So our whole education system was basically big banks building data centers in our heads.
Oh no, they called us retards. Shut it down. MTG is really a MAGA shitdisturber now.
I think she is just resentful mostly because she doesn't get it (doesn't meet required IQ level to ride).
Like you know how some people understand something you don't, and you're like, fuck those people.
Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities and energy companies. The nuclear plants could begin construction by 2030 and become operational in the mid-2030s, Wright and other officials said Tuesday.
“This is the start,” Wright said on a call with reporters. “We’re going to move with the players that are ready to stand up and move quickly. Once that supply chain is up and running, do we think there will be dozens of these built going forward? I’d be very surprised if there were not.”
Most U.S. nuclear power plants were built between 1970 and 1990. Only two new large reactors have been built from scratch in the United States in recent decades. Those two reactors, at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle, were completed years late and billions of dollars over budget. The 10 new reactors will use the same design, Westinghouse’s AP1000.
Wright said the Plant Vogtle project struggled because of bad planning, supply chain problems and the COVID-19 pandemic. But, he said, the reactor design is “robust and sound.”
“By building in volume and at multiple locations, we think we will create and stand up a large supply chain and build a lot of construction expertise,” Wright said. “We expect the timing and cost of these plants to well outperform what was done on Vogtle.”
Seven utilities and energy companies signed letters of intent that identified sites, the Energy Department said. The agency plans to pick five, which would host two reactors at each site. The federal financing would be used to purchase nuclear components with long lead times, and are not construction loans.
The department declined to name the utilities involved or the states they are in, calling it premature until the selections are made. It did not give a timeline for making those selections.
President Donald Trump set a goal of quadrupling domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, and he has signed executive orders to speed development. The administration is working to advance new nuclear technologies, such as small modular nuclear reactors.
Dan Sumner, president and chief executive officer of Westinghouse, said industrialized nuclear power needs to be built at fleet scale, in order for the United States to lead in artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and the industries that will define the next century.
Critics of building more nuclear reactors say they’re too expensive and riskier than other low-carbon energy sources. Several states restrict or ban new nuclear power plant construction.
Travis Fisher, director of energy and environmental policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute think tank, said the Energy Department has the authority to issue these loan guarantees, but he doesn’t think the executive branch should be so heavily involved in the electricity sector.
If the past is any indication, the next administration will use similar authorities to favor a different set of energy resources, he added. “Remove the state barriers and the federal favoritism and let companies build the power plants that pass the market test,” Fisher wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
Data centers used 4% to 5% of the nation’s total electricity in 2024, a share that could nearly triple by 2028, according to government estimates. Some analysts predict nationwide electricity use to rise as much as 20% in the next decade, with data centers a big reason.
The Energy Department said the loans could speed up the development of these 10 reactors by up to three years and lower construction costs. Its goal is for all 10 to be under construction by 2030, to start providing power in the mid-2030s.
The utilities and Westinghouse will be expected to contribute up to $5 billion in equity in total across the five, two-reactors projects. Wright said his department provides up to $17.5 billion in loans, or $3.5 billion per project, in debt to pair with the equity. He said it’s “very, very low risk to the American taxpayers.”
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-reactors-energy-trump-wright-57841139aca7d2780a12256692b96fc5
Pentagon Demonstrates Laser Weapons for Hegseth
The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.
The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned, the first publicly known instance of a sitting US defense secretary personally observing a live directed energy weapon firing.
The demonstration, which occurred at the US Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, was attended by Hegseth and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael.
“We have dramatically increased investment in scaling directed energy technologies, signaling to our manufacturing partners that the War Department is focused on delivering rapid solutions to the warfighter,” Michael said in a statement when reached for comment by Laser Wars. “We are directly tackling manufacturability, reliability and integration — areas that have challenged transition under previous administrations.” (The Office of the Secretary of Defense declined to comment on the record.)
According to sources familiar with the demonstration, participating directed energy weapons included the Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) based on AV’s 20 kilowatt LOCUST Laser Weapon System; the “P5 version” of the Army’s 50 kw Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE-MSHORAD) laser weapon system1 from nLight; the 300 kw Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) from Lockheed Martin known as “Valkyrie”; an Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) system based on the Leonidas from Epirus; and a “high-power microwave variant” of Raytheon’s Coyote interceptor, likely the Block 3 Non-Kinetic (BNK) system.2
While these existing programs are run out of the individual service branches, Michael’s office is “taking a more active role moving directed energy forward” through the new Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) effort initiated last year under the auspices of the “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile defense system, a senior Pentagon official told Laser Wars.
The White Sands demonstration “affirmed the ability of directed energy systems, particularly high-energy lasers, to defeat high-density, highly proliferated threats from a variety of sources and power levels,” the official said. “Scaling directed energy enables our warfighters to fight beyond the limits of magazine capacity and no longer limited by how many bullets are in the chamber.”3
The demonstration comes as the US military aggressively pursues alternatives to costly missiles and interceptors to counter the rapid proliferation of cheap, weaponized drones — a threat urgent enough that the Pentagon has proposed a historic $2 billion in funding for directed energy weapons research and development in its fiscal year 2027 budget request. With their comparatively low cost-per-shot and “infinite” magazine, laser weapons in particular represent an increasingly alluring solution to the drone problem, and the technology appears to have finally matured to the point where military leaders firmly believe they can actually field them at scale as deployable, supportable capabilities rather than an endless parade of exquisite prototypes.
Hegseth appears to share this confidence. In a written posture statement submitted to the House Armed Services Committee in late April, the defense secretary declared that the Pentagon intends to buy “tens to hundreds” of directed energy weapons in the coming years in a “strong and consistent demand signal” to a defense industrial base currently postured to produce only “a limited number of prototypes.” Hegseth’s comments are the clearest and most senior acknowledgement yet that one of the core obstacles to fielding directed energy weapons at scale isn’t the technology itself, but overcoming the bureaucratic inertia that has consigned so many promising systems to the “valley of death” between R&D and procurement.
The Enduring High Energy Laser (E-HEL) effort — the Army’s most serious attempt yet at translating decades of laser weapon R&D into a program of record — will be the Pentagon’s first real test whether this time is different. The successor to the DE-MSHORAD effort, the modular, 30 kw counter-drone system is moving on an unusually aggressive acquisition timeline: the first prototype was expected in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, with production units slated for delivery by the end of fiscal year 2027. The service plans to “produce and rapidly field” up to 24 E-HEL systems over five years, an ambition that would have been unthinkable for a directed energy program just a few years ago. Even the US Navy has begun exploring the system’s potential shipboard applications.
https://www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-military-laser-weapon-demonstration
Walmart’s first nuclear deal shows demand beyond AI data centers
Walmart is signing a long-term contract to buy nuclear power for the first time ever, a promising sign that the industry’s future is supported by more than just the AI data center boom.
The retail giant agreed on Tuesday to buy power from a nuclear plant in Illinois owned by Constellation Energy for its operations in the area, including its stores and a high-tech warehouse in Illinois that stores and sorts perishable food.
Walmart will buy 176 megawatts of power from the plant over a 15-year period, or enough power to serve around 150,000 homes.
The Walmart deal will allow Constellation to expand the capacity of the Illinois plant by 30 megawatts, a process known as an uprate, which can involve replacing older equipment and improving efficiency.
The financial terms were not disclosed, but these types of deals tend to go for premium prices because they allow the buyer to lock in their costs over a long period.
Walmart, which has pledged to eliminate net carbon emissions from its U.S. operations by 2040, will also receive the environmental attributes associated with the nuclear energy, which generates electricity without carbon emissions.
Constellation stock was down 0.3% on Tuesday, outperforming the S&P 500’s decline.
The deal isn’t large enough to significantly boost Constellation’s growth trajectory, given that Constellation has 55 gigawatts worth of generating capacity and the Walmart deal represents less than 0.5% of that total.
Still, investors are eager to see Constellation sign more long-term power agreements, particularly with technology companies seeking electricity for AI data centers.
A lack of similar announcements has contributed to the stock’s 25% decline this year, following multiple years of double-digit gains.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/ar-AA26n1U3
Supreme Court delivers 6-3 decision against green card holders who commit crimes
The Supreme Court on Tuesday in Blanche v. Lau cleared the way for immigration officers to more freely deny lawful permanent residents – also known as green card holders – admission into the United States. By a vote of 6-3, the court, in an opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas, held that federal immigration law does not require border officers to have “clear and convincing evidence” that green card holders have committed a disqualifying crime before preventing them from reentering the country for an indefinite stay.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, in an opinion joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Jackson asserted that the court’s opinion undermines “the benefits and security that come with having a green card” and wrote that she is worried that the court has “handed the Government a massive blank check” to put lawful permanent residents in “immigration limbo.”
The case stemmed from a June 2012 encounter between immigration officers and Muk Choi Lau, a Chinese citizen and lawful permanent resident of the United States who, one month earlier, had been charged under New Jersey law for allegedly selling nearly $300,000 worth of counterfeit shorts. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, lawful permanent residents such as Lau are typically admitted into the country – that is, allowed to enter and stay indefinitely – after a short trip abroad. They are only to be treated as “seeking an admission” under a few exceptions, such as when they have “committed” “a crime involving moral turpitude” – that is, a dishonest or immoral act, such as fraud or theft. Because of this exception, immigration officers paroled Lau rather than admitting him. He could enter the U.S. to face prosecution, but the officers deferred consideration of his eligibility for admission.
One year later, Lau pleaded guilty to trademark counterfeiting, and he was convicted and sentenced to two years’ probation. The Department of Homeland Security then began removal proceedings on the ground that Lau’s conviction made him ineligible for admission under the INA. Lau fought his removal, contending that he had been “improperly classified” by immigration officers in June 2012 and should have been admitted, which would have forced the government to treat him as a lawful permanent resident and seek to remove him on the ground that he was deportable.
An immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals rejected that argument, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit agreed with Lau. Immigration officers, the 2nd Circuit held, must have “clear and convincing” evidence that a disqualifying crime has been committed to decline to admit a lawful permanent resident into the country, and the immigration officers considering Lau’s reentry did not.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court vacated the 2nd Circuit’s decision, holding that border officers do not need to meet the “clear and convincing evidence” standard to treat a lawful permanent resident who has been charged with a crime of moral turpitude as a candidate for admission. “Nothing in the INA imposes” that burden, Thomas wrote in the nine-page majority opinion. It came, instead, “from inapposite Board of Immigration Appeals precedent.”
That BIA precedent, Thomas continued, addressed the evidence the government must have during a removal hearing, not during an encounter at the border. He rejected Lau’s assertion “that the Government ‘expressly’ conceded” that this evidence standard applied at the border, explaining that the government had made that concession only with regard to removal proceedings. The court was also unconvinced, Thomas explained, by Lau’s claim that a lawful permanent resident cannot be found to have committed a crime involving moral turpitude until he is convicted of such a crime. “A straightforward reading of the text contradicts Lau’s interpretation,” Thomas wrote, because “the Government may regard a lawful permanent resident as seeking admission as soon as he ‘committed a’ crime involving moral turpitude ‘even if (as in [Lau’s] case) the conviction occurred’ later.”
“We decline to read into the INA an additional clear-and-convincing-evidence burden on border officers entrusted with making ‘quick judgments on the spot’ when that burden is nowhere in the statute or even Board precedent,” Thomas concluded.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-sides-with-government-in-dispute-over-rights-of-green-card-holders-accused-of-committing-a/
Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants can proceed, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump a significant win in his mass deportation efforts with a ruling Tuesday reviving his administration’s move to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
The ruling from the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals allows the Trump administration to cast a wider net over who’s subject to the fast-track deportation procedure known as “expedited removal,” which allows immigration authorities to remove an individual from the country without a hearing before an immigration judge.
The decision allows the administration to move forward with its plan to quickly deport undocumented immigrants who are residing in the United States and can’t prove they’ve lived in the country continuously for two years or more.
A trial court had previously blocked the administration’s January 21, 2025, maneuver to expand the policy beyond just migrants who were apprehended within 100 miles of a land border and within 14 days of arrival.
Judges Justin Walker and Neomi Rao – both Trump appointees – sided with the administration. Judge Robert Wilkins – who was put on the bench by President Barack Obama - dissented.
The majority opinion by Walker rejected the challengers’ arguments that the expanded policy violated the Constitution’s right to due process.
The Department of Homeland Security’s General Counsel James Percival celebrated the ruling on X, saying the DC circuit “vindicated” the administration.
“For years, DHS has arbitrarily limited expedited removal to 14 days even though it applies to illegal aliens who entered the country illegally within the last two years. Today, the DC Circuit vindicated our decision to apply the law as written,” Percival said, adding that “it’s not too late” to self deport and received a $2,600 stipend the administration has offered.
“The Trump administration’s push for fast-track deportations will subject people to an unfair and error-prone system. This ruling undermines the fundamental principle that people receive due process when the government seeks to deport them,” said Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead counsel. “We are exploring next steps.”
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/06/23/politics/expand-speedy-deportations-of-migrants-court-rules
Donald Trump to present World Cup trophy at final, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino confirms
U.S. President Donald Trump will present the trophy to the winners of the World Cup final in New Jersey on July 19, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed.
In a break from recent FIFA protocol, the trophy will be jointly presented to the captain of the winning team by Trump and Infantino.
At Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018, the two previous World Cups staged under Infantino's leadership, the FIFA president presented the trophy.
"We will be together with the president [Trump] enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together," Infantino told "Fox & Friends."
"We are together all the time."
The decision to co-present the trophy follows the controversy surrounding the presentation of the FIFA Club World Cup to Chelsea after their victory over Paris Saint-Germain in New Jersey last summer.
Trump was allowed to present the trophy to Chelsea captain Reece James, but his failure to leave the stage led to him taking part in the team celebrations alongside bemused players.
Although recent World Cups have been handed to the victors by Infantino and his predecessor as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, heads of state have previously presented the World Cup trophy.
King Juan Carlos of Spain handed the World Cup to Italy captain Dino Zoff in 1982, and England captain Bobby Moore was given the trophy by Queen Elizabeth II following the Three Lions' success in 1966.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49154827/donald-trump-present-world-cup-trophy-final-fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-confirms
North Texas Antifa Terror Cell Members Sentenced to Combined 450 Years in Federal Prison
FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell received historic federal sentences on Tuesday, with prison terms ranging from 30 years to life in prison for their roles in the shooting ambush on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. The attack led to the first federal Antifa terrorism prosecution — and later convictions — in U.S. history.
U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman sentenced ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song to 100 years in prison. Song was convicted of the most serious offenses in the case, including attempted murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Prosecutors proved at trial that he shot Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross in the neck during the Fourth of July attack last year.
Bradford Morris, a trans militant and sex worker known as “Meagan Morris,” who lived in a Dallas commune with other trans individuals he referred to as his “wives,” was sentenced to 50 years. (The Kessler Heights neighborhood commune also functioned as one of the group’s bases.)
Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison.
Elizabeth Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Because of the large number of defendants, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor simultaneously sentenced four additional convicts in a separate courtroom.
Cameron Arnold, also known as “Autumn Hill,” received 50 years in prison.
Zachary Evetts received 50 years.
Savanna Batten received 50 years in prison.
Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada, a Mexican national, received 30 years in prison.
The defendants were among nine Antifa members convicted by a federal jury in March following the first federal Antifa terrorism trial in U.S. history. Their prison sentences are the longest in American history for convicted violent Antifa members.
The cell plotted and carried out an attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025.
Jurors found the defendants guilty of offenses including providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy involving explosives and related crimes.
The trial featured extensive evidence regarding the group’s ideology, planning and preparation for the attack.
Seven co-defendants pleaded guilty ahead of trial, and five agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against their comrades. As part of their plea deals, they admitted in signed stipulated facts to the court that they organized behind an antifa ideology.
One of those co-defendants, Lynette Sharp, told jurors that members trained together with firearms and coordinated through encrypted Signal chats. Evidence introduced at trial showed that members operated under aliases and carefully planned the direct action.
Jurors viewed video evidence showing the cell arriving dressed in black bloc and equipped with firearms, body armor, medical supplies and explosive devices.
According to testimony, Song acquired 11 firearms and distributed them among members of the group before the operation.
The group used explosive fireworks to lure federal agents and facility personnel from the detention center before opening fire.
Lt. Gross survived the shooting. Jurors were shown his blood-stained ballistic vest during testimony.
Investigators recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and electronic devices stored in Faraday bags designed to block signals. Authorities also later recovered Antifa anarchist propaganda. Testimony established that members of the group had trained together and collectively acquired more than 50 firearms before the attack.
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Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in ‘jellyfish’ formation
A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
The account, which has not been previously reported, was shared by the F-15 pilot with intelligence officials during a debriefing after the incident. It immediately set off a firestorm of debate within the US intelligence community that has yet to be resolved.
If the airman really saw what he described — a formation moving in unison — it would be an alarming advance in Iranian drone capabilities.
“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN. “Real alien sh*t.”
Another source told CNN the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” in the air.
While the exact cause of the F-15 downing is still being investigated, initial reports indicated that it was possible the drone formation had in some way enabled Iran to shoot down the American jet, according to two of the sources.
The F-15 carried a crew of two — a pilot and a weapons system officer. US forces immediately launched search and rescue efforts, CNN previously reported.
The downing of the F-15 fighter jet marked the first time a US aircraft has been shot down over Iran during the conflict.
The pilot was rescued hours after ejecting from the aircraft, while the weapons systems officer evaded Iranian capture in the mountains for more than a day before also being rescued. It is not clear if the weapons systems officer also saw the drone formation.
A second aircraft, an A-10, was downed during the rescue effort but that pilot managed to eject safely outside of Iranian airspace.
US intelligence officials disagreed on how to interpret what the F-15 pilot described, and whether the pilot could recount the incident clearly.
For one thing, he was concussed in the crash. It was his second time being shot out of the sky during the Iran war: he had also been among the pilots downed in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti forces early in the conflict, according to two of the sources.
Had he witnessed a mature capability that US intelligence wasn’t aware of? A beta test? A mirage in the desert?
The intelligence officials conducting the debrief said something to the effect of: “Are you sure you saw what you are saying you saw?” another one of the sources said.
The US Air Force directed queries to US Central Command, which did not directly address questions from CNN. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not reply to a request for comment.
The questions about Iran’s drone program come as the US and Tehran negotiate a deal that would end the Iran war, having begun a 60-day window for talks as part of a ceasefire last week. Those talks are expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear program, though a wide range of issues have been raised by both parties.
While the specific drone capability described by the pilot was not something that US intelligence agencies had previously assessed Iran possessed, there is a trail of reports indicating that Iran had been receiving assistance in developing its drone technology from China and Russia, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The technical term for the capability described by the pilot is “one-to-many meshed networking,” according to the sources.
In general, meshed networking allows an operator to command several drones at a time.
Other countries — Russia and China — are believed to have the capability. Any development in Iran’s already-sophisticated drone warfare program would be a concern for US forces and its allies in the region.
Meshed networking could also theoretically be used to provide internet connectivity in remote areas without existing infrastructure, noted one US official — in theory, a benign function.
Iran aggressively employed its attack drones as an asymmetric weapon during the weeks-long conflict against US and Israeli forces as well as nearby Gulf countries.
“We will spend huge, huge dollars, like a lot of blood and treasure, protecting ourselves from something that can coordinate like that,” Emma Bates, a drone warfare and defense modernization expert who founded the company Cachai, told CNN, referring to the threat posed by meshed networking capabilities for drones.
“If it can coordinate itself into a recognizable shape and maintain that shape, and if it’s got explosives on board, and if it is holding resources in reserve to attack whatever the first volley didn’t destroy – that’s a very capable approach,” Bates said.
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/06/23/politics/iran-drones-f-15-pilot-intelligence
FBI Arrests Two More Men in Washington and Missouri in Connection with Planned Attack on Government Officials at White House UFC event
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fbi-arrests-two-more-men-washington-and-missouri-connection-planned-attack-government
ICE arrests illegal immigrant Illinois teacher linked to Tren de Aragua mass shooting
A former Illinois teacher living in the United States illegally, who was allegedly involved in a 2024 Tren de Aragua mass shooting that killed three people at a Chicago house party, was arrested by federal authorities, officials said Monday.
Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti, 32, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with dual citizenship in Italy, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on May 13, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
Occhipinti entered the U.S. in October 2021 under the Visa Waiver Program and was supposed to leave by Jan. 2, 2022. She overstayed her visa, DHS said.
On the night of the Dec. 2, 2024, shooting, she allegedly drove the two gunmen—Ricardo Granadillo Padilla and Edward Martinez Cermeno—to the scene of the crime, where five people were injured in addition to the three fatalities, authorities said.
"Although Chicago police arrested this illegal alien shortly after the shooting, sanctuary politicians released her from jail without notifying ICE," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. "Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, DHS is doing the job that sanctuary politicians in Illinois refuse to do: putting the American people first and removing these dangerous criminals from our communities."
Martinez Cermeno was released from ICE custody in January 2025 after a federal judge determined that federal prosecutors failed to meet their burden of proof to keep him incarcerated while awaiting trial.
Immediately after the shooting, authorities found multiple weapons in Occhipinti's vehicle, DHS said. Authorities believe she helped Granadillo Padilla and Martinez Cermeno evade law enforcement after the attack.
Hundreds Of Jailed Illegal Aliens Released Back Onto Blue-state Streets Despite Ice Detainers, Records Show
The Chicago Police Department arrested Occhipinti on Dec. 5, 2024, on charges of unlawful use of weapons and other weapons offenses. However, she was released without ICE ever being notified under Chicago's sanctuary policies, which protect illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities.
The Cook County State's Attorney's office decided not to prosecute the suspects, DHS said, and Granadillo Padilla and Martinez Cermeno were eventually deported.
"Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti's actions were calculated and deliberate, leading to the loss of three lives," said HSI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Matthew Scarpino. "I'm proud of our agents for pursuing this case to the end, ensuring that everyone who helped facilitate this mass homicide is brought to justice."
Fox News was told by DHS that Occhipinti was a teacher at an unspecified school in the Chicago suburb of Elgin. Illinois officials have refused to cooperate with federal authorities and will not tell DHS the name of the school, Fox News has learned.
Occhipinti is being held at the Grayson County Detention Center in Leitchfield, Kentucky.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-arrests-illegal-immigrant-illinois-175726338.html
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Haitian police official is kidnapped as a resurgence of violence grips the country
The abduction is perhaps the most brazen in a country where kidnappings in broad daylight have become routine.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The couple was taking their sick child to see a doctor here in Haiti’s capital when their SUV was intercepted.
It was an ordinary weekday morning on the Rue Reimbold, a principal artery in the relatively secure district of Bourdon, home to international organizations and diplomatic missions.
Armed men, some wearing police uniforms, pulled James Boyard, his wife and their young daughter from their Montero Sport, bundled them into a convoy and headed south toward the gang-controlled neighborhood of Martissant. They haven’t been seen since.
The kidnapping earlier this month was perhaps the most brazen yet in a country where abductions in broad daylight have become routine. Boyard is inspector general of Haiti’s national police. He’s also chief of staff to the country’s defense minister. His 6-year-old daughter is a U.S. citizen. Their captors are demanding $700,000 for their release, according to an official familiar with the details.
The abduction shows “no one is safe,” said Reginald Delva, a former secretary of state for public security. “The gangs can kidnap whomever they want, wherever they want.”
Two months into the arrival of the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force, the latest attempt to confront the criminal organizations that have beset the Haitian capital, kidnappings for ransom are resurging, officials say.
A GSF spokesman called the increase a “serious concern” that the force is “monitoring closely.”
“Kidnapping and extortion are among the means used by armed groups to sustain their operations and exert control over communities,” spokesman Jonathan Boulet-Groulx said. “The GSF’s mandate is to isolate, deter and ultimately neutralize armed gangs, which includes targeting the economic foundations that allow them to operate.”
The GSF has replaced an earlier U.N.-approved force, the Multinational Security Support mission, with plans for more personnel and more aggressive rules of engagement. It’s expected to be fully deployed by autumn. Its mission is to help Haitian police restore security so the country may hold its first elections in a decade.
But the goal has proved elusive. At least 2,300 people in Haiti have been killed this year in gang violence, Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said Monday. The gangs, armed primarily with guns imported illegally from the United States, control 80 to 90 percent of the capital, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime reported in January. At least 647 kidnappings were documented last year, the United Nations reported. But given the reluctance of victims to report, officials and analysts say, the actual number of abductions is much higher.
Haitian security forces have ramped up operations across Port-au-Prince and the Artibonite region. But those efforts, supported by private military contractors, have failed to halt the looting, sexual assaults, kidnappings and killings. In a country where gang leaders are believed to have relationships with politicians and business leaders, analysts say, defeating bandits in the streets alone won’t solve the problem.
The gangs are “neither insurgents nor revolutionaries; they are embedded within circuits of political and economic power,” the Global Initiative wrote in March. “The crisis is sustained by illicit financial flows, arms and drug trafficking, and patronage networks that protect and instrumentalize armed groups.”
The violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people, the International Organization for Migration estimates. About half of Haiti’s population of 12 million face acute or worse levels of food insecurity, according to the U.N. World Food Program.
Clashes between gangs in Cité Soleil after Haiti’s 1-0 loss to Scotland in the World Cup last weekend left dozens dead, according to Pierre Fritznel, executive director of the Joint Effort for Peace and Development. Gunmen opened fire on a rara procession of young people and children, some of them carrying trumpets, and burned some victims’ bodies, Fritznel said.
“The security situation is dramatic,” Fritznel said. “The state does not have sufficient control over these communities controlled by gangs.”
The violence has disrupted operations at the Port-au-Prince port and the strategic Varreux oil terminal and the distribution of fuel to service stations across the capital.
“The Haitian national police and GSF need to establish a permanent presence in the Port-au-Prince port area in order to guarantee the safe and continuous flow of cargo, as well as protect vital infrastructure,” said Richard Lebrun, general director of Terminal Varreux.
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The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil. Those prices are dropping like a rock! In other words, customers are being “gouged.” I have instructed the DOJ to immediately start looking into this. Gasoline prices better start going down a lot faster than what I’m seeing! President DJT
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