Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich‚ a Democrat‚ exploded during a press conference on Friday after he was asked why local officials were trying to hide the fact that a teenager who was arrested for allegedly plotting school shootings was transgender. The thwarted shooter‚ an 18-year-old woman from Rockville who identifies as a man‚ was arrested on Wednesday by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD)‚ the county said in a news release‚ adding that the FBI notified the MCPD about a 129-page “manifesto” in which the teenager wrote about committing a school shooting‚ contemplated targeting an elementary school‚ and more. “What is the reluctance of the county to admit that this individual was transgender&;#63;” an individual asked Elrich at the press conference. “This is the fourth time that we’ve seen this happen very recently. And right here I hear all of our leadership saying to us today‚ and what we do in journalism here‚ what we try not do is bury the lede. Why am I hearing about this from the New York Post&;#63;” “Because it’s not a lede‚” Elrich responded. “You know‚ how do you publicize every time somebody gets murdered that it’s a white Christian male‚ who’s heterosexual&;#63; No‚ you don’t‚ you don’t– are these the only crimes that get committed&;#63; You never publish somebody’s sexual orientation when you talk about them.” “Why are you focused on it being a transgender is beyond me‚” he claimed. “It is not a news story. It is not a crime to be transgender. And I’m sorry you feel that way.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The individual who asked the question fired back: “That’s not what I said.” WATCH: Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich SNAPS when a journalist asks why they’re covering up the fact that Andrea Ye was transgender. Andrea Ye is trans teenager (female) who planned to attack 2 Montgomery County schools. pic.twitter.com/HkRnVPofkp — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 19‚ 2024

Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel is back in the spotlight after a second uncomfortable exchange surfaced involving newly drafted WNBA star Caitlin Clark. In the clip posted on X from the Indiana Fever press conference‚ Doyel was asking questions directed to the team’s coach Christie Sides about drafting Clark‚ referring to the NCAA basketball star as “that” and “it” while she’s sitting next to the coach. “You were just given the keys to that‚” Doyel said to Sides. “What are you going to do with it&;#63;” Earlier in the week‚ a clip of Doyel speaking to Clark at the same press conference went viral in which the columnist has a cringe-worthy moment with the basketball star after giving her a heart sign gesture with his hands‚ something Clark does at games. Gregg Doyle had second exchange that would also be categorized as…creepy. GD to the Fever coach Christie Sides: “You just got the keys to THAT‚ what are you gonna do with IT&;#63;” pic.twitter.com/2fyWLTMj6y — SHE scores bangers (@SHEscoresbanger) April 17‚ 2024 “You like that&;#63;” Clark asked‚ and Doyel replied‚ “I like that you’re here.” She then explained‚ “Yeah‚ I do that at my family after every game.” And Doyel said to the young star‚ “OK‚ well listen‚ start doing it to me and we’ll get along just fine.” People on social media slammed the columnist for the comments‚ the Daily Mail reported. Doyel then issued an apology for his “uniquely oafish way‚ while welcoming Caitlin Clark to Indy.” “I formed my hands into her signature‚” the reporter wrote on X. “My comment afterward was clumsy and awkward. I sincerely apologize. Please know my heart (literally and figuratively) was well-intentioned. I will do better.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP He later wrote a column in the Indy Star titled‚ “Doyel: Caitlin Clark‚ I’m so sorry. On Wednesday I was part of the problem.” “I’m devastated to realize I’m part of the problem‚” Doyel wrote. “I screwed up Wednesday during my first interaction with No. 1 overall draft pick Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever.” “What I’ve learned is that I need to be more aware about how I talk to people – not just athletes‚” he added. “I realized that only after my exchange with Clark went viral and I navigated the first two stages of grief during a discussion with the people I care about the most.” “In my haste to be clever‚ to be familiar and welcoming (or so I thought)‚ I offended Caitlin and her family‚” Doyel continued. “After going through denial‚ and then anger…I now realize what I said and how I said it was wrong‚ wrong‚ wrong. I mean it was just wrong. Caitlin Clark‚ I’m so sorry.” Related: Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Was Only Impressed By Caitlin Clark After She ‘Beat A Bunch Of Black Girls’

Democrat Party officials say they are now facing a critical shortage of intimidating insults with which to silence people who have opposing opinions. According to Democrat Vladimir Mohammed Jihad Lenin Chu Mohammed‚ Chairman of the Leftist Agency of Derogatory Intimidation‚ or LADDIE — or LADY‚ depending on your pronouns — the shortage could endanger Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in the event he comes back to life before November. Mr. Lenin Chu Mohammed spoke to The Daily Wire on condition of anonymity‚ saying‚ “We started by calling conservatives racist‚ but that made it sound like hating white people might be a bad thing. So we moved on to calling them Hitler‚ but then we found out that Hitler believed in authoritarian government‚ imprisoning dissenters‚ and hating Jews‚ which is our entire platform. Finally‚ we tried calling them Christian Nationalists‚ but then we discovered that means people who believe in God and love their country‚ which turns out to be almost everybody except us. If we don’t come up with a new intimidating insult soon‚ we won’t be able to silence opposition and we’ll be forced to try to rationalize our policies‚ which obviously would be a disaster.” An unnamed Democrat source named Sergei Mohammed Wong Nikita Jihad says Democrat strategists have been working around the clock to come up with a brilliant new plan to replenish their supply of intimidating insults by using words that mean absolutely nothing so they can’t be turned against them. In a memo leaked by an anonymous Democrat source named Rashida Ilhan Alexandria Tucker Carlson‚ the unnamed LADDIE-or-LADY chairman Lenin Chu Mohammed writes‚ “In the past‚ meaningless words have worked well for the Democrat party. We used such sentences as ‘The border is secure‚’ ‘trans-women are women‚’ ‘the demonstrations are mostly peaceful‚’ and ‘George Floyd was an innocent man murdered by racist police’ in which certain words were completely devoid of any recognizable meaning‚ like the words ‘secure‚’ ‘women‚’ ‘peaceful’ and ‘innocent man murdered by racist police.’” Thus‚ in the hope of preventing future shortages of intimidating insults‚ the LADDIE or LADY is proposing that Democrats simply start hurling complete gibberish at their opponents in angry voices that make it sound insulting. WATCH: The Andrew Klavan Show For instance‚ a proposed Joe Biden speech was leaked by an anonymous source close to LADDIE or LADY named Fang Fang Jihad Tucker Vladimir Ilhan Stalin. The Biden speech says: “Never before have we faced so great a threat to ka-boob-acy as the rise of radical far-right Maga scabadabalism in the halls of rinky-tinkadum. Since the founding of this great ka-boob-nik rinkytinkadum has rejected scabadalism in the name of all that’s kaboo-bastic‚ but now scabadalists are thralling every sconus of kaboobacy’s tinkadum until the very swillingforth of sentastic fillemup tooters on the flink of shooga-boogacy. This admino-groin will unthrall the scabadabs from kaboob-nik’s rinkytinks and restore kaboobik wumpas of sheroob-adum or my name is not Joe Biden‚ if that is my name.” This proposed speech was later withdrawn when it turned out Biden had already said something similar in off-the-cuff remarks he had made to a 12-year-old girl while he was chasing her around the room trying to smell her hair. As the shortage of intimidating insults moves toward crisis‚ an anonymous source within the DNC named Ubersturmfuhrer Hamas von Mao tse Sanders Pressley-Ramirez‚ says the party is exploring more radical options‚ like trying to justify their policies to sentient human beings with the capacity for reason‚ or if that’s not possible‚ then just to leftist women‚ or if even they’re too intelligent‚ maybe just the CEO of NPR. Speaking on condition of anonymity‚ Mister Miss Uberstormfuhrer Pressley-Ramirez told The Daily Wire‚ “We figure‚ hey‚ we convinced our voters the climate is a crisis‚ killing babies is a human right‚ butchering children will change their sex‚ and Joe Biden wasn’t making money off his family’s influence peddling business‚ we might also get them to believe we’re turning the country to crap for a good reason. We just have to explain that high food prices help you lose weight or that letting unchecked illegals flood the country will make it easier to find a gardener who’ll murder your mother-in-law. After all‚ these people voted for us. How smart can they be&;#63;” * * * Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment‚ “The House of Love and Death‚” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “The Andrew Klavan Show.” The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

A massive explosion was reported Friday night at a military base of an Iranian-backed group inside Iraq that might be the result of an Israeli airstrike. The strike targeted the Popular Mobilization Force’s (PMF) Kalsu Base in the Babylon Governorate of Eastern Iraq. The PMF is a large Iraqi-state sponsored organization that is comprised of dozens of smaller militia and terrorist groups‚ many of which are backed by Iran. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and international coalition forces both issued statements indicating that they were not involved in the airstrikes. An Iraqi official told PBS News that they believe the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike. “An Explosion occurred at the Headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) at the Kalsu Military Base in the Al-Mashrou District on the Highway in the Northern of Babylon Governorate‚” the PMF said in a statement. “An Investigation Team immediately arrived at the Scene‚ and the Explosion caused Material Losses and Casualties. We will provide you with the Details once the Preliminary Investigation is Completed.” Videos posted online of the incident showed flames coming from the base when a powerful explosion rocked the compound. It was unclear if the explosion was the direct result of military ordnance hitting the compound or if the explosion was caused by munitions inside the compound that exploded from the flames that broke out following the alleged initial strike. The Jerusalem Post reported that there were two separate waves of strikes carried out. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Fires are continuing to Burn all across the Kalsu Base of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Babylon Governorate of Eastern Iraq. pic.twitter.com/QJFkGvUBFA — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19‚ 2024 Possible armory struck by air in Iraq. pic.twitter.com/VfDdlTZ7uk — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) April 19‚ 2024 Fires are continuing to Burn all across the Kalsu Base of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Babylon Governorate of Eastern Iraq. pic.twitter.com/QJFkGvUBFA — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19‚ 2024 🚨🚨🚨 The moment the &;quot;Kalsu&;quot; base in Babylon was destroyed after the recent airstrikes‚ the entire military base with the ground became devastated. pic.twitter.com/VinvfOftde — Omar Abu Layla (@OALD24) April 19‚ 2024 The Armored Headquarters and a Major Base of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Babylon Governorate of Eastern Iraq to the South of Baghdad has reportedly been Targeted by several Unknown Airstrikes causing an Massive Munitions Cook-Off; Damage to Base is claimed to be… pic.twitter.com/9B3Jmn0BZe — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19‚ 2024 Footage claimed to be from within the Kalsu Base of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Babylon Governorate following tonight’s Airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/5PFrwhoi6t — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19‚ 2024 Joe Truzman‚ senior analyst with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD)‚ said that the strikes may have come in retaliation for the numerous attacks that Israel has endured from groups hiding under the PMF’s umbrella. “Perhaps Israel got fed up with Iraqi militias acting under the Islamic Resistance in Iraq‚” he posted on X. “Attempts to strike Israeli territory with drones have become routine over the last few months. Though‚ this is only one possibility of many when considering what happened tonight.”

Authorities say they found 'numerous sexually explicit pictures and videos' of underage children

'I will require 10 hours off between shifts'

'But if I get another f*cking lecture from Joe Scarborough‚ about defending democracy...'

'My heart breaks for them'

The officers seized &;quot;78 pounds of cocaine‚ 5 pounds of heroin‚ 825 pounds of methamphetamine‚ and 203 pounds of fentanyl&;quot;

In a Home Depot parking lot near San Diego‚ California‚ last month‚ five Haitian men were waiting for under-the-table work at six in the morning. Three hours later‚ the group numbered about 25. Migrant men hanging around a Home Depot is a common sight‚ but why would these guys from Haiti—from thousands of miles away in the Caribbean—be in El Cajon‚ California‚ minutes from the Pacific Ocean&;#63;The answer is President Joe Biden’s novel‚ brazen immigration “parole” programs. I chatted with one of the Haitians—let’s call him Michel. He and his friends entered the U.S. under the mass immigration parole program Biden opened for Venezuelans in October 2022 and expanded to Cuba‚ Haiti‚ and Nicaragua in January 2023. Under this parole program‚ up to 30‚000 aliens a month—who would never qualify for a visa—can apply using a phone app operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection‚ or CBP‚ called CBP One. Once approved‚ they can fly into U.S. airports to apply for parole. This is a formality‚ since almost all of those allowed into the country using CBP One are given parole once they arrive in the U.S. Michel has been here two months but hasn’t applied for asylum yet; he said “maybe next month” he would. I call Biden’s parole programs “McVisas‚” because they have all the benefits of a visa but none of the costs or controls. No fee. No medical check. No background check in their home country or others they have lived in. Applicants do need a sponsor in the U.S.‚ but that person can be a nonresident alien or even another parolee. Michel told me he had been living in Chile for five years‚ but it was expensive‚ so he went to Mexico and used CBP One to enter the U.S. He and the other Haitians flew into San Diego because that was where their sponsors were. These sponsors committed to the U.S. government that they would support their parolees‚ yet here they all were looking for work off the books. And if they get injured or sick‚ who will care for them&;#63; Local hospitals‚ via the emergency room—or in California‚ the Medi-Cal program‚ which now lets illegal aliens of all ages apply for free health care at taxpayer expense. There’s more to Biden’s parole-a-palooza than the program for Venezuelans‚ Cuban‚ Haitians‚ and Nicaraguans. Thousands more “CBP One appointments are available to noncitizens located in Central and Northern Mexico to schedule a date and time to present at one of eight POEs [ports of entry] on the southern border‚” CBP’s website says. “CBP One is available to all noncitizens without documents sufficient for lawful admission into the United States to schedule an appointment” (emphasis is mine). This means the entire world is eligible to apply‚ as long as they get to Mexico first. The Haitians I met‚ and hundreds of thousands like them‚ have been allowed to exploit a program that should never have existed in the first place and is rife with loopholes. For one‚ there are reports of aliens using things called virtual private networks on the internet to mask where they are located to fool CBP One into thinking they are in Mexico. Also‚ alien-smuggling gangs have figured out how to monetize Biden’s parole programs by charging applicants up to $5‚000 for a fake sponsor. Even sponsors whom the parole applicants know will never be asked to pay anything if their parolees turn out to be deadbeats. Nor are they in any trouble if they sponsor criminals—like Cory Alvarez‚ a 26-year-old Haitian charged in March with raping a 15-year-old disabled girl in a Massachusetts Comfort Inn used as a migrant shelter. Alvarez entered the U.S. in June 2023 under the parole program. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said that “it is unfortunate‚ from time-to-time things will happen.” (By “things‚” she means rape). Healey said Alvarez “came in lawfully … through a federal program‚” but she did not explain why Alvarez wasn’t staying with the sponsor who vouched for him. Then there’s a man from Venezuela who was recently arrested at his (free) housing shelter in New York for “being very violent toward everybody‚” according to police. If he was a recipient of parole‚ why was he not living with his sponsor&;#63; The worst-case scenarios are those like Haitian Kenol Baptiste‚ recently arrested in New York state and accused of murdering his two roommates. According to Fox News‚ Baptiste used CBP One to book an appointment and was paroled into the U.S. at El Paso‚ Texas‚ in July 2023. Maybe rather than fleeing government oppression‚ which he would have to prove to qualify for asylum in the U.S.‚ Baptiste was an oppressing soldier or policeman himself or has a criminal record in Haiti. There’s no way to tell‚ because the “vigorous” background checks the Department of Homeland Security says it does are only checking U.S. data‚ not Haiti’s. According to CBP’s latest update‚ the Border Patrol encountered 137‚480 people entering the U.S. illegally along the southwest border in March 2024‚ but there were 189‚372 encounters when they added in all the CBP One appointments. CBP One is an accounting trick by which the Biden administration allowed another 52‚000 inadmissible aliens in last month alone. So far‚ it looks like at least 800‚000 aliens have been paroled into the U.S. since Biden took office in January 2021‚ many using CBP One. Roughly 420‚000 from more than 100 countries came in by land ports of entry‚ and another 400‚000 flew into U.S. airports under the parole program. The program says it wants applicants to “come to the United States in a safe‚ orderly‚ and lawful way.” DHS likes to use the word “lawful” to describe its parole programs‚ not “legal‚” because that elides the fact that Congress never intended parole to be used for entire countries‚ and that the law expressly forbids the government from using parole to shortcut the U.S.’s official refugee program. In 2023‚ Biden expanded his parole-a-palooza to include people from Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ and Honduras‚ as well as additional people from Cuba and Haiti‚ who are waiting in line for visas to join relatives in the U.S. All beneficiaries of immigrant visas are required to wait outside the U.S. until their visa is ready‚ but nationals of these favored countries can now jump ahead of people from other countries who’ve been waiting many years. This “family reunification parole” program makes as much sense as opening a special bar so kids aged 18 can drink for three years until they turn 21. By using parole without express congressional authority to create unfair “McVisa” programs with no real background checks‚ no legitimate path to legal residency‚ and no enforceable demands placed on the aliens or their sponsors‚ Biden is dumping a huge social and financial burden on American taxpayers. The scale of his arrogation of power is unprecedented. Congress needs to assert its authority and restore sanity to our immigration system while it still can. The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking‚ drug smuggling‚ terrorism‚ and more. Read Other BorderLine Columns: My Look Inside Biden’s Illegal Immigrant Catch-and-Release Craziness What I Saw on My Latest Visit to the Border You Can’t Fool All of the People All of the Time About Immigration Haiti: Here We Go Again How ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Are Costing American Lives The post Biden’s Controversial Illegal Alien Parole Program Raises Alarms: The BorderLine appeared first on The Daily Signal.