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'The same accounts that have been pushing these Red-Green narratives are also very involved in elections.''The same accounts that have been pushing these Red-Green narratives are also very involved in elections.'Democrat gets HAMMERED online for 'perverse' plot to scare young people away from the GOP
Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has revealed a nefarious plot to dissuade young people from joining the Republican Party.
Slotkin was speaking at the University of Chicago on Tuesday when she said Democrats are gearing up to prosecute Republicans and scare young people from being more active in the Republican Party.
'She is exactly the fascist she’s been lecturing the rest of us about.'
"I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president but on the people who enabled him," said Slotkin.
"I want young people coming out of school to say, 'Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun. I might get an opportunity.' I want them to be like, 'Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'" she continued.
"I want that deterrence message," Slotkin concluded.
Video of her plan was posted to social media, where she was criticized heavily. It went viral with millions of views, including by her colleagues in the Senate.
"It is absolutely disgraceful to threaten young Americans for participating in politics and serving their country," responded Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
"Spare me the pearl-clutching — especially from Republican Members of Congress and online MAGA grifters who have cheered President Trump's weaponization of the government against those he doesn’t like, as recently as last week," Slotkin responded, apparently referring to the raid on the D.C.-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
Slotkin also cited the Trump administration investigating her participation in a video calling on U.S. military members to "refuse illegal orders."
"President Trump has turned the government against people, with raucous support from you and virtually all D.C. Republicans. So spare us the manufactured outrage," she added to Lee.
Others on social media lambasted Slotkin for the comments.
"She intends to unleash a slew of investigations to deter young people from even considering supporting the Administration ... if they know what is good for them," replied legal expert Jonathan Turley.
"Incredibly unAmerican. She is exactly the fascist she’s been lecturing the rest of us about," read one response.
"What amazes me most is that they don’t even try to hide the fraud and contempt," replied another critic. "They feel so secure in their DC jobs and immune to consequences they don’t put much effort into masking it."
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"Are we living in a Soviet Commie world? She is threatening people who want to be part of MAGA — that she is hoping to arrest us. Who the @#$# does she think she is!?" said one detractor.
"Dead party. No message whatsoever. Just destroy or deny opposition. She’s so perverse. So insane. She has no business in government whatsoever," said another.
The raid at Omar's home was part of an investigation into the circumstances of her immigration from Somalia to the U.S. She is also under investigation for possible financial crimes related to her disclosures.
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California man allegedly coerced 21 children to produce sexual videos via online apps, FBI says
A California man allegedly targeted dozens of children on social media and other online apps in order to coerce them into producing sexually explicit videos for him.
Adrian Gutierrez, 22, of Ontario, California, pretended to be the age of his victims in the communications, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release from the Kansas District.
'While Mr. Gutierrez mostly targeted children between the ages of ten and twelve, his victims were as young as nine years old.'
He would then allegedly coerce them into making "visual depictions of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct" during live video calls with him.
Prosecutors said Gutierrez sent the communications to children between May 2023 and October 2024.
Twenty-one of the victims have been identified from across 18 states. Others were not able to identified, and some of them resided outside the U.S., according to the release.
Gutierrez pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor involving a child from Kanas.
"The lessons of ‘stranger danger’ also apply to the internet. While Mr. Gutierrez mostly targeted children between the ages of ten and twelve, his victims were as young as nine years old," U.S. Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser said in a statement in the press release.
"We encourage parents to talk to their children about internet safety and explain to them that not everyone is who they say they are or the age they claim, particularly online," he added.
Gutierrez is scheduled to be sentenced in Jan. 2027.
Special Agent Kiffa Shirley in the FBI’s Billings Resident Agency in Montana said children online are easy targets for predators.
"Young people don't seem to have an on-guard mentality when it comes to strangers contacting them through the internet," Shirley said. "And many teens feel less inhibited about sharing online."
"Parents need to know what their children are doing online and must stay engaged, ask difficult questions, and not fall into the trap of believing their child is 'just playing games' or 'just talking with their friends,'" said Justin Simmons, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, in a separate case.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the Gutierrez allegations.
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GOP operative fired for 'OK' sign rehired after Blaze News report
On Friday, Blaze News exclusively reported on the circumstances regarding the firing of a young operative by the Indiana Republican Party. That operative, Paul Tinkle, was fired last week for flashing the "OK" sign in a picture posted to social media. He was rehired by the state party on Monday after the Blaze News report.
Tinkle has worked on Republican politics since he was 16. After teaching in Japan for three years, where the "OK" sign is a common gesture when being photographed, he returned to manage volunteers for the Indiana State GOP.
'I want to personally apologize to Paul for jumping to a conclusion that was not supported by the facts.'
His firing and rehiring quickly became a social media firestorm. Blaze News exclusively reported on Friday that Hamilton County GOP Chair Mario Massillamany allegedly played an outsized role in Tinkle's firing, according to Tinkle's supervisors.
"I was not instrumental in getting him fired," Massillamany told Blaze News on Friday. "I have had nothing to do with firing him."
"I did not know what his sign was," Massillamany said.
Other sources contradicted Massillamany's version of events to Blaze News.
"Mario thinks you dropped a white power symbol and no one will be able to convince him otherwise," a supervisor told Tinkle just prior to his termination, one text obtained by Blaze News showed.
On Monday morning, Indiana Republican Party Chairwoman Lana Keesling admitted that she made a mistake by firing Tinkle and accepted responsibility for the move many saw as unjustified.
"I am glad to share that Paul Tinkle will be returning to his position with the Indiana Republican Party. After learning more about the situation, it became clear that I did not have the full picture," Keesling said in a statement posted to X. "I made the wrong decision regarding Paul’s employment, and I take full responsibility for it. I want to personally apologize to Paul for jumping to a conclusion that was not supported by the facts."
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Tinkle told Blaze News that he is just glad to get back to work as the November midterms approach.
"I would like everyone to unify around our wonderful candidates, especially Max Engling. I want to thank the countless Hoosier officials who stood up for me, especially: Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith, Representative Andrew Ireland, state Senate candidate Trevor De Vries, and County Councilman Brandon Harnish," Tinkle said. "I also want to thank our Governor Mike Braun for his great service and for getting this all fixed."
"Last but not least, I want to thank all the wonderful folks at Turning Point for their help," Tinkle said. "I look forward to working with them in the future."
The Indiana State GOP did not respond to a request for comment.
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Cheesesteak scrap! Hooded punk caught on video chucking sandwich at manager of famous Philly cheesesteak stand. Yuge mistake.
Philadelphia is full of must-see locations on sightseeing trips: Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Art Museum, to name a few.
But in a city known for its cheesesteaks as well as for its nation-shaping historical landmarks, one eatery stands tall: Pat's King of Steaks.
'This guy just messed with South Philly ... we don’t forget!'
Pat's has been around for almost 100 years, according to the colorful sign sitting above the South Philly establishment on East Passyunk Avenue. You might also recall it was a filming location for the 1976 Oscar-winning movie "Rocky."
And while Pat's certainly contends with plenty of competition around town these days, and the ongoing who-has-the-best-cheesesteak argument certainly opens the door for many opinions, one unhappy customer took things too far Wednesday.
General manager Tom Francano — who has worked at Pat's for nearly 50 years — told KYW-TV the customer walked up to the window and ordered a cheesesteak.
Then about 10 minutes later, the customer returned with the opened cheesesteak and said, "This steak's garbage," Francano recalled to KYW.
Francano added to the station that he and the customer had a back-and-forth over the sandwich's quality, and then Francano took an informal poll, asking other customers about their cheesesteaks — after which the patrons replied that they were satisfied.
"That's when he got a little pissed off. He got mad, and he picked the steak up and threw it at me," Francano told KYW, adding that he thought the customer might be a social media influencer. "He had this phone on, you know, on a pole, taking pictures outside and everything."
"I was pretty pissed off, you know. I'm not used to getting a steak thrown in my face, you know. I mean, if you don't like the steak, be a little nicer about it," Francano added to the station in the aftermath.
Shop owner Frank Olivieri told the station he reviewed video showing the customer ripping the cheesesteak apart by hand before approaching the window.
"The guy picked the sandwich up, threw it in his face, and ran away — the coward," Oliveri told KYW.
"He assaulted my employee, so we'll see how many of his friends that he has online are really his friends, see who's going to turn him in first," Olivieri added to the station. "The power of the camera, AI, we'll find him. We'll find him. $5,000, we'll pull him out of whatever rock he's living under right now."
Yes, Pat's offered a pretty penny for information leading to an arrest and charges in the incident, the station said.
But it appears the cash may not have been necessary.
A Philadelphia police spokesperson told KYW that a man turned himself in Thursday and was charged with harassment.
"This whole Streaming for Clout thing is getting out of hand ... stuff like this needs to be stopped," one commenter under the above video stated. "This guy just messed with South Philly ... we don’t forget!"
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Introducing News-ique: All the look of real news at a fraction of the value!
Those of a certain age will remember the era of infomercials and QVC.
For the younger set, “infomercials” were long-form commercials on cable TV, usually late at night. They ran for five, 10, even 30 minutes, incorporating elements of narrative — usually with laughable skill — to give the feeling that you were watching an actual show rather than a paid advertisement. They hawked products for the home and kitchen with a number to call to place your order.
Most of us are just going to click onto the next thing, unaware that the News-ique (TM) item left a Truth-ette (TM) trace in our minds.
QVC — “Quality, Value, Convenience” — was/is a TV channel that was nothing but one big infomercial, with on-camera hosts showing off products and bantering with each other and customers who called in. It was online shopping before there was an online.
Both marketplaces were famous for offering products that simulated much more valuable items. One such product was the pinnacle: a cubic zirconia stone that was (supposedly) visually indistinguishable from a diamond. It’s got everything: sparkle, allure, and the look of a real diamond at a fraction of the price!
Diamonique is forever
The best part is the name: Diamonique. Those branding this luxury obviously followed the old drag queen convention for choosing a stage moniker: Take a name denoting quality, seriousness, or at the very least referring to an actual person, then give it a little comic twist that lets you know immediately you're dealing with an imitation. Classic drag queen names of this type include:
Hedda Lettuce
Virginia Hamm
Anita Mann
... to name just a few.
As you can see, Diamonique fits right in.
So glittering was Diamonique that this imitation spawned imitators of its own, the best of which is Diamelle. When you can’t afford Diamonique, turn to Diamelle!
Authentic imitation news
What’s amusing in jewelry marketing doesn’t carry over in news and journalism — or what is alleged to be news and journalism. There’s a “news” marketing practice all over social media that gives you what appears to be a news story but is not.
I call this News-ique (TM). It has the look and feel of real news but at less than .01% of the value. It’s all over Twitter/X and other social media platforms.
The News-ique (TM) formula:
- Choose a topic guaranteed to rile people whether they’re left, right, or center. The closer the topic is to today’s “discourse” on social media, the better.
- Write a lede sentence or short paragraph making a claim that flatters the interests, views, but especially the biases of the reader. The text should confirm the reader’s prior assumptions.
- Include an image that looks very much like it is advertising a published news story, but do NOT include a link to that apparent story. It might or might not be published somewhere, but you can’t know from the original post — that’s the News-ique Difference (TM)!
Post nothing else. Do not follow up with a link. Watch outrage flow, and collect clicks and cash.
Know your News-ique
Here is an example of News-ique (TM), a post on X from an alleged news account, Europa.com. The post includes a picture of the subject against a background that looks “newsy” and “official.”
It says this:
Poland's Spokeswoman for Children, Monika Horna-Cieślak, used her official powers to take the children of a woman who was rude to her and place them in an orphanage.
Horna-Cieślak, 36, who is herself childless, had intervened in a public park in Warsaw before being told by the mother of an unruly child to mind her own business. She then leveraged her authority to have the children seized and placed into care.
Why is it News-ique (TM) and not news? Because there’s no link to a fuller source or documentation. There is no follow-up in the thread, only responses from X users.
I do not know if this item is real. I have not checked by doing my own search. It does not matter if this particular item is real or not; it is representative of countless posts every day that use the News-ique (TM) formula. My concern is not the content of the story, but the packaging, intent, and effect.
News-ique (TM) works because it presents plausible outrages. It’s believable that a head of a government ministry for children’s concerns would abuse her position and target a mother who criticized her. This type of thing happens. We know government officials sometimes abuse their authority and get away with it.
Filling in the gaps
But what if there is more to this story about a Polish official?
What I’m about to write is pure speculation used to demonstrate possibilities. I’m not giving you facts; I don’t even know if the original claim is true.
Let’s assume the core of the claim is true. What if the mother did not merely tell the minister to mind her own business? What if she smacked her with her purse? What if she made false and defamatory claims about her online? What if the minister observed that mother abusing her child?
The whole story changes if any of those factors are true. If the mother were abusing her child and the minister intervened, then the minister would have been doing the job she is in office for. She looks like a heroine instead of a villain.
Again, everything I just wrote was speculation. That’s the point: Without context, detail, and at least some provenance for the original claim, all we are doing is writing fiction while treating that fiction as fact.
The political and cultural content cuts in both directions. This example plays to the fears — often real and legitimate — of people with a right-wing bent and to libertarians and other freedom-minded people. But News-ique (TM) items just as often flatter the assumptions of left-leaning people.
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New pollution
The News-ique (TM) approach contributes to political, cultural, and emotional pollution. It leaves an impression of truth in the minds of readers and “consumers.” And no, it doesn’t just work on “stupid people.” It works on most people, smart and stupid, left and right, hysterical or stoic. Items that flatter and confirm our prior assumptions are mentally sticky; they leave a trace you might call Truth-ette (TM). Few are immune.
At best, News-ique (TM) is irresponsible and lazy when the content is real and tells a true story. At worst, and I suspect in the majority of cases, it’s a deliberate choice to shade the truth and deprive readers of full context. Outrage gets clicks and cash; sober consideration does not.
Some might push back: “You can use Google/Siri/Whatever to check for yourself.” True. But most people won’t. Not even smart people will usually take the time unless they’re going to comment or use it in an essay or podcast. Most of us are just going to click onto the next thing. We won’t necessarily be aware that the News-ique (TM) item left a Truth-ette (TM) trace in our minds.
Sometimes, we’ll subconsciously incorporate that item into our view of what’s true about the world. This has happened to me and has probably happened in cases I’m unaware of. When I become aware that I’ve been foolish and failed to check veracity, I admit it in the same thread where I made the claim. Better not to react without having the facts first.
Unstoppable
There is nothing you or I can do to stop News-ique (TM). There is no way to change the social media incentive structure so this is not a profitable game. The only thing we can do is increase our skepticism and discernment.
“Then just stay off social media” is not a workable answer either. Social media is toxic and full of mind games. But it is also the medium through which we can learn many actually true things happening in the world that mainstream news simply will not tell us.
Social media is where we can find “citizen journalists” like Nick Shirley who document problems like fraudulent Somali day cares paid for by American taxpayer dollars. When mainstream media gets wind of stories like Shirley’s, it works hard to discredit them, as you see in this CBS News piece. It is also where we can hear directly from politicians and government officials without ABC/NBC/CBS/NPR/NYT leaving out important words to slant the story.
We are never going to have a world “back” where “official news” can be relied on. That world never existed anyway; we just didn’t have any way to fact-check the fact-checkers before.
If you see a “news story” on Twitter/Instagram/TikTok, make sure you know whether it’s news or News-ique (TM). Check whether context or links are given. If they are, cross-reference the claim against other sources. If they are not, you are reading News-ique (TM).
Diamonique can give you sparkle for the soirée at an affordable price. News-ique (TM) is a bad bargain at any price.
13-year-old charged with hate crimes and other felonies over social media messages, police say
Two mothers said their teen boys were sent racist insults via social media by a 13-year-old who is now facing felony charges.
Kisha Jenkins and Kiara Shaw told WLS-TV that their sons, both age 13, were sent messages on Snapchat that included their photos as well as racist insults and threats.
'He called him a monkey, said he was going to do some nasty things to him, said he was going to sell him on Facebook.'
Oswego, Illinois, police announced that the juvenile who allegedly sent the messages is facing a hate crime charge and other felonies.
"Hate, discrimination, racism, and even the threats that were in that message should never be tolerated, and you have to stand for something," said Shaw.
The two reported the messages to their kids' school as well as the police.
"With my son, he called him a monkey, said he was going to do some nasty things to him, said he was going to sell him on Facebook," she added.
Jenkins said her son was significantly affected by the messages.
"My child was, you know, very upset by it. He was very disturbed by it. He also felt threatened by it," she said.
The superintendent of Oswego School District 308 responded in a message to the district's families.
"This moment must be a catalyst for change. It must be the reason we talk more deeply with young people about how they use technology, about the value and weight of their words," wrote Dr. Andalib Khelghati. "A post can take seconds to share and a lifetime to repair."
He went on to ask parents to talk to their children about their messages online.
"I am asking something of every one of you: Please talk with your students. Ask them what they see online. Ask them how they would respond if they saw someone being targeted. Remind them that their words matter, that silence can feel like agreement, and that reaching out to a trusted adult is always the right thing to do."
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Jenkins said she also sympathized with the family of the child who allegedly sent the messages.
"I don't feel good on either part that my son has to deal with this, nor that the parents of this boy, who I know, have to deal with this situation because it's heartbreaking," she added.
Oswego police indicated that the boy appeared in court on Friday.
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Christians are missing the opportunity next door
Christians need not wait for Washington to settle the immigration debate before sharing the gospel with the people who have already arrived.
Whatever happens next — tighter restrictions or a return to the influxes Democrats encouraged — Hindus and Muslims have made their homes here and established temples and mosques. They are our neighbors. Christians have a duty to evangelize them.
The religions of the world have come to our neighborhoods. We have the honor of sharing Christ with the people who practice them. We should get to work.
We should debate whether a society without a shared foundation can hold together through the modern left’s thin materialistic secularism or resurgent occultism. Obviously, it cannot. We should also challenge what the left proposes to put in place of the Christianity that helped form this country.
But those arguments do not suspend the Christian obligation to share Christ. Hindu and Muslim immigrants have come to a country with a long Christian heritage. They should expect to encounter Christianity here, just as a Christian moving to India would encounter Hinduism or one moving to Saudi Arabia would encounter Islam.
Hindu statues and Islamic calls to prayer now confront Americans with religions they may once have known only from books. What a great opportunity to share Christ!
Evangelism can begin in a conversation at work or school. Christians can visit religious centers, get to know their neighbors, and preach publicly. Whatever the setting, we must understand what the other person believes and explain where Christianity differs.
Hindu traditions include worship of many deities, although Hindu schools understand those deities differently. For some American Christians, a Hindu temple may provide their first encounter with statues used in religious worship rather than displayed in a museum.
We have learned the commandment against making and worshipping idols. Yet our sermons often emphasize spiritual idolatry because bowing before a physical image seems so remote from our lives. Our Hindu neighbors may give us occasion to discuss that commandment in its most literal application.
Some influential Hindu philosophical traditions teach monism: that reality is ultimately one. Advaita Vedanta identifies the true self, Atman, with Brahman, the ultimate reality. The formulation “This Self is Brahman” appears in the Mandukya Upanishad.
Yoga and meditation are practices aimed at realizing the self is God. Reincarnation teaches that our soul has existed from eternity and is on a journey to be freed from the body and reach enlightenment as God.
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The Christian answer to identifying the self with God is direct: God created us. We are not God. Creation had a beginning; only God has existed from eternity. The temptation in Genesis 3:5 promised, “You will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The distinction between Creator and creation also explains Christianity’s rejection of idols. Paul condemns those who “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles” in Romans 1:23.
Idolatry calls for repentance. Salvation from that sin comes only through Christ.
Islam presents a different challenge. It has a violent history with Hinduism. It also strongly condemns idolatry. It arose after the Jewish and Christian Scriptures and claims continuity with earlier revelation. Yet it rejects the atonement at the center of the Christian gospel.
Biblical revelation teaches the need for vicarious atonement — a sacrifice on behalf of sinners. In the books of Moses, the Day of Atonement gives this teaching a central place. Passover likewise involves the death of a lamb and the application of its blood so that a household escapes judgment. Christians understand these as signs pointing to Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Islam rejects Christ’s sacrificial death as the means of salvation. The Quran states in 6:164 that no bearer of burdens will bear another’s burden. Muslims emphasize obedience, repentance, and God’s mercy; Islamic teaching also denies that deeds alone secure entry into paradise. The Christian disagreement concerns how God reconciles sinners to himself: through the atoning death of Christ.
The biblical response is that none of our works can ever save us. Even if we became perfectly obedient today — and most of us can admit we cannot — we would still owe a debt for our past sins. Thinking future obedience can erase those sins is like thinking cutting up your credit cards pays off the balance.
God’s perfect justice and perfect mercy must both hold. Simply overlooking sin would leave justice unsatisfied. At the cross, Christ bears the penalty for sin and offers salvation to sinners who cannot save themselves. God remains just while showing mercy.
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Christianity explains our problem and provides the solution God has given. We need reconciliation with our Creator, and we receive it through Jesus Christ.
Our Hindu and Muslim neighbors may know Christianity chiefly through what their own religious traditions say about it. They may never have read the Bible or heard the gospel explained clearly from Scripture. American Christians can open the Bible with them and make that introduction.
We must prepare for those conversations. Evangelists on social media can make the work look easy, but years of study and practice may stand behind a short video. Read Scripture, understand its teaching, and learn to speak kindly with people who disagree.
Pray for the people you hope to reach. Our duty to share the gospel should lead us to prayer, with fasting when appropriate.
Live the Christian life yourself. You are introducing someone to the true and living God, who offers reconciliation through Jesus Christ. Know that salvation yourself before presuming to explain it to someone else.
Finally, ask questions and listen to the answers. You are speaking with a person. Learn what he believes, what he doubts, and what he understands about Christianity. A religious label cannot tell you all of that.
The religions of the world have come to our neighborhoods. We have the honor of sharing Christ with the people who practice them. We should get to work.
Houston gang members allegedly rapped about their violent crimes on social media — until 'massive' FBI arrest
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is touting a "massive" bust of alleged gang members in Houston, Texas, who rapped about their crimes on social media.
About 15 members and associates of the YNS gang were arrested in the bust, according to sources that spoke to KHOU-TV about the operation.
'You may have a chain on, you show your guns in the video, you have flashy cars behind you. ... Nine times out of ten, the chain is fake, the cars are not theirs, and it’s just a front that they're doing for social media.'
The details of the arrests are not publicly available, as they have been sealed.
Police sources say that some of the gang members would rap about their criminal activities and post them to YouTube and other social media sites. These songs are referred to as "drill music," "drill videos," or "drill raps," according to the sources.
The sources identified two rappers allegedly linked to the gang as "Luh Que" and "Dee Fully."
Karlton Harris, executive director of the Forgotten Third anti-violence nonprofit, explained to KHOU that the videos served an important function for the alleged gang: to entice new recruits.
"It’s the flashiness, right, OK, ‘Look at what I got.’ You may have a chain on, you show your guns in the video, you have flashy cars behind you," he said.
"Nine times out of ten, the chain is fake, the cars are not theirs, and it’s just a front that they're doing for social media, but the other individuals don’t know who are seeing that," he added.
The identities of four men nabbed in the operation were revealed after they appeared in court Thursday.
Jacob Barrett, Kristian Winters, Darrell Samson, and Jocquez Frye all appeared in court wearing orange jumpsuits and shackles. Each of the four men are facing four counts that include using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, conspiracy to commit robbery, and two charges linked to controlled substances.
Frye also faces an additional count of possession of a machine gun.
KHOU included a video allegedly tied to the gang in its news video report.
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Here are some of the eloquent lyrics from one video post on the account identifying as Luh Que:
No I ain't running from s**t, wanna know where I'm at? Probably with some killers. My favorite fit all black, you don't even gotta ask, why I'm a well known driller.
The term "driller" in ghetto rap parlance refers to a gang member or a shooter, according to the Urban Dictionary.
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Twice As Many Men Are Single Than Married Today. Are Women To Blame?
Young men look at dating culture and see women who are prepared to choose husbands but less prepared to become wives.Today's top stories
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