The Jan. 6 rioter seen in photos wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie inside the U.S. Capitol building has been arrested in Virginia on charges stemming from a dog attack.
Robert Keith Packer, 60, was arrested on Thursday “following an investigation into an animal-related incident” that had occurred on Monday in Newport News, a city spokesperson said.
Packer was charged with one count of animal attack resulting from owner’s disregard for human life, a felony, the spokesperson said. He was also charged with attacking while at large and no city license, both misdemeanors.
Civil charges have also been filed against Packer, including dogs running in a pack and vicious dog, the spokesperson said.
Police told Newport News ABC affiliate WVEC that four people were taken to the hospital with dog bites stemming from the attack.
“As part of the investigation, authorities seized one adult dog, six 11-week-old puppies, four live rabbits, and one deceased rabbit from the property,” the spokesperson said.
The case is being investigated by the city’s Animal Services division, police said.
Packer is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges on Sept. 12. Online court records do not list any attorney information.
He was previously convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, after pleading guilty in 2022 to one misdemeanor count of demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol building and was sentenced to 75 days in prison in connection with the Capitol siege.
Federal prosecutors in the Jan. 6 case said that Packer has been a “habitual criminal offender for 25 years with 21 convictions for mostly drunk driving, but also for larceny, drug possession, and forgery.” He was incarcerated for several previous offenses, they said.
He was ultimately pardoned, after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack earlier this year.
Get all of them back in jail, one scumbag at a time!
Border Czar Tom Homan has noted that the administration plans to deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant with alleged gang affiliations. Homan labeled Garcia a “significant public safety threat” due to his connections with MS-13 and past human trafficking charges. The action has been proposed despite a court ruling that temporarily blocked Abrego Garcia’s deportation to allow for a hearing.
Homan said, “I’m giving you my word. He will be deported from this country. I got my teeth in this thing. I’m not letting it go.” He added, “Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador wasn’t a mistake.”
Homan stated, “I don’t accept the term ‘error’ in Abrego Garcia.” He added, “There was an oversight, there was a withholding order.”
Homan added, “But the facts surrounding the withholding order had changed. He is now a terrorist, and the gang he was fearing, from being removed from El Salvador, no longer exists.”
Homan expressed confidence in proceeding with the deportation despite legal challenges. Judge Xinis ruled that the process should be paused pending an evidentiary hearing.
Department of Justice (DOJ) documents linked Abrego Garcia to MS-13 and highlighted domestic abuse allegations from his estranged wife. The Trump administration has questioned the validity of Abrego Garcia’s asylum claims, arguing that he has not provided sufficient evidence of persecution.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “I will tell you what the president of El Salvador told you in the Oval Office: El Salvador does not intend to smuggle a designated foreign terrorist back into the United States.”
Leavitt added, “He is an El Salvadoran national. That is his home country. That is where he belongs.”
Fears that President Donald Trump suffered a heart attack have mounted after a young woman on TikTok claimed that she had spotted an LVAD under the president’s shirt.
A Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) is a mechanical pump surgically implanted in a patient with advanced heart failure to help the left side of their heart pump blood throughout the body. User samanthaannemarti posted the video on Wednesday and has since reached 900,000 views, pointing out the device in her video.
“So, is nobody going to talk about what that is?” she said. “I think it’s an LVAD, yes, I do.” It comes after a doctor warned Trump’s leg may need to be amputated after spotting a sinister health warning sign.
She believes that she can see a square shape under the president’s clothing, and that she has the right to know what it is, at the same time, people have the right to privacy. The woman in the video goes on about an LVAD, but she doesn’t actually come out and say what it is, which has gotten people’s attention with a post on X garnering over 3 million views.
According to the woman in the video, she believes Trump has been fitted with the device and that the White House isn’t being transparent about his health. She said, “They are not transparent, like they claim to be.”
She added, “They’ll never tell us if there’s something wrong with this man’s health.” According to the woman, who made the video from the passenger seat of her car, the lack of transparency leaves people to speculate, and she is going to speculate that Trump has an LVAD.
Rumors of Trump’s Death
Donald Trump stayed behind closed doors for a few days, and the internet went wild with conspiracy theories that the U.S. President was dead. Now that it turns out he is not dead, and in fact alive, people are keeping a watchful eye on him.
During a press conference on Friday, the president wasn’t completely honest about the mysteriously long absence he took last week, which sparked the rumors. While signing executive orders on Friday, the president ranted about the fake news and claimed that he was at the White House working
The rumors of the president’s possible death swirled during the Labor Day weekend after he had not been seen for several days. “Last time I took a day off, everybody said bad things happened to me,” he said while laughing.
“I took one day off — I didn’t take it off, I was working. In fact, I was here,” he added. “I didn’t do a news conference, and they said bad things happened to the president! It’s fake news.”
The video of the moment went viral on X, earning the president harsh criticism from several users. “Dude hasn’t worked a day in his life,” wrote one person, while another said the president actually took “several days off.”
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/donald-trump-heart-attack-fears-35859168
The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War after President Donald Trump first floated the idea on Monday, according to a Fox News report. A White House official confirmed the plan to The Mirror US on Thursday.
The decision marks a stark U-turn from the president’s campaign promises in 2024 to pursue peace, and from his frequent criticisms of former President Joe Biden for driving the U.S. “closer to World War III than anybody can imagine.”
“As President Trump said, our military should be focused on offense – not just defense – which is why he has prioritized warfighters at the Pentagon instead of DEI and woke ideology. Stay tuned!” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Reuters this week, referring to programs aimed at increasing diversity, equity and inclusion. The Trump administration has not revealed the reasons it believes the department’s name constitutes “woke ideology.” It comes after a lip reader revealed the chilling 3-word promise that Donald Trump whispered into Vladimir Putin’s ear at their Alaska summit.
The move follows a string of similar name-changing decisions by the Trump administration as a measure of projecting the president’s stance on specific policy issues. In January, Trump issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”. He also referred to his controversial July domestic spending bill as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which in recent days his administration has attempted to rebrand as the “working families tax cut.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also ordered the renaming of certain military vessels that previously bore the names of civil rights leaders, such as the USNS Harvey Milk. Last month, he renamed his conference room the “W.A.R. Room.” Hegseth has often proven to be concerned with the outward appearance of elements of his department, having even ordered a makeup studio to be installed inside the Pentagon and dictated which colors of nail polish are acceptable to be worn by Army soldiers.
Though restoring the name would require congressional action, the White House is reportedly exploring alternative methods to enact the change, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The decision to rename the Pentagon comes amid a broader push by Trump, Hegseth and their coalition to restore a “warrior ethos” to the federal government and America as a whole. It has included a purge of top military leaders whose views do not align with the president’s agenda.
“As Department of War, we won everything. We won everything,” Trump said last month, referring to the War Department established by Congress in 1789 to oversee the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. “I think we’re going to have to go back to that.”
The administration has also sought to ban transgender individuals from voluntarily joining the military and remove those who are currently serving on the basis of a claim that they are medically unfit. The claim has been described by civil rights groups as false and a representation of illegal discrimination, according to Reuters.
“This is so stupid and it’s going to make us a laughing stock in front of both our allies and our enemies,” one user wrote on X on Thursday.
Posturing the top defense department in the nation in a more aggressive and offensive direction is at odds with promises and statements made by Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump lobbed frequent criticisms at Biden for the fact that, during his presidency, Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas was ignited. “(Biden) will drive us into World War III, and we’re closer to World War III than anybody can imagine,” Trump said, according to CNN.
Last August, while endorsing anti-war former Democratic Rep. Tusli Gabbard at a National Guard conference in Detroit, Trump claimed both Democrats and Independents would vote for him because of his plan to end wars. “We’re uniting forces to end the endless foreign wars,” he said of Gabbard’s endorsement. “When I’m back in the White House, we will expel the warmongers, the profiteers … and we will restore world peace.”
“I am confident that his first task will be to do the work to walk us back from the brink of war,” Gabbard said. “We cannot be prosperous unless we are at peace.”
His decision in June to launch a missile attack on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities threw several of his most ardent, right-wing supporters into opposition, urging the president and his allies not to engage in foreign conflicts.
Trump, who claimed that he would solve the Russia-Ukraine war before taking office on Jan. 20,” had made little headway by early September in brokering peace between the two nations. He has also dubiously claimed that he has personally ended a handful of global wars during his second term.
“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into,” Trump said during his inaugural address. “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifier.”
It comes after Ukraine warned that Putin has a hit list of FIVE countries that he wants to invade next.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/trump-warned-pentagon-name-change-1372151
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and employees with Chicago Public Schools gathered on Wednesday to determine a plan to prepare students’ families for potential ICE raids and educate them on their rights.
“I have no idea if there will be tanks in the neighborhoods tomorrow. I have no idea if people are going to show up with rifles strapped to their back,” CTU President Stacey Davis Gates said. “That’s the thing about this right now—that it’s terrible to lead [right now] because you have no idea. You would have never thought, because how in the hell is this happening?”
According to the CTU, members at CPS schools will be handing out “Know Your Rights” materials during student drop-off and pick-up on Friday, and they have also held virtual trainings for parents on constitutional protections.
CTU officials also said they will be posting watch teams around schools to be on the lookout for ICE activity.
“What we need is not more surveillance. Not troops that are harassing our students,” one CTU member said. “Not federal agents that are deporting them and striking fear and terror into the hearts of families across Chicago. We are here because we need what the mayor is already doing—investing in people.”
CPS officials also said they do not ask for families’ immigration status, and will not share student records with ICE, or allow access to CPS schools or facilities, unless they show a warrant signed by a federal judge.
Other measures include CPS school security guards being trained on procedures, should federal agents show up at schools, and maintaining close communication with public safety and legal partners at the city and state level for the latest information.
CPS CEO Macquline King shared the following statement with WGN-TV on Wednesday:
“I am disappointed that this threat is weighing so heavily on families at a time when we should be celebrating the return to the classroom. The start of a new school year should be about learning and discovery, not fear and intimidation. CPS can and will do everything possible to ensure school remains a safe place for all of our students and staff.”
Davis Gates was also asked if a pivot into remote learning would be a possible option if students fear they are unsafe coming to school. The CTU President said remote learning was implemented under similar circumstances in Los Angeles, but she does not believe CPS has the technological infrastructure to quickly institute remote learning.
At a press conference Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said he expects a federal surge to happen this weekend.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/chicago-teachers-students-ice-raids
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that would let the U.S. designate nations as state sponsors of wrongful detention, using the threat of associated sanctions to deter Americans from being detained abroad or taken hostage.
…. two senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the order being signed cited China, Afghanistan, Iran and Russia as nations that could potentially face penalties under the new designation.
