A suspected mass shooter is dead following a manhunt that began Saturday night in Southern California. By Sunday afternoon, police identified Huu Can Tran, 72, as the gunman in a mass shooting near a Monterey Park festival celebrating the Lunar New Year. https://twitter.com/LACoSheriff/status/1617241146710962178 Five men and women were killed. Another 10 were injured. Officers heard a gunshot from Tran’s van shortly after pulling his vehicle over Sunday. A tactical unit found Tran’s body inside with a self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound. Investigators are working to determine the shooter’s motivate. The New York Times explains: Five men and five women were fatally…
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Patrick Houck
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C. metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is unequivocal: there’s no substitute for sending tanks to Ukraine. With the country bracing for a possible, multi-pronged Russian offensive, or at least localized operations, the clock is ticking to build up defenses around strategic positions. The U.S. Congress agreed to send a Patriot missile battery as part of Kyiv’s latest $2 billion security assistance package. But more isolationist members of the Republican caucus aren’t happy. Chief among them is controversial Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. While mainstream Republicans increasingly back Greene’s push to audit U.S. aid to Ukraine, there’s plenty of pushback to her intransigence…
Chase Neill may have regrets about representing himself. The 32-year-old Kansas man failed to persuade a jury of his innocence after plotting to kill Congressman Jake LaTurner, R-Kan. While cross-examining LaTurner, Neill claimed that he never threatened to murder the representative but was forwarding a message from God. A jury of Neill’s peers was unconvinced, and he now faces up to 10 years in prison. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1616582597919875073 The Washington Examiner reports: The decision to allow the defendant to represent himself was controversial. Court records showed that he had sustained a traumatic head injury previously, and Judge Holly Teeter feared that it…
With the threat of tactical nukes detonating over Ukrainian battlefields arguably diminished, some Kremlin puppets, including religious leaders, have changed their tune. Instead of vowing to reverse Moscow’s fortunes in a blinding flash of light, one of Russia’s leading talking heads is now calling for the wholesale slaughter of U.S. troops. Addressing the quagmire in Eastern Ukraine, Yevgeny Satanovsky, a Goebbels-esque lackey of Vladimir Putin, painted the fight there as a jihad against the West, more specifically, the United States. Satanovsky argued that in the United States, popular opinion to confront Russia aggressively would collapse if its military suffered tens…
The name Joe Biden appears in a 2017 email sent to his son Hunter discussing a lucrative business deal with China. According to emails recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop, Louisiana-based lawyer Robert Fenet worked to help broker the multibillion-dollar deal, on behalf of Hunter and Joe’s brother, Jim, to supply China with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the U.S. Gulf Coast. On Oct. 27, 2017, Fenet wrote that he arranged “a call from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden on Monday morning” with the Houston-based energy company Cheniere “to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas.” https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1616521582599438338…
Former President Donald Trump has withdrawn his lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). Trump sued James in response to her office’s $250 million lawsuit against the 45th president, three of his children — Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka — and the Trump organization, alleging “staggering fraud.” James’ 220-page suit followed a years-long civil investigation into the Trump family’s real estate business, the Trump Organization. The investigation has centered on whether the former president’s company misled investors and tax authorities by inflating property values to get investments and subsequently deflating them to get tax and loan benefits. The defendants…
Like all famous politicians, Nikki Haley has a healthy dose of ambition. In an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, she made it abundantly clear her aspirations haven’t wilted after leaving the Trump administration. The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina’s first female governor said she’s seriously considering a run for the White House in 2024. “We need to go in a new direction,” Haley told Baier before adding, “I’ve never lost a race.” https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1616215661843300356 Haley didn’t formally announce a presidential campaign but strongly hinted at the prospect, as The Hill reports: “If I run,…
A judge has ordered former President Donald Trump and lead attorney Alina Habba to pay $938,000 in sanctions for bringing a “completely frivolous” lawsuit to his court. In March, Trump sued former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other perceived enemies, including former FBI Director James Comey. Trump’s suit alleged that Clinton and others sought to create a false narrative that he was colluding with Russia in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. Judge Donald Middlebrooks slammed the highly litigious 45th president and his lawyers, saying the “case should never have been brought.” In his 46-page ruling, Middlebrooks wrote,…
The Supreme Court of the United States announced Thursday that its internal probe failed to find who leaked the draft Dobbs opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, indicating the court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The opinion was leaked to the media in May 2022. One month later, the Supreme Court overturned Roe with the court’s majority opinion authored by Alito. The court stated that although it “has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence,” investigators believe it is unlikely to have resulted from a computer hack. Per CNN: Investigators said they conducted…
The Wall Street Journal first reported today that prosecutors in New Mexico are planning to charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust.” Hutchins died shortly when the revolver Baldwin was rehearsing with went off. The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who loaded the gun, is also expected to face charges of involuntary manslaughter. The development adds a stunning twist to Baldwin’s dwindling career. Baldwin, still one of the most recognized celebrities in the world, has adamantly denied any culpability. In interviews, Baldwin has…