From TDS to 23-person assination plots

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FBI arrests 5 people in connection with drone attack plot against White House UFC Freedom 250 event

The FBI thwarted an explosive drone attack against Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn and have already taken five suspects into custody, it was revealed Tuesday.

The multi-phase terror attack allegedly involved using explosive-laden drone aircraft to strike buildings in the vicinity of the event, sparking mass panic and driving the fleeing crowd toward a sniper team poised to pick them off, officials told Fox News Digital.

The bureau learned of the plot on June 10 and executed a search warrant in Cincinnati, where the first arrest was made.

Upon investigating a suspect’s iPhone, authorities found at least 23 users of encrypted chat app Signal involved in discussing parameters of what could have been a devastating terror attack in the heart of the nation’s capital.

A suspect told investigators the goal of the attack was to target “capitalist elites,” “billionaires” and politicians who received money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), according to the outlet.

And:

A law enforcement source told CBS News that law enforcement became aware of the threat after a relative contacted them, concerned that a family member was talking about doing something nefarious in Washington, D.C. 

The tip eventually led to the arrest of an Ohio man and the discovery of an informal network of individuals discussing a plot on a Signal chat. Others were taken into custody as the investigation continued.

All of which only makes Matt Margolis’s column of yesterday even more timely:

Trump Derangement Syndrome Is the Defining Pathology of Our Time

Anne Schedeen, who played family matriarch Kate Tanner on ALF during the show’s short run, died at age 77. Her family announced the news Sunday in a statement on Facebook. And the statement said something that stopped me cold.

"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully," the statement read. "She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. We are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her."

That’s what her family decided to include in her obituary: that she had a ” burning hatred for Trump." Right there between the little dogs and the thrift shopping.

Look, people can hate Trump. That's their right. I've never lost sleep over the fact that half the country disagrees with me about the guy. But imagine this being the defining quality your family chooses to broadcast in the announcement of your death. Someone in that family thought, "You know what would really honor Mom? Letting everyone know she hated Trump." And not a single person in the room said, “Maybe we leave that part out.”

That's the part that gets me. Grief makes people say things. But this wasn't a slip. Someone drafted it. Someone else read it. Multiple people approved it. And they all decided that her hatred toward one man deserved a spot alongside her love for her own family.

Make no mistake about it, this is what Trump Derangement Syndrome looks like.

Last year, Manhattan-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert explained to Fox News host Harris Faulkner that the symptoms he sees from Trump-obsessed patients go far beyond ordinary political frustration. "This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far to call it the defining pathology of our time," Alpert said. He added that patients often reveal their feelings about the president within "probably five minutes" of sitting down. "People are obsessed with Trump, they're fixated, they're hyper-fixated on Trump," he said. The symptoms, he explained, frequently mirror clinical anxiety and OCD. "They can't sleep, they feel traumatized by Mr. Trump, they feel restless." One patient, Alpert recalled, couldn't enjoy a vacation because seeing Trump on her phone made her feel "triggered."

…. That pattern should worry people far more than it does. The left spent four years treating George W. Bush like a war criminal and fascist. Then John McCain became the new Hitler in 2008. Then Mitt Romney in 2012. And something curious happened over time. Bush, McCain, and Romney each saw their reputations with the left quietly improve the moment a new Republican threat arrived. 

The left has decided that despising Republicans is a core part of its identity. Trump just happens to be the current target. Whoever comes after him will inherit the rage. The cycle always starts again. One day, the left will be nostalgic for Donald Trump.

Well of course it does — he's Chairman of the Board. And those are the same values and opinions shared by every PBS and NPR employee across the country

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the hatred is strong in this one

PBS affiliate board chairman under fire after saying he hopes Trump suffers stroke

Rocky Mountain Public Media says the post violates its social media guidelines and does not reflect its values

In a screenshot shared by the X account, Libs of TikTok, the X account Republicans Against Trump asked in a Sunday post, "Donald Trump turns 80 today. Any birthday wishes?" and Bob Greene, who was identified in reports online as the board chair for Rocky Mountain PBS, replied, which now appears to have been deleted, "A nice stroke that turns him into a drooling, pooping blob in a wheelchair unable to speak." 

"This post does not reflect the values or opinions of Rocky Mountain Public Media, and this level of discourse is never constructive to our collective efforts to strengthen the civic fabric of Colorado," RMPM’s spokesperson said. 

Uh huh.

ICE agent struck by fleeing criminal, the Left cheers, but the local police department's non-response is the worst part of this story

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ICE Agent Opens Fire After Being Struck by Fleeing Vehicle

This morning and ICE agent working along the New Jersey shore was struck by a fleeing vehicle after he tried to arrest the driver. The agent was injured but fired several shots at the fleeing van.

It happened around 9:30 a.m. in Manahawkin, which is located about 36 miles north of Atlantic City. 

Stafford Township Police say they were notified that the ICE agent was attempting to apprehend someone. The person was fleeing in a vehicle on Mermaid Drive and then struck the ICE agent, according Stafford Township Police. The ICE agent then opened fire at the vehicle, and reportedly struck it.

The person was able to drive away and has not yet been located. It's not clear if that person was injured.

We are now two separate countries: those who want to see America preserved, and those who hope for its destruction. The police department of of Stafford Township and the entire New Jersey government are clearly in the latter camp. The way I read the department’s statement, they provided no assistance in the initial stop and then, after a fellow law enforcement agent was injured, stood back, indifferent, making to attempt to locate and arrest the criminal because “hey, that’s not our job”.

The Stafford Township Police Department clarifying that they were not working with ICE either before or after the incident.

Information was provided that I.C.E. was attempting to apprehend a suspect when the suspect fled from the scene in a vehicle, striking the I.C.E. Agent.  The agent discharged his firearm at the vehicle, reportedly striking it.  The suspect fled the scene in the vehicle and has not been located at this time.  The agent reportedly sustained unknown injuries and it is unknown if the suspect was injured at this time.  There is no reason to believe there is any concern for the public’s safety.

Stafford Township Police adheres to the Attorney General’s Immigrant Trust Directive and was not assisting or a part of the I.C.E. operation.  The ongoing investigation is not being conducted by Stafford Township Police. Our role at this point is to manage traffic and secure the crime scene.