The Department of Homeland Security has detained not only the suspect in the Colorado firebombing but also his wife and five children. The White House says that they are scheduled to be deported.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that DHS and ICE are “investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack – if they had any knowledge of it or if they provided support to it.”

So now the Trump administration is deporting children who are in the country legally for actions of their family members. That is not what the law allows.

How far can this go? Can the government now deport entire families based on association? What’s next—ideology?

The U.S. has had many instances where immigrants committed high-profile terror attacks—and yet their families were not deported or prosecuted:

• 2015 San Bernardino shooting
• 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
• 2017 NYC truck attack
• 2016 Chelsea bombing

In every case, only those directly involved were targeted. Their families? Left alone.

This latest action is something new. It opens the door to ideological purges, guilt by association, and legalized intimidation of entire communities.

It should scare you because it isn’t justice—it’s authoritarianism. Is this the USA or the USSR?

The post Children of Suspect Detained—What Country Is This? appeared first on Redacted.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Spending Bill is breaking Elon Musk’s heart and with good reason. It is a spending bonanza and it undoes a lot of the hard work that was done by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

When mortals dabble in politics, they expose the contradictions Congress sold its soul to ignore.

Musk posted this on X: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

He added that the bill “will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.”

The bill passed in the House and is currently with the Senate and is poised to pass ahead of the July 4 deadline.

Musk is not the only one who is deeply disappointed by this bill. After years of ballooning budgets, voters are demanding real, lasting cuts—not another bloated dead dog.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the President asked him to “eliminate $9.4 billion in wasteful foreign aid spending at the State Department and USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.”

Does that make anyone feel better? The Big Beautiful Bill could add $2.3 trillion to the deficit but we’re supposed to feel better about $9.4 billion in cuts? It’s pennies for dollars.

The post “Disgusting Abomination” of a Spending Bill appeared first on Redacted.

The U.S. will ask NATO members to pony up some cash this week. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe to participate in the 81st anniversary of D-Day and to push NATO members to pay into the “defensive” organization that they hold so dear.

The U.S. currently pays for about 64% of NATO members’ combined defense spending, but its direct contribution to NATO’s common budget is only around 16%. That direct contribution totaled about $600 million in 2024.

The other 32 NATO countries don’t even pay 2% of the overall cost. By some estimates, only 22 out of those 32 meet their 2% contribution. That’s pathetic. It means a third of the alliance still underfunds its military obligations—while riding the coattails of U.S. power.

Secretary Hegseth plans to encourage NATO members to spend 5% of their GDP on NATO. But what happens if they don’t?

As journalist Michael Shellenberger put it: “Europeans don’t respect us; they look down on us.” Why would they sacrifice their protected welfare states to support NATO when they know Washington will foot the bill anyway? It’s arrogance layered on top of dependence.

“In Europe, you have universal healthcare, you work 35 hours a week, you retire at a young age, you don’t work nearly as hard as we do in the United States. You have many more benefits in large part because we pay for your security and in turn we just get disrespect,” Shellenberger said.

So even if Secretary Hegseth says “please”: why would they change anything?

The post U.S. Hegseth to NATO: Pay Up or Shut Up appeared first on Redacted.

Russia will “inevitably” retaliate for the Ukrainian attacks on its soil, according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council.

“Our army is on an active offensive and will continue its push forward. Everything that needs to be blown up will be, and those who need to be eliminated will be,” he wrote with a declarative specificity rarely seen from politicians.

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine remain bleak. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian negotiators “idiots.” He demanded that the U.S. and Europe place “new, tougher sanctions against Russia.”

The U.S. said that President Trump was not notified about Ukraine’s strikes on Russia in advance. When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the President was informed in advance of the attacks, she responded, “He was not.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will reportedly not participate in a defense conference for Ukraine on Wednesday. This is a conference that the Biden administration organized three years ago.

The post Russia Will Retaliate appeared first on Redacted.

The suspect accused of firebombing peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, has been charged with 16 counts of attempted murder, hate crimes, and a list of other charges.

What he did was heinous — no question. But why is it a hate crime? A crime is a crime. We don’t need new legal categories to punish a crazed man with a makeshift flamethrower. Attempted murder covers it.

Labeling something a “hate crime” may feel satisfying, but it’s dangerous. Our legal system is supposed to guarantee equal justice under the law. Adding extra punishment based on intent or emotion risks undermining that principle. It opens the door to thought policing — punishing people more harshly not for what they did, but for what we think motivated them.

Ironically, hate crime laws gained momentum under the Clinton administration following the murder of Matthew Shepard. The public was sold a story of an innocent gay man who was beaten to death for making a pass at a straight man but in-depth investigative reporting tells a different story.

Shepard, according to close friends and multiple witnesses, had a months-long sexual relationship with one of his killers. He was deeply involved in cross-state drug trafficking. At the time of his death, his jaw had recently been wired shut after an altercation with another man who said Shepard made unwanted sexual advances. Shepard had also been arrested as a teenager for molesting young boys — a fact the court barred from being introduced at trial.

In short: the story that sparked a national movement and new legislation was, at best, incomplete — and at worst, manufactured.

We now live in the shadow of that narrative. Hate crime laws may sound righteous, but they create legal disparities and moral confusion. They elevate certain victims above others. They allow prosecutors and politicians to signal virtue, rather than uphold principle.

And they put us all one step closer to punishing people not just for what they do — but for what they think.

The Boulder fire bomber should have the book thrown at him, yes, but “hate crime” need not apply.

The post Hate Crime Charges appeared first on Redacted.

President Trump declared that Iran “will not be allowed to enrich uranium at all. 0%. Zero.”

But just weeks ago, in April, the U.S. signaled it would tolerate low-level uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes like energy production. What changed?

The shift likely reflects pressure from hardliners in Trump’s circle and growing tensions with Tehran, as the administration pivots from diplomacy to deterrence in hopes of forcing a more favorable deal—or justifying military options.

Meanwhile, Iran is still engaged in negotiations, asking that the U.S. clarify its commitment to lifting sanctions if a deal is reached. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei reiterated Iran’s intent to continue enrichment strictly for “peaceful” purposes.

What once looked like a possible compromise now appears to be slipping further out of reach unless it is what Senator Chuck Schumer calls a “secret deal” that involves tough talk in public but true diplomacy behind closed doors. Senator Schumer is upset about that. I’m not.

The post Iran Gets A Zero appeared first on Redacted.

At least 14 civilians were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit residential buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Among the dead were women and children, and local officials say at least 50 more people remain trapped under the rubble.

A five-year-old and his infant brother were reportedly rescued alive.

Jabalia is Gaza’s largest and most densely populated refugee camp. Israel said it was targeting Hamas militants embedded in the camp.

The Jabalia strike is separate from the shooting at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution site in Rafah. While Israel claims militants were responsible for that shooting, video footage showing what they say are armed gunmen in the crowd has not been independently verified.

Both incidents have drawn widespread condemnation and calls for investigation — but without U.S. pressure to stop the violence, those demands will go nowhere.

The post Refugee Camp appeared first on Redacted.

Ukraine launched another attack inside Russian territory on Monday, triggering power outages in the regions. The attacks were in the Zaporozhye Region, which was once part of Ukraine but is now Russia.

Russian authorities reported widespread power outages after high-voltage equipment was damaged, affecting over 100,000 residents. In nearby Kherson, additional strikes knocked out substations, plunging roughly 150 settlements into darkness.

Despite the outages, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear facility, remained unaffected.

The strikes came just hours after Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap and Russia released the terms of its ceasefire agreement. Russia’s terms include Ukraine withdrawing troops from the regions that voted to join Russia and officially recognizing Russian sovereignty over those areas, including Crimea.

Ukrainian President Zelensky appears emboldened by the recent Ukrainian offensives. He says that “trust in Ukrainians, and belief in Ukraine, has been restored” after Ukraine carried out a successful attack deep inside Russia, targeting bombers.

The bold offensive caught the U.S. off guard. It came shortly after Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal visited Ukraine. Did they green-light the strikes in an effort to undercut the Trump administration’s push for a negotiated peace?

Meanwhile, American soldiers from Tennessee have begun training Ukrainian soldiers in Germany.

The post Russia Goes Dark from Ukraine Strikes appeared first on Redacted.

A new United Nations report supposedly says that Iran has increased its uranium enrichment by 50%. How do we know this? We don’t — not directly.

This claim comes from press reports based on a leaked “confidential” document from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a branch of the United Nations. The report itself isn’t public, but the press is running with it anyway.

The Associated Press says the IAEA reports that Iran is enriching uranium up to 60% — but that’s not news. The IAEA already stated this back in March. So why is this being rehashed now?

It could be a boost to the Trump administration’s flailing efforts to secure a new nuclear deal. President Trump says he still wants an agreement — but one that allows the U.S. to blow up any Iranian site at will.

Who in their right mind would agree to that?

Iran rejected the IAEA report, calling it “politically motivated” and full of “baseless accusations.”

The post Iranian Nuclear “Report” appeared first on Redacted.

Someone opened fire on a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid hub in Rafah this weekend, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 200. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deny responsibility.

The IDF said its troops “fired warning shots to deter individuals they deemed suspicious.” They released drone footage showing what they claim are armed gunmen in a crowd. However, the Associated Press reports that the video could not be independently verified and appears unrelated to the Rafah shootings.

Meanwhile, Hamas has urged civilians not to collect aid from new distribution sites, warning that they may be used to screen Palestinians and collect facial recognition data.

The U.S. company managing food distribution denies those claims. But one Palestinian eyewitness told The Telegraph: “The shooting was directed at the road where people were — direct fire — and it came from several directions, mainly quadcopters. The Americans were using tear gas. Many were killed.”

The post Israel Denies Civilian Strikes appeared first on Redacted.

A shirtless man attacked a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado this weekend, and it has been labeled a “terror attack.”

Terror, as defined by thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Noam Chomsky, is “the weapon of the weak against the powerful.” It is usually a coordinated event to inspire terror in others.

The video of this incident shows an erratic and shirtless man brandishing Molotov cocktails to set people on fire. He reportedly shouted anti-Zionist slogans such as “End Zionists” and “Palestine is free” during the attack.

The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, injured six people, all between the ages of 67 and 88. One remains in critical condition; the others are expected to recover.

Trump administration officials were all over this, treating it as a threat to U.S. security. Why was this a major concern for the FBI and a shooting in North Carolina was not?

The attacker in Boulder is being portrayed as politically motivated, but let’s be honest: a shirtless man with a Molotov cocktail is hardly representative of the Palestinian cause. Practicing Muslims don’t go shirtless in public — many don’t even wear shorts. If this was ideological, it wasn’t coherent.

The post Boulder “Terror” Attack appeared first on Redacted.

This weekend Ukraine launched military and likely civilian attacks on Russia just before new peace negotiations begin in Istanbul on Monday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and “expressed sincere condolences on the civilian casualties resulting from the bombings of railway infrastructure in the Bryansk and Kursk regions on June 1.” Russia says that this was “caused by sabotage,” but has not specifically placed blame on Ukraine. At least seven people were killed.

This happened just one day after Ukraine struck Russia’s military airfields over the weekend, reportedly without the knowledge of the U.S. According to Moscow, most of the strikes were repelled, with some resulting in material damage but no casualties. Russia retaliated with several strikes on Ukraine’s defense industries.

Ukraine had to use NATO weapons to do this but the U.S. reportedly did not know about it. Why would Ukraine do this? Does it give them any advantage going into the negotiations on Monday? Are these attacks a message to Russia — or to NATO?

The post Ukraine Strikes Russia With NATO appeared first on Redacted.

Another round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will happen in Istanbul next Monday, June 2.

Ukraine says that it has “formally submitted its ceasefire terms to Russia. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Russia has not responded with its own terms but emphasized that Ukraine is ready for an “unconditional ceasefire.””

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seems just as weary with this process as the rest of us. He expressed hope that “all those who are sincerely interested in the success of the peace process, and not merely paying lip service to it, will support the new round of Istanbul direct Russia-Ukraine negotiations.”

The post Ceasefire Talks in Istanbul…Again appeared first on Redacted.

The U.S. Court of International Trade struck down President Trump’s use of emergency executive powers to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.

This comes as the President was asked about the acronym TACO in terms of tariffs. It means: Trump Always Chickens Out. It pissed him off.

“You ask a nasty question like that. It’s called negotiation. You set a number… if I set a number at a ridiculously high, I go down a little bit, they want me to hold that number. 145% tariff.” Trump said that “we were doing no business because of the tariff, because it was so high. I knew that. But don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question.”

Well, he isn’t chickening out, he’s being blocked by a court that ruled that he cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement tariffs.

The federal government will most likely appeal the ruling and ask for a stay to keep the tariffs in place. If the ruling stands, it would curtail executive power significantly, requiring a clearer Congressional mandate before future tariffs can be imposed under emergency declarations.

The post Tariffs Blocked appeared first on Redacted.

Elon Musk has ended his time in the Trump administration. On Wednesday, he posted this:

“As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”

He did say that his time in the federal government would be temporary but what could really be done in just four months? Did he create a legacy in DOGE that can function without him?

DOGE has announced cut after cut to small government projects but Republicans are working to tack on new ones with the Big Beautiful Bill.

Trump advisor Stephen Miller says that the DOGE “work has only just begun.”

As of May 2025, the U.S. national debt reached an all-time high of $36 trillion but the DOGE clock of money saved is just under $500 billion, or $4,315 per taxpayer.

The post Elon Musk Departs DOGE appeared first on Redacted.

Last year, Spain, Norway, Slovenia and Ireland were condemned for formally recognizing Palestine. Since then, Israel has rained down absolute torture on Palestinian civilians and now other European countries are poised to follow suit.

In just a few weeks, France and Saudi Arabia will co-host a United Nations summit in New York, to advance the recognition of a Palestinian state and to reinvigorate efforts toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Belgium, Portugal, and Luxembourg are also expected to participate. The U.S. is not a party to this but it has not opposed it enough either, which is reportedly making Israel nervous.

Most of the world recognizes Palestine. The only holdouts are Western nations and Israel is rapidly losing its favor.

This is all symbolic though. Germany has announced an end to weapons shipments to Israel but the U.S. has not. The United Nations has passed votes for a ceasefire from Israel many times but they don’t have to honor it.

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff has indicated once again that a ceasefire may be within reach. He said on Wednesday that he has “very good feelings” about the chances for reaching a temporary ceasefire and hostage deal that could lead to a long-term resolution to the conflict in Gaza.

He may have good feelings but Israeli officials don’t, according to The Times of Israel.

“An unnamed Israeli official quickly dismissed Hamas’s claim of an agreement with the US, calling the statement ‘psychological warfare’ and ‘propaganda.'”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any ceasefire deal will be temporary.

The post A Palestinian State appeared first on Redacted.

The World Health Organization finalized and adopted its Pandemic Agreement but the U.S. is not a part of it.

The final agreement is a severely diluted version of what the WHO intended. Most notably, it is not binding and does not give the WHO the ability to usurp the powers of any given nation as the original draft would have. The agreement explicitly states that it does not grant the WHO authority to dictate or enforce health policies within countries.

The treaty does not require countries to waive intellectual rights and share vaccines and treatments as the original would have. This is because pharmaceutical companies pushed back on that, not world leaders.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued this joint statement with Argentine Minister of Health Mario Lugones today since both countries withdrew from the WHO and avoided joining this treaty.

“Withdrawal marks the beginning of a new path—toward building a modern global health cooperation model grounded in scientific integrity, transparency, sovereignty, and accountability. Our shared commitment is to cost-effective, evidence-based public health interventions that prioritize prevention, especially in children, by addressing root causes such as environmental toxins, nutritional deficiencies, and food safety standards.”

The Journal of the American Medical Association does not agree that this is positive. They say that the lack of U.S. participation weakens global health security, undermines equity, and jeopardizes America’s role in shaping future pandemic responses.

The post WHO’s Final Pandemic Treaty appeared first on Redacted.

Last week, two female Secret Service agents were caught on camera in a fistfight while they were supposed to be guarding the home of President Obama. Audio from the skirmish was released where one officer asks for backup before “before I whoop this girl’s ass.”

The Secret Service has not indicated if these women will be disciplined. The reporter who broke this story asks this important question about it:

“The incident is raising new concerns among fellow Secret Service agents and officers about the agency’s lowering of hiring standards during years of a major DEI push to add more minorities and women to the ranks under previous Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.”

These women are supposed to be guarding an American President! Race, gender aside, where is the commitment and professionalism!? This is appalling.

The post Secret Service Crisis appeared first on Redacted.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that “the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule.”

This does NOT mean that children cannot be mandated to take the Covid vaccine. Each state sets its own vaccine schedule and can mandate the Covid vaccines.

Last year, this peer-reviewed study called for the halt on mRNA vaccines in childhood vaccine schedules due to lack of safety standards.

The most recent covid vaccine was not tested on children under 12. It was authorized in 2023 for young children based on extrapolated data, not clinical trials conducted directly in that age group.

This comes as a new strain of Covid has been detected in the U.S. It is being called “highly infectious” but the WHO reports that the “severity” is “low.”

The post Covid Vaccine Nixed For Kids appeared first on Redacted.

Republicans in the Senate may kill President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The bill passed the House last week but GOP Senators are not willing to give President Trump a pass for the bill’s shortcomings.

The bill is a comprehensive tax and spending package that is high on the President’s wish list. It extends the 2017 tax cuts passed by the first Trump administration, increases the child tax credit, and introduce deductions for tips and overtime pay.

There are some good nuggets in there but it is also a spending bonanza that could add $2.3 trillion to the deficit. Representative Thomas Massie explained it on Redacted last week.

Elon Musk criticized the bill as a disappointment, stating it undermines DOGE’s efforts to reduce government spending.

The post Big Beautiful Bill Busted appeared first on Redacted.