Federal judge says Soros-backed district attorney may have committed obstruction of justice — and refers him to the feds
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vehemently objected to a federal judge referring him for criminal investigation over his efforts to overturn a conviction.
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond Jr. said Krasner might have committed obstruction of justice and other crimes in his handling of a post-conviction.
'I refer the DAO, Mr. Krasner, and [his deputy Matthew] Stiegler to this District’s United States Attorney’s Office for investigation and other appropriate action.'
Krasner has backed a man seeking to overturn his second-degree murder conviction through the DA's Conviction Integrity Unit. Prosecutors say the case was badly botched.
Diamond said that Krasner may have forced prosecutors to accept a false narrative
"I have thus reluctantly concluded that Philadelphia’s highest law enforcement official and one of his top assistants may have violated the law," said Judge Diamond in the memo. "In these circumstances, with the issuance of this Memorandum, I refer the DAO, Mr. Krasner, and [his deputy Matthew] Stiegler to this District’s United States Attorney’s Office for investigation and other appropriate action."
Krasner fired back and said he would appeal the decision.
"I respectfully and vigorously disagree with the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law," read a statement from the DA.
“I look forward to appealing to the higher court as soon as the law allows," he added. "This remains a pending matter, which limits for now my and my office’s ability to respond in the media.”
Krasner was first elected through a massive campaign donation by left-wing millionaire George Soros. He has been heavily criticized for his lax law enforcement policies.
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Krasner and Stiegler were ordered off of the case.
NBC reported that a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania did not return a request for comment.
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Trump RIPS INTO Supreme Court over ruling on midterm elections
The president once against lambasted the U.S. Supreme Court after a split ruling against his order on mail-in voting.
President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. Postal Service in April to help federal authorities prevent election fraud through voting by mail.
'The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm!'
The order involved the creation of a comprehensive list of U.S. citizens who are legally allowed to vote. The USPS would only be allowed to mail ballots to voters on the list.
Two conservative justice dissented in the ruling Monday that upheld a lower court blocking the USPS from implementing certain parts of the president's order for the midterm elections.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence explaining that although he believed the USPS had the authority to implement the order, the agency did not "have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule" before the elections.
The president zeroed in on that decision in his polemic on Truth Social.
"Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give," he wrote, "and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting 'disaster,' which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM."
He went on to accuse the court of giving Democrats an "open field" to cheat through mail-in voting.
"Justices [Samuel] Alito and [Clarence] Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling," he added. "The Supreme Court has really let our Country down!"
He also blasted the court for other decisions he disagreed with, including the birthright citizenship ruling and the court's rejection of some of his tariffs.
Critics of the president's order accused him of trying to unconstitutionally federalize elections.
"This is another desperate, illegal power grab that shows a total lack of respect for the American people and our Constitution," responded Oregon State Secretary Tobias Read in April.
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"The Constitution is clear: states run elections," Read added. "We don’t need decrees from Washington, D.C. My message to the president: We’ll see you in court."
The president asserted that the conservative justices had caved in to pressure and threats from left-wing activists.
"The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm!" he added. "The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History."
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Amy Klobuchar caught (again) doing the same thing over and over
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) got a reputation years ago for repeating the same joke over and over.
Now, she's using her trademark style for a new bit.
'Time to get out the shirt.'
Though it may seem like a cruel joke at this point, it has come to the internet's attention — once more — that Klobuchar (or her team) is back to her old tricks.
As reported by Town Hall columnist Dustin Grage, Klobuchar has used the exact same photo to commemorate a Minnesota Vikings game for four years in a row, offering incredibly minimal efforts to make them seem different.
Starting in 2023, the senator said she was "getting ready" to watch the Vikings game in her shirt that says, "Optimistic since 1961." This is in reference to the team's inaugural season and the fact they have never won a Super Bowl.
In 2024, the exact same photo was used for an October 20 game against the Detroit Lions.
"Optimistic since 1961," the caption read.
Then in 2025, after another game against the Lions: "Yes, Vikings!" a post read, with the same photo now partially cropped, followed by, "and we've been optimistic since 1961."
For the 2026 season opener on Sunday, Klobuchar wrote on her personal X account, "Game Day against the Packers. Time to get out the shirt," with the same cropped image as last year.
Additionally, Klobuchar has an X video wearing the same shirt in January 2023.
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While normally such a situation would be assumed to be a joke, it is hard to tell where the bit starts and the real person stops with Klobuchar.
The senator, who is currently running for governor of Minnesota, was noted as using the same joke repeatedly in the 2020 Democratic primaries, where she continuously referred to a time when President Trump called her "snow woman" on X, then Twitter.
Compilations popped up showing her use the anecdote at speeches and rallies across the country, where Klobuchar would say: "I'd like to see how your hair would fair in a blizzard," before calling Trump "Mr. Umbrella Man."
At the same time, rumors of Klobuchar's off-air personality have followed her for years, including claims that she once ate a salad with a comb after her staff forgot to bring utensils on a short flight.
A New York Times report called it "typical" for Klobuchar to berate her aide for such a slipup. After eating the salad with a comb — according to four people — she told the staff member to clean it.
A campaign spokesperson called the allegations surrounding such stories "ridiculous" but did not directly deny them.
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Another rumor about Klobuchar was eventually used as a punchline on the show "Veep."
The rumor claims Klobuchar had a staffer shave her legs, with the joke manifesting into: "I once dry-shaved that woman’s legs under her desk during a Cabinet meeting."
According to the Washington Examiner, a Klobuchar representative denied the story and characterized it as completely false and "ridiculous."
Blaze News reached out to Klobuchar's office to ask if her posting the same image each year was meant as a joke but did not receive an immediate reply.
The Vikings' record when the senator posts the photo stands at two wins and two losses.
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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks was emotionless from birth, says his father in chilling new details about Butler attacker
The father of Thomas Crooks has revealed chilling details about his life before he tried to assassinate President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The revelations by Matthew Crooks were reported in FBI interview summaries and other documents exclusively reviewed by the New York Post. They were from the congressional investigation into the shooting.
'Thomas did not like the welfare state and was against the "woke" ideology but never really espoused the Republican ideology.'
The father said that he never really had any strong father-son bond with Thomas, who was stoic and hard to read.
"When Thomas was born he did not scream, and he was always quiet from that point on," said the father.
Crooks said his son had a troubled childhood but that he was very intelligent. Thomas damaged school property in elementary school out of boredom, and his parents thought he had ADHD or had fallen in with a bad group of friends in middle school.
His father said he even "pushed" Thomas in hopes of prompting some kind of emotional response, and Thomas did begin to cry.
He became even quieter in high school and had trouble speaking with his teachers, according to Matthew Crooks. His son also started talking to himself, a habit that "became more noticeable over the years."
Thomas was able to score a 1400 on the SAT without studying, according to the father, and then scored a near perfect 1500 on a second try.
Thomas denied being gay many times over the years, as his parents noted that he didn't seem to have an interest in girls.
Matthew Crooks said his son developed a great interest in guns and asked if he needed to pass a background check to purchase his father's Glock. He asked if he could have his grandfather's guns but did not appear to care about hunting as a sport.
Although Thomas Crooks was a terrible marksman at first, his father says his son got far better after several years of practice. He showed off his range targets to his father, explaining that "he wanted to see how far he could shoot with rudimentary sights."
In fact, Matthew Crooks admitted he handed Thomas a Panther A-15 rifle the morning of the shooting, believing that his son was going to the shooting range, according to the Post, citing federal records.
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Matthew Crooks said Thomas was registered as a Republican, but the father believed he did so only because of his father's Republican registration. His son had a general interest in politics but was not terribly passionate about the topic.
"Thomas called himself a Republican. Thomas did not like the welfare state and was against the ‘woke’ ideology but never really espoused the Republican ideology," Matthew Crooks said.
He said his son was shocked at the events of Jan. 6 and did not think the 2020 election had been rigged. Thomas donated $15 to a progressive Democratic group in 2021.
Thomas Crooks liked rap and country music, said Matthew, who sometimes found his son dancing alone in his room.
Thomas "never showed any signs indicating something was wrong," Matthew said to investigators.
Thomas did begin buying things on Amazon, including "parts, tools, and items to increase the capacity of his rifle," eventually adopting the pseudonym "Bob Dole" for his delivery address to thwart potential hackers, his dad said.
The family is "racking" their brains trying to understand why Thomas tried to kill the president.
Trump was shot in the ear on July 13, 2024, and three rally attendees were shot behind him, one of whom died. Crooks was almost immediately shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper.
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Immigration Law Enforcement Is Only Deadly Because Of Democrats And The Media
Whenever reading some tragic story related to immigration in the dying news media, it’s always important to remember one thing: This is, in no small part, their fault. The Washington Post this week has a gruesome report on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who allegedly shot himself after being told by his superiors […]Gmail is about to fill your inbox with political spam. Here's how to skip it.
It’s impossible to miss election season. Signs show up in neighbors’ yards, the mountains of fliers pile up in the mail, and your email inbox fills up with political messages asking for donations or a vote. In the past, you could easily file these emails into the spam folder and rarely hear from the sender again, but not this year.
Google’s new verified sender program for Gmail lets politicians skip your spam filter and go straight to your inbox, whether you like it or not. Luckily, there are still ways to get rid of them.
The program ensures you can’t escape political advertisements.
Google recently unveiled its Gmail Verified Sender Program set to launch on September 8. Once it rolls out, verified senders, including politicians, can bypass any previous filters that would’ve sent them to your spam or junk folder. Instead, they’ll go straight into your inbox where they’re most likely to reach you.
Sounds like a nightmare, right?
According to Google, this system “helps eligible, verified political committees in the United States reliably deliver policy-compliant and non-abusive messages to personal Gmail accounts on an ongoing basis.” In reality, the program ensures you can’t escape political advertisements, at least not with the usual methods.
Politicians have to follow the rules
If there’s any saving grace, it’s that Google has some ground rules for any politician who wishes to use the new program. Politicians have to:
- Refrain from sending anything that resembles spam, including unsolicited or repetitive emails. Theoretically, if you didn’t sign up for a political mailer, you shouldn’t be subjected to these messages in the first place.
- Meet all of Google’s mass email guidelines, which include proper domain authentication and message formatting. All emails must also include an “unsubscribe” button for CAN-SPAM compliance.
- Follow Gmail’s anti-abuse policy, which means they can’t attempt to commit fraud, promote illicit activities, engage in harassment, or other unsavory behaviors.
Furthermore, if more than 0.3% of respondents label an incoming email as spam across any rolling 14-day period, Google may suspend the politician’s email operations for seven days or terminate his or her email program entirely.
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How to keep political emails out of your inbox
Just because political emails can bypass your spam folder doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to keep them out of your inbox. In fact, Google’s rules alone show that there are still several things you can do to clear out the political clutter. Here are your options:
- Hit the unsubscribe button: By law, all commercial emails and advertisements — including political messages — are required to include a simple-to-find unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email. Click on that, confirm your decision on the next page that pops up, and you should be opted out of future email chains.
- Get creative with Gmail labels: Google gave Gmail a neat little trick that lets you target emails with specific keywords, or that arrive from certain senders, and automatically throw them in the trash. To set up one of these filters, open Gmail in your web browser on a computer, click the Settings cog in the top right corner, then select “See all settings.” From here, go to “Filters and blocked addresses,” and create a new filter. Type in the information you want to target and select “Create filter.” On the checkboxes page, mark “Delete it.” Lastly, click the “Create filter” button, and you’re all set. No more political emails.
- Hit the spam button anyway: When a political email drops into your inbox, you reserve the right to relabel it as spam. While this may not keep the next email from that campaign from hitting your inbox again, your efforts can help suspend the account or even terminate it.
- Use a different email provider: When all else fails, you can always put your Gmail aside and use a different email provider that will let you block political messages from the start.
Election season is all about reaching as many voters on as many issues as possible, but that doesn’t mean you have to listen to it. Follow these steps and reclaim a bit of your sanity, at least for your email inbox.
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