing Trump’s tax bill, several senators are now rallying behind the legislation the president promises will deliver real results, anything from strengthening the U.S. economy to securing the southern border and putting America first.

Reports indicate that some fiscally conservative senators who initially opposed Trump’s major tax cut bill are warming up. If this shift continues, the bill stands a good chance of passing by month’s end. Earlier, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) noted that the bill was facing major revisions, which could make it difficult to clear the House again before the July 4 deadline. This comes as several Republicans threaten to block the bill unless Thune agrees to deeper spending cuts to offset the significant rise in the national debt.

But the tide has turned.

For instance, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) appears to be softening his position on Trump’s bill.

“We all want to see President Trump succeed,” Johnson said this week. “Everybody is trying to help. That’s why, if I seem to have been striking a more hopeful tone, it’s because I am more hopeful.” (Read more from “Holdout GOP Senators Flip on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ as Deal Nears Deadline” HERE)

Oversight Chairman Comer Launches Investigation on LA Riots

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On Friday, House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-KY) alerted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) he is looking to investigate the LA riots. The Department of Justice (DOJ) also received a letter, according to Fox News. The letters taking issue with California’s immigration policies were also signed by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), who chairs the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement.

Bass and Newsom have had particularly horrific takes on the anti-ICE, pro-illegal immigration, and even pro-terrorist riots in Los Angeles.

The letter to the DOJ referenced the violence employed by rioters in LA, including how law enforcement officers have been targeted and injured by weapons. (Read more from “Oversight Chairman Comer Launches Investigation on LA Riots” HERE)

Multiple Illegal Aliens Escape Custody as Protesters Surround ICE Detention Facility

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Four suspected illegal immigrants, referred to as “public safety threats,” escaped from federal authorities at a building used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark, New Jersey, as chaotic scenes erupted outside the facility on Thursday.

The escapees, identified as two Honduran and two Colombian nationals by the Department of Homeland Security, broke through a wall and escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center, the Associated Press reported. Detainees being held inside Delaney Hall reportedly became enraged over delayed meals, and protesters showed up at the detention center, pushing against the gates and attempting to block vehicles from passing through.

Delaney Hall is the same facility where Newark Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka, along with Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), were arrested during altercations with law enforcement after they attempted to storm into the building last month.

An attorney representing one of the suspected illegal immigrants being detained at Delaney Hall told the AP that the situation became violent on Thursday after meals for the detainees arrived hours later than normal. (Read more from “Multiple Illegal Aliens Escape Custody as Protesters Surround ICE Detention Facility” HERE)

LA News Outlet Caught In Lie That ICE Targeted Pregnant Woman

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fact-checked KTLA5 on Friday, after the Los Angeles local news outlet claimed that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attended the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid of a pregnant U.S. mother’s home in nearby Huntington Park.

KTLA5, an affiliate of The CW, had reported on Thursday night that the U.S. citizen and mother of four, Sabrina Medina, was in the shower at 6 a.m. that day when she realized her house was surrounded by several vehicles of ICE agents. The DHS responded with an X post the following day, “FAKE NEWS. At this house was an illegal alien from Mexico who had previously been deported.”

“I was just terrified,” Medina reportedly told KTLA5, “I was shaking. I was scared. I’ve never gone through anything like this.”

The DHS post revealed that Medina’s husband, David Garcia, has a criminal history of “drug trafficking and assault.”

Fox News’ Bill Melugin wrote on X Friday that he attended the ICE raid with Noem on Thursday, and that the raid “wasn’t targeting a ‘pregnant mother’, it was targeting her previously deported illegal alien Mexican husband who had been convicted of drug trafficking in February & had an attempted murder charge pleaded down to an assault conviction.”

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Trump Overturns California’s Authoritarian Ban on Gas Cars

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President Donald Trump overturned California’s authoritarian ban on gas-powered vehicles on Thursday, signing a resolution approved by Congress last month.

California became the first state in the nation to pursue a phase-out of gas-powered cars, attempting to halt all new sales by 2035 and effectively force its citizens to purchase electric vehicles. After Trump’s move, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., who is currently letting Los Angeles burn by not responding to riots there, signed a reciprocal order reaffirming the ban, while Rob Bonta, the state’s far-left attorney general, filed a lawsuit against the move.

“We officially rescue the U.S. auto industry from destruction by terminating the California electric vehicle mandate once and for all,” Trump said at the bill signing, noting, “It’s been a disaster for this country.”

The bills passed with bipartisan support, and in a further statement on Thursday evening, Trump said a grouping of three interrelated measures he signed would “prevent California’s attempt to impose a nationwide electric vehicle mandate and to regulate national fuel economy by regulating carbon emissions.”

The statement noted also that the reason the federal government has the purview over emissions standards is because of the “inherently interstate nature of air quality,” adding, “Our Constitution does not allow one State special status to create standards that limit consumer choice and impose an electric vehicle mandate upon the entire Nation.” (Read more from “Trump Overturns California’s Authoritarian Ban on Gas Cars” HERE)

US Is Assisting Israel Against Iranian Missile Attacks, Official Confirms

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The U.S. is offering assistance to Israel against hundreds of missiles launched in a retaliatory attack from Iran, according to an email from a U.S. official to Blaze News.

Iran issued the attack after Israel launched Operation Rising Lion that successfully targeted Iran’s nuclear development capabilities as well as its military leadership. The U.S. admitted prior knowledge of the Israeli plan but denied any direct involvement.

In a statement to Fox News, a senior U.S. official confirmed that the U.S. is aiding Israel against the missile attacks.

“There are hundreds of thousands of American citizens and other American assets in Israel, and the U.S. is working to protect them,” the official said.

An email from a U.S. official to Blaze News confirmed the report.

That email said the U.S. is assisting Israel with shooting down the Iranian missiles but offered no other details. (Read more from “US Is Assisting Israel Against Iranian Missile Attacks, Official Confirms” HERE)

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Jet in Air India Crash Was Subject of Conspiracy Theories About Dead Whistleblower — and Battery Problems

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By New York Post. Thursday’s Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people has brought renewed scrutiny on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft — which was at the center of a conspiracy theory following a whistleblower’s suicide last year.

The disaster marks the first time a 787 Dreamliner — Boeing’s newest plane model — has been involved in a catastrophic crash since its debut in 2011.

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets. . .

The Air India jet that crashed on Thursday was built in 2014 and had performed some 8,000 takeoffs and landings, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Despite enjoying a 14-year safety streak, the troubled aerospace giant has seen its Dreamliner suffer from a series of production woes and attention from whistleblowers warning about the massive plane’s assembly.

The issues began in 2013, with Boeing’s fleet of 787s grounded following a series of battery fires flagged by air safety inspectors. (Read more from “Boeing 787 Dreamliner Jet in Air India Crash Was Subject of Conspiracy Theories About Dead Whistleblower — and Battery Problems” HERE)

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Miracle Passenger in Seat 11A Survives Air India Plane Crash That Killed Over 200 People: ‘There Were Bodies All Around Me’

By New York Post. . .A lone survivor walked away from the Air India crash that killed everyone else aboard when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner went down just 30 seconds after take off.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was in exit-row seat 11A, says he has “no idea” how he is still alive following the crash at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday morning.

The British-Indian citizen was found limping in the street amid the wreckage after the passenger plane smashed into a hostel for doctors and their families just moments after taking off, authorities said. . .

“When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me,” the 40-year-old told the Hindustan Times from a hospital bed. . .

Ramesh recalled the horrifying moment the plane began rapidly descending and hitting a doctors’ hostel in a residential part of the city of 5 million in northwest India.

“Thirty seconds after takeoff, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.” (Read more from “Miracle Passenger in Seat 11A Survives Air India Plane Crash That Killed Over 200 People: ‘There Were Bodies All Around Me’” HERE)

Report: Israel Declares State of Emergency After Launching Strike on Iran

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a state of emergency after launching a strike on Iran, according to several reports.

“Two sources with knowledge of the operation” told Axios that Israel had carried out a strike on Iran.

Per the outlet, “it’s not clear whether Israel has ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear program.”

ABC News reported that Katz had declared “a special state of emergency in the country following what he called a preemptive strike against Iran.”

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