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Pope Leo XIV’s brother Lou — who, by the way, is about as MAGA as it gets — just spilled some very interesting details about his past. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Lou Prevost revealed that he served on the same Navy ship as Steve Bannon back in their service days. “I keep trying to get him to come to our reunions, but I don’t get a response. He probably doesn’t remember me,” he said. Watch here: Pope Leo’s brother served on same Navy ship as Steve Bannon.pic.twitter.com/SF7fFiBrmb — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 13, 2025 Steve Bannon recently criticized People Leo XIV, predicting that he will clash with President Trump. Per Newsweek: Speaking to the BBC, Bannon said Pope Leo’s election was “kind of jaw-dropping.” “It is shocking to me that a guy could be selected to be the Pope that had had the Twitter feed and the statements he’s had against American senior politicians,” he said, adding that there’s “definitely going to be friction” between him and Trump. He added that Trump would react if the Pope takes a stand against him. “Remember, President Trump was not shy about taking a shot at Pope Francis,” he said. “So if this Pope – which he will do – tries to come between President Trump and his implementation of the mass deportation programme, I would stand by.” Morgan asked Lou if he agrees with Bannon. The pope’s brother denied that Leo XIV would be as liberal as Pope Francis, though he noted that he probably won’t “roll back the changes that Francis made.” Instead, Lou Prevost predicts that his brother will try to stay neutral and “find a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too many feathers.” Full video on Rumble:

Ed Martin, who will soon assume the role of Pardon Attorney in the Justice Department, just announced that an investigation has been launching to Biden’s last-minute pardons. Speaking at a press conference, Ed Martin confirmed that the DOJ is reviewing pardons issued by Joe Biden’s autopen during his final days in the White House. ALERT: In news conference just now, outgoing U.S. Attorney for DC Ed Martin says Justice Dept is reviewing some of the last minute pardons issued by President Biden. Martin wouldn’t comment when asked if he’d launched investigation into members of House Jan 6 Select Cmte, but… — Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 13, 2025 Ed Martin said in a news conference today that the DOJ is reviewing some of the last-minute pardons issued by Biden. Martin is the incoming Pardon Attorney, after his nomination to be DC’s top prosecutor was sunk in the Senate last week. pic.twitter.com/MT1Gd2AsR3 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 13, 2025 From ABC News: Ed Martin, the outgoing Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney who will soon start his role as DOJ’s pardon attorney and chief of the so-called “Weaponization Working Group,” said he plans to review and scrutinize the last-minute pardons issued by former President Joe Biden. Martin’s appointment to several powerful positions at the Justice Department — following his rejected confirmation by the U.S. Senate — appears to have emboldened him to more aggressively pursue political targets of President Donald Trump, according to a series of recent interviews with right-wing media outlets and his Tuesday press conference. “I do think that the Biden pardons need some scrutiny. And they need scrutiny because we want pardons to matter and to be accepted and to be something that’s used correctly. So I do think we’re going to take a hard look at how they went and what they did,” Martin told ABC News during the press conference. “If they’re null and void, I’m not sure how that operates, but I can tell you we’ve had already, I’ve had in my current position, or my position as US Attorney, we had been taking a look at some of the conduct surrounding the pardons and the Biden White House,” he said. Biden’s last-minute blanket pardon list includes Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Milley, J6 Committee members, and his own son Hunter Biden. All were signed off on using an autopen and not hand-signed by Joe Biden: Autopen Update We analyzed Biden’s Jan. 19, 2025 “pardons” for: -Biden Family Members-Anthony Fauci-General Milley-J6 Committee-Gerald Lundergan They all have the same exact Biden autopen signature https://t.co/jc6mkx37il pic.twitter.com/8VeBDwLNv7 — Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) March 11, 2025 Earlier this week, Ed Martin addressed the extremely sketchy pardons on Vince Coglianese’s podcast: DOJ Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announces that President Biden’s final-hour autopen pardons are being investigated: “Never seen pardons of this scope, and it looks like they could be corrupt. They were so specific. Back 14 years.. covering everything.”pic.twitter.com/KADok7nUER — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 13, 2025 All of these pardons done by autopen need to be investigated…we, the people, deserve to know who actually signed off on them, if not Joe himself. Autopen pardons look shady af, good on DOJ for probing. — 0xthang (@iam0xthang) May 13, 2025 I can’t wait to see what Ed Martin and the DOJ uncover.  

The circumstances ignited by the explosive incident at the ICE facility in New Jersey over the weekend could end up being EVEN MORE CATACLYSMIC than the initial melee. Here’s a quick recap to fill in the gaps before we get to AOC’s increasingly dangerous rhetoric. First, a group of Democratic lawmakers attempted to force their way into an ICE detention facility in New Jersey, ignoring protocol (24 hour notice) and ignoring the Agents’ clear orders to back down. Here’s a scene of the violent chaos intentionally caused by the Democrat lawmakers who showed up at an event where they knew they could cause a national scene. BREAKING: Rep. LaMonica McIver (red jacket) attacks law enforcement after storming New Jersey’s ICE facility pic.twitter.com/cAx0fk5Rgb — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 9, 2025 In the aftermath, the Trump Administration has threatened to arrest the 3 key lawmakers who took part in the assault on the ICE Agents who were trying to protect the facility and do their jobs. And the Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was actually arrested during the assault. I want to harken back to a story I brought you about Ras Baraka 2 full months ago, in which I reported on his CLEAR adherence to the radical teachings of race baiter Louis Farrakhan — a proponent of violent political activism just like this. Mayor Baraka is attempting to make a run for the NJ Governor’s mansion, and it is my assessment that his involvement in Saturday’s violence against ICE Agents was an attempt to stir up the emotional violent trend of some in the Democratic base to serve his political ends. But — that’s not today’s story.  (But keep your eye on that… because it is likely a harbinger of things to come, as is AOC’s increasingly violent rhetoric.) Benny Johnson was able to receive bodycam footage of an ICE Agent which clearly verifies the facts as told by authorities who were present at the facility — and destroys the accusations and denials of the Democrats who took part. Here’s that exclusive footage of the bodycam video: BREAKING: I have obtained exclusive ICE officer body cam footage clearly showing Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally and physically assaulting federal agents in New Jersey after illegally entering an ICE detention facility. In the video you can see indisputable evidence of… pic.twitter.com/msAQBz23oJ — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 10, 2025 He shared that video via his X account with the following commentary and report following the event: BREAKING: I have obtained exclusive ICE officer body cam footage clearly showing Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally and physically assaulting federal agents in New Jersey after illegally entering an ICE detention facility. In the video you can see indisputable evidence of Congresswoman McIver (in the red jacket) punch, push and hit a federal agent, refusing to follow the ICE officers orders and impeding in a lawful arrest. In the body cam footage you can also watch Rep. McIver verbally threaten to “put hands” on the federal agents. “I touch whoever I want mother fu****!” Rep. McIver then threatens to destroy the ICE officers careers, “You will pay!” before descending into a profanity-laced rampage tirade. All of these actions are flatly illegal under 18 U.S. Code § 111 and carry heavy fines and prison sentences. A spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to me that “there will be more investigations and arrests.” “If you assault a law enforcement officer you will answer to the law.” I have reached out to Speaker Johnson’s Office for an official statement on disciplinary action from the House. If you’re interested, here’s another subsequent video of Rep. LaMonica Mclver (who could be heard in Benny’s video above) lying through her teeth about what actually occurred, and why. Her account in the following video is completely destroyed by all the video that has surfaced of the incident — leading me to believe that she will, in fact, be facing arrest herself: JUST IN:@RepLaMonica says @rasjbaraka complied with instructions to leave the restrict area (seen above) and was still arrested. Here is the whole statement from her. pic.twitter.com/T8KeVfyeH9 — Henry Rosoff (@HenryRosoff) May 9, 2025 And now, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is weighing in, threatening the Trump Administration. In a livestream, AOC not only promised a “problem” if any arrests occur as a result of the event at the ICE facility. But she planted the seeds for MORE aggressive actions by Democrats in opposition to ICE Agents and the Trump Administration. Here’s one clip shared on social media taken from that livestream: AOC is now encouraging fellow Democrats to STORM ICE Detention facilities.. “They know they can’t come for us all”.. pic.twitter.com/qQxQxQGfxE — American AF (@iAnonPatriot) May 11, 2025 One of the key Trump Officials coming out in response to AOC’s livestream threats has been the Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin. Here’s McLaughlin answering directly back to AOC on Fox News earlier today: ASST DHS SEC @TriciaOhio: “I’d like to ask AOC who does she want out of the Newark ICE facility? Is it the MS-13 members? Is it the known terrorists? Is it the child r*pists? Is it the murderers?” pic.twitter.com/QgSVigWuW3 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 13, 2025 It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the DEPUTY Sec. of DHS is just as tough as the top dog at that agency. I love it when clear-minded people with logic on their side and reason at their disposal open their mouths like McLaughlin did in that clip… and leave the false narratives tattered and charred by their firm grip on reality: “I’d like to ask AOC who does she want out of the detention facility? Is it the MS-13 members? Is it the known terrorists? Is it the child rapists? Is it the murderers?” Who is she fighting for, because she’s not fighting for Americans.” But still — where does President Trump keep finding these massively SKILLED, ARTICULATE, and TOUGH people to fill slots in his Administration!? The answer, of course, is he’s LOOKING for those things; and not trying to fill some idiotic asinine DEI quota. McLaughlin also shared this to her X account; the visitation guidelines for Congressional members wanting to visit the ICE facility — which were completely ignored by the three Democrats who now face possible arrest over their assault on federal agents: Members of Congress cannot break the law in the name of “oversight.” All members & staff need to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on site. INCLUDING 24 hour notice. ICE facility visitation guidelines for Congressional members and… https://t.co/3xJJlR6I84 pic.twitter.com/gPYk0T2cU7 — Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) May 13, 2025 AOC’s fiery callout of President Trump might rile the base a little… But it’s far more likely to rile up the LAW, and possibly puts her even more square in the sights of the DOJ than she was already over similar videos. Not to mention the multiple times she has engaged in teaching illegal aliens how to AVOID ICE, and avoid deportation. Still, she seems just as flagrant and arrogant about the possible ramifications of her rhetoric as ever. She also accused Kristi Noem of being “anti-American” in the video, as reorted in HuffPost: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called out President Donald Trump and his administration for being “anti-American” and “putting America last” in a fiery rebuke on social media over the weekend. The representative made her comments during a livestream on Instagram Saturday night, addressing a confrontation involving Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Democratic lawmakers that took place at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday. Baraka was accused of trespassing at the facility and arrested, then released after spending several hours in custody. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, also accused New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Robert Menendez of trespassing, along with assaulting and “body slamming” ICE agents. She suggested that the Trump administration was considering arresting them as well. “You lay a finger on … Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem,” Ocasio-Cortez warned in the livestream. She then accused Trump and members of his administration, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, of being “anti-American.” There is no guarantee that the Trump Administration will actually move forward with arresting the Democrats who by all accounts DESERVE to be arrested over this incident. On one hand, it could tactically play in to their hands by putting them on the level of a freedom fighter or martyr for the cause, at least in the minds of their woke base. On the other hand, the Trump Administration has not shown a lot CARE when it comes to political positioning on the national stage. In other words — President Trump simply doesn’t seem to CARE. His Administration has consistently focused on being EFFECTIVE in the ways that matter, regardless of the temporary optics that might feed into political grandstanding or the daily mainstream media cycle. As President Trump and many of his top Officials have said repeatedly over the last few weeks… NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. So there is no guarantee those Democrat rabble rousers WON’T be arrested, either! Noah brought you a great story on that line of reasoning yesterday, making the point that President Trump simply does not care what anyone “thinks” — he is solely motivated by doing what is RIGHT for the country: BREAKING: Trump Administration Warns It May Arrest Three House Democrats! Here's the full livestream video in which AOC goes off on the Trump Administration yet again: Given President Trump's penchant for doing the right thing and upholding the law regardless of how it looks... AOC's insistence that the Department of Homeland Security Officials are actually the lawbreakers in this situation is not likely to go over well with the President. She basically TAUNTED President Trump... daring him to uphold the law and arrest Rep. Bonnie Watson in particular, according to The Hill: Ocasio-Cortez specifically called out Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan, and she accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of using “public intimidation.” “If anyone’s breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security,” she said during an Instagram video posted Sunday. “It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem.” “You lay a finger on someone, on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman … or any of the representatives that were there, you lay a finger on them, we are going to have a problem,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “Because the people who are breaking the law are the people not abiding by it.” Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka (D) was arrested during the visit after refusing to leave the facility. ICE officials reported that Watson Coleman, Menendez and McIver were pushing and shoving among the people in the crowd outside the facility, though Coleman denies the accusation. Delaney Hall has become a contentious point in New Jersey, with Trump administration officials saying the facility is critical in its effort to detain violent immigrants in the country illegally. I'll say what I know plenty of you are thinking -- ARRESTING DEMOCRATS who think they are ABOVE THE LAW and flaunt that arrogance by ACTING UNLAWFULLY is one of the things we VOTED FOR. The patience of many has worn thin over the last few weeks waiting for those types of actions to take place. Personally, I think a lot of us have lost track of time, forgetting that things take time to do right. I'm not saying to FORGET what was promised or expected. But in this event, I see exactly the sort of doorway through which the Trump Administration can start to ACT on some of those promises of EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW. The million dollar question, of course -- does AOC's threats get left to ring in the air, without answer besides those hard-hitting comments by the Deputy Director of DHS? Or will we finally get to see the long arm of the law reach out and re-establish American JUSTICE? Lord... how I pray I get to write THAT story.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted the Trump administration for threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers. It seems no one is above the law, except for Democrats? Last week, three New Jersey Democrats and Newark’s mayor were detained while protesting an ICE facility. Jeffries then threatened retaliation. “They’ll find out. They’ll find out. It’s a red line,” and insisted they “know better than to go down that road.” Who here thinks this words will come back to haunt him? The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday hammered the Trump administration for threatening to arrest Democratic members of Congress, saying such a move would constitute a clear case of executive overreach. “It’s a red line,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “They know better than to go down that road.” Three House Democrats from New Jersey faced off against law enforcement officials outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility last week in Newark, N.J., where they were attempting to inspect a migrant detention center. They were joined by Newark’s Democratic mayor, Ras Baraka, who was arrested on charges of trespassing — an allegation he denies. After Baraka’s arrest, the three New Jersey Democrats — Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver — were involved in a brief skirmish with ICE officials outside the facility. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has accused the lawmakers of assaulting the officers — “including body-slamming a female ICE officer,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN over the weekend. The Democrats rejected the allegations, saying it was the officers — several of whom wore masks — who became physical with the lawmakers. Still, McLaughlin said there will “likely” be more arrests in the incident, reiterating that targeting the lawmakers is “definitely on the table.” WTF?! Hakeem Jeffries is now THREATENING members of DHS if they arrest Democrat members of Congress who ASSAULTED agents “DHS better not touch our members. If they do, they’ll FIND OUT.” Challenge accepted, Dollar Store Obama. pic.twitter.com/sQQ8qN6zEk https://t.co/VTQovtJXx9 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 13, 2025 Now here’s Hakeem Jeffries making outrageous claims. Hakeem Jeffries says the opposite of the truth. The clip on the right is from yesterday. The clip on the left is from when inflation was near a 40 year high. Real wages went down during Biden’s term. pic.twitter.com/SGP6l1bHzL — MAZE (@mazemoore) May 13, 2025

The Wisconsin judge who was arrested last month for hiding an illegal alien in her courtroom in order to help them avoid being deported by ICE has just been indicted by a federal grand jury. Judge Hannah Dugan is facing charges related to concealing a person from arrest and obstruction a a U.S. agency. Take a look: #BREAKING: Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has officially been indicted by a Grand Jury for helping an illegal evade ICE FAFO! She’s facing MULTIPLE felony charges. LOCK HER UP! pic.twitter.com/sOpRm3TtoX — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 13, 2025 GRAND JURY: “On or about April 18, 2025, HANNAH C. DUGAN did corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due and proper administration of the law…” They’re throwing the book at her. pic.twitter.com/gBQWlJLFSQ — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 13, 2025 BREAKING: Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan indicted by a grand jury for helping an illegal escape ICE pic.twitter.com/X6xMWeW7Gy — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 13, 2025 Judge Hannah Dugan could face up to six years in prison and up to $350,000 in fines. That should certainly send a message to any judges, mayors, or lawmakers who try to aid and abet illegal aliens… Nobody is above the law, after all. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has more details on the indictment: The two-page indictment accuses Dugan, 66, of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are much shorter. Dugan is expected to enter a plea at a May 15 hearing. But members of her defense team issued this statement: “As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.” The indictment came after a string of witnesses entered the federal courthouse throughout the day on May 13 to testify before the grand jury. Among those making appearances were Alan Freed Jr., Dugan’s court clerk, and Mercedes de la Rosa, who was the attorney for Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the undocumented immigrant at the center of the case. De la Rosa has withdrawn from his case. Also giving testimony was Milwaukee County Judge Kristela Cervera, a misdemeanor judge whose courtroom is next to Dugan’s. She arrived and left with defense attorney Michael F. Hart. The New York Times added: The indictment of the judge, Hannah C. Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, was a routine but significant step in the Justice Department’s case against her. The Trump administration has defended the prosecution as a warning that no one is above the law, while many Democrats, lawyers and former judges have denounced it as an assault on the judiciary. Judge Dugan, who has been temporarily removed from the bench by the Wisconsin Supreme Court while the case against her advances, has indicated through a lawyer that she intends to fight the charges. She is expected to appear in court on Thursday. “Judge Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge,” her lawyers said in a statement shortly after she was arrested. They added on Tuesday that “Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.”