Revealed: TSA Used Loophole to Spy on Conservatives

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced the end of an Obama-era program that involved spying on U.S. citizens — and cost those citizens hundreds of millions in tax dollars a year.

“Today I’m announcing that TSA is ending the Quiet Skies program, which involved having a federal agent follow U.S. citizens as they traveled by air. It was created by Obama in 2012 to supposedly track dangerous individuals, but instead it was weaponized against political enemies such as Tulsi Gabbard,” Noem said in a video posted to social media.

“Since its existence, it has failed to stop a single terrorist attack, while it cost U.S. taxpayers roughly about $200 million a year,” she added.

Independent journalist Breanna Morello has been on the frontlines of breaking this story and has uncovered just how American citizens would end up on these lists.

“What they used is a program called Evade, which was another Obama program that was started. And what they did is they used Evade to add people to the TSA terror watch list,” Morello tells BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.” (Read more from “Revealed: TSA Used Loophole to Spy on Conservatives” HERE)

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Grocery Giant Announces It Will Close Dozens of Locations Across the US

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U.S. grocer Kroger is planning to close dozens of stores by the end of next year.

The massive Cincinnati-based grocery store chain made the announcement on Friday. It operates thousands of supermarkets and pharmacies across the nation and is planning to close 60 stores in the next 18 months, a first-quarter 2025 earnings report said.

While the report said the company’s profits “exceeded our expectations,” Director Ron Sargent said in an earnings call that the company reviewed areas not meaningful to its future growth and determined that closing the stores “will make the company more efficient.”

“Unfortunately, today, not all of our stores are delivering the sustainable results we need,” Sargent said on Friday. “To position our company for future success, this morning, we announce plans to close approximately 60 stores over the next 18 months.”

The report said the closures cost Kroger a $100 million impairment charge. (Read more from “Grocery Giant Announces It Will Close Dozens of Locations Across the US” HERE)

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Dozens of Missing Kids Rescued as Officials Dismantle Sex Trafficking Ring

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Dozens of children were rescued in a blow to child sex trafficking operations in Florida, officials announced Monday.

Dubbed Operation Dragon Eye, the initiative was spearheaded by the U.S. Marshals Office for the Central District of Florida and supported by the state Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution (OSP).

The effort involved 20 agencies working in tandem to locate 60 critically missing children and apprehend suspects tied to trafficking, drugs and child endangerment.

“The real heroes behind this operation are the law enforcement who built and executed this mission,” Uthmeier said in a release. “As your Attorney General and a father of three young kids, protecting children is my top priority. If you victimize children, you’re going to prison, end of story.”

Authorities said the recovered children ranged in age from 9 to 17, and many of them were missing and at risk of being exploited. The U.S. Marshals Service defines “critically missing” children as “those at risk of crimes of violence or those with other elevated risk factors such as substance abuse, sexual exploitation, crime exposure or domestic violence.” (Read more from “Dozens of Missing Kids Rescued as Officials Dismantle Sex Trafficking Ring” HERE)

Revolting Discoveries From ‘All-Ages’ Texas Pride Festivals Parents Need to See

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June is the wonderful time of year when we get to witness deranged adults drag their children to “family-friendly” Pride events to watch heavily made-up men in lingerie dance provocatively — all in the name of inclusion.

As part of the Texas Family Project, Sara Gonzales spends the month infiltrating these LGBTQ+ festivals to expose the sexual depravity that is anything but family-friendly. On this episode of “Come and Take It,” Sara reveals the darkness she recently uncovered at two “all-ages” Texas Pride festivals.

Dallas Pride Music Festival

The first event Sara attended was hosted at Fair Park in Dallas.

“So I get there, and I go through the gate, and I go through the metal detector, and I immediately walk into a room, and I am greeted by a booth with naked man paintings,” she says, playing video footage she took from the event that captures an art exhibit selling male nude artwork.

“There was a child that was, like, literally right there. … That’s not crazy sexual indoctrination at all,” she says sarcastically. (Read more from “Revolting Discoveries From ‘All-Ages’ Texas Pride Festivals Parents Need to See” HERE)

DOD Reveals Stunning New Details Following Trump’s Attack on Iran

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine revealed stunning new details following President Donald Trump’s historic strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

Hegseth and Caine confirmed that deception was involved to execute “Operation Midnight Hammer,” commending the American military, who “performed flawlessly” during the mission. Part of the fleet of B-2 bombers flew west over the Pacific as a decoy, while the “main strike package” headed east before striking Iran at about “6:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.”

Hegseth also clarified that only the Iranian nuclear targets were “devastated” and that civilians were not targeted.

“Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran’s nuclear program, and none could, until President Trump,” Hegseth told reporters during a press conference Sunday. “The operation President Trump planned was bold, and it was brilliant, showing the world that American deterrence is back. When this president speaks, the world should listen.”

“No other country on planet Earth could have conducted the operation that the chairman is going to outline this morning, not even close,” Hegseth added.

(Read more from “DOD Reveals Stunning New Details Following Trump’s Attack on Iran” 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)

Army Deletes Video of DC Parade Tanks With ‘Hang Fauci & Bill Gates’ Graffiti

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A now-deleted Army video of tanks being loaded onto a train to Washington, D.C., to appear in the massive June 14 military parade for the Army’s 250th anniversary showed a graffitied message spray-painted on the side of the train car – “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates.”

The video, posted to the Army’s X account on Saturday, has since disappeared. It showed an M1A2 Abrams – a 70-ton battle tank – rolling onto a train car at Fort Cavazos in Texas.

The death threat to Fauci and Gates – two people who have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump’s MAGA base – was painted on a train car marked DODX, property of the Defense Department.

Steve Warren, an Army spokesperson, said the Army has no plans to investigate.

“We removed the post once notified of graffiti on the train that didn’t align with Army values,” he said. “We are excited to celebrate 250 years of service to the nation next week.” (Read more from. “Army Deletes Video of DC Parade Tanks With ‘Hang Fauci & Bill Gates’ Graffiti” HERE)

Russians No Longer See U.S. as Chief Enemy, Poll Finds. See What Nation Tops List

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The perception of the United States within Russia has undergone something of a sea change over the past year, suggesting that resentments dating to the Cold War may be beginning to thaw, according to new polling.

The share of Russians who view the U.S. as a hostile nation has dropped dramatically since 2024, and now — for the first time in decades — more Russians label other countries as adversarial, a new survey from the Levada Center found.

Further, feelings toward the U.S. have improved substantially, according to the poll, which comes as President Donald Trump attempts to broker a peace deal to end the Ukraine-Russia war.

With that said, not all of the findings were so rosy. Most Russians continue to express pessimism about relations between the west and Russia, which they think will always be founded on mistrust. . .

In the survey, less than half of respondents, 40%, named the U.S. as hostile toward Russia. This is down 36 points from 76% in May 2024, marking a massive shift in opinion in just one year. (Read more from “Russians No Longer See U.S. as Chief Enemy, Poll Finds. See What Nation Tops List” HERE)

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Pete Hegseth Drops Hammer on Betty McCollum After Trying to Corner Him — She Quickly Changes Subject

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Democrat Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum a history lesson on Tuesday in regard to how her party handled the riots of 2020 as she criticized President Donald Trump.

McCollum criticized Trump’s “premature and escalatory” decision to deploy the National Guard and U.S. Marines in light of the Los Angeles, California, riots that broke out over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) arrests of illegal immigrant criminals during the House Appropriations Committee hearing. The congresswoman attempted to contrast Trump’s handling to Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the 2020 riots; Hegseth reminded her of the chaos that occurred in Minnesota under Walz’s leadership during that time.

“Governor Walz made the decision to call up the Minnesota National Guard [in 2020],” McCollum said. “At no point did we need, of the citizens of Minnesota, to request that the Marines be deployed. Our state and local law enforcement, along with our National Guard, who have worked on crowd control, they were more than enough. They were more than capable of handling this situation. History has proven that law enforcement and the National Guard are more than capable of handling situations more volatile than what happened this weekend.”

In response, Hegseth told the congresswoman that Walz allowed violence to prevail in his state and for the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building to be “abandoned” and “burned to the ground.”

(Read more from “Pete Hegseth Drops Hammer on Betty McCollum After Trying to Corner Him — She Quickly Changes Subject” HERE)

DOJ Employee Charged With Capital Murder After Spiking Pregnant Girlfriend’s Coffee With Abortion Pills: Sheriff

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A United States Department of Justice employee secretly spiked his pregnant girlfriend’s drink with an abortion drug to induce a miscarriage without her knowledge, according to cops.

Justin Anthony Banta, 38, who works in the IT department of the DOJ, is charged with capital murder in Parker County, Texas, for allegedly putting “Plan C” abortion drugs in his pregnant girlfriend’s coffee, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

The couple found out about the pregnancy in September 2024, with the unidentified woman refusing the DOJ employee’s offer to terminate the pregnancy with “Plan C” pills he would purchase online, the statement said.

Banta’s girlfriend was happily six-weeks pregnant when she had a sonogram on October 17 that revealed a strong heartbeat and good vital signs, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office revealed.

Later that same day she met the IT specialist at a coffee shop — quickly suspecting that Banta had spiked her drink with the “Plan C” abortion-inducing pills without her consent. (Read more from “DOJ Employee Charged With Capital Murder After Spiking Pregnant Girlfriend’s Coffee With Abortion Pills: Sheriff” HERE)

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