How Democrats Plan to Fight Trump's Corporate Healthcare Scammers in the US

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) 

Trump wants to force retirees and Medicare beneficiaries into the hands of corrupt private healthcare insurance scammers by eliminating Original Medicare (Plan B) and replacing it with a compulsory Medicare Advantage (or Plan C). The corporate scammers are his billionaire buddies.

Democrats now plan to counter this sneaky conspiracy by Trump with a plan to expand Original Medicare coverage that would, if successful, turn the table on Trump's healthcare insurance scamming friends and transform the Medicare Advantage (Plan C) into a major disadvantage. In time, Medicare Advantage C should be eliminated and the corrupt healthcare insurance intermediary between the government and the beneficiary would be eliminated.

While universal healthcare (Medicare for ALL) must wait the maturing of America into a civilized advanced country, this push by Democrats is a good step toward that ultimate objective. 
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Medicare update: Major changes proposed by Democrats if they win midterms
Suzanne Blake
Fri, October 2, 2026

House Democrats have unveiled a new health care agenda that would make major changes to Medicare if the party regains power following November's midterm elections.

If they win, the Democrats would push to expand Medicare coverage to include dental, vision and hearing benefits as well as lower the Medicare eligibility age.

"Vision, dental, and hearing coverage would be a nice carrot to add to the traditional Medicare system," Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast, told Newsweek. "These are significant gaps in original Medicare and are also some of the benefits that attract beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage. Adding these benefits to traditional Medicare could reduce one of the competitive advantages Medicare Advantage plans currently have."

Why It Matters

More than 68 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare, but many beneficiaries lack coverage for routine dental care as well as hearing aids and vision services.

Expanding these benefits has long been a priority for many Democrats, as these gaps in coverage can lead to worse health outcomes and higher medical costs over time.

The proposal is, in some ways, a reaction to the sharply criticized Republican-backed "One Big Beautiful Bill," which adopted many changes to federal health care programs, including scrapping the Medicare Part D prescription program, which this proposal aims to address.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JULY 18: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and others joined El-Sayed to rally the crowds. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

What Democrats Are Proposing

"There's a large diversity of opinions in the caucus, so a lot of what we do is just compile all the different proposals among the caucus," Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Punchbowl News, adding that options under discussion include "adding dental, vision and hearing coverage to Medicare.

The proposals are part of an 84-page health care platform rolled out by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as Democratic lawmakers look to face off with President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ahead of Election Day.

According to the new health care agenda, Democrats' Medicare priorities include:

Expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing services.

Lowering the age of Medicare eligibility.

Expanding Medicare coverage for long-term care provided in patients' homes.

Working to lower prescription drug costs beyond the Medicare program.

Capping out-of-pocket health care costs.

Restricting the influence of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the prescription drug market.

The document also calls for broader reforms to the health care system, including efforts to break up health care monopolies.

Democrats also included a focus on banning insurers from using artificial intelligence to make coverage determinations.

Medicare for All Not Front and Center

While progressive Democrats continue to advocate for a Medicare for All system, the agenda stops short of making it a centerpiece of the party's platform.

Jeffries has said that Medicare for All has substantial support among House Democrats, with more than 100 lawmakers backing the idea, but not enough consensus exists within the caucus to make it the party's primary proposal.

Instead, the agenda lists Medicare for All and a public option as possible alternatives. The expansion of Medicare to dental and vision, though, has considerably more support.

"As healthcare expenses continue to rise, many seniors are facing substantial increases to the goods and services they're receiving, and extending coverage for conditions that have long needed separate insurance plans could certainly help to ease the financial burden," Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin, told Newsweek.

"At the same point, the pathway to this proposal passing is difficult. Even if Democrats reclaim Congress after the midterms, they would still more than likely face a Presidential veto."

Democrats Target Republican Health Care Changes

The platform is calling to reverse the health care spending reductions in last year's Republican legislation.

Democrats said those changes could lead to coverage losses and place additional financial pressure on rural hospitals and health care providers. According to the agenda, once fully implemented, millions of Americans could lose health coverage and some rural hospitals could face closure due to the Republicans' policy changes.

"Democrats are pushing this because dental, vision and hearing are still major gaps in original Medicare. And retirees can face meaningful out-of-pocket costs for all three," Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek.

"For beneficiaries, the impact could be pretty straightforward. Lower out-of-pocket costs and fewer reasons to choose Medicare Advantage solely for those extra benefits."

What Happens Next

The proposals right now are mere campaign promises rather than formal legislation and will depend heavily on the outcome of the November midterms.

If Democrats regain control of one or both chambers of Congress, party leaders could seek to advance portions of this health care agenda through standalone bills or legislative packages.

However, many of the proposals, particularly Medicare expansion and eligibility age changes, would likely face significant opposition from Republicans.

"I don't think a Democratic victory in the midterms alone would be enough to get this across the finish line," Thompson said. "Democrats currently don't control either chamber of Congress, and even if they were to win the House and Senate, President Trump would still be in the White House and could veto major legislation expanding Medicare."

Newsweek's reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to produce this story. Learn more about Martyn here.

Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Jason Lemon and Gray R. Thomas

Cornell's Gang Rape Scandal: Window into Trump's Elitist White Trash Universe of Drug Use

The Cornell gang rape scandal may not involve Donald Trump personally or directly. But it does open a window into the elitist white trash universe of Trump's own scandals involving women.

The Cornell gang rape scandal does not involve migrants or immigrants, legal or illegal. It is the sort of white upper class crime that often goes covered up and shielded from the law. The drug use in the Cornell case explains why and how Latin American cartels are so successful in smuggling and selling dangerous and illicit drugs in the US: Their "clients" are within the white American elitist circles of the likes of Donald Trump.

Yet Donald Trump makes a fanfare over low level drug dealers and smugglers, especially those from the migrant communities, who are easily targeted and do not have the protection of the elitist wealthy white ruling class in America. 

Donald Trump never addresses the rampant drug use in his own white upper class universe of politicians, academics, high finance and such, as the Cornell case clearly shows. It is this drug use by the white trash upper class of the United States that fuels the drug smuggling from Latin America, but is never held to account because it is an untouchable ruling class. 

This is not about Democrats and Republicans. This is about a two-tier system in which the same crime is treated differently depending on who commits it. If it is a lower class "brown" immigrant criminal, the entire US military is mobilized to hunt it on the streets, on the border and in the ocean. But if it is an upper class US-born "white" criminal, the ruling class protects it by an unspoken omerta rife with coverups that occasionally erupt into a scandal thanks to the dogged work of activists. 

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Bob Dylan immortalized this racist two-tier system of justice in his song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" about the 1963 murder of Hattie Carroll, a 51-year-old Black maid, by William Zantziger, a wealthy white tobacco farmer, in Maryland. While the Cornell case is not about white trash racism, it is about white trash sexism in which a woman victim takes the place of a black victim.

Every time we think that white racism and sexism have been defeated by decades of activism and awareness-raising, we discover that they are entrenched and endemic to the white American culture of violence and make a resurgence thanks to the likes of racists and sexists like Donald Trump who energize and normalize it.

And nothing exemplifies this white trash upper class better than the fraternity universe on American university campuses.

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Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024

Friday, Oct. 2, 2026

By Cereese Qusba
Sep 18, 2026 11:03 pm · Updated Sep 28, 2026 1:36 pm

A former Cornell student seeks damages from the University, several fraternity and sorority organizations and more after filing a lawsuit alleging that she was raped and coerced into consuming drugs at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024.

Editor’s Note: The content of this article contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault and drugging.

A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024.

She is suing Cornell University, several Chi Phi fraternity organizations, seven current and former students, several sorority organizations, the former president of Cornell’s Chi Phi chapter, a local bar and several unnamed individuals.

“What happened to me was horrific and deeply disturbing,” the plaintiff told The Sun. “Almost two years later, I still carry the weight of its impact every day and night.”

The plaintiff, identifying as Jane Doe, filed this lawsuit after an initial report was made to the Cornell community on Nov. 8, 2024.

The Chi Phi members named in the lawsuit are defendants Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar.

The Alleged Incident

On Oct. 19, 2024, the night of the alleged drugging and sexual assault, the plaintiff claims that her evening began at Cornell’s Tri-Delta house. Here, she consumed hard liquor before attending a Tri-Delta National’s Alpha Beta Chapter event hosted at Moonies Bar & Nightclub.

At Moonies, the plaintiff claimed she was marked on her hands as underage and was clearly intoxicated. Despite this, the plaintiff was served alcoholic beverages by Moonies employees.

At approximately 11 p.m., the plaintiff allegedly left Moonies and stopped at the Lot 10 bar, then “stumbled alone” to Chi Phi National’s Xi chapter’s fraternity house, located at 107 Edgemoor Ln., to meet her friend, defendant Ingalls.

At the Chi Phi house, defendant Ingalls allegedly proposed having a threesome with him and another fraternity brother. The plaintiff was “incapable of consenting,” according to the lawsuit. Ingalls still allegedly brought the plaintiff to a room.

The plaintiff claims that defendants Ingalls and Newell pressured her to snort a white, powdery substance claimed to be ketamine and supplied her with marijuana and a liquor believed to be high-proof rum.

Without the plaintiff’s consent, defendant Ingalls initiated oral sex while defendant Newell engaged in vaginal intercourse, according to the lawsuit. Throughout the alleged assault, defendant Newell slapped the plaintiff on the buttocks multiple times, which the plaintiff claims resulted in bruising she noticed the next day.

Defendant Lopes joined the alleged assault, and began kissing the plaintiff while Newell groped her from behind, according to the lawsuit. The two then placed her on a bed and again initiated sex with the plaintiff without her consent.

At approximately 1:42 a.m., defendant Newell allegedly encouraged fraternity brothers to join him, sending a message about “free pussy” upstairs to a Snapchat group entitled “Chi Phi Actives,” which the lawsuit describes as a group chat for Xi chapter members.
A Snapchat groupchat titled "Chi Phi Actives," in which a defendant allegedly sent a message saying, "free pussy" upstairs. (Photo taken from the lawsuit)

Multiple other members of the Xi chapter, including defendant Sarabia, entered the room with the plaintiff while she attempted to hide her naked body under the covers of the bed.

The plaintiff claimed she pushed defendant Sarabia away as he grabbed her face and kissed her.

The lawsuit states that the plaintiff’s phone was on the other side of the room and she “felt as if there was no way for her to escape this room full of predatory, fraternity men.”

Defendant Newell then “commanded” the plaintiff to snort a line of ketamine off of his erect penis, according to the suit.

While she was lying on her back, defendants Ingalls, Newell, Lee, Lopes, Sarabia, Norris and Kretzschmar poured and snorted lines of ketamine over her body.

Defendants Ingalls and Lee took the plaintiff into another room, which was believed by the defendant to be the office of Orazio Petito, president of Chi Phi at Cornell at the time. Defendants Ingalls and Lee forced oral and vaginal sex upon her simultaneously and made her snort more ketamine. The assault lasted until around 5:45 a.m., according to the lawsuit.

The filing states that the plaintiff was completely incapacitated at this point and came into consciousness later that day on Oct. 20, 2024.

The lawsuit states that the plaintiff was in a “very vulnerable situation” when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by defendants Ingalls, Newell, Lee, Lopes, Sarabia, Norris and Kretzschmar. The lawsuit claims that the student defendants were “fully aware” of her condition.

Jeremy Saland, an attorney for defendant Kretzschmar, disputed the allegations against his client in a statement sent after publication, saying the defense possesses evidence that contradicts the plaintiff’s account.

“We wholeheartedly deny the allegations in the complaint against Scott Kretzschmar,” Saland wrote to The Sun. “It is disappointing the claims against him were even made considering we possess documents that thoroughly corroborate our position, including her own words, statements from other parties, and scientific evidence demonstrating they are false.”

The student defendants could not immediately be reached for comment.

The plaintiff reported the incident to the Cornell University Police Department on Nov. 8, 2024, and that same day, the Xi chapter was placed on temporary suspension for alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct. Temporary suspensions were also issued for defendants Ingalls, Newell, Lee, Lopes, Sarabia, Norris and Kretzschmar, according to the lawsuit.

The defendants were offered the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to the University, according to the lawsuit.

On Nov. 26, 2024, the University released a statement, titled “Update on disturbing allegations of sexual violence,” explaining that the University was continuing to investigate the incident.

In January 2025, the University began a Title IX investigation in response to the plaintiff’s Formal Complaint, according to the lawsuit.

According to the complaint, Cornell’s Title IX investigation is believed to have concluded, while the Ithaca Police Department is still investigating the incident.

The Complaint

The complaint brings claims against the University for negligence, negligent supervision, breach of contract, violations of state human rights and education laws and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

It also accuses Tri-Delta entities of negligence and breach of contract, Chi Phi defendants of negligent supervision and seven student defendants of sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

A representative from the Tri-Delta Executive Office did not respond to a request for comment.

The plaintiff brings claims against Moonies Bar & Nightclub, alleging that the bar and its employees violated New York’s Dram Shop Act — which can hold alcohol vendors liable in certain circumstances when they knowingly serve persons who are underage.

Moonies denied the allegations of negligence and violations of New York’s Dram Shop Act.

In a statement sent to The Sun after publication, a Moonies representative wrote that on Oct. 19, 2024, Moonies had a contract in place with Tri-Delta as it hosted the sorority’s private event. Per the contract, Moonies marked the hands of underage guests, provided wristbands to those over 21 years old and “no alcohol was served to guests who had mark[s] on their hands,” according to the representative.

“Our bartenders strongly followed the rules and only served guests who had wristbands on their hands,” the representative wrote.

The Moonies representative reiterated that the plaintiff’s claim that she was served alcohol at Moonies was “completely inaccurate.”

The lawsuit seeks damages from all defendants. The lawsuit “specifically seeks” damages from Cornell, fraternity and sorority organizations, certain faculty, alumni and executive board members and Petito, which the lawsuit described as failing to properly supervise or monitor the seven current and former student defendants.

When asked by The Sun about the pending litigation, a University spokesperson declined to comment. Petito did not respond to a request for comment by publication.

“In the aftermath, I was deeply disappointed by the lack of support I received from the student community,” the plaintiff told The Sun. “What I experienced was already devastating, but that pain was compounded by being criticized and ostracized at a time when I needed compassion, support and care the most.”

Editor’s note: Cereese Qusba is a member of Tri-Delta at Cornell.

Update, Sept. 19, 11:35 a.m.: This article has been updated to include a statement from defendant Scott Kretzschmar’s attorney, and to reflect that The Sun reached out to Tri-Delta, Moonies Bar & Nightclub and the student defendants, and they did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Update, Sept. 22, 4:45 p.m.: This article has been updated to include a statement from Moonies Bar & Nightclub.


Cereese Qusba


Cereese Qusba is a member of the Class of 2027 in the College of Arts and Sciences. She was a news editor for the 143rd Editorial Board and is a senior editor for the 144th Editorial Board. She can be reached at cqusba@cornellsun.com.

Moron Senator from Pennsylvania is a Chameleon: A MAGA-GOP disguised as Democrat

Pennsylvania: Rid yourself of this shabby-looking, slovenly, unkept idiot with a bald shaved head, tattoos, hoodies, and work boots who can't decide what his political sex is. A fence-sitter, a traitor, a waverer, odorless (well, not sure), tasteless, colorless, slithering reptile. He must be a well-paid hack by AIPAC.

As a descendant of German immigrants, he must have several ethnic cleansing and genocide genes in his genome. Here he is siding with the Zio-Nazi killers of American citizens in occupied Palestine. Apparently, he loves Israel more than he does America, perhaps out of Holocaust-inflicted guilt.

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Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank
Michael Luciano
Wed, September 30, 2026


AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Senate Republicans voted against a measure to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank resulting in the deaths of at least nine Palestinian-Americans since 2022.See more

Senate Republicans voted almost unanimously against a measure that would require the State Department to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank that, since 2022, has resulted in the deaths of at least nine Palestinian-Americans, as well as others who were victimized.

Settler violence in the West Bank, which features scores of Israeli settlements that are illegal according to several U.N. Security Council resolutions, has been surging. Reports of Israeli settlers and soldiers violently seizing and demolishing the homes of Palestinians are rampant. Among the victims are at least nine U.S. citizens, who were killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced an amendment calling on the State Department to submit a report to Congress on the matter no more than 30 days after adoption. The amendment lists several incidents to be probed:

Whereas protecting and supporting United States citizens abroad is one of the foremost responsibilities of the United States Government;

Whereas, since January 2022, at least nine United States citizens have been killed by violent Israeli settlers or Israeli security forces in the West Bank, including Omar Assad, Shireen Abu Akleh, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, Mohammad Khdour, Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Amer Rabee, Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, Khamis Ayyad, and Nasrallah Abu Siyam;

Whereas the killings of these Americans in the West Bank have been met by a lack of accountability from the Netanyahu government and an inability to secure justice by the United States Government;

Whereas, in January 2022, Omar Assad, a 78-year-old United States citizen, was stopped at a checkpoint in his village of Jiljilya, dragged by Israeli soldiers from his car, and left lying on the ground outside with his hands bound behind his back, gagged, and blindfolded, where he died of a stress-induced heart attack;

Whereas, in May 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist, referenced by some as the "voice of a generation", was shot in the head and killed near the Jenin refugee camp by Israeli security forces while she wore a vest clearly marking her as a journalist;

Whereas, in January 2024, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a 17-year-old American boy, was shot in the head and killed, reportedly by an Israeli settler, an off-duty Israeli police officer, and an Israel Defense Forces soldier, while driving east of Ramallah;

Whereas, in February 2024, in circumstances similar to Tawfic Abdel Jabbar's killing, Mohammad Ahmad Alkhdour, another 17-year-old American boy, was shot twice in the head while driving, reportedly by Israeli forces, near the town of Biddu;

Whereas, in September 2024, Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American raised in Seattle, was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier from a distance of 200 meters;

Whereas, in April 2025, Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee, a 14-year-old boy from New Jersey, was shot and killed at the entrance to Turmus Ayya by Israeli security forces, with reports suggesting he was shot a total of 11 times by two different guns;

Whereas, in July 2025, Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, a 20-year-old American from Florida who was visiting family in the West Bank, was beaten to death by violent Israeli settlers during a settler attack on the town of Sinjil, where eyewitness accounts report that settlers and Israeli forces impeded ambulance access for more than two hours;

Whereas, on July 15, 2025, Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the killing of Mr. Musallet a "criminal and terrorist act" and stated "there must be accountability";

Whereas, in August 2025, Khamis Ayyad, a 40-year-old Palestinian-American and father of five, died of smoke inhalation after violent Israeli settlers set homes and cars on fire during an attack on the village of Silwad;

Whereas, in February 2026, Nasrallah Abu Siyam, a 19-year-old American born in Philadelphia, was shot and killed in the West Bank village of Mukhmas, near Ramallah, by violent Israeli settlers during an attack on Palestinian farmers;

Whereas, in August 2026, Khamis Rabee Jabara, an 82-year-old Palestinian American, was hospitalized after Israeli soldiers used a flashbang grenade against him and then confiscated bystander footage of the incident in the village of Turmusayya…

The amendment failed 47-51. Of the 51 Republicans who voted, 50 opposed the measure. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voted in favor. Every Democratic senator except Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) voted for the amendment.

"Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight," Van Hollen wrote on social media. "Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice."

In July, CNN reported that an Israeli settler in the West Bank pulled a knife on their crew just days after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) was detained by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the territory.

Michael Monsoor: Something Fine About Lebanese-Irish Immigrant Children

There is Senator George Mitchell of Maine - Father Irish, mother Lebanese. Successfully mediated and ended the Irish Troubles with the Good Friday Agreement

Robert Hennessey - Former CEO of Genome Therapeutics- Father Irish, mother Lebanese

Amy Yasbeck - actress, Father Lebanese, mother Irish.

Tom Shadyac - screenwriter, director, producer, Lebanese-Irish parents.

Gregory Jbara - actor, singer, Lebanese and Irish descent.

Catherine Keener - Academy Award-nominated actress. Father Irish, mother Lebanese

Vince Vaughn - actor with Lebanese paternal grandmother, alongside Irish European roots.

Adrienne Maloof - businesswoman and tv personality - Lebanese and Irish descent.

Ralph Nader - environmental activist and politician born to Lebanese immigrants.

Salma Hayek - Mexican actress - Lebanese descent

Zoe Saldana - American actress who is part Lebanese.

Shannon Elizabeth - actress and activist, Lebanese father

Jenna Dewan - dancer and actress, father is of Lebanese descent. How did Lebanese-Irish intermarriage shape American culture?

And many others. Yet, Trump is persecuting immigrants of all brands. His "Great America" would not be so great without its immigrants. In fact, except for its nearly exterminated native American population, all of America is nothing but a bunch of immigrants. 

But now Michael Monsoor, a hero of the US Navy

Monsoor was born April 5, 1981, in Long Beach, California, the third of four children of Sally Ann (Boyle) and George Paul Monsoor. His father also served in the United States military as a Marine and is Lebanese, and his mother is Irish. Here is his story:

Michael Monsoor had an escape route — the Medal of Honor recipient chose to save his teammates instead
Max Bacall
Tue, September 29, 2026 


Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor sacrificed his life to save his fellow sailors in Iraq in 2006, receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2008.

On September 29, 2006, Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor of the United States Navy sacrificed his life to save his fellow sailors.

Fox Nation's new documentary, "Man of Honor: The Michael Monsoor Story" premieres Tuesday, exactly twenty years later, telling the story of the sailor behind the medal of honor.

Monsoor received the award posthumously in a ceremony at the White House April 8, 2008, according to the Navy's website.

Michael Monsoor served as a Combat Advisor and Automatic Weapons Gunner for Naval Special Warfare Task Group Arabian Peninsula in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Monsoor "distinguished himself through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty," the site reads.

While serving as an automatic weapons gunner in a combined SEAL and Iraqi Army sniper overwatch element during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Monsoor was placed in a confined sniper hide-sight between two SEAL snipers on an outcropping of a roof, which allowed the three SEALs maximum coverage of the area.

An enemy fighter hurled a hand grenade onto the roof, which hit Monsoor in the chest and fell to the ground. He was located closest to the exit from their position, but he did not run. Instead, he immediately leaped to his feet and yelled, "Grenade!" to alert his teammates, who would have been unable to evacuate before the explosion.


The Navy described Monsoor as "one of the bravest men on the battlefield, never allowing the enemy to discourage him. He remained fearless while facing constant danger, and through his selfless nature and aggressive actions, saved the lives of coalition soldiers and his fellow SEALs," adding, "He was a loyal friend and exceptional SEAL, and he is sorely missed by his brothers in Task Unit Bravo."

"Without hesitation and showing no regard for his own life, he threw himself onto the grenade, smothering it to protect his teammates who were lying in close proximity. The grenade detonated as he came down on top of it, mortally wounding him," the Navy wrote.

"Petty Officer Monsoor's actions could not have been more selfless or clearly intentional. Of the three SEALs on that rooftop corner, he had the only avenue of escape away from the blast, and if he had so chosen, he could have easily escaped. Instead, Monsoor chose to protect his comrades by the sacrifice of his own life. By his courageous and selfless actions, he saved the lives of his two fellow SEALs and he is the most deserving of the special recognition afforded by awarding the Medal of Honor."

Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor received the Medal of Honor posthumously in a ceremony at the White House on April 8, 2008, for his actions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 29, 2006.

Monsoor was survived by his mother Sally, his father George, his sister Sara, and his two brothers, James and Joseph.

Mike Sarraille, a retired lieutenant commander in the navy who served on SEAL Team THREE with Monsoor, offered Fox Nation an old military adage.

"Rule number one is young men die. Rule number two is you can't change rule number one. And rule number three, somebody must always walk point." [Walk point is a military term referring to the first and most exposed position in a patrol or combat formation, where the soldier (often called the point man) leads the unit, navigates the route, and scouts for threats like ambushes or booby traps]

ICE-GESTAPO's Gruesome Bleaching Mission of America

Where are the so-called bigots of "Angel Families" to protest these unwarranted killings by Trump's ICE-GESTAPO? Or perhaps their "foreign-sounding" names make them disposable human beings?
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
José Olivares
Tue, September 29, 2026


'Three people dying in one day is an amplification of what we've already seen,' says Andrew Free, a former immigration attorney and investigative journalist. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/GoFundMe

It was 7am on 13 July this year. A warm, sunny morning, as residents of Biddeford, Maine, left their homes, got into their cars and began their commute. Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero came out of the apartment he lived in with his partner and daughter and drove off in his white car. Minutes later, neighbors heard three pops. Durán Guerrero was dead.

More than 1,200 miles (1,900km) away in Ocilla, Georgia, Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva was shuffled on to a bus. Private sector guards and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were beginning the process of transferring him and several other immigrants from one detention center to another nearly two hours away. Ten minutes into the ride, he became unconscious. Doctors at a nearby hospital pronounced him dead.

Less than 24 hours later, Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, pulled up to a gas station near a busy highway in St Augustine, Florida, as the sun was rising in the bright sky. Soon after, he would lie dead on the road nearby, hit by a semitruck when running away from immigration officers.

Related: 2025 was ICE's deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody

There were no ties between Durán Guerrero, Arenas-Silva and Coronilla Durán, but within those 24 hours, the three men suddenly became connected as casualties in the latest phase of Donald Trump's aggressive anti-immigration campaign.

Twenty-four hours. Three states. Three people dead. Countless lives changed in seconds.

The men in Maine and Florida were not even ICE's intended targets for arrest – they became "collaterals", as agency officials call them.

"Three people dying in one day is an amplification of what we've already seen," said Andrew Free, a former immigration attorney and investigative journalist who has for years extensively worked on ICE-related death cases. "The choices that the Trump regime has made since January 2025 have had the consequence of increasing the numbers of people who die in the field and in custody."

Throughout 2025 and into early 2026, federal immigration officials descended on cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis. They swaggered in militarized gear and brandished their weapons and crowd-control sprays, while engaging in raids and arrests in a high-profile attempt to show that Trump's promise of "mass deportations" would be fulfilled.

An explosion of protests and public backlash grew, reaching a climax after the January 2026 fatal shootings of two US citizens in Minneapolis as they protested against what local leaders called "an invasion" by federal immigration officials.

Since then the flashy immigration enforcement mass operations have all but disappeared. Throughout the rest of 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has switched strategy: more low-key arrest operations by small groups of officers and more 287(g) collaborations with local and state police and sheriffs deputized to make immigration arrests. Also, quicker processing with less representation in immigration courts and White House-directed collaboration to target undocumented children are fueling enforcement that is quieter but just as ruthless.

Related: Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
[Stephen Miller is the Resident Nazi at the White House bunker]

A summer surge of enforcement means arrests are at a record high, with the majority now being people with no criminal history. And deaths keep ticking up "even though ICE's current tactics have been less visible than the chaos in Minneapolis at the start of the year", said Austin Kocher, an assistant research professor at Syracuse University and an immigration data and policy expert, in his Substack posts. At least 31 people have died in 2026 during interactions with immigration officials. Four people have been shot, 25 have died in detention and at least two people, including Coronilla Durán, have died while fleeing officials.

The 24 hours between the mornings of 13 and 14 July stand out as exceptionally deadly.

When contacted for comment, a DHS spokesperson sent along the three previous statements they had issued when the deaths originally happened in Maine, Georgia and Florida.

Much remains unclear about the three deaths in that period, but some crucial details are still known.
Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 25, shot while driving

On the Monday morning of 13 July when Durán Guerrero left his home in Biddeford, a city in southern Maine, ICE officer David Brouillette and other officers were reportedly looking for a different person, whose last known address was where Durán Guerrero had just exited.

Brouillette, 37, had recently been hired by ICE amid the immigration agency's push to increase arrests by bringing on more officials. With a blond-brown beard, baseball cap, sunglasses and a green tactical vest marked "POLICE ICE" over a navy T-shirt, Brouillette sat in a federal vehicle and watched the streets.

Related: The daily toll of an ICE arrest on a mother and three young kids: 'Why did they take my dad?'

As Durán Guerrero got into his white car and drove away, Brouillette and the officers spotted him, gave chase and attempted to stop the car.

The next few moments are still unclear, but neighbors suddenly heard the "pops" of gunfire in the quiet neighborhood. Brouillette had fatally shot Durán Guerrero.

A statement from DHS at the time said that the ICE officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but that Durán Guerrero "attempted to flee". DHS added the official fired at Durán Guerrero "fearing for public safety".

It has not been verified whether Durán Guerrero drove his vehicle in the way that DHS stated.

Surveillance footage obtained by the Associated Press appears to show a white car slowly driving in circles at an intersection. The footage was recorded after the shooting, with Durán Guerrero either dead or dying at the wheel.

The video then shows one of ICE's vehicles ramming into the white car to stop it. Two officers open the driver's door and Durán Guerrero's body slumps on to the asphalt. Two more ICE officers rush over.

"He had blood on his head, blood on his face. It was gruesome, just gruesome," a neighbor told Maine Public Radio. "I believe it was [Durán Guerrero's] wife that was sitting on the curb across the street, just crying hysterically."

The Colombian man was 25, with a dazzling smile that lit up his face below closely cropped dark hair. He lived with his partner, Karolina Rojas, and their three-year-old daughter, and he had authorization to live and work in the US. He was a food delivery driver and is remembered by his neighbors as a good man and hard worker.

"My son was a person who left his country to make a future for his family," Omar Durán, Durán Guerrero's father, told BluRadio, a Colombian news outlet.

Brouillette, the ICE officer, was hired by the agency after years of employment instability, according to reporting from the Associated Press, the Portland Press Herald and other outlets. He was recruited even though family members have made allegations of a history of violent behavior, including accusations of domestic violence and threats.

Attempts to reach Brouillette for comment were not successful.

About ICE's recruitment policies, DHS said: "The ICE Office of Professional Responsibility diligently applies the proper personnel vetting regulations, including guidelines for national security, and evaluates all available information for every applicant based on these factors." The ICE office of professional responsibility internally investigates any alleged misconduct.

DHS has still not publicly confirmed Brouillette's identity as the official who shot Durán Guerrero, nor commented on his alleged personal history. The agency has criticized the media for publishing his name, saying it put officers and their families in danger.
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, died in ICE custody

Meanwhile, in Georgia, just after 7am on 13 July, Arenas-Silva sat in an ICE transport bus, surrounded by other ICE detainees.

The Venezuelan man had been held for a few days at the Irwin county detention center, a privately owned facility operating under contract with ICE. He and the other detainees were being transferred to the Folkston D Ray facility, another privately run detention center in the state.

Arenas-Silva, 45, had a myriad of physical and mental health conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, anxiety and depression, according to a preliminary death investigation report released by ICE. He relied on several medications to survive, his family and the ICE report said. He had been in the US since 2021 and an immigration judge ordered his removal in April 2026, a DHS spokesperson said.

Days before his death, ICE arrived at Arenas-Silva's home to arrest him.

"We implored ICE not to take him due to his medical needs, but they didn't listen to our pleas," Sonimar Arenas, his sister, later said.

While cuffing Arenas-Silva, the ICE officials only allowed him to take one of his medications with him, according to Sonimar. In a phone call from ICE detention, Arenas-Silva told his sister that ICE had not yet given him the medication he needed, according to a statement she later released.

The preliminary ICE death report confirms Arenas-Silva did not have all of his necessary medication on 10 July during his medical intake screening at the Irwin facility. A nurse noted that the only medication he arrived with was for anxiety, the ICE report says. That same nurse later confirmed he had other active medical prescriptions he never received.

Three days later, Arenas-Silva was shuffled on to the transport bus, where staff saw him interact with other detainees at 7.34am. But about 10 minutes later, Irwin detention center staff saw Arenas-Silva was unconscious. As staff dialed 911, the bus began driving to a nearby hospital, the report said.

Fifteen minutes later, Arenas-Silva arrived at the emergency room, "unresponsive and pulseless", the ICE report says. The medical staff worked on Arenas-Silva, but at 8.31am he was pronounced dead.

"While in custody, Arenas-Silva received medical care and was seen by medical professionals," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. "ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout their stay.

"At no time during detention is a detained noncitizen denied emergency care," the statement added.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, hit by truck while fleeing ICE

In Florida, Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old Mexican tourist, had been enjoying a few weeks traveling in the US. Before 14 July, he had reportedly been in Atlanta, Georgia, and then traveled to St Augustine, the northern Florida city with beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.

Coronilla Durán and his wife, who had been married for 10 years, lived in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato with their then seven-month-old daughter and a seven-year-old son, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.

He was visiting friends and relatives in the US, while his wife was at home in Mexico. On the fateful July morning, Coronilla Durán and three other men pulled up to a convenience store at a gas station just before 7am. It is unclear who exactly he was with when he arrived there, next to a busy highway.

Details of exactly what unfolded next remain unclear, but a number of federal immigration officials spotted the men and approached them. For unknown reasons, Coronilla Durán and the three others took off running.

Related: ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump's mass detention agenda – report

As Coronilla Durán ran away from the federal officials, he continued to look back to see if they were giving chase. He ran into the busy highway, at first avoiding vehicles speeding by, witnesses told the Miami Herald.

But when Coronilla Durán arrived at the grassy median, he lost his footing, slipped and fell. He stood up, looked back at the immigration officials and continued to run into the next lane of traffic.

According to a bystander, as Coronilla Durán began to cross the other highway lanes, he lost his footing again and fell in front of a tractor-trailer. The witness said he immediately knew Coronilla Durán had been hit.

"The tractor trailer immediately stopped and attempted to render aid to the victim," a statement by Florida highway patrol said.

DHS has still not formally identified Coronilla Durán as the victim and only said homeland security officials "conducted an operation near St Johns, Florida. Florida Highway Patrol and HSI are investigating an incident resulting in the death of a Mexican national. We will provide an update when available." Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is part of ICE.

'At what time does this become indefensible?'

All three men's deaths are still under investigation by local and federal officials.

Durán Guerrero's parents traveled to the US from Colombia to collect his body. His killing in Maine led to protests there, especially since another deadly ICE shooting had taken place a few days earlier in Houston, Texas.

Durán Guerrero's death, and the subsequent reporting of allegations about Brouillette's personal history, led to calls for ICE to improve its hiring practices and to equip officers with body cameras. ICE officials were briefly instructed to stop pulling over vehicles.

The FBI referred all questions about the case to the Maine attorney general's office and the DHS inspector general's office. The Maine attorney general's office said it could not comment further because it is still investigating the shooting death. The DHS inspector general's office did not respond to a request for comment.

The Georgia bureau of investigations (GBI), a state-level agency, was asked by local county officials to investigate Arenas-Silva's death, according to a statement provided to the Guardian. A GBI spokesperson confirmed the investigation is open and active.

Arenas-Silva's sister continues to press for answers: "I am 100% certain that he did not receive proper care," she said in a statement. "I will seek justice for him and for everyone else who goes through this, so that other families do not have to endure what we are going through. No one deserves this."

In Florida, Coronilla Durán's wife flew into the US days after her husband's death to make arrangements with a funeral home. The Mexican government was assisting the family in transporting his body back to Mexico to be buried.

"The Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Investigation is currently ongoing," a spokesperson said in a statement. "There are no updates currently regarding that case."

Related: These journalists share vital reporting with thousands of US immigrants – all by text and WhatsApp

Free, the legal expert on ICE-related deaths, fears that ICE involved deaths are going to continue rising. Just over a week ago, an ICE official shot another person – this time in Austin, Texas. The man survived, but the shooting appears to have taken place during an attempted vehicle stop.

"Sometime soon, we're going to have four people die in a 24-hour period. And then it's going to be five," Free said. "What happens when we get there? What's the red line? For policymakers, for states, for companies – at what time does this become indefensible or unsustainable?"

In Durán Guerrero's case in Maine, one detail stood out to community members.

As neighbors gathered at the intersection watching the federal and local officials attempt first aid on Durán Guerrero, they noticed a small girl nearby, wearing a pink backpack and crying. It was the couple's daughter, who would never see her father alive again. Though, it turned out, she might have escaped an even worse fate.

Her mother recently collected some items from investigators and was told the girl's car seat, from Durán Guerrero's car, would not be returned. A bullet had pierced it during the shooting.

Hear this Live Witness of the American Dream in the United Scams of America

A Woman Lists the Struggles of Working in America as TikTok Sparks Debate And Hit a Nerve
Sohini
Tue, September 29, 2026



A TikTok video that was shared on Aug. 20 by @julie.says.things talks about how capitalism has affected the way the working class can live in America. With over 31,500 likes as of publication, the caption of the video says, "This is what capitalism was always going to lead to."

The video begins with a question-and-answer format in which the woman, Julie, plays the role of an average American. At first, she is asked if she has a high school diploma, and even after saying yes, she is denied a job. Next, she is asked if she has a college degree, a bachelor's degree or a master's degree; she says yes to all of them, but she is still told she will not be hired. However, she is given a form to fill out to see what other job roles she is interested in, yet she is told that none of those roles are real.

What happens instead is that her number gets leaked after she fills out a form in hopes of finding employment, and she gets incessant calls from random numbers that are trying to sell her something. But the catch is that she has no money to afford anything because she is not even employed.

Then comes the already heated real-world topic of health insurance. At first, she is told that there are going to be several deductibles, which are subject to minor whims from the company, and that things like childbirth, eye care, or needing an emergency sick leave are going to lead her to pay out of pocket for herself.

Plus, she also learns that she will neither be able to afford a house for herself nor basic life, nor be able to retire and relax, even though 2% of her already low income goes toward retirement every year straight from the source, aka her employer.

Despite all of these hurdles, if one still manages to get a job somehow, the video says that after getting the job, every single thing will be policed. One has to stay in the office for the exact designated hours, even if they are done with their job. Next comes the latest development: artificial intelligence, or AI, is going to be "shoved down your throat," which will only make it harder and longer to complete a simple task.



TikTok users discuss the realities of capitalist America in the modern day.

In the comments section, people were agreeing en masse. One said, "I was told I was unqualified for a job that required 2 years of experience or 1 year and a bachelor's. I have 6 years and a master's." Another older woman said that she is 65, but she understands how "young people are being crushed," and said that "we need a revolution."

Another person commented, "Now do a joke version." By that, they meant that even though this video might seem exaggerated to some, it is actually very true, and nothing about it is over the top.

MAGA's Xenophobic "Angel Families" Ignore Crimes by White Trash Americans

That is the only thing Trump can offer Americans for the midterms: More racism, more xenophobia, more hatred of immigrants because he has failed in everything else.

Instead of fighting, and making campaign marketing headlines about, ALL CRIMES, the vast proportion of which is committed by the white trash of America in their own backyards and communities, these racist xenophobes focus instead on the puny number of crimes committed by migrants because that is the only selling item that Trump can offer Americans on the eve of the midterms. Why does this sell? Because white trash America hates anyone who doesn't look like them.

To these hatemongers, white trash crimes are not crimes: They are domestic disputes, they are random crimes committed by non-criminals who just happen to misuse the Second Amendment, they are non-deliberate killings and rapes committed by mentally sick white people, they are hunting accidents, crimes by drug addicts, etc.... Although these crimes are behind the nearly 50,000 Americans who are killed every year by gun-toting white inbred imbeciles, Trump and his MAGA haters ignore them.

But crimes committed by migrants and immigrants are reaaal crimes, these MAGA haters tell us, targeting God-loving but bigoted Americans.

While Trump kills fishermen in the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of Latin America under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking, he never goes after the millions of white trash Americans who use these drugs and who create the demand for drugs. These white trash Americans are the high-end financiers of Wall Street. They are the elite white criminal politicians of Washington DC. They are the upper class criminals of Hollywood.

Migrants and immigrants in Trump's America are the equivalent of the Jewish community in Nazi Germany: An easy scapegoat and target that is unable to defend itself against the hatemongers and the racists of this country who are rooted in the colonial, slavery past of the European white settlers of the continent who are essentially playing the role of the German Nazis.

Moreover, the drug trade from the south to the north of the continent is also matched by the gun trade in the opposite direction: Gun-making companies in the US smuggle guns to the drug cartels in the south. Which explains why the cartels are so powerful. Which also portends to the failure of the current Latin American dictators and Trump-asskissers in their so-called war on drugs: The US gun manufacturers will not let them win that war. They will foment civil strife and unrest across Latin American to keep their gun-making and gun-selling business flourishing. That is in fact what the US dies with the entire world: It has to always have enemies in order to sell weapons in order for the dollar to retain value. Peace is the enemy of the dollar system worldwide.

But unfortunately, Americans by and large are credulous morons who are made to think that believing Trump's lies and being swayed by the hatemongering against migrants and immigrants is an act of patriotism.
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Donald Trump surrounded by his hatemongering "Angel families" whose pain is being exploited by Trump to win a pathetic few votes in the midterms.

Facing an impending disaster in the midterm US elections, the MAGA-GOP syndicated of hate is focusing on its core topics of crime and immigration -- and a key part of its messaging is exploiting the pain of the so-called "Angel Families." These are relatives of people killed allegedly by illegal or undocumented migrants, and Donald Trump's neanderthal conservative party hopes to blackmail voters into voting for his gang of thieves in exchange for his illusory fake protection by ICE-GESTAPO against those evil human animals known as immigrants and migrants.

What those racist Fascists do not tell the American people is that their own white trash inbred idiots commit by far more crimes on a per-capita basis than all migrants and immigrants alike.

Elizabeth Carter lost her son and daughter-in-law in a road crash a year ago in Oregon. The driver charged with homicide, Rajinder Kumar, is an undocumented Indian immigrant who obtained a truck driver's license in California.

Kumar crossed the Mexico-US border illegally in 2022 and was detained. He was released in California pending a hearing, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

After the crash, a fundraising drive allowed him to post bail and be released pending trial, infuriating the Carter family.

"We're rolling the dice with our children," Carter declared at a House of Representatives hearing.

Using their congressional majority, Republicans have held five legislative hearings to give a voice to Angel Families, an initiative that began taking shape in Texas in 2009.

In another case, Sheridan Gorman was 18 this March when she went for a nighttime walk with friends along Lake Michigan near Chicago.

An undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, Jose Medina, is accused of shooting her in the back as she ran from him.

Gorman died, and her mother Jessica's harrowing testimony two months ago reverberated inside and outside Congress.

"The fact that American safety is a partisan issue blows my mind. It should be everyone's issue," the mother told AFP at a Justice Department event honoring Angel Families. [But what she fails to say is that American safety can be much much improved by outlawing rampant gun ownership and the culture of entrenched violence across all American life. The sliver of puny violence that may be committed here and there by migrants and immigrants is insignificant in comparison to violence meted by white trash morons against other white trash morons]

- 'A fair trial' -

The Gorman family and relatives of hundreds of other victims have decided to campaign to change sanctuary state laws.

Oregon, like California, is a sanctuary state, meaning its laws limit cooperation with ICE on handing over undocumented immigrants or information about them.

Kumar was eventually detained by ICE and is awaiting deportation, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told AFP, but Elizabeth Carter wants him to face justice first.

"My hope is that Mr. Kumar gets a fair trial," she told AFP. "Billy and Jenny, my son and daughter-in-law, deserve their day in court."

Carter said she had never thought of illegal immigration as a problem for herself or her family.

"I was blissfully ignorant. I raised my children to care about their community, to volunteer," she said.

"I was incredibly unaware that allowing them in the country means that sometimes they're doing jobs they're not qualified for, don't have the proper training for, and that puts American lives at risk."

The immigration debate has grown increasingly bitter in the United States, with ICE accusing states of failing to hand over undocumented immigrants released from jail.

ICE raids across the country have also led to deaths, and the hearings in Congress have been tense, particularly when relatives on either side of the immigration drama take part.

Some Democratic lawmakers consider the five hearings on sanctuary states that often feature Angel Families to be excessive. They believe ICE is out of control.

"When we raise legitimate concerns about the thuggish way that the Trump administration is approaching immigration enforcement, Republicans try to blame everything on sanctuary jurisdictions," Democrat Pramila Jayapal said during a September hearing.

Democrats "are not worried about the citizens of the United States who are being killed. They are producing their phony records and biased records, blaming ICE, blaming Trump. It's unbelievable," Anatoly Varfolomeev, another father who has testified, told AFP.

His 19-year-old daughter Anya died in a 2021 road accident. The driver charged in the case was in the country illegally and was drunk at the time of the crash.

The driver had previously been convicted of other crimes in the US in 2014. He was deported twice but managed to return.

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Brazilians: Voting for Flavio Bolsonaro Will Damage Brazil's Image Around the World

Nepo-Baby Flavio is a moron son of a criminal seditious former president who led a huge mob of Fascist terrorists to attack the country's institutions. On January 8, 2023, supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed and vandalized the country's National Congress, Supreme Federal Court, and the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasília. The attack was a copycat of Trump's white supremacist terrorist attack on the US Congress on January 6, 2021, as it was driven by Jair Bolsonaro's lies and false claims of electoral fraud. Jair Bolsonaro didn't invent political criminality, he just borrowed it from this buddy, the American criminal felon Trump.

In being some three years behind the Americans in their fall into Fascism and dictatorship, Brazilians at least have the benefit of watching what Trump has done to the US and to the world during his second term. A new corrupt Bolsonaro term under nepo-baby Flavio would be very similar to Trump's wrecking of America' economy, encouraging all the Fascist racist forces to commit crimes, support Fascist dictators around the world and enable the Zionists to perpetrate the worst genocide and ethnic cleansing of the 21st century in Palestine.

Despite Trump's claims that "America is now respected" because of his murderous violence, America is now loathed and laughed at by the entire world because it is led by a criminal idiot. Brazil still has a great reputation around the world. Voting for Flavio Bolsonaro would send Brazil down a spiral of surging inflation, high cost of living, heightened racism, increased dependence on a crude capitalistic America and a bigger divide between Bolsonaro's billionaire friends and the rest of the ever-struggling Brazilian people.

Like Trump's children, Flavio and his buddies will enrich themselves by the billions in suspicious deals while leaving every day Brazilians struggling to make ends meet. Like Trump's rape of the US national parks and open them for filthy corporations' destruction and pollution, Flavio will do the same for the Amazon forest and Brazil's pristine nature. If allowed to go forward, many of these criminal policies will take decades to reverse.

Under Bolsonaro, Brazil will inevitably monkey-imitate Trump's America. That is not a good image for a great country like Brazil, to be seen following Trump like a dog on a leash.
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Flavio Bolsonaro: political heir in his father's shadow
Fran BLANDY
Mon, September 28, 2026 

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, pictured wearing a photo of his father's face, has struggled to break free of the shadow of the former president (Pablo PORCIUNCULA)

Flavio Bolsonaro inherited his father's surname and powerful political base. But without the fiery style that helped Jair Bolsonaro energize and reshape Brazil's right, he has struggled to emerge from his shadow.

The 45-year-old senator was little known nationally before his jailed father anointed him as his political heir, and he had never expressed ambition to follow in his footsteps.

Despite a campaign marred by scandal and a corruption investigation, the Bolsonaro name helped propel him into a statistical dead heat with leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in polls before the October 4 election.

In interviews, Flavio Bolsonaro describes himself as a "more moderate Bolsonaro," but says his father will always be "my compass, my point of reference."

"I know I look like him. But it's hard to compare Pele's son to Pele," he said at a Rio de Janeiro rally.

While Jair Bolsonaro's incendiary style is controversial, it fired up the right and helped him go from fringe lawmaker to president in 2018.

Even though he is absent from the campaign, under house arrest for plotting a coup after losing Brazil's last election in 2022, Jair Bolsonaro's legacy has loomed large over the campaign.

"I would like to have Jair on the ballot. Since Jair isn't there, I'm going with Flavio," said Marco Antonio da Rosa, a 21-year-old law student at the Rio rally.

- 'I re-educated him'-

Born in Rio de Janeiro state, Flavio Bolsonaro is the eldest of the former president's four sons, and the one who most closely resembles his father.

On the campaign trail, he displayed the relaxed Carioca style and language that the city of Rio is known for.

He often wears jeans and a T-shirt with a targeted slogan: "The Amazon is ours" to emphasize Brazilian sovereignty over the rainforest or "Agribusiness is great" when courting farmers.

In online videos, he does not shy away from tearing up or losing his cool when talking about the plight of his father or what he sees as persecution from the judiciary against his family.

Holding a law degree, the younger Bolsonaro became a state lawmaker in Rio de Janeiro at age 21 and a senator at age 37.

Father to two daughters, he cultivates the image of a devout family man. A key campaign slogan of his is "come with faith."

In one video showing a busy family morning at home, his dentist wife Fernanda takes credit for him being more mild-mannered than his father, joking: "I re-educated him."

- The banker and the stepmom -

In September it emerged that Flavio Bolsonaro was under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering linked to the financing of a biopic, "Dark Horse", about his father.

The film was bankrolled by banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is jailed in a multi-million dollar fraud case.

The Vorcaro case has ensnared many powerful people in Brazil and has dominated the election.

Bolsonaro had initially denied any contact with Vorcaro, or having flown in his private jet. He was forced to admit both after leaks from the investigation showed them to be true.

He also became embroiled in a family feud with his stepmother, the former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, who posted an Instagram video saying Bolsonaro had "disrespected me and mistreated me."

Michelle Bolsonaro accepted a public apology from Flavio Bolsonaro, but did not appear at any of his rallies.

In an earlier scandal when he was a Rio legislator, Bolsonaro was accused of involvement in a kickback scheme in which he took a portion of his aides' salaries, but the case was dismissed.

He has also faced scrutiny over his ties to Rio de Janeiro's militia figures.

- Tough on crime -

A hardliner on crime, Bolsonaro has praised the controversial security policies of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, and called for the building of "many, many prisons" in Brazil.

On social media, he embraces slick AI-generated campaign ads in which he often appears in a flight suit and aviator glasses piloting a fighter jet on a mission for Brazil.

In one, he leans out of the window shooting at drug traffickers on a boat.

"Compared to his father, he is more affable and personable...but that doesn't mean he isn't ideologically far-right," said political analyst Thomas Traumann.

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Look at What White Supremacist Criminal Moron Donald Dumb has Enabled in America

Trump's racist white trash sluts performing one of MAGA's favorite act.

Two white trash MAGA sluts in Cleveland - it seems Ohio is nowadays a hotbed of racism - hurl Trump's favorite insult against non-whites: "ARE YOU ILLEGAL?" Dumb white trash morons now are entitled to hurt, harass and insult other people that don't look like them by threatening them with the ICE-GESTAPO Fascist police. For these numskull racists who just walked out of the sewers of America, only whites are Americans. 
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‘Are you guys illegal?’: Cleveland women enter restaurant after hours, then allegedly turned racist when staff refused service
Robyn Miraflor
Mon, September 28, 2026 


Screenshot via @gaby_the_sociologist/TikTok

Servers at a restaurant in Cleveland were allegedly attacked with racist questions by two women who entered the establishment after closing hours and demanded service, leading to a confrontation captured in a viral TikTok video.

Being a server isn't easy, and more often than not, they have to deal with unruly customers—even when the restaurant is closed. That was the case for the servers at a restaurant in Cleveland, who informed a pair of women that the business was closed for the night, only to allegedly be attacked with racist questions for failing to serve them.

The incident was shared by Gaby (@gaby_the_sociologist) in a TikTok video that has since reached over 3.2 million views. According to Gaby, the encounter happened on Sept. 19 at The Flats in Cleveland, Ohio, when two women allegedly entered the restaurant after hours and wanted to order.

"All the workers did was politely inform them that the restaurant was closed so they could not give them food or the wifi password and the following ensued," Gaby said in her caption. Gaby claimed the two women, whom she described as "white," turned the situation into a race issue and questioned the restaurant's servers' "status" in the country.

The women allegedly kept asking racist questions

In the video, stools are visibly placed upside down on tables—a common practice that signals the restaurant is closed for cleaning. One of the women can be heard asking the server recording the video if they "could show your ID," before the other chimed in, asking if they "even work here" at the restaurant. "Can you show your ID? Please show your ID," one of the women asked again.

In the background, someone can be heard saying "no service." However, one of the women continued to question the servers as they went about their closing duties. "Do you guys have, like, American passports?" the woman asked. A male server can be heard responding, "What are you talking about? An American passport? Just go away, please."

The woman wasn't discouraged by the request and continued to challenge the workers about their immigration status in the United States. "Oh, my god. Are you guys, like, illegal?" the woman asked before asking for their names. During the encounter, the servers barely responded to the woman's questions, only speaking to repeatedly tell them they were closed.

One of the servers eventually had enough and threatened to call security. "Your security guard can get me," the woman said. "I'm an American citizen. Are you an American citizen?" The two servers confirmed they were American citizens before firmly instructing the woman to leave.

The women allegedly tried to involve police

The incident highlighted the challenges servers face when dealing with unpredictable situations, as they are often expected to handle them professionally while protecting the restaurant's reputation. At the same time, viewers couldn't understand why the women allegedly resorted to racist remarks.

"When I'm drunk I'm telling everyone I love them this is wild," one viewer said. Another added, "Stop blaming their racism on alcohol. They were racist before they got drunk. Stop excusing racism. Plsssss." A third commented, "I never understood why being from another country is used as an insult.. is it jealousy that makes a person act out like that?"

Some believe that Gaby's video could have repercussions for the women's future careers, as companies have previously fired employees after they were involved in public scandals. Others found the woman's requests absurd, considering that she was inside a closed restaurant. "'Can you show your ID?' Ma'am I think you've got this backwards," a viewer wrote.

Gaby claimed that the women tried to involve the police and used their "white femininity to victimize themselves" despite allegedly being the instigators. However, the video does not show any interaction with the police, and it's unclear what happened to one of the women, as only one remains by the end of the video.

Per Previous Post, Huge Cracks Erupt in Trump's MAGA Sinking Ship

Further to my previous post [https://lebanoniznogood.blogspot.com/2026/09/44-days-to-go-before-american-voters.html], more MAGA sailors are jumping off Trump's sinking ship.

The report below is one such instance where a Trump-endorsed MAGA imbecile candidate finally had the guts to say no to the deranged moron in the White House. Salazar, who is from a migrant Hispanic family (Cuba), and after enabling the criminal felon's persecution of her kindred folks for months, is feeling the heat and has now finally dared criticize the racist white supremacist Trump for his targeting of Hispanic and Latino US citizens, not out of compassion and empathy but only to try to hang on by her nails against the looming disaster she and other MAGA cretins face this November. 

A massive tsunami of anti-Trump vote by Hispanic Americans is expected in the midterms. Trump's urging voters to "pretend" he is on the ballot is in fact having the opposite effect: Hispanic candidates are distancing themselves from the Great Moron, and by extension from his endorsed candidates, in order to appease angry voters who now hate Trump for lying to them during his 2024 campaign. Trump is now toxic to his MAGA candidates.

Evidently, the traditional reaction of the Moron-in-Chief to "disloyal" MAGA sycophants didn't wait: Trump is now barking and foaming at the mouth against Salazar because she decided to walk away from his racist anti-Hispanic program. And the traditional reaction of Trump's white trash followers is to tell Salazar to "go back to Cuba".
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Trump turns on Salazar after Florida Republican challenges his immigration crackdown
Ben Johansen and Ali Bianco
Sat, September 26, 2026


Trump turns on Salazar after Florida Republican challenges his immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump on Saturday escalated his criticism of Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), amplifying a series of social media posts attacking the Florida Republican and, in multiple instances, calling for her replacement ahead of her election in just over a month.

Trump reposted more than a dozen messages criticizing Salazar on Truth Social, the president's social media platform, including one user's post that read: "So we need a NEW Republican to Replace Salazar." Several Trump loyalists, including Laura Loomer, have for months called on the president to abandon his endorsement of her.

Salazar last week released a campaign ad filmed in front of the White House challenging Trump's immigration crackdown. In the ad, she said his administration's enforcement efforts had "gone too far" and warned that Hispanic voters who helped Trump win the White House in 2024 felt betrayed. Recent public polling has shown Trump's approval among Latino voters in decline.

Other posts accused the three-term congressmember of betraying Trump — echoing long-standing criticism from MAGA that the Florida lawmaker is pro "amnesty" as an immigration policy, a characterization that she has repeatedly denied.

The White House did not immediately respond to request for clarification on whether the president would be retracting his endorsement of Salazar.

Salazar's office also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The posts mark the sharpest break yet between Trump and Salazar, whom he gave his "Complete and Total Endorsement" for reelection as recently as August for doing a "truly fantastic job" representing Florida's 27th Congressional District.

The Cuban American member of Congress represents one of the most Hispanic districts in the country, where over 70% of the electorate is Hispanic. She also won her primary handily with over 80% of the vote.

Earlier this week, Salazar said she had a "fantastic conversation" with Trump about the issue and that he "listened."

In the days following the release of her new ad, Trump told reporters that he still supported Salazar and had seen the ad. "I'm very strong on the borders — and she isn't," Trump said. He also claimed she won her seat because of his endorsement in 2020, when she ousted former Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala.

The rupture comes as Trump's 2024 coalition has only grown more divided on the issue, according to the results of a recent POLITICO Poll that found an emerging crack in the president's base over how tough to be on immigration.

While Trump's MAGA base has increasingly pushed the administration to crack down further on illegal immigration and push ahead with their full-throttle mass-deportation rhetoric, the issue proved politically perilous for the GOP earlier this year. ICE crackdowns from Minneapolis to Texas to Maine prompted Democrats to urge battleground Republicans to turn the temperature down on immigration.

Salazar has come under fire from the MAGA base over the "Dignity Act," her sweeping bipartisan immigration proposal that would provide a pathway to legal status for immigrants who have no criminal record and have resided in the U.S. for multiple years. Salazar has pushed back, saying her proposal does not grant "amnesty" as it does not offer a pathway to citizenship.

Salazar's Miami seat is among Democrats' top targets to flip in November.

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Here's another Republican who is voting Democrat in November and is now the target of a terrorist MAGA threat.

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Karl Rove Says He Got ‘Credible Threats’ For Saying He'll Vote Blue
Pocharapon Neammanee
Updated Sat, September 26, 2026

Veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove claimed he received "credible threats" after criticizing the GOP, but stood firm on his words, even saying he wouldn't mind facing down those who've threatened him.

"The threats that they made in the aftermath of my saying I was going to vote for John Rosenthal (D) did get me DPS parked outside my house for a week because of quote 'credible threats' that they won't tell me," Rove said Saturday during a question-and-answer session at the Texas Tribune Festival.

"I'd like to find who issued those credible threats, and meet that sumabitch in a dark alley someplace!" he continued.


Republican strategist Karl Rove says he received threats after criticizing the GOP and voting for a Democrat (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) via Associated Press

Rove's remarks follow a series of criticisms he made towards his party, which he claimed last week has been "infiltrated" with "conspiracy nuts."

He received backlash, mostly from President Donald Trump and his MAGA followers, for stating that he'll vote against "bigoted" Republican Bo French, who has come under fire for an apparent racist post he has since doubled down on.

The president flipped out over Rove's decision to vote blue in a fiery social media post calling him a "stone cold loser" and a "RINO," or "Republican In Name Only," on social media,

Rove was, however, unapologetic about his declaration, asking those who labeled him a RINO, "Where were you when we were fighting and scrapping to build this Republican Party? Where were you?"

"Where are these sons of *******?" Rove said.

"They're sitting there listening to Tucker Carlson mouth off. Or they're tuning in to Steve Bannon," he continued. "They can't be bothered to walk the precincts, raise the money, do the work necessary. And they're mouthing me and talking to me, and telling me I'm a RINO? To hell with them."

He told the audience the threats against him "served as an incentive" to write his Wall Street Journal column, formally declaring his vote against French.

"I said, if some guy's gonna be hearing about me making a comment and threatening me, and threatening a bunch of legislators, what the hell? In for a penny, in for a pound," Rove said.