[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] FBI Director Kash Patel has dug up evidence the agency shut down an investigation that shows the former director buried proof China interfered in the 2020 presidential election.
The Daily Mail can exclusively report that Patel plans to hand over to Congress on Wednesday proof that former FBI Director Christopher Wray lied to Congress.
Specifically, he will detail how headquarters 'recalled' a report solely because it contradicted Wray's claims under oath to Congress that China was not conducting a foreign influence campaign in U.S. elections.
The FBI field office in Albany, New York produced an Internal Intelligence Report (IRR) that was published and then pulled back without justification, Patel reveals.
FBI bosses at the time shut down this legitimate investigation into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to shield Wray from fallout, sources tell the Daily Mail.
The FBI was investigating at the time the existence of CCP-produced drivers licenses to obtain paper ballots and the Albany office published an IRR on the claims.
They were then told by headquarters to pull the report and pretend it didn't exist, Patel will reveal.
The current Director will tell Congress on Wednesday that the reason the IRR on this investigation was never released was because they admitted that 'the reporting will contradict Director Wray's testimony.'
An current FBI official tells the Daily Mail that the current FBI found the IRR when looking through actions of leadership within the former FBI and discovered that they pulled the report.
During a hearing before the Senate in September 2020, then-Director Wray was asked by Republican Sen. Gary Peters whether voting by mail is secure.
'We take all election threats seriously,' Wray said at the time.
'And our role is to investigate the threat accuracy,' he added before insisting: 'Now, we have not seen, historically, any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise.'
But Patel's new bombshell information claims that this was not true and that Wray lied to Congress while under oath.
Patel vows that there will be accountability for those who tried to bury the report and continue pushing claims that there was no legitimate evidence that the CCP was conducting a foreign influence campaign on the 2020 presidential election.
'Based on our continued review and production of FBI documents related to the CCP's plot to interfere in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, previous FBI leadership chose to play politics and withhold key information from the American people – exposing the weaponization of law enforcement for political purposes during the height of the 2020 election season,' Patel said in a statement with Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
They added: 'This FBI leadership team will continue keeping our promise of aggressive transparency and working around the clock to fix the underlying problems to restore the FBI to the trusted institution the American people deserve.'
Patel will tell Congress that the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) did not approve reissuance of the IRR after it was pulled and then further confirmed by investigators.
'We have found no information to indicate that FITF-China properly investigated the reported information or followed logical investigative leads, despite corroborating intergovernmental reporting,' Patel will reveal on Wednesday.
[Axios] Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, is on course for an earthquake victory after running an extraordinary grassroots campaign focused on affordability in America's largest city.
Mamdani was leading 10 other Democrats; including his top opponent, scandal-ridden Cuomo; in the first round of the ranked-choice election as of late Tuesday night.
Mamdani's policy proposals include rent freezes, free buses, and city-run grocery stores, all funded by $10 billion in new taxes on corporations and the wealthy {also a defund the police guy and as a bonus he supports Hamas}
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The Democrats among them, anyway. The current mayor is running as an independent, and someone is running for the Republicans, but I can’t recall who. No doubt those who pay attention to politics will be able to tell us — but there’s plenty of time, as the general election will be held as usual in November.
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There used to be, either Yankees or Damn Yankees.
Now there are, Socialist Damn Yankees.
So, given the growing collection and locations of these Liberal DNC run manure pile Metros. Are they tuning up for a mass rebellion for the 2027-28 pre-election season?
How soon until New York City become nearly Judenfrei?
[IsraelTimes] Former New York State governor Andrew Cuomo appears to concede to State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic party primary, in a stunning defeat for a veteran politician who had leaned into the Jewish vote and his pro-Israel bona fides during his campaign against his anti-Zionist opponent.
With 91% of votes counted, Mamdani leads Cuomo by more than 7 points.
“Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night,” Cuomo tells supporters.
“I want to applaud the assemblyman for a really smart and good and impactful campaign. Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won,” Cuomo says.
Mamdani has not officially won the race. In the city’s ranked-choice voting system, voters can select up to five candidates. If no candidate wins a majority of first-choice votes, the candidates with the least votes are eliminated in successive rounds of counting and their next selection is reapportioned, until one of the candidates wins a majority.
The early vote count measures voters’ first-choice selection. Since no candidate won a majority, that counting will now take place, and the final results are expected next week.
Despite the ranked-choice counting, Cuomo appears to have acknowledged his loss. He says he called Mamdani to congratulate him.
The third-place candidate is New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a Jewish progressive who cross-endorsed Mamdani, so it’s unlikely that Cuomo has a path to winning in the ranked-choice count.
The primary typically determines the winner of the general election in the mostly Democratic city. Cuomo has registered to run as an independent in the general election in November.
A spokesperson for Cuomo says he is looking at the numbers and considering his options for November.
[IsraelTimes] New York City Council member Shahana Hanif, a far-left, harsh critic of Israel, defeats her Jewish opponent, Maya Kornberg, to hold onto her seat in Brooklyn.
Hanif represents the city’s District 39 in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington.
Hanif has a history of anti-Israel activism, such as sharing social media calls for an intifada and voting against a city council measure opposing antisemitism.
Kornberg, a progressive, challenged Hanif for her seat because she believed Hanif was too focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to the detriment of local concerns.
Kornberg concedes, saying on X, “While the result was not what we hoped for, I’m immensely proud of the positive, issues-oriented campaign we ran.”
Mandani polls poorly with minority and working class voters
And voters over 50
He underperforms among women
They aren't enough white hipsters in New York to give him the numbers he's supposedly getting especially in places like the Bronx
There's something very wrong here
— Daniel Greenfield - "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) June 25, 2025
[THEHILL] The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly torpedoed an effort by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) to impeach President Trump over the U.S. strikes on Iran, underscoring how little appetite Democrats have to try and oust the president despite their frustration with the weekend attack.
The chamber voted 344-79 to table Green's resolution, which charges Trump with abuse of power. One hundred-twenty eight Democrats — including the caucus's top three leaders — voted with Republicans to table the measure, while 79 Democrats voted against the effort, pushing for the chamber to hold a vote on the resolution.
Green for months has sought to trigger a vote on impeaching Trump, slamming his handling of both foreign and domestic policy issues.
The congressman on Tuesday reupped that effort, filing and forcing a vote on a resolution accusing Trump of failing to seek authorization from Congress before striking three sites in Iran over the weekend, which Democrats have taken issue with.
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Just another Liberal Democrat's piss poor attempt to deflect attention away from their failing agenda.
Side note to Liberals, Socialists and New Age Demo-Rats. America has spoken, it wants and needs to Make America Great again. The new Voter ID laws, voter roll clean-up and vote counting practices has put the New Liberal Socialist leaning DNC back at least 2 national elections.
Or, until they find a way for AI to rig the voting for them.
'Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'
This quote was penned by Lord Acton, the strong 19th century advocate for individual liberty. It is a timeless observation as old as the scriptures. It underscores his conviction that unchecked power poses the greatest threat to human freedom. His work consistently underscored the significance of limiting government and concentrated authority in favor of individual rights and personal liberty.
Lord Acton is a hero of mine. As a business owner I understand that individual liberty is mother’s milk for the entrepreneur. Acton understood that great men are almost always bad men when you
"combine the certainty of corruption by authority."
My ancestors immigrated to America in the 1880’s. Out of necessity they became fruit peddlers. It was the most rudimentary of all businesses. One buys fruit at the market, transports it by foot to underserved areas of the city, and hopefully sells it for a profit. In 1886 there was no safety net. EBT cards and Medicaid were nonexistent. As always there was no protection from the God-awful Chicago winters. Competition was fierce and at times violent. Because of lack of language skills, and understanding of laws and their rights, immigrants were easily swindled and taken advantage of.
There was only one’s resourcefulness and determination to defend against the obstacles. Yet of all the hardships, the one that was the most feared, hated, and potentially the most damaging was concentrated governmental power and abusive corruption.
Family stories were passed down to me in the oral tradition that connected one generation to the next for ages and ages. My favorite stories were the ones that involved conflict, heroic undertakings, and cunning conclusions. I always envisioned these stories as our family’s ongoing Odessey.
As a child I was told of the cops, bureaucrats, and elected officials (the bad guys) who shook down my great grandfather and great uncles (the good guys). Push-carts, the most indispensable part of their livelihood, sometimes disappeared or were destroyed overnight. Like Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill, they had to start over. There were no other options.
In time though the fruit carts evolved into a produce shop at the South Water Market. My Grandfather would tell me of how his father and uncles would have to provide all the politicians with baskets of fruit and Christmas trees every year. The cops would help themselves to produce daily.
Years pass and the produce shop evolved into restaurants and a coffee distributorship in the following generation. Paying tribute continued to be a cost of doing business in Chicago only now there were now more bureaucrats, sales tax examiners, and inspectors. Most all of them conducted the city’s business with their hand in small businessman’s pocket. Relating the experience to me, my grandfather, normally docile if stock market wasn’t having a down day, would narrow his eyes, lean in, and call the grifters, "dirty bloodsucking sons of bitches."
Years later, my opening a business in the city meant hiring a facilitator to guide me through the complicated process of who to know and who to pay obtaining all the licenses and inspections. The most galling part of the corruption I experienced was the confident condescension, and arrogance of most officials I had to deal with. They knew they held all the cards, and they had the only table in the casino.
As I write this, Mike Madigan is being sentenced to 7.5 years for a lifetime of corruption. Madigan, the longest serving legislative leader in US history, rose to power manipulating zoning laws. In the weeks leading up to the sentencing, there are cries for mercy from fellow complicit politicians and friends. After the sentence there are all the phony self-righteous politicians saying they’re glad, he deserved it. Spare Me! As far as I’m concerned, Mike Madigan and all his yet unindicted buddies are nothing more than the "bloodsucking sons of bitches" my grandfather warned me about. For generations they enriched themselves at the expense of all the entrepreneurs who started businesses unable to sleep nights trying to navigate making payrolls and paying mortgages and mollifying greedy politicians always aware that they hold the power to end their businesses or at the very least make their lives a costly living nightmare.
Madigan is the embodiment of Lord Acton’s axiom. In this deeply blue state, he held absolute power. There were no checks and balances from a flaccid, complicit republican opposition. His daughter served as attorney general protecting him from legal prosecution. Madigan collected untold millions selling business licenses at the airports, rezoning whatever he needed to regardless of who’s life was upended or destroyed. Despite all his exploitation and fraud, Madigan is small potatoes compared to some of our national leaders.
Today only 15 percent of Americans view Congress as favorable. Most (80 percent) of us favor term limits on Congress, but it would be almost impossible to put into law. Why? Because Congress alone has the power to enact a law to that effect, and they would never willingly neuter themselves. They also have passed laws to protect themselves from sexual harassment, and liable and slander laws. Almost anything they say or do short of murder inside the Capital building is protected.
They have the power to vote themselves raises. Many times, they put their spouses and family members on their office payrolls, but it’s only a facade. Most outrageous of all of course is that they enrich themselves to an obscene amount through inside trading and influence pedaling. The most influential, Pelosi, McConnell, Schummer, Biden, Tillis, Warren just to name a few, in the hundreds of millions of dollars. An incumbent congress person has a 90 percent chance of reelection because of special interest and labor union money poured into their campaigns. Congress is no longer interested in solving our problems, but only in covering their asses, cashing in, and getting reelected. Absolute power corrupting again.
Illinois like California and other states are now essentially one-party rule. Once that happens the power of all elected officials, the servants of we citizens, become absolute. Corruption and their self-serving policy get shoved down our throats. Isn’t this cycle of tumbling into the abyss of absolute power emblematic of the mess we find ourselves in America today?
Our visionary, sagacious founding fathers based our Constitution and Bill of Rights on individual freedom, checking the powers of those who govern. Thomas Paine expressed in "Common Sense" that government is at best a "necessary evil." In 1776, the founders were in a position much like we’re in today. The absolute all powerful British Crown, consuming as much power as it wished. The problem, then and now, is to formulate a system that gives government the power necessary to protect individual liberty and prevents those who govern from abusing that power.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that becomes damaging of their natural rights and liberties. He saw this as a necessary instrument to control our leaders and prevent tyranny. He foresaw occasional rebellions to refresh the "tree of liberty."
So, there we have it. The solution is our sacred birthright. One popular definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results." Instead of believing Mike Madigan’s seven years sentence is going to solve the corrupt environment we find ourselves sinking into up to our necks. We need to follow Jefferson’s remedy. Of course, it’s not going to be a simple task but like the fruit peddler who repaired his broken cart, we need to push the boulder up the hill together and refresh the tree of liberty from all the "bloodsucking sons of bitches."
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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This quote was penned by Lord Acton, the strong 19th century advocate for individual liberty. It is a timeless observation as old as the scriptures. It underscores his conviction that unchecked power poses the greatest threat to human freedom. His work consistently underscored the significance of limiting government and concentrated authority in favor of individual rights and personal liberty.
