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Electoral Board removes one Will County board candidate, other cases pending
A Democratic candidate for Will County Board’s District 11, which covers the Bolingbrook area, was removed from the primary ballot but is appealing the Electoral Board’s decision.
Other County Board candidates who filed to run in the March 17 primary election had their petitions challenged, but were ordered to remain on the ballot.
One Democratic candidate for Will County’s District 4, which covers the Homer Glen and Mokena areas, still has a case pending before the Electoral Board.
The Electoral Board held several hearings this month to determine who is eligible to run in the primary. Hearings are expected to continue next week to determine whose names will ultimately be printed on primary ballots.
Because the Will County board operates on staggered terms, eight out of the 11 districts are up for election next year. Each district has two representatives, and control of the board, which has been evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, is at stake.
District 11
In the 11th District, Barbara Ann Parker, the DuPage Township clerk, and Tyler Giacalone, the founder and president of Young Democrats of Will County, objected to one another’s candidacy petitions.
Parker alleged Giacalone did not live in the district for at least a year before the primary and was ineligible to appear on the Democratic primary ballot.
During the hearing, it was shown that Giacalone moved to the district in June and had not lived in the district for a year, but was a legal voter, according to the Will County clerk’s office. He was ordered removed from the primary ballot in a 2-1 decision by the Electoral Board, documents show.
Giacalone is appealing the decision, saying that he should be included because he would live within the 11th District one year before the general election in November.
Will County Judge Ben Braun is expected to set a hearing date on his appeal next week. Giacalone’s attorney Burt Odelson is looking for an expedited hearing so that ballots can be printed.
Giacalone said he wants to prepare Will County for its long-term future needs and address the budget, housing, transportation, infrastructure and safety.
Giacalone said he believed that Parker’s petitions were invalid because she did not list the district number she was seeking, which created confusion, according to the Will County clerk’s office.
The office Parker sought was identified on her statement of candidacy and on most of the petition pages, the Electoral Board ruled, and did not create confusion. The petitions as a whole “were in substantial compliance with the Election Code,” and she will appear on the ballot, the board ruled.
The Democratic primary for District 11 also includes incumbent Jacqueline Traynere, a County Board member since 2008, and Sheldon Watts, a past candidate for Bolingbrook mayor.
The top two vote-getters in March will face Republican Steven Smith in November for two, two-year terms.
District 11 incumbent Elnalyn Costa, a Bolingbrook Democrat, is the only Will County board member not to seek reelection.
District 2
In District 2, which covers eastern Will County, candidate Neil “Muggsy” Gallagher survived several objectors and will appear on the Republican primary ballot against incumbents Judy Ogalla, of Monee, and Frankie Pretzel, of New Lenox.
The 17 objectors all claimed Gallagher was not a Republican and agreed to have their objections consolidated into one case.
The objectors presented evidence of the candidate’s voting history, which showed that he voted as a Democrat as recently as 2024, but that election cycle has since been completed, documents filed with the county clerk’s office said. Gallagher did not vote in 2025, documents show.
Party-switching is addressed by case law and is allowed when it occurs after a completed election cycle, documents said.
“I have had life-long conservative and Republican values,” Gallagher, of Manhattan Township, said. “These objectors, who have never met me, don’t change that. I’m not the kind of guy who needs my name all over the place, but all the things I do for my community are much more important.”
He said he voted in a Democratic primary to select the most moderate candidate in 2024 and has pulled both types of ballots. He said he votes for the “person, not the party,” but has conservative roots and beliefs based on his agricultural and farming upbringing.
Gallagher said he is challenging the incumbents because he is concerned with growing truck traffic and thousands of acres of prime farmland taken out of production by commercial solar facilities and warehouses.
Gallagher is a member of the Manhattan Irish Fest executive committee, a member of the Providence High School Men’s Club, a supporter of the Will County Farm Bureau and was involved with the Will Cook Soil and Water Board.
The top two vote-getters in the Republican primary will face Democrat Bob Howard in November for two, two-year terms.
District 4
In District 4, Democratic candidate Sheri Boniecki-Cooling, a member of the Homer Township Democratic Organization, Illinois Democratic Women of Will County and Homer Township Open Space committee, challenged the signatures and petitions for William Pratt, a retired union electrician, and Kevin Koukol, a past candidate for Homer Glen trustee.
At a hearing Tuesday, the Electoral Board determined Pratt had enough signatures to remain on the ballot.
In a recent social media post, Pratt said he has been a member of the Democrat Party since 1976 but is concerned the party veered to the fringe left. He urged Democrats to return “back to the center” and be the “common sense party.”
A hearing held Tuesday on Boniecki-Cooling’s challenge to Koukol’s candidacy was continued to Dec. 3.
Koukol incorrectly indicated on his petition papers that he was running for a seat in District 6 and not District 4, Boniecki-Cooling’s attorney Christopher Abbasi said.
The County Board seat for District 6, which is the Joliet area, is not up for election in 2026.
The error was noted by the clerk’s office, and Mark Gawron, a representative who turned in the papers on behalf of Koukol, changed the district number.
“It’s never appropriate to alter a notarized document because it compromises the integrity of that document,” Boniecki-Cooling said.
The Electoral Board said it could not make a decision on the case until it receives more information on whether a notarized document could be changed. The hearing was continued.
The top two vote-getters in the Democratic primary will face the top two vote-getters in the Republican primary for two four-year terms.
In the Republican primary, incumbents Steve Balich, of Homer Glen, and James Richmond, of Mokena, are seeking reelection and are being challenged by Michael Lepore, a Homer Glen trustee, and Pawel Tyrala, a part-time farmer, businessman and entrepreneur of Homer Township.
Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/electoral-board-removal/
Connecting The Dots… Reveals A Dire Picture
Connecting The Dots… Reveals A Dire Picture
Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,
“Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impossible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle.
Day to day vestiges of modern civilization – bank machines, mutual funds, mass retailers, computers, satellites, airplanes, governments – all recede into irrelevance. Picture yourself and your loved ones in the midst of a howling blizzard that lasts several years. Think about what you would need, who could help you, and why your fate might matter to anybody other than yourself. That is how to plan for a saecular winter. Don’t think you can escape the Fourth Turning. History warns that a Crisis will reshape the basic social and economic environment that you now take for granted.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning
Knowing who to trust and who to distrust at this point in history is the most important quality for anyone who expects to maneuver their lives and those of their loved ones through the final years of this Fourth Turning. I trust people who base their opinions on facts, not some government approved narrative regurgitated by legacy media bubble headed bimbos and “expert” talking heads. Michael Burry, Ed Dowd and Edward Snowden are men whose opinion I value.
They have all put their careers on the line telling the truth, when virtually everyone else was toeing the Deep State/Wall Street/Big Pharma line regarding the surveillance apparatus monitoring everything we say on our phones or type on our computers; the Federal Reserve/Wall Street manufactured housing bubble to replace the Dot.com bubble; the Covid plandemic created as an excuse to manufacture trillions of new debt because our empire of debt began seizing up in September 2019; and the current Everything Bubble (commercial real estate, residential housing, stocks, bonds, bitcoin, AI).
I’ve been a huge fan of Ed Dowd since reading his principled, factual, data driven destruction of the Covid narrative in real-time when the world had lost its mind and had bowed down to the authoritarian dictates of our government overlords. He was right all along about the Covid scheme to enrich Big Pharma, politicians, and legacy media, while seeing how far the ignorant masses could be pushed before they pushed back. Other than Ed and a small minority of other brave truth tellers, the globalist elite scheme worked to perfection, with billions injected with a toxic gene altering concoction, and the power of government enhanced and broadened.
The tweet below from Ed Dowd was from sixteen months ago, four months before the election of Donald Trump. Absolutely no one was speculating about the scenario Ed laid out. And now his “conspiratorial conjecture” is playing out in real time. No one with any brains wanted the dementia ridden basement dummy or the cackling brain dead hyena, and their cult party of death and destruction to continue their reign of terror on our nation.
Trump and his MAGA legions swept into power (or was he ushered into power?) with promises of America First, an economic renaissance, retribution for the criminal politicians in DC who conducted a coup against Trump, the instantaneous end of wars, MAHA, releasing the Epstein client list, and drastic reduction in government spending through Musk’s DOGE initiative. The level of hope and enthusiasm from Trump’s base, and even the moderates who voted against Kamala, was off the charts. NOT ANY MORE.
This needs to be said now and I will be attacked. I have no proof so it’s a literal conspiracy theory but bears watching with eagle eyes.
Conjecture: If I were in the shadows and had an agenda of ushering in a reset to control the end of the current ponzi debt based fiat system…
— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) July 23, 2024
The real owners as described by George Carlin and/or the invisible government as described by Edward Bernays, really don’t care which figurehead from the uni-party is installed at the top of this dung heap of debt. The fleecing of the national treasury continues unabated by the ruling class, and the plight of the plebs deteriorates on a daily basis. But they have been convinced by their overlords to continue going deeper into debt, while thinking they can vote their way out of this delusional debt debacle of a floundering empire.
Trump’s closure of the border and continuing modest efforts to deport the tens of millions of illegal invaders is about the only real positive I’ve witnessed in his first year in office. The old “at least he’s not Kamala” mantra is wearing thin and does not explain his exasperatingly stupid decisions and bloviating pronouncements on a daily basis. Those who adhere to the principles of liberty, freedom, transparency, free speech, not policing the world, and fiscal responsibility are extremely disappointed, but not surprised by the results under Trump thus far. His absolute vitriolic hatred for Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who voted with him 90% of the time, tells me all I need to know about Trump’s moral compass and adherence to the Constitution.
Despite the initial publicity campaign (propaganda) for DOGE and the huge cuts to spending which Trump spewed on a daily basis, the national debt increases by $6.5 billion PER DAY, just as it did under the pants shitting president before him. Future generations are incurring $3.3 billion PER DAY of interest on the now $39 trillion national debt. Trump’s tariff revenue is like pissing in an ocean of debt, as he acts like he is going to send us $2,000 checks with the money he just made us pay by imposing the tariffs. The big beautiful bill cut nothing. Ignoring future recessions and multiple looming wars, the CBO projects the debt to go up by another $23 trillion in the next ten years. I’ll take the over, if the entire Ponzi scheme doesn’t collapse beforehand.
The president who was going to end all the wars funded Israel’s mass genocide in Gaza and their attacks on Iran, while bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities with U.S. forces. Trump has continued to fund Ukraine’s futile war against Russia, while utilizing U.S. weaponry and personnel to conduct drone attacks within Russia. Trump and his NATO minions are conducting a proxy war against Putin, risking a WW3 and nuclear scenario. And now, under the guise of fighting the drug war, he is blowing up speedboats and planning to overthrow Maduro in Venezuela. I’m sure this is about illegal drugs and not the 300 billion barrels of oil sitting under Venezuela’s footprint.
It seems the government shutdown, which 95% of the country didn’t even notice because the government does absolutely nothing but shake us down for tax dollars to distribute to their cronies and enrich themselves, has allowed Trump and his bureaucrat minions to pretend they can’t calculate and announce the true figures regarding GDP, CPI, and employment. If the numbers were good, they would be shouting them from the roof of the White House. The fact they are refusing to report key economic data tells you all you need to know.
Now no Q3 GDP report?
The wheels must be coming off the “Golden Economy” bus. https://t.co/wb0GnYa15b
— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) November 25, 2025
I guess the fact government reported inflation in January 2025 when Trump took over was 3.0% (real figures of 5% to 10%) and it continues to run at 3.0% today doesn’t actually support Trump’s narrative of lower prices. And the average person, who shops for groceries, pays their monthly electric and gas bill, buys clothes, pays rent or a mortgage, and lives in the real world, knows they are being screwed while the ruling class reaps the windfall of inflated stock prices and want even more.
Trump threatening Powell to reduce interest rates isn’t to help you. It’s to help his real constituents on Wall Street, in corporate executive suites, and globalist billionaires who pull his puppet strings. Senior citizens who depend on interest income will be screwed coming and going, as their income will decline and the rise in inflation will make their living expenses rise further. I can’t understand why consumer confidence continues to fall and delinquencies on car loans, credit cards, student loans, and mortgages hit multi-year highs every month.
If Trump ever had any conservative principles, he has completely abandoned them. His totalitarian tendencies show themselves more each day, as he picks winners and losers within the economy, threatening to deport the Intel CEO one day and then investing $9 billion of your tax dollars in that company a week later. He is now all in on the AI scam, throwing billions of your tax dollars at these scam artists at Nvidia, Palantir, Oracle and the rest of the lying Silicon Valley scum, bilking investors and ultimately the tax payers out of their hard earned money. If this entire AI narrative is nothing but hot air and fraudulent promises, and it accounts for half of the country’s GDP growth, we will relive the Too Big To Fail 2008 bailout when it all blows up in the not too distant future.
If AI doesn’t work, it will risk recession, blowing out fiscal deficits into insufficient foreign UST demand.
If AI works, it will undermine the U.S. fiscal position (~half of US Federal receipts come from employment), blowing out deficits into insufficient foreign UST demand. https://t.co/z9koZiptU3
— Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) November 24, 2025
Catherine Austin Fitts has been warning about the coming digital gulag for years. We now have a state sanctioned bubble in AI, with the billionaire club cheering it on, knowing they will be bailed out again when it all goes to shit, like bubbles always do. The fact Trump is encouraging this and adding fuel to the fire reveals this is all part of the ultimate plan to enslave us under the guise of saving the world once again. First it was the great financial crisis (2008/2009), then it was Covid (2020-2022), and now for the coup de grace with the implosion of the everything bubble and rollout of CBDCs, digital surveillance, social credit scores, and living under the thumb of a global authoritarian aristocracy.
Pulling the plug on massive subsidy invested in the digital gulag and shifting resources to investing in our young people is the pathway forward. https://t.co/l3Se9zw6NN
— The Solari Report | Catherine Austin Fitts (@solari_the) November 24, 2025
The globalists attempting to enact their WEF sanctioned Great Reset agenda see China as the template for enslaving the populations of the Western world. They are already monitoring the vast majority of all your communications, as Edward Snowden revealed over a decade ago. The noose tightens around our necks, as Trump and his acolytes enact measures to further reduce our liberty, freedom and rights. This is all building towards a final showdown. One day within the next few years the powers that be will pull the final block out of this jenga tower of unsustainable debt and it will all come crashing down. They will rush to assure you they can fix this if you just trust them once again and agree to their conditions of survival.
🚨 EDWARD SNOWDEN’S CHILLING WARNING IS NOW UNFOLDING IN REAL TIME
What China built… is exactly what Western governments are quietly preparing for.
Snowden is crystal clear:
Every photo, every purchase, every message, every movement — all of it is being fed into algorithms pic.twitter.com/X8RGFsRfY1
— karma (@karma44921039) November 23, 2025
I think I’ve connected the dots, and they paint a dire picture of the future, unless we refuse to comply with their plans. Will you and I have the courage to resist and fight their diabolical enslavement plans? Fourth Turnings always come down to a final battle between good and evil, with clear winners and losers. If they win, we become slaves in their digital gulag for eternity. If, against all odds, the liberty minded, freedom loving citizens of the world can somehow defeat these billionaire psychopaths in suits, along with their armies of feckless bureaucrats and politicians, future generations will have the opportunity to blaze a new path forward. I’m not a guy who hangs my hat on a hope narrative, but I am willing to fight for a better future for my children and their children. I hope you join me in this fight.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 16:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/connecting-dots-reveals-dire-picture
Mbappé factura triplete en siete minutos en el partido de Champions del Real Madri ante Olympiakos
Kylian Mbappé facturó el segundo hat trick más rápido en la historia de la Liga de Campeones al marcar el miércoles tres veces para el Real Madrid en poco menos de siete minutos contra el Olympiakos.
El astro francés anotó a los 22, 24 y 29 minutos después de que el portugués Chiquinho había adelantado Olympiakos por delante en el octavo minuto del encuentro en Grecia.
La tripleta de Mohamed Salah para Liverpool contra Rangers en 2022 había roto el récord del más rápido jamás anotado en la Liga de Campeones, según Opta Analyst. El delantero egipcio necesitó seis minutos y 12 segundos para marcar sus goles después de ingresar al partido siete minutos antes de su primer gol.
Fue el quinto hat trick de Mbappé en la Liga de Campeones, y el segundo esta temporada. Había anotado tres veces contra Kairat en la segunda jornada de la fase de liga.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Elgin News Digest: Nurtured by Nature program at Raceway Woods Sunday; state rep holding winter clothing, essential toiletries drive
Nurtured by Nature program at Raceway Woods Sunday
The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will host a free “Nurtured by Nature” program from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at Raceway Woods Forest Preserve, 17N702 Western Ave., Carpentersville.
Open to anyone 18 or older, the session will incorporate gentle stretching, deep breathing and a focus on awareness during a hike designed to nurture the mind, body and spirit, according to the forest preserve district’s website.
To register, call 630-444-3190, email programs@kaneforest.com or go to www.kaneforest.com/register.
The history of Disneyland will be discussed during a presentation being held Dec. 4 at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. (AP)
Program on Disneyland being held Thursday at Elgin library
A free talk on “Disneyland: Creating the Happiest Place on Earth” will be presented from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Elgin Room at the Gail Borden Public Library, 250 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
The presentation will cover how Walt Disney turned an orange and walnut grove in Anaheim, California, into one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, according to the library’s website. The park was built across the street from Disney’s Burbank studio.
Attendees will learn how Disneyland developed from a simple idea into an entertainment empire with theme parks all over the world.
To register to attend, go to attend.gailborden.info/event/14577533.
State rep holding winter clothing, essential toiletries drive
State Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, will be collecting winter clothing and essential toiletries between Dec. 5 and 18.
In addition to new or gently used winter coats and other items, the drive is seeking donations of toiletries, including toddler-sized diapers, baby wipes, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, tampons, sanitary napkins and deodorant, according to a news release.
Drop-off locations include:
Taylor Family YMCA, 50 N. McLean Blvd., Elgin;
The Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way, Elgin;
Rep. Anna Moeller’s District 43 Office, 164 Division St., Elgin;
Streamwood Community Center, 777 S. Bartlett Road, Streamwood;
Park Place Family Recreation Center, 550 S. Park Blvd., Streamwood;
Dundee Township Adult Activities Center, 665 Barrington Ave., Carpentersville.
For more information, call 847-841-7130 or email StateRepMoeller@gmail.com.
A discussion of the book “Running 10: The History of the Valley Fox Trot” will be held Dec. 6 at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. (Elgin Valley Fox Trot)
Elgin Valley Fox Trot history program featured at Elgin library
The book “Running 10: The History of the Valley Fox Trot” will be discussed from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Elgin Room at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
Typically held in late May, the Elgin Valley Fox Trot race has been a community tradition for 48 years and draws a large number of runners, walkers and volunteers, according to the library’s website. Attendees will learn the history behind the Fox Trot from the race book’s author and race co-director Edward Bates.
To register to attend, go to attend.gailborden.info/event/14563952.
Carpentersville seeks pension board, events committee members
Carpentersville is accepting resident applications to serve a 3-year term on its 5-member fire pension board and a 2-year term on its events advisory committee.
The fire pension board meets quarterly, and training related to the position will be provided for the person who is selected, according to a social media post. The events advisory committee meets periodically to plan the village’s special events, and members typically volunteer at those events.
To apply for either role, send a letter of interest and a resume to hr@cville.org.
Villagomez named to Gail Borden library foundation board
Rafael Villagomez has joined the Gail Borden Public Library District Foundation Board.
“The library has shaped generations in Elgin. I am honored to serve on the board to help sustain its mission, and strengthen one of the most trusted institutions in the community,” Villagomez said in a news release.
Villagomez is the managing broker for Epic Real Estate Group in Elgin. He serves as a deacon at St. Joseph Catholic Church, president of the Elgin Hispanic Network and an advisory board member for the Elgin Salvation Army.
The foundation raises money to support library exhibits and literacy efforts. To learn more about it, go to www.gailborden.info/foundation/about.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/elgin-raceway-fox-trot-disneyland-library/
Hinsdale seeks more volunteers for snow shoveling program
Hinsdale is seeking additional volunteers for its snow shoveling referral program, which connects residents over age 60 or who have a disability with volunteers willing to shovel snow for them.
“We’re a little low on volunteers this year,” said Rachel Russo, the village’s marketing and communications specialist. She also said that both volunteers and residents requesting assistance need to reapply each year.
The program started in 2021, has worked well and has grown in popularity, said Mike Hayes, Hinsdale’s Parks & Recreation superintendent.
“The village’s role is to allow those needing help and volunteers to connect, but it’s pretty much a self-running program,” he said.
Ed Weingartner, an 85-year-old Hinsdale resident who has lived in the village for about 50 years, is again taking advantage of the program and is very happy with it.
“It’s important that the village put this together, and it’s very well managed, but it’s up to me to pick and choose someone,” he said.
Contact information for participating volunteers is shared with those in need of snow shoveling assistance, and residents will contact the volunteers directly when assistance is needed. The volunteer is responsible for either shoveling the snow or notifying the resident if they are unable to complete the work.
While it is a volunteer service and there is no payment is required, any compensation would be worked out between the parties, Hayes said.
The village does not conduct background checks on any of the participating volunteers or clients. Both parties should conduct their own interviews and/or reference checks if desired before agreeing to work with a particular client or volunteer, Hayes said.
More information is at www.villageofhinsdale.org/snowshovelprogram.
Chuck Fieldman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/hinsdale-volunteer-snow-shoveling/
Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House Confirmed Dead
Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House Confirmed Dead
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Update(15:55): News wires are reporting that the two National Guard members shot near White House have died, according to a US official.
They were part of the West Virginia national guard. The state’s governor has confirmed the following:
BREAKING: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey released a statement moments ago saying the two national guardsmen shot in Washington DC were members of the West Virginia National Guard and have died. @WDBJ7 pic.twitter.com/kMDKh923Jd
— Mitch Carr (@mitchcarrtv) November 26, 2025
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AP News reports that two National Guard soldiers were shot point-blank just outside the White House perimeter at 17th & H NW.
President Trump has responded, saying both soldiers have been critically wounded by the “animal that shot the two National Guardsmen” and said the attacker “will pay a very steep price.” The president’s words at this point imply a lone shooter in custody.
The conditions of the soldiers are not yet known.
Dramatic image from the scene:
“The White House is aware and actively monitoring this tragic situation. The President has been briefed,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told NewsNation’s Libbey Dean.
The suspect is reportedly in custody, according to an X post by DC Police.
UPDATE: The scene is secured. One suspect is in custody.
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) November 26, 2025
This incident is likely to further inflame Trump’s anger over lawlessness in Democrat-run cities. Expect a Truth Social post shortly.
Photo of civilian and possible suspect in Farrragut West shooting. Looks like an Arab Muslim. He is handcuffed and stripped. Two national guard shot. pic.twitter.com/QRVeuTsu6F
— Burgan Hobbs (@BurganHobbs) November 26, 2025
“Just a few days ago, six Democrats claimed President Trump was issuing “unlawful” orders to the military and that troops must resist,” Benny Johnson noted on X.
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A dramatic scene is unfolding near the White House on Wednesday afternoon, with reporters saying a National Guard member has been shot.
ABC News reports:
Two uniformed military personnel, appearing to be National Guardsmen, have been shot in downtown Washington just blocks from the White House, according to two sources familiar with the ongoing situation.
Mike Carter, White House Correspondent for NEWSMAX, wrote on X that “Secret Service tells me 2 National Guard members have just been shot near the White House.”
BREAKING: Secret Service tells me 2 National Guard members have just been shot near the White House. pic.twitter.com/uGLCAPcDXX
— Mike Carter (@MikeCarterTV) November 26, 2025
Here’s more…
UPDATE – At least 2 National Guard troops were shot. Shooter still on the loose. In Washington DC. Close to White House. pic.twitter.com/c03bPh5O5U
— BREAKING: (@Breaking_HLO) November 26, 2025
🚨Per a source with knowledge, “Treasury just got email about active shooter. There’s a lockdown in place.” pic.twitter.com/GbbTQT1ZH9
— Juliegrace Brufke (@juliegraceb) November 26, 2025
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: MULTIPLE National Guard soldiers have been SHOT near the White House
At least three casualties being reported
The shooter is reportedly still on the loose
Law enforcement racing from all throughout the city
PRAY FOR THESE TROOPS🙏🏻pic.twitter.com/u5tqnN9mVW
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 26, 2025
BREAKING — massive police and National Guard presence at Farragut West metro station. A block from White House. pic.twitter.com/Hz2wjjWa6d
— Jay O’Brien (@jayobtv) November 26, 2025
Just wait. Trump is about to go nuclear on Truth Social.
*Developing…
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 15:57
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/least-one-national-guard-member-reportedly-shot-near-white-house
Loaves and Fishes to expand food distribution center in Aurora despite city’s warehouse moratorium
Loaves and Fishes Community Services is set to expand its food distribution center in Aurora, despite a temporary pause on warehouses in the city, after the Aurora City Council recently approved an exception for the food pantry.
Included in the 180-day moratorium on warehouses and data centers, which was passed by the Aurora City Council in September, is a hardship appeal process for those who had already made substantial investments into a development but weren’t able to apply before the moratorium went into effect. Loaves and Fishes is so far the only organization to have gone through that appeals process.
Mike Havala, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, told the Aurora City Council on Nov. 25 that his organization was working to expand its food distribution hub at 580 Exchange Court when the moratorium came down. Loaves and Fishes is the state’s largest food pantry, he said, and about half of the 10,000 people it serves each week are from Aurora.
In the last four years since the hub opened, the nonprofit has tripled the number of people it serves and expanded the area it serves people in while reducing related costs by 40%, Havala said. Expanding the hub will help the organization’s work in collaborating with other nonprofits and will help it be agile in responding to things like when SNAP benefits weren’t being paid during the recent federal government shutdown, he said.
The expansion is expected to take the food distribution hub from 30,000 square feet to around 62,000 square feet with four times the amount of cold storage space and three times the amount of dry storage space, according to Havala. He said the roughly $8 million investment will double or triple the number of people currently being served.
Land was purchased for the expansion project in 2023, and much of this year has been spent engineering the project, Havala said. The organization was close to submitting an application for its permit, he said, when the moratorium in Aurora was put in place at the end of September.
Already, the nonprofit has invested $4.1 million plus two-and-a-half years into the project, according to Havala. He said delays due to the moratorium could cause further funding to fall through, among other impacts.
To go through the temporary moratorium’s hardship appeals process, an applicant has to prove that the moratorium has or will cause an economic hardship on them, that they can’t get a reasonable return on the property if the project isn’t allowed, that substantial investment was made before the moratorium without knowing it was going to happen, that the project would be allowed in this area if not for the moratorium and that the project follows all other city codes, according to Aurora Director of Zoning and Planning Tracey Vacek.
The Aurora City Council unanimously approved Loaves and Fishes’ exception to the moratorium at the meeting Nov. 25. Construction on the project is expected to start in 2026 and be done by 2027, according to Havala.
The moratorium was put in place to give staff time to research ways to mitigate the various impacts of data centers, which are currently classified as warehouses under the city’s code, then report recommendations for new guidelines back to City Council. At the time, staff cited an increased number of applications and residents’ concerns with existing facilities as reasons for needing the temporary pause on the approval of data center and warehouse proposals.
The temporary moratorium is in effect until late March 2026 but could be extended an additional 30 days. Aurora Mayor John Laesch previously said that the moratorium could be shorter if a code change is drafted before the end of the six-month pause, and city staff members said they will be presenting an update in 90 days.
During the moratorium, the city isn’t accepting or approving applications for new data center or warehouse developments or expansions of existing facilities, though there are several exceptions to this rule, such as the hardship appeals process Loaves and Fishes went through.
Also exempted are projects with completed applications filed before the moratorium went into effect, routine maintenance or repairs at existing data centers that do not increase capacity and public safety or emergency facilities operated by government bodies. There is also a conditional processing of new applications for developers with time-sensitive projects, but those applications will need to be modified to fit any new regulations that may eventually be passed by the Aurora City Council, staff previously said.
The ultimate goal of the temporary moratorium is to clarify the data center and warehouse development process while making sure that long-term community and environmental impacts are addressed before construction. Staff have said that any new rules eventually adopted would not apply to those developments with applications submitted before the moratorium was approved.
rsmith@chicagotribune.com
Is A Trump UFO Bombshell Incoming?
Is A Trump UFO Bombshell Incoming?
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
Documentary filmmaker Dan Farah has boldly predicted that President Trump could be the first world leader to spill the beans on UFOs, dropping a “major announcement” about non-human tech and extraterrestrial intel—sparking feverish speculation: Is this engineered hype to divert from global flashpoints, or a seismic shift toward transparency?
Farah made the claim on Joe Rogan’s podcast while promoting a new documentary titled The Age of Disclosure. As Farah teases amnesty for black-budget insiders, is Trump poised to unmask aliens, or is this another misdirect?
Farah asserted: “I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe. We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.”
UFO expert Dan Farah just told Joe Rogan he believes a sitting president will finally come clean about the UAP phenomenon…and he thinks that president will be Donald Trump.
Then he dropped a bombshell about what Trump has already tasked Tulsi Gabbard with investigating.… pic.twitter.com/TsMb2WRm2q
— Overton (@overton_news) November 21, 2025
Rogan quipped, “I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy.”
Farah replied: “I know he is aware of what people in his administration say in the film… And I know that they are discussing internally how they’re going to react to the film publicly.”
The filmmaker also claimed that Trump was contemplating basic disclosure during his first tenure as President and has now tasked United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard with getting to the bottom of what is gong on with the UFO/UAP phenomenon.
Throughout the podcast he detailed how insiders have revealed to him that there have been multiple UFO contact events with the U.S. military, including multiple face to face encounters with non-human entities.
Dan Farah tells Joe Rogan there have been multiple UFO contact events with our military and even describes the types of beings involved. ? pic.twitter.com/weBCa1fbIz
— Astral? (@The_Astral_) November 21, 2025
The Age of Disclosure director/producer Dan Farah tells Joe Rogan the U.S. conducted nuclear weapon tests with the specific intent to recover crashed UFOs.
Farah: “One of the realizations early on was that atomic weapon testing has a ripple effect that can down these things. So… pic.twitter.com/6TVlvi9tGo
— UAP James (@UAPJames) November 21, 2025
Full interview here:
Farah’s call for “amnesty” for UFO cover-up insiders mirrors Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s previous on-camera plea: “I’m not trying to punish anyone. I need to know what they learned, because taxpayers paid for this and it’s in our interest to know what’s going on.”
But is this real reckoning or red herring? Intelligence Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s warned in 2023 that such flaps are “engineered” to bury scandals like Nord Stream.
“I wish it were aliens,” but it’s bait to “wipe the infinitely more awkward Seymour Hersh story from the headlines,” he noted at the time.
Farah also claimed that according to insiders, over a trillion dollars has been poured into “reverse-engineering” recovered craft.
Ex-intel officer Luis Elizondo’s 2024 drone-UFO intercept revelations—“true UAP events followed by a Department of Defense response”—have hinted at a hidden arms race.
In 2023 the NSC claimed that UAPs are having a “real impact” on pilots—claiming “there’s something our pilots are seeing.”
White House National Security Council Coordinator, Admiral John Kirby was asked about Senator Schumer’s UAP legislation. ?
-White House takes it seriously
“Some of these phenomena we know have already had an impact on our training ranges.” pic.twitter.com/CNeJ8Efj6z
— UAP News (@HighPeaks77) July 17, 2023
Under Trump, could this be significant truth-telling, unearthing black-budget secrets? Or, as Snowden posited, another “distraction” from wars or woes?
Farah’s hope—Trump as the “only guy” wild enough—clashes with skeptics seeing psyop.
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Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 15:45
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/trump-ufo-bombshell-incoming
‘Seditious Six’ Democrats Freak Out Over FBI Investigation
‘Seditious Six’ Democrats Freak Out Over FBI Investigation
Democrats are losing it after the Trump administration opened an investigation into six Democratic lawmakers following the posting of a Nov. 18 social-media video in which they advised U.S. service members that they are obligated to follow lawful, not illegal, orders under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The video – featuring lawmakers with national security backgrounds – reflected a familiar line of Democratic criticism of President Donald Trump during his term: questioning the president’s adherence to constitutional constraints and norms of military authority.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship. pic.twitter.com/N8lW0EpQ7r
— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 18, 2025
On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he may take disciplinary action against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who participated in the video and served as a U.S. Navy captain and astronaut before entering public office. Hegseth directed Navy Secretary John Phelan to review Kelly’s remarks and provide guidance by Dec. 10.
The video made by the “Seditious Six” was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of “good order and discipline.” Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in danger.
Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under @DeptofWar jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not “retired”, so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJ—and he knows that. -Pete Hegseth
The following day, all six lawmakers said the FBI had asked to interview them. In addition to Kelly, the Democrats are: Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, a former Army officer; Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, a former Air Force captain; Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, a former Navy lieutenant who served in Iraq; Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, a Navy reserve veteran; and Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who previously worked at the CIA. Slotkin said the outreach came from the FBI’s counterterrorism division, Punchbowl News reports.
“No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution,” the four House members said in a joint statement. The FBI declined to comment on the agency’s inquiry.
While Kelly remains subject to court-martial as a retired naval officer, pursuing charges against a sitting senator for public remarks would have little historical precedent. The matter could ultimately require judicial interpretation.
The case raises constitutional questions, particularly under Article I, which affords lawmakers certain protections for statements made in the course of legislative – or in some interpretations, public – duties. Legal scholars note that this dynamic may force the courts to balance military conduct statutes with congressional speech protections.
GOP Reaction and Divisions
With Congress out of session for Thanksgiving, Republican lawmakers have been slow to offer comment, though two GOP senators voiced immediate concern about the inquiry.
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) said he respects Kelly personally, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said that “to accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong.”
On Truth Social, Mr. Trump reacted sharply to the video, accusing the Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He also amplified a user repost calling for their hanging.
The controversy emerges at a time when both Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel face heightened internal scrutiny. Hegseth’s authority has been unusually overshadowed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a Yale Law acquaintance of Vice President JD Vance. Driscoll has been tasked with exploring diplomatic channels in Ukraine amid ongoing hostilities with Russia.
Patel, meanwhile, has drawn criticism for deploying local FBI tactical resources for personal security purposes involving his girlfriend. MSNOW reported that Patel’s tenure atop the FBI “may be numbered,” however the Trump administration pushed back, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posting on X: “This story is completely made up. In fact, when this Fake News published, I was in the Oval Office, where President Trump was meeting with his law enforcement team, including FBI Director Kash Patel.”
Trump later said that Patel is “doing a great job.”
Politically, Hegseth’s posture may inadvertently bolster Kelly, who is considered by some Democrats as a potential 2028 presidential contender. But the public exposure has carried risk for the Democrats involved: several have reported an escalation in threats. Slotkin now receives security protection from Capitol Police.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 15:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/seditious-six-democrats-freak-out-over-fbi-investigation
Josh Allen regresa a entrenar con Bills tras recibir ocho capturas ante Houston
Por JOHN WAWROW
ORCHARD PARK, Nueva York, EE.UU. (AP) — Con cinta protectora cubriendo la parte posterior de su antebrazo y el codo del brazo con el que lanza, el quarterback Josh Allen tenía programado practicar completamente el miércoles a pesar de experimentar lo que el entrenador Sean McDermott describió como “dolor general”.
Y eso no incluye a Allen quejándose de molestias en su hombro izquierdo durante la derrota 23-19 en Houston el jueves pasado, un partido en el que fue capturado ocho veces, fijando un récord personal. Buffalo (7-4) se prepara para enfrentar de visita el domingo a Pittsburgh (6-5).
Lo que podría preocupar también a Allen es que Buffalo tal vez no contará con sus dos principales protectores.
El tackle izquierdo Dion Dawkins está en el protocolo de conmoción. McDermott dijo que Dawkins fue evaluado por una conmoción y autorizado a regresar durante el juego antes de experimentar síntomas un día después.
Igualmente es poco probable que el tackle derecho Spencer Brown juegue después de lastimarse el hombro derecho en el juego contra Houston.
El suplente Ryan Van Demark sería un candidato para reemplazar a Dawkins, mientras que el novato Chase Lundt, elegido en la sexta ronda del draft, reemplazaría a Brown. La línea ofensiva de Buffalo ha sido duradera esta temporada, siendo Brown el único titular que se ha perdido un juego.
McDermott expresó su preocupación por la cantidad de golpes que ha recibido Allen esta temporada. Ha sido capturado 28 veces, el doble de su total de todo el año pasado.
“Si queremos ganar o darnos una oportunidad de ganar, tenemos que mejorar allí”, dijo McDermott.
“No es divertido. Tengo que mejorar al deshacerme del balón”, admitió Allen después del juego en el que fue golpeado 12 veces. “Demasiadas veces, estaba retrocediendo, y tengo que mejorar en eso”.
Allen estaba lo suficientemente saludable como para viajar y asistir al juego en casa de Wyoming contra Nevada el sábado. Estuvo acompañado por su esposa, la actriz Hailee Steinfeld, y sus padres para una ceremonia en la que Wyoming retiró su camiseta número 17.
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