Hundreds of protesters have stormed Trump Tower in New York City. The protesters gathered in Trump Tower to protest Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. resident with a green card, who was recently detained for his participation in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University. The protesters chanted, “Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine” and “Fight Nazis Not Students.” Take a look: Protesters have OCCUPIED Trump TOWER in NYC chanting “Free Mahmoud, Free them All!” I know the owner of that building and he will definitely be pressing charges. FAFO. pic.twitter.com/nGlUSeaJ9D — Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) March 13, 2025 NYPD has since arrested dozens of protesters: #BREAKING: NYPD is now ARRESTING protestors who took over Trump Tower FAFO! DEPORT ANY ILLEGALS WITHIN THE GROUP! pic.twitter.com/r7DYp5HG7t — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 13, 2025 Per Fox News: Several dozen protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil occupied the lobby area of Trump Tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Thursday, calling for the release of the anti-Israel activist who was detained over the weekend. The protesters, many dressed in red, held signs reading “Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine” and “Fight Nazis Not Students.” The protesters were also chanting the common “Free, free Palestine” slogan. After occupying the lobby area – the same area where President Donald Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign – the NYPD began detaining several of them and hauled multiple demonstrators out of the building in zip ties. Mahmoud Khalil supporters who took over Trump Tower in NYC are now being arrested. Deport everyone protesting who’s a foreigner. Jail the non-foreigners for years. Enough with this.pic.twitter.com/9mIe5a1ugH — Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) March 13, 2025 Per Fox 5 NY: Hundreds of protesters gathered both inside and around Trump Tower in Midtown, with dozens arrested in a show of solidarity for Mahmoud Khalil. Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. resident, was arrested in New York Saturday and transferred to an immigration detention center in Louisiana. The group claiming credit for the demonstration, “Jewish Voice for Peace”, explained on Instagram that the event was in protest of the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. “The Trump administration thinks it can crush dissent and strip away constitutional rights. We know this playbook. We refuse to allow our neighbors to be abducted in our name,” the post states. “As Jews, we are taking over the Trump Tower to register our mass refusal.”

Despite a seemingly endless string of outlandish “genders” added by leftist activists in recent years, individuals still occasionally make headlines with their chosen identities. One member of a panel designed to advise the Oregon Health Authority on mental health-related issues, for example, recently identified as “turtle” gender during a teleconference call. As Fox News reported: JD Holt, who also goes by “JD Terrapin” on Facebook, is one of roughly two dozen “consumers” on the OHA’s Consumer Advisory Council (OCAC). The council, established by administrative statute, is appointed by OHA Director Dr. Sejal Hathi, who was appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat. The purpose of the OCAC is to advise Hathi on the state’s provision of mental health services, including through investigations and reviews of current practices. “Hello everybody, it’s JD. I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns. I’m in the Springfield-Eugene area and I get to be part of the council,” Holt said during a Dec. 20 virtual OCAC meeting. Gender Wiki, a website that documents the list of non-binary genders, describes “turtlegender,” sometimes called “tortoisegender,” as “a xenogender identity in which one feels a gendered connection to turtles.” Holt’s introduction sparked widespread derision online: You cannot make this stuff up. They/Them/Turtle: Oregon mental health advisory board includes a member who identifies as a TURTLE. You read that right JD Holt an advisor to Mental health services identifies as an actual Turtle. They just playing with us now? pic.twitter.com/ZczMzC8Gvu — MFn Bane (@Mfersworld_) March 13, 2025 I don’t believe we’re going to agree on the definition of health — ?????ℝ??ℕ? ?????ℕ (@Rust_And_Decay) March 13, 2025 JD Holt, who also goes by “JD Terrapin a member of a state ( Oregon ) panel advising the director of Oregon’s Health Authority (OHA) on best practices and policies in mental health identifies as a “turtleCan’t make this shit up! Another great democrat pick — K Marshall (@Opinion439689) March 13, 2025 This wasn’t the first time Kotek has been on the receiving end of criticism this week. NEW: Oregon Governor Tina Kotek declares March 10 as “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.” Only a Democrat can create and celebrate people who k*ll innocent babies. pic.twitter.com/oCFjSakqT0 — I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) March 11, 2025 The Daily Mail also reported on the recent OHA meeting: Holt has also been found to have promoted ‘anarchist’ causes and encouraged people to obstruct immigration enforcement actions, according to a review of their public Facebook posts by Fox News Digital. ‘WHAT TO DO AT AN ICE CHECKPOINT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WHITE and/or FEEL THE NEED TO JAM UP THE WORKS,” Holt wrote in a post on January 29. Their post encouraged people to yell and scream at federal immigration authorities and make their jobs as ‘difficult and uncomfortable’ as possible. Peculiar behavior is not uncommon at the OHA as at an earlier meeting another member was also heard using unexpected pronouns, introducing themselves as ‘Luke A Shooting Star.’ Here’s a clip of the exchange: WATCH: A person who is ‘turtlegender’ currently sits on the Oregon Consumer Advisory Council, which advises decisions about mental health services in the state. J.D. Terrapin, whose pronouns are “turtle” and “they/them,” is a member of the 21-person panel that recommends… pic.twitter.com/uwoSpvjjM4 — Off The Press (@OffThePress1) March 10, 2025

This isn’t something you read every day. A man in Tennessee was shot by his own dog on Monday. According to Memphis police, a 39-year-old was on his bed when his dog jumped on his bed and got his paw stuck in the man’s gun. The dog’s paw was stuck on the trigger guard, and he accidentally pulled the trigger, resulting in his owner getting shot in the thigh. The man was transported to a medical center. His injury is not considered critical. The dog that shot its owner, was identified as Oreo, a one-year-old pit bull. A friend of the victim told media that Oreo is very friendly.https://t.co/KW1s8LQVMs — TheSouthAfrican.com (@TheSAnews) March 13, 2025 Here’s what CBS reported: A dog managed to fire a gun and wound his owner in an accidental shooting in Memphis on Monday, police said. The 39-year-old victim was relaxing and talking with a female friend on his bed when the dog jumped onto the bed, authorities said. The dog’s paw got stuck in the trigger guard and hit the trigger, discharging the gun. Police said the victim was grazed in the left thigh. Officers later found a single spent shell casing on the floor. The man was treated on scene and later taken to a medical center for additional aid. His injury was not deemed critical. The victim’s female friend, who police have not publicly identified, left the scene after the shooting. “When officers asked the victim where the weapon was he advised that the female friend took it when she left,” police said. The dog, a pit bull puppy named Oreo, “jumped on the bed and got his paw stuck in the trigger guard and ended up hitting the trigger,” police said.https://t.co/iQHO7gvJ0i — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) March 12, 2025 Per The Guardian: Dog bites man is hardly news, but in Tennessee, a dog recently shot a man, according to authorities. In what is only the latest instance of a kind of accidental shooting that intermittently occurs in the US, Jerald Kirkwood reported to police in Memphis that he and a woman were lying in bed with a firearm when his dog jumped up and inadvertently caused the weapon to discharge. A bullet grazed the man atop his left thigh, according to the local news station WREG, which cited police. WREG recounted how Kirkwood’s one-year-old pit bull, Oreo, had gotten his paw stuck in the trigger guard of his owner’s gun. Oreo ultimately squeezed the trigger and shot his owner, whom the station and multiple other news outlets identified. A pit bull terrier Dog shoots man: Iowa pet pulls trigger on owner Read more The woman accompanying Kirkwood and Oreo reportedly left the home where the shooting occurred and took the gun with her while the wounded man was brought to a hospital in non-critical condition. Memphis’s Fox 13 news station said it later spoke to the woman, who described to the outlet how Oreo “is a playful dog, a

The White House has pulled its nomination of Dave Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director. A source from the White House shared, “It became clear that the votes weren’t there in the Senate for him to get confirmed. This would have been a futile effort.” As a result of the White House of withdrawing its nomination of Weldon, The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has cancelled his hearing which was scheduled on Thursday morning. President Trump just withdrew Dr. Dave Weldon’s nomination to lead CDC. Dr. Weldon is a MAHA champion who SLAMMED the CDC’s censorship of vaccine safety data in a 2002 hearing. “The CDC still does not allow researchers access to the vaccine safety data.” “If everything was so… pic.twitter.com/eppy43v8zw — Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) March 13, 2025 President Trump just withdrew Dr. Dave Weldon’s nomination to lead CDC. Dr. Weldon is a MAHA champion who SLAMMED the CDC’s censorship of vaccine safety data in a 2002 hearing. “The CDC still does not allow researchers access to the vaccine safety data.” “If everything was so objective and any scientist at all can look at this stuff, it would be one thing.” “But they continue to deny people access to this information.” “Until we get a free and open dialogue within the scientific community, I don’t think I will ever be satisfied that there isn’t some data suggesting that some children may have serious side effects from some of these vaccines that is really going undetected, unnoticed and yes, it may actually cause autism.” “The problem is we’re trying to investigate a sacred cow.” “For a lot of people in the medical community, there’s this tremendous fear if you say anything negative about vaccines, then parents will stop vaccinating their kids, and then you’ll have all these outbreaks of diseases.” “We have a responsibility to them to really find out if there’s truth in all this, and I don’t think the answers are in.” The reason why Trump withdrew his nomination is not yet clear, so I’m holding out hope that CDC will get a great MAHA Director. The White House just withdrew CDC director nominee Dave Weldon. There’s something fishy going on…Weldon was a top tier pick. Here he is calling out the CDC for gatekeeping vaccine safety data pic.twitter.com/HL31ljfxu2 — Died Suddenly (@DiedSuddenly_) March 13, 2025 Check out what Fox News reported: The White House is pulling the nomination of Dave Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Fox News Digital has confirmed. Weldon was expected to have his confirmation hearing on Thursday. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that it canceled its hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. However, it confirmed that lawmakers would still vote on the nominations of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health (NIH) director and Dr. Marty Makary for Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “It became clear that the votes weren’t there in the Senate for him to get confirmed. This would have been a futile effort,” a source familiar with the nomination told Fox News Digital. However, there is no official reason for pulling the nomination at this time. The Wall Street Journal reported that Weldon was unaware that his nomination had been pulled until he reached the Capitol on Thursday morning. However, Fox News Digital’s source said Weldon was told last night.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the Pentagon will be conducting a review of the physical fitness, grooming hygiene, and body composition standards that are currently in place for the military.