Mayor Zohran Mamdani has never treated CAIR as a problem, and New York taxpayers are still paying the groups tied to it. He took political help from CAIR-linked PACs, hired from the same network, and City Hall now acts like the paper trail is a smear instead of a record. Texas and Florida designated CAIR a terrorist organization. […] The post NYC Taxpayers Fund Groups Tied to CAIR as Mamdani Looks Away appeared first on StoneZone .
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has never treated CAIR as a problem, and New York taxpayers are still paying the groups tied to it. He took political help from CAIR-linked PACs, hired from the same network, and City Hall now acts like the paper trail is a smear instead of a record. Texas and Florida designated CAIR a terrorist organization. The UAE did it years earlier. CAIR spent years selling itself as a civil-rights shop. Prosecutors listed it as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case, the largest Hamas-financing trial in American history. A CAIR board member later drew a 65-year sentence in that same world of cases. None of that stopped CAIR-tied money from becoming one of the biggest institutional boosts…Open
Approximately 80 percent of people arrested for fentanyl trafficking in Portland, Oregon, are illegal migrants from Honduras.
New data has revealed that the vast majority of fentanyl trafficking into Portland, Oregon, is conducted by illegal aliens from Honduras. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Approximately 80 percent of people arrested for fentanyl trafficking in Portland, Oregon, are illegal aliens from Honduras. DETAIL: According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, roughly 80 of the 100 drug traffickers arrested in Portland since 2023 are Honduran illegals. This follows a federal crackdown on the open-air drug markets in Portland’s downtown area, which resulted in 100 kilograms (~220 pounds) of fentanyl, 40 firearms, and $1.3 million in cash being seized by the authorities. “That is enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people, or…Open
The Department of Justice seeks to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, alleging human smuggling and MS-13 gang affiliation, after a district court dismissed the case as "vindictive prosecution."
The Department of Justice seeks to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, alleging human smuggling and MS-13 gang affiliation, after a district court dismissed the case as “vindictive prosecution.” PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an opening brief on August 17, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to reinstate human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia . A district judge appointed by Barack Obama previously dismissed the case as vindictive. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. ruled in May that prosecutors brought the charges in retaliation for Abrego Garcia’s successful legal challenge to his deportation to El Salvador . DETAIL: The DOJ argued that…Open
A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed […] The post TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum gunned down during livestream in cartel-plagued Culiacan appeared first on American Almanac .
A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed by Reuters appears to show the motorcycle's driver firing a gun directly at Gastelum. A security official in the Mexican state of Sinaloa confirmed his death and said a significant security operation had been launched in response. No arrests have been announced. No motive has been publicly stated. And Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state and a longtime flashpoint for organized-crime…Open
“Qatar financed October 7. It continues to host and provide sanctuary in Doha to the leaders of the terrorist organization to this very day,” Bennett wrote. “They've never condemned the October 7 massacre. Instead, they celebrated the slaughter, murder and rape of Israeli civilians on October 7.”
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a major Mexican drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States.
Drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a key figure in the Sinaloa Cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison by a United States federal court amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on international drug trafficking . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a major Mexican drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States. DETAIL: On Monday, in Brooklyn federal court, United States District Judge Brian Cogan sentenced Zambada to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges spanning racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, and decades of cartel leadership. Zambada pleaded guilty last year as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty. The…Open
By Greg Richter Imagine if a comparable percentage of any other religious or ethnic group expressed favorable views toward a different U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
Seven additional Antifa members have been sentenced for their roles in an armed ambush on an ICE detention facility, marking the first federal domestic terrorism case against the group.
Seven additional Antifa members have been sentenced for their roles in an armed ambush on an ICE detention facility, marking the first federal domestic terrorism case against the group. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Seven members of an Antifa cell were sentenced for their roles in a violent July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, a federal immigration facility. The group used fireworks to lure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers out of the facility before opening fire, with a police officer being shot in the neck. This case represents the federal government’s first domestic terrorism case against Antifa. DETAIL: Prosecutors said the group used fireworks to lure ICE officers outside before…Open
The Department of Justice has announced charges against eight illegal migrants tied to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, who arrived in the U.S. under former President Joe Biden. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged eight illegal immigrants, allegedly members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), with […]
The Department of Justice has announced charges against eight illegal migrants tied to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, who arrived in the U.S. under former President Joe Biden. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged eight illegal immigrants, allegedly members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), with murder and kidnapping in connection with two separate crimes in Texas and Illinois. In one case, four men reportedly executed a father in front of his teenage daughter in Dallas after kidnapping him and demanding money. In another case, three men allegedly kidnapped and murdered a man in Chicago, leaving his body in an abandoned building. DETAIL: The defendants reportedly crossed into the U.S.…Open
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, says the U.S. wants Lebanon controlled by its legitimate government and not Hezbollah, a terrorist regime. He reiterates that Israel's presence in Lebanon is driven solely by attacks launched by Hezbollah. #rubio #israel #lebanon #iran #hezbollah
