FEMA claims an ‘armed militia’ threatened workers — here's the truth



FEMA has been claiming that threats from an “armed militia” have forced the agency to relocate workers in the Hurricane Helene disaster zone — but the Vice President of the United Cajun Navy, Brian Trascher, says that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

“It turns out it was like the worst militia ever because it was just one guy who went on, and I believe this is the correct story, he went on TikTok, and he was showing videos of federal employees and federal vehicles going around, I guess, near his property,” Trascher tells Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program.”

“I believe he made a comment that was construed as like, you know, he was not happy about it. Maybe he was going to do something about it. Somehow, that turned into ‘There’s an armed militia,’” he continues. “Fortunately, the North Carolina National Guard came out fairly quickly and said, ‘Hey, look, we talked to our troops, they haven’t seen anything like that.’”


While it appears to be an issue of rumors and miscommunication, Trascher isn’t thrilled with the government response, or trusting of it.

“You know the federal government will tell you, ‘Don’t believe your lying eyes,’ and then their allies in media unfortunately will stand in front of the burning Hindenburg and tell everybody that it was just a mostly peaceful blimp landing,” Trascher says, offering a piece of advice for the feds: “At least try to tell the truth.”

“Well, that’s difficult for a lot of people to do, especially at the higher levels of government,” Glenn responds.

While it turns out that the threat was a bust, Glenn and Trascher both believe Americans should steer clear of threatening government agencies like that one-man “armed militia.”

“We should be skeptical of our government; we shouldn’t be violent against our government, or threaten violence, but we should be skeptical of them,” Glenn says.

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‘Rabbit hole’: Did a Black Hawk helicopter TARGET a hurricane aid depot?



Footage has gone viral of an unmarked Black Hawk helicopter blowing over tents and supplies at a Hurricane Helene aid depot in Burnsville, North Carolina. Americans across the country are wondering if it was an accident — or if it was sinister.

United Cajun Navy Vice President Brian Trascher has been on the ground in North Carolina helping those suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, and he isn’t quite sure what to make of it either.

“I wasn’t there myself, but I’ve watched the video a bunch of times,” Trascher, who is a pilot, tells Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program.” “It does look to me like first of all, he was flying too low. FAA says you have to stay 500 feet over any structure or person. That’s just a day-one rule.”


“It looks like he does a left bank and then a pitch, which increased, in my opinion, the strength of the rotary wash that you saw blowing all the materials in the tents everywhere. And then he pitched forward and took off,” Trascher continues.

“Nobody knows, including myself, what the intent was. Some people are telling me, ‘Oh the pilot just lost his situational awareness and made a mistake,’” he explains. “I’m like, ‘Listen, Blackhawk pilots are the top guns of the rotary wing.’”

“The only Blackhawk pilots that make mistakes are the dead ones,” he adds.

Trascher believes it was either a “rogue hot shot” or more ominously — that “they were trying to send some kind of message.”

“I hate to go down that rabbit hole,” he adds.

“Do we know if this was private at least?” Glenn asks, noting that people can purchase Blackhawk helicopters for personal use.

“So my first instinct was, because you’re right, if you got money you can buy anything. You can rent a congressman pretty cheap these days, even with inflation,” Trascher answers, though through video analysis, he’s found that it “does appear to be registered to the military.”

“Let’s say it was military, the last thing I want people doing is going and trying to find out who the pilots were and start harassing them and all that,” he adds.

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Glenn Beck’s Mercury One and Cajun Navy join forces to deliver critical aid amid hurricane devastation



Mercury One, a charity founded in 2011 by Glenn Beck, has teamed up with the United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit organization, to deliver critical supplies and perform search-and-rescue operations in the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene.

In a Friday post on X, Mercury One announced, “We have 50 helicopters now doing SAR & Air Drops. We have delivered over 10 tons of supplies to those in need.”

'Don’t depend on the federal government,' he remarked. 'They’re not here to help you.'

The United Cajun Navy thanked Mercury One for helping it double its “Cajun Wing” squad from 25 helicopters to 50.

Mercury One began delivering supplies to those in North Carolina on Monday.

“It’s not about the government’s power. It is about the power of the people. Thanks for doing more when the government does less. We are with you, Hurricane Helene victims & we are doing everything we can to help you,” the charity stated.

On Thursday, Mercury One said it had already delivered 18,000 pounds of critical supplies this week. The charity continues to collect donations to deliver goods to those in need.

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Blaze News’ Julio Rosas spoke with individuals on the ground in the disaster areas.

John H. Kinard III, a Tennessee pilot and veteran with Aeroluxe Aviation, told Rosas that he and his team saw the devastation in North Carolina and decided to help. He explained that the federal government has done essentially nothing.

“There is a complete and utter lack of federal government response,” he said. “I’ve seen nobody on the ground.”

“Ivanka Trump came yesterday, talked to us. Elon Musk’s guy’s been here talking to us. Glenn Beck is here now talking to us,” Kinard told Rosas. “I’ve seen no one from the federal government to help out at all. Nobody.”

“To be honest, it just pisses me off. This is our country. We should be being taken care of, priority one, instead of all the other countries,” he continued. “It enrages everybody here.”

“There’s about 100, 150 volunteers here at this site, 90% are retired military,” Kinard added.

Over a two-day period, Kinard estimated that the group of volunteers he was with dropped off roughly 100,000 pounds of food, water, and medicine.

“This area the most needs construction crews,” he told Blaze News. “They need road clearance and people to rebuild the roads. A lot of the roads are completely destroyed. When I say, ‘completely destroyed,’ they are gone.”

Kinard said he wants the rest of the country to know that “normal, everyday Americans make the difference.”

“Don’t depend on the federal government,” he remarked. “They’re not here to help you.”

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