Moments after news broke that shots were fired inside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 25, a small Wisconsin brewery rushed to social media with a promotion that has now drawn the attention of federal law enforcement. Minocqua Brewing Company, owned by Kirk Bangstad in Minocqua, Wisconsin, posted on Facebook at 9:15 p.m. that Saturday night that the brewery almost got “#freebeerday.” The post referenced a “brother or sister in the Resistance” who needed to work on their marksmanship, floated the conspiracy theory that Trump may have faked another assassination attempt for a positive news cycle, and declared the brewery stood ready to pour free beer the day the president dies. The post also promoted T-shirts reading, “I wish it was free beer day at Minocqua Brewing Company,” and promised the “celebration of life” would be legendary. The man accused of the actual attack, Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, allegedly traveled cross-country by train before storming a Secret Service checkpoint near the ballroom with a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and other weapons. Allen now faces federal charges including attempting to assassinate the president, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and transporting a firearm across state lines. A judge ordered him held without bail. That is the real-world backdrop against which a brewery owner decided to turn political violence into a merchandise opportunity. Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad has potentially committed a serious federal crime by posting a Secret Service agent’s cell phone number and telling his followers to call the agent and tell him to stand down from the investigation into Bangstad…. — The Heartland Post (@HeartlandPostWI) April 30, 2026 Fox News reported Thursday that both the FBI and the Secret Service confirmed they followed up on Bangstad and conducted further investigative steps, including a voluntary interview: The FBI and Secret Service confirmed they followed up after Minocqua Brewing Company advertised a free beer promotion upon President Trump’s death following the alleged assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The Secret Service said it follows up on perceived threats against the president and protectees. Federal agents conducted further investigative steps, including a voluntary interview with the individual. Bangstad livestreamed Thursday evening while two men in suits questioned him about whether he knew anyone who wanted to harm Trump or supported anyone who wanted to harm Trump. The brewery’s original Facebook post promoted shirts reading, “I wish it was free beer day at Minocqua Brewing Company,” and promised a “celebration of life” event that would be “legendary.” The same source material said the brewery later posted a text transcription of a voicemail from someone Bangstad identified as a Secret Service agent, included the agent’s phone number, and urged people to call the number and tell the agent to “stand down.” Cole Allen, 31, faces federal charges including attempting to assassinate the president after allegedly storming a Secret Service checkpoint with a loaded shotgun and other weapons. That last detail is where this story crossed from ugly political speech into something federal agencies apparently take far more seriously. Bangstad didn’t just celebrate the prospect of a president’s death. According to reporting, he allegedly posted the personal phone number of a Secret Service agent online and encouraged the public to pressure that agent. Townhall reported on the escalation, noting that Bangstad allegedly shared the voicemail transcript with the agent’s number and wrote that people should ask the Secret Service agent to stand down and “honor his oath”: Bangstad allegedly shared the voicemail from someone he identified as a Secret Service agent, including the agent’s personal phone number, on social media. He wrote that people should call the number and tell the Secret Service agent to stand down and honor his oath. Multiple conservative commentators flagged the post as potential doxxing of a federal law enforcement officer. The Heartland Post highlighted the alleged posting of the Secret Service phone number on April 30, and reactions from Robby Starbuck, Ben Yount, and Patrick McIlheran followed on May 1. The concern was not merely that the original post was offensive. The concern was that a federal protective agent’s personal contact information had allegedly been distributed alongside a direct request for people to pressure that agent to back off. That allegation shifted the story from outrage over political rhetoric into a more serious question about interference, intimidation, and federal protective work. Consider what Bangstad is alleged to have done in sequence. A man with a loaded shotgun tried to kill the president. Within minutes, Bangstad’s brewery celebrated and promoted merchandise tied to that president’s death. When federal agents followed up, as they are obligated to do, Bangstad allegedly responded by posting one of those agents’ phone numbers online and rallying his audience to call and pressure the agent to back off. The FBI’s Milwaukee Division said in a statement that hateful rhetoric and speech are “despicable” and that threats of violence or terrorism will be investigated. The Secret Service said it was aware of the social media post and does not discuss protective intelligence because of operational security. Even the Wisconsin Democratic Party denounced the assassination-related post, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. No charges have been filed against Bangstad as of this writing, and the matter is reportedly ongoing. But there is a meaningful difference between ugly political speech, which is protected, and conduct designed to interfere with federal agents doing their jobs, which is not. Posting a Secret Service agent’s personal phone number and directing people to pressure that agent to “stand down” from a protective investigation sits squarely in the territory that federal prosecutors take very seriously. I said early this week that Bangstad’s ‘free beer’ post was likely not enough to get him into real trouble with the feds. This, however… This guy is the king of playing stupid games. https://t.co/mEEzvXzraE — BenYount1130 (@yount1130) May 1, 2026 A man tried to kill the president with a shotgun. A brewery owner turned it into a T-shirt sale and a public campaign against the agents investigating the threat. Federal law enforcement is now involved. This story is not over.

A federal jury convicted former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) on all counts in connection to a $50 million contract to secretly lobby U.S. officials on behalf of the Venezuelan government in 2017 and 2018. Jurors found Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty of “failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of their work for former President Nicolás Maduro’s government,” the Associated Press reports. Rivera served in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and previously served in the Florida Legislature from 2002 to 2010. Breaking News: A jury found David Rivera, a former Florida congressman, guilty of conspiracy and other crimes for secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government. https://t.co/ECHFjhIfet — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 1, 2026 More from the Associated Press: Rivera had been out on bond, but Judge Melissa Damian ordered him taken into custody, finding that he posed a flight risk because he has access to sizable funds, faces a potentially long prison sentence, and faces additional federal charges in Washington, D.C., in a related foreign lobbying case. The seven-week trial offered a rare glimpse into Miami’s role as a crossroads for foreign influence campaigns aimed at shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America, one highlighting the city’s reputation as a magnet for corruption and anti-Communist crusaders among its sizable exile population. It included testimony from Rubio, Texas Congressman Pete Sessions and a top Washington lobbyist — all of whom testified that they were shocked to learn belatedly of Rivera’s consulting contract with a U.S.-based affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA. In an 11-count indictment unsealed in 2022, prosecutors alleged that Rivera was tapped by then Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez — now Venezuela’s acting president — to work Republican connections from Rivera’s time in Congress to get the first Trump administration to abandon its hard-line stance and ease crippling sanctions on Venezuela. As part of the charm offensive, prosecutors alleged, Rivera and Nuhfer, a political consultant, manipulated influential friends, including Rubio and Sessions, like “pawns on a chess board.” The goal: to try and normalize relations with the new Trump administration at a time when the Maduro government was buffeted by serious accusations of human rights violations. Prosecutors alleged Rivera and Nuhfer didn’t disclose their lobbying work for fear it would end Rivera’s political career as a fierce anti-Communist. According to NBC News, Rubio testified that Rivera told him that he was working on a plan to convince Maduro to step down. Former U.S. Congressman David Rivera was found guilty on Friday of illegally lobbying U.S. officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government. https://t.co/HrT2EKCFst — Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 1, 2026 NBC News shared further: A few days later, Rubio delivered a Senate floor speech signaling the U.S. would not retaliate against Venezuelan government insiders who worked to push Maduro from power. “He provided me with insight into some of the key phrases that regime insiders would’ve wanted to hear to know this was serious,” Rubio testified about Rivera. “No vengeance, no retribution.” Throughout the case, Rivera denied wrongdoing, with his defense attorneys arguing his work focused on legitimate commercial, anti-communist, or “democracy-promotion” efforts. Watch additional coverage below:

Former Florida congressman David Rivera was convicted by a federal jury on all counts in a case centered on a covert lobbying operation on behalf of Venezuela, according to the Associated Press. Rivera, a Republican who represented South Florida in Congress from 2011 to 2013 and was once a close political ally of Sen. Marco Rubio, now faces years in federal prison. His co-defendant, Esther Nuhfer, was also convicted on all counts. The charges included failing to register as a foreign agent under FARA and conspiracy to commit money laundering. After the verdict came in, the judge ordered Rivera taken into custody immediately, citing flight-risk factors. NBC News: Ex-GOP Rep. David Rivera convicted of secretly lobbying U.S. officials on behalf of Venezuela Rivera is a former roommate and longtime friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who testified at his trial last month.https://t.co/g6KGEJ0YCx — Politics & Poll Tracker (@PollTracker2024) May 1, 2026 The Associated Press reported on the verdict and the scene inside the courtroom: MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration. Jurors found Republican David Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of their work for former President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Much as he did throughout the trial, Rivera stood stone-faced as the jury delivered its verdict. Rivera had been out on bond, but Judge Melissa Damian ordered him taken into custody, finding that he posed a flight risk because he has access to sizable funds, faces a potentially long prison sentence, and faces additional federal charges in Washington, D.C., in a related foreign lobbying case. The seven-week trial offered a rare glimpse into Miami’s role as a crossroads for foreign influence campaigns aimed at shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America, one highlighting the city’s reputation as a magnet for corruption and anti-Communist crusaders among its sizable exile population. Rivera’s conviction closes the book on the trial phase, but sentencing is still ahead. The bigger point is simple: when millions of dollars and foreign influence collide with Washington access, prosecutors will treat it as more than politics. FARA violations have become an increasing focus of federal prosecutors in recent years, cutting across party lines. The law requires anyone acting on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political entity to register with the Department of Justice and disclose their activities. When someone with the access and influence of a sitting or former member of Congress skips that registration, the national security implications are serious. Rivera’s conviction is a reminder that foreign influence in American politics is not an abstract concern. This was not a paperwork oversight. Prosecutors presented evidence of a deliberate, concealed operation involving tens of millions of dollars, designed to benefit the authoritarian regime in Caracas while keeping the arrangement hidden from the American public and U.S. law enforcement. The judge’s decision to remand Rivera into custody immediately after the verdict, rather than allowing him to remain free pending sentencing, signals how seriously the court viewed the risk that he might flee. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled. Former Florida GOP Rep. David Rivera convicted in $50M Venezuela lobbying scheme. Prosecutors say he failed to register as a foreign agent and faces 10+ years in prison.https://t.co/Y5kSOKqzU5 — FOXTallahassee (@FOXTallahassee) May 1, 2026 Whatever your party, this is exactly the kind of case the justice system should pursue aggressively. If a former congressman is willing to secretly sell his influence to a foreign government for millions of dollars, a guilty verdict and a pair of handcuffs is the right outcome.

So many Panicans flipped out when President Trump did the Maduro raid in Venezuela, and even worse when President Trump took action in Iran. They screamed and cried… “He’s not America-first!” “He’s pro war!” I told you that was all nonsense. I told you he was moving chess pieces and setting up the board to radically END war and to bring our troops home! He couldn’t do that as Move #1, he had to move a lot of other pieces in place first….and now he has. Now, President Trump is telling us and the world that he’s bringing our troops home, and he’s starting with Germany. Excellent observation here by BioClandestine: IT’S HAPPENING Trump JUST spoke to Putin and said things were positive, and now Trump announces they are looking into reducing our standing army in Germany. Just as I hypothesized, Trump is reducing our military footprint in the Eastern Hemisphere, which will lead to… pic.twitter.com/8grLBgGD3M — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) April 29, 2026 IT’S HAPPENING

Credit to my friend MJ for spotting this one… In a new TruthSocial post that went up on April 30, 2026, President Trump once again told the world point blank that he is currently in his THIRD term in office. See for yourself right here: Did President Trump just confirm he has been President THREE terms? A. Sure didB. He didn’t mean it that way pic.twitter.com/jLHmX46c2g — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) April 30, 2026 Here is a closer look if needed: Folks, I continue to believe that President Trump was, in some capacity, still in control during the Biden years. I don’t know all the details, but I suspect at some point they will all come out and I suspect this is the “soft disclosure” President Trump is doing to try and warm up the public before that drops like a bomb. I also suspect this is how he will eventually get a third/fourth term: Here’s Exactly How I Predict President Trump Will Get His Third (Fourth?) Term… We’ve been talking a LOT about a potential third (or would that be “fourth”?) term for President Trump this week. Yesterday I brought you this: President Trump Follows Up, Confirms He’s “Not Joking” About A Third (Fourth?) Term Now today we had this breakdown on legal options for how it could happen: Legal Analyst Explains ‘Loophole’ President Trump’s Lawyers Could Use for THIRD TERM (And Why He’s RIGHT!) What I want to do right now is break down exactly how I think this could actually happen. This is one of those articles you might want to bookmark and save, or maybe even print out.  I am going to do the same.  Because I have a feeling we might just be looking back on this in 2027 and 2028 and be stunned to see it play out before your very eyes. I want to be clear, this is pure (educated) speculation on my part.  Entirely speculation, but I cover these things for a living.  I live in this world and I feel like I have gotten to know President Trump very well over the past 10 years.  I know how he thinks and I know how he works. So here is my pure speculation on how I think this could play out and how I believe it’s not far-fetched at all to believe President Trump could waltz into a third term. First, I’ll tell you what I don’t think is an option. I don’t think parsing words in the 22nd Amendment is an option. There’s a lot of speculation going around out there saying Trump’s attorneys are parsing the language in the 22nd Amendment and focusing on the word “elected”. The wording of the 22nd Amendment is actually quite clear and straight-forward. Here it is: Amendment XXIIPassed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951. Section 1.No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. Section 2.This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress. Some people claim a workaround would be that JD Vance would run and Trump would be his Vice President and then JD Vance, once elected, would step down and Trump would take office by succession, not by “being elected”. I think that’s extremely flimsy and quite frankly just noise to distract people. I don’t buy it. Mainly because the 12th Amendment expressly prohibits exactly that scenario, key part again in red: Amendment XIIPassed by Congress December 9, 1803. Ratified June 15, 1804. The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. So I think that’s all just noise, designed to get people off track.  Sleight of hand, if you will. What I actually think will happen is much simpler. The cleanest and most fool-proof way to get this done is to simply Amend or Revoke the 22nd Amendment. There’s no serious legal argument that that wouldn’t work.  There’s a process for it.  We’ve used that process 27 times to create 27 Amendments to the Constitution.  It works and it’s available. In fact, the last one is not that old, being passed in 1992. The problem here becomes the fact that it’s extremely unlikely in our divided modern day Congress, because Step 1 is a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, which is extremely difficult right now. And then step 2 is approval from three-fourths of the state legislatures (currently 38 out of 50 states). So you can see the challenge. This is where I see the grand plan come into play…. I have always believed that President Trump and team caught the 2020 election steal in realtime.  I believe that data is safely stored, either with Space Force or somewhere else. I believe President Trump knew he needed to win 2024 organically, the real way, with such a big win that no one could question it. I believe he knew that trying to release the data on the 2020 steal too early would have fractured our country, so that’s why he hasn’t disclosed it yet. And quite frankly, even now our country is still quite divided. But….imagine in 2026, 2027 or even 2028 if the IRS has been shut down, the Country is roaring again, all the violent migrants have been deported, America is healing, people are happy again, our food has been made safe again thanks to RFK and we literally think and feel better because we’re no longer eating toxins, our country is rich again, we have Bitcoin and crypto reserves, we have a Strategic Opportunity Fund making money for Americans and maybe instead of making you annual April 15th payment to the IRS, maybe we all get a dividend check from the Opportunity Fund? Imagine THAT reality. Imagine a reality where even his haters have to say they’ve never seen America so strong. We are seeing the earliest of inklings of that happening with things like Bill Maher having dinner with President Trump at the White House. Folks, it’s possible…I can see it!  I can see it in my mind very clearly. Now….imagine we’re living in that reality and President Trump comes on TV suddenly one day to hold an emergency press conference. “My fellow Americans….” And then he rolls it all out.  The evidence of the 2020 steal.  Clear as day.  Irrefutable.  America is stunned as the reality sets in.  All of the information is sourced, verified and posted online for all to inspect. In the following days, his toughest critics examine it only to find its clear and indisputable. And then the reality sets in…. People start to piece it all together in their heads.  He’s had this in his back pocket since 2020!  He didn’t try to stay in power or remove Joe Biden.  He let the legal process play out.  He didn’t want to send this country into a Civil War so he held it all back.  He dodged an assassination, he dodged four lawfare cases, and he won 2024 fair and square.  And now he’s literally saved America and made us prosperous again!  Healthy again!  Safe again!  Rich again!  Happy again! That’s exactly the moment that I believe there will be such a strong groundswell of support of people saying “this man was cheated out of a term in 2020.  He’s done more than any other President, probably even more than Lincoln and Washington.  He deserves another term.” I believe the people will also demand it of the politicians. And that’s when I believe there will be such a groundswell of support that reaching those thresholds for a Constitutional Amendment will no longer look daunting. I believe we will roll right through them and you’ll be looking at a new 28th Amendment and you’ll be looking at President Trump for 2028-2032. Of course he’ll have to run again and win, but I think that will also be the time when you’ll see the first President to win all 50 states. Ronald Reagan came close, winning 49 out of 50, but I think you’ll see the full 50/50 go red for Trump in 2028. So there you go! That’s my theory and I’m putting it out there, putting it on paper for the whole world to see April 2, 2025. Check back with me in the future and let’s see how I do, ok?