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#10 DOJ IG Reveals 26 FBI Informants Were Present on Jan. 6 - Chad Pergram Reports for Fox News, John Strand, Jack Paso, Boca Vista, Charlie Kirk, Kelli Kay, Michael Flynn Jr., John M. Cameron and Tracy Beanz/Tom Fitton on X
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s answer to a question about whether there were federal confidential human sources in the January 6 crowd on ‘Special Report.’#9 GOP Figures Outraged Over Biden Admin Allegedly Auctioning Unused Border Wall Materials - Jackson Walker for 4 News, Elon Musk, End Wokeness, George, Eric Schmitt and Donald Trump Jr. on X
Several GOP figures expressed outrage Thursday after a new report showed President Joe Biden's administration is auctioning off materials used to build the southern border wall. The Daily Wire released video Thursday showing trucks moving stacks of wall materials. Entire segments of the wall are going for as low as $5, the publication claimed. A border patrol agent told The Daily Wire they estimate the trucks are relocating as much as one half mile of wall materials each day. The video drew mockery and condemnation from Republicans...
#8 Trump’s Incoming Border Czar Hails Meeting With Mayor Eric Adams: ‘NYC Is About to Get a Lot Safer' - Joshua Comins for Fox News, Benny Johnson, Eric Daugherty, Bob in MI, Riley Gaines/Libs of TikTok, and Nick Sortor on X
Incoming border czar Tom Homan met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday to discuss the city’s ongoing migrant crisis and strategies for deporting illegal migrants with the help of the New York Police Department. Homan, who served as acting director of ICE during President Donald Trump’s first term, has been appointed by the newly-minted president-elect to serve as the border czar in the incoming administration. "It went great," Homan told Sean Hannity on Thursday night. "Look, I sat down with the mayor for well over an hour. He gets it. And today he proved that as the mayor in New York City, he's more concerned with public safety than politics. I wish the mayor of Chicago and the San Diego City council mayor and Governor Pritzker, I wish they'd all take a page out of Mayor Eric Adams' playbook."
#7 3 Men Say in Lawsuits That Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Drugged and Sexually Assaulted Them - Philip Marcelo for AP News, Pop Base, Vigilant Fox, Collin Rugg and The New York Post on X
Three men sued Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York on Thursday, claiming the hip-hop mogul drugged and raped them. The lawsuits, which were filed anonymously in a state court, add to a wave of sexual assault litigation against the rapper, producer, and record executive as he also faces federal sex trafficking charges in New York. Thomas Giuffra, a New York attorney who filed Thursday’s lawsuits on the men’s behalf, said Combs used his power and wealth to take advantage of the accusers and then ensured their silence through threats and fear. “This is a long overdue opportunity for the victims to take the power back after carrying the burden of the assaults in silence for several years,” he said in a statement. “While a lawsuit will not undo the wrongs done to them, it enables the survivors to regain the power and dignity that was stripped from them by Sean Combs.”
#6 ActBlue Update: Subpoenaed for Likely Foreign ‘Gift Card’ Donations to Democratic Party, Candidates - Suzanne Downing for Must Read Alaska, Speaker Mike Johnson, Wall Street Apes, Parker Thayer, Katie's On The Case, and Bama Jeans on X
ActBlue, which is a funding application that all Democrats in Alaska use, is under investigation by Congress for its probable use of foreign donations to Democrat candidates, such as Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democratic Party, and Democrats in the Alaska Legislature. On Tuesday, the Committee on House Administration’s Chairman Bryan Steil announced findings of his subpoena of ActBlue that reveal that only in September of 2024 did ActBlue create policies to “automatically reject donations that use foreign prepaid/gift cards, domestic gift cards, are from high-risk/sanctioned countries, and have the highest level of risk as determined,” by its solution provider, a company called Sift, an artificial intelligence-powered fraud detection service...
#5 Biden Slammed for Commuting Sentence of Notorious ‘Kids-For-Cash’ Judge Convicted of Imprisoning Juveniles for $2.1m Kickbacks - Victor Nava for The New York Post, Libs of TikTok, Yashar Ali, ZitoSalena
The corrupt former Pennsylvania judge convicted of funneling juveniles to for-profit detention facilities in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks had his lengthy prison sentence commuted Thursday by President Biden. Former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan, the jurist at the center of the so-called “Kids-for-Cash” scandal, was among 1,499 commutations the 82-year-old lame-duck president granted in the largest presidential act of clemency on a single day in modern history, according to the White House...
#4 Elon Musk Plans to Turn SpaceX's Starbase Into a Texas City - Michael D. Carroll for Newsweek, Elon Musk, DogeDesigner, LilHumansBigImpact, and Greg Abbott on X
Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken a formal step toward transforming its South Texas Starship launch site, known as Starbase, into an incorporated city. In a letter sent Thursday to officials, the company requested an election to approve the incorporation. SpaceX stated that the petition had been submitted by residents of the area currently identified as Starbase. Where Is Starbase Located? The area, located at Boca Chica Beach near the Mexican border, sits at the southernmost tip of Texas. Earlier this year, Musk revealed plans to relocate the headquarters of SpaceX and his social media company, X, from California to Texas...
#3 Crystal Mangum Reveals Reason She Lied About Being Raped by Three Duke Lacrosse Players - Stephen M. Lepore for Dailymail.com, Kyle Becker, Slade, Steve/KC Johnson, and Eddie on X
The woman at the center of the Duke University lacrosse rape case has finally admitted she lied when she accused three young men of sexual assault in 2006. Crystal Mangum, from Durham, North Carolina, came under the spotlight in 2006 when she accused the trio of gang-raping her during a party where she was hired as a stripper. The 46-year-old mother-of-three is currently in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend with a kitchen knife in 2011...
#2 The Gaming World Will Soon Have Player-Run Police Surveillance - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Citizen X, and Reclaim the Net on X
Real-life censorship is alarming enough, but what about censorship in the gaming world? It’s not a topic often considered. Still, with roughly 191 million Americans playing video games weekly, is anyone policing their behavior? In less than a month, video gaming developer and publisher Riot Games intends to. The Los Angeles-based company—owned by Chinese conglomerate Tencent—recently updated its terms of service (ToS) to give itself the right to censor and punish users for “off-platform conduct.” Creators have until January 3, 2025, to align their content with the new ToS, which includes this new rule.#1 Many New Jersey ‘Drone’ Sightings Are Lawfully Operated Manned Aircraft, White House Says - Fox News, Tracy Beanz, Katie Wright, Kenny Combs, Meta Material, njdotcom, and The Independent on X
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby claimed Thursday that many of the purported drone sightings spotted over New Jersey for the past several weeks are actually lawfully operated manned aircraft. "We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat, or have a foreign nexus," Kirby told reporters at the daily White House press briefing. "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI are investigating these sightings, and they're working closely with state and local law enforcement to provide resources using numerous detection methods to better understand their origin."
