Alleged New Orleans Terrorist Donated To Democrats

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who the FBI said was killed after committing a New Year’s Eve terror attack in New Orleans has donated to Democrat politicians over the years, Federal Election Commission data shows.

On May 7, 2020, Jabbar gave $15 through ActBlue, listing his job as “consultant” for “EY” (likely Ernst & Young) and his address as Fresno, Texas. The contribution says it was to the Action PAC (now called the Grassroots Law PAC), which that cycle spent $100,000 supporting Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and another $100,000 supporting Jaime Harrison, who is now chair of the Democratic National Committee and at the time was a Senate candidate in South Carolina.

In 2014, Jabbar gave $5 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, listing his job as soldier for the U.S. Army and his address as Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Jabbar was reportedly born in the United States and was an American citizen, but had an ISIS flag when he rammed his truck into a crowd, killing at least 10 and injuring at least 35. (Read more from “Alleged New Orleans Terrorist Donated To Democrats” HERE)

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11 Teens Face Felony Charges for Allegedly Using Dating Apps to Lure, Beat Men as Part of Viral Social Media Trend

Authorities in Illinois said 11 teens engaged in a viral social media trend of using dating apps to lure and beat men. The teenagers are facing felony charges for their alleged assaults.

The Mount Prospect Police Department said in a statement that a group of 11 teens attacked two men over the summer.

A 41-year-old man told police a group of teens battered him around 9:45 p.m. July 8 in the parking lot of a business in Mount Prospect, roughly 20 miles northwest of Chicago.

“The victim related that he had utilized an online dating app to arrange to meet a person at that location,” the Mount Prospect Police Department stated. “After arriving, the victim related that he was approached by a group of teenage males who confronted him verbally and battered him. Teenagers in the group also damaged the victim’s vehicle. The victim related he fled in the vehicle and was eventually able to get away from the group of teenagers, who followed him in their vehicles.”

Within just 10 minutes of the first reported attack, a 23-year-old man contacted police about an assault that purportedly occurred about a mile away from the first alleged attack. (Read more from “11 Teens Face Felony Charges for Allegedly Using Dating Apps to Lure, Beat Men as Part of Viral Social Media Trend” HERE)

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The People Carving Up Healthy ‘Trans’ Kids Have Literal ‘Blood On Their Hands’

One of the most insidious assertions of the pro-trans left is that those who oppose puberty blockers, wrong-sex hormones, and other pseudo-scientific medical interventions for trans-identifying youth have “blood on their hands.” This is because, such ideologues claim, children deprived of this purported “medical care” are more likely to kill themselves.

The fallaciousness of such declarations, however, is becoming more evident in light of acknowledgments from some unlikely sources in the media and medical establishment. . .

The “blood on the hands” slander of the pro-trans left has become predictably commonplace in recent years. NBC earlier this month covered pro-trans activists protesting outside the Supreme Court who alleged our nation’s highest court would have “blood on its hands” if it didn’t determine a Tennessee law limiting access to such interventions was discriminatory. A Missouri LGBT public policy and advocacy organization in November accused Circuit Judge Craig Carter of having “blood on his hands” for upholding a law that restricted transgender medical interventions on kids.

In one of the most inflammatory examples of this rhetoric, transgender-identifying Montana state legislator Zooey Zephyr in April 2023 described state restrictions on such experiments as “tantamount to torture.” Zephyr provocatively warned: “I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.”

These charges were always based on flawed reasoning, even absent any reference to data related to youth suicide incidence rates. How would restricting medical professionals from giving irreversible drugs and surgeries to an otherwise healthy kid be responsible for the latter’s suicide, especially given that as recently as a couple of decades ago, these pharmaceutical interventions were unheard of? And why would large numbers of gender dysphoric youths, supposedly hiding in the shadows until the last decade, suddenly feel the need to kill themselves rather than simply wait until they are old enough to make medical decisions for themselves? (Read more from “The People Carving Up Healthy ‘Trans’ Kids Have Literal ‘Blood On Their Hands’” HERE)

Joe Biden’s Top Gaffes Of 2024

President Joe Biden’s 2024 was as gaffe-filled as ever, ultimately leading to him dropping out of the presidential race. The Daily Caller rounded up those top moments as pundits and voters alike reflect on 2024.

1. Biden V. Robert Hur

The then 81-year-old committed one of his most memorable gaffes of the year behind closed doors in an interview with special counsel Robert Hur. Upon the release of a report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, Hur declined to charge Biden because a jury may see the president “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” . . .

2. White House Corrects Biden 148 Times Over Four Months

A Daily Caller analysis revealed that between January and April 24, the White House communications staff had to correct the official transcripts of Biden’s remarks at least 148 times.

Anytime the president gives a speech or takes questions, the White House releases an official transcript. A Daily Caller review of the transcripts showed that communications staff frequently correct or modify them to include corrections to names, dates and titles of organizations. . .

3. ‘We Beat Medicare’

Biden’s June debate performance was disastrous and eventually led to his departure from the 2024 presidential race. One particular moment stood out.

Trying to answer a question about the national debt and taxes, Biden froze up. CNN host Jake Tapper soon came to the president’s rescue, abruptly cutting Biden off and tossing a question to Trump.

(Read more from “Joe Biden’s Top Gaffes Of 2024” HERE)

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The Tell FBI Fears/Feared New Orleans Terrorist Cell Possibility

At least temporarily on Wednesday, the FBI was clearly concerned that the ISIS-inspired/-directed attack in New Orleans may have been the work of a broader cell of terrorists. Early on Wednesday morning, a U.S. citizen, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck at high speed into New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating on New Orleans’s famous Bourbon Street. At least 15 people were killed. Vehicle ramming attacks are an ISIS hallmark.

Later came media reports that the FBI believed three or four individuals other than Jabbar were caught on security cameras laying explosive devices. These reports may have been mistaken.

Still, one key indication that the FBI had at least some credible intelligence to indicate a sustaining threat was the deployment of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team to New Orleans. As I noted earlier, a Department of Justice Boeing 757-200 aircraft flew from Richmond, Virginia, to New Orleans on Wednesday afternoon. HRT deployments on these aircraft operate under call signs JENA1 and JENA2. It is probable that elements from the FBI’s counter-IED section and crisis negotiation unit joined HRT on the flight. All three of these units belong to the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group based out of the bureau’s presence at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia.

The HRT deployment here is highly notable. There are certain assets that the FBI will deploy following terrorist attacks or other incidents in order to reassure the public that their safety is paramount even where the FBI believes the threat has been addressed. These include public disclosure of the deployment of evidence response teams, additional agents from other FBI field offices, etc. . .

HRT operates three tactical assault/sniper teams, Gold, Silver, and Blue, which rotate through training, support, and crisis contingency deployments. A small number of HRT operators from the team on support duty are regularly deployed nationally and globally as advisers or on temporary missions such as high-threat reconnaissance, close protection, and cross-training operations with other tactical units. (Read more from “The Tell FBI Fears/Feared New Orleans Terrorist Cell Possibility” HERE)

Abortion Leading Global Cause of Death in 2024 With Over 45 Million Killed

Abortion was the leading cause of death globally in 2024, with a record 45 million unborn babies killed in the womb, according to data provided by Worldometer.

As of noon on December 31, 2024, there were 45.1 million abortions performed in the course of the year, Worldometer revealed, while 8.2 million people died from cancer, 5 million from smoking, 1.7 million of HIV/AIDS, 1.35 million from traffic fatalities, and 1.1 million from suicide.

Totaling all the deaths in the world from causes other than abortion reveals a figure of 62.5 million, meaning that abortions accounted for just over 42 percent of all human deaths in 2024.

Globally, there were more deaths from abortion in 2024 than all deaths from cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS, smoking, alcohol, and traffic accidents combined, according to Worldometer statistics.

Worldometer — voted one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association (ALA) — keeps a running tally through the year of major world statistics, including population, births, deaths, automobiles produced, books published, and CO2 emissions. (Read more from “Abortion Leading Global Cause of Death in 2024 With Over 45 Million Killed” HERE)

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Admits He Has a Regret About His Old Anti-Trump Posts

Superstar stand-up comic Jim Gaffigan recently weighed in on his previous anti-Trump social media posts from 2020, saying he regrets that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump took his criticism personally.

Gaffigan, who recently played former Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., on “Saturday Night Live,” discussed his negative feelings surrounding the old tweets in a new interview with “The Daily Beast.”

“I regret that people think that I was criticizing people that support Trump. And that was never the intention. I regret – someone said like, now I can’t follow you anymore and I kind of said ‘F you’ to them,” the comedian stated.

Gaffigan lashed out at Trump in a series of tweets back in 2020, when X was still Twitter and Trump was running for re-election. In one, he wrote, “Look Trumpers I get it. As a kid I was a cubs fan and I know you stick by your team no matter what but he’s a traitor and a con man who doesn’t care about you. Deep down you know it. I’m sure you enjoy pissing people off but you know Trump is a liar and a criminal.”

In another, he bashed Trump for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, writing, “You know Trump just creates enemies. You know you can’t trust him. You know he been incompetent during this crisis. You know all those people didn’t need to die. Trump talks about the Space Program and you can’t safely go to a movie. Wake up.”

(Read more from “Comedian Jim Gaffigan Admits He Has a Regret About His Old Anti-Trump Posts” HERE)

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Whitney Cummings Roasts CNN’s Ratings During CNN NYE Special

Actress-comedian Whitney Cummings used the platform provided by CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live 2025 special on Tuesday night to take a swipe – or three – at CNN and its crashing viewership.

The 42-year-old referenced herself in one joke promoting her 2025 tour dates while also roasting far-left CNN with its fast diminishing viewership numbers.

Standing alongside hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper in Times Square, the comedian boasted she was playing “bigger and bigger venues now” following the birth of her son in December 2023.

“I thought being a mom would mean less people want to come see me. Now I’m playing like 3,000-seat theaters, which is about the viewership of CNN these days,” she said before quickly adding a qualifier by saying, “Not this show, though! All eyes are on this show.”

(Read more from “Whitney Cummings Roasts CNN’s Ratings During CNN NYE Special” HERE)

WATCH: Doctor Delivers Prescription for Trump Haters Enraged Over Election Results

Dr. Marc Siegel, a contributor to Fox News, has delivered a prescription for those who hate President-elect Donald Trump, who believed he was a “Hitler,” who call him evil:

“I have a prescription for that. … Give the man a chance.”

Siegel made the comments this week on the show Outnumbered.

He offered his “prescription for Dems who won’t let go of the idea Trump is evil,” the report said.

Even now, a poll shows 40% of Democrats continue to be “stressed” about 2025 and the looming second term of Trump’s presidency. (Read more from “WATCH: Doctor Delivers Prescription for Trump Haters Enraged Over Election Results” HERE)

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‘She Was the Sweetest Person’: First Details of New Orleans Terror Victims Emerge

The first details of the New Year’s terror attack in New Orleans are beginning to emerge now that the suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an American man living in Texas.

One victim is 18-year-old Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, who sneaked out to New Orleans on Tuesday from Gulfport, Mississippi, along with her cousin and a friend, 18-year-old Zion Parsons, to celebrate the New Year on Bourbon Street.

She was one of at least 15 fatalities after Jabbar drove a pickup truck down the French Quarter Street in an act of terrorism.

“I just want to see my baby,” Nikyra’s mother Melissa Dedeaux, 40, told Nola.com. “She was the sweetest person. She would give you anything, anything.” . . .

Another victim of the terror attack is 37-year-old Reggie Hunter, a Baton Rouge father of two who reportedly decided on a whim to head to New Orleans for New Year’s Eve.

(Read more from “‘She Was the Sweetest Person’: First Details of New Orleans Terror Victims Emerge” HERE)