NYC Jew-Haters Come Out w/ ‘Kill Hostages Now’ Signs

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Jew-hating protesters visited the Israel Day parade in New York City on June 2, 2024, with one masked man holding a “Kill hostages now” sign and a woman who also covered her face with a mask holding a phone with a “They’re not coming back” sign.

This year’s parade was focused on solidarity with Israel, while also calling for the release of the remaining 121 hostages in Gaza who were taken during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack that was started by Hamas, the Daily Mail reported.

One of the protesters who dressed in all black and covered his face with a ski mask despite the hot weather outside carried a banner that said “Kill hostages now.”

Another anti-Semite held up her phone with the message that said “They’re not coming home,” referring to the innocent Israelis taken hostage by Hamas.

People on social media responded to the news by criticizing the Jew-haters.

“At what point will you all realize this isn’t a game? These people want Jews dead,” Tamar Schwarzbar, an Israeli activist wrote.

Aviva Klompas, a co-founder of Boundless and a former head of speechwriting at Israel’s Mission to the United Nations, also criticized the Hamas-supporting activists.

The parade took place almost eight months to the day since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, which resulted in the country starting a war that is now being fought primarily in Gaza.

The mood during that day was one of “confetti and music,” according to Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council.

“This is more of a mood of unwavering, ironclad solidarity with hostages to bring them home, and also our unwavering love and pride in our Jewish identity,” he said.

Treyger then said that, despite an alarmingly large rise in anti-Semitism since the terrorist attack, canceling the parade was never a consideration.

Instead of doing that, the parade’s organizers made sure that bulked-up security was in place to protect the participants. Additionally, drones, K-9 units, bike patrols, fencing and barriers will all be in place along the roughly mile-long parade route.

Bar Celebrates ‘Heterosexual Awareness Month’ in June

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A saloon in Idaho became famous after declaring June “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” to celebrate normal people for a change. 

“Come join us all month to celebrate heterosexuals, for without them, none of us would be here!” Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, wrote.

In the post, the bar wrote that Mondays in June will be “Hetero Male Monday,” with a free draft beer given to “any heterosexual male dressed like a heterosexual male,” Wednesdays will be for couples, where “each heterosexual couple” will receive 15% off their bill, and Thursdays will be heterosexual ladies’ nights, with “Her Hetero Happy Hour” promising happy-hour prices for straight women all day long.

Within 72 hours, the post drew nearly 2,000 comments, with leftists going crazy about the fact that normal people started to push back against the mainstream culture and conservatives mocking the far-left snowflakes.

“Heterosexuals, maintaining the human species for 40,000 years. You’re welcome!” one person wrote in the comments section.

Later on, Old State Saloon published a follow-up post, in which the owners doubled down on their promotion of normal sexual behavior.

“1) We love our LGBTQ+ patrons! 2) We will not be changing our minds and giving in to the group of those who are responding with vitriol. 3) ALL are welcome to come to celebrate heterosexuality with us in June!” the bar wrote.

As expected, one of the leftists commented under the new post by daring the bar to have a night for LGBT people as well.

“If you ‘love’ your LGBTQ+ patrons, prove it. Have a night for them too.”

The saloon responded by writing that they would be celebrating normalcy even if leftists don’t like it.

“We are choosing to celebrate heterosexuals. We should be able to do that without so many people being so nasty to us, lying about us, canceling us, attacking our business and/or trying to get us to make something about themselves. If you want us to change who we are celebrating, get over it. It’s not happening. Hooray for heterosexuals!” the bar wrote.

First Lady Takes Front-Row Seat for Hunter Biden’s Trial

(Headline USA)  A jury was seated Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, after prospective panelists were questioned about their thoughts on gun rights and drug addiction while the first lady watched from the front row of the courtroom.

Opening statements were set to begin Tuesday after the jurors — six men and six women plus four women serving as alternates — were instructed by Judge Maryellen Noreika not to talk or read about the case.

Hunter Biden has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. He has been accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

The case is going to trial following the collapse of a plea deal that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty and has argued he’s being unfairly targeted by the Justice Department, after Republicans decried the now-defunct plea deal as special treatment for the Democratic president’s son.

The proceedings are unfolding just days after Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, was convicted of 34 felonies in New York City. The two criminal cases are unrelated, but their proximity underscores how the courts have taken center stage during the 2024 campaign.

Jury selection moved at a clip. The pool was chosen from roughly 65 people. Those who answered “yes” on an initial questionnaire were quizzed individually by Noreika to determine whether they could be fair and impartial. Their names were not made public.

The questions tested their knowledge of the case, surveyed their thoughts about gun ownership and inquired whether they or anyone close to them have struggled with substance abuse or addiction. Other questions focused on the role politics may have played in the charges.

One potential juror who was sent home said she didn’t know whether she could be impartial because of the opinion she had formed about Hunter Biden based on media reports.

“It’s not a good one,” she replied when an attorney asked her opinion.

Another was excused because he was aware of the case and said, “It seems like politics is playing a big role in who gets charged with what and when.”

Jurors who were chosen included a woman whose sister was convicted about 10 years ago of credit card fraud and drug charges in Delaware. One male juror’s father had been killed in a crime involving a gun, and his brother went to jail for possession of a narcotic. Another woman on the panel has a husband who is a gun owner and formerly in law enforcement. A third juror, also a woman, gets her news from YouTube and said she was vaguely aware of the case.

Hunter Biden also faces a separate trial in California in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Both cases were to have been resolved through the deal with prosecutors last July, the culmination of a yearslong investigation into his business dealings.

But Noreika, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, questioned some unusual aspects of the deal, which included a proposed guilty plea to misdemeanor offenses to resolve the tax crimes and a diversion agreement on the gun charge, which meant as long as he stayed out of trouble for two years the case would be dismissed.

The lawyers could not come to a resolution, and the deal fell apart. Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed the top investigator, former U.S. attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, as a special counsel in August, and a month later Hunter Biden was indicted.

This trial isn’t about Hunter Biden’s foreign business affairs — which Republicans have seized on to paint the Biden family as corrupt. But it will excavate some of Hunter Biden’s darkest moments and put them on display.

Allies are also worried the trial could become a distraction as the president tries to campaign under anemic poll numbers and as he is preparing for an upcoming presidential debate with Trump.

In a statement Monday, the president said he has “boundless love” for his son, “confidence in him and respect for his strength.”

The case against Hunter Biden stems from a period when, by his own public admission, he was addicted to crack. His descent into drugs and alcohol followed the 2015 death of his brother, Beau Biden, from cancer. He bought and owned a gun for 11 days in October 2018 and indicated on the gun purchase form that he was not using drugs.

Defense attorneys have suggested they may argue that Hunter Biden didn’t see himself as an addict when prosecutors say he checked “no” to the question on the form. They will also attack the credibility of the gun store owner.

If convicted, Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether the judge would give him time behind bars.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Activists Orchestrated Massive Complaint Campaign to Remove Fla. Judge in Lawfare Case

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Even having secured—temporarily, at least—a felony conviction against former President Donald Trump in one of the greatest travesties of justice ever witnessed in America, radical left-wing activists were hardly content to rest on their laurels.

In fact, over the past several weeks partisan operatives undertook the first known meta-lawfare operation, bombarding the Florida judge who is overseeing Trump’s classified documents case with more than 1,000 spurious complaints in an attempt to have her removed, CNBC reported.

The campaign accused Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, of intentionally stalling the trial so that nothing conclusive will be decided until after the 2024 election.

Leftists have seethed over the fact that Cannon has rebuffed many of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s attempts to use the classified and unprecedented nature of the charges as a justification to grant additional leeway to the government.

Without evidence, they have suggested that Cannon’s unfavorable rulings suggest bias, despite the clear evidence that Smith and his team of prosecutors have routinely overreached and overstepped their authority in the case.

But in response to the barrage of complaints, 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge William Pryor slammed the activists, calling the filings “orchestrated complaints” that were “based on allegations lacking sufficient evidence to raise an inference that misconduct has occurred,” according to Fox News.

The allegations, specifically, amounted to nothing more than the fact that Judge Cannon “was appointed by then-President Trump,” Pryor wrote in his rebuke of the activists.

He even suggested that the “essentially identical complaints from different complainants” indicate a high likelihood of a political machination, though he did not mention who may be behind the orchestration.

The apparent ringleader, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, claimed Cannon’s conduct during the trial was politically charged and that she had brought the cases to a “screeching halt” by means of a subtle legal strategy, resolving motions slowly and “refusing to even set a trial date.”

According to Kirschner, who now hosts a podcast——for left-leaning legal analysis, Cannon

He devoted the May 30 episode of his podcast, “Justice Matters” to attacking Cannon, and even included a link to a YouTube video where listeners could get step-by-step instructions on filing a complaint.

“Judge Cannon is NOT an honest broker of the law, and the federal law requires a judge to be removed when his/her ‘impartially might reasonably be questioned,’” Kirschner claimed.

Zelenskyy: Trump Would Be ‘Loser President’ If He Demands Peace Deal

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that he would consider 2024 Presidential candidate Donald Trump to be a “loser president” if he stopped giving the Ukrainians precisely what they want and tried to negotiate peace, The Guardian reported Sunday.

Trump has hinted at the fact that he would restrict the massive amount of money and weapons that the United States sends to Ukraine on an annual basis, while suggesting that he may be able to negotiate a peace deal. At the very least, Trump has called for other European countries to help fund what’s currently, in essence, a U.S. proxy war.

In an interview with The Guardian, however, Zelenskyy warned that a Trump presidency could mean military defeat for Ukraine, and therefore a loss of international prestige for America. He urged Americans  to “believe in us more.”

“Ukraine, barehanded, without weapons, will not be able to fight a multimillion [Russian] army,” Zelenskiy said, asking of Trump: “Does he want to become a loser president?”

Zelenskyy met recently with former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had reportedly spoken with him on behalf of Trump.

The Ukrainian President and former cross-dresser warned after the meeting that he would be hesitant to accept any peace deal with Russia on account of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged penchant for deception.

“A ceasefire is a trap,” he argued, claiming that Putin would dominate Trump in any American-brokered peace deal and therefore secure the better end of the deal for his own nation.

Trump aides have suggested in the past brokering a peace that gives Russia the eastern territories of Ukraine, as well as Crimea.

Ultimately, however, Zelenskyy predicted that a Trump and Republican victory in America could mean that the United States “will become very weak,” losing its “international influence” which will be “equal to zero” if Trump gets his way and secures peace.

Furthermore, this failure to continue to redistribute billions of dollars to Ukraine from the American people would lead, according to Zelenskyy, to “the real third world war.”

Mike Johnson’s Surprise Mentor May Help Explain His Sudden RINO Pivot

(Matthew Doarnberger, Headline USA) House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has recently taken cues from the man who used to hold his current job in order to pass certain legislation.

Former Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reportedly mentored him during the controversial passage of a foreign aid bill that sent money to both Israel and Ukraine.

Johnson, struggling to build consensus with a razor-thin GOP majority, faced threats from his right flank that he might face the same fate as his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted from the speakership last year following a motion to vacate after a similar deal compromising with Democrats over a last-minute spending agreement.

Boehner, known for his unnatural tan and open displays of emotion, was the first speaker to be booted by a revolt by the nascent House Freedom Caucus in 2015, after failing to rein in the excesses of the Obama administration. He went on to become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, even writing a book that attacked the GOP leader.

He also offered an appalling display of praise in 2022 for out-going speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., despite her vicious attacks on Republicans.

“You were so gracious to me, in fact, that at times, it got me in trouble with my own members,” he said during the unveiling of Pelosi’s portrait at the U.S. Capitol.

In a recent interview with Axios, Boehner praised Johnson for his ability to get the spending bills through, despite opposition from his own party.

“He’s got to go through this dance every day to try to appease his caucus,” Boehner said. “But at the end of the day, he knows what has to get done, and he finds a way to get it done.”

The Ohio native recently headlined a fundraiser in Cincinnati for Johnson’s Grow the Majority fundraising committee, during which Johnson called Boehner “a living legend.”

Boehner defended Johnson against the criticism that he had stabbed his own party in the back by permitting the passage of the $95 billion foreign aid package with help from Democrats.

It passed the Senate and was signed by President Biden in late April. Of the total spent, $60.84 billion went to Ukraine, $26 billion went to Israel and $8.12 billion went to the Indo-Pacific.

Johnson initially signaled that he planned to reject the bill, but following a tense White House meeting with top Democrat leaders and CIA Director William Burns, he began to change his tune.

He “may not have been thrilled with the Ukraine stuff early on,” Boehner said. “But once you become speaker, one, you learn a few more things; and two, the gravity of the issues you’re dealing with change as well.”

Proponents of the never-ending Ukraine war claim that USA support is the last backstop for democracy in Europe, and that after claiming the culturally Russian territory he has long coveted and threatened to take, Russian President Vladimir Putin would then continue his expansion onward into other sovereign nations.

Critics, however, suspect that U.S. intelligence operatives fear bioweapons research facilities could fall into the wrong hands if Russia succeeds—endangering national security and creating an embarassing diplomatic event due to their own poor contingency planning.

Regardless, Boehner seemed to suggest that the war-hawks in Washington had the former “MAGA Mike” over a barrel when presenting him with an array of undesirable alternatives.

“All of a sudden, you have not just a responsibility to your district or to yourself,” said the former speaker. “You’ve got a team of members, and you’ve got what’s good in the long-term interest of the country involved as well. And I think he rose to the occasion.”

United States of Venezuela? Biden ‘Newcomer’ Shot Two NYPD Officers in Chaotic Chase

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An illegal alien shot two NYPD officers during a chaotic chase on Monday, marking another violent crime committed by an individual unauthorized to reside in the U.S. and somehow allowed in by the Biden administration, reported the New York Post.

Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata, a 19-year-old from Venezuela, entered the U.S. in 2023 through Eagle Pass, Texas, and is now facing charges related to moped robberies, according to NYPD Det. Joseph Kenny.

“We’re looking at him for several other robbery patterns in the Queens area where he does have other co-defendants,” Kenny told reporters during a press conference on Monday.

The shooting occurred as officers pursued Castro-Mata, who was fleeing on a motorized scooter. He was shot during the chase and underwent ankle surgery.

According to the New York Post, the two officers were investigating a robbery pattern in Queens, New York, when they spotted Castro-Mata, prompting a chase.

Castro-Mata then abandoned the moped and fled on foot.

One of the officers, Richard Yarusso, chased and tackled Castro-Mata to the ground. During the struggle, Castro-Mata pulled out a pistol, which officers said was bought illegally.

As they fought, the gun discharged, striking Yarusso in his bulletproof vest.

Castro-Mata then shot Yarusso’s partner, Christopher Abreu, in the leg.

“We’re getting shot at by kids now,” one of the officers radioed in, according to a source who spoke to the New York Post.

Video footage showed other officers paying their respects as one of the injured officers was discharged from the hospital.

“Incredibly grateful to see these two hero partners both heading home this morning to the cheers of their @NYPD115Pct,” wrote the NYC PBA on Twitter.

“Brothers and sisters, just hours after being shot. Thank you Elmhurst Hospital’s nurses, doctors and staff for putting our brothers on the road to recovery,” they added.

The shootings come as NYC grapples with high-profile criminal cases involving illegal aliens.

In February 2024, 15-year-old Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa was arrested for a shooting at a Times Square clothing store that injured a Brazilian tourist.

Rivas-Figueroa, a Venezuelan national residing in the country illegally, shot at officers who chased him down an escalator in a subway station.

Just weeks prior, a gang of illegal immigrants, mostly from Venezuela, brutally beat two NYPD officers responding to disruption complaints in Times Square.

Some of the immigrants were caught on viral video flipping off reporters outside a police precinct.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg received widespread condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans for failing to seek bail for the illegal aliens.

In a separate case, an illegal immigrant told detectives that the gang committing crimes was far larger than expected.

In one of the most horrific crimes of 2024, José Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, brutally murdered 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley in Georgia.

Ibarra had arrived in the U.S. under the Biden administration in September 2022 and made his way to New York City, where he was arrested for driving a moped with a minor.

Despite the arrest, the NYPD did not comply with a detainer request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, allowing him to travel to Georgia—where he ultimately carried out Riley’s murder, authorities allege.

Notorious Race-Baiting Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Has Cancer as Political Prospects Uncertain

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, revealed Sunday night that she was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to Axios.

“My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer,” she said. “I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease that impacts tens of thousands of Americans every year… The road ahead will not be easy, but I stand in faith that God will strengthen me.”

Her statement also noted that she may have to “be occasionally absent from Congress, but rest assured [her] office will continue to deliver the vital constituent services that you deserve and expect.”

Twitter users on both sides of the political aisle met Jackson Lee’s statement with an outpouring of prayers and well wishes.

“May God grant you healing from this disease and the strength to fight it,” said Mollie Hemingway, editor of The Federalist.

“Praying for healing,” said Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who was on the Trump 2020 election team. “We disagree politically, but this is a time that both sides of the aisle should pray for you and your family.”

Jackson Lee recently won a primary election to retain her seat as representative of Texas’s 18th District, comprising parts of Houston and surrounding areas.

She lost a bid to become the city’s mayor last November.

Jackson Lee, a senior member of Congress with nearly 30 years of experience under her belt, has served on the House Judiciary, Homeland Security and Budget committees.

In May, she reintroduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to the House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance with the stated goal of reducing deaths related to police stops.

“This bid will finally hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct and separate them from the majority of those endowed with the ethic of just and equitable public safety,” a statement announcing the bill said. “While no single policy prescription will erase decades of systemic racism and excessive policing, the time has come for the federal government to create structural change with meaningful reforms.”

Congress has yet to vote on the bill.

Over the course of her tenure, Jackson Lee became notorious for her constantly divisive bills and painting her political opponents as racist.

DOJ Charges Newspaper Executive in $67M Crypto-Laundering Scheme

Update: Following the publication of this article, The Epoch Times released the following statement: “The company intends to and will fully cooperate with any investigation dealing with the allegations against Mr. Guan. In the interim, although Mr. Guan is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the company has suspended him until this matter is resolved.”

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced charges Monday against Weidong Guan, also known as Bill Guan, the chief financial officer of the conservative newspaper The Epoch Times.

Details of the DOJ’s case against Guan are still limited. The Southern District of New York released the indictment against Guan in a press release, but the case has yet to be docketed in the federal court system.

According to the DOJ, Guan and others conspired with others to participate in a “sprawling, transnational scheme” to launder at least approximately $67 million of illegally obtained funds to Epoch Times’ bank accounts. The indictment doesn’t name the media company, but Guan’s position with Epoch is public information.

The DOJ said Guan and Epoch’s “Make Money Online” team used cryptocurrency to purchase dirty money—funds that were garnered through the proceeds of crime—at a discount.

Guan and the others—he was the only person named—would then allegedly use the dirty money to  open accounts, including prepaid debit card accounts, cryptocurrency accounts, and bank accounts. Those accounts were used to transfer the crime proceeds into bank accounts associated with Epoch, the DOJ has alleged.

That scheme was used to make it seem like Epoch was experiencing a major uptick in donations, according to the DOJ.

“[Epoch’s] internal financial accounting reflected an increased annual revenue over the previous year of approximately 410%—from approximately $15 million to approximately $62 million,” the DOJ said.

“When banks asked GUAN about the increase in transactions entering the bank accounts of the Media Entities, GUAN lied, including to two U.S.-based banks, and claimed that the increase in funds came from donations,” the DOJ said.

“However, in 2022, GUAN wrote a letter addressed to a congressional office falsely stating ‘donations’ constitute ‘an insignificant portion of the overall revenue’ of [Epoch].”

Guan, 61, of Secaucus, New Jersey, faces one count of conspiring to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and two counts of bank fraud, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

The DOJ said the charges do not relate to Epoch’s newsgathering activities.

Epoch Times editor Ivan Pentchoukov did not respond to a message seeking comment. The newspaper does not appear to have commented on the charges.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Note: Silva used to report for The Epoch Times.

Trump’s New Perspective on Locking Hillary Clinton Up: ‘I Beat Her’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump has shared a new perspective on past calls for the prosecution of Democrat Hillary Clinton, stating that taking such action “would have been a terrible thing.” 

During an interview with Fox News’s Fox and Friends Weekend, Trump explained that his views have shifted after facing multiple indictments led by Democratic prosecutors. 

When asked why his DOJ did not pursue criminal charges against Clinton, possibly for mishandling classified documents or campaign finance violations, Trump responded by referencing his 2016 election victory over her. 

“I beat her,” Trump said, according to the Daily Caller’s transcription of the interview. “It’s easier when you win. And I felt — and I could have done it. But I felt it would have been a terrible thing. Then this happened to me. And so, I may feel differently about it. I can’t tell you I can, I’m not sure I can answer the question.” 

Trump also clarified that it was his supporters who initiated the “Lock Her Up!” chants during his rallies.  

“I didn’t say, ‘Lock Her Up,’ but the people would all say, ‘Lock Her Up, Lock Her Up.’ Then we won,” Trump continued. “And I say, and I’ve said pretty openly, I’d say, ‘Alright, come on, just relax. Let’s go, we gotta make our country great.’ And it would have been, think of it, you lock up the wife of a president of the United States…” 

In response to host Rachel Campos-Duffy’s questions about Clinton not facing criminal charges for her campaign payments to the Steele Dossier and falsely claiming it was for research purposes, Trump emphasized a message of unity. 

“You know, people also say, ‘Can you bring the country together?’ And the answer is yes,” Trump said. “Success will bring the country together because I had it together. Before the China virus came in, I had it together. We really had it together. 

Trump’s comments follow his recent conviction for falsifying business records in a criminal trial led by Alvin Bragg, the far left, Soros-tied Manhattan district attorney who campaigned on a promise to indict Trump if elected. 

When asked about potential plans for revenge, Trump stated that “success” would be his form of retaliation—that is, winning the 2024 presidential election. brag