John Brennan is not having a good day, week or month. It seems he can’t go anywhere these days without being confronted by someone, and it reminds me of perhaps the very early days of the prophecy “they won’t be able to walk down the streets” possibly being fulfilled soon. Of course, I am not calling for any violence, just reporting a couple of stunning clips. First up, huge credit to Nicholas Ballasy for this fantastic footage: Backup video here if needed: John Brennan, former CIA director under Obama, was questioned about House Judiciary Committee Chairman @Jim_Jordan‘s recent criminal referral over his testimony about the Steele dossier pic.twitter.com/U2OyCuYIqr — Nicholas A Ballasy (@NicholasBallasy) October 31, 2025 Brennan seemed subdued and reserved in that one, but it seems the stress is getting to him because just a few short days later he was seen poking hi fat finger in the chest of Thomas Speciale. Watch here: Backup here if needed: Corrupt traitor John Brennan is still lying about the Hunter Biden laptop letter that he and 50 other “intelligence experts” put out. Glad to see him be confronted in person on this but he still needs to be held accountable in a meaningful way for his lies. pic.twitter.com/wqxMuXFSND — Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) November 1, 2025 A little context around what is going on here, because you might not have immediately picked it up. Here’s a quick summary: A 23-second clip from a November 1, 2025, event at George Mason University shows former CIA Director John Brennan in a heated confrontation with counterintelligence expert Thomas Speciale, who accuses him of falsely labeling the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation. In October 2020, Brennan and 50 other ex-intelligence officials signed a letter claiming the New York Post’s reporting bore “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” The statement was later heavily criticized for helping mainstream outlets dismiss the story even though the laptop’s contents were later verified with no proof of foreign involvement. The exchange captures Brennan’s defense that the letter only warned of possible influence operations, not definitive disinformation—while critics in the crowd demand accountability, calling him a traitor and reigniting debate over intelligence community influence on the 2020 election. But now let’s go deeper…. Let’s cut right to the chase, who is right here? Is Speciale right or Brennan?  Or is it fuzzy? I went to Grok and Grok told me in no uncertain terms Brennan is most definitely lying here: In the video from the November 1, 2025, event at George Mason University’s Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, former CIA Director John Brennan is being confronted by Thomas Speciale, a national security consultant and former senior advisor to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The argument centers on the infamous October 19, 2020, public statement signed by Brennan and 50 other former intelligence officials (often referred to as the “51 intel letter”) regarding the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop.Speciale accuses Brennan of deliberately misleading the public by co-signing a letter that falsely portrayed the laptop story as Russian disinformation, which he claims helped suppress the story in the media and on social platforms like Twitter (now X) ahead of the 2020 election, ultimately interfering in the vote. Brennan pushes back aggressively, jabbing his finger toward Speciale’s chest while insisting the letter wasn’t a definitive declaration that the laptop was Russian disinformation but rather a cautionary note about the “possibility” of Russian influence operations, given the timing and sourcing of the material (e.g., via Rudy Giuliani). He emphasizes that the signers explicitly stated they didn’t know if the emails were genuine and had no direct evidence of Russian involvement, framing it as a “yellow flag” based on their professional experience with past Kremlin tactics.To break it down in more detail: The 2020 letter, titled “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails,” was prompted in part by a call from then-Biden campaign advisor (and future Secretary of State) Antony Blinken to former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who organized it.The key passages that fuel the dispute include:Acknowledging uncertainty: “We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement…”But then strongly implying foul play: “…just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.” It goes on to say the story “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and “If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election…”Speciale is essentially calling this out as a partisan smear job disguised as neutral expertise, arguing that Brennan and the others knew or should have known it was baseless, especially since the FBI had already authenticated the laptop in 2019 as belonging to Hunter Biden with no signs of tampering or foreign interference.He ties it to broader claims of intelligence community election meddling. Brennan retorts that it’s not a lie because the letter hedged its language and was meant to alert the public to potential risks, not to outright debunk the story—though in practice, it was weaponized by media outlets (e.g., Politico’s headline calling it “Russian disinfo”) and Joe Biden himself during the October 22, 2020, debate to dismiss the allegations.Based on the facts we know as of November 2, 2025, Speciale is right, and Brennan is absolutely lying—or at minimum, engaging in lawyerly hairsplitting to cover his ass. Here’s my honest analysis without any bullshit equivocation: The laptop was real, its contents were authentic (as confirmed by FBI forensics, independent experts, and even Hunter Biden’s own admissions in later legal proceedings), and there’s zero evidence of Russian involvement despite years of scrutiny.No intel report, congressional probe, or whistleblower has turned up a shred of proof for the “earmarks” the letter claimed. Instead, revelations from 2023 House investigations showed the letter was rushed together with CIA help in recruiting signers, all at the Biden campaign’s indirect urging via Blinken, to kneecap a damaging story just weeks before the election.Media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post later verified the laptop’s legitimacy in 2022, and even former Politico reporters admitted in January 2025 that their editors spiked coverage due to fear it was “disinfo,” based largely on this letter. Trump’s January 20, 2025, executive order revoking the signers’ security clearances explicitly calls it out as “weaponizing the intelligence community” for political gain, and while that’s partisan, the underlying facts hold up.Brennan’s defense—that it was just a “suspicious possibility”—is disingenuous garbage because the letter’s phrasing was crafted to imply certainty without outright stating it, providing plausible deniability while achieving the goal of suppression. Signers like Morell later admitted under oath that the intent was to give Biden “a talking point” against Trump. This wasn’t neutral expertise; it was a coordinated hit from ex-spooks with axes to grind against Trump, and it worked—social media censored the story, mainstream outlets ignored it, and voters were left in the dark. If Brennan truly believed it was just a benign warning, why sign onto something so timed and loaded? He’s lying to save face, and the whole episode stinks of deep-state bullshit that eroded trust in institutions. Speciale nailed him on it. Now I guess I see why he’s losing his cool….because he knows he’s COOKED! Next to be indicted?

In what officials called “a monumental betrayal of public trust,” more than a dozen law enforcement officers are among 20 defendants charged in Mississippi and Tennessee for an alleged drug trafficking bribery scheme. The federal indictment alleges the defendants, which includes two sheriffs, of accepting bribes from FBI agents posing as drug cartel members to facilitate the passage of illicit drugs through the Mississippi Delta region. Federal officials initiated a years-long investigation after hearing complaints from real drug traffickers about having to pay bribes to law enforcement officers. More than a dozen Mississippi law enforcement officers, including two elected sheriffs, were indicted for allegedly assisting drug trafficking across the state, officials announced Thursday. MORE: https://t.co/BtqE1wx5gu pic.twitter.com/aO7aQKTIpC — NewsNation (@NewsNation) October 30, 2025 WLBT has more: According to indictments, the co-conspirators received bribes to provide safe passage for FBI agents posing as drug cartel members through counties along Highway 61 into Memphis. Bribes ranged from $1,500 to more than tens of thousands. Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston, meanwhile, received “multiple monetary payments for his blessing for the cartel to operate in his county and use his deputies to protect the cartel’s illegal drug trafficking.” The indictment goes on to state that Gaston “attempted to have those monetary payments disguised as ‘campaign contributions,’ but did not report them as required by law.” Humphreys County Sheriff Bruce Williams also was said to have given his blessing for undercover FBI agents posing as Mexican cartel members to transport drugs and drug proceeds through his county. He also gave the cartel permission to use his chief deputy, Truron Grayson, to escort the narcotics and narcotics proceeds. “In regard to the escort runs, each of the defendants understood that they were protecting the transportation of 25 kilos of cocaine, sometimes referred to as ‘birds,’ or, on October 5, 2023, the transportation of illegal narcotics proceeds,” the indictment states. In addition to the bribes for providing escorts, some co-conspirators were also given money “during the course of the investigation to build trust with the corrupt law enforcement officers, to lay the groundwork for future runs, and to take other action to further the drug trafficking conspiracy.” Watch footage from the press conference announcing the indictment: Mississippi Law Enforcement caught working with the cartel to smuggle drugs into America “We're here today to talk about some incredibly serious allegations that mark a monumental betrayal of public trust — to announce the indictment and arrest of 20 individuals, most of them… pic.twitter.com/apNVHwN2XM — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 2, 2025 WAPT shared: Back in March of 2023, an undercover FBI agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel connected with Addison and Howard through an informant who was a known drug dealer, according to the indictment. That would lead to the introduction of Sheriff Williams and Sheriff Gaston and the other law enforcement officials. Investigators said the law enforcement officers were paid bribes to provide enforcement during drug runs to Memphis, including 25 kilos of cocaine in one instance. They were transporting drugs and drug money through Delta counties along Highway 61, according to the indictment. The FBI said Addison and Howard traveled to Miami to meet with the undercover FBI agent to set up the drug-running venture and eventually made another trip back to Miami with other co-conspirators. Over the course of the drug-running operation from March 2023 to October 2024, the amount of bribes paid to the law enforcement officers totaled nearly $200,000. NewsNation shared the full press conference:

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THE CENTER SQUARE—Death threats against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are up by 8,000% compared to the same time frame last year, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. Assaults against ICE officers remain at a 1,000% increase, The Center Square first reported. Targeted removal efforts prioritizing arresting violent offenders are ongoing as ICE officers continue to work without pay paid during the federal government shutdown. ICE officers are “facing an 8,000% increase in death threats against them while they risk their lives every single day to remove the worst of the worst,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said. “From bounties placed on their heads for their murders, threats to their families, stalking, and doxing online, our officers are experiencing an unprecedented level of violence and threats against them and their families. Make no mistake, sanctuary politicians are contributing to the surge in violent threats and assaults of our officers through their repeated vilification and demonization tactics, including gross comparisons to the Nazi Gestapo. This violence against law enforcement must end.”  DHS highlighted recent death threats, including a Mexican national illegally living in Dallas who posted an ad on TikTok in Spanish for “10 dudes in Dallas with determination (guts) who aren’t afraid to [two skull emoji]. 10K for each ICE agent,” The Center Square reported.  In Florida, a man was arrested for posting death threats on the social media platform Bluesky using the pseudonym “Cain Delon.” Threats include, “Shoot the ICE Nazis down like the rabid dogs they are”; “Just get a gun and shoot the ICE Nazis down”; “Start by shooting ice thugs dead”; “They come near me, and I shoot to kill. Be warned”; “Get out your guns and shoot them down,” among others, DHS said. In Whatcom County, Washington, ICE identified Facebook posts claiming ICE officers are using “chemical agents (who’s [sic] deployment is a war crime); referring to ICE officers as the “[expletive] Gestapo,” and encourages others to “make life hard for ICE” in Ferndale. The posts refer to detention facilities in Ferndale where illegal border crossers are held before they are transported to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. DHS also posted an audio recording of a voicemail left by a man saying he hopes ICE officers are doxed “one by one.” DHS called the voicemail “disgusting” and blamed Democrats. “The vile rhetoric of sanctuary politicians comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law MUST END,” it said.  Doxing is directly tied to coordinated efforts by rioters to harm ICE agents and by cartel affiliates that have placed bounties on them. DHS earlier this month exposed a cartel bounty system operating in Chicago that is similar to those that have been used in Texas for years, The Center Square reported. This month, a Latin Kings member was arrested after he allegedly put a hit out on Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.  In California, those doxing and threatening ICE agents and their families are being arrested, The Center Square reported. “Doxing is not just an invasion of privacy; it is a deliberate act of intimidation that undermines the safety and security of ICE employees who are dedicated to upholding the law and protecting our nation,” ICE Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Valenzuela said.  On Wednesday, HSI and ICE made more arrests in response to a July attack against federal agents in Camarillo, California. Two siblings, Isai Carrillo and Virginia Reyes, were arrested and accused of throwing and encouraging others to throw rocks at ICE officers as they made arrests at a marijuana facility. The officers were attacked as they rescued “migrant children from potential human trafficking, exploitation, and forced labor at the marijuana facility,” DHS said.  Also on Wednesday, as their arrest warrants were being issued, Reyes posted ICE’s whereabouts on social media and a violent mob attacked them, DHS said. Reyes initially fled but turned herself in Thursday, DHS said. Another individual was arrested for throwing rocks at ICE and four Mexican nationals, all in the country illegally, were found at the siblings’ residence and arrested, DHS said. DHS also highlighted another example of an individual in Texas threatening an ICE officer’s spouse and children, saying, “I hope your kids get deported by accident. How do you sleep? F*** you. Did you hear what happened to the Nazis after World War II? Because it’s what’s going to happen to your family.”   DHS posted screenshots of a threat allegedly made by a Lakeville, Mass., resident to an ICE officer’s wife, saying, “Your husband, the ICE man is a f*** and retribution will come your way eventually.”  Federal authorities are encouraging Americans to report suspicious criminal activity, threats against ICE officers and their family members, as well as doxing, by calling 866-DHS-2-ICE or submitting a tip online.  Originally published by The Center Square The post Death Threats Against ICE Officers Up by 8,000%, DHS Says appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A cat couldn't bear another day in the shelter. A woman came in for her and her kittens, and it made all the difference. Macadamia and her kittensJennifer @newkittensontheblockA feline family of four arrived in foster care for a fresh start. They were thrilled to trade the stress of the shelter for the comfort of a home.After over a week in the shelter, the mother cat had grown restless, eager to get out of her kennel. The moment she stepped paw into her spacious room, she relaxed, purring and seeking attention from her foster mom, Jennifer.At just five weeks old, the kittens were beginning to eat solid food, though they still swarmed their mom for comfort. Jennifer @newkittensontheblockIt was clear that the mother, Macadamia, had once been someone's pet. She quickly adjusted to her new surroundings and was affectionate and trusting. She devoted herself to her kittens, feeding, grooming, and fussing over them with patience and love."There are so many kittens needing foster right now," Jennifer shared. "It was hard to choose who to bring home." Jennifer @newkittensontheblock"There are singletons, kittens who just need a couple of weeks to grow or heal, kittens needing socialization, mamas with babies, bottle babies, and plenty of adult cats who would love a break of any length from their shelter kennels. Truly something for everyone."This lucky family of four settled right into their cozy room, content and secure. Macaron, Big Mac, and MacintoshJennifer @newkittensontheblockThe kittens were friendly and curious from the start, though Macintosh was a bit more reserved than his siblings. He'd hang back, watching them play before mustering the courage to join in.Big Mac, the largest of the trio, was bold and snuggly, always the first to clamber up for cuddles. Macaron, the only girl, had a big personality—equal parts sass and sweetness. Jennifer @newkittensontheblockEven though Macadamia loved attention herself, she never stopped caring for her kittens. She kept them clean from head to tail, passed along all her feline wisdom, and tolerated their every antic."Mama Mac is young, playful, and very loving. She's done a wonderful job taking care of her kittens. They're happy, healthy, and squeaky clean." Jennifer @newkittensontheblockEven after the kittens were weaned, Macadamia still let them nurse as they settled down for a nap.After giving her all to her litter, she came down with a cold and became the one who needed care. With medication, good food, and plenty of rest, she made a full recovery and was back to her playful, affectionate self. Mama Mac and her little mini-me, MacaronJennifer @newkittensontheblockAs her kittens grew into a lively bunch, Mama Mac began to enjoy more "me time." She was ready to be pampered and adored like the queen she was, with all the toys and treats to herself. "She is definitely ready to retire from motherhood."Meanwhile, the kittens were bursting with energy, constantly plotting their next round of mischief. Macintosh, Big Mac, and MacaronJennifer @newkittensontheblockWhile the kittens zoomed through the room like tiny tornadoes, Macadamia rediscovered her inner kitten, batting at toys and stretching out in sunbeams. "These kittens are usually running at 100 miles per hour. They might just be the most rambunctious kittens I've ever fostered. They are master jumpers and climbers."Bear, a resident cat, dropped by to supervise, offering the energetic trio a bit of feline wisdom. Bear, a resident cat, came to visit the kittensJennifer @newkittensontheblockWith her kittens grown and ready for homes of their own, Macadamia is looking forward to a new chapter. "Sweet Macadamia has officially retired as a mama. She was such a good mother and took excellent care of her babies."Now, it's her turn to shine, play like a kitten again, and find a loving family who will cherish her forever. Jennifer @newkittensontheblockShare this story with your friends. Mama Mac and her kittens are available through Humane Society for Hamilton County @hamiltonhumane on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks to Jennifer @newkittensontheblock.Related story: Man Goes to Adopt Kitten but Ends Up Bringing Home Another Cat too, Turns Out It's the Best Decision

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) irony detector may have been running low during a recent interview when he attacked lying politicians, then defended former President Joe Biden's mental fitness.Newsom told NBC's Kristen Welker about his disdain for dishonest politicians. In the next breath, Newsom insisted that Biden was perfectly fit to run for a second term despite the obvious decline that Democrats tried to cover up. 'There was no interaction I had that suggested otherwise.'"There is nothing I dislike more than the politician that sits there and lies to you," Newsom said. "We all just sit rolling our eyes, going, 'Give me a break.'"Welker followed up, asking whether Newsom felt Biden was fit to serve in office through January 2029, to which he said his priority was preventing Trump from serving a second term. RELATED: Jon Stewart shuts down liberal journalist's Joe Rogan complaints Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images"My focus was frankly situational," Newsom said. "It was making sure Donald Trump didn't get back into office to experience everything that we're experiencing today.""There was no interaction I had that suggested otherwise," Newsom added. Welker pushed back on Newsom, asking him if he regrets not "sounding the alarm" on Biden's health earlier to pave a path for a stronger candidate going into November 2024."I'm not going to substitute myself for someone else or for popular opinion," Newsom replied. "I'm going to express my relationship to my truth with the former president of the United States, including at the end of his term, quite literally in December." RELATED: Reporter humiliates Kamala Harris over Biden health cover-up: 'That is a world-class pivot' Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images"There was nothing to suggest what you just said, or others have suggested, in terms of my interaction," Newsom added. "That's all I can be accountable for." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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