(1544) Soon to be “evening all”.
23. Moosh corner
22. Not elites … just flotsam and sewage
21. Check Steve in comments
20. Indeed
19. Steve and war room at 1075
- “This Is The Non-Sanctuary State Difference.” Ben Bergquam Details ICE Ride Along In Indianapolis
- Hudson Crozier: How Well-Funded, Organized Leftists Helped Jumpstart LA Riots
- Steve Cortes: “The Idea That Sen. Padilla Thinks He Can Charge The Stage At The DHS Secretary Is Ludicrous”
- Rep. Rogers: “Chinese National Students Have Been Caught Surveilling Military Activities.”
- Greatest Test Of Trump’s Presidency: Matt Boyle Warns POTUS To Resist Neocon Endless War Traps
- Sam Faddis: “The Iranians Either Already Have Nuclear Weapons Or Are So Close It’s Impossible To Stop Them”
18. Labour buying hotels for them
17. A Donald double
16. Steve on that thug Senator
Antonio Graceffo writes:
‘The controversy over Padilla’s failure to identify himself centers largely on the absence of his Senate security pin, but the timing of his identification is the critical issue. Federal officials consistently claimed Padilla “did not identify himself” and wasn’t wearing his required Senate security pin, with FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino stating he “was not wearing a security pin and physically resisted law enforcement when confronted.”
Video evidence does show Padilla identifying himself by saying “I am Senator Alex Padilla” – but this occurred during the physical confrontation as he was being removed from the room. At that point, with agents already engaged in restraining someone they perceived as a threat, it would be unreasonable to expect them to stop mid-action to reassess the situation.
Mainstream media have circulated photos showing the congressional insignia on Padilla’s polo shirt as evidence that agents should have known who he was, but these images were taken after multiple agents had moved him into the corridor during the restraint process, when his jacket opened to reveal the shirt underneath. The photographer had a better vantage point than the officers engaged in the physical struggle, and the insignia was not visible until that moment, well after the initial approach and confrontation had begun.
A Secret Service official told NBC News that agents “work off pins” to recognize dignitaries, suggesting their standard protocol relies on immediate visual identification. The missing 1-5 minutes of footage before the confrontation would definitively show whether Padilla followed proper identification protocols or whether agents were justified in treating him as an unidentified individual approaching a Cabinet secretary.
The systematic exclusion of this critical context from reporting and widely circulated footage represents editorial manipulation that distorts public perception, deliberately feeding preferred narratives and advancing political agendas—almost always in favor of the left and Democrat policies and interests.’
